y* COllM^ MAKKiET* iSMFtiEW& lBIJiEY. This Paper « circulated in the most expeditious Mctnner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND nnd WALES,. Jidcertisetiicnts not exceeding 7 en Lines, pise) led at Six Shit tin c/ s each. VOL. XXX.— N°- 1577.; WEDNESDAY, A- PEIL in, 1824. • 5 ^ RICE SEVENPENCE. STo fcs liet, AND ENTERED OSI IMMEDIATELY, ANEAT COTTAGE, Stable, and Garden, with about two Acres of Grazing- LAND, situated within one Mile of Shrewsbury. For further Particulars enquire of Mr. BIRCH, Builder, Shrewsbury. Also, lo be SOLD, a Stack of well- harvested HAY, containing about 50 Tons. Enquire as above. £> fftce of Coroner. WE, the undersigned Magistrates, act- ing i I the Hundreds of M ONSLOVV, STOTES- DON, aud OVERS, are of Opinion that the Situation of Coroner for the above District would be most' eligible in tbe Town of CW: OBURY MORTIMER, where he will be residing within four Miles of Iron Works, and within six of the C" al and Lime Works and of Stotesdon ; and we also are of Opinion that tile shove Office should be held by a LEGAL Profes- sional Man. Dated this 22d Day of November, 1823. THOMAS WHITMOUE, W. DAVENPORT, E. S. DAVENPORT, JOHN M. WOOD, THOS. MYTTON, CHARLES POWELL, THOS. H. LOWE, WM. OTTER, JOHN WALCOT, GEO. IillSHOUT BOWLES. ELECTION OF CORONER. ^ P, SOUTHAM takes tlie earliest i| kl. » Moment of informing his Friends that the Sheriff bos adjourned the County Court, held this Day, to WEDNESDAY,' the 28th Day of APRIL next, to lie holden at the usual Place iu Shrewsbury, for the Purpose of proceeding to the Election of a Person to all tbe Office of one of the Coroners of the Comity of Salop, in the Roo( o of Mr. Whit- combe, removed. S. P. S. at the same Time ear- nestly solicits the Attendance and Assistance on that Day of those Gentlemen who liaye so kindly promised liiin their Votes and Interest during bis Canvass for tbe a hove Situation, he being determin- ed ( if Occasion obliges him) to POLL so LONG AS HE MAY HAVE A FREEHOLDER TO VOTE FOR IIIM. Should he be. so fortunate as to succeed to the Vacancy, he begs to add lhat every Attention will be paid by him to the important Duties attached to Ihe Office. Office of Coroner for the County of Salop. 1 JONES embraces the Opportunity ST • of apprising his numerous Friends, that the Sheriff has adjourned the County Court to WEDNESDAY,' the2$ tli- « f APRU.' lustjut, to be holden at the Town flail, in Shrewsbury, for Ihe Purpose of ELECTING a CORONER in the Room of Mr. WHITCOMBE, dismissed G. J. most earnestly solicits the Attendance and Votes ofall those Gentlemen and Frieiids who have hitherto so kindly promised hiui their. Assistance Votes, anil Interest, during his Canvass: Should he lie fortunate enough to obtain the Situation of Coroner, it. will ever be his utmost Effort diligently to discharge the Duties of that important Office. Imposture Unmasked, ^ I L F. progress of MERIT, although frequently assailed, is not impeded l> V Envy and Detraction. The aggression ot' ambuscade terminates in defeat; and conscious rectitude ultimately - triumphs . in tiie attainment of tiie grand object- public approbation. The test of experi- ence is the guarantee of favor, and has . established WARREN'S BLACKING iu 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 ; i spurious preparation as the genuine article, to the great disappointment of the nn^ ttar- led purchaser, and manifest injury of WARREN, whose character aud interest bv this iniquitous system are equally subject- to detriment. It becomes there fore an indispensable duty t. o CAUTION T1JE PUBLIC against, the muticBu. vres of ONt'R. lN. c, lPl. ED VENBKUS, who having no character to lose, and stimulated by avarice in their nefarious pursuits, aim tit the acquisition of money through any . medium than that of honor ! The original and matchless HI. ACK. JNO bears on each bottle a short direction, with the signature All others are counterfeits; and in many instances the imposition labels are art- fully interlined with a different address, in rcri/ small characters, between the more conspicuous ones of " No. 30," and M STB AND." It is earnestly recom- mended to Shopkeepers and others who tire deceived by base fabrications of WAR- HEN'S BLACKING, to return the detected trash to the source front whence it came, and expose 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 and utility. Sold by every respectable Vender in Town and Country, in bottles, at'Id. I0cl. lid. and 18( 1. each. SOT O AT • Stireicsli'iri/, by EJIDOWES,, T) raglmv„ RIPGWAY. UOTIERSST Co. Newport... JONES, BRATTOS, L. O'VE. STATWAM, — DRURY, MORGAN and ASTEHLEY, JONES, DAVIES, NEVETT, — HUMPHREYS. Wew,........ KYNASTON. OWEestni,... EDWARDS. FMcsmere,.. BAUCH, FURMSTON. II elshpool, EVANS, - I— OWEN, JONES, In Pursuance of an Order of Leave of the Honourable the House of Commons, made on the 12th Day of March instant, \ T0TICE is hereby given, to all Persons . si whom it may concern, that an Application has been made to Parliament, and a Bill is now depending in the said House of Commons, for re - lealing three Acts passed in tbe Heig- ii of jiis late Majesty Ring George the Third, videlicet, the 7th George 33, Cap. 67, the 24th Gso. 3d, Sess. '>, Cap. 60, and 44tn George 3d, Cap. 48, for amending, repairing, and widening several Roads in the Counties of Radnor and Hereford, in the said Acts more particularly described; and also for more effectually repairing, widening, diverting, and otherwise improving the Roads comprised iti the said Acts, or auv of thein ; and also for alter- ing and increasing tbe existing Tolls, Rates, and Duties hv the said Acts granted ; and also for making Deviations and Diversions in the said Roads, that is to say, in the Roads leading from Presteigne to Knighton, from Walton to Knighton, froui New Radnor to Penybont, from Penybonf to Rhayader, from Penybont towards Llanidloes, from Lettou towards the City of Hereford, mid from Ithydspence toward? Kington ; and alio for mak- ing-, amending, widening, and repairing several additional Roads lying near tbe Roads comprised in tbe said Acts, videlicet, a Road leading from the Newtown Road at or near Croehen Mill to the Town of Rhayader, from the Village of Newchurcb to tiie Village of Clirow, and from Brilley Mountain to join the said lastmentioned Itqad, and from Pains- castle to join the present Road leading towards Buillh nt or near Wye Side, and from the Village of Glaseotnhe to join the present Road at or near Aberednw, and from the present Road at or near Velindre, iu the Parish of Beguildy, as tar as tbe County of Radnor extends towards Kerry, ill the County of Montgomery, and from Penaai bv Way of Aberdovey to Towvn, in ilie County of Merio- neth, which, said Roads comprised in the said Acts, and tbe Deviations and Diversions therein, pass, pr are intended to pass, from, through; or into tbe several Parishes nnd Townships of Presteigne, Old Radnor, Fvenjoh, Harpton, kinnerton, Radlatrd, Wey- tlmll, Woiuastoii, Lowe. Harton, New Radnor, Llunyihangel, Nautinellan, Trewein, and Llauvi- baugel Jtbydithon, T. landegley, Swy'dd and Graig, Trelan, Llaudewy Ystradenny, MiesUerhpslowthy, Gollon, Llaubister, Kevea pawl, Llananno, Llan- badarri vawr, Llanl-. idain vvnidd, Beguildy, Llan- gunlio, Ulethva, Cascol), Litton, Whitton, Discoyd, I'illetb, fleyop, Knighton, Cwihgilla, Norton, Llaudilo Gr'ahiin, Aberedojv, Llanbqdarn g- urreg, Lhnivareth, Llanelwetb, Di- sserlh, Treeoed, Llan- yre, Killygee, Troescoed, Naumel, Rhayader, CoedgJ. asson, Gwasteddin vawr, Maesg- win, Vainor,' Llalisaintfiead- Cwmtoyddwr, Dyffrin F. iluu, Dyff- rin Gwy, Saint Harmon, Clase, Kenuifrth, Llun- drindodl Llanvihangel- Kevcn lleece, Llanvihaiigel- hvlygail, Llansaintfread in Elvel, Glascombe, Dre- wern, Vainor glase, Cregrina, Llaiidewy- vach, Llanstephan, Boughrood, Glasbury. Llowes, Clirow, Battws clirow, Newchiircli, Bryngwyu, Llanbeder- Painscastle, Colva, Micbaelcbureh upon Arrow, and Gladdest ry, in tbe County of Radnor, aud of Kiug-- ton, KuilJ, Old Radnor, Littoo, Huntington, Brilley, Eardisley, Whitney, Winfortdii, WillersW, Lctton, and Stanton upon Wye, in the County of Hereford, and which said additional Roads pass, or are in- tended to pass, from, through, or into tiie several Parishes and Townships of Newchiirch, Clirow, • Bettivs Clirow, Mti- baelehurch npon Arrow, Bryn- gvvyn, Llanbeder Paiuscastle, Bougbrood, l. hm-. stephan, Llaudewy vach, Ghiscombe, Vaino'r g- lase, Cregriua, llbulen, l. lrtiil> adarn- y- garreg, Aber- edow, Velindr/ f, Beguildy, Llan'oadarn- vynidd, Lliiinrnn, Llaildewv- Ystrarlenny, Miesllerhpslow- tliy. Llanbister, keveu pawl,' Gollon, Natithiel, Coedglassoii, Maesgwin, Vainor, Saint Hahhon, Claes and Kennarth, in the County of Radnor, of Brilley and Whitney, iu the County of Hereford, and of Parcel- vs- yr- afon, Cvr- fel. fawr, Cefn- rhos ycjia, Cefu- rbos- ganol, Cefu rhos- issa, 1);: ml. lv- frvn Faenoll, aud Towyn, in the County of Merio- neth; wliich said Bill is intended to he proceeded in, and passed into a Law in the present Session of Parliament. Dated this 22d Day of March, 1824. DAVIES, BANKS, & CHEESE, Solicitors. TO EE LET BY AUCT10X, BY MR. SMITH, At the White Horse, in Frankwell Saturday, the 24th of April, 182f in the Afternoon precisely, aiid subject ditions then to be produced : - ALI of Shrewsbury, containing 33 Acres Possession to be given on tbe 1st of May, and to be grazed until the 2d of T'ebruary next. Further Particulars ou Application to - rue AUCTIONEER. It* jm- cmptorilg « » or0, j Impediments of Speech- confirmed Stut- tering or Stammering— Bad Articulation or Hesitation in Speaking, and the Ge- neral Acquirer, tents of an Easy and Flu- ent Mode of Expression. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause " HARDY I against Disnno- ve,," widi tbe Approbution of W'IL- I. IASI'WiNGiiEip, Esq. one of The Masters of the o, . said Court, at the Wy'niistay Arms I( in, at Oswestry, hhretvsbiiry. OB j„ c-()|, nty ' of Salop, on Wednesday, the -> 8ih 124 at 4 o Chick D( lv of A , s.,, a, F n'-' Clock in" the Aftdr- d suhieet to Con- „„,.,, • „„, . ' . racraam ™ noon, in several Lots; certain FREEHOLD ES- TATES, situate in the Townships of BAUSLEY and that excellent Piece of Grazing I CRIGGION, ill the Parish of Alberhurv, in the County LAND, called KINGSI. AND, near tbe Town of Montgomery, comprising'^ hout 4? 0 Acres of es or thereabouts. I valijuble Arable, Meadow and Pasture, and Wood Land', almost wholly exonerated from the Land- Tax, and situate near the River Severn and the Rryddiii Hills, Midway between Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool, and about 14 Miles froiii Oswestry ; with valuable Rights of Colliery — The Estate may BV viewed by Application to MR. THOMAS ROBERTS, of ^ Voolastou, lie'ar i\ ll> erbury ; and i^ fnicd Parti- culars may be had at tlie said MaVterVs Obahibei; R:, in Sotiibampton Boil. di'nffSj Olianvery Lai^ eV ' of Messrs BATBMA. N aiid Jo* Bfs, Soltei- IORS, Lincoln^ Inn 5 Mr. SOVVTON, Solicitor, Ho'BONI Court, 6RAY\ S JFIYTT ; of- Mr. LONGLJ, i. C, Solicitor,. Oswestry,, Salop ; at I lie Place of Sale -, and at tbe princijmjl VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. TO BE LET, r| 1REVO, U gOTTAGE ORNF. E, j with commodious Offices, and about lfi Acres of rich Pastuu: LAND. Tlie Cottage is calculated I Inns'at Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool." for the Residence of a genteel l-' aipily, is beautifully situated on the tjaiiks of ihe River Dei-, near the Grand Aquodnct, about 3 Miles from Llangollen, ' 1 c, C / A A .. nl . i * r » li r i i m V t't'lJ and ft from Oswesirv.— Apply to '. Vn. t. TAM F> MHH, ^ sq. the Occupier, for a View of the Premises; and to Mr. FISHER, Solicitor, Newport, Salop, to treat I for the Letting. n& T- m OF cAiaBiiii& a. OTICE is hereby given, that the « raic3 aucriOiT. BOOSTER, near Leebotwopd. BY J. BROOME, On the Premises, on Wednesday, the Slst Day of April, 18i4;' NE liundnfd.^ Forty SS- IEKP, con- sistingof 41) Ewes aud Lambs, 40 Wethers, I Sessions, fix the Ratfs to'lie foi- t _ .. it) yearling Sheep, 7 expelient Dairy Cows, Carriages for His Majesty's aud Cp. lves : I IJrood Mr. re, 1 Ponv Mare iii- foul to pursuant to the Statute, pasthripe, I two- year old Cart Coit,; I Sow i( ud 9 Pigs; the Properly of Mr. LANGLEY, of Hodster, near Leehotwood, iu the (,' ouuty or Sa lop, who is quitting the i'arui.— The Sfcle to hfgiu at Eleven o'clock in the Morning. and fit) ' ii"? Magistrates foi; the Coiihty of Salop will meet at the Sliirehall, in Sbrew'sVttrv; nil M'nndav, the Ml) Day of April, 1824, at I ; o'clock at Noon, for the Purpose of fixing the Rates of ( ferriage of Goods brought to auv Place within the'County o, f • Salop by any Coach or Waggon or such like Carriage: . And the Magi- trates for the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury will meet at the same Place, on Friday, the 30th Day of April, ifj24, at Ten ofClock in the I- orenooa, for the Purpose of fixing the Rates of Carriage of Goods i| i l. ijie Manlier lo any Place within the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury. All Persons interested therein may attend at such Times aud Places respectively. And the Magistrates will, at their said respective be paid for thi? Hire of Forces on their Marches LOXDALE. i/ OOLS l'ONE HALE OF FOR- NITl'RE, & c. advertise, d to be Sold, by Preston Brockhurst. H. uckstone, and other . .' aids. Y GIVEN, that a Trustees of these Roads ill be held at lifawkstone Ijin, in the. County of Salop, oil FRIDAY, the 23 « 1 Day of April next, for V OTICE IS tlERF- BI MEETING of the Trof J. BROOME, on Tuesday, " the 13th Instant, is N>"> P. OB I- RIDAY. the - IM IJay ot April next, tor unavoidably POSTPONED. The Sale will take Pm- po^ e of passing the Treasurer s Accouuis, ,,, .,• .) ... i , - ,.. i.. ... rr, .. I mid ,>>> other Rnstiiess. Place on FRIDAY, the 23d Instant, precisely at Ten. o'Clock. and on other Business. JOHN WILLIAMS, Cierk. 30TH MARCH, 1824. BV MR. HULIBERT, KIDDEBMI^ STER, APSI. L 7TH, 1824. JfOTtCE is hereby given, that the next lu the Butter- Market, Shrewsbury, i MEETING of the frh « t « es appointed for the Care of the K'i Ideruiiiister Turnpike' Roads will be liolden Upon Wednesday, the T'w'elflji Day of May ^. next, at the Dwelling iloijse of Henry Godfrey, At the Crown Inn, Shrewsbury, ooThursday, the rknown by the Sign of tlie I. ion liin, In Kidde'r- 22< l lnstaul, between, the Honrs of l-' ive and Seven minster aforesaid, by Eleven of the Clock in the ill ih- e Afternoon, subject to Condi'ibuS : I Forenoon; nt which Meeting the TOJ. LS arising & LL those valuable and commodious at the several Toll - Gules i- ercuoder meutiojied. J\ PREMISES, desirably situated'ei. PRIDES '•('" n'he saidTurnp. ke toads, and called or known HILL its tbe most'Centrical Par. of ihe Market; ' U^ T^ wVJT ^". Ker written, w, II be comprising an excellent' Sh- p, with exie'. isiye LET fiY AUCTION to the best Bidder, lor oue or Frontage to the Market effimSious Parlour and more Years from t'. e 4th Day ot June ilex , subject Dining Room, suitable Bed looms, Kit,- ben. Back » « •* Conditions as ^ lal he then produced in Kitchen, Cellaring, and iVo large Warehouses or Mf. Manner directed by tbe Act passed in the Workshops a, fining. " Third V « r of the Reign of ilis Majesty King X, t, ' ri i-> - U I r , ..... r l| George the I- oortb, " For regulating furnpike N. B. These Premises will he found eligible for | jj0, u] g DR. JAMESTS POWDER, celebrity of thi § medicine, and M. its unquestioned efficacy more . than ever esiaMis- lied, by the g- rnatlv inereasefi in trot! net ion of it into tlie prWeriptions of the most eminent Physi- cian's at tbe present- lime; FuMhe- « ' » » i< ii* Vu? » of ifxjse pf^ rsonrt- wdm are out - of- vlve i: oach of meiiicfti advice, each packet is enclosed with full directions for . iis use In - cases of Fever il wiji often e « ect a c^ re- nr a few hours, especially wjien freely given, and at Ihe outset of the disease. It. is administered with equal success in all atlae- Us of Mi asirs, St. Anthony's Fire, Sore Throat, Pleurisy, a; id KheUiuali^ in; hut ast^ olds'and ( Catarrhs paitake more or less of" inflam- matory symjifoms, this Powder is peculiarly effica- cioni in cnttin^ shorttheiiduialiou ; Which, however; hiirmless they may be . thought, often terminate in Pnlmoiiary Affections, the'fatal eonseqnenees of which. are but too ' tell knotyn. As an Aiieralive in j Chronic Diseases, it is an'adiuilabile remedy. Dr.. Jomes' » Po. wde* r conliuurs to be prepared bv! Messrs, pW- BEK Y, and is sold by them at the, OR^ GINA/. WARFHOCJSE, NO. 45, St. Paul- S Church- yard ; and hy their appointment in inost Country Towns. Packets 2s 9* 1.'; Bottles * 24 § . and 33s. eacli. - The ijrrinine is distinguished by bavins' the, iiapie i " F. l^ ev'berjengraved in the GovernmentStanip. i any Tiade, b. eing" situate jn one, of the most public and fionrishing- Parts pf the Town, and where Property is most difficult to { jp obtained.— Jhe Convenience fpr Mousing- Butter and Cheese, and the Market Standi, ug- s. are Sources of, considerable Profit; , and tbe whgle Property is'capable ot g- rcat Improvement. rgg* To View the Pi; enii, ses apply to THE APE- I button TIONEER ; , and for further Particulars to5 , Mr. ' W. ri;- ' LIAMS,' Solicitor^ Market- Square, S'. ire\ ysl) wry. Worcester, Cross Goauuess, aud Jenny Holp...£ 01 Bromsg- rove, with two Side Gates " J46 Shatlerfoot aiui ." iuatt 556 Land Dak and Chegtcr Lane, Bioa^ hyater. s ) and Woiyer- ey.. 5 WiibbeubaJI..... 45C Hal feut M - GRIFFITHS. )\ enlnck .. C. LI VERY. ILDDOTTY*..- PACE, — HUGHES. ShifT> wly... Warding. We: ling ion, IIo v LSTON & SMITH. fr on (> r idge, G I, A Z E R R O O K .. lianvor LICGHES, GRIFFITH. llcda, '.. DA VIES. Carnarvon, OWEN, WILLIAMS. DoigeUy^ Wi LLIAMS^ ON fjoh/ head,., ./ ONES, RICHARDS. ST. ASAPH, OWEN. A hergei'//,.. DAVIES. Amlwchy.. ROBERTS. C ante ay,.... ROBERTS. Bamouthy. GRIFFITHS. Beaumaris, ALI. E N . FOR COUCHS. Pectoral Essence of Coltsfoot. Herb Coltsfoot has long been SL distinguished for its excellent Properties in the y, me iof Coughs and oilier Pulmonary Om- phtiiits ; and this Essence ba^, in ih- e ( bourse ol'a. long- practice, been foijod the most sale and ellf- ctoal - remedy for Coughs, and nil Disorders of the Lungs. It gently opens the Ureast, and immediaiely yiv « - s; liberty of breathing-, without any dauber of ta, « tiny cobl, ' jiud . thus ii nlfurds, j/ reat relief in Asthmatic Cotnpla. inls. Ii allays the iickli. no- which provokes frequent coughing-, lea. uses the small glands, . re-, lax « ' S the fibros, and thereby enlaroes ( be cavities . ofj the V- CSKCIM. . Tims ii WNI. prevent;< J( » iu, suui. ptions, if' taken before.. tbe • Lnnj » - s are . ulceni'. ied. It sofieiits husky and drv Coughs, and heals rawness and sore- ness of the Chest. This pectoral Essence- is prepared. by JAMES RYAN, Suri » e; on, in, Bristol; and sbl. d in Botfjes at 3s. 6d. e tch, hy F. NE^ VBERV SONS, 45, St.. Paul's Church • Yard; and. hy I, heir appointment in , mo » t Country Towns. Rica PASTUIIS IiiKIi, In Melverley. r, f MR. SMITH, ( Under a Commission pf Bankrupt), at the Talbot Hotel, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 24th Day; of April, 18^ 4, between tbe Hours of Four and - Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject, to Condi- tbms then to be produced, and , in t, be fpllowing-, , . ... ... . or such other f, bts as may be ag- recd upon at ' tbe I for tbe taking q. f such Tolls and paying- the Money Time Qf Sale • ' '' Aith Rm- fties Pavment Wliicb Tolls produced tbe last- Year the sever, a Huins se, t opposite to their refi. pectiye . Names above tlii?. Kx. pens^ es of cpUecting- tiieui, isind will be put • ip at. such' Sunis. Whoever bappen's to be the best Bidder inust at the same Time pay One Mouth- in Advance of the Bent at whicli snob Tpljs may be Let, aiid give Security, wi lb two' sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turn- pike Roads, for Payment of the ; K, est of the Money monthly. The behest .. Bidder must, at t, be Time and Place aforesaid, forth. w. irn . gnter into a proper Agreement LOT I. LL those Two Pieces of excellent Pasture LAND, cal'lefl The Meadows and : TJVe'- Bryn,' eontu: iii? ng 19A. 1R. OP. ori'btM'eabonts.;; LOT Jl. Piece of rich Pastiire LAN- D}; ad) oiuirio-| the above Lot," called Tlie Hill Piece, containing1,] 8A. 3R. 16P. or thereabouts; aiid also The Long- ! Leasow, : JA. 211. % W LOT III. All those Three l? ieces pr Parcels of LAND, called TThe Garden, Stackyard, and Cnckooi C^ oft, containing- 1 A. OR.. 4P. br ihercabouts. LOT IV. House, Garden, Ofcba'd? ami Three monthly, with Sureties for Payment thereof as above- mentioned. GEO. HALL EN, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads GLOME I XSUR. 1NCE, gGii& OK. FIRE, LIVES, ^ MD AJ^ TNUITXES. JdTICE is hereby given, that In, SJIranees due ot Lady- day must bejiaid on or [ ^ efnr^ Vtbe vith bay of April, when the Fifteen I) ay; s Pieces of excellent Pasture LA^ l) adjoining", con-: j allo\ yed. for tbe Renewal tljereof will expire, taiui'ug- 11 A- 1 R.. 5P. or thereabouts. jj The jvstablisbment of this 6 ( lice comprehends the LOT V. Piece of Pasture LAND, called The . Wern UTantiiig: Insurances ao- ainst J. oss or Dainag- e by Llvdau, containing- 3A. 1R. 30P. « r thereabouts. Fi'' e ; Insurances on Lives and. on Survivorships : ' Trr ,, . . _ ' . v,,. .. : . I the. Endowment of Children : aiid Immediate, J3e. LOT VI. Piece of rich . Pasture LAND, adjoining: ferl. e<| aIltl Progressive Annuities, ithe Vin. icw called The Shores, containing 3,, .„„, nftMP4 » vi 3R. 38P. or thereabouts ; togetltor with tbe Waste adjoining the Riyer, lA.', llt,^ tP. I. ivr- Vl!. Piece of Pasture LAND, adjoining the Virnie'v, called • Tiie Llanerch Hir, containing 1A. 1R. 35P. and the Plantation adjoining, OA. OR. 38P. or thereaboirts. Mr. KOGF. RS, Innkeeper, Melverlev, will shew the Lots; and for further Particulars enquire of The CAPITA L of the COM PAN Y is ONE MIL HON STERLING, the WHOLE of w: hie1i has been paid up, and invested in Government. or Real Securities; anil the . Security of the Public having been thus amply provided For, it is stipulated that no M, jmher of the Company shall be liable to pay aiiv Sum hevonil the Amount of bis Subscription or Share in the said Capital of ON E MILLION. No Person insured by this Company is liable to SILVER- anxious to prevent Imposition ! ji. J DAY and MARTIN respeelfnlly inform tbe Public thev have, al'ler iiMicb laboilr and at very considerable expense, brought lo perfecliou a l. abel of'such singular . construction and extreme difficulty: of exec- utioii, mat lliey trust will cft'eeinaily prevent the many. frauds that are daily praetisi- d on the Public. An ai- tentiiin. to Ibe following description ofihe'lMbel will ensure tbe genuine Blacking pre- pared by them, A pallern like luce of a pink colour covers the principal part, the names of Dnv ; UM! Mni- liii are priiiied in white letters, edged with pink and black, and placi d on a while ground,. llie ail- dress, 97, High llolborn, is also while letters edged with pink and black, but placed on ihe lace pntlrni, the signature aiul price ill loot lire black on u while ground, ibe description of its virtues and directions for use nre printed as before, blai- k letters on while ground — 97, High IMbor'i, Dee. 1823. Liquid, in Bottles at ( W. 1.5. if 1 s. 6d. eucli. Paste, in Puis at G(.'