PEIMTEB BY W, & J » lEPiDOWEB. € § M= IAEMET _ .— p-— ... —, ,,.., , This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND ajtd WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six S VOL. XXXII.— N° 1002.] Shillings each. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1825. AN ASSISTANT WANTED, in a Ladies' Seminary in this County, at Christ- lias next : a Lady not under Twenty- five Years of Age, of decided Piety, who will undertake to instruct Pupils in Writing and Arithmetic without the Assistance of a Master, and in Geography, History, and the Use of the Globes. In Addition to these Qualifications, the Lady must be extremely clever at all Kinds of Needle- Work, and disposed to render herself generally useful in the Establish, meut.— Letters ( Post- paid) addressed A. II. at the Printers' of the Salopian Journal, will receive proper Attention, if REAL Name aud Residence are specified. ——— j This Day is Published, BY W. EDDOWES, PRINTERS OF THIS PAPER, And may be had of the Booksellers in tbe County, aud of the Newsmen who distribute the Salopian Journat, ( PRICE TWO SHILLINGS), mm ^ ni^ Cheshire, Sf North Wales ALMANACK, AND ^ IjrclEsImvy SntdUgaicer, FOR THE YEAR 1826, PRINTED IN RED AND BLACK, CONTAINING A general List of Mail and olher Coaches, Water Conveyances, and Carriers, to and from Shrewsbury, the neighbouring Towns, and North Wales ; THE FAIRS In Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Hereford- shire, Worcestershire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire; Tti « ! IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS; The Bankers iu Shropshire and Montgomeryshire; a Table of Stamps, Table of Terms, Ike. W. and J. EDDOWES have also ou Sale TUG ROYAI. ENGAGEMENT POCKET ATLAS, SOUVENIR { or Pocket Tablet), POLITB REPOSITORY, ROYAL RKPO « 2TORY, SOVEREIGN, REGENT,& C. in u Variety of Casts ; COURT KALENDARS; Marshall's Gilt- edged Pocket Books, IN GREAT VARIETY ; LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S POCKET BOOKS of all Kinds -, Turn's TELESCOPE ; WHITE'S EFIIEMBRIS; nnd an extensive Assortment of Moore's, Part- ridge's, Clerical, Gilbert's Clergyman's, Pro- phetic, Sporting, and every Almanack published by the Company of Stationers. ALIO, Aeicermann s " Forget me not," LITERARY SOUVENIR, FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING, Elegant Christinas Presents Foa 1S20. FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, BROSELEY. Co IJC S. CT, or g. oHJ, A LL that substantial FREEHOLD , t\ DWELLING HOUSE, suitable for the Residence of a genteel Family, with Garden, MALTHOUSE, Barn, Cowhouses, Stabling for 12 Horses, Coach- house, 8c other Buildings attached ; nnd about Three Acres of excellent Meadow and Pasture LAND, pleasantly situated in BROSELEY, and nenr to the Church." The Whole was iu the Occupation of the late JOHN GUEST, Ksq. and may he entered upon immediately. For Particulars apply to Mr. J. J. GUEST, or JOHN ONIONS, Esq. the present Occupier. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL Persons having any Claim or Demand on the Estate of the " lale Mr. Wij.- 1.1 AH WARDLEY, of I1OD. NET, in the County ot Salop, deceased, are requested to send Particulars thereof to Mr. PIERCY PACE, of * Hodnet.; and all Persons standing indebted to thtf said Estate, are requested to pay the to life said Mr. Piercy Puce, without further Notice. < HODNET, Nor. 18TH, 1825. LOTON LIME WORKS. IMPROVEMENT OF THE ROAD IN COLEHAM. nPH E Surveys and Specifications for the fi NEW LINE OF ROAD, in COLEHAM, on the Church Stretton District, may be seen upon Application to Mr. WILLIAM PADDOCK, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury ; or to Mr. PENSON, in Oswestry. Tenders from Persons willing to Contract for the Completion thereof are to be sent to Mr. PENSON, on or before the Tenth of December. ME 1110 NE THSHIR E: NEAR HARLECH. fee Set, AND ENTERED UPON AT LADY- DAY NEXT, A COMPACT and very desirable FA KM, OL including Part of GLYNN DEMESNE : consist ing of good Arable, Pasture, Meadow, and Marsh Lands, containing 3S9 Acres ( exclusive of Wood Lauds which are in Hand), situate in the Parish of LIunlihangel- y- Traethau. For Particulars enquire of Sir. WM. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Dolgelly; or Mr. M'KIG, Porkington, near Oswestry. John Morgan, Gamekeeper, at Glynn, will shew the Premises. Ironbridge Tolls to Let. HPHE TOLLS of the Ironbridge and fi Side Road will he LET to the best Bidder, ou Friday, the Ninth Day of December next, at the Tontine Inn, near the said Bridge, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, for One Year, to commence the First of January, 1826.— Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must give such Security as the Proprietors shall require for the Payment of the Rent, and at such Times as they shall appoint.— Any further Information may be had on Applica- tion to THOMAS RODEN, of Posnall. A FAK. M T3 BE 1. BT, And entered upon at Lady- day next, ITHIN live Miles of Ludlow, and not far distant from the Road leading- thence to Bridgnorth, containing 304 Acres, or there, abouts. The above Farm lies within a Ring Fence, and is well adapted for the Growth of Wheat, as well as being a good Stock and Dairy Farm. For Particulars apply to Mr. H. VICKERS, Solicitor, Bridgnorth.-- Letters to be Post- paid. F1HHE PAY- DAYS for LIME carried 5L from the above Works will be at the Fox INN, in SHREWSBURY, on TUESDAY, the 13th, and WEDNESDAY, the 14th Days of December next..— All Lime unpaid for after the above Date will be charged One Penny per Bushel extra, and the Account be put iu the ( lands of a Solicitor for the Recovery of the same. By Order of the Proprietor. Dr. Norris's Fever Drops. THIS celebrated Medicine is allowed to be superior to any other Remedy in all Cases • of Fevers, Sore Throats, Slow Fevers ( commonly called Nervous), Typhus Fever, and Agues, and all those Disorders which arise from obstructed Per- spiration. In hot Climates, where Fluxes and Bilious Complaints are very prevalent, especially in the West Indies and Amerjea, these Drops are, by extensive and successful Experience, proved to be invaluable. They produce Perspiration in the most gentle and easy Manner, and without giving the Patient the least Disturbance or Uneasiness. These Drops, given agreeably to the Direction in the several and distinct Cases, not a single Instance lias ever come to'the Knowledge of Dr. Norris, in which they have failed to cure. Purchasers are requested to observe that the Genuine Preparation of Norris's Drops, will have engraved ou the Stamp, " THOMAS NORMS MOORE."— Price 2s. 9d.—- lis.— and in Family Bottles 22s. each. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON, 1797. STOMACHIC APERIENT PILLS, Prepared from a Prescription of the lute Sir Richard Jebb, M. D. AND PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE K1N « . HplRESE very justly celebrated PILLS M. have experienced, through private Recom- mendation nnd Use, during a very long- period, the flattering Commendation of Families of the first Distinction, as a Medicine superior to all others in removing Complaints of the Stomach, arising from Bile, Indigestion, Flatulency, and habitual Costive, fiess;— The beneficial Effects produced in all Cases for which they are here recommended, render them worthy the Notice of the Public and Travellers in particular, to whose. Attention they are strongly pointed out as the most portable, safe, and mild Aperient Medicine that can possibly be made use of. These Pills are extremely well calculated for thos Habits of Body that are subject, to be Costive, as a continued pseof them does not ihjtire but invigorates the Constitution, and will be found to possess tin Qualifies that will remove a long Series of Disea resulting from a confined State of the Bowels, strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, distinguished Excellence in removing Giddm/'- s1, Head- aches, & c. & c. occasioned by the Bile in the Stomach, or the iil Effects arising from impure or too great a quantity of Wine, Spirits,- or Malt Liquor- Persons of the most delicate Constitution may take them with Safety in all Seasons of ' Y \ i v and in all Cases of Obstruction arising' from Co! d or other Causes, where an opening Medicine is wanied, they will be found the best cordial Stimulant in use. Prepared and sold, Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes at ls. 6d. and 3s. fid. each Box, by W. RIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Dray ton.— Sold Retail by Mr. HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury; Bradbury, Wellington; Amos Edmonds, Shiffnal ; Gittoo, Bridgnorth ; Evans and Marston, Ludlow ; Griffiths, Bishop1* Castle • Jones, Welsh Pool; Franklin, Wem ; Roberts, Oswestry ; Parker, Whitchurch ; Stevens, Newport; Painter, Wrexham; Baugh, Ellesmere; Morgan, Stafford; Poole and Harding, Chester; and all other respectable Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. To Mothers, Guardians, Managers of Schools, fyc. CHESHIRE. Residences and Farms, TO BE LET, IN THE HUNDRED OF WIRRAL, IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF Prenton, Leighton, and JVeston. IS? PRSNTOW. ' IpHE MOUNT HOUSE, with a few I. Acres of Pasture and Meadow Land adjoin- ng, conveniently divided intoseveral small Fields. A FARM, with convenient House and Outbuild- ings, now iu the Occupation of Mr. Charles Han- cock, containing- about 80 Cheshire Acres of Ara- ble, Meadow, and Pasture Land. IN LEIGHTON. A HOUSE, suitable for the Residence of a Fa m i ly, with a few Acres of Pasture and Meadow Land adjoining, conveniently. divided into several small Fields. m rrasToisr. NESTON COTTAGE, now in the Occupation of Mrs. Mellor, with about Twenty. two Cheshire Acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land. The Mount House, the House at Leighton, and Neston Cottage, are comfortable Family Residences, pleasantly situated, and have attached to them all necessary Offices and Outbuildings. The Mount House and the Farm at Prenton are within two Miles of Tranmere, Birkenhead, and Woodside. The House at Leighton and Neston Cottage are about the same Distance from Neston and Parkgate. Possession may be had ofthe House and Land at Leightsn immediately, and of the Rest of the Pro- perty on the 2d Day of February and the 1st Day of May next. Apply to Mr. WOI. STENHOLME, at Neston ; if by Letter, Post- paid. DENBIGHSHIRE. IMIBSIc) fo be Het, And entered upon at Lady- Day next. rpHIS eligible FARM comprises a spa- JL cious Dwelling House and Garden, with all requisite Buildings, and a well. accustomed MILL, all in good Repair, with about 200 Acres of excel- lent LAND, together wish a valuable extensive SHEEPWA LK within a convenient Distance of the Farm, which j oms ihe Village of $ Llanrhaiadr- yn- Mochnant, is l. jfMiles from Oswestry, 5 from Llan- . fyUiu, nnd from 8 to 9 from Lime and Coals, with excellent Roads. The above may be viewed by applying to the Rev. N. ROBERTS, Oswestry, who will appoint his Agent to shew the Estate. This Day is published*, B> R. ACKFRMAW, 101, Strand, in a neat Volume, T2mo. Price 7s. CHRISTMAS TALES for 1825. To he continued annually. The Pieces composing this Volume, partly original and partly translated from Foreign Writers of Eminence, are designed to contribute to the Slock of National Amusement provided for beguiling an occasional vacant Hour during the approaching Holidays. ALSO, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF FER- DINAND FRANCK, in One very neat Poeket Volume, pp. 282, Price 4s. A portion of these Memoirs appeared in the first and second Volumes ofthe" FORGET- ME- NOT," for the Pages of which the whole was destined ; but, in Consequence of the Length lo which they have unexpectedly extended, the Publisher has printed them separately, in the same Form as the 11 FORGET- ME- NOT." iPimmm mi^ jmmm COUNTY of SALOP. EPORT of the State of the Subscription for PRISON CHARITIES, for the Year ending at Midsummer, 1825, which was established for the following Purposes:— I. To enable Debtors to gain a Livelihood while ill Confinement ; to reward their Industry and good Behaviour while there ; and to furnish them wilh some Implements or Materials on quitting Prison, the belter to support themselves and their Families on I heir Return to Society. II. To encourage Industry, Penitence, and orderly behaviour In Criminal Prisoners; and to furnish with Clothes and implements those who, on quitting Prison, receive a Certificate of their good Behaviour. III. To provide all those who are dismissed with a small Sum for immediate Maintenance, to prevent the great Temptation of committing a Crime for that Purpose. To those tvho are desirous of a more particular Deta- t of the Application of this Fund, the Book kept in the Committee Room of the Gaol is open fur inspection. ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS. Annual Subscrip- tions. L. S. D. rjHHE COMPANY continue to effect JL INSURANCES on LIVES at equitable Rates, without Entrance Money or any additional Premium for Sea- risk iu decked Vessels to or from the British Isles, or to or from the opposite Line of Coast be- tween the Texel and Havre- de- grace included— and to grant and purchase ANNUITIES under a special Act of Parliament. Agents are appointed in all the Cities and princi- pal Towns in the United Kingdom. THOMAS PARKE, Secretary. . COMPANY'S AGENTS AT Shrewsbury - - - Mr. Thomas Howell; Shiffnal Ludlow - - Bridgnorth Worcester - Macclesfield Mr. Gilbert Brown ; Mr. E. Jones, Solicitor; Mr. Benj. Partridge; Messrs. Smith & Parker; Mr. D. Hall. WIDOW WELCH'S PILLS, FOR FEKALE COMPLAINTS. WIDOW WELCH'S PILLS are particularly serviceable to all FEMALE*, from the Age of 14 or 16 Years and upwards; their Celebrity as a Tonic, and for removing all Obstruc- tions in Ihe Female System, curing what is vulgarly called the Green Sickness, have been long known The particular Nature and Symptoms of Female Complaints are given wilh every Box of Pills, and worthy the Perusal of every Person who lias the Care of Young Women, as from their Treatment al this early Period depends their future Health aud Comfort. The following Letter is inserted lo demonstrate their efficacy : — Drayton, Nor. 29. SIR,— Our Daughter, about fifteen Years of Age, had been drooping, front a Cause we lilile sus- pected ; she was very low in Spirits, her Complexion very pale, aud an habitual Head- ache, attended with Palpitations of the Heart. She appeared careless of every Object, and inattentive to those Pursuits to hich young Persons are generally attached, in Fact, we were apprehensive that a Consumption had already commenced. An Acquaintance recom- mended the Widow Welch's 1' ills, sold by you, as a proper Medicine for yoong Women of her Age, and in her Situation ; we accordingly tried tliem, and by peisevering iu taking three Boxes, her Spirits were invigorated, her former Complexion returned, the Head- ache entirely removed, and she is now com- pletely restored to Health, Strength, and Spirits. Whatever Use you may make of this Letter, will be equally agreeable to your Obedient nnd humble Servants, B. & S. ARMSTRONG. To Mr. B. SHAW. Purchasers must observe, Ihe Medicine sold in Ihe Name of KRARSLKY, for the Widow Welch's Pills, are not the Genuine prepared by Mrs, SMITHERS, who is ihe Grand- daughter of the Widow Welch, and the only Person eulilled to Ihe Prepara- tion ; therefore the Public will take particular Care that the Name of EDWARDS, late Shaw and Edwards, No. 67, St. Paul's, is engraved, hy Favour of his Majesty's Commissioners of, Stamps, on every Stamp accompanying Ihe Box.— Price 2s, 9d. per Box, Duly included. Sold by Messrs. W. and J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury, aud all Metlicinc Venders. Rev. Archibald Alison Right Hon. Earl of Bradford Right Hon. and Rev. the Earl of Bridge- water - Hon. Henry Grey Bcnnet Mr. John Baker - Re?. Edward Bather Rev. J. B. Blakeway Thomas Botfield, Esq. - William Botfield, Esq. Rev. J. B. Bright - - George Brooke, Esq. Mrs. E. Browne - Robert Burton, Esq. - - Rev. Archdeacon Butler, D. D. . Rev. C. R. Cameron - - Philip Charlton, Esq. William Charlton, Esq. Hon, Colonel Clive William Clive, Esq. deceased Edward Cludde, Esq. U'iliiam Clndde, Esq. - - Andrew Corbet, Bart. , . Corbet - - - andbe ol j t; ev . Archdeacon Corbett I. John Cotes, Esq. -. - Rev. J. A. Cotton - Right lion. Earl of Darlington ! Kohert Waring Darwin, M. D. ; bourns Du Gard, M. D. - George Durant, Esq. John Edwards, Esq. - - Mrs. Eggleston - John Evans, M. D. - - Thomas Evton, Esq. Miss Flavel - - - Right Hon. Lord Forester Itev. Isaac Frowd - - Rev. Dr. Gardner . Mrs. Ormshy Gore - - Mr. Harley - Thomas Harries, Esq. - - Mrs. Harries - Rev. H. Harrison - - The Right Hon. William Noel Ilill Mr. Robert Hill J. T. Hope, Esq. Rev. W. Hopkins - - Mrs. Harwood - Rowland lluut, Esq. . . Mrs. Hunt Miss Hunt - - - Miss E. Hunt lion. C. C. C. Jenkin. on J. P. Johnson, M. D. Annual Subscrip- tions. L. S. D. 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 I L 0 I L 0 I L 0 L L 0 0 10 ti 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 o IO 6 1 1 0 0 10 6 Sir T. J. T. Jones, Bart. Right Hon. the Ear! of Kilmorey Rev. Sir Edward Kynaston, Bart. Ralph Leeke, Esq. Egerton Leeke, Esq. deceased Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart. F. K. I. eighton, Esq. Rev. Oswald Leycester - Rev. Dean of Lichfield Richard Littlehales, Esq. John Arthur LLoyd, Esq. Thomas Lloyd, Esq. John Thomas Lloyd, Esq. Lady Markham Joseph Mucklestoa, Esq. Mrs. Muckleston Thomas Mytton, Esq. R. M. Noneley, Esq. Mrs. Mostyn Owen - v Rev. Herbert Oakeley Rev. Archdeacon Owen William Owen, Esq. E. W. Smythe Owen, Esq. Right Hon. Edward Earl of Powis Thomas Netherton Parker, Esq. Thomas Pemberton, Esq. Rev. R. N. Peinbertcn John Phillips, Esq, Rev. J. D. Pigolt Mrs. Plowden Joseph Price, Esq. Mr, Ravenshaw Joseph Reynolds, Esq, - The Marquis of Stafford T. Salt, Esq. - Samuel Amy Severne, Esq. R. A. Slaney, Esq. William Sparling, Esq. Joseph Sutton, Esq. Rev. C. Swainson Rev. G. A. Thursby W. E. Toinline, Esq. . Rev. John Walcot Watkin Watkins, Esq. Thomas Whitmore, Esq. W. W. Whitmore, Esq. Rev. C. Whitmore Rev. John Wilde Rev. Edward Williams - John Wingfield, Esq. - Rev. John Wingfield Mrs. Woodhoust 1 1 1 I 0 10 0 10 0 10 I 1 0 10 0 10 1 1 0 10 1 1 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 I 0 10 1 1 0 10 1 I 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 1 0 1(> 1 1 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 1 0 10 0 IO ' 0 1ft 1 1 0 10 0 10 0 III 1 1 0 io 0 10 1 I 1 1 1 1 0 10 1 1 1 1 0 10 0 10 77 3 0 Alt Subscriptions are dut the 2ith of June in each Year, and all Arrears are dated from thence. DONATIONS, & c. 1825'. June 24. One, Year's Interest of Mr. Hawkins's Bequest - 5 13 Interest of Mrs. Knight's and Mr. Hunt's Benefactions - 25 Received from J. T. Hope, Esq. being the Amount of a Spe- cial Jury Fee Charity Boxes Twenty- eighth Year's Receipts and Disbursements. RECEIPTS. Subscriptions Total Donations, & c. Balance from Treasurer Arrears of former Years received 1817 i.. s. 77 3 11 7 34 10 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 - 0 10 - 0 10 . 0 10 - 0 10 - 1 1 - 4 14 - 12 1 19 19 0 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid to industrious Debtors To Criminals To Debtors quitting Prison To Criminals Printing and Advertising Reports Books for tbe Use of the Prison Subscriptions for 1824 unpaid Balance due from Treasurer 11 7 6 I.. 5. D. - 2 4 6 - 4 18 0 - 2 14 0 - 44 16 Si - 7 7 0 - 21 11 5 83 11 - 8 13 0 - 50 15 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 142 19 6 Subscriptions of former Years in Arrear. - £ 1 142 19 6 6 1 6 1 16 1 16 1 16 2 7 2 17 3 8 3 8 4 9 6 0 6 11 NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. - - . -£ 110 Rev. W. Hopkins . . . . .0 10 6 SirT. J. T. Jones, Bart. - - - - - 110 The Subscriptions ( payable in advance) are received at the County Gaol by Nr. GRIFFITHS, and by IV. and J. Enoofves, Booksellers, Corn- Mai ket. This Dag is published, By GEO. B. WHITTARER, Ave- Maria. Lane, London, In 3 Vols. 12010. Price 21s. THE CAMISARD; or, The Protest- ants of Languedoc. A Tale. ALSO, LATELY PUBLISHED, The Second Edition, in 3 Vols. Post 8vo„ Price 30s FO ItT Y Y E A RS IN T H E WO R L D; o r, S k etc lies and Tales of a Soldier's Life. Bv R. G. Wallace, " q. Author of " Fifteen Years in India." The Author has seen a good deal of the World, nd has here given us Ihe Result of his Observations, n the Form of little Tales, written io a simple and ery pleasing Manner."—. Veto Monthly Magazine. In 3 Vols. Post Svo. Price 30s. RAMESES; An Egyptian Tale; with Historical ites ot the Era of the Pharaohs. The Tale of Rameses has been made Ihe Vehicle of conveying to tbe Publican Illustration of Egyptian iniquities, and a noted Epoch in iis History. " ' Rabieses' belongs lo the Class of Historical Novels, and is one of the most intellectual and ' maginative Productions of the Age."-^ Critical Gazelle. In 3 Vols. 12mo. 18s. MARIAMNE; an Historical Novel of Palestine. " One great Merit of the Writer is his strict Adherence In Historical Truth; whilst ( he attractive Air of Romance is made to pervade the Narrative. We will not anticipate the Curiosity of the Reader, lo whom we recommend the Perusal of .' Mariamne,' y transferring I lie Interest of the Story to our Columns."— Literary Gazette. Crown Svo. Price 8s. CASTLE BAYNARD; or, the Cays of John: an Historical Romance. It is evident that great Attention hat been paid to the Manners, Customs, and Costume of the Times. The respective Characters ure drawn with great Discrimination— they are in perfect Dramatic Keep- ing, and many of the Scenes are so disposed as to produce a very striking Effect. We hope ere long to find the Author expatiating in a wider Field."