# KIMTEP BY W* & J. EBPOWES, ww, U. iiu liurr *—•— — . - — This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES.— Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each VOL. XXXIIL— N°; 1698.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1826. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. © ales* up auction* BY LAKIN SC SON, On Tridav, the lSlh Dav of August, 1826, nt the Red Lion Inn, in Whitchurch, at Six o'Clock in the Afternoon : rpHE FEE- SIMPLE and INI1ERIT- H- ANf'E, free from all Incumbrances, of and in all ( hose FOUR MESSUAGES or Dwelling Houses, with the Appurtenances, situate at PARADISE, in the Town of Whitchurch, in the several Occupations of Thomas Edwards, Richard l'eeres, James ' I illey, and Junes Povah, as Tenants front Year to Year. These Premises will be sold to pay ut least Eight jtr Cent. f£ 5 » Further Particulars may be had from Messrs. " WATSON aud HARPRR, Solicitors, Whitchurch. ELIGIBLE " NEAR WELSH POOL, MONTGOMERYSHIRE. BY MR. HOWELL, At the Royal Oak Inn, in the Town of Pool, in the County of Montgomery, on Monday, the 11th Day of September, 18- 26, between the Hours of 4 and 7 in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions, IN ONE LOT : ALL those MESSUAGES, FARMS, and LANDS, called Tits GAER, and TUB GRAIG, situate in the Parish of CASTLE CAER1NION, in the said County, containing by Admeasurement 164A. 1 It. 20P. late ill the Occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. Thomas Parry, deceased, and his Undertenants. The above isa desiralilfe Property, and is situate within 3 Miles ofthe Market Town of Pool. In Ad- dition to its other Advantages, the extensive Right of Pasturage on the adjoining Wastes of THE VROCAS, TUB GOI. FA, and THE VIRGIN, and the thriving Plantations of Young Timber, render it an eligible Estate for the Investment of Capital. For further Particulars apply to Mr. D. HUMPHREYS, Trehelig; Mr. PRYCB BOWES", Ironmonger, Pool ; or at the Office of Messrs. GRIFFITIIES and CORRIR, Soli, eitors, iu Pool, with whom Maps of the Estates lire left for Inspection. ' BJ/ fjoeddw mm ® * To be Let, for the Season, by Auction, BY T. HOWELL, At Coed y Diitas, near Welsh Pool, on Friday, 25th of August, 1826; SEVENTEEN Southdown RAMS, bred from the celebrated Stock of the lute Earl of Bridge water.— Abotit 40 Store Southdown Ewes, 61) yearling Wethers, and 40Store Lambs, will be offered for Sale » t the same Time. The Auction to commence * t 1 e'Clock. Wootton Hall, near Ludlow. RAM LETTING & SHEEP SALE. R. R. BLAKE WAY respectfully in- forms the Public, that his ANNUAL SALE wiil take place on the I9ih of August ( Ludlow Sheep Fair), when Fifteen pure SOUTHDOWN RAMS will be LETforthe Season, in ihe following Order, viz. 1. Yearling Ram, by Lot 8. 2. Three- years old, by a Rrim of Sir W. W. Wynn's, let last Year to Mr. Farmer. 3. Ditto ditto, let to Mr. Hofchliiij. 4. Ditto ditto, let to Mr. Oakley. 5. Ditto ( Prize Ram), let to Mr. Hotilikisi. 6. Yearling, by No. 8. 7. Two- years old, by a Ttaiii hy the Earl of Bridge water's, let lost Year to Sir W. W. Wytin . 8. Two- years old ditto, used in Mr. BlakewSy's Stock. 9. Two- years old, ditto, ditto. 10. Two- years old, ditto, let to Mr. John Blakeway. 11. One Yearling, by No. 8. 12. Two- years old, by a Ram of the Earl of Bridge, water's. 13. Two- years oltl, ditto, let to Sir W. W. Wynn. 14. Two- years old, ditto, let to Mr. Hotchkiss. 15. Yearling, by No. 9. Jlfter which, will he Sold by Auction, BY MR. BACH, ONE HUNDRED prime Thorough- bred SOUTH- DOWN EWES and WETHERS, in Lots. The Auctioneer presumes that the known Superiority of Mr. BLAKRWAY'S Sotithdowns is their best Recommendation, He begs lo refer Strangers lo those Gentlemen who have used tliein in iheir Mocks. At the Close of the Sheep Sale, will be submitted the following Lots of HORSES and COLTS : — LOT 1. Very superior Brown Gelding, 5 Years old, bv a Horse of the Duke of Rutland's, out of the besi Hunting Mare ever known on the Borders, quite equal to 20 Stone np to Hounds, safe at Timber or Fence, without Spot or Blemish, and warranted sound. LOT II. A 3- years old Bay Colt, bv Tally- ho! out of Sulky, will make a tine Horse for heavy Weights LOT 1II. A very clever Ra\ Yearling Colt, hy Tally- ho I out of SirW. Wynne's Grizzle, thorough- bred. This Colt is very promising for Hunter's Stakes, LOT IV. That superior Stallion, Tally- ho! hy New castle, out of Dam of Lot 1, 6- yearsold. This Horse bits covered three Seasons regularly, antl his Stock possesses more hone with good Shape, than any Horse travelling, lie possesses line Temper, and is a capi tal Hunter, ( warranted Sound). Sale to commence at two o'Clock. T a GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the XT5L ELLESM EKE arid CHESTER CAN AL PRO- PRIETORS, held at the Canal Office, Ellesmere, 011 THURSDAY, the27ih Day of July, 1826, Lord Viscount CLIVE, in the Chair ; It was offered, that the following* he added to the Bye- Laws of this Canal Company, and that the same hi?, enforced from and after the 1st Day of September next. DR. BUTLER'S SCHOOL ATLASES, & c. To be Sold by Private Contract, HP HE ADVOWSON, DONATION, SL and RIGHT of PRESENTATION of and to the VICARAGE of a large but not a populous PARISH, situate ill a pleasant Part of tbe County of Salop, adjoining tbe. Turnpike Road leading from Shrews- bury tn Ludlow, witli the Vicarial, and also a Portion • f the Great, TITHES, GLEBE LANDS, and Appur- tenances thereto belonging. For Particulars, and to treat for the same, apply ( if by Letter, Pott paid) to Mr. NOCK, Solicitor, Wel- lington; or J. DODSON, Esq. Cressage. Mr. Crabb's Lexicographical Works. In 4to, Price £ 5. 8 » . handsomely printed, ENGLISH SYNONYM ES EN- LA KG ED; with copious Illustrations • nd Examples drawn from the best Writers. BY GEORGE CRAB!!, A. M. * » • A Quarto Edition ofthe English Synnnymes having become desirable to suit with hi* other Works, the Author hns occupied himself in making such Additions and Improvements as he deems calculated materially to enhance its Value, as u Work of Criticism. The Alphabetical Arrangement of the Words is ex- changed for one of a more Scientific Nature arising from their Alliance in Sense, and from the general Xature of the Subjects ; thus affording the Advantage of a tnore connected Explanation of Terms allied to each other. While therefore the present Edition is offered to the Public at a Work for Philological Study, and instructive Reading, the Octavo Edition, still preserving its Alphabetical Arrangement, will serve the more immediate Purpose of Reference. London: printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; • nd Sinipkiu nnd Marshall. Also, recently published, ofthe same Author, 1. A UNIVERSAL 11ISTO RICA L DICTION A RY; or, Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political, and Ecclesias- tics! History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics. The Work is embellished arid illustrated by Forty Plates, containing 800 Portraits of Illustrious Persons classed according to their Distinctions, Professions, aud Pursuits; nnd by an immense Number of Cuts . liiefly from Coins, Medals, and Statues. In 2 large Vols. 4to. Price ±' 5. 