. § !-?. each. AT B'UHltTON. BY MR. T. PRITCHAItp, Upon the Promises, on Monday, the 2Cti) Day of April, 1S24 ; - iLL the valuable LIVE STOCK J^ L il. MPLEME. NTS in > Husbandry, and Dairy and Brewing Utensils, the Property of Mrs. ANN ST, VNW,\ Y, ofiBurltou, in the Parish of. Loppitlgto'li, and County of Salop, who is declining the Farming Business : consisting of 4 excellent Cows and Calves, I Calving Heifer, 10 Fresli Young Barrens, 3 Stirk . Heifers, 4 yearling Ditto; 4 able Waggon Glares ami Geldings ( good Workers), and a capital Pony in- Ennl, IMPLKMRNTS, DAIRY UTFNSII. S, & c. consist of • 2 capital Road Wii'ggons with' Harvest Gearing, hrond- wheol Tuttbrel, 2 sin, gle. whei- l Ploughs, 2 Pair , of Harrow*, . Spade, Roller, Stack Frame, with Stone Pillars and , Cops, .2 . Ladders, large Wash Stone, 2 large Stone Cheese Presses, large Milk Leadi 8 Pair of capital Cheese Vats, Iron- bound Casks, with the, usual Assortment of Dairy and Brewing Vessels in very prime' Condition. The Whole to be Sold in. one Day.-— The AUCTIONEER particularly requests the early At- tendance of bis friends precisely at Half- post Ten o'Clock, as tbe Sale will commence punctually at that Time, flt; BROSTER having made these a. Subjects his peculiar Study from an early Period of I. ife — and having received the FIRST Isii'jicsstON of a System, calculated for tbe Removal of such unhappy Deficiencies, from tile personal Experience and Suggestions of the late EMINF, NT TRAGEDIAN, COOK, has, occasionally, when a proper Case offered, GRATUITOUSLY practised his System with invariable Success ; few Cases compa- atively requiring a second Lecture of Instruction. It. has been long the Opinion of bis Friends, that so great a Good should not be lost; particularly ( o Persons labouring linder an Affliction, forming a Barrier to their future Fortune and Success'in Life; lie lias, therefore, been induced to form an Estab- lishment at Brook Cottage, near Chester; and for the promotion of bis Design, selects a few Cases for Reference and public Consideration. ' ' One of the leading Barristers of tile Bar, and one of the principal Performers on'the Stage, were tlie first Persons he instructed with Success— several ' individuals, now resident in the City of Chester, he as perfectly relieved, who may be referred to. At the Charity School at High I. egh, Cheshire, a Scholar, after one Lecture : iylien the Patroness of the School required an Answer to the Question of the " Duty to our Neighbourw ithout a' single Hesitation tbe Pupil repeated the whole — not. one Line of which she. could before have uttered, without Stuttering scarcely to lie intelligible'. In Shrewsbury, bv tbe Persuasions of a Person there, he instructed Mr. Daniel Stafford, of Bing- ham, who spplit- d to'htm o purchase a Patent Printing Press— and in ONE LESSOR, of 20 Miuutes; succeeded " 1 commenced on this Day, MONDAY, under the Instruction of Mr. BROSTER'— on TUESDAY, I felt a full Command over a most oppressive Nervous Stariitnering, which I bad laboured Qiider. from my Infancy— on WEDNESDAY, Willi aSensatiou of inex- pressible Surprise aud Gratitude, I took my Leave o;' Mr. Broster, to return to my Residence in Wigan, Lancashire; fully capable of conversing, without the least Hesitation, aud - to the great Astonishment and Satisfaction of my Friends. I. II." A more recent Instance.—*' I commenced on tbe Thursday, March 25th— on Saturday t'oinfd myself ierfect Master of my Speech ami Ex pression, which I had never before possessed — I will, with Gratifi- cation, answer any lieferenoe you may make to me. 1' Two CASES occurred in the same Week, a Time sufficient for the general Cases of Impediments — the uiost. respectable References v.' ill be require^ upon each Application— will im't engage with more thai) two Persons at the same Time— and none under 16 Years of Age— nor will any be undertaken, without a probable Certainty of Success.— Ladies will be attended under Mr. Broster's Directions, by his Sister— separate Sitting- Rooms for study.— The Terms ( excepting Ten Guineas Entrance), will depend upon tbe Nature of each Case— Board autl Lodging in the House.- Letters addressed ( Post- paid) to Mr. BROSTER, Brook Cottage, Chester. TQWERS'S TONIC PILLS INVALUABLE REMEDY FOR WEAKNESS inthc STOMACH ' imperial' parliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS- MONDAY. ( CONCLEISBD), On a division, the third reading of tbe Alien Bill \ yus carried by a majority of 93 to 40— Mr. DF. NMAS then proposed to limit the duration of the measure hi one vear. The proposition, however, was rejected by lllio47. On the motion thai the Report of tbe Committee, recommending £ 600,000 for building New Churches, be brought up, Mr. HOME moved, as an amendment, that the Report should lie received Ilia? day six months.— Mr. WM. SMITH, Sir RONALD FEROUSQM, find Mr. BIRCH ' also opposed the grant.— Mr. WAR:.- K declared linn, upon this occasion, he must oppose those friends with whom he usually acted, because he felt that the granf'Was imperatively called for.— Sir I. COFFIN, Mr. T. WILSON, and'Mr. BITTER- ^ ORTH also supported the errant.'— On a division, Mr, Hume's amendment was rejected by a majority of 144 to 30, and the report was brought np. HOUSE OF LOIIDS- TUESDAY. Earl BATI} 1' RST moved the second readino- of n hill to regulate' the aduiinistration of justice in New- foiihdland. The prihcipal. provisions of the measure are ihe enlargement of tiie Supreme Cpuit hy two additional Judges, the appointment of Circuit Courts, and the restoration of the Trial by JJniY. The motion was nrianiipoUsly agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS— TUESDAY. The Bill for allowing the erection of a Bridge over the Thames at Hammersmith was read a second time, afler a lively debate. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition from the fjfft. d. ou; Missionary J^ o^ iety^ complaining of the pro- Ceediiiii'S ag- ainst S. mith, the* tnissiouary, ai Dementia. The petition was very long, nnd went into a variety'of statements. The Hon. and Learned Wmlier said" fie shonld'. altstaiu from offering- any objiervnlions upon tb; e allegations of the petitioners-. until the subject came to he fully discussed iij the House. —^ r.- W. HORTON, the Cidonial Under- Secretary of Stale, obscrv. ed. tbat, although he aecj^ iitted ihe petitioners bf any wish to deceive iif what they had stated, in point' of fact, they had jjbemselve? iieen grievously deceived. : " s Dr PHILLIMORE then obtained leave to bring in a bill to plaCe Romaii Cafliplics in England noon a more libernl footing with' respect to marriages, bap- tisms, nnd burials. The House afterwards wenf injo a Conimittf- e on the Warehousing Act^ when Mr. ULSKISSON explain- ed the, outlines of his plan for allowing bonded corn to be turned into fl- mi^• fp'r'exportation. Any perjiou who possesses foreign wheat, in bond is to he" 1 at liberty, Upon givingjpnyper seenrity, to. bike out any quantity of wiieai^ and convert'itinto flour. The A'merican barrel,; containing 198 pounds of flour, is obtained fj- oiii live busb- ls of,. good wheal. But this corn is now deteriorated, by long keeping, ami as the- hoidrrs'have sufle- ed ^- rCat loss by having their. capital so locked, op, they are mil l : be cpm- pefjed io p-. pdpce more than one barrel of flour for every six btisjiels of w^' eat taken out. Leave to bring in a bill was u. ltiniatety given. TAX ON HOUSES. Account of the Number of Houses in England and Wales wliich paid ibe House Tax for IR23, on llonsrs !| t a Rental nf - fiO a y? ot upwauls . the Total Amount of Reutai. ' t 7/ i'rti Total Number Amount . ... oJl T is a fact worthy of the mosl serious attention; that I, Ire disorders termed < 5ILI- ot's and N KRVOCS, vvilii ihe. ir triiiii of ' distress- ing raptoms ( stich as } » d''^ eslioa, toss of A ppeSite, Vausoa,. PqitH, aiu! Irregularity id the Bowels), on- e . their origin, generally, to a weak and deranged slate of the dt- eslive organs. Giddiness also, and Faintness or Diz- ziness, and other sensations which seem lo threaten an attack of Palsy or of Apoplex , are not uncommon results from the same cause. The remedy required is one lhat shall ge » fl# relax llie imvseJs, and gradually re- store the tone of Hie slutnath, and TOWIILLS's TONIC PILLS are confidently recommended. They are Hie result of serious investigation, and long experience in medicine; and the unequivocal aj-. u- ohatimi of medical men, and others of undoubted eminence, with the great request llicy are in wiih the public, are proofs decisive of their real utility, and of the high estimation in wLiich they are held. The ge- nuine arc signed John Towers" on each label, and may be procured of VV. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury, and of Ihe most respectable Ven- ders of Medicine, wholesale and retail, through- out England and Wales, Scotiind, and Ireland, price 2s. 9d.— 4s. Cd.— 1 Is. and 22s.' per box. TUB AUCTIONEER, or at tbe Office of Mr. .!. BICK- be called upon to contribute towards the Losses of TYITON WILLIAMS. Solicitor, Swan- Hill, Shrews- others, as with Societies established on the Princi l/ iiry, where a Map of tbe Premises may be seen. pie of mutual Insurance. 1803. DIRECTORS. jsi'RG. FO. ABEROROM'HIEROBINSON, Bart. Chairman. JOSEPH DOIUN,. Esq. Deputy Chairman. WILLIAM ABBOTT, Esq. CHARLES RAYMOND BARKER, Esq. THOMAS | JAR. ROW, Esq. JONATHAN BIRCH, Esq. THOMAS 1J/, AIR, Esq. Sir CHARLES COCKERBLL, Bart. M. P. THOAIAS COLES, Esq. BOYCB COMBO, Esq.' , JOHN FAIRI. IE, Esq. GEORGE FRASES, Esq. GEORGE C IRR GLYN, Esq. EIIWAR » GOLOSIUI D, Esq. Is -, sc L. GOLOSMID, Esq. MATTHEW ISA^ K. EJ Esq. JOHN LATHAM, AI. D. JOHN NEAVE, Esq. WILLIAM PHILUMORE, Esq. FREDERICK JOHN PIG. OU, Esq. Sir WALTERSTIRLING, Bart. JAMES TADDY, Esq. HOUERT^' AYL. OR, Esq. EDWARD VAUX, Esq. CHARLES EDWARD WILSQNN, Esq. JOHN CJIARLES DENHAM, Secretary. Vall- MaV, London, 20ih March, 182!. rf\ Q COVER, this Season ( 1824), a S_ PI'M LEY, two Miles from Shrewsbury, th celebrated Grey Horse SNQWDON, the Property of Mr. FERDINAND WHEELER, Rayen inn, Shrews- bury, Thorough- bred Mares at Five Guineas, other Mares Three Guineas ; Groom's Fee Five Shilling's. SNOWDON was bred by Lord Egreniont, foaled in 1816, got by Skiddaw ( own Brother to Golumpus, Hedjey, qnd Wandere:) out of a Delpini Mare, her Dam Miss Cog- den, by Phenomenon— Young- JSarske— Silvjo— Daphne by Regulus. In 1819, SNOW- PON won > 60gs. at Brighton, beat- ing- a Colt by Haphazard, and the Duke of York's • § cot- a £ 50, at'Newmarket, beating- Vang- uard, Colt by Juniper^' Filly bly Haphazard, Colt by Comus, R'oin'p, Lacei'. faJ and Tee Totuin ; and £ 50 at Newmarket, beating- Zadig-, Zest, Tablet, Colt i) v Com lis, fColt by juniper, and Filrtny. In 18' 20, 50g" S. at Lewes, beating- Philip • and SOg- s. at Goodwood, walked over'( 8 Subscribers). In 1821, the Gold Cup of lOOgs. at Shrewsbury, beating- Anti- Radical and Bel vide re. In 18^ 2, the DurdainsStakes of llOg- s. at Epsom^ beating Cuyp, Coral, Brother to Ringleader, Colt by- Haphazard, Lounger, Langtoniaii, Mrs. B& ng-, a. nd Legal Tender; i'oO at Worcester, beating Vampyre; and £ 50 at Worcester, beating ple- beian' and Foni iron \ £ 50 at Hereford, beating Thyrsis ; 50gs. at Shrewsbury, walked, oyer ; and £ 50 at Oswestry, beating Tempe. " - SNOW, DON is allowed by- experienced Judges to possess as fine Syninvetj- y ( combined with Strength) as any Horse in ti^ e Kingdom, with excellent Tern per and robust Health. lie will be at the Raven Inn, Shrewsbury, every Saturday ; at Wenlock, every Monday; at Shiffnal' Jiiid Wellington, every Tuesday ; at Weui, every Thursday • and the Rest of his Time at Pimley. Good Grass and Corn ( if ordered) for Mares and every Care taken of them. *** All Demands to be paid at Midsummer, or Half- a- Guinea extra to be charged. Counties. . Bedford Berks BneTis.. Cambridge........ Chester Cornwall Cumberland....... Derby Devon....,;......... Dprsel DiHoai. i... i York ............... EVsex .:/......'...,. GloueesVei'......... Hereford ........... Hertford..... Huntingdon Kent Lancaster... Lricesler l. iiu- oln Monmouth ...... . Norfolk Nortlianipron Norlbiiinberlaiid Nottingli'aili ( ixfo. nl ...' Rutland Salop Somerset....:...... Soiuhainptoti.... Stafford Suffolk .... Surrey Sussex...'. Warw irk..'. ... Westindrchiiul Wilts Worcester Anglesea..... Carnarvon , Denbigh Flint ..' Merioneth Montgomery Brecon. i. Cardigan ..- Ciirmai then Glamorgan Pembroke " Radnor Loudon ,,.,. Westminster Middlesex 3,51H 110, Sd3 21,08 M. SI3 IT) 1,05- 2 14.6.. S) 4- 2.15-? H, liift, 14- 2, S « 2 4- 2f," S5 ; io,;) r> « O.. .:-.;!$ I-.. 0. V7 3- 1.3 ' iO.'- ihX 31.393 ' 27, I30 SS- 2 2P, i- 21 8, l.-( j 3ms, 5(> 7 » 355 U4.7r. 7 i, m 44,581 973 27,888 10,3* 25 6l « , 73l * 2,- i,) 7 lil3,.. M>' 2 2,545 83,88!) - 3- 21 ...... 1,331 1,670 ( il 80 ....... 23( 3 50 40 14 > ii(> ..:....' 34 124 ....... 4! 8 153 ' 14 11,6- 20 747,244 11.- 283 1,05<\ 382 40,700 2,310,257 10,200 35',!! fi- 2 53; 707 • 2,103 2,- 275 6,53ft 1,050 1,335 Wi • 2,811 704 3,153 10.808 ' 4, ntil • 2; 107,820 7,3; 3,705 The following- are the Nrinnber of Houses in the respective Counties of Elltflaiut anil '. Vales, havino- Windows to tlie> number ot* ten an. I tipwnrds, which paid the Tax on Windows for the year 1824. Bedford.. Berks...., .... Bucks Cn'mbriilire... Chester.; Cornwall' Cumberland. Derby .„;. Devon Dorset Dni- hnm Voi; k..;; Essex Gloucester.. Hereford Hertford'. Huntingdon Kent Lancaster Leicester Lincoln , Monmouth Norfolk 1,107 Salop. . 3,053 Somerset 2,2(> 3 $ oii; h: impton 1,816" Stnfiord 2.# lh ® ufolk : 1,7 ' 4 Sui rei' 004 Snsx- x l, 744jW; irw iuk 5, lli5j Wesluioif. ln nil ' 2,048 Wilis 1,5191 Worcester lO. t OS don O. OiKiUVstiuinster 5,463 Middlesex 1,405 A: isli- sea ^, 874 Breciui 764; Cardiijau 10, S94; Caruiarihen t), 487jCariimvon ' 2,6ii5: Denbigh 3.507i Flint.. £ 67HPil » m » ronu ,4,800 Mf'iioiietb Noi'tlilim. plon - 2,706; > 1 onlo uiery... Norilii. itiibei- la. nii... 2.22; Pembroke Nottinw'biHii. Oxford Rullaiid 2, iiir. 33-; Radnor. The London ( Jatelte of Tuesday aunounns tiiil the . fori of Algiers is placed in a stale i f blockade. This tedious and mortifying mode of annoyance is much less cosily of money or than an assault or bombardment 5' and it will probably chastise the iil 1.111 ns even Inoi- e'enect- ually than au actual'conflict, w, ilh all i| s'euihusiai. iu and its stimulating recolleeltou$. LONDON— SATURDA Y. In the Bouse of Commons, on Wednesday, Mr. Li sHirsGTON moved for leave to bring- in a Bill to alter and amend tbe, Laws for regulating- Hides and' Skins, and for slaying animals. He was persuaded be should be able to fcjiew to the House that these laws ought to be repealed, inasmuch- as they were both oppressive and unjust. The House wou- ld Marcel) believe, that, amongst other provisions mad< , aid penalties imposed, was one rendering- a butcher who, in slaving a beast, his own property, should chance to cut a hole ia the skin, liable to a. penalty offrom half a crown to 5s, and the greater part of this penalty went into the pocket of the person who v- as to judge of the oti'ence, namely, the Inspector of Skins : this related to the , skins of oxen. As to sheep, the law was not only oppressive but unequal:. A butcher in London cutting- a bole in a si eep. skin would be liable to a penalty of Id. 3 but a butcher ti't Canterbury having the same mis- fortune would be liable to a penalty of 6d. He proceeded" comment, on other provisions of the Acts,. equally absurd and unjust, - and concluded by moving for reave to bring- in a Bill to alter and amend the existing- Statutes of the 39th and 40th . of Geo. HI. 011 this subject.— Mr. JAMES seconded tbe motion. He did not see how there could be two 0;> rnions ou this i niportant subject. — M r. MaberL ey complained that the Rfg- ht Hon. Gentleman's pro- position did not go far enough, and contended that the whole subject ought to be'referred to a Com- mittee, and that all tbe laws should be repealed, instead of this partial repeal.— Mr, HUSKISSON thought it wotiid be right, that the whole subject should he' referred to a Committee, to ascertain .. what ought to b;; done in the matter.— JV1 r. BRIGHT wished foi> enquiry.— Mr. CURTEIS wished to see the law relating to Hides and Skins amended. The minuteness of these laws was' most ridiculous. Would tbe Hoiise believe that if a porkman was to skin a pig, the skin must be submitted to the inspection of a tribunal constituted of seven tanners, seven shoemakers,, and he knew not who besides. — Lord CLIFTON supported the motion, which, on a division, was carried by a. majority of 52 to 6, B^ th Rouses ol' Parliament adjourned on Thursday, the House of CoaiiTiOns, till Monday, May 3d, and the House of Lords tili Wednesday the 28th inst. The re- assemblmg of their Lord ships earlier than the Coyitnotity by t wo or three days, will facilitate tlie progress of public business, many bills being Ou their Lordships' table, waiting to be proceeded with through their respective . stages. The U'uht Hon. William Noet Hill has heen sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Couuei!,. and taken his seat at the Board. The Legal Commission lately appointed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, is directed io 44 inquire whether any aud what alterations can be made in the practice of the Court of Chancery, of in the Offices of that Court, either as a Court of Law or Equity, in causes, suits^ atk'i other matters iu which that Court has, or the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal'have jurisdiction, in the different stages of such proceedings, from the - commence- ment to the termination thereof, by which the expense, attending such proceedings, and the time during which they depend io Court, may be abridged usefully and beneficially to the suitors; aud whether any aud what part of the business now subject to such jurisdiction can usefully and beneficially be withdrawn, and committed to the jurisdiction of any and what other Courts or Tribunals." The French papers of Wednesday contain some information from Greece, favourable 10 the cause of that country. A letter from Zante, dated March 13, announces the capture of the important place of Coron, tbe last bulwark of the Turks in the South of tlie Morea. This town was carried by storm by the Greeks under the command of an . Ecclesiastic, Zerbiuo, who look it by surprise. The occupation of the town and castle of Aria by Constantino Bozzai is is also confirmed, as well as the insurrection of the Pacha of Egypt; and it is hioled Power, whose name mil given, has ex Utf. iifi Hie preparations for the siege of Lepanto. A large ship from London had conveyed to tiiem a great quantity of powder, cannon, mortars, shells, Can- non balls, and other kinds of ammunition. POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, Monday JV'iglii, April 19, 1824. [ From our Private Correspondent ] To day was a holiday at the Bank, but business was transacted as usual in the Stock Exchange, at a trifling depression 011 the prices of Saturday. Consols for the Account left off at 96 J. To- morrow the Stock- Exchange, as well as Bank, will be closed. The following were the PRICES OF FUNDS, AT THE CLOSE. Bank Stock 245* Long- Ann. T-, India Stock — India Bonds 80 Ex. Bills (£ 1000) 50 Cons. Tor Ace. 961 Red. 3 per Cts. 95 § 3 per Ct. Cons. Imperial 3 j er Cts. — 3.4 per Cents. —.. per Cent. Cons. 102* New 4 per Cents. — It appears by the Left era of Saturday from Paris that a report was made on that, day by the Commission appointed for the purpose, on the financial plan, for the reduction of the 5 per Cents, and that this report is highly- favourable to the ministerial project, inasmuch as the Commission recommended its adoption without any amendment. As the whole Chamber are probably" as much at the devotion of the minister, a, delay of a few days only will probably take place before the project is passed into a law. Whatever difficulties may seem opposed to its success from the opposition of the Stockholders, they must give way before a com- bination among nearly all the leading capitalists of Europe, for such is said to be the support on which M. Villele depends. His principal coadjutors in this country are, we understand, the Houses of Messrs. Bailing, Brothers, Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. and Mr. N. M. Rothschild ; in Paris the House of Laffitte, and in Amsterdam that of Hope. These five houses are those the French Minister engaged iu the first instance in tlie greatest financial undertaking ever conducted. by private individuals, and it is their guarantee which, he has received, as alluded to in. his speech, arid on which he has ventured to propose the measure. These gentlemen, in the places where they reside, arid through their correspondents iu nearly all the cities of Europe, admit the leading capitalists, on equal terms, to be sharer* with them in , the undertaking, which by these means has become so generally diffused tbat a very large portion of the capital of European houses may be said to be pledged for its success. As soon ; as the measure lias passed the French legislature, the five houses first mentioned will commence receiving assents to the reduction of the interest, and at periods- to be hereafter stated will pay off at ; par those who dissent. They will also form lists of ; subscribers for taking the New 3 per Cent, French Stock, from the sale of which the fund is to be supplied for the payment of the dissentients, and their resources are so great that they calculate on being able to raise the money even should the dissentients hold one- half of the French debt. They will have the option of either paying off'the holders immediately, or at any period within two or even three years, which they may consider most eligible for the purpose, and have, besides the use of their own capital, a promise from the French minister of a very large issue of Exchequer bills, to be placed entirely'at their disposal. Lord Byron's efforts in behalf of the Greek cause form, it is said, an important part of the last communications from the British Ambassador at Constantinople. The sages of the Divan, i appears, have been utterly unable to comprehend that an Englishman, bearing a title, could possibly be so little under the controul of his own Govern- ment as to engage without its consent in activ « warfare against an Ally, and they have therefore demanded, through Lord Strangford, an ex plana tion of the cause why his Lordship's conduct has been permitted to pass without notice. We uudetst, and that Lord Strangford is likely to ex- perience as much difficulty on this point as he did in his efforts for bringing about a reconciliation with Russia. ed that some rower, wnose nam? is « « » » > expressed a wish to re- establish live Throrte of ifiWjje' ' were ' sWfY1 af ' IYJ is s o! o n g s 11 j > eri 11 tend ing Mr. Blaquiere, the active agent of the Greek Committee, has embarked at Portsmouth, and is the bearer of forty thousand pounds in aid of the Greek cause. The Racer cutter, arrived at Marseilles, left Algiers 011 the 3.0ib ult. at which time two frigates were cruizing off that port, and two others before Bona. No accommodation had been made of." the differences with the Algerine Government, nor, from existing appearances, was there much proba- bility of such an event speedily taking place.