— La Belle Assemble?. gun Stfe asssurajut « odftg, CORNIIILL, LONDON. MANAGERS. CHARLES POLE, Esq. Chairman. Frederick Booth, Esq. Henry Boulton, Esq. Charles Boulton, Esq. ' Hon P. Pleydell Bouvcrie William Buriiie, Esq. John Cockerell, Esq. Thomas Dorrien, Esq. Thos. Dorrien, jun. Esq. Charles Bell Ford, Esq. William Hamilton, Esq. Edward Hartnan, Esq. Rt. Hon. W. Huskisson, M. P. Felix C. Ladbroke, E. q. Henry Ladbroke, E< q. Charles S. Lefevre, Esq. Hon Hugh Lindsay, M. P. Charles Lillledale, Esq. Henry Littledale, E. q. John Pearse, F. sq. M. P. lii ice Pearse, Esq. J. imes Trotter, Esq. JOSHUA MILNE, Actuary. IIHE MANAGERS having hid PRE- MIUMS calculated proportional to the Values of the Risks at the different Periods of Lift— which, nder 45 Years of Age, when ihe Assurance is for the whole of Life, and under 55 for shorter Periods, re considerably lower than are generally required — Tables nf Ihe new Rales, wilh the Conditions of Assurance, may tie bud at ihe Sun Life Office, in Cornhill, and at ihe Sun Fire Office, in Craig's ourt, Loudon ; also of any of the Agents for the Sun Fire Office. SHREWSBURY...... Mr. Cyrus Gittins. Mr. Thomas Griffiths. Mr. S. Windsor. Mr. John Severn Bullard. .. Mr. Charles Spozzi. Mr. W. Newell. Mr. Edward Johnson. Mr. J. Kibble. Mr. W. Williams. Mr. William Booth. Mr. Owen Owens. LUDLOW.. OSWESTRY WORCESTER HEREFORD CHESTER . MACCLESFIELD ROSS CARNARVON. CONGLETON HOLYHEAD FOR COUGHS. Pectoral Essence of Coltsfoot. THE Herb Coltsfoot has long been distinguished for its excellent Properties in the Cure of Coughs, and other Pulmonary Com- plaints; and this Essence has, in the Course of a ung Practice, been found the most safe and effec- tual Remedy for Coughs, and all Disorders of the Lungs. It gently opens the Breast, and immediately ives Liberty of Breathing, without any Danger of , » king Cold, and thus it affords great Relief in Asthmatic Complaints. It allays the Tickling which provokes frequent Coughing, cleanses the small Glands, relaxes the Fibres, and thereby en- larges the Cavities of the Vessels. Thus it will prevent Consumptions, if taken before the Lungs are ulcerated, it softens husky and dry Coughs, and heals Riuvness and Soreness of the Chest. This Pectoral Essence is prepared by JAMES RYAN, Surgeon, in Bristol; and sold in Bottles at 3s. fid. each, by F. NEWBERY and SONS, 45, St. Paul's Church Yard; and, by their Appointment, in most Country Towns. PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. Just Published, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, § Green, London, AN ESSAY on the BENEFICIAL r^ DIRECTIONofRURALEXPEN'DlTURE. By ROBERT A. SLANEY, Esq. In 12, no. 6s. Bd Boards. Also just Published, an ESSAY on the EM PLOYMENT of the POOR. Second Edition. llATCHARD, Sold by VV. & J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury. A Medicine prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO ALI, THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WORLD, For the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the King's Evil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from Impurity ofthe Blood. A Christians Present and JYeio Year's Gift. NDSHIP'S OFFERING for 1826 Edited by T. K. HERVEY, Esq is pub- Con, lull "' 06 12s' l> 3r ltelfe< 13> This Volume, in Addition to thirteen splendidly Engraved Plates, contains nearly ONE HONDRIB ORIGINAL ARTICLES, in Poetry and Prose, by Portv of the most eminent Wrilers of ihe Aee- including Robert Soul hey, Esq.; Rev.. 11. H. Mil, In, ali; Lady C. Lamb; Lord Porcheste. r; James Montgomery. Esq.; W. Jerdan, Esq.; Rev. T. Dale; if," W L Bowles; Horatio Smith, Esq.; L E. I, • Mrs Opie; Mrs. C. 11. Wilson; Miss Jane P„ r'ler • j' Bow ring, Esq.; Bernard Barton; II. Neele I'sn - Miss Mitford; J Gait, Esq.; if by,' E » q.'; Lord Dillon; A. Cunningham, Esq.; the late Lord Byron; Rev. C. R. Malum,; R. I.. Ed,- ewuril, Ivsq.; James Thomson, Author of » The Seasons." & c. * The Large Paper Edition, with Proof Impress! ofthe Plates, ou India Paper, will be ready in a f Davs. J S10119 , few THE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are so well known throughout Shropshire, and indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, and without the Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled in their Effects. And their Efficacy has been attested in numberless Instances; many of them on Oath before the Magistrates of Shrewsbury ; thus establishing their Pre- eminence over the Nostrums of ignorant Quacks, and over the more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Cases of FEMALE DEBILITY. TURN OF LIFE,, and any other Affljction of the Body arising from a changed or vitiated System, the PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS may be relied upon for a certain and speedy Cure. N. B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a sta ing System of Diet: he allows his Patients to live like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman's Drops. These Drops are to be had in square Bottles, with these words moulded on each, 41 Mr. Smithes Ploitghmaii's Drops" ( all others are spurious), al £ 1. 2s. the large, and lis. the small, Duty in- cluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. aud J. EDDOWES, and Cookson, Shrewsbury ; Capsev, Wellington ; Yeates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth ; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Waidson, Welsh- pool; Price, Oswestry; Baugh, Eliesmere ; Jones, Parker, Whitchurch; Procter, Drayton ; Silves- ter, Newport; Holmes, No. 1, Royal Exchange, London; aud all other Medicine Venders. ^ alegs up auction. SHROPSHIRE. FREEHOLlTJlESSUA GES, WAIAI AND LABJB3. A theeifi, bSne '"" r- Castle, on Friday, the 16th Day ol December next, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon ; THE undermentioned FREEHOLD A. ESTATE, lately belonging to EDWARD BLOCK, a Bankrupt, in the following or such other Lots, and subject to such Conditions as shall he then and there produced. A newly- erected MESSUAGE, with a WATER CORN MILL, Outbuildings,' Garden and Orchard adjoining. Another Dwelling House, Malthouse, Garden and Orchard adjoining. Two Pieces of Meadow and Pasture Lund, culled The Upper and Lower Lloyds. The Whole of th is Lot is contiguous together, and contains about 5 Acres ( be the same more or less), and thereon are upwards of gr/ Apple and' other choice Fruit Trees in full Bearing. LOT II. A Garden, of about a Quarter of an Acre, lying at the North End of Lot I, in which are about 30 healthy young Apple and other Fruit rees. r- 0T 1". Three several Parcels of Land, called The Marshes and Black Loams, containing 4 Acres aud a Half, more or less. I. OT IV. A V> iece of Pasture Land, called Great Marsh, containing 5 Acres, li^ re or less. The above Premises are situate at aud near BROCKTON, 3 Miles from Bishop's Castle, near 7o a good Turnpike Road, nnd in the several Parishes of Lydhnry North and Bishop's Castle, It ti, e County aforesaid. For Particulars Castle. apply to Mr. JONES, Bishop'i Montgomeryshire. FREEHOLD PROPERTY. BY MR. T. PRYCE, At the Cross Foxes Inn, in the Town of Llanfair, on Thursday, December 22d, 1825, between Ihe Hours of Four and Seven o'Clock in the After- noon, iu Lots, and subject to Conditions - flHE under- mentioned very compact and desirable small FARMS, situate in the Parishes of MANAFON and LLANLLUGAN, in the County of Montgomery : — LOT I. A Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called FRON OLEU, containing by Admeasurement 30A lit. 5P. situate in the Township of Dwyrbiew, in the said Parish of Manafon, in the Occupation of Richard Davies. LOT II. Another Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called FRYDIAN, nearly adjoining ihe said last- mentioned Lot, and containing by Admeasurement 38A. 2R. 35P. situate . in the said Township of Dwvrhiew, and iu Ihe Occupation of the said Richard Davies. LOT III. A Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called TY- CBRRIG, situate in the Township and Parish of Llanllugan, in the said County of Montgomery, containing by Admeasurement 31 A. 2Ii. 39P aiid in the Occnpatio,) of David Edwards. The Lands in the two first Lots are in a fair State of Cultivation, aud capable of considerable Im- provement : upon each of these Lots there is n Quantity of thriving young Oak, some of which are of a sufficient Size for Building Purposes.— I. ot X commands a Southern Aspect, and Lot 2 is hounded 011 its Eastern Side by a Branch of the River Dwyrhiew, which as far as it adjoins tlie Land belongs almost exclusively to this Lot, and mav he advantageously applied for Ihe Purposes of a Mill or those of an extensive Manufactory. These two Lots are situate within 4 Miles of the' Market Town of Llanfair.— Lot 3 is situated within 6 Miles of Llanfair, is entitled to Right of Pasturage for 30 Sheep upon Llanllugan Ilill, aud is also capable of considerable Improvement. The respective Tenants will shew the different Lots; and further Particulars may be obtained ou Application to Mr. HUCHES, Llwydiarlh Park, near Can Office; Mr. DAVID Joxpsj Land Surveyor Llanfvll in; or at ihe Office of Messrs. ORIFFITHES and CORRIE, Solicitors, Pool. Important to Flock- masters and Breeders in general. At the FARM- YAUD of WESTON IIALL, near Shiffnal, in the County of Salop, on Monday and Tuesday, the 2d and 3d Days of January next • rsnHE entire LIVE STOCK ofthe late SL Right. Hon. Earl of BRADFORD: consisting of an extensive Flock of Pure Southdown Ewes • High- bred Durham Bulls, Cows, Heifers and Calves ; Thorough- bred Suffolk- Punch Mares, and other Horses; and a considerable Number of Store Pigs. — Also, a valuable Assortment of FARMING IMPLEMENTS. The extraordinary Attention, Care, and Expense which have been bestowed by his lale Lordship for the Attainment of the purest and most profitable Breeds of the various Kinds of Live Slock, are sufficiently well known; and the Result has pro- duced a Collection which certainly is not surpassed by any in the Kingdom. The Whole will be apportioned into convenient Lots for the Accommodation of numerous Purchas- ers ; Particulars whereof are now iu Preparation. Tbe Public are respectfully requested to observe, that the Sales on each Day will beg', a exactly at Eleven o'Clock. LONDON— SATURDAY. THE BRITISH NAVY.---' The Royal Naval Club of Scotland lately gave a graud entertain- ment to Lord Viscount Melville, at Barry's Hotel, Edinburgh ; Admiral Sir J. P. Durham in the Chair. The Chairman in proposing the . health of the distinguished guest, observed, he • was happy to have it in his power to state to the meeting the superior discipline which the sh ps in commission, were in; discipline was r. ow carried on with the greatest moderation ar. d ten per; thp good conduct of the officers had rendered the scrvice so agreeable to British seamen, that they flocked on board; and there was now a better description of men than what formerly used to enter into his Majesty's service in. peace. As to the civil department of the Navy, the Admiralty had not lost a single opportunity uf exploring the unknown world, as far as navigation and enterprise could carry a ship; and he believed it was well known to most naval' officers that those intricate passages tvhich our gallant commanders were obliged to seek, at great risk and danger, in pursuit of the • enemy, have now been surveyed, and charts made of them. As to the ships in ordinary, they never were in a higher state of preserva- tion ; and he was convinced, should a- war be fbrccd upon the country, that the enemy wliuld find that, during the peace, the British Navy had not declined either in discipline or gallantry tinder the administration of the Noblo Lord. Lord Melville returned thanks; and said he was happy to have it in his power to bear evidence of the excellent state in which all his Majesty's ships, both in and out of commission, were at this moment; 4nd should this country ever have the misfortune again to be plunged into war, a navy of great strength and efficiency eould be brought forward on the shortest warning. Neither the financial nor the political condition of the roiuitrv, say* the Courier, warrants any v. latin. With respect to the former, we can con- fidently affirm, that every branch of the revenue is in a prosperous slate. Down to tiie latest accounts which have been made up Ihere has been found a ( trowing increase hi each department, and especi- ally in that which most c'. earlv indicates llie sub- stantial w ealth of the country— we mean Ihe Excise. And certainly, al 110 period could it he more truly nfliimed, that, in'all our foreign relations, the i » o « t pacific sentiments prevail. BANKRUPTS, Ducembui 3— Robert Dennett the vounger, Dnkinfield, Cheshire, scrivener.— Thos. llope, lute of Laurence- laheltud Lad- lane, London, hut now of Darcev Lever, Lancashire, merchant.— Joseph Graham liie younger, Low Houses, Brigh- ton, Cinnbevltmd, innkeeper and lime. burner.— J onus Bradilock, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk, manufacturer — lohn Gay, formerly of Tiicliboriie- street, and late of the ' Quadrant, Regent- street, Middlesex, engraver and printer.— Thos. Phillips and Isaac Phillips, Fenchurcli- street, London, hoof aud shoe- makers.- Sir William Elford, Bart. John Tingecomb, and John Were Clarke, Plymouth, bankers.— Luke Sykes and Thos. Bnrj, Bucklers- bury, Loudon, warehousemen.— Richard Oonpey, Gloucester, grocer — Samuel Kotheby, Wellingfon- Mrcet, Strand, Middlesex, auctioneer and hook, Seller.—- John Buckley, Manchester, dealer iu cotton twist and cotton. manufacturer.— David Mor- ris, Francis Robinson, and Edward Watson, Liver- pool, tar and 111 rpentine- distiUers. — Thomas Swain, South Collinghain, Nottinghamshire, miller.— John Hawkins, Southampton, tailor.— George Johnson, Bristol, and Henry Hazard Johnson, lale of Bristol, but now of New Bond- street, Hanover, square, Mid- dlesex, plate- engravers and copper- plnte- brinters. — William Smith, late of Broad- street, Ratclifi'e, Middlesex, plumber, painter, aud glazier.— Charles Dowding, lale of Sliadwell- dock, but now of Stepney. causeway, Commercial- road, Middlesex, cooper.— Adolphus Fieslal, Great Surrey- street, Ulackfriar's- road, Surrey, merchant. William Sfewarf, Pull- mall, Westminster, commercial, agent. INSOLVENT.— John Stansfield, Midgley, Halifax, Yorkshire, reed- maker and Prussian blue- manu- facturer. POSTSCRIPT. LOUDON, Monday JVighI, Dec. 5, 1825. Red. 3 per Cts. 82J 3 per Ct. Cons, shut Imperial 3 per Cts.— 3} per Cents. aj per Cents. Red. 901 4 per Cents, shut Bank Stock 217 Long Ann. 20 1 India Stock — India Bonds 5 dis. F, x. Bills( l » d.) 9di Cons, for Acc. 84| 16 A meeting of the Catholics took place on Wednesday, which was rather more itormy than any of the preceding ones. Things had gone to such a length that one of the orators who was unable to obtain a hearing, employed the cele brated exclamation of Themistocles " Strike me, but hear me!" Mr. O'Connell still persisted that " the Wings" bad the approbation, " the reluctant approbation" of Br. Doyle ; this was as strenuously denied by others, and the present determination appears t* be that the petition to Parliament shall be upon the broad principle that every man has a right to worship God in his own way. The opinion seems to be gaining ground even among the Catholics themselves, that " the wings" would have been highly prejudicial to their interests. At the Carlow Catholic meeting on Monday, a resolution was passed deprecating " the wings" as being " cal- culated to destroy the independence of the humbler classes of our countrymen, and that of tbe Irish Roman Catholic Church." It seems that a severe contest will take place, ot the ensuing General Election, for the repre , sentation of the County of York. By a recent Act of Parliament, the privilege of returning two Members to the House of Commons was transferred from a disfranchised Cornish Bo rough ( Grampoond) to the above County, which will return four, instead oftwo, Representatives to the next Parliament. Six Candidates are already in nomination, viz.— Lord Milton and Stuart Wortley, Esq. the present Members Lord Morpeth, Mr. Bethel, Mr. Fountayne Wilson, and Mr. Duncombe. Of these six, two only are Whig Candidates, Lords Morpeth and Milton; the other four arc Tories. Two of them, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Duncombe, have been invited to stand upon the distinct understanding that they will oppose all further concessions to the Catholics. Mr. Wilson has accepted the invitation upon these terms; but Mr. Dun- combe's answer has not yet been given. A meeting, at which Lord Macdouald presided, was held at York on Friday. The Resolutions which were passed at this meeting, and the requisition to Mr. Duncombe, founded upon them, numerously signed, are firm and un- equivocal in asserting the necessity of main- taining the Protestant Constitution of this country, as by law established. Mr. Duneombe sits in the House at present as Member for Great Grimsby. It is reported that Lord Mid- dlcton had again signified his intention to sub. scribe £ 20,000 " for the advancement of the tlection of the Anti- Catholic Candidates." O11 Monday, tlie & 1I1 ir. sf. deservedly esteemed and regretted, the Rev Thomas Siedinan, M. A. Vicar of St. Chad's, in this town. Had the already protracted span of this venerable man been further prolonged to the 14th instant, lie would have com- pleted his tsUih year, on which day, 17^ 3, he com- menced Ihe Pastoral Office in that Parish, and exercised over the same his " mild paternal sway'* for the long space of 42 years. Those who best knew the deceased can best appreciate his living worth ; . whilst the tranquil hope, and humble but sincere faith iu his Redeemer's merits, which so characterised the hour of his departure, served remarkably to exemplify the impressive exhortation of Holy Writ: —" Mark:. the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is PEACE." On Tuesday morning, the 29th ult. at Bclvoif Castle, in consequence of an inflammation of the chest, Her Grace Ihe Duchess of Rutland.— Her Grace so lately as ihe Friday preceding was en- gaged in inspecting the progress of the numerous workmen employed in completing ihe splendid decorations of ihe grand drawing- room at Bel voir, which if was intended should have been first opened on the occasion of the Duke's approaching birth- day: she also took her accustomed exercise, and wrote several letters. In the evening, symptoms of the disease, with w hich she was severely attacked a year ago, beuan to manifest themselves ; but on the following day they appeared lo have abated very consideiably. At two o'clock on Sunday morning, Mr. Caflett, surgeon to the family, who sleeps in the caslle, was hastily summoned to her Grace's apartment, and found her stale so extremely dangerous as to excite the most alarming appre- hensions. Expresses were instantly sent off to Dr. Wilson, of Griinlhum, Doctor Pennington, of Not- tingham, Doctor Arnold, of Leicester, and Sir Henry Hal ford. The three first promptly obeyed the summons ; Sir Henry arrived at the Castle from London at 5 o'clock oil Tuesday morning, but the hand of death was already on the Duchess ; all the efforts of the faculty had been unremittingly exerted to arrest the progress of the disorder, but in vain— from Sunday there appears to have been no hope. Her Grace, whose self- possession was remarkable, felt perfectly alive to the imminence of her danger, and the fortitude with which she bore her acute sufferings, and viewed her approaching fale, was in the highest degree affecting. The Duke never quitted tbe bed- side till she had ceased to breathe. Her Grace expired at half past eleven 011 Tuesday morning. Dispatches were immediately forwarded, announcing the afflicting event, to his Majesty, to his Roynl Highness the. Duke of York, and to the various branches of the Rutland and Carlisle fami- lies.