8s. 1. A UNIVEIISALTECHNOLOGICAI. DICTION AltY ; or. Familiar Explanation of the Terms in all Arts and Sciences. Iu 2 Vols. 4to. with 60 Plates and numerous Cuts. Pi ice £ 5. 8s. NEWPORT AND TERN- HILL, sflwasrcpaisiB ^ sm mj OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates upon the Newport Di vision of the I urnpike Road- leading from Whitchurch, through Tern- hill, That tto Boatman be permitted to moor his I! onf for Newport, iu the County of Salop, will be LET RY the Night oil any Part or Parts of the several Lines of . AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Dwelling Canal under. mentioned viz— i House of Mr. William I. idtlle, the Red Lion Inn, in ON THE CHIRK LINE. Newport " f"' ™ ;' 1 R> . . R » I .1 / U - IT- c : August oetw On no Part, nor at anv Place on the Chirk Line or ; r. , • ,, . n., „ , , ' .7 ,, , i rorenoon and One m the Afternoon, in the Wanner the Canal, between the Vron Bason near Pontcvsylte, , ; 4l „ „ . . n ' . , . • * . J ' f. directed hy the several Acts of Parliament parsed for the Regujatiun^ of Turnpike Roads, which Tolls pro LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. New Editions, with complete Indexes to both. 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Amboyna Tooth Powder and Lotion. rpHE Drue;, from which the AMBOYNA JL POWDER and LOTION « re prepared, is the produce of Asia. The Natives, ns well ns Foreigners, esteem it for its peculiar efficacy in cleansing and beautifying the Teeth, and removing Disorders of the Mouth and Gums. It whitens ihe Teeth, and by its • stringent Action on the Gunis fastens those which are loose; it gives also a native redness to the Gums; it removes all Heats, Ulcers, Gum Boils, and preserves the Teeth from decay. Those who experience painful Nervons 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 w hatever can any be Genuine, wnless the Name Edwards, ( » 7, St. Paul's, is engraved on the Stamp. The Powder 2s. 6d.— Lotion 4s. 6d. Sold by Eddowes, Shrewsbury ; Small, and Roberts, Ridgway, nnd Procter, Drayton; Webb, Wellington ; WhUtall, Evans, Massey, and Oieland, Ludlow; and • 11 Dealers in Medicine. and the Wharf at . Chirk, Bank. Nor on anv Part of the said Line of Canal betwixt Chirk Bank and Rhoswiel Wharf. Nor on any Part of the sa'id Line of Canal betwixt Rhoswiel Wharf and St. Martins, or John Evans's Bridge. Nor on any Part of the said Line betwixt St. Mar- tin's Bridge and New Marton Locks. ELLESMERE LINE. .. Nor orf any Part of the Ellesniere Line betwixt N(? w Marion Locks and Maestermin Wharf. Nor on any Part of the said Line betwixt Maestermin Wharf and Frankton Locks. Nor on any Part of the said Line betwixt Fraukton Locks aud Tetchill Road Bridge. Nor on any Part of the said Line betwixt Tetchill Road Bridge and Ellesmere Wharf. Nor on any Part, of the said Line betwixt Ellesmere Wharf and Hampton Bank Lime Kilns. $ or on any Part of the said Line betwixt Hampton Bank Lime Kilns and Tilstocic Wharf. Nor on any Part of the said Line betwixt Tilstock Park and Grindley Brook and Whitchurch. FREES LINE. Nor on any Part of the Prees Line of the CauaJ betwixt the Roving Bridge on the Moss, except at the Wharfs of the several Lime Kilns. GRINDLEY BROOK TO THE CHESTER CANAL. Nor on any Part of fhe Line from Griii? lley Brook to the Old Chester Canal, betwixt. Willymoor Top Lock and Wrenbury* Nor on any Part of the said Line betwixt Wrenbury and Hurleston Bridge. QUE EN'S- TIE AD LINE._ Nor on any Part of ihe Queen's Head Line betwixt Prankton Lov\ er Lock and the Queen's Head Bridge. IVES I ON LINE. Nor on any Part of the Weston Line, except at the Sycamore, Shade Oak, and Weston Lime Works. LLANYMYNECH LINE. Nor on any Part of tiie Llanymynech Line betwixt Aston Upper Lock and Maesbnry Marsh. Nor on any Port of the said Line betwixt Maesbury Marsh and the Gronwen Wjiarf. OLD CHESTER CANAL. Nor on any Part of the Old Chester Canal betwixt Nantwich Wharf and Bar Bridge. Nor on any Part of the said Canal betwixt Bar Bridge and Bunbury Locks. Nor on any Part of the said Canal betwixt Bunbuey Locks and Bees ton Brook. Nor on any Part of the said Canal betwixt Beestou Bro > k and John Lyon's House. Nor on any Part of the said Canal betwixt John Lyon's House and Christleton Bridge. Nor on any Part of the said Canal betwixt Chrisile- ton Bridge aud Chester. Under a Penalty of Ten Shillings for the first Of- fence, Twenty Shillings for the second Offence, Forty Shillings for the third Offence, Four Pounds for the fourth Offence, Eight Pounds for ti'. e fifth Offence, and Ten Pounds for every subsequent Offence. Provided alvv- ay?*, that if any Boar or Vessel shall at the Close of the Time allowed by the Acts relating to the said Canals for the Day's Voyage of such Boat or Vessel, happen to he between any ofthe Stations here- tofore appointed for the Mooring such Vessel, it shall be lawful for the Boatman in Charge thereof to prose cute liis Voyage to the next Station. Exemptions from ihe above Order or Bye- Laics. Any Boat loading or discharging at any Wharf or discharging Place between alriy of the above Stations may moor for the Night at such Wharf or discharging Place only Lime Boats discharging Lime at any Place between any of the above Stations may moor for the Night only at such Place as the Cargo of Lime may be discharged at. THOMAS STANTON, General Agent to the Company J. DELCR01X, Of ' SB, New Bond- Street, Removed from 33, Old li. oi'it- Streef, London, T^ EGS Leave to inform the Nobility and Pub ie that he is continually supplying the prin- at the time of taking the ices, cipai Perfumers ill the United Kingdom, « ilii his of several eminent physicians, the Consul and his quailed FOREIGN i'EliFUMEllY, and in parti, family have been able to continue their journey, AUX « a, lh0U* h Ability, "" ROI G IV. his new Perfume colled Bouquet d' The New Portuguese Constitution, according ti> ii^ ue, Muguel, Mnreehnlle, and above Twenty oilier letters front Lisbon, was to be published in that s; also his celebrated VEGETABLE EXTRACT, capital on the 13th of Julv, apparently to th? general satisfaction of the nation. While this event has enraged the King of Spain beyond all measure, it has produced indescribable exultation at Madrid. If Portugal settles down into a Con stitutional Monarchy, it is pretty certain that their neighbours, the Spaniards, will not remain Satisfied with their present state of thraldom. FREE TRADE.