— The pirates are closely blockaded. Letters have been received by Government from the Cape of Good Hope, which announce the capture of a Spanish ship, the Virgin, of 14 guns, with a crcw of 130 men, by the Ba- aeonfa sloop of war. The captain of the Virgiu refused to sub- mit until several of his cievv vvere killed. The Baracouta then took possession of her and carried her to the Cape. Between 300 and 400 slaves were found on board the prize. The Heel a aud Fury Discovery Ships are rapidly prepaiing at Deptford for the Polar Expedition. Every precaution seems to have been taken, that comfort and ingenuity can devise, to render their success covoplete. The internal fittings are com- pact and elegant, and tiie means of conducting warm air thro * bout the vessels, and the con- trivances for drawing off the moisture from the steam, breaths, & c. are worthy of observation. They arc furnished with the propelling paddles, worked as the chain- pump, to assist in passing through the light ice, and their bows are about nine feet thick, lined, as are their sides, with cork, and plated externally with iron. Both vessels are now receivi: ig their last coat of paint. Visitors are politely received on board, and every attention shown lo gratify curiosity by the officers, in the most handsome manner. The names of the visit: ors are inserted in a book A farewell eutert ; in- menl will be given by Captain Parry, on board the Heea, on tiie 7th of May, when both ships will be completely ready ( or sea, and will be at the More on the 10th. It has been determined by a public meeting at Calcutta, to create a steam communication with England by the way of Suez. A premium of one lack of rupees is offered to the first individual or company who shall make two complete voyages from England to India in steam- vessels, the pas- sage not to exceed 70 days, either by the Cape of Good Hope or the Red Sea, in vessels of British register, and of not less than 300 tons burtheo. Dr. Morrison, so veil known for his proficiency in the Chinese language, has arrived in England from Canton.' He is absent on leave from the factory of merchants at that place, where he fills the office of translator. His Chinese Dictionary is said to be in a stale of forwardness. Lord Francis Conyngham is shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar Lady Jane Paget, one, of the daughters of the Marquis of Angiesea. The ship- builders are in such active employ in most parts of the west and south of England, that great inconvenience is sustained at several yards for want of hands ; and the, master* have in cptise- ooence been unable to fulfil- their terms of contract for building vessels within a given time. BANKRUPTS, APRIL 17.— John Gilbert, of George- lane, Botolph- lane, London, merchant.— William Henry Austin,, of Old Broad- street., London, mer- chant.— William Crosby, of My ton, Kingston- npon- Hull, merchant.— Charles Seymour, late of Hud derslield, tailor and draper. — Jonathan Wood, of Red cross- street, and Fishmonger- alley, South wark, cm- rier, leather- cutter, and leather- seller Ebeuezer Ounther., of Beaumont- street, St. Mary le- Bone, Middlesex, hosier, haberdasher, and sta tioner. — Robert Hassall, of Birmingham, bljick smith.— Michael Middleton, of Wolverhampton tailor.— John Muriel, of Peckham House, Peck ham Surrey, commission- ageut.— Richard Bottrell, of Woodlstreet, Cheapside, Loudon, and Southampton, street, Camberwell, Surrey, merchant. The accounts from Spain verify all that imagina- tion can have anticipated of the miserable state of that kingdom. The Civil war, though broken into a thousand petty local campaigns, still rages with unmitigated rancour. In some places the Royalists, and in others the Constitutionalists, prevail; ( at T- V— tW ® uu^,.^ bovine* possessed themselves of the town, maintain an organised force, in the neighbourhood of the French array). At present the war seems Without an object, save the grati- fication of party hatred. £ ® gjW; • SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL ' 21, 18- 24. We have been favoured with the following description of a most beautiful Tree, which will grow freely in England, and endure the hardest rigours of Winter, from the notes of a Gentleman in this neighbourhood who devotes his life and leisure to the admiration of Nature :— * * " It was now the middle of May, the trees had fully put forth their bright fresh leaves, and the green fields were luxuriant in a profusion of flowers. We had travelled through a fine conn- try, when descending the slope of a wooded valley, we were struck with delight and admiration at a tree of extraordinary appearance -. there were several of the sort dispersed singly and in groupes over the plains and giassy knolls: one we. shall- attempt to describe, tho' well aware how feeble is the most florid description to depict an idea of so magnificent an object. In height it exceeded fifty feet, the diameter of its shade was nearly- ninety, and the circumference of tlie bole fifteen. It was in full leaf and flower ; and in appearance! at once united the features of Strength, Majesty, and Beauty; having the stateliness of the Oak in its trunk and arms, the density of the Sycamore in its dark deep massy foliage, and the graceful featlieri- ncss of the Ash i'n its waving branches, that dangled in rich tresses almost to the ground, lis general character as a tree was rich and varied ; nor were its parts less attractive by their extreme beauty when separately considered. Each leaf was about eighteen inches in length, but Nature, always Attentive to elegance, to obviate heaviness, had at the end of a very strong leaf- stalk divided it into five, aod sometimes seven leafits, of unequal length, and very long oval s- ape, finely serrated. These leafits were disposed in a circular form, ladiatiOg from the centre, like the leaves of the fan palm, though placed in a contrary plane to those of that magnificent ornament o; the tropical forests. The central or lower leafits were the largest, each of them being 10 inches in length and 4 in breadth, and the whole exterior of the foliage being disposed iu an inebricated farm having a beautifully light and palmated appearance. The flowers, iu which the tree was profuse, demand our deep admiration and attention : each group of them rose perp'endi- cularlv from the end of the young shoot, aud was in length fourteen inches, like a gigantic hyacinth, and quite as beautiful, spiked to a point, exhibiting a cone, or pyramid of flowers widely separate on all sides, and all expanded together, principally white, finely tinted with various colours, as red, pink, yellow, and buff, the stamina forming a most elegant fringe, amid the modest tints of the large and copious petals. Tboscfeatheryblossoms, lovely in colours and stately in shape, stood upright on every branch, all over tbe tree, like flowery mina- rets, ou innumerable verdant turrets. We had thus the opportunity of ascertaining tliat it belonged to that class of Linnieus consisting entirely of rare plants, the Ueptandria, and the order Monogynia. The natives informed us that the fruit rjpens early iu Autumn, and consists of large bunches of apples, thinly beset with sharp thorns, each when broken producing one or two large kernels, about two inches io circumference, of the finest bright maho- gany colour without, aud white within. That the tree is deciduous, and just before its fall changes to the finest tints of yellow, red, orange, and brown When dive'sted of its luxuriant foliage, the buds of the next, year appearlike little spears, which through tbe Winter are covered with a fine glutinous gum, evidently designed- to protect the embryo.. shoots within, as an hybernaculttm, from the severe frosts of the climate, and which glisten in the cold sun- shine like diamonds. Il has the strange property of performing the whole of its vigorous shoot, nearly a yard long, 1< i the short space of three weeks, employing all the rest of the year in con- verting it into wood, adding to its strength, aud varying its beauty. The wood when sawn is of the finest snowy whiteness. The tree is easily raised, indifferent as to soil, climate, or situation ; removed with safety, of quick growth, thrives to a vast age and size; subject to no blight or disease; in the earliest Spring bursting its immense buds into tbat vigour, luxuriance, and beauty, which we have here feebly attempted to describe. The natives said it vvas originally brought, from the East of Asia, hut grows freely in any climate ; and in their tongue, its name is designated by a combination of three words, signifying separately, a noble animal, an elegant game, and a luscious kernel. Had Linnaeus seen this tree, be would have assuredly contem plated it with delightful ecstasy, and named it the JEscalus hippocastanum." life, and repenting of yonr crimes. Every spiritual instruction has been a'fforded you; and I earnestly recommend you to pass the few hours that remain to vou in this world in prayer and humble suppli- cation to heaven.- The sentence of the Court is, that v ou be taken, from hence to the place of exe- cution on Wednesday next, and be hanged till you are dead, and that your body be dissected And may the Lord have mercy upon your soul." The already exhausted state of the prisoner's Strength did not permit the perception of any alter- ation' in his countenance while the sentence was being passed ; and he was afterwards raised from his kneeling posture by Mr. Dunstan. It seemed to be with extreme difficulty lie descended the steps into the lower part of the prison, and that not with- out being assisted by two or three persons. After he had been borne across the yard to his last earthly depository in this world, we understand he express- ed bis entire submission to the fate that awaited him, declaring that he had no fear in the contem- plation of dissolution.— He had previously confessed his being an accomplice iu the murder of Mr. Wood. WANTED, out of respectable Fami- lies, TWO APPRENTICES to the Con- fectionery Business. Apply to Mr. DAVIES, Confectioner, Market- Place, Shrewsbury. MR. LLOYD, DENTIST, OF LIVERPOOL, ( L, ATE BLAIR AND LLOYD), RETURNS his sincere Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, for the distinguished Patronage conferred upon him during the Term of ibe Partnership agreed with the late Mr. BLAIR ; and begs most respect- fully to inform them, that he intends being at Mr. DURNFOHD'S, Upholsterer, Shoplatch, on the 4th of May, where he will remainTen Days. 59, bold- Street, Liverpool, 17Ih April, 1824. On SUNDA Y NEXT, April - 2hfk, 1824, TWO SERMON* u- ilt he preached in the Parish Church of ST. CHID, Shrewsbury, for the Benefit of the Girts' School, and. ISoi/ s'' Sunday School, of that Parish, by the Rev. EDWARD BURJV, M. A. Minister of St. Mary's, Birmingham.— Divine Service wilt commence in the Morning at Eleven, and in the Afternoon at Half putt Three o'Clock. ( C^ The order for withdrawing the Advertise- ment of TREVOR COTTAGE was not received until the 1st page of our Journal had been worked ott'. { J3* The Acreage of KINGSLAND shoul- 1 be 26A. 3R. 31P. and not 53 Acres, as advertised in our Ist page. BIRTHS. Ou the 9th inst. in Sackville- Street, London, the Hon. Mrs. Smith, of a daughter. At Stanley Hall, on Good Friday, the Lady of Sir T. J. Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart, of a son. MARRIED. On the 7th inst. Thomas Robinson, Esq. eldest sou of A. Ramsay Robinson, Escj. of ivensingtou, to Frederics, only daughter of tbe late Sir George Brathwaitc Boughton, Bart, of l'oston Court, Herefordshire. DIED. On the 12th inst. at Hough, near Nantwich, of poplexy, at an advanced age, Marv, relict of the Rev. Robert Hill, lale Hector of St. Mary's, Chester, and mother of John Hill, Esq. Barrister at Law, the Attorney- General for the Chester Circuit. On the 13111 inst. at Marlborough, Wilts, in the 83d year of bis age, the Rev. Fraiicis Henchman, A. M. Rector of Beckbury, in this county, and Vicar of North Moreton, Berkshire. Oil Wednesday last, in Bath, aged6J, Isabella, wife of Folliot Sandford, Esq. of The Isle, near this town. - - On the 12th inst. at Bishop's Castle, Samuel Drew, Esq. in the 78th year of his ag- e. On the yih iust. at Burford, in this county, in ir 71st year, Margaret, relict of the Ilev: John Montgomery, Prebendary of Salisbury, Sc daughter of the Hon. Walter Dulany, formerly Commissary General of the Province of Maryland, North America. On tiie 14th inst. Mrs. Williams, of Oppington, iu this couuiy, aged 58. On Thursday last, Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. E. Tudor, surgeon, R. N. Yockleton. On the. 25th ult. iu Chapel- street, Pentonvilie, in her 63d y. ear, Dorothy, wife of the Rev. ! t. Tay- lor, Rector of TheMore and Shelve, in this county.. Her loss is sincerely deplored by her numerous relatives and friends. Lately, Plioibe, wife of Mr. Benjamin Hanhury, of Blackfriars Road, Middlesex, and sister of Abel Lea, Esq. of Kidderminster. On the 14th iust. Mrs. Sarah Simpson, relict of the late Rev. Robert Simpson, D. D. many years Theological and Resident Tutor of the Hoxton Academy. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. John Rocke :— House- Visitors, William Harley and William Cooper, Esqrs. BASE COIN UTTKHERS.— We take ihe oppor. tunity of again - cautioning our readers aud the public as to these nefarious villains. In our Fair, ou, Wednesday last, a poor man sold a cow for £ 5. 5a. . and was paid in 5 sovereigns and 2 half- crown pieces, all of which were counterfeit; and we are sorry to say the villain has not been apprehended. In an advertisement in the New Times of Thursday last, the Chaucelier of Ihe Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of £ 1( 11) 0, from a person unknown, purporting lo be au arrear of Income duty, uninteulioualy omitted to be paid. CHESTER ASSIZES. TRIAL FOR MURDER. Oil Monday morning last, immediately afler the removal of Joseph Dale from the bar, WILLIAM PRICE ( the last of the criminal prisoners) was called up to the dock, and arraigned, charged with the wilful murder of William Worrall, of Buerton, on tbe 17th of May, 1822.— The widow of the deceased was the first witness ; she proved her late husband, William Worrall, to have sat up on the night of Holy Thursday, the 16th of May, 1822, for the purpose of going very early the next morning for coals, as was usual with him ; he started between 12 and I o'clock on Friday ( the next inoruing), the 17th, and she did not again see him till he was brought home about 7 o'clock the same morning, a corpse. About five miles from his own house he was seen sitting in the body of the cart, with his head resting upon the foreboard, quite dead, his face all bfood, and it running down his neck ; in this state lie was brought home, when a surgeon ex- amined the body, and found a ball to have entered at the front of the head, and to have quite perforated to the back of the scull, being ouly odged by the skin. Several witnesses proved having seen ou the road two men. one like unto the prisoner : could not swear to their persons, and there was a material difference of testimony iu respect to their dress. Elizabeth Beech, the most mportant witness, said, the prisoner, W. Price, and is companion, Samuel Worrall, had heen at her house on Monday preceding the murder, and _ risoiier staid there until Wednesday, when he went away in the evening in company with Samuel Worrall. ' On the day ot the murder ( Friday), the constables came to search for tliem at her house. Price and Worrall came on Saturday morning aud pulled two pistols and a powder flask out of their pockets; she told them the constables had been there, and asked prisoner if he knew any thing of the murder ; the prisoner said they had not done it; they stopped about ten minutes in the house, leaving the pistols and the flask, and took over the hedge across the field, and she neither saw nor heard any more of them, until she beard that Price was in custody. She that night threw the pistols and flask into a pit in the next field ; she never told any one, not even ber husband, that the men had left pistols there; she was afraid, if pistols Tvere found there, they might suspect her husband of the murder, therefore she put them away, and did not mention this till December, 1823, when she heard Price was in custody ; her husband had been n Stafford gaol, but not for this murder. The pit was afterwards searched, and the two pistols found at different times; the ball extracted from the deceased's head was produced in court, and found exactly to fit the pistol. When'' prisoner was ap- prehended, at Nantwich, be had a horse and cart, with the name of Joseph Cooke upon the cart; ii answer to the constable's question, why he b;-. d changed his name, he said it was owing to a bastardy affair he had in the country he came from -, on being told he stood charged with highway robbery and murder, he said, " is that all ?' and made no re sistnnce. The Judge remarked to tbe jury, the contradictory evidence respecting the clothes the prisoner wore, and the mysterious silence of the witness Elizabeth Beech, in so long concealing the fact of the two men leaving the pistols at her house, and he left to the jury how far her testimony was credible.— The Jury, with very little hesitation returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY, and the prisoner was immediately discharged. Judgment of Death upon Joseph Date. Monday morning last was the time fixed for bringing up ibis young man for judgment. It may he known to our readers that Dale was convicted lit the last Summer Assizes for Chester, of being eon cerued with two others, Taylor and Piatt, the first of whom hanged himself, and the latter lias not been apprehended, in the murder of Mr. William Wood, near Whaley Bridge, on the llith of July last. It may also be recollected that his sentence was suspended on account of a legal objection taken hy his counsel, Mr. I). F. Jones, on the wording of the indictment, which objection has been decided on by the J- idges against the prisoner, who, during a considerable part of his confinement, has been in a poor state of health. On Friday last, he had a serious attack, and on Saturday he was considered to be iu sucfi a dangerous state as to render it doubtful whether he could survive. For a consi- derable time he was in convulsive fits, and only at short intervals had the exercise of his faculties. During a great part of Sunday he was in a no less dangerous condition, and it required several persons at times to hold him. His deplorable condition rendered it doubtful whether it would be possible to bring him up to the bar. He was, however, on Monday morning, assisted to dress, and at ten minutes past eight o'clock, soon after the Judges had taken their seats on the bench, led up aud supported to the dock by two individuals. His pallid countenance betrayed the extreme disordered state of his body, an i Irs frame generally manifest- ed excessive debility. A chair had been plaeed close to the bar, in which he was seated^ and Mr. Justice Warren directed that no person should press near or incommode him. After a short interval, he was ordered to stand up in front of the bar ; but appearing incapable of such an effort, he kneeled down on a ledge under il placed for the convenience of prisoners,, while Mr. Dunstan, the gaoler, sus tained him with both his hands. The Chief Justice then addressed him to the following effect .