— Her Grace exhibited a union of qualities that are seldom found united in the female character. Of her elevated tuste, the Castle of Belvoir will long remain a magnificent monument; from ils first commencement, 25 years ago, she had been Ihe presiding genius of the place. Nor was it on tbe Castle alone that her active talents were exhi- bited— the grounds, the villages, the roads, even the general aspect of the country, assumed anew character; every suggestion for the improvement of this beautiful domain was zealously carried into effect under the personal superintendence of her Grace ; she produced in a few years changes w hich a mind less energetic would have required centuries to effect. The Duchess was a practical agricijltur- ist, and occupied a farm exceeding 800 acres; it furnished a model of careful and successful ttsnage ment. As a proof of her ability in this undertaking, she was frequently complimented with premiums from different agricultural societies. It is some- what singular ' hat, with predilections so strong for a rural life, her Grace was one of the brightest ornaments of the English Court; no one ever exhi- bited so much of graceful dignity, joined to manners of the highest polish, aud a condescension that fascinated every one who came within the sphere of ils magic influence. . As a wife, a mother, a benefactress, she was most exemplary ; her loss is indeed an irreparable one, and will long; be mourned with an affliction that admits of no consolation by her bereaved family. Her Grace was the fifth daughter of the late Frederick Earl of Carlisle, K G. bj Caroline, daughter of Granville Leveson, first Marquis of Stafford— was born on the 13th of November, 1780, and married April 22, 1799. Ou the 28th ult. aged 80, Mr. Thomas Fox, cf Astley. On'. Sunday last, Mr. George Chester, tailor, of this town. On Thursday last, at Woolstaston, in this county, in ihe fiflth year of his age, highly and deservedly respected by an extensive circle of friends and acquaintance, Mr. Richard Everall, a, respectable farmer, of thai place. On the 21st ult. at Taunton, aged 81, Catharine, w idow of William Dauncey, Esq. of Brinsop Court, in ihe county of Hereford, Aide- de- Camp to his late Majesty, and Lieutenant- Colonel of the 49th regiment. Ou the 25th ult. after a long and painful illness, in her 45th year, Maria, wife of Mr. Edward Morris, Benson- street, Liverpool. On Friday last, in his 22d year, after a severe illness, William, son of the late Mr. Francis Dnr- nell, of this town. On the 28th ult. aged 55, Mr. Morgan, of Sunder- ton, near this tpwn ; whose exemplary conduct as a husband, parent, friend, and neighbour, gained him the esteem and regard of all who had tbe plea- sure of bis acquaintance, nnd by whom his memory will long be held in grateful remembranee. O11 Thursday last, aged 74, Mrs. Luinley Harries, of the White Horse Inn, Frankvvell, in this town. On the 24th ult. much respected, aged 05, Mr. Edward Jervis, who had been 40 years in the employ of Mr. Carline, of this town, the greater part of which as foreman. On the 21st ult. in the prime of life, Mr. Thomas Hickman, of High Walton, near Ludlow : his mild and gentle manners endeared him to a large circle of acquaintance, by whom his decease is much regretted. Oil the22d ult. at Bridgnorth, iu his 12th year, William, third son of Mr. Grierson, draper, of that place. Lately, at Cincinnati, North America, Mr George Williamson, stationer, formerly of this town. At Frankton, in this county, after along illness, Mr. John Byolin, in his 75th year. WALES* MARRIED. On the 29th ulf. at Pmtraethj in thecoi'iiity of Anglesea, by ihe Rev. P. W Hamilton, the l: ev. Bulkeley. Williams, A. B. of Maihafair, to Jajte Elizabeth, second daughter of Jones fcihton, of Plas Gwvu, Esq. ; DIED. On the 24th ult. in his 60th year, after a few hours' severe illuess, at Borrkshead, near Wrex- ham, Mr. John Siller, formerly of Liverpool. On the Mh ult. in bis 79th ve& r, Willjtnu Jioiies, Esq. formerly of Weru Hull, init iate of Haigihton, near Hanu. cr, Flintshire. ' Last week, at Wrexham, aged 43, after a long and painful illness, ' I henphiia, wife of Mr. Fraucis Williamson. WELSH MINING; CONCERNS. Visiting Clergyniau this week at the. Infirmary, the Rev. George Moultrie:— House- Visitors, C. B. Alinatt and Thomas Salt, Esqrs. The happy event of the marriage of the Rev. E. P. Owen, to Miss Darby, was announced in this town, yesterday morning, by the ringing of bells, and other joyous demonstrations. Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal.— The plan of this important navigable communi- cation has been deposited at the office of the Clerk of the Peace, and we have pleasure in being authorised to state, that the owners and occupiers of lands, through which the line is intended to be carried, will be at liberty to convey manure by it, tonnage free. We perceive, by the Sporting Magazine, that the " NIMUOD," of the day intends visiting Shropshire this Hunting Season ; so that our sportsmen will, no doubt, have the gratification of seeing their performances in print at an early period. SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1825. MARRIED. O11 Tuesday, the 6th inst. at Madeley, hy the Rev. John Rockc, Rector of Clungunford, the Rev, Edward Pryce Owen, Vicar of Wellington, to Miss Darby, only daughter of the late Samuel Darby, Esq. of Coalbrookdale. At Madras, on the 25th of April last, Hugh Calveley Cotton, Esq. of the Engineer Service, sixth sou of 11. Calveley Cotton, Esq. of Comber- mere Abbey, to Miss Brodie, sister of William Brodie, Esq. of Brodie, iu Murrayshire, N. B. DIED. On the 25th of last month, at Achurch, North ainptonshire, aged 77, the Rev. Lyttieluu Powys, hr » ther t » Thomas 1st Lord LUfsrd. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Wednesday, Dec. 7th ( this dav).... Acton Burnell Thursday, Dec. 8th Nesscliff Saturday, Dec. 10th Iladnall Monday, Dec. 12th Stoke Heath Wednesday, Dec. 14th The Fox Friday, Dec. I61I1 .. Twenilows Saturday, Dec. 17th Shawbury Village At half- past ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds meet on Wednesday, Dec. 7th ( this day) Old Lodge Friday, Dec. 9th .'. Shareshill Monday, Dec. 12th Tong Norton Thursday, Dec. 15th Hagley Saturday, Dec. 17th Chillington At half past ten. Sir Richard Pnleston's Hounds meet Thursday, Dec. 8th Penley Green Saturday, Dec. 10th Alan Sadler's Tuesday, Dec. 13th Edge Hall Thursday, Dec. 15t! i Iscoed Park Saturday, Dec. 17th Overton Bridge At eleven. Mr. Wickstead's Hounds meet Friday, Dec. 9th The Kennels At half past ten. The Cheshire Hounds meet Thursday, Dec. 8th Siddiugton Smithy Saturday, Dec. 10th Pcover Monday", Dec. 12th Calveley Wednesday, Dee. 14th Castle Mill Thursday, Dec. l5th,„ Dunham Masiey Saturday, Dec. 17th. „„.. Jiiushull COURT OF CHANCERY. HUGHES against WA1XJ) and others. On Thursday, the 10th November, Mr. SUG- DEN obtained an injunction to restrain the defendant, Mr. Ward, from working the Black Park colliery, near Chirk. Castle, upon an asserted title in the plaintiff. Mr. HART, for the defendant, Mrs. Biddulpb, stated, that she was seized of the estate in question. In 1820, the plaintiff and his brother, John Hughes, represented to Mrs. Biddulph, that ihere was upon parts of the estate ( not heretofore worked) valuable minerals, which ought to be forthwith put in a state of working, Mrs. Biddulph accordingly agreed' to let the mines under upwards of one thousand three hundred acres of land to the Hugheses, under a covenant that they would procced to work that portion of the estate forthwith; and in 1825 they were to have possession of the Black Park colliery in the possession of Mr. Ward, wlicse term therein expired iu that year. The Hagheses were let into possession of the one thousand three hundred acres in 1820, and the royalty to the present day amounted to fourteen pounds and some odd shillings. Sundry letters and notices had been given to the Huglieses to pro cced with the working of the mines, but, not, withstanding, the plaintiff now called upon his Lordship to take away the Black Park colliery by an injunction, froin Mr. Ward, who was i possession. The plaintiff had lain by till few days of the time at which possession was to be given of the Black Park colliery, then filed his bill, and obtaiued the injunction. The Learned Counsel concluded ail elaborate speech ou the principle of injunctions. Mr. Hni. n, for the defendant, Mr. Ward, stated, that Mr. Ward was in the actual enjoy ment of the mines, and had been so for neat- twenty years up to the S9th of September last, Mr. Ward having expended upwards of twent thousand pounds in opening and preparing the mines; and as great expenses were continually attending the working thereof, it was agreed that he should, be coutinued the tenant after Michaelmas, 1825. Until the filing of the bill and obtaining the injunction, no notice had been given to Mr. Ward of any claims the plaintiff had He could not eqneeive a greater engine of oppression than an injunction of that sort, that a man in the enjoyment of mines for twenty years, should have all his works stopped, tio notice having been given, nor any thing alleged that the mines were worked improperly. When the 29th of September came, no preparations were made by the Hugheses, nor 110 arrange- ment with Mr. Ward offered about the machin. ery, & c. Mr. SPHNCE followed also for Mr. Ward, and slated, that it did appear, from the affidavits, the mines which the plaintiff had had possession of were abandoned; that they had been utterly neglected, except that two men had been em- ployed since the 29th of September last in repairing a level. Mr. Ward, therefore, agreed to proceed with working the mines as tenant to Mrs. Biddulph. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.— Towards the close of the affidavit, there is a statement which, if true, ought to drive a man outside of those doors in a Court of Equity, because it is stated, that at this time it was particularly requested by one of the Hugheses, that Mrs. Biddulph should not be told that they were persons not of capital. Mr. SUGDEK ( for the plaintiff).— We had no means of answering that, my Lord. Here a prospective offering for sale the share of one of the Hugheses in the mines was put in, to which Mr. Sugden objected. Mr. SpENCE.— It is verified ; so that this, my Lord, was to have been a Joint Stock Mining Company. Mr. SUGDEN, for the plaintiffs, combated the positions taken by the Counsel for ) he defend- ants. He said, it was fairly stated, that John Hughes had no capital, and if his Lordship could give credit to it, it was a very strong fact, — aud that the agents of Mrs. Biddulph had found that he had started without a capital, and that he desired that fact to be concealed; but contended, that it was no where stated that William Hughes had not a capital to carry on the concern. The Learned Gentleman then argued, that the Hugheses had spent seven thousand pounds, over and above profits, and that they had a right to the, material part, namely, the Black Park colliery. He insisted, that if any forfeitures had been committed by the Hugheses, still that they bad been waived by a correspondence between Mrs. Biddulph's agents and them. TIIF. LORD CHANCELLOR said, that if the Hugheses meant to enter, it should be taken for granted, that some communication should have been made to Mr. Ward. The Counsel for the plaintiff then said, in answer to a question from his Lordship, that John Hughes had assigned his interest to the plaintiff. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—" Assignments don't much signify. I know very well how those Wrelsh and English mines are managed. Mr. SUGDEN further stated, that Mr. Heald ( Counsel for. Mr. Ward) bad stated, that three hundred men were necessary to carry 011 the works, and that the plaintiff had uot engaged a single man. Nothing could be more unfounded than to say the plaintiff was not able to carry on the works; and he would say, looking at the prospectus a » applying to John Hughes THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—" I believe the fairest thing to do is, with respect to that, at once to say, that this Court never can believe there is one word of truth in those things. 1 Mr. SUGDEN proceeded, and concluded that the money laid out over and above the profits was seven thousand pounds, but it was argued that nothing effectual had been done— that was. uo minerals had been raised. Mr. JACOB followed Mr. Sugdeii on the same side, and argued that the collieries of which the plaintiff' and his brother had been in pos session could not possibly be worked but in conjunction with the Black Park colliery. THE LORD CHANCBLLOR.— That would be an absurdity, because uo man can persuade me that when he takes a lease of a thing in 1821, he takes a lease of that which would not be worked till 1825. Mr. JACOB then contended, that no complaint had been made by Mrs. Biddulph as to the Hugheses not properly working the mines. THE LORD CHANCELLOR delivered au ela borate judgment, aud said, that if a person with an agreement for a lease so conducted himself that if he had a lease his conduct would operate as a forfeiture, the Court would not decree a pecific performance; because he who seeks equity must prove that he acted with equity. He was clearly of opinion that the enjoyment of part ofthe premises during 4 years, might have epaid them the seven thousand pounds so often mentioned in the case, and which was not a fair thins to be argued, as the landlady might have lost seven thousand pounds ar. d more. With respect to the dispensation of forfeitures, Mrs. Biddulph was perfectly well inclined. Looking at the letters of Mrs. Biddulph's agents, all hich was called dispensation of causes of for- feiture, amounted to nothing more than ati extremely liberal and handsome minded person on her part. No man( who knew any thing of such a concern, would have the least doubt, that if Huglieses had the least expectation of enter- ing into possession of a colliery of such magni- tude, as the one in question must be from the very circumstance of three hundred men being employed, and the extent of chattel property to be arranged about, that the Hugheses would have called upon Mr. Ward to make arrange- ments to give them up possession. There was no proof that the plaintiff took the common step which iu common justice to Mr. Ward he ought to have taken. Upon the whole, therefore, and thinking it most highly probable that there never could be a specific performance of the agreement— decreed, the injunction never ought to hare been granted, and must be dissolved with costs. Attornies for the defendant ( Mrs. Biddulph), Mr. Douglas and Mr. Williams; for Mr. Ward, Messrs. Watson and Harper. DBA'STON ASSEMBLY IS fixed for FRIDAY, the 23d Day of December, 1S25. Mrs. TAYLF. UR, ) ,, Sir A. CORBET, Bart. $ « » » » * « « • { Cj* Dancing to commence at 9 o'Clock. On Tuesday se'nnight, the Carmarthen Agri- cultural Society held their first anniversary competitory meeting at a field near Llanllweh, when fourteen ploughs started, and the improve- ment in their management since last year was quite evident. After tho meeting the friends of the institution dined at the Boar's- Head Inn, Carmarthen ; C. Morgan, Esq. in the Chair ; and the evening was spent in the most convivial and pleasant manner. Hugh Owen, Esq. sou of Sir John Owen, Bart, has offered himself a candidate for the boroughs of Pembroke, Tenby, and Whiston, iu opposition to the present Member, J. H. Allen, Esq. LONGEVITY.— On the 22d ult. died, in the parish of Cusop, near Hav, two widows, whose united ages amounted to 194 years.— There are now living in Hay, a mother aud daughter, whose united ages are 179. J. GLOVER, CLOCK, TIMEPIECE, AND WATCII MANUFACTURER, NEAT Assortment of WATCHES in Gold, Gilt, and Sil ver, complete for Inspec- tion, Warranted of the bestQuality& Workmanship. Family Watches taken in Exchange at the utmost Value; br fresh Cased and Repaired in a btyle equal to new. Purchasers desirous of obtaining- a g- ood Article on the best Terms, will meet with every Requisite to ensure Satisfaction and merit the Continuance of Favour. A Discount allowedfor Ready Cash ( with Altera tions or Exchange free for One Year. IN THE PARISHES OF CONDOVER & LEEBOTWOOD, In the County of Salop. Co iie ® iom t> » Suction, BY MR. BROOME, At the Horse Shoe Inn, in Dorrin^ ton, in the said County, on Monday, the 19th Day of December, 1825, nt three o'Clock in the Afternoon, unless previously disposed of by Private Treaty, subject to Conditions, in the following-, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : LOT I. Total Quantitie. more or less. tfjggr The elegant u LINES, ON THE ITUINS OF MONT- GOMERY CASTLE," shall appear in our next. ARCHES' COURT,- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. EDWARDS AND OTHERS V. WEST. This was an appeal from the Consistory Court of St. Asaph, where the cause was begun by an application, on the part of the lion. Frederick West, for a faculty to authorise him to erect a gallery in the parish church of Chirk, to be appropriated to a house belonging to him iu the parish, arid to be used by himself, his family, and tenants. Drs. ARNOLD and PHILLIMOUE, in support of the decree of the Court below, said in the Court at St. Asaph, the citation embodied the ground of application; ana there- upon appearances were given for Mr. Edwards and another as Churchwardens, and for Mrs. Myddelton Biddu! plj; a parishioner, opposing the grant. The Court, thereupon, ordered Mr. West to give in an allegation in support ofthe faculty. It was given in, and pleaded that Mr. West; long ago, married an heiress of the Chirk Castle family, and thereby obtained the estate; that he and his family had cat for 21 years in a certain pew appurtenant to a mansion- house belonging to him, called the Fron; but that this pew is too small for his accommodation. It then sets forth the accommodation which he requires, add for which he is willing to give up his other pew; and he asserts that the erection of the gallery in question will not injure the fabric of the Church, or obstruct the light, but will be ornamental to the building. To this allegation answers were given by the adverse parties: but they were objected to as insufficient, and, after argument on this point, the Ecclesiastical Judge ordered fuller answers, and the present appeal is from such order. The Court ( Sir J. NjCHOLL) said, that the only diffi- culty he found in dealing with the case was from the anomalous nature of the proceedings. The answers, how- ever, were in substance" sufficient, and he must therefore reverse the order of the Judge of St. Asaph. A. R. P. A. R. t. New I. easow... Arable 4 2 0 5 2 0 10 0 0 LOT II. Lee Head Arable 2 2 26 Long Leasow.. Ditto 3 1 37 Lane 0 1 13 6 1 26 LOT III. Sandy Bank... Arable 1 1 16 LOT IV. Cuckoo Brook Meadow and Plantation... ... ... Arable 4 0 4 Exclusive of the Measure of the Plantation. LOT V. Part of Little Meadow ( Arable) 1 2 34 LOT VI. Lower Lees Meadow ( Mea- 1 1 0 7 The Lees 1 dow f 2 1 21 Middle Lees . < and > 2 2 35 Big Lees, in 2 Pieces / Ara- \ 5 2 38 Upper Lees Meadow.. ble J 4 1 16 16 0 37 LOT VII. House, Garden , & c 0 1 8 I" ANTED, a YOUNG MAN, as » an ASSISTANT to a Retail GllOCER.- Address ( if by Letter, Post- paid) lo the Printers. EUTMuR, ANTED, in a Gentleman's Family V ? residing in Ihe Country, a well- qualified BUTLF. R, who cau bring an unexceptionable Cha- racter from his lasl Place.— Apply to Mr. WILLIAU WII. LS, Grocer, High- street, Birmingham. LATELY PUBLISHED, IN 12mo. Price 3s. 6d. in Boards, with a Plate, TUB EVANGELICAL MINSTREL: Poems on Missionary and other Subjects. BY JOSHUA MARSDEN. SHRBWSBUBY : Sold by Messrs. W. & J. Eddowes, Corn- Market; by Mr. C. Hulbert, High Street; Mr. William Tibnam, Wyle Cop; Mr. Howell, Market- Place; and by the Author, at his House ia Princess Street.— For a Character of this Work, • « the Imperial Magazine. T. E. JONES KsfFCTFui. LYinforms the Inhabitant* of WELLINGTON and its Neighbourhood, that he intends to open a BOARDING aud DAY SCHOOL, after the Christmas Vacation, for tbe Instruction of a limited Number of Young Gentle- men, by approved Teachers, in the Classics, Eng- lish grammatically. Book keeping by Double and Single Entry, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, ike The Pupils will be publicly examined Half- yearly, and their Parents will be furnished monthly wilh an Account of their Attendance and Progress. Occasional Lectures will be delivered upon His- tory, Astronomy, and the various Branches of Natural Philosophy. Cards of Terms, & c. will be issued in a short Time ; nnd respectable Reference will he given, if required. Private Instruction every Evening fraro Sit o'Clock till Eight., Ladies' Seminaries & Private Families attended. N. B. For the first Half Year no Entrance Money will be required. Castle ' terraceSchool, Shrewsbury, mh November, 1825. The Yard ( Meadow & Arable) 1 CloverField( Meadow& Pasture) 1 2 11 1 27 3 1 6 The Whole of the Properly is situate in and near the Village of Dorrington, w hich is about Midway between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton, and the principal Part of it adjoins the Mail Road from Shrewsbury ( through Dorrington, Church St ret. tou, and Ludlow) to Hereford. The Land is of superior Quality, and in the highest Slate of Culti- vation. A beautiful and never- failing Stream of Water runs through great Port, and the Whole is most eligibly situated for Building Sites. The House on Lot 7 is commodious, and has a large Warehouse attached, and is now one of the best accustomed Country Shops in the County for Mercery, Gjocery, and Drugs. Possession will be given of Ihe Whole of the Property at Lady- Day next. Further Particulars may be had of W. C. CURTIS, Esq Dorrington, who will sand a Person to shew the Property; of Mr. BBOOME, the Auctioneer, Church Stretton ; and of Mr. CoorER, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. N Consequence of the great Disap- pointment many Persons have experienced from purchasing inferior TRUSSES, SALMON, ODY, and CQ, respectfully solicit the Attention of Professional Gentlemen and the Public, to observe that the true PATENT SELF- ADJUSTING TRUSS has " SALMON, ODV, aud Co. No. 2P2, Strand, London," marked upon the Leather Case, without which they are of ihe spurious Kind. Salmon, Ody, and Co. the sole Inventors and Patentees, have made 50,000 of their Patent Self. Adjusting Trusses, aud still continue to have the Recommendations of all the most eminent Surgeons iu Town and Country. They have also the Honour to supply the Army and Navy, the Naval and Military Hospitals, Dock. Yards and Ordnance, Marine Infiimary, Hon. Eust India Company, tlie City of London Truss Society, tbe Mary. le. bonne, Wyreliseoinb, Bristol, and Denbigh infirmaries, the Windsor General Dispensary, the Middlesex and St. Geurge's Hospitals, Parochial Establish- ments, & c & C.& C. N. B. Persons residing at a Distance ire re- ipsted lo send the Circumference of the Body la nch below the Hips. SOLD BY WHITNEY & CO. Wyle- Cop, Shrewsbury, Single, T5s.— Double, 30s. Umbilical, 20s. Steerau- ay, Hatchhank, and Little Wenlock Lime Works. JOURNEYMAN BEGGAR.