PMNTEP BY W. & J. EDBOWES, ottrtt € 01RM= MA] RIKET, This Paper is circulated in the mast expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted, at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXIII.— N°- 109.2] WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1826. PHICE SEVEN PENCE. To be Sold by Private Contract, rsiHE ADVOWSON, DONATION, fl. and RIGHT of PRESENTATION of and to the VICARAGE of a large but not a populous PARISH, situate iu a pleasant Part of the County of Salop, adjoining the Turnpike Road leading from Shrews- bury to Ludlow, with the Vicarial, and also a Portion of the Great, T1T1IES, GLEBE LANDS, and Appur- tenances thereto belonging. For Particulars, and to treat for the same, apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Mr. NOCK, Solicitor, Wel- lington; or J. DODSON, Esq. Cressage. Stone Quarry, Bilston, STAFFORDSHIRE, © o fie JJoUj iUnfiatc Contract, ALL that valuable QUARRY, IRON- STONE, and COAL MINE, containing about 6050 Square Yards, situate at Bl LSTON, tbe Property of tbe late Mr. JOHN STONE ; together with the House, Stable, Shed, Stock of Stone lying on the Premises, and the Implements and Articles used iu working the Quarry. The Stone is well known to be excellent for Build- ing Purposes, Chimney Pieces, Tombstones, aud tbe Quality of Grit is famous for grinding Edged Tools, pointing Needles, & c.& c. Mr. BRUETON, of Bilston, will shew the Property ; and for further Particulars apply to him, or to Mr. CKOWTUBU, or Mr. THURSFIELD, Solicitors, Wednes- burv. THE AUXILIARY OF BEAUTY, Preserver of the Complexion from the Heat of SUN, AND RENDERING TUB SKIN DELIGHTFULLY COOL AND REFRESHING. GENTEEL ussmmm ® ® BASED* IN WHITCHURCH. S^ o fic sjoUi fip ^ Suction, BY J. ASHLEY, At the White Lion Inn, in Whitchurch, in the County nf Salop, on Friday, the 7th Day of July, 1826, at Four o'clock in ihe Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as will then be produced ( unless previ- ously Let or Disposed of by Private Contract, of which Notice will be given): LL that genteel Messuage or DWEL- LING HOUSE, consisting of Entrance Hall, Breakfast, Dining, and Drawing Rooms, six Lodging Rooms, suitable Attics, Kitchen, Brewhouse, Cellars, Scullery, aud other necessary Offices, situate near the Rectorv House, in WHITCHURCH aforesaid ; together with the Walled Garden, Orchard, Granary, Store Room. 3- stalled Stable, Gig- house, & e.; and also Two Pieces of rich MEADOW GROUND thereunto [ joining, containing 4A. 2R. 18P. ( little more or less), late in the Occupation of Mr. Bromfield. The House has this Spring undergone complete Repair and very material Alteration and Improvement. Mr. TREVOR, of Whitchurch, will appoint a Person to shew tlie Premises; and for further Information apply at the Office of Mr. WALFORD, Solicitor, Weill. TO- MORROW. To the Trustees of the Preston- Brockhurst, Hawkstone, and other Roads. OTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that an Adjourned MEETING of these Trustees is appointed to be held at the Saracen's Head, HADNALL, on THURSDAY, the 6th Day of July next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the Purpose of taking into Consideration the Propriety of removing Ibe present Turnpike Gale at Prees lo a more eligible Scite; at which Meeting other Business wili be done. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk. THISJDAY. g> f} ro|} 0!) ir£ auxiliary TURNPIKE TOLLS. milE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET- 8 ING OF THE SHROPSHIRE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 5th Day of July iust. at the County Hall, in Shrews- bury, for the Election of a New Coitimitlee, receiving a Report of tbe Proceedings of last Year, and on oilier Business; when a full Attendance of Subscribers and Friends to the Institution is particularly requested. JOHN BATHER, } JOHN LANGLEY, \ SECRETARIES. THOMAS WEAVER, > The Chair will be taken at 12 o'Clnck. UNDEIl THE PATRONAGE OF Ilis Majesty and the Royal Family. ROWLANS'S KAIIYDOR, FOR THE COMPLEXION, AN inestimable, mild, aud innocent Pro- duction, powerfully efficacious in thoroughly exterminating ERUPTIONS, TAN, PIMPLES, FRECKLES, REDNESS, and all Cutaneous Imper- fections; producing a Delicate White Skin, and a Juvenile Biooin to the Complexion ; preserving it from the HEAT of SUMMER.- ln TRAVELLING, PRO- MENADING, or enjoying AQUATIC EXCURSIONS, it immediately allays the smarting Irritability of tbe Skin, diffusing a PLEASING COOLNESS truly cum. fortable and refreshing : is equally indispensable iu tbe Nursery as at ibe Toilette. Perfectly innoxious, it may be u* e.[ by ihe most delicate Lady wilh tbe Assurance of Safety and Eflicaev, possessing softening and healing Properties. To MOTHERS NURSING their OFF- SPRING it gives, in all Cases of incidental Inflamma- tion, immediate Relief; cools the Month of Ihe Infant, and enhances maternal Pleasure in the Act of adminis- tering Alimentary Nourishment. To GENTLEMEN whose Faces are tender after SHAVING, it will be found exce; lent beyond Prece- dent in ameliorating and allaying that most unpleasant Sensation. — It removes unpleasant Harshness of ihe Skill, occasioned hy intense Solar Heat or Cold Winds ; nud thus lo the Traveller, whose Avocations expose liiui to various Changes of Weather, proves an infallible Specific— a prompt Resource— and, as conducing to Comfort, a pleasing Appendage and invaluable Aequi- • itinn. Pries 3s. 6d.— 7s.— 10s. 6d. aud 21s. per Buttle. pemfumeiey* J. DELCROIX, 0/ 158, New Bond- Street, Removed from 33, Old Bond- Street, London, EGS Leave to inform the Nobility and Public that he is continually supplying the prin- cipal Perfumers in the United Kingdom, with his unequalled FOREIGN PERFUMERY, and in parti- cular with his much- admired ESPRIT DE LAVANDE AUX MlLLEFI. EURS, Esprit de Rose, BOUQUET DU ROI G. IV. his new Perfume called i> nuquet d' Espague, Muguet, Marechalle, aud aboveXwenlv other Suits; also his celebrated VEGETABLE EXTRACT, for cleansing' the Hair, and every other Article of Per- fumery, of the most superior Quality, requisite for the Comfort of Ihe Toilette. He has likewise appointed them to sell Ihe under- mentioned newly- rfliscovered Articles; POUDRE UNIQUE, for changing Grey or Red Hair to a Light Auburn, Brown, or Black. His POM A DE REGENER ATRICF., for the Grow th and Preservation of Ihe Hair; to whieh J. DEI. CHOIX has particularly directed bis Studies, and which has led liiin to the Discovery of this valuable Compound, nut posed of several Plants, tbe great Properties of hich, for the Growth of Ibe Hair and preventing its falling off, have been hitherto but partially known in is Country ; it would be superfluous here lo enlarge on the Merits of this Compound, as a short Trial will fully evince ils Efficacy. His POUDRE SUBTIL, for removing superfluous This. Imperfection .1. DEI. CROIX has obviated, by offering to tbe Ladies Ibis invaluable Remedy, which Will effect ibis Object in eight Minnies, without tbe ast Inconvenience or Pain, and leaving that Part of he Skin extremely soft and smooth. Sold io Boxes, wilh Directions for Use, wilh Ihe Proprietor's Name, at 5s. 6d. each. Also his valuable ANTI- SCORBUTIC ELIXIR, for preserving the Gums aud Teeth from Decay, and curing lie Tooth- ache; and his ANTI- SCORBUTIC DEN- i'lFRlCE, for cleansing and beautifying the Teeth, and reserving the Enamel from Scorbutic Infection; both f which are perfectly innoceBt, extremely pleasant in he Use, aud leave a delightful Fragrance to the Breath. further begs to recommend his admired AROMATIC EMOLLIENT und MECCA SOAP for oftening and whitening ihe Skin, and POLISH PAST- E" io Gentlemen, fur Easy Shaving. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates erected upon the Wellington District of Watling- street Roads, called or known by the Names of Walling Street Gate, Burcot aud Side Gates, Longwaste Gate, Longlane Gate, Bratton Gate, Shaw birch Gate, Lee gomerv Gate, and Hadley Gate, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Hay Gate Inn, iu the Parish of Wrockwardine. on Tuesday, the 18th Day of July next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, in Ihe Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his' Majesty King George Ihe Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls were Let the last Year for the following Sums : viz. The Original Tolls collected under the 48th Geo. Ill £ 2075 The Additional Tolls collected under the 1st and 2d Geo. IV 350 And will lie put up at those Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must pay One Month in Advance of the Real at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with two sufficient Sureties to the Salisfac- ion of the Trustees, for Payment of ihe Rest of the Money monthly. Anil NOTICE is hereby further given, That in Case the said Tolls are not then Let, tbe same w il! again be put up by Auction, at the Hay Gate Inn aforesaid, ou Tuesday, the 1st Day of August, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, pursuant to aud under Ihe Directions of the said Act. THOMAS PUGH, Clerk to the Trustees JUNE 12, 1823. Ha CAUTION. The high Popularity of the above invaluable Articles fons caused them to be counterfeited, by imitating' the Label, Bills, Bottles, and Advertisements. To prevent which, observe the New Label on the Oil, aud a » k for " ROWLAND'S," ebtervinj? that the Label of each Bottle is signed in Red, 4# A. Rowland fy Son, 20, Mutton Garden Sold by them, and, by Appointment, by W. and J. EDDQWES, Shrewsbury, who have just received Valuable Supply. Dicey and Co.' s True Daffy's Elixir, Superior to every other Medicine for giving- immediate Relief in the most painful Attacks of the Cholic, and iu all Complaints of the Stomach and Bowels. AS a General Family Medicine, DICEY'S DAFFY has long become so justly celebrated, from its superior Quality to all other Preparations sold under the Name of Daily's Elixir, that no Family, particularly in the Country, o iglu to be without but, as effectual Relief is only to be expected by those who use the Genuine Medicine, Purchasers are cau- tioned not to rely merely upon the Glass Bottle bearing the Name of Dicey aud Co. as there are unprincipled People who buy up the empty Bottles for the Purpose uf filling them with their. own counterfeit Preparations nnd which are thus imposed upon the Public as lli< True Daffy's Elixir— the only certain Criterion is to examine whether the Stamp Label which is affixed over the Cork, has the words " DICKY Sc Co." printed therein; and to observe that the Bill of Direction • igned " VV. Sutton & Co. late Dicey St Sutton." Sold at the Original Warehouse, No. 10, Bow Cburcli Yard, London, in Bottles at 2s. and2s. 9d. each; and by all the principal Country Bookseller* aud Venders of Medicine. Of whom may also be had, DICEY's Anderson's or The TRUE SCOTS PI LIS Price Is. lid. the Box.— Ask particularly fo " DICKY'S." BETTON's BRITISH OIL ( the only Genuine), Is. 9d the Bottle. For the Bowel Complaints, which so frequently pre. • ail in this variable Climate, no Medicine has bee found more efficacious than Dicey's Genuine Daffy Elixir, which may be purchased of most respectabL. Medicine Venders.— Particular care should be taken to & » sk for Dicey's. PARKER BOTT, of Nottingham DENTIST, begs Leave to inform his Frieitd- aud the Public in general, that he litis disposed of ihe * lllire Property iu the following well- known aud valuable Articles, lu Messrs. BARCLAY anil Soxn, Fleet- Market, London, whose Numes will, iu fulu be affixed to each bottle or Box of the genuine Pi pa ration, viz.; BUTT'S TOOTIl POWDER, price 1 « . lid. and 2 » . 9d. BOTT'S TINCTURE for Scurvy in the Guins, nric 1.. 9d. BOTT'S CORN SALVE, price Is. ltd. BOTT'S SANATIVE SALVE for the Relief nnd Cure of Disorders incident to the Breast, particularly . in all Kindt of Sores; and in attenuating, snftening and dissipating nil Hardness aud Kuottiness therein price la. l^ d. per Packet. BOTT'S NANKEEN DYE, warranted to stun Washing, price Is. per Buttle. BOTT'S CLOTH POWDER, for taking Grease Spots, Paint, & e. out of Silks, Stuffs, nnd Woollens, without discharging the Colour, price Is. per Bottle. Prepared by BARCLAY and SONS, Fleet- Market London. Sold by W. & J. EODOWES, Morris, Palin, Newling, Davies, Powell, Bowdler, Sliuker, nun Pritch Shrewsbury; Procter, Green, Drayton; Huulstoii and Smith, Wellington ; Smith, Iroubridge Wenlock ; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Scarrotl, Slliffiiiil Stevenson, Newport; Roberts, R. Griffiths, I'owe J. nnd R. Griffiths, O. Joues, nnd Roberts, Welsh pool; Price, Edwards, Bickerton, Mrs. Edwa and Roberts, Oswestry ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle Griffiths, Ludlow; Bu'ugh, Ellesuiere; Parker, and Evamou, Whitchurch; Franklin, Ousluiv, Wcui. APPRENTICE WANTED, N a large Village, bv a respectable SUI?- GEON and APOTHECARY, Licentiate ofthe Apothecary's Company, & c. & e. He must be of respectable Family. A moderate Premium will be expected. Apply ( Post- paid) at TIIR PRINTERS. ^ o ^ cijooimaotsra* BERRXEW FREE SCHOOL, WANTED, by the Trustees ofthe Ber- liew Free School, a MASTER properly qualified to take the Care of the School. The Master will be required to teach Sixty Boys in Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. The Salary fixed bv the Trustees is Forty Pounds a Year, with the Use, Rent- free, of the School House, into which Boarders may be received. For further Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid), to the Rev. T. RICHARDS, Berriew Free School, near Welsh Pool. 4 N. B. The Day of Election is fixed for Saturday, the 15th of July, at 11 o'Clock in the Forenoon. It is a singular coincidence that Colonel Davies was engaged in the battle of Quatre Bras, June 16, 1815 ; the contested Election of 1818 conm « enced June 16 ; and the contested Election of 1826 closed June 16 — Worcester Journal. The sum expended at- Maldon election is variously estimated at from 30 to £ 50,000. Eighteen hundred freemen were newly admitted, and 3,100 polled. The Bible Society is doubtless an engine of as- tonishing- magnitude, destined to produce a moral revolution in the world, the full effects of which cannot at present be conceived. As the principles of Christianity are disseminated by the distribution of the Divine Oracles, so are blessings diffused along- with them; The banners of Christianity are the banners of Love; and the music of her march proclaims in sweetest sound Glory'" to God in the highest,- ovi earth peace, good- will towards men." Her footsteps are not marked with sterility, and barrenness; she moves not empty- handed, but scatters benefits in rich abundance on the sons and daughters of misery and want. Can science, or philosophy, or infidelity, casta cheering ray through the dark cloud of felt transgression, and kindle a hope of pardon, and peace, and joy, in the agitated bosom of the trembling penitent? No: but the Bible can and does. What is the mind of man without the light of Revelation, but a dark and dismal chaos, which philosophy, nor infidelity can never dispel ? What can man do beneath the gloomy clouds that frown upon him, and amidst the ills that surround him in this vale of sorrow, with out those sacred pages upon which the beams of Mercy shine, guiding, comforting, and supporting the weary spirit through all the chequered mazes of its mortal course to the blissful climes of immor- tality? The Bible is the only book iu the world that can raise in the heart of man a hope of a joyful resurrection from the dead; and this hope is, indeed, " The rainbow to the storma of life--- The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to- morrow with prophetic ray." pike Road leading from Shrewsbury, through Ei^ mere, in the County of Salop, to Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, called or known by the Names of Overton and Haumer Gates, with the Muslev Side Bar, and Wynnstay Gate, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Bowling Green, in Overton, 011 Wednesday, the 26th Day of July next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, and that the, TOLLS arising at the Cotton Hill, with Harlescott Side Gates, and at the Stockett Gate upon the same Turnpike Road, and also at the Hardwick Gate upon the Turnpike Road leading from Ellesmere to Oswestry, will be LET by. AUCTION, to the best Ridder, at the BridgewateV Arms, in Ellesmere, on Thursday, the 27th Day of July next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Foreifoon, in ;!.• Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year ofthe Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, " For Regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year t- he under- mentioned Sums above the Expenses of collecting the same, and will be put up at those Sums respectively : — DR. JAMES'S POWDER. ^ IpHIS celebrated Medicine is invariably adopted by Physicians ; and for those who cannot obtain Medical Advice, with each Packet are enclosed full Directions for its Use. Its Efficacy is most certain if freely given on the Attack of Fever, Measles, Sore Throat, recent Cold with Cough, and other Inflamtna tory Disorders. In Rheumatism and Chronic Com- plaints it, has performed the most extraordinary Cures, when used wiih Perseverance. Dr. James's Powder Continues to be prepared by Messrs. NEWBERY, from the ONLY COPY of the Process left by Dr. James in his own Hiuid writirioy which was deposited with their 2s. 9d. and 24s. DR. JAMES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS afford constant Relief in Indigestion, Bilious and Stomach Complaints, Gouty Symptoms, recent Rheumatism, and Cold with slight Fever, aud are so mild in their Effects as not to require Confinement. Dr. James's Analeptic Pills are pre- pared by Messrs. NEWBERY from the on'y Recipe existing under Dr. James's Hand, and are sold by them in Boxes at 4s. 6d. each, at 45, St. Paul's Church Yard ; and their Agents in most Country Towns'. The Name " F. NEWBERY" is engraved on each Government Stamp. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Tolls arising at the Toll Gates upon the Turn- j Grandfather iu 1746, as Joint Proprietor. In Packets CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. As there is a great Demand for BEAR's GREASE, > 1 Person has the Pretension to say that lie is the only Proprietor of the genuine Article, when in Fact he is perhaps the only one that has not the genuine Bear's Grease ; but if the Purchasers will give themselves the Trouble of smelling it with Attention, they will easily discover the Deception, his Composition being a M" ture of Oil of Almonds, Hog's Lard, and Mutton Suet perfumed with a little Bergamot ; which, from havin, analyzed it, J. DELCROIX can assert to be a Fact. Such Composition, in Lien of being beneficial to the Preservation or Growth o£ the Hair, has a decidedly contrary effect ; Oil of Almonds, in particular, being of a very desicative Nature, and not of a nutritive one ; whereas GENUINR Bear's Grease certainly may be re- garded as one of the best Articles for promoting the Growth of the Hair. Therefore, to prevent the Public from falling into Error by using snch Imitations, which re so insulting to the common Understanding, and in Order to detect the spurious from the genuine Bear's Grease, J. DBLCROIX. begs TO give A brief Description of it : — The Fat of the Animal, when he receives it in Casks from Russia, is rather offensive, and of a Yellow Reddish Hue, but when purified, it resembles very much the Mixture of Veal Fat. and Beef Marrow, with less of Tinge, nnd although it is of moderate Consistence, yet it- is of an oily and rich Nature. To he had, GENUINE and well perfumed, in various ized Pots, of J. DELCROIX, Perfumer to the Royal Family, 158, New Bond- street ( removed from 33, Old Bond street), and sold, with his Name, by Mr. William Nightingale, Mr. John Nightingale, Mr. Thomas Bowd- ler, Mrs. Hulme ( Pride Hill), Mr. Samuel Hulme, Mr. Pyke, and Messrs. Whitney and Co. Shrewsbury, and V all the principal Perfumers and Hairdressers iu the United Kingdom ; and where also may be had, his dmired ESPRIT DE LAVANDEAUX MILLEFLEURS, BOU- QUET DU Ror ( G. IV.), and every other Article of his superior and much- celebrated FOREIGN PERFUMFRY. Overton and Hanmer Gates, " ith the Cock Bank Gate, and Musley, Maesgwaylod, and Red Hall Bars Wynnstay Gate Cotton Hill and Harlescott Side Gates Stockett Gate Hardwick Gate.......... £. 806 146 501 280 63 Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, most at the same Time pay One Month in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, for Payment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall appoint. R. MORRALL, Clerk to the Trustees. ELI. BSMERE, 24TH JUNE, 1826. Jltnboyna Tooth Powder and Lotion. qriHE Drug, from which the AMBOYN A 11 POWDER and LOTION are prepared, is the produce of Asia. The Natives, as well as Foreigners, esteem it for its peculiar efficacy in cleansing and beautifying the Teeth, and removing Disorders of the Mouth and Gums. It whitens the Teeth, and by its astringent Action on the Gums fastens those which are loose; it gives also a native redness to the Gums; if. removes all Heats, Ulcers, Gum Boils, and preserves the Teeth from decay. Those who experience painful Nervous Achs in the Face, Gums, & c. will be effectually relieved by a liberal use of the Lotion. Both Prepara- tions are purely Vegetable. Under no Circumstance whatever can any he Genuine, unless the Name Ed wards,, 67, St. Pu ill's, is engraved on the Stamp. The Powder 2s. 6d.—- Lotion 4s. 6d. Sold by. Eddowes, Shrewsbury ; Small, and Roberts, Ridgwav, and Procter, Drayton ; Webb, Wellington; Whittall, Evans, Massey, and Oseland, Ludlow; and all Dealers iu Medicine. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON, 1707. Hp HE COMPANY continue to effect JA. INSURANCES on LIVES at equitable Rates, without Entrance Money or any additional Premium for Sea- risk in decked Vessels to or from the British Isles, or lo or from tbe opposite Line of Coast be tweell the Texel and Havre- de- grace included— nild to grant und purchase ANNUITIES under a special Act nf Parliament. Agents are appointed in all the Citie Towns in the United Kingdom. and principal THOMAS PARKE, Secretary. COMPANY'S AGENTS AT Shrewsbury - - - Mr, Thomas Howell; Shifl'nal - . - - Mr. Gilbert Brown ; Ludlow- - - . Mr. E. Jones, Solicitor; Bridgnorth ... Mr. Benj, Partridge ; Worcester. ... Messrs. Smith & Parker; Macclesfield . . . Mr, D. Hall, Imposture Unmasked. HIE progress of Merit, though, frequently L. assailed, is not impeded by Envy and Detraction. The aggression uf ambuscade terminates in defeat; and conscious rectitude ultimately triumphs in the attainment f the grand object— public approbation. The test of experience is ( lie 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 on 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. I becomes therefore an indispensable duty to CAUTION THE PUBLEC against the manoeuvres of Unprincipled Venders, who having no character to lose, and stimu- lated by avarice in their nefarious pursuits, aim at the Requisition <> f money through any medium than that o' honour! The original aud 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 different ddress, in very small Characters, between the more conspicuous one's of-" No. 30," and " STRAND." I is earnestly recommended to Shopkeepers and others who are deceived by base fabrications of WARREN BLACKING to return the detected trash to the source whence it came, and expose tbe machinations of ras- cality to merited obloquy. WARREN's BLACKING is surpassingly brilliant; — it 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 utility. Sold by every respectable Vender in. Town and Country, iu bottles at 6d. lOd. 12d. and 18d. each. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 19. In 1790, Mr. Lister having been elected for Poole, it was discovered that he had been a Contractor within a year preceding his election; and as the taking his seat would have been attended with the disagreeable consequence of incurring a penalty of five hundred pounds every time he should give his vote in the House, he was under the necessity of vacating his seat by taking the Chiltern Hundreds. GREECE.— A short article from Russia, in the French Papers, states that when the Emperor Nicholas announced to the garrison of St.. Peters- burgh that his Ultimatum had been accepted by the Porte, instead of satisfaction being- evinced, the officers and soldiers maintained the most expressive silence. These Papers also contain a letter from the Greek Archbishop Ignatius to Mr. Eynard, confirming the account of the occupation of Tripolizza by the Greeks. That place was recovered by the gallant Nicetas/ on the 13th of May, three weeks after the fall of Missolonghi. This fact is important, as it shows that i. istead of having sunk into despondency in consequence of that severe disaster, the Hellenes were inspired with fresh ardour, and exerted them selves to, compensate, by fresh victories, for the loss sustained. Ibrahim Pacha, we are told by the same letter, made repeated efforts to release and save Tripolizza, but they were all unavailing. The Greeks had this time taken care to occupy all the passes, and defended them so bravely, that the dis- ciplined Egyptians aud their Christian Chiefs were repulsed in all their attempts to penetrate into th interior of the Morea, and compelled to fall bacli on Patras, after having experienced considerable losses. The new Government acted with much energy. A great number of intriguers, both native and foreign, had received orders to quit the Pelo- ponnesus; and the sailors had been induced to give their services for six months gratis to their country The pleasing intelligence is also conveyed by th worthy Archbishop, that 700 women and children had succeeded in effecting- their escape with the portion of the garrison of Missolong- hi which had cut its way through the enemy ; they were all safely arrived at the camp at Cravari. The captives sent to be sold at Arta and Prevesa did not exceed 1,000. . BURMAN EMPIRE.— The wnpire of the Burmans previously to the cession of territory by the late peace, had a sea- coast of 900 miles in extent, containing two fine harbours, those of Meigui and Tavoy, and tbe accessible embouchures of not less than six great navigable rivers. A considerable part of the countr is fertile iu corn: its forests afford the most ampl supply of teak of any part of India, and for year have supplied the materials for the construction of many line ships in the port of Rangoon, as well as furnished the arsenals and dock- yards of Madras aud Calcutta. Tbe northern parts of the empire, though inferior in fertility to the southern, are rich in minera" wealth, affording gold, silver, iron, and tin. The true oriental sapphire and ruby exists uo where in such perfection and abundance as in the dominions of Ava. Also, Paste Blacking, in Pots, 6d. 12d. and 18d. each. A Shilling Pot of Paste is equal to Four Is. Bottles of Liquid. SOLD Shrewsbury, by EDDOWES, , ROGERS 61 Co. BRATTON, STATIIAM, — DRURY, MORGAN and ASTERLEY, JONES, DAVIES, NEVETT, —.— HUMPHREYS. Wem KYNASTON. Oswestry,... EDWARDS. EKesmere,.. BAUGH, ' FURMSTON. 11 els it pool, EVANS, OWEN, JONES, — GRIFFITHS. fVenlock .. CLIVELY. Hodnety PACE, IIUGlifiS. AT DraytonRIDGVVAY. NewportJONES. : LOWE. Shiffnal,.... HARDING. Welling ton, IIo u LSTON & SMITH. Ironbridge, GF. AZERROOK. Bangor,.... HUGHES, GRIFFITH. Bala, DAVIES. Car a a rv 0 n, O v v e N , WILLIAMS. DolgeltyJN 1 L LI A MS SON Holyhead,.. JONES, RICHARDS. fit. Asaph, OWEN. Abergeiy,.. DAVIES. Amlwch,... ROBERTS. Conway,..., ROBERTS. Barmouth,, GRIFFITHS. Beaumaris, ALL E N . Members relumed to Parliament. Anglesea— Lord Uxbridge. Brecon ( County)— Col. Wood. Brecon ( Borough)— C. Morgan, Esq. Berivick— Mr. Beresford, Mr. Gladstone. Cornwall— t ir R. R. Vyvvan, G. W. Pendarves, Esq, Coventry—- Messrs. Fyler and Heathcote. Dorsetshire— E. B. Portman, H, Bankes, Esqra. Dundalk— C. Blackeley. Evesham— Sir C. Cockerel!, Mr. Protheroe. Huntingdonshire— Lord Mandeville, Mr. Fellowes, Hereford— Lord Eastnor, E. B. Clive, Esq. Lichfield— Sir G. Ansou, Mr. Vernon. Leicester— Sir C. Hastings, Mr. Cave. Lancashire— Lord Stanley, Mr. Blackburne Middlesex— Mv. Byng, Mr. Whithread. Northampton— Mr. Robinson, Mr. Maberly. Oxfordshire— Mr. Ashurst, Mr. Fane. Pembrokeshire— Sir J. Owen. Preston— Mr. Stanley, Mr. Wood. Radnorshire - W. Wiikins. Shorcham— Mr. Burreli, Mr. Howard. Taunton—? tlr. Seymour, Mr. Peachy. Wootton Bassett— Vlv. Twiss, Mr. Phillips. Wells— Mr. Tudway, Mr. Taylor. Yougkall— Hon. G. Ponsonby. Yorkshire— L. ord Milton, J. Marshall,, Esq. R. T Wilson, Eaq. W. Daiicombe, Esq. BRANCH BANKS OF TH E BANK OF ENGLAN D.— The application made to the Bank of England, in April last, with a view of inducing them to establish one of their Branches at Gloucester, led to much en- quiry and investigation ou the part of the Bank, the result of which so completely substantiated the several statements contained in it, as to the various local ad- vantages of Gloucester, that the Bank ultimately decided to act on its recommendation. As a perusal of the application maybe gratifying to some of our eaders, we subjoin a copy : " It is understood to be the intention of the Bank of England toestablish Branch Banks at certain stations; nd in the following observations it is proposed to shew lhat Gloucester is, from an aggregation of cir umstances, general and particular, tbe fittest point for « uch an Establishment, with reference to South Wales and the western parts of England. Gloucester is the capital of an opulent County— the seat of a large Ecclesiastical Establishment— and ts central situation giVes it important advantages as a station for diffusing the currency of the Bank of Eng. land throughout a great extent of country. The inter- course with London is easy and regular; a letter written at Gloucester in the evening being delivered in London he next morning, and vice versa: it has intimate commercial relations with the towns of Tewkesbury, Worcester, Kidderminster, Stourport, Shrewsbury Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry, Warwick, and generahy with all parts of Worcestershire, Shrop shire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire, on ils northern side, by means of the River Severn, and the numerous Canals and Rivers branching oft' from it.-^ On its eastern side, its communications extend into Oxford , shire and Berks, embracing Cirencester, Cheltenham, and other populous towns.—^ On the south, lies the opulent " clothing. countrysof Stroud, Painswick, Rod. borough, Dursley, Wotton, & c. through which its communications extend on to Bath and the manufac- turing districts of Wiltshire: by the channel of the Severn, also, they reach down to the Welsh ports, to Bristol, Rridgewater, and into the counties pf Somerset and Devon.—^ OU its western side, lies Herefordshire, the Forest of Dean, and the whole of South Wales perhaps the richest in natural productions of any part of Great Britain, and with which its communications are extremely active by means of numerous turnpike- roads, all converging on Gloucester as a common centre; aud likewise by means of the rail roads, canals, aud rivers, which fall into and communicate with the River Severn, Indeed, Gloucester is now become a kind of mart for disposing of the agricultural and other produce of South Wales, a great market and numerous fairs being held here; and here, as being the most convenient point, the Welsh Iron Masters, and those of the Forest of Dean, have occasional Meetings with those from Staffordshire and the northern counties, for the purpose of adjusting the interests of their trade. " In whatever direction a line is drawn from Glouces- ter, it will be found to radiate into a populous aud important vicinage, which seems to point it out as a fit station for the establishment of a Branch Bank of the nature here referred to. It may, perhaps, be ob. jected, that its population is small, as compared with Bristol or Birmingham : it is, however, rapidly in- creasing; and 110 conclusion ought to be drawn from its present actual amount, as to the comparative im- portance or otherwise of Gloucester, either in itself, or with reference to the adjoining country -— Bristol is now, in fact, the port of Gloucester, a large portion of its imports being destined for, and its exports re- ceived from, the River Severn and the country border- ing on it. These goods are now, for tbe most part, transhipped at Gloucester, both in passing upwards and downwards; but the circuitous and expensive route by Bristol will no longer be adhered lo, when the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal shall be opened, as it will be in the course of the present summer; for then seaborne vessels of two, three, four, and even of five hundred tons burthen, will be enabled to pass up the Canal with facility to the wharfs ai Gloucester, where accommodation for their reception, and the deposit of their cargoes, is actively preparing.—- Glou- cester will then become entirely, and in fact, what Bristol has hitherto partially, but most inconveniently been— the Port of the River Severn and its commu- nications : it will then rapidly increase in extent and population ; and a Branch Bank established here, will at once promote and participate in its growth, till it shall attain to a degree of importance commensurate to the many advantages of tls situation. The foregoing reasons in favour of Gloucester as a stationvfor a Branch Establishment from the Bank of England, are founded, for the most part, ou its situation and localities, and are altogether unlimited as to time, and perfectly genera! in their nature and application. What follows, has reference to this par. ticular juncture, which seems to present a peculiarly favourable opening for the formation of such Establishment here, in December last, Messrs. Tur- ners and Morris, Bankers, of Gloucester, suspended payment. Their transactions were very considerable in amount, and their notes circulated over all the surrounding country, and nearly throughout the whole of South Wales. Their suspension, therefore, caused great distress at the lime, which has been in- creased by subsequent failures of many other Banks in the neighbourhood, some even very recently. These events have caused an almost total stagnation of every kind of business throughout the country, to Ihe serious injury of all classes of the community, and to the entire ruin of numerous deserving individuals. The whole country, in short, is paralysed, and is thirsting for a healthy circulation, which the P. tnk of England might afford it in the most advantageous form, by means of a Branch at Gloucester. V This subject is well deserving the attentive con- sideration ofthe Bank Directors, being highly interest- ing in a national point of view, and most deeply im- portant iu its consequences to the City of Gloucester, and to all the country bordering on and communi- cating. with THUNDER STORM, About half past two on Wednesday afternoon, a thunder storm passed over the northern suburbs of the metropolis, and, we reg- ret to say, did consider- able damage. Judging from ils effects, the storm ( if we may be allowed the expression) was about two miles and a hall' in breadth, extending at one time from the New Road to the crest of Hatnpstead Hill. At a quarter to three, the tempest was at its height. Two dense clouds were seen approach- ing each other, " on different tacks," antl m\ dway between Primrose Hill and Highgate they came in contact. The effects of the collision were awful, vivid lightning, peals of thunder, and the heaviest shower of hail ever witnessed in that neighbour- hood, immediately succeeded. The hailstones were as large as pig- eon's eggs. Af the two- mile stone 011 the Llampstead road the storm eeems to have been at its height. In the garden of Mr. Money, nearly opposite Chalk Farm, upwards of £ 200 worth of glass was broken ; in Mr. Browne's garden, a shori distance higher up the hill, tha destruction was more complete, almost every squara of glass, many thousands in number, in his very fine and extensive green- houses, vvas destroyed, together with most of the valuable plants. The extent of Mr. Browne's loss is said to be at least two thousand pounds. The storm continued its course in a north- easterly direction, crossingHigh- gafe, arid could be traced ia its progress from Hampstead Heath for several hours, nearly realiz- ing to the Cocktoies the description of an Alpine storm, as given by travellers; for from the Heath the lightning could be seen at the distance of several miles, aud the rolling ofthe thunder heard, gradually becoming less distinct, until it impercep- tibly died away. Very little rain fell in the towa of Hampstead, and not a drop on the Heath. At St. John's Wood, Mary- le- bone, the stornv raged with the utmost violence, and in a short time all the extensive gardens and nursery grounds! in that vicinity presented a scene of frightful devastation. Every greenhouse, hothouse, add all the glass used in the gardens, were in an instant smashed to atoms. A Gentleman residing at the corner of Hall- place, Circus- road, had 2000 squares of glass broken ; Mr. Anderson, Florist, Pine- apple Place, 30,000 squares; Mr. Bell, Grove End Road, " 000 squares; Mr. Atlcinson, Grove End Road 10,000 squares; Mr. Jenkins, Portman Nursery, upwards of 50,000 squares; Mrs. Hogg, Grove End Road, 3000 or 4000 squares. The greenhouse of Mr. Faithful, which was filled with the choicest plants, had every square broken, and the plants beaten to pieces. The private houses are alsrv much injured, the windows being broken, and the fruit ill the gardens completely destroyed. Mr. Bowden, of Elm Lodge, Grove End Road, and many others, are considerable sufferers. On Wednesday afternoon, a most extraordinary scene of confusion and alarm vvas excited at the Police- office, High- street, Mary- le- bone, by the sudden and violent hail- storm which did consider- able damage in the neighbourhood. Mr. Rawliu. son, the magistrate, was attending to a case, when his attention was attracted by a sudden noise, as if . a trolley of peSbiss bad been thrown on the sky- light immediately over the office, and he scarcely had time to make'the enquiry, " whether it was raining," when the sky- light, which is exceedingly spacious, was broken in various places by the tremendous force of the hail- stones, aud iu a moment afterwards l. ord Montford, Mr. Hoskins, and Mr. Rawlinsou, who were on the bench, were surrounded by the fragments of glass, and hail- stones not less than an inch in circumference, which rendered it necessary for them to make a- precipitate retreat from their seals, and make their way to the passage leading to the front ofthe office iu High- street. There they were placed in as dangerous a situation, as an immense sky- light over the passage shared the same fate as that in tha public office; and while passing through it with speed, large pieces of glass and hail- stones struck against them with great force, and much injury was anticipated; they, however, escaped to the front door, where they remained until the violence of the storm was over, when they returned into the office, which was completely bestrewed with pipers of glass and hail- stones. — During the above period, the individuals in the body of the office Were iu the utmost confusion, and squeezed themselves into every corner, in order to avoid fhe glass which was flying in every direction while the storni lasted. At its conclusion the Magistrates resumed tneir labours, and we are happy to say that no furth er accident occurred. At Hampstead, we. understand, the hail- storm did very extensive " jury, particularly to the green- houses, in many of w hich uot a single pane of glass has been left entire. At Ascot Heath Races, on Thursday, the third day, a gentleman, curious in such matters, counted the private carriages on the " off side," of the course, and gave the result at eight, hundred and seven four wheelers, with an average of three para- sols in each; and besides the charms so protected he calculated there were at least 25 waggons- load* of bumphin beauty, unparasol'd. As to" the gigs, dennels, stanhopes, tilburies, tandems, and others,' id genus omne, they defied all calculation. THE CITY or ARRACAN, of which so many fallacious accounts have been given, is built in the midst of a plain or valley, about four miles in cir- cumference, aud surrounded, on all sides, by hills some as high as five hundred feet. This plain' which is hard and rocky, is watered by numeroui streams, one of which flows through and divides the city into two parts, which are connected br strong clumsy wooden bridges. As the city is overflowed during the rains, the houses or rather huts, are raised upon strong posts of timber; they are generally built of bamboos, one story high, and thatched with straw, or mats. They are arranged in nearly regular streets, the principal of which runs on either side of the river. The number of houses is about 10,000, nearly half of which are unroofed or damaged; and the population must have been, previous to tbe occupation of the place by the British, at least 05,000, though now reduced to less than 20,000; and when our army entered the priests were the ouly residents. The ancient fort is surrounded by three quadrangular coucentric walls, built of large stones, of considerable thick- ness, and about 20 feet high. Th?. distance between the walls varies from 50 to 100 feet; in the inner space, are the citadel and public granaries. On the heights around the city, sixty pagodas, almost all with gilt spires, may be counted at once. Each contains an image of Gaudana, » and many of thcin disclose subterranean passages. There is a pro- fusion of gilding aud painting in their t tuples, even marble being sometimes covered with gold leaf. They are in possession of a method of coating wooden pillars with a kind of cement, which ha » the appearance of dark marble. The tort and pagpdasare the only stone buildings about AI- racan. — Arracan Pr » a « f contains about eighty villages; the land exhibits every symptom of fertility ami luxuriance, and though the villages now are deserted in consequence of the war, iu a time of peace they would doubtless display every attribute of rurai felicity.—• Panoramic Miscetlauy. * Tbe image of Gan. lana is a wooden fig ire, seated on a hollow pedestal, richly ornamented with coloured a- lass and slips of looking glnss arranged into the figures of stinkes, and ferocious representation. 0f their object of worship destroying these invaders. m € i ) F WILS LO N D0 IN — S A T U R DAY, INSURRECTION IN SOUTH AtfirRicA.— An In- styiecliou has taken place in Valencia, a principal cit'y in the department of Venezuela, headed bv Gen^ ial Paez,. for the purpose of establishing the feder'al system of government in Colombia. Intelli- gence of this event was brought last night by Captain Brookes, who came in the last New York packet. He is the hearer <> f dispatches from Sir Robert Ker Porter, the British Consul at Caracas, and from : V3r. Cockboju, ' our new Minister to Columbia, "* his morning also dispatches were brought by rl. I>. Horry, Esq. feriush Vice Consul ai La Ouayra, which he left on the 1Mb of May, then all quiet, and* with e<' ery appearance ef remaining so until the arrival of General Bolivar, who was looked for in July. The following is a correct summary of the events which have taken place A revolution broke out at Valencia ON the 2£ th of April, the precise nature and object of which was not known, but it \* as reported that the. troops nnd C » - bildos of that city and Puerto Gahello had proclaimed General Paez their Chief, and President of Venezuela. This ofticr, to whom the soldiers and people are said to be much attached, was some time previously re- called to Santa Fe. de Bogota, to answer some charges preferred against him at the Congress, of undue ex- ercise of his authority as Commandant of the Depart- ment, ami General Escalona appointed to succeed him; but he did not comply with the order, aod was with his staff in Valencia when the revolt took place. It v » as said, lhat some excesses had been committed and some lives lost in that city. General Marino was marching on Caracas at the head of a body of troops, and expected to arrive on the 5th of May, the day on which Captain Brookes left that city. 7' he Authorities did not intend to offer any opposition to the Revolutionists, but were prepar- ing to receive them. They had assembled to deliber- ate on the 3d and 4th, and ou tlie latter day there was a meeting of the merchants, who are principally British and Americans. It was recommended ae a prudential measure, that they should furnish a sum o'f money for the supply of the troops on their arrival, there being none iu tlie public chest, and they, in consequence, advanced five thousand dollars on Vales on the Custom- house at La Gnayra, and it was appre- hended this would only prove the forerunner of larger demands. An embargo was laid on all vessels at La C'liayra on the 4th, but. taken off at night. On the evening of that, day, his Majesty's frigate Galatea, Sir Charles Sullivan Commander, opportunely touched there on her way to Carlhagejia, with Mr, Cockhurn, the Minister to Colombia,' on board. Previous to her arrival, Sir Ti. K. Porter had written to the officer commanding tbe naval forces in the Leeward Islands, to request he would send down a vessel for the pro- tection of British subjects and their property ; and it was, therefore, supposed that the frigate would not immediately proceed on her voyage, but remain till confidence should be in some measure restored, and the object of the revolutionists definitively known, which was generally believed to be the formation of Venezuela into a federal state. By the last advices from Bogota, Bolivar was daily expected on his re- turn from Peru via Panama. Captain Brookes returned to England by Way of St. Thomas's and North America. At the former place he conversed with the master of a sloop who had arrived there from Puerto Cabello, who informed him, that while he was iu that port, General Marino had entered the town from Valencia, and that having assembled ihe troops, they, and the civil authorities, shouted vire Paez, but he could not learn the exact object of the movement. General Marino left it again on the 1st for Caracas. While Captain B was in Nev » York, an American vessel arrived fromCuracoa, bring- ing the information that the Government schooner of that island had arrived there from La Guayra, with letters from the Dutch Consul at that port to the Governor, informing him of the revolution that had taken place, and requesting that vessels of war might lie sent from that island for the protection of tbe mer- chants and their property, and that, iu consequence, two sloops of war were immediately dispatched, one to La Guayra and the other to Puerto Cabello. The following ia extracted from a private letter of the latest date •• Lft Guayra, May 8. 