— The arrival of the Jamaica packet has placed in our tontine- books an entry such as neVer was seen in the shipping lists since for cleansing the Hair, and e',, ry other Article of Pet- Itintety, of ihe most superior Quality, requisite for the "-• tliforl of the Toilette. He has likewise appointed them to sell the under- mentioned newly- discovered Articles ; POU DR E JN1QUE, for cbattyiiio Grey or fled Hair to a Light Auburn, Brown, or Black. His POM A DF. REG EN ER AT RICE, for the Growth and Preservation of the Hair; to wl, it'll J. DELCROIX ' as particllhiriv directed his Studies, and which has let! him to the Discovery of Ibis valuable Compound otnposed of several Plants, the great Propeities of lo, It, for the Growth of the Hair antl preventing its I these were placed at the Exchange Rooms, namely, TRAVELS, 8cc. RECENTLY PUBLISHED. In One Volume, 4to. Price £ 1. lis, 6d, Boards, AN DBRINGS IN SOUTH AME- RICA, the North- West ofthe United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 181li, 1820, and 1824. With original Instructions for the perfect Pre- servation of Birds, & c for Cabinets of Natural llis- tnrv. Bv CHARLES WATERTON, Esq. I'll Four Volumes, 8vo. Price £ 3 Boards, A CLAS- SIC AL TOUR THROUGH ITALY. By tiie Rev. J C. EUSTACE. Sixth Edition, with an additional Preface by the Editor t and Translations of the various Quotations contained in the Work, a Map of Italy, See. In Two Volumes, 8vo. Price £ 1 4s. 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This Day is Published, with superior Portraits on Steel, of all the Sovereigns, a New Edition, Price only 3s. Od. neatly bound, 1. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING the Reign of GEORGE 111. By EDWARD BALDWIN, Esq. *#* Also, the Outlines of English History, chiefly abstracted from the above Work, for the Use of Chil dreu from Four to Eight Years of Age, a Now Edition, with Portraits. Price Is. sewed. 2. HISTORY of ROME; with Maps ond finely executed Heads of the Old Romans. By the same. Fourth Edition, Price 3s. 6( 1. bound. 3. HISTORY of GREECE; with Maps and fine Heads of the most Illustrious Persons amongst the Ancient Greeks, corresponding in Plan and Embellish incuts wiih the His, lory of Rome. By the same. Price 5s. bound. 4. THE PANTHEON; or, History of the Gods of Greece and Rome. By the same. With many Plates Sixth Edition. Price 5s. 6d. boivnd. 5. FABLES, Ancient and Modern, in 2 vols. 12mo. By, the same. With Seveuty- three Engravings. Ninth Edition. Price 10s. extra- boimd ; or iu one Volume neatly bound. Price 4s. The same Book in French, Which, from its easy and natural Style, is peculiarly eligible as a First Book in Ihe S. tudy of lhat Language, Price 4s. hound. London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster- irow ; a. nd William Jackson and Co. at the Juvenile School Library, 11) 5, St.. Clemenl'*^ Strand, B ir mi ng ha m a nA Likerpoo IKai he ay. JVJOTICE is hereby given, that a GE NERAL MEETING of the Subscribers to the Birmingham and Liverpool Railway, will be held at the ROYAL HOTKL, Birmingham, on THURSDAY, the 24th Day of AUGUST Instant, atOne o'Clock iu the Afternoon, the Chair to he taken at Two o'Clock precisely, for the Purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee, and determining upon the future Proceedings of the Company. No Person can be admitted to" this Meeting, unless his Name appears upon the Original Subscription List, or unless he has signed tbe Parliamentary Contract; and in either Case the Subscribers will be required fo produce their Scrip Receipts. GEO. BARKER, Solicitor. BIRMINGHAM, AUS. 4THJ 1826. THE AUXILIARY OF BEAUTY, Preserver of the Complexion from the Heat of SUN, ANi) RENDERING THE SKI ST DE! LXGHTFUXi. lf COOL AMD REFRESHING. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF His Majesty and the Royal Family. ROWLAND'S KAIiYDOR9 FOR THE COMPLEXION, A N inestimable, mild, and innocent Pro iML duetion, powerfully efficacious in thoroughly exterminating ERUPTIONS. TAN, PIMPLES FRECKLES, REDNESS, and all Cutaneous Imper fections; producing a Delicate White Skin, aud juvenile Bloom to the Complexion ; preserving it from the HEAT of SUMMER.— In TRAVELLING, PRO- MEN'A DING, or enjoying AQUATIC EXCURSIONS it immediately allays the smarting Irritability of the Skin, diffusing a PLEASING COOLNESS truly com fort- ab'le'' and refreshing : is equally indispensable in thi Nursery as at the Toilette. Perfectly innoxious, it may be used by tbe most delicate Lady with the Assurance of Safety and Efficacy, possessing softening and healing Properties. To MOTHERS NURSING their OIT- SPRING it gives, in all Cases of incidental Infl; imm; i tion, immediate Relief; cools the Mouth of the Infant and enhances maternal Pleasure in the Act of adminii tering Alimentary Nourishment. To GENTLEMEN whose Faces are tender after SHAVING, it will be found excellent beyond Piece dent iu ameliorating and allaying that most unpleasant Sensation.— St removes unpleasant Harshness of ihe Skin, occasioned by intense Solar Heat or Cold Winds ; and thus to the Traveller, whose Avocations expose him to various Changes of Weather, proves an infallible Specific— a prompt Resource— and, as conducing ti Comfort, a pleasing Appendage aud invaluable Acqui- sition. Price 3s. Gd.—' 7s.— 10s. 6d. and 21s. per Bottle. PETERSBURG*?, JIJLY 14.— We are stilt in ex- pectation of the fate reserved for the numerous accomplices in the conspiracy of the month of December. So many families are interested in the result, that it has a general influence, so that St. Petersburg^ is far from being ga*. The Emperor,. Month, V, the 28th Dav of I ^ l « ^ cif, ateS; in ; the affliction of the list next, between the llou'rs of Eleven iu" the | n ally person^ who are in such cruel perplexity, denies himself every kind of diversion and public show.— For some time past we haye had very great heat, which ia the more intolerable, as it is accompanied with a thick fog mingled with smoke, which hinders us from seeing even the great buildings at the distance of 200 paces. This smoke arises from the immense marshy heaths round St. Petersburgh, which have been on fire for some days past. The ground is a turfy bottom, over which is moss several feet in depth, covered with small firs. A crust of saltpetre is formed on the surface. It is not known how these marshes have taken fire, which has spread, in spite of every exertion made to stop it, over an extent of several leagues. From the tops of the buildings in the city we can see the lines of fire which run along the ground. The combustion is not accompanied by flames, but emits a very thick sind hot smoke, which severely affects the eyes. No one remem- bers any thing of the kind in this neighbourhood. Reaumur's thermometer is 23 degrees ia the shade, and there is not a breath of air. duced the last Year the Sum of £ o84 above Ibe Ex- penses of collecting, and will he put upattliat Sum.