— Yesterday, two ballad singers were committed to our County Gaol to hard labour, for one month, as vagrants; a third, a blind man, who had been engaged by the others as a journeyman at Hereford, and who, after traversing with them to ShrE- vs . i,:/, ! where he had earned them about 11 « • per day! ( and only received his raerf, iriuk, ' and lodging for his services!) was pasted v parish. On Monday, the 5th inst. a Coroner's !, • was held at Bridgnorth, before James iViiht./ Gent. Coroner, aud a respectable jury of 24 . holders of the said town, oil view of the lf « h John Lewis, waterman ; wheu it appeared, a'; laborious investigation of witnesses, the decent • . in a state of mental derangement, had cut throat in so violent a manner w ith a razor as lo cause his death.— Verdict accordingly. Inquests were held, last week, before John Wollaston, Esq. one of the Coroners for this county, bn two children, one at Bromley's mill, and the. other at Obley: both lost their lives owing to their parents leaving them in the house during their absence, when they s.? t their clothes on fire, were dreadfully burnt, and died in con. sequence.— Verdicts " Burnt to death." Ear. y on Thursday morning last, a fire was discovered in the smith's shop of Messrs. Clarke and Co. at the back of the Britanuia Inn, in this town, and it was, providentially, got under with little damage. A respectable tradesman, actively engaged in banding water from the river, slipped but was extricated by a young man in his own employment.— A man" employed to strike for the smiths, not being able to go to his lodging on account of the flood in the river, had been allowed to sleep iu the workshop, and, it is supposed, had incautiously taken a light into some part of the premises, whence the fire originated. Au unfortunate female was drowned on Thursday night, in consequence of missing her footing in stepping to the shore from a barge at Mardol Quay, in this town : there was a flood in the river, and she was overwhelmed almost immediately. At the public discount on Thursday last, the Bank of England contributed to relieve the em- barrassments of the commercial world, not less than one million sterling,— an issue of great liberality, and which canuot fail to produce the most beneficial effects. In the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, two defendants were found guilty of having manufactured and sold a composition in imitation of pepper, and a verdict with £ 300 penalty was recorded against them. It is stated that the predisposing cause of the complaint which terminated the valuable life of the Duchess of Rutland, was the incautious taking cold from damp feet. THE GENTEEL BUTCHER— In the Bristol Market, a lady, laying her hand upon a joint of veal, said " I think Mr. F. this veal is not quite so white as usual." ' Put on your glove, madam,' replied the dealer, ' and you will think differ- ently.' It njay be needless to remark that the veal was ordered home without another word of objection. Gloucester Fair, on Monday week, notwith- standing the extremely unfavourable state ofthe weather, exhibited a plentiful supply of all descriptions of stock, but the abundance was more than equal to the demand. Store beasts realized about the same prices as of late, aud a good many were disposed of. The average price of beef was from 6Jd. to 7d. and of mutton from 7d. to 7id. Good pigs were worth from 10s. to lis. per score. The horse fair contained a variety of all sorts; but good animals, and more particularly those of the draught kind, were in great demand, and went off readily at remarkably high prices. SHREWSBURY. WHEREAS, on Sunday, the 25th of September last, a Gentleman came with a BAY MARE, 6 Years old, 15 Hands high, wilh Bridle and Saddle, to the Lion Inn, and left them in Care of the Ostler, saying he was going by- Coach, and should return in a few Days; since which Time there has been no Enquiry made about the Mare: NOTICE is hereby given," That unless she is taken away before Saturday, the 17th of December instant, she will be SOLD by Auction, on that Day, in the Corn- Market, iii Shrewsbury, to defray the E;. pense of Keep, See. WILLIAM TOMPKINS. DECEMBBR 1ST, 1825. THE Proprietors of the above Work* will attend at the Places and on the Dtty* below stated, for the Purpose of receiving for Lime drawn from the said Works. At the Bull'* Head Inn, WSI. tiHGtOH, on Thurs. day, the 15tli, and Thursday, the22d of December ; At the Turf Inn, SHRKWSBCKV, on Saturday, ilia 17th ; Aud at the Jerninglram Arms Inn, SmrFNAi., on Tuesday, the 20th. All Accounts that remain unsettled after the 2d Day of January following, will be charged One Penny per Bushel extra, and the Parties proceeded against for the Recovery of tbe same without- Delay. DECEMBER 5, 1825. • HE Commissioners in a Commission - of Bankrupt bearing Dale tbe l » t Day of • ; 1821, awarded and issued forth against LAM COLLIER, of WELLINGTON, in the v of Salop, Ironmonger, Dealer and Chnp. , Intend to MEET on the lfith Day of De- C4 ' v- 1" Instant, at Eleven in the Forenoon, at the " 3 Head Inn, in Wellington aforesaid, to make s _ VI DEN D ofthe Estate and Effects of the said bankrupt; ' when} and where the Creditors who huvr not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be ex- cluded the Benefit of the said Dividend: And all Claims not then proved will be disallowed. WILLIAM NOCK, Solicitor to the Assignees Wellington, Gth December, 1825. * B MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price ofllides was 4£ d. per lb.— Calf Skins fid— Tallow 4d. s. d. s. d Wheat, Old 11 0 to 00 New 10 4 to 10 10 Bailey 7 4 to 7 10 Oats, Old 7 4 to 8 New ( I 8 to 7 Average Prices of Com per Quarter, in England and Wales, for the week ending Nov. 26, 1825 Wheat, 65s. 3d,; Barley, 41s. 5( 1.; Oats, 26s. 7d. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 5. We had a very fair supply of all kinds of grain as well as Flour, last week ; and ibis morning there was a tolerable good show of Wheat by land car- riage from Essex and Kent, wheu even the finest samples met a very dnll sale at last week's prices hut for the inferior qualities there was no demand Although the demand for Malting Barley th' morning was by no means brisk, still the few fine Suffolk runs, and superior Norfolks, that were dis. posed of, fully maintained last Monday's currency the secondary descriptions arc full 2s. per quarter lower, iu consequence of the larger sales of Foreig at from 30s to 34s. which is used by the Distillers and Cornchandlers. Oats fully support last Mon day's prices. White and Grey Peas are 2s. pe quarter higher. Iu Beans and other articles there is no alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under : Wheat 50s to 74s White Peas 44s to 46s Barlev 42s to 46s Beans... 50s lo 52s Malt.' 64s to 68s I Oats 30s lo 34s Fine Flour 55s to 60s per sack ; Seconds 50s lo 55 X MITH FIELD Cper st. ofSlb. sin king offal) Beef.... 4 » 6d to 5s Mutton 4s lOd to 5s Lamb Pork Veal Oil to 6s Od lo 6s 0s Od to 0s Od [ iOTlCE is hereby given, that on the Sixth Day of December, Oue Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty- five, an Order was igned hy THOMAS KVNNBUSLEY and JOSEPH • oxnAt. E, Esquires, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the Town nnd Liberties of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop,. for stopping up that Part of a certain old Footway, within the Parish of Brace Meole otherwise Meole Brace, in the Liberties of the Tow n of Shrewsbury aforesaid, leading from tfie House of Industry and from Kingsland towards and unto the Town of Shrews- bury aforesaid, commencing at its Junction with a certain new Footway at or near the Dwelling House of John Beck, Esquire, adjoining the said old Footway, situate in the said Parish of Brace Meole otherwise Meole Brace, and ending at a certain Gate which opens out of the saitb old Foot- way into the Turnpike Road leading from Flans nod to the Town of Shrewsbury aforesaid, for the Length of Three Hundred Yards or thereabouts; anil that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury aforesaid, at the General Quarter Ses. sions of the Peace to be lioldeu at Shrewsbury, in nnd for the said Town and Liberties, on tiie Thirteenth Day of January next; and also tliat the said Order will at ihe said Quarter Sessions be confirmed aud inrolled, unless upon an Appeal against the same to be then made it be otherwise determined. THOMAS LOXDALE, Town- Clerk. FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN. Dec. 12, Tarporley, Fazcley, Ross, Evesham Stourport, Presteign, Llanrwst, Harlech, Bettws ( Merionethshire) 13, Frodshnm, Shipston— 14, Shrewsbury, Kinfare — 15, Bridgnorth, Tainworth, Droitwich, Pain's Castle, St. Asaph— 16, Leomin- ster, Newtown, Dolgelly. At Bridgnorth Market, on Saturday last, best Wheat sold from 10s. lo 10s. 3d. per bushel of 72lbs.; Malting Barley from 8s. . to 8s 4d. per bushel of 38 quarts; Hog Pease from 26s. to 29s. per bag of 114 quarts ; O. ils from 4s. 4d. to 5s. 4d. per bushel of 40 quarts. At Wenlock Fair, yesterday, prime fat beasts sold ( to sink the offal)' at full 6d. per l!>. oil the average; store beasts for turnips, at rather better prices than at late fairs, as did also Bullocks; ' fat Pigs from 6d to 6jd, Stores al rather low prices, SHROPSHIRE. TURNPIKE TOLLS to be LET. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that .1 MEETING of the Trustees of the fleoknry Mortimer District of Roads, will be held al the Talbot Inn, iu Cleobury Mortimer, on Friday, the 30th Day of December next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for LETTING by AUCTION, to the best Bidder ( i n separate Lots), the TOLLS arising at the several Turnpike Gates in the said District, hereinafter mentioned, for the Term and upon sucli Conditions as shall be then agreed upon, as in Manner directed by the Acts passed in ihe Third!" and Fourth Years of ihe Reign of His present Majesty, " for Regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year ( clear of all Deductions in collecting tliein) tbe following Sums :— viz. Oldbury and Halfway House Gates.... £ 145 Billingsley Gate 46 s Yew- tree Gate 47 Wall Town Gate 22 Pouller's and Clowstop Gates 09 Abberley Gnte 62 Bransley Gate 15 Barn's Gate 13 And which said Tolls will be put up at the respec* five Sums above mentioned, or such other Sums ns the Trustees may think proper. Whoever happens lo be the best Bidder of each Lot, must at the same Time pay One Month's Rent* in Advance, and give Security ( with sufficient Sureties) at his or her own Expense, to the SatisfacJ tion of the said Trustees, for Payment of the Kent each Mouth in Advance. By Order of the Trustees, S P. SOUTHAM, Clerk to the Trustees of this said District, CLEOBORV MORTIMER, NOV. 4TH, 1825. } N. B. Since the Renewal of tlie Act in May last," the Tolls have been increased to 6d every'Horse drawing any Coach, & c.; 4d. Ditto Drawing Waggons, & c. of 6- inch Wheels and upwards; and 7d Ditto und^ r 6 Inches ; to Is. 3d. per Score for Cattle; and lOd for Sheep and Pigs.— There lias been lately expended large Sums of Money in Improvements of the Roa'ds to Bridgnorth, and now going 011 in lowering tbe Hills and avoiding nllien by Alterations of the Roads. Woollen and Linen Drapery, ANTED IMMEDIATELY, an ASSISTANT, who perfectly understands the above Businesses, and can he well recommended for Sobriety and Attention.— Apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Mr. B. BAVLEV, Corn Market, Shrewsbury. An APPRENTICE WANTED. STo fee Hct, AND ENTERED UPON AT MAY NEXT, CERTAIN PREMISES, situate in WILLOW STREET, in the Town of OS- WESTRY, iu Ibe County of Salop, now used as a Hat Manufactory. The Premises nre well adapted for carrying' on an extensive Business as a Flannel Manufacturer or a Brewer, having a regular Stream of Water running through them. For further Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Pott, paid) to Mr. ROBERTS, Hat- Manufacturer, Oswestry. If desirable, a Lease for 14 or 21 Years will be granted. This Advertisement will not be continued. ' RECANTATION. " HEREAS I, EVAN BRUMWELL, of The Pant, in the Parish of Churchstoke, have, being thereunto instigated by the Enemy of Mankind and my own evil Disposition, most unjust- ly and falsely traduced the moral Character of Mr. THOMAS SMITH, » f Hoarstone, io the same Parish, and lie having instituted Proceedings against tne for so doing, but, upon my thus publickly contra- dicting the Falsehoods 1 have heretofore told, pro- mising to pardon mv Error: Now I do most solemnly declare, that " lite Reports I have circulated to his Discredit are wholly and entirely false, and that I am most sorry that I was tempted to circulate the same. ( Signed) EVAN BRUMWELL. Witness : EDWARD FARMER, of Bacheldre, JOHN CI. AYTON, of Werndu. Isl December, 1825. TO CREDITORS. " TkTOTICE is herebv given, that WIL- LI AM PRYER, of SHREWSBURY, in the Conntv of Salop, Schoolmaster, has, by Indenture dated " the 30th Day of November, 1825, assigned all his Household Goods, Credits, and Effects, in Trust for the equal Benefit of all his Creditors. Such Creditors of the said William Pryer as are willing to come in under the said Indenture are desired to signify their Intention to Mr. WACE, Attorney, Shrewsbury, and execute the same on or before the 25th of December, 1825, or they will be ( excluded the [ Senefit thereof. All Persons indebted to the Estate of the said William Pryer are request, ed immediately to pay tlicir respective Debts to Mr. Wace. • UR. SU ANT toa Decree of the Hig Court of Chancery, made in a Cause PARKE;! e^ ainit PERKINS,! the Creditors of BENJAMIN PARKER the Elder, late of COAI, PIT BANK, in the Parish of Wnnibndgc, in the County of Salop, Shopkeeper, deceased, ( who died on the 8th September, 1817,) are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before JAMBS WILLIAM FARRER, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London; or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree. WILLIAM NOCK, Solicitor, Wellington. WANTED, as PORTER, in a Wholfsale Ironmongery Warehouse, a stout active Country Lad, about 16 Years of Age.— Apply to THE PRINTERS of this Paper ; if by Letter, Post- paid. ~ TEN GUINEAS REWARD. STOLEII OB STRAYED, From Mr. CLEETON'S, of Wall- under- Hay Wood, near Church Stretton, on thejNight of Saturday, the 3d Instant, ONE 3- years old RED SPLAYED HEIFER, with Curly Hair; and FOUR 2- ytars old BULLOCKS— namely, one with Smoky Face, one Red Ditto, one Light- Ited Ditto with Smoky Face, and one Red Ditto with Pied Back and down in trie Horn : Whoever will give such Information as may lead to the Recovery of the same, shall, if Strayed, be handsomely Rewarded, and have all Expenses paid ; but if Stolen ( as is believed to be the Case), shall, on Conviction of the Offender or Offenders, receive the above REWARD of TEN GUINEAS, ou Application to Mr. CI. EETOU. WALL, DEC. F>, I82A. _____ ^ alejs tiv miction. Sale of Mr. Fryers Effects. Mr. PERRY respectfully informs the Publick,- the above Sale is altered to FRIDAY NEXT, the 9th Instant, and the Whole will be Sold on that Day. - oo—— Genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a Pair of 18- Inch Globes, valuable Prints, Books, and Effects, BY MR7? ERRY, Wholly on Friday, the 9th Instant ( instead of on Thursday and Friday, the 8th and 9th), on the Premises of Mr. P'RYER, ST. JOHN'S HILL, Shrewsbury ; entire HOUSEHOLD GOODS; 3 Carey's 18- lnch Terrestrial and Celestial GLOBES, wilh Stands; several valuable Prints and Books, nmong which are, Print of Dr. Butler, in Gilt Frame ; the Bishop of Calcutta, in ditto ; Queen Anne, & c. 8tc. ; Sliakespear's Plays, and Paley's Works, by Chalmers, Blair's Sermons, Goldsmith's Animated Nature, Nicholson on the Mathematics, and others; partly elegantly bound in Russia, Gilt aud lettered. The Furniture comprises Bedsteads with Hang, ngs ( nearly new), Feather Beds with Mattrasses and Bed- Clothing, Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Basin Stands, and the other customary Items in Bed Chambers; Parlour Suit of neat Mahogany Chairs and Tables, Pier Glass, Book Case, handsome Sofa, 8tc. tic.-- Also some Bed and Table Linen, Plale and Plated Goods, Glass and China; Kitchen Furniture, Brewing Vessels, and ten capital small Casks. The Whole appear iu Catalogues, to be bad of Mr. PERRY. The Snle will commence at Ten for Eleven exact MMMMMM* STo bt Uttt AMALTHOUSE, in complete Order, and ready for immediate Use, situate at MONK MOOR, near this Town.— The Tenant may be accommodated with from 10 fo 30 Acres of Grazing Land. Apply to Mr. STEAD, Castle Fields, Shrewsbury. • u RSU A N T to a. Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in s Cause 1' ASKER tisainit PERKINS, the Creditors of BENJAMIN PARKER the Younger, lale of COAL- PIT BASK. iu the Parish of Wombridge, iu the County of Salop, Grocer, deceased, ( who died in or about the Month of July, 1820,) are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before JAMES WILLIAM FARRER, Esquire, oue of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane, London: or in Default thereof tliev wili be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree. WILLIAM NOCK, Solicitor, Wellington PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made iu a Cause PARKER mgainst PERKINS, the Creditors of JANE PARKER, late of COAL- PIT BANK, in th « j Parish of Worn bridge, in the County of Salop, Widow, deceased ( who died in the Month of July, 1824,) are forth with to come in and prove their Debts before JAMES WILLIAM FARRER, Esquire, one of TI » e Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London ; or in Default thereof they wilt be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree. WILLIAM NOCK, Solicitor, Wellington. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Astronomy Familiarised for Young Persons, JUST PUBLISHED, Fitted up in au elegant Box, Price £ 1. 8s. plain ; or £ 1. J4s. beautifully coloured, A NEW EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED, OT UIMNM'S MIRROR; OR, A VIEW OP THE HEAVEWS: On a Plan perfectly Original. DESIGNED BY A LADY. rpHE WORK consists of Thirty- two JL Large Cards, on which are represented all the Constellations visible in Great Britain. Each Constellation is drawn with the Figure ascribed to it by the Ancients, and the Stars are perforated according to their relative Magnitudes, so as ti exhibit, when held up to the Light, their Natural Appearance iu the Heavens. The Cards are accompanied with a Familiar Treatise on Astro notny, written expressly for this Purpose, by ASPIN, and illustrated with Plates. 14 Among the many ingenious and beautiful Inventions to promote the Study of Science, an tender it as delightful as it is valuahle, we have never seen any Thing to surpass this admirable production." — LITERARY GAZETTE. London: Printed for SAMUEL LEIGH, 18, Strand and Sold by all Booksellers and Stationers. Of whom ma// be had, just published, Price £ 1. 4s. in an elegant Box, THE M YIMOU AM A, or many Thousand Views ( SECOND SERIES)'; consisting entirely of ITALIAN SCENERY. Designed by Mr. CLARK. The Se- cond Series is capable of even greater Variation than the First, as the Number of Cards is increased. The Changes which may be produced amount to the astounding and almost incredible Number of ()- 2D, 448,401,733,239,439,. J60,000.- To Young Per- sons fond of Drawing, this Work will fupuish an astonishing Variety of Picturesque Objects. N. B. The First Series of the Myriorama, de signed hy Mr. CLARK and capable of 20,922; 789. 888,000 Variations, may still be had, Price 15s. iu an elegant Box. A REAL CHRISTMAS BOX. " IIS. JOHNSON, Sole Proprietor o the AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children Cutting iheir Teeth, 28, York- Place City. Road, London.— At this critical Season, when Children are Teething, and suffer more Pain than at any Time of the Year, very few escapin Convulsions, it is earnestly recommended to every Mother and Nurse who have Young Children not to be without the American Soothing Syrup in the Nursery, ns it gives immediate Relief. M Johnson, feeling for the Poor at a Time like thi; when so many are out of Employ, and wishing to relieve those little Sufferers, lias given them a real Christmas Box, by extending her Charity One Hour longer; that Is to say, from 9 to 11 every Tuesday and Saturday Mornings until next March ( aud then as usual from 9 till 10), while the Day are so very short, as Hundreds who live at agreate Distance cannot get their Children to her House ii Time: iliey must bring a Letter from a respectable Housekeeper that they are real Objects of Charity Mrs. Johnson hopes, al the same Time, so great t Charity will not be abused, as it is entirely out oi her own private Purse; and trusts that Persons who can afford to purchase the Syrup will not injure the Poor by obtaining what is intended for their Relief. This inestimable Medicine to he had Wholesale and Retail as above, and of the principal Venders in Town and Country, at 2s, 9d. per Bottle. N B. None are Genuine unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs. Johnson's own Hand- writing act, With immediate Possession, or at Lady- Day, AGENTEEL RESIDENCE, con- stating oftwo Parlours, a small Sitting Room, two Kitchens, a good Brew house, and Cellaring, five Bed Rooms on the first Floor, and three Attics* a large Walled Garden, Orchard, and 4 Acres of good Grazing Land adjoining, with all necessary* Out- offices* in good and complete Repair, in GRINSHILL, within seven Miles of Shrewsbury, one Mile of Hardwick Grange ( the Seat of the Right Honourable Lord Hill), one Mile of Acton Keynaid Hall, and four JMiles of Wem.— A regular Daily Post; to and from Shrewsbury.