11 Our accounts from Caracas to- day, state that no troops whatever have arrived, those on the wav birring halted at Victoria. All is quiet. With any thing like management on the part of those who seek the projected change, and those of whom it is asked, all this will end without nny mischief. Mr. Cockoiirn arrived iu the Galatea in the midst of all this, on the 5th, and sailed again for Carthagfua the next evening. All business is al a stand for the present. The Lord Bishop of Jamaica had sailed to Hondu- ras in the Valorous, and was attacked with fever, but by the latest accounts his Grace had again iecovered^ he was proceeding to New Providence. The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at St. Peters- burgh, where he has been received with all the honours due to his rank and his post of Ambassador Extraor- dinary. Sir Peter Latirfe, Kr. t. has been chosen Alderman of Aldersgate- street YVardj in the room of the late Alderman Cox, without opposition. It is said that the three senior Aldermen are about to resign their gowns. The Subscriptions for the distressed Districts received to Saturday by the London Committee exceeded £ 121,000. On Thursday evening1, MrSv Grafiatti ascended i i her husband's balloon^ unaccompanied, from the gardens of White Conduit House, and after a trip of about 20 minutes, alighted iti perfect safety at Newington, The costuTfig of fhe British army is to be altered n Dee. next; instead of jackets, long coats, with ingle breasts, are to be worn. PKICBS OP Red. 3 per Cts. 77J 3 per Ct.' Cons. •— Imperial 5 per Cts.~^ per Cents, — p* r Cents. Red, 84£ 4 jscrr C<? « U, — ND8' AT TUB CLOSI. Bank Stock — Long Ann. 18 11- 14 India Stock - s- India Bonds 9 Ex. Bills ( Hd.) 7 Cons, for Acc. 78f By the' arrival this morning, at the India- house, of the Purser of the Thomas Grenville Indiaman, which sailed from Calcutta on the 28th of February, intelligence has been received of the arrival of the Euterprize Steam vessel at Calcutta, from Prome, with dispatches from S'; r Archibald Campbell, which gives in detail the military operations referred to in Captain Chad's last despatch from the seat of war, with the addition of the important fact, that Sir Archibald Campbell was advancing uponUm- merapoora. Private letters from Calcutta * tate, that Lord Combermere was on his return to that Presidency from Bhurtpore. The - perfidy of the Burmese has not gone long unpunished. It is not probable now that Sir Arch- ibald Campbell will stop or listen toany terms until he has reached the capital of Ava, which there is no doubt he has long before this time. We believe our army has now passed the principal defences*, and that except a few combats in the field ( of the issue Of which we have no Tear) there are no seri- ous obstacles to prevent a rapid march to Wmmera- poora. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. Robt. Lingen Burton:— House. Visitors, Richard Bratton, Esq. and Mr. William Taylor. CAMERIDGE, JUNE 30.—- The Porson Prize is adjudged to Mr. B. H. Kennedy, of St. John's College.— Subject, Shakspeare, King John, Act 3, Scene 3, beginning with " Come father> Hubert," and ending with " I think thou Jovest me well"— [ Mr. Kennedy was lately a Pupil of Dr. Butler, at Shrewsbury School, and has won the Porson Prize three times.] MATCH AGAINST TIME.— On Monday last, Robt. Skipper, the well known pedestrian^ undertook to walk 50 miles iu 10 successive hours, on the Quarry Walk, in this town; which arduous task be accom- plished about 10 minutes within the given time. On Friday last, the friends of R. A. Slaney, Esq. celebrated that gentleman's return to Parliament, by dining at the Raven Inn, in this town.— Mr. Slaney, with J. Mytton, Esq. J. Muckleston, Esq. & c. were present.— Although not there ourselves, we can vouch for the dinner, dessert, wines, & c. being such as did credit to Mr, Wheeler's estab- lishment, and we have been informed by gentlemen who dined on the occasion, that from 80 to 90 of Mr. Slaney's friends were assembled.— Edward Hughes, Esq. was Chairman; and Mr. Slaney, Mr. Mytton, and other gentlemen, addressed the com- pany. On Thursday last, an Inquisition was taken at Battlefield, near this town, before George Wingfield, Gent. Coroner, on view of the body of John Owen, who had been found dead, the preceding d" ay, in a fieid in that parish. It appeared that the deceased had been for several years subject to convulsion fits ; and as there was no mark of violence upon him, the Jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." . FATAL CONSEQUENCE OF THROWING STONES. — Saturday last an inquest, was held at Bridgnorth, before James Milner, Gent. Coroner, and a respect- able Jury, on view of the body of Emma Ecobs, a fine girl aged 13 years. It appeared in evidence that her death was occasioned by the falling of a stone upon her forehead, when walking by the side of the river Severn, which stone was thrown wan- tonly by some person at present unknown. The Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter," and exertions are making to discover the offender. Committed to our County Gaol, by the Reverend Edmund Sherrington Davenport and W. Wolryche Whitmore, Esq. George Page, of Bridgnorth, pipe- maker, charged on the oath of Sarah Hughes, of t'. ic parish of Cleobury North, in this county, with having committed a violent assault on her person, at. the parish of Chetton, with intent to commit a rape. Hon, The Paris papers contain several decrees* issued at Rio Janeiro by the Emperor of Brazil. The first creates a House of Facers for the Kingdom of Por- tugal. A list of the new Peers is given; they amount already to seventy- five. A second decree orders the immediate election of the Deputies, " according to the fifth chapter of tht'Constitu- tional Charter' 1 bestowed by the Emperor on Por- tugal. This charter is the only document of importance which is still withheld from the public; but its nature is revealed by the preceding decrees. There are to be two Chambers as in France and Brazil, and the order of the clergy, instead of standing apart as it did in the ancient Lusitanian Constitution, will merge, as in this country, into the tipper branch of the Legislature. This intelli- gence is said to have filled Lisbon and the nation in general with joy. It was expected that the Duke of Cadaval would be appointed President of the Peers, and of the new Regency, and that the Chambers would be convoked in a month after the promulgation of the Charter. All the authorities had received orders to take the oath of obedience und fidelity to the Constitution. While the Emperor of Brazil is busying himself in conferring a new sovereign and a new constitu- tion on the paternal dominions of Portugal, an insurrection, for the purpose of procuring a new constitution there, is said to have broken out in one of his American states. There is nothing in the news, should it even prove true, that would augur any thing serious to Don Pedro's Government; but these frequent risings certainly indicate any thing but general satisfaction. The panic in the Foreign Stock market, in conse- quence of the news ofthe revolution in Colombia, was at its Height to day, and ( he rush lo effect sales of the South American Bonds was so great, that iu a few minutes after the opening of business the decline'. both in Mexic an aud Colombian amounted to not less than 4 per cent. Dividends on Mexican Bonds were regularly paid to- day-, but have not tended iu the slightest degree to restore confidence. Yesterday afternoon they left off at 50 § , including the dividend, opened this morning at 46, exclusive of the, dividend, nnd in Ihe course of the day were to be obtained al 42. The old Mexican 5 per cents, on which the dividends have likewise been paid, have fallen from 39f to 35. Chilian Bonds have remained since Wednesday nomi lially at 37, but to day were done at 32. Great fluctu- ations have occurred iu Peruvian Stock. In Ihe morning it was so low as 23. A more inauspicious period for the promulgation of such p piece of intelli- gence could not have been fixed upon. Colombian Bonds left off yesterday afterftuon at 34|, and al ten o'clock this morning might have been had a! 30 ; by twelve o'clock, a re- action of from I ( o per cent, occurred, on which the sale* were renewed, and in ibe afternoon ihey were offered at 28. Thus it appears lhat Colombian, as well as Mexican, are uow gelling for only one third of what was given for them at the same period last year. N O RT H U M 8 E R LAND ELECT I Oft. State of the Poll— Saturday, Eleventh Deyv Liddell 1458 Boll 1313 Beaumont 1201 Ho wick 952" At this Election, all the Candidates and fheir par- tisans seem to be in ill- humour. Mr. La- mbton has been actively engaged in support of his relation, Lord Howick; and Mr. Beaumont having charged Mr. Lambton, on the hustings, with acting as prompter to Lord Howick, a challenge re- suited ; but an active Magistrate arrested Mr. Lambton and Mr. Beaumont ou the ground chosen for fhe duel, at five o'clock on Saturday morning, and bound the parties over on the spot. WESTMORELAND ELECTION. gIh Day and Close of the Poll. Lord Lowther ........ 2007 Colonel Lowther ........ 2024 Mr. Brougham 1378 The contest for the representation of this county terminated on Saturday evening, the ninth day, by the resignation of Mr. Brougham. The honourable and learned gentleman polled only 25 freeholders on that day, whilst Colonel Lowther polled not less than 176. The content in 1820 continued seven days, and tlis state of the poll was as follows:— Lord Lowther 1520, Colonel Lowther 1572, Mr. Brongham 13S4. So that the learned gentleman has polled a smaller number of freeholders by 16 than he polled iii 1S20. His Majesty on Friday morning left " his Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, and proceeded to Mr. Green, wood's Viila, Old Brocnplon, where he arrived about half- past one oil a visit to the Duke of York. The King partook of a dejeune with his Royal Highness, together with the I inches, of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia. About three o'clock bis Majesty returned to Windsor. SHREWSBURY He BiiWtnpimi SCHOOL ON THE NATIONAL SYSTEM. 0 kN SUNDAY, the 23d Day of July, a H P SERMON will be Preached for the Benefit of the PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL, on the Nalioual System, in this Town ; in the Morning at The Abbey, and iu the Evening ( at. Three o'Clock) at St. Julian's.— The Friends of this Charity are request- ed to meet ROBERT BURTON, Esq. the President, at the County Hall, soon after Ten o'Clock in the Morn, iug, to proceed from thence to the Church. Salopian: journal. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1820. THUNDER STORM. On Wednesday last, this town ar. d county were visited by a thunder storm, which was, we regret to sa'y, accompanied by scenes of awe and devasta- tion of an unusual character. At SUTTON, near this town, the electric floid passed down the chimney communicating with Mr. Betnand's parlour and other rooms; the brickwork of the chimney was rent, and the top thrown down. There were in thehonse 19 persons; Mr. and Mrs. Bemand with some of the children were in the parlour; the electric fluid struck Mrs. Bemand and several of her children and servants, and though serious apprehensions were entertained at the time for the consequences, we are happy to Say, the whole have recovered. Mr. Bemand was not affected by the fluid, aud the shock to hirn and others not affected by the electric matter, appeared as if the discharge of many large cannon had taken place in the house, while the parties struck by the fluid, state that they heard nothing1. The v. hole house was filled With Sulphureous smoke; the wood- case and the works of a clock were de- stroyed, but the glass was unbroken; and a barometer,- with the chimney ornaments in the parlour, were Smashed to atoms; the walls of the house appeared chipped in many places; a salt- box in the kitchen was Shivered to pieces;- and a girl who was drawing some beer in the cellar; was • truck by the electric fluid, the jug in her hand being broken, and a piece splintered from the barrel.— The shock was severely felt at the house of Mr. Jefl'ryes, in Sutton, and at other houses in the vicinity. At Westbury, and in the vicinity of that place, the thunder was accompanied by a dreadful storm of hail: the storm came at first in a direction from the Breiddin; and at Whitton, the mansion of Richard Topp, Esq. not less than 700 squares of glass vfere broken, the hail appearing to return iu a contrary direction from its first attack, so that the mischief was general; the hot- house, grapery, and cucumber frames were smashed by hail- stones of fr6m 2 to 4 inches ih circumference, the fruit was destroyed, and the gardens laid waste; and nearly one- third of about 8 acres of growing wheat was thrashed out. — On the farm of Mrs. Burd, at West- bury, the injury done was excessive; the crops of grain on about 50 acres of land were destroyed by thehcril; while the surface and growing- seed" of a field ( aboat- S to 10 acres) of turnips were washed away by the rain, so that it has been necessary to re- sow the field.— Great damage was also done on the farms of Mr. Cureton and Mr, Sarobrook, atr Westbury, which were laid waste in like manner; and at Westley and Cause several windows were broken, aud the crops of beans and peas in the gardens were beaten out by the hailstones. Singular as it may appear, the fact is indis- putable, that immense masses of hailstones still remain undissolved on the lands of Mrs. Burd, at Westbury; and we are sorry to understand, that the loss sustained by that lady is calculated at £ 300, as it has been found necessary to plough ia the ruined crops— in fact, the produce of grain from the land this yt. ar will be insufficient to fur- nish seed for the next, Saturday last, one of the greatest storms of hail and rain, attended with thunder and lightning, fell at Bridgnorth arid neighbourhood, ever remember- ed there, which lasted more than one hour. We have not as yet heard of any very serious damage being dene by it: one thing, however, it did for many of the landlords and others, by filling those cellars to an overflow with genuine liquor, which had been so recently emptied at the late contest at that town. To the Editor of the Salopian Jaurnal. BANKRUPTS, JTNE 20.— William Cam? the younger, of Penzance, Cornwall, merchant.— William Gaunt- lelt, of Portsea, Hants, plasterer. — Thomas White, of Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing- lane, London, wine and spirit. broker.— Charles Archer, of Tewkes- bury, Gloucestershire, builder.— Abraham Bimis, of Healon Norris, Lancashire, cotton- spinner.-— John Otton, of Moretonhampstead, Devon, yeoman drover. — Richard Sugar, of Banknewt- on, Gorg- rave, York- shire, cattle- jobber.— Francis William Williams, of Norfolk- street, Strand, Middlesex, tavern- keeper.— Samuel Hill, of Great kussell- street, Middlesex, up- holder.— Evan Oliver, of Bryn, Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire, cattle- salesman. — Jaines Cross! ej, late or Dtickenfield, Stockport, ^ Cheshire, provision- dealer.— John Harrison, of Anronts, Manchester, cot- tun, spinner.— William Charles Wrjghte, of Lawrence Pountney- lnne, London, wine- merchant.— Jane Root. eey lintter, of Burton- street, Middlesex, turner and stationer.— John Barradell, of Sneiuton, Nottingham- shire, miller.— William Strong, of Brixton, Surrey, and of the Jamaica Coffee- house, London, merchant. — John T. iter, of Friday- street, London, calico printer and warehouseman. INSOLVENTS.— George Ellis Cooke, of Jewin- street, Aldcrsgate street, Loudon, jeweller and silversmith. — Timothy Roser, of Brijfhthelmston, Sussex, builder. MARRIED. On the 4lh inst. at Grinshill, in this county, by the Rev., Francis Salt, the Rev. John Wood, M. A. Chaplain to the E. rl of Mansfield, and Head- Master of Shift'nal Grammar School, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Francis Pitt, Esq. banker, Wenlock. On Saturday last, at Madeley, by the Rev. 11. Gwyther, Mr. J. Wase, to Jane, youngest daughter of the lute Mr. Robert Ward, of Bradley, near Bilston. On Tuesday, the 27th ult. at Whitchurch, by the Tlev. Mr. Renton, M r. James Skidmore, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Robert Roe, of the same place. On the 26th ult. nt Aston, Mr. William Alexander Bflker, of Birmingham, to Miss Rebecca Price, third daughter of Mr, Pi ice, of Coalbrookdale. On Wednesday last, at Stockton, in this county, Mr. S. G. Walters, of Newcastle, Staffordshire, to Mrs. Stevenson, of Stockton. . Lately, nt Wistonstow, hy the Rev. Thomas Dixon, M r. Thomas Turner, butcher, of Wistaustow, to Miss Ricltards, of Strefl'iml. On Thursday last, by the Rer. B. Dent, Mr. I. Woodyatt, surgeon, to Amelia, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Wilde, tanner, both of Saint John's, Worcester. On the 22d ult. at the Friends1 Meeting House, Bewdiey, Mr. Samuel Southall, of Leominster, lo Mi* » Priscillu Sturge, of the former place. At Stoke, Devonshire, Richard Bliss, Esq. of Nailsworth, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Will'am Brookholding, of Bewdlcy. Lately, al High Ercall, Mr. Samuel Morris, of Hsnghton, to Miss Ann Owen, of Roden Lane. DIED. On Sunday last, at Admuston Spa House, Mrs. Evans, of Oswestry, relict of John Evans, 1VI. D. late of Shrewsbury, and formerly ofjietlev, in this county. On the 20th ult. at Douglas, in the Isle of Man, Thomas, second son of the lale Mr. Thomas Hotch- kiss, of Lcebotvrood, in this county. On Ihe 25th nit. at Market Drayton, ntthe advanced age of 81, Mr. William Wright, auctioneer, of that place. On the 26th tilt. at. Congleton, Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Francis Bostock, Esq. of that place. On the 94th ult. at Stanford Court, in her 0th year, Caroline, third daughter of Sir T. E. WiuningtoH, Bart. M. P. On the 23d ult. nt Aston, near Wellington, Mrs. Elizabeth North, aged f> 2 years, after a long aud severe illness which she bore with christian fortitude and resignation. In her decease the neighbouring poor have an irreparable loss. On the 29th nil. at his house in Chester, Daniel Omd, Esq. aged 65. On Tuesday afternoon ( 27th ult.), abont six o'clock, a storin, accompanied with tre- mendous thunder and lightning, visited the neighbourhood of Oswestry. At Weston Cotton, near that place, an oak tree was shivered to pieces, and the lower division of the trunk entirely stripped of its bark, which was dispersed in different directions to the distance of more than 20 yards, The tree was broken off at between G and 12 feet from the ground, where the diameter was about 2 feet; and although the splitting to pieces of the wood extended through the whole trunk of the tree ( of about 21 feet in length when standing), the bushy head ( of 23 feet in height) was not apparently injured. Another remarkable circumstance is, that the light- ning was conducted by two lateral roots near to the surface of the ground, extending 23 feet 6 inches in oue direction and 3o feet 0 inches in an opposite direction from the trunk, stripping the root of its bark, per- forating the ground, aud turning up the tuif in its progress; The tree is in a hedge- row adjoining the farm- house in Mrs. Mayward's occupation, and it is understood that it will not be removed for a week. In the storm of Tuesday the lightning was peculiarly vivid and overpowering, and the peals thunder were loud and incessant. Four ewes and two lamhs were killed by the lightning, at Mr. Benjamin Cundall's farm, at Nun Monkton ; they had taken shelter under ail oak tree which was set on fire, and continued burning until it was consumed. The blaze curling amongst the crackling foliage, presented a singular and terrific spectacle. At Poppletun, the hail descended w ith such terrific forcc as to break eighteen windows in tbe house of Mr. Fearbv, of that place, and did very extensive damage to the fruit upon the apple trees and the potatoe crops, and indeed every thing in the garden susceptible af injuries. Swallows were struck to the ground. The horses in the mail to York, were so frightened as to be obliged to be led some distance by a person at the head of the leaders. The damage done was very extensive. To this de- struction of property, we have to add the still more fatal effects of this visitation. A man of the name of Charles Kilvingtop, a wire- drawer, in company wilh another person, who was passing along the road about four miles from Tadcaster, was struck hy the lightning, and instantly expired. At Tookwith, the storm raged with great violence, several of the hail- stones, after being removed within doors ahove one minute, measured from four- and a- half to five inches in circumference ; numerous panes of glass, &. c. & e. were broken. A young woman working in a field at Cattle, near Toekwith, was also struck dead, and her clothes set on fire. The damage done by the hailstones breaking glass at most of the places within the range of the storm, is immense. At Castle Howard the roads were so flooded with rain, that in some parts boats might have been used ; and tbe. branches of trees were scattered around like shattered fragments which are generally seen where the woodman's hatchet has been unsparingly exercised.