FMSMTE © BY W, & J* M. amaestaammaBmsB COJRM= MAK] K] HY. This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES—•— Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillinr/ f * each. VOL. XXXIIL—- N0' 1084.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1820. 9IIICE 8 £ V EN PEN C E. Encyclopcedi a Me tropo lit a n a. U. This Day is published, Price £\ PART XVII. OF RYUIE ENCYCLOPAEDIA METRO- CL POLITAN A. CONTENTS : I. Piire Sciences- Arithmetic. II. Mixed and Applied Sciences— Gal- vanism complete. III. Historical and Biographical Division— Jewish History — Herod the Great— Histori- ans of Home— Decline of Latin Poetry. IV. Miscel. laneons Division. English Lexicon— DIF— DRA,— including Digamma— Diplomacy — Directory — Disci- ple— Divan — Divine— Diving Bell— Divorce — Dock — Domingo, St.— Dorado, Ef— Dorsetshire— Double- Down, Stc. A few Copies are printed on Royal Paper, with Proof Impressions of tile Plates, Price £ l. IBs. The Parts from I. to XVI. on Royal or Demy Paper, may be had together, or separately. Printed for J. Mawmatt ; C. and J. U'. vu. gton -, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper; G. 15. Whittaker; J. Duncan, London; J. Parker, Oxford ; and Heighten anil Sons, Cambridge ; nnd may be had of all Booksellers iu the United Kingdom. ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS. NEW WORKS Recently Published by Longman, Rees, Or me, Brown, and Green, London, AYMAN'sGtfNUlNE ORIGINAL MAREDANT'S ANTISCOKBUTIC DROPS have always held the highest Reputation in the Class of Antiscorbutics; insomuch that they have, during Half a Century, been an Article of extensive Com- merce; the Scorbutic Diseases of all Climates yielding- | to their alterative Virtues. This Medicine enters the ! Circulation in a deliberative and congenial Manner, blending itself with the Fluids without occasioning the least Excitement injurious to the animal System. The Scurvy, Evil, Leprosy, Piles, Rheumatism, Con- tracted Joints, White Swellings, Hard Tumours, nnd Carious Bones, give Way to its Influence. Its Operation is so exceedingly easy, regular and progressive, that the Patient attending to the Directions cnu never be at a Loss how tn manage or proceed ; and from the Exam- ' pies given with each Bottle, the afflicted may judge how far their Diseases will yield to its Use. BARCLAY and SONS, Fleet- Market, London, having purchased the original Recipe and entire Property in this valuable Medicine, do hereby give Notice, that, as a certain Criterion of Authenticity, a Label, with Jheir Name and Address, superadded to the Stamp with the Name of " J. HAYMAN, Golden Square," will in future be affixed to each Bottle. Price 4s. 6d. lis. and 22s. each, Duty included. *** Upwards of One Hundred Instances of Cures may be seen at the Proprietors. Sold bvW. & J. 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BO WEN, tit the Wynnstay Arms Inn, in Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, on Friday, the 12th of May, 182S, at t'nnr o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to he then produced : Genteel RESIDENCE, called ABEN- 1%. BURY LODGR, with about Fifty Acres ( more or l'e$ s) of excellent Meadow and Pasture LAND attach- ed, in a complete Ring Fence ; situate within one Mile 6Tthe Town, and in the Parish of Wrexham. The House is very pleasantly situated, and is suit- able for the Residence of a' genteel Family. There are convenient Outbuilding's, an excellent Garden well stocked with Fruit. Trees, and Nine newly- erected COTTAGES on the Estate. The Timber to be taken at a Valuation to be pro- duced at the Time of Sale. It adjoins Land's belonging* toGeorge Kenyon, Esq. P. D. Cook, Esq. and Mrs, Holt. For further Particulars apply to Mr. P. P'. TAYLOR, on the Premises. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY A. The Liverpool and Manchester Rail Road Bill was cad a third time, on Tuesday night, in the House of Lords, and passed. Thus has this great national ndertaking at length triumphed over the obstacles, nd they were of no ordinary description, which were nterposed. It is expected that it will require three or four years to complete the Road ; but it could not be commenced at a more auspicious, period than he present, in one respect, for it will he the means of giving immediate employment to many thousand labourers in those very districts where local distress most severely felt. TO THE FREE & INDEPENDENT BUR& ES& EB OF THE BOROUGH OF SHREWSBURY. 00 GENTLEMEN, YY/<.'. SLANEY having offered himself as a Candidate to represent you in the next Parliament, permit me to request a conthm ance of that favour which placed me in ihe Historical Romance. By ANNA ELIZA BRAY, late I a> u[ distinguished situation of one Mrs. <;. STOTHARD; Author of Letters written b T> _. , r during- a Tour through Norman tlv, ikc.& c. In 3 Vols, \ your lxepresenlaltves. l- romtae lime I ceived that mark of your confidence, one of re- I have To Mothers, Guardians, Managers of Schools, Src. WIDOW WELCH'S PILLS, FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, arc from Iheir IDOW WELCH'S PILLS particularly serviceable to all FEMALES, the Age of 14 or 16 Years and upwards; Celebrity as a Tonic, aud for removing all Obstructions in the Female System, curing' what is vulgarly called the Green Sickness, have been long: known. The particular Nature and Symptoms of Female Com- plaints are given with every Box of Pills, aud worthy the Perusal of every Person who has the Care of Young Women, as from their Treatment at this early Period depends their future Health and Comfort. The following Letter is inserted to demonstrate their efficacy Drayton, Nov. 29. SIR,—- Our Daughter, about fifteen Years of Age, had been drooping, from a Cause we little suspected; she was very low in Spirits, her Complexion very pale, and an habitual Head ache, attended with Palpitations of the Heart. She appeared ' careless of every Object, and inattentive to those Pursuits to which youn Persons are generally attached. In Fact, we were apprehensive that a Consumption had already com- menced. An Acquaintance recommended the Widow Welch's Pi 118, sold by you, as a proper Medicine for young Women of her Age, and in her Situation ; we accordingly tried them, aud by persevering in taking three Boxes, her Spirits were invigorated, her former Complexion returned, the llead- ache entirely removed, and she is now completely restored to Health, Strength, nnd Spirits. Whatever Use you may make of this Letter, will be equally agreeable to your Obedient and hiijiihle Servants, B. & S. ARMSTRONG. To Mr. B. SHAW. Purchasers must observe, the Medicine sold the Name of KEAUSLBY, for the Widow Welch's Pills, are not the Genuine prepared by Mrs. SMITHKRS, who is the Grand- daughter ' of the Widow Welch, and the only Person entitled to the Preparation ; therefore the Public will take particular Care that the Name of EDWARDS, late'Shaw and Edwards, No. 67, St. Paul's, is engraved, by Favour of his Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps, on every Stamp accompanying the Box. Price 2s. 9d. per Box, Duly included. Sold by Messrs, W. and J. EDOOWES, Shrewsbury, and all Medicine Venders. PLOUGHMAN'S DilOPS. post Svo. Price £ 1. 7s. Boards. An INTRODUCTION 10 ENTOMOLOGY, or I constantly attended both the public and private Elements of the Natural llistorv of Insects. By WM. ' KIR RY, M. A. F. R. S. aud'L. S. aud WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F. L. S. In 4 Vols. Svo. Price £ 3. 18s. I seized evert/ opportunity of endeavouring to Boards, illustrated by Plates and Portraits of the ' ... Authors. TIIE ENGLISH FLORA. 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I have studied all the evidence I could procure that bore upon the several Questions thai have been agitated in that House; and whenever I could I form a decided conviction which isay I ought other consideration .- and where, from con flicling testimony, I have doubted what was most expedient, I have thought it my duty to retire without voting. That I have always decided right is more than 1 can hope for though no one can have been more anxious to do so. Should you be pleased again to place me in the same Honourable Service, I trust BENYOWSICY; or the EXILES of KAMS CHATKA : an Operatic Plav, in 3 Acts, as performed \ shall attend to your concerns with the same at the Theatre Royal Drnrv Lane. By J. KENNEY, Esq. 8vo. stitched, 3s. 6rl. The GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, and Register of | Rural nnd Domestic Improvement. Conducted bv J. C. LOUDON, F. I. S. U. S. See. In 8vo. with ' En gravings on Wood, to be continued Quarterly, No. II. Price 3s. 6( 1. The EDINBURGH REVIEW, or Critical Journal. No. LXXXVI. Price 6s. CONTENTS:— I. Fluctuations in the Supply and Value of Money. Banking System of England.— II. Wanderings in South America.— III. The London University. — IV. Stale of Timber Trade.— V. Irish Novels. — VI. The Hindu Chinese Nations.— VII. Grnnby, a Novel. - VIII. Colonial Slavery. IX. Scottish Entails. — X. Civil Affairs of Ireland.— XI. Can. ra. Italian Sculpture, See. See. Imposture Unmasked. diligence and independence, and, if possible, with stronger feeling:; of gratitude and re sped. I am now attending to my duly in Parliament ; but as soon as the business of the Session is concluded, I shall hasten to pay my personal respects to you. 1 have the honour lo be, GENTLEMEN, Your most faithful and most obedient humble servant, PANTON CORBETT. LONDON, Apnrr. 22, 1826. TO THE INDEPENDENT BURGESSES OB SHREWSBURY. GENTLEMEN, J HAVE now finished my canvass of your town, and for the present respectfully take my leave of you. To the many who have given me their im- mediate and cordial support, I return my most grateful thanks; to the few who have I for the present suspended their promises,, I A Medicine prepared hy a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO ALL THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WORLD, For the . Cure of the Venereal Disease, the King Evil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, wind every Dis- . order arising from Impurity of the Blood. NNEJE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are wL 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 auy Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled iu their Effects. And their Efficacy has been attested 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 OP LIPE, and any olher Affliction 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 starv ing System of Diet: he allows his Patients to livs like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman Drops. These Drops are to be bad in square Bottles, with these words moulded on each, " Mr. Smith's Ploughrnan\< t Drops" ( all others are spurious), at £ 1. 2s. the large, and Us. the small, Duty in- cluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. and J. EDDOWES, and Cook- son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge'; Partridge, Bridgnorth ; Griffiths, Ludlow; Waidson, Welshpool; Price, () g. westry; Baugh, Ellesniere; Jones, Parker, Whit- church ; Procter, Drayton ; Silvester, Newport ; Holmes, No. 1, Royal Exchange, London; and all other Medicine Venders. HpH E progress of Merit, though frequently assailed, is not impeded hy Envy and Detraction. The aggression of ambuscade terminates in defeat « ; and conscious rectitude ultimately triumphs in the attainment of the grand object— public approbation. The test of experience is the guarantee of favour, and has estab. lished WARREN's BLACKING in general estimation of which there exists not a stronger proof than the tacit acknowledgment of a host of servile imitators, who surreptitiously obtrude oh the unwary a spurious pre- paration as the genuine article, to the great . disappoint- ment of the unguarded purchaser, and manifest injury of WARREN, whose character and interest by this iniquitous system are equally subject to detriment. It I" , ' , v ' " becomes therefore an indispensable duty to CAUTION Vet beS to ° jjer mV acknowledgments for the THE PUBLIC ag- ainst the manmuvres of Unprincipled very flattering manner in which thcu were Venders, who having no character to lose, and stimu- I . . ° " lated by avarice in their nefarious | wirsuits, aim at: the acquisition of money through any medium than that of honour! The original and matchless BLACKING bears on each bottle a short direction, with the signa- • ture, Robert Warren. • All others are counterfeits ; and in many instances- the imposition labels are artfully interlined with a dill'erent nddress, in very small characters, between the more conspicuous ones of " No. 30," and " STRAND." It is eurnestly recommended to Shopkeepers and otbe wlin tire deceived hy base fabrications of WARREN BLACKING to return ihe detected trash to the source whence it came, and expose the machinations of ras- cality to merited obloquy. WARREN's BLACKING is surpassingly brilliant ; • il excludes damp ; wives pliancy to the leather; re- tains its pristine virtue in all climates; and, combining elegance with comfort, is an article equally of indis- pensable fashion and in ility. Sold hy et ery respectable Vender in Town and Country, in bottles at 6d. 10d. I2d. and 18d. each. RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED DISTRICTS.— The Meeting held oil Tuesday, at the City of London Tavern, was convened by the Lord Mayor, at the request of a few private gentlemen, to consider the bet « t ny? ans of affording relief to the many working manufacturers now in distress, for want of employ- ment. At the appointed hour, a crowd, like that which besieges the doors of a Theatre on tbe night of some novel exhibition, was formed by the num- bers pressing ill to offer their money for this bene- volent purpose. The subscription was headed by a munificent donation from his Majesty ( in addition to upwards of Five Thousand Pounds previously be- stowed on similar objects) of Two Thousand Pounds. The Marquis of Stafford gave OneThousand Pounds; Sir Robert Peel gave Five Hundred Pounds; the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops wjio attended the Meeting with him, made liberal dona- tions, as did several of his Majesty's Ministers ( Mr. Peel gave£ 300), and many private individuals; that the collection in the room amounted to nearly Eight Thousand Pounds— a result which we do not remember to have been paralleled on any similar occasion, except that of the national gratitude on the battle of Waterloo.— Great as is this liberality, it is of course to be regarded as only the beginning- of a good work. RELIEF or THE POOR— Bolton.— At a meeting of the committee formed for this humane purpose, on Wednesday last, our worthy vicar, the Rev. J. Slade, who has been unremitting- in his exertions as president, read a letter from the Earl of Bradford, in which his lordship warmly expresses his readiness to contribute to the relief of the suffering poor in this town ; and, under the impression that no other plan presents itself at the moment than that of affording pecuniary assistance without the return of labour, he places tbe. sum of fifty pounds at the disposal of the. Committee. His lordship then adverts to the highly important question " Can work be created, for those who are necessarily idle?" In furtherance of which, he should be in- clined to appropriate a much larger sum thau their present mode of expenditure warranted. His lord- ship does not, however,' content himself with offer- ing a barren suggestion ; he concludes by stating, that if any plan can be devised by which he might set on foot some work that might go towards effect ing- so desirable a point, he would immediately undertake it; and refers the Chairman of the Com- mittee to Mr. Piggott ( his Lordship's Steward) to consult on the matter. It appears that the sum already subscribed amounts to £ 1,234 ; of which about nine hundred pounds has been distributed in money and meal. It was arranged at the present meeting that another distribution should take place on Wednesday next, at the average allowance of 18d. or twelve pounds of meal for each family. The Committee then adjourned to Monday, the 8th of May. Glasgow, April 29 — A great sensntion has been produced here by the intelligence of the destruction of the power- loom establishments at Blackburn The number of the unemployed hand- weavers in this district is steadily increasing; nor is there yet the slightest reason to hope for an early termination to thfir sufferings. Hitherto they have conducted themselves with the most exemplary patience and good sense. It is understood that they have no feeling of hostility towards the power- looms, to the use of which they ascribe no portion of the present distress.— Of the power- looms in this place and neighbourhood, about 2,800 are wholly unemployed Several of the remaining establishments have. been accumulating stocks of goods of a kind which can be bought Is. per piece below the cost at which they are produced.— The latest advices from several of the foreign markets are very unfavourable. In those of Hayti, in particular, vis. Port- au- Prince. Auxcayes, and Cape Havtien, the sales which have lately been made would not, even at a par remit tance, yield the pros? nt manufacturing cost. On the coffee now receiving as returns, there is a loss of 20s. per cwt. being upwards of 30 per cent, on its cost.— With- the exception of a single power- loom house, and of an individual rather extensively en gaged in the spit it trade, there have lately been no failures of magnitude. BURMESE WAR..— Ummerapoora, towards which our Indian army is now marching, is situated on the river lrawaddv, about 500 miles north from its mouth, about 300 miles from Prome, and about 260 miles of diret't distance east from Chittagoug. It is the capital of Ava, the native and proper seat of the Burmaris. The buildings are made of wood; and covered with tiles; and though the town was founded only so late as 1783, the number. of houses in 1800 was estimated at 20,0.00 or 25,006, and the inhabitants at 175,000. It is therefore a much larger place than Rangoon, or any other city in the Bur- man empire. Its citadel, which is an exact square of nearly a mile and a half each way, is well fortified with a rampart 20 feet high, composed of earth faced with brick, a ditch of considerable depth, and bastions at the angles and along the sides. The Burmese reckon it impregnable, though it will not probably oppose much resistance to regular artillery. The river lrawaddy has a periodical flood in June, July, and August. Rangoon has about 5000 or 6000 houses, and should therefore have about 40,000 in- habitants, supposing seven persons to be in each house, as assumed in the case of the capital. Prome rather larger than Rangoon. It is at the northern ontier of I3. egu, a kingdom which the Burmese conquered about the middle of the last century. Pegu is now entirely in our hands, and as it embraces Negrais, Rangoon, and some of the most desirable posts in the Burman territory, it is said our Indian government have resolved to retain it. They will probably also retain their conquests on the west and north, and thus the Btirmatis will be confined to their original and narrow territory of Ava. The Bnrman empire, we may observe, is most inac- curately laid down in Arrowsmith's and all the other maps. It is made to include Siam, Laos, and Cam bodia, countries which are entirely independent of ' U and thus appears twice as large as it actually is. " he only territory it has south of the 16th parralel, a stripe of sea coast forming the provinces of Martaban and Tanasserim. The whole empire oc- cupies a surface about twice -- vs large as the British isles. Its population is supposed not to exceed 6 or ,000,000 ; but, by the laws of the country, the population is held to be at the call ofthe King for military service. The Emperor of Russia has ordered the regim?: t of Sinolensko, formed by Peter t!: e First, to be called in future the regiment of Wellington, as t> testimony of his esteem for his Grace the Duke oi' Wellington. Also, Paste Blacking, in Pots, 6d. I2d. nnd lSd. each. A Shilling Pot of Paste Is equal to Four Is. Bottles of Liquid. SOLD Shrewsbury, by EOOOWES, —- ROCEKS& CO. BSATTON, STATHAM, DRDRY, MOHOAN and ASTBKI. ev, JONES, DAVIES, — NBVETT, — HUMPHREYS. IVern, KYNASTON. Oswestn/,... EDWARDS. EHesmere,.. BAUGII, FORMSTON. HeUhpnot, EVANS, —__ OWEN, JONES, - GRIFFITHS. Wenlock .. CMVELY. Hodnet, PACE, IIKOHES. AT Drayton,... RIDCWAY. Newport... JONES. — LOWE. Shijftial,.... HARPING. Wellington, HOULSTONSC SMITH. Ironbridge, GI. AZEBROOK. Bangor,.... HUGHES, —•—— GRIFFITH NALAL DAVIES. Caraarvon, OWEN, WH. UAMS. I) olgelly, W I ELIAMSSISON Holyhead,.. JONES, RICHARDS. at. Asaph, OWEN. Abergely,.. DAVIES. Amlwch,... ROBERTS. Conway,.... ROBERTS. Barmouth,, GRIFFITHS. Beaumaris, ALLEN. good enough to speak of my pretensions ; the kindness J have received on all sides I can never forget. I repeat ihc assurance I put forth in my \ first address to you,— that I profess Inde- pendent but Moderate Principles. The period for warm political animosities appears to have passed away, and moderate men of different opinions may now happily unite in one common purpose— that, of endea- vouring to benefit ihe condition of their fel- low- subjects, and to remove those defects which the lapse of lime may have caused in our ad- mirable Constitution. Amidst the severe distress which is fell in some olher populous tbwns, Shrewsbury still continues in prosperity;— that prosperity it shall he at all times my anxious desire to uphold. I trust I have seen every Burgess in this Borough— if I have forgotten any one, I am sure he will attribute it to accident rather than neglect. From the assurances given me, I have no doubt of success; and am prepared lo attend your call as soon as Parliament is dissolved. I leave my cause in your hands— in the hands of faithful, zealous, and honourable friends— the best guardians of all that is va- luable to man. If ever 1 desert my duty to them, 1 hope they will abandon and forget rie. Your obliged and grateful Servant, ROBT. A. SLANEY. Shrewsbury, Thursday Evening May 4, 1826. UNION Caution— A farmer, named Mil ler, who arrived in town on Wednesday, aud received 100 sovereigns at the Bank, was robbed of the whole of them in a few hours afterwards, in the following manner :— On his return from the Bank, into the Borough, while gating into a shop- window in High street, a genteelly- dressed young man accosted him, eqnesting to know the hour. The farmer bavin; looked at his good sound silver watch, told him when the young man, continuing the conversation asked Mr. Miller the state of the crops at presell in the country, and other agricultural questions, tha left no doubt on the mind of the Utter that he wa conversing with a respectable person. Tbe youn man having walked with him some distance, requested the favour of his company to take a glass of wine The invitation was accepted, and they reiired U tavern close al hand, where a bottle of wine was lied for and drank ; another followed it ; after which, M » v IV1 iller, becoming drowsy from the quan turn be had taken, fell into a doze, during which his new acquaintance robbed him of a yellow bag containing 100 sovereigns, besides his old fane watch.— Thursday the farmer attended at' Union. Hall, and gave a history of his misfortune, with description of tbe thief, who is well known to the officers of this establishment. SINGULAR ROBBERY.— A countryman named Adam* with one leg, was robbed of five sovereign on Saturday night. The poor fellow went into carpenter's shop in Kent- street, to purchase a n< wooden leg, the old one being nearly worn out in tl service.— While strapping on the new one, he was observed by some persons outside to transfer some sovereigns from the socket of the old leg into that of the new, and on his leaving the shop he w knocked down at a little distance from it. The robbers pulled away the new wooden leg from the stomp, leaving the. poor countryman on the ground, deprived of his money and leg.— Another robbery was perpetrated on Sunday night. A man named Ellis, holding a situation in the Steam Washing Company, went into the King's Arms public house, at Mitcham, where he was observed by some strangers to pull out of his pocket a handful of sovereigns, who waylaid ; him and deprived him of his breeches, as well as his money. NEW KIND OF FODDER.