— The best Bidder must if required pay one Month in Adv- ttice of the Rent at which such Toils may be Let, and at thti same time give Security, wilh sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaef ion of the Trustees of the said Road, for Payment of the Rent agreed upon at such Times aud iu such Manner as they shall direct. R. FISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. Newport, lid July, 1826. TJ M1NB- AG- ENTS. WANTED immediately, au Agent to » " direct and Superintend f'he GRITT and GRAVELS SUNF. S, in the County ofSalop. Persons applying must produce satisfactory Testi- monials ;, s to their Respectability; Knowledge of " lining, Book keeping, the Management of Workmen, nd the Priiiei. pl, s of the Steam- Engine. Letters addressed ( Postage- paid) to Mr. WILLIAMS, I Solicitor, Shrewsbury, will be duly attended tn. ] PI The English Consul at Tangiers, his wife,' and his daughter, aged nine veal's, were al! poisoned with ires a short time ago. The physician who was called in proceeded instantly to the Cafe where the ices were made, and took several, which he sealed up, and sent to the Ecole de Medicine. The result will doubt!- ss be the same as that of last . year; but : t is difficult to explain how three persons could be attacked at the same moment with dreadful pain, accompanied with violent vomiting, without any other cause thau a particular disposition ofthe body Thanks to the skill spa ot Is ft, Hit,..,. „ l|', have been hitherto hir partially known in ts Cotkutrv ; it would he superfluous here lo enlarge i the Merits of this Compound, as a short Trial will fully evince its Efficacy for :> RF. SUBTIL, f - r removing pnprt& nom This Itnperfeelion J. DEI. CHOIX l:„ s obviated. the arrival of a vessel at Jamaica, direct from the porf of Marseilles, in France! We do not stop to inquire whether the vessel is French or not, but the cargo, we are sure, ir, ust. be the produce and manoTachiresof Franc.-, n't,"; v. TSrctt, sokt ir, Jamaica, by tillering lo the Ladies this invaluable Remedy, which' I wiil certainly displace just so much British pro- will effect this Object in eight Minnies, uiihcn the dnce and manufactures as would have been taken least Inconvenience or Pain, and leiivtug that Part of from this country in their stead. After selling her D — - French cargo in Jamaica, a British colony, we be. Hni the Skin extretntdv soft and siutmth Sold iu Boxes, with Directions for Use, with tlie Proprietor's Name, tit 5s. ( Jd, each. Also his valuable ANTI- SCORBUTIC ELIXIR preserving the Gmtis tut, I Teeth from Dectt v. and curing the Tooth- ache; and his ANTI- SCOIli IIT1C DEN- TIFRICE, for cleansing- and iieaulifyitig , he Teet li, and preserving the Enamel front Scorbutic Infection; holli of w. liicll are perf'ectlv inuocefit. extremely pleasant in the Use, and leave a delightful Frag ranee to the Breath. He further he; is to rceontmeutl his much admired I foreigners to supply the wants of our own posses- AROM ATIC EMOLLIENT aud ill . CCA SOAP for sions hito what French colony are we allowed lieve we may state, that if the vessel is French and the owners French, she will proceed to Cuba, and there purchase a cargo of colonial produce with the cash obtained in Jamaica, or the hills there obtained on Great Britain. Really we hatfe not at present such a superabundance of trade at home, to render it necessary to call in the aid of softening and whitening the Sliiu, PASTE to Gentlemen, for Easy Sltavu^ and POLISH CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. As there is a gre. it Demand for HEAR's GREASE, a Person lias the Pretension lo say thai he is the , i,, i\ Proprietor of the genuine A, tide, wliei, in Fact I,, 1 perhaps the Onlv one tlutt litis not ihe genuine B, fir's Grease ; but if the Purchasers will gi, e themselves l t, r Trouble of smelling it with Attention, thev will ens, I colony are we allowed to carry goods by wpy of reciprocity? Iti our last number we inserted an article from a Prussian paper, which stated that the linens of Silesia had found a profitable market irt Jamaica, so much so, that a company with a large capital had been formed to prosecute the trade. Thus while our own population, who labour in similar manu- factures, are thrown idle, or are supported by charity, it surely is not sound policy on the pat- t of discover the Deception, his Composition being a Mix- the Government of this country to permit such a tare of Oil of Almonds, Hog's Lard, and Mutton Suet, perfumed wilh a liltle Bei- gamut ; which; fiom having tnalyzetl it, J. DELCROIX can assert to be tt Fact. Such Composition, in Lieu of being beneficial to the Preservation or Growth of the Hair, has a decidedly contrary effect ; Oil of A I tootids, in particular, being of I a very desiotive Nature, and uot of a nutritive one , wheietts CENUINB Rear's Grease certainly may he re- trade to be carried on. From Forfarshire, we are told, that though the linen manufactures of that quarter are lower by 20 per cent, than ever before witnessed, still the British is not able to compete with the foreign manufacturer and merchant. From Moscow, we are told, that cotton yarn from this country alone finds a ready market.: that the rdetl as one of the best Articles for promoting the Russians manufacture the cloth themselves and 1>.,-,--- that) tmdel. the encouragement and protection of the Russian Government, the population of that part of Russia expect soon to be independent of this country for a supply of cottons. The Ameri- cans, under our new trade acts, are in all quarters carrying off our colonial trade. A letter from a merchant in Bermuda, dated April 30th, to his correspondent in this country, countermands a quantity of cordage ordered from Britain, because he can obtain it upon better terms from the United States. So of other things. Bermuda is merely a J:— naval station, of great importance Growth of the Hair. Therefore, to prev.- nt the Public front fulling into Error bv using such Imitations, which are so insulting to tbe common Understanding, antl in Order to detect the spurious from Ihe genuine . Beat's Grease, J. DEI. CIIOIX begs to give a brief Desctiptioll of it : — The Fat of the Animal, when he receives it iu Casks front Russia, is rather offensive, antl ofa Yellow Reddish Hue, but wli*-!! purified, it resembles very much III,' Mixture of Veal Fat and Beef Marrow, with less of Tinge, and although it is of moderate Consistence, yet it is of an oily and rich Nature.. To be had, GUNttlNR anil well perfumed, in various- sized Pots, of J DEI. CROIX, Perfumer to the Royal commanding Family, 158, New Bond street ( removed from 33, Old to this country in case of war with America, but Bond- street), and sold, with his Nome, by Mr Willi, mi the island produces nothing to exchange European Niglningale, Mr. John Nighiingalc, Mr Thomas IWd. productions. The paymentsafe all cash orGoVern. ler. Mi's. ( Inline ( Pride hill), Mr. Samuel lluluie, Mr. . (> Pyke. and Messrs. Whitney a.. d Co Shrews!...^ an. I n, e,' t B,! U' Ii? "" 8 « feat naval depot, our ex- liv ail the principal Peifinners , t„, l Hairdressers in the penditure there is about £ 100,000 annually, and we United Kingdom ; aud where also tuny he had, his | really think, that British merchants, shipowners, ltd mired ESPRIT DB LATAODE ADX MII. LEFI. EDRS, Got.' QOET VU ROI ( G. IV.), and every other Article o. i hi superior and nut, h- celebrtited FOREIGN PFRFUMSRY. JOHN LE EM I NO'S GENUINE HOUSE MEDICINES, Prepared from the original Rceipes ( late in the Possession of GEORGE BOTT, of Nottingham), by BARCLAY and SONS, the sole Proprietors. LEEMING'S ESSENCE for- Lame- ness in Horses; a certain Cure for 01,1 Strains or Spellings, Slips antl Strains of the Shoulder, Stifle, Hough, Whitlbone, Knee, Fetlock, Pastern, and | the Bank of England, not choosing to keep so much Coffin Jot no, Strains of Ihe Back Sinews, Sic. price more than tljicy require in Iheir own custody. 