— York Herald. SlH, As the harvest is now commencing, and the present season ofa peculiar cast, I would anxiously submit to the perusal of your Agricultural Readers a few useful precautions; which my habitual atten- tion to theory, combined with practice, have im- boldened ine to offer. If has been commonly and most justly observed, that many more stacks take fire in very dry than in much moister weather; and from an obvious reason— the temptation which induces the farmer not only, according to the proverb, to " make hay while the sun shines," but also to hurry it home ere any rains set in ; and this, in its apparently dried- up state, without the least fear of danger. But that there is real and serious danger will appear, not only from the too frequent result, but from the following theoretic considerations. The vegetable sap is well known to consist principally of a saccharine mucilage, whose presence is neces- sary to the process of fermentation, and the subse- quent disengagement of heat and vapour, which form what is vulgarly termed the sweating stage, and if accumulated to a certain pitch, might kindle into actual flame, when combined with vital air. Two questions might here be asked; — Istlv, As moisture is one of fhe necessary ingredients for the fermenting process, how can this possibly occur when the hay is so parched and rustling? Because, before any material evaporation can take place from within, the externa! layer forms around a husky and impenetrable crust, exactly similar to the gummy exudation on the rind of plum and cherry trees; effectually locking up a sufficient quantity of liquid ferment to excite the dreaded evil. 2dly, If the heat and flame produced by fermentation can only take place when combined with the oxygen of the atmosphere, whence ori- ginates the use of the chimneys, so introductive of that ingredient, and yet so successfully employed for the security of haystacks, or of laying the crops loosely spread in airy buildings, for the same preserving purpose? Because it is only when concentrated by close accumulation, and then suddenly disengaged, that the caloric bursts into flame; most strictly analogous to what happens in a thunder storm, where the points of a conductor draw off slow and harmlessly the portions of posi- tive electricity let loose from the earth or cloud ; but, if arrested by some strong electric, as of dry air, they condense into a lightbolt, and, when arrived at the striking distance, discharge them- selves with « force proportioned to the resistance of the non- conducting medium. That moderate rains or dews do more good than harm to the harvest is, I believe, pretty generally admitted; and may easily be explained by the mucilaginous jnices being most readily soluble in water, and thus weakening the virulence, if I may so call it, of the fermenting principle, without actually washing away the nutriment of the hay crop. In severer storms we, indeed, lose much of the feeding part, and incur mould, but burning never takes place. It would surely then be better, uuder present circumstances, instead of endless turning, windrowing, and cocking of our e. ops, to spread them abroad at once, leaving them to imbibe the nightly dews, turning them in the course of the next or even the ensuing day, according to the dryness of the weather, and ulti- mately carrying them home, without the formality of cocks like " a tented field;" unless it be to satisfy the tythe- gatherer, that bane of all comfort and convenience in the present mode of remunerat- ing the clergy. Being now on my favourite hobby, I would not willingly dismount without answering another question, frequently asked, and on which very opposite opinions are entertained. " At what period of its growth should hay- grass be cut down, to reap the greatest profit both from the present and the after crop?" Here, as in most other eases, the golden mean of the poet should be pursued. The saccharine nutrient juices in the tribe of gramina are hoarded at the swell of each particular joint, for the sustenance of the rising stem; and gradually improve in specific gravity, and conse- quent value for green food or for fodder, as the pring or early summer advances. But no sooner has that stem reached its acme of height, and the floivers begin to open, than the reservoirs are drained, and their currents diverted to fill aud ripen the forth- coming seed. Should we, indeed, with over- eager haste, anticipate the proper period, our stock will be forced to feed on a mere watery mucilage, not yet ripened into a denser aud more invigorating starch. But delay your mowing beyond the " cestos denique fines," and you will sacrifice your crop in its most effective state to what would be left unused on the field or hay- floor,— I mean the full- fed fructifications. Nor should we regard the plausible plea of losing a portion of our shrunken crop ; the watery particles only being exhaled, but the " pith and marrow" still remaining, though in lessened bulk. Other reasous no less cogent would deprecate delay. Soon after the summer solstice a whimsical change of weather is usually apt to occur, to whose uncertainty St. Swithin owes his fame, and which proves highly teaxing and troublesome to the farmer. Nor is the Aftermath to be left out of our consideration. There is about Midsummer a pause in vegetation, while a fresh nutriment is forming and laying by for the young shoots of the ensuing year; and which we seize by anticipation in mow- ing again or grazing the autumnal crop. To for- ward this by first early mowing must, of course, be our wisest plan ; and the longer we can delay the making use of that crop, the nearer it will have approached to the acme of nutrition, when hardened into starch by the cold nights of autumn. This we have on the authority of Mr. Knight ( Philos. Trans. for 1805); and the increased value ofaFiorin crop, from a November harvest, evidently depends on the same principle. To this also may we ascribe tbe value of Fogging, a practice peculiar to South Wales, where the whole crop is left free from scythe or stock till grazed iu the following winter. But, if our theory be just, a previous crop might be taken without lessening the quantum of the winter produce. Should these few hints be acceptable, I may be tempted hereafter to trouble you with more ob- servations on this most interesting subject, and remain your's, & c. ( E-) June 24th, 1828. . DIED. On the 18fli nit. Harriott, the wife of Mr. S. Hay- wood, of Bettws Clyro, Radnorshire. Ou the 21st nit. aged 62, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, wife of Mr. Joseph Jones, grocer, Wrexhitni. ON the 22d tilt. Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of! Robert Williams, Esq. of Frondeg, Bangor, in the 17th year of her age. Cominrj- of-. fige of Robert Myddellon Hiddu/ ph, Esq. On Tuesday, the 27th ult. a sumptuous enter- tainment, consisting of every delicacy which the season could afford, was given at CHIRK CASTLE, to upwards of three hundred of the tenantry and a few private friends. Two tables were laid in a style of great magnificence, extending across the Castle- square, covered by an awning^ and decorated with a profusion of laurel and different flowers, the whole of which had a most imposing Sind grand effect, heightened by the attendance of so many elegantly dressed females — the beauty aud fashion of the neighbourhood. In the evening, au addi- tional company arrived to itfin in the quadrille and the country dance. Th^ company^ which nearly filled the matchless suite of apartments at the Castle, did not separate until nearly five o'clock in the morning, expressing their delight with the unostentatious manners, and with the kind atten- tion individually shewn to them, by every member ofthe Chirk Castlf; Family. On Friday, another dinner was given there to all the cottagers in the parish of Chirk, and to a great number whose curiosity led them to the Castle to witness tha hospitality which has ever been pre- eminent within its noble walls. Upwards of six hundred were amply regaled on this day, and the " horns of ale" drank in quick succession to the Health and Prosperity of every Branch ofthe Bid- dulph Family, & c. & c. were innumerable and unli- mited. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. Before the Hon. JONATHAN RAING and the WILLIAM KENHICK. MERIONETHSHIRE— Thursday, Aug. 3, at Dolgelly. CARNARVONSHIRE— Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Carnarvon. ANGLESEY— Tuesday, Aug. 15, at Beaumaris. CARMARTHEN CIRCUIT. Before SAMUEL HEVWOOP and JOHN BALQOT, Esqrs, CARMARTHEN— Wednesday, August 9. HAVERFORDWEST— Tuesday, August 13. CARDIGAN — Monday, August 21. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. Before the Hon. MICHAEL NOLAN and th. Hon. ROBERT MATHEW CASDERD. RADNORSHIRE — Monday, July 31. BRECONSHIHB— Saturday, Aug. 5. GLAMORGANSHIRE—' Saturday, Aug. 12. Opening of Convoy Bridge, JT'LY 1ST, 1826. This elegant piece of workmanship being completed, was opened to the public this morning at twenty minutes past 12 o'clock, hy the down mail from London through Chester passing over it in fine style, preceded by a band of music playing " God save the King," and attended by a large company of the neighbouring gentry, & c. in procession. On the arrival of the mail at the end next Carnarvonshire, the air was rent with huzzas ; and at eight o'clock in the morning, it having been announced that Sir Thomas Mostyn, with a large party of ladies and friends, intended passing over the bridge, with seve- ral other carriages in procession, the band of music were prompt in attendance, and marched before the carriages playing " Rule Britannia." The worthy Baronet was highly delighted, and ordered his steward to give five pounds to be spent amongst the working mechanics. A dinner was afterwards served up in the first style by Mrs. Owen, for those gentlemen immediately connected with the work, Mr. Hazledine in the chair, when the following toasts were given : The King- Duke of York and the Army— Duke of Clarence and the Navy— Success to the Conway Bridge and County of Carnarvon— Sir Henry Carnell, and thanks to him for his unwearied attention to the Roads and Bridges between London and Dublin— Mr. Telford, and may he live many years to enjoy the pleasure of walking over the great works which have been accomplished under his direction,— We need not add that, under the auspices of the worthy and spirited Chair- man, the evening was spent in the greatest good humour. On Saturday last, n meeting of the Proprietors of Coaches running on the Roads from Holyhead to London, took place at Bangor; at which meet- ing it was determined that the Holyhead Mail, should in future be forwarded at the rate of 10j miles per hour ; so that in connection with other arrangements 12J hours will be gained in the delivery of the Dublin letters in London. RIOT.— We regret to state, that on the 24th ult. a mob of persons to the number of about 500, assembled about the h. ouse and premises of Mr Brackenbury, in the Lordship of Mevenidd, near Aberystwith; when these infatuated people pulled down and plundered the house, & e. and destroyed the fences of Mr. Braekenbury's lands.— It appears that Mr. Brackenbury, who is a Lincolnshire gen- tleman, some time ago purchased and inclosed about S50 acres of the waste lands sold by the Commissioners for inclosing lands in the Lordship of Mevenidd; he commenced building a house, & e. and proceeded to occupy his lands, when the misguided and ignorant peasantry who had been accustomcd to depasture their cattle on the waste, set fire to the new building, and levelled the walls to the ground. For this Mr. Brackenbury obtained damages to the amount of £ 200 against the Hun- dred, and having again erected his premises, and proceeded to the occupation of the land, was, as already stated, a second time deprived of his premises by lawless violence.— There appears to have been an union of most parties in the immedi- ate vicinity to screen the offenders in this outrage from justice ; but it is hoped that, from the means used by the Magistrates and civil power, the ring- leaders will eventually be secured and punished. GIPSV IMPOSTURE.— A woman belonging to this vagabond tribe, about a fortnight ago called on a respectable farmer's wife, residing in the parish of Pendine, Pembrokeshire, and informed her that she knew how to put her in pos . jssion of a treasure amounting to £ 5000, and pretended that the money could not be given to any one else, no not even to her own husband. To fulfil this declaration, she desired the country woman to give her £ 60. But this sum could not be made up at the time; however, she got from her about £ 7, which she wrapped up in a handkerchief, and deposited it until a future meeting, in a place known only to them both. The gipsy charged the infatuated creature not to touch the money on any account, but curiosity prompted the latter to examine whether all was right, and found it was the case. At the appointed time th met at the place where the money was lodged, the gipsy examined the contents, broke out into a furious rage, and said that somebody had been handling the money, and that it was doubtful uuder such a cir- cumstance whether the treasure could be obtained; but, said she, you must give me more money, and then 1 will try what 1 can do. The sum was made upto £ 63. 12s, which was regularly returned to the countrywoman, with a strict injunction not to open the parcel until the following Sunday night, at 12 o'clock, when it was to be returned to the gipsy, under a tree near the house, which she pointed out. The deluded woman was true to her appointment, and so was the impostor. The money was again handed over to the latter, who, after using some incantations, pretended to return it to the owner, who was on no account to open it till the following Friday, when the treasure- fiuder was to produce the rich prize of £ 5000. The injunction was obeyed, but, lo! on opening the parcel, the country- woman found to her sorrow, that her Bank Bills had been changed for pieces of an old newspaper. Search is made after this vagabond, but hitherto without success. Several light blue flags having !> een hoisted in different parts of Denbighshire during a late con- test, and, from their exposure to the sun, having become faded,— an old soldier remarked, " that he was glad to find the election was oyer by the Jlagt of truce yonder!" The Montgomeryshire Fox. Hounds. [ FROM THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.] Nimrod, in his late Tour, has made incidental mention of the Welsh, or more properly speaking, the Montgomeryshire, hounds ; and, a . the whole thing w as altogether unique, seme farther anecdotes concerning it may be liot unacceptable to your readers. I never hear ofthe death ofa Foxhunting establishment without regret; but I cannot help, more particularly, lamenting the dissolution of this Hunt, however singular its system and customs may sound in the ears of modern Meltonians, siuce with it has perished the last relic of the sporting habits of our forefathers. I had often heard of the eccentricities of this establishment, and of the determined patience and perseverance of these hounds ; and my curiosity fa see them was raised accordingly. A party, there- fore, was formed to meet them, and the fixture, out of compliment to us Low- landers, was made, for nine o'clock, instead of day- break, their otherwise in- variable time of meeting. Having mounted our hunters at the covert, we found the honnds and Iheir master, Captain Jones, already arrived— the after particularly civil and obliging, and altogether an excellent specimen of a Cambrian Squire. HIS costume consisted of hunting cap, a grass- green coat with gilt buttons, dark cord breeches, and hunting boots— whose tops, however, were not precisely of that refined cut and delicate com- plexion, 60 much admired in their more polished brethren of the Lowlands, and whose nether parts gave abundant testimony of their ignorance of thoso shining characters, Messrs. Day and Martin. Ha was mounted ou a horSe of good size and stamp. The huntsman was an original indeed: his face was as red and as plump as the sun at noon- day; his voice absolutely Stentorian. I should guess his weight to have been considerably on the wrong side of sixteen stone. He rode a dun- coloured cob, which, from the liberties the old gentleman took with him during the day, could have been nothing less than a good one. He was probably upwards of sixty years old ; though, if so, his was a truly viridis sencctus. It is a difficult matter, however, to guess at the age of these weather- beaten sons of the mountain and the mist, nursed in ale and hardi- hood. He wore a green coat, which exhibited many more symptoms of age than its proprietor, and a white soft beaver hat with a broad brim, and a crown rising so much in the centre as to be almost conical— whether from the effect of time and long service, or with the design of throiving off super- fluous wet, it is not for me to determine. His sum- mer occupation was that of a farmer in another county; in the winter he migrated with the swal- lows, and became huntsman ( as I was informed) without fee or emolument. I likewise heard that he was an enthusiast in the canse of the nobis science, and one of the best sportsmen in the Prin- cipality, which, yon may take my word for it, Mr. Editor, is saying no little in a man's praise; and which, in my estimation, " covers ( like charity) a multitude of sins." The hounds were of all sorts, sizes, and colours- rough and smooth— their ears sweeping the briar, and brambles in all their natural luxuriance, never having submitted to the indignity of the scissors. I noticed one hound as being- ( independently of hi. general appearance) very singularly pied for a fox- hound. « Oh ! that dog is not thorough- bred," replied Captain Jones. Your readers will probably smile at this description, and think, as I did, that the materiel could give no very goodly promise of sport; but, as Virgil says, " fronti nulla fides :" and " rtimium ne crede colori," Captain Jones might have added, in reply to my remark on the oddly- pied hound, or dog, according to his vocabulary. On throwing off, the body of the pack, in couples, was left in charge of the master, whilst the hunts- man proceeded to draw the covert with three couplo of old hounds. This was an operation of no littlo time or labour, as you may imagine when I hava given you a slight description of the local. Fancy, Mr. Editor, a range of hills ( i. e. Cambrice- Anfflicd, a mountain) partly planted, and as steep RS St. Paul's, with rides verging from the top to the bot- tom, slope! as gradually as the nature ofthe circum- stances would permit, but at the best the too facilit descensus any tiling but agreeable. In the bottom there is a brook, and a narrow slip of valley, from the Bosom of which another hill raises its abrupt and gigantic form. So much for Craig Vorda and its fox- hunting capabilities! At length a fox wa » found, ( he Captain " let slip the dogs of war," and away they flew to a merry tune. Bold reynard passed close by me ; but my view halloo was per- fectly unintelligible to huntsman and hounds, who seemed awake to no language but their nativo Welsh. Away went the fox— away streamed tho hounds, down the face of the precipice, over tho brook— and soon all sight and sonnd of the chas ® ere intercepted by the summit of the opposing mountain. We followed as best we might: crash went the fences, and splash re- echoed the water) and ere we had wound our way up tbe opposite steep, in single files, the continued and stationary baying of the hounds informed us that the fox had got to ground. And it was, probably, fortunate for some of ns that it was so: for such a scene of wild and rugged desolation 1 never beheld. The fore- ground was one dreary waste of broken aud shape- less rock, which the laps? of ages had dislodged from the mass above, and tossed together in tha most singular and fantastic groups below ; and had not the eye, as it wandered into the distance, com- prehended a range of never- ending mountain, I should have thought that we had already reached the end of the world. As it was, I could have fancied it Ihe scene of the. fabled conflict of tha giants against Olympus. Bolting the fox was out of the question ; so we beat a retreat, and found again, or rather cama across the line of a travelling fox, in a rather less villainous country— for my praise of it mutt after all be negative. During this run, which concluded with a kill at the end of three hours, 1 had ampla opportunity of observing the wonderful hunting qualities of these hounds. The work, I own, wa » done principally by about four or five couples, but I never yet saw such perseverance under such un. favourable circumstances— for the scent was ticklish, and the fox a long way before us. It is my opinion, indeed, that if a kill were but on the cards, these hounds would run down any fox that ever wore a brush. I would not, however, have it supposed, Mr. Editor, that 1 approve of this system of tor- turing to death by inches. Far from it. The whol. thing is much too slow for the present day, and is u mortal enemy to that most delicious enthusiasm experienced in hunting— the going fust over a country, 111 the select society of a few choice spirits, masters of the art. 1 had almost forgotten to mention an accident which occurred on this day, but which, luckily, was attended by no bad consequences. During our morning draw, the huntsman, in his anxiety to make way for one of our party, reined back his horse, and forgetting the precipitous bank in his rear, slipped backwards— cob and all— but was providentially brought to an anchor by some stunted trees and brush- wood. The composure of neither man nor horse seemed to be the least ruffled by th* circumstance— both appeared to consider it a mera thing of every- day occurrence. Capt Jones sent one of his hounds to Sir Belling- ham Graham last year, and I believe that that admirable sportsman found him very serviceable iu the cub- hunting season, but he drafted him after- wards, as being too fond of dwelling on the scent, and consequently hunting line. The Captain, soom time after the hound had been sent to the Shropshire kennel, expressed his regret to a friend that he had not selc. tcd another, which he named, for that purpose, stating his belief that " that hound would speak to a scent an hour after ihe other had ceased to acknowledge it." seagftEaSsa^ jasifta^ ® !^^ SALCMPM. M JOURNAL. AM © CI THE BENEFICED CLERGY of the Archdeaconry of Salop are requested to MEET iu tlie Parish Church of SAINT CHAD, in SHREWS- III) RY, on TUESDAY, the Eleventh Day of JOLT Instant, at Twelve o'Clock in the Forenoon, to choose two Proctors to represent the Clergy of the said Archdeaconry in the Election of Proctors to represent the whole Clergy of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry in the ensuing Convocation, pursuant to His Majesty's Writ for that Purpose. JOHN FF. RNYHOUGII, Apparitor, Lichfield. 4th JCI. T, 182( 5. Millinery and Dress- making. [/ ANTED immediately, TWO AP- PRENTICES to the above Business. Apply to M. and E. SNAXTON, Cluremont Hill. Montgomeryshire Canal, EASTERN BRANCH. ROT » CE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the _ . ANJFUAI, GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the Company of Proprietors of the Eastern Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, will be hidden at the Canal Office, WELSH Poor., on MONDAY, the 7th of August, IK'ifi, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, when the Proprietors are requested to attend either in Person or bv Proxy. G. W. BUCK, Clerk to the Company. Canal Ofce, Pool, July 3, 1826. 3LOST, On Sunday, the 12th Day of June last, AYoung Brindled Greyhound BITCH, a little broken. haired, and will answer to the Name of Moss.— Whoever will give Information of she said Bitch shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble, and all reasonable Expenses paid, by apply- ing to Mr. THOS. BURLTON, of Bettisfield Mill, Owner of the said Bitch; and whoever may detain her after this Nolice will be prosecuted as the Law directs. m& Bisi& ir omm& iLiJDo SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 3id. per lb— Calf Skins fed.— Tnllow 3d. s. d. s. d. Wheat... 0 0 to U 0 Barley 0 0 to 0 0 Out. 7 0 to 8 0 Average Prices of Corn per Quarter, in England and fVales, for the week ending June 94, 1826 i Wheat, 56s. 5tl.; Barley, 2!' s. 0d.; Oats, 2Ss. 7d. CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 3. Although our supplies were u. - tually small, tlie wheat trade was extremely dull, the finest parcels alone supporting Mnnday's prices, but the inferior qualities are quite unsaleable, the favourable state of the weather having greatly advanced the wheat crops. Barley is much sought after, and sells freely nt ihe following quotation. Beans and Peas of both kinds are 4s. per quarter higher, aud sell well at that im- provement, the excessive heat being injurious to th. spring crops. Oats also go oil'freely, and rather more money is asked for fine fresh corn. In other articles there is no alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under : Wheat 50* to fit), j White Peas.. 45s In 50i Bmley 30s to 34 « Beans 44s to 50> Mslt 50s to 58s I Oats S7 « to 30. Find Flour 50. lo 55s iter sack ; Seconds 45s to 50. KMITHFIKLO ( per it. ofSlh. sinking o/ Tal J. Beef. 3. 8d io 4. 4d I Pork 4 « Oil'to 4s 8d Muttou... 3s Hd to 4s Oil | Veal 4 « Od ( o 4s Sd Lam! 4s 4tl to 5s Od LIVERPOOL. Wheat 8s. 6d. lo 10s. Od. perTOlhs. Barley 4s. Od. to 4.. 3d. per6t) lbs. Oats.... 3s. 5d. lo 3 « . 9d. per 451 Hs. Malt 7 » . Od. to 7 « . 3d. perSfiqts. Fine Flour 4f! s. Oil. lo 50s. 0d. per28llib. BRISTOL. Sprtig price of Wheat, per sack of s. d. s. d. 3311b. 33 9 lo 36 3 Foreign Wheat per bush, of 8 gall.... fl 3 to 7 3 English Wheat, ditto 6 9 to 7 3 Stalling Barley, ditto 4 3 to 4 & Malt, ditto..... 