PBINTEB BY WILLIAM EPPOWE8, £> alegf by auction. , THlij> A¥ a VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, IN THE Coian of © sUjeetrg. BY MR. HOWELL, At tlie Wynnstay Anns Inn, in the Town of Oswes- try, in'the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 28th Day of January, 1824, between the Hours of four and seven in the Afternoon, subject to Con- ditions, and iu one or more Lot or Lots, as shall be determiaed upon by the Vendor at the Time of Sale : SEVERAL DWELLING HOUSES, with the Outbuildings, Barn, Yards, Gardens, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging or adjoin- ing, situate in LOWER BROOK- STREET, in the Town of OSWESTRY aforesaid, and now in the several Occupations of William Howell, Miss Bather, Joseph Smith, Richard Clayton, Edward Hayes, Mrs. Hamer, William Lawrence, and William Leigh, or their Undertenants. For Particulars apply at the Office of Mr. GRIF- FITHES, Solicitor, or to Mr. HOWELL, the Auction- eer, in Welshpool. Montgomeryshire. ( smm^ rmmm. At the Goat Inn, in UanFfltiq, in the County of Montgomery, on Thursday, the 29th Day of January, 1824, at 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon- subject to Conditions which will be then pro duc'ed, and in the following, or such Lots as may be agreed upon at the Tiipe of Sale : THE undermentioned Quantities of OAKand ASHTimberTrees, Scrihe- marked, numbered, and growing upon the BODFACH DEMESNE and Lands, near LLANFYLLIN. Lot I. 239 Oak Trees, Nos. from 1 to 269 in- clusive ; and 3 Ash Trees, Nos. 1, 2, 3; standing in Cae Lloi, and other Fields at Bodfach, in the several Holdings of J. H. Lethbridge Esq. Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. Robert Jones, and Mr. Cjjriflith Joues. Lot II.. 242 Oak Trees and 6 Cyphers, Nos. from 1 to 242 inclusive ; and 23 Ash Trees, Nos. from 1 to 23 inclusive ; standing in Cae Melyn, and other Fields aud Coppices on Tfn- twll Farm,' in the Holding of Mr. Edward Lloyd. Lot III. 173 Oak Trees, Nos. from 1 to 173 inclusive; and 4 Ash Trees, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 standing on Bodyddon Farm, in the Holding of Mi William Williams. The above Timber is of great Lengths, large Dimensions, and of very superior Quality, suitable for the Navy, or any Purpose where the best Timber is required. BODFACH is situate about 9 Mites ( of very good Road) from the Montgomeryshire Canal at New Bridge, near I. lanymynech, by which Timber may be conveyed to Chester, Liverpool, & c. Mr. HUMPHREY HUMPHREYS, Llidiart- Worthing ton, near Bodfach, will shew the Timber.- For further Particulars apply to Mr. SisspN, Plascoch near St. Asaph. ^ aleg bp& ucuon. TO- MORROW. HIGHLY- DESIRABLE AND VAL8ABLB FREEHOLD PROPERTY. BY MR. R. JONES, At the Harp Inn, in Corwen, in the County of Merioneth, ou Thursday, the 29th of January, 18iJ4, between the Hours of four and five o'Clock in the Afternoon, in one or more Lots as shall be then agreed upon, and subject to such. Conditions as shall be there and then produced ; ALL that desirable and commodious INF? above- mentioned, called the HARP INN, late the Property and in the Possession of Mr. Edward Edwards, deceased, with a Yard ( in which is a Pump that supplies excellent Water for Brewing and all other Purposes), Garden; Brew- house, Stabling for 40 Horses; a capital MALT- KILN, with its Appurtenances, calculated tp Malt 28 Measures; together with 14 Acres of MEADOW LAND contiguous thereto. SEVEN DWELLING HOUSES, adjoining the above Premises, in the several Occupations of Hugh Jones, Henry Jones ( Saddler), John Peters, John Hughes, Hugh Roberts, Elizabeth Evans,, and Daniel Davies. Also, an ALLOTMENT of COMMON LAND, within Half- a- Mile of the Town of Corwen, con. tain ing by Admeasurement 21 Acres, more or less The above Property offers a most eligible Oppor. tunity to any Person desirous of investing Money to great Advantage. There is only one other Inn in the Town of CORWEN, which place is, in every Respect, particularly well situated for that Line of Business, it being on the great Irish Road from London to Holyhead, and many Co^ chcs are daily Hissing through, one of which stops at the above mi. It is only 10 Miles from Llangollen, and 13 from Cernioge. The whole Line of Road present- ing such beautiful and attractive Scenery, that it is the constant Resoit of Travellers, and there is no Question that, with some few Alterations, the HARP INN might be put in Competition with any Inq upon the Road. Mr. ERASMUS JONES, of Corwen, will shew the Premises; and further Particulars may be had of him, or bv applying at the Office of Mr. CLOUGH, Solicitor, Ruthin. TIMBER. At the Bowling Green Inn, in Overton, in th County of Flint, on Saturday, the 3ist Day of January, 1824, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions, which will be then pro- duced : rpHE undermentioned valuable OAK i and ASH Timber Trees, growing upon ARGOED aud CLOY FARMS, near Overton. One Hundred and Sixty- nine Oak Trees, eleven Oak Cyphers, and eight Ash Trees. From No. 1 to 113, inclusive, Oak ; 10 Cyphers nnd 3 Ash Trees, Nos. 1,2, 3— stand upon Argocd Farm, in the Holding of Mr. Rees. From 114 to 169, inclusive, Oak ; 1 Cypher; and 5| Ash Trpcs, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8— stand iipou Cloy Farn), in the Holding of Mr. Beavan. The qjiove Timber is Scribe- marked, and mini bered ; chiefly of good Lengths and Sizes, well worthy tlie Attention of Timber Merchants ; distant from Wrexham 7 Miles, Ellesmere 6 Miles, Bangor 2 Miles,' all good Roads ; from the latter Place, at a small Expense, Timber may be floated down the River Dec tp Chester, & c. The respective Tenants will shew the Timber.— J? or further Particulars apply io Mr. SISSON, Plas Coch, ncar Asaph. FLINTSHIRE. Capital Oak and other Timber To be Sold by Auction, tit the Bowling Green Inn Overton, iu the County of Fljnt, ou Monday, the 9th Day of February, 1824, at 3 o'Clock ii) the Afternoon, iu the following, qr such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of gale, and subject to * sncli Conditions as shall lie thei) produced: LOT I. rtf- s OAK, 38 ASH, 11 ELM, 1 POPLAR, SJ^ FIR, and 3 BEECH Trees, Scribe- marked and numbered, standing on Lands Part of tJwernhayled Demesne. Lor II. 41 OAK, 34 ASH, 40 ELM, 2 SYCA MORE, 15 POPLAR, 15 ALDER, and 1 CHERRY Trees, Scribe- marked nnd numbered, standing on Lands in the Parish of Overton aforesaid, in the several Holdings of William Davies, John Wall John I. loyd, Win. Roberts, and Rebecca Roberts. ' LOT III. 132 OAK, 208 ASH, 56 ELM, 3 SYCA MORE, 9 CHERRY, 9 FIR, and 1 CHERRY Trees, Scribe- inarked and numbered, standing on theWorth Side of the Castle Wood, in the Parish ~ r Overton aforesaid. J. OT IV. 41 OAK, 85 ASH, 56 ELM, 9 FIR, an 1 SYCAMORE Trees, Scribe marked and mini tiered, standing on the South Side of the Castle Wood aforesaid. Lor V. 42 OAK, 78 ASH, 50 ELM, 5 BEECH 2 POPLAR, 2 WILLOW, 7 CHERRY, 3 FIR, an 1 CHESNUT Trees, Scribe- marked and numbered, standing in a Coppice adjoining South Side of the Castle Wood. LOT VI. 60 OAK, 94 ASH, 68 ELM, 74 FIR 15 WILLOW, It ALDEIt, 7 CHESNUT, « CIIERRY, 3 SYCAMORE, ami 3 POPLAR Trees, Scribe- marked and numbered, standing Coppices adjoining the Argoed Farm, in the Pari: of Overtoil aforesaid, in the Comity of Flint. The above Timber is growing on GWERNIIAY LED DEMESNE, and on Lands adjoining th Village of OVERTON, situate midway betweei Ellesuiere and Wrexham, near to a good Turnpike Road, und closc to the River Dee, by which it ina" he conveyed to Chester at a small Expense. Th Oak appears sound and well adapted for Fratnin Timber, Beams, and Planks; the White Woods ar likewise sound and clear, and well worth th Attention of Wheelwrights, Coopers, and Timbc Merchants in general. Mr. WILLIAM DAVIES, of the Bowling Green Inn,' Overton, will shew the Timber; and fo further Particulars apply to Mr. JOHN BROMLEY Timber- Merchant, Baschunh, near Shrewsbury « r to Mr. LONGUBVILLE, 1 Solicitor, Oswestry. Sale of Blood Colts, . J- c. AT HALSTON, NEAR OSWESTRY. BY S. WINDSOR, On Monday, the 2d of February, 1824 ; CJEVERAL valuable Thorough- bred Kj and Half- bred COLTS and HORSES ; three Thorough- bred DEVON BULLS; an excellent BRAWN, & c. Catalogues are preparing, and may be had at the principal Inns in the Neighbour, hood.— Sale to begin precisely at Eleven o'Clock BY MR. JAMES BACH, At the House of Mr. Samuel Jones, the Sim Inn, at Corfton, oil Monday Evening, the 2d Day of February, 1824, between the flours of 4 and 6: fIHE FALLAGE of 20 Statute Acres of UNDERWOOD, in 2 Lots of 10 Acres each. Tbe above Underwood is about 21 Years' Growth, principally Ash, which is well suited for Carpent ers, Wheelwrights, and Coopers, and is now grow- ing in the WYNELETT COPPICE, in the Parish of Diddlebury, in Corve Dale. Mr. SAMPEL PRICE, of The Lodge, will shew the UnderwooiJ, if required. Any further Particulars may be known on Appli- cation to Mr. WALTER TPNCH, Bromfield, near Ludlow. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. © 0 I) C 5lft, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, Desirable FARM, containing 250 | SHROPSHIRE I3iyt antr 12av 23i0 » 3rn< 3arj>, ESTABLISHED DECEMBER, 1818. A FOURTH REPORT. Acres of Arable, Meadow, add Pasture I LAND, called TRELYDAN, in the Parish of | GUILDSFIELD, within twp Miles of Welshpool, and nearly adjoining the Montgomeryshire Canal. For Particulars enquire of Mr. R. GRIFFITHES, Bishop's Castle.—\ Person at Trelydau Hall will shew the Premises. 29TH DECEMBER, 1S23. Montgomeryshire County Work. TO lBmHID © HaIBWUILMEIB^ AND CONTRACTORS. 5To 6? g> et Contract, At the Queen's Head Inn, in Llanidloes, on Wed- nesday, the 18th February, 1824, at 14 o'Cloek precisely; THE BUILDING of anew STONE BRIDGE over the River SEVERN af CAER- SWS, and the Embanking, Fencing, aud Forming the New Roads at each End thereof. To be executed according' to Plans and Parti- culars, which may be seen at Caersws Inn after the 2d of February ; and any further Information may be obtained upon Application to the County Sur- veyor, Willow Street, Oswestry. At the same Time, Proposals will be re- ceived for the Repair of severalCounty Bridges in the Neighbourhood of Llanidloes, AT a Meeting of the Committee of the SHROPSHIRE EYE and EAR DISPENSARY, held at the Guildhall, Shrewsbury, ou Thursday, 15th jtpiuary, 1824— Present, WILLIAIVT CLUDDE, Esq. EDWARD CLUDDE, Esq. JOHN BECK, Esq. Treasurer, G. F. D. EVANS, Esq. Surgeon : RESOLVED,— 1st, That the. Surgeon's Report of all the Cases which have come under his Inspection from the 24th December, 1822, to, the 24th Decem- ber, 1823, together with the Treasurer's Report of 1 Receipts and Disbursements, be printed under the Direction of the Committee, and sent to ea'ch of the Subscribers. 2d, That these Resolutions be inserted in each of the Shrewsbury Papers, together with ihe Surgeon's Report. ' ' • 1 W. CLUDDE, E. CLUDDE, JOHN BECK. ed for Gout, Rheumatism, Nervous Complaints, § •<?. OXLF- Y'S CONCENTRATED ESSENCE JAMAICA G1NREE. OF SURGEOTF's REPORT. Total Number of Patients admitted and diseharj from the Opening of the Institution : Admitted 803 Discharged : 761 Including 34 Patients cured of Blindness from Cataracts, amongst whom were 6 Blind from Birth, and cured of Blindness by Operations. Patients admitted since the last Report of the 24th Dec. 1822, tp the 24th Dec. 1V23 ...,-. 240 Cured and Relieved 198 Incurable 4 Remain under Cure. . 38 240 MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Capital Qak and Ash Timber. BY MRTHOWELL, At the Bear's Head Imi, in Newtown, in the County of Montgomery, oti Tuesday, February 3d, 1824 between the Hours of 4 and 7 in the Afternoon subject to Conditions to be then and there pi duced : LOT I. i Ai OAK Timber Trees, scribe- inarked and J V/ 1 numbered 1 to 101 inclusive, standing aud growing on Gethyn Farm, in the Parish of LlanllwchajaVn, iu the Ilolding- ol Thomas Brees. LOT II. So OAK Pollards, scribe- marked and numbered 1 to 35 inclusive, standing ou Lund; adjoining Lot 1. , LOT III. 22 ASH Trees, scribe- inarked and numbered 1 to 22 inclusive, standing ou Lands adjoining Lots 1 and 2. LOT IV. 72 OAK Timber Trees, scribe- marked and numbered 1 to 72 inclusive,. standing upon the same Farm. LOT V. 59 OAK Pollards, scribe- marked and numbered 1 to 59 inclusive, standing on Lands adjoining Lot 4. LOT VI. 134 OAK Timber Trees, scribe- marked and numbered 1 to 134 inclusive, standing and growiug iu a Coppice on the same Farm. I. oy VII. 12 OAK Pollards, scribe- marked and numbered 1 to 12 inclusive, standing on Lauds adjoining Lotii. LOT VIII. 26 ASH Trees, scribe- marked and numbered I to 26 inclusive, standing and growiug in the Coppice adjoining Lot 6. LOT IX. 34 OAK Timber Trees, 17 OAK Poles, 19 OAK Pollards, and4 ASH Trees, scribe- marked and numbered, standing upon different Parts of I'enyfron Tenement, near to Pennant, in the Parish of Berriew, in the Holding of Mr. Goodwin, Tl| e above Oak Trees are of great Length, appear perfectly sound, and fit for Plank, Beams, Or any other Purpose for which large Timber js required. The first 8 Lots lie within % Miles of the Montgo- meryshire Canal at Newtowp ; and Lot 9 adjoins the Canal near Pennant, The respective Tenants will shew the Timbyr; and further Particulars may he had at the Office of Mr. DREW, Solicitor, Newtown; or of THE AUC- TIONEER, in Pool. ills useful Medicine is recommended by several eminent Medical Men, and is constant Use with many Persons of the highest Rauk and Respectability. It relieves and shortens the Duration of Fits of the Gout,' confining them to the Extremities and mitiga'tiiig the Paroxysms; it Nervous Complaints it warms aud invigorates tin Stomach, removes Flatulency, assists Digestion, and thereby strengthens the whole System,' Prepared from tiie original Recipe of SAMUEL OXLEY, Her Majesty's Chemist, by his Widow, Mrs. S. Ox LEY, Pontefract, Yorkshire; and sold hy EPDOVVES, and Walton, Shrewsbury ; Edwards, Os- westry; Painter, Wrexham; Broster, Bangor; and most Medicine Venders throughout the United King- dom ; in Bottles at 10s. 6d. 4s, 6d. and 2s. 9d. each. Under the Protection of Government, BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, Granted lo Robert Ford, for his Medicine universally known by the Title of Pectoral BALSAM OF HOREHOUND, And Great Restorative Medicine, INVENTED and published by the Patentee in 1794, which is patronized by the Nobility, nnd by the faculty generally recommended throughout the United Kingdom and on the Conti- nent, | as Ihe most efficacious and safe { iemedy for Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Hooping Cough, aud all Obstructions of the Breast alld Lungs— The high estimation it has obtained over every other Preparn. tion, nnd the extensive Demand, sufficienty prove its superiority, which inny he ascertained tit any of the principal Venders of Medicines in the United King- dom.— Prepared only and sold by tbe Patentee, No. 9, Eden Grove, Holloway ; also hy all the principal Dealers in Medicine in Town and Country, io Bottles nt 10s. 6d.— 4s. 6d,— 2s. 9d.— aiid Is. 9d.' each.— The Public will please to observe^ that each Bottle is enclosed in Wrappers printed in Red Ink, and signed in the Hand- writing of tbe Patentee, without which it cannot he genuine. Sold hy W. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury. DICEY'S ORIGINAL AND THE ONLY GENUINE Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops ; rgKHE most valuable Medicine ever clis- JL. covered for Colds, Cong; lis. Agues, Fevers, Rheuniatism, Pains in ihe ,£> reast, Limbs?, and Joints, and for most Complaints where Colds are fhe Origin. ( Sold in Bottles at is. 1each, Duty included,) As there ore various Imitations of this exceljejit Medicine by different Pretenders, nil of thetn utter Straiigprs to the true Preparation, Purchaser^ are requested fo be very particular in asking fyr M i) J- CliY'S BATEMAN'S DROPS, 1- as all others ;* re Coun- terfeit. Sold at the Original Warehouse, No. 10, Bow Church Yard, London; and by :> i! the principal Country . Stationers and Venders of Medieiin Sold also by Eddowes, Watton, Sandford, Morris,! Pidiii, Bytheli, and Allen, Shrewsbury; Gitton, and I Partridge, BridgnOrth ; Maiding, Shift'nal; Hoiilston, J and S; nith, Wellington; Evans, Broseley; Miller, and Smith, Ironbridge; Price, and Edwards, Os- 1 wpstry; Fallows, Bangb, an<£ Povey, Eiles'mere; I Painter, Johnson, and Tve, Wrexham ; Parker,, and Evansoij, Whitchurch; Fox. and Jones, $ antwielj; | and by most respectable Medicine Venders. Q/' whom alsb may be had, DICEY's Anderson\ or THE TRUE SCOTS I PILLS, Price Is. ljd. the BoxAsk portion- j lurl'v lor DiorvYV" BETTON'S BRITISH OIL ( the only Genuine), | Is. i) d. the Bottle. Chilblains, Rheumatisms, Palsies, c^ c. HI LB LA INS are prevented from Relieved and cured, as under tiie following' Heads: Ajjscess 1 Acute Inflammation . .. 22 Acute Inflammation, with Purulent Dis- charge 4 Acute Inflammation; with Ulcers of the Cornea 40 Amaurosis 9 Chroni& Inflammation, with Vascular Cornea 5 Cataract 4 Clospd Pupil 2 Diseases of the Lachrymal Passage 2 Fungus .„!...;... 1 Granulated Conjunction, with Vascular Cornea 9 Iritis, with Ulcers of the Cornea I Opacity' qf the Corneal. .... i. 0 Ophthalmia Tarsi ,.... 17 Pustular Ophthalmia 28 Strumous Ophthalmia ... » SO Trichiasis, 1 SPANISH REFUGEES. MILIJS & LAND, Near Much Wenlock, in the County of Salop. BY MR7? ARDOE, At. the White Hart Inn, in Much Wenlock, on Monday, tlie23d Day of February, 1X24, between the Hours of three and five in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to he produced ( unless disposed of by Private Contract, of which Notice will be e- iven) : LOT I. ALI, that MESSUAGE or Tenement and Garden, with the WATER COR N MILL, Stable, and other Outbuildings thereto belonging, and also all those Parcels of rich Meadow LAND adjoining thereto, aud containing 9 Acres or there- abouts, situate at FATRELEY, in the Parish of Much Wenlock aforesaid, and now in the Occupa- tion of Mr. Thomas Harper as yearly Tenant. LOT II. * RII that MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Garden theietn adjoining, atld also all that WATER CORN MILL, with the Stable belonging thereto, both late in the Occupation uf Richard Poston, and situate at Fayreley aforesaid. The said Mr. Harper will shew the Premises; aud for further Particulars, or to treat for the same by Private Contract, apply to Messrs. COLLINS, HINTON, and JEFFREYS, Solicitors, in Much Wen- lock aforesaid ( if by Letter, Post- paid). Diseases of the Ear 13 198 G. F. D. EVANS, Surgeon. Error in Third Report— For " discharged 503," read " 538." Imposture Unmasked, THE progress of MERIT, although frequently assailed, is not impeded by Envy and Detraction. The aggression of ambuscade terminates in defeat; and conscious rectitude ultimately triumphs in the attainment of the grand object— public approbation. The test of experi- ence is the guarantee of favor, and has established WARREN'S BLACKING in ge- neral estimation ; of which there exists not a stronger proof than the tacit acknow- ledgment of a host of servile imitators, who surreptitiously obtrude on the unwary a spurious preparation as the genuine article, to the great disappointment of the unguarded purchaser, and manifest injury of WAREEN, whose character and interest by this iniquitous system are equally iject to detriment. It becomes there- fore an indispensable duty to CAUTION THE PUBLIC against, the manoeuvres of UNPRINCIPLED VENDERS, who having no character to lose, and stimulated by avarice in their nefarious pursuits, aim at the acquisition of money through anv medium than that of honor! The original and matchless BLACKING bears on each bottle a short direction, with the signature HILjBLAINS are prevented breaking, and jheir tormenting Itching stant. lv removed by WHITEHEAD'S ESSENCE OF MUSTARD, universally esteemed for its extraor- dinary Efficacy in Rheumatism, Palsies, Gouty Aflections, and Cqmplaiots of the Stomach ; but where this certain Remedy has been unknown, or neglected, and the Chilblains havp Hctuallv broke, WHITEHEAD'S FAMILY CERATE will ease tke Pain, and very speedily heal them. This Cerate equally efficacious for all ill- conditioned Sores, Sore Legs, Scorbutic Eruptions?, Blotches, Pimples, Ring- worms, Shingles, Breakings- out on tbe Face, Nose, Ear?, and Eyelids, Sore and Inflamed Eves, Sore Heads, and, other Scorbutic Humours. The ES- SENCE OF MUST. UID is perhaps the most active, peneirating, and efTle. aeiotis Remedy in the World, curing the sev- erest SPRAINS AND BRUISES in less than Hi, If the Time usually taken by any other Liniment or Embrocation, it also heals Cuts, Punctures from Sharp Instruments, Nails, Thorns, Splinters, § c. with incredible Facility, without Smart or Pain preventing Inflammation and Festering, and equally useful in the various Accidents of Animals— iu short it is a domestic Remedy of such uncommon Excellence and Utility, that no Family sensible t< its own Comfort should ever he without it. Prepared only, and sold by R. JOHNSTON, Apothecary, 15, Greek: Street, Soho, London. The Essence and Pills at 2s. 9d... each ; the Cerate at Is. l| d. and 2s. 9d. They are also sold by W. EDDOWF..-, Shrewsbury, and may be had of every Medicine Vender in the United Kingdom. *** The Genuine has a Black Ink Stamp, with the Name of R. JOHNSTON, inserted on it. All others are counterfeits; and in many instances the imposition labels are art- fully interlined With a different address, in very small characters, between the more conspicuous ones of " No. 30," and STRAND." Jt is earnestly recom mended to Shopkeepers and others who are- deceived by base fabrications of WAR- REN'S BLACKING, to return the detected trash to the source from whence it came, and ex prise the machinations of rascality to merited obloquy. WARREN's BLACKING is sur- passingly. brilliant;— it excludes damp; gives pliancy to the leather; retains its pristine virtue in all climates ; and, com- bining elegance with comfort, is an article equally of indispensable fashion aud utility Sold by every respectable Vender in Town and Country, iu bottles, at *) d. lod. 1 - id and 18d. each. SOLD AT Shrewsbury, by EnnowES, Drayton,... Rrnc.'