-— Joseph Dale — You were tried here last assizes, indicted with Joseph Piatt, and charged with casting stones at a person of the name of Wood, and inflicting upon him mortal wounds of which h instantly died, on the 16th of July last. Piatt was not in custody, and Taylor, the other associate of your guilt, had put a period to his own existence^ You, therefore, was the only person upon whom guiltcould. b* proved, and it'was then the duty of the Court to pass upon you the awful sentence nf the law; but your counsel, Mr. Jones and Mr. Law, took an objection to the proper wording of the indictment, and the Court thought fit, upon the doubts it entertained on those objections, and especially where the life of an individual vvas con- cerned, to respite the sentence, in order to take the opinion of the Judges. The Judges have delivered that opinion, which was tbat the indictment was right, and that decision has been communicated to you in the usual way. The learned Judge who assisted me upon your trial, but who is now no more, was clearly of opinion that the only conclusion at which the jury could arrive was a verdict of guilty ; and the Judge now beside me is anxious I should state, that after having carefully read over, the examinations on the trial, he is perfectly satis- fied that the jury could find no other veixlict. It appeared by the evidence that Wood was mur- dered ; that the wall near which he lay was stained with blood ; aud that the stones with which the murder was committed, and which wire brought into Court, bore marks of blood also. A more barbarous and inhuman transaction was scarcely ever known. You vvere seen walking with Wood ; and, after the deed, you were s « eu running away with the other culprits; you were traced, with,, them on the road; then found with them at Mac- clesfield ; upon your person a portion of the effects of the deceased were found, for it- is clear. a robbery as well as murder was committed ; and it was proved you were going. from shop to shop purchas- ing articles of wearing apparel. You prevaricated ; you told stories in accounting for your share of the transaction; and those, with other facts connected vvilh the case, leave no doubt of your guilt. I think, therefore, with the other Judge beside me, that, it would be unfair and unjust not to let the law- have its course. Young as you a « e, unhappily you have associated yourself with the most abandoned characters, and ruin has been the consequence. The length of time you have had since you was found guilty has furnished you with an opportunity of looking seriously into the course of your pas! Linen and Woollen. Drapery and Silk Mercery Warehouse, HIARBOL- KEAD, SHREWSBURY. WM. GRIFFITHS, WHILST he returns his grateful Thanks for past Favours, respectfully announces his Return from Losros, where he had the earliest Advantage of purchasing SILKS of every Descrip- tion immediately on their coining into the Market under tlic New Regulations. He respectfully soli- cits public Inspection of his extensive Stock, as- sured they will be found at such Prices and in such Variety as cannot fail to give general Satisfaction. A large Quantity of Sheetings, Table Lineu, 8cc. & c. uncommonly cheap. "•^ aaealtlfl^ flQ. eig' WAXES. BIRTH. On the 11th inst. ot Kiugton, Herefordshire, the Lady of Morgan John Evans, Esq. of l. l vvyul:;. rried, Radnorshire, of a daughter. DIED. At Llaharth, the Rev. John Evans, Vicar of Cardigan, and Llausilio, iu the county of Pembroke, in his 100th year. Sale Postponed at Bvrlton. HE FARMING STOCK, IMPLE- MENTS in Husbandry, Dairy aud Brewing Utensils, & c. tbe Property of Mrs. ANN STANWAY, advertised in the first Page of this. Paper for Sale upon Monday, the 26th, bv Mr. T. PRITCHARD, is unavoidably POSTPONED till WEDNESDAY, the 28th Instant. April 19( A, 1824. Tui f Inn, Shrewsbury. I 3 POOLE respectfully announces to ft • his Friends, that his HOUSE- WARMING is fixed for WEDNESDAY, the 28th of APRIL, 1824 ; when the Favour of their Company will oblige. PRESIDENTS. J. MYTTON, Esq. G. PHILLIPS, Esq. It. BENSON, Esq. W. CLEMENT, Esq. W. LAWLEY, Esq. Mr. WM. NICCOLLS. N. B. Those Friends that intend honouring R. POOLE with their Company, will please to leave their Names at the Bar. This Day Is published, Price is. COTTAGE ECONOMY, AND MANSION ECONOMY, Estimated on the Market Prices of Provision* for November, 1S23, and February, 1S24. BY T. N. PARKER, ESQ. A. M. " JEque pavperibus prodest, locvplelibus aque., i HOR. Shrewsbury : Printed and Sold by W. Eddowes, Corn- Market; sold also hy Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, Lon- don ; and by W. Price, Oswestry. At the. above Assizes, William Flran, for burglary at Stockport; George Woolley and Thomas Bates', for burglary at Weaverham ;" William Cash and James Cash, for robbing the bouse of Robert Barlow, of Ollerton; and William Jones, for sacrilege at Marple, were capitally convicted The prosecution against Samuel Owens and William Pridden, for being found armed in the night, on Earl Grosvenor's grounds at Poulton, was with- drawn, on the prisoners entering into sureties for their future good behaviour. In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Mr. Panton Corbett presented a petition from the | Bankers and Trading Interest of Shrewsbury, com- plaining of the heavy local taxation, denominated " Town Dues," of the Port of Bristol, by which not only Ihe trade of that city, but of all Ihe places on the line of, or connected with, the navigation of the Severn, is very much injured.— Petitions to ] the same effect' have been presented in the House of Commons from Ihe inhabitants of Bridgnorth, from the Iron Masters, Iron Founders, and others, of the County of Salop, from Birmingham, Wor ' Mailer, Tewkesbury, & c. & c. EXPLOSION OF FIRE- DAMP.— One of those melancholy accidents occasioned by the explosion of fire- damp occurred at Ihe Old Church Pit Col- liery, near Swansea, on Wednesday last; whereby four men lost their lives, eighteen have been dread- fully scorched and lacerated, and four have received compound fractures. It appears that the colliers received strict orders from the agent not to ap- proach to a certain part ol ihe pit; hut disregard- ing these injunctions, the fatal result vvas as above described. Thomas Jones, who vvas arraigned ot the late Great Sessions at Ruthin, for the murder of his father, had been taken by the constable anil others, ou his apprehension, to Ihe body of tbe deceased, in order lo make him touch it, under the idea that blood would gush out if be was guilty ! He was also threatened lo be taken to a conjuror, and lold it would be heller for him 011 the trial if he confessed.— Under these circumstances his con fession could not be received in evidence, and he was liberated, as slated in our last. MILFORU NEW STEAM. PACKETS.— On Wed- nesday last, arrived at Milford, his Majesty's Post- Otlice Steam Packets, Aladdin, of 90- horse power, the Cinderella, aud Harlequin, each 80- horse power. These vessels left Falmouth the preceding after noon, at two o'clock ; they are very fine well- built vessels, and steam well, as they were only half an hour reaching their anchorage ( against a half- ebb strong tide,) from the entrance of the harbour, distance of between seven and eight miles. Their arrival was announced by salutes of cannon, and the cheering of the spectators. His Majesty's Postmaster- General intends to introduce another Steam Packet 011 the station in a short time. Tbe Cinderella, under the command uf the senior Com mander, Capt. Nutlall, 011 Thursday morning took the mail for VVaterford. I'he Swallow Revenue cutter, while cruizing oil the coast of Cardigan, discovered a large smuggling lugger, which she chased for six hours, but the latter $ ot off by superior sailing; they however succeeded in capturing ber boat with 35 kegs of spirits on board. About five o'clock 011 Friday morning, a brig, name unknown, sank in Swansea Bay, . and all hands 011 board were drowned. It is supposed she must have met with some damage during the night and was making all sail for land, when she - a: overtaken by a sudden squall, and instantly wen down. "" SHHE ANNUAL' SEUMON> in Aid * of the WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SO- CIETY, will be preached in ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL, in this Town, 011 SUNDAY, May 2d, 1824, by the Rev. WITLIAM ATHERTON, of Liverpool.— Service, to commence in the Morning at Half- past Ten, nud in the Evening at Six o'clock. O11 WEDNESDAY Evening, May 5th, the Rev. WOOLMER, of Dudley, will preach at 7 o'Clock. On THURSDAY Afternoon, Mav 6th, the PUBLIC MISSIONARY MEETING w'ill be held in the same Chapel; THOMAS BROOKES, Esq. of llevvdley, to take the Chair at Two o'Clock.— 1The Rev. W. ATHERTON, the Rev. JAMES GILL, formerly Mis- sionary in Gibraltar, the Rev. S. WOOLMER, the Rev. T. II. WALKER, of Daventry, with ocher^ Ministers and Friends, are expected to assist on the Occasion. And at Sev^ n the same Evening, the concluding SERMON will be preached by the Rev. T. H. WALKER. N. B. Collections will be made after each Service, in Furtherance of this important Work ; and the Attendance and Assistance of Christian Friends is very respectfully solicited. To Journeymen Clockmakers. mwo good Workmen will meet with H constant Employ aud liberal Wages.—— Letters addressed ( Post- paid) to WILLIAM ED- WARDS, Clock and Watchmaker, Bishop's Castle, will be duly attended to.— None hut g- ood Workmen need apply, as Edwards always gets his Work up in a sound and workmanlike Manner. N. B. An APPRENTICE Wanting. Horrible Attempt at Murder. A DDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS for i\ MARTHA MASON, the unfortunate Sufferer in this atrocious Case. £. s. rl. Subscriptions formerly advertised S8 11 0 Dr. Smith, Upton Magi a 1 0 0 Mrs. llamskill 0 5 0 Mr. James Farmer, Dryton 0 10 0 Mr. Careswell, F. aton 0 5 0 Mr. Clayton, Ditto 0 5 0 Mr Wright, Ditto 0 5 0 Mr. R. Bayley, Norton 0 10 0 E. Ilowells, Esq. IVenlock 1 0 0 The smallest Donation \ vill be thankfully received by the Minister and Churchwardens of Wroxeter, and at the Bank of Messrs. BECK, DODSON, and Co. Shrewsbury. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, From April 12 to April 19. Taken daily at S A. M. and 4 P. M. Thermometer in open air fixed to a N. N. W. aspect, iu an angle of two walls. PARISH OFFICERS— The following Gentlemen were yesterday elected CHURCHWARDRNS of the several Parishes in this town for tbe year ensuing : ST. CHAD. — Mr. Tudor ( upholsterer), Mr. Hughes ( wine- merchant), Mr. T. Jones ( grocer, Mardol), and Mr. C. T. Clarke ( ironmonger). ST. MARY.— Joseph Sutton, Esq. Mr. John Oare ( Wollaseott), Mr. Thomas Lunt ( innkeeper), a:: d Mr. H. A. Floyd ( tea- dealer). ST. ALKMOXD.— Mr. Drury ( grocer), and Mr, Harris ( joiner). JT. JULIAN.— Sir John Betton, and Mr. Bromley ( grocer). Hor. Y. CROSS & ST. GILES.— Mr. James Hiles and Mr. William Hams. Overseers appointed for the several Parishes and Places within the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury. Sr. CHAD.— Mr. W. C. Jones ( diaper), M.\ John Joues the younger ( barge- owner), Mr. Tburstan Cook ( grocer), and Mr. R. Scoltock ( upholsterer). ST. MARY.— Mr. T. E. Jones ( schoolmaster), Mr. • T. Hilditch ( mercer), Mr. C. Hackney ( hatter), aud Mr. Hi Ryder ( innkee per). ST. AI. KMOND,— Mr. J. Owen ( tailor), Mr. G. Rogers ( mercer), and Mr. R. Lucas ( pawnbroker) ST. JULIAN.— Mr. W. Hudson ( mercer), Mr. A. Hitchcock ( land- surveyor), Mr. G. Johnson ( coru- dealer), and Mr. J. Driver ( gentleman). HOLY CROSS AND ST. GILES. — Mr. R. Drury ( furrier), Mr. T. Gvvyn ( gentleman), Mr. T. Pugh ( writer), and Mr. J. Higley ( innkeeper). ACTON REYNALD.— Mr. F. Lee and Mr. S. Million. ASTLEY.— Mr. W. Adams and Mr. J. Price. BATTLEFIELD.— Mr. J. Walinsley and Mr. S. Salter. BROUGIITON.— Mr. T. Abrey and Mr. R. S. Dicken.. CLIVE.— Mr. VV. Pitchford aiid Mr. R. Parr. GRINSHILL.— Mr. W. Killam aud Mr. T. Cureton. HADNAL.— Mr. R. Dod and Mr. J. Hilditch. HANWOOD.— Mr. It. Cross and Mr. J. Alltree. MEOLE BIIACE.— Mr. G. Cbilde and Mr. T. Jones. PRESTOM GUBBALDS.— Mr. J. Smith and Mrs. E. Mflrris. gaic/ i. ii- ja- j^ - • 0 g co -. 1 a v 03 to 29,33 29.45 29,55 29,67 ' 29,70 29,70 29,55 29,25 - 29,25 29.46 2<!, 58 2 04 29,99 30,02 30,02 C « V ~ " -- -- — z. 1 CO i- CJ' CC1 « C^ O 00 to < 13 V'O O 3 " S m 0,21 0,1 0,36 0,05: 0,03 0,12 0,10 0,12 0,03 E Notice to IJiyh Constables. O High Constable will be discharged from Office, or suffered to depart the Court, before bis Quota of County Rate and Bridge Motic- y 1 paid. By Direction of the Magistrates, 1110. JOHNES, Co. Treasurer. 17th April, 1824. u1 Co Moon's due. Greatest height of Bar. April 19th 30,02 inch. Least height ditto Apr. ibth 29,25 Range 0,77 Greatest height of Thermometer Apr. 18th 52 deg. Least height of ditto Apr. 13th 39 Range 13 CHAWGE OF FORTUNE - SOMERSET ASSIZES. —- Doe Dem. Boyce and Larcomhe, v. Lee.— This vvas an action of ejectment, and excited con- siderable interest, it having been brought for re- covery of property valued at £ 20,000, lalelv be- longing to S. Lee, Esq. of Ilminst- r, deceased. The question to be tried was, who were ihe owners of the property as heirs al law of the deceased ? After the plaintiffs had established their claim on the clearest evidence, the counsel for the defendant expressed his conviction of ihe satisfactory manner in which they had proved llieir title, and observed, it would be only wasting the time of the Court to occupy its attention more 011 the subject Tne plaintiffs are persons ill advanced life and very humble situations. ELOPEMENT.— OIL Wednesday morning, the 7th inst. a Mr. T. Robinson, of London, arrived at Carlisle, 011 his way to Gretna- Green, with an handsome young English lady, with whom., he eloped, it is said, from Brussels, where siie was residing. They were married at Gretna, in the usual summary form, returned to Carlisle, aud thence, next, day, set out for London, having taken the whole of the inside of the mail coach to tliein selves! The lady is said tp be Miss Bonghto'n, the daughter and sole- heiress of the late Sir G. B. Boughton, Bart, of Postou Court, Herefordshire.— She is onlv 18 years of age, and her fortune is rumoured to be £ 80,0110. COURT OF CHANCERY, THURSDAY, APRIL 15.— Elopement with a Ward.— The Lord Chancel- lor was pleased to hear the case of elopement which he bad'appointed for this morning, 111 his private room. The defendant, was the young gentlemaij who lately carried off" a young English lady from Brussels to Scotland. The privacy of the inter- view precludes us from making any positive authentic statement of the result of his Lordship'i personal communication with the principal parties whom we understand to have attended in proprii persona, in compliance with his Lordship's order We could collect, however, that a conclusive mea- sure was adopted, tending, as tbe. rumour in the Hall went, to such au amicable adjustment of matters as was considered to be called for by the peculiar and delicate nature of the relation at present existing between the romantic fair one and her aspiring suitor. It is supposed that the f'ortu nate bridegroom has no reason to repent his " Bid Stroke for a Wife." He undertook, we are in formed, not to remove the young Ladv out of the jurisdiction of the Court, to go before the Master to make such a settlement on the Lftily and her issue as the Master shall direct., and to appear in Cour to abide its judgement when called upon for that purpose, which the Lord Chancellor ordered cordingly. MARKET HEBAXiP. SHREWSBURY, n our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 4d. per Ih.— Calf Skins 5d— Tallow 3d. In our Market, 011 Saturday last, Wheat was at from l(! s. 3d. to lis, Od. per bushel of 38 quarts. Barley sold at froin 6s. 3d. to Gs. lOd. per bushel of 38quarts. Oats sold at from 6s. 2d. to7s. Od. per bushel of 57 quarts. Average I'rices of Corn per Quarter, in England and I Vales for the week ending April 10, 1824 : Wheat, 62s. 7d. ; Barley, 34s. 6d.; Oats, 24s. Id. CORN EXCHANGE. APRIL 19. The arrivals of all sorts of Grain last week were only moderate. This morning the fresh supplies ore omposed of fair quantities of Corn from Essex, Kent, and Soff. dk, and a few more vessels from the North, vvillt Oals. I11 consequence of 16,902 quarters of . Wheat being returned, sous to make the London average 74s. 2d. for the second week lliat regulates ihe importation ( which is evidently a false return), our millers have become alarmed list Ihe bonded Wheat should he liberated next month : lliey have lerefore made very few purchases to- duy, and 1 he ade is iu consequence dull, at about Ihe same prices s this < 1av se'iuiight. Barley has found buyers lor he best qualities, al about the same terms as last Monday, but inferior sorts hardly maintain last quo- tations. Beaas fully support the prices of last week. Boiling and Grey Peas both meet rather heavy sale, hut not at lower prices. There has not been much rade f- r Qjts lo day, and last week's prices vvere th difficulty supported- The Flour Trade is dull. Current Price of Grain prr Quarter, as under : Wheat 61s to 72s j While Peas 38s to 42s Barley ... 35s to 41s Beans.. 42s lo 4,. Is Malt '. 56s to 63s I Oats .. 25s lo - 28s Fine Flour ( 30s to 60s per sack ; Seconds 55s to CDs , S MIT 11 FIELD ( per st. of Sib. sin king ofTal). Beef ... 3s Million 3 « lid to 4s 61I 10 4 s Veal Pork ( Id to Cs Od. Od tn 5s Od. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Wheat 9s. ( id. to l() s. 9d. per70! bs. Barley 5s. od. 10 6s, 3d. perfiOlhs. Oats 3s. 8d, lo 3s. Hd. per 451b*. Malt 9s. Od. to Si. 3d. per36qls. Fiiie Flour 48s. Oil. 10 55s Oil. pct24( lll; s BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. per sack Spring price of Wheat, of 3311 lis Foreign Wheal per bush, of 8 gall. English Wheat, dilto '. Malting Barley, ditto Mall, dillo Flour, Fine, per sack of 2c. 2q. olbs 50 Seeondsdilto 46 Oats, Old, per 8 gall 2 42 3 6 4 fi a. s. 0 to 46 0 lo 4 9 to 8 9 to 5 3 I- 7 0 lo 55 0 to 51 10 to 3 d. 0 0 9 3 ( i 0 0 6 THE FAIB. At our Fair, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, there was but a moderate supply of Fat Sheep, which sold from 5| d. lo 6d. per lb Ewes ami Lambs were rather lower and the sale of then) flat. — Pigs were disposed of very briskly aod at good prices.— There was a large supply of Fal Caltle, which sold at from 5d. to fi| d. per lb.; Store Cattle fetched good prices. Butter io tubs sold at from 10| d to lid. per Ib. Best Cheese 65s. ( o 70s. middling 58s. to 63s. and inferior according to quality. Bacon 6| d. to 7d. Hams 7d. lo 7jd, ANY Person having a good PIANO FORTE with additional Keys, that would let it out to Hire by the Week on reasonable Terms, will hear of a Lady that would engage it, hy applying at Mrs. WEAVER'S, in Mardol. BEliSWAHDIMS HAIiT © o tie act, AN 1> FNTEREB UL'ON IMM E 1) 1 AT ELY. TH E HOUSE consists of an Entrance Hall, a Billiard Room ( 34 Feet by 24), Dining Room ( 24 Feet by 2( 1), Drawing Room ( 24 Feet by 18), small Study, Water Closet, Still Room, Serv- ants' Hall, Kitchen, Larders, Brewhouse, and capital Cellars, one- Vaulted and Leaded. On the Second Floor, a Breakfast or Dressing Room ( 2ft Feet by 18), 5 good Bed Rooms, small Dressing Rooms'with Fire Place, and several other Closets ; 6 good Attics for Servants; Green House ( 40 Feet long), Coach House, Garden, and Stabling; with any Quantity of Land not exceeding 18 or 34 Acres ; with the exclusive Privilege of Sporting over 600 Acres of Land, well stocked with Game; and excellent Brook Fishing, as also in the River Severn, only a Quarter of a Mile from the Premises. — Several Packs of Fox Hounds and Harriers are kept in the Neighbourhood. CS* For Particulars apply at the Talbot Inn, Atcham.— Mr. WATKIN WILLIAMS, of the Buck Jun, near the Premises, will shew the Property. ~ wnMimiiLiLo Co foe act, AND ENTERED ON IMMEDIATELY, ALL that HOUSE, BUILDINGS, LAND, and MILL, situate at the COYD- WAY, in the County of Montgomery. The Mill consists of one Pair of French Stones and one Pair of Derby Stones, Dressing Mill, & c. complete, and in good'Repair.— The Premises are 10 Miles from Shrewsbury, 6 from Llanyiiiyuech Lime Works, and a comfortable Situation for Business.— Apply on the Premises. LOST, On the last Shrewsbury Fair Day ( supposed between the Com and Butter ivjarkets), \ FLAT Hair WATCH CHAIN, with a SEAL and KEY attached. Whoever has found it, and will take it to Mr. BAKER, Jeweller, Corn- Market, shall be handsomely rewarded. GREYHOUND LOST. NPO BE SOLD, an excellent CAR. Enquire of THE PRINTER. SOCIABJLB CAE. TO BL SOLD, AHANDSOME SOCIABLE CAR, nearly as good as newx. It was built only last Year, and has been run very little.— Enquire of Mr. ACTON, Coachmaker, Shrewsbury. Co fee SHARES in the TOWING- PATH from Meadow Wharf to Shrewsbury. — Also, a TURNPIKE SECURITY for One Hun- dred Pounds on tlie Shelton District of the Road from Shrewsbury to Pool,— For Particulars apply to THE PRINTER. NOTIC E is hereby given, that the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the County of MONTGOMERY will be held at the Guildhall, in Montgomery, on THURS- DAY, the 29th Day of April Instant, at the Hour of 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon.— All Jurymen, Con- stables, Bailiffs, and other Officers are required to attend at the above Hour precisely. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that the Justices of the Peace for the said County of Mont- gomery will, at the said Quarter Sessions, fix the RATES OF CARRIAGE of Goods brought to any Place within the said County of Montgomery by'any Coach or Waggon, or such like Carriage ; when and where all Persons interested therein ipay attend. JOSEPH JONES, Clerk of the Peace for Montgomeryshire, Machynlleth, 14th April, 1824. that the STRA YED, On Thursday Night last, from the Cross Gates, 5 ililes from Shrewsbury, on the Pool Road : \ WHITE GREYHOUND BI TCH, I\ with Half her Face brindled. She answers to tie Name of PASS. Whoever will bring her to Mr. HIGGS, Cross Gates, shall be handsomely rewarded, and any one detaining her after this will • be prosecuted. Aril 19, 1824. CHURCH PELEEN LEY, I7ROM the 12th of' May to the 12th of . October, at the following Prices, viz. : Two- year olds £ 1 15 0 Yearlings 1 5 0 It is requested that all Cattle sent to this Ley will be entered at Preen Lodge on or before the 1st « fBay. NOTICE is hereby given Trustees of the Turnpike Roads, under an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George ihe Fourth, entituled " an Act for repairing the Roads leading from Wem to Sandford, in the County of Salop, will MEET at the House of Mr. Thomas Griffiths, known by the Sign of the White Horse Inn, in Wem aforesaid, on Thursday, the 29th Day of April Instant, at the Hour of Twelve o'Clock at Noon, in Order to con- sult about erecting a Toil- Gate on the Side of the said Turnpike Road, at or near a Place called Darleston Blacksmith Shop, across a certain High- way ihere, leading to Darleston Village. Dated this 13th Day of April, 1824. EDWD. HANMER, Clerk to the said Trustees. LEY FOR CATTIiE, AT w ESTON FARM, 4 Miles from Much Wenlock, and 7 from Bridgnorth, from Sliel' 2th of Mav to. the 10th of October. Yearlings' £ 1 10 0 Two- years old 2 0 0 Three- years old and upwards .... 