0 0 to 7 3 Flour, Fine, per sack of 2e. 2q. 5lbs... 49 II to 00 0 Seconds ditlo 41 0 to 00 0 Oats, per 8 grill 2 10 to 3 & FAIRS TO RE HOLDEN. July 10, Knutsford, Newcastle, Wolverhampton. Letiminiter, Upton, Machynlleth, Bala— II, Maccles- field, Cacrwys - 12, Shrewsbury — 13, Cnngleton — 14, Corvven — 15, St. Asaph, Newmarket. BRIDGNORTH FAIR, on Friday last, exhibited on ® of the gloomiest scenes of the kind known at that town for twenty years past. In respect to the sale of all kinds of Live " Stock, it may be fairly Mated, that at least one- tliird brought for sale was taken back, without the owner being even asked the price; and what few were disposed of Were at • cry reduced prices, prime fat beasts selling at from 6d. to 6d. per lb. to sink the offal; middling: meated ones at much less; one lot of two- yearn old ( past) bullocks, ofthe true Herefordshire breed, were sold at£ 8 per head, which the owner refused 9 guineas per head for at Bridgnorth fair on the 1st of May last. Lean store cattle were hardly sale- able. Tiie few fat sheep and lambs sold were at from 5d. to 6d. per lb. sinking the offal, and great numbers were driven back unsold. In the horse fair little business was done, and the prices for those sold may be stated at one- third less thau they would have fetched two months ago. The great fall in live stock may be attributed to the deficiency of grass nnd fodder. The wool fair was but thinly supplied, and the prices for strong wool were from lOd. to 10| d. per lb. Middle- aojed Woman, who has been accustomed to any Retail Business, and can produce a satisfactory Reference, may hear of a com. tin- table Situation hy applying to THE ' PRINTERS ; if by Letter, Post- paid. (£ 2 mi ® Wz AYOUNG LADY, who has been several Years in France, wishes to undertake the Edu- cation of two or three Young Ladies in the usual Branches of Learning. She is competent to instruct in French, Drawing. and Dancing. Should not have any Objection to travel, or engage to teach French and Drawing in a respectable Seminary.— The most satisfactory References can be given. — Letters ad- dressed to S. S. at the Post- Office, Shrewsbury. To Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. ANTED immediately, two or three JOURNEYMEN in the above Business. A good Shoeing nnd Jobbing Smith will meet with every Encouragement and constant Employ, bv ap- plying to Mr. THOMAS MIKSHALL, Blacksmith, Wem ; if by Lelter, Post- paid. N. B. A Journeyman Wheelwright ii also wanted. Apply as above. WEM, JULY2,1826. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SHREWSBURY, JULV 3, 1826. NOTICE is hereby given, That the AS- L ' SIZES for the County of Salop, will be held at Shrewsbury, in and for the said County, on TUESDA Y, the 18fft Day of Jv. ly instant. The Judges will go to Church on Tuesday Evening, and will proceed to Business in both Courts at Ten o'Clock precisely on Wednesday Morning.— The Jurors must be in Attendance by Nine o'Clock on Wednesday Morning, and bring iZeir Summonses with them. $ rt0c-? i) Ul, aijrelBaMirp. ROGERS* 1 & PAGE MOST respectfully inform their Friends anil the Public, that thev have this Day commenced SELLING OFF. at REDUCED PRICES, the Remainder of their STOCK of Printed Muslins, Ginghams, Sarsenets, Gauze and Silk Handkerchiefs, Fancy Ribbons, & c. in Order to make Room for on extensive Assortment of the newly- imported Produc- tions of France anil India, which they intend having for the Inspection of their Friends as early ns possible. WILLIAM IIORTON, GUN- MAK. EI1, F. CS most respectfully to return Thanks for the very liberal Favours which he has re- ceived since his Commencement in Business, and to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general of Salop and the neighbouring Counties,' that he has REMOVED to a House and Shop nearlv opposite to Mr. Williamson's, Saddler, WYl. E COP, SIIREWS- HURV, where he solicits lite Continuance of their Favours, assuring them that their Orders will always he thankfully received and faithfully executed. SHREWSBURY, 27TH JUKE, 1826. ISailcp Street, © stsc& Srg. W. LEIGH WS" OST respectfully informs his Friends If! and the Public in general, that his HOUSE- WARMING is fixed for THURSDAY, the 13th of Jur. Y Instant, when he hopes to enjoy a Continuance of the same liberal Encouragement that he received during the 24 Years at the Wynnstay Arms. JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. T. L. LONGUEVILLF,, ESQ. V presidents. JOHN JONES, ESQ. J Dinner on the Table at Four o'Clock. N. B Those Gentlemen who intend to Dine, are solicited to leave their Names nt. the Bar of the above Hotel, on or before Tuesday, the 11th Instant. Dinner Ticket, Seven Shillings. SHREWSBURY SMIBimir © 9 © ( EXSUIETTifo npHE CARNATION AND GOOSE- JL BERRY SHEW will be held at Mr. JONES'S, Crown Inn, on Monday, the 17th Instant. The Flow- ers and. Fruit will remain for Inspection the following- Day, hy Ticket, as usual, 3d JULY, 1826. QUINA BROOK ROAD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Trustees of the Turnpike Road commonly called or known by the Name of the Qui na. Brook Road, under an Act passed in the Fifty- first Year of the Reign of his fate Majesty King George the Third, For making and maintaining a Road from the Weni and Whitchurch Road, to the Sandfnrd and llodnet Road, both in the County ofSalop," will meet al the House of John Rav, commonly culled or known by the Name. or Sign of the Red Lion Inn, at Prees, in the said County, on Thursday, the 20th Day nf July next, at the Hour of Eleven o'Clock iu the Forenoon, in Order to consult about erecting a Toll Gate or Turn- pike Gate or Toll Bar upon or across the said Road called the Qiiina Brook Road, opposite the Rick- Yard or Stack- Yqrd of Mr. George Blantern, at Sandy Lane, in the Parish of Prees aforesaid. Dated the 30th Day of June, 1826. JONATHAN NICKSON. Clerk to the Trustees ofthe said Quina Brook Road. A MEETING of the Subscribers to the New Road, leading into the Town of BRIDG- NORTH, will, lie- held at the Town llali, in the said Town, on the eighteenth Day of July next, at Eleven o'clock in Ihe Forenoon, for the Purpose of ordering a Dividend to lie paid on the several Shares. Bv Order of the Subscribers, JOHN J. SMITH, Clerk. Sjo Sue Sol!?, .. ABOUT Seventy Tons of well- harvested OLD HAY, adjoining a good Turnpike Road with, in about Miles of the Montgomeryshire Canal.— Apply at Peu'bryn, near Montgomery. On June 22d was Published, ( PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOB SCHOOLS) Hp HE FRENCH GENDERS, taught in Six Fables.— Being^ a Plain and Easy Art of Memory, by which the Genders of the 15,548 French Nouns may he learned in a few Hours, Written hy the Master ofa Grammar School.— Price On, e Shilling. Printed for W. R. GOODLUCK, 80, Cornhill, London. Colonel Hawker on. Shooting, SfC. < jc. © aleg bp auction. Rare and valuable Books. BY MR. PERRY, In the approaehing Assize Week ; npHE extensive LIBRARY of scarce JL and valuable BOOKS of the Ilev. JOHN MAYOR, late of Shawbury ( deceased). Further Particulars and Catalogues will be published in due Time. GENTEEL FURNITURE, Shrewsbury• BY MRTSMITH, On the Premises in PRINCESS- STREET, SHREWS- BURY, on Monday, the 10th Day of July, 1820 ; rrU] E entire and neat HOUSEHOLD JL GOODS, Linen, Glass, China, and other valu- able Effects, the Property of Mr. WILLIAM MORRIS, Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, & c. who intends retir- ing from Business and Housekeeping. Particulars will be published iu a Catalogue. ^ The STOCK- IN- TRADE, Printing Materials, and Binding Tools, to be Disposed of by Private Contract, with immediate Possession of the Premises, Liberal Credit upon approved Security. All Persons to whom the said Mr. WILLIAM MOR- RIS stauds indebted are requested to send in their Accounts; and all Persons indebted to hin^ are requested to pay the same immediately. SALOP, JULY 4, 1826. © ptott, © Ijceter, PHILIP LAWRENCE FEELS grateful for the Encouragement he has received this Season ; and takes liie Liberty of informing the Public who are disposed to honour him with their Commands, that the Direction to the Hotel, Hoylnke, is 44 near Upton, Chester." N. B. Bathing Machines, & c— Warm Baths in the House.— Lodging- Rooms not charged. — Children at Reduced Prices. KOYI. AUE is 20 Miles from Chester; 8 Miles from Seacomhe Ferry to Liverpool. This Day is published, 5th Edition, corrected and improved, iu 1 Vol. Svo. with Explanatory Plates and Wood Cuts, 18s. Boards, INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTS- M. MEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting: Difference between the Flint and Percussion System; PRESERVATION nf GAME ; Getting Access to all Kinds of Birds- Specific Directions, with new Apparatus for WILD FOWL SHOOTING, both on the Coast and io Fresh Water; with which are introduced, New Directions for TROUT FISHIKO. An Epitm - e of the present, and a few Suggestions for a Code of new, GAME LAWS, interspersed, with Observations aud Advice to the Young Sportsman on other Subjects. By Lieut- Col. P. HAWKER. * « * The Additions to the 4th Edition may be had, price 6d. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. . Of whom riiav he had, . RURAL SPORTS; or, a Description of the Plea- sures and Amusements arising from the Air, the Fields, the Waters, and the Forests. Bv the Rev. W. B. DANIEL. In 3 Vols. Demy 4to. price £ 7. 17s. fid. Boards, or 3 Vols. Royal Svo. price £ 5. 5s. Boards. Illustrated by Serenty- two Plates. A NEW SYSTEM of SHOEING HORSES ; with an Account of the various Modes practised by different Nations; and Observations on the Diseases ofthe Feet connected with Shoeing. Bv JOSEPH GOOD- WIN, Esq. I ate Veterinary Surgeou to His Majesty, and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. 2d Edition, in 8vo. with Plates, 12s. Boards. AFEW LEICESTER RAMS lo be LET for the Season; also, SIX SHEAR- HOG DOWNS, uot to be excelled in Point of useful Quali- ties.— The Sheep to he seen, and Particulars known, by Application to the Bailiff, at CRONKHILL, near Atchnm. Letters from Blackburn slate, that Messrs. Birly and Hornby, the leading manufacturers of that, place, have given notice of their intention to dis- continue manufacturing entirely, until a more favourable period shall present itself in trade generally. The following extract of a letter from a gentleman, an activs; member of the relief committee iu Glas- gow, dated on Thursday last, we regret to say, shews that very considerable distress still prevails among the working classes of that city:—" The distress here continues unabated. Last week 4946 persons received relief from our Committee in food, nnd 2110 by employment, in all 7056, manyof them heads of large families." A gentleman of this town is in possession at the present period of a singular curiosity. It is the n stol' a little bird called the Gorse Linnet, built almost wholly of Nottingham lace. The materials ure arranged with the greatest skill, and the in- genious construction of the nest seems to prove that the little creature who formed it was guided by something more than mere instinct, in choosing a substance so peculiarly adapted to the purpose The base of tlis nest is almost wholly of lace, but the lining is of the usual material, dried grass and horse or cow's hair. The nest was found in a field at Colwick, aud the nearest spot at which the materials, as far as we know, could have been collected, is Old Sneinton, a distance of about two miles. Sotueof the remnants of net which compose this curious piece of work are so large that it must have been attended with great labour and difficulty to the little artist to have conveyed them so far. The nest when found contained five eggs.— Notting- ham Herald. A man of the name of Morecroft, aged 28, last week moulded 55,000 bricks at Liverpool. He began at five o'clock on Monday morning, and by ten at night he had moulded 11,000. He proceeded to mould 10,000 each day, and completed the aggregate number mentioned by eleven o'clock ou Saturday morning. His earnings being £ 4.2s 6d.; but a nobler spirit than the mere wish for gain actuated him. A native of Ireland a litfte time ago moulded 51,000 bricks between Monday morning Bnd Saturday night, and Morecroft, who, in each of four successive weeks had averaged about 30,000 bricks per week, was determined that he would show that he was not to be out- done. In the Court of King's Bench ou Thursday, Miss Caroline Elkingtou, daughter of an attorney at Birmiugham, recovered £- 250 damages against Mr. Copeland, a snrgeon, of Tonbridge- place, Nevr- road, for a broach of promise of marriage. Co ibe ? iet, And entered upon ut Michaelmas next, AHOUSE and SHOP, situate on the Top of MARDOL, in the Town of Shrewsbury. The Premises are well situated for Trade, and have lately been put in complete Repair. For Particulars enquire of Mr. MIM- INGTON, Castle Inn, Shrewsbury ; or Mr. SAMUEL STBEDMAN, Grove, Wellington. VALUABLE AND GROWING CHOPS, AT GREAT RYTON, In the Manor and Parish of C'ondover, IX THE COUNTY OF SALOP, ( Under an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.) BY MR. BROOME, At the Condover Arms Inn, atCondover, in the County of Salop, on Monday, the 24th Day of July, 1826, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sate 5 A LL those Three Pieces of LAND, called i. lL by the several Names and containing the Quan- tities hereinafter- mentioned, be the same more or less, in the Occupation of Mr. Wi'lliam Jones, his Under- tenants, or Assigns; and also a Moiety ofa MES- SUAGE, Garden, and LANDS, containing about Three Acres, be tlie same more or less, in the Occu- pation of the said William Jones, his Undertenants, or Assigns, situate at GREAT RYTON, within the Manor and Parish, of Condover, in the said County of Salop ; subject to Conditions, and also to a Chief. Rent, Heriot, Land- Tax, and Tithes. A. R. P.- LOT 1. Far Field 5 0 26 LOT 2. Middle Field 5 0 0 LOT 3. Little Field 2 10 LOT 4. One Undivided Moiety ofa Mes- suage, Garden, and Lands The Whole of this Property, which is of superior Quality and compact together, adjoin* the Road lead- ing from Great Ryton to Condover. It. is well adapted for a Building Site, and commands a delightful View of the surrounding Country. Possession of the three first Lots will be given at Michaelmas next, and of Lot 4 at Lady- Day following. At the same Time will be put up to Sale by Auction the several Growing Crops on the above- mentioned Lands :—- riz. The Crop of Barley growing on Lot!, including the Straw belonging thereto. The Crop of Wheat growing 011 Lot 2, including the Straw belonging thereto. And tlie Crop of Peas growing on Lot 3, including the Peas holme belonging thereto. For further Particulars enquire of Mr. SAMITRL DAYUS, of Long 11 or ; Mr, WILLLIAM, HEIGHWAY, of Pool- place; or Messrs. DUKES und SALT, Solicitors, Shrewsbury. ( OICE CONCERN.) IJFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Waterloo Place, and 76, Cheapside, London. DIRECTORS. Sir EDWARD HYDE EAST, Bart. M. P. F R. S. Chairtnnn. Col. JOHN BAILI. IE, M. P. F. R. S. Deputy. Chairman. Jos. Dnpre Alexander, Esq. M. P. John L. Andertlon, Esq. Georye Arbulhnot, Estj. John Ben I, Esq. M P. Samuel Bosanqnet, Esq. Henry Browne, Esq. F. R. S. Sir W. Champion de Cres- pigny, Burt. M. P. Sir Witt. Congreve, Bart. M. P. Col. T. Henry Hastings Davies, M. P. Col. WM, Bodyeott Davies, W. R. Keith Douglas, Esq. M. P. Neil Ben"). Edmonstone, Esq. M . P. Joseph Esdaile, Esq. Right Hon. W. H. Fre- mantle, M. P. Capt. Henry Kater, F. R. S. Alexander Robertson, Esq. M. P. Charles Elton Pre. cott, Esq. Peter Reierson, Esq. Samuel Skinner, Esq, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq. Colonel Mark Wilks, Sir William Young, Bart. OLICIES expiring at Midsummer should, lie renewed within 15 Days. EICHTY PER CENT, of the estimated Profits, on Poli- cies continued for seven Y'ears, will be Septennially allowed to Persons who have paid seven Years' Pre- mium, iu a single Sum nr by Annual Payments. LIFE DEPARTMENT.— Eighty per Cent, ofthe estimated Profits will he adtletl every seventh Year, by Way of Bonus, on ail Policies effected on Lives no! exceeding the Age of Fifty, for tbe Whole Term of Life; or an equivalent Reduction of future annual Premiums will be made, at the Option of the Party, when Assuring. WALTER COSSER, Esq. Resident- Secretary. AGENTS: Shrewsbury— John Vaughun, Esq. MERCHANT. Welshpool— Mr. John Newell, WHEAT- SHEAF INN. HART'S CMEBITOMS. To Mr. pRircnARD, Solicitor, UroseJey. WE, whose Names are undersigned, being Creditors of the late WILLIAM CHENET HART, Esquire, request you will call a Meeting of them at the Talbot Inn, in Church Stretton, that, by a personal Interview with you, tbey may advise together and enme to such Resolutions to enforce the Stile of ihe Property of the late William Cheney Hart, Esquire, us may be deemed most expedient for you to adopt; and we request that yon will give due Notice ofthe Meeting by Advertisements in the Shrewsbury Papers. — Dated tiiis sixth Day of June, 1826. Joim Wor. LASTON, jun. RICHD. WILDING, THOS. PARKER, THOS. RATCI. IPFE, THOS. BKDDOES, HOBT. EVANS, FRANCIS BACII, GENTEEL RESIDENCE, Accommodation Land, fyc. AT © n^ iMBwav HALF A MILE FROM BRIDGNORTH. NO 77Mb: FOR DELAY. 18th This Month, or Never. i& iEKSi '- a & j? Contractors for this the Last of all Lotteries, ESPECTFUI. I. Y remind the Public that the present is positively and inevitably the Last that will be allowed in this Kingdom; and as the Drawing is so near at Hand, those who intend for the last Time to purchase, should recollect,- lhat by a few Days delay, the Opportunity of gaining a Capital Prize in tiie Lottery wjll be lost for ever. An curly Purchase is recommended, ns the great Demand has already caused an Advance in Price, mid a further Rise yviil shortly take place. Six Prizes of £- 30,000 In One Day, 18th This Month. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— In the columns of your Journal of yesterday, I found a letter signed Veritas," containing some remarks on a Declaration lately published bv the Catholic Vicars Apostolic of Great feritain. I confess. I felt tempted to be a little peevish, as I read it — for, being myself a Catholic, and, as \ imagined, pretty well acquainted Willi fhe Catholic Religion,. and feeling also a sort of undisturbed conviction, that the Declaration was a true and honest statement,,' on the points to which it referred, I w! as . surprised,, not, very gratefully, to find Veritas fearlessly . proclaiming, that the Declaration does not contain the real sentiments of Catholics. I hesitated to venture a discnision wiih the bold and fearless Veritas: and I judged also, that he might perhaps hesitate to argue with a man inclined to be peevish. In the evening, 1 found, that pi . cooling breeze, after the heat of the day, had calmed my peevish feelings: and my Imagination, taking advantage of the favourable change, requested per- mission to- take a short evening excursion, and to attend: gn interview and dialogue between Veritas aud the ten' Bishops who had signed the Declaration.-?,- 1 assented^ wiih" all good humour imaginable. S § he attended : and, according to her report, the dialogue was to the following effect : Veritas. Gentlemen, I am hoppv to meet you : for I have pitied yoi- sr ignorance ; and, iu my charity and zeal, am disposed to impart to you a little corrective knowledge. You have lately published a Declaration, which you think is; a Catholic Declaration. Now, Gentlemen, I must tell, you that " you are mistaken— it is not a Catholic Declaration. Senior Bishop. We humbly presume, that we are competent judges of that. Veritas. I tell you, again. Gentlemen, it is not a Catholic Declaration. Bishop. We still most humbly presume, that it is S'rictly orthodox. Veritas. Gentlemen, do not interrupt me. If you wish to know the truth, listen to what i have to say. You know that my name is Veritas : it was printed in the Journal of yesterday in large letters. . Now, Gentlemen, if you r; ad but a smatttering of Latin, you would know that Veritas signifies Truth— and if, in your youthful days, you had plodded through the Greek Grammar, and had afterwards read Aristotle's Logic, or if you had read IV'alebranche Sur la Veritey ( I beg pardon, Gentlemen, Sur la Verite is French, and signifies On Truth),— if yon had studied these works, if, Gentlemen, von could only frame a correct syllogism, you would know, that whatever Truth says must be true. Now, I repeat, that your Declara- tion is not a Catholic Declaration. Bishop. But we have carefully and attentively studied the nature and doctrines of the Catholic Religion : and even the Pope ( though even he, poor man, may be deceived,} has judged, us qualified to teach the Catholic Religion to others'. And have we, afier all, to learn the Catholic Catechism from Veritas ? Veritas. Gentlemen, I tell you that you are ignorant of the Catholic Religion. I have studied the Catholic Religion . profoundly. I have read the Creed of Pius IV. and I have also read a book written by the cele- brated Dr. Southev. Bishop. Pray, may I be allowed to ask, in my ignorance, who is Dr. Southey ? Veritas. Dr. Southey, Gentlemen, is a great and learned man, decorated with royal laurels, invested with senatorial dignity, a . man of brilliant as well as profound talent, a man who can write in verse, that is, Gentlemen, in lines consisting- of a certain number of syllables, and also in prose, as you, Gentlemen, have written your Declaration. Bishop. But, pray, is Dr. Sbntliey infallible? Veritas. Gentlemen, I fear you will make me lose all patience. Can you presume to call in question the knowledge of Dr. Southey? Can you pretend to know the Catholic Religion as well as the incompara- ble Dr. Southey ? Bishop. With all deference, we suggest^ lhat no man is infallible. Veritas ( bridling his indignation). Gentlemen, po- liteness forbids me to shew anger at your stupidity— I condescend to your ignorance, and, in all meekness and charity, I again tell you that you are grossly mis- taken. I have read the Creed of Pius IV. and, the Book of my dear Dr. Southey : and I know, that in spite of your Declaration, and in spite of -. your own belief your religion teaches you to acknowledge the temporal power of the Pope, to believe it lawful to violate your faith pledged to those of a different com- munion, and also to believe other things still worse, with which, in courtesy, I refrain from reproaching you, on this friendly occasion. Bishop. We can only repeat., in our simplicity, that we have not learned such doctrines from the Catholic Religion; that " we neither teach, nor profess, tior believe such doctrines. On the contrary, we solemnly disavow them ; and are rcq, dy to disavow them, in the presence of the Pope surrounded by the whole Con- sistory of Cardinals. Veritas. Gentlemen, I ain as'on i shed at your obsti- nacy. I hav>. told you again, and again, and again, and" now repeat, that you are mistaken on every point: and still you imagine that you are right. _ But, magna est Veritas, et prcevalebit. Do not. falsify the good proverb, though you may not understand it, and it may be useless to explain it to you. In plain English, listen to the voice of Truth, and know that, although you are Catholic Bishops, and although you have spent the largest portion of your lives in studying the Catholic Religion, and although the Pope himself has authorized you to teach the Catholic Religion^ yet are you ignorant of the Catholic Religion. Veritas declares it. Bishop. Before we quit you, we would humbly suggest that the Catholic Religion with which you are so well acquainted is totally different from ours. We are satisfied with our own; and shall continue to teach, in all simplicity, the doctrines expressed in our declaration. Such, Mr. F. ditdr, was the dialogue between Veritas and the ten Bishops, at which my roving imagination was present last evening. At her return 1 listened M her report, and then affectedly reproved her for hav- ing loitered so long abroad, i was pleased, however, to muse awhile on what ' she had heard ; and, in the end, I concluded, that the good Bishops may possibly still be right, and even Veritas mistaken. Let others decide, P1HLALETI1ES. SHREWSBURY, JUNK 29, 1S26. ANN PRICE, RICHD. CARTWRIGHT, WILLM. WALL, JOHN DAVIES. fn Compliance with tha above Requisition, I hereby appoint a MEETING ofthe CREDITORS of the said WILLI AM CHE. VEV HART, to thke Place at the Talbot Inn, in Church Stretton, in the County of Salop, on THURSDAY, the Thirteenth Day of July next, at Twelve o^ Cloch at Noon. JNO. PRITCIIAIiD. BROSELBY, JUNB 30, 1826. H EREAS a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against EVAN OLIVER, of B « YN, in the Parish of Llanwvddelan, in the County of Montgomery, Cattle Salesman, Dealer and Chapman, aJid he, being declared a Bank- rupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major Part of them, on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Days of July next, and the Eleventh Day of August next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon of each Day, at the Bear's Head Inn, in Newtown, in the County of Montgomery, and make a full Discovery and Dis- closure of his Estate and Effects, when and where the 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 his Examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the Allowance of his Certi- ficate.