— Mr. Moorcroft, WHO is rendering- so much service to science by his tra- vels in Higher Asia, has transmitted to the East India Company the seeds of a foddering plant, indigenous in Braz, on the borders of India and China. It is called prangoaud approaches to the genus caehrys. The acquisition of this plant is of great importance, if one can believe half the won- ders that are told of it bj the Hindoos. It s? ems at Isast certain that it affords excelleut nourishment for cattle ; and that it requires but little care to propagate it. It fattens flocks of sheep in a very short time; and, it is said, cures the hepatic iiux and the rot, which are so fatal after the autamnal rains, it is a herbaceous, perennial ple. nt, of the ambeili- I ferous family. Ous. REPRESENTATIVES.— After all that has ; en said and written respecting the necessity of Reform," and that the people should be more equally represented, it will be matter of surprise to many readers that the House of Commons should be so fairly constituted as it will appear to be by the following statement and observations. It must be admitted in the first place, that the Aristocracy has a decided advantage by having two Kings in the House, which appears to be rather nconstitutional, but is, perhaps, tolerated in con- sideration of their only having, in addition to thes one Knight, a Don, and a ChambcrlaynQ ; neither Duke nor Prince being now to be found among them. The religions part of the community will surely be satisfied in having; St. Paul to represent them- host, certainly, in himself, and therefore, I pre- ume, requiring only one Mon& k and a Chaplin to assist him, with three Fanes and three Palmers. The tradesmen, & c. who make the greatest outcry, have certainly the least reason to complain, for there will- be found among- the members-- A Carter and a Cartwright. A Baksr, White- bread, and Rice. Three Taylors. A Plummet. Three Coopers. And eleven Smiths, The Clerks have one Clerk to represent them, The Servants have a Butler. The Undertakers have a Co/^??, Graves, and Bury The Cheesemongers have Butter- worth. The Gardehers have a Wall, Wells, Banh. es, a Rose, a Charry, a Flower, and a Leake. The Cofour- men have Scarlett, White, Brown and Green. The Tailors, in addition to the three of their ow fraternity before mentioned, have a Cujfe and Free• mantle. The Coal- dealers have Coke and Cole. The Musicians have a Fife. The Butchers have two Lambs. The Millers have Mills and P'oicer. The Dog- fanciers have a Talbot. The Bird- fanciers have Cocks, two Martins, Nightingale, and a Heron. Those fond of hunting and rural sports have Fo. r, four Hills, ( one of which is a GreenhillJ, Ford, BrydgeSy Miles, two Pitts, a Heygate, and Wood. The Pedestrians have a Walker. The Schoolmasters have a Birch,— Ao say nothm ofthe Usher of tha Black Rod, who is called ia on particular occasions. And even the Slang' gentry have Downis and Fellowes. I know not what people would have, but, even admitting that some trivial blemishes might detected, the most inveterate alarmist cannot wit truth assert that there is more than one Croker, one Wild- mani and two Bastards in the whole House, which, considering the numbers, is highly creditabl to the assembly. Let the " Radicals," however, say what they may, I assert without fear of contradiction, that the House of Commons, as at present constituted, never without Hope>— never without Money— never without Manners. There is, moreover, every reason to look, for unanimity in the assembly, for there but one Hart among them ; and even supposing member or so should by any chance become obstre- perous, a New- man is always to be found. In conclusion, it is frequently subject of remar' that it is difficult to ascertain with precision " which way the wind blows" on particular occasions this assembly. I beg, with great diffidence, to su gest that this may arise from the points of th compass being somewhat imperfect therein. It true they have East, North, and Western to refer to; but Western is not exactly u the thing," and West and South may be added at the ensuing Election. BANENOPTS. MAY 2.— John Millington, of B! oor. V « U hurv- squaie, dealer in philosophical instrunifnis—^ o'bn Morgan, jun. and James Aiudii. sou, jun. of Bristol, nhers. — Jaines BrOwne, of Norwich, hoot- maker.—^* mas Chandler, of. Heduiiiister, and of Bristol, coach- liider.— JLo. hu Hunt, of ChoUev, Berks, whitesmith.—• Robert Tronson^ of Liverpool, merchant.—. lames Cox U'! Benjamin. W. ills, of Nottingham,- cotton merchants*. - r- W. illiam I'ord, of HuddersSeld, Yorkshire, grocer.— Robert Jackman, jun- of Colford, Gloucestershire, silk- rowster. — Henry Win. Ward, of Grenada- place, Old ent road, chemist.— Wm. Olavey Brown, ot Coleman, treot, wool- merchant. — William Lindsey, of Coleman- eet, merchant.— John Owen, of,. Salford, Lancashire, yer.— Mallett. Case Jackson, of Leeds; corn- factor.— Richard Cund, of Minion, Shropshire, maltster.—• Robert S- nowhall, jiin. of Kiibv Griudalyih,- Yorkshire, hi ep. jobber.-- Samuel Medley, of Watling; street, tallow- chandler.— James Whitehead and John Whiie- ead, of Denshaw, Yorkshire, merchants.—^- Jaine » Russell and John. Robinson, of Manchester, merclm. nts. David Hardie, of Liverpool, merchant.— Roheit Chatterlon, of Sorttheoates, Yorkshire, merchant.— Thos. ! V] arsdeu, of Leeds*, siliuff- manufacturer.— Joseph Fennel I, of Little Kingston, • Warwickshire, horse-- ler. — Mark Crow,- of Little Co 11 wit, Lancashire, ailor. - Joseph Brearley and James Rrearlev, of Bolton- l, e- Moors',- iron- founders.— William Stokoe, of Hexham, Northumberland, fanner.— Louis Drews, of Frome- Sel wood, Somersetshire, pi umber. Georg- e Locking, of Kingston". npon- Hull, merchant. — Uenrv " idall, of Birmingham, wharfinger.— William James ker, of Sniut John- street, Cle. rkenwell, orange- merchant,— Joseph Monroy, of Leicester- square, mer- hant.— William Benham, of Brighion, builder.— J: » me » arron, of lied Lion- yard, Great Warner- street, Clerk- nwell, brewer. INsot. tf ENTS. ~ Jobn 1 lal 1, of theCIifie, Lewes, Susse%, ietualler.- J- WiUlam Jones, of Rainham, Rent, burgo- master. A very important document has been delivered to the members of. the House of Commons—- iVlr. Jacob's Report on the Trade in Corn, and ou the Agriculture f tbe North of Europe, dated 21st Feb. 1826.— Mr. acob was sent in the middle of last year, by tho Board of Trade, with a view to ascertain the price t which corn could be furnished to thia country; how muck could now be furnished; and how far the mount could be increased in a series of year* if importation were permitted, and the price hera averaged from 60s. to 64s. per quarter. Mr. Jacob estimates that 556,330 quarters could be sent u* England, which he de » ? ms equal to the consumption of ten days'only. The price at which wheat can hu sent to England varies according to the situation and condition of th ® countries supplying it. From the maritime provinces of Prussia it could be supplied t 43s. From Massovia, in Poland, at 48s. Frooj Cracow, in Poland, at 45s. 6d. The whole quantity of wheat that Dantz'ic has exported in 3f>() years, in not equal- to the consumption of this kingdom for more than 15 or 16 months. On the overage of the last five years, the export from Dantzic and Eibiuy of wheat nnd rye, has not averaged more than I0!,' 91f> quarters annually, being b; • ween two and three days* consumption of this kingdom ; aud under the moat powerful stimuli which could be afforded by enor- mously high pi'ices in England and free importation, between 1801 and 1805, the Vlstnla and its border* only yielded 65-'>, 000 quarters, or 12 days consump- tion for Great Britain. With TI price of f> 0s. to 64s.' in England, and a duty of 10s. or 12a. he does not think that the average produce of Poland would materially increase ; ami if the duty were alike on all kinds of wheat, none would be sent here al euch MI price and with such » duty but the driest, heaviest, and whitest. Mr. Jacob's report exceeds fifty folio pages in length, and it is illustrated by an Appendix of 115 pages, also in folio, presenting a mass of really valuable information, every word of which teifsa mortally against the positions of the anti- agricul- tural party. Mr. Jacob was sent out, as our readers are aware, by Mr. Huskieson. it is natural to sup- pose, giving the fullest credit for good faith to all parties, that he engaged in his mission with a bias in favour of his patron's doctrine. We must, not bo surprised, therefore, that his opinions approach more nearly to the principles of free trade than would seem to follow from the evidence he baa collected, His facts are, however, the really useful part of his labours, and these he appears to have collected with equal industry, skill, and integrity. From these facts it is now manifest, that cheap corn is perfectly consistent with the lowest state of misery, ignorance, and degradation. That so far from always favouring, it may, aud in many canes does, paralyse the industry of manufacturers. And without any violent deduction, we thinkjt can be1 proved from Mr. Jacob's evidence, that the effect of opening the ports of this country to Polish and Prussian corn, would be to transfer to the now smiling fields of England much of that dark and hopeless wretchedness which seems to veil almost the whole southern shore ofthe Baltic.—' St. James's Chronicle. Imperial iMrltamcu f u SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.— A New Sun f— A very interesting experiment has lately been con ducted in the Armoury of the Tower of London, in which the most intense light ever yet produced by art was exhibited. It was excited by directing a jet of burning alcohol, or the flames of a spirit lamp, upon a piece of lime, by the action ofa stream of oxygen gas. The light thus produced is calculated as being eighty times more intense than an equal area of light emitted by the combustion of an argand lump. It is said to be visible at a distance of 120 miles. No satisfactory theory, in explanation of the phenomenon, has been hitherto discovered, but it app « ars that other earths will also exhibit the same brilliancy when heated by the means above de- scribed. The peculiar earth termed Zireon is found to be pre- eminent in this property. Its value, for the purposes of a signal, will readily suggest itself to our readers. THE AMERICAN COWSLIP.—-" The American Cowslip ( Dodecatheon Meadia) is one of those at tractive flowers that will bear the most scrutinons examination, and still leave us the more in admira- tion of its beauties. The grains of the farina or dust of this flower, when inspected with the assistance ofa compound microscope, wiil be found peculiarly beautiful. They are distinctly organized minute pearls,— so minute, that one square inch will contain upwards of three millions of them, and as squares cannot be covered by circles, more than one- fifth of the space will be left unoccupied; or, to be more particular in numbers, presuming that a square inch will contain 3,000,000 of circles in direct rows each way, the area of each circle will be the 3,819,709th part of the area of an inch "— Mirror. HOUSE OF LORDS- TUESDAY. RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED DISTRICTS. The Earl of MALMBSBURY observed, that the Corn Laws had no more to do with the distress than th « changes of the moon ; nut, objecting particularly to giving power to. Ministers to admit Foreign Corn, In; gave notice of a motion for Monday, that although it may he expedient to admit into the market tbe foreign corn now under bond, the House cannot accede to any further alteration in the Corn Laws without inquiry. Some Peers spoke briefly on the subject, and the question remains to he fully debated on Monday, for which day tbe House was ordered to be summoned. HOUSE OF COMMONS- TUESDAY. RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED DISTRICTS. On the motion of Mr. Secretary CANNING for the House going into a Committee on the subject of the. bonded corn, Sir THOMAS LETIIBIUDOB resisted th* proposition on the ground that it would encourage the erroneous idea that, the Corn Laws were the cause of the present distress, and recommended a grant by Par- liament in aid of the poor- rates as tbe preferable mode of relief. He also urged its injurious effect upon the icnltnral interest. He concluded with moving* an amendment," That a Select Committee be appointed to jiiire into the causes of the distress of the manufac- turing districts." Mr, B'ENETT ( of Wiltshire), in seconding the amend- ment, spoke to. the same effect. Mr. CANNING disowned any idea of interfering with the Corn Laws, and represented the proposed measor « as merely au expedient for relieving the present dis- tress. Mr. HUSKJ^ ON, on the same side, urged, that the high price of corn was an aggravation of the present diiiresfs, and that the proposed measure, by preventing further rise, must necessarily alleviate it. If the price should unexpectedly rise to 80s. the sudden inun- dation of foreign corn would he attended with the most injurious consequences to the agriculturists, Mr. W, WHITMORE entered into a comparative state- ment. of the quantity and price of corn in several years, in order to show the injurious effect of the Com Laws. Several other members having delivered their opinions on the subject, the House divided on tlx* motion for going into a Committee, which was carried by a major- ity of 214 to 82. — The first resolution, allowing wheat iu bond to come into the market, ou payment of a duly of twelve shillings, was then agreed to. On ihe second resolution, vesting a discretionary power in Ministers to allow Foreign Corn to be import- ed, if they should deem it rieecssmy, being moved, Mr. BF. NKTT and some other Members urged the inex- pediency of further proceedings at thai late hour, and the consideration of the subject was postponed till the Thursday. Throughout the whole of the debate, all p- vrtim agreed in lamenting the present distress. They differed only iu ihe mode of relief— some supporting the n> n « i « proposed by Ministers, and others recommending a grant ofa sum uf Money, HOUSE OF COMMONS— THURSDAY^ The adjourned discussion upon the subject of Foreign Com, Was further postponed till Friday. In the mean time some conversation took place, arising out of a Petition from a Dealer iu Corn, lire Petitioner' Plated, c< that he held four thousandquarters of foreign wheat in bond from the 13th of May, lhl2" 2, which lie had taken out last year under the measures then passed, upon payment of a duty of K) s. per quarter, lie had since been keeping his cam in the hope of getting for it a higher pr. ee, and as tiie importation of fresh foreign wheat was io be at 12s. he prayed compensation for the loss he should sutler iii conse- quence.'" This most extraordinary application excited al once laughter and surprise throughout the House. STATE OF TH I? NATION. Mr. I! can brought . forward his nrot, ion off- the State of the Nation. The Hon. Gentleman read a long string of resolutions, forty- seven hi number, which he said lie intended to submit to the House, should his motion be carried in'the affirmative'. Their whole spirit, he added, might be embodied in one, viz. the ii'. cessity of an immediate reduction of our establish- ments generally j. and, aa a necessary consequence, a general reduction of direct taxation, which he con- sidered t<> be the main sou Are of ail the present calamities. He concluded by moving, 44 That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying him to take into consideration the present calamitous situation of the country, and that he would be graci- ously pleased to direct an inquiry into the causes which had produced such wide- spreading distress, and to ascertain the best means of relieving the country from its embarrassments."— The CHASCBLLOR of the EXCHKQUER refuted a number of the statements of the Hon. Member, and defended himsejf and colleagues from some of his charges against them. He considered the address to be uncalled for, and therefore should not support it.— The house divided-— forj the motion 51,' against it 152.— Majority 101. HOUSE OF f. OilHS — FRIDAY. The Earl of f. iVKRPOox, in, introducing the amend- ments made hy the Commons in the Rank Charter bill, stated that the Directors of the Bank of England had determined to establish Branch Banks in certain towns. The particular places were not yet determined upon, nor the time ; but he thought the Bank would, at no distant period, be able to communicate the necessary information to tlie public.- He grounded his expectations of the success of suck Banks here, upon their success in Ireland in a short time they have been established in that country. His Lordship added, that several Country Bankers had already resolved to form themselves into Joint Stock Companies, a deter- mination which he highly approved. In answer toa question from the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Noble Earl stated, that the sum advanced by the Bank to manufacturers and others on security of goods, under ti e new net, did not yet reach £ 400,000. The Bank Charter Amendment bill was then received and agreed to, with the amendments. A discussion of some length afterwards- took place on a motion by the BISHOP of FERNS in defence of the Committee of the Irish Charter Schools, in the course of which his Lordship contended 4' that the Report of the Committee of Education Inquiry had uot been considered so carefully as " might have been-, desired, and that the system which it attacked was of too great importance to Ireland to he put down without the most grave - deliberation."'— Lord KING and the Marquis of I. ANSQOWNR said that a perusal of the exculpatory pupers of the Committee of Management and of the Commissioners' Report, bad produced a very different impression on them iVoni" that vrhieh they had appeared to have made on the. mind of the learned Prelate,— Earls DARXLEY and CLIFDKK also condemned the principle on ' whicli the Charter Schools were ma- naged ; and the Bishop of BATH and WKLLS hoped, as it could not be denied that serious abuses had pre- vailed, that, the patrons would iu fuiure be more careful in their management!} he trusted that the discussion would not prejudice the furtherance of fdncafion in 3 eland, for there was no country ou the fact* ofthe globe where religious instruction was more wanting. The discussion then terminated. - HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY. A Petition from Mr. ( VConnell, complaining of the unfitness of Lord Norbur- y,. one of the Irish Judges, on account of the infirmities of age, ( 85,) to discharge the duties of his station,, was presented by Sftr. SCAR- LETT, and ordered to be laid on the table. FOREIGN C'OR- Jf The debate upon the Resolution proposed by Minis- ters relative to the Importation of Foreign Corn was renewed, nnd the measure with some modification carried. The first pa it of the proposition—- the re- leasing the foreign corn now in the country from bond— had been, previous I v acquiesced in. It was the second part— the vesting Government- with a power to importUbreign corn at their discretion in case of em- ergency— which remained for discussion. Mr. Secre- tary CANNING commenced the debate in an excellent speech, in which he refuted the objections that had oeen made to the resolution ; and said, that according to accounts from the manufacturing districts, tlwe pro- position to liberate the bonded corn had given general satisfaction, and led to an improvement in the cotton trade. Lie then read the proposal in its original state, and added, iu explanation, that the bill intended lo be brought in upon it would limit the discretionary power to be vested in Ministers to the admission of 500,000 quarters ; and that the amount of duty to be paid on com so admitted into consumption should be left to t^ je determination of the Government when the neces- sity of its introduction should arise, instead of being fixed at twelve shillings the quarter. Sir Thomas " Let h bridge, Mr. Sumner, and Mr. Benett said that no modification could reconcile them to ihe measure, Mr. C. Wilson, Colonel Davits, Sir W. VV. VVyhn, Mr. T. Wilson, and Lord Milton, supported the resolution : Mr. Canning's proposition was also supported by Mr. Secretary PKRL, in a speech of extraordinary ability, in which he declared that the accounts of the, riots in Lancashire had been very much exaggerated, and that the greater part, of the distressed workmen had behaved themselves with exemplary patience.— The motion of Mr. Canning was ultimately carried without a division. The Gazette of last night announces the appoint- ment of ihe Earl of Pembroke to the Governorship o< the Island of A- Iderney ; and of the Earl of Abingdon to the Lieutenancy of the county of Berks.— The Rev. F. - VV. Bhunber", D D. has been appointed- Chaplain in Ordinary to his- Majesty, in lue'rootn oJ lire Rev. C. R. Sumner, D. D. promoted. COURT OF KING'S B K « CH.— The King V. Cooper. --• Thursday week, Mr. Cur wood moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus, directed to the Keeper of Shrewsbury Gaol, for. the purpose of bringing up William Cooper. The defendant was charged with stealing a hank parcel on 24th February, from a coach travelling from Lon- don to Cheltenhain. The parcel belonged to Messrs, Cooper, bankers at Bridgnorth and Wenloek. The man in his affidavit stated that he was innocent. On 24th Feb. when the felony was committed, \ e was at Dover. Be was confirmed in that statement by another person. He further stated, that a letter from the bankers at Bridgnorth slated the notes were for £ 10 and £ 5, the notes taken from the defendant were ill notes.—- Lord Chief Justice: 44 Take the rule and certiorari."— On Tuesday, the 2d inst. the Court took the defendant's own recognizance iu £ 20o0, and four others in £ 500 each. r\ p JK A LONDON, Monday Night, May 8, 1* 26. PRICKS OZ FUNDS AT THE CROSS. Red. 3 per Cta, 77* 3 per Ct. Cons. 78$ Imperial 3 per Cts.— per Cents. — 3| per Cents. Bed. 84 4 per Cents. Bank Stock 199| Long Ann. 18 11- 10 India Stock 228^ India Bomb 9 Ex. Bills ( Ud.) 9 Cons, for Acc. 78 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AN » IRELAND.— A Dublin paper says— 44 Late on Satur- day, the Lords of the Treasury finally resolved that the following regulations should, as speedily as possi- ble, be put into active operation :— viz. that two English Mails should be despatched daily from Dub- lin, one at the same hour as at present v the other at six o'clock in the evening. It is calculated that the Mail which is so be despatched in the evening, will reach Holyhead by twelve o'clock on the same night. A coach will be in readiness to start on the arrival of the Packet, and will reach London as soon as the coach which started several hours previously to it. Thus, a letter put into the Post OfFice^ n Dublin at six o'clock on a Saturday evening will be deli Vet ed in London on Monday morning. By this means twenty- four hours will be gained, as under the present system the letter would not reach London until Tuesday morning. The Lords of the Treasury have also resolved lhat two Pack cts shall be despatched daily from Holyhead— one with the Shrewsbury Mail, the other with that tia Chester. It is calculated that, under the new regulation, the Shrewsbury Mail will reach Holyhead between one and two o'clock in the morning. The moment it arrives the Packet will sail, aud if seven hours be allowed for the average passage, will reach Dublin so as to allow of the British correspondence being delivered wuh the Irish — namely, at ten o'clock in the morning. The Packet with the Chester Mail will sail from Holy, head at the same hour as at present, and the letters brought by that conveyance will be delivered as under the existing system." ASSISTANT WANTED. ANTED, in a genteel BOAR- DING School in Shropshire, after the Midsummer Vacation, a Person of respectable Connexions, well qualified by Education and Experience to fill the De- partment of Assistant Classical Teacher. He must also have a good Knowledge of Arithmetic and Geography. Unexceptionable Testimonials as to Character and Attainments will be required. Communications, by Letter Post- paid, and directed to Y, at Messrs. Ed- nov\ K3, Stationers, Shrewsbury, will have immediate Attention. TO BE LET, WALCOTT MILLS, with 54 Acres of excellent A ruble and Water- Meadow LAND, with immediate Possession. The Mill is ou a uever- faiiiny Stream, aiul capable of grinding Thirty Thousand Bushels per Year.