2s. 6d. per bottle. LEEMING'S MIXTURE, for C holies. Gripes Relly ache. Fevers, Coughs, Colds, Strangles, Yellow Si, urge, s, ixc. price 4s per bottle. LEEMING'S SPAVIN LINIMENT, for Spavins, and artisans, aud mechanics and manufacturers might, more beneficially to the country, receive the proceeds of our expenditure in the place, in exchange for the supplies which such a depot requires, than to find the amount poured into the lap of the United States, our rising and ambitious rival. Our, free trade system, however, says other- wise."— Glasgow Courier. It is said, lhat the balances in Ihe hands of the London Bankers, and the amount of unemployed capital ill lire hands of ihe Bill brokers, are large at the present moment, almost beyond aH precedent. Some of the Bank ets have deposited large sums in The principal apartment in the new Palace in the Park will be the Picture Gallery— Me hundred and ninety feet in length. ' I'he estimated nti. ii, her of looms propelled bv watei: and si earn power iti the United Kingdoms, including those in preparation for working previous lo this stagnation, and as near as any calculation. of the kind an - lie made, is 57,000. ' I'he average produce,, taking it a. t twenty two square yards of cloth a day, makes 1,254,000, or 1,741 var. is a minute: weeklv, 7,524,000; monthly, 3S>, 350,000; yearly, 376^ 200,000. Allowing six yards to each person for yearly cott- sonit, tion, will supply 62,700,000, and will' cover 02,700 acres of ground, nnd in length would extend. 213,750 miles, and reach across the Atlantic O. cau 71 limes. DREADFUL EFFECTS OF PASSION.— Among the many dreadful occurrences which fall under our notice, w. e have lo add the following lamentable case of manslaughter; perpetrated by a father upon the person of his own sou, an infant of between six and seven years of age, and the dreadful catastrophe arose from giving way to an unbounded fit of pas- sion, excited by a cause the most trivial. The tin- happy man, who now. stands charged upon the coroner's warrant for the offence, is a Mr, Ranton, person about 50 years of age, and holding u respectable situation in society, that of steward to Thomas Bonar, Esq. of Elmstead Lodge, about two miles below Bromley, in Kent. It appeared that the child went daily to school to Bromley, but o. i account of the distance was in the habit of going home only once a day, at the close of the school, iu the evening. A short time since, the boy upon leav- ing school, loitered on his way, which occasione 1 him to arrive at home considerably after the usual time. Upon going iu doors, His father questioned him as to the cause which hud kept him so long, and not receiving a satisfactory answer, ordered the child into' a room. . On entering the room, the door was fastened by the father, yvhan it appeared h » took up the rail of a chair, Which was lying upoa the floor, and began to chastise the poor child in a most unmerciful manner; the cries of the child only served to exasperate the frenzied fit which had taken possession of the father. The child, endeavouring to avoid tho blows, stooped, when, horrible to relate, the stick lighted with the utmost violence upon the back part of the child's head, and in ati instant he fell senseless on the ground, the blood gushing in torrents from the wound. The unhappy man, upon seeing the fatal effects which his. passion occasioned, instantly gave the alarm ; aud medical assistance was procured, but it was of no avail.— The'Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Ranton, who has been com- mitted for trial. iO From the New Times and Representative.— The late meeting at Clonmel, on the 27th ult. and th « tirades which were uttered there, on the subject of the election for the county of Waterford, deserve more attention than is generally due to the decla- mations of provincial orators; nof because they Show any Irace either of wisdom or eloquence, but on account of the bold vaunt which was titer, made of tlie nature and degree of the influence avowedly exerciscd by the Roman Catholic Priesthood. If we are to believe the statements made at that meeting; the Catholic Priests were the absolute arbiters of the Waterford elec- tion,. and it i. - a theme of boasting, that spiritual terrors were powerful enongh to in- duce the peasantry to forget social subordina-. tion, i » nd to disregard the temporal influence usually arising from the relation of landlord and tenant. " We said to the people," so speaks Sheehailj a priest, ' « here are the natural enemies of your country ( the supporters of the Beresford interest), and here are your priests; who wait oil the bed of your sickness, and are your friends alike in prosperity or woe; follow us or them." " The whole body of peasantry," saysShiel, " have risen up in a tumultuous revolt against their landj lords. I avoyv, that this extraordinary political phendmenou is to a great extent, the result of the interposition of the clergy, whose influence hats been brought into full and unrestrained activity." — Is, then, a tumultuous revolt against landlords, an event to be so lightly spoken of? To weaken those ties of civil dependence, which constitute the very basis of society, is every where injurious; to do so in Ireland, where the elements of social subordination are by no means compact, is most ruinous; and where the change is brought about by the agency of a body like the Catholic Priest- hood, we kuow not which circumstance to regret most, the existence of an influence like theirs, or the diminution of the natural influence of property. — Were our own Clergy in any part of England to boast, that they had determined the fate of a county election, how loud would be the clamour against them? aud still more loud would it be, if they had gained their triumph by debauching the tenantry from their accustomed deference to their landlords. Y'et our Clergy are a class incorporated with the rnst of society, and differing from other classes only by being in general better educated, and tnore uniformly correct in their moral conduct; so that any influence possessed by them would be little likely to lead to mischiefs, like those which have invariably attended the progress of the Catholic Hierarchy.