— All Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or lhat have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, but. to give Notice to Mr. EDMUNHS, Exchequer Office of Pleas, Lincoln's Inn, London ; MI-. WOOSNAM, Solicitor, Llanidloes j or Mr. DREW, Sulicitor, New- towij. At the Castle Inn, in Bridgnorth, on Saturday, the 7th Day of October, 1826, at four o'clock in the Afternoon, in Six Lots, for the Convenience of Pur- chasers, containing by Admeasurement the following Quantities ( more or less) hereinafter mentioned, subject to Conditions ; LOT I. COMPRISES a neat and convenient HOUSE and Buildings, with Pleasure Ground in Front tastefully laid out and planted with the choicest Shrubs and Flowers, a Garden ( walled round) planted with every Kind of Fruit and now in full Bearing, a Nut Garden, and a productive Orchard, by Survey 1A. 2R. OP. The House, which has lately been much improved, contains an Entrance Hall, two Parlours, Kitchen, Brewhouse, two Pantries, four Closets, two excellent Ale Cellars, and a Wine Cellar, in which are fifteen arched Recesses ; five Bed Rooms on the first Floor, and five on the second, with several Closets ; and the House is within One Hundred Yauls of the Parish Church, in which there is a large and comfortable Pew.— The Outbuildings in this Lot con- sist of a four- stall Stable, Cow- house, Carriage- house, Hay- bay, Coal house, & c. & c. LOT II. A Piece of excellent Meadow LAND, called the Batch, constantly supplied with pure Spring Water, 9A. OR. OP. There is excellent Building Stone on this Lot. LOT III. Superior Meadow LAND, Part of Pound Meadow, constantly supplied with Water, 3A. 3R. l( iP. This Lot will be sold subject to a Right of Road through it to Lot 2. LOTIV. Meadow LAND, Part of Pound Meadow, 4A.- 2R. 24P. There is a beautiful Situation for Building on this Lot. LOT V. An excellent Kitchen GARDEN, nnd a small Meadow, 1 A. 0R. 30P. LOT VI. A PEW, in the Parish Church of Oldbury, purchased by the pi esent. Proprietor in 1825. The above Lots adjoin each other within a Ring Fence. The Premises are. in every Respect suitable to a genteel Family. The Poor- Rates and other Pay- ments are low i and the Land- Tax is redeemed. The respective Purchasers to take to the Timber at a Valu- ation. Possession of the House, Buildings, Gardens, and Orchard may be had immediately, and of the Whole at Candlemas next. And any further Particulars may be known by applying to Mr. BOTTERKI. L, the Proprietor and present Occupier; if by Letter, Post- paid . This Advertisement will not be continued, hut Handbills will be circulated. The Whole of Mr. BotterelPs HOUSEHOLD FUR- NITURE, ke. will be Sold by Auction, on Tuesday, the 10th of October, 1826, a* will be advertised in Handbills. Recollect ! HAZARD & Co. in one Lottery, sold all the £ 30,000 Prizes, and within these few Weeks THREE £ 20,000 Prizes in one Day. Royal Exchange Gate ; 26, Cornhill and 324, Oxford Street; and by their Agents in SHREWSBURY.— T. NEWLING, Printer, High- Street. CTIES TER.— J. SEA COME, Bookseller, Bridge- Street. wmm STRAND AMD CORERSSJX,!,. The lion. Douglas Kin- naird. Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart. Sir Robert Wigram, Bart. Sir John Stuart llippisley, Bart. Charles James Auriol, Esq William Agnew, Esq. John Bebb, Esq. Jaines Gnlqilboun, Esq. James Henry Deacon, Esq. William Fitzhugh, Esq. Francis Freeling, Esq. f^ sTABr. tsnr. n DIRECTORS, & c. Iinpey, Elijah Harwell Esq. Neill Malcolm, E< q. Thomas Maude, Esq. George G. Mills, Esq. Richard C. Plowden, Esq John Soane, E* q. G. 11. Sumner, Esq. Joseph Warner, Esq. Henry Webb, Esq. James West, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq. Edward Hosier Williams, Esq. Solicitor. 1799 for Insurance of J Houses, Buildings, Manufactories, Goods and Merchandize, Ships, Vessels, and other Property, 011 the most equitable Terms, and on a Principle which conveys PERFECT SECURITY, WITHOUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY whatever to the Insured. Persons effecting Insurances for Seven Years, by one Payment, are entitled to an IMMEDIATE R E- TURNj equal to £ 15 per Cent. 011 both Premium and Duty, WHICH RETURN IS CERTAIN AND NOT DEPENDENT at all on the Success of the Company. Policies y\ ill not be charged for Sums of £ 300 or upwni- ds. This Office hits always paid for Damage hy Fire from Lightning. Receipts for the renewal of Policies expiring at Midsummer, may he had at the principal Offices in the Strand and Cornhill, London, and of their Agents in Ihe Country, who will receive Proposals for new- Insurances. JOHN HELPS, Sec. Reduced Premiums,— Is. 6d.—~> s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. per Cent. The DIRECTORS ofthe BRITISH FIRE OFFICE having determined to appoint Agents in every Town and Village where they ut present have none, request Persons'willing- lo undertake such Appointment to send their Names and Places of Abode to the Secretary 429, Strand, Loudon. -' | Mt! 5ceUajK0S50 latclligcncf. Mr. Bish, the lottery contractor, has become the Lessee of Drury Larie Theatre; and the entire direc- tion, it is stated, will be vested into the hands of Mr. Rutin, formerly stage manager under Elliston. A change is said also to have taken place in the management of Covent Garden TheaJre, which is now nudertakm jointly by Messrs. Charles Kemble and Fawcett and Sir George Smart. The musical department is to be wholly committed to the care of the tatter. CHAUGE OF FORG tltv.— On Wednesday evening last, a young man, named Perkins, of highly respect- able com euons in London, and who lias for some t me held a respectable situation in an eminent prim, house in this town, was apprehended on a charge of forgery. It appears, that n few davs ago, a draft for £ 170, purporting to he dtawn hy Messrs. Wakefield and Sons, bankers, of Kendal, 011 Messrs. Masterman, London, yvas sent lu the banking house of the latter, inclos. il in a letter, bearing the Manchester post- mark, dated Eccles, near Manchester, and purporting to be written by a Francis Eversham, lo whom Ihe draft was made payable, request ing Messrs. Maslerman to . emit Ihe amount of the draft under cover to Fra cis Evershatn, Esq. Hen and Chicken., Birming- ham The hill being drawn on a blank stamp, instead , f a, impression from Messrs. Wakefield's bill- plate, together with the singularity of the transac- tion altogether, excited the suspicions of Messrs. Masterman, and, 011 a close examination, they found lhat Ihe draft yvas undoubtedly a forgery. Instead, therefore, of sending cash for the bill, a blank lelttr was directed, as requested in the note, to tbe Hen nnd Chickens, Birmingham, and an officer from Btnv- atreet yvas sent down to apprehend any person who might call for it. On going to the post office at Birmingham, however, the officer found that the post- master bad received another letter, daled Eccles, near Manchester, requesting him, if any letter came, directed as above described, to forward it lo Ibe post- office, Manchester, to he left ( ill called for. The requisite alteration was accordingly made in the direc. tion of the letter, which was forwarded hy the mail from Birmingham on Saturday last, and the same conveyance brought the Bovv- strrel officer, who re- mained concealed in the post office for three days without application being made for the letter. On Wednesday evening, however, just before the close of the delivery, Perkins presented himself at tbe window and asked for il, immediate notice of which yvas, of course, given lo the officer, who sallied out, and saw the young man receive the letter aud pill it into his p icket. The officer then seized him, but he made a desperate attempt 10 escape, and it was not until ihe officer produced a pistol, lhat he submitted to be taken into custody. During the struggle he somehow contrived to gel rid of the letter, which has not yet been found. He yvas on the following tlav sent off lo L ndon to take his examination. Manchester Guardian, HEREFORD OLD BASK.— The partners in this respectable firm commenced paying off their £ 0 notes 011 Wednesday last. On Wednesday evening a well- contested race took place on the . River Mersey, between four boats, ol six o u s each,. for, as we iinderstandi one hundred guineas. Toe boatt* belonged respectively lo Ihe Bitlern sloop of war, Sir Richard Puleston, ( apt. Emerson, of the Etna, and Mr. Monk, of the Lazaret establishment. The quays and Ihe opposite shore were lined with spectators, and lite fiver, in Ihe line of ( he course, was studded with a " Ytimher of boats, laden with indi. yiduals who take an interest in nqualic sports. At a few minutes after five, H, j boats slatted from Sir R PulestouV yacht, near Woodsjde, and proceeded with great celerity down lire river, ionnd 11 boat mooted south of Sett combe— thence past another boat near the Floating Balh, up the river, round Ihe Bitlrrn in the Slyue, and hack along ( he Cheshire shoreio the yacht. S. I R. Hulesion's boat antl that of Ihe Bittern kept the lead, Ihe, others following close, in their wake. Sir R. Puleston's boat won the match by a short distance, after 11 contest, in a broiling sun, of about thirty minutes ; nil the boats, considering the distance, and tbe advantages jaioetl hy Ihe inner boats in twice turning, having acquitted themselves well. The race afforded much gratification to the spectators. Died, on the 30th tilt. Joseph Butterworth, Esq- late M . P, for Dover, aged 53. > 1' It is estimated that twenty five- thousand pounds- will not more than pay the whole expences incurred by the several candidates for the representation of our city. The bills for ribbons only, already sent in to one party amount, we understand, to thousand pounds: this is being AeM-\ y favoured.'— Worcester Herald. The election at Presffon has at length terminated. At the final close of the poll on Monday after- noon the numbers were declared:— For the Hon. G. S. Stanley 2941— Mr. Wood 1075— Capt. Ban- ie 1653— Cobbett 995'., The two first gentlemen yvera therefore declared by the. Mayor duly elected. The contest for the comity of Somerset was closed by fhe Sheriff nn Thursday morning. The numbers were— Mr. Dickinson 1812, Sir T. Lethbridge 1719 — Hunt 309. The contest for the County of Cambridge ter- minated 011 Thursday afternoon in favour of the old Members; the final state of the poll was announced as follows— Lord C. S. Manners, 1394; Lord G. F. Osborne, 897 ; II. J. Adeane, Esq. 627. TOADS.— A fine toad having taken up its abode in a convenient situation for feeding, some honey was spread on a leaf, and placed at a little distance from it. The honey soon attracted a number of flies and wasps, and it was surprising tosee the wary manner in which it approached the leaf, and its dexterity in snatching the insects as they alighted. Pleased with its situation and entertainment, il resorted to the same place many days. One morning another toad was seen about one foot distant from the former; a variety of insects ivere dropped one by one between them ; their attention w:. s mutually attracted, and they frequently set at the sums insect, yet the disappointed toad never betrayed tbe least resentment or vindictive spirit. This is but one of mnsy similar observations made by Mr. William Fothergill, who states it to he his firm belief, that toads are, upon tbe whole, " Ihe most patient and harmless of all reptiles." — mechanic's DIagazine. An American paper says, that the fruit of the Apple engrafted 011 sycamore stocks is not liable to be affected by frosts: it grows very large, and blooms late. A sturgeon, measuring 6ft. 3in. in length. 2ft. 3in. in girth, and weighing 82lbs. was taken a few days ago in the Severn, a few miles below Gloucester, and has since been sent to London. We are sorry to observe" hy the Leeds Intelligencer of Thursday last, that 011 Monday week a meeting was held 011 Hunslet Moor, which in ils resolutions as- sumed nil lhat is objectionable in Ihe radical cha- racter. James Mann acted as chairman ; and the first resolution passed was, " lhat this meeting is of opinion that the present distress does not arise from over- trail- ing, but in Ihe folly and wickedness of au incapable and corrupt government, tampering with the national currency." The other resolutions w ere equally strong in Iheir language; and the twelfth was a vote of thanks to William Cobbetl, & c. & c—.' A bun I a thousand per- sons of Ihe working class attended the meeting. Persons residing in the Country, who may t> « deirons of a London Weekly Newspaper, are invited to take in Monday's Edition of the OBSERVER, which is regularly published every Monday afters noon in London, at the price of sevenpence, or eight shillittgsand two- pence the quarter. The Monday's Edition of the OESEHVER contains the Corn'and other Markets of the day of its publication. This Journal is particularly recommended to private families, as a Newspaper in which nothing what- ever of an immoral tendency is allowed to occupy a place in its columns. Perhaps the best proof that can be urged iu this respect in its favour, is tha circumstance of very many Clergymen beinc; amongst the first of its subscribers.— Monday's Edition of the OBSERVEU can be ordered of tha Editor, at the Observer Office, No. 169, Strand, London; or of any of the Newspaper agents in Toyvn or Country. THE ARMY, JULV I.—' The depfit ofthe 9lh re. giment, which moved from Stockport on Thursday the 2:>< l ult. embarked at Middlevvich on Ihe 24th, in the boats which brought down the depot of the Royal Fusileers— The destination of the Otlt is Win- chester.— the depot of the 40th regimeut left Chester Castle 011 Tuesday morning last for Liverpool, where it embarked on. the following day, in the Mttjrslie steam- packet, for Glasgow. It has been replaced at Chester by the depot of ihe Royal Fusileers.— Two companies of the 36th regiment left Rochdale 011 Monday last for Blackburn, antl on Wednesday a squadron of the Royal Hussars moved thence for Sheffield : that town is now without Iroops.— A troop of the Royal Hussars moved from Bury 011 Wcdncs. day last for Macclesfield.— A troop of Ihe King's Dragoon Guards has moved from Ciitheroe, nitd one from Blackburn, for Leeds; antl the troop which was at Bolton has gone to Huddersfield, whence three companies of the 73d regiment have moved lo Bolton. The- companies of the 58th regiment have moved from Blackburn lo ( hurley. Account of a remarkable Drettrt, g'ren in Blaek- wood's Magazine for June, as related by a correspondent. " About the year 1731, mv father, Mr. D. of K—; i 1 the county of Cumberland, came lo Edinburgh 10 attend Ihe classes, having Ihe advantage of an uncle iti the regiment then in the Castle, and remained under the protection of his uncle and aunt, Major and Mrs, Griffiths, during Ihe winter. When spring arrived, Mr. I>. and three or four young gentlemen from England ( his intimates) made parties to visit all ilia neighbouring places about Edinburgh, Roslio, Ar. thiir'sSeat, Craig Millar, & c. & c. Coming home one evening from some of those places, Mr. D. said 11 We have made a party to go a- fishitig lo Inch- Keith to- morrow, if ihe morning is fine, and have bespoke our boal ; we shall be off at six." No objection being made, they separated for the night, Mrs. Griffith, had not been long asleep, till she screamed out in tbe mi st violent and agitated manner, " The boat is • tilting; 6ave, oh save them!" The Major awahed her, antl said, 44 Were you uneasy about Ihe fishing party ?" " Oh 110," she said,! " 1 had not once thought of il." She then com| it> sed herself, anil soon fell asleep again; in about another hour, she cried out, in a dreadful fright," " 1 see the boat is going down." The Major again awoke her, and she said " It has been owing to the olher dream I had ; for I feel no uneasiness about it." After some conversa- tion, they both fell sound asleep, but no rest could ho obtained for her ; iu the most extreme agony she again screamed, " They are gone, the, boat is sunk!" When the Major awakened her, she said, " Now t cannot rest; Mr. I), must not go, for I feel, should he go, I would be miserable till his return; ihe thoughts of it would almost kill me." She instantly arose, threw 011 her wrapping gown, went to his bed- side, fir his room was next iheir own, and yvilh great difficulty, she got his promise to remain at home. " But what am I lo say lo toy young friends, whom I was to meet at Eeilh al six o'clock?" " With great truth you may say your aunt is ill, for I am so al present ; consider yon ate nn only sou, under our protection, antl should tiny think happen lo you, it would be my death." Mr. D. immediately wrole a note to bis friends, saying he was prevented joining them, anil senl his servant with it to Leith. The morning came on most beautifully, and continued so till three o'clock, when a violent storm arose, ami in 1111 instant the boat anil nil that were in it, yycitt to the bottom, antl were never more heard of, nor was any part of it ever seen. I often heard of the siory from my father, who always added, 14 It bas not made me superstitious; but, with awful gratitude, I never can forget my life, by Providence, was saved by a D. tam," aigtarerasy:: a SALOPIAN JOURNAL, AMP CCMMIEK OF WAUES, FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. Saga of tlje SO. XL1V. Ow a Person suddenly grown rich, slighting h is form er Assoc in tes. Blame not that Creesus never bends— So puff'tl by Pride and Pelf, |! ow vbonld be know bis former friends When he forgets himself ! what the veil of flesh now conceals from » is; a new 1 spectacle presents itself to our view, and the material obstacle being removed, the soul perceives what a moment before was invisible. Si. Paul tells us ( 2d Corinthians, c. 5, v. 6- 8) 44 when we are present with the body, we are absent from the Lord; but when we are absent from the body, we are present with the Lord/' This might seem enough to cure us of our attachment to the body; unless we prefer, says Sher- lock, to be always enclosed in a prison, and to look through the bars instead of being- at liberty, and to ioy a glorious perspective of the world. Dealh opens Our eyes, extends our views, and gives Ihe pro- spect of a new and glorious world, which we should never descry while detained in the bonds of this mor- tal body. ON THE SAME. Crcesns is blind, yet wherefore the surprise t Some imp has scattered Gold Dust in his eyes ! tf wmihw wmwmm* BY T. CAMPBELL. ( From the New Monthly Magazine. J VE field ( lowers '. lite gardens eclipse yon, ' lis true, Vet, wildings of Nature, I doat upon you, For ye waft r. ie to summers of old, tVlien ilie earth tcetn'd around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and buttercups gladdened my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold. J love you for lulling- nie back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing- streams, And of broken glades breathing their balm ; While tbe deer w as seen glancing in sunshine remote, And the deep mellow crush of the wood. pigeon's note Made music that sweeleu'd the calm. Not a pastoral sr. ug lias a pleasanter tune Than ye speak lo my heart, little wildings of June: Of old ruinous castles ye fell, Where I thought it delightful your beauties to find, When the magic of Nature first breathed on my mind, And your blossoms were purl of her spell. F. v'n now what affections tbe violet awakes What lored lillle islands, twice seen in their lakes, Can tbe wild water- lily restore ; What landscapes I read 111 the primrose's looks, And what pictures of pebbled and minnowy brooks In tbe vetches that tangled their shore. Farth's cultureless buds, to my heart ye were dear, Tire the fever of passion, or ague of fear Had scathed my existence's bloom ; Once I welcome yim more, in life's passionless stage, Wilh tbe visions of youth to revisit my age, And I wish you to grow on my tomb. Liberality'" of the " Liberals." Mr. O'Connell, the Roman Catholic Barrister, and chief of the late Roman Catholic Association, has been busily engaged in the Waterford election, against Ihe Berest'ord interest. The following ex- tracts from his speech show lhat tbe Dissenters in Ireland have been voting in support of the Protest- ant Ascendancy; and if they, or any other Pro- testants, wanted reasons for opposing the Roman Catholic Ascendancy, the folio- wing extracts from Mr O'Conuell's speeches to the electors at Water- ford, would fat- iiis. il then) with arguments in abundance: " 1 am ashamed to tell you— and my heart is heavy, aud the tear is standing in my eye when 1 acknowledge there were men calling themselves Catholics, who had tiie baseness to vote for Lord George Beresford. Oh, the miscreants ! They Will go to mass next Sunday, and take part in the solem- nities of their religion. They will join in prayers with the people, and ask the priests to pray for ihem, and they have had the face to vote for the man who wants to exact au oath declaring the sacred sacrifices of their church — the sacrifice of the mass, idolatrous. The mothers who bore them ought to mourn for the hour lhat gave them birth— the wives from their sides should leave them— and their very children should cry, lifting up their bands, " Father, father, how could you be so base its to leave the name of - villain as our patrimony'" Your Bishop belongs to that hierarchy which w as never broken in upon by foreign power, nor shaken rry domestic agitation, who has sueceede'd those who have followed from Saint Patrick, aud who v. ill be succeeded by others, as long as this world lasts, yea, until time shall melt into eternity. Your Pishop will order prayers in his churches iu ex- piation of the sins of those miscreants who have dared this day to vote for the calumniators of their religion." " I want to know, my friends, what the swaddlers ( Dissenters) are doing iu this town ? I would give any money for an honest political swaddler. I have * een them in all their hypocrisy. Find out, some of you, if there be oue honest political twaddler in Waterford, that I may set it down in my tablet of curiosities. If you know nothing about tbe swad- dlers, what are the tluakeis doing? 1 never knew any man so bending to the powers as a Quaker. Is there ati honest Quaker here, my friends? 1 believe they are honest knaves and hypocrites. Last year they got up a petition. Do you know what it was for? They had a fever of humanity on them— the gravity of their bibs and tuckers was broken in upon for the negro slaves iu the West Indies. They were expiring for1 love ofthe blacks. Oh, 1 am glad to say this to- day in the town of Waterford, when the Quakers will hear it before they go to bed. The fact was, they acted under the persua- sion, and for the interest of a Quaker at Liverpool, whose order set their humanity at work. Are we not as good as the blacks? 