— Cor Particulars enquire uf Mr. EMMY, Burcott; or ol Mr. E. GITTINS, on the Premises. TO MASONS. nprns TOWER ofthe Parish CHURCH S of LYDBURY NORTH is Part to be TAKEN DOWN and K EBUILT :— This is to give NOTICE, if any Person is willing to Contract for the same, he will be furnisheiLvvith Particulars, upon applying to • Mr. BBKJAMIN BP. DDOES, Bishop's Castle, who will produce a Plan of what is proposed to be done ; and any Tenders for Contract are to be sent to him on or before 23d of May.— All Letters must be Post- paid. Despatches were yesterday received at the Co'onial Office, Downing- street, from Sierra Leone, which, we regret to state, announce the death of Major Gen. Sir Charles Turner, the Captain. General and Gover- nor of that Colony, who expired at six o'clock on the morning of the 7th of March." ISis Excellency f<-! l a victim lo his active exertions to put down the slave trade, during his expedition to the Sherbro. General Turner was a gallant Officer, who ' distin- guished himself on many Occasion during the late war, particularly at the battle of Waterloo, where he was wounded in the arm, which was aftcrwan amputated. ' Bis Excellency had, a short time before Iiis own death., lost two] nephews, who had fallen victims to the climate of Sierra Leone. Several Petitions for and against the Corn Lawa were presented in both Houses of Parliament this evening ; and some Members in each. House expressed their objection to the intended measures of Ministers. The City Subscription for the distressed manu- facturers cXcceds £ 40,000 in the whole. Among the subscribers reported were— the East India Company, £ 1000; the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, nnd Viscount Dadiey and Ward, £ 200 each; and the Dukts of Gloucester, Buckingham, and Montrose, the Eai- U. of Rosebsrry, Scarborough, aud Coventry, and Viscount lUiddlctoo, £ 100 each,—- Tiie Duke of Northumberland, Earl Dailing ( ON, ami the Director* of the Bank of England have sent £ 1000 each ; Prince Leopold, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Sondes, and the West India Planters and Merchants £ 500 each ; the Duke of Wellington and Mr. E. Yates, of Fair, burn, £ 300 each ; Earl Grosvenor £ 200; Earl Powis £ 100; the Duchess of Kent £ 100. The coiitri. buU. ons at Liverpool . already exceed '£ 3000. The Common Council ( if that town ha', e voted £ 500 in addition. Subscriptions are also open- ing iu several other towns at a distance from the distressed districts. mm WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1S28. LON DON— SATURDAY. Advices from India supply a detailed account of the troops now assembled before Bhurtpore, and of those stationed in Cutch. These armies are highly eilieienj, not only in numbers, but in composition, and there exists little doubt they will effect, without difficulty, the objects for which they have been assembled. The force which has taken the field against the Bhurtpore usurper is estimated at up wards of 25,000 men, that stationed in Cutch at 7000. The field of artillery, in its march to Bhurt- pore, occupied a line of fourteen or fifteen miles in extent. A ' Fhe Duke of Devonshire look leave of his Ma j'sty yesterday, previous to hi* departure for St, Petersburgh.' His Grace proceeds iu the Gloucester, 74 guns, now lying off Chatham. By the Milo, letters and papers have been received from Boston to the 16th ult. being nearly a fortnight later than the previous advices. Commercial distress at Boston was at its height, and several of the most respectable houses had been compelled to yield to the- pressure of ihe times, having been deeply involved by the failures iu London at the beginning of the year. The public funds of the United Stairs had experienced material depression, and the Exchange on London had fluctuated greatly. Boston papers received to the 15th ult. give an account of a duel between Mr. Clay, Secretary of State, and Mr. Randolph, of Virginia, on the banks of the Potomac. The challenge was sent by Mr. Clay. Ou the first fire Mr. Randolph's pistol went off by accident, and Mr. Clay declined firing. A second discharge took place without effect, and Mr. Ran- dolph then explaining, the affair terminated. BANKRUPTS, MAV 6.— Joseph Lloyd, of Norwood, Surrey, coal and corn. merchant.— Charles Lewis, of Charlotte- street, Fitzroy- square, Middlesex, iMonev- serivener and bill- broker.— William Willement, of Colchester, Essex, crap* and boiubusiu. manufacturer, and of Gulter- lnue, Cheapside, London, warehouse- man.-— Hugh Dixon & Michael Gunstou, ofSt. Jatncs's- wulk, ClerketiweM, Middlesex, chemists,- Hal ton Homer Stansfeld, of King. street, Cheupside, London, Muff- manufacturer.— Edward Ainsworth, of Hamer Hall, near Rochdale, Lancashire, woollen- manufac- turer, worsted- spinner, and mercwint.— Geo. Penny, of Rood- lane, Fenchnreh- street, London, coffee, denier and broiler.— Frederick Frank, of Old Burling- ton. street, St. James's, Westminster, tailor.— Lewis Uo. berts, of City road. basin, Middlesex, wharfinger. — Robert Beane, of Clemeiil's- lane, Strand, Middle, sex, victualler.- Kicbard Robinson, of Hill. top, near Keighley, Yorkshire, worsted - ma iinf. icturer. — Wm. Owen, of Carnarvon, druggist aud grocer.— Thomas Crawshaw, ofl. eei'*, woolstapler.— William Aston, of Toll End, Tipton, Staffordshire, iron and coal. master. — John Hicks, of Holswortliv, Devon, linen- draper aad grocer.— John Towtneud' Lowther, of Lonian's- pond, Soulbwark, then of the Autigullican Coffee- house, Tbrendneedle- stret t, and late of Guernsey, merchant.— George Marrisoa, of Norwich, dyer. James Webb, of Afford, Bradford, Wilts, fanner. Joseph Harrop, of Grasscroft, Saddlevvortb, York- shire, clothier. INSOLVENTS.— William Jones, of Lovell's. court, Paternoster row, London, bookseller.— Thos. Wright, of Wood- street, Church, street, Spitalfields, Middle « ex, jacqutird- maeliiue- uuiker. MAURI ED. In London, on tbe 29th ult. Henry Tudor, Esq. of tlie Stock Exchange, to Mary Sophia, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Thymic, Esq. M. D. of the former place. On the 23d ult. at Church Pulverbatcb, Mr. D. Clayton, to Miss M. Kite, both of Cothercott, in this county. On the Qflth nit. at Chirbury, Mr. William Edmunds, of Pentre, to Miss Farmer, of Winsbury. DIED. In London, after a short illness, aged 35, John Thomas Lloyd, Esq. of The Stone House, in this town. On Thursday, Ihe 26lh nit. much regretted, Mary Charlotte, wile of James Bucknell, Esq. of The Bank, Ketley, iu her 25th year. On Saturday last, at his house in The Close, Lich- field, in the 71st J'car of his age, William Molt,. Esq. Senior Proctor and Deputy Registrar of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. On Wednesday, suddenly, at Ludlow, Susan, wife of Mr. F. Appleiree, of Bull. street, Birmingham. On theolh inst. at Edgbold, near this town, Mrs. Leighloii, aged 86. On Sunday last, at Stratford- on- Avon, Thomas, son of Mr. William Cartwright, bookbinder, of this town, aged 20 years. On Friday last, Mr. Put- slow, hairdresser, Wyle Cop, in this town. Yesterday, « t tier son's house in Ihe High- street, in this town, Mrs. Lewis, relict of the late Mr. Lewis, formerly of Mardol Head. On Monday last, Mr, Wm. Hotchkiss, corn- dealer, of Shoplalch", in this town. At the house of Mr. Blunt, surgeon, Birmingham, where she was on a visit, aged 73, Mrs. Walker, relict of the late Mr. W. Walker, miller, of Ludlow. On Thursday week, ut Bath, the Rev. Charles Svmiiions, D. D. late of Jesus College, Oxford. This "• eiitletunu had been some time in a declining state, of health. He was a profound scholar iu the Greek aud I, alio languages. His translation of The JEneis will ever rank among the best versions of the Mantuan Muse. A warm lover of liberty, but a sound friend lo the British Constitution; his Life of Milton will hold a distinguished place in the Temple of British Biography. On Friday se'nnight Bath 1 heatre was the scene of one of those awful dispensations of Providence which compel the most unthinking to reflect on the frail tenure of human existence. During the performance of the first act of the farce, Mrs. Windsor, whose appearance had a few moments before been warmly greeted by an admiring audience, having uttered but a few words of her part, suddenly exclaimed to Mrs. Woulds, who was on the stage, " I am dying :" she sank into a chair, and was carried into the Green Room, where some medical gentlemen, who happened to he i'n the Theatre, came instantly to her assistance, but ill vain ; she. became nnd continued speechless till Sunday morning, between one and two o'clock, when she expired, about 27 hours after the first, attack. She had previously been in much better health than usual and was in high spirits a few moments before she went on the stage. Every exertion was made which science could suggest by ibe professional gen- tlemen who attended her, but the case was past hope; for, on examining the head after death, it appeared that a vessel bad been ruptured, and tiie effusion of blood upon the brain hud been so copious as to leave no possibility of even partial relief. As an Actress, Mrs. Windsor's talents were highly appreciated in liatli where she had been but two seasons, and it is a gratification to add, that her conduct iu private life was irreproachable. She was in her 53th year. Visiting Clergyman this week al ihe Infirmary, the Rev. Kiclund Scott :— House Visitors. Mr. Richard Priicbard and Mr. John Peplow.— VV. 1.. Ciiilde, fcq. M. P. has accepted the o£ ke of Treasurer of I hi. Institution for Ihe year ensuing. Additional Subscriber to St. Chad's School. Mrs. Potter 0 SHREWSBURY HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.— The question which has so long agitated ibis town, re speeling tbe joint maintenance of our Poor, has at length bien sel al reel by an amicable arrangement — TUB HOUSE IS TO BF. CONTINUED for the reception of the Poor, each Parish paying iu proportion to Ihe numbers sent.— The minor arrangements of ihe Bill siiil remain lo be finally settled by Mr. Temple and Mr. Whateley. ROSBCRY IS CHESTER IBEATRE.— William Williams and Joseph Adams were committed to prison by the Magistrates of Chester, on Thursday last, on " a t barge of being two in a gang of pick, pi ckets who robbed Mr. John Vaughan, i-. f Onslow, Salop, of his pocket- book, conlaining a £ 5 Shrews- bury note, a £ 1 Bank of England note, and som< memoranda, in Ihe pil of Ihe Theatre Ihe J>, reeding evening. Properly in Bank notes and sovereigns lo Ihe amount of twenty pounds and. upwards was found on Ibe prisoners, but none of tl answered tbe description of Hwl 1" st !, y Mr- v" « Kil!> » - BOI. F. SWORTH CASTLE.— This noble mansion and domain, cerlainly one of the most superb situations in Cheshire, has been purchased by private contract, by Geor « c Walmslv, E « q. of Coslleuieer, Lancashire, RFN HE FRJENOS ami TRADESMEN of I BALDWIN LE1GHTOK, Esq. intend CELE- BRATING hi. COMING- OF. AGE, at the RAVEN INN, Shrewsbury, on MONDAY NEXT., May 15. Dinner on tbe Tabic at Three o'Clock. Those Gentlemen who intend Dining arc requested to leave their Names at the Bar. SHREWSBHEY. TF the SERVANT- who left her Place il_ upon the'Morning of Wednesday, the 19th of April last., will RETURN to it again, aha will he most gladly received. A Continuance of her valuable and faithful Services being earnestly desired by her Master and Mistresses. Sh<? is requested to answer this Advertisement by writing to her Mo stress, as soon as it meets her Eye. MARRIED. On Monday, the 8th inst. at Bangor- Tseoed, by th ® Rev. Thomas Pearson, Theodora VV. Uathbone, Esq. third son of the late William Rathbone, Esq. of Green- Bank, near Liverpool, to Lucy, eldest daughter of Edward Pearson, Esq. of Althrey Wood House, Flintshire. On the 28th ult. at Llan- Nefvdd, Denbighshire, Mr. Hugh Edwards, of- Mofoniog, to Mary., only daughter of John Foulkes, Esq. of Llechryd. On the 1st inst. at Llangoedmore, near Cardigan, Captain. Herbert Vaughan, of the 34th Regiment, to Sarah., only daughter of the Rev. Di-. BTjib'iLi^ cJiauip, Rector of liushall, Wilts, and Prebendary, of St. David's. On the, 4th inst. at Stockport, Joseph," eldest'son of Colonel Peers, of Plasnewydd, in the county of Den- bigh, to Caroline, only daughter of the late Joseph Beever, of Manchester, Esq. DIED. On tlio 15th of April last, Mrs. Jane Williams, of Tangfonwent, Dolgelley, in the S2d year of her age. The 23d or Royal Welsh Fusileers have left the Depot at Brecon, for the Island of Guernsey, where they are at present ordered to remain for the space of three months, during which time improvements, at an expense of nearly £ 5000, are to be made in the Barracks at Brecon. Tnrc LATE MUHPER IN BUF. CONSIIIRE.— Rees Lewis, of the parish of Llanavanfawr, in the county of Brecon, shepherd, was, on Wednesday, tbe 3d inslant, committed by the Rev. Thomas Watkius for trial at the next Great Sessions for Breconshire, charged with the Wilful Murder of John Pryce, on the Darren Hill ( noticed in our last). He was appre- hended on Tuesday, the 2d, at an early hour, in a field- near his own- residence, by a person of the name of John Williams, who, assisted hy others,- conveyed him to Brecon. An examination took place on Tuesday, by the Magistrates, and he was again brought up on Wednesday, when he was fully com- mitted.— His son, David Lewis, a lad 13 years of age, who resided with his father, has also been committed for further examination, as an accomplice— Hees Lewis is 48 years old, the deceased was 58 ; Rees Lewis is a nephew of Old Lewis Lewis, and cousin german of Young Lewis Lewis, both of whom were executed at Brecon about 35 years ago, for the mur der of Thomas Pryce, committed in the same pariah ! The sum of £ 3000 in silver, was received in Swan- sea by Thursday's mail- coach, consigned by Govern- ment to Mr. Williams, Collector of Excise ; a supply which will happily remove the great inconvenience felt from the scarcity of that circulating medium in the town and neighbourhood. The Swansea Commercial Socicty has subscribed the sum of Twenty Guineas towards the relief of the distressed Manufacturers in the North of England. The Society for the Relief of Persons imprisoned for Small Debts? have dischargpd 1096 persons within the last year, the average of whose debts amounted to £ 3. 3s. ll| d.: among the? e were from Beaumaris 2 ; Cardiff 14; Carmarthen 11 ; Chester 6; Carnarvon 2 ; Hereford 5 ; Monmouth 10 ; Montgomery. 2 Ruthin 5; Shrewsbury 5; Stafford 2 ; Swansea 1 Worcester 13. SHREWSBURY. In onr Market, 011 Saturday last, the pile, of Hid. i was 3£ d. per lb.— Calf Skim fed.— Tallaw 3d MRS. ELLIS 1%/ fOST respectfully informs her Friends, L¥ a that she is now in I. ONDOK, selecting an Assortment of MILLINERY, DR ESSES, aud BAISY LINEN. IURKUT Sat 4* 1, MAT 10. MR. LLOYD, DEWTIST, OF LIVERPOOL, fLate Blair and Lloyd), f OST respectfully announces to the IVL Ladies und Gentlemen of SHREWSBURY audits Vicinity, that he is now at Mr. Di'RKEOitn's, Ilpholsierer, Wyle Cop, whore ho will remain until the 13th Instant. LLOYD'S DESTIJBICB may be bad at the usual Places. Wheat... Bat ley... Oats J. J 10 ( fi ( 7 4 Average Prices erf Cern per Quarter, in England and Walts, for th* week ending April 29, 1: Wheat, 60s. Sd.; Bnrlfv, 31s. 4d. ; Oats, 24s. 4d. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 8. Although our arrivals last week, and Ihe supplies fresh up to this day's market were rather small, the Wheat trade is greatly depressed, the finest samples being sold full 4s. per quarter ilnder the prices of this day se'nnight, while the ordinary qualities find no buyers. Barley, owing to the mailing season hein^ over, is dull sale, aud 2s. per quarter cheaper. Beans and Peas of both kinds are very heavy sale, yet not lower, while what was done in those articles was very trifling. Having a large supply of Oats, the trade, even for fine fresh corn is 2s. per quarter lower, hut at this reduction much business has been transacted 3u other articles 110 alteration. Currant Price of Grain per Quarter, as under : Wii. it 50s to ftlj I White Pea;.. 38s lo 44s Barley 34s to 36s Beans 40s 10 44I iitlt 50 « to fiOs I Oats 26* lo 3' 2s fia. Flour 50s lo 55 « p ® r saek ; Seconds 45s lo 50s SMITHFISLD C per sl. ofm. sinking ofat). F'e. f, ilattau. ,4s 4s fid to 6s Od I Poik 4 « Sd to fts 8d lo 5s 4d I Vral 5> 8d lo 6s Lamb 6s Od lo 6s 6d LIVERPOOL. Ss. ed. lo 9s. lOd. per 701 lis 4s. 0d. to Od. per fiOlbs 3s. oil. I. 3s. 5d . par 4511) 1 7s. Od. lo 7s. fid. per. SRqts 47s. Od. to 61s. Od. perSiOlbs BRISTOL. Sprias? price of Wheat, p ® r sack of 331 lbs Foreign Wheat per bosh, of 8 gall.... English Wheat, ditto Malting Barley, ditto Malt, ditto..... Flour, Fine, par sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbs.. Seconds ditto PRIDE- MUI. # ar.? jtonai5lc £ tin fSevccrp, MR. LEVASON, SUHaEON- DENTIST, Pupil ofthe late celebrated Joseph Fox, Lecturer of Guy's Hospital, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, . J- e. < J- c. / ITH Pleasure announces his Monthly Return to this Tow n, and that he may be con sulted in all Cases of Dental Surgery and Mechanism till the 2Sd Instant, at Mr. ROGEHS'- S, Grocer and Dealer, Market- Street, opposite the Talbot Hotel, Shrewsbury. Deficiencies in this beautiful Ornament supplied . ilh superior Elegance; Natural Teeth fined with Gold Sockets and Springs, to defy Detection, enabling lie Wearer to remove them at all Times with Plea- sure ; ^ Complete Sets so ingeniously adapted as to render the Function of Mastication easy and refresh- ing. Deformities of the Mouth, however great, cor- reoted, aud the second Dentition ofChildreu regulated, to ensure Health nnd Beauty. Extracting, Stopping, Scaling, and erery other Operation on the Teeth und Gums, performed with Ease and Safely. I! tt 9, 1826. ffiinm H3rapfx$, Silk Mercery, ll. berdashery, Hosiery, Ifc. fc. PRIBK- HISIX.. F IAN MLR AND GITTINS RESPECTFULLY BEG LEAVE TO in- form their Friends and the Public, that they have Returned from the London and Manchester Mar- kets, where they have selected a large Assortment of every new and fashionable Article in tiie abore Branches- adapted for the present Season. H. & G. refrain front enumerating the rarions Spe- cies id' uevv Articles added to their Stock, but earnestly solicit an Inspection; pledging theniset res to produce as Good, as Fashionable, and as Cheap an Assortment of Goods as any House in the Trade. ROGERS AND PAGE ^ fOST respectfully inform their Friends i. V. il. and the.. Public, that they have recently been in London and Manchester, where they have pur chased a very extensive and Fashionable Assortment of Goods suited to tiie present Season ; and will feel greatly obliged In those Ladies who will favour them wilh an Inspection of their STOCK, w liich consists of • very new and choice Colour in Gros de Naples and Sursnets, Gossamer, Tiffany, and Gauze Dresses Norwich Crapes, SEE. a great Variety of rich Chintz and every other Description of. Muslins, a superior Assortment of Canton Crape and Silk Shawls, Gauze and Lutestring Ribbons, Silk and Gauze Handker- chiefs, Artificial Flowers, Bobbin and Thread I. aee French Cambrics and French Cambric Handkerchiefs' Parasols, Hosiery, Gloves, fcc. R. & P. have constantly on Sale a complete Stock of Damask und fvery other Description of Table Linens, i rish, Scotch, and Barnslev Sheetings, 7- 8ths and 4- 4ths Irish Cloths, Long Cloths, Lawns and Diapers, Chinlz Furnitures and Moreens, Woollen Cloths, Kerseymeres, Toilenettes, kc. Sec. FUSEBAI. S FUBMSHID. bill May, 1826. rjP'IIL Contractors,' for the last time, re- al spectfiiltv address the Public ; for at Ihe Con- elusion of the present Lottery they must close their Office Doors, as from that Hour all' Lotteries are pro. hibttert in this Kingdom. To say that they lament, deeply lament, the Deter, initiation of His Majesty's Government to suppress the Lotteries, is o. ily to express that which it is most natural they should feel. The Abolition of the Lot- tery is ihe total Destruction of their Business and it is a Measure v, tt; cb < r( i » ts npnii tlic World hundreds of poor Dependents, who have been employed by them for a long Series of Years, many of whom, from Age and Afflictions, are incapable of taking- other Employ- ments, and will be reduced to a Stale of tiller Desti- tution. The Contractors abstain from setting forth any Lists of the compulsory Taxes or Duties which might have been remitted bv Government instead of discontinuing Ihe voluntary Tax of a Lottery ; but they are quite certain thai if the Sense of the Country had been taken as to whether the Lottery, or the / east objection- able of the Taxes they could point out, should be retained, the Majority would have been a hundred to one in favour of continuing the Lottery, which has existed as a Branch of the Public' Reve'tiue for more than 150 Years, and during that Period has received tiie Sanction and Support of many honourable Men distinguished as well for their Morality, us for ihe Wisdom and Integrity of their Public Conduct. It is a Gratification to the Contractors, that, bv uniting their Interests in this Lottery, they are enabled lo present a Scheme ( the lasl that will be seen in this Country) which will afford Ihe Public, iu their Fare- well Adventure, the, Chance of Six Prizes of Thirty Thousand Pounds- n greater number than was ever given in any former Scheme. The Fact of this being the very Last Lottery ia England, combined with the unexampled Number of SIX Thirty Thousands in the Scheme, renders the Sale of the Tickets certain, and ensures a rapid Adr ' Once cf Price as the Day of Drawing approaches * but the Contractors are anxious that all should have Hie Power of embracing the present Opportunity, and hake, therefore, commenced the Sale of the Tickets at only l. ight shillingt Advance upon the Price of the last Lottery ; and they now pledge themselves thai all w ho apply on or before Saturday, 27ih This Month, shall be supplied at. that Price, but on the Monday following (- 291 h of May), the Price must he increased One Pound Four Shillings each Ticket, and they can- not undertake that the Price shall be limited even to lhat Advance for more than ten Davs. ^ ALC^ ^ AUCTION. Extensive SALE of valuahle Household FURNITURE, in Chamber, Drawing, Dining, and Breakfast Room Furniture. Library of BOOKS, Cut GLASS, and CHINA, wilh excellent Brewing and Culinary Articles ; WHICH will he SOLD bv AUCTION", V / on the Premises at FERNEY HALL near Ludlow, ia the County of Salop, on Tuesday ' Wed- nesday, aud Thursday, the 3 * th and 31st Days of May, and 1.1 of June, 18i6, ( being the Properly of LLUITST SLTWEI. L, Esq.) P. y Messrs. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, Commencing each Morning at II o'clock Catalogues of which will be prepared, and may he had- at the principal Inns iu Ludlow, Leominster Hereford, Cluu, Bishop's Castle, and Church Slretlon - • t the Craven Arms, Newton; of r'rg AUCTIOKBins' Shrewsbury ; and at the Place of Sale. TO- MORROW. DW BEFORE OSWEVI'RY FAIR. Prime Young Cuttle, Horses, Implements in Husbandry, and other Effects BY MR, JENKINS, In the Farm Yard, at i'r. As YOI. LIN, near Dudlislon in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the lltli Day* of May, 1826, the Property of W. JI'OHHAU., Esq rpWENTY- SIX Ayrshire, VVIrral, ami IL Long- homed two. year old and yearling Heifers selected from some of tiie first Breeders in the King- dom ; strong Draught Boise, rising 6 Years old, feet of Gears; three- years old Colt, by Driver, out of a well- bred Mare; a capital broad- wheel Caving Cart with Patent Naves and Harvest Gearing, broad- w lijei Tumbrel, ditto Ditto with Harvest Gearin", new invented Under- draining PI. ugh, Wheel Plou< vh" Scotch Plough, Water. furrow Ditto, two Pair of Hail Land Roller, well- seasoued Implement Timber jii. ' rows & c. kc. SUIM AND ASAOOLLCN SRAPERG WAREHOUSE, KA233L- 3EAD. SHSEWS3U2Y. W ILL! A M~ GR IF FIT11S rSHAKES the earliest Opportunity of re- - S.. turning his grateful Thanks to his Friends and the Public, for the many Favours he has received Time past; and begs to inform them, that he lias taken into PARTNERSHIP Mr. E. li. HANMER, in- tending to carry on ihe Business under the Firm of GRIFFITHS and HANMER, on the same Premises as heretofore, in n general FAMILY and FURNl. TURE TRADE, which they purpose to re. open with an entire NEW STOCK as soon as the desired Alteration of the Premises can be accomplished. W. G. hopes, by the decided Advantages they shall have in selecting'tlieir Stock at the present very low Prices, and by their strict Attention, to merit a Conti. nuance of those Favours he before has so liberally experienced. E. II. HANMER, EEPLY impressed with a Sense of the Liberality of a generous Public, flatters him- self that, by bis unremitting Attention and utmost Endeavours, lie shall ensure from his Friends aud the Public that Confidence nnd Support he so earnestly solicits, which it will ever be his Study to merit. MAY 2, 18- 23. Light Lots of HAY, near the Iron Bridge, tit Cound. BY MRTTERRY, ON TH5 SPOT, en Tuesday, the 16th Day of May, 1826, at Eleven o'clock i'n the Forenoon ( for Twelve to a Minute exact) ; A STACK of excellent HAY, Harvest of TBL 1824, containing about POUT Y- SIX TONS, iu tbe foil owing Portions : LOT I. A Portion of the said Stack of Hay, ot Ihe River End thereof, as marked thereon wilh a Knife. LOT II. A Portion of tlie said Slack, next adjoining Portion of the said Stack, adjoining TIIOMAS CHESTER, TAILOR, & c. EGS to inform his Friends and the Public, that be has REMOVE D from Ihe Gullet Passage to the House adjoining the BEI. L- STOXB, Barker Street; where all Orders will be thankfully received, and executed in a Manner equal to any House in London, and w ith the greatest Dispatch. T. C. embraces this Opportunity of returning his besl Thanks to those Friends who have favoured liiui with their Orders. T. C. has olso lo announce that he expects his Son from London in a few Duts; where he has beeu Four Months practising Cutting-- out, & c. under some of the most experienced in llie Trade in Town. He be « - s to - assure those Families who have for a Leno- th of Time, and those who have lately, conferred their Favours on him, that nothing shall be wanting on his Part to give them Satisfaction. BAKKF. R STREET, APRIL 2GTU, 18- 26. 