3 0 0 The Number of Cattle will be so limited as to • eiHure good Keep. None will be taken In to this Ley but such as are previously booked with JOHN C » RiTEi. b, on the Premises; or Mr. THOMAS BI- ' 3ijOi\ of Little Oxenbold. A few Horses and Colts, as per Agreement. riXJ COVER, this Season, 1821, at WEM CHAMPION, Ttkirough- brcd Mares at Seven fiuiueas, and Half- a- Criiinea the Groom ; . Hunting1 Mares aud others at Three Guineas, and Five Shilling* the Groom. CHAMPION was got by Selim, own Brother to . Rubens aud Castrel, his Dam Podagra by Gouty, ^ rtndam Jet by Magnet-. He is a Horse of great • Size and Power, full i6 Hands high, and with more Bone than any thorough- bred Horse in the King- * iout, fine Symmetry, and very superior Action, perfectly sound, and v^ thout a Blemish, has won • oftea, and is the Sire otuiany capital Racers, viz. • Colchicum, Stingo, Cambrian Lass, See. & c. CaARfPiON will be at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, Ellesmere, every Tuesday ; at the George Inn, Shrewsbury, every Saturday j and the Rest of his Time at Home. Accommodation for Mares at 7s. per Week, with or witliput Foals ; Coin, if ordered ; good Grass and Hovels. ^ ale0 ' bp auction. Choice and genuine Stock of Long- homed Dairy Cows with Calves, capital Draught Horses, Sheep, Pigs, Implements of Hus- bandry, Household Furniture, Dairy und Brewing Vessels. BY MR." PERRY, On the Premises at NEWTON, near Shrewsbury, on Monday aud Tuesday, the 20th and 27th of April, 1824; mi IE truly valuable LIVE STOCK, 1- IMPLEMENTS of Husbandry, Dairy and Brewing Vessels, and HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE, of the iate Mr. WILLIAM KENT: con- sisting of 15 Long- horned Cows and Calves, mostly young and in capital Condition, 7 three- year ' old calving Heifers, 5 two- year old calving and open Ditto, 2 Pair of Yearlings; a Team bf powerful and active Draught Horses ( suitable to Farming Purposes or Road), in excellent Working Condition, a capital Draught Marc, a three- year old Ditto, and a Half- bred Mare, accustomed to Saddle aud Harness ; 46 Ewes with Lambs, in suitable Lots ; and 18 Store Pigs ; also, the very excellent Implements of Husbandry, comprising 2 Road Waggons ( perfect as new) on Shells, Gear- ing complete, I Harvest Waggon and Gearing, 2' Broad- wheeled and 1 Narrow- wheeled Tumbrels, 3 Pair of Harrows, 2 Ploughs, capital Twins, Land Roll, Winnowing Machine, Scales aud Weights, Barrows, Cribs, Hurdles, Bags, numerous Hay Rakes, Pikels, Shovels, Hoppers, Sieves and Rid- dles, other small Implements, aud 2 Circular Stack Frames; also, the Entire Household Furniture, Dairy and Brewing Vessels.— Catalogues may be had " of Mr. PERRY.'— 1The Sale lo commence pre- cisely at 11 o'Cloek, and Refreshment prepared Half " an Hour previously, hy which Time the Com- pany are particularly requested to attend. pe \/ T/ rlLL COVER, this Season ( 1824), at Y STEPLETON, one. Mile from Presteigne, Thoroug} i- bred Mares at Ten Guineas each, and Half- a^ Guinea the Groom \ others at Half Price Grass, and Hay for Mares and Foals at Week \ those without Foals 7s. For Pedigree see Stud Book, 1822, Page 120, , and for Performance see Racing Calendar, 1818 181!*, : ind 1820. N. IT. It is expected that all Expenses will be paid before the Mares are taken away. Middle New Association. ^ llf'E, whose Names ar$ hereunto sub- • • scribed, have bound ourselves in Article of A^ eemeut to prosecute all Persons who shall . commit any Felony upon our Property, at our join Expeise ; and, the better to effect our Intentions,, vhave, iby a Committee duly appointed, resolved to pay tie following Rewards to any Person who shall, - bv tiijir Evidence, be able to convict any Person or PersOis of the following Offences : Sriftgrtoater arms Enn, EiLESMEBE. CH. CHANDLER respectfully in- » forms tile Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen,, and the Public in general, that he has entered upon the above large and commodious Inn, which he has fitted up in the first Style of Elegance : particular Attention has been paid to the Beds and Bedding, and the greatest possible Care has been taken'in the Selection of every other Article that may tend to promote the Comfort and Convenience of those Persons who are pleased to favour the House with their Support. C. II. C. begs Leave to add, that be has laid in an Assortment of Wines of the choicest Vintage, and Spirits of the first Quality; and he trusts, by the strict Attention which will be paid to t| ie Accommodation of his Friends, to merit a Share of public Patronage.— Lock- up Coach Houses, and excellent Stabling; heat Post Chaises, good Horses, and careful Drivers. Coaches to all Parts of the Kingdom daily. 2Vtth March, 1821. WELMLROOILA The Ladies and Gentlemen of IVR. T. 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The following account of the number and value of the articles pledged at the Monte de I'iele in Paris affords some idea of the extent to which capita! may be employed in this manner : — R'. UI}? FSJ3RI, OF ARTICLES PLEDGED 1815 • J. 816.. 853,024 99$} $ 95 1817. 1,092,504 181 8 1, (> 41,580 1819 1,055,898 1820 1,095,686 182 1 1,111,420 7,250,477 TO- MORROW. GREAT1S. WICE:. Household Furniture, Dairy and Brewing Utensils. BY MRTTMITH, On tlie Premises at GREAT BERWICK, near Shrewsbury, on Thursday, 22d of April, 1824; PA RT of the HO US EHOL i) FU R- NITI'RE and Effects, belonging to Mr, JOHN OAKLEY ( who is quitting- his Farm): comprising Fourpost Bedsteads with Furnituie, live Servants' Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Mattresses, Blankets, Sheets, and Coverlids; Oak Chest of Drawers, Linen (.' bests, Dressing Table, Pier Glass, excel- lent Mahogayy Dining and Pillar Tables, capital Eight- day Clock with Arch Face, Parlour and Kitchen Chairs, large Kitchen Table aud Forms, Set of Shelves, Butter Mils, Cheese Vats, Tiu Milk Pans, Hogshead, five Half Ditto, large Cooler, Harvest Bottles, with a Variety of other Articles. Sale at 12 o'Clock precisely. ( D& mm laam BY MR. SMITH, At the Bell Inn, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 26th Day of April, 1824, at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon ; of the about 26 Tons, standing near to the Column. N. B. The above will be Sold in two or more lots, as may be agreed upon ; and for particulars enquire of Mr. HIGLEV, of the Bell Inn. rpw0 STACKS of good MAY, I Growth of 1822 and 1823, containing 4 LL Persons indebted to the Estate of A. the late EDWARD FOULKES, Surgeon, RUVTON- OF- TIIE- EI, EVEN- TOWNS, are requested to pay the Amount thereof to his Executors on or before the 13th Day of May next, or Proceedings will forthwith be taken to enforce the same. G. EVANS, Ruyton- of- the- Eleven- Towiis, SAML'EI. HARMAN, Baschurch, Executors. The late Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, of Myfod, Innkeeper, deceased. LL Persons havfhg any Claims . Demands upon tbe above Person, are quested immediately to send in an Account of thei respective Claims to me, the undersigned Trustee and Executor of his Will, in Order that the same may be finally settled aud discharged : aud all Persons indebted to the said John Williams, are desired to pay the Amount of their respective Debts to me immediately, otherwise Proceedings at Law will be forthwith " commenced to compel Payment THOMAS DAVIES, Timber Merchant, Kepi, near Myfod, 14th April, 1824. N. B. This Advertisement will not be repeated. Upon these articles was advanced 125,921,139 francs, making £ 5,240,762 sterling, averaging- £ 749,532 per annum. The redemptions were for the same years 92,715,400 francs, averaging- 13 million frarios per annum ; and thus more than two- thirds of the articles pledged were redeemed. It also appears from the sketch of six years, from 1816 to 1821, that the business has been regular, and that the difference between the Loans, in auv year, has not exceeded 600,01) 0 francs, or about £ 25,000. So that the capital is constantly em- ployed, and the interest and profits are uniformly obtained ; and as the population of t. lie metropolis of England exceeds tlie population of Paris, and the habit of pledging goods is more general,, a capital of at. least two millions may be certainly, profitably, yet most b- iiclicently and patriotically, employed. " Mr. Colquhoun, describing the habitual resort of the lower classes to the Pawnbrokers' shops speaks as ' allows : — " Tbe distress on some occasions is so great, as to compel the miserable objects to pawn the blanket in the mqrii- irig, to take out the'cout, gown, or pet- ticoat, and again in the evening to pa-. vn the day garment, to relieve the blanket to cover them in the night, where the money lent ( which is fr quently the case) does not exceed a shilling : and supposing- this operation to continue a whole year, the interest paid for the loan would amount to 3000 percent. Jt is by frequent fluctuations within the month, und by pawning one article to relieve another, where a small sum is obtained, that the premium for money becomes so excessive. Then e about 240 licensed pawnbrokers in the metropo lis, and yearly 450 in the country towns and vi 1 1 ages,. Their progressive increase, particularly in the country, strongly indicates an unfavourable hange ill . the manners and habits of the working classes, 3' inCe almost, every year adds tothe number of these, ^ hops. The capital employed is supposed upon g- Qfid grounds, somewhat to exceed a Million ster ling ;. and'- this capital is presumed to be turned o\\\\ i\ thrive in ihe course of a year, ' and to yield each time about thirty- three, arid one- third per cent. on an average ; according to which calculation the ' nferior orders of society in England are supposed to pay aboilt oxe million a year for the use of tern . poVaryv; Ipa^ s.,'> iflfcta'ding*. what, thoy lose, by the; groOn1 ff^ rfeitiedSuch a state of things -. kiquir- 5j » with a view to discover vvi^ lier the nectary accommodation could not be atlorded- ii) a cheaper and better way through the medmm - of. Public institutions ; and whether thro" such a medium unnecessary and injurious accom modafiofls might not be withheld. 11 The circumstances th us feelingly delineated, h, Mr. Colquhoiffi first attracted Mrs, Fry's attention to so extensive an evil. N j$ w s p. iiA N » .—' The n u mber of new schem throughout, the kingdom for the employment of money fe, perhaps, unprecedented. In London alone there. have been started, during- the last week the following new undertakings :— 1; A • corn- pan for obtaining from Governmem a grant Of land of million of acres, in New South Wales, to be em ployed iu improvthe growth of wool. 2. As association for the purpose of cutting a canal across the Isthmus. of Darien— a'projevt, by, the itf'a- y, which has been already -> rietl, and met with a miserable failure, though the improvements iii mechanics have been t'do great since that period to pronounce it iti) practicable; 3. A company for navigating the Thames and Is is by steani., 4. A n « u do^.^ p'^ rapauy,. for cball ( inly. All these are undertakings ou a " Very" large scale, and, in the present mania that prevails, every day may be expected to add to their number. There may be good in all of them; but the - part of the public generally, the utmost ' caut'u ' i and circumspection ought to be exercised before engaging in any of them. On- Friday, prospectuses- of a. new Brewery for table- ale and ale, for the supply oi' private families, were issued, in London. The capital required is £ 200,000 divided into shares of £ 20 each and of an Annuity. Company, for lending money by way of annuity, with a, capital of three millions, divided into £ t> 0< s) i; aves, The prospectus of a new Com- pa'ayy.^ fi^ wt^ London Friendly Economical Society, 1' ." io yield 5 or 600 pei cent, profit, is pro- To Debtors and Creditors. " The creaking and entering any House in the^ i'Hit- Time, the Sum ot 5 5 0 The Ike m the Day- Time, the Sum of 3 3 0 " The turning any House, Barn, or other Biddings, or any Stack, Rick, Mow, HoeJ, Cock of Corn, Grawi, Straw, Ha;, or Wood, the Sum of... 5 5 0 " The stealing, killing or mainiing, or wording any Horse, Mare," or Geld- ing; the Sum of 3 3 0 The Ike of any Bull, Cow, Ox, Bullock, tSte » r, Heifer, Sheep, Lamb, or Ass, thcSum of ,3 3 0 The Ike of any Hogs, Poultry, or other Graid or Petit Larceny, the Sum of.... 110 The cutting down, destroying, ordamag- iugTrees, Wood, or ( Jnderwood, the. Sun of 1 1 0 The break ing or destroying, or damaging or stealing, any Sledges, Gates, Posts, Rails, Stiles, Pales, Fences, or any Ironwork thereto belonging, or any Implements of Husbandry, the Sum of 110 The Btealing or destroying any Fruit Trees, Root, Shrub, Plant, Turnips, Poifitoes, Cabbage, or robbing any Or- chard, Garden, or Fishpond, the Sum of 1 1 0 Any Servant unlawfully selling, giving away, or embezzling any Coals, Litne, Hay, or other his or her Master's or Mistress"^ Property, the Suta of 110 And i'of any other Offence not above- mentioned, such Rewards shall be given as the Subscribers shall think proper, John Bate, Middle TO- MORROW, & c. At Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, BY MR. JAMES JONES, Without Reserve, on Thursday, the 22d Day of April, 1824, aud following Days : ALL the LIVE STOCK, Household GOODS and FURNITURE, Brewing Ves- sels, &, c. late the Property of JOHN OWEN, Esquire, deceased.— Catalogues will be immediately pre- pared, and may be had at Ihe Wynnstay Arms and Cross Keys Inns, iu Oswestry; Oak Inn, Welsh Pool ; Cross Keys, Llanymynech ; on the Premises; aud of ihe Auctioneer. securities; — that it would, therefore, ivej i'p.? y tbein to exchange ii in this way, since for every hilli'dred pounds liiree per cent. Slock, bought in at tifty- ine tvvslve years ago, they would now get ninety- ve pounds; and if, iu twelve veals more, the funds should be depressed to the same price again,, they could ieave the poor to shift for themselves, re- invest- fb'err money, and clear more than sixty percent., by, the transaction.— That . there is suffi- cient cause to suppose the present projectors look only tu immediate gain ; that, on creating these shares, they will do as has been done in other speculations, sell them as fast as they judiciously can for immediate profit, in which ease, supposing they speak true in saying they can have eight per cent, premium, there is a person who will realise £ 56,000, and. the remaining speculators £ 104,000 more, all of which will be acquired without any othes'expense than merely publishing a Prospectus." Perr- ans who wad the public papers with attention ill remember that Lady Hester Stanhope, an English woman, made herself, either by her beauty- or her skill, Chief ofa tribe of Arabs, in the Deserts of Syria, over whom she reigned with absolute power. News has lately been received of this ex- aordinary woman, whose family, rich aud power- ul, have vainly endeavoured to entice her back to Europe. Captains liby and Mangles were charged to carry her some books and letters, anil wilh this intention repaired from Jaffa, which is in the in- terior, to the place of her residence, the old Sittings appointed iii Middlesex and London be- fore the Right Hon. Sir VV. Draper Best, Kill. Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Com- mon Plees at Westminster, in'and after Easter . Term, 1824. I1* J TERM. MLON- LKSKX. - Friday ..... May 7 Friday... 14 Friday 2} Wednesday...... 26 AFTER Tuesday June 1 monastery Mar F. lias Alza, situated a league and a half from Saide. There they heard that this Sovereign was gone to Jeba, in the middle of tile mountains. The two Englishmen sent her the letters and books, with which they were charged, and at Ihe same time requested permission to pay Iheir respects to her personally ; but she replied, that « he had laid it down a-: a law, never lo suffer an Englishman near her. The liyo Captains were informed tha! she was generally dressed like a Turk ; that the people adored her, aud Vere never satiated with tailing of her beauty and magna nimity.— Paris Paper. LONDON. Saturday May, 8 Saturday..' jr> Saturday Thursday. TERM. Wednesday June- 2 Ironhridye and Canal Shares. BY MR." HULBERT, On Friday, the 23d of April, 1824, at the Tontine Inn, Ironbridge, Salop ; LOT I. FOUR SHARES iri the KEN NET and AVON CANAL. LOT II. A SHARE in the IRONBRIDGE, Coa - brookdale. To small or ' arge Capitalists, either of the above Lots offer a r-. e Opportunity of investing Money to Advantage, as Shares in each of the Companies are rapidly increasing in Value, (' Sale to commence at 4 o'Clock precisely. New to irn, M onlyojnerysh i Robert Turner, ditto John Wilkes, ditto Setli Pickstoek, Haider- ton Samuel Stanway, Middle John Piiee, lirand Wood William Bate, lloulston Wm, Shingler, Alderlon John Bate, llrou^ hton Mrs. Matthews, l. ea Hall Thomas Price, Shot ton Titos, Shingler, Marlon John Garmston, llarmere Roht. Walinsley, Newton William Teece, . Nleap JOHN PARRY, Secretary. ire. Oil the Prejnises, in High- Street, on Wednesday arid Thursday, the 28th jind 29th of April, ,1824 ; LL the neat and modem FURNI- TURE, China, Glass, Piano Forte, Harp, Chamber Furniture, and other usual Requisites too numerous lo particularize, the Property of a ( Jen tlemau rei. iOving. Catalogues to he had at the Printer's, Newtown. — Sale to commence each Ditv at 1: 2. A1 HEREAS JOHN LLOYD, of the Town of OSWESTRY, in the County of Salop, Saddler, hath, by. Indenture bearing Date the 17th Day of April instant, assigned over all hir personal Estate and Effects unto WILLIAM FRANCIS, of the same Place, Tailor, IN TRUST, for th. equal Benefit of such of his Creditors who shall execute the said Assignment on or before the 17th Day of May next; and NOTICE is hereby given, the said Deed remains at the Office of Mr. LEWIS JONES, Solicitor, iu Oswestry, for the Inspection and Execution of such Creditors ; and all Persons indebted to the said John Lloyd are requested to pay the same at the said Office, or legal Proceedings will be resorted to. Oswestry, 19M April, 1824. Office of the Court for Relief' of Insolvent Debtors, No. 33, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, • PETITION of an'Insolvent Debtor to be heard at the Adjourned General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at the Sliire- hall, Shrewsbury, in and for the Comity of Salop, ou Thursday, the thirteenth Day of May, 1824, at Ihe Hour ofTwelve o'Cloek iu the Morning : JAMES SHENTON, formerly of Duke Street, Westminster, afterwards of Grosvenor Square West, both in tbe Couaty of Middlesex, and late OI'SHRBWSBCRY, in the Couaty of Salop, Gentleman, The Petition and Schedule are filed, and may be inspected at this Office every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, between the lloiirs of Ten and Four, Two Days' Notice of any Intention to oppose the said Prisoner's Discharge must he given to him to entitle any Creditor to oppose the same. .1. TAYLOR, 6, Clement's Inn, For ASTERLEY, Shrewsbury. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT OFFICE, No. 33, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex. PETITION of aT Insolvent Debtor to he heard at the Adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be hoi. leu at ( he Shirehall, Shrews- bury, in and for the County of Salep, on the thir- teenth Day of May next, at the Hour of Twelve at Noon : WILLIAM JONES, late of WELLINGTON, in the Couuty of Salop, Labourer. The Petition anil Schedule are filed, and may he inspected n. t this Office every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,, between the Hours of Ten and Four. Two Days' Notice of any Intention to oppose the said Prisoner's Discharge must be given tp bin) to entitle any Creditor tn oppose the same, fusely distributed in the Ciry. It is also proposed to raise a Loan of three millions for the relief of the West Jndia Islands ! There are more new schemes in the Market; one of them is. for a Medical, Clerical, and General Life Assurance Society, wilh a capital of £ 1,01) 0,000 iu. shares of £ 100 each. If these things go ou, there, will certainly be nn superabundance of unem- ployedtea. pjfal. rrIt would not be surprising to see a prospectus 1' ike' that of the year 1717, when a man advertised ( or. some new scheme, wbitrb was to remain a secret for- six weeks, durillg which period he received. deposits, with which, before the expira tion of that, tiine, he absconded. The following are some of the new schemes latel y brought, forward in the City, for the investment of capital, with the nominal amount of each : — Alii ance Insurance Company, £ 5,00!), 000— the Palla- dium ditti),:£ 2,000,000— the Equitable Loan Bunk, £ 2,000,0( 10- the Irish ditto, £ l, 000,000- the Bri- tish Annuity Office, £ 3,000,000— the Metropolitan Investment- Bank, t* l, 000,0' i0— the Thames aud lsis Navigation Company, £ 120,000— Table- ale and Ale Brewery, £ 200,000- forming a grand total of 14 millions", three hundred and twenty thousand pounds | it The New- Equitable Loan Bank is rather in dis- repute, itdiaviug been found that some persons in the secret had other than benevolent intentions. It is said- that one Gentleman wrote for shares to the nuiftber; of. l200, in the names of himself, coach- man, gnmin, and all his household. These shares he got rid- of- when they were at a premium! The Pawnbrokers " f tbe Metropolis have taken alarm at the projected scheme for the institution of a genera'! Equitable Loan Bank, which they s( ate is eV. pressty organized, not simply to- tlie Pawnbi- okets' prejudice, bill to their utter ruin A numerous meeting'of their body took place m Thursday last, when resolutions - were entered into, and a Committee appointed lo oppose the passing of ally. bill through Pailiaiijent t^ incur poi- ate a society of ihe kind. After adverting lo ihe grievous effect such an establishment must necessarily have upon their own trade, their re- solutions decline—- " That- if such . combinations he sanctioned by Parliament; no private establishment can stand, n branch of mechanics, no individual speculation i arts, commerce, or science can flourish.— That th proposed Institution ceases to be' a private g auce, operating duly on 250 pawnbrokers, but assumes u Character of vital importance to every other trade, and involves the interest of every net! in the State;- that it should excite a general con sternatiou lind corresponding declaration of senti ment on their part, since . every business supposed to be profitable, not only may, but probably wil' be wrenched from their present possessors by sitn lar means. 1 It is : generally promulgated", that already the* London Distilleries are marked out fo destruction'-;; Oiid! a prospectus is before the publ for raising tbfre millions of money-, avowedly to ruin all country banks.— That it therefore become: evident, should such establishments " prevail, tbei tendency would be to enrich themselves at the expenCe of thousands; but the scheme of the Ph laiithropic Equitable Loan Bank is not more vision ary and vile than in its deceptions; it is one that has al read c been tried, and the only doubt is, vviiiel party suffered most by its disastrous consequences the pe. rsons whtvpledged their property with tliein, or the greatest part of the Shareholders.— That there is every reason to believe the origin nf th present Institution is, in the vast sums of uhem ployed money now vested in a particular class of people, who, having obtained and funded it whilst the Stocks : vere very low, would make ati immense profit if they could sell it out and place it on ot ii Flits.