— The Chester Mail and all the other Daily Coaches from Shrews- bury to Chester run within two Miles. Apply to Mr. WOOD, Solicitor, Grinshill, Freehold Genteel Hou$ es> CRESCENT, SHREWSBURY. BY MR. PERRY, At the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury, 011 Saturday, the 17th of December, 1825, at Five o'Clock iu the After noon, in Lois : LOT I. ^ SPHE Fee- Simple and Inheritance of U. and in all that handsome and substantially Brick- built DWELLING HOUSE ( Stone Base ments), with Garden, Coach. House, and Stable now in the Occupation of Mrs. Scott; the House containing, on the Ground Floor, Entrance Hall with Stone Staircase, am! Back Stairs for Servants, Dining Parlour 24 Feet by 18, and II Feetfi Inches high; Breakfast Room 18 Feet by 16; Study 14 Feet by It Feet. On the First Floor, a Drawing Room 20 Feet by 18 Feet; Bed Chamber 15 Feet 6 Inches by 16 Feet; a Bed Room 16 Feet by 14 Feet 6 In.; and Lobby 23 Feet by 6 Feet. On the Second Floor, Four cheerful Bed Chambers, an Store Room, with large Lobby above. On th Basement Floor, Housekeeper's Room, Butler Pantry, Laundry, spacious Kitchen, Servants Hall, Meat Pantry, Brewhouse, Knife nnd Coal Cellars, with commodious Wineaud Beer Cellaring Attached is a Terrace and Garden, of 50 to 60 Yards Extent, with three- stalled Stable, Saddle Room, and Coach- house. LOT II. The Fee- Simple and Inheritance of all that other handsome DWELLING HOUSE, more extensive Garden, Coach- house, and five- stalled STABLE, adjoining Lot 1, now 111 the Occupation of William Giilins, Esq.; also another Stable of two Stalls, in the Occupation of Mr. Woof. The House iu this Lot contains the same Range of Rooms as Lot I, but are of ! ar( Dimensions. These Premises command a most delightful View of the Severn, with near aud distant Country, which, with a South Aspcct, combine every Ad- vantage of Town and Country Residence, desirable ton genteel Family. To be viewed previously by Leave of the Tenants, who are noticed to quit; Loll at Lady- Day, and Lot 2 at Midsummer next. For further Particulars apply to Mr. WILLIAM JEFFREYS, Solicitor, Shrewsbury; or Mr. PERRY. IdTstillery utensils, Engine, Casks, i^ c. BY MR PERRY, On the Premises, MARDOL and HILL's LANE, Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 19th of December, 1825 ( WITHOUT THE LEAST RESERVE) ; nnilE following most valuahle UTEN- 1 SILS, CASKS, & c.: bp auction. FOxTlHN, Markf- 1- Place, Shrew sou ry. BY MR. SMITH, SOMETIME BETWIXT AND CHRISTMAS NEXT, rinHE whole of the HOUSEHOLD fl GOODS, FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, and nil other Effects, together with the whole of the Slock of WINES, SPIRITS, f* c. the Property of MI- S. TREHEARN, who is declining Business.— Parti- culars and Time of Sale will appear in our next. Capital Oak, Ash, and other Coppice Timber and Underwoods. BY MRTVYLEY, At the Lion lnn^ Broseley, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 14th Day of December, 1825; at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon ; i^ H E following LOTS of very capital TIMBER nnd UNDERWOODS, growing on the LINLEY HALL ESTATE. LOT I. The Underwood growing in the Birch and Apley Field Coppice, containing together 18A. OR. OP. or thereabouts. LOT II The Underwood growing in the Ifnalls Coppice, containing 22A. OR. OP. or thereabouts. LOT III. 40 Oak Trees, commencing No. l and ending No. 40; 92 Ash, commencing No. T artd ending No. 92; and 30 Elm Trees, commencing No. 1 and ending No. 30 j growing in Apley and Birch Field Coppices. LOT IV. 120 Oak Trees, commencing # 0.41 and ending No. 100; 60 Ash, commencing No. y3 and ending No. 152; 6 Elm, commencing No. 31 and ending No. 36; 1 Poplar and <> Withy Trees j growing in Ifnalls Coppice. LOT V. 20 Oak Trees, commencing No. 161 and ending No .180; 23 Ash, commencing No. 153. and ending No. 175; 84 Elms, commencing No. 37 and ending No. 120; 26 Withy, commencing No. 7 ending No. 32; 44 Poplar; 20 Fir and Larch, 7 Sycamore, 7 Beech, and 2 Chesnut Trees ; grow- ing on said Estate. The above Timber is of good Dimensions and excellent Quality. The Underwood is of about 22 Years* Growth, and consists chiefly of Ash, Hazel aiid Oak ; and is situate close to the River Severn, and near the Turnpike Roadt from Bridgnorth to Broseley, about 3 Miles from each Place. William Miles, at l. inley, will shew the same; and further Particulars may be had of Mr. WyLEY Admaston, near Wellington, Salop. CASKS, GALLONS, WHERE SITUATED No. 2 447 Cellar, 4.... 481 Ditto. 1.... 206 Ditto. 2.... 202. ...... Ditto. 165 Ditto. 1.... 190 Ditto. 5. .. 400... ., Back Room, 6... 432 Ditto. 8... 512 ...... Ditto. 0.... 319 Ditto. 10.... 412 . . .. Ditto. it... 412 Ditto. 13.... 143 .... Ditto. 20.... 134 Ditto. 21. .. .130 Ditto. 22.... 133 Dilto. Two Water Reservoirs, with Frames attached thereto, 4000 Gallons each ( in Yard), Inside Edges lined with Sheet L^ ad. One Worm Tub, about 8000Gallons ( in Distillery). Two Copper Spirit Receivers on Worm Tub, with about 20 Feet of Copper Piping and two Brass Cocks thereto, and Copper Tundish. One Cast- iron Pump, with about 30 Yards of Lead Piping aud two Brass Cocks thereto ( in Distillery). A most excellent Copper Pump, with about 35 Yards of large Lead Piping and 10 large Brass Cocks thereto ( in Back Room, Cellar, & Distillery). Copper Still, with Head, Dampers, and Block- tin Worm, 310 Gallons ( Still in Distillery and Worm in large Tub); the Still and Worm weighs about one Ton. Copper Still, with Head, Furnace, Dampers, and small Worm, 78 Gallons ( in Distillery and Worm Tub) ; Weight between 5 and 6 Cwt. About 120 Feet of Oak Stillages, in Lots ( in Cellarand Back Room. Two Troughs and Scraper ( in Distillery). May be viewed previously.—- Sale at Ten, for Eleven EXACT.— No Reserve whatever. Timber and Coppice Wood. BY MR^ PERRY, At the Lion Inn, in the Town of Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 28th Day of January, 1826, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon ( instead of Friday, the 23d of December instant, as before advertised): rsiWO very valuable LOTS of OAK M TIMBER; and also 58 Acres of UNDER- WOOD, consisting of Oak, Ash, Alder, and Withy; now growing in LONGDEN COPPICE, in the Parish of Pontesbnry, in the County of Salop ; of which the Particulars will appear in a future Paper. Apply to Messrs. LLOYD and How, Solicitors, Shrewsbury; or to Mr. ROBERT OAKLSY, Builder, Shrewsbury. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Truly valuable and well- selected Stock of Dairy Cows; Waggon Team; Imple- ments in Husbandry; Wheat, Oats. Barley, and Hay Stacks; Household Furniture; Brewing and Dairy Uten- sils, Hogsheads, Hif If- hogsheads, and smaller Casks; Looms, Long and Trad- die Spinning Wheels, fyc.; BY GEO. WILLIAMS, On Thursday and Friday, the 15th und 10th Days of December, 1825, at MUNI. YN FARM- YARD, in the Parish of Forden, the Property of the Guardians of the Poor of the Montgomery and Pool United District. LIVE STOCK: COMPRISING 19 most excellent Dairy COWS ( to calve), and 5 fresh Barrens, ' l three- years old Bull of the Hereford Breed; 6 Waggon Horses and Mares with their Gearing,, and some odd Lots of Gearing, nnd 1 Weanling Horse Colt of the Draught Kind. GRAIN, & c. Three Stacks of Wheat, three Ditto of Oats, one Ditto of Barley, one Ditto of Hay, and ihe Going- o. ff Tenant's Share in 23 Acres of Growing Wheat ( subject to Conditions to be produced at the Time, of Sale ) IMPLEMENTS. One excellent Road Waggon ( 6- inch Wheels), two Narrow Ditto and one Harvest Ditto, three Broad- wheeledTumbrels, Curts, one Double- furrow Plough with Wheels, one Single- furrow Ditto, one Water- furrow Ditto and Horse. hoe, oue Draining Ditto, five Pair of Harrows and two Land Rollers, Slack Frame of 30 Pillars and Caps of Stone, with Timber Frame thereon, Threshing Machine, Win. n# wing Ditto, two large Stone Water Troughs, one. Plank Ditto Waggon Rope, and other Implements. FURNITURE. Four Pair of Bedsteads with Sacking Bottoms, tOtl Pair of Stump Ditto, four prime well- seasoned Goose Feather Beds and Bolsters, Pier Glass ( 31) Inches by IB), large Mash Tub, six Iron- bound Hogsheads, three Half- hogsheads, and five Harvest Bottles, Upright Churn, large Cheese Tub, and Cheese Vats, seven Milk Leads, capital Double Cheese Press of Stone ( Weight about 15 Cwt.) aud. a Variely of useful Articles; twelve Looms, twelve long Wheels, twelve Traddle Ditto, and other miscellaneous Effects ; which will be Disposed of without the least Reserve. The extraordinary Care and Attention which has been bestowed by the Fanning Committee, for the Attainment of tiie most profitable Breeds of the various Kinds of Dairy Cows, are sufficiently well knflwn, and tiie Resnit has produced •- Collection, rarely to be equalled for Profit. The Sale will commence at the Farm- Yard on Thursday ( at Eleven o'Clock) with the Cows, and close with the implements; and on Friday at this House of Industry ( at Twelve to a Miuute). EXTENSIVE SALE < MW L& MUIMT In the Parish of Malpas, aud County of Chester, THE PROPERTY OF MR. DONE. BY W. CHURTON, Without Reserve, on Monday, the 19th, Tuesday, the 20th, Wednesday, the 21st, and Thursday, the 2> d Davs of December, 1825, each Day at Ten o'Clock": COMPRISING 67 superior Dairy Cows and Heifers, principally of the much- approved Breed Long and Short- horned crossed, which Breed is allowed by Judges to excel in Sym- metry, Milking, and Feeding; 3 excellent long- homed and cross- bred Bulls; 6 capital Waggon Horses, valuable Half- bred Colts; numerous Pigs ; 3 choice broad and narrow- wheeled Waggons with Gearing, 5 Tumbrels, Wood and Stone LandtRol- lers, Water Cart, portable Thrashing Machine, ditto Winnowing Machine ( by Cornforth), improv- ed Ditto ( bv Brewster), 8 double, single, & Scotch Ploughs, - 1 Pair of Harrows, Pair of Twin Ditto, 13 Sets of Horses' Gears and Scotch Ditto, upwards of 80 Sacks, Slack and Waggon Tarpaulins, about 12 Dozen Oak Hurdles, with all the numerous Implements; together with all the Dairy and Brewing Vessels " and Household Furniture requisite for so large an Establishment ; all of which are. particularized in Catalogues, and may be bad from THE AUCTIONEER, Whitchurch. ORDER OP SALE :- COWS and Heifers will be sold the first Div ; Horses, Pigs, and Implements, second Day; Dairy Vessels aad Household Furni- ture, third and fourth Days. i& ieceUaneoue StmiHgtiuc. A Society in New York,' called " The Friends of Ireland," have published an Address to the. Irish nation, pointing out the best method of improving the general condition of that island; Amony the projects most strenuously recom- mended are, the overthrow of the Protestant Church, and the re- establishing of an Irish Par- liament, to be chosen annually by universal suffrage. Towards the prosecution of these ends, the people of Ireland are admonished to keep their attention sedulously fixed on what- ever opportunities may be afforded to them, by foreign friendships and alliances, for shaking off the'yoke of England, at those periods when she shall be embroiled with other Powers. This country is he! 8 up as an object of detestation ; and such a reverence for democratic tastes and principles is inculcated, as, 4f it come to prevail in Ireland, is likely to bring about two results— 1st, a metamorphosis of the existing government into a republic; and, 2d, the restoration of cer- tain Irish rebels who flourished ( and fled for it) in the year 1798, to the high offices which they held in the revolutionary administration of that era. A grand canal upwards of 500 miles in length was projected in 1808 to unite the great Northern and Western Lakes ( those Mediterraneans of the new World) with the waters of th « Atlantic. The idea was treated with contempt as the dreaniof a visionary or amadman. This vast work is now completed. On the 26th of October the first boat from Lake Erie entered the canal Immediately a cannon was fired at Buffalo ou the Lake. Other cannon were placed within hearing of each other to repeat the salute all the way to New York, and so on to Sandy Hook, and then again the fire was returned back to Buffalo, a distance iu the whole of one thousand and eighty- eight miles! It was expected that . the boat would reach New York on the 4th of No- vember, where preparations were made for a grand aquatic festival, in which all the public authorities of that City and State, the soc> eties, military and naval persons, were to take part. T( IE ANCI* XT TRIADS.— At the first sitting of the Royal Society of Literature, for the present season, the Secretary read a letter by Dr. J. Jamieson, one of the Royal Associates, contain- ing a collection of various superstitious relating to the Ternary Number.— So general, among the ancients in the. middle ages, and with Pile vulgar of times immediately connected with our own, was the ascription of a peculiar virtue to the number three, that some reference to it was formerly mixed up with nearly all the actions and circumstances of human life. Or. J. among other instances, notices the influence of this superstition, in the formation of camps and com- pounding of medicaments, in amorous incanta tions and funereal rites; and shews that the number of guests present, and of cups drunk or poured out ill libations at entertainments; the number of sheep in a flock ; of repetitions in - forms of solemn invocations, & c. was religiously restricted to three, or the triplication of three; or that, at any rate, the odd number was observed. To ihe Triad was supposed to belong a mystical perfection, conveyed in auspicious influences to all affairs in which it was employed. Whether this superstition may be accounted for, by its being referred to an original revelation of the doctrine of the Trinity, or whether it might have grown out of some latent affinity between certain numerical quantities and the intellectual attri- butes of man, the subject is certainly a feature in the history of the human miud not unworthy the attention of the philosopher. Fanciful and futile as the preference of three, or seven, or nine, over the intermediate or adjoining uumbers may appear in the present day, learned curiosity can hardly be considered as ill employed in investigating the cause of a principle powerful enough to have united, in the solemn observance of a common superstition, Jews, Greeks, Romans, and Hindoos; witches and generals; the wor- shippers of the three- eyed Jupiter, and the tridented Neptune. DISTRESS AT BRADFORD.— On " Wednesday Se'nnight, a meeting was held at the Court- House, Bradford, to take into consideration ttie distressed state of the unemployed workmen and their families in that town and neighbourhood. The Rev. Henry Heap, the Chairman, stated that he had that morning visited fifteen families, where he had found a degree of suffering even beyond what he had contemplated. Among other cases, lie had found a family of five, which for a fortnight had only had the means of sup- port to the extent of 5s. 6d.— Mr. Maude observ- ed, that no less than 2755 men, women, and children, were at present out of employment.— A short discussion then ensued as to the cause of the distress, which several gent'emen attributed to the Union; and the following resolution was ultimately agreed upon:—" That as many fami- lies are at present labouring under extreme suffering, in consequence of the present depres- sion in trade, aud aggravated by the ruinous effect of the Union amongst the combers and Weavers iti Bradford and vicinity, a Committee fre" now formed for the purpose of inquiring into their actual situation."— A Committee was then appointed. FATAL CATASTROPHE.— An occurrence of a most appalling nature took place about half- past eight o'clock oil Tuesday morning last, in Edgs- street, James's- street, Manchester. Workmen were engaged in converting two houses there, belonging to Mr. James Heath, of Cheetham Hill, into one dwelling, which was designed for a public house. The ouier walls had been taken down, and props placed in various situations to support the interior part of the building. Whilst Mr. Heath was conversing in one of the rooms with the contractor for the work, Mr. Dilworth, stone- mason, the whole fell in with a tremendous • rash, burying these two persons, two workmen, and a boy, Mr. Oil worth's son, in the ruins. Several workmen fortunately bad left the pro- mises immediately before the accident, and thereby escaped the imminent danger to which they would have been exposed. After consider- able exertion from many persons who repaired to the spot, the, two workmen and the leoy were extricated from their perilous situation, each having sustained comparatively slight injury; but Mr. Heath and Mr. Dilworth were discovered ina lifeless state, the latter shockingly crushed and mutilated.—( hi Wednesday an. Inquest was held upon the bodies, before John Milne, Esq Coroner, when the subjoined evidence was adduced:—- John M'Cave, bricklayer, stated that he was employed on the morning of ihe accident on Mr. Heath's premises; that Mr. Heath and Mr. Dilworth were talking about some flags; that Mr. Heath did not toueii any prop , and that one of the joiners ( now in the Infirmary) took from under a small prop a bit of wood, but whe- ther that or any thing else caused the accident he could not say. The bail ling appeared to him to be safely propped. Robert Taylor, auoth of the workmen, deposed that he was iu the cellar, just before tlis accident, carrying out some bricks •. he heard a noise— a loud crack— and ran up to the top of the cellar steps, when a brick struck fiim on tbe back of the neck, and threw him three or four yards. He soon got up, and crawled through a window- hole into the street; and in a moment the whole house came down He coold not say how it happened; but he thought the main prop was set upon an old cellar wall, which suddenly gave way. It was quite an accident.— Upon the foregoing evidence the Jury returned a verdict of" Accidenta'ty hilled.' — Mr. Heath was about sixty years of age, and possessed considerable property. His memory will be long held in grateful rcme iibrance by his relatives and friends, by whom his death deeply lamented. Mr. Dilworth has left a widow, two sons, aud a daughter, to deplore his prema- ture death. The houses of James Rowbothum and Son, and of Jonas Bradduck, of this town, have stopped payment, with debts, it is said, to ths amount of i' 7!>, 000.— MaceUsfieId Courier. FOLE PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT.— Most active measures continue to be pursued in the county of York, for securing the return of some Members at the ensuing parliamentary election upon whom dependence tail be placed for up- holding the National Religion, a'ml opposing the Catholic Claims, whenever these claims may be again discussed.— A meeting of gentlemen " soli- citous that some of the Representatives of the county, in the ensuing Parliament, should be decidedly opposed to any further concession fo the Roman Catholics," was appointed to be held at the George Inn, iu York, on Friday, " to con- cert and adopt such measures as to them appear most likely to secure that object."— This great county will in future send four Members fo Parliament IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES OF RAIL- ROADS TO THE PUBLIC.— A Correspondent says, " Al- ready do the inhabitants of Stockton begin to feel, most sensibly, the advantages of the com- munication made by the opening of the new Darlington Rail- road, for the price of coals, which was before the opening of the Rail- road 18s. a ton at Stockton, is now reduced to 12s. Now what must be the advantage when a suffi- cient time has elapsed to enable the proprietors of coal- mines on the line of the rail- road to open the same? Incalculable." It is added, " the Rail- road Company find carriages and propelling power included, for one halfpenny per ton per mile." On Saturday se'nnight, as an aged couple were trudging from Thame to Oxford, for the purpose of applying to the County Magistrates respecting parochial relief, they picked up in the turnpike- road a brown paper parcel, neither sealed nor tied. On opening it, they were as- tonished at finding its contents to be bank notes ar. d letters. As they could not read, they were unable to ascertain either the amount of the notes or to whom the letters were directed; but on reaching Oxford, the parcel was found to contain £ 105. The old folks, after some enquiries, found au owner, in Mr. Parker, at the waggon office, who gave the venerable pair £ 5 for their honesty. The parcel, we are informed, was lost from a coach, through the careless conduct of the guard. About five o'clock ou Tuesday evening last, Edniond Power, Esq. of Cashel, was sitting at table just as the cloth bad beeu removed after dinner— when four ruffians came in, and pre- sented two guns at him, desiring him instantly to deliver up the arms which he had in the house, or that they would have his life ! Fortunately his servant had the gun out at the time. On his informing them so, they seated themselves, and remained for about two hours waiting the return of the servant. They then retired. The fellows were in no way disguised. IMPORTANT IN VINTION.— We understand that a Mr. Ivay, of Preston, has invented a mode of spinning flax by machinery, which bids fair to work a revolution in the linen manufacture, and to give this country advantages in the manufac- ture, which it has not hitherto possessed. We are not acquainted with the particulars of Mr. Kay's iuvention ; but we are informed, on very good authority, that, from an inferior description of flax, - and with very little heokling, he is enabled to spin 200' s yarn without difficulty. Some idea may be formed of the value of this discovery, when it is known that the price of linen yarn of this degree of fineness, in the neighbourhood of Valenciennes, where it is used for the manufacture of the finest thread lace, is about 1200 francs ( or nearly £ 50 sterling) per pound w ight. We understand that instead of heckling his flax, Mr. Kay steeps it in a liquid that dissolves the glutinous matter by which the fibres are connected, and thus, without injuring the strength of the flax, he gives it a degrea of fineness which is not attainable by any other process. He has, we believe, secured his inven- tion by a patent; and several cotton- spinners at Preston have paid consiiderable sums for the pri- vilege of exercising it.