38 6 7 4 6 . 50 45 2 d. s. 0 lo 40 0 lo fl 0 lo 7 0 lo 4 6 to 7 o lo aa 0 to 48 0 to 3 JOHN POYNER, TAILOR AND HABIT- MAKER, MARDOL, SHREWSBURY', IMPRESSED with Gratitude for the numerous Favours he has received since his Commencement, begs Leave to inform his Friends, the Ladies and Gentlemen of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, that he is returned frotn London ; where he has selected the newest and most Fashionable Articles in his Line, of Business, aud which he will he happy to submit to the Inspection of any Lady or Gentleman who may be pleased to honour him with a Call. MAY 2, 1826. LOT III. A Lot 2. LOT IV. The remaining Portion of Ibe said Stack. Also another STACK ofexcellen't HAY, Harvest of 1825, containing ubout FIFTY TONS, as follows : LOT V. A Portion ofthe above Stack of Hay, at tbe Road End thereof, as marked thereon w ith a Knife. LOT VI. A Portion of tbe said Slack, adjoining Lot 5. LOT VII. A Portion of the said Stack, adjoining Lot 13. J S l. or VIII. The remaining Portion of the said Slack, The Lots will be made larger, if preferred at the Sale. Mr. PESKY particularly requests the punctual Ob- servance of the Hour of Sale, or Parties- wishing to Purchase will be disappointed. Mr. MAJSBY, at Cound, will shew the Hay Also, immediately after the Sale, will lie LET by Auction, about Forty Acres of excellent MOWING LAND, ill Lots, and subject to Conditions to be declared al tbe Time of Sale. N. B. The Auctioneer caunot, without Injustice In his Employer, but humbly solicit the Attention of his Friends and the Public io general to this valuablci Selection, and can assure them no Expense lias been spared' in obtaining them ; and he further begs to- inform them that Purchasers and others may be accotu moJated wilh a good LEY, well supplied wilh Water" and furnished wilh Shade. TERMS OF THE LEY. For a Yearling £] JQ O Two Years old ' 2 o o Three Years old Heifer 3 0 0 Two capital- bred Durham and one Alderliey Bui! will serve the Lev. It, is ihe Vender's Intention to make nn ANNUA! SALE of YOUNG CATTLE, at the Opening « f his Le?, for the Improvement of Stock iu generalf Mr. JOHN Baiscoe, the Bailiff'al I'las Yolliii afore- said, will show tlie Mowing Land, Stock, & c. Three Days prior to tbe Sale, and give any further Inform- ation that may be required. The Sale fo commence at Eleven o'Clock in the- Forenoon. W3SLLINGTOH, SALOP. BY POOLE & SON, At the House of Mr. Turner, Sun Inn, Wellington on Friday, the 12th Day of May, 1826, between'the Hours of Four and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon subjecrto Conditions to be tbeu and there produced' unless in the mean Time disposed of by Private Contract : rjpHE UNEXPIRED TIME of and in H- all that commodious DWELLING HOUsE w ith a large Sashed SHOP, two Parlours, and Kitchen on the Ground Floor, and Cellaring underneath the Whole; 5 excellent. Lodging Rooms; and a lar. e Workshop and Warehouse adjoining ; a detached Brewbonse, Stable, and Walled Garden, and other Appurtenances to the same belonging; desirably situale in the New Street, in WELLINGTON afore- said, in the Occupation of Mr. Robert Garbett who is changing his Residence. For a View of the Premises, and further Particulars apply to the said Mr. R. GARBETT, or the Auctioneers'. Immediate Possession may be bad. We Is hp oo I, Mon tgome rysh ire. VALUABLE Valuable TEAM of Farming Draitaht HORSES and GEARING. " BY MR. PERRY, In Ibe Yard of the Talbot Hotel, Shrewsbury, nn Saturday, the 20th Day of May, 1820, at Twelve ( for One to a Minute), separately ; very supe- , seasoned lo Farm and Road Work, with their excellent Gearing complete ; also a remarkably powerful Brown Draught MA RE, stinted to a celebrated Stallion. Likewise a PONY CARRIAGE, one STANHOPE, and a TILBUR Y. For further Information apply to Mr. PERRY, Shrewsbury. \ MOST valuable TEAM of ve il rior Black Draught HORSES, se Oats, per S gall FAIRS TO BF. IIOLOEN. May 15, ChurcU Stretton, Clou, Hijes Owen, Over," Kinfare, Stafford, Bromyard, Kington, Leint- wardine, Evesham, Denbigh, Bala, Towyn S « , Ellesmere, Frodshain, Knutsford, Over, Stone, Wal- sall, Machynlleth, Llangerniew, Caergwrle 17, Ludlow, Over, Longnor ( Staffordshire), Knighton-- 18, Tattenhall, Brewood, Leek, Dorslone, Upton, Llanfair— 19, Hereford. Al Ross Fair, on Thursday, wiiere the shew of cattle was large, though dot so numerous as al former marls, stock of all kinds, but more particularly those in condition, went off readily at advanced prices There was also a demand for fat sheep, but the sale of stores was rather fiat. At » ur Fair yesterday, Fat Sheep averaged 6d. per lb.— Pigs were at about the prices uf last Fair. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. I^ THEREAS JOHN ALLEN, of SHREWS- * F BURY, in the County of Salop, Cabinet Maker, hath bv Deed of Assignment bearing Date tbe first Day of May instant, conveyed and assigned all his Estate and Effects unto JOSHUA ALLEN, of tbe same Place, Maltster, IN TRUST, for the equal Benefit of such of the Creditors of the said John Allen w ho shall execute the said Deed on or before the first Day of September next-. • NOTICE is therefore given, that such Deed lies at tbe House of the said Joshua Allen, in Frankwell, Shrewsbury, for the Execution by all such of the Creditors, who may choose to avail them- selves of the Benefit thereof. WILLIAM SMITH, A uctioneer, Respectfully informs Ihe Public, lhat the Whole of the elegant Stock of highly- finished Cabinet Furniture, & c° will be Sold by Auction, in the latter End of the present Month. Shrewsbury, May $ th, 1820. ( ONB CONCERN). VALUABLE FUEEHOItD PROPERTY, IN SHIFFNAL. At llie Star Hotel, in Shift'iial, 011 Friday, the 26th of May, 1826, nt Five o'Clock iu Ihe Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as will be mentioned ol tbe Time of Sale, and subject lo such Conditions as will then and there he produced : LOT 5. ALL those Four several newly. erected MESSUAGES or Dwelling Houses, with the Gardens behind and adjoining to the same, situate at ihe Upper End and on tbe West Side of the High Sireet, in the Town of Shift'nal, in Ibe Countv of Salop, now in the respective Occupations of Francis Pinches, Jones, Thomas Kayc, aud John Hams ( IS Tenants from Year to Year, " and containing bv' Estimation OA. 3R; 2f> P. be the same more or less" ' Lor II. All lhat MESSUAGE or Dwelling House with the Yard and Garden behind and adjoining lo the same, and also all that Barn, with the Yard belnnd and adjoining thereto, and alsoall that Garden, situate behind and adjoining to the first- mentioned Garden, all which Premises are situate and being on the South Side of Aston Street, iu Shift'nal aforesaid, and contain together by Admeasurement 0A. 2R. 16P. be the same more or less, and are now ia the respective Occupa- tions of Hasleham Leake, John Powell, and Samuel Wild, as Tenants from Year to Year. LOT III. All those Two several MESSUAGES or Dwelling Houses, with ihe Yards, Gardens, nnd Appurtenances thereto respectively belonging, situale and being on the North Side of A'stou Street in the Town of Shift'ual aforesaid, arid now in the respective Occupations of Mrs. Phoslie Clemson, and Mr Wil liam Eyke, or his Undertenant Mr. Charles Smith, as Tenants from Year to Year. LOT IV. Ail those Three several TENEMENTS or Dwelling Houses, will, the Gardens & Appurtenances thereto respectively belonging, situate on the Fast Side of the Horse Fair, in Shiffnal aforesaid, and now in the several Occupations of John Stockton, Jane Moore, and Edward Lowe, as Tenants from Yeas- to \ ear. LOT V. All that Piece or Parcel of Arable LAND ( 111 Lots suitable for Gardens or Building Ground) bring Part of a Close of Land called tbe Towusend Field, situate and being at the Northern Extremity of the . said Town of Shiffnal, and adjoining to the Road leading from thence tn Newport, containing bv Ad measurement 1 A. 1R. I6P. be Ihe same more or less" and now 111 the Possession or Occupation of Mr. John Cuxson, or his Trustees. Mr. PETER OSBORNE will shew the Premises • arid any further Particular may he known upon Apolica lion lo him at Mr. Cuxson's Office in Sbiff'nal; to Mr JELI. ICOE, of Beigliterton ; to Mr. STANIER, Lizard Grange ; or to Messrs. PRITCHARD and SONS, Soli eitors, Broseley. 1 BY MR. HOWELL, At the Royal Oak Inn, in the Town of Pool, in the County of Montgomery, on Ihe 17th Day of May instant, between the Hours of three and seven ia the Afternoon, iu ibe following, or such other Lots as shall be announced at ihe Time of Sale, and subject to Conditions then to he produced : OOME very desirable Lots 0r BU1LD- V ? ING GROUND, adjoining the Horse Market, in the I own of Pool, as now staked out, and delineated in Plans left for Inspection at ihe Places hereinafter mentioned, numbered respectively from Lot No. 1 to Lot 18 inclusive. Also, all those FIVE substantial recently- built DWELLING HOUSES, nearly adjoining the Horse Market, in the said Town of Pool, with Plots of Garden Ground to each, as now staked anil numbered from Lot 19 lo Lot 23 inclusive, the same being now in the several Holdings of William Thomas and others Also, all that capital MALTHOUSE, with TWO COTTAGES or Dwelling Houses attached, adjoining the Brook Lledan, 111 the said Town of Pool, and now III Ihe Occupation of John Newell nnd his Under tenants. The Whole ofthe above Property is well deserving ofthe Attention of Persons iu Trade generally or for Building Speculations. The Town of Pool, the lomr. established Mart for Welsh Flannels, is now making rapid Progress in this Manufacture ; the Advantao- es of a Market on the Spot are obvious ; and Ihe Trade may be confidently expeeled lo extend. The first- mentioned Lots are well adapted lo the Erection of Manufactories or Dwelling Houses, being 111 a dry airv Situation, each possessing good Frontage and Convenience of Access, close to a Quarry of ex- cellent Building Stone, and within a very moderate Distance of Lime and oilier Building Materials ; and the Whole of the Property is well supplied with a constant Stream from the adjoining Brook, and also with good Spring Water. The Maltbouso is of the most convenient Construc- tion, has been recently erected, and is capable of wetting and drying sixty Bushels every four Davs and there is Room for Ihe Erection of tw: o additional Cottages. Maps or Plans of the Property are lefi al tbe princi- al Inns iu the County; and further Particulars may be obtained on Application to Mr. WILLIAM JOHNES Land Surveyor, Pool; of THE AUCTIONEER ; or at tiie Office of Messrs. GRIPFITHES and Cosine, Solicitors Pool. ' ' MONTGOMERYSHIRE. MOST ELIGIBLE liil:/ ] tf/ aLjn, iYi IN THE Y Parish of Llanrhaiadr- Mochnant. BY MRTTTPAYNE, At the Wynnstay Arms, in the Town of Llanfyllin oil Thursday, the22d Day of June, 1826, between Fmir. and Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject lo Condi- tions then to be produced : LOT I. npflE FARM AND LANDS called K CASTELLMOCH- MAWR, consisting of I40A. 21! 13P. ( more or less) of Arable, Meadow and Pasture Land, Smithy, House, and Garden, a Collage and Enclosure, called FOTTYLLECHWEDDLLWYI), with a Right of Common, now in ihe Occupation of Mr Evan Evans and his Undertenants, as Tenant froui 1 ear to Year. LOT II. A FARM and LANDS, called CAESHENKIN consisting of 51 A. lii. 5P. ( more or less) of Arable • Mid Pasture Land, with a Right of Common, now in the Occupation of Mrs. Dorolhy Evans, as Tenant from Year to Year. The Timber on each Lot to be taken at a Valuation. This Property commands many fineSiles for Build in</ being delightfully situated on " the Romantic Banks of the River Tannad, which abounds in excellent Salmon and Trout. The surrounding Country and neighbour ing Hills afford a plentiful Supply of Game, purlieu," larly Grouse. An excellent Turnpike Road passes through the Property, which is distant one Mile froui Llanrhaiadr, four from the Market Town of I. hivi'. fvlliii, 10 from Oswestry, aud about an equal Distance from Coal and Lime- works. For Particulars apply to Mr. HALLOWES, nt Coed near Dolgelley, or Mr. HUMPHREY WILLIAMS Soli' citor, Dolgelley; if by Letter, Post- paid. Maps will be left at the principal Inns al Llanfyllin, Llanrhaiadr and Oswestry, BALOMAM JOUEMAJL, AMIO C'OUSIER OF WA1M PRIVATE TUITION. YOUNG PERSON, accustomed lo _ ^ Tuition, nnd qualified to teach Latin, Greek, Writing-, Arithmetic, Geography, & c. wishes to devote Part of his Time to the Daily Instruction of I n vale Families.— Parents who design their Children for the University w ill find this a favourable Opportunity. The Advertiser will have no Objection to engage as Private Tutor in an individual Family. Th « most, respectable References can he given Letters ( Po. l- paid) addressed to E. H. at the Post- Office, will he attended to. t) v auction. TO- MORROW. BY WRIGHT AND SON, At the Lamb Inn, in Dravlon- in- Hales, in the County of Salop, on Thursday," the llth Day of May, 1826, nt live o'Clock in lite Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as shall be then produced : LOT I. A LL that MESSUAGE or Tenement j\ and SHOP, situate near the Butter Cross, in Draytou- in Hales aforesaid, late in ' the Occupation ot Richard Ford. LOT II. All that MESSUAGE or Tenement, ad- joining to the lasl Lot, late in the Occupation of David Thomas. IOTIII. All that MESSUAGE or Tenement and BLACKSMITH'S SHOP adjoining, situate 111 the Bell Lane, in Drayton- in- Hales aforesaid, in the Oc- cupation of Thomas Boughey. LOT IV. All those TWO BUTTS or Selions of Freehold LAND, situate in a certain inclosed Field called the Gallow Tree Field, in the Parish of Dray- ton- in- Halcs aforesaid, in the Occupation of Richard Kpenilelow. And also all that BUTT or Selion of LAND, lying in the same Field, being. Leasehold for the Remainder of a Term of Two Thousand Years, also in the Occupation of the said Richard Spendelow. The above Premises may be viewed, and further Particulars known, 011 Application at the Offices of Messrs. BUTTERTON and SON, or Mr. STANLEY, Soli- citors, Drayton, or from Mr. YATES, Solicitor, New- port. Also, at ihe same' Time and Place, the INTEREST • f Ihe said Richard Spendelow of and in a certain Sum of £ 600, payable on the Death of Mrs. Mary Wood, aged about 40 Years, Widow of Mr. Henry Wood, lale of Drayton. in. Hales aforesaid, deceased. For further Particulars apply to the said Messrs. BUTTKRTON and Son. Excellent MATE li CORN MILLS. BARMOUTH. r| 1HE Public are respectfully informed, a a. COACH to the above Place" will leave the BRITANNIA INN, SHREWSBURY, May 31st, and will continue to 11111, on WEDNESDAYS ONLY, during the Bathing Season. Proprietors ':— II. CARTWRIG11T, Shrewsbury, T. WHITEHALL, Welsh Pool. W. LLOYD, Mallwyd, II. OWEN, Dolgelley, W. BARNETT, Barmouth. Co lie aft, And entered upon at Midsummer next, ACONVENIENT and commodious DWEL- . LING HOUSE, with a good Garden attached, situate Oil COLLEGE HILL, and late in the Occupa- tion of Mrs. It. Williams, deceased.— For Particulars apply " 011 the Premises, or lo Mr. R. WILLIAMS, Furrier, Shrewsbury ; if by Letter, Post- paid. THE DISTURBANCES. Preston- Brockhurst, Ilaickstone, and other Roads. 1%. 7 OTICE is hereby given, That an Adjourned MEETING of tbe Trustees of these Roads will be held at the Saracen's Head, in lladual, 011 THURSDAY, the 18th- of May instant, at Eleven o'Clock iu the Forenoon. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk. BY MR. SAMUEL SMITH, At Ihe Tontine Inn, Ironbridge, on Friday, the 12th of May, 1826, at Three in Ihe Afternoon, unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which the earliest Notice will he given, and in the follow- ing- or such other Lois as shall he agreed upon at tbe Sale : LOT I. V A LU A B L E new- erected Overshot WATER CORN MILL, with two Pairs of French Stones, Dressing Machines, and other Ma- chinery requisite for carrying 011 an extensive Busi ness; also, a genteel Sashed House, containing two Parlours, Kitchen, Bre. whouse, and several Bed Rooms, with Stable and Garden attached, and about an Acre of Land. Lo r II. Another valuable Overshot WATER CORN nnd CLOVER MILL, with French Stones, Dressing Machine, and other Machinery requisite for the Busi- ness ; with a House, Stable, Garden, and small Piece of Land. The Premises are most eligibly situate at FARLEY, near Much Wenlock, in a populous Neighbourhood, within about a M. ile and Half of the River Severn, are free from Land Tax, and considered better than Freehold, being held for the Residue of a Term of 3500 Years. The new Mill is just completed, and immediate Possession may he given of it. The Tenant is under Notice to quit tbe other Premises. For Particulars apply to Mr. EVATSON, Millwright, Broscley ; or Mr. WACE, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. HEREAS a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against RICH ARD CUND, lale of MINTON, in ihe County of Salop, Maltster, Dealer and Chapman, and he being declared a Bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major Part of them, on the loth and 16th Days of May instant, and on the 13th Day of June next, al Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon of each Day, at the Fox Inn, in the Town of Shrewsbury, in tbe County of Salop aforesaid, and make a full Discovery and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where tbe Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts, and at the second Sitting to choose Assignees and at the last Sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish bis Examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from tlie Allowance of his Certifi cate.— All Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, but give Notice to Messrs. Pan, POT and STONE, 3, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, London, or ' 0 Messrs. BUHLEY & SCARTH, Solicitors, Shrewsbury JOHN BATHES, GEO. WINGFIELD, THOS. II. KOUG1I. At A LMING TON HALL, near Market Drayton, 1$ in the ( ounty of Stafford, the Property of JOHN CHEWS, Esq. who is changing his Residence. BY W. CHURTON, Without the leait Resfrre, on Thursday, Ihe IStb Dny uf Mny, 1826, and th* following Days ( Sunday excepted), until all is sold : rpHE Entire & Modern HOUSEHOLD - ft. FURNITURE, in Dining, Drawing, Sitting, and Red Room Suits; valuable grand PIANO FORTE; splendid HARP; rich CHINA and Cut GLASS; PHAETON; DAIRY COWS ; Brewing and Dairy Vessels; Garden Glasses; Quantity of Cyder ; Glass and Stone Bottles, & c. kc. ORDER OF SALE: FIRST DAY.— Kitchen, Laundry, Larder, and Dairy SRCOND DAY.— Servants' Hall, Sitting, Dressing, Dining, and Drawing Rooms, Ilall and Staircase, best Bed Rooms. THIRD DAY.— Butler's Pantry, China, Glass, and Delf, Bed Rooms, Nursery, and Store Room. FOURTH DAY.— Carriage, Dairy Cows, Stable, Yard, Garden, Brewing and Wash- houses, Attics, kc. Catalogues may now he had at the Talbot, and Phoenix, Market" Drayton ; Royal Oak, Eccleshall ; Three Tuns, Newcastle ; Swan, Stafford ; Lion, New- port ; Castle, Tern, hill ; Bear, Hodriet; Hawkstone Inn; Lamb, Nautvvich ; and from the Auctioneer, Whitchurch. MONTGOMERYS H! R E. HEREAS JOHN CUXSON, of SHIFPNAL, in the County of Salop, Gentleman, hath, by an Indenture of Lease and au Indenture of Release and Assignment bearing Date respectively the sixth and seventh Days of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty- six, the Indenture of Release aud Assignment being made or expressed to be made between the said John Cuxson, of the first Part, the " several Persons who by themselves or their Partners or Agents have „ or shall thereunto set their Hands and Seals, Creditors of the said John Cuxson, of the second Part, and George Brooke, of the City of Chester, Esquire, William Jelliboe, of Beighterton, in the County of Stafford, Land- Valuer, nnd John Stanier, of the Grange, in the Parish of Tonge, in the said County of Salop, Gentleman, of the third Part, released and assigned unto the said George Brooke, William Jellicoe, and John Stanier, their flei rs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns respectively, certain Freehold Messuages, Lands, and other Here- ditaments, situate in the several Parishes of Prees and Shiffnal, in the said County of Salop, and iu the Parish of Saint Mary Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, and all and singular the Money, Debts, Household Goods and Furniture, Farming Stock, and other Personal Estate of him the said Johu Cuxson ( except as in the said Indenture of Release and Assignment is mentioned), IN TRUST, to sell and dispose of the said Real and Personal Estates and Premises, and to apply the Monies arising therefrom nfter defraying the Expenses of the said Trusts, unto and among the Creditors of the said John Cuxson, as in the said Indenture of Release and Assignment is particularly directed, and to pay the ultimate Surplu: of such Monies unto the said John Cuxson, his Exe ctitors, Administrators, or Assigns; which said In dentures were severally executed by the said John Cuxsotl 011 the said seventh Day of April, One Thou sand Eight Hundred and Twenty- six, in the Presence of John Pritchard, of BrOseley, in the said County o: Salop, Attorney at Law; and the said Indenture o Release and Assignment was executed by the said George Brooke, William Jellicoe, and John Stanie respectively, on the fourteenth Day of the same Month of April, in the Presence of the said Joh Pritchard. At the Bear Inn, Welshpool, on Monday, the 12th of June, 1826, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which Notice will he given ; RRULE following . valuable FREEHOLD H ESTATES, situate in the several Parishes of CASTLE CAEREINION, I. LANFIIIANCEL, LLANFYLLIN, LLANGADFAN, and LLANFAIR. Castle Caereinion. LOT I. All lhat M ESSUAGE, and also an Overshot WATER CORN GRIST MILL, called Melyn- y- rhyd Mill, with about 6 Acres of excellent Meadow and Pasture Ground, with all the necessary Outbuild ings, in the Possession of This Mill contains two Pair of Stones ( the one of Frenches and the other Rye), a Drying Kiln, a Dressing Machine, nnd all oilier Conveniences necessary for the Business — Plenty of Water, and is situate adjoining the Road leading from Pool to Llanfair. LOT II. All lhat MESSUAGE or Dwelling House nnd Garden, ndjoining the Inst- inentinued Lot, now in the Possession of David Thomas. LOT III. An Allotment of COMMON, on the Northern Side of the Biirwvdd Common, containing 37 Acres, adjoining Lands of Lord Clive, Mr. Arthur Duvies, und Mr. Stephens. Hanfihangel. LOT IV. All that capital MESSUAGE, called PEN- Y PARK, with the Farm nnd Lands thereunto belong- ing, containing about 100 Acres, in the Possession of John Evans. LOT V. All that MESSUAGE, called PEN- Y- FORDP, adjoining the lust Lot., with tbe Farm and J. auds thereunto belonging, containing about 101 Acres, in the Holding of Thomas Morris. LOT VI. All that M ESSUAGE, railed BRITII- DIR- COCH, with the Lands thereunto belonging, iu the Possession of John Evans. Lor VII. All that MESSUAGE, called CAR YN cwMi with Lands