— The Catholic Priesthood consists of insulated individuals, unconnected with the community by those tie3 which form the princi- pal links of society; they are knit in close union among themselves, and against all mankind be- sides; they are compelled to abjure freedom of thought and speech, and to prepare themselves for their vocation by a suppression of the. besi feelings of out- nature, and a renunciation of the most important duties of life: the business of their existence is made up of obedienceto their spiritual superiors, and tyranny over all others. Is it a matter of indifference that such a class of men should boast of possessing an influence over the peasantry of Ireland superior to that of their landlords? Their boast is, we hope, an empty one: at all events, their proceedings ought to be watched with jealousy; for they are still the true children of that Church whose essence it is to kuow neither change or shadow of turning, but to retain, through all ages, every bad principle, and every bad practice, which may have been at any time incorporated with it. CAUTION. The high Popularity of the above invaluable Articles has caused them to be counterfeited, by imitating the Label, Bills, Bottles, and Advertisements. To prevent which, observe the New Label on the Oil, and ask for " ROWLAND'S," observing that tbe Label of each Bottle is signed in Red, " A. Rowland $ Son, 20, Halton Garden." Sold hy them, antl, by Appointment, by W. and J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury, who have just received u Valuable Supply, On Saturday se'nnight, it was discovered that the extensive moors in the vicinity of Sheffield had bv some means taken fire, and they still continued to burn with unabated fury, up to the time the last Splents, and Strains in the Back Sinews, price 2s. 6d. I accounts reached us. Such was the progress made per pot. LEEVIING'S SHOULDER MIXTURE, for Sore Shoulders ant! Swellings, Galls of ihe Collar or Saddle, & c. price Is, per bottle. LEEViING'S BALSAM, for all Fresh or Old Wounds in Ho, set, price Is. per bottle. OBSKRTE : — None of these Medicines can be Genuine, o- oiess the Names of BARCI. AV aud SONS, Fleet Market, London," nro affixed; ihev having purchased the Original Recipes from lite Executo,, of George !>•-,-: t, of NoMinghani. Sold hy W. is. J. Emiowns, Morris, Palin, Newling, I stand ; but was still kept alive by the uuconsuroed Davit's, Powell., Bowdler, Sliuker, tttttt Priichard, combustible materials remaining itt or upon the Shrewsbury ; Procter, Green, Drayton; lloulsloo | ground, within the limits ofthe soace which it hurl and Smith, Wellinglon ; Smith, lro. ni, ridge and Wenlock; Ct'fton, B, itlguorin ; Scairolt, Shifi'ual Stevenson, Newport; Roberts, R. Griffiths, Powell .1. aud it. Griffiths, o. Jones, nnd Roberts. W ' pool; Price, Eltvurds, Bicker!,,,,, Mrs. Edwards, ltd Roberts, Os vestry ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle Griffiths, Ludlow ; Batlgll, Ellesutere ; Parker, aud Evaoson, Wbilybureb ; Franklin, Onslow, VVeni, by the fire in a few hours, that it was supposed upwards of six acres of the moors were burning on the evening of Saturday. During the whole of that night, and Sunday, the conflagration continued to spread, aud on Monday morning it began to assume a most awful and alarming aspect.— On that day a ditch was cut, with a view to stop its progress, and for a short time this expedient seemed to an- swer the purpose. The fire, however, having reached one side of the diteh, it made a partial . round, of the space had already overspread. It is calculated by a gentle- . itiin residing in the neighbourhood, that oil Monday j night there must have been 1,500 acres of land burning or burnt. Lord Belfast has challenged Mr. Weld to sail the Harriet schooner against the Arrow, for either three or five hundred guineas a- side. POTATOES,— Mr. Walker, of Fermoy, has suc- cessfully practised a new mode of cultivating potatoes. It is well known that potatoes in pits ( the general mode of keeping them in Ireland > il! they are wanted for use) throw out a great number of shoots in the spring. From one of these shoota, in the beginning of April, 1825, Mr. Walker cut as many knots or joints as they afforded, and planted them in drills in his gat- den, as if they were cuttings of the potatoe itself. The stalks from these joints appeared iu due time, were of uncom- mon size aud luxuriance, preserved their verdure to a late period of the season, and the Trop wan very productive.— Whore potatoes are boiled for the purpose of feeding animals, they should be put into sacks, leaving- room for them to swell, and when boiled, the sacks should be taken out and left to drain, for the water becomes impregnated by the poisonous properties of the roots, and is highly detrimental to animals. This will account for the disappointment of those persons yvho feed prg- s with potatoes mashed with the water in which they have been boiled. Potatoes, prepared as above, btfcocuq a. most beneficial food for pigs. SALOPIAN JOUR MAIL. AM © GOVRIER OP WALES. lOSOON, Monday Night, August 14, 1S2 « . PRICES OF Ft SI;* AT THE CLOSE. Red'. 8 per Cts. £ per Ct. Coui.' 8| Imperial 3 per Cts.— per Cents. — S' per Outs, lied . Rfij • » per Cents, ISili, » f> J Bank Stock 202 J Long Ann, India Stock ex. dir. I ndia Bond* 2ft Es. Bills ( I'd.) 15 Cons. for Aec. ' it-£ Cl) e Salopian journal. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 182( 5. GLOUCESTER ASSIZF. S — in refeir'ing to the rases which will he found. noticed- hi our snhs< q. uent columns, regret I lint our limits will not allow us " to go more joLo detail ', as far RS we nre personally concerned, WF would advert to tlie evidence produced oil our behalf, s « li* tifd that nn enlightened public will know how to •! i « rriininate between unprovoked attarka upon pri- vftte chaiaclrr and a reference to transactions for which, it would serin, the law has hitherto made no provision— except that uf awarding a punishment- to these who would expos ® thcui to. public view and public enquiry. ME DKVIL A P PRENTICE* TO A NT ED, by a SURGEON and f $ AtfQTH'ECAjlY, in an extensive and' respect- able Pradice, awell- educated Youth- os an APPREN- TICE.— He wi- M- he treated liberally ; and > a ihe Situation affoid* every, Facility of acquiring a f n- 1I Knowledge of his Profession, an adequate Premium1 wiil be expected. — For Particulars of Address a$ ply to THE PftiNTfr'Ks 5 if by Letter, Post- paid. \ l/ ANTEi), ; HV industrious nfiddie- aged V Person, ns Working Bailiff,, who understands tlie Management of » Turnip and Feeding Farm, buying and telling. Stock, & c. and w hose Character will bear the strictest Enquiry.— For a Reference apply toTas PsiNTKRs; if by Letter, Post- paid. AIWSTL1EY the undersigned Commissioners, acting under and by Virtue oi an Act of T V Parliament made and passed in the Fi ft v- sixth Year of the Reign of his late. Majesty King George he Third entitled " An Act- tor inclosing Lands in the Manor of Arustley, m the County of Montgomery, 1' O herebv'give NOTICE, that we shall hold SPECIAL MEETINGS, tfn the several Days or Times, aud at I, e Plaers sneeified underneath, for the. Purpose of reading over and executing our Awards for the severa ANTS a Situation, as Lady's Maid, or to wuii. on young Ladies, a respectable young Wwtna- ny who perfectly understands Millinery, Dress- making, and Gelting- up fine Linen^ and can have a good Character from the Lady she has just left.