— On Tuesday morning, about 3 o'clock, the inhabitants of Derby were thrown into great terror and alarm by the discovery- that the . Shot Tower of Messrs. Cox and Poyser, was oil fire. The inhabitants, and the firemen with their respect- ive engines, hurried to the spot ' with great alacrity. The Tower, is 159 feet in height,' divided into seven stories hy floors ( ir stages,' with a circular opening in the centre from top lobo'tom tVi the manufacture of the shot, a spiral stone staircase leading te the top, where the lead is melted and the shot cast. The burning fragments falling down conveyed the mischief to tile stories bele/ v. an,, it desceird'ed with so much rapidity, that, nf.;\ yiths!. andiiig'! he active and unremitting exertions used . to stop it-; progress, five of the floors were consumed before > ,:..:,! tl be overpowered.— The weighty -. ppanitus and ma- chinery used iu the manufacture of the' shot and the winding up of the ' ead, descended at intervals with great violence, breaking in their coarse the massy and partly consumed beams of - lie building, aud forcing many of the stone steps from the wall, and in consequence Ihe two lower tioors were com- pletely broke- j downand destroyed, T; ,• | riucipa! aim of the firemen was to prevent the devastation from extending beyond the tower, and by their unwearied and active exertions for the space of about three hours, the whole of the adjacent works and buildings were, under Providence, preserved from destruction. The utmost terror and confusion prevailed among the inhabitants in the immediate vicinity, many of them flying precipitately with their families from the. apprehended danger, but tvappily no accident of a serious nature occurred on tlie occasion. Notwithstanding the. frequent aud violent concussions occasioned by the falling of the beams, and the breaking down of ihe stone stair, ease, uot a brick of this immense tower has been displaced. It is thought that it will be necessary to take down and re- build the upper part of the. tower, but its present state is so dangerous from the precarious situation of the impending fragments which remain within, as to render any examination, of it impracticable. INSOLVENT DEBTORS'COURT — In this Court, on Wednesday, John Leonard, late of F. vesham, Worcestershire, yeoman and land surveyor, in ex. nsivt^ business, came. itj> It. ! » ,• Ueaiil on his petition. The applicaliou was opposed by Mr. Heath, on behalf of Robert Hall, Esq. the detain- g creditor. Mr. Heath said, thai unless he was compelled, he would not put a single question to he insolvent, but rely on the numerous affidavits ic should put in, aud content himself further with cross examination of such witnesses as his learned friend, Mr. Pollock, who appeared for Ihe petitioner, might think proper lo call.— The Chief Clerk of the Court then read Ihe depositions of persons named Harris, ( detaining creditors) Goyoti, Carratt, White, and Bannister, by which it ap- peared that valuable property had either been : indest; nely secreted or fraudulently sold. These aving been it- ad, the insolvent was examined, as as afterwards ( George Valentine Leonard) his son, ho, during his father's examination, was ordered lo remain out of Court. The contradiction of testimony was so peculiarly striking, and the mental reservation manifested was so apparent, that the Court had frequent cause to reprehend both Sire nd Son. The former had made the latter a credi- tor for money lent, and explained Ihe reason w hy he conveyed certain goods and chattels to him— but his statement was any thing but that which carried ith it the stamp of probability ; arid when the son ppeared, his real or pretended ignorance of money ansae I ions between him and his father, could not be over- looked in the evidence of both when com- pared with each other. The Court, after a patient xaipioatinD of ihe facts, said it was impossible for hem to entertain such a petition as that before them, and the schedule attached was any thing but what it should be ; therefore Ihe judgment was, lhat the schedule be dismissed.— Tlie insolvent ( a espectable looking man) was then remanded to his former custody. The Court will sit at twelve on May 7, 74, and 21 ; at one on May 8, 15, and 22; and half past nine precisely 011 each of the other days. Ot. D BAH, EY.— On Monday, John WU Wag- s'" ff, aged - 27, was capitally convicted' for forging and uttering as true au order purporting to be drawn by Wm. Ridley aud Co. for the payment of £ 250, on John Bond, Soils, and Pattishall — The prisoner, when only 15 years of age, had £ 15,000 bequeathed to him by a distant relation, and on coming of age lie married a young larlv possessed of a very considerable fortune. He embarked in business with every prospect of success; but some- how or other he not only lost his own aud his wife's property, but also borrowed large sums of money trom his own relations, which very speedily disap- peared. It is asserted, that, upon a moderate calculation, he must have dissipated at least £ 50,000 within eight years. Stephen Hareman, a journeyman silversmith, lately residing, in Penton- plaee, Red Lion- street, Peutonville, stood indicted for feloniously receiving three £ 5 bank notes, the property of Messrs. Tay- lor and Lloyd, part of £ 400') which were sloieii on their transit from the bank of Han bury and Co Lombard. street, lo the hank of Ta. lor and Llovd' Birmingham, by the Balloon Coach. The purlieu! lars of ihe rubbery have before been fully detailed The evidence to prove the guilty knowledge of the prisoner was to Ibis effect: He went to the shop of Mr. Pemberton, linen- draper, St. John- street Clerkenwell, 011 the 19th of March, and uttered one of the stolen notes, and gave his name " Stephen Hardy, Gray's. inn- lane." On the - 2- 2d of March lie uttered a secand note a. t the shop of ilr. Tvers, in the Wineries, and gave his name and address, " John Williams, Stepney ;" and a third note was uttered by him at the shop of a linen- draper iu Cavendish- street, Marylebone, when he was ap- prehended by the shopman, and the prisoner swal- lowed the note; he also gave a false name and address 011 this last, occasion.— The Jury found him Guilty, hat Mr. Baron Garrow reserved a point of law for the consideration of the twelve Judges • namely, whether these netes, they having teen paid Had satisfied by Messrs. Haubiiry and'Co. nt the rime they were stolen, were such documents or property as would, under the statute, sustain the indictment. Tax ON WiNR.- r- Tbc following is an account of Ibe sums fhe Government received for the tax- ation oil Wine drunk by the people1 of England for the last two years ; 1823. £ 1,641,738 8 11 123,275 II 6 England Scotland Ireland England..,, Scotland... Ireland 1824. 188,868 6 <> i 1,953,912 0 llj 1,778,472 19 ll- J 123,8J9 13 5 180,764 17 (> i WHOLESALE SWINDLER.—-' The Carlisle Pa- triot of Saturday last contains a most curious account f a swindler, who has lately been practising pretly irgely upon the credulity of the inhabitants of thai town. Ou the 234 February, a tolerably good lopk- ng person arrived by ihe Coach at the King's Arms Inn, in Carlisle, kept by Mr. Donald. He called himself Charles Samuel Cave, Esq. aud professed to have visited the north for ( lie improvement of his health. Before he had been many hours in the Inn, he hega:: to talk largely about property and estates, and described his, paternal seat at Thornev Abbey, Bedfordshire. On the following day he inquired nf his host if there was not a banker of the name of Foster, in thai town. He was answered in the affirm- ative. He was then extremely lniuuie in his in. quiries as to their respectability, saving lhat he had a large sum of money about him, which he wished to deposit with them if they were snfe. A few days passed, and many were ihe stories related of the rich Stranger from the south ; his property was immense; servants and horses were on Ihe road tn meet him. '. le made many acquaintance, received much iitten tion in the house, and iu the course of a few days contrived to insinuate himself into the good graces of a Miss Capes, a young ladv under age, who is sister' to Mrs. Donald. On the 1st of March, Charles Samuel Cave, Esq. was taken with a 1 desperate pain in the heart,' and found it necessary to make his will A professional gentleman of the name of Saul sent fur, and he lieqiieuthed estates and money to the amount of many thousands of pounds, wilh very minute and circumstantial direction as to iis appro- priation. The object of : his will was of course 10 humbug, his new acquaintance in Carlisle, one of the witnesses being a Mr. Scott, Miss Capes' guardian, and the other Sir. Donald, hersister's husband : after a variety of similar performances, he presses his suii with Miss Capes, ( having obtained a loan of £ 20 from her guardian) and on the 18th of March pre vailed upon the simple girl to accompany him to Gretna Green, where they were mode one. lie next made a proposal to purchase an estate in Ihe neigh bout- hood, and even coin missioned Mr. Saul to w- 7ite to a Mr. Peckover, a banker of Wi'sheacb, for the money,- 2000 guineas. He was very particular ii) his inquiries as to the day on which the answer might he expected, and ihe document arriving two days he fore il was calculated upon, ibe whole affair blew up. Mr. Peekover had only heard of him as a notori- ous scoundrel and swindler, and he was uceordino- iy immediately ariested and sen! to gaol. Other letter's from Chichester describe him as having two wives, both of whom are living in that neighbourhood. He is a cooper by trade, and one of the most consummate scoundrels on record. 2,083,057 10 5| The Act 10 regulate Ihe conveyance of p- rkels containing r: - issuable country bank n « tre,- Uwo-. i.|! the Post office, which list week received the Royal Assent, contains a clause for ( he punishment",, f persons embezzling newspapers or printed pro- ceedings in Parliament. ASSIZE OF BREAD— A Bill was brought into the House of Commons, the day previously lo ( he adjournment, for amending an Act passed in the 53d year of the late King, & v. so far as relates 10 •' the price and assize, of bread lo be sold out of li-. e City of Loudon, and beyond Ihe Bills of Mortality and within ten miles of" the Hiival Exchange. It is lo be read on Friday, the 7( h Slay. ° Several swallows were observed ai Southampton 1 Saturday, for the first time Ibis year. Stu^ ti Kngines.— An intelligent Lecturer lately stated lhat he had good reason for believing lhat at this time 1- 2,000 steam- engines are iu action iu Great Britain! He estimated that hy these engines the work of 250,000 horses was saved ; supposing each horse to consume annually the produce of two acres, 500,000 acres are thus set free for other purposes. Al Storge. hill Colliery, in Horlnirv, by some gleet the air roads had nol been kepi* np - • tile consequence was Ihe accumulation of ihe plosive gas. Ill this state of the Kitchen; one of ihe workn children lo go into the u candle, which exploded ihe „ ,, eiit Ilea 1 d the explosion, and" ru « hod lo ibeVss'staaee of his children, but it was only to share Iheir fate • he was suffocated, and was found lying. Oil the body of Ills lifeless child. The other two children, lliouoh considerably scorched, have since been declared <> ul of danger,— Leeds Mercury. On Wednesday niqhl last, about eleven o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out iu ihe extensive oil and ware mills of Mr. Joseph Medley, al Crown- point, > 11 this town", and liotw ilhslundiiig Hie prompt attendance of the engines from the Sun, Norwich nnd Phamix Fire- offi. es, and the great exertions of the men, Ihe htiildiog in which ihe ( ire ori « - innied was burnt to a shell. All the machinery and from three to four hundred qipirlers of rape and linseed, and a considerable quuiility of dyewares, were de- stroyed; but we are glad to have to slate lhat the principal oil- mill, ihe. steam engine, and a large auge of warehouses, nearly contiguous, were bv great exertions preserved from Ihe effects of the conflagration. We are happy lo learn thai the build- ing and properly ore fully insured in the Sun, Norwich, Pliocnix, and Imperial offices. Ii is a very singular coincidence, ihal nine years before ( within a single day) ihe same premises' were desVoyed in a " nr manlier. There isi 110 reason lo suppose that ex- Thoiuas perinilied his ittree ings wilh a lighted gas. The unhappy par- llie fire was any other llinti accidental, though Ihe precise mode in which it originated has no" been ascertained, No accurate estimate can yet he formed of the extent of the loss w hich hi| s been sustained. The buildings are ihe properly of Messrs. Dennisoii and Wilkinson. [ 11 the same evening a dreadful fiie broke out in ihe extensive woollen manufactory be- longing to Messrs. Gaudy ami Son, at Kendal ;' the progress of tiie flu. lies was uot to he arrested by any exertion which could lie made, and in thiee hours this immense pile of buildings presented Ihe appear- ance of a mass of ruins. The damage is said to ex- ceed £] 5,000— Leeds Mercury. We find on inquiry there is 110 truth in the story of the lianje of the town of Di vonporl having cost ils inhabitants many thousand pounds His Ma- jesty freely, and with expressed satisfaction at having it in his power lo grant the prayer of so large a porliotvof his subjects, gave ihe town its new denomination ; and Ihe whole of Ihe expenses attendant 011 the transaction did not amount to £ 5. • Dei onporf Journal. Lord Mansfield was very desirous of long life, and whenever he had old . men lo examine, lie gener- ally asked them what their habits of living had been. To this interrogatory an aged person re- plied, that he had never been drunk iu hjs life. " See, gentlemen," said bis Lordship, tuinjng. to the younger barrister* " what temperance will do," The ilex I, of equally venerable appearance, gave a very different account of himself— he had not gone lo bed sober one ijight for fifty years. " See, my Lord," said the young barristers, " what a cheerful glass will do." " Well, gentlemen," replied his Lordship,'" it only proves that some sorts of lim- ber keep belter when they aie wet, aud others when they are dry." The following mode of trial prevails in the Bnhrinan empire :— A quantity of wax is weighed io two equal portions, and formed inlo two can. dies, which are lighted al the same instant; one is held by Ihe plamtiii, Ihe other by the defendant, and the holder of the candle which first burns out is adjudged to have sworn falsely, and of course to have lost the cause ! Three requisites to a fashionable parly in London during the present spring:— a dish of green p is dressed plain, 10 guineas!' Rossini, dressed a t'oirlinairo, 50 guineas!! Napoleon's Mameluke, full dressed, 100 guineas!!! WOMAN'S LOVE. A woman's lovt1— that lfoly flame,- IVre as the mighty sun, That gladdens as w ith torch of fame The heart it shines. upon. }' t faints not in the blast of woe, Nor in mis'fortuire, s hour, At open'hate, a covert blow, for pride, for pomp, for power, it conquers tioie, it moeketh pain5/ Arid ( I eat Mess is its will And when all earthly hopes are vahl it feeds on memory still." Yes!-- as this brittle record stands A footing fr< iil we find, A sigh stall shake our house of sands, And leave no wreck- behind. But woman's love shall fall the last; Andylike clos'd flowers at night, It sbaii but sleep till that is past, Then burst to deathless light. Cyfieilhiad o Gat hi y Cetjddoniaid. [" AULD LAN6 SYNE."] 1. Er deehreu s? r- eh ffoddhHvy ddaif niaitli, A helbul fu i'rri bynt; Mr by n intf'ddy liftis"' l awe'r' gvifaiih'' Ain amser gynt. Aiil amser gvnt fv nghSr—- lieu amser gynt— © yd y fed-, wnawn, liiiff vyyd ra[ d 1 laWti9 Er uiwyii yl a wiser gynt. 2. Elhweriu'm bron wh'a ' th gariad di : F1 u h e n ai i ' g e' s t b o b Ivy n t : Fan a|> os wyt, nis wyiaf fi, Am amser gyiit. Ain a~' m; er, & c. & e. 3. Yn gui'th fyitw. es'' pan i'lri rhoed Bu hawddfyd mwya' i'm brynt A yyybu'm caion deinVIo ' rioed Mewn amser gynt. Mevvti am- ser, & e. & c. Ond tyngied bar it fynd i ffwrdd Yin lie: I, ymh. ell,, o, m hynt : Hon ( iter eijl fod ein nesafgicrd'd Yh ainseV gynt. Yh amser gyiit fy nghar—- Hen aii^ e'r 0 \ i H g vv V d r a id c a w n c y n v ' mad aw n Er mwyii'yr1 aiiisfer gynt. MYELIN. CpmtrctgsSSiongocieiie^ To the Editor of the Scdoftiuu Journal. SIR, Individuals are sometimes in the habit of shewitt fheir ignorance by. passing a summary sentence,' and by speailing generally and in aggregate terms agaiiisit tiie- utility of these meetings. Allow me, therefore, to insert a few Words ih your Paper, not to vindicate ihem- r- for what is patronised by tlie great a » d good, by lords and bishops, by the vox poputi. i n general, and by the learned anil d iscern ing in particular, stand's in lid need of vindication — but to expose the supercilious arguments, the downright absurdity, and- tlVe- foolish ribaldry that we hear, now and then, brought forward ' bv those that pre- tend, hut possess nothing more than pretensions, to judge things about which they are not, general iy,- competent to - gi ve an Opinion. O. ne reason addiiced bv these puisne logicians is, that the Welsh laivgnage in itself is riot worth culti- vating and, of, no use, and consequently that it w ould beJjeUerJr . it were abolished. The weakness csf such an a rgwmen t w,' iFt. be i mmvediatety pronounced by every candid reader as its own executioner ; and its palpable absurdity can only. be accounted for by the vvell- known muddled sophistry of its abettors. Tlie Ancient British is confessedly .. one ofthe oldest Jlvihg. languages in Europe, and its originality,-. the , uu rivalled beatify of its grammatical construct ion, -; and its peculiar adaptation to alliterative poetry as well as to every other possible fothiutitin of metrical cuui^ wkioii,: together with a copiousness not ex- celled by any other language whatsoever, contain- ing more than ope hundred thousand words, of which upwards of fifteen thousand^ are radicals, or primitive sounds, are circumstances, that, would be '' Sufficient of .' themselves to convince any one except those that are total ly devoid of taste and in formation, that, its cultivation is not iinwort- hy of attention. Added to this, the m& iiy excellent compositions ex taut in the Welsh, the thousands that know no other language, the Bible and Liturgy being read in that language throughout the Principality, and the absolute heceirsit) there exists of preaching the Go'- pel in it, are considerations that ought to stand paramount to any reasons that might be brought forward ( in a commercial or any other point of view.) by. ignorant, selfish, aud contracted minds. < To say that if the Welsh language did not exist a greater facility would be afforded to commercial transactions, is downright nonsense. Upon this broad basis, every provincial dialect in the king- dom, nay every tongue and language in the world, would be at once pronounced quite useless on the score of commercial impediments. If such a posi- tion can be substantiated, it would be well if these knight errants in commerce were to establish a home mission to level the languages and idioms of the united kingdom, and get the legislature to pass an act of uniformity to sanction their proceedings, and, if they would be pretty successful in that undertaking, send immediately, a quixotic expedi- tion abroad to teach a universal language to all the nations. and people under heaven, and thus at once take off every clog from commercial communica- tions., and reverse the order established by the Governor of the Uni verse. Another reason stated by these sapient sprights is, that these. Societies in themselves tend to no good, but that they are calculated more to destroy young men's minds and steal their time. Surely a position so broadly laid down, unassisted by the shadow of an argument, can hardly be in need of refutation. But as a sophisticated nonsense of this description is generally brought forward by these dotis with such an air of consequence and self- i'mpOrtanCe, as to impose, sometimes, upon well disposed, though . with themselves equally uuirjtel ligent individuals, it Cannot be passed over without at least contradicting it as an asseveration unsup- ported by facts. Is it likely, Mr. Editor, that these Societies, whose members meet together solely for the purpose of obtaining' literary informa- tion, for cultivating the faeulti s, expanding the intellects, and amending the morals, can tend, when it is a fact that these purposes are vigorously prosecuted, to no good, or. to; bad purposes ? Ca it be jsaid that tin. Welsh Literary Society in Lot don, who published so many excellent bunks at their own expense, who produced so many eminent men, and who first instituted that munificent Clia. I'ity for the, benefit of Welsh poor children there, tends to 110 good ? Can it be said that Other Soci, cties w ho have followed this example, at- Chester and other places, tend to no good purposes? It is a sliaine, Mi-. Editor, that those who live in Wales, and who get their means of livelihood amongst the Welsh, when, perhaps, at tlic same time, they could not. have lived in England, should thus arrogate to themselves what so ill befits tliem. But it is some consolation that lliese persons are generally found very deficient in both the English and Welsh lan- guages, aud therefore perhaps excusable. Th arguments that might be adduced for these Soci elies, and the cultivation of the Welsh language iu general, are. unanswerable, but they' would ' be lost upon those whom I would now wish to address, as their sophistry anil selfishness would be proof against every fair reasoning. I shall therefore lit present conclude, Yonr's, BRYTIION GWYf. LT. Uanfyllin, 6th April, 1824. ,, Should our three per cents, rise above par, of which there appears to be the greatest probability, the purchases of stock by Ihe Commissioners of ibe Sinking Fund must necessarily cease, as the Act, we believe, expressly diiecls them to be made only of Stock below par. The only employment for that fund will then'be the redcnvplion of Ex- chequer Bills, unless-. stuck of a lower denomina- tion than any which al pi'eseiiT exists shall be created, Ti. e King is reported lo have lately sent for the Chancellor's Grandson ( who, having passed, through Winchester school with great credit, is now entered as a Gentleman Commoner at New College, Ox- foul), and prcsentedjiim with a splendid edition of Ibe Classics, in which was writlen in his Ma- jesty's own hand an inscription in the highest degree complimentary fo llie young Lord's learned anil vfncrable ancestor. » The will of Ihe late Luke White, Esq. M. P. for the county of Leitrim, has been lodged in the Prerogative Court. His property amounted lo £ 30,000 a year real estate, and £ 100,000 in money arid secuiilies. This, which remained after the enormous sum of £ 200,000 expended upon elec- tions, he has bequeathed by will as follows :— To his eldest son, Colonel Thomas White, of Wood- lands, coiiiiiy of Dublin, who in 4819 married Juliaua, daughter of Viscount Gort, £ 5,000 a year. This includes the estate of Lut'trell's Town, near Dublin, purchased from Ihe Earl of Caihamptdn, for a sum of £ 100,000 To his sci- buil sou, maVricd to Miss Roth, £ 7,000 a year.