thereunto belonging, containing ( 10 Acres or thereabouts, in Ihe Occupation of Edward Williams and Griffith Evans. LOT VIII. An Allotment of COMMON, on Rmvv FAWR, containing 18 Acres, in the Occupation of Joim Evans. Llanfyllin. LOT IX. All that MESSUAGE, called WAEN, with the Lands nnd Allotment, containing 12 Acres, in the Holding of Griffith Evans. Llavgadfan. LOT X. All that M ESSUAGE called LLYFRINIOG, with the Lands anil Allotment of Common, in the Possession of David Francis. Llanfair. LOT XI. All that MESSUAGE, Garden, and Barn, near to the Town of Llanfair, in the Possession of Thomas Davies, Parish Clerk. For further Particulars, and to treat for the same, apply to 1( ICR PRYCE, of Mnnafon, Esq.; JOHN B. WILLIAMS, of Glanhafren, Esq.; Mr. JOHN WIL- LIAMS, Solicitor, Market- Square, Shrewsbury; or Mr. W. FOULKES, Solicitor, Welshpool; the latter of whom will appoint a Person lo show the Premises. npiIE Commissioners in a Commission of E Bankrupt awarded and issued againstTHOMAS COLEMAN, of THE HICHWOOD, iii the Parish of Ynr'pole, iu the Comity of Hereford, nnd EDWARD WELLINGS, of LUDLOW, in the County of Salop Bankers and Copartners, intend to M EETon Saturday Ihe twentieth Day of May next, at the Guildhall, i Ludlow aforesaid ; when and where the Creditor the said Bankrupts who have not, already proved thei Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, and with those who have already proved their Debts, are to assent to or dissent from the Assignees of the said Bankrupts* Estate and Effects relinquishing giving up an Agreement made by ihe said Edwan Wellings with certain Persons to be then named, fo the Purchase of a Messuage, Dwelling House, and Premises, in Ludlow aforesaid, or otherwise coniplet ing the same; and also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees selling or otherwise disposing n all or any Part of the Freehold, Leasehold, and othe Estates of the said Bankrupts respectively, or of either of them, in such Lots, and either by Public Auction or Private Contract, nnd for such Price or Prices, aud inch Time and Place or Times and Places, as the shall think proper, nnd from Time to Time ut sin- Auction or Auctions to buy in and afterwards resell the same Freehold, Leasehold, nnd other Estates or any of them, or any Part or Parts thereof respect ively", at such Time or Times, and in such Manner as Ihey the said Assignees shall think 111, without liein answerable or accountable for any Loss or Diminutio iu Price nt any such Re- sale, or for any Expense wliie may be occasioned by any such buying in and Re- sale ami also to assent to or dissent from Ihe said A signees giving such Time or Times, and acceptin such Security for Payment of the Consideration Money for the same respectively, as they shall think proper ; also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees selling and disposing of the Household Goods, Film" ture, and other Personal I-' state and Effects of th said Bankrupts, or either of them, or any Part thereof, either by Public Auction or Private Contract, an ' either for Ready Money or on Credit, as the siv Assignees shall think proper; also to assent to dissent from the said Assignees commencing, prose etiting, or defending any Action or Actions, Suit Suits at Law or in Equity, or preferring or opposin any Petition or Petitions to the Lord High Chancell for the Recovery, Defence, or Protection of the Estates and Effects of the said Bankrupts or of eithe of them, or to their Compounding or Coinpromisin with any Debtor or Debtors to the Estate of ihe sa" Bankrupts or either of them, and taking any Port the Debt or Debts or such oilier Payment or Satisfac- tion in Discharge of the whole, or to their giving Time or taking Security for the Payment of any such Debt or Debts, or submitting any Dispute to Arbitra- tion, or otherwise agreeing to any Matter or Thing relating thereto; also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees employing an Accountant or Account- ants to investigate the Accounts and Transactions of the said Bankrupts or of either of them, and to collect nnd get in the Outstanding Debts and Effects of or belonging to the said Bankrupts' Estate or either of them, and to their paying such Acconutant or Ac- countants out of the said Bankrupts' Estate and Effects or either of them such Remuneration ns to the said Assignees shall seem right; also to assent to or dissent froin ihe said Assignees paying the Clerks and Servants of tbe said Bankrupts or either of them Ihe Wages due to iheip respectively in full; and nlso to authorise " and empower the said Assignees gene- rally to take such Measures in the Management and Settlement of tbe Affairs, Concerns, Estates, and Effects, of the said Bankrupts or either of them, as they the said Assignees shall from Time to Time consider reasonable, just, and beneficial for the Creditors of the said Bankrupts or of cither of them. LUDLOW, 29TH APRIL, 1820. From the Manchester Chronicle of Saturday last. We feel liappy in being enabled to state, that the town of Manchester may now be considered to be relieved from all serious apprehension. " The . Magis trates and the Police have pursued the most ener- getic measures to put down riot and disorder; and tliere is such an efficient military force made dis- posable hero and in the neighbourhood by the orders of Government, that though temporary incon- veniences may arise in particular isolated points, or detached situations, yet the madness of such ag- ressions becomes obvious in a very short time, by the active force which is immediately directed towards them. To the Cheshire Yeomanry, a body of men and officers which must be admired by all ho are competent to form a judgment of'a military association, the town and neighbourhood are deeply indebted. They have been again suddenly called from their business and their homes to render a aluable service to the great manufacturing corn- unity of this county, they have obeyed the call in moment, and they have laid the foundation for a restoration of personal safety to t. he inhabitants, and cheeked the spoliations of their property. In this arduous duty we regret that they have been subjected to annoyances and to some individual injuries; but whilst they had to confront an excited population, it was hardly to be expected that such inconveniences would not occur. In short, such is the organization of civil and military means, that factory property is rescued from the jeopardy iu hich it stood a few days ago. To the spirit of its owners, the affectionate adherence of the people hom they employ, and the effectual system upon which tlie defence of this sort of property ( from '"' hich is obtained a maintenance to a considerable roportion of the working class) is conducted, this happy consequence has been derived.— A feature of the most cheering nature will be found this w • ek in the spontaneous acts of benevolence which the dreadful condition of the unemployed has excited throughout all orders of society. In the metropolis there has been an absolute burst of the most genuine feelings of commiseration for the weaver and the unoccupied artisan. His most gracious Majesty the King headed the subscription with no less a siun than ±' 2000. At Liverpool a sentiment of the same excellent quality governed a public meeting, arid a liberal amount was forthwith recorded. Through- out the Kingdom, no doubt, an equivalent spirit of kindness will operate, aud the. value of this senti- ment wiil be no less appreciated by those to whom it is directed than the amount of means to which it gives birth. Whilst on this subject it becomes equally our duty to advert to the operation of the Laws on the misguided and the vicious. Our New Bailey Reports afford a melancholy evidence of the lawless flagrancy of conduct which attaches itself to many of the lower orders of men. For such, both ere and elsewhere there is a punishment to follow which will be a future beacon to check from error's ways. There is nothing more surprising at this crisis than to find persons of so wicked and depraved a mind as to leave employment and turn out for an advance of wages. Whilst many of their fellow- men and families are absolutely under the affliction of starvation, it is most lamentable to have a de monstration before our eyes of the insufficiency of that terrible visitation to keep others within the limits of common prudence iu their conduct. It must excite disgust even amongst their own body, and eaunot but tend to paralyse the hand of charity. In aid of all the various means which are put in equisition for real sufferers, in tbe absence of de- mand for manufactured goods and the consequent failure of employment, his Majesty's Ministers are adopting a specific measure, that of making available for present wants the bonded corn, on a duty of 12s. per quarter, with a prospective view to admitting the importation of foreign grain at a sanctioned duty should the markets rise in a proportion to make it desirable. Thus every engine is at work to mitigate the severity of urgent distress.— We wish we could add to these advantages tha information that trade is better. But though that cannot be announced as a fact, the precursor to it seems to be generally admitted, that things are at what is termed " the bottom," and that a rise may be justly anticipated in the value of goods, and a demand for them be again shortly experienced. In tbe mean time, with his employer the workman must exercise the virtue of patience ; and to that he must add, for the sake of his and the general character, forbear- ance. Above all things, he tnust refrain from acts of spoliation upon the property of those to whom he has to look up for future bread. If he injures ma- chinery, he aims. a deadly blow at his own security life. To consider, that power- looms are the source of all his misery is to think most erroneously. If this Country did not avail itself of every improve- ment in machinery, and anticipate its rival in that respect, no art, no legislative enactment could enable it to maintain its manufacturing superiority. As well might the agricultural labourer demand the abolition of ploughs and harrows and the restoration of spade husbandry, as weavers call for a return to the old and exploded system of machinery or the entire use of hand looms. To reject its assistance would be folly. It leads to a cheap supply of every thing connected with the conveniences of life, aud is as valuable, in the end, to the comforts of the people of this Country, in all their degrees, as it is estimable to them iu its diverse bearings on trade with other Nations. Much error of opinion has also been generated oil the topic of the Corn Laws, a subject which in its various ramifications is little understood. The intemperate remarks of some of the journals on this and other points connected with the stagnation of commerce has been injurious in its influences on the minds of the unfortunate work men. One of the most salutary lessons to be de- duced from the whole of the passing events of this awful season will be that of the necessity for eco- nomy. This will apply to all. That waste and profusion of means which has too much been con nected with the abundant wages of several portions of a manufacturing population ought for the future to be. changed for a careful adaptation to the wants ouly of a family. Something should be saved for the day of adversity. This, we fear, has in few instances been the case. ' Ihere has been no provident fore- cast for the hour when the usual receipts of a do- mestic circle might be circumscribed, or lost. MANCHESTER. Two men of notorious character were appre- hended on Saturday, for throwing stones at the Constables near New Cross. One of them had been tried three times for felony. When searched, the sum of £ 1. 16s. was found in his pocket! On Sunday and Monday groupes of men were perambulating the streets, but no breach of the peace took place. On Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, a meeting of the various trades was held in the area of St George's Fields. The multitude, which at that hour consisted of about 2,000 persons, rapidly accumulated in number, and in the course of a short time there are supposed to have been 10,000 individuals present." The meeting was addressed by some of the leaders. One man, of the name of Johnson, who was formerly in the employ of the Police, and whom curiosity attracted to the spot was recognised by the crowd aud furiously assailed on all sides, lie is severely wounded in the head and now lies in a slate of extreme indisposition.. Information of what was occurring immediately reached the Police, and the Magistrates, Military, and Constables were promptly in attendance at the place. Before their arrival, however, the multitude had dispersed.— At six o'clock in the evening a meeting was held by adjournment from three in the afternoon, iu St. George's Fields, at which aboyt 2000 persons are supposed to have been present. The meeting was addressed by several men from a brick- kiln, and one speaker urged the people to destroy all the power- looms, but to commit no personal injury. lie told them that he would lead them on. The whole neighbourhood, Newton Lane in particular, was in a state of excitation. Groups of men and women were standing at the corners of the streets, and there was a large crowd in that part of Newton Lane which commanded a vievv of the scene of the meeting. Mischief was appre- hended by the peaceable part of the population, and many shops were closed. The mob, which, with the additional number it. gathered in its course, consisted of from 3 to 4,000 persons, proceeded, about half- past seven in the evening, from the field where the meeting had been held, towards the factory of Messrs. Johnson and Brookes, sitaate in New Islington, near that part of Ancoats- street which fronts the upper end of Port- street. Upon their approach to the factory the crowd divided into companies of about 400 each, and at once surrounded the place. The manager of the mill ( which had only ceased work a very short time), attended by tbe watchman and another individual, ascended the third story, and waited there the proceedings of themob. They had scarcely reached their station when the factory was assailed with stones and brick- bats from every side. The win- dows were many of them demolished, and the attack continued with unabated violence; but the men who were placed within bad not at this time offered any opposition to their assailants. In a few minutes the mob proceeded to batter down a private door by which the work- people enter the factory, and also a piece of a wall, so that nothing was now left to oppose their entrance within. At this junc- ture, and not earlier, and in the momentary expecta- tion ofthe populace forcing their Way up stairs, the men in the interior discharged their pieces, by which two of the crowd were slightly wounded. Even this did not prevent the commission of further outrage. Stones stiil continued to be poured in upon the factory on all sides, and the men vvers undsr the necessity of firing again. One shot took effect upon a man in tiie crowd, who reeled a few paces and fell as if dead. This melancholy catas- trophe arrested the tide of mischief. The man was taken by some of his comrades into the house of Mr. Baker, the sign of the Plough, in that neigh- bourhood, where they wished him fo be left in order that, with the tnob, they might return to the attack. The landlord remonstrated. against the proceeding, and begged the crowd to take the man to the Infirmary, where, if medical effort? could restore him, he would be revived. The crowd for some time objected, but at length, after a consulta- tion upon the subject, agreed to take their comrade away. This they accordingly did, but before they had proceeded fifty yards the cry of " Wi. oo! Whoo!" which has been used as the order for a halt, resounded from all sides, and tliere was a general stop. It was now proposed to lay the man down in the street and return to the factory. The expediency of this measure was deliberated upon, and it was at length determined to tak^ the dead man, as he was then thought to be, to the lufirmary, and return to finish the work of demolition at another time. Unfortunately, throughout the whole of this outrage no military or constables were on the spot. About a quarter before nine, however, the Special Constables, nearly 500 in number, with a few of the Bays, arrived, but finding all tranquil they passed ou their way. The route they took was through New Islington, and round by Mr. Gray's factory into Aneoats Lane, where the military were stationed. The whole body was then formed into ine, whilst the public- houses were cleared. The Constables afterwards moved forward with the military to the Cross, where they were met by Mr. Foster the Magistrate, and Major Eckersley. Here the troops and Constables remained some time, and Mr. Foster and the Major went to consult with l, he Committee, as to what was to be done. Orders were soon after brought for the Constables to remain at rendezvous until eleven o'clock, ready to be called out if occasion required. Nothing, how- ever, occurred to render their further services necessary, and at that hour they returned to their homes. At eleven o'clock Mr. Foster, attended by some of the Bays, arrived at the factory, and left eleven Riflemen within. This body of soldiers re- mained till five iu the morning, when all continuing quiet, they returned to their quarters. During this eventful night the conduct of the foreman, the watchman, and the other persons within the factory, was most exemplary. They were cool and col- lected, and did uot resort to the fatal act of firing until the danger of an immediate entry into the factory, and the consequent destruction of the property, rendered it necessary.— The name of the man who was so dreadfully wounded is Thomas Harrison, of No. 10, Lad Lane, Deansgate. He now lies in. the Infirmary, where every thing that human skill can do to save his life will no doubt be tried. He has received several small shots iu the thigh, the chest, the abdomen, and a few in the head and arms. He is still in a dangerous state. He is a spinner by trade; is married, and iias one child. He states himself to have been unemployed for three months. On Wednesday, the Constables and Military were again on the alert, and took the same route as on the former evening. No breach of the peace, however, took place.— In the morning of that day, a body of men assembled in a field at the back of All Saints' Church, but before the Constables had time to reach the place the crowd had dispersed. Information of the meeting was conveyed to the New Bayley just at the time the case of Mr. Horsfali's fire was about to be proceeded with, and the hearing was in consequence adjourned till the following day.— Nothing has transpired as to the purpose for which the multitude assemblad. Early on Thursday morning, there was a proces- sion of the hands employed in a steam- loom factory in this town, who had turned out for wages. The women walked first two- abreast, and the men fol- lowed in the same order. In this way they paraded the town.— Towards six o'clock in the evening, the hour at which the mill ceases work, a crowd of turn- out weavers, consisting chiefly of women and boys, and amounting in number to about 300, col- lected in front and about the Oxford Road Cotton Twist Company's Factory situate just beyond the bridge which separates the townships of Manchester and Charlton Row, for the purpose of annoying those who had wisely continued to work. This assembling of persons excited a degree of appre- hension in the niiuds of those within the mill, and in the neighbourhood, and a messenger immediately set out for assistance. A number of constables promptly attended on the spot, and their presence repressed any attempts that might have been made either upon the factory or on the hands. The work- people were suffered to pass quietly to their homes, and the chief part of the mob speedily dispersed. Some stragglers remained behind, but no breach of the peace was attempted. The multi- tude consisted of turn- outs from various factories. This was the only occurrence of any importance throughout the day, and every part of the town remained so perfectly tranquil, that at eight o'clock in the evening the Constables were discharged from farther attendance. Y'esterday ( Friday) morning, about half- past eleven o'clock, a crowd of turn- out weavers, spinners, and other unemployed persons, began again to assemble in front of and about the Oxford Road Twist Factory, for the purpose of renewing their annoyance of the work- people, and by twelve o'clock, the dinner- hour, there were from 3 to 500 peopte collected. When the men aud yvoisen weavers employed in Ihe factory attempted; to make their way home, the multitude assailed them in every way, and resorted to the shameful expedient of throwing stones. One woman, we are sorry to add, was most severely cut in the forehead. Another womau was assaulted by four of the female turn- outs, and might have been beaten to death had it not been for the timely assistance of the manager of the mill, who rescued her from her perilous situation. She is very seriously injured. Mr. Laveuder and a party of constables were iu attend- ance immediately upon being summoned, and their presence effected a restoration of order. The re- sult of this renewed outrage upon the industrious weavers who chose to follow their employment was, that they left the factory ill alarm early iu the afternoon, and at four o'clock only three of them remained at work.— The character of this turn- out may be collected from a narrative of the circum- stances by which it has been attended. About a month ago, when wages wsre reduced by all t'.- a owners of mills, both iu this town and throughout the whole of the circumjacent district, the proprie- tors of the Oxford Road Twist Factory made a reduction similar to- their neighbours, and the hands were, or appeared to be, contented with the new arrangement. Since that time no alteration has taken place, but the proprietors of the mill have been compelled, from the pressure ofthe times, and from a wish, though heavy losers by doing so, to continue their servants employed, to reduce their time of work from the six days to four days and a half. This arrangement had also been acquiesced in until Wednesday evening last, when the weavers rose in a body and required full time and a restora- tion of the old standard of wages. This demand the proprietors of the mill, by their confidential servant, very properly refused to comply with, and stated that, the workmen must wait until the times were so ranch improved as to enable the mas! - i s to meet their wishes, la consequence of this negative and girls who were employed in the factory have been in the habit, since tbe reduction of wages, of earning seven shillings and ninepence a week at four days and a half time, which, if they were in full work, would amount to ten shillings and four- pence the week.— The factory is supplied with an additional number of fire- arms and men, so that a prompt resistance can now be offered to any further aggressions. Yesterday afternoon there- was an assemblage of disorderly persons, men, women, and children, to the number of about 2: 10, on the vacant pint of ground near the Catholic Chapel, top of, Grauby Row. A party of Constables hastened to the spot, but on their approach the mob dispersed. All the power- loom factories in the town are effi- ciently protected. At some, men with loaded pistols are stationed outside the. gates, to fire their pieces by way of signal in case of attack or alarm. The gates are well bavricadoed, and a platform is erected within, on which a due complement is sta- tioned, with muskets charged, and bayonets fixed. The lower windows are bricked up, and port holes alone are left, through which pieces may be dis- charged from the interior. In other factories, also, the stairs are so arranged as to admit only of one person mounting them at a tims; so that certain destruction would await any one who had tile temerity to endeavour to effect a passage. and fatiguing duty, a verv large number of men and boys followed iliem to Parsonage- green. Ye In ami the most violent oalhs and a!