— Mavchtster Guardian. Rioting among the Weavers, in Gloucestershire. On Wednesday morning, the 23d ult. the Weavers assembled iu an open space of ground adjoining the town of Wootton- Underedge, called ibe Green Chipping, ( as they bad on the preceding morning, but , in greater numbers,) with Joseph Wolf, a pensioner, called by Ibe weavers Gen. Wolf, at their head. After forming them into a circle, and making a short speech, be led them to the Swan Inn, where the Union Society of Weavers, ( who have formed a fund lo support such as refuse to work under fixed prices,) hold their meetings. Here they continued most of the day ; and, about seven O'clock in the evening, upwards of 100 of them wept to the house of Benjamin Fox, one of Messrs Neal's weavers, a mile from the town, and prevailed on him to take two cassimere chains of work off his looms, and lodge them in another weaver's house till the following day, in order to their being1 re- turned to the owner, as Fox supposed, without damage. Next morning, Ihe weavers assembled again ... the Chipping, and proceeded in rank lo the bouse where the chains had been lodged on the preceding night, and took them both away, rolled up on the loom- beams ; but instead of returning them back to Fox's masters, tljev inarched along lite back part of the town to Bradley Green, a common about half a mile distant, where, having procured some straw and chips of wood, they made a fire, which entirely consumed the whole of the chains and beams! AfteV this, the rioters went on to North Niblev, two miles further, to one of Mr. Plomer's weavers, who bad work out under price. Seeing them coming, the poor man fastened his door, and refused them nd mittance; and, on his declining to answer any questions respecting bis work, they attacked hi house with stones, and broke every window . iu it to pieces ! Mr. Plomer seeing the outrage, collected a few men, and succeeded in apprehending four of ihe rioters, two of whom have been committed to the County Gaol, and the two others admitted to bail. All was quiet on Friday; but, on Saturday, morning, upwards of 300 collected together, inarch- ed through Wootton- Underedge, two by two, to the house of another of Messrs. Neal's weavers, ( who had a cloth at work under the weavers' price,) broke open the door, struck the mail's wife a violent blow on the arm, and tore that part of tiie work which was woven from the chain, rolled the whole up on one of the loom- beanis, and carried if away towards Messrs. Neal's manufactory, near which they cut the cloth and chain to pieces, and trod it under foot ! Messrs. Neul having heard of the movement towards their manufactory, and suspect ing they intended to visit another of their weavers, armed themselves with musquets, aud, to defend their property, went into their mill, the windows of which look down upon the weaver's house, where there were two cassimere chains. In a very short lime, the mob proceeded down to the weaver's house, dared Messrs. Neal to fire, and threw stones at the house and mill ; upon which several guns were discharged upon the mob, when a woman and twelve men, ( all weavers, and non- residents of the town, except one,) were injured from the shots, though none of them seriously. By ibis time, ( about two o'clock,) the Magis trates had assembled ; but before tliey reached the spot, the firing had ceased, and the weavers were moving off, without having accomplished their intention of taking away tlie work. In a short time afterwards, all who had beeu wounded by the firing', appeared before ibe Justices at. the Sessions Room; and, after a deliberate investigation; Messrs. Neal and their men, who had tired upon the rioters, were admitted to bail. Immediately after the Magistrates had left the Sessions Room, which was not until eight at night, the mob attacked Mr Thomas Neal's dwelling- house, and, in about ; quarter of au hour, entirely demolished every win dow in front, and most of those iu liie workshops behind ! After this, they went dow n to the manu factory, intending to break the windows there, but this was prevented by the pr. itnpt attendance of the Special Constables, who had been sworn to keep the peace. Application having been made to the Secretary of State for military aid, a troop of the 12th Lan- cers, under the command of C. ipt. Rose, arrived at Wootton- Underedge on Tuesday last, and all lias beeu quiet ever since ; but. a great many of the weavers have left their abode, fearing the punish- meut that awaits them. The North Somerset Yeomanry, under Capt. Kington, were also under orders, to be ready at a moment's notice, at Bristol, in case their services bad been required. A fire, strongfy suspected to be wilfully occa- sioned, broke out on the evening of Thursday se'nnight, about eight o'clock, on the premises of Mr. Lloyd, of Hitnbleton, Worcestershire. The flames were first discovered issuing from t barn, which they almost immediately reduced to the foundation; ( hey then extended to the ad- jacent bindings, and were not got under until a piggery, in which were five fat pins, a small cart- lodge, timber- house, with timber to tbe value of £ 40, and a cottage aud out- house on ths adjoining premises of Mr. Tpl ley, were destroyed. We are glad to be enabled to state, that the diabolical author of this mischief is defeated in his' design, by the circumstance of Mr.- l. loyj being insured, as is also Mr.' Foi| ey, and their loss, therefore; by the act, will be reimbursed by the office ; the principal sufferers by the atrocious cleed are the poor cottagers, who saved hut trifling of their furniture. Mr. Lloyd offers a reward of £ 50 for the discovery of the miscreant, and, we sincerely hope, that his spirited exertions to bring him to justice will be crowned with success. RAH, ROAD1 verms POST ROAD.— It is not, perhaps, generally known, that a Coach hasbeea established on the Stockton and Darlington Kail Road, which carries passengers at the low rate of one penny a mile inside.— Time Mercury. The attempt to naturalize Rein Deer in this country appfars to have failed. In the autumn of 1823, a Norwegian, with Sveo'f the deer im- ported by Mr. Bullock, arrived at the seat of a gentleman iu this county; here they remained during the winter, and were fed with the lichen ranrjiferinus ( the moss upon which they feed in Lapland.) They continued healthy until !' ne following April, when Ciey were removed to Ciee- hill, on Ihe highest part of which the lichen. grows in great abundance; soon after this one of them died with nraggot in the head; this is no uncommon disease in Lapland while the horns ere in a tender state. Two others also died, having gradually de'elined. The two survivors appeared to thrive until autumn, when they were suddenly seized with diarrhoea, of which they died.— Worcester Journal. Electioneering squabbles have lately been carried on to' so great a length in a borough in Cornwall, that the house of a venerable freeman ( not in the interest of the Noble Earl who is the patron of the borough), Was actually bored underneath, and the usual apparatus provided for blowing up the same, when application was made toa magistrate as the last resource to save the life of the aged inhabitant. Warrants were issued against the'offenders ( twelve in number), the chief of whom is the Worshipful the Mayor, who, after having beeu kept in custody three days aud twice taken before the civil authority, was ordered to find bail to the amount of £- 200 for his appearance at the Quarter Sessions. Incredible as the effect may appear, one of the sureties for a well- known offender, is a sou of tha prosecutor, and a worthy Alderman.— Plymouth Journal. COURT OF COMMON PLKAS, DEC. 1.— Poplin v. Stockdate.— This was au action brought by the plaintiff, a printer, in Jewin- street, Cripplegate, to recover from the defendant the sum of £ 96, 14s. the amount of a bill delivered to defendant for printing some portions of the Memoirs of Harrietts Wilson. After evidence bad been heard, Mr. Serjeant Wilde observed, that, although he was the Counsel of Mr. Stockdale, he would say, that a more wicked, profligate, and dis- graceful work, never issued from the English press, than that book, for the printing of which the action was now brought. It was an insult to decency, a scandal to morals, a mass of abomina- tion.— Lord Chief Justice Best said, that if the work were of the character described, its primer should have no protection in an English Court of Justice; for no man lending himself to such a publication can maintain an action. The press is the glory of this country, and no free country can exist without it— it is the child of the Govern- m* rit, and returns its affection with fondness to its parent; but when it is degraded aS it has been by the publication of such disgusting infamy, it becomes a curse in place of being a blessing-. In sach a ease as this, I shall certainly order a non- suit.— Mr. Serjeant Vaughan coincided with his Lordship as to the infamous character of the work, but thought it could not come iu aid of " the late repenting sinner," Mr. Stockdale.— Plaintiff nonsuited. DEC EMBER 2 —> Crirn. Con.——' This day, an action was tried, brought by Daniel Thorndike, Esq. a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, against the Hon. Georg © Hervey, son of the Earl of Bristol, and a Captain in the 60th Foot, to obtain compensation in damages ( which were laid at £ 5000),. for criminal conversation with the wife of the plaintiff*, charged to have taken place at Newfoundland. Defendant pleaded the general issue; and after a long trial the jury returned a verdict for £ 4000 damages. TIIE BANK; OF ENGLAND: its issue* and discounts.— The following article, which seems to be founded in authority, appears in the London Courier of Tuesday The Directors of the Bank of England have been accused of fostering by their measures, the mania for Joint Stock Com- panies which has prevailed for the last two or three years. We cannot Conceive ; in imputation more erroneous. They might with equal propriety have been accused of producing t he Burmese war, or of setting fire to the woods, of Miramichi. The super- abundance of capital throughout the Country, which gave rise to these undertakings, was a* inconvenient to the Bank. as to the rest of the Nation ; and though the Directors may not feci annoyed hy these imputations, they must certainly be amused at their absurdity .— Equally groundless are most of the other reflections which rt is at tempted to cast upon them. Every scribbler who favours the public with his lucubrations on the subject conceives himself infinitely more competent to govern the proceedings of . tlip Bank, after a few hours consideration, than the Directors, with tha knowledge and experience of lia! f a life ; and con. sequently, distributes1 his praises and censures with oracular infallibility. The Directors, however, have ventured to disregard these sage advisers, and have pursued that course which appeared to them most prudent in the circumstances iu which they have been placed,— in 1817' and 1818, when a considerable amount of gold was exported, the circulation of tire Bank'was about. Uventv- seven millions ; in the years 1810, 1820, 1821^ 1822, 1823, and pact of 1824, when large quantities of gold were imported, the circulation of the Bank in gold and paper was never less than that, amount, but rather greater'; aud during the exportation which has lately occurred, the circulation of the Rank in gold and paper has suffered no material fluctuation, and cannot now be stated at more than it amounted to during the period when gold was imported in the largest quantities. According to the theories, consequently, by which the Bank ore told they ought to regulate their issues, namely, the state of.| he Exchanges, the same amount of circulation was too great in I8l7 and 1818, too little in/ the five or six subsequent years, and too great again in the last twelve or eighteen months. Now, without meaning to impugn the general prin- ciples of these theories, we are convinced that if any man of sound mii) d and practical good sense we're asked what course he would have adopted under similar circumstances, his answer would he, the steady course pursued by the Directors. They have kept the circulation as equal as possible, being convinced, we have no doubt, by facts, that their issues have neither caused the expoi tatioris nor im- portations of g'old which have occurred of late years — As to the scarcity of money, it would have been infinitely greater had the Bank pursued a different policy. Their disposable capital is several millions greater than it was eighteen months ago, and they are no more accountable for the present scarcity of inouey than they were for its abundance. Neither is ( there, we believe, any truth in the statement of a Morning Paper, that the Bank rejects the paper of the best houses, and accepts that of the worst. The Directors, we believe, having a much greater demand for money upon biils of equal goodness than they can supply, cannot discount all that are offered to them, and endeavour to do equal justice by rejecting a portion of the paper of the first house?, as well as of those houses of less business, but not. of inferior credit.— To imagine, however, that the Bask would reject the best paper, and ta- ke the worst, iu preference, requires a degree of credulity for which we certainly, not prepared," FOR TII 13 SALOPIAN JOURNAL. Saga cf tfje KO. IV. STANZAS 1 AM not yet ( grunt ITeav'n I never may !) A sanguine Lover of a brutal play : No anxious wish nty breast pervades to scan Tlie Scene where man for gold deforms bis fellow man ! What, though Britannia swell with pride to see Her Sons excelled by none in bravery : Perverted strength ! though Valour mark the light, Fell Cruelty still aids the barbarous delight! Oft as I hear fierce Combatants have bled, 3 ask— Does Virtue sleep, or is she dead ! Polish'd by Art, doth England still permit Scenes scarcely for a Race untamed, nntutor'd, fit I What Man but proudly yields heart- felt applause At strength triumphant in a glorious cause! But Oh ! the heart grows sick, and fears the guilt Of men who stand unmov'd while needless blood is spilt! Britons awake ! bid Virtue rear her hand ! Shall CUSTOM plead this tarnish of the Land ! fly Freedom favour'd, paths unstain'd pursue: See! bow ou every side fair Pleasures bloom for you. Oh ! more than P. OMG, by Art and Science fod, Be more ilian ROME, by kindly Virtue led ! Hark! Heaven aud Nature cry to all around — Purge, purge the spotted Land, heal, heal tins reeking wound 1 SHREWSBURY. B- To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. DISSOLUTION OF THE PUGILISTIC CLUB. FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. ENGLAND; Or, Lines written on the nth of Nor. 1825, the Eleventh Anniversary of Ihe Author's Return to his Native Land; after an Absence of Fourteen Years and Five Months. BY JOSHUA MARSDEN. " England, with all thy faults, I love thee still." COWPEH. " I have seen the specious, vain Frenchman ; tiie truck- ing, scrub Dutchman; the tame, low Dane - ttie sturdy, self- righting Swede; tiie barbarous linss; the tmbulenl Pole; the honest, ( lull German; the pay- fighting Swiss; tbe subtle, splendid Italian ; the salacious ' I'm k ; tlie ever lounging, warring Maltese; the piratical Moor; the proud, I'l- uet Spaniard; the bigotted, base Portuguese; tile dollar, loving, boasting Yankee; aud their Countries: ami bail again Old England, my native land ! Headers I if English- men, Scotchmen, Irishmen, rejoice iu the freedom aud felicity of your own country; and maintain them sacrea to posterity."— ANONYMOUS. " My Country ! slialt thou have thy hour, " When rolls the wheel of destiny { " No I holiness shall be thy tower; " The free, tile sla. ve, shall plead for thee, " Thou friend and fortress of them " a 11! " So, England I thou shalt never fall."— P0LLI0. | 3vo © fsmto ct IPatrta. Tins day ! when fourteen years had seen me weep ; This day, thy white clilis, o'er ( lie azure deep, My native land, 1 saw ! and gladly biess'd The hour that ' i'orbay's sandy beach 1 press'd, Aud kiss'd the stones upon thy wave- wash'd banks ; Kneel'd, wept, rejuio'd, and pour'd my heart's warm thanks, That after perils, toils, and wanderings past, I stood ou Earth's most favour'd spot at last : The land of our revered forefathers' graves! An emerald, set amid the silver waves. On our green planet, uot a spot so fair, In Europe's skies, a constellation rare. A silver lamp hung out hy God's right hand, To guide iu truth and blisseaeli neighbouring land. A golden Isie, ils peer in neither zone - y Travel 1 and know il by that test alone. If iu your breast u patriot passion burn, * T will ( lame, llie brighter should you e'er return ! Whoe'er beheld, take it for all in all, So rich a region on this florid hall ! When on you Isles,* for ever green aud fair, Where cellar groves spread aiomaiic air ; On some lone rock, 1 oft my station took, And on the billows cast a wishful look : ( A vast expanse, three thousand miles or more Of deep, green ocean, from my native shore.) While through my soul the thought would often thrill, " England ! with all thy faults, I love thee still!" All! yes, I've lov'd thee since that joyless day That tore me weeping from thy shores away ; When, like a blue mist, as 1 stood on deck, Thy hills receded to a last faint speck ; And when that speck evauish'd from my ken, Oh, what a gloom fell on my spirits then ! Though I no villa iu thy valleys had, Nor on n'd n single acre good or bad Of 111v fair soil— yet still 1 groan'd to part, As though thou werl the life. blood of mv heart. 1 lov'd my country ! she was slill my queen, Though mountains rose, and oceans roll'd between. 1 lov'd my country! uot because the pride Of mighty navies ill her harbours ride: Nor yet because her flaming streamers bnre Round the green earth her name to every shore. 1 lov'd to see Iter Europe's cause, espouse, Aud bind n wreath of glory round her brows. ] lov'd to see her rout the Gallic droves In Lusitanian and Iberian groves, ller arts and science, learning, wealth, and wit, Bright constellations, my affections sinit. And caught my gu/. e, and oft my bosom lir'd ; But she had beauties which I more admir'd ; I'er diadem a brighter star displayed Thau honour, commerce, gallantry, or trade. I saw u hullnw'd lustre more divine, Around her brows in holy radiance shine. 1 saw a star that glitter'd iu her crest, Of burning brightness, fairer than the rest. 1 saw benevolence court public weal, Aud weeping mercy marry active zeal. 1 saw her ministers anil mission bands, And truth and charity uniting hands. 1 snw that glory, in which Gnd delights, Benin o'er her sabbath rest and solemn rites. I saw upon that glory a defence, Incessant prayer, divine ouiuipotense. I saw her stars < 11H'use luillenial light O'er nations, dark as Erebus, or night, Mars more divine, than that which led the band Of Arab sages over burning sand ; Or that, which erst on Israel's banner shone, When tlying northward from the land of Zoun ; The slurs of truth, tbe harbingers of Him Whose brightness makes created lustres dim ! I lov'd to spe my country's ( lag unfurl'd, The gem of glory to a falling world ; 1 lov'd to see her in the darkest night Of Europe's woes shine with a beacon's light, Guiding her storm- bent state- ships o'er the flood, When scutter'd by a hurricane of blood. 1 lov'd to see her, in those dreadful times, When half the world was full of wars and crimes, When ruthless ruin o'er the nations strid,— I lov'd to see her rise a pyramid Amid llie desert's desolating sand, In frowning majesty sublimely grand ! 1 lov'd her when my " tar auspicious set, And saw me ' tangled in a foreign^ net; Where every day's reports my bosom pain'd,— Our war- ships taken, and our laurels stain'd, And o'er that flag, the ensign of the brave, Columbia's stars and stripes triumphant wave. Even then the Amor palriu gloiv'd more strong, Though on the willow's branch my harp I hung ; ! lov'd my country with a purer glow, As children yearn to see a parent's woe. 1 love her slill, und joy to see her set ' I'he brightest gem in heaven's coronet! * The Bermudas or Somers Islands, on which the Author resided four years as a Missionary. + The United States, to which the Author had gone to obtain a passage to England; but the War breaking out upon his arrival, he was detained a prisoner more than two years. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.— Among the handsome winks got up for this 6eason, " FRIENDSHIP OFFERING" deserves the warmest enlogium. The « reat variety of articles furnished by writers of no mean fame, and ihe brilliancy of the embellish- menlR, cannot fail to ensure lo it an extended patronage. PDGII. IBM.