— To his third son, not married, £ 4,500 a year— To his fourth son, not married, Ihe pi- enent Representative of the county bf Dublin, £ 13,000 a yrtar.— To his sou by a second wife, £ 500 a year fur a eeitain lime, and then £ 10,000 in lieu of that annuity.—- To his three daughters;. £ 10,000 each— The maiiiage settle- ment oh his widow is £ 1,000 y year.— It is said that his eblesl son offended him by refusing to offer limvelf a candidate for Dublin, w ilh a promise to support tVfc Catholic cause. Miss Balliurst, niece of Lord Aylimr, ami also niece of Kail Bathiust, was recently drowned at Rome by her horse tumbling into the Tiber— The following extract of a private Iclicr, dated Rome, March 20, contains some particulars respecting the melancholy event. " The cause ut tbis lamentable accident, which has deprived our gay circles of one of its most brilliant ornaments, was as follows :— The road 011 the banks of the Tiber beyond tlie polite Mole was so narrow and ii'dd, that the party, who were on horseback, were obliged to return: Lord Ayiraer took hold of Miss Bathurst's bridle to assisl her in turning round; hul at Ihat moment the horse backed and fell, into the river villi the uilforlunate. youug lady. Besides Lord Aylnier, a young Englishman and 11 servant of the Fieuch Ambassador, leaped into the water. Divers boats, and every kind of succour were ihtmediately em- t ployed, iiiil it was too late, lii this placv the Tiber is winding and its waters, rapid,— This young ; a'! y, w| io is a niece to Lord Baltini- st, was 17j? cars of age, and was the charm of all Iter friends, by her beauly aud cultivated mind. A fatality seems to be attached to this family. Mr. Batlinrst, her father, who was Ambassador to the Court of Prussia some years ago, suddenly disappeared whilst traversing a fore'sl on his way lo Hamburgh, without his body being ever ( 6iui: l, oi- any certain I information obtained relative lo his death." Esther Gorringe, aged 15, tried at Horsham Assizes for murdering the infant child at East Griustejid, by drowning it ia a copper, was ae quitted, the Jury believing her defence, that the . child fell in by accident as she went to get some water. A very melancholy arcidcnt happened in the parish of Halifax last Tuesday. The parish officers, with the vicar and churchwardci t at their, head, were perambulating the boundaries, and proceeding gaily on tbis festive occasion, till they came to the old North Bridge, where the pressure was so ex treme that Ibe east parapet wall gave way, and up- wards of 20 persons, chiefly boys and girls, were pre- cipitated into the brook ; a considerable number of them were severely bruised ; several limbs were fractured, and the lives of- some of the suf- ferers were Considered iii danger ; hut when onr euvvespondetit'f le! tei- of yesterday left Halifax, no deaths had taken place.— Leeds Mercury. l) etx! h from ihe Bite of uv Adder.— On Thursday se'nnight, a child, aged sixteen mouths the son of Joseph Shutler, at G01 ley, near Fording bridge, was bitten by an adder, iu one of his fingers; and although medical aid v. as soon oh tained, Ihe child died in the evening of the follow ing day. The body was swollen to an immense size, aud very much resembled ill colour Ihat of the. venomous reptile. Sir Astley Cooper said, in one of his lectures last week :—" Presumption, Gentlemen, is the offspring of folly ; and it commonly happens that a young man who thinks himself an exceeding clever fellow, is a particularly egregious blockhead — ( A laugh.) It was observed by one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity; at the close of a life de- voted to the acquisition of knowledge, that all he knew was, that he knew nothing ; and if we con sider, Gentlemen, the amount of individual ac- quirement, as compared with the knowledge which is either unattainable, or which the human faculties have not yet reached, the observation of the philo. sopher is strictly true. A mau of real ability instead of pluming himself on the extent of hi acquisitions, will, in- proportion as he advances in if,.., lament that there is still so much of which be knows nothing."— The Lancet. TRADE OF LONRON.— From a return just printed,, by order of ihe House of Commons, it appears that the Imports into London in 1822, amounted to £ 18,054,431 18s.— aud the Exports to £ 21,000,606.9s 5d.— of which sum £ 8,414,414. 2s. were Foreign and Colonial merchandise. The number of vessels that entered the port in 1822 was 3658 British and 8fi5 Foreign; The total number of vessels that had moored between Lime- house and London Bridge, was, in 1822, 13,112, exclusive of ships or vessels which had entered docks and catials. In 1823, the arrivals of Steam vessels were 945, aiid the departures 915. The lineal frontage of Wharfs and Quays extends to 6451 feet : 141 vessels, of 100 tons and upwards, may discharge their cargoes at- Ihe same tim'e in different places. COMBINATION LAWS; The following evidence of Mr. Place, the greaf army tailor, of Charing Cross, London, given be- fore the Select Committee of the House of Com- mons appointed to enquire into the state of the Law, aud its effects, so far as relates to the Com- bination of Workmen and others to raise wages, and to regulate their Wages and Hours of Work- ing, will be read with some interest. The mode'of Secret government exerted over the immense num- ber of tailors in London, slrews how implicitly rfieii may be induced tox follow the dictates of their level's, when they iifull'y are, or are persuaded that they are, benefit ted by such ail unbounded icliance in the executive authority ? Mr. FRANCIS PLACE examined. Have you had much experience with respect to clubs, and combination of workmen and their plovers?—- Yes, I was for some years a journeyman ihysetfi, and got sadly punished by. the masters com. billing not to employ me; this was for hayinj interfered in a combination of the men, with which 1 had nothing to do, until forced by the masters to join it. I afterwards formed several clu.'. s, tor the purpose of compelling th'e masters to gi ve an ad vance of wages. I thought then', an'd still. think, it was proper. Wages were very low in some trades, and the workmen had no other means to procure an increase These conibiiiBjijous.' of the men were all of them ultimately suec^ 4f$)' l Were ihe combinations to which you allude the Consequence of any supposed understanding or com- bination among the masters to keep down the wages, or did they begin wiih the men ? — They began with ' the men.. What, was the foundation of them ? — The desire to ' increase their wages. I give, as an instance, the > leather- breeches makers, the trade to w^ jjdi I had iWn lil- ed. No man cotiltU in that tra% e| in the gnlar way, earn more than Lis. a week, on'an vera. ge';' oiher journeymen, in trades npt- requiring more time' to- beeoine experts could earn aht. nt a ninra a w'ee'fc." tinder my direction, the. cefore, a soeietv was formed, and within two years from its • ommeneement the masters were obliged to give an adyarie£ ofwag'es to avoid a strike. Vtrhat'opiltion' have yoii formed of tlie effects of the present Combination LawsVso far as they prohibit combinations of workmp. i to raise their wages, or her and said, " Madam, I take the liberty of asking tl. A LIANCO OF IN'OET- UWR ' 1'- I N 1 11 L: TIIAVN 1 IIINE . ^ ... . _ A ,. ' pe S'dtnfetii ahU i/ oreiga. Tim Gazette of Tuesday contains the appoint itieht of the Cornmission for inquiring into the practice of the Conit of Chancery. The Com missioners are, ( he Earl of kldon, Lord Red^ sdale J ord ' Giflford, the Vice- Chancel lor, the. Solicitor <* eti/ ral; Messrs Cox and Co. u, i; tetiay, Masters in Chancery: Ltishington; Messrs. Llart, H Smith, Littledale, Merivale, Tindal, and Beaincs Barristers at Law. Mi. Justice Best is appointed Lorel € hief Jus. tice of the Common Pleas, The Board of Lonsjitude have conferred the Parliamentary preriiiuni of £ 500 on Mr. Peter Barlow, of the Royal Military Academy, for his method of correcting the local. attraction of vessels. The great qnantities of iron employed at this time in the constructioii and equipment of sliips of war prOdhce so much deviafioii in the compass ( varying according to tWe' tfiVcctfeiV of ship's bead), as to re'; ider it almost an uselessi instruinenf, parti- Cniariy in high Northern and Southern latitudes. It appears by Lieutenant Foster's report of ex- periments made in his Majesty's ship Conway^ nnder the superintendence of Captain Basil Hal), to lat. 61 degrees S"! and under that of Captain Clavering, in the irecent voyage of the Griper, to lat. 80 ( leg. North, that the difterence in the bearing of an object with the ship's head at East and West, aitionfifed to 28 deg. before the latter vessel left Hie Kore: this difference, afterwards alnounfed to 50 deg. at the ffor't'H' Cape, and to 75 degrees' at Spitz& ergen. Gie& t, however, as this efiect was, the method recommended by Mr. Barlow was completely successful. This is ex- tremely simple: it consists in merely placing small plate of iron abaft the conapSss, in such a situation as to counteract the effects of the ship in any one place; after whicji, without removing it, it confiiiues to do the sanie in all parts of the world, whatever change may take place in the dip or intensity of the magnetic needle. Three im- portant advantages will result from this discovery It will add greatly to the safety of vessels in our Channet, in dark and blowing weather; it w ill tend to the gfeneral correction of Our Charts of Variation; and will dispel nine out of ten of the suppositious currents, so liberally supplied by; navigators, to account for every remarkable dis- agreement betweeu reckoning and observation, and of which there can be no doubt the greater num- ber have arisen from this long- neglected error in the compass.— Hampshire Telegraph. The beautiful and extensive Highland Barony of Glenelg, in the county of Inverness, was pur- chased last week hy the Right Won. Charles Grant, M. P. at £ 82,000 sterling. A few years since tire same estate fetched nearly £ 100,000, and a vast slim has since been expended in improvements upon it. THE VALUE OF A GOOD NAME.— We have been informed that our good neighbours of 0evon port, within these few days past, have been brought acquainted with the trifling expense, arising from fees, & c. to the various officers, in ; consequence of their new naming their town, and which amounts to the moderate sum of £ 3,500 This is, indeed, as Poor Richard says, 44 paying too dear for their whistle."— Devon Freeholder. FLATTERY.— Some' days ago, an elderly lady [ was f/ Orce out of half a, guinea by the mere poiver of flattery offered to her charms by a low Irish fellow whom she had never seen before. As she was ; sfandiu£ at her ddor in the neighbourhood of : College- street, Dublin, the liishman \ Valked up to REVOLUTION IN PHILOSOPHY. Sir ilichard Pluilips continues to assail the foundations of the prevailing doctrines of causa tiou, and is raising a new system into notice whicli he has developed in a volume of Twelve Essays, and recently and briefly in Four Dialogue between one of its Disciples and an Oxford Tutor The following is a brief analysis of its leadin features: 1. All . material phenomena are effects of Matte in IVio'ion, and there are no special principles of causation, sueh as Attraction, Repal'sion, Universa' Gia vita Hon, ' CJtilpfrVc,'' Light, Acidity, Vitality, & c 2. The spec iii I causes tfl particular phenomena ar special lUoti'bns of various atoms and aggregates, wrhieh in most case's have been traced. 3. All Force and Power is the product of some matter and some motion conjoined ; and all pheno. mena hfMug results of some force or power, so all pl. i. et) o'ii> ena result from Matter in Motion. A. All Qualities are so inany phenomena of th relative pbweVs of/ atoins as agents and patients., 5. AH Ele( itri<' arpowers are results of fh; j corre lative powers of separated atoms in definite spaces 6 All Gas arises froin atoms performing circul: orbits', giV'oter or^ less, as the o'rib- inal excitement. 7. All W£ at arisVs from atoms, which were motid'n, partirrg wilh their motion ; the power creating heat arises therefore from atoms iii motion 8. Auimals'derive their heat aqd fenergy by fix in g{> s in the net ' of'Yes- pi ration. 9. Gravitation, or the weight of bodies, arises, from the five- fold iuotions of a planet, which motions produce the aggregation of its mass. It is, there fore, a local eifect in each planet. 1'). There being no Universal Graviiaiion, there is no occasion for planetary Projectile Force. II. Ai) Space is filled. » vith gas; . and, as motions transmitted through gases or fluids diverge, or radiai'e, so all plahe'tary bodies in motion affect one another inversely as the square of their distances 12 The Sun is the source at once of motion, light, and heat in the solar system, and its motions trans- mitted through the gaseous niedium filling space, affect all the planets inversely as the squares of their distances, and as their quantifies of matter. 13. Action and re action are equal, Consequently motion or power is never lost, but is ih a condition of continual transfer. 14. iThe aerionaud re- action of the earth and moon have greater effect ou the solid parts than on the moving fluids-; consequently, these rise towards the fulci'um, or centre of'aeiion and re- action, which is; always in the right line that joins the centres of the Earth and Moon, and hence the Connection of the moon with the Tides. 15. Other plfeiiOiu'cna of attVUction, repulsion, affinity, ;& c. ' ate explained and illils'trated; hy ex- amining* the circtinistances of gaseous action arid re. acti'on, in Which the affected ' bodies are placed. If). Therr a'i'e no Eleclricnl, ' Galviinic, an. l Mag- netic fluids; ' but the whole of these phenomena are accounted for, by considering tile cor relative action and re'- SKjtion of different atoins specially excited and placed in certain relations to other bodies. egulate the hours of working ?— I' think tliose taws produce no good effects whatever;' they appear to me to he wholly pernicious. They are a bond of nion to the men. I know, pra<? tLea) 1Vvthat the men j ave been kept together 1> y them, w lien no cHthbiu- tinu would otherwise have existed. Is there not a combination among'the, joiirhe. Vnten lilors? - iThe journeymen tailors have a perfect and rpetual eombination among them. I have known only of , two combinations ajjiong the masters ; one vm to resist the men, the oilier was to obtain an Act f Parliament; the first failed, and the last was not n- cpveredio. What was the cause of the journey men tailors' combination, and what is the system they now rsue ?— The system is all but a military system. The orders come from their Executive,' and' are ways obeyed. There are upwards of twenty regr.. ar, or flint houses of call in London ; each house has- delegate, and they eject five other delegates, who • e technically called the ' fown. In many eases, the iowev of these five men is almost. unlimited « ver the rade, a nd obedience follows as matter . of: con rse. fhe whole body never, in any instance, discuss the; propriety of a strike, as sliat would subject them to prosecution under the Co. nbinatipd Laws. Unli- mited confidence is, therefore, given to the Five; u » d this it is vvliieh constitutes their power. . Do the men generally know who are the r'egu- ators?— No. It is vvhispered amoftg them that ihere" is to^ be a strike ; hut they never discuss the subject; they strike when bid. By whom is the rate of wages fixed ?— By the men. The Town, as it is called, announce the sum, to liich the men conform. Will yon explain why the masters never suffer; suppose the Tow irshouid say that it is necessary to have 7s. for a day's work instead of 6. s.?-- They have never struck for wages but when circumstances have justified them. They have never demanded an un- reasonable sum as compared with the actual value of the sum they formerly received. Do ail journeymen tailors receive the same wages per day, whether they are good or bad workmen ? — There are several ways of settling wages among tailors. They are divided into two classes; called Flints and Dungs. The flints all, work by the day, and all receive the same wages : the dungs work by the day or the piece, but generally by the piece. No inconvenience to the master arises from any of their arrangements ; they all get a day's work for a day's pay. Are the dungs promoted to he flints?— Some dungs become flints. Day work, in our business, may be cal'ed piece work, wiih this limitation, that a man w ill on'y do a certain quantity, jn a day. We have books ruled in columns, in which are inserted the name of the workman, the name of the garment, Ihe name of the person it is intended for, and the time the man. is employed upon it. Thus a complete check upon the men is established, and every one of them must do his stated quantity. What pvopbrtion is theie of dnngs to flints?—! think about one ill four. Have you ever known a master prosecuteid by the men, for combination ?- NO ; 1 believe it would be nearly impo'Ssible to prosecute a master to conviction. To prosecute at all, money in list be raised'; to raise money there I'n'trst be a combination among the men, and then they may he prosecuted by the masters. If, as the law lioVv s'ands, the men were to prosecute ihe masters, there would be a cross prosecution. The Coinbinatiou Law compels the men to give evidence against one another, and thus the prose cution niay a'most always be effectual. No law compels the masters to give . evidence against one another; thus it is almost impossible ever to Convict a master. Are the Committee to understand, that no com- bination of masters can be prosecuted unless the men combine for that purpose, and that this com bination of the men to defend themselves is inline « diaiely prosecuted, and that t. hi> prevflits.] he masters being. convicted ?— Yes : the men; can never prose- cute a master without a fund; a fund can only he raised hy combination, for this they may . be prose cuted ; but suppose there should be no cross prose cation, still as the masters can hot lie compelled to give evidence against one another, as tiie men are compelled to do, a cohviction is all but impossible You think, therefore-, that the Combination Laws press on tiie men and not upon the masters?^ They are unequal and unjust. Have not the journeymen in one trade assisted the journeymen in another trade with money to snppoi them during a strike?— Yes; I have no doubt tha the tailors have given away more money, to others in this way'*, than any other trade ; they are a. large body of men, and can easily raise a large sum by a small contribution fronreach ; they haVe, as I Ijave been informed, given a hundred or two- hiirid'ed pounds at a time in this way-; the , cause of this is wholly ascribeable to the Combination Laws. < Is not money always suns. cribed to support a strike, and would that be the case if the law were repealed ?— It has al ways been the case ; it would no longer be necessary if the law were repealed.; if the men could legally combine, disputes would seldom occur,- but when they did, they would be settled bv compromise between t} ie parties. WoliktJien dread a strike ; I know well, from experience, thai a strike ts always a matter of serious consideration, and never can he effectual unless it be actually necessary - ex- cept wmong the tailors, whose, executive enjoys the fullest confidence of the men, of which it is really worthy, a strike is a most difficult thiog to accom- plish Many interests and many tempers must be consulted, soothed, and compromised, and so general mustjie the sense of its necessity, that money must be volnutawly subscribed for a considerable time before the attempt can be made. The influence of the women in the case of a strike, is of much import a nee; they never consent but in extreme cases; they suffer by far the most in a protracted strike ; and those who can suppose that their apprehensions and persuasion have but a small influence on tlie men, know nothing of the principles of mankind, and nothing from experience. for a little assistance. I am what^ s called;, a smug gler, and just met with a misfortune. My cart in which I have many valuable < run* goods, broke down in Parliament- street, and it will take half guinea to repair it. I have no money, and an afraid of selling any of the goods without great caution; and 1 therefore come to request your assistance. If you lend me the money, I'll come to you presently, and make you a present of valuable shawl, and pay and bless yoti into the bargain The old Lad- y, surprised at such an ap plication, asked the man why lie did not apply to some One <> f his own sex for the favour? " No, no," said he, I would uot trust myself to any one of them'; I know that if i auv safe it miVst be with the women. If I iftehtidned the matter to a man I'd be destroyed ; but with yOu I know all's right." " Well, but why did you ; n6t akk Some other female if yon thought so ?" S « Md the old lady; 44 you must, have seen a great many hetween this ; and Pai4iameVvt- street.' v " N7o dad, Ma- dam,^ replieo the Irish in an, 44 b ut; I^ idn ' tseet h e faee that looked generous the whole w ay Until I saw your's, God bless you."— This assurance was irresistible. The old lady smiled, and gave? the Irishman the price Of repairing his cait of Bandanas. She waited impatiently for the shawl for two hours, but the cart was a longer time mending. She put on her bonnet, aud walked into. Parliament street, but she saw no broken cart. She, however, had the satisfaction of st- ei'ng the Irishman and two or three of his countrymen staggering out of ^- public house, after having disposed of the loan in the manner most agreeable to themselves. Adulteration of Clover and Trefoil Seeds.