> us. e\ vcre" v. i tVil upon them, and when Ihe troop were dismissed, some individuals belonging lo it were severely pelted on their passing through the streets, Al this lime all seemed confusion and disorder, Ihe tradesmen shot lip theii- shops, anil reports of various descriptions were afloat. It was soon known, however, thai an attack was making an Ihe factory of Mrs and Lund, The . VLuor g ive instant tary an], anil in about half ail hour a ihe Bays proceeded to life spot and spi the ruffia THE ARMY.— Reinforcements have arrived, or are arriving, at Manchester and in the neighbouring towns, as follows:— Major Wherigate's troop of Royal Horse Artillery, from Sheffield.— Major Ches- ter's troop of Royal Horse Artillery, from Wool- wich, whence it came, with post- horses, in forty- six hours.— The Rocket Troop is made disposable, according to circumstances.—. V Brigade of long nine- pound i has been stationed at Burnley.— Several Convoys of Ammunition are in march from " Woolwich, Hull, and Chester Castle.-— The King's Dragoon Guards, from Leeds.— The 10th Royal Hussars,' from Nottingham and Northampton.— The second battalion of the Coldstream Guards, and the first battalion of the 3d Guards, from Loudon, per canal.— The 36th Regiment, from Chatham — The 58th and 73d Regiments, from Dublin.— The two Regiments of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, on permanent duty at Manchester, Stockport, and Hyde; and the Bolton, Wigan, and Oldham Corps, in their own towns.— The first Regiment of Life Guards are arriving at Nottingham, from London, and the Carbineers at Sheffield.— Troops have been stationed at Warrington, Wigan, Choi- ley, Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Bury, Burnley, Clitheroe, Roch- dale, Oldham, Ashton- under- Lyne, Hyde, Stockport, and Macclesfield, which communicate with the troops in Yorkshire, upon which county troops are moving in different directions; and the vvhoie of its Yeomanry is already out on duty.—- Lieut.- General sir John Byng has been appointed to' command ( ha troops in the northern district: head- quarters at Manchester. swrs Watte*-., nil- is for niili- lelaebmrnl of -' d. ly disposed engaged in Hie work of deslrurlinn. Gre. it damage hud unhappily been accompli. h< d before Ihey made their appearance, the villains had forced the door, and broken iienilv al! the windows in ihe factory, and we have liille doubt every loom would h ue been' destroyed had Ihey not been dispersed. The property contained in live adjoining factories is Very, valuable, • is il comprised, besides m. ileriais, one luindrcd and eighteen power looms, a loom with gear, & c. even at l! ie present low prices, being worth about £ 15. Every means have been taken by Messrs. Wallers and Co. i.> defend ( heir property, should number ait. iek be mads upon it ; and I Hough many serious threats have been sent, stating th< r ihe 1: 10b still intend to lire the factory, we are happy to bo enabled IN say tha( ( he ( own nt present wears a tranquil aspect, which vie hope and trust will continue. fl is to be lamented thai Ihe spirit of insubordiii. illou has been extended toi Bradford. 0.1 Wednesday, a body of unemployed wool- combers mid si ofF- weaves, aniot'niiing to upwards of a'thousand, proceeded with bludgeons and slonea In . attack Messrs. Morsfail's mills, which had been put ink, a very complete stale of defence, and a party of soldiers, w ill, a good sup- ply of ammunition, being placed inside. The as- sailants threw- vollies of stones at the windows, until not one pane of glass w- ns left, and then attai kcd ( lie frames, many of which they demolished, and d ied 1,1 force their way in. At length,' the parly inside com. menced firing, which was at first supposed to be with blank cartridge ; but the effects which soon become visible, speedily removed' that error. The first slrot look effect upon a mm named John Bairstow, w ho subsequently declared lhat he was in the net ofeiiter- ough one of the lower, windowtral the time ; lie lingered until ten o'clock the same night, wlni.- iie expired. Two other, men were dangerously wounded in Ihe b ulv ; and two youths, aged 1G and 17, in i| le arms. The mob were soon afler dispersed, wilh tliu aid of the military. Two men were apprehended, and have been committed lo York Castle, charged will, attempting to destroy the mills and machinery, and encouraging the people to the attack. The Rev. Mr. Johnson, Minister of St. George's Church, has published the following address to the people at Manchester, which is said to have had a good effect upon their minds: 1 have been amongst you many years. Have you found me vourenemy or vour friend ? If I have been your friend and faithful adviser— ready to comfort you in sickness, and to assist and relieve you as far as J have had the power— I think you will hear what 1 ilave to say, & if my advice is good, you wili follow it. 1 know your distress, and hard is ihe heart that doe's not pily it. 1 know, too, that till Thursday last, you bore it with such patience and peaceable demeanour as obtained you the good- will of the wholetown. Ou that day, before any of this disturbance broke out, a numerous meeting- at Ihe Police Office resolved to begin a new subscription for . your relief, and upon a much more extended scale than the last. To this, YOUR GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN ADDED, out of his privy purse, a munificent gift of ONE THOU- SAND POUNDS, ( lad your peaceable conduct con- tinued, the'fund raised would, hy ibis time, I am persuaded, have amounted to five times that sum : but sorry am I to say, that some of you ha ve suffered yourselves to be led away by the worthless and the idle, and have committed excesses nothing can excuse. Of tbe well. disposed I know there are many, very many amongst you, if they would hut shew themselves like men— but they seem afraid of doing their duty ; and look on, almost with unconcern, whilst the work of plunder aud destruction is going forward. And to what can this lead, but to make the matter worse ? Jf the dealers in provisions are to have them taken away without being1 paid for, w ho do you think will bring any provisions to Manchester ?— and then, what will become of you? if travellers and others are to he. plundered as they come into tow n, vi ho do you think vvill trust themselves in Manchester to buy your goods — and then what will become of the trade you have left; or how can you get more, to set your looms lo work again ? Does not this shew that those who aie commiuin these depredations lire the greatest enemies to the poor? And what good can arise from Ihe destruction of factories? The loss, you know, will noifall upon the owners of them — fhe whole neighbourhood will have to pay for the damage you do— so that thepiin- cipal effect will be, that you deprive those who are employed in them of the little work they have, and add to the distress that surrounds von. Do, then, let me persuade you to be peaceable. On many occasions have you listened to me with attention and received me with kindness which I shall never forget. I think you will believe ,- ny advice is intended for your good, and vvill he disposed to follow; it. Lot me then recommend von— and especia. ly such as have young people under your coutroul - to keep yoursel and your families, as much as possible, at home, and consequently out of danger. Do not join or follow any mob, not even from curiosity, for you w ill add to their numbers, and to their apparent strength. Refrain from giving them encouragement by shouts or bv cheers ; and persuade, as much as vou can, ( hose with whom you have any influence, to join you iu assislin the civil power, when called upon. Some stop, it is true, has been put to the subscrip- tion for your relief; but the moment the present dis- turbances are appeased, il will be renewed, I have no d. oubt, wilh alacrity— so that a much greater number of food tickets may be distributed, aud great care will he taken that those who most want them shall have them. I know the disposition ofthe Town's Officers is, to do all they can for you ; but you must first be peace- able ; for while riot and plunder prevail, yon leave ihem no time to consider how they can best serve you. BE PEACEABLE, PEACEABLE. then — I entreat you, BE In the House of Commons 011 Friday evening, fhe Birmingham tfitd Liverpool Rail- road bill was, on ihe motion of Mr. Luv. ley, withdrawn f-> r the present session, vvilh an'intimation thai the application would certainly be renewed in ihe next. The Mauchestir ami Li vt rpool Rail way bill passed Ihe House of Lords on Monday, and has since received Ihe royal assent. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FRIDAY, MAY 5. THE KING N. JAMES STAMP SUTTON COOKS. The defendant who was found guilty at Ihe Glou- cester Assizes in the spring of 1824," of a riot, and having conspired with his brother Richard Stafford Cooke, to deprive Sir George Jeruingham of Stafford Castle und Lands adjoining, was brought up this day to rect- ive the judgment of the Cofirt. The defendant " then read 11 long affidavit, stating the nature of his brother's claim to tile title and Barony of Stafford, and that he, the defendant, w as acting as ( lie agent of his brother, and that he was afflicted with the gout, and bad two children depend- ing upon him for support. Mr. TAUNTON shortly addressed the Court iu aggra- vation of punishment. * Mr. Justice BAYLEY pronounced the sentence of the Court, that the defendant be imprisoned in the House nf Correction ut Coldbatb- fields, for nine calendar months, uud that, i. t the expiration nf that period, he shall enter into bis own recognizance of i' 100, and iiud two sureties in £ 50 each, for his good behaviour for three years. VICE- CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAY 5. JOKKJ V. B1YI, BY AND ANOTHER. In this case, Mr. HOKHG moved for the appointment of s. receiver. He stated, that it was the esse ofa partnership in 1 ; obaeco r,; i. l smitf manufactory, iu the town of Shrewsbury, • vhoili had for some time existed under a deed of partnership Nothing turned upon the articles of partnership. It appeare'i' • hat the parties were so well satisfied with each other, thuf reply a great number'of the hands left their work, and, not contented themselves with doing this, were desirous of forcing a similar conduct upon others. It may be proper to state, that the boys The Leeds Mercury of Saturday last, says—" In the midst of all the agitation by whieh we are sur- rounded, the pleasure is still allowed ns, of stating, that the town of Leeds has remained perfectly free from any excess. Some tumultuous indications did, indeed, exhibit themselves ia the streets 011 Tuesday and Wednesday nights, but they were for the most part the mere ebullitions of juvenile folly, resembling more the breaking up of a set of mischievous school- boys on a holiday, than the conduct of men bent 011 outrage, and goaded on by want. It is due from us to say of the great body of the labouring classes in the West- Riding of Yorkshire, that they have con- ducted themselves, during the last fortnight of agitation and excess, in a manner that reflects upon them the highest honour, and that proves that they understand their own interest and tiie inte- ests of the community. This conduct is the 11131- 0 laudable, because two or three abortive attempts have been made to excite them to mischief. Tuesday evening, soon after dark, a number of persons, chief! v boys, marched in procession to the power- loom mill of Messrs. Stansfield and Co. at B-. irley, near this place, where after making a clamorous noise for a short time, and ascertaining that it was vv-- ll guarded they adjourned to supper! The following ui:>- ht a still larger number of persons assembled i 1 Brig- gate at night- fall, under the influence of the pre- vailing excitation which shews itself every where, but a posse of constables wiis sufficient lo disperse them, without military interference, a id since that time we have been perf. .. fly tranquil." Wc are sorry this week ( says ihe Macclesfield Herald) to be obliged to notice a recurrence of Lie outrages which disgraced litis town about iwo mouth's since, and though 110 alarming violence has been committed, yet the temper which seems at present ID actuate the mob requires lo be controlled by the strong arm of ihe law. When ( he news of tiie riots : it Manchester and its neighbour!; KK] arrived at M ie clesiiehl, it was our impression lhat there were tni- i creunts here b. ise enough to rejoice i. i them; no distinct system of actual riot was however observed until towards the evening of Tuesday, when vasl numbers of persons had congregated in Mil! street. Ihe Market- place, & c. and seemed ouly wailing for orders lo commence operations. On ihe return of the Macclesfield troops of Yeomaurv a!} r,; u seven o'clock, after having been employed 011 a harassing Ihey bad agreed to continue the partnership for a given tints alter the expiration of the article.. The consequence of that wou. d be, that after the expiration nf the term mentioned ia the written articles, the subsequent partnership would be one which the parries might put au end to whenever they pleased. 1 he plaint! a, Mr. Jones, wishing to retire, gave notice of bin intention to dissolve the partnership, anil to put a period to tile term Mr which the premises were held where tlie business was earned on. The declaration to the elbel made by Mr Jones vvas followed by a distinct proposition. During a certain interview, both parties appeared satisfied with the arrangement. The defr'iiSant never remonstrated, or made t. ie least objection. It was understood that the partnership with tiie plaintiff was altogether concluded. A correspond- ence took place between the parties, and there was not a doubt existing in the mind nf Mr. iiavley as to llie determination of the partnership, and the winding up of the concern. It appeal ed that, after this, certain proposals were transmi'ted by the plaintiff to the defendant, containing ten written propositions, not one of which was intelligible, except upon the. principle of the dissolution of tile partnership, ' i'he defendant acceded to these propositions, lie . sent hack an answer, in which he expressly assented to them; but subse- quenlly be wrote a letter, retracting his consent to the disso- lution of tiie partnership. The Learned Counsel slated the contents of the letter, as well as the terms of an affidavit minis by the defendant, in which he, however, did not deliv anv I'u't of the statement now made ou behalf of the plan- lid' Under these circumstances the bill had hceu filed, to obtain declaration from the Court, that the partnereliip was dinulveil and to have a Receiver appointed. The bill stated that the' debts amounted to £ 6,000, and that the articles required all monies, as soon as tiiey were received, to be paid into a banking house. Mr. VVRAY, on the same side, said, he couM not understand upon what ground this application was intended to he objeeted to. There was nothing upon which it could be contended that there was any intention oil the part of the plaintiff to continue the partnership. Mr. SHADWRI. L appeared for Mr. Br. ylev. He said the farts were not disputed, but he represented that- Mr. Bavl- v had entered ialo a contract with certain persons of the names of Parry aud Eaton, far their interest iu an extensive manu- factory in the same li. ne of business, to he carried 011 in ti- e same Premises; and the defendant conceived that the ne- o- ciation for this new arrangement put au end to the agreement for the dissolution of he partnership with the plaintiff, and that it vvas the clear understanding that the partnersliip'with the plaintiff should he prolonged till the expiration of ilie period for which the lease held by Parry and Eaton was granted. Ttie defendant, therefore, contended, that lie was not bound to carry on his tl'eatv wilh tiie plaintiti'auy further. A Gentleman behind tile liar appeared tor Mr. I'kfccon, the other partner. The VICE. CHANCELLOR observed, it was evident the de- fendant had acceded to the propositions to dissolve the part- nership. Whether he was justified in withdrawing Ins eon- seat was the single question. It was evident lie had acceded to the partnership being put an end to, audit was difficult to conceive upon what principle lie was not hound by his a-'- n e- ment. It appeared to him that hp had disposed of tile quea. tion of continuing the partnership by acceding to its disso- lution. Mr. SHADWELL read the correspondence that passed be- tween the patties, and the Vice- Chancellor desired to see tiie propositions. They were handed up to him, upon which his Honour said the premises belonged to the plaintiff. He could not. prive any weight to the statement made in the defendant's letter, withdrawing Ids consent, because it was a letter which must be coupled with the notice of dissolution. It must have be en understood by Mr. Bavley, that he was not to remain in possession of the plaintiffs premises, but that the partner- ship vvas dissolved. He thought, upon the whole, that the plaintiff was entitled to ihe receiver, on the ground that t'- e partnership was dissolved, ami he should gii- e leave lo any party to propose himself is receiver, It might have been ' a strong case ou the part of Mr. Bayley, his having taken a new lease, provided he bad not previously jiiven his iineuiiivoeal consent to the partnership being dissolved.— New Tanas. COURT OF KINgFjTbENCII, MAY fi. TH- P. KING V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OP BRISTOL., The Attorney- General „,„! Mr. Scarlett appealed in this case, lo show cause, against a rule obtained Inst term, calling on the defendants lo show by what authority they exercised the privilege und right ,1.'' electing a mayor anil sheriff, to lite exclusion <> f the burgesses generally.— Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Mr. Merevvelher, » Jr. Tindnl, and Mr. Buinpus, appear I in s. ipport of the rule, and contended, thai the'right of election vvas in the burgesses and couini- iaally of the city 0!' Bristol.— The Court, after recapitulaVmg at great length, the evidence offered oil each side, were unanimously of opinion that the rule m ist be dis- charged. - RuV discharged accordingly. S.— J. Wat- I. TTCTI SHREWSBURY AGAIN IN TOM h IS til" pleasure of informing his friends, that be h is just sold One Quarter ofthe No, 1,783, itvn 1 L'd May, - a Grand Prize of £ 21,000 He h,„; a'sa just received a supply of Tickets and Share* for the very List Drawing that CM oyer take place in tVj United Kingdom, niid solicits his Friends ami tbi Public to b"! early in thoir purc'' r. i « es, as he 1;; informed by his Correspond :: ris, Massrs. J. und it SivewitiOHT, the . Mnt Contractors, that the price although only now raised 811. 011 a whole Ticke'., will be greatly increased aft- r the 27th this Month. There are for the first time, and of course it must be the last, SIX Pi izes of£ 30,000, all tobj Drawn 18th July, when the Lottery finally ends for ever. r m K snscs'x *< tm^^^ r^ zs^^ sy^ t. SALOPIAN J0UEKNAL, AMD COCKIER OF WAJUE& Foil THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. Sags cf tljc Hast. NO. XXXI. EVENING. Kow the titled Sun declines Beyond the broad smooth Sea ; whose bosom, all serene, receives- His train of brilliancy. Scarce does a breaker roll To greet the peaceful shore •. Bark !— whence that sound, repeated oft ' Tis from the well- tim'd Oar. How sanguine is the Orb S See ! now it steals away, And nought but yonder Mountain's brow Is gilded by a ray. There's not a zephyr felt: The Sea- fowls. wing their flight AM mutely o'er the sleeping Sea ' T will be a smiling night! See ! from the teeming Vale ! Broad exhalations rise, And Nature, sinking into rest, Ss silent as the skies. O ! now, ' tis now I feel A Charm superior given, There is no Spirit ofthe Earth Can mar my inward Heaven i gong cf ttje Curfeti)* +> Hark! ' tis the curfew's knell!- - the stars may shine, But of the lights that cherish household cares And festive gladness, burns not one that dares To twinkle after that dull stroke of thine, Emblem arid instrument, from Thames to Tyne, Of force that daunts, and cunning lhat ensnares: WORDSW£) RTII. HARK ! from the dim church- tower, The deep slow curfew's chime ! A heavy sound, unto hall and bower, In England's olden time ! Sadly ' twas heard by him who came From the fields of his toil at night, And who might not see his own hearth's flame' In his children's eyes make light— adIy and sternly heard, As it qnench'd the wood fire's glow, Which had cheer'd the board with the mirtlvfuf word, And the red wine's foaming How 5 Until that sullen- booming knell, Flung out from every fane, 0;.) harp, and lip, and spirit fell. With a weight and with a chain. Wo for ihe wanderer then, In the wild deer's forests far ! . No cottage lamp, to the haunts of men, Miglit guide hiin as a star, And wo for him, whose wakeful soul With lone aspirings fill'd, Would have lived o'er some immortal scroll, While the sounds of earth were still'd ! And yet a deeper wo For the watchers by the bed, Where the fondly lov'd in pain lay low, And rest forsook the head ! For the mother doom'd unseen to keep . By the dying babe her place, And to feel iis throbbing breast, and weep, Yet not behold its face ! Darkness, in chieftain's hail ! Darkness, in peasant's cot ! While Freedom, under that shadowy pall, Sate mourning o'er her lot, Oh ! tlie fire- side's peace we well may prize, For blood hath flow'd like rain, Pour'd forth to make sweet sanctuaries Of England's homes again 1 Heap the. yule faggots high, Till the red light ( ills the room ! It is home's own- hour, when the stormy sky Crows thick with evening gloom, Gather ye round the holy hearth, And by iis brightening blaze, Unto thankful bliss ne will change our mirth, With a thought of the olden davs ! To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— It was with much pleasure that I read in your last Journal tine cautions given by your Corre- spondents 10 the Burgesses of Shrewsbury, by which ihey were admonished to'return those persons only as their Representatives in Parliament who are. decidedly opposed to granting political power to Roman Catho. lies'. 1 say I read those cautions with pleasure : for the cause is £ ood ; and no Englishman need be ashamed of speaking his mind boldly on this subject: silence would now be ruinous to the best interests of Christian. Liberty : for if the same zeal, the same energy, and the same subtlety, should be exercised by the partisans of Popery daring the next seven years, as have been brought into play in the course of the last seven years, not only the Burgesses of Shrewsbury, but the cause of Protestantism-- of genuine Christi- anity— will have deeply to deplore thai specious gloss, by which the arts of Liberalism nnd Sophistry may contrive to delude and blind life judgment of well disposed but too confiding persons. It will depend upon the course adopted by the Electors of the British Empire at this crisis, whether we are to have secured to us, or whether we are to be. deprived of, that constitutional degree uf religious and civil liberty, under which our arts, sciences, agiiculture, and trade, have been fostered and matured, onr armies and our navies have been victorious, and our country has become the envy of the world. Under tbe delusive names of Liberality and Philanthropy, our Constitu- tion is assailed on the one side by Popery, on the other by Infidelity. To preserve the Ark alike of our Faith and of our Liberties, il behoves all those who have Votes to consider well the consequence of giving their Suffrages to the friends aud advocates of Popery. The Faith, fur which Protestant Martyrs J> led, will well warrant the circumspection of their descendants: the Faith, which steers equally clear of the extremes of Scepticism and blind Superstition, will furnish the honest Elector with abundant reasons for enlisting himself under its holy and enlightened banners : the Faith, which takes the Scriptures alone for its basis, ami Christ for its head, may well call upon all its followers to reject, with uncompromising determina- tion, the solicitations of those who, forgetting the experience of the past, atld blind to future conse- quences, act as if the Constitution of the British Empire were no longer essentially PROTESTANT. On Sunday evening a detachment of the 73d regi- ment of Infantry, 400 « strong, arrived at this port, in the Emerald Isle War- office steam- packet, from Dublin. Ail express ( frotn London, we believe) reached that city late on Saturday afternoon, with orders to send oft', without a moment's delay, troops to England., An order was immediately despatched by the Irish Government to Kingstown, to have a War- office steam- packet in readiness to receive them. The 73d v/ as instantly mustered, and, in two hours afterthe order had been received in Dublin, the regiment, accompanied by the light baggage and am- munition, was on the march for Kingstown, where it was embarked, without loss of time, 011 board the Emerald isle, which sailed for Liverpool, at three o'clock on Sunday morning, and arrived here at four in the afternoon. The rapidity by which the body of troops has been transported between the two ports, is a striking exemplification ofthe value of steam navi- gation, considered as a mean ® of national defence. The City of Dublin arrived here last night, with the residue cf the 73d, consisting of257 privates, besides officers ; and to- morrow, the Lord Blaney War- office steam- packet is expected to arrive with 500 more troops, from the same quarter. We under- fetand, that the express left London on Friday morn- ing lasrt, and by Sunday evening the troops landed in Liverpool, which is about sixty hours. Such a specimen of despatch, perhaps, was, never before exhibited, in this or any other country.