— The " Pugilistic Club" is disolved in consequence of some late crossing among the practical pugilists and their backers having dis. suited the Corinthians. Silt,— The public papers having'aunonr. ced the Dissolution of Ihe Pugilistic Club ( which « ton. summation," it is supposed, is owing to some lale foul play in the Ring), I will, with your permis- sion, intrude upon yourcoluninsa rsw observations on " Prize. Fighting." Many Gentlemen, of unimpeachable characters, have sanctioned Prize- Fighting under a persuasion that it tends lo nourish national courage, lo ere. ate u manly spirit against oppression, anil to establish fair play among society. By such, a contrast is usually drawn between the secret revenge of the Italian and the open defiance of the English- man. But, upon a'dose examination of ( lie mat- ter, many important questions will arise. Is not Prize. Fighting calculated lo expand antl bring into vegetal ion the stetls of avarice and cruelty! and though Ibe more wealthy anil polished part of the community may leave stu b an exhibition unin- jured, how many unfortunate persons owe all their miseries to the encouragement of those vices! Italy, it is 11 ue, has her assassins— is England without Ihem! io what country are laws more promptly administered, and where does religion prevail lo a greater extent than in this ; and is nothing, wilh regard to tbe comparatively few assassinations here, lo be placed to those causes! Honour and Bravery are iunalc principles, whose growth may probably, in some instances, be en- couraged by example, aud Laws are the legitimate means of guarding against the conscquences of a want of the former; but, suppose the criminal code expunged, how many should w e see influenced only by lhat principle? If it be desirable for ihe nation to be acquainted generally with ihq. scicuce of Boxing, surely il is expedient for mankind to have but as few opportunities as possible of encou- raging I heir worst propensities. And surely the art of self defence may be taught and acquired without an outrage on moral feeling. Even some of the most ardent admirers of Prize- Fighting, when poiuts of bpnour are to be decided between themselves or wilh others, tacitly condemn " ihe Science:" for, disdaining the use of fists, they resort to pistols. In earlier days il was usual to exhibit with the sword, and savage combats w ith lhat instrument have gratified sanguinary crowds. Though all would execrate an exhibition of this kind in Ihe present day, still have pugilistic com- bats been warmly patronized, notwithstanding they . have inflicted infinite torture, and, not ( infre- quently, death ! Will any one affirm thai if scenes . if this description were exploded, and Ihe liberty of Ihls country hereafter threatened, its possessors would be less courageous in defending it ; or that cowardly revenge would, in such case, extend her limits ? When the means used to obtain a laudable nd are, prima facie, demoralizing, tbe good cal. ulaled to be produced ought lobe indisputably demonstrated before those means are tolerated' • He must be weak, indeed, who hopes to see Britannia clear from every Main; yet, though many liberal hands have effected much, will mule arise to expunge effectually this, one of her greatest moral blots! In the language of the Poet— " Much still untouched remains " Mueli is the Patriot's weeding hand required!" Under these impressions, Sir, I am proud to enlist among those who rejoice at the Dissolution of the Pugilistic Club, and who hope it may never again have existence. Your most obedient servant, SHREWSBURY. B. knew lliat the mounlaineer's hospitality, especially ; on an occasion like ihe present', was free to al who chose to partake of it. Besides, it would ban been somewhat strange if the proprietor of this uprlmti- ons mansion had not been known lo one of us: for Howel Rees was a man of some substance, one it the greatest upland farmers, and a freeholder to boot. This was not the first time we had trespassed upon his hospitality, which was always utinssuminjf and open hearted. Entering the house, we found our- selves in a large flagged hall, which extended the whole length of the mansion, aud which was filled wit. b a must tnerry company. The young men were dancing with a vigour and earnestness, lhat proved, stall events, their partiality for the pastime; " bile the elileis, save and except some two or three frisky old fellows, were coolly looking on, and ever add anon applying their lips toa tankard of strong ciorw, or to a reeking cup of fragrant punch, wilh an emphasis which equally evinced their satisfaction also of Ihe mode in w hich thev were occupied. We were received vvith a shout of cordiality nnd good- will; the master of the mansion coming for- ward, and slinking us kindly by the band, hy way of welcome. He was a tall hearty old man, and a smile of conscious pride and happiness beamed on his ruddy countenance, as lie led us towards the bride, who, blushing with joy and thankfulness, welcomed us to the merry- making. Old How brought us each a cup of cicrtv, and, pledging us in bumper, bade ns join tbe, happy thron THE MGKY MA3KST. ( Samlirian & ftetc! fe0. No. U. THE WELSH WEDDING. On Meirion's hills ( the truth to speak) Good fun is often found; For though the scene be bare and bleak, Yet mirth and joy abound: Who would expect the cuckoo's song- To hear the mountain wilds among? PENILL CtranslatedJ. It was a beautiful clay in the beginning of June, 18—, < hat myfyoung friend, James Paterson, and myself, went on a filling excursion up the river Mow. ddach. in ft'ierioneili'& bire. We left Dolgelley noon after sunrise, and following the wooded banks of ( his beautiful river as it winds through the romantic vale of Vaoner, we came at length to a shady glen, near which the river swells out into a deep, dark, ; » nd quiet pool, a favourite abiding- place for trout ami salmon. Here we arranged our tackle, *> put in," and commenced our sport, VVe had a capital collection of flies. Some were of our own manufacture, and some we had procured of Old Rowland Williams, of Wrexham, the best fly- maker, and then the best fly fisher, in the whole Principality. But our choicest article, our bijou, was a small- hook fly of a peculiarly 41 killing" kind, which my old friend, Robin Edwards ( whilom guide- general to all the natural curiosities in the country, but now, alas! no more!) had bequeathed to me as a token of his great regard for so apt and diligent a pupil, and as a memorial, at the same time, of his own unrivalled skill in the sublime art of fly busking.* * We had provided oursel ves with every requisite appurtenance, not forgetting a capacious basket of victual," which my lad Hucyn, or Little Hugh, carried for us, ever and anon groaning under ihe weight of the good things which it contained. The day was warm and genial, and the breeze, Inch occasionally ruffled the surface of the river, endered our flies dreadfully destructive, so that, long before evening, we had filled our baskets with some of the best and finest fish which the Mowddach lontained. Rut the most blissful enjoyment must ave a termination of some sort; and delighted, but no means satiated, with our pastime, we put up ur tackle, packed every tiling but our rods snug in basket which had carried our provision, and .! » trusting the precious charge to Hucyn, sent him on to town, while we followed more at our leisure, it being our intention to go hy a shorter way over the hills, that we might call upon a friend en passant \ this friend being noted, not only for having a very retty daughter, but also for keeping the best ale it lit a tweniy miles of Dolgelley. These were temptation* not easily to he resisted by a brace of Welsh bachelors; and so away we went. It has been said by the best and wisest of philoso- phers, that men who trust too implicitly to the guidance of their inclinations are very likely to be led astray. This was precisely our case on this memorable occasion. We had struck into a deep wood, and had followed a path, which led, as we opposed, to a mountain- track, with every part of which we were both familiar, and which v. e knew would conduct us safely to the bourne we so much longed for. But whether it was chance, or whether it was the design of some mischievous fairy, or, what is most probable, whether it was the buzzing effects of the bottled ale which we had drunk, heaven knows; but when we got out ofthe wood, we found ourselves on the brow of a hill, the first of a chain leading altogether in an opposite direction to the hills which we were seeking. We stared at. each other very wisely, and, after a short deliberation, determined to go boldly on to the valley below, and to follow its course till we reached its farthest extremity. We had gained the extremity of the vale, and were considering which way to go, when a house, much larger than the generality of. Welsh farm- houses, attracted our attention, in a shady and well- sheltered glen, just below the hill, on the brow uf which we were standing. A flood of light streamed from all the lower windows, and sounds of glee and merriment reached even to the spot where we were standing; Shouting there was, and abundance of laughing, with ever and anon tbe melodious tone of a harp, twanged by no weak and nerveless finger, and rising through the din of the merrymaking, like the hooting of the owl on a stormy night. This decided our course at once; and in a few minutes we were at the door, which we entered without hesitation, for we perceived that this mighty uproar was ' the celebration of a wedding; and we well amuse ourselves as well as we best were able. W obeyed his injunction, and selecting the prettiest mountain- lasses we could find disengaged, were soon dancing amidst the merriest of the throng. Those who have the misfortune to live in thi legenerate age, when eyery thing is dependent upon rtiScial and sophisticated state of society, can form hut. a very imperfect idea of the hearty and happy pastimes which warmed the hearts of the Welsh peasantry in former days; but the rude mountains, which defended the Cambro- British of old from the assaults of the Saxons and Normans, have proved ineffectual barriers to the innovafin. influence of modern refinement; and the hills which were wont in the olden time to re- echo to the lusty shouts of mirth and revelry, are now compara lively still and silent. Many old traditionary cus- toms : lre, doubtless, still retained in Wales ; but Ihey are shorn of nearly all their pristine freshness ; and I have always considered, with the worthy and amiable Geoffrey. Crayon, that one of the least pleasing effects of modern refinement is, the havoc which it has made among the hearty old holiday customs. It has, he observed, completely taken off all the sharp tonchings and spirited reliefs of those embellish- ments of life, and has worn down society into a more smooth and polished, but certainly a far lest charac teristic surface. Many ofthe games antl ceremonials of Christmas have entirely disappeared. * The world lias now become more worldly; thei is more of description and less of enjoyment going on. Pleasure has expanded into a broader but a shallower stream, and has forsaken many of those deep and quiet channels, where it once flowed so sweetly through the calm bosom of domestic life. Society has acquired a more elegant an& enlightened tone, but it has lost too many of its strong local peculiarities, its home- bred feelings, and its honest ( ire- side delights. * * * Thus, many of the merry Welsh pastimes, in which f can well remember to have mingled in my youth, are now no more indulged in; and even a Welsh wedding is now celebrated without the enlivening; influence of the Bidder^ or the hazardous obstruction of the Gwyntyn* Still, however, there is no lack of hearty joviality. On the present occasion, there was abundance of good cheer. Every one was happy, and none more so than than the newly married couple. Indeed, t event was of no trifling interest and importance in the district where it occurred ; for Gweno Rees had been, long an object of attraction to all. the young fellows on the hill . side, as much perhaps on account of her own personal comeliness, as the prospect of a rich inheritance, which every body said she would one day enjoy ; for her father's farm was large and profitable, and she was an only child. After having been talked of and toasted by all the young fellows in the neighbourhood, she smiled upon one David Richards, a young farmer much respected, and possessing every reasonable requisite, as to a com- fortable homestead, personal appearance, and so forth. Under these circumstances, it was not very urprising that our party should' be somewhat numerous. Old Bowel Rees was so well known, nd was, above all things, so notoriously hospitable, that his house was really well crammed with visitors; all of whom, my friend and myself included, enjoyed ourselves in the heartiest manner imaginable. For our own parts, indeed, we did not once regret that we had missed our way; and as we had the good fortune to ingratiate ourselves with more than a few of the pretty mountain- nymphs among whom we found oursel ves, our time passed on gaily enough ; and I was really vexed, when, after dancing stoutly, and stout dancing it was in good truth, for two hours, we received a summons to the substantial and abundant supper which had been prepared for ns. By some chance or other, 1 found myself placed at supper near the head of the table, at which, accord- ing to the simple custom of those secluded hills, the bride herself presided. My companion, James, I found, was flirting, with much assiduity, with two rosy cheeked lasses, whose " mother- wit," to use vulgar, but very expressive word, kept him inactive employment. I was not sufficiently fortunate to obtain such happiness, and all I could do was, to pay that becoming attention to tbe bride Which her pre- eminence at the festival demanded. I had now a better opportunity of observing her charms, than amidst the bustle and hilarity of the dancing; and I speedily discovered, that she certainly merited all the fame she had acquired among her admirers, A profusion of light brown hair shaded her forehead, and fell down her back in graceful and uncontined ringlets ; while a pair of laughing blue eyes ani- mated a countenance, the chief expressiou of which was great good humour, with a bewitching archness quite, indescribable. Her manners, aud indeed her whole appearance, were far above her situation ; but I afterwards ascertained that she had been edu- cated at Chester, under the care and guidance of an affectionate aunt. She performed the honours of the table with a pleasing attention, of which every one was sensible;, and the modest and good- natured blush which occasionally overspread her features a the rustic jokes of her companions only rendered hei iu my <\ ves more fascinating. At length the moment arrived forthe retirement of the bride; in due time the happy bridegroom followed, and we were left under the direction of our ancient host, to keep up our revelry as long and as lustily as we pleased. We had already consumed a tolerable quantity of ale and whisky ; but, as is usual in such cases, thi only induced a desire for more ; and I could see that the mountaineers were determined to conclude thei festivity by copious libations at the shrine of Bae. chus. The old Harper, who had supplied us with music for the dancing-, was once more called into, service, and we commenced singing Penillion,-{* ' which promised to hold us fast engaged till sunrise, for we had every necessary encouragement to pro- ceed with our revelry. There was abundance of cwrw, whisky, and brandy, a most merry company, and capital subject for song ; and to it we went with increased vigour. Most of our Penillion related, of course, t-., the wedding. There was one young fellow who, I soon found out, had been a desperate admirer of Gweno Rees ; and who, in a tone half joke and half earnest, jfoured forth his lamentations in song. At one moment did he deplore his fate, and with a voice quivering with emotion, warble to some doleful air such strains as the following : Heavy is lead, and so is stone, So is his heart who lives alone; But heavier far it is, they tell, To say to her one loves, farewell! To bed to- night I'll not repair, For she t love reclines not there; But lay me on the ston^ apart— If break thou wilt, then break, my heart! Then changing his tone, and adapting his words to a merrier strain, would he sport with his feeliugs in verses like the following : — . We are enabled t to state some particulars re- specting the panic which existed on Monday in London, and the cause of ii. The stoppage of the Plymouth Bank of Sir VV. Eiford and Co and the precautions taken by other country bankers to supply themselves with the means of' meeting the runs upon them, added to the alarm, for which there were quite enough of predisposing causes. As to the establishment in question ( the Plymouth Bank), which has long maintained a character of high respectability, we are glad to hear it confi- dently said on Tuesday morning, that tbe stoppage of payment can be but temporary, aud that, with- out touching the landed properly of the members, the creditors are likely to he paid in full. Their, available property being locked up in mortgages caused the stoppage when the run upon them commenced. Some of Our contemporaries have repeated the timely warning which we gave to people who have nothing to do with the present alarm. There is 110 panic so great lhat some persons are not disposed to increase it, for ihe sake of preying upou those who, under its influence, are ready to submit to any losses. There are others, also, who,, without any view to pecuniary advantage, see, in every calamity that affects large bodies of people, either a good in itself, or the means of realizing some theories of improvement. From them the people can expect no advice but that which exasperates the crisis of every malady. It is therefore neces- sary to repeat, that, in an alarm like the present, there is nothing which can lessen the stability of any government ; and that those who, under the influence of panic, the effect of which they increase by their own arts, part with their property without Ihe prospeet of other profitable investment, must re- purchase it al a loss.— Even in the runs upon country banks, common prudence may in many cases induce creditors to consider that they some- times create the evil under which they afterwards suffer. Forced sales and law expenses have fre- quently reduced to nothing properly which would gradually have met all demands upon it. Above all, we hope that a reckless desire to produce confusion and embarrassment will not lead those who, under such circumstances, can support the fortunes of their neighbours, and the tranquillity of tbo country, to increase the mischief they may stem.— Globe. REMINISCENCES. and glorious Uncertainty of the Law. Fcarne, in his Posthumous Works, p. 37, records the following singular case!— General Stanwix and his daughter perished al sea in the same slorm. Had the daughter survived the father, a different representative would have been entitled to claim under her than what would have done if the father had survived tbe daughter. It was argued by those who would be benefited by the father's sur- vivorship, lhat the General was most likely on deck holding to the rigging while Ihe daughter in the cabin met an earlier death. Their difference of ages, constitution, & c. was advanced on the other side ; aud it was contended tlrcreupon that the daughter, in all probability, was longer iu dying than the father. A claim was also brought forward by the representative of a second wife of the General, who perished at the same time, upon a similar hypothesis. Lord Mansfield, before whom Ihe questions were argued, declared himself at a loss io what manner to decide, observing, there was no legal principle on which he coulil adjudicate. A Jury in Wales, however, went much further lhan Ibis, and found by their verdict, that, of a father and son, who were hanged together in one carl, Ihe latter, by appearing lo struggle long, est, became seized of an estate in fee by survivor- ship; a consequence of which was, that the son's seisin gave his w idow a verdict for her dower.— This case is fully reported in Broughlon v. Ran- dall, Cro. El. 503. W. W. iWgtellaneoiia Intelligence. Thou dearest little Gwen, kindest maiden of all, With cheeks fair and ruddy, and teeth white and small, With thy blue sparkling eyes, and thy eye- brows so light, Ah! how would I kiss thee, if kiss thee I might! From this world all in time must move, ' Tis known e'en to the simplest swain; And ' twere as well to die of love, As any other trifling pain. J Thus did we spend the evening; and it was long after midnight when we parted from the company, whom we left singing at full stretch, and carousing with undiminished enthusiasm.— Repository of Arts, Literature, Sgc. J'or December. * The fly in question is a dun fly, with red legs and a black head. It goes by the name of Robin's fly; but I fear it is now quite extinct, for the secret of its composi- tion died with its revered inventor. [ We have an idea that our neighbour, Mr. Shaw, can furnish a very sufficient representative of " Robin's fly.