. VAy. The British Coffee Flouse, Cockspur- streel, Jan. loth, 1824. rriHF. Committee for the Relief of tbe A Refugees from Spain, in auain endea- onring to direct Ihe public sympathy towards those unfortunate Strangers, whom the poli- tical events ia Spain have compelled to seek an asylum in Great Britain, venture to hope that a claim so strong will be met wi. tli that generous beneficence which lias so often dis- tinguished the people of this country. When first the Committee was formed, the number of illustrious Exiles in a state of want, ap- proaching nearly to absolute destitution, ex- cited their most anxious solicitude, and since that period the number of claimants has been daily mfreased 8y new arrivals, and increased to such a degree, that the Committee look with gi'eat apprehension to the stale of their funds, which, unless they are considerably replenished, will be quite insufficient lo pro- vide for the urgent and daily'' necessities of individuals, many of whom have occupied the first station's in society, and have been honour ed with the Highest confidence of their fellow- countrymen The Committee deem it proper to stale, that in their distribution of the bounty of the Public, they have preserved on every occasion the strictest economy,' and thai Ihe scale of relief which they have; adopted has been regulated, not by ihe claima of the unfortunate foreigner, ts. ul by Ihe very incon- siderable means of supply which are possessed by the Committee. They believe, a stronger claim upon benevolent exertions has never engaged attention; and while Ihey pledge themselves to watch over Hie most judicious application of Ihe funds that may be collected, they venture to hope that Ihis short statement n il! I^ ad to that prompt aud zealous co- oper- ation and support, of which they stand so much iu need. Duke of NORFOLK, Duke of GRAFTON, Marquis of LANS DOWN, Marquis of TITCHFIELD, Earl F1TZWILLIAM, Earl of TANKERVILLE, Lord HOLLAND, General Lord LYNEDOCH, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH, Lord STJFF1ELD, Lieut.- Col. Lord 6. W. RUSSELL, IV?. P. Major- Gen. Sir THOMAS DYER, Bart. Sir JOHN PAUL, Bart. Sir. lOHN NEWPORT, Bart. M. P. Lieut- General LONG, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Esq M. P. JOHN SMITH, Esq. M. P. W. 1. DENISOS, Esq. M. P. THOMAS LENNARD, Esq. M. P. T. F. BUXTON, Esq . M. P. WILLIAM HALDIMAND. Esq. M. P. W. T. ASTELL, Esq. M. P. K I. D. ROBERT CAMPBELL, Esq. E. I. D. S AMUEL I10ARE, Jun. Esq. jOHiS CAPEL, Esq. General Earl of ROSSLYN, Lord SONDES, JOHN FARQUHAR, Esq. JAMES BARNETT, Esq. Colonel HUGH BAILLIE, Colonel JONES, Grenadier Guards, Sir THOMAS BARING, Bart. M P. THOMAS W. COKE, Esq. M. P. WILLIAM STEWART ROSE, Esq. JAMES MORRISON, Esq. WILLIAM FAIRLIE, Esq. RICHARD WEI. LESLEY, Esq. M. P. ' ALEXANDER RARING, Esq M. P. Sir MATTHEW WRITE RIDLEY, Bart. M. P EDWARD. i. LITTLETON, ESQ. \ i p. NICHOLSON CALVERT, Esq. M. P. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Esq. M. P. Lord CALTHORPE, SirTHOMAS ACLAND, Bart. M. P. W. W. WHITMORE, Esq. M. P. JOHN WELLS, Esq. M- P. JOHN S PI CUR, Esq. ' Earl of JERSEY, Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, M. P. Hon. GEORGE AGAR ELLIS, M. P. Duke of HAMILTON, Marquis of DOWNSHIRE, Hon. Vice- Admiral FLEEMING, ANDREW M O'BRIEN, Esq. SPRING RICE, Esq. M. P. ROBERT SUTTON, Esq. The Committee hold their sittings at the British Coffee- house, Cockspur- street, every Thursday, at One o'Clock. Subscriptions will be received by all the Country Bankers ; by Messrs. HOARE, BAR NETTS, HOARE, and Co. Lomhard slreet; and by Messrs. HEKRIES, FARQUB AR, and Co, St, James'srstreet. FOR A TERM OF YEARS, And may be entered upon at Lady- Day next, A SUBSTANTIAL newly- erected Dwelling HOUSE, situate in the MARKRT PLACB, in WELLINGTON, well calculated for a Mercer and Draper, having good Warehouses and every other Convenience. For Particulars enquire of Mr. DAMS, Anceller House, near Newport, Shropshire e by Letter, Post- paid). NOTICE is hereby given, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates lipon the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury to Much Wenlock, called or known by the Names of Weep- ' Cross, Cressage, and Harley Gates, will be iT BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the House of Robert Thomas* at Cotind Lane Inn, on Friday, the 30th Day of January, 1824, between the Hours of Eleven and One' o'Clock, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in tbe Third Year of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for regulating Turnpike Roads; which Tolls produced last Year the Sums hereafter mentioned:' Whoever happens to be the best Biddef, must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to thy Satisfaction of the'Trustees, for Payment of this same as they shall direct. WM. WHALLEY, Clerk to the Trustees. Shrewsbury, Dec. 30, 1823. Weeping Cross £ 202 10 Cressage 121 0 Harley 121 0 NOTICE is hereby given, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates hereunder- mentioned, upon Roads iu the Second District of the Bishop's Castle and Montgomery Roads, in the Counties of Salop and Montgomery', will be ET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the Iragon Inn, in Montgomery, on THURSDAY, the 5th Day o, f February next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for one'Year from Lady Day 1824, in the Manlier directed by the Act passed in tbe Third Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, "' For regulating Turnpike Roads," which Tolls are now Let for the respect- ive yearly Sums following, viz. : Stalloeand Sarnybryncaled Gates on the Road to Pool V." £ C£ 0 Montgomery Gate on the Road to Chirbury . .. Weston Gate on the Road to Bishop's Castle, ) aiid'Cefnycoed Gate ou the Road to Kerry 5 teen Lane G% te 011 the Road to Newtown...;. rynderwe. 11 Gate on the Road to Gutilcy .... Aylesford Gate on the Road to Morton The best Bidder for the' Tolls of any or eiljier of the Gates, must nt the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for the Payment of the Money monthly'. FRANCIS ALLEN, Cle. ik. TOWERS'S PILLS INVALUABLE REMEDY FOR WEAKNESS in the STOMACH. ITOGBKS& CO BRATTON, • STATIIAM, DRCRV, ' MORGAN and '' ASTISRLSV, JONBS, ' RV DAVIES, NEVETT, HUMPHREYS. IVe rn.......... K Y N A STOV . Oswestn,... EDWARDS. F. lleSnere,.. BAUGH, —— FLRMSTON. II elshpool, EVANS, Owes, JONES, - trRlFFlTHS. Wenlock .. CTLVELY. llodnet, PACE, HUGHES, Newpert... JONES, LOWK Shiftna!,— HARDING. U eilinglon, HOIILSTON & S 51 ITU. fronbridge, Gt AZfiiiRoou. lian^ or HUGHES, GRIFFITH. Hula DA VIES. Carnarvon, OWEN, WILLIAMS. polpelhj. Wt I. LIAMS CI SON ' Holyhead,.. JONES, RICHARDS. St. Asaph, OWEN. Abergely,.. DAVIES. Amhcch,... ROBERTS. Comvay, ROBERTS. Barniotith,. GRIFFITHS, Beaumaris, ALLEN. T is a fact worthy qf tile most serious attention, that the disorders termed BILI ous and N Ettvous, with I heir train of distress ing symptoms ( such as Indigestion, Loss of Appetile. Nausea, Pains, and Irregularity of llie Bowels), owe their origin, generally, to weak and deranged s'. ate of the digestive organs. Giddiness alrto, and Faintuess or l) iz zincss, and other sensations which seem to threaten an attack of Palsy or of Apoplexy are not uncommon results from the same cause.' The remedy ^ required is one lhat shall gently relax the bowels, and gradually tit) re the tone of the stomach, and TOWERS TOXIC PILLS are confidently' recommended They are Ihe result of serious investigation and long experience in medicine; and the unequivocal approbation of medical men, and others of undoubted eminence, with the great request they'll re' in with ihe public, are proofs decisive of I heir real utility,' and of Ihe high estimation in which they are held. The ge nutiie are signed " John Towers". on each label, and may be procured of W. EDI- OWES. Shrewsbury, and of the most respectable Veil ders of Medicine, wholesale and retail, throng out England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland price 2s. 9d.— 4s, 6d.— rlls, and 22s. per box, TURNPIKE TOLLS. 93. 200 32 39 54 Wenlock Sj- Church Stretton Turnpike Roads. NOTICE is hereby qiven, { hat at a MEETING of ihe Trustees, to be lioldeo at the White Hart Inn, in Much We'nlock, on MONDAY the 9th Day of February next, at 12 o'Clock at Noon, the TOLLS arising nt the Gates under- mentioned will be LET BY AUCTION, for one or more Years commencing at Lady- Day next, as inav be agreed upon, in'tlie Manner directed by au Act of Parliament passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George tiie Fourth, " For regulating the'Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls how produce tbe following Sums above the Expenses of collecting tlicui, and will he put " p at such Shins respectively.— Whoever happens i be the best Bidder inustj at the satne Time, pay one Month's Rent'iu Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Toils may be let, and' srive Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Roads, for the Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly. Wenlock and Westwood Gates £ 130 0 0 Iliizlar Gate 31 0 « Rushbury Gate EDWARD JEFFREYS, Clerk to the laid Trustees, Wenlock, t> th January, 1824. Smith's Ploughman's Drops. TO THITBLIND. A genuine Statement forwarded to Dr. SMITH, of Upton Magna, near Shrews- bury, from a Person nearly blind; when the Candle or Optic of the Eye was nearly gone. 11 We broach no puff's, those foolish mushroom things " Which lapsing time, into discredit brings; " But well- clench'd facts,— and facts arc stubborn things." SIR, XAM a Native of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, by Trade a Cordwtiiiier, was afflicted with 11 Dimness of Sight for above 12 Years • was incapable of working for two Years; no human Skill could be found for my Relief, till I heard of your Ploughman's Drops, aud made a Trial, and for the good of the Blind ( be it spoken), I found o- reat Relief hy taking two small Bottles ; I continued^ tiil I entirely received a safe Cure. I am now in the Decline of Life, and can see and work as well as I could 14 Years ago. Gratitude induces nie to publish il for many Reasons. Witness" my Hand, 19th of March, 1S23. J. L. Witness J. LARGE, of Wolverhampton. A wonderful Cure of a Scald Head. Extract of a Letter, addressed lo Dr. SMITH, of Upton Magna. " DEAR SIR, " We think Ourselves bound rn Gratitude lo you, fur the Cure of a Child of onr's, who was sent t( » a Boardi tig School in this County ; she had not hern there six Weeks before she calched a Disorder in her Head ( called fhe Scald Head). The People belong, ing to the Place did every Thing iu their Power " to cure the Child, with outward Applications; ihere were five Children iu lhat Condition, before this Child. At Length ten Holes appeared upon the Head , and the Top of the Skull displayed a Spectode of Horror: this Child is completely cured, and the Head entirely free from Blemishes, by taking only two small Bottles of Ploughman's Drops, and using the Salve. The Child is ubw in perfect Health, and the Hair in a beautiful and flourishing Condition and may be see" af Shrewsbury any Day." N. B. Dr. . Smith recommends good Living for the above named Disorder, and no Physic, For Delicacy; they don't wish to mention the ChildV- Name {^ ui> lic. Upton Alagiiaj Dec. 4. These Drops are to be had iu square Bottles with these words moulded on each, " Mr. Smithes Ploughman'' s Drops" ( all others are spurious) at £ 1. ' 2s. the large, and Us. the small, Dury'in_ eluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton lYlaona near ' Shrewsbury ; also of W. EDDOWRS, " and Waidson, Shrewsbury; Capsey, Wellington* Yeates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Purtridoe'- Bridgnorth ; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Waidson, Welsh! pool; Price, Oswestry; Baugh, Ellesuiere,; Jones, Parker, Whitchurch; Procter, Drayton; Silves- ter, Newport; Holmes, No. 1, Royal Exchange Louden; all other Medicine Venders. " * This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties, of ENGLAND and WALES.—-—. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, C E, ROT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1824. 1 ON DON.— SATURDAY. We have received a minute account of some transactions which took place at Rio Janeiro, and which have ended in ( lie dissolution of the Legis- lative Assembly. It sufficiently appears from this account, that a violent anarchical spirit had manifested itself in the . Assembly, and that its prompt dissolution, was almost the only remedy left to Ihe Emperor, for protecting the Government and the Country against the most serious evils. As far, too, as yet appears, there is nothing to warrant the insinuation which has been published, that the Emperor meditates any subversion of the Constitution, or any sinister renewal of the'con- nexion between Brazil and the Mother Country. It is evident, however, that the most violent feuds prevail between tbe native Brazilians aud the Portuguese; and the only circumstance that gives any colour to the report, is the banishment of the Atidradas, who, wilh sonic others, also removed, were the heads of the Brazilian party. It is understood that another regiment of foot will be raised forthwith, to be called the 96th, and that three more will be raised in March.— It is said that most of the officers of the 96th have been already named.— Courier. Il is understood that the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the opening of Pailiament, will be highly favourable. The increased expenses attending the augmentation which has taken place in the Army aud Navy will be met and covered by equivalent savings, so that the Estimates of the present year will not exceed those of the past. It is confidently slated that the improvement Of the Revenue, and the further advantage to be gained by a reduction of the Old Four per Cents, will, Icau to a diminution of taxation. His Majesty's discovery- ships Hecla and Fury were re- commissioned at Deplford on Thursday by Captains Parry and Hoppner. One third of the crew belonging to the Fury on the former voyage immediately again volunteered for the Hecia, the ship bearing Captain Parry's pendant. PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.. By the Annual Report of the proceedings of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which is just published, it appears that the whole number of Bibles, Common Prayer Books, and other books and tracts, distributed between the audit in April 1822 and April 1823, amounts lo 1,400,711. The receipts ot the present year amount to £ 56,094. 12s. including Ihe follow ing legacies to ihe- Society — from Mrs. Elkins, £ 3500,; Henry Sheppard, Esq. £ 1045; Mrs. Mary Frost, £ 522. 10s.; Mr Mavy Millcs', £ 500; Rev. Dr. Cope, of Hereford, £ 250; Mrs. Mary Burton, £ 100; and Mrs. Sarah Hayter; £ 100— The Report also states, that tu mark its affectionate veneration for the memory of the late Bishop of Calcutta, the Board has resolved to place the sum of £ 6000 at Ihe disposal of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the purpose of endowing five scholarships, to be called Bishop Middleton's Scholarships, and of affording a salary for a Tamul teacher in the late Prelate's College at Calcutta. ABRIDGEMENT — A French ship, the Eugenie, has been condemned at Havre de Grace, for trading in slaves.— A sawing machine is erected at Romuey, worked by, water, which will cut a three- inch deal into eight boards, with less waste and greatly superior to the usual mode.— It is stated that Lord Byron was the author ofthe impious poetical libel, for which, as stated in our lasl, a verdict of Guilty has been found against Hunt, the publisher.— A prospectus for a loan of £ 800,000 to the Greeks was ciiculated in London on Tuesday.— The Duke of York will act as chairman at the next anniversary dinner of St. Patrick.— The gieat surgical opera- tion of removing a thigh at the hip joint, was performed at Guy's Hospital, on Friday week, by Sir Astiey Cooper, ou a patient named Jones, who has e. ver since been rapidly recovering. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.— A few days ago a gentleman iu this neighbourhood, while devoting a few hours lo the sports of lit' field, espied, at some little distance, a living object, which he immediately conceived to be a full- grown heron, resting on the ground, or engaged in fishing one of those tiny rills wilh which almost all our mosses are intersected. The opportunity of course was too good to be neglected; the sportsman called iu his dog, cocked, presented, and fired, and that with too sure an aim as the event proved ; for, tin going up to Ihe spot, what was his surprise to find that, in place of a bird, be bad wounded Ihe leg of au old woman, industriously engaged in gathering together, and piling up " her wee pickle peats." From the situation of the ground, the sportsman merely got a glimpse of the old woman's head ; and as her back, moreover, happened to be turned to him at the time, Iter mulch, or overlay, bore a pretty close resemblance lo the Snowy plumage lhat adorns the heron. The shot, however, was by no means deadly ; at least so says the surgeon who extracted the lead drops; and from Ihe well known liberality of the unconscious assailant, the old woman is more likely to gain than lose by the accident. — Dumfries Courier. POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, Monday JViglit, Jan. 26, 1824. PRICE OF FUNDS AT THE CI. OSE. Red. 3 per Cts. 91 3 per Ct. Cons. 90| Imperial 3 per Cts. 90^ 3^ per Cents. — 4 perCent. Coils. 102; New 4 per Cents. 106; Bank Stock 240| Long Ann. 2 India Stock — India Bonds — Ex. Bills (£ 1000) 57 Cons, for Ace. 91J His Majesty has had a slight return of gout, which prevented him from attending Divine Service, yesterday, in the Palace Chapel al Brighton. We learn, however, with much satisfaction, lhat his Majesty's medical attendants consider a few days will be quite sufficient to remove all the effects of this attack, and that hts Majesty will be enabled to fulfil his intention of opening Parliament in person to- morrow se'nnight. METHODIST MISSION.— On Monday evening a meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society took place at the chapel, Great Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, to receive Ihe annual report of the proceedings of ihe Home Branch of the Society, the Rev. Adam Clarke, LL. D. F. A. S. in the chair, ft appeared from the report, lhat in the Home Branch of the Society 164 missions bad been established, and 179 schools for the religious in. structioii of about 11,564 scholars. The funds of the society had increased considerably, and a balance was left in hand; but the report recom- mended very forcibly the necessity of a larges supply, in order the more extensively, to carry on the great undertaking.— Mr. Butlerworth, M. P. recommended the adoption of the report, and ob- served on the late unfortunate differences in the West- India Colonics, which, he said, had existed only in the opposition of certain persons to the missionaries, upon whom the most desperate out- rages had been committed. Letters were this morning received from Deroe rara of the 2d December. Tbe interesting trial of Smith, the Missionary, had closed, and Ihe verdict of the Court had been returned to the Governor- General Murray, Contrary to general expectation, his Excellency has transmitted the verdict to England— by this step removing all responsibility from his own shoulders. As ihe Members of the Court were sworn to secrecy, the nature of the verdict, & c. have not transpired. The general opinion entertaiued in the colony was, that Smith had been found guilty. EGYPT.— A very abundant coal ( nine has just been discovered iu Syria, a few miles from the coast, fiora whence the Pasha of Egypt can draw such supplies as will enable him to adopt more ex- tensively the use of steam engines in his dominions Measures are now in progress, also, for erecting and establishing a lazaretto at Alexandria. This circumstance proves incoutestibly the enlightened mind of the present Ruler in Egypt. Were simila measures of precaution adopted in other ports iu the Levant, tiie terrible scourge of the cast would soon disappear. It is t- he fatalism of the Turks which occasions the wide a- nd spreading ravages of the plague. Ou Tuesday, the 20th inst. at Richmond, Surrey, the Right Honourable and Right Reverend James Coruwallis, D. C. L. Earl Comwallis, Viscount Broouie, ice. & c. Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coveutrv, and Dean of Durham. This venerable Prelate was third son of the first Earl Cornwallis, and received bis education at Eton, whence he removed to Merlon College, Oxfurd, of which be became. Fellow, lie was early promoted to a Prebeudal Stall at Westminster; in 1775 he was installed Dean of Canterbury ; and upon tbe trans- lation of Bishop Hurd to Worcester, he became Bishop of this Diocese, over which he presided for upwards of 42 years, being consecrated by his uncle, the Archbishop of Canterbury , in Sept. em. ber,, 1781. His Lordship afterwards obtained the De. au- ery of Windsor, which he subsequently exchanged for- Durham. He was manned in 1771.. tb the daughter of Galfridus Mann, Esq. Upon the de- cease of his nephew, the late Marquis Cornwallis, iu August last, the dignities of Earl Cornwallis and Viscount Broome devolved upon his Lordship, in which lie is succeeded by his only son. He had nearly completed his 82d year, being born on the 25th of February, 1742. The following tribute to the character of the venerable Prelate has appeared in the Birmingham Gazette: — " The annals of our diocese record the history of 110 Bishop, who for so great a length of time pre- sided over its ecclesiastical affairs, as the respected Predate we have lost; and it would not be an easy matter to fix upon any oiie of this, or of any other diocese-, who performed his Episcopal duties with more correctness and regularity, with a kinder or more obliging courtesy, or with a stricter regard to the sound principles of our national Church, than Bishop Corn wall is. Without bearing himself un- graciously, or with hostility, towards those wbo might differ from him in religious opinions, he invariably promoted only those whom he believed to be faithful aud orthodox members of our Church, and conscientiously attached to its doctrines and discipline. There was one particular rule which he observed in his ordination of Deacons, which may not perhaps in all cases prevent the admission of doubtful aud unworthy members into the church, but which must always be considered as a most tnportant one In itself and as likely to accomplish that object as any other that can be devised, viz. he admitted no one to be a candidate for the Mi- nistry, who did not bring with him testimonials that " he had had the opportunities, at least, of a liberal and enlightened education by having taken a degree at one of our Universities. Though lat- terly, from age and infirmities, lie had been unable to meet bis clergy publicly, and at visitations, to the last moment of his life he was most actively alive to every thing that was going forward in his diocese ; his advice and1 direction were always at hand ; and his benevolence, though generally ad- ministered in the most private manner, nnd often to those who had not ventured to solicit his assistance, particularly his poorer Clergjy, was of the most liberal and extensive description." Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, Ihe Rev. James Matthews :-—- House- Visitors, Colonel Gooch and Colonel Burgh Leighton. The Viscount Clive has given t'o the poor of Bishop's Castle four fat cows, which were dis- tributed, with a proportionate quantity of bread, on Wednesday, the 14th inst. A motion was made yesterday in the Court of King's Bench by Mr. Scarlett, for a rule to shew cause why an information should not be filed aga inst the printer and publisher of the Real John Bull newspaper, for a libel, on the Lord Bishop of Exeter. Rule nisi granted. GAMBLING.— IN the Court of King's Bench, on Wednesday, an action was hi • Ollght WLLLANS V. TAYLOR," by which the plaintiff sought to recover from the defeudant, the proprietor of a gaming- house, No, 57 and 58, Pail- Mall, Certain sums of money lost at that house, at various times, by the . plaintiff's brother, at the unlawful game of Rouge et Noir.— It was proved by several witnesses that the house in question was a gaming house j and the plaintiff's brother deposed to having lost various sums there.— The Jury found that the last witness, had lost £ 170, and accordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff for . i' 680.— The action was brought under the statute 9 Ann, c. 14, s. 2, which enacts that any person who shall at any time or sitting, by playing at cards, dice, or other games whatsoever, or by betting on the sides or hand's of such as do play at any of the games aforesaid, lose in. the whole the sum or value of £ 10, and pay the same, the person so losing and paying shall be set at liberty, within three months then next, to sue for and recover the money or goods lost by action, of debt; and in case the loser shall not, within that time, really and bona, fide sue for, and prosecute with effect for the same, it shall be lawful for any person to sue for the same and treble the value thereof, against the winner ; one moiety for his own use, and the other for the poor of the parish in which the money shall be won. In the Court of King's Benchy this morning, sentence was passed on Oldfield and Bennet, who had been found guilty, 011 three indictments, of keeping a common garni) ing- house. The sentence was, that they should he fined in several sums, amounting to £ 3500 each, and give security for good behaviour for five years, themselves in £ 10,000, and two sureties for each in £' 2000 each, aud should be imprisoned till such fines were paid, and security given. • The Old Bailey Sessions were brought to a close this morning, when the Common Serjeant, ( Mr. Denman), iu the absence of the Recorder, passed sentence of death on thirteen prisoners, among whom were W. H. Reynolds, fur shooting at General Burton ; three men for shooting at J. Collins, on the highway; and Maria Williams, aged 19, for passing forged notes. Five were sen- tenced to transportation for life, one for 14, and 57 for seven years; 82 to various terms of1 im- prisonment, 15 of whom to be whipped ; three to be whipped and discharged; and two sentences were respited. BANKRUPTS, JANUARY 24.— James Sayers, of South Town, otherwise Little Yarmouth, Suffolk, wine and brandy- merchant.— James Davenport, now or late of Altrinchnin, Cheshire, shopkeeper. — George Nichols, of Bristol, victualler.— Thomas S'cattergood, of Nottingham, victualler St builder. — Charles Dowse, of Chancery- lane. Hoi born, Middlesex, law- stationer.— Thomas Richards, of Birch- hills, Walsall, Staffordshire, miller. Thomas Davids, late of Charles- street, Middlesex Hospital, Middlesex, and of Cray ford, Kent, but now of Kennington'Oval, Surrey, brass- founder. — Robert Nicholson, of North Shields, Northum- berland, master- mariner and, ship- owner.— Thomas Bedford Pi in, of Exwick, Devon, paper- maker. — John Turberville, late of Canon Pion, Hereford shire, timber- dealer.— John Lamb, of Newman- street, Oxford- road, Middlesex, clock- maker.— Robert Miller, of Palernoster- row, London, book- seller.— Thomson Montgomery, of John- street, Spital fields, Middlesex, s l1 k - m a n i ifae t. u r e r.— J a n e Davenport and Ann Dunlap, of Great Portland street, Mary- le- boue, arid Cavendish- square, Mid- dlesex, miliiners.— Thomas Browne, late of Duke- street, Grosvenor- square, Middlesex, plumber, f » ainter, and glazier."— John Pink, of Chichester, inen- draper Israel Alexander, of Chiswell- street, Finsbury- sq. uare, Middlesex, stable- keeper and horse- dealer. Hunt has received a general respite this niorning. What his fate is to be is not positively known.; it • is supposed transportation for life. In the course of the evening after their trial, Th- urteft told Hunt several anecdotes abo^ t Pro- bert and his associates, particularly Lawyer and Mr. M. amongst others, he said that Probert and these two persons were in Ihe - jigger ( private still) at Gill's Hill; that it was a most successful business, for they were getting £ 300 a- week when the following accidental circumstance broke it up: — The man who set up the still, and worked it, passed as Probcrt's gardener; and from his work ing occasionally in the garden,, and wearing a suitable dress, every body in the neighbourhood supposed be was the character which he assumed,, until one evening he went to a public house to smoke his pipe, where there happened to he two Excise Officers, who knew him to beau old hand at private stills, and they directly asked him where he lived? As this question was in the hearing of the publican, he could not disguise the fact ^ aud he therefore said, " 1 have left off' the old trade, and have gone to my own business, aud am living as gardener to Mr. Probertrat Gill's hill cottage." The Excise Officers appeared satisfied with this explanation,, but the man went home as expedi- tiously as possible, and communicated what had occurred; when, expecting that they might be soon favoured with a visit, they all set to work, and removed every vestige of the illegal distillery in the course of the night. Next morning, sure enough, the officers came, but found they were too laterand got nothing for their journey. Shrewsbury, ZAtk January, 1824. AST a MEETING held this Day, by Appoint- ment, at the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury, of the Gentlemen desirous to establish a PACK of | j meeting, well appointed FOX HOUNDS to Hunt the County of Salop, it was deemed advisable to invite the Attendance at a PUBLIC MEET- ING of such Gentlemen who, as Subscribers or Preservers of Coverts, are anxioys to promote this express Object:— A MBETING will, in Pursuance, be held in the Great Room at the LION INN, on SATURDAY, 7 th February, at One o'Clock precisely. HUNTING. Sir Richard Pv lesion's Hounds will meet Thursday, Jan. 29th Gallantry Bank Saturday, 31st Tythe Barn, near Haunter At Eleven. Mr. Hay's Fox Hounds vsill- me. et Thursday, Jan'. 29th Ercall Heath Saturday, 31st Whitmore Heath At half past ten. The Ludlow Subscription Fox Hounds WILL MEET AT 3Horse Shoes, Brown Clee Hill... Friday, 30th ( 10) Ouihury Village Tuesday, Feb. 3d ( at 10) The Cheshire Hounds will meet XXOX. YHEADJEIOAD, Sec. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal One would suppose, Mr. Editor, from tbe variety of meetings which have been held upon this subject, that the preservation of the Holyhead Road through Shrewsbury was of vital importance to the inhabit- ants— that if it was once diverged, the trade of our good old town, which flourished for ages before it was made that direct line, and will I doubt not flourish for ages after the same is taken away, would from thai moment begin to decline— and that the making of another line, for the more speedy conveyance ofthe mail, & c. at a few miles distance from Shrewsbury, would be the signal of Salopia's ruin. If a sensible stranger were made acquainted with all that has taken place relative to this apparently momentous- subject, and the amount of some of the estimates lhat have been recommended for our adoption, as the price of the Holyhead Road being preserved to us, he would immediately suppose that the number of Irish travellers was immense, that they made a considerable stay, and expended large sums of money in the town: but on being informed that such was by no means the case ; that instead thereof the Irish travellers, tho' numerous, - were mere htrds of passage, frequently not stopping at all, seldom more than a single night, and that their expenditure was nearly, one might almost say solely, confined to the two principal inns, and . not in any shape making a difference iu the profits of49- 50ths of our tradesmen of a single sovereign in the year; lie would naturally presume that the town had large funds at its disposal, equal to the magnitude of such undertakings, or that the trades- men of Shrewsbury had few burthens and were accumulating fortunes. But, alas ! Mr. Editor, on being told that neither was this the case, what, think you, would he say of the proverbially styled' " proud Salopians?" what, when informed that the town had no disposable funds— that even, those which the Committee of Management for the Improvement of it were empowered to raise by loan, would by the time the contemplated altera tions in Dogpole are completed be wore than ex pended— that our burthens were as heavy as in almost any town, and more so than in many— that few, very' few, of our tradesmen and inhabitants have any superfluous cash, and that many find it difficult to make ends meet—- wbat, but that another term which I need not mention ought to be added to the proverb? The consequences of expending any very large sum of money upon the undertaking ought to be, and I trust will yet be, well weighed and consi- dered by every one who will have to bear a share of the burden it will impose. I, as well as every well- wisher to the town, must admit that the pas- sage through it wants improvement, and that the Wyle Cop presents the greatest impediment, and will, consequently, in proportion, cost the more to make the passage good ; but I think every rea- sonable person ( Irishmen, engineers, and builders excepted) wil! also admit that it is not necessary, nor is it expedient, that the passage through a town like Shrewsbury, which is closely built upon, and which from its peninsular form cannot be extended, shoqjd be made upon the exact inclination, and have its driving road of the some width, as is re- quired where there are no buildings : the Holyhead road is not upon this inclination at all points between London and Shrewsbury: why, then, should it be required to be made so here ? That it should be so seems, however, to have taken possession of the minds of several most re- spectable individuals ; but for what reason I know not, except, as Viscount Clive observed at the last meeting, that such " was the general inclination preserved on the Irish road." This being the case, various) consequently, have been the plans proposed by different individuals. One gentleman recom- mends a new line of road from Emstrey, with a bridge to cross tho Severn from the neighbourhood of the House of Industry, aud to enter the town at St. John's Hill; a second, a new line from Lord Hill's Coluinu to Sheltott, leaving the town quite out of the question ; a third would, to avoid what a jocular but sensible writer in your last Journal calls " the Camel's back," go round by the Walls; a fourth, would make a new street from the English bridge at the back of the Lion Inn, down Kiln Lane, their respective interests, and that the Members of that Honourable House will sanction no injustice, but will take care to secure to them a just remu- neration for their probable losses, by affordiug them au opportunity, in case of a difference of opinion, ot going before a jury ; and you, Mr. Editor, have, 1 doubt not, frequently seen in the Papers how jurymen estimate compensation to tradesmen for the loss of their business. The Noble Chairman, I know, can afford some informa- tion upon this point. The House of Commons shews, by what its standing orders require iu the case of I altering roads, that local interests are to be at- tended to; and, however true the axiom may be, that " the general good of the town is not to be surrendered to or compromised by considerations of local interests," it is no less just and equitable, ! that " private individuals should not be made to suffer for the general good of the town without being amply remunerated." In the present case, however, it is quite a ques- tion whether the contemplated line will be for the | good of the town. It will probably be found, when a town's meeting ? s called to decide upon it, that the majority w ill be of opinion that it is better to improve the present line, which will at the same time improve the town, than make a new one which will be found in the end to cost quite as much, if not more, will seriously injure oue portion of the com- munity, disfigure that part of the town, arid destroy the beauty of one of the finest bridges that is to be met with in a provincial town. It may be said, and truly so, I admit, that " the great height of the centre arch renders the ascent disagreeably steep," and that the breadth is " inadequate to modern notions of convenience ;" but then it should be borne in mind that its celebrated architect had an eye to the passage of the tremendous floods that occasionally inundate the neighbourhood, and for which its capacious and lofty arches are none too large, and had no idea either that iu little more than half a century people's notions of convenience would have required so much— that Irish travel- lers would wish to have the Wyle Cop made like a bowling- green— or that three gentlemen of experi- ence would, at a period wheu it is the prevailing fashion to preserve elegant aud ancient structures, be bold enough to recommend a slice to be taken off that bridge in the erection of which he had bestowed so much time and talent. I have good hopes, however, that, at all events, this part of the plan ( if not the whole of it) will be prevented; because, as we have an existing Committee for the Improvement of the town, one would suppose that they will think it a part of their duty to prevent another Committee from disfiguring it. Leaving the two Committees to settle that point, I should like to know, Mr. Editor, whether there is any certainty, supposing the new line at the back ofthe Wyle Cop were completed, that it will keep us the Holyhead Road. Judging from what passed at the meeting in December, it would appear there was no such certainty ; and as the recommendation then made by the Hon. T. Kenyon of applying first to the Irish Commissioners for a guarantee does not seem to have been adopted, one would suppose there was no probability of any certainty being obtained. Indeed, I cannot myself perceive how any guarantee can be given, because should one set of Commis- sioners promise to refrain from attempting any alteration, that promise can only extend to them- selves ; and another set of Commissioners would most probably revive the subject. If this be really the case, I would ask the advocates for the contem- plated line, whether it would not evince a more sober judgment to make the alterations and i; provements with a reference, in the first place, to the real interests and resources of the town itself., rather than to the peculiar convenience of Irish travellers, the majority of whom, even if the road should be diverged, will, from the superior conve- nience they will experience at Shrewsbury, prefer passing through it to crossing the county from Chirk ? Where the resources are to/ come from for any of the plans does not appear to have been much consi- dered. The Committee of Management can do little or nothing without increasing the rates, which they have no power of doing under the present Act without the concurrence of the persons rated, w. ho seem to be pretty generally of opinion that the rales are high enough already, hut who still perhaps might be brought to agree to a motion © anting anlr ^ Fencing. V. BOURLAY begs Leave to • inform his Friends and tiie Public, that his ACADEMY, on ST. JOHN'S HILL, re- opens on 1 Monday next. 27Ih January, 1824. auUlofco rpHE FIFTH ASSEMBLY will be fi held at the TOWN HALL, on THURSDAY, the Fifth Day of February. Miss BURLTON, Patroness. THOS. ANDREW KNIGHT, Jun. Esq. Steward, ( tj* Dancing to commence at 9 o'Clock. *#* Tickets of Admission to be had at Mr. HODSON'S Library. EXTENSIVE STOCK OF LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERY, SELLING OFF, Considerably tinder Prime Cost!- JOHN MEIHJCOTT, PRIDE- HILL, RETURNS Thanks to his Friends and the Public for the Attention, paid to the Sale of his Stock- in- Trade since be announced hislnten, tion of leaving Shrewsbury ; and respectfully so- licits them to examine his excellent Stock of Super hue Broad and Narrow West of England Cloths Kerseymeres, Woollen Cords, Woollen Velveteens' Corduroys, with an extensive Assortment of Fancy Waistcoat Pieces, Cambrics Jaconets, and all De scriptions of Plain and Worked Muslins, Edgings Laces, and Nets in great Variety ; Irish Linen and Sheeting, with an Assortment of Haberdashery Hosiery, N. B. This is an Offer which gives a great Ad- vantage to Tailors and Country Shopkeepers to increase their Stock upon advantageous Terms. Co tie act, AND ENTERED UPON AT LADY- DAY NEXT, ALARGE corn mochous H O USJE and SHOP. situate in the Centre of THE CROSS OSWESTRY, now in the Occupation of Mr* Ennis, Surgeon. For Particulars apply to Mrs. IIIGGI. VSOX. OSWESTRY, JANUARY, 1824. PURSUANT toa Decree of the High. Court of Chancery, made in a Cause HRAFORD against HAZLEDINE, the Creditors of THOMAS HF. A FORD, late of GREAT SOWDLF. Y, in the Parish of Cfceswardine, in the County of Salop, Gentle- man, deceased ( who died on or about the 9th Day of February, 1821), are forthwith to come in an'd prove their Debts before WILLIAM COURTSNAY, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London ; or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree. - Ml and so in a straight line to. the'Welsh, Bridge; i I f" r. that. purposed, when it shall be proved that the fifth, would go from the English Bridge, at the ob-! ect within their attainment, worthy of the back of the N. E. side of tbe Wyle Cop, in almost a Pr'ce ,0 ^ Pa'. d f? r and « > ias moderation straight line to Dogpole ( this is called Mr. Birch's ? nd « <-'<!" " my The Noble Chairman, plan, but is in reality a portion of Mr. Telford's, 1 perceive, is of opinion that if much money is to be the principal difference being, that it goes rathe? fX, Pe" d ™ '. the « ay of re- payment is by having farther back, and has the merit of taking off the , olls- Thls> Pe, h. aPs> would be as equitable a mea xt \ xt _ r « - i i _ _ i F-? - . i . I sure as nnv. but IS l Thursday, Jan. 29th Saturday, 31st.. U......... Monday, Feb. 2d... Wednesday, 4th. Thursday, 5th Saturday, 7th .... Burleydam Wrenbury Village ,... Kings 1 ey Wi ndm i 11 ..... Mins hull .... Warminghanj Mill .. Tabley At half past ten. The great Main of Cocks, so anxiously looked to by the Sporting World, is at length made by Gentleman of Shropshire, against the formidable confederacy of Cheshire and t- ancashire, the two counties so justly famed for their superiority of Birds.— This Main of forty- one Cocks, and fifteen Byes, is to be fought at Chester five days in the Race Week, for 20 guineas a Bajjl^, and 10 guineas the Byes, \ yith 50t> guineas the lyiain. Our Spring Meeting, we are informed, will not take place, or the above Main would have been fought here. The various stakes received the sanction of Lord Grosvenor, Mr. Mytton, Mr. Benson, and other Gentlemen in the habit of send- ing their Horses to Shrewsbury ; the cause of the failure is want of support at home. SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1824. The Setting by Contract of Caersws Bridge will take place on TUESDAY, the 24th of February, instead of ou the 18th, as advertised in our 1st page. —[ The alteration was not received iu time to be made in its proper place this week.] MARRIED. Oil Wednesday last, at St. Chad's, in this town, by the Rev. J. Langley, the Rev. J. M. Edwards, of Towyn, Merionethshire, to Miss. Edwards, of the same place. On Thursday last, at the Parish Church of Eye, in the county of Hereford, by the Hon. and Rev Spencer Rodney, Edmund Poliexfen Bastard, Esq ot Kitley, Devonshire, and M. P. for the County, to the lion. Anne Jane Rodney, daughter of the late and sister to the present Lord Rodney. DIED. On Saturday, the 24th iust. Jane, the wife of Mr. Vaughan, High Street, in this town. Oil the 17th inst. highly aud most deservedly respected, Mr. Cureton, of Kenwick, in this county. Same day, aged 56, Mr. Thomas Pugh, of the Bowling Green, Uffinglon, near this town. On Saturday last, much respected, Mr. Jeffryes, of Sutton, near this town. By his neighbours his memory will long be cherished with sentiments of affection and respect; he was through life exact in the performance of Ilia duty as a christian, a dis. interested friend, and a good man. On the 21st inst. deeply lamented and sincerely beloved, Mary, wife of Mr. Win. Lloyd, druggist, of Liverpool, and daughter of Mr. A. Pearson, of this town. Oil the 17th iust. at his house in London, aged 68, Baiuber Gnseoyne, Esq. of Childwall Hall, in the county of Lancaster, and many years a representa- tive iu Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool. His daughter, the present Marchioness of Salisbury, is sole heiress to his property. On the 5th inst. atFordel, in Fife, John Smith, aged 97. lie had been iu the service of the Fordel family, as cook, for70 years, and had actually filled that s'ituation until three years ago. He retained all his faculties to the last. Ou the 21st nit. at Kirkcudbright, Mrs. Helen Miller, aged 109. She retained her faculties till within a few days of her death. CAUTION— Ann Williams, of the parish of Alherbury, was convicted, on Monday last, of profane cursing and swearing, uttering oaths and imprecations against the Directors of our House of Industry, and fined accordingly ; and in default of payment, she was committed to the House of Cor reetiou for ten days, and to be kept to hard labour during the same. After three days' examination, at the Raven Inn, in this town, Robert Cross, of Manchester, leather- seller, was on Thursday last committed to the King's Bench Prison, ( whence he had been brought iu the custody of the Tipstaff,) for refusing to give a satisfactory account to the Commissioners, of the disposal of property to a larg^ amount which was proved to have been in his possession a short time before the Act of Bankruptcy took place. A robbery and attempt at murder took place on the evening of Sunday Ihe 18lh inst. on the person of a young mail named Wm Getley, near Newport, in this county. Not satisfied with depriving him of tbe lillte silver be had wilh him at the moment, the villains, three in number, beat and cut him, and at length shot at him, but fortunately without effect. It appears thai he took a pistol from one of the party, and wilh il struck and wounded two of them about the bead aud face. John Pearson, Esq. of Tetlenhall, a leading Counsel on the Oxford Circuit, was ip court al tiie late Stafford Sessions. He sal on the bench among the Magistrates, with whom he afterwards diued, aud took his final leave previous to his embarkation for Calcutta, where the lucrative and honourable employment of Advocate General awaits his arrival. IRON TRADE.