1 am sure there is as much magic in the bright eyes of the women who surround you, and their children smile as sweetly, as any black seraph. Mark the Quakers well, my friends at this election. If they don't come forward • with their votes or their subscriptions, if their beer was as sweet as the honey of Ilybia, taste not a drop of it. All my life I hated rascality of any- kind, therefore I hate swaddlers and Quakers." " They ( the Beresfords) polled very few Catholics; but they led up some dozens of canting swaddlers. I put to thetn the oath. 1 asked one of them if he held a place under Government. He did not. If he expected one. No, he had resigned. Resigned what? What did you resign? said 1. Why, the hope of getting one. They also polled two Quakers — one of them was as slippery as an eel, and got through our fingers, but the other was caught in tbe meshes, and we flung him in the stream again. He had heard of the bribery oath, but he did not care a two- penny loaf for the oath, and he took it. But Mr. l. anigan, an active aud intelligent agent, took an objection to bis description altogether, and got it decided against him that he could not be a Quaker because he took an oath. ' Ihe Quaker was caught — we caught the tartar— his vote was rejected, and he went away with the derision and the mock of every man in court upon him.— No occasion. have you to assist these hypocrites iu making immense profits by your spendings. Can you not as well lay out your penny with the tradesmen of your own class, as well as with these knaves ? Think ou the bundle of Bticks alluded to by Mr Stewart, aud be uuited against your enemies." ittiecfUancouo Intelligence. Earl Fitzwilliam completed his 78th year on fhe 30th of last month, and has enjoyed his title and estates nearly 70 years. Lord Milton is just turned of 40, having been bom May 4, 1786, sixteen years after the marriage of the Earl and Countess. He has three sons and five daughters now surviving. Mr. Marshall is said to be 64 years of age. The Hon. Mr. Duncombe's age is, we believe, about 28, and Mr. Wilson's about f; 0. Our late Member, Lord Warncliffe, is in his 50th year.— Yorkshire Paper. Through Ibe Missionary exertions, marriage is now established in Ceylon, and celebrated according to Ihe rites of ihe Chinch of England. 11 is calculated that in tbe seven years that European" Ministers have been preaching there, the lives of upwards of 20,000 infants have been preserved.- METHOD or OBTAINING FLOWERS OF DIFFER EST COLOURS ON THE SAME STEM.— Split a small twig of the elder bush lengthways, and bavin scooped out the pith, fill each of the compartments with seeds of fiowers of different sorts, but which blossom about the same time;, surround them with mould, and then, tying together the two bits of wood, plant the whole in a pot filled with earth properly prepared. The stems of the different fiowers will thus be .*•> incorporated as to exhibit to the eye only one stem, throwing out branches covered with flowers analogous to the seed which produced them. The late Serjeant Hill, of eccentric Memory, was once invited to spend some days in the country with Lord Erskine. His wife who knew his characteristic negligence, advised him ( inter alia) to put on a clean shirt every morning. " For this purpose," said she, " I have packed up six, which will, I have no doubt last you during your visit." Oa the Serjeant's return, his wife remarked how stout he had grown ; adding, at tbe same time a hope that he had complied with her request about tbe shirts. Her husband assured her that he had ; but what was her astonishment on finding that, with his customary absence of mind, he had actually put on one over the other, and was at that moment perspiring under the influence of r. o less than six. MOST MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— Oil Thursday evening last, as the Rev. Leonard Middleton, Rector of Great Coiaberton and Little Comberton, Worces- tershire, was returning home from Tewkesbury, whither he had been to attend a meeting of the Clerical Society, he was unhappily killed by a fall from his horse. His servant, who was sent to meet him,- discovered him lying on the road, quite dead, with his horse standing near him, at the bottom of a rugged descent, near the seat of C. E. Hanford, Esq. of Wollashill. It is conjectured, from the horse's knees being broken, that he fell in descending the hill, and, throwing the unfortunate gentleman upon his head, dragged hitn, with his foot in the stirrup, until a gate arrested the animal's further progress. Mr. Middleton was in tbe prime of life, and unmarried. This calamity has not only plunged the family and friends of the deceased into the deepest distress, but has cast a gloom over the whole neighbourhood ; for this most amiable Chris- tian pastor and truly upright man was respected iu the highest degree wherever he was known. FATAL ACCIDENTS.— On Friday last, in a cottage situated in the Golden Valley, between Cheltenham and Gloucester, a poor child named Thomas Cooper, about four years of age, was left for a few moments alon^, xvbiU hie mother waft occupied in tbe garden, and in endeavouring to remove the lid of a kettle which was boiling, his- clothes caught fire, and he was so dreadfully burned, that he lingered in agony till Tuesday morning when he expired. On Sunday evening last, Samuel Brookman, son of Mr. Brookman, ropemaker, of Chepstow, a pro- mising youth, about fifteen years of age, while bathing in the river Wye, with several others, lost his footing, and was drowned. The body was found on Wednesday by some fishermen.— On Friday last, two little boys, one nearly five and a half, the other not five years old, were drowned while bathing in a pool near Penydaran Works, Merthyr- Tydfil. The rib, or assistant, of a sexton belonging to one of the churches in Whitehaven, was last week interrupted in the middle of an harangue upon the hardness of the tinres, by a person who offered to sell her a couple of ducks. " Ducks!" exclaimed she, " how can I buy ducks, or any thing else, we have not buried a living soul these six months I" The Belgic journals have lately announced Ihe death of a farmer, who bad been slung by a swarm of bees. letter from Lichierwaide gives llie particulars as follows.—" This man was pursuing the bees at a time when tbe sun was emitting iiis most ardent rays, a ireumslnnce which greatly augmented ihe danger of pursuit. Ai length, seeing the bees fasten on ihe State of the Soul and Body after Dealh. Many ancienl philosopher, aud Plato among others imagined thai, afler death, Ibe soul was clothed will no seiial and subllc body, susceptible of all sensations of pain or pleasure, and by which man was lo be punished or recompensed iu a future life, in Ihis opinion there was nothing absurd ; but it n- anle proofs and evidence. Revelation has relieved n from this doubt and difficulty ; Jesus Christ ( Matt, l , 22} iias told us, that after Ihe resurrection men shall be like lo angels, that is to say, tiiat they will have imtnoria! bodies, iucnrruptiblr, light, hud luminous, without, however, losing corporeal qualities; such as was the body of Jesus Christ afler his resurrection — it was tangible, and had flesh and bones. The gospel also leaches us that in a future stale men shall neither cat, nor drink, uorinarry. To enquire further, is lo enter into vaiu and useless speculations. As to Ihe slale of ihe soul immediately afler dealh, and before it shall re- assume its body ut tile general resurrection of ibe dead, we must not suppose il will be deprived of nil sentiment and feeling. ' 1 he other world is not so far removed from Ibis us we may imagine. Il is our union with Ibe body which intercepts Ihe prospect. As soon as Ihe soul quits the body il passes into auother world, or rather into another stale of life ; fur the world is uo longer the same. To live with this body, is to live iu ihis world; to live without this body, i « tu change the tccne, and lo commence to see he blanch of an ash tree, he approached them with Ihe hive, but unfortunately thequcen alighted upon him, and in a moment ihe whole troop got round their sovereign, and ibe wretched man fctt, overcome by Ibe violence of the punctures, arid in a quarter of hour had ceased to live. A person who was wilh the deceased, assisting in Ihe operation, had abandoned bitn when he saw Ihe danger." CURIOUS FACT.— A few days ago, while some workmen were employed at Mousuald Mains, in clearing an obstructed vent of a peculiar construc- tion, the following discoveries were successively made:— First three jackdaw nests recently evacu ated ; secondly a powerful swarm of bees, iri full operation; and thirdly aud lastly, a most sagacious- looking owl, which appeared very much surprised at so unexpected an intrusion upon his premises, where he had, no doubt, reigned president of the above anomalous society from the period of its first institution.— Dumfries Courier. On Wednesday last, a youth of Collingbourn Ducis, named William Gulliver, undertook to jump over 15 new hurdles, standard high, in a meadow belonging to Mr. Leonard Maton. ' Ihe hurdles were placed three yards apart, each hurdle kept upright, and supported from falling by 15 young men. Tbe youth measured his distance three yards from the first hurdle, and cleared the fifteen quite easy in one minute, without the least fatigue, to the surprise of a respectable company present. HIRED HORSES.— In the Court of Common Pleas on Friday, an action was brought by a Mr. Wak against a Mr. Judah, to recover £ 35, being ihe vaiu of a mare, which Ihe plaintiff had ( cut to Ihe defend, ant to lake a journey from London to Dartford The mare, when brought back by the defendant, had her knees much cut and injured, and also her nose. The plaintiff' alleged thai bis marc was driven to Chatham, being further than il was intended, and lhat she suffered the injury in queslion from ihe negligence and improper couducl of Ihe defendant, who bad over, driven Ihe mare, and thus had run her down.— The plaintiff sold the mare afterwards for £ 10, being deteriorated iu value by Ihe accident.— For the de- fendant il was contended, that the injury accrued from mere accident, the mare having a habit of stum bling— lhat she was driven carefully, and was not taken to Chatham, as slated.— The jury found for the plaintiff— damages £ 20 and costs. BANKRUPTS, JUNE 27.— Ralph Lowe, of Sullon- place, Honiertuu, merchant. Peter Johnson, of Runcorn, Chester, innkeeper.— Thos. Jones, of Leicester, hosier. — Joseph Charlesworlh, of Coplevgate, Halifax, York- shire, merchant.— William John Ward, of Nottingham, lace- uianufacliirer.— Richard Lagar, of Baiikiiewlon, Yorkshire, caltle- jobber.— Joseph King, of Borongh- bii. dge, Yorkshire, flax spinner. John Clarke, of Norwich, shoemaker. — Elizabeth Lax, of Mancbrsie publican.— Win. Smith, of Bath, carver and gilder.— William Hodgkinsoii, of Doncaster, Yorkshire, g rocer. — Samuel Jackson, of Congleton, Cheshire, silktnan. INSOLVENT.— George Ellia Cooke, of Jeniii- strt- et, jeweller. FIVE FAMILIES POISONED— On Monday, a woman named Eliz. Neale called at the house of a labouring man named Dalton, with some veal for sale; Dalton purchased a joint of this veal, and dined ou it, with his family of four children, on Tuesday. In ihe afternoon, they were al! seized with violent pains in the stomach, and still continue under the care of a surgeon, confined to bed. Tbe family of Samuel Beresford, iu Heaton- lane, dined on another joint of the same calf, and wore all attacked in the same manner. Three of them are confined to their beds, and the other three, although not so violently af- fected, are still suffering- from the effects of this deadly food. Three other families, one in Healon- lane, one on Lancashire- hill, and one in Park- street, purchased veal from the same woman, and have all been attacked, more or less violently, with similar symptoms. Elizabeth Neale, the woman who sold the veal, states, that she bought it from a wholesale dealer named Salt. It is supposed that the calf must havetaken something to produce mortification, which led to such melancholy result.— An event nearly similar to the above took place in the county of Cork last week. A man named Shea had a heifer calf rearing, which died on Wednesday. Shea had it dressed that evening for his family, who ale of it, as did some of the neighbours, to the number of twelve persons. They were all taken ill that night, and Shea's son, a lad > 19 years of ag.", died ou Satur- day; a woman who partook of it died on Sunday, and the remaining ten are so ill, that little hopes are entertained of their recovery.— Stochport Ad- vertiser. FEMALE MANNERS IN THE SIXTEENTH CEN- TURY.— The ladies uf Ihis period possessed one considerable advantage over those of the nineteenth century. They were generally independent of tbe male pari of the community in their amusements; sometimes, indeed, they condescended lo join their husbands and brothers in the chase, but ihey had frequently parlies of their own, iu which, riding on Iheir Spanish jenetles With a leash of favourite hare- hounds, or greyhounds, they wound the horn, and roused and pursued the game without assistance, although their rank required lhat a number of retain- ers should be in attendance. As, in those days, the mode in which ladies rode resembled that of tbe men, it was a symptom of fashionable affectation to adopt a part of the male all ire, familiar lo ihe females of Turkey and of ihe East, hut indecorous, because conlrary to custom, in this country. The ladies of Burv, ill Suffolk, were afterwards noted for their bold defiance of sarcasm, and for iheir perseverance in the use of male habiliments.— Thompson's Memoirs of the Covrt of Henry the Eighth. FROGS.— The interesting phenomena, attending- ie. g the metamorphosis ofthe young frog, or tadpole, early attracted the humane attention of Zoological experimentalists, and il will be conceded that this branch of physiological science has been more in- debted to this, than to any other class of animal's: for, submitting to torture without any expression of pain, either by cries, or convulsions, they have been tenderly, but almost universally, preferred as the objects of experiment, wherever the peculiarity of their organization presented not barriers to the iews entertained by their kind hosts. For such purposes, too,- this reptile's remarkable enacity of life offers peculiar facilities. The heart and entrails may be torn out of the body, without tbe appear- ance of much suffering-, and death draws near after the lapse of some hours; the heart, however, con- tinues to palpitate many days afte, wards. The millions of these animals that have perished beneath the receiver of the air pump— the excitations of the electrical machine— the scalpel of the anatomist, have given occasion to the eliciting some ofthe most- important physiological, anatomical, and natural philosophical facts. In every stage of their exist- ence, frogs are e- xposed to the refinements of torture — to the cruelty of many enemies— bipeds, quadru- peds, birds, serpents, and fish— some of which habitually feed and live upon them. In order to support ihis immense destruction, their natural term of life ( barring accidents) is very considerably pro- longed; and the female discharges from six to twelve hundred eggs annually. PiUM/ EVAL A G It I € I, tl L P. A LISTS.—- Tb e agricul- ture of the Portuguese peasantry is as primaeval as their simple manners; for in Portugal, until lately, improvement had been unknown for two hundred years. The old patriarchal custom of " treading out the corn" with oxen, in order to shell if, is still in use: and each animal has a woman walking immediately in its rear, following with outstretched hands lo receive that which, if it reached the ground, might defile and conglomerate whole heaps of grain. — In themaking of wine neither presses by meausof steam ( a thing unknown in Portugal) nor machinery of any kind are used. Oar delicate females who sip it!) such winning grace the juice of the Douro grape, are yet to know that in the very liquid which they receive through their lips, human feet, the otters of the rude peasantry, have soaked; tor uo other machinery is here used in the process of wine- making. The carts made use of in Portugal for every kind of purpose are heavy aud clumsy beyond con- ception. The wheels are immoveable on the axle- tree : the diameter of the former, which is solid, is isually but three feet; and their greatest thickness is towards the centre, the circumference of the wheel being comparatively narrow, and bound round with iron, which is fixed on with huge nails. The axletree is of wood, and from ten to twelve inches thick : aud this and its wheels move together with an abominable squeaking and groaning under tlie clumsy body of tbe cart, which is shipped ( r. ot fixed) on it. As an apology for the hideous noisejust mentioned, it is said that without it, the oxen would uot draw so well, or perhaps not at all. This may in- deed be true, for it is possible to accustom animals even to greater absurdities. The equipment would not be complete if the beasts' heads were un- adorned with figas and veronicas; and the cart itseif, to keep off' spells, invariably displays on some part of it that well- known specific, a horse- shoe. THE WALLACE OAK.— Among the memorials lo Ihe fame of Wallace, which the gratitude of posterity has delighted to point out, Ihe trees under which he is known lo have reposed or encamped, have been Ireated will) a degree of attachment, which, defeating its aim in its exccss, has ultimately caused the de- struction of the object il wished to commemorate. Hence Ihe famous oak in Torwood is no longer remaining. Il stood in the middle of a swampy moss, having a causeway round it ; but ihe laM fragments of its ruins have been carried off' by Ibe pilgrims whom its fame attracted, and only the spot ou w hich it stood now remains for them IO pay their devotions to. Of Karnside Wood, where Wallace defeated Ihe English on ihe 12th of June, 1298, aud which foi meily stretched four miles along tbe shores of the Frith, not a veslige is lefl ; and iu ihe same manner, many other trees and woodland tracks, once rendered interesting by being associated wilh liie Valiant darings and haii- hreadlh ' scapes of Wallace, have bowed before Ibe warring elements, or the unpilying axe. One oak, which bears his name, still, however, survives, and is, perhaps, more interesting Iban any of those we ninv ulhenvise lament, on account of its standing immcdi alcly at ihe place of bis bull), which was Elleslie, or Eldeiplee, three miles to the south- west of Paisley, in Renfrewshire, 11 is mentioned by Semple, in his continuation of Crawford's History of Reufrewshiie as " Ibe large onk tree, which is still standing alone, lillle inclosure, a few yards soulh from Ihe great road between Paisley and Kilbarchau ; being on the east side of Elderslce rivulet, where Ihere is a stone bridge wilh oue arch, the manor of Eldcrslee being a few yards distant from the rivulet on ihe west side." They say that Sir William Wallace and three hundred of his men bid themselves upon that tree, among Ibe bianches, ( Ihe Iree being then in full blossom,) from Ihe English. The lice is indeed very large, and well spread in tbe branches, being about twelve feet in circumference. The present dimensions of Ibe Wal- lace oak," as communicated by Mr. Macquisler, an accurate land surveyor, are 21 feet in circumference at the ground; and al five feet from it thirteen feet two inches. It is 67 feet in height, aud its branches extend on the east side to 45 feel, on the wesl lo 36, on die south to 30, and on the north to 25, covering altogether an extent of 19 English, or 15 Scotch poles, land measure. According to the testimony of aged residents in llie neighbourhood, Ibe branches of this tree, 30 years ago, covered above a Scotch acre tif ground ; and one old person iu particular, a lame man, who was present at ils measurement, pointed out a spot on Ihe ancient turnpike road, 40 yards norlh from Ihe tree, where lie said lhat, when young, he used lo strike the branches wilh his still. This renders tbe account of Ibe extent of ground it formerly covered worthy of belief; as well as ihe number of men which tradition reports il to have concealed, alon; wilh their brave leader, by whose name il is known. Watering- Places on the Continent. X'S OPINIONS ON STRONG BEER. Among the mineral waters chiefly recommended are those of Germany, in the valley of the Rhine, where they abound. The height of the season is July and August, when it is generally difficult to get any good accommodation at the boarding- houses and hotels. But in passing through Piedmont or Switzerland, to enter the German frontier, the tourist is attracted by several watering- places of considerable note. In the former territory, the Wells of St. Gervais, about 40 miles distant from Geneva, are first worthy of attention. At this place, the hotel is large and romantically situate in a retired valley— a magnifi- cent cascade, falling from stupendous rocks imme- diately behind it, forces its torrent past the front of the building, and forms the river Bonnaut. Dr. Matthew is the resident physician, who in a small pamphlet has given a particular account of the waters. At the Table d'Hote, he generally pre- sides over a company of from sixty to a hundred ladies and gentlemen of all nations, aud frequently many of rank. The waters,- which are warm, con- tain sulphur in great abundance, iron and lime, aud are used both externally and internally in cases of • heumatism, consumption, visceral obstructions, aud eruptive diseases. The walks iu fhe vicinity are delightful: imagination could not form any thing much more enchanting than tbe situation of these baths, whether seen from below or from the summit ofthe surrounding cliffs. In some places the rocks are venerably majestic, perpendicular or over- hanging-, craggy and bare; ih others clothed with most luxuriant shrubs and stately trees, rising oue above the other in their wildest state, displaying the greatest variety of verdure, and every tint that nature could bestow oil her most favourite produc- tions to gratify the eye or charm tbe sense. The ground also on which you tread abounds with a variety of rare flowers— Alpine plants, and herba- ceous productions, perfuming the air with their refreshing fragrance. The valetudinarian seems- to breathe new life, and to enjoy the blessings that await returning health and cheerfulness. With considerable regret he will leave St. Gervais. But he may next visit St. Didicr, a small village with mineral waters, situated in the enchanting village of Doire, in Piedmont, not far from the base of the Grand St. Bernard. The village itself is miserable, but the situation is delightful. The next watering- place to this is Cor- major; they are distant ten miles from each other. The romantic situation of this little village cannot fail to awaken feelings of delight iu the traveller. It stands at the foot of a stupendous chain of moun- tains— Mont Blanc rearing its terrific head above the rest. These, shooting into a variety of forms, compose scenery truly sublime, the summits crowned with perpetual snows, or exhibiting prodigious crags of solid l ock, and dark woods, intermingled with rich scenery- covering their bases, the cataracts rolling front the heights into the valley, where they unite their waters and form a rapid river. At the close of day, the s& n, sinking behind the chain of Alps, throws his last effulgent gleam across the landscape, and tinges with his peculiar splendour the lower ranges— These bat'ns much resemble those of St. Gervais. There are two more small Wafering- places in Switzerland, viz. those of Pranyirts and Rolle, both situated on the banks of the lake of Geneva: the springs near the first- named village are sulphure- ous; those at ihe latter, from an analysis, are found to contain, in 36 oz. ofthe water, grain of iron, 5 grains of calcareous earth, J of a grain of selenite, and § of the sulphur magnes. These villages are beautifully situate in the midst of vineyards, com- manding an extensive view ofthe lake. We shall now offer a brief account of the most remarkable of the German watering- places, and those least known, to natives of our country, such as Ems, Baden, St. Zeavgen had, and tVies Baden. There are several others of minor importance, as Autogast, Finehen, Geilnau, and Schevalbach. Spax and Aix- la- Chapeile, are of course too well known to r'eqtrire any description. HADEN.