— Liverpool Courier. Commerce and Theft, in every age and country, have gone regularly together. Commerce accumu lates riches— supplies the commodities to be stolen — supplies, therefore, the temptation, and puts the temptation in the way. Mercury was the God at once of Peace, of Merchants, and of Thieves; and it is not very long since an African King said he designed to send his son to Europe, 44 to read book and be rogue like white man." The Attorneys fall upon their feet remarkably - well in the Joint Stock Company affairs. After making very pretty jobs by setting them up, they are now in a fair way of " doing a pretty stroke of business" in knocking thern down. MEMOIR OP The late Rev. J. B. Blakeway, F. S. A. [ FROM TUB GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.] John Brickdale, the eldest son of Joshua and Eliza- beth Blakeway, was horn in the tow n of Shrewsbury, on the 24th of June, 17( 55. He left his home at a much earlier age than what is generally fixed for children going to school; aud the first instruction which he re- ceived, beside that of his parents, was in the house of lhe Rev. Mr. Howaril, who resided at Oldbury, near Bridgnorth. He was at that time only in his fifth year, and he remained there till he reached the age of seven, when he went to ilie Free School in Shrewsbury, of which the Rev. James Atcherley was then head- master. In the year 1775, when at the age of ten, he was removed to Westminster, at which school he continued till he went to Oxford. Dr. Smith was head- master, and Dr. Vincent under- master, at the time of his admission. His family are in possession of several anecdotes, which shew him to have displayed extraordinary quickness of intellect, even before this early period. As a child, it might almost be said as an infant, he gave proofs of a capacity beyond his years ; aud the expres- sion of his young features is said, by those who remember them, to have had something particularly engaging, and indicative of his future character. He himself could mention incidents of his childhood, which it would have been thought impossible for him to have remem bered : and the extraordinary powers of recollection which he possessed seem to have been exercised by him nt a period much more early than is usual with children. Instances of juvenile talent and premature actitenese are too common a subject of biography to incline us to introduce them here ; but he was in the habit of receiv- ing a compliment from his usher at Westminster, which is too favourable and too characteristic for it to be omitted. Through life he was subject to a slight im- pediment in his speech and this would naturally be disadvantage to him in the daily exercise, of his class, where boys take or lose places according to the quick ness with which they can discover and correct a mis- take. The usher coon perceived that young Blakeway was well able to compete with, airy of his schoolfellows and when other boys were ou the point of taking advantage of his inability to express himself, he would make a sign with bis hand, and say, 44 let Blakeway speak." In March, 1782, at the age of 17, he left Westminster, and went to Oriel College, in Oxford. The University did not then hold out the same prospect of honours which it does at present, and a young man had little or no field for academical display. We can therefore only judge of the application which Mr. Blakeway gave to his studies, by the stock of learning and in for. mation which Ire acquired ; and if Greek and Latin Literature be a test? of what is derived from school and college^ his time must have been well bestowed', and the directors of his studies must, have had the satis, faction of witnessing an unusual combination of dili- gence and ability. As a Latin Scholar, he might have obtained a conspicuous rank : he was familiarly ac- quainted with the best authors of that language verse and prose and it may be mentioned as a singular instance of his memory, that the writer of this memoir bus often opened to a passage in Horace, and. Mr. B after hearing one or two words, would continue the remainder.- His own Latin style was easy and elegant : he bail no difficulty in expressing himself either in verse or prose; and had it been the custom for learned men in modern times, as it was formerly, to correspond in Latin, his letters might have been models for the epistolary style. His knowledge of tire Greek lan- guage was also very considerable. The- fashion of the day had not led him, in early life, to pay that attention to critical scholarship, which college exercises' now require; but he could read the language wit!) ease; and, to the last, he was in the habit of amusing himself occasionally with the classical treasures of Greece and Rome. His facility of acquiring languages Was, per- haps, remarkable. * He taught himself French and Italian, so as lo be able to read any book fluently and few, perhaps, will, accuse him of bad taste, when they are told, that he had a particular c. is! ik « to the French language, whether it lie considered as a Vehicle for conveying nobU ideas, or as expressing ihe beauties and sublimities of poetry. The love of Antiquities, which followed him through life, and the etymological researches which necessarily accompanied if, led him to have a partial acquaintance . with other languages; and he was comparatively advanced in years, when he added to his philological stores a self- acquired' know- ledge of Hebrew, But we are ralher^ anticipating the progress of his mind, and should stale that in the year 1786, he left Oxford, and was entered as a student of the law at Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the bar in 1789, Those who knew Mr. Blakeway in after life may have thought, that the dry technicalities of the law were not suited lo his eager and active train of thought. Perhaps they were no'. But he had certainly taken no small pains to master the elements of the profession; and in the more inviting' branches of the science, whatever con- cerns the constitutional history and Legal Antiquities of the country, he possessed a knowledge which was exceeded, perhaps, by that of few; and his astonishing memory enabled him to bring these facts to bear in conversation with a readiness, which can only be understood by those who heard him. Few persons have had their destination in life altered more suddenly or abruptly than Mr. Blakeway, and few have devoted themselves to a new and totally different profession with a more conscientious or a more success- ful diligence. Brought up, as we have stated, to the Bar, he might have followed his profession more as an amusement than as a necessary means of support; w hen, by an unexpected turn of affairs, which need not be explained here, and of which he had probably not the slightest anticipation, he suddenly found his here- ditary expectations destroyed, und nothing remained but to provide himself with an income by his own exertions. Under these circumstances, the expensive profession of the law was no longer to be thought of: he had already commenced going the Oxford Circuit, and for so young a man he had a fair prospect of busi- ness being put into his hands ; but this mode of life, which, coupled wilh a residence in London, and with so much leisure time for study or for travelling ( of w hich he was always remarkably fond), must have been extremely congenial fo him, was immediately to be abandoned: he decided at once upon going into the church, and was ordained by the Bishop of Lichfield in 1793. By an arrangement with his uncle, the Rev. Edward Blakeway, who was Official and Minister of the Royal Peculiar" of Si. Mary's, in Shrewsbury, he was pre sented lo the living in 1794; and upon the death of his uncle in the follow ing year, he became Official of the. Peculiar. His uncle was also possessed of the Rectory of Ncen Savage, iu the County of Salop ; and he like- wise succeeded him in this benefice, which is in the gift of the Crown. Till this time he had neglected taking his degree of M. A . w hich he took on the 5th of March, 171) 5. It is singular, that in this same year he wns instituted ton third living, Felton, in ihe county of Somerset, lo which he was presented by a relation. The income of this last was inconsiderable ; but,- by all his preferments together, he possessed a competent ami comfortable income. From this time bis residence was principally in Shrewsbury; and,- in 1797, he was married to Mary- Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wil- kieson, Esq. of Amsterdam. fn 1800, he was inducted fo a fourth living, that of Kinlet, in the County of Salop, ( at the presentation of William Childe, Esq ) the parish of which is adjacent to tlmi of Neen. By dividing bis residence between Kinlet and Shrewsbury, lie performed the duties of each of these two livings for six months in the year; but, though fond of the country, and particularly of making excursions in his native county, he never seemed to feel himself so happy as when enjoying the society which a town residence enabled him to cjom- inand. For some years he bad found in his different livings, with the periodical change of residence which they required, a constant source of trouble and anxiety ; and, in April, 18K>, the writer of this memoir received a letter from him; in which, he says, " Kinlet is at length resigned: and thai has happened to me, which perhaps scarcely ever did t< f any individual before, to 1 two livings [ Felton was ihe otherj within ten days of each other. \ am now stripped of my cumbrous and unprofitable pluralities." In the preceding year he had taken a lease of part of ihe Council- house, in Shrewsbury,. which from this time to his decease was his constant residence. Mr. Blakeway, as observed hove, undoubtedly found the society of a town, where he was surrounded hy his brother clergymen, and many relatives and friends, more congenial 10 his habits and pursuits, than a residence iri the country, with a very limited neighbourhood. The comprehensiveness of his ideas, and the style of his compositions, seemed also particularly to fit him for the numerous and well- educated congregation of a .. town- church, rather than for that of a country parish. It may he observed, however, that a superior mind was perhaps never more able to unbend and adapt- itself to ordinary under- standings, than that of Mr. Blakeway. He was particu- larly observant of Provincial manners and customs; aud, in talking to his country flock, he could adopt even their own phraseology, and had a particular pleasure in listening to their stoiies. The writer of this account, who lias often heard his preaching at Kinlet and at Shrewsbury, can truly say, that he never met with any man, who had so happy an art of dis- coursing on different subjects, even where critical acuteness was required, and yet making himself per- fectly intelligible to all his hearers. The impediment in his speech was much slighter jji chinch than in com- pany : sometimes it would hardly occur throughout the whole of his sermon; and if it did, the clearness of his expressions, and the harmonious modulations of his voice, added to the earnest solemnity of his manner., and the enlightened benignity of bis countenance, made every hearer forget the defect, and remember only., the instruction and delight which he was receiving-. As a preacher, Mr. Bla'kewav certainly possessed as many requisites as can be expected to meet in one individual : and the papers, which he has left behind him, shew lhat he was iu the habit of reading, and commenting upon the Scriptures with a diligence which surprises even those who knew his intensity of application, as well as the multiplicity of pursuits which occupied his : powerful mind. The one which he followed with most unvaried fond- ness throughout the whole of his life, vfas the study of antiquities. Antiquarian learning is perhaps more censured and despised by those who have lio laste for it themselves, than any other branch of knowl- edge. It may, indeed, like other sciences, degenerale into un- profitable research, and mere verbal pedantry ; hut an antiquary, such as Mr. Blakeway, cannot end his investigations withontadding materially to live stock of human knowledge; and he cannot begin them without already possessing a profound mind and discriminating judgment. Boih these qualifications were possessed by Mr. Blakeway in an eminent degree. His was riot the mind which could rest satisfied with the contents of a mouldering parchment or an obsolete charter; though in deciphering and interpreting such documents he possessed a facility which was truly astonishing; but every minute fact which he discovered seemed to be only a connecting link in the vast chain which he was perpetually unravelling ; and by bringing all the parts of his multifarious reading to hear upon each other, local antiquities became in bis hands, what they are naturally designed to be, the most satisfactory illustra- tion',- and perhaps the most valuable subsidiary of na- tional history. On April 30tb, 1807, he was admitted a member of the Society of Antiquaries. With history in general, particularly that of modern times, he had an intimate acquaintance : and his astonishing memory, to which we have already al hided, gave him an ad van. tage in society which enabled him to convey informa- tion, while he seemed merely to be conversing, and his friends forgot their inferiority in the delight and in- struction' which' they received. He had explored the antiquities of his native county wilh a perseverance which we may confidently say was never exceeded by any other antiquary ; and w& cannot help deploring it as a serious loss to the country at large that death should have snatched him away before he had arranged the voluminous collections which he bad made for a History of Shropshire;. His power of giving a real interest and value to these subjects, was most" successfully displayed, in the History of Shrews- bury, which was beg* nil by him in the year 1822, with the assistance of Archdeacon Owen, a. most intimate friend and brother antiquary: nnd it is remarkable, that his life was terminated just as this valuable work had received its- completion. The last number was printed, but not actually delivered to the subscribers when that melancholy event happened which so awfully and abruptly terminated, all his labours. There perhaps never was a man, who, possessing such powers of mind and such various acquirements wasdess . ambitious7or less ostentations than Mr. Blake way. The thought of rising in the Church seems never to have entered into his calculations'; and it is perhaps known only to a few, that he rejected an offer of high preferment in the Irish Church, which he might have obtained through Liie interest of his friend Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore. He always spoke of his* own talents with diffidence, aud even disparagement. In conversation there was a cheerfulness and animation in iiis manner, which gave an additional charm fo the expressiveness of his language ; and he had the happy . art of appearing to ask for information from others, when he was really imparting it himself. There were few subjects of which he did not know something. Beside reading with great rapidity* and retaining whatever was remarkable, he seemed to have a mind equally formed for profound and abstruse investigation, or for the lighter elegancies of literature. Even what » re called accomplishments were not neglected by him ; and it may be mentioned that beside a good ear and an exquisite taste for music, he bad a natural turn for draVving, which was very useful, to him in his anti- quarian researches ; and if cultivated, might have been carried to greater proficiency. The Constitution of his country, both in Church and Slate,* found in him a sincere admirer and a firm sup- porter. . Deeply versed in our national history, he well understood the meaning and the value of rational liberty. Political animosity was not compatible with his temper or feelings; but, at the same time, be was not afraid of expressing his sentiments: and upon more than one occasion, when the signs of the times seemed to him dark and suspicious, he publicly avowed his allegiance to the Throne, and his fearless deter- mination to resist every innovation. He was no less fiVraly convinced, that tlie Church, of which he was a minister, was, iu its doctrine and its discipline, an apostolical church. Few persons were better able to examine its pretensions, and few ever steered successfully between the opposite extremes of luke- warmness and enthusiasm. Upon some subjects his feelings were strong, and in conversation v. ith fiiends he would express himself with warmth :• but no person was more averse to' indiscriminate disputation or per- sonal remarks. He acted upon the principle, which he once laid down in writing lo a friend : There are very few things, except fhe everlasting truths of religion, which are ivorth the labour of contending with ob- stinacy. Though Mr. Blakeway wrote so much— indeed he was always writing— and has left many compositions behind him on various subjects, which had evidently cost him considerable pains, the works which he pub- lished were not many. The greatest literary under- taking iu which he engaged was " The History of Shrewsbury," which has been alluded to above. At different times he printed three Sermons one in 1799, entitled 44 A Warning against Schism," preached before two friendly societies in St. Mary's, Shrewsbury : ano- ther, in 1805, also preached at St. Mary's, upon ihe occasion of the victory at Trafalgar, and entitled 44 National Benefits a Call for National Repentance;" and a third, in 1816, preached in tiie church of St. Julian, at the anniversary meeting of the Salop District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, entitled, 44 Attachment to the Church the Duty of its Members." In tbe year 1813, be published a pamphlet, entitled, " An Attempt to ascertain the Author of the Letters of Junius." Mr. Blakeway wished to assign the writing of these celebrated letters to Home Tooke; and some of the arguments which he advances are extremely powerful. A pamphlet, of this kind never excites much notice; and the author was aware that tiie public was not disposed to adopt bis supposition. It is known, however, that be never changed his own opinion on ihe subject ; but 011 the contrary, some anecdotes which he had heard connected with the life of Home Tooke made him still more convinced that his hypothesis was right In 1815 he published a short Supplement to this 44 Attempt," in which he noticed the remarks which had been made upon his pamphlet by certain review- ers; and in 1816 he put forth a small tract upon the subject of" Regeneration." To those who knew him, it would be needless to say that he was deeply and critically versed in English literature. His fine taste and retentive memory made him a particular admirer of the works of Shakspeare and the late Mr. Malone, with whom he was in fre quent correspondence, was not wanting in^ acknow- ledgment of the assistance which he had received ftv. n the ingenuity and researches of Mr. Blakeway. It may be added, that he was an occasional contributor to tbe pages of the Gentleman's Magazine; and the writer wishes that he could catch the warmth of feeling and elegance of style which characterize a biographical skeich of the late Rev. Francis Leighton, which ap. peared in vol. LXXXIII. p. 398, nnd which was written bv Mr. Blake way. " The illness which brought him to his grave was caused by a tumour in his side, which had been forming for some years, but had latterly increased much more rapidly and alarmingly. When he first submitted to an operation, it was sanguinely hoped by his friends that he would be restored to his health, and to the enjoy, ment of active exercise, of which he was alway fond. But Providence had otherwise decreed. His constitution sunk under the consequences of the disease, and he expired Without apparent pain and in perfect possession of his faculties, on Friday, March 10, 1S26, in the 61st yeor of his age. It is consoling to think, that the life which he had led enabled him to meet death without fear. Never, perhaps, did tbe faith of a Christian rest upon a firmer and more unshaken con- viction. Many will long remember his good deeds; and they will speak ofthe friend whom they have lost, of his charity and liberality, his counsel, and instruction. But by himself none of these things were held in any price. They seemed to flow spontaneously, and with- out an effort, from the natural kindness of his heart; and he well knew that his hopes of happiness hereafter were to be built upon a very different foundation from any merit of his own. fhe writer of this memoir cannot help concluding it with the following sentence, which he received in a letter from Mr. Blakeway, at an important period of bis life; and he gives ir, not only as intrinsically valuable for the advice which it contains, but as an exposition of those principles which guided Mr. Blakeway's own life, and afforded him consolation at the close of it : — 44 Above all, believe on the word of an old man, who can have no motive to deceive yon, that Virtue alone is happiness below. And depend upon it, if you live to my years-, you will find, that however specious the external appearance of happiness, iu alliance with vice, may be, it is all unreal. God has appointed an irreversible decree, which connects it with misery alone. Of virtue, religion is the only substantial basis. Examine, therefore, the evidences of Revelation ; and having found it, as I trust you will find it, built upon a rock, keep a firm hold of it, and never let it go. Do the will of God, and gou will learn of the doctrine whether, it be of him?' MONDAY, MAY 1. The GROSVENOR STAKES, of 15 sov. each. Lord Derby's b. m. Urganda., 5 yrs. ( SMITH) 1 Sir W. Wynne's br. h. Orthodox, 5 yrs 2 SirT. Stanley's br. h. Grenadier, 5 vrs „„,. 3 T. Mosfyn's b. f. by Filho „.". 0 , Clifton's b. c. Toss, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Yates's b. f. Madame Poki 0 Won easy. PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES, of 25gs. each. Sir T. Mostyn's br. c. St. David ( SCOTT).... 1 Sir T. Stanley's eh. c. by Tiresias 2 Sir W. Wynne's br. c. by Filho 3 Sir W. Wynne's ch. f. bv Champion or Piseator 0 Lord Derby's ch. c. by Blucher. 0 ord Grosyenor's f. by Bliicher.., O Sir W. W. Wynil's ch" f. by Piscator 0 Eight paid. 5 and 6 to 4 on the field against the Tiresias colt. A good race. A SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sov. ench. Mr. !!< mldsworth's br. c. His Grace, 4 yrs. ( Ly « )... 1 ! Hr. Hey wood's 1). c. Sceptre, 3 yrs....'. 2 Lord Derby's Kaimondo, 3 yrs.,.. 3 Mr. Thompson's ch. o, Predictor, 3 yrs 4 Mis Grace the favourite. TRADESMEN'S CCP, 100g » . added to a Free Handicap Stakes of 15 sov. each, 10 sov. forfeit, and 5snv. for? eit only, if declared, Sic. Mr. Clifton's b. h. Brutandorf, 5 yrs. ( SCOTT) 1 Mr. Mytton's b. c. Flexible, 4 yra 2 MajorOrmsby Gore's br. c. The Moor.., 0 Lord Derby's gr. e. Autocrat, 4 yrs 0 M r. Thompson's eh. c. Cvmbeline, 4 yrs 0 Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Signorina... 0 Sir T. Stanley's b. i » . Haji Baba, 5 yrs 0 Mr. Gleave's h. h. The Miller of Mansfield, 5 yrs.., 0 Sir T. Stanley's ch. h. General Mina, 6 yrs., 0 Mr JIj ttdn's br. h. Whittington, 6 v rs 0 Six paid ; eight declared ; and two did noi name. 5 to 4 on tlie field against Mr. Mytton. A MAIDEN PLATE of £ 50; beats, twice round. Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Oberon, 3 vrs 4 2 11 Mr. Houidsworth'sb. f. Elephanta, 3 yrs. 5 12 2 Mr. Chandler's hi. c. Northwood, 3 yrs... 0 0 3 dr Major Ormshy Gore's ch. f. Cynthia 3 O dr Mr. Heywood's b. c. Sceptre ! bolted Mr. W, Saunders's b. c. Victory, 3 yrs... 2 dr Mr. Mytton's br. c. by Bustard, 3 yrs fell Two drawn. Capital running : the odds varied every heat. We regret to add, that Dunn, who rode the Bustard colt, was very seriously injured bv the fail. He. is son of W. Dunn, who was killed by a fall on this Race Course, three years ago. TUESDAY. His MAJESTY'S PI. ATB, of lOOgs.; thrice round. Mytton's ch. g. Euphrates, aged ( WHITEHOUSR) The LADIES'PURSE, value £ 50, for beaten horses; heats, twice round. Sir T. Stanley's ch. h. Grenadier, 5 yrs. ( EDWARDS) 0 1 1 Mr. Saunders's b. C. Victory, 3 yrs 1 2 Mr. Twam'ev's ch. f. by Blucber, 3 yrs Sir W. W. VVv. nn's ch. c. by Piscator', 3 yrs Sir T. Mostyn's b. f. by Filho, 3 yrs Mr, Thompson's ch. e. Predictor" 3 v Sir W. " T ' * ~ 2 3 0 4 3 dr 4 dr Wynne's br. c. Randal!, 4 yrs 0 dr A MAIN OF COCKS Was fought during the Races : Dr. Bellyse against all Ireland, for 20 sovereigns each main battle, 10 sove- reigns each bye battle, and 500 sovereigns tbe main ; 33 in the main and 10 byes. T. F. Underwood, Esq. of Dublin, conducted the business of the main for Ireland, against Dr. Rellyse. Phillips feeder for Dr. Bellyse ; Byrne for Ireland. PHILLIPS. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday....... v several gentlemen having entirely ruined their fortunes, it was taken notice of by Parliament, who soon after enacted a law against the recovery of any sum of money exceeding £ 10, betted, laid," or agreed to by way of play or wager between any'party or parties in future. S. N'AP.-- The sons and daughters of the horse Snap, during fwenty- seVen years in 1763- 86, were winners 261 tunes, to the amount of £ 92,637. 10s.; and those, ol MATCH'EM, in twenty three years, about the same lime, won £ 151,097. M. N. BYRNE. M. E. 4 1 MNNDNV 2 1 5 0 Tuesday ! I O 5 2 Wednesday .. 4 | ' 5 3 Tbursdav .. 1 T) 5 2 Friday ., I 0 24 8 y 4 The following were the prices which Mr. Picker- nell's stud fetched last week Woodman, by Lop, £ 100; Sylvanus, by Woodman, 40gs.; Treecreeper^ by ditto, £ 40; brown gig horse, 36gs.; brown yearling, by Astrologer, £ 20; bay ditto, bv Woodman, £ 14; brown mare, by Shuttle, £ 57; brown filly, by Filho da Puta, 3 years old, 46gs.; Baroness, br Leopold, £ 110; bay yearling filly, by Rubens, £ 145; bay ditto filly, by Whalebone, £ 115; half- bred b. c. by Woodman, £ 95; black ditto colt, by ditto, 28gs. Itfr Mr. (' WHITEHOUSE) 1 Major Ormfcby Gore's b. e. Rapid, 4 vre 2 Mr. Hould'sworth's br. e. His Grace, 4 vrs 0 Mr. Clifton's « \ c. M'Munn, 4 yrs. 0 Sir W, Wynne's h. e. Randall, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Roberts's b. c. Sam, 4 yra 0 Eleven drawn. A SWEEPSTAERS of 20 sor. each, for 3- year- olds ; once round and a distance. Mr. Honldsworth's b. f. Sister to Miss Maltby ( LYE) 0 1 Mr. Masse>' « b. f. Claudia, by Paub. witz O 2 Mr. Walker's b. f. Fair Star,' by Milo 3 r. Twamley'i* c. f. by Rubens,..., 4 Mr. Clifton's br. f. Grizzle, 3 yrs 5 A FRES HANDICAP STAKE of 30 sov. each. 10 sov. ft.; once round and a distance. Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Signorina, by Champion, 4 vrs. ; ( JOHNSON) 1 I Sir T. Mostyn's br. f. by Whisker, 4 yrs 2 Major Ormsby Gore's ch. c. Rapid, 4 yrs 3 M r. Hon! d s w or ill's b f. M aid of M Ws field 0 Mr. Posilcthwaite's br. c. Monarch.. 0 Four paid. SIXTY GUINEAS clc^ r, the Gift of the Members for the City ; 2- mile heats. No Race. Mr. Mytton's b. c. Flexible, 4 yrs. received £ 10". Thirteen drawn. The running throughout the whole of the day was admirable, and the needful was rea'diTy... exchanged For tbe Handicap, betting varied, but fhe winner was tbe favourite. The old horse, Enphrates', took ihe lead, for the King's Plate, which he kept ( with the exception of a momentary pass and repass) the whole race, and won in prime style. He was rvnin by Rlajoi' Ormshy Gore's Rapid.— For the Sweepstakes, the sport was truly excellent ; the betting various. Mr. Houlds- wcrib's filly came in with ( a dead heat) Mr. Massey's Claudia; in the second bant, however, after a well- contested race, the former was the winner. WEDNESDAY. The DEE STAKES of 50 sov. each, h. ft. for 3- yenr- olds; once round and a distance; the second horse lo receive hack his stake. Mr. Painter's ch. c. Leviathan, by Mnley ( ARTHUR) 1 Sir Thomas Stanley's ch. c. by Tiresias 2 Lord Derby's ch. c. by BIncher 0 Lord Grosvenor's br. f. by Rlucber, dam Boadicen... 0 Sir W. Wynne's b. c. by Filho da Puta 0 Mr. Ilouldsworth's br. V. Fanny Davies Q Mr. Clifton's b. c. Tom, by Walton 0 Three paid. The STAND CUP, value 100 g « . added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each ; twice round and a distance r. Clifton's b. h. Brutandorf, 5 yvs ( SCOTT) 1 Mr. Myttoji's b. h. Longwaist, 5 yrs. 2 Mr. Price names Mr. Mytton's b. c. Flexible..... 3 Mr. Geary's br. f. Arachne, 4 yrs 0 Sir Thomas Stanley's b. c. Doctor Faustus, 4 yrs 0 Lord Derby's Ir. m. Urganda, 5 y rs 0 Seven paid. Three did not name. The ANNUAL CITY' FLATE, of 60 gs.; heats, twice round. Mr. Mytton's br. h. \ Vhittington. ( WHITEIIOUSE) 1 1 Mr. Barrow's b m. Alecto,, 6 yra.... 0 2 Major Ormsby Gore's b. h. Hesperus, 6 yrs....... 2 3 Mr. Payne's b. h. CharnWoody 6 yrs.. 0 4 Mr. Thompson's b, f. Dorcas, 4 yrs..,, 3 dr Four drawn. The running, as on the two former days, was excel- lent ; indeed, it may be said to equal, if not exceed, any ever witnessed on this course. The Stand Cup, as usual, excited no ordinary attention, from the known bottom nnd spirit of most of the horses named ; and here again were the cunning ones of the turf doomed to be deceived. Ali their predictory hopes were fixed upon Longwaist— and so strong was the faith of his owner, Mr. Mytton, that he offered a wager during the race, of 3 to 5 ( THOUSANDS) upon his favourite : if was, however, fortunately for lhat gentleman, not taken. Flexible took the lead, but, in making play, it was seen that the contest would be with Longwaist and Rrntan- dorf, w ho came in neck and neck, and'many disputes ensued aa to who was the winner. However, it was decided by the Judge against Longwaist, much to the dissatisfaction of his owner, and of many others who had sported their cash freely upon him. The rider declared his horse as the winner, but tbe verdict is given half a head against him. Cash to a very consi- derable amount was hazarded upon the race, and it is rumoured that Mr. Mytton is a loser.— The City Plate was well contested, and cleverly won, in both heats, by Mr. Mytton's Whittington. THURSDAY. A SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sov. each, for 3 year- olds. Mr. Gifiord's o. h. Leviathan 1 Lord Derby's br. c. Cestus 2 Four paid. A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sov. each, for 2- year- olds. Sir T. Mostyn's f. by Teniers 1 Mr. Massey's b. c. Hercules 2 Hon. II. Grosvenor's b. c. Bradford, by BIncher 3 Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Brenda, by Cation 0 Mr. Rogers's gr. c. Chester 0 Four paid. A FREE HANDICAP of 30 sov. each, 10 sov. ft.; 2 miles. Mr. Jackson's ch. g. Sir Roger, 6 yrs.., 1 Sir - T. Stanley's ch. h. Grenadier, 5 yrs 2 Sir W. Wynne's br. h, Orthodox, 5 yrs 3 Three drawn. A CUP, value £ 70, in specie, the gift of Earl Grosvenor heats. Mr. Mytton's ch. h. Euphrates, aged 1 1 Major Gore's The Moor, 4 yrs 2 dr Thirteen drawn. FRIDAY. The PALATINE STAKES of 50 SOT. each, b. ft. for3- yenr- olds ; the second to receive back his stake. Sir W. V/. Wynu's eh. c. by Piscator ( JOHNSON) 1 Mr. Mytton's b. c. by Rainbow 2 Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. His Worship 3 Lord Grosvenor's c. by Sovereign bolt A SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sov. each ; 2 miles. Mr. Mytton's b. h. Longwaist, 5 yrs.( WHITEHOUSE) 1 Mr. Clifton's c-. c. M'Munn, 4 vrs..... 2 Lord Derby's gr. c. Autocrat, 4 yrs .... 3 A HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sov. each, with 20 sov. added ; 2 miles. Mr. Gleave's b. h. The Miller, 5 yrs ( J. IIAYES) 1 Sir W. W. Wynn's ch. c. by Piscator, 3 yrs Sir T. Stanley's ch. h. General Mina, 6* yrs IVt'.! I n l' O l* 111 CMC rini'P a 1 » li Ucendnio A nrs Cheltenham Races, July 19, 1628. . GLOUCESTERSHIRE STAKES. Mr. Canning names Picfon. aged Capt. Berkeley's Toil aud Trouble, 3 yrg. Mr. Browne names ch. c. Burgundy, 4 vr « . Mr. Talbot names brother to Hesperus, 4 vrs. Mr. W. Pitt names br. h. Boryslhenes, 5 yrs. Mr. G. A Welch names Hesperus, 6 yrs.' Mr. Cape! names br.. e Flexible, 4 vrs. Col. Berkeley names Phantasma, 4 yrs. Mr. Walters narsies br. h. by Topsy Turvy, 6' y rs' « Mr. Bushe names b. f. by Spectre, 3 yrs. Mr. Polhill names br. c. ToUghstick, 3 yrs. Mr. T. Dax names br. g. Congeoo, 4 yrs. Mr. C. HandTord names ch. c. Rapid, 4 yrs. Mr, Joseph Cripps names Bowsprit, 3 yrs.> Mr. Petta. tt names Mr. Jones's Lydia, 4 yrs. Mr. West names Syphon, 3 yrs. — Shakspeare, by Sniolensko, 3 yrs. Mr. E. Cripps names b. c. by Spectre, 3 yis. Sir W. B. Guise names gr. c. Balloon, 3 vrs. Mr. T. Gwynne names b. f. by King of Diamonds, 4 yra. Mr. Dolphin names Miss West, 4 yrs. Mr. Prvse's Cardinal Puff, 6 yrs. Major Oruislry Gore's Viluta, 4 yrs. Mr. Greenaway names b. c brother to Caroline, 3 yrs. Mr. W. Blathwavte names Conviction, 5 yrs. Mr. James names br. c. The Moor, 4 yrs. Mr. H. Browne names Spree, 5 vrs. Mr. H. Beach names Mr. Dundas's c. by Rubens, 3 yrs. Mr. Grjume's Cadiz, 5 yrs. Mr. R. Benson names Louisa, by Orville, 3 yrs. Sir S. Stewart names brother to Antonio, aged Mr. Biggs names Razor, 5 yrs. Mr. Mytton's Long- waist. 5 yrs. Whittington, 6 yrs. Euphrates, aged Mr. Knightlev names Monimia, 5 yrs. Mr, Payne's Rarytes, 4 yrs. Capt. Stan den names Paul Pry, by Panlowitz, 3 yrs. Mr. Marshall names h. f. by Cannon Ball, 3 yrs. Mr. E. L. Charlton names b. f. by Sam, 3 yrs. Mr. F. Craven's br. a. Cricketfer, 4 yrs. Mr. Lindow names Resemblance, 3 yrs. Mr. R, Baylv names Presentiment, 5 yrs. Mr. J. Bayly names Hougoumont, 4 yr*. Sir E. Smythe names br. c. by Bustard, 3 yrs. Lord Sherborne names b. m. by Bustard, 6 vrs. Mr. H. E. Waller names b. f. Young Zuleika, 4 yrs. Mr. Yates's Cain, 4 vrs. Mr. J . BMenham's b. f. by Phantom, 3 yrs. Mr. Standen's b. c. Ilderim, by Comus, 4 yrs. Mr. Tomes's Sir Gray, 5 yrs. Col. Yates's Nenao, by Panlowitz, 3 yrs. Mr. Griffiiths's br. m. Palatine, 0 yrs. Mr. Gauntlet! br. c. Comedian, 4- yrs. Mr. Mills's Trincnlo, 4 yrs. Lord Palmerston's Lnxboro' 6 yrs. Lord Warwick's Double Entendre, 5 yrs. Mr. Pryse'sc. by Anticipation, 3 yrs, Mr. Mockford's Scamper, 3 yrs. — Velasquez, 4 yrs. Mr. Palmer's ch. c. by Ranter, 3 yrs. Gen. Grosvenor's Crockery, 4 yrs Mr. Page's b. c. by Mnley, 4 yrs. Six subscribers did not name. ANECDOTES OF THE TURF. . . o Mr. Thompson's br. m. Dorcas, 5yrs 0 Major Ormsby Gore's b. h. Hesperus, 6 yrs . Mr. Payne's br. h. Charnwood, 6 yrs Sir W. Wynne's br. c, Randall, 4 yrs Sir T. Mostyn's br. f. by Whisker, 4 yrs DRAGON.— This extraordinary horse was the pro- perty of Mr, Frampton, keeper of the running horses at Newmarket to their Majesties William Hi. Queen Anne, George I. and George II. He was styled, for a great number of years, the Father of the Turf, and died at the age of 86. This' extraordinary character was horn in the reign of King Charles I. when the sports of horse- racing commenced at Newmarket :— He was'the owner of the celebrated horse Dragon, who fan several times there with great success, but the account thereof, as also his pedigree, has been for many years lost. The most remarkable events in the life of this gentleman and his horse Dragon are most pathetically depicted by Dr. John Hawkesworth ( in No. 37 of the Adventurer) in the following words, supposed to be spoken by the horse in the Elysium of Beasts and Birds:—"" It is " true," replied the steed, " I was a favourite, but u what avails it to be a favourite of caprice, avarice, u and barbarity? My tyrant was a wretch, who had t£ gained a considerable fortune by plav, particularly " by racing. I bad won him many large sums; but " being at length excepted out of every matclr, as hav- " ing- no equal, he regarded even my excellence with " malignity, when it was no longer subservient to his 44 interest. Yet still I lived in ease and plenty ; and as 41 he was able to sell even mv pleasures, though my. 14 labour was become useless, I bad a seraglio, in which " there was a perpetual succession of new beauties. At 11 last, however, another competitor appeared— T e. n- 44 joyed a new triumph by anticipation; 1 rushed into " tbe field, panting for the conquest ; and the first heat Ct I put my master in possession of the stakes, which " amounted to £ 10,000. The proprietor of the. mare ii that I had distanced, notwithstanding the disgrace, 14 declared with great zeal that she should run the next " day against any gelding in the world for double tbe 14 sum—' my master immediately accepted the challenge, a and told him, that he would the next day produce a <{ gelding that should beat, her : but what was my 44 astonishment and indignation, when I discovered 44 that he most cruelly and fraudulently intended to 44 qualify me for this match upon tbe spot ; and to sacri- 44 fice my life at ihe very moment in which every nerve 44 should be strained in his service ! As 1 knew it would 44 be in vain to resist, I suffered mvself to be bound : < 4 the operation was performed, and I was instantly 44 mounled, and spurred on to the goal. Injured as I 44was, the love of glory was still superior to the desire 44 of revenge. I determined to die as I had lived, with- 44 out an equal : and having again won the race, I sunk 44 down at tbe post in an ag- ony, which soon after put an 44 end to my life." When I had heard this narrative, which indeed I remembered to be true, 1 turned about iu honest confusion, and blushed that I was a man. MERLIN.— A singular anecdote is related of Merlin, his owner, and others connected with the turf in that day. This horse was allowed to be the best horse that ever ran in the kingdom, and was matched for a consi- derable sum of money to run against a favourite horse of Mr. Frampton's at Newmarker. Immediately on its being- closed, there was great betting* between the North and South country gentlemen. After Merlin had been some liitie time at Newmarket, under the care of one Hesletine, Mr. Frampton's groom endeavoured to bring him over to run the two horses a private trial at the stated weights and distance agreed upon in the match ; observing, by that means, they might both make their fortunes ? Hesletine refused, but in such a manner as to give the other hopes of bringing him over. In tbe meanwhile, Hesletine took tiie opportunity of communicating, by letter, into Yorkshire, the pro- posed offer, to Sir William Strickland, Bart, who was principally concerned in making the match ; Sir William returned for answer, that he might accept of it, and he instructed Hesletine to he sure to deceive his com- petitor by letting Merlin carry seven pounds more weight than that agreed upon, and at. the same time laying a particular injunction of secresy. Soon after Hesletine received this hint, he consented to the pro- posal ; but previous thereto, Mr. Frampton had given his groom similar instructions. The two horses were prepared, started, nnd run over tbe course agreed to in the articles of the match ; when Merlin beat his anta- gonist something more than a length of excellent running. This being communicated to each party by their secret and faithful grooms, who both rode the trial, flattered each with certain success: Merlin's owner observing, that as he had beat the other with seven pounds more weight, he would win his race easy. On the other side, says Mr. Frampton, as my horse ran Merlin so near with seven pounds extra weight, he will win his race to a certainty. Immediately after, pro- posals were made on both sides to a very enormous amount, and accepted : and it has been asserted, that there was more money betted on this event, than was ever known : some gentlemen not only staking all the cash they were able to advance, but their, other property also. At leng- th the important hour arrived for the determination of this g- reat. event, and each party flushed with success, the South- country gentlemen observing to those of the North, that 44 they would bet them gold whilst gold they had, and then they might sell their land." The horses started, and the race was won by Merlin about the same distance as in the secret trial. In a short time after, the affair became known, to the mortification of its inventor, Tregonwell Framp- ton, Esquire! In consequence of the above event, On ci Taste for P( anting. There is something noble, simple, anil pine in such a taste; it argues, I think, a sweet anil sjenerou. nature, to have this SII- OIIR relish for the beauties of regetalimi, and this friendship for Ihe hardy anil glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. 11 is, if 1 may he allowed the figure, the heroic line lif husbandry. It is worthy of liberal, anil freehorn, and aspiring men. He who plants an oak looks forwaril to future ages, and plants for posterity ; nothing ran he less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter : but he exults in thu idea, that Ihe aCorn which he has buried in the earth shall grow np into lolly pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing, and benefitting- mankind,- long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields. Indeed it is t'lfe fra'fnre of such occupations lo lift the thoughts above mere worldliness. As the leaves of trees are said ID absorb all noxious qualities of Ihe air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, soil seems to me as if they drew from us all sordid and angry passions, and breathed forth peace anil philanthropy. There is a serene and settled majesty in woodland scenery, thai enters into ihe soul, anil dilates and elevates it, anil fills it with noble inclina- tions. The ancient and hereditary groves, too, that embower this island, are most of thern full of story. They are haunted by recollections of the great spirits of past ages, who have sought for relaxation among I hem from the tumult of arms, or the toils of stale, or have wooed the nmse beneath th'eir shade. Who can walk with soul unmoved among Ihe stalely groves of Penshnrst, where the gallant, Ihe amiable, the elegant Sir Philip Sidney passed his boyhood ; or can look without fondness upon Ihe tree that is said lo have been planted on his birtb- day- or can ramble among Ihe classic bowers of Hagley ; or can pause among the solitudes of Windsor Forest, and look at the oaka around, huge, gray, and time- worn, like Ihe old Cast!, lowers, ami not feel as if he were surrounded by so many monuments of long- enduring glory ? It is, when viewed in this light, lhat planted groves, and stalely avenues, and cultivated" parks, have an advan- tage over the more luxuriant beauties of unassisted nature. It is that they teem wilh moral associations, and keep up Ihe ever. interesting slory of human existence. Il is incumbent then on Ihe high and generone spirits of an ancient nation to cherish these sacreil groves that surround tlieir ancestral mansions, and to perpetuate litem to their descendants ; anil I cannot but applaud Ihe fondness and pride with which 1 have noticed English gentlemen, of generous temperaments, aud high aristocratic feelings, contemplating those magnificent trees, which rise like lowers and pyra- mids, from Ihe midst of their paternal lands. There is an affinity between all nature, animate and inani- mate: the oak, in Ihe pride and Inslihooil of iis growth, seems lo me to take its range wilh the lion and the eagle, and to assimilate, in the grandeur of its attributes, lo heroic and intellectual man. With its mighty pillar rising straight and direct towards Heaven, healing up iu leafy honours from theirnpnr. iiies of earth, and supporting them aloft in free air and glorious sunshine, it is an emblem of what a truer Nobleman should be— a refuge for Ihe weak, a shelter for the oppressed, a defence for the defenceless, ward- ing off from them the peltings of the storm, or the scorching rays of arbitrary power. He who is Ibis, i, an ornament and a blessing- to his native land— he who is otherwise, abuses his eminent advantages j. abuses Ihe grandeur and prosperity which he has drawn from the bosom of his country. Should tem- pests arise, and he he laid prostrate by ihe storm, who would mourn over his fall ? Should he he borne down by the oppressive hand of power, who would murmur at his fate? " Why cumberelh he the ground THE BIBLE. If the Bible were an uninteresting, dry, doctrinal work, calculated only to implant abstract opinions, perhaps its circulation might yield no great benefit; if it were a controversial work, tainted with secta- rian bitterness, it might, perhaps, produce much evil. But it is neither the one nor the other. Take from this wonderful book its divine origin and reli- gious character, and it is still, iu respect of curious information, attractive amusement, beneficial in- struction, genius and talent, unrivalled in the whole range of literature. Looked at merely as a literary work, with reference to all the attributes of literary excellence, no other book, in any tongue, can enter into comparison with it. Paradise Lost is called the first poem in our language, and yet what is it, as poetry, compaied with various parts ofthe Old Testament? Which of our writers could have written the Psalms, the book of Job, that of Isaiah, or even Ecelesiastieus? Were we to assume the four Gospels to be fictions, no author could bi> named capable of writing them. After reading all that men of the first genius aud acquirements have written, we still find the finest specimens of varied originality, powerful description, beautiful narra- tive, profound wisdom, simplicity, pathos, and sublimity, lofty poetry, and overpowering elo- quence, in the Bible. It never would have stood its ground as it has done, had it not been for its transcendant and inimitable beautic- s as a literary composition. We do not care much for beauty without utility; we love what is practical, what is useful, what is calculated to yield daily benefit; and therefore we are the friends of the Bible. It is astonishing that the sacred volume is generally spoken of as though it were, only calculated to implant abstract belief. Looked at merely with respect to amusement, no other book will bear reading so often; looked at with reference to beneficial instruction, no other book contains so muelK No other book contains such a mass of sound practical wisdom— of every day wisdom, calculated to benefit all' ranks and descriptions, in all the duties and contingencies of life. A very large part of it relates not to abstract belief, but to general conduct. Putting religion out of sight, every man, from the statesman to the labourer, may draw that knowledge from it which will contribute essentially to his worldly success and happiness. He who is thoroughly acquainted with the Bible, is well acquainted with human nature, and with the best, rules for managing the common concerns of life. He knows that which will not only make him a good member of society, but a prosperous man in bis calling. He can scarcely fail of being a very intelligent sensible man, even if he be a stranger to other books. In addition to this, the Bible forms one of the best sourccs of comfort under sorrow and affliction. lie who is persecuted and distressed— who is wronged and deserted— who is tortured by disease, or smitten by calamity— will find that to console and sustain him in thePsaiins, and other parts of the Scriptures, which he. willfind in no other quarter.— Blackwood's Magazine. SHREWSBURY : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EY W. & J. EDDOWES, CORN- MARKET ; To whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelli- gence are requested fo he addressed. Advertise- mcnts are also received by Messrs. Xsivroy and Co. Warwick. Square, Newgate Street ; Jt'r. BARKER, No. 33, Fleet- Streetand Mr. Rp. y- JTELL, Gazette Advertising Office, Chancery- Lane, London ; likewise by Messrs. J. K. Jons- STOJV and Co. No. I, Lower Sackvilte- Street, Dublin. This Payer is regularly filed as above ; also at ( TARRAIPAV'S, PEEL'S, and the CHAPTER Cof- fee Houses, London.