— At a Quarterly Meeting of tbe iron- masters of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, held on Wednesday last, at the Tontine Inn, ill this town, we are happy to learn that that important branch of trade fully keeps pace with the increasing pro- sperity of the country. The general orders for metal are represented lo be equal to some of those brisk periods of deronnd, which so frequently occurred during the late war, when a much higher price was readily realized then it now bears,— Sheffield Independent. APPLES.— A Gentleman residing al Easing- wold, Yorkshire, has taken infinite pains to dis- cover the pippin or seed in an apple which pro- duces the same fruit, and the result of many years experiment in Ihe cultivation of apple trees demonstrated the fact, that those seeds only which have a regular form, without a flat side, produce the genuine fruit, whilst, all those pippins with flat or compressed sides will invariably produce the crab or bastard apple. N. W. wing of our noble bridge, and making that which is now a beautiful structure look like a pig with one ear*) ; and a sixth would preserve the present line. All these, however, with the excep- tion of the two last, seem to have been discarded or abandoned ; and ofthe twostill under, consideration, that called Mr. Birch's appears ( judging from what passed at the last meeting) to be the favourite, at least with builders, and is estimated, according to the valuation of three most respectable- gentlemen, " who pledged their characters as to the accuracy of their report," at only £ 9000; whilst the line up the Wyle Cop would, iu the opinion of the same entlemen, or part of thein, cost £ 12,000. Now, Mr. Editor, for the sake of argument, I will only suppose ( what I have many reasons to believe is not the case) that the making a good road up the present line of the Wyle Cop will cost £ 3000 more than the line at the back of the Wyle Cop, and then ask any unprejudiced person who lias an eye t. o the beauty, or who would consult the interests of the town, whether it would not be much better to expend £ 12,000 iu improving the present line, and thereby preserve the existing interests, than spend £ 9000 in making amew line close at tiie back of it— a line which, if determined upon, will render the Wyle Cop a complete back street, destroy its importance as- a situation for business, and'render the houses on the N. E. side of it unfit for the residence of a respectable person, in consequence of their being completely overlooked by what would be made the genera! thoroughfare into the town, aud which, from its elevation along a great part of the line, would either be of little use for building sites, or, if made use of for that purpose, would operate still more to the disadvan- tage of the Wyle Cop? I feel confident myself, and am supported in my opinion by that of many respectable individuals, that if it shall ultimately be thought expedient to go to any such expense for preserving the Holyhead Road, any measure deemed necessary for raising the money would be much more readily acquiesced in to keep it on the present line ( though it cost more), than for making the contemplated one at the back of it. But, Sir, a word or two with respect to thi « estimate of £ 9000. To the gentlemen who made that estimate the public are much indebted for their gratuitous services on this and former occasions ; they are highly respect- able men, and possessed of considerable ability; but, after all, they are but men, and we know that the wisest and best of men, as well as the most eminent of engineers, have often erred in their estimates; and it is a common remark, that esti mates in general, if of any magnitude, fall short, and sometimes very far short, of the sum the execu- tion of them costs;— and this I think will be the case of the estimate in question, for, with every deference to the opinion of these gentlemen, I can- not but feel a firm conviction in my own mind, and the more enquiries I make the more I am fortified in that conviction, that £ 9000 will fall short, very far short, of the expense of completing the intended new line. That it will do so ( exclusive of the expense of obtaining an Act of Parliament, which might be set down at from £ 800 to £ 1000), I am in some measure borne out bv the following ob- servation made bv the Noble Chairman at the last meeting, 11 that there was one thing which did not appear to have been taken into computation in " the estimate of the new line alluded to— namely, " the remuneration to he made to persons for taking " the road away?' Mr. Birch " considered that " would not amount to much, as they would not be " much injured." Here it is evident that Mr. Birch was speaking without due consideration ; for every one that knows any thing of Shrewsbury will immediately perceive, that a plan which will convert a street that now forms the general tho- roughfare on that side of the town into a back street ( and this the new line iHeritably will do), must materially reduce the value of the property, and almost annihilate the business of those who carry on trade in it, and although some who are anxious for the new line may think with Mr. B. I have little doubt, if carried into effect, that remuneration will form an item of considerable magnitude, and that the petitioners for the Act of Parliament ( should proceedings ever go so far) will find, when they come before the House of Commons, the pro prietors of property on the Wyle Cop attentive to sure as any, but is it possible to persuade those to think so who would have to pay them ? I am afraid, from the prejudice that exists against the very name of tolls, that they would not be per- suaded ; and it should always be borne in mind, that the lighter our imposts are, the more likely it is that persons of moderate income will come and settle among us. What resources, then, remain ? None but public subscriptions. Some improvements, it is admitted, on all hands, are necessary; and 1 think it will ultimately be found that these must be confined, to the amount which may be raised by public subscription, com- bined with the powers vested in the Committee of Management which have not yet been brought into. l operation. The extent of these I should like to be ascer- tained, and also what the expense would be of moderately raising the bottom and lowering the top of the Wyle Cop,— aud whether, if that were done, and the road made of good broken stones, as recommended by Mr. Sutton, it would not be quite enough for us to do with reference to. the uncer- tainty of retaining the Holyhead line and the benefit accruing from Irish travellers, and suffi- ciently easy for the horses, as in the present dilapi- dated state of the pavement the coaches take very few seconds more to go up the Wyle Co. p than they would to go the same distance on a level road. I remain, Mr. Editor, Your's, See. PRUDENTIA. For the Salopian Journal. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, From January 20th to nth. Taken daily at 8 A. M. and 4 P. M. Thermometer in open air fixed to a N. N. W. aspect, iu an angle of two walls. WAXES. DIED. Oil the 21st ult. at Noyadd Trefawr, in the county of Cardigan, the seat of Captain Webley Parry, R. N. Frances Mary, his eldest dauo- hter, in the 22d year of her a » e. At Machynlleth, Captain Jones, R. N. On Wednesday, five fat beeves, given by The Viscount Clive, were distributed, wilh a suitable quantity of bread, to the poor of the neighbourhood of Welsh Pool and Montgomery. An interesting article o, n the subject of ail ancient Welsh torques, recently found near Cader. Idris, will be found in our 4th page. The Harveian Prize, instituted by the University of Edinburgh, in honour of the illustrious Harvey, was, 011 the 1st instant, adjudged to F. G. Probert, Esq. late of Llangollen, Student in Medicine, Member of the Royal Medical Society, and Cor- responding Member of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, for an experimental lissay on the com- position and physiology of the Bile. To the same gentleman, on the 4th of December last, the Cale- donian Horticultural Society awarded their annual prize of a Gold Medal, for the best dissertation read before that body during the period of twelve months. The arrival of VV. Owen, Esq. and Mrs. Owen, at their residence, Glansevern, Montgomeryshire, has been marked by the most respectful greetings and testimonials of regard from their friends and, neighbours, which have called forth the warmest acknowledgments of the newly married couple. Last week, tbe remains ofthe Right Hon. Lady Caroline Pennant were deposited in the family vault, at Whitford, near Holywell, Flintshire. At the Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions, Thomas Pugh, f « ir robbing his master, and David Davies, for robbing the servant of the Rev. R. Mytton, of Garth, were sentenced lo be transported for 7 years; and Mary Jones, for stealing a sheet, to be imprisoned 3 months. II, ,— THIS WEEK. 13i6U< itl) tta liattssttna. UNION Rooms, Swan- Hill, near the Talbot Hotel, Shrewsbury. yaluabTeTibrary Of illustrated Books, elegant Works in His- tory, Topofiraphy, Antiquities, Biography, Theology, Fine Arts, Poetpj, A rts ty Sciences, a few Pictures, fyc. 3 0 CE SAT. » - 3 B WED. H a a Ol 25th 24th to u a. eu 21st to O 3 s? gg § § JSg jS - CO O © © © oto © C to K) 05 W s S MooiCs Age. S. 3 ^ » ® I § I ? » g ^ oS' • s; n. 3 5" 5 5- 3. 3 5 3 o. w ® tZ) S S « en 3 z < o CO * SP 3- " St & S'r 5 3 n 3' == < ffl % P » cs a. 3 - i C Cl> — E. 3- sa r: 5' tf) • z 3 B. 5 Range of Barometer 1,44 ( inch); of Thermometer 13 ( degrees). * We continually hear exclamations against individuals for the demolition or defacement of buildings; and yet it is proposed to spoil the elegant architecture of the bridge with all the coolness imaginable! Our obituary of this day records Ihe death of Earl Cornwallis, the venerable Bishop of this Diocese, after an illness of but short continuance Who succeeds liis I- orilship in the ecclesiastical dignities he so many years enjoyed, is at present only mutter of surmise. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. HULBEUT, On the Eveningsof Wednesday, Thursdav, Friday, and Saturday, the 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st of January, 1824, in the Union Rooms ; j PT^ HE rich & very extensive LIBRARY" Jt of an eminent Amateur, and some New Pub- lications of the first Celebrity and Graphic Excel- lence: including Harding's Biographical Mirror, comprising a Series of Ancient and Modem Portraits, & c. 3 vols. 4to.; Clarendon's ( haracters o. f Eminent Men, Large Paper Copy, illustrated by an elegant Collection of rare Portraits ; Bowyer's Illustrated Record, comprising a Series of richly- coloured Historical Prints ; Woolnoth's Graphical Illustrations and History ol Canterbury ; Allason's Pola, superb Plates ; History and Antiquities of the City of Yo| k ; Caulfield's ' Gallery of British Por. traits, 3 vols. 4to. ; Grainger's Biographical His- tory of England, 6 vols. 8vo.; Greeu's History of Worcester ; Patrick on the Old Testament, 3 vols. Folio; Monthly Review, 100 vols.; Brewer's Introduction to the Beauties of England and Wales, Royal Paper ; Hakpvyell's History of Windsor ; Gibbon's Rome ; Robertson's Works ; Hume ana Smollett's England ; Goldsmith's Natural History, & c. in very valuable Editions; Sir Walter Ra- leigh's History of the World ; Scholey's elegant Edition of the. Bible; Stackliouse's History of the Bible, and Brown's Commentary on Ditto ; Cru- den's Concordance ; Barrow's, Hervey's, and New - ton's Theological Works; Burford's Edition of Dr. Watts's Works, 6 vols. Royal 4to.; Johnson'; Dictionary, 2 vols. 4to.; and nearly One Thousand Volumes more, containing some of the most inter- esting Works in the English Language. Also ^ few Paintings and Prints; ten Napoleon Medal- lions j and two Fowling Pieces. N. B. Oil Saturday Evening, a few Pieces o^ WELSH FLANNEL'S, some handsome Japannt? TEA- BOARDS, & c. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, and at the Office of the Auctioneer, High- street. Sale to commence each Evening at 7 o'Clock toa Minute. The Rooms will be kept warm during the Sale. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who may tjnd it inconvenient to attend, by namingthe Prices they would venture to give lor any Lot, may have their Commissions faithfully executed by the Auctioneer, and under the same Circumstances and Advantages as if personally present. The Auctioneer, in opening the abuve Rooms, begs Leave to recommend them to the Public as convenient and spacious for Exhibitions, Public Meetings, or Lectures, forw hiph Purposes, from their centra! Situatiou, 4. C. they ure peculiarly adapted. A! LOST, ON FRIDAY LAST, CHARITY BAJLLLY SMALL BLACK PONY, about 11 ids high : and a BROWN COLT, about 7 Months old.— Whoever will bring them to the Groom at Woodcote shall be handsomely rewarded. [ Woodcoie, January 27th, 1824. To Hotel, Tavern, and Innkeepers, INN AND FARM, Jt WOO RE, in the County of Salop, TO BETET, And may be entered upon immediately, or at Lady- I) ay next, ALL that commodious and xvell- accus- tomed INN, situate in the Village of WOOEE, in the County of Salop, known by the Name of the SWAN, with convenient Outbuildings, Coacb- Houses, Stables, Gardens, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging; together with a FARM, consisting of 129 Acres of excellent Arable, Mea- dow, aud Pasture Land, lying near thereto. WOOBB is distant from Eceleshall 12, Nantwiqh 0, Stone 13, Newcastle 9, Whitchurch 1^, and Market Drayton 7 Miles ; and being in the direct Mail Road from London to Chester, aud from. North Wales to Buxton, Matlock, & Derby, the Travelling and Posting through it are very considerable.— Tbe Coach- Houses and Stabling are very extensive, and the House ( which has recently undergone com- plete Repair J is capable of affording every Accom- modation to Families and Travellers. The Horses and Fox- Hounds belonging to Captain HAY ( who resides in the Village) are Kept at the Inn.— And the Situation on the Whole is a most desirable one for carrying on the Iunkeeping Business. The Inn is open, and the Posting carried 011 by the Proprietor, for the Accommodation of the Public. For further Particulars, aud to treat for the same, apply personally, or by Letter ( Post- paid), to Messrs. BECKETT and JONES, Solicitors " lands, near Woore aforesaid. FOR THE BENEFIT OF gijtffnai Rational School, AT TIIE JERNINGHAM ARMS INK, On Monday, 9th of February, 1824. Mrs. COMPSON, Lady Patroness. WM. BOTFIELD, Esq. > M, n„„ ers GEO. BAYLIS, Esq. § M- m^ n.- ( Jj* Ladies' Admission Ticket, 5s. Gentlemen's, 8s. to be had at the Bar of the Inn. Office of Coroner, • y^ E, the undersigned Magistrates, act- | Four Shropshire Canal Shares, 1^ 0 be SOLD by AUCTION, at the . Pheasant Inn, in Wellington, on Thursday, the 12th Day of- February, 1824, at Four oXlock in the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions of Sale as will then be produced.— For Particulars apply to Mr. DOWNES, Auctioneer, Bridgnorth. FARMING STOCK. Hp HE WHOLE of the VALUABLE j * STOCK, IMPLEMENTS in Husbandry, & c. of the late Mr. CURETON, of KENWICK, will be SOLD BY AUCTION, early in the Month of March; Particulars of which will appear in a 1 future Paper. ing in the Hundreds of MUNSLOW, STOTES PON, and OVERS, are of Opinion that the Situation of Coroner for the above District would be most eligible in the Town of CI. EOBURY MORTIMER, where he will be residing within four Miles of Iron Works, and within six of tbe Coal and Lime Works and of Stotesdon ; and we also are of Opinion tha* the above Office should be held by a {. Profes. sional Man. Dated this 224 Day of November, 1823. THOMAS WHITMORE, W. DAVENPORT, E. S. DAVENPORT, JOHN M. WOOD, THOS. MYTTON, CHARLES POWELL. THOS. H. LOWE, WM. OTTER, JOHN WALCOT, GEO. RUSHOUT BOWLES. To the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, find Freeholders OP THE COUNTY OF SALOP. MITTON MILL, WITHIN FOUR MILES OF SHREWSBURY. iit ILct, AJFO'ENTERED UPON AT LADY DAY NEXT, Opi'ifion diat 1: rpHE above capital WATER CORN EGAL Profes- [' MILL, which is nearly new, and has the Advantage of Two Pair of French Stones, with a plentiful Supply of Water even in the driest Sea- sons. There is a convenient House apd Outbuild- ings attached, all in complete Repair, together with Twelve Acres of GRASS LAND, to which ( il required) several more Pieces can he added, For Particulars enquire of Mr. W. B. PRICE, Fel- ton Butler ( if by Letter, Post- paid). Brook- I T\ THEATRE OF ANATOMY, Blenheim Street, Great Marlborough Street. THE Spring Course of LECTURES on ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and SUR- GERY, will be commenced on Monday, the 26th of Januarv. at two o'Clock. BY JOSHUA BROOKES, F. R. S. F. L. S, soc. CSS. NAT. CUR. tuosa. soc. etc. & C-. Anatomical ConverzationeB will be held Weekly, when the different Subjects treated of will be dis- cussed familiarly, and the Students* Views forward, ed.— To these none but Pupils can t* admitted. Spacious Apartments,. thoroughly ventilated, and replete with everv Convenience, will be open all the Morning for ' the Purpose of Dissecting and Injecting, where Mr. Brookes attends to direct the Students, and demonstrate the various Parts as they appear 90 Dissection. . The Inconveniences usually attending Anatomical Investigations, are counteracted by an Antiseptic ' Pupils may be accommodated in the House. POST I10RSK DUTIES. STAMP- OFFICE, LONDON, JAN. 23,1824. " TV; OTICE is hereby given, that by an Act of Parliament made and passed 111 the Fourth Year of tbe Reign of his present Majesty, intituled " An Act to repeal the Duties upon Horses let tollire, for tbe Purpose qf Travelling Great Britain ; and to grant other Duties 111 Lieu thereof and to provide for letting the same to Farm " it is enacted, that after tTie 31st Day of January, 1824, Every Person letting Horses for Hire, or using' the same as iu the said Act is men- tioned, shall talje out an Annual License for that Purpose, and every such License will expire on the 31st Dav of January in each Year. And it is also enacted," That every such Person shall, 011 receiving the first License so required by tbe said Act, give a Bond to His Majesty as in the said Act is alsq mentioned, aiiifthat every such Person shall, at the End of three Years from the Date thereof, renew . such Bond. Aud bv the same Act, the following Dutiei are payable,' that is to say— For every License the Sum of 5s.; and for every Bond the Sum oflOs. Which said Duties are the aiil. v Sums chargeable to every such licensed Person as aforesaid, in Respect of any such License and Bond. By Order of the Commissioners, WM. K. APPEN, Secretary. \ STHEREAS RICHARD CROSS, IT pf HAIU. EY TOWER, in the County of Salop, Miller, hath, by Indenture bearing Date on or about the 24th Day of January Instant, assigned over all his personal Estate and Effects to Messrs. HUMPHREYS and HKAUNG, both of Shrewsbury, 111 tbe said County of Salop, Grocers : IN TRUST, for the equal Benefit of sueh of the Creditors of the said Richard Cross as shall execute such Deed on or before the 1st Day of March next: NOTICE is herebv given, that the said Deei} nf Assignment lies at the" Office of Mr. BCRLEY, for the Inspection and Sin- nature of Creditors; and that such of the Cre- ditors qf tbe said Richard Cross as do not execute such Deed on or before tbe said first Day of March next, will be excluded from all Benefit to arise therefrom. SHREWSBURY, JANPARY27TH, 1824. MY LORDS, AND GENTIEMEN, SMI E Situation of one of the CORONERS 1. of this County being about to become vacant by the Resignation of Mr. WHITCOMBE, I beg' Leave most respectfully to offer myself as a Candi- date for the important Office, aud 10 solicit tbe Honour of your ATTENDANCE AT THE POLL. Since the Division was made of the llales Owen District, the whole of the Inquests have been held within 22 Miles of this Town, and which has been the Residence of the Coroner ( or within eight Miles of the Place) for upwards of 60 Years last past. If you appoint your Coroner at Bridgnorth, which bas already got oue for the Liberties—( another being ikewise appointed for the extensive Franchise of Wejiluck, a" d one also for Broseley)— then you will have Four Coroners within 8 Miles of each other, aud the Hundreds of Clun, Purslow, Chirbury, Ford, and Munslow, will be in the Jurisdiction of the Bishop's Castle Coroner. This would be attended with a great Expense to your County, as, out of the 75 Inquests held by Mr. WHITCOMBE during his Coronership of 5 Years only, 7 have been held 011 the other Side of Bridg- north, and which were iu the Parishes of Rudge, Claverley, and Morville. Mr. JONES informs yon that my Residence is upon the Confines of the ' County ; for which Reason I have come forward, and with what Success will be seen at the Day of Poll. If he will look to Baugh's Map of the County, lie will find where the other three reside. For what Purpose would it be to appoint your Coroner in the Centre of your County, or in a District where others are already exercising that Right within their Jurisdiction. I am sorry to see that Mr. JONES, in his Address, makes so light qf the Office for which he is a Candidate. If he will, for one Moment, consider the great " Importance and serious Duties of the Office, be will find that it is not attained with that Practical Knoxoledge which he may possess ; but that the very Old Law Books ( of Waste Papir Value, as he says) are the grand and Golden Laws for a Coroner, and if he does not know and under- stand them, he iniist be very unfit for sgch an Office. It has not been in my Power to personally can- vass the whole of. the Freeholders throughout this County ;• but I hope that those that I hjve not seen, will join Hand in tlaud with those that I have j and 1 assure the whole, that I shall feel myself highly honoured in their meeting ine at the Day of Pull; until which Time, I have the Honour to remain, MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Your very obedient humble Servant, S. P. SOIJTHAM, JAN. 5, 18& 4. Solicitor, Clcobury Mortimer. FARMS TQ LET. AMost excellent and desirable F A RM, called LLWNYREDITU, containing about 253 Acres ; ACK. LF. Y, adjoining-, and which may be held with it, about 128 Acres. BETTON's TENEMENT, THE KING'S WOOD, and PEN- TRF. NANT FARMS, containing from 50 to 80 Acres each. Thev are all situated within 5 Miles of Welsh Pool. Also, I. LWYN and THE CWM Farms, near to Llanfylliu, antjsome FARMS iii Llanewthen, with extensive Sheepwalks attached, from £ 30 to £ 300 per Annum. Apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Mr. JONES, Pen'bryn, near Montgomery ; or to Mr. DANIEL, Myfoi. DESIRABLE Ready- Furnished House, Shrewsbury. TO BJTLET, And entered upon the Tlh of February next, ri^ HAT neat and commodious Dwelling A HOUSE, with tlie Garden attached thereto, situate on SWAN HILL,, within a few Minutes' Walk of the Quarry and St. Clfad'sCliurch, now in the Occupation of James Shentbij; Esq.