- - EDIT. SALOPIAN JOURNAL.] " The Bidder was a person well gifted with eloquence and: address, sufficiently skilled in pedigrees and anecdotes of families; active, sprightly, and handsome, and of a respectable character withal, whose office'it was to bid or invite the guests to the marriage entertainment. The Gwyntain ( Anglice Quintain) is alluded to by Strufct in his " Q, ueen Hoo Hall." It was a barrier placed in the path of the bride's friends, which each of them had to pass. + The- custom of singing Penillion, which are a species of epigrammatic stanzas, is altogether peculiar to Wales; and one which. I regret to say, is falling fast into desuetude. . t These Penillioa wafe, of course, sung in the original Welsh. SCHEMES. There are circumstances of - such striking singu larity, both . as to causes and effectg— to diagnostics and consequences-- between the bubble mania of 1825 and that of 1721, lhat we think we shall not perform an ungrateful task topur readers in laying some of them before them. The comparison will hi; found to be full of wholesome admonition. It strikes us, that it affords as forcible an argument against the bubbles of 1825, and the events, whether domestic or foreign, commercial or political, which hade fair, at one period, to be influenced by their modern growth, as historical analogy has furnished or can furnish on any given political question. It demonstrates, that when each man finds countenance for his culpable inclinations iu the majority of his neighbours, public opinion becomes inoperative; shame of exposure is out of the question : and there is nothing to prevent the plague of profligate cupidity spreading upwards from the extremities, till it infect the noblest mem- bers ofthe social frame— the wisest and the greatest. ft appears that Lord Chancellor Cooper was as. strenuous an opponent of ibe Joint Stock Company mania of .1721, as the present Chancellor has been of that of 1825. He made a determined stand against he fatal South Sea Company Bill, which was the fertile source of all the mischief of lhat period ; and he concluded an energetic speech on the occasion, y predicting, that none but a few persons, w ho were in the secret, who bought stock at a low price, and afterwards sold it at a high rate, would eventu- ally be gainers by the project." The Bill, how- ever, passed; the Company was legalized^ and became " the fruitful mother of a hundred more." The ultimate result was, thai the £ 100 shares of South Sea Stock, which in the middle of 1721 rose to £ 1000, sunk suddenly in September to £ 50, and continually and rapidly declined. The ebb of the portentous tide was so violent, that it bore down every, thing itr its way. An infinite number of families were overwhelmed iu ruin ; and nothing was to be heard, on every side, but the ravings of grief, disappointment, and despair. Pope, whose friends, Gay, the poe- t, and Hooke, the historian,, were ruined by the deluge, and who speaks of himself askC having the good fortune to remain with half of what he imagined he had," was so impressed with awe at ihe surrounding calamity, as to compare it, in one of his letters to Bishop Atterbury ( the 5th), to the Day of Judgment.—" Methinks," he says, 44 God " has punished the avaricious, as hdfoften punishes sinners, in their own way, in the very sin itself; the thirst of gain was their crime; ( hat thirst continued, became their punishment and ruin." In a political point of view, the visitation was still more singular and portentous. The House of Com- mons appointed a Select Committee of inquiry, which informed the House, " That they had disco- red a train of the deepest villainy and fraud, which Hell ever contrived to ruin a nation." Orders were given to seize the persons of the Directors; four Members of the House of Commons, charged witl^ connivance, were expelled the House and appre- hended. Earl Stanhope, who had patronized the original scheme, defended himself so vehemently, that he died of apoplexy the following day ! Mr. Craggs, the other - State Secretary, survived him but a dew days; Mr. Aislabie, the" Chancellor of ihe Exchequer, was expelled the House ; Mr. Craggs, sen. was committed to the Tower, and, { lied of a lethargy before he underwent the censure of. Parlia- ment. Tlie immediate cause of this humiliating catas- trophe to the above eminent individuals, cannot be too emphatically urged at a time when the practice of canvassing for the support of Private Bills has been publicly stated to be notorious. The Com mittee of Secrecy found, that " Before any subscrip- tion could be made, a fictitious Slock of £ 574,000 had been disposed of. by the directors to facilitate the passing of the bill." Great part of this was distri- buted among the Earl of Sunderland, Mr. Craggs, sen. Mr. Secretary Craggs, the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, and the expelled Members of the House of Commons. In the House of Lords, it was resolved, " That the practice of making Members of Parlia- ment shareholders in South Sea Stock, for the pur. pose of passing the South Sea Act, was u notorious and most dangerous species of corruption." The moral of this " strange eventful history" can- not he couched in better terms than in the words of the historian ( Smollett) to whom reference has been principally made.— It is worthy of the deepest attention ou the part of the natural guardians of public rectitude, nt a time when the slow and steady character of British industry has appeared more lhan mice on the point of being- sacrificed lo tbe flighty chimeras of avaricious romance, and the emasculating dreams of obtaining wealth without labour. A sound, healthy, nnd energetic state of Ibe public mind ( in other words, public morality), is the only soil in which commercial wealth can'durably flourish. " During Ihe infatuation produced by these in- famous schemes, luxury and profligacy increased to a shocking degree of extravagance. The adven- turers, intoxicated by their imaginary wealth, pam- pered themselves vvith the rnrest dainties, aud the moil expensive wines that could he imported. They purchased ihe most sumptuous furniture, equipage, and apparel, though without taste and discernment; they indulged Iheir criminal passions to the most scandalous excess ; their discourse was the language of pride, insolence, and the most ridiculous ostenta- tion ; they affected to scoff at religion and morality; and even to set Heaven al defiance !" To such a pitch did this profligate insanity, nursed in the rank aud teeming hot- bed of chimerical spe- culation, arise, that the Earl of Nottingham com plained in the House of Lords of the universal growth of atheism, profancness, and immorality; and a Bill was consequently brought, in for suppress- ing blasphemy and profaneuess. Pope, in Ihe letter before advened lo, bears testimony to the same profligate and atheistical spirit: the charge of iuor- dinnte glutton? and profusion, lie corroborates in one of his Moral Essays:— " What made Directors cheat in South Sea year? To live on venison which it sold so dear." " In tlie extravagance of the South Sen Year,' says Warburton, " the price of a haunch nf venison was from three to five pounds." Oil Thursday week, the Marquis of Hertford exhibited articles of tbe Peace in the Court of King's Bench, against the Hon. Augustus Stan- hope, in which it was alleged that ihe Noble Marquis's life and personal safety was in danger, in consequence of certain threats held out by Mr. Stanhope against him, arising out of gambling transactions with the Marquis's eldest son, for which Mr. Stanhope was dismissed the army.— [ The Marquis's eldest son ( Earl Beauchamp), a minor, had been inveigled to Mr. Stanhope's lodg. ings, made tipsy, aud induced to play at games of which he was. totally ignorant until he lost nearly £ 20,000. The Marquis very properly refused lo find funds to liquidate such a villainous demand ] DARING HORSESTEALERS.— Jackson and Carpmeal, two noted horse stealers, between Slrat- ford- upon- Avon, Worcester, Hereford, Gloucester, & c were apprehended on their journey lo London, near Wycombe, on Monday, with three stolen horses. They are two of the gang of exporters of stolen horses from the coast of Kent, against whom information had been received. Three other horses belonging to Mr. Cheasdale, of Moreton, Glouces tersbire, were recovered by the apprehension of this Association of Felons. On Monday week, a Chelsea pensioner, named J. Bradshaw, residing at Addingtou, near Chorley, and generally employed in the coal- pits, having disordered his mind hy excessive drinking, plunged headforemost into a pit 30U feet deep, and was taken out a dreadful corpse.— Berwick Advertiser A parish doctor having reprimanded the sexton for drunkenness, dwelt so long aud warmly upon the subject, that the latler at length indignantly replied, " I was in hope, Sir, that you would have treated my failings wilh gentleness, considering kmc many blunders of your's I have covered.*' Old VVewilzer was joking and laughing at rehearsal, instead of minding the business of the scene. Raymond, who was then stage manager, took him lo task for Ibis, and said, " Come, Mr. Wewitzer, I wish you would pay a little attention " —" Well, Sir," answered VVewitzer, " so I am— I'm paying as little as I can." MOSQUETOF.( — In Keating's Travels in A me rica, lately published, he gives the following account of Ihe extraordinary annoyance of Mos. qnetoes, in a particular district:—" We never were tormented at any period of our journey more than when travelling in Ihe vicinity of the St Peter. The Mosquetoea generally rose, all of i sudden, about the selling of Ihe sun. Their ap- pearance was so instantaneous, thai we had no time lo prepare ourselves against ihem ; whenever w- e had Ihe good fortune fo encamp previous to their sallying from their hiding places, our great object was to complete our evening meal before they commenced Iheir attack, for this we found ourselves unable to resist; and we have not ( infre- quently been so much annoyed by these insects, as to be obliged to relinquish an unfinished supper, or to throw away a cup of lea, which we could not enjoy, white stung on all sides by the countless numbers of mosquetoes. When a high wind reduced their numbers, we found some relief from remaining in a dense cloud of smoke ; but even this proved of no avail, when, from Ihe calmness or heat of the atmosphere, their numbers were undiminished. In such eases, our only alternative was to endure their stings, or lo smother under the weight of a blanket in which we wrapped our selves up, covering our faces, bauds, ( See. To protect our feet and legs we were obliged lo lie with our boots on. The annoyaitce continued until some time after sunrise, when Ihe increasing heat of the day drove Ihem back into Iheir rccesses. The sleepless nights which we frequently passed, when exposed lo this torment, rendered this part of our journey the most fatiguing. Our horses fared even worse, for they were exposed, like us, during the night to the sting of Ihe mosquitoes, and during the day the big horse fly proved equally noxious." On the 1st ult, Mr. John Gilbert, of Lynn, aged 78, was walking out smoking his pipe, when he fell down, and Ihe pipe passing through his tongue entered the roof of his mouth, when il broke anil left the piece therein, which occasioned his death iu two days. In Ihe year 1731, Philip Duke of Wharton ( or Lord Wharton, as he is styled by his trustees) left in trust a certain sum of money to be expended in Ihe purchase of Bibles, and an annual donation of ten shillings to the clergymen for Ihe lime being of several different parishes— Ihe Bibles to be dis- tributed to poor children of both sexes who could recite without book seven psalms ( as specified in Ihe will), and a morning and evening prayer; and Ihc ten shillings to be given lo the clergyman of each parish for preaching a sermon on the " truth, usefulness, sufficiency, and excellency of the Holy Scriptures, and the people's right to have them fully in iheir own language." KNOWLEDGE.— The ordinary objection had been made in Dr. Johnson's presence to ' the general diffusion of Knowledge,'— that ' it will make the vulgar rise above their sphere." But the Colossus of English Literature firmly answered ' Sir, while knowledge is a distinction, those who are possessed of it will naturally rise above those who are not. Merely to read and write was a dis- tinction at first ; but we see now reading and writing have become general, the common people keep their stations. And so, were the highest attainments to become general, the effect would be ( lie same.' SHUTTING DOORS BY WEIGHTS.— I have often been surprised ( says a correspondent of the Mechanics' Register) at the silly way in which doors are shut by a weight and pulley— you hear a great noise every lime the door is opened. Instead of fixing the cord to Ihe outer edge of the door, it ought always to be placed a foot or so from Ihe hinges; it will then open with no noise and little friction. WERNERIAN SOCIETY.— This scientific body held their first meeting for the season on the 19th ultimo. A very interesting paper was read by Henry William, Esq. 011 tbe discovery of live cockles in peat moss. This shell fish was dia. covered by Mr. VVithsm about a month ago, in Yorkshire, forty miles from tbe sea- coast, iu the course of a mineralogical excursion. He was led to the spot by a tradition which prevailed in the country of this anomalous occurrence, and found ihe cockles alive io the sandy bottom of a drain which had been formed through the moss. 7' hat cockles had existed in lhat spot for a period of unknown antiquity, is ascertained from Ihe nama of the farm io which this peat moss occurs, and which it has borne for many centuries, viz. Cockles. H ilton, tbe celebrated runner, was killed in pugilistic combat with a Bath tinman of the name of Hetideisou, on Monday, after fighting two hours, at Newnliam. JOURNEY TO KHORASAN, & C.— In Mr Fra. set's account of this journey, he says, in the southern district " there is a mountain called Altonn Taugli, abound in gin gold ; which metal, being washed down along with the sands by tbe streams that issue from it during the rainy season, is collected by ( lie classi- cal method of placing sheepskins lo entangle it along with Ihe sand : il is then mixed with quicksilver, to extricate tbe metal by amalgamation ; and il appears that they have learnt the art uf driving off the mer- v bv heat, leaving the gold behind iu a .. pine slate. Silver is a| fo . found.— The kingdom of Ko. kann, or FflMjIiauiia, lies to the east of Bickhars, from which it is separated by a mountain chain. In a district called Buduckshan are situated some of Ihe richest mines of lapis lazuli, and of rubies, that are known ; the former is found forming veins some- times of considerable thickness in a grey. matrix; and slices of this stone nre occasionally procured, weighing several Tabreez mauns, and capable of heing wrought into large slabs: the produce is brought 10 Bonkhara for sale, whence it is carried partly to Persia, but in far greater quantities to Russia. The price at Bocklmra is somewhat less than six tomauiis for above five mnuns' weight; which, when carried to Russia, will sell there for three limes its cost. The rubies are found in a while earth, and bedded in large masses of crystal, which, when broken, often produce fine stones. Some large nnd coarse crystals were shown to me iu long pointed hexagons, or octagons, the crystalliza- tion of which ran in needle- like filaments. Emeralds are also found here, as I was informed ; but whether they are only green- coloured crystals, or genuine stones, I cannot say, for no specimens were brought to me. The Mahometan stales of Kashgar nnd Yai kun lie about six hundred miles nearly east of Kokaun ; several towns of more or less consequence intervene upon Ihe way, and of these the city of IJsh seems to be the most important. The appearance of the country ia general is more pleasing than that 10 tbe west- ward, being belter watered, more finely diversified, more verdant, and heller wooded than it, and differ ing equally from the gravelly nnd rocky soil of Persia, Khorazan, Balkli, and these more elevated tracts, as from the salt or sandy deserts of Khuilrezm and Buckhara.— The country that surrounds these cities is described as rich and fruitful, well watered, aud very 0 ighlful; towns and villages abound, aud cultivation is carried on upon a very extensive scale The fi uils of Yarkund are represented as being particularly well flavoured aud delicious.— In the bed of the river which flows past Yarkund are found pieces of the yesliam ( jasper or agate) stone, which is so highly valued that all private persons are prohibited from gathering it; but after the floods of summer have subsided, the Chinese governor ap- points people lo search for it, and all that is fouud is appropriated by him." bury. Specimens were laid on the table of Mr. VV.; and live specimens would have been exhibited^ but for the circumstance of the ditch having been frozen over when a friend visited the place, for the purpose of procuring them. The cockles are found in considerable number, and appear to be the com- mon specien of our sandy shores, cardium edule.— Edinburgh Observer.. VALUE OF MONEY IN ANCIENT TIMES.— About the year 900, King Alfred left to each of, his daughters £ 100 in money. In. 1221, Joanv eldest daughter lo King John, upon her marriage with Alexander King of Scotland, had a dowry of £ 1000. In 1278, Edward I. gave wilh his daughter Joan, contracted to the son of the King of th © Romans, 10,000 marks sterling, and this to he re- turned in eas e the Prince died before her. In 1314^ Elizabeth, wife of Robert Biuce, King of Scotland, being imprisoned in England, was allowed, for her- self and family, 20s. a week. In 1330, Joan of Oxford, nurse to the Black Prince, bad a pensioss of £ 10 per annum; and Maud Plumpton, a rocker, had ten marks. In 1351, workmen were lo take their wages in wheal, at 10d. the bushel. In 1402, the salary of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench was £ 40 a year. In 140S, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas had 55 marks per annum. In 1545, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench had an addition of £ 30 made to his salary, and the Justices of £ 20, The Pope has revived, in all their former strict- ness, ihe laws agaiust the Jews, They are obliged to dwell iu a certain quarter of Rome only, and tov wear a distinguishing badge— the men a yellow covering on their hats, aud the womeu a yellow ribbon on the breast. A new Catholic Calhedral, in Marlborough- street, Dublin, was couseerated on Tuesday, wilh very grand religious ceremonies— and after the celebration of High Mass, forty days* indulgence were given to the congregation to pray for the Pope, the Archbishop ( Dr. Murray), and the Catholic Church. PARISIAN GAMING.— The fatal consequence* of gaming, the inevitable ruin which it entails oa those who yield themselves up to its delusions, have long been felt and acknowledged by all who have escaped its wretched fascination. The following striking details furnished by an ex- farmer of the Parisian gaming houses, will throw a new light upon this miserable pursuit, and may perhaps produce a conviction of ils folly and madness oiv some who are alike inaccessible to the dictates of science or experience. Into what; a vortex they plunge who stake their property in those establish- ments, rightly termed u Hells," will appear from the irnmense gains which enable the proprietors ov farmers lo meet the following expenditure:-— The farmers, who are exclusively privi- leged, of the public gaming houses, pay the city of Paris the annual sum of Thepofs de vin and presents that they take upon ihemselves, or that are put upon them, amount annually to The fanners are allowed out of the profits, for expenses of administration and ser- vice The profits of the farmers per mouth, are estimated at 200,000, which give for the year The city of Paris, besides 5,500,000 men- tioned above, Stakes three- fourths of the profits, which yield annually Franc. t. 5,500,000 1,500,000 1,800,000 2,400,000 7,200,000 Total 18,400,000 From this sketch it is evident, that ihe gaming-" houses of Paris cost annually, to those who pay them, that is, gamesters, the enormous sum of 18,400,000 fr. which is a larger amount than is eceived by all the collectors of direct taxes iu the capital. BANKRUPTS, NOVBMRER 29.— Thomas Kay, of Huime, Lancashire, shopkeeper.—- Henry Davies, and Richard Da vies, i of Hampton Bishop, Hereford- shire, corn- dealers.— Thomas Brewster, of Wades- Mill, Hertfordshire, miller.— Nathaniel Higgs, of Duke's- row, Pimlico, brewer.— Johu Schmidt, of Ball- court, Cornhill, bill- broker.—- Luke Crown,- of iVI on k w ear mo ill h- shire, Durham, ship- builder.— Joseph Middlelon Oliver, of Bishopsgale street Within, shoemaker.— Thomas Towerson, of Tod- holes, Cumberland, miller.— Septimus Stephens, of Si, Michael's- alley, Cornhill, coffeehouse. keeper. — Henry Lewis, of Newport, Monmouthshire, tallow- chandler.— Thomas Varley, of Staningley, York- shire, cloth- manufacturer.— George Richards, of St. Martin's. lane, dealer in watches nnd clocks, William Horsfall, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, spirit- merchant.— Jnliii Gardner, jun. of Swallwell, Dur- ham, victualler. — Robert Fisher, of Low Hesket. Cumberland, draper.— John Parker and Joseph Parker, of Manchester, cotton- manufacturers Moses Barber, of Morton. Banks, York, maltster. — William Ford, of Exeter, nurseryman.— John- Lake, of Broad street, Golden- square, tailor. Francis Phillips and William Cutforth, of G. ild- smith. street, Wood- street, Cheapside, warehouse- men. IXSOI- VENTS.— Miles Booty, of Nodehill, Isle of Wight, wine- merchant.— Samuel Cooke, formerly of Sunderland, lale of Dublin, coal. merchant.— Isaac Titley, jun. of Bath, salt- refiner. Printed % published by IV. Sr,/. Eddowes, Corn- market Shrewsbury, to whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelligence are requested lo be addressed. Adver- tisements are also received by Messrs. Neivton and Co. Warwick- Square, Xewgate- Streel, Mr. tlarker, No. 33, Fleet- Street, and Mr. Reynetl, Gaiette Ad- vertising Office, Chancery t. ane, t. ondon ; likewise by Messrs. J. K. Johnston and Co. No. ], Lower Sackville. Street, Dublin. This Paper is regularly fled as above ; * lso at Garrawuy's, Peel's, and the Chapter Coffee Homes London.