— Letters ( Post- paid) addressed to A. B. at TUB PKINTRRS, will be duly attended to. BIRTH, On the 2d inst. at Sutton House, Albrighton, Mrs. W. Dana, of u son. MARRIED. On the 8lh inst. » t Bailiwick Church, having been previously married nt the Roman Catholic Chapel, the Hon. 1 lenity Benedict Arundell, brother of Lord Arundell, to Lucy, only child of ihe late Huyh Philip JSmythe, Esq;, of Woodland Villa, and g- rand- daughter of the late Sir Edward Smylhe, Bart, or Acton Bur- itell, in this county. On Wednesday last, nt St. Chad's, by the Rev. William Holland, the Hev. John Langley, to Mary Emma, relict icf Ilenrv Andrews-, Esq. of . College Hill, in this town. On the 10th iust. nt Chetwynd, bv the Rev. Gilbert Chcsnutt, B. A. William Owen Jackson, ofthe Inner Temple, Loudon, and of Long Ashton, in the county of Somerset, Esq. Barrister at Law, to Catharine Elizabeth Bishton, eldest daughter of Wm. Phillips, # f Chetwyud House, in this county, Esq. On Sunday, the 16th of July, at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, bv the Rev. . Mr. Fes,, nnd afterwards hy tho Rev. Mr. Murtliv, C. P. Mr. Samuel Trevor, formerly of Weston Lullingfields, in this county, to Miss Ann Catherine Nichwlsona, sister to the Rev. F. A. J. Nicholsone, of the former place. On the 4th inst. at Cardington, by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Win. Higgins, maltster, of Wall- undcr- Haywood, to Miss Erason, of The Sheaves,., near Cardington. Ou the& th inst. at Burslem-,, Stafl'ordshire, Richard Jones, Esq. of Dinbren Hall,. Llangollen, to Emma, youngest daughter of Enoch Wood, Esq. of Bursiem.- On the' 2- 1th ult. in London, Mr. George Rhodes, of Bridgnorth, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr. Minion, ofthe Castle Inn, Bishop's Castle. At Shiffnal, James OfHey, Esq. of The Moor, t; o Maria, youngest daughter of the lute John Willingt'on, Esq. of Bill brook. . On the 8th inst. at Bishop's Castle, Mr. John Palmer, tailor and habit- maker,, to Miss- Mary Jamts, lio: h of the farmer place. DIED. Oil the 6th inst. universally and most deservedly regretted, in his 58th \ ear, Mr. William Barker, of The Bold, in the parish of Aston Botterell, in this county. — Also, thexa< me evening, and in his 58th year, generally respected', Mr. Johu Povey, of Char loot t:, vn the parish of Aston Botterell. — It. is a remarkable coincidence that' both these gentlemen, > vho were most intimate aud close neighbours, should hare died within, the space of half au hour of each other, and both the mine age. Oil the 6th inst. at Bewdley, Miss Sarah Baugh, eldest daughter of the liev. Edward Baugh, Rector of Keen Sollers and Millsom, iii this county,. and Minister *> f Bewdley Chapel. On tbe 4ih iiist. in his 62d year, sincerely regretted and lamented, Mr. Richard Moore, of the Nelson Inn, Wellington, in this county. On the 5th inst. Mr<. Wilde, of Hookagnte, near this town. Mr. R. A. Newton, of Liverpool, late of Whit- church, in this county. On the 7th inst. nt The Heath Cote,, in the parish of Stoke- upon- Tern, Mr. John Taylor, aged 66. On Wednesday, at Frodesley, much esteemed, Mrs. Jones, Jwife of Mr. Jones, formerly of 1' rodeslev flail. On the 5th inst. after a protracted illness, originat- ing iu a fall from his horse, John llesitley-, Rsqaf Eaton- upou- Tem, in this county. His severe suffer- ings were born* with christian fortitude and resigna- tion. On the 4th inr- t. nt Aberystwith, in his 73d year, Middletoa Jones, Esq. of Penybont Court, Radnor- shire. Visiting Clergyman this wpek at the Tnfirmnry, the Rev. Humphrey Samjford : — House- Visitors, Mr. Yatighan and Mr. Eaton. At the la. vt weekly Board, it was reported lhat a Legacy of £ 50, bequeathed by the late William Ed- wards, Esq. of The fVrckin, had been received of his Ex cantors. Additional Subscriptions to that Charityy comrnencing ai Midsummer I * The Con- ntcss Dowager of Bradford 5 5 0 Mrs. Hill, Havkslone Citadel 2 2 0 Miss Hatchelt, Severn Fields ... 2 2 0 Baldwin . Leighton, Esq. Lotofi Park 2 2 0 William Tayleur, Esq. Uuntingsdale 2 2 0 Mrs. Rogers, Wem I I 0 Mr. Atcherley, The Mount ... 1 1 0 Upwards of £ 33 was collected, after two Sermons, preached on Sunday last, at the churches of St. Chad wnd St. Alkmond, in this town, by the Kev. D. Hughe*, M. A, of Llanfyliin, in aid of the. funds of ihe Shrop- shire Auxiliary Bible Society. The Rev. R. BickerstaflF, Surrogate, Curate of Chirk, hns been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of St. Auaph, to the Vicarage of St. Martins, in this county, vacant by the resignation of the Rtr. T, Lux more. We understand that, on and from Tuesday next, the 22d instant, the Mail from London will arrive in this town at nine miuutfS past one in tbe afternoon, and be dispatched for Holyhead in twenty minute* » fterwnrds ; and that, on and from the same day, the Mail from Holyhead will arrive at three quarters past eleven in the morning, and be dispatched for London iu twenty minutes afterwards. ANTED, as GROOM & I'OSTIL- 1.10N, n Boy oljnul 17 Years of nye, wlio tiai been ncrtuuonietl to tiie Stables, or a Man of very I i If il t Weight.— One wlio lias been in llie above Capa- city will be preferred.— Apply to TUB I'mxrsits; if by Letter, Post- paid. Castle Hotel, Birmingham, ANTED, a sood COOK, who per- fectly understands her Business, and has been aecns'omed to the Situation of an Inn. An undeniable Character will be required, — Apply personally, or by [.(• iter ( Post- paid), at the Castle Hotel, Hijfh Street, Birmingham. ' TllEFFGLWys Ll. ANVPSOd LLA. NDISAM . Ibe Places, specified the, Pncp. . Townships and Parishes also hereunder mentioned, agreeably to the Provisions ot the said lnclosure Aet, and also of ihe General inelosure Act. . And we further give NOTICE, that we shall commence reading- our said several Awaros at I en o Lloek precisely, on each of the said Days, and we request that all Persons in anywise interested m the said liielosure will attend the same. Parishes. Townships. Times and Places of Meeting. 5 DoTgwdoff, Bodeineh, Maestrego- 3 THOttsDAT the 31st Day of. August next, at the New ,1 mer, Glvutrefnant, Eskirieth r , n Llallia| oes. CAKSO T. lyssm J C llengynwiih- fttch, Ctlmarliallt, 1 rel- ) TuI!!. D, v t[ ie 5, r, Dav of September next, at the New LLAKIDLOES.... S lyn, Croesllwybir, Bnthdir Mau- V , u LUitiisiloe*. ( ledd. Vstradviiod, Glytihafren- Isened 1 E « S'ob and Castle, Caers « s, Sirrnant)^ VVE£)?[ l! gT) iTi , he fil) l [) av of September next, ut the _ Weeg, Owchcoed... r House of Mr. Uichard'lCiusey, Caersws. 