— The House consists of Kitchen, Brewbpuse well supplied with Water, 2 Cellars, Parlour-, Tea Room and 2 Bed Rooms on First Floor, and 3 gond Attics: Permission is allowed to view the Premises aiiv Day ( Sunday excepted) from 12 to 2 o'clock ; and for further Particulars apply to Messrs? Tenon and LAWRENCE, Auctioneers, Shrewsbury ( if by. Letter, Post- paid). Shrewsbury, Jan. 20th, 1824. auction. GF. NTF. EL FURNISHED RESIDENCE, IN THE TOWN OF POOL. TO BE LET, And may be entered upon immediately, 4 SMALL HOUSE, situate in HIGH ! LML STBEBT, in the Town of POOL, containing every Requisite of genteel Furniture adapted for a small Family of Respectability. The House . contains 2 small Parlours, a Kitchen, and Larder, upon the Ground Floor*, and $ Drawing' | Room and 3 Bed Rooms upon the First Floor. The'! Out- Offipes are conveniently attached to the pier mises. If more desirable, the House would he Let with- out the Furniture. For Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Mr. CORRIE, Dyserth, nearPool. Pool, 20th January, 1824. Salt$ bp Auction, HAY. • • BY MR. PERRY, At Mr. Davies's, the Fishes, Shrewsbury, on Sa- turday next, the 31st January, at six o'clock in the Evening; ^ STACK of excellent HAY, of 18- 2- 2, TO- MORROW. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; BY MESSRS. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, On the Premises of Mr. THOMAS LLOYD, Currier, MARDOL, Shrewsbury ( who is changing h. s Resideuce), on Thursday, the 29th of Januarv, 1824. rjhHE FURNITURE comprises se- 1- veral Fourpost and Stump Bedsteads, with Moreen and. other. Hangings, good Feather Beds with Bedding; Inlaid and other Chests of Drawers, Mahogany Dining, Tea, Card, and Sofa Tables ; Bed'Rooui and Mahogany Chairs ; Brussels Carpet ( nearly new), 12 Feet Square ; with some useful Kitchen Furniture and Brewing Requisites.. (£ fp Sale to commence at ten o'Cloc|$. Valuable Freehold Estates. By Messfs, TODOR & LAWRENCE At the Oak Inn, in Welsh Pool, On Monday, the 2d of February next, at Th; ec o'Clock ill the Afternoon, in 15 Lots ; EVERAI. valuable FARMS, LANDS, and Hereditaments, containing together bv Estimation 896A. 3R. 13P. ( more or less), situate i'n the several Townships of Colfrvn, Lledrid, Tref- nan. iy, Trewylan, Llanerchkeeia, and Rhysnaut, in the Parishes of Llaqsaiuttfraid, Myfod, Llan- drinio, and Llandisilio, in the County of Montgo- mery, now in the several Occupations of John Matthews, John Davies ( Bank), Widow James. Jane Morris, Evan Owen, Samuel Williams, Samuel Gittins, John Davies, Evan Dav. es, Matthew Pugh, aud Thomas Jones. l^ rotemetal ftttacdianeowa* ALDFRLE^ PAIIK, CHESHIRE— A series of Fetes, in commemoration Gf the coming of age of Mr. Edward John. Stanley and Mr. William Owen Stanley ( the latter of the Grenadier Guards), twin sons of Sir JC T. Stanley, Bart, took place at Alder- ley Park dui'in^ the whole of the week commencing on Monday,.- the 5th inst. and also iu the week following.— On Monday, the 5th, the numerous tenantry and tradesmen were assembled to dinner,, & c. in- a Baronial hall erected for tiie purpose.— On Tuesday evening, the tenants' wives and daughters,, with the yotjng men of'ihe neighbourhood, as- sembled, at the mansion to a Ball and Supper.— On Thursday, about forty ( gentlemen of the County dined with Sir J,:. TV and the t* yo Mr. Stanley's.— Oti Ft^ dayvthe labourers on; the. estate, and the cottagers of the vicinity were collected at the Hall to partake o^ the Christmas cheer arid festivity y and on Saturday,- the children of the parish were feasted in the same plentiful:- manner.-— The whole of thi$ week- haying been devoted to Oid English hospitality, Lady Maria Stanley, invited and as- sembled nearly the whole of the beauty, rank, and fashion of the county,, with the families of pari Kilmorey,, and otjher § of the first rank resideut ou the borders* oft the neighbouring counties, to a Fancy Ball,, ph Tuesday,, the 13th inst. and to a Masquerade on l? hursdayr the 15th, both of which were admirably supported. t- wThe liberality and munificence of Sii; Jd, T. and Lady Stanley through out the whole of-. these festivities,, as well asnt those which took, place in Anglesey. on the same happy occasion, as noticed in a former Paper,, have heen the theme of universal approval and admiration. At a meeting of the inhabitants held on Tuesday, at the Imperial Hotel, Cheltenham, a petition to Parliament was agreed to,, praying the repeal of the Iuhabited House Tax. Particulars of the different Lots may be obtained from Mr. DODSON, Cressage, near Salop; Mr. DAVIES, Mardu, near'Llandrinio ; or Mr. BURLKY, Solicitor, Shrewsbury 5 who have each Maps of the Estate for Inspection. FREEHOLD PREMISES, „ ,1 Maradl, Shrewsbury, BY Messrs. TUD0R & LAWRENCE, At the Britannia Inn, Shrewsbury, On Friday, the 13th Day of February, 1824, at 4 o'CTock, if not disposed of by Private Contract, of whjch timely Notice will be given ; ALL that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE, and substantial- built DWELLING HOUSE, situate in MARSOL, SHREWSBURY, now in tiie Occupation of Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Currier. The House consists of three Cellars, Wine Bin, Kitchen, two Pantjries, two Parlours, three lofty good Lodging? Rooms, with Closets, on first Floor*; three Ditto on second Floor; with three Attics; excellent Brewhouse, $ ud Yard which extends from Mardol to Roushill, nearly 150 Feet in Depth N. B. The ahoye Premises aye sHuated in one of BRITISH PEERAGE.— There is an investigation now going forward, proving a. claim; t, o a, title supposed to be extinct in the Berkeley family The claimant is Digby Berkeley, Esq. great grand- son to Dr, Henry Berkeley ( formerly of Ardustan, 111 the county of ( parloyv, and at that period one of the blasters of his Majesty's High Court of Chancery, in Ireland, being appointed to that situation by his nea^ r relation, the first Lord Berkeley, of St ration, when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the i; ejgu of Charles the ^ ecpud), by his first wife Catherine, daughter of Es^ ex Digby, then Bishop of D^ omo^ e, and sister to the then Bishop of Elphin, aud which Essex Digby was the son of Sir R. Digby, and Lettice Lady O. phaly, the daughter and then sole heif to perald, Earl of Kildare, the ancestors of the present Lord £)% by, This claimant's grandfather, also a Digby Berkeley, succeeded his father in the estates in the county of Carlow, who married au Elizabeth Prettyman, the daughter and sole heir to the then Sir William Prettyman, of Loddinbon, in l^ eicesvershiic, Bar From the recent discovery of certain document: arid the success which has hitherto attended the necessary searches, little doubt is entertained of the ultimate establishment of his claim. A case now pending, to be laid before the Law Officers of the Crown in England, and if they should give their opinion in the claimant's favour, a question of considerable moment will take place oh ejectment about to be brought for the recovery the whole of the property in the county of Carlow, where the only difficulty lhat can occur will be. whether length of adverse possession, comiecte with the grossest fraud, can bar the right of re- mainder men. LATE F1GIIT AT WORCESTER. [ From the Worcester Herald of Jan. 23,1, harvested in excellent iia i , or laau, the mostprinpipalStreetsinShrewshurv, andwquld the very best Manner without prove a desirable Acquisition to any Young Trades-.(., l v..., i „„„.„,..... ™ „ t * II ... .1 - ® the least unfavourable Weather, containing about FIFTEEN TONS. The Hay stands in a Fold Yard near Kiugsland, aud is the Stack nearest Garden Wall. MARKET HERALD SHREWSBURY. . In our Market, on Saturday Inst, tlie price of Hides coronersarc „ sually selected fi was 4d. per III.— Calf Skins 5il— 1 allow 3d. | U() t from tlie Lej? a| profefision, Iu our Market, on Saturday last, Old Wheat sold at from 10s. Od. to 10s. 8d.'; New Wheat at from <) s Gd. to 10s. 4d. per bushel of 38 qts. Barley 5s. 6d. to 6s 3d. per bushel of 38 < jts. Old Oats at 7s. 2d.; New Oats from bs. 8d. to 6s. 5d. per bushel of 57 qts. Peas from 6s. Od. to 6s. 2d. CO UN EXCHANGE, JANUARY 26. Having but a moderate supply during the course of last vyeck, and our arrivals tresh iu from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk not being' oyer large, the Factors in the early part of the morning demanded extra- vagant prices for fine samples of Wheat, which, however, were not submitted to ; but an advance of full 2s. per quarter on the prices of this day se'nnight was made on such kind, while the mid- dling qualities obtained nearly the same improveT meiit — Fiue Malting Barley sold as high as 40s.; and Grey Peas obtained the same price.— Beans aud Oats are also fu| l Is. per quarter dearer.— Flour is expected to be raised 5s. per sack. In other articles there is no alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under : Wheat 50s to 80s | White Peas 36s to 3Rs To tlte Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders, OF THE COUNTY OF SAJLOF. MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, PERMIT me again to intrude ipyself upon your Attention while I answer Mr. Southain's Address to you in the last Salopian Journal. Sufficient has already been said as to the most eligible Situation for the Residence of the Coroner : upon t) iat Point Mr. Southam and myself are ot Issue ; and by your kind Assistance I look forward with every Confidence as to tbe Result of the Poll. I cannot, however, permit his Observation, that in my Address I appear to make light of the Office, to pass without Notice. I an) not conscious of hav- ing uttered a single Expression from which any such Inference can be drawl). That to qualify a Gentleman for the Office, of Coroner much deep Legal Research and Knowledge is not necessary, I aqj, with every Deference, justified in inferring, from the Fact that throughout the Kingdom the usually selected from the Medical and Legal Profession, and that the former, with the Assistance of Mr. Umfreville's and other Treatises oil the Subject, are found to be fully equal to the Duties of the Office. Permit me again to solicit your Suffrage on the Day of Election. Should I be the Object of your Choice, you may rely that I will execute the Office with Diligence and Integrity. I have to remain, Mv LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Your obliged and very humble Servant, G. JONES, Surgeon. BRIDGNORTH, JAN. 19, 1821. SLEAP. Valuable FARMING STOCK, and I genteel FURNITURE. BY MR. PERRY, On Mqnday and Tuesday next, the 2d and 3* 1 Days of February, 1824; rS^ HE entire STOCK and HOUSE- 1L HOLD FURNITURE, of Mr. WALTER BROUGHALL, at SLEAP, near Went: consisting of choice DAIRY COWS in- calf, CALVING HEI- FERS, and Young Cattle ; a Team of excellent powerful Draught 110RSF. S and Gears ( well- known steady Workers), Mares in- foal, and Colts ; Fat and Store Pigs; Hay and Straw; aud all the nearly- new IMPLEMENTS, including two Wag- gons ( one of which is excellent and newly- built, with Harvest Gearing, oii Shells), Tumbrels, Laud Roll, Ploughs, Harrows, Twins, Winnowing Ma- chine, Bags, Kibbling Mill, aud numerous other 4gricultiiral Articles. Also the valuable HOUSEHOLD FURNITUIi E, adapted to genteel and respectable Families, Dairy and Brewing Vessels, and other Effects. Particulars are in Catalogues, to be had at the principal Inns in the neighbouring Towns ; on the Premises ; gud of Mr. PE^ RV, Shrewsbury. The first Day's Sale will embrace the Stock and Implements, and will commence precisely atll.— The second Day's Sale will comprise the Furniture and Vessels, and, on Account of the Number of Lots, will commence exactly at 10. man beginning Business. May be viewed, any Time prior to the Sale by applying to Mr. THOMAS LLOYD, on the Premises, For further Particulars apply to Mr. GRIFFITHES, Solicitor, Welsh Pap! ; or THE AUCTIONEERS, Shrewsbury, FARMING STOCK, & HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, To be Sold, without Reserve, T Barlev Malt.:. 30s to 40s Beans 52s to 60s I Oats 38s to 41s 26s to 33s Fine Flour 60 » to 65s per sack; Seconds 55s to 60? SMITH FIELD ( per st. of'Slb. sinking offal J, JAN. 26.— We have very little alteration to notice in our Market this morning ; but although the sup- ply of all articles of Meat is very abundant, both Beef and Mutton is oti the rise, as each of them is 2d. per s'tone dearer, and brisk sale at that improve- ment. Beef.... 3s 4d to 4s 4d I Veal 5 « Oil tq 6s 0( 1. Mutton 3s 6d to 4s 0< l | Pork 4s 4d to 5s 4d. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Wheat Us. 3d. lo 10s. 6d. per701bs. Barley 5s. Od. to Qs. Oil. per60lbs Oats.. 3 » . 8( 1, to 4s. Od. per 451bs. Malt...... 8s. fld. to 9s. 4d. per36( 1 ts. Fine Flour 48 » . Od. to 66s. Od. per240||} S BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. Spring price of Wheat, per sack s. d. of 33libs Foreign Wheat per hush, of 8 gall. English Wheat, ditto Malting Barley, ditto Malt, dillo Flour, Fine, per sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbs 55 Secon( Udj! to 48 Oats, OJd, per 8 gi> ll 2 ; eo 3 7 4 6 0 to 0(> 9 lo 4 0 to 8 3 to 4 0 to 7 0 In 58 0 lo 52 9 to 3 FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN. Fell. 2, Newtown, Rhuddlan, Burton- on- Trent, Ledbury, Evesham— 3, Ellesmere, Newport, Here- ford, Newtown— 6, Bishop's Castle, Nantivich — 7, Howey. At Warwick fair, on Monday week, there was a good shew of fat cattle, which sold from 5d. to 6d. per ib. sinking the offal. Fat sheep from 5d to till, per 111.; stores were scarcely saleable; but milkers went off rather briskly. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. OTJalLS TTD IBIS HOT* NOTICE is hereby given, that the TOLLS arising anil to be collected at the several Toll Qates and Side Bars hereinafter men- tioned, namely, at Buttiugtoii and Leighton Gates, Pool Upper Qate, I. laufair Lower Gate, and Ceu- nant Gate, and at Pool Church Gate, Tyddyn Bar, and Groes Pluan Gate, and at the several Side Bars aud Side Gates attached to them or any of tbeni, will be LET BY AUCTION for oue Year, to commence from the first Dav of May next, to the best Bidder, at the Town Hall", in Pool, on Wednesday, the 18th Day of February next, between the Hours of Eleven and Twelve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the 3d Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which said Tolls produced last Year the several Sums herein- after mentioned, above the Expenses of collecting the same; aud will be put I^ I at those Sums respectively :— viz. Butting- ton and Leighton ( Jateij Pool Upper Gate, Cei) i) » nt Gate, and Ltaufair Lower Gate — : r•'!••<:•• Pool Church Gate, Tyddyn Bar, and Gro. es Pluftu Gate Whoever happens to t) e the best Bidder, must at the same Time give Security, * HI> sufficient Sure- ties to the Satisfaction qf the Trustees of the 1 urn- pike Roads, for Pavmentof the Rents agreed for, at such Times, and in such Proportions, as the said Trustees shall appoint. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that at tlifi same Me'tinw the Trustees of tbe said Turnpike Roads will'proceed to elect new or additional Trustees in the Room of such as are deceased, or who have resigned or decline acting; and they will also consult about the Propriety of erecting Two Toll- Gates or Side Bars at or near tbe. Mardu Bridge, upon the Road leading from Pool to Oswestry. RICHARD GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the said Trustees. HARTLEY TOWER. Valuable Road Team, Live Stock, Wag- j gons, Implements, Hay, Manure, new Furniture of lite first Cluss, FIXTURES, & Q. BY MR~ SMITri, On the Premises, at llARLEY TOWER, near Wenlock, in tbe County of Salop, on Tuesday, the 17th Day of February, and following Day : rg^ H E ENTIRE of the VALUABLE I EFFECTS; Particulars of which will be published iu due Time. BY. MR BAGNOLD, On the Premises at ESPRESS, in the Parish of Stanton. upon- Hiue- lleath, in the County of Salop, on Monday and Tuesday, the 9th and 10th Days of February, 1824 ; ^ HE WHOLE of the FARMING STOCK, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Brewing and Dairy Utensils, on the Premises lately- occupied by Mr. BARLOW, deceased, situate at Espress aforesaid: comprising 7 Cows calved and in- calf, 4 Heifers in- calf, 7 rearing Calves, 2 Fat Cows, 3 Fat Bullocks; a good Hackney Horse, aud a Team of useful Draught Horses ; 2 Breedin Sows, 12 Store Pigs ; 3 Waggons, 2 Tumbrels, Land Roll, a double Plough, 3 single Ploughs, a Winnowing Machine, 3 Pairs of Harrows, and other Implements. Also, a large Quantity of GRAIN and HAY, viz. I Stack and great Part of a large Bay of Wheat, 2 Stacks of Barley, 1 large Stack and Part ( if another Stack of Oats, a Stack of Vetches, and 1 of French Wheat, and about 40Tons ut' well- harvested Hay. The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE consists of the usual Articles; and there are Brewing and Dairy Utensils ofeverv Description. The Sale will commence at 11 o'Clock in the Morning of each of the Days ; and the Fanning Stock will be sold ou the first Day, GREAT SALS. At PICMHII. L HALL Farm and Dairy Yards, SITUATE NEAR BANGOR AND WREXHAM, AND IN THE COUNTY OF DENBIGH, The Property of Samuel Newton, Esq. TQ TIIE NOBILITY, GENTRY, FARMERS, BREEDERS OF CATTLE, MILK SELLERS, AND OTHERS. CAPITAL COPj'ICE OAK AND ASH TIMBER. Uj T, o o 312 0 0 0 0 Pool, Wh January, 1824, BY MR. WYLEY, At the Castle Iiju, in Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the 13th Day of February next, at 4 o'Clock in the Afierqoon, iu ihe following, • or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, subject to Conditions to be tljen and there produced ; HE following LOTS of OAK ASl} TIMBER, growing in Coppices on the CAUGHLEY ESTATE, five Miles iron) Bridgnorth, three from Coulhrookdale, tvvo from the Turnpike Road leading from Broseley to Bridgnorth, and one from the River Seven). In Slubbunk Coppice. LOT I. 50 OAK Trees, commencing- No. 1 and ending No. 50. LOT II. 50 DITTO, commencing No. 51 and ending No. 100. Lor 111. 90 ASII, and 12 WYCH ELM Trees. In Finley Grove. LOT IV. 70 OAK. Trees, commencing No. 1 and ending No. 70. I. OT V. 70 DITTO, commencing No. 71 and ending No. 140. Lor VI. 25 ASH, and 5 WYCH ELM Trees. The Whole of the Timber is very lengthy, qf " ood Dimensions, ancj superior Quality, adapted for Naval Purposes, Pianking, or Cleft. Mr. RICHARDS, of Dean Corner, near Willey. will shew the same ; and further Particulars may' be had on Application to Mr. VVYLEY, Adinaston near Wellington; Mr. CLAYTON, Lawley, near Wellington; or Messrs. ParrcuARD, Solicitors Bro.