-— This fashionable watering- place is situate in the picturesque valley of its name, about five miles from the river Rhine. The mountains which surround the town are covered with rich forests, here and there studded with the venerable ruins of chateaux. The town itself is irregularly built, and contains about 3000 inhabitants. Part of it is built ou the face of a little hill ; the rest lies iu the valley. The ruins of the chateau, which imme- diately commands the town, is reckoned one of the finest in Germany. It is situated on the summit of a mountain, and approached entirely through a stately forest. The dilapidated structure is over- shadowed by high and spreading trees, which ap- pear to be coeval with the building, and diffuse a romantic gloom around it. The greater part of this huge piTe is sinking into ruins. The lofty battle- ments, thickly enwreathed with ivy, are nearly demolished, and have become the abode of birds of prey. Huge fragments of one of tbe demolished towers, lie scattered amid the wild grown grass. A gothic entrance leads into the main body of this edifice, which, however, is nearly obstructed by rubbish and ruins. After scrambling to the top of the battlements, a view, astonishingly grand and extensive, may be obtained, commanding the valley of Baden, the distant windings of the Rhine, with numerous villages in the landscape. The subter- ranean dungeons beneath tbe chateau of Baden, which is in the town, have been the subject of astonishment to most travellers who visit this place, and who are puzzled to conjecture what has been their original use. The chateau is entire, and now occupied by some part of the Duke of Baden's family. Yon descend to fhe vaults by means of a winding stair in tbe eastern lower, and guided by torch light, you pass through a small contracted passage, about 7 feet high, which terminates in a vestibule, 16 feet iu diameter. At the bottom of this is a little cell, and to one side is a second passage, closed by a strong iron door; diverging from this, is a third passage, communicating- with a private stair to the interior ofthe chateau. Follow- ing the second passage, you arrive at a massive stone gate, 3 inches thick, about 6 feet high, and 2| broad, which is swung with difficulty on an iron pivot fixed to its centre. By this you enter an interior passage, closed with an iron gate, fastened with a bar of iron, which slides into the wall. On opening this, you now arrive at the grand Chamber of Questions, so named from the iron rings, chains, and hooks, found fastened into the walls of this dreary vault, immediately leading from this is a narrow passage, about the middle of which is a square hole covered by a trap door, communicating with a deep abyss below-. Tradition says this was one of the numerous ways invented for destroying the unwary victim, who, by being made to walk Over the trap, instantly sunk for ever. Lately, some person had the curiosity to be lowered down into the pit, and found many remains of clothing and bones. Proceeding along: this passage, which runs for some distance south, your progress is ob- structed by another stone gate, which leads to a series of passages terminating in cells. The princi- pal vault, we may remark, is 22 feet long by 15 feet broad, and little more than 6 feet high. The real original use of these mysterious aud dreadful dun- geons is not known ; but, uo doubt, they have been the scenes of terror and of torture to many a victim of the dark tribunals. The greater part of the waters of Baden discharge themselves under the terrace of this chateau. Here are nearly thirty sources, varying iu their degrees of heat aud medi- cinal properties. Their heat varies from 50 degrees of Reaumur's thermometer, to37j. The elementary principles are chiefly muriate of soda, calcareous earth, sulphureous acid, muriate of lime, magnesia, carbdnic acid, and iron in small quantities. They are used both internally and externally, in the form of the vapour and pump baths. The diseases in which they are principally efficacious are chronic, rheumatism, gout, indigestion, eruptions of all sorts, aud in many surgical diseases. The hotels in this town are good, the principal are the Court of Baden, which was formerly a convent, the Dragoon, tbe Stag, the Bed l. ion, and the Sun. The mineral sources areBruhbrunnen, the Kitlenbrnnnen, Butte, Hcellenquelle, Indenquelle, Klosterquelle, Moorquel- len, Ungemach, and Ursprung. The period at which Badeu is most frequented is during the mouths of June, July, arid August. The company is generally of the most fashionable class. There is here no lack of amusement: delight ful promenades, and rides, assemblies, card- parties, concerts, libraries, museums, and a neat theatre. The tables d'hotes are large, and luxuriously sup, plied with select bands of Music, which play duriug dinuer, for all which you pay oa « florin. I have had the heads of an essay upon the subject of this article by me for many months, aud casually lighting upon it this morning, I conceived that there could not be a period better adapted for its produc- tion than that of a general election, when it is well known lo engage a large portion of the public atten- tion. 1 have considered it poetically, fashioaablv, and politically. Poetically viewed, strong beer has few admirers: indeed with the exception of Burns, who may be called, I think, the strong beer poet of modern times, not one bard, within the scope of my reading, has apostrophised strong beer in any thing like the language of poetical enthusiasm. Thomson, never- theless, in his description of the fox- hunter's dinner, has paid it a compliment, by which, in these days of Sauterne and Champagne, he would have almost incurred the reputation of vulgarity:— " Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from bis dark retreat Of thirty years; aud now bis honest front Flames in the light refulgent, not afraid. F. v'n with the vineyard's lest produce to vie." Philips, too ( he ofthe" splendid shilling"), has led us, by the following lines, to suppose, that a glass of Herefordshire ale, at least, was by no means beneath the dignity of epic song. " Lo! on auxiliary poles the hops Ascending spiral, ranged iu meet array! Lo! how the arable with barley grain Stands thick, o'ershadowed,— to tlie thirsty hind Transporting prospect! These, as modern" use Ordains, infused, an auburn drink compose, Wholesome, of deathless fame!" But, after all, this is coldly encomiastic; what I want to see is a regular strong beer anacreontic, which, as yet, is certainly a desideratum iu our language. On the other hand, Pope has been bitterly acri- monious agaiuSt those unfortunate needy votaries ofthe Nine, whose circumstances would allow thenf 110 other vehicle of inspiration than malt and hops, as may be inferred from these aud other lines:— " Is there a parson much he- mused in beer, A maudlin'poetess, a rhyming peer!" See. and again, " Flow, Welsted, flow! like thine intpirer, beer, Tho' stale, not ripe ; tho' thin, yet never clear. So sweetly mawkish, and so smoothly dull, Ready, not strong; o'erflowing, thov not full." He must here, however, be evidently speaking of some detestable thin swipes, and not of genuine home- brewed stingo, which, I am of opinion, may occasionally help a poet to some very pretty fancies, particularly if it is bottled. I come now to the consideration of this beverage in a fashionable point of view ;" and here I am sorry to say that I know of no other indigenous comfort associated with the British name and habits, that has so lamentably retrograded in the estimation of well- bred society as strong beer. I appeal to any man, whether an individual who has the least pretensions to fashionable character, would not, by calling for such a thing at a modern table, not only lose his caste, but absolutely smite the who! party to petrifaction? We read of an instance in which a young: lady of most prepossessing person very recently lost a very advantageous match, through fatally indulging in a small tumbler of home- brewed. It appears that a gentleman, dining with her at the same table, and who was despe- rately struck with the rosy bloom cf her beauty and ihe bew itching laughter of her eye, was expatiating upon these charms to Sir Godfrey Webster, and imploring- him for an introduction; " My dear fellow," said Sir Godfrey, " she may be a fine girl, and I don't dispute it, but take my advice and have nothing to do with her,/ or, by Heaven, she MALTS." This exhibits a deplorable change from the times of Queen Elizabeth, when the Ladies Percy, according to the domestic regulations of Alnwick Castle, were stinted to half a gallon each for their breakfast'. My next and last consideration of this subject is in its most important, that is, its political light. No man^ af all acquainted with the business of elections, can deny the extraordinary influence which strong- beer possesses, in returning members to the Com- mons' House of Parliament. 1 question whether all the influence of the Grosvenors and the Bedfords, the Norfolks and the Hertfords, can at all compete with it in political power, it possesses that " small still voice," that silent eloquence, that first softens and finally subdues the most obdurate and deter- mined opposition. How often when an elector, smarting under former wrongs and the non- fulfil- ment of solemn promises, has almost vowed personal vengeance on the candidate, should he ever meet him at arm's length, how often, I say, has the silent tankard, the insinuating quart, judiciously applied after a hard day's toil, first negociated an armistice, then opened the preliminaries of peace, and finally ratified the treaty? My opinion is, that if the members of the House of Commons were severally called upon to rise in their places, lay their hauds upon their hearts, and solemnly declare upon their consciences to what they were principally indebted for their seats, nine out of ten would be compelled to acknowledge, that their grandest supporter during a contest, and their grand returning- officer at its termination, was nothing- but strong beer. I was at one time in doubt whether in reference to the subject of this paper, 1 ought not to sign it with double X, but as I conceived that would be kind of typographical pun, which might greatly distress pun- haters of weak nerves, throw the more irritable into perspirations, or lead the public gene- rally to suppose meto be a brewer, I shall conclude this essay by broadly assuring my readers that in spite of the ban under which fashion has laid this beverag- e, I shall immediately retire from this my closet, and most warmly drink all their healths iu tankard of strong* beer. X. which projects such wonders as these is not coercible under roofs and colonnades ; neither could any show- board utter what it is. If the French can thus be vain of useless gilding and luxurious dyes, what would not their boasting be if they possessed a Sohof or a Birmingham? But no; where boasting is^ Watt could not be." " In past ages ihe only road to prosperity hatf been war ; and nations seemed lo think that with- out conquest they, could not be great. Modern ntf less than ancient history gives proof of this ; for every page of both is filled with battles and suc- cesses. The farther we look back the more we find it . true that violence led to splendour and renown. The early eastern empires have left great traces of magnificence; but far above the gardens of Babylonr or the temples of Tadmor, rises the glory of con* querors. Of all that is recorded of Egyptian labour and Corinthian wealth, nothing equals iu fame their contemporary warriors. The trade and merchants of Athens were not without profit to her; but to Mar- athon and Pletea, to Salamis and Mycale, she owes the admiration which present ages pay her; and Sparta flourished, though condemned to idleness ex- cept iu war and theft. The trade of Carthage fell before the sword of Rome, and not all the wares lhat heathen nations ever fabricated gave a twentieth part of the power which the soldiers of the republic won. When Christianity was established, milder motives swayed mankind, and industry became a source of power. Venice, Genoa, Pisa, the petty states of Italy stood, by their ingenuity, among the largest empires ; and created resources by trade which war could uot have given. The Hansealic league, the Netherlands, grew strong by industry ; and, by labour, the Dutch republic was enabled to contend with nations much her superiors. What is it now but the struggle of trade and manufactures against alternate violence aud cunning, that has secured success in the rudest conlest which civilization ever had lo maintain against depravity of every kind? What was it but British industry pouring out the treasures of Indus on the banks of the Neva, of the Danube, and of the Tagus, and vivifying the palsied chiefs of Europe wilh her wealth, that has preserved the world from barbarism ? 44 Great as have been the triumphs of England, it is not to them that she owes her present supe- riority. From her campaigns in the Peninsula, Spain and Portugal derived their safety \ and the North a useful diversion of the French forces. At Waterloo all the nations were delivered, and the smallest among them was more benefited by that day than England was. It mattered not to her by whom the miseries and madness of the French revolution were subdued., All that she desired was to see them at an end ; ami in the very lap of victory she laid down the right to authority which victory had given. But from war she turned to industry ; and there she found again her ascendancy. In the field barbarians may surpass the wise in numbers, and equal them iu valour. But genius is not measured by any such arithmetic. The glory of a great minister in the last century was, that he made this country flourish still more by war than by peace. The glory of the present cera is, that things have returned to their natural course; and that peace has become, as it ever ought to be, a greater restorer of national force than war. The age ; which now discloses itself to our view promises to be the age of industry, to which no monarch shall affix his name,— it shall be called the age pf comfort the poor,— if the phrase had not been so ill ap- plied of late, we should say— the age of the people. By industry, alliances shall be dictated, and national iendships shall be formed. With one hand indu » try shall furl up the banners of war, and wilh the other scatter plenty through the world. Should future generations ask what causes so long delayed a prac- ice so humane and wise, they will be told that France, with the blood of her revolution and tho despotism of her glory, was the first of these. Should they then inquire who finally promoted so much good and made it prosper, the answer which history will proclaim is, England." Prospects of English Industry " The prospects which are now opening to England almost exceed the boundaries of thought; and can be measured by no standard found in history. It not by conquest that her empire is to be extended, neither is the power to which she is advancing to be steeped in blood. The destiny which the present sera foretels her is to be fulfilled by promoting happiness, and she will grow prosperous as mankind become civilized. It is by introducing comforts into unculti- vated regions; by making savage men familiar with the blessings which the utmost reach of mind has discovered ; by helping youthful nations into maturity, and by extending the pale of social intercourse, that the wisest, the most moral, and consequently the freest of nations is to fill up the career which is now before her. Instead of making distant shores resound with her great artillery, she will bless them with the produce of her still greater engines of peacej and her triumphs shall be illuminated, not by flaming cities, but by the nightly blaze which issues from her mighty fabrics of prosperity and happiness. These are the labours which suit the people that brought back peace to Europe; and it is a just recompense that the strongest in war should be the foremost in indus- try. When this ceases to be, civilization will have become retrograde. 41 From this vast career of industry, now opened to the world, the French have taken the alarm, and their thoughts begin to turn toward that rising continent which promises so wide a market for all that men can manufacture. We must expect to find them as active rivals there as they have been elsewhere; and employing the same means as ever to vie with us. Not that we see any real danger to be apprehended to our commerce from their exertions; unless indeed some miraculous progress has been made since the last public act by which a judgment might be formed upon the state of their manufactures ; we mean the last exhibition of the products of French industry. In 1823 another of those childish shows took place, so inadequate to give a just idea of the real condition of a people, or to answer any purpose but ( hat of non consuming idleness and non- productive vanity. This exhibition was, if possible, more meagre than any which had preceded; for in what estimation must we hold the national labours, of which perriwigs and perfumes were so large a part? Yet they figured in the Palace of the Louvre amidst cases of artificial teeth, sweetmeats, confitures, and bonbons; remind- ing us, in the midst of what frivolity held most solemn, of the ingenuity of a Parisian new year's day, when sugar and flour are disguised i a s'y tromper,' in the shape of sucking pigs, hams, boots, and birch rods. British industry certainly is not of such stuff as this. It is not for parade and pageantry. Where is the Palace that could contain a just specimen of what steam can perform on general civilization ? or who could conceive the influence of an iron railway upon human happiness, from all that could be cram- med into tha longest gallery of Parifc ? The mind RIO DE LA PLATA. The tides in the Rio de la Plata being very weak, the stream is powerfully acted upon by the prevailing winds, and the waters proportionably increased, or otherwise. Thus a strong and continued E. wind, by assisting the flow from the ocean, aud retarding the body of fresh water from the tributary streams on the upper part of the river, occasions a considerable rise; frequently inundating the low lands on the right; while the left bank being higher, and at Mount Video almost mountainous, is less subject to inundation. The W. winds, on the contrary, the most remarkable and powerful in this part of America, by their violence, drive the body of water from the upper part of the river towards the sea, much faster than ils place cars be supplied from the tributaries, and causeafallof water of several feet; therefore, after the violence of the sea has passed, should the wind continue from the same quarter, perhaps it will be days, ere the river again attains its usual depth. It was in consequence of a storm of this kind in 1693, a violent pamparro, that the extraordinary event occurred which has fre- quently been described at Buenos Ayres, by eye witnesses, and which is thus detailed in the Edinburgh and other philosophical Journals. The river de la Plata is flooded at certain period*, and like the Nile, inundates and fertilizes the adjacent country:— At which time the Indians, leaving their houses, and betaking them to their canoes, float hither and thither till the waters retire. In April, 1793, a violent wind up- h< np5d this immense mass of water to a distance of 10 leagues, submersing the whole country, while the bed of the river was dried up in such a manner that it might be walked upon dry- shod. Foundered and sunken vessels again saw the light, and, among others, thus brought to day, waa au English vessel, which had been lost in 1762. Many people descended into this bed, visited and spoiled the vessels, thus exposed, and returned with pockets filled with money and precious articles, which more than 30 years had been 4i in the deep bosom of the ocean buried." This phenomenon lasted three days, when the wind abated, and the waters rolled back into their - usual channels. It usually happens, on such occasions, that the streams which empty themselves into the Plata are left entirely dry, and the little harbour of Ensiuada is rendered difficult of access, even by a boat ; while the Barraccas which, wilh E. winds, will receive a ship of 500 tons burthen, after strong W. winds, can scarcely be entered by a canoe. Between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, the river is excessively shallow, in the very middle of the channel, which is much obstructed by extensive and dangerous banks, continually varying in size. The Pamparro is so called from Las Pampos— immense arid plains, which it traverses in its course ; throughout which it takes up, and whirls aloft iu the air, inconceivable quantities of Baud, soil, and other matter; and meeting with no insurmountable barriers to arrest the head- long violence of its progress, it rolls on, gathering increased strength, density, and velocity at every league: throwing down houses, and frequently scattering ruin and destruction upon the villages over which it passes. To the seamen unacquainted with the coast, these storms are particularly dangerous, for they are seldom preceded by any warning calm, or threatening appearance of the atmosphere; but burst, at once, with terrific violence. One circumstance, alone, gives the experienced na- vigator or landsman any warning. A slight arch of dusky white may be discerned iu the heavens, and this increases and expands, as it approaches. Meanwhile the atmosphere is clear, even, perhaps, within the circumference of the threatening arch, and the wind steadily blowing from the opposite point. At length, the hollow murmuring of the approaching storm is heard. Happily, the extensive violence of these wind ® is seldom of long duration, subsiding in half an hour ; aud frequently with a strong gale from, the same quarter.— Panoram ic Miscellany. SHREWSBURY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. & J. EDDOWII, CORN- MARKET ; To whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelli' gence are requested to be addressed. Advertise- ments are also received by Messrs. NEWTON and Co. Warwick- Square, Newgate Street ; Mr. BARKER, No. 33, Fleet- Street; and Mr. BEY- WELL, Gazette Advertising Office, Chancery- Lane, London ; likewise by Messrs. J. K. JOHN* srojy and Co. No. 1, Lower Sackville. Street, Dublin. This Paper is regularly filed as above ; also at GARRAWAY'S, PEBISS) and ihe CHATTER Co/* fee Houses, London,