— A correspondent, in a recent number of the Farmers'' Journal, recommends Agriculturists, on purchas- ing clover Or trefoil seeds, to take the following pre- caution, iu order that they may ascertain whether. they are buying a really good Article, or that, which, having undergone the process of bleaching and colouring ( a pruces^ which. wit- k - respect to the seed in question, he asserts, is extensively practised, in order to foist that of a bad quality upon the unwary), has the appearance only of being so : 44 I would recommend them to be very cautious of whom they buy their seed, to take care that it is of the English growth, for two reasons ; first, that there is less danger of its being doctored than if they Were to buy foreign seed, most of the I alter coming from the - London markets ; next, that it will ehc- ifirage the growth,- and improve the value of their own produce. T further advise them to procure a war- ranty from the dealers they buy it of, that it has not. been adulterated, and if it turns out to be doctored, to return it on their hands, and do all they can to expose the practice whenever they meet with it. The difference between the appearance of genuine and doctored seed is very great to those who closely examine it; hut the superficial eye is ' easily deceived. Jf your farming friends will rub the white clover and trefoil seed in their hands, if it be doctored it will feel hard, rough, aud harsh, and will sometimes smell of brimstone. With regard to red clover, if they will put a handful into half a pint. of scalding hot water, if doctored the water will he coloured of a blue, black, or green hue, totally different tothe effect produced by the same experiment on genuine seed." The Richmond' Inquirer, an American Journal, states some curious facts respecting rattle- snake A Frenchman, M, Neale, being in North Carolina, endeavoured to procure some rattle- snakes, with a view of forming a collection. Several, observation! induced him to believe that this animal was capable of- being tamed. The means which he employed to effect this ohjeetare unknown. He ascribes his suc- cess entirely to the power of music, and pretend that, a tender melody is sufficient to tranquillize the greatest irritation on the part of the animal. M Neale is now at Richmond ( Virginia), He^ has two rattle- snakes. The male is four feet, eight inches long, and has eight rattles- in his tail, vvh'ich shew that he is nine years old, Tlie female is smaller, and has but five. Their docility is so UT- at that having talked to them a little, and siroked them witli his. hand; he takes them as if ihey were rope's- ends, and puts them up his breast until they wind round his neck and kiss him. Far from injuring their master, these dreadful reptiles seem to emulate one another in evineing their attachment to him. Be sides the education of these snakes, M. Neale reposes his security in another cause; for he has a remedy far their bite, of which he. makes no secret. Th< first thing, he says,' is to wash one's mouth with warm oil, then to suck the wound, afterwards to drink plentifully of a decoction of snake root, which operates as au emetic. M. Neale opens the mouths of his snakes, and shows their fangs. They are in the upper jaw, two on each side; and if extracted are renewed.. They are pointed, bent behind, and lie flat towards itie throat when the animal does not w? fnt tb make use of them. The venom exudes from a iittlV bladder which is at the root of the tooth. These animals change their skin, in summer, once every two months. Every year, except the first, theyvacquire a new horn rattle, whence they derive their name. They seldom shake them, and only vVhen thev are irritated, or rat, her when they want to fix theattention of their prey; that is to say, of the most lively animals, such as birds and squirrels. M. Nea'e maintains the truth' 1 of the charming- power which tliese snakes have been said to. possess, having observed an instance of it in his garden, on the part of his own snakes; the victim, conquered by his fears, falling from branch to branch, and rock to rock, until his enemy darted upon him. But he denies ihat there is any thing offensive in the breath of these animals, having frequently received their close caresses ; on the contrary, he is convinced that it is soft and agreeable J The present Administration. The present Administration popular. The fact, simply as a fact, without comparison with others, or any reference to past experience and prospective anticipations, is undeniable, and, uni- versally acknowledged. Nay more, it is the most popular Administration since the memory of the oldest living Englishman. We w6uld not - except the elder Pitt's Warlike Adniiuistrajti'ofi,-- if living memory could extend so far. Olratham ow# d more than half his popularity to his fall front power,, at the accession of George the Third— a fall whioh^ as Burke justly observed, like death, magnified and hallowed his worth. We may perhaps advance farther, and pronounce onr present Administration the most popular in the annals of England. But popularity is not merit,, or patriotismy or wisdom. A Minister possessing- the utmost imaginable popu- larity may be the weakest, of the worst of public counsellors. M. Necker might be made to illustrate this truth. Tile. great poet who is the pride of England, and the glory of the' English language, says, with historical truth, of the authors of popu- larity— They praise, and they admire, they know not what,- And know n6t whom, but as one leads the other. And what delight to be by such extolled— To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ! Let us inquire then into the causes of the popu- larity which now sheds so sweet a lustre on our Ministers. The charm of personal address could never be felt by a nation ; and none of the Ministers can pretend to possess that recommendation more fully than the late, not popular, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Where were Mr. Canning's popular arts iu 1817? Where Mr. Robinson's at the time of the Corir Bill? The popularity must therefore be unconnected with personal considera- tions either of talent or of address. Neither can political principles have any share in the generation of this popularity. Mr. Canning- and Mr. Robinson disclaim, on every occasion, eredil for different principles from their predecessors. We take their word for it, without hesitation or reserve. What then is this unexplored cause ? It is, we fear, the mere felicity of being ill oflice, when the natural progress of peaceful industry and'commerce supply, to the Government, the means of remitting a portion of the taxes, and to the people the power ofb'eai iiig the remainder with ease, it was one of themselves — it was their Phmier, who quoted poetry for the only time in his life, to prove that the relief of tlie distresses: of tlie State were unconnected with Go- vernment— flow small of all that human heatts endure, That part which laws or Kings can cause or cure ! If they could not cause the evils, neither could they cure them ; and if the clamour was unmerited then, so must the applause be now. I'itt and Perceval piled taxes upon taxes till their very names became identified with tafcpaying,. distress, and ruin. Petty, in bis young and short career, doubled the income lax, and became as odious as any Turk or Tory. It is lucky for him that lie lost his name, fur neither worth nor art could make it popular. Mr. Vansittart was obliged to supply the . Spanish campaigns and- the field of Waterloo from the in crease of taxation. No reformation could make him amiable to the wincing tax payer ; besides that, his age made him suspected of loving an undiminished heap. In tliese circumstances, a sweet and youth- ful looking gentleman is employed to perform the gracious work ofdiminishing burdens, and deliver- ing speeches full of gentleness and prosperity, Tbis is the secrtit ofall the popularity . of our Minis- ters. " It is more" popular, as well as more " blessed to give than to receive," to remit than to impose taxes. Yet who can doubt that to impose necessary taxes, and raise ab increase of revenue for necessary wars, require far greater talents, and possess much greater merit, than the remission of unnecessary taxes, and the appropriation of super- fluous revenue ? It is quite plain that all our popu- lar Ministers derive their popularity through the Exchequer. There is tlie centre of popular feeling. If that department is, easy and agreeable, it dif- fuses, like a sound and healthful stomach, pleasure and. joy over all the members of the organised body, of which it is an essential organ. It, appears thus that Ministers bave not much to vaunt themselves on. Cauae-> over which they ex- ercised no controul have made them popular. Their success and their eclfit are quite fortuitous, so far as they are concerned. Let. them be grateful for their good fortune, and bear themselves meekly, as becomes men who . grow great by no exertions of their own,— English Chronicle. NEW MF. TUOD OF PAVING— A patent has recently beep granted to A. H. Chambers, Esq. of Bond- street, for a method of constructing paved carriage- ways, possessing the advantages of grrat durability, cleanliness, and uniformity of surface. The means employed for Hie attainment of these objects are as follow:— A bed of well- coin pressed clay, with a channel for carrying off waier 011 each side, is first hiid down ; upon tills is spread a thin stratum of sand, which supports tile ordinary granite paving stones, care being taken to select them of equal height, and lo place them not in the usual way, but with Iheir broad ends down- ward ; the interstices are filled with hard materials, and the whole is covered wilh a burnt, and vilified substance, which is incapable ol being reduced, by moisture or friction, into a soluble mailer. The object of this arrangement is obviously to give solidity, by keeping the direction of all super incumbent weight within the base of every separate part of the pavement, and to prevent the rising of earthy matter from beneath, or the lodging of water on Ihe surface. An experiment on the efficacy of this invention is about to be made in Harcourt- strect, Mary. la- bonne ; and as it involves but little additional • expense, it is understood that upon its succeeding depends the general adoption of the plan in all the great thoroughfares of the metropolis. GREAT ERIE CANAL. [ BFLOM THE NEW EBITION OF TH3 BNCLSQR. OFEDIAA BKITANSHIA ] The Western Inland Lock Navigation- Company was incorporated in the State< df New York, in 1792? y for the improvement of the Mohawk and Senec& V rivei; » . They expended upwards of £ 100,000 in this object, which is now merged in the Grand Western.-- Canal of that State. The first re^ ounoissanee of the ground, over which this Canal is carried,. was made as far back as 1795, by Mr. Weston, an English/ engineer, who reported on, its. practicability, hut the plan remained diMuiant- until revived by Mr. Eddy, and expanded by Governor Clinton in 1& 10. It was not till 1817, that the; f* f « t appropriations for it were made, since which time the work has proceeded with unexampled rapidity, aided by the energetic efforts of men of science and stfppHe. d with ample funds. The enthusiasm which kindled throughout the coun- try,. w* ben the Work first commenced, has increased with the snccess atteudant nporr it; notwithstanding ' the walit of practical, experience, the CoKiisrt » si< iner » have, by strict economy and vigilant superinfond- eWce, kept the cost nearly, if not wholly, within the o r i gi 11 a I estima t e s. The Grand: Western Canaly of New Y'or. k, extends • from Lake Etrie to the city of Albany, upon the Hudson river, a distance of 363 miles. From Lake- Erie, it enters the mouth of Buffalo creek:; - at tile town" of that name, where a handsome andvcapacious ; harbour is formed by a pier, sheltering the entrance of the creek. Leaving the to. wn and creek, the canal follows the Wvstern- bank ofthe Niagara river,* without locks, to Tonne wan ta creek; this- stream aftbrds navigatiou^; several miles upwards, when the Canal quits it on the right bank and proceeds northr ward a few miles- $ 0 the verge of the great Tablp land or inonntaMf- ridge, on the same level with Lake Erie ; here is a descent of 65 feet by eight locks, !(• the level of'the valley1 of the Geiressee river,, to which stream the Camrt is Carried in one level 63 miles parallel to Lake OntaHo, and passing most of the small streams that flow into it near their sources; successive descending levels carry on the navigations to the Seneca river,- af its outlet f^ m the head of Cayuga lake* a distance of I58 miies, with a fall of 194 feetfrom Lake Erie. ^ After passing Seneca river, the li- rfe of the Cana* is directed to tire south end of Onondaga lake; be » ' tween which points the Canal ascends 62 feet, and falls 27, nUiking a rise of 35 feet to the long level of > 70 miles extending• from Onondaga lake to some miles belo'vv the town oflJtica, on the Mohawk river. Following the valley of the Mohawk, the Canal- gradually descends towards its mouth, and after;, passing tiie town of Sehenetady, crosses along theh ravine of a'brook towards the city of Albany, wJjen,; it falls into the Hudson river, 160 miles above New York. The middle section of the Canal was completed,, including- a lateral cut at the Saiina salt springs, a distance of i' 6 miles, iii two years and a half, at an. average expense of £ 2655 per mile, the actual josh of this portion only exceeding the estimate temper- cent. The dimensions of the Grand Western or Erie Canal are as follow : width on the water surfaeft 40 feet, at the bottom 28- fe- el, and depth of water 4 tj- eL The banks have mostly a rise of one foot perpen- dicular to 18 inches base ; the locks ( 81 in number* exclusive of guard locks) are 90 feet long, ami 14 feet wide, the average lift of each being 8| ft'et. The locks are constructed with stones, and finished, in all respects, as is every oilier part of the Canal, in a- substantial and handsome manner ; tb, e to- wing path is 10 feet wideband gravelled. The a que..' nets are very numerous, chiefly . of stone, sometime^ of wood, according to circumstances, and, in a few instances, of iron, all having stone abutments and piers. Tlie Canal is supplied'with water,, in its first level, from Lake Erie and the Genessee river, with an intermediate feeder; many powerful brooks, whjcb in England would be designated as rivers; contribute their Waters for filling' the Canal as fa.* as the Mcjhsyfv k river, and that stream afterwards continues to srip- ply it to its terminatioBi The features of the eojini^ y traversed by this Canal are remarkably even ; and from the little falls on the Mohawk river, 2^ 0 miles westward, the route has. not required the excavation of a skigte yard of any kind of rock. The w. Jiofe of the work upon the Ca. nal was done by small eo; n- tracts^ varying from a few rods to two niUes in length ; each lock, dains aqueduct, and bridge, v^ aa the work of a separate contract. The surface of Lake Erie, at the commencement of, the Canal, is 565 feet above the waters of iiie Hudson river; and the aggregate of rise and flf'dl along the whole line is 661 feet, parsed. by 80 loci s. The cosVof the locks has been abo^ t £* 30v> fo^ t. The'bridges over the Canal, which are very . numt r_ otis, and of wood, with stone ab. Mtinents, have lit* en . constructed1 for about £ 70 each. The Whole vvorrt is uo\ V so nearly finished; that an uniuterrnpted uav;|^ a- tion will be opened before the end of the year 1 ^ 7" S; the amount eXpeT. » ^< l'uj'mii the Canal will not exefed Atf FCDOTE RELATED BY THE CAPTX\ IV OF A DAVENPORT GUXSEAMAN.— FFrom an American Paper.]--" The bosom of the ocean was extremely tranquil, and the heat, which was now intolerable, had made us so languid, that almost a general wish overcome us, on the approach of the evening-, to bathe in the waters of Congo; however myself and Johnson were deterred from it, from the apprehen- sion of sharks, many ofjvhieh we had observed in the progress of our voyage, and these enormously laro- e. At length Campbell alone, vvho'had' been maiiiug too free with his iiqaor ease, was obstinately- bent on going overboard ; and although we used every means in our power to persuade him to the contrary, dasihed into the watery element, and had swam some distance from the vessel, when we on the deck discovered an alligator making towards him from behind a rock that stood a short distance from the shore. His escape I now considered im- possible, his destruction inevitable, aiid I applied to Johnson hofa we should act, who, like myself, affirmed the impossibility to save him, and instantly seized upon a loaded carbine to shoot the poor fellow beforeiiefell into the jaws of the monster. I did ' not however consent to th is, but waited with horror the tragedy- we anticipated, yet, willing to do all in our power, I ordered the boat to be hoisted, and we fired two shots at the approaching alligator, hut without effect, for they glided over his scaly coyerjng like hail stones on a tiled pdnt- honsf, and the progress of the creature was by no means im- peded. The report, ofthe piece, and the noise of the blacks from the sloop, soon made, Campbell ac- quainted with his danger—- he saw the creature making for him, and with all the strength and skill he was master of, made for the shore. And now the moment arrived in which a scene was exhibited beyond the power of my humble pen perfectly t. Q describe. On approaching within a very short, distance of some canes and shrubs that covered the bank, while closely pursued by the alligator, a fierce and ferocious tiger sprung towards him, at the instant the jaws of liis. fi rst enemy were extended to devour him. At. this awful moment Campbell was preserved. The eager tiger, by overleaping him, encountered the gripe of the amphibious mona- ster.— A confl ict then ensued — the water was colour- ed with the blood of the tiger, whose efforts to tear the scaly covering of the alligator were unavailing, while the latter had also the advantag- e of keeping his adversary under the water, by which the victory- was presently obtained, for the tiger's death was now effected. They both sunk to the bottom, and we saw no more of the alligator. Campbell was recovered, and instantly conveyed on hoard. He spoke not. while in the boat, though his danger had completely sobered him ; but the moment he leaped on the deck, fell on his knees, and returned thanks to the PROVIDENCE who had so protected him, and what is most singular, from that moment to the time I am writing, has never been seen'the least intox- icated, nor has been heard to utter a single oath. Jfever jthere was a perfectly reformed being- in the universe, Campbell is the man." one mil lion sterling, a iittif less than £ 2756 sterli ng p. er mile ; and it is remarkable,, that the cost wilS tall within the originrd estimates, which were ina- dfjj at 4,882,000 dollars. This Canal has been constructed at the expiH'iee of t| ie State of New York,, and pill repay a thousand fold cost; it will rental^' nti example to her sister SJatesA at^ d a monument: suffi- cient fo justify the encomiums which her citizens have bestowed upoa it ; serving, moreover, a6 a use- ful school f<> r. the race of engineers, which the spirit of internal improv ements existing in A toerica. is novv reaving, up.* The same active people who planned and er, ue. uted the Grand - Western or Erie Canal, have con> 1 rue- ted in connection with it another great work ; tiie: Cham- plain Canal, connecting the lake of that n: a, ice with Hudson river, and coniinued in the ravine thereof when the obstructions in its bed cannot be eligibly moved. The C. hamplain Canal leaves the south end of the lake, at Whitehall, and is earrii'd along the le. jfj hank of Wood creek for some drslance; the bed of that stream, aided by a few cuts, is used for 15 miles to. Fort Ann, when the Canal passes over a e> T- ain of swamps direct to Fort Edwnrd on the Hudson; in- short distance above which place a' large dnui thro Ws the waters of iluvt river by a f^ edfr into the Can. i- l, nud by this means they are conducted towards, ai yl ulti mately Tilingle with tlie waves of the 8t Lawvpnee. The Hudson is navigable to Fort Miller falls, i iround which a cut and locks are constructed : two o.| f three miles below, at the falls of Saratoga, the Carial lenves the Hudson, continues independent tothe M shawk river, where it joins the Grand Westell Cana The dimensions of the Char^ plain Canal a nd its locks, are similar to those of the E< ie Catia an< f the work has been finished in every res pec * in a manner equally substantial awl elegant. The vrhofe- length of navigation i* & 2 miles, there are 9 Jock,* between t'l'je midso'n and'Whitehall, 3 aseetu'ityig m> tiie summit level, and 6 descending to the iak i; the- height of this summit above the level of fhe lo tide at the Waterford is 142 feet, being, except ' 2 V feef„ the fall of the " Hudson, from Fort Edward So the. latter town, The estimate for the Cltamplain Canal, was £ 200,000,- and it has been completed withm tlia- fe sum, In considering the numerous diffiewhies. amfsfime" of an aspect the tnost disheartening, whicli sur- rounded both ' the Western aud Cham, plain Qinals,. more particularly in the oommencemenr, thfjf full5 success and rapid completion in less ' than severi par?,,, can only be attributed to the care, • vi. gilanc^ di*—• cretiou, and energy, manifested by the C< » nmii? i- siomys in their complicated and arduous labours,^ supported by fhe wise foresight, and just liherdity of>>' the State of New York ; the . happy result of pvhiobi » will be the immediate increase of an industrious and hardy population throughout the almost boundless and unoccupied regions of the west. * Ou the 8th dav of October, 132:], the Grancfc Western Canal of the state of New York was . opened, having been completed throughout its whole e: xtentv wiih the exception of a few miles ; the cersmouy- was attended by ail the principal ofiicial chaiacters- of the Comtnouwealih. One bottle, containing a- portion of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ami another filled from the waves of the Pacific,' were poured together into the Canal, emblematic this^ first. step towards a future junction of those vasj seas,, by way » of the Ohio, Missouri, and Columbia fivers- The whole amount expended on this and on the Champlaiu Canal ( which is fnllv completed) up to this period, is 6,387,826 dollars, (£ 1,417,26L sterling.) BANKRUPTS, APRIL 13. John Brunyije the yonnger, of west ' Butterwick, Lincolnshire, ariilier. — Thomas Bowden, of " Stockport, ' Cheshire , shop- keeper.— Robert Hatton and Jonathan Jack jon the elder, of Foulton- with- Feanihead, Lancashire, soap- boilers — Joseph Hagger, of AHsoptmews, Mary- la- bonne, carpenter. printed and published by IF, Ed doves, Corn.; j\ lar. ket, Shrewsbury, to whom Advertisements or A 7ticles of Intelligence are requested to be addressed. Adver- tisements are also received by Messrs. jS\ eu: tr> n and Co. Warwick- Square,. Sewgate Street, and Mr. Barker, So, 33, Fieet- Street, London \ likewise by Messrs. J. K. Johnston und Co. " So., 3, Lower Sackville- Stteet, Dublin,