- eley. 26ru JANUARYJ 1824, BY W. CHURTON, On Monday and Tuesday, tbe 9th and 10th Days of February, 1824, each Day at 10 o'Glock ; P A AR OS of () 0 Head of superior Holtterness and Cross- bred Dairy & Yoyn STOCK ( Part of which are descended from that highly- noted Durham Bull, COMET), DEVON BULLS, Waggon Team of HORSES, Ditto of Donkies, valuable THRASHING MACHINE, with all other excellent IMPLEMENTS of Hus- bandry, substantial ana nearly new Dairy Vessels, & c. Sic. Catalogues may now be had at the Bridgewater Anns, fiilesiiiere ; Cross Foxes, Oswestry ; Wynn- stuy Arms, Wrexham ; principal Inns at Ruthin, Denbigh, Holywell, and Mold; Liverpool Arms, Liverpool ; Royal Hotel and Green Dragon, Ches- ter ; Lain'), Nantwjeli.; Corbet Arms, Drayton; Fox, Shrewsbury ; White Horse, Wein ; upou the Premises ; aud from THE AUCTIONEER, Whitchurch' BY G. FRANKLIN, At the White Horse Inn, iu Wem, in the County of Salop, > n Thursday, the 12th Day of February, 1824, between the Hours of four and six o'Clpck in the AfternoQii-, subject tq Conditions ; ALL that very desirable FREEHOLD FAT^ tVI, consisting of a cewiy- erected Mes- suage, > yith suitable Outbuildings, and 7SA. 2R. SP. ( more " of l^ s) of excellent * ' ' P^ sture'Laiid, situate % tNE of Wen) aforesaid, now , in the Occupation . of Mr. A most melancholy duty has devolved upon us, and one which, from the, flattering account we heard last, week, we indulged the greatest hopes we should have been spared that of announcing the death of an individual, in the person of a Mr. James Tehay, from injury sustained by the falling of the erections at the Ltte conflict upon our race- course... The deceased, it appears, upon the northern range of the buildings at the time of its giving way, and was taken froin amidst the uiass of disjointed limber, vyith a coinpqun4 fracture of his right. imar the ankle joint, and a part qf the h° ne protruding through the skin. The poor sufferer \ vq. s immedi- ately conveyed to the Infirmary, where he reeeiyed that skilful treatment arjd attention his calamitous state required ; the frapture was reduced, and for five or six days there was every reason to hope he wouid do well, and that amputation would b, e un- necessary. In the course of Friday, however, in- flammation, fever, aud delirium presented them- selves, and upon a consultation being held among the medical attendants of the Institution, it was decided that the only chance of saving the. patient's life was the instant removal of the limb. The un- fortunate man being informed of this decision, and, convinced of its necessity, assented to the operation. It was accordingly performed the same evening, but, unhappily, so i- apidlv had the inflammation spread itself throughout his system, that no human effort could an est its progress, and after lingering until about four o'clock in he afternoon of $ lqnday last, the poor fellow expired. On Wednesday an inquest was held upon the b « dy at the Infirmary, before Jqlin Piatt, Esq. oue of the Coroners for this city. The examination of wit- nesses occupied from eleven in the morning until seven in the eveniug. The evidence Qf course was very voluminous. We do not enter into thp details, as if would be merely a repetitiQjj of facts of which our readers are but too well acquainted.— That the deceased met his end accidentally was beyond all doubt; the main purport Q^ the inquiry, therefore, was to ascertain whether the circumstances attend- it were the result ot culpable negligence, and if so, upoi) whom was su# h negligence chargeable. Mr. Share, clerk of the course, and Mr. Wood, a cpr. penter, were the two witnesses whose testimony touched more particularly upon this point, and never was testimony upon the same subject more conflicting, or more at variance. It was stated by the former, that the timber for the structure was not only supplied by Mr. Wood, bijt that he super- intended their erection ; og the other hand, Mr. Wood denied having further to do with the buildings than the furnishing of the onaterials, and the aicj of some workmen to put them up. It would appear tq have been the endeavour of these two gentlenjen each to rid himself of the onus arising from the in- security of the erections, and ihe fatal results conse- quent thereupon, and ( as between the two it rested) necessarily to cast it upon the other. - A § tq wfrat success attended either, we forbear offering an opinion. We understand that the matter will shortly become tbe subject of legal incjuivy, either by indictment or action, and therefore, it would be most improper in us so to do. The Jury paid the utmost attention throughout the laborious investiga- tion, and, upon hearing an able and impartial sum- miug up of the evidence by the Coroner, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of— Accidental death— deod. and upon the timber, one pound. The deceased was forty- two ye$ rs of age. For many years he was a perfqrnjer of some merit at Coyent- Garden Theatre, but of late kept Livery Stables in London.— He nas left a widow* and tvyq children to deplore hi § untimely end. The former arrived by the Mail during the time the inquest was sitting, of course aware of the accident, but uncon- scious of its fatal termination, and we shall not attempt to describe her distress when acquainted with the loss of an affectionate husband. Yesterday his remains were interred in the burial ground of St. Oswald's Chapel. TANKERS* COMPANY, CHESTER.— It is cx% peeled that the pending action, as to the right of compelling individuals exercising ihe trade of a * anner in Chester,, to enter the Company, will be ought to issue nexV Term, in the Court of King's Bench. II is reported that the Attorney and Solicitor- General are retained.—- Several writs have already been served on the non- freemen. We feel much pleasure in calling the attention of our? readers toa » act of liberality, seldom etjual- * on the part of. the eldest son of Mr. Cooke, lale banker of Sunderland. He has raised £ 13,000 on his inheritance in an eslate,, his father's life terest in which had been already sold for ihe benefit of the creditors,, and in the handsomest manner" presented ii to them. The Uank failed under the pressure of commercial difficulties in 1816.— Newcastle Chronicle. POACHING.— On Tuesday last* o man of the name of Da vies- was committed t( o Stafford gaol, harged with poaching on the manor of Sir Robert Lavvley, at Canwell, near Lichfield. This man was formerly an assistant to the gamekeeper, and when taken intq custody made a most desperate resistance, firing upon the gamekeeper and his assistant, and wounding them both j the latter, we are sorry to say, very severely. POACHERS.— On the 3d iust. whilst Ihe game- keepers of Lord Petre were engaged with a most notorious poacher o,^ the name of Lngersole, some other poachers actually stole, from the front of Thorndon- Hall, ten beautiful gold and silver pheasants from, the wire cages j a spring gun was placed amongst the pheasants, which the poachers carefully fired off. On Monday,, the 5th iust. as one of the keepers of Sir George Jerningham, with tvvo assistants, were on their rounds at Cossey, they heard the report of guns in a plantation on the eastern side of ihe Park, called the Queen's Hills. They has- tened to the spot, and perceived three poachers, whom they instantly made up to. No sooner, however, had they come upon them, than several others had sprung up and assaulted the watch. Ebbage, the keeper, who is a powerful man, made good his ground, and knocked down more than one : bnt at length some of these villains came behind, and overpowered and threw him, and, they beat him with their guns so cruelly, that h, e was left with scarce any symptoms of life. His assist- ants^ in the mean time, vvere held by the rest of the gang. Pieces of the stock and lock of the gun, which was^ broken in beating the keeper, together with two hats, were found upon the spot, and will, it is hoped, lead to the detection of their owners. CHALLENGING— At the Devon Sessions, last week, an indictment was preferred ( which went to trial) against Harry James Shawe, Esq. for writing and sending letters to Edward Divett, Esq. of Bystock, near Exmouth, tending to excite and provoke him to fight dqel. The Jury returned a verdict of GuUltf, and the Court sentenced him to pay a Hue of Twenty Pounds, and to he com- mitted to gaol for six months, at the expiration of that titne to enter into securities, himself in £ 200, and two sureties in £ 100 each, to keep the peace towards Mr Divett and his Majesty's subjects for the space of ten years. At Durham Sessions, two young surgeons were convjcted of disinterring a body for the purposes of dissection, and sentenced to the tread mill for 3 months. We shall now have the testimony of two persons, who ought, to know, as to the bene- • ficiul or prejudicial effects of the mill Qpon the human constitution. A person of some property, residing at Koares- borough, and having a wife and six children, is now iu Ifork Castle, charged with the murder of his servant girl, Mary Gill, ahd also of her infant child, of which he is the reputed father One of his workmen is likewise in custody on suspicion of being implicated in the horrible affair. It has been proved that the ' unfortunate woman left Knares- borongh, in October last, in company with the farmer, to Leeds, where he had told her the child was at nurse; but neither mother or child have since been beard of. Philip Hales, whose Tenantcy expires at Lady- Day next.— The - Laud- isi^ ow in a high State of Cu- ltf- vation, aud a small Modus is paid in Lieu of Tithe Hay. Newtown is distant from Wein 2 Miles, 5 fro: Ellesmere, 7 from Whitchurch, and L from the Ellesmere Canal. The Tenant will shew the Premises and for further Information apply to Mr. WALFOKD, Soli citor, Wem. N. B. The Timber to be taken to by the Pur chaser, at a Valuation to be produced at the Time I of Sale. Mrs. Tehay, vyhilst at Worcester, m. ej with much kindness and commiseration from . several indi- viduals, and she also received £ 10 from ft Share, towards reimbursing the expenses of flip funeral, « Vc./ We are sorry to hear that the unfortunate man's circumstances were such, that his widow and children are left jn a state of almost utter destitution •! Was this iftagnificent gift of £ 10 { we would ask), deenied a sufficient j\ ecoip pense to these poor sufferers, from the njany hundreds collected for admission to the Galleries on the Hace Course, in the fragile state of which all their privations and their wretchedness oyt ginated? Independent of funeral costs, this pit lance was little more than would be required to defray the forlorn widow's travelling charges and expense! and surely she ought not to have been driven to the necessity of accepting relief from private sources of benevolence] Mr. Peechy, of Bury, is about to submit to the Society of Arts, an invention, by which he has succeeded in raising water by the * most simpie machinery out of a well more than 90 feet, through an Inch pipe. The invention will be most service- able as a cheap pump for deep wells: he calls it a compelling pump, as the water may be driven without any additional machinery to the top of a house or elsewhere. COACH TRAVELLING— It is calculated that a person has 1500 opportunities of leaving London in the course of ttyenty- fqur hours, hy stage- coaches, including the repealed trips of the coaches which ply the short distances. It is understood that about 300 stage coaches pass through Hyde Park Co, rn, er daily. There are about 40 Brighton coaches. There are .84 coaches belonging to Bir- mingham) of whiicji 40 are daily : to Chester 19, of which 16 are d^ ily. lit 1770, there belonged only two stage coaches to Manchester, ope to London, the other to Liverpool, , ynd they went only twice a week ; there are now 20 coaches which pass back- ward and forward daily between these two places. There are 60 coaches belonging to Liverpool, of which 59 are daily. The n^ ail coach establishment, by far the most perfect public arrangement ever attempted and carried into practjce, now ex- tended from the extremity of Cornwall to the extremity of Caithness, a distance of miU'S. 4NOTHER COACH ROBBERY — Vnion- HnH.— On Monday information was received at this Office, that an extensive stage coach robbery had been com- mitted on the road from Petersfield to J^ Qndoo \ and it was evident, from wjiat was stated of the parties suspected of the robbery, that they have been a long time on the town, and engaged in similar depreda- tions. The coaclnnau, Thomas $? aulkuer, of the Hero PortstnouW: stage. conch, in driving through Petersfield on Friday, the 16th instant, took up a parcel of Bank- notes directed to the house of Williams and Co. Birchin- lane, bankers, and as the safest place deposited theif) in the driving- box under the cushion of his own seat, being not at all satisfied with the security under the inside seats There was a patent lock of Btamalv's manufacture tothe driv- ing- box, and the coachman double- locked i » , and dqring bis jourtje) Jeft his seat as seldom as possible. At Portsmouth four seats on the front of the coach had heen engaged in the name of Hughes, and four very respectable men, to all appearance, occupied the seats. One of tlieni sat on the box with the poachman, and the other three behind him, so that the whole front of the coach was taken up by the party. The gentleman on the box was a person who had frequently travelled with the coachman, and whose appearance was of course well known to him. He was particularly talkative during the journey, afid afforded a good deal of diversion to his com- panions, who were also very communicative. . One of these passengers wished the others farewell at Kennington, and proceeded towards Westminstrr- bridge. The three others alighted a! the Elephant ancj Castle, and there was not the slightest constraint in the conduct of any of then?. The coachman did not think it necessary tq examine bis driving. box until he arrived at the coach- yard of the proprietors, Messrs. Boyee and C- haplin, in Giacechurch- street. The first thing he then discovered was a skeleton key in the h> ek, which though patent, heeti opened. The parcel of notes was, as might he ex- pected, gone. Tjl^ e coachman, who is, we under- stand, himself responsible for the parcel, as it was entrusted to his ca e, ai. id had not been entered in the way- bill, ran off with all possible spefd to the banking- house in Birchin- lane, and informed the , clerks qf the robbery. He theji sent an express to PeterslJeUI lo obtain the numbers of the notes. At. a bo lit half- past ^ evejf it/ the evening the express left ( iracech. urch- street, and arrived nt Petersf?' Id ut half- psjst eleven, vyhere he procured ihe numbers of the notes. Before the banking- house was opened next morning, the pa/ tieubns of the parcel were ascertained. The parcel unluckily contqiijed, besides the notes, 150 sovereigns, and £ 20 in silver. One hundred pounds have heen offered for the apprehen- sion of the parlies who stole tha notes, nf which 28 are £ 10 notes, and 63 £ 5 notes ; 26 of the £ 5 notes are of Grant's Portsmouth !$ auk. The other notes liire drawn hy several country bankers upon Lubbock and Co. Glynn and Co. Fry and Co. Everett and Co. Marryatl and Go. Lad broke an? i Co. and Pole and Co.— The principal officers of the establishment Imve received directions from the Magistrates on ihe sub- ject : and, if possible, the intervention of Solicitors will be dispeused v> ith. The loss is estimated at $ 1000. On beholding the Shores of England, after an Absence of many Years. [ FROM, " TIM ORIENTAL HERALD."] IIAIL! loveliest gem that studs the sea, Isle of the brave, the inst, the free, Whose surge- lash'd cliffs at length arise TO greet mice more my longing eyes. Tiiongh Time my brow has silver'd o'er Since last I trod thy happy shore, And every change of weal or woe That heart can feel, or man can know, Has chequer'd thick the devious way Through which my weary wanderings lay; I t> t, while by Fortune driven to roam, My bosom knew one only home,, - And ever, as my course might range, Still turned to thee, and knew no change. Fair Lusitauia's hills einbrown'd, And Spain's proud peaks with deepsuow crown'd, Sicilia, breathing love and smiles, Aud Gieece with all her sea of isles, Have seen my bark's progressive way Along their coasts, by cape and bay. Old Egypt next, and Nile's great stream, Whose wonders yet appear a dream, Where Cleopatra's ' witching power Still seems to haunt each grove aud bower^ Where pyramids and temples rise To mock the earth and brave the skies,—- Allured my hopes of promis'd gain, By visions, like its glories, vain. Then Palestine's renowned vales, And Lebanon's soft balmy gales, Jordan's clear brook, ' dewed Hermon's mountain, Zion's high hill, and Siloa's fountain, With scenes rever'd in every age, Repaid my anxious pilgrimage ; Till Syria's fertile regions came, Watered by rich Orontes' stream, And Tigris nud Euphrates flow'd Fast by the varied paths I trod ; Where Nineveh of old was placed, And Babylon's ruin'd heaps are traced, Where Bagdad's minarets still show The Crescent— of the Cross the foe. From theuce through Persia's land of song I led my lengthened way along, Where Ispabauii's imperial halls, ller verdant bowers and mirror'd walls; And gay Shirauz, where Hafiz strung His orient pearls, nn. d sweetly sung Of Rock na bad and Mosellay, While wine anil love held sovereign sway ; Arabia's guin- d'istilling trees, And fam'd Ceylon's rich spicy breeze, With golden India's ample field Of wealth, and all that wealth can yield— Chariu'd every sense, and would have won Less ardent bosoms than my own ; But that dear Albion's freer sky Rose ever to my memory, And bade me turn from lands enslaved To that lov'd rock, by ocean, laved, Where, though by storms and tempests riven, Man can erect his front to heaven, And where the Monarch on the throne Rules for the many— not for one. Hail I then, again, bless'd island, hail! Speed, speed our flight, propitious gale; Bid lazy Time's slow lagging wheel Flv like the lightning with our keel, Till I shall touch my native earth, And tread the land that gave me birth. torques or torch amongst the Britons, is that by Dio Cassias, who speaks of a very large golden one, which was worn by the celebrated Boadicea, Queen of the lceni, iu the middle of the first century. After this period we have no particular notices, until we come to'the wars between the Britons and Saxons, in the fifth and sixth centuries. Aueurin, the celebrated Welsh Poet, who flourished during this era, aud was himself a warrior, describes the march of three hundred and sixty- three chief- tains to the battle of Cattraeth, all decorated with the torques. The original lilies have been thus translated by Gray To Caltraeth's vale, i » glittering row, Twice two hundred warriors go : Every warrior's manly neck Chains of regal honour deck, Wrealh'd io many a golden link : From the golden cup they drink. Llywarch Hen, a cotemporary bard, also tells us, that he had twenty- four sons, who were distin- guished by the same martial emblem : — Four and twenty sons have 1 had, Wearing the golden wreath, leaders of armies. So late as the twelfth century, the torch continued to be partially worn by persons of rank. Llywelyn Aurdorchog, a chieftain of North Wales, who lived at this period, acquired his designation of Aur. dorchog or Anro- torquatus, from tins circumstance ; from which we may infer, that the usage, although retained, had ceased to be as general as in more ancient times. From the period last- mentioned, we have 110 particular notices respecting this national custom, which was now, we may conclude, growing rapidly into disuse. A proverbial expression, however, is still preserved among the Welsh, to denote its former existence; and this is ' Mi dynav y ( torch B thi' ( I will pull the torques with yon), implying a resolution to make any obstinate struggle, From this it may be inferred, that it was a peculiar dis- grace to an ancient British warrior to lose his torch, and that, accordingly, he never parted with it until after the most determined resistance." ANCIENT WELSH TORQUES, Recently found near Cader Idris. An ancient wreath of gold ( torch aur), of the same kind as those worn by the Britons of yore, was recently discovered iu the vicinity of Cader Jdris.— The following particulars of this curious relic, and remarks ou the ancient custom of wear- ing the golden torques, have been transmitted to the Chester Chronicle by a Gentleman to whom the admirers of Cambrian Literature and Anti- quities are under great obligations: " The torques in question was found on the 2d of last September, on a turbary/-. hove Llaiigwernou, on the north side of Cader Idris, at ihe place called the Black Rocks. The fortunate finder, as I am informed, was the son of the Rev. Mr. Hughes, of Dolgellau, who was nt the time grousing, and by whom, as well as others, this ancient relic was considered, at the moment, of little or 110 value Through the exertions, however, of a gentleman in London, a Member of the Cambrian Institution, it has been since ascertained to be pure gold, and, consequently, one of Ihe wreaths formerly worn by Ihe Welsh Chiefs. In weight it is l i ounces, and, when fully extended, measures nearly 4 feet: its intrinsic worth, according to an assay that has heen made of it, is f- 25; but, of course, its value, as piece of antiquity, is considerably greater. It remains at present in the possession of tlie gentle man last alluded to. " This, as far as I have been able to ascertain the fact, makes the fourth of these curious insignia, which have been discovered in Wales during the last 130 years. The first was found at Harlech, 1092, and is oft. be same length as that I have just describtd, but weighing only 8 ounces. Mr. Pen- nant describes it 11s ' a wreathed rod of gold, about four feet long, with three spiral furrows, with sharp intervening ridges, running its whole length to the ends, which are plain truncated, and turn back like pot hooks.'* This torch, I believe, is now the property of Sir Thomas Moslyn, Bart.— Of compa- ratively late years Iwo others have been found, one ut Dolan Cothi, in Carmarthenshire, and the other at or near Caerwys, in the county of Flint. The former of these, which is still in the possession of the family of Dolan Cothi, appears to be the largest and most remarkable of the whole, resembling rather a chain than a wreath. Its length is suffi- cient to encircle the neck several times, and, at one extremity of the chain, when found, was attached the figure of a serpent, also of gold, of very fine workmanship.^- The wreath, or chain, is, in other respects, of a simple, but neat construction, and each link is about an inch in extent: the gold is remarkably pure.— The torch found at Caerwys fof which, by the bye, I am unable to give any particular description) was purchased by Lord Grosveuor, who gave as much, I believe, as £ 300 or £ 400 for it. " Such is a cursory account of all these ancient remains, which I know to have been discovered iu Wales. Mr. Pennant notices one of silver, some years ago, in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Pres cott, of Cambridge, and which Mr. Pennant repre- sents as a very beautiful one, and of considerable length, composed of links of silver wire, most elegantly twisted, and fastened at the ends by clasps. J " It cannot be doubted, that thecustom of wearing the torques, whether of gold or silver, is of great antiquity, and that it was known to other nations besides the Britons or Cymry. The earliest notice, apparently relating to it, occurs in the Book of Numbers ( ch. xxxi. v. f> 0), where the sacred his- torian in enumerating the spoils taken in the con- quest of the Midiauites, mentions ' chains & brace- lets,' & c. as it would appear from the context, of gold. The most positive record, however, in the sacred volume, is, that we receive from the Prophet Daniel, who says, that a chain of gold was, iu his time, a mark of high rank, at Babylon. § The Roman writers, also, make several allusions to the torques', and especially as having been common amongst the Gauls. — Livy, iu particular, tells us ( lib. xxxvi. c. 40) lhal Publius Cornelius, in a tri- umph over the Gauls, timk as many as 1470 of these ornaments ; aud Properlius ascribes the use of one to Britoiuastus, a celebrated chieftain among the same people. Munljus'Torquatus, too, the Roman General, it is well known, was so called from the torques lie won from a distinguished Gaul, whom he had vanquished iu single combat. There is ground for believing also, that, the practice was not unknown to the Romans themselves. Virgil, when giving a description of the games celebrated by .' Eneas, in Sicily, seems expressly to allude to it i" the following lines : — Cornea bina ferugt pruefixa hastilia ferro : Pars laves huincro pharetras: iu pectorc snnimo Flexilis obtorli percolluin circulus auri. - 4£ N. v. 557. But, Pliny the elder sneaks still more explicitly Oil the point; for he informs us ( lib. xxxiii. c. 2), that the Romans bestowed wreaths or chains as military rewards ; those of gold on their auxil aries, and those of silver 011 their own citizens. " The earliest account we have of the use of the * Tour iu Wales, vol. II. p. 133. -(• This serpent, I believe, is now in the posses sion ofthe Antiquarian Society. I Tonr in Wales, vol. II. p. 134. ^ See chap. 5, verses 7 nnd 29.— See also tin Song of Solomon, chap. i. verse 10, though in th latter instance the chain does uot seem to have been worn as a martial emblem. $ rabttmal antt ffiUsctHanccma. The Sessions for Ihis county commenced on Tuesday at Abingdon, before the Right Hon. Lord Folkestone, chairman, and a very full bench of Magistrates. The following case excited con- siderable interest:— Messrs. Charles Gearing, sen. and Edward Gearing, two farmers, of the parish of Pangbourn, were indicted by the Rev. Henry Breedoii, the rector,, for feloniously stealing, tak- ing, and carrying away, several quantities of oals, bailey, and beans, from lands in their occupation, after the same had been tithed and set out for the • ectur. Mr. Tallourd, the counsel for the prisoners, submitted that the offence charged was not A fe- lonious act, and that the prosecutor should have proceeded by action at law, under the statute of 2d Edward VI. to recover Ihe treble value of the tithes subtracted. The Court were of Ihe same opinion, and the prisoners were consequently ac- quitted.— Heading Mercury. LANCASTER CASTLE, 7TH JANUARY, 1824.— The Adjourned Quarter Session for hearing the cases of Insolvent Debtors was this day liolden before the Rev. R. Housman and the Rev. T, Clarkson.— The adjournment from the last Court being short, the number of applicants for relief was proportionally small— only thirty- two, of whom seventeen bail received notices of opposition.— Counsel, Messrs. Fell aud Hull.- Robt. Williamson Clapham, late of Liverpool, publican, was opposed by Mr. John Abbot Kay, on the ground of his having contracted the debt due to him without any reasonable or probable expectation of being able to pay the same. The Court was of opinion that the opposing creditor had made out his case against the insolvent, and ordered him to be imprisoned for four calendar months.— John Barlow, late of Ley- laud, auctioneer, was remanded for six calendar months, for having fraudulently made away witb • art of his properly before the commencement of is imprisonment, v'iz. tb$ interest of four hundred pounds, aud the rents of a cottage iu Leyland, to which he was entitled during his life, thereby giving au undue preference to Hugh Maw ' slev and others.— Samuel Anderton, lale of Whittle- le- Woods, cotton- manufacturer aud shopkeeper, was opposed by his creditors on the ground of fraudu- lently contracting debts by means of fictitious bills of exchange ; and a more nefarious business we do not recollect to have heard developed. It is for- tunate for the public that, such base conduct is now and then brought to light; and it is also fortunate for the insolvent that he was not indicted for forg- ery : the clue to this iniquitous system was given by the insolvent himself, 111 a letter written bv him from Lancaster Castle to a man of the name of'John Potter, of Manchester, the acceptor and indorser of some of the bills: this letter, by some means or other, came into the hands of the creditors, and they were thereby enabled to bring the case home to him under his own hand. The Magistrates hoped that this exposure would not only prevent others from being thus deceived, but that it might prove a warning to the insolvent himself; they then ordered him to be imprisoned eighteen calendar months.— Charles Cue, late of Manchester, draper, wasop- posed on the ground of general fraud to all his creditors : and this ease, like the. last, was brought to light by means of a letter written by the insolvent to his wife, in ' which, after informing her that he had made out his schedule, and that lie had inserted a charge for a child being nursed out, a surgeon's bill, and several other items, and that it would be necessary for his wife to furnish him with receipt stamps for these amounts, and that she must take care not to let them be in the same hand- writing, particularly the one for the nursing of the child, which he said ought to be in a female's hand- writing. He then proceeded to inform her that he had inserted the cottages ill his schedule, but to over these he had ordered a sham mortgage deed for £ 300 to be prepared: this instrument would cost £ 4: lie then added, let the creditors make What they can of the remainder, aud that his wife must explain these matters to Mrs. Pugh in con- fidence. On the reading of this letter, the insolv- ent seemed, as he well might, ashamed of himself, and as if he would have been glad to have escaped from Ihe stare of all who heard tbe letter read. After a severe reprimand from the Magistrates, they ordered that the insolvent should be imprison- ed for eighteen calendar months.— George Stead and Thos. Leaver, late of Blackburn, iron- founders, were remanded for six calendar monttis each, for having by false pretences contracted the debt due to their opposing creditor, Mr. John Parson Firm- stone, and for having given an undue preference to some of their creditors.— James Mills, late of Lan- caster, shoemaker, was remanded for three calen- dar months, for having fraudulently contracted the debt due to Anthony Bateson Procter, one of his creditors.— The remaining cases were uot of much interest. gciotttfic antr fttisttUanccit*. THE GLOW- WORM.— Mr. John Murray, in a communication recently made to the Royal Society, on Ihe luminous matter of the glow. worm, slates some curious facts as the result of bis own obser- vations and experiments. He shows that this light is not connected with the respiration, 1101 derived from the solar light; that it is not affected by cold, nor by magnetism, nor by submersion in water. Trials of submersion in water, in various temperatures, aud in oxygen, are detailed, When a glow- worm was immersed in carbonic acid gas, it died, shining brilliantly ; in hydrogen, it con- tinued to shine, and did not seem to suffer. Mr. Murray infers, that the luminousness is inde- pendent, not only of the respiration, but of the volition and vital principle. Some of the luminous matter obtained in a detached stale, was also subjected to various experiments, from which it appears to be a gornmo- albumiuous substance, mixed with muriate of soda, and sulphate of aluminc and potash, and to be composed of spherules. The light is considered to be perma cut, its eclipses being caused by the interposition of an opaque medium. HFAT OF THE GLOBE.— We observe a curious paper in the last number of the Annals of Philo- sophy 011 a very interesting subject— the interior heat of the globe. The writer shows, from a great number of observations in mines, that the tem perature increases very regularly as we penetrate deeper into the crust, and that in the British mines generally, the labourers who work at the depth" of 1,300 01 1,400 feet, or one fourth of a mile from the surface, live in a temperature ( 80 to 83) higher than that of Jamaica. Mr. Bald, of Allon, published some facts in the Edinburgh Philoso- phical Journal some years ago, and Mr. Daubisson gives others relating to the mines in Saxony, which establish the same conclusion. The writer in the Annals thinks that the increase in England is about one degree of Fahrenheit for every 10 or 12 faliioms of descent. Hence, we have reason to conclude, lhal it is not any peculiar local- circu m- stances which generate Ihe heat iu warm springs, hut that Ihey merely derive their waters from reservoirs situated at a great depth. Pursuing this idea*, the Bath waters, which Uave a tempera- lure of IIS, may be supposed to eonie from a depth of three- fourths of a mile, and at the depth of two miles downwards we should find the tem- perature of boiling water. This way be considered as one of the most interesting truths lately added to Natural Philosophy. CORN- MILLS. [ FROM BECKMANN'S 0ISTORY O*" INVENTIONS.]- Tn the remote ages of antiquity, corn was rather pounded than ground ; and the hand- mills of which we read in the scriptures were, probably, not very different from the pestle and mortar still in use. They required s< » little strength iti management* that grinding was then the occupation of women; but afterwards when they were enlarged, and improved by the addition of a cross- handle to the pestle, by means of which it was turned, they were worked bv bondsmen, around whose necks was fixed a piece of wood, so constructed as to prevent them from putting their hands to their mouths, and consequently from eating the meal. ' In process of time, shafts were added to these machines, and they were driven by. cattle. In the opinion of Beckmann, the oldest cattle- mills re- sembled that described in Sonnerat's voyage to the East Indies, in which the pestle of a mortar, fas'ened to a stake driven into the earth, is affixed to a shaft, to which two oxen are yoked; tbey are driven by a man, and another stands near the mortar to put the grain under the pestle. There are various passages in ancient authors in which hand and cattle- mills are spoken of, which it would be uninteresting to detail; but it appears from them, that the first certain information we have of the invention of water- mills, is fitej, older than the time of Julius Caesar; and, that the first of these was erected on the Tiber, a short time previous to the reign Of the Emperor Augustus. Cattle- iniUs, how- ever, continued in such general use, that near three centuries afterwards there were more than three hundred at Rome; many of which were driven by asses. The first mention of public water- mills which occurs in the Roman laws, is in the year 398, when some enactments were made, which show fliat they were even then considered as a new establishment. These mills were situated on the aqueducts which supplied Rome with water; and as these were cut off when the city was besieged by the Goths in 536, Belisarius, who commanded the garrison, caused boats to be moored in the Tiber, on which he erected mills, which were driven by the current. To thi experiment, therefore* is to be attributed the origin of tide- mills. It has been generally supposed that wind- mills were invented in the East, and introduced into Europe by the# Crnsaders; but this is so far from probable, that even at the present day, mills of that- kind are rarely found in either Persia, Palestine, or Arabia; and besides, wind- mills were in use on the Continent as early as the time of the first Crusadei and were common in the twelfth century. But thes* mills were for a long time constructed with an im- moveable frame, and could only work when the wind was in one quarter. At present, either the whole building turns on a pivot, or the roof alone with the axle- tree and sails are moved in the same manner, as the wind changes: an improvement which is attri bnted to either the Dutch or Germans, about the middle ofthe sixteenth century. Among the many rights enjoyed by the feudal lords, was that of ban- mills; that is, of mills at whi the vassals were obliged to grind their corn, for which they paid toll in kind. The oldest mention of these occurs in the eleventh century. We must not, however, attribute the exercise of this right wholly to oppression: the building of mills was always ex pensive, and was then considered as au undertaking of such magnitude, that those who erected them stipulated with the neighbourhood for the exclusive privileg- e of grinding, as au indemnification ; but it cannot be denied that it was often unjustly exacted, and it is to this day a subject of grievance on many parts of the Continent. The protection which society demands for pro- perty, rendered it necessary that enactments should be framed to prevent such use of eommon streams as might impede their general utility wherefore indi- viduals were restrained from erecting water mills until it shonid . have bet n declared, . upon proper investigation, that they were not injurious. An account of the construction and management of corn. milis is both foieigu to the intention of this brief essay, and would afford but little of either instruction or entertainment to the generality of eaders ; but it is not unworthy of remark, that by he manner of grinding commonly adopted in France so late as the middle of last century, more than half the corn was, if not actually wasted, at least unpro,. ductive of meal, and considered as refuse. In conse- quence of experiments made from 1764 to 3768, the present method was adopted, by which the Paris setier of about 4 § bushels Winchester measure, which before that time yielded only 80 to 901 bs. oi flour, and 150 to 160 of hrao, was made to produce 185, and afterwards even 195lhs. of fine flour. Tfjii improvement consisted in nothing more than first grinding the corn coarsely, and afterwards passing- it several times through the mill, and through various sieves ; it. was, indeed, by no. means a new invention, and was not unknown in France, but the mille were prohibited under severe penalties from adopting it, from a mistaken notion that it was prejudicial to health. The extraordinary influence which it must have had upon political economy is evinced by the fact, that previous to its adoption, the annual con- u nipt ion of each male adult, was calculated at four to five setiersof wbe^ t, and now at only two. ' u England, from six and a quarter to six and a half bushels of wheat are supposed to produce the sack of tine flour of two hundred and eighty pounds, from which are made eighty- four quartern loaves of the assize weight of four pound five ounces. In America, where the art of mealing is presumed to he carried to great perfection, from experiments accurately made, it has been found that the finest flour, or even that reduced to an impalpable powder, makes the lightest as well as the best, bread ; which is contrary to a very generally received opinion in England. THOUGHTS ON* GAMING; Suggested by the melancholy end of Mr. Weare. Gaming seems of all vices the most destructive to happiness ; it is ever attended by a lasge train of diabolical companions, envy, deceit, profuseness, and impiety. Health, peace of mind, love, family, friends, country, and, in short, every thing valu- able or desirable, are sacrificed to it ;-*- and to what are they sacrificed ?— Why, to avarice; avarice, the meanest of vices. The love of gaming i, s nothing- more than the love of other people's jponey. It is not the avarice of a miser; it is the avarice of a thief, a robber; or rather the cowardly avarice of a pickpocket. It is avarice and profusion joined together: a most unnatural conjunction, and pro- ductive of more terrible consequences than either of tbern singly can possibly be : like Aaron's, rod, it absorbs, it swallows up, and contains all other vices, and may justly among vices be styled Legion; and of all baits njade use of by the grand enemy of manlciud, to tempt us from our duty, and make us unhappy hereafter, gaining seems the most dangerous, and the best to answer his infernal purposes. It js ridiculous to hear the votaries of gaming term it an amusement, an inoffensive relaxation, & c. Those who so miscall it, must iiotwithstanding allow it to be an irrational, or unimproving diver- sion ; and that at the best it is but murdering time. But upon examination every observer may discern, that dallying with the temptation draws us on insensibly to destruction; ami what shall be Said of those who take no delight in gaming, yet readily acquiesce on the slightest solicitation ? Surely complaisance is a poor excuse for doing a foolish or a wicked action, and that every gamester is a knave or fool, is a most palpable truth. A certain noble- man, hearing a gentleman spoken of, who was said to be a great gamester; he is a most incorrigible blockhead, cries my lord : but on being assured he was a man of very brilliant parts; if so, replies my lord, he must be a rank scoundrel: not so, my lord, replies the other, he bears the character of a gentleman of great worth and honour. # That cannot be," retorts th, e nobleman; ^ every game- ster is either a rogue or fool, pike or gudgeon ; and honour never approaches nearer to the heart of such a one than the tip of his tongue." The moment gaming commences,, a period is put to all conversation and improvement ; friendship and society, benevolence and humanity cease, and nothing further is thought of but the ruin of those you are in company with ; the ruin of those to whom you often make the strongest protestations of friendship : the gamester's happiness, like the Devil's, depends on the misery of others: and tike Satan too, he smiles on those whom in his heart he devotes to destruction.— The life of a gamester is a life o£ uncertainty, consequently of unhappiness :; be can never properly call any thing his own, not being assured of its possession one moment longer than till his next sitting down at the gaming table. The thriving gamester, how precarious is his thriv- ing! he is the worst of robbers, and the unfortu- nate, the worst of self murderers ; a murderer, who involves all those innocents, who may, unfortu- nately, have any connection with him, in the dismal gulf of beggary and wretched dependance. If covetoosness of another man's property, and discontent of out- ow n, be a breach of the divine command, " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's > ods," & c. the gamester is ever and superlatively guilty. 1 have somewhere read of a gentleman, who had an aversion to all sorts of gaming, being urged to no purpose by another to sport a little money:—" Sure," cries the tempter, " you must love your money vastly to be afraid of venturing a trifle of it!" " It is hue," replied the other, " I do love my own money; yet no person had ever reason to say I was fond of another man's." Should they be married, how can they reflect on tbe hazards they run of destroying- the happiness of wife, children, friends, & c? And when ill fortune presents itself, bow often are they so cowardly as to have recourse to a pistol, and by suicide, the greatest of crimes, rush uncalled aud unprepared into the presence of an offended God, leaving those innocents to confront a danger they themselves were afraid to combat? We should do well at intervals to consider the pernicious effects of this vice, both as to the consequences in this state of existence,, and those which extend to a future life. Such reflections might help to delay Of stop us in our mad career. use of their fingers at a meal as Englishmen do of their forks- and that Ovid, in his Art of tove, gives it as a piece of Chesterfield advice to the young gallants of his time,, 4 not to smear their mouths with their greasy hands' more than necessary ; that a mappa, or napkin, for each individual was thus absolutely requisite ; that every guest brought his own, and, lest the gravy and sauce- boats overturned should not do it full justice, it was made, further serviceable as a pocket handkerchief'They might have learned, moreover, from the same authorities, that the middle ranks of the citizens were clad in white woollen vestures, which were, of coarse, as habitually dirty as might bs expected from the general poverty of the wearers, whilst the baser lebeians, not able to affect this shabby gentility, Contented themsel ves with garments of the colour and quality and neatness of a mendicant friar's; that their hirts too were composed of the same material; and. that from these causes, aided by the blessing of a warm climate,, and the plentiful use of garlic, the ffluvia of their public . assemblies was so offensive, that, even in a roofless theatre tlie Emperor found it expedient to sprinkle his faithful subjects with howers of rose- water— and having duly weighed theseand similar points of minute history, they might certainly have brought themselves to adop. i, wjore oberyievys of the magnificence of ancient Rosjue aj » 4 n ancient Roman, and have advanced to the Porta del Popojo with the reasonable chance of having their anticipations, in many respects at least, completely fulfilled." NORTH AMERICA. In Memoirs of a Captivity among lite Indians af North Americay the narrator recites the following singular adventure*. " In one of my excursions, while seated in the shade of a large tree, situated on a gentle declivity, with a view to procure some mitigation from the oppressive heat of the mid- day sun, I was surprized by a tremendous rushing noise-. I sprang up, and discovered a herd;, 1 believe,, of a thousand buffaloes running at full speed directly towards me ; with a view, as I supposed, to heat off the ffies, which at this season are inconceivably troublesome to those animalsv— I placed myself behind the tree, so as not to be seen, not'apprehending any danger because they ran witb too great rapidity, and too closely together, to afford any one of them an opportunity of injuring me, while protected in this manner.-^ The buffaloes passed- so near me on both sides, that I could have touched several of them merely by ex- tending my arm. In the rear of the herd was one on which a hnge panther had fixed, and was voraciously engaged in cutting off the muscles of its neck, did not discover this circumstance till it. had nearly passed beyond rifle- shot distance, when I- discharged my piece, and wounded the panther, ft instantly- left its hold on the buffalo, and bounded with great rapidity towards me. On witnessing the result of my shot, the apprehensions I suffered can scarcely be imagined. I bad, however, sufficient presence of mind to retreat and secrete myself behind the trunk of the tree, opposite to its approaching direction. Here, solicitous for what possibly might be the result of my unfortunate shot, I prepared both my knife and tomahawk, for what I supposed a deadly conflict with this terrible animal. In a few moments, how- ever, I had the satisfaction to hear it in the branches of the'tree over my bead My rifle had just been discharged, and I entertained fears that I could not reload it, without discovering and yet exposing myself to the fury of its destructive rage. I looked into the tree with tbe utmost caution, but could not perceive it, though its groans and vengeance, breathing growls told me that it was not far off, and also what I had to expect, in case it sbould. discover me. In this situation, with my eyes almost constantly- directed upwards to observe its motion, I silently loaded my rifle, and then creeping softly round the trunk of the tree, saw my formidable enemy resting on a considerable branch, about thirty feet from the ground, with his side fairly exposed. I was un- observed, took deliberate aim, and shot it through the heart. It made a single bound from the tree to the earth, and died in a moment afterwards. I reloaded my rifle before 1 ventured to approach it, and even then, not without some apprehension. 1 took its skin, and vv^ s, with the assistance of fire and smoke, enabled to preserve and dress it. 1 name this circumstance, because it afterwards, afforded a source for some amusement, for 1 used frequently to array myself it, in as near as possible to the costume and form of the original, and surprise the herds of buffaloes, elk, and deer, which, or) illy approach, uniformly fled with great precipitation and dread." ROME. The following explanatory observations are writ ten by the Author of a Work on the antiquities and curiosities of Rome, for the useful purpose of chastising the immediate expectations of those travellers who approach Rome with too great ideas of the glories and pomp which they are to'meet with in the Eternal City. " Unfortunately, very few travellers approach Rome in the first instance with the moderate ex- pectations of Virgil's Shepherd; prepared for nothin, more splendid than what they had been accustomed to see at their own country towns on a market- day. They have taken on trust the descriptions of the poets, and orators, and historians of a country fertile in such characters ; and the Queen of Cities, throned upon her seven hills in marble majesty, the mistress of a world conquered by the valour of her sons, holds up to them a picture, the effect of which they are perhaps unwilling to spoil by filling tjp all its parts with too curious accuracy; otherwise it is certain that information enough is to be obtained from Roman authors to prepare them for a scene of much more moderate splendour in the capital of Italy. From them they might have learned, before they put them- selves on hoard the packet, that all those points upon which the imagination reposes with so much com- placency, are perfectly consistent with disorder and misery and filth : they might have learned, that the Tiber was of old but a torpid and muddy stream; that heretofore the streets of Rome were dark and narrow, and crooked ; that carriages of pleasure ( of which, by the bye, the carpentuin, one. of the most common, probably very little surpassed our tilted and jolting tax- cart) were by law prohibited from entering them except on certain days, so little space was therefor driving, that the sedans, which were used in thei stead, put the people to infinite confusion; that there were few scavengers, and no lamps ; that when a Roman returned home trom a supper party, he hijd to pick his way along with a horn lantern, and bless himself if be reached his own door without a shower from an attic aiightingon his cap of liberty; that the pOr. ticos and approaches to the baths were subject to every species of defilement, so tljat even the syin hols of religion wen; enlisted for their protection that the statues with which the city was peopled were treated with that contempt which Lannce would have rebuked even in his dog ; that the images of the God: were disfigured by painted faces and gilded beards , and that, though the Venus de Medici never appeared in a hooped petticoat, nor the ApoJJo Belvedere in a blue swallow- tailed coat with metal buttons, yet that the costume of the day, whatever it was, was very generally bestowed on the representatives of heaven*; that the houses were for the most part brick, many of them crazy, and supported upon props, and that such as belonged to a Patrician himself, had often the ground- floor assigned to a huckster or a dealer in oil; that in the windows ( which were few in number) glass was seldom if ever to be seen, but in its stead a dimly transparent stone, or shutter of wood; that fromn want of chimnies the rooms were full of smoke which was left to make its escape bv the tiles, th windows, and the door; that on this account Vitruvins expressly forbade carved work or moulding, except in the snmnjer apartments, where no fire was ad- mitted, because in tbe others they would be covered with soot; that amongst the accomplishments of cook, it was expected that he should be skilful i detecting which way the wind blew, lest, if he opened the wrong kitchen window, the smoke should be driven into the broth ;— that, under these circum- stances, the ancestors of a Roman gentleman, when they had occupied the niches of his hall for a few | years, bore a very striking resemblance to modern chimney- sweepers ; that tlie Romans made as much silver and gold lying idle, while the Empire 18 suffering by the depreciated value of paper money. There can be but one conclusion in regard to this conduct— this hoarding up of the precious metals. Russia must have some mighty project in view ; some great conquest in expectation, which is to be the reward for present sacrifices. She is preparing, it would appear, foi- the day of necessity, and of convenience, and in case of the desertion or the opposition of her present allies, she will have a supply of those universally current metals, which will nourish her forces, and enable her to carry on offensive war, when and where she thinks it will he to her advantage. Should these plans fail, and God grant they may!— Russia will be a mighty loser; or the market may unexpectedly receive a ? upply of gold, which would have considerable influence upon commerce." COMPARISON OF THE RESOURCES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. Bomt& Xit anft . dForagm Mt'RDER OF MR. VVEARE.— Hunt's sentence of death has been commuted to transportation for life; The Royal mercy has heen extended to him, on the condition that he should make a full con- fession of all he kuows respecting his late associ ates ; and he is now actually making such dis- closures through his solicitor, Mr. Harmer. Bow STREET.- r- Our readers will probably re- member, that several mouths ago, the Balloon Birmingham coach was robbed of a bankers* par- cel, containing notes to a very large amount, the property of Messrs. Taylos? and Lloyd* of Birm- ingham. Although so long a time has elapsed since the robbery, it would seem that those inter- ested in the detection of the offenders have not been idle; for, with the assistance of the active police of this establishment, sufficient discoveries have been made, and evidence obtained, to procure the finding of a true bill before the London Grand Jury, on Wednesday last, against Charles Turniey for stealing the parcel, and Charles Crowther. for eceiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Cr- owther was in consequence apprehended at one of his haunts, and brought up yesterday by Bishop, one of the principal officers, mid having been identi- fied as the person above stated, he was fully com mitted to Newgate for trial. Turuley is yet at large. They are both most notorious characters. A Shropshire man having gone on foot fi; om Worcester to London, 112 miles, for 200 sovereigns, awl having performed if with ease, Mr. West, the. pedestrian, noted for a King journey, started from Tyburn- gaje on Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, to go to Worcester and baefc in 76- hours ( 224 miles) In the first twenty four, jie reached Chipping Norton ( seventy- four miles), and included two hours rest. He did forty- six miles more, including stoppages, by twelve at night, and slept al Perahore on his return, between eight and nine miles oni the London side of Worcester; and at twelve o'clock on Friday he reached Moreton, eighty- three miles from London. After dining heartily, lie arrived at Woodstock at six o'clock in the evening, an^ from, thence he arrived at Oxford at ten o'clock,, fatigued, and he went to bed. He started again at twelve o'clock at night, having fifty- four miles to perform in sixteen hours. His next halt was at Wyconab, where he arrived at six o'clock, and breakfasted. He reached Uxbridge at ten o'clock, much fatigued, and after stopping a shovt time, he arrived at Bark- lane at a quarter before four on Friday, winning by the quarter of an hour. The pedestrian immediately went into a warm bath. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT BY SEATING— AN inquisition was taken at the Swan Tavern, in Mount- street, Grosvenor- square, before Mr. Higgs, the deputy coroner for Westminster, upon the hody of Joseph Parsonage, the son of Mr. Parsonage, Great Queen- Street, Edgware road. It appeared by the evidence, that the Deceased was a fine young man, eighteen years of age, and on Friday morning he went, accompanied by a younger brother, to skate on the Serpentine River, Hyderpark ; there were several people on the bank, bu£ there was only one boy upon the ice. The deceased and his brother put on their skates and ventured out. All present cautioned them of the danger, as the ice was not sufficiently strong; but the deceased, uotwithstand ing the entreaties of his brother, proceeded otj, intending to cross the river, when unfortunately the ice broke about the middle, and he was immersed in the water. He was seen struggling with the ice, hut before the boat reached hip} from the Royal Humane Society's house, he sunk. His body was taken up about ten minutes afterwards, and con veyed to the receiving house, when the usual means of restoring suspended animation were unsuccess- fully tried by Dr. Elsgood, of Park- street, for about two hours, when he was obliged to cease his exertions. The Jury Considered that the men em- ployed by the Society were negligent in their at- tendance, and thought J* professional mail should have been continued there from the commencement of the frost. Verdict.-—" Accidental Death." IRELAND.— Within the last year, the following the aggregate of crime ih one province— the province of Munster:— FIFTY- ONE persons were actually MURDERED, one hundred and three attempts to assassinate, in many of which death subsequently ensiled from wounds inflicted, two hundred and thirty- seven houses burned, two hundred and twenty- five dwellings robbed of arms, and three hundred and eighty- four head of cattle houghed or otherwise manned ! We do not allude to the quantity of corn, hay, and straw, consumed, and the crops destroyed in the ground. It would be almost superfluous to offer an observation upon this statement. We have carefully and diligently inspected the sources from whence it has been gleaned, and we pledge ourselves that the ac- count is rather understated than exaggerated.— Dublin Evening Mail. SPAIN.— The L^ ing of Spain has issued a Decree, in which he requires that South America should lay down its independence, and place itself again under the authority of the Mother Country.— This docu- ment also refers tp the revolutions of Nap) es? Pied mont, Portugal, and Spain, and after j- endering homage to the $ f. single effort of the powerful Emperor of Austria," in restoring to tranquillity the kingdom of Naples and Piedmont, as. well as the " similar effort of his Most Christian Majesty," in obtaining the same auspicious result for the Peninsula," asserts, that had it not been for the resolutions, " which, for the salvation of the limp an race, prevailed in the Congresses of Laybach and Verona, a great part of civilized Europe, deluged in its blood, would now be the prey of ignorant $ nd presumptuous reforms."— From what has re- cently transpired in Spanish America, it is not likely that Ferdinand's demand will receive any attention. The ceremony of the marriage of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia with Princess Charlotte of Wurtemberg took place at Petersburgh on the 17th ult. The Princess received on the occasion the names of Helena- Pawlowna. RUSSIA.— Dr. Lyall says—" It is a pretty general opinion, that the exhausted state of the Treasury, is one of the greatest obstacles to an attempt at the execution of Russia's favourite schemes of aggrandizement; and this opinion is grounded upon thelOw value of the paper currency of the Empire, and the necessity the Crown was under of making loans at a high per centage. But, I believe, from good authority, that the world is deceived on this point. Russia has borrowed, to be sure; but the gold she received or at least a great part of it, has not gone for the recal of her old paper currency. No ! the ingots— the bars of the yellow metal— which were trans- ported from the Thames, are no\ y piled upon the banks of the Neva, within the Mint, which is situated in the castle of St. Peter and St. Paul This fortress, it is reported, is full of uncoined [ PROM MB. LOWE'S WORK ON THE STATE AGRI- CULTURE,, & c.] Five centuries ago, the town. population, of Eng- land was s. o insignificant that tbe uumber of places containing above 3,000 inhabitants did not exceed eighteen. In these days,. France took a decided lead in population, as iu- political power: and the subsequent accessions to her territory, by the incor- porations ofextensive provinces ( Brittany, Dauphine, Burgundy) rendered her for a long period an over- match for England. In an age of timid navigation, our ancestors could derive little advantage from their extent of coast, or from the richness of their coal- mines, which are valuable only in as far as, their bulky products, or the almost equally bulky manu- factures promoted by them, can be conveyed by water. A better prospect was opened by the improvements, that followed the cera of the reformation, and the wise government of Elizabeth— the period from which we date the effectual cultivation of our national re- sources. Still our Continental rival continued pre- ponderant, and the revenue of Louis XIV war computed at nearly three times that of Charles II, The alliance against France, cemented by the perse verance of William, and rendered victorious by the talents of Marlborough, relieved us from the dread- ful overthrow of the political equilibrium ; but even- after our. splendid successes, it continued a common; opinion among- foreigners as among ourselves, that the resources of the French were more s< did, anefc that they would soon equal or surpass us in those arts which form the constituents of national wealth. But so different has been the result, that iu no period of our history have we out run so decidedly the competition of other countries, In the reign of George I. England, Scotland, and Ireland bore to? France, in point of population, the proportion of only 45 to 100 ( See Napier's Supplement, heads of" Engr land and France") ; nor was that of taxable income much more considerable: at present, in point of numbers, we hold the proportion of 70 to 100, and in. taxable income of 100 to 100. " Such has been our comparative progress during?, the last hundred years ; but what, it may be asked,- is our prospect for the future ? This may be in part answered by observing the principal discoveries of late date, and marking the connection that happily prevails between them aud the physical advantages which belong to our country. Steam navigation, for instance, is evidently of greatest avail to the country which possesses coals, iron, and extent of coast. But even in branches totally different, such as the manu- facture of sllk, a branch in which we long despaired of success, we haye of late years gained ground on, our Continental rivals: nor need we, since with the aid of Ireland we are assured of an adequate supply of agricultural produce, apprehend tbe recurrence of a high price of labour, or the emigration of our paster manufacturers. " Wfe proceed to bring our statement to the test of arithmetical calculation, taking as our basis, the comparative increase of numbers iu France and thig> country. To those who do not clearly understand in what manner increase of numbers conduces so directly to increase of national resources, we would recomrr^ nd to leavf out of cwiestion- the infantine part of society, and to confine their attention to those approaching to the age of twenty, the age of pro- ductive labour. Our population returns have, ever since 1801, exhibited an increase of 1| per cent, a year ; these person^ are now attaining maturity, and entering the field as new contributors to our national income, while in France the proportion of such new contributors is and has been ever since 1801, not quite one per cent, annually. Assuming a similar proportion for the future, the inference is that in France the augmentation of national income, reckon- ed at 10 per cent, in ten years, will be hardly o£ 21,000,000. " But in this country, the increase, computed by the same rule, viz. the ratio of the addition to popu- lation ( 15 percent, in ten years) will produce nearly £ 30,000,000, , ^ The increase of numbers in this country takes place chiefly among mechanics, manufacturers, merchants^ and others, whose exertion is directly conducive to increase of wealth; but in France, the increase of^ nqoibers is as slow in towns as in rural districts.— H'efice the tardy increase of the'pub, lie revenue, and the stationary condition of the inhabitants, many of whom follow no other occupation, and hold no higher rank iu society than their forefathers two centuries ago. " Were we inclined to continue the parallel, we should find that even as to population, we shall pro- bably overtake our ancient rival, ere an, other gener- tion pa$ s away. Meantime, those who know that th$ issue of a military strqggle depends not so much on. population as on disposable revenue, will be satisfied that at present we should have no cause to dread a contest, single- handed, with that power against which o, ur forefathers were obliged 16 seek safety in continental alliances. Or, supposing that, from any unforeseen cause, our maritime force should l? eeoai § less predominant, and that a war between the two? countries were to he decided on shore, we should hav$. rjo j^ reqt reason to; dread the result, or to regard in- vasion with the alarm which it excised during the, last century. 44 This course of reasoning applies in a consider- able degree to Russia, Austria, and other continental; jowers: in none is the degree of increase in popu- lation, and certainly not iu national wealth., on a par with this country. We have, therefore, litlle tot- dread from attack ; and as we shall assuredly not make our superiority a source of aggression, the conclusion is that our situation presents a solid hope of continued peace, and of all the advantages arising from the undisturbed extension of our productive in- dustry. " Those among our Readers who imagine thai there is still somewhat of over- confidence in the pre- ceding reasoning-, will do well to consult the follow- ng sketch of " the Public Revenue" of the two countries, which is, we believe, sufficiently accurate^ and puts in a striking light the progress of this coun- try during the last two centuries, England, after Public Revenue. Years 1550 1600 1660 1700 1750 1790 1823 France. England. £ 1,500,01) 0 2,500,000 4,000,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 22,000,000 33,000,000 £ 600,000 900,000 1,200,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 16,000,000 52,000,000| deducting for difference in the value of money. £ 800,000 900,000 1,200,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 13,000,000 42,000,000 BANKRUPTS, JANUARY 20.— Charles Gibbs, of Eccleshall, Staffordshire, ironmonger.—— Arthur Pink, jun. of Portsea, Southampton, common- brewer.— Thomas Brockbridge, of Knight's- court, Green- walk, Surrey, bedstead- carver.— Benjamin Yeoman, of Keyford- Frome, Somersetshire, baker. — Samuel Forsaith, of Shorediteh, haberdasher.— C. Palmer, of Russell- street, Bermondsey, brewer". — Thomas Peirce and David Willianis, of JVJerthyr- Tidvil, Glamorganshire, bankers. — James Walker, of Greetland, Yorkshire, clothier.— John'Richard- son and James Griston, of Norwich, bricklayers.— Thomas Henry Pollard, of Howland- street, Fitzroy- square, flour- factor.— James 0^ d6n, of Ardwick, Manchester, grocer.— Isaac Brittain, of Chatham, grocer.— George Henry Gibbons, of Finch- lane, Cornhill, merchant.— Jlenry Parker, of Pilton, Somersetshire, victualler.— John Willy, of Throg- morton- street, coal merchant. William Wood Sanderson and John Sanderson, of Nicholas- lane, Lombard- street, insurance brokers.— Johii Raw- lings, of Mitton, Oxfordshire, druggist.— Charles Hooper, of Marston Biggott, Somersetshire, edge- tool- maker. Printed and published by IV, Eddowes, Corn Market, Shrewsbury, to whom Advertisements or Aiticl. es of Intelligence are requested to be addressed. Adver tisements are also received by Messrs. 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