1' a. vsTiiOWEE... Penstiowed J f Maesmawr, f. landinain, Detbeuydd, 3 Tut,,! gnaY; the 7th Dav of September next, at the .... S Mengynvvithfawc, Rbydfaes, Gwern- , Uoosc 0f { jr. Richard Kinsev, Caersws. f ervn, Trcwytlien, Carnedd 3 v ' ' JOHN MATTHEWS, JOHN IH'MPIIREYS, JOHN DYEK. To the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of the County of Salop, J E, ( he undersigned, beins; empfmetfd bv the lale Mr. S'iftafh! . f, of the Town of Shrewsbury, Builder, deceased, to close his Business, and, al tbe Request of his Widow, to relurn her sincere Thanks f.. i the many Favours conferred on her late Hijsband, ni-. st respectfully beg 11. inform you, that from and after the ( Hb Day of August, IS2( i," the Business will be carried on bv Mr. JOSEPH STANT. Ilis late Clerk and Assistant, for wboui we most respectfully solicit a Continuance of vniir Favours. WIH. M. MOORE, RICIID. RANDALL. FOB. EIG3M SILKS & C. BKG to acquaint their Friends, they have purchased a superior Assortment of Foreig n Goods, rich French Gros de Naples in the newest Colours, French Gauzes, Cambrics, Lawns, and Cambric Handkerchiefs, Gauze and Lutestring Rib bons, and Glores, India Crape and Taffeta Dresses, Plain and Shaded Crape Shawls, Scarfs, and Hand- kerchiefs, aud Gentlemen's Bandanas, Valenciennes, Meekliu, and French Blond Laces and Edgings. PiMTCHARDs and LLOYD assure their Friends, the alrove Articles have beeu selected with great Care, and at such Prices as they have no Doubt will give S ali v faction PIUNCESS- Street, July 24, 1826. 7& T OTIC E is hereby given, that the SALE of the FOUR COTTAGES, situated at Para- dise, in the Town of WHITCIICUCH, advertised to be Sold by I. AK1H and Son, ou Friday next, is for the present POSTPONED. Whitchurch, August Villi, 1826. IfeJ OTICE is hereby given, that the L^ l PARTNERSHIP heretofore subsisting between ns tbe Undersigned, carryino- on Business under the Style and Firm of " JOHN EDWARDS and So*," a. Curriers, at WHITCHORH, in ihe County ot Salop, was this Day DISSOLVED by mutual Consent. All Debts and Credits of the Concern will he paid and received bv the undersigned John Edwards, hy whom the Business will be in Future carried on. As Witness our Hands, this 12th Day of August, lS- 2fi. JOHN EDWARDS, MARIAN EDWARDS. Witness to the signing by} both Parties, GEORGE' HARPER, Solicitor, Whit- ' charch. % T OTIC E is hereby Riven, that the General 1^ 1 ANNUAL MEETING of tbe Trustees of the Wellington District of Walling Street Turnpike Roads, for Auditing Ihe Treasurer's, Clerk's, and Surveyor's Accounts, will be held at tbe [ lav Gate Inir, in the Parish of Wroekwardine, on Tuesday, the Sth Day of September uext, at 12 o'Clock at Noon. THOMAS POGfl, Clerk to the said Trustees. August 8th, 18- 2( j. bp auction. To the Ladies of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, \ 1MTB Feelings of Gratitude for Favours V V conferred oil my late Daughter, I beg most respectfully to solicit a Continuance of your kind Patrou. ge, to the DRESS- M AK1 NG in i'ls various Branches, in Support of myself and Daughter-, nud I trust that, by Attention', with a Desire to please, we shall he able to give Satisfaction to those Ladies who are pleased to honour us with their Favours. II. HILL. PRIDE HIIT., ACC. CST 15TH, 1826. MRS. FRYER MOST respectfully informs the Public, that, through the Ad vice and Assistance of kind Friends, she is encouraged to open a PREPARA- TORY DAY SCHOOL for little Boy. and Girls, und respectfully solicits Patronage and Support. Mrs. PRYER takes this Opportunilj of most grate- fully acknowledging, the benevolent Assistance she has received-. Bog Pole, Augu, t 16tli, 1826. MR. LFVASON, SUfiGEON- DENTISTr 22, Whits Friars, Chester, MOST respectfully announces to the Nobility, Ladies, and Gentlemen of SALOP nnd its Vicinity, bis Return,, in consequence of the numerous Cases be has to complete, will he on the 21. t lust, where he may be consulted in ail Cases relative to his Profession till the 28lli lust, at Mr. ROGERS'S, Tea- De jer, Market- Street, opposite the Tultf. l Hotel, Slirowabi. ry . LKVAKON'S DEKTIFRICB may be had at Mr. WHITNEY'S, Druggist, and at Mr. UOCEUS'S, Market- Street. August F5, 1- S26; VAUGHAN'S BANKRUPTCY. fSpf l E Commissioners in a Commission of IL Bankrupts, awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL VACCHAN, late of Pool., in the County of Montgomery, Builder aud Carpenter, inteud to MEET on Mondav, the28lh Day of August Instant, al Eleven in tbe Forenoon, at the Royal Oak Inn, in Pool afore- said ( by Order of the Right Honourable the LOUD HIGH CHANCELLOR), in order to take tbe Examination ofthe said Bankrupt ; when and where be is required to surrender himself and make a full Disclosure and Discovery of bis Estate and Effects, and finish his Examination ; aud ihe Creditors who have uot already proved their Debts are to come prepared" to prove the same, and, witli those who have proved their Debits, are to assent to or dissent from the. Allowance ofhis Certificate; and when aud where the said Commis- sioners will Audit the Accounts of. the Assignees of tbe Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt under Ihe said Commission, and make a Dividend of the Estate and Rfl'eeis of the said Bankrupt: and the Creditors who shall not prove their Debts at the said Meeting will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend; aud all Claims not then proved w ill be disallowed. GRIFFITHES & CORBIE, Solicitors. Welsh Pool, 7th August, 1S26. wym mm ® sio^ sm* ffiTo SolU & i> Urinate Coiurfict, ' jjpWO Modern- built MALT HOUSES .!.. Adjoining each other,- situated near the White Horse, FRANKWELL.— Enquire of Owner THOMAS BIIATTON, At WOLVERHAMPTON RACES, » n Monday last, the Wrottesley Stakes of 15 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added, was won by Mr. Giffard'n Leviathan, benting Sir G. Pigot'a GranbyWon easy ; 3 to 1 against, the win ner. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 SOTS, added, tvas won ( easy) by Mr. Carey's b. g. by Young Be- liingbprough, heating Sophia, York, Toni Starboard, and Miss Hopeful.— Tom Starboard the favourite. The Tradesmen's Cup of 100 sovs. to a Handicap of 30 sovs. each, was won''( in n canter) by Sir T. Stanley's Grenadier, beating Flexible, May- Fly, and Miller of Mansfield.— 4 to 1 against the winner ; Even between Flexible and Mav- Fly j 6 to 1 against FUxible ; 4 to 1 against The Miller. A Sweepstakes of 10 sors. each, with 30 SOTS. added, was won by Mr. Gisborne's Cinder-. The rider Cinder having* lost weight, the stnkc was jj- iren to iJorysthenes.— 2 to I on Cinder. Yesterday ( TUKWDAT), the Chillington Stakfs of' 20 sov. each, with 20 sov. added, were won cany, by Mr. Giffard's b. c. Taller, beating Mr. Mytton's Lark, and 3 others.— Two paid. — 6 to 4 on the winner. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sov. each, wilh 50 sov. added, were won, at two heats, by Mr. Evans's b. g. Fitzwiilinm, beating 3 others.— 2 to 1 on the winner. The Darlington Cup of 100 sov. was won by Mr. Mytton's b. h. FlexiblpY*^ r^' MrJ » heating Arachue mid Longwaist.— 6 to 4 Longwaist against Arachne; p to 1 against the winner.— Flexible made running, ttnd was never headed. A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, w ith 30 added, was vron by Mr. Flintoif's b; It. Borysthenes, beating' Mr. Myttou's b. h. Flexible.— A good race. BANKRUPTS', Aua. il.-- William Skinner, oflTatton- Ife/ den, apothecary and druggist. Henry Clare Abraham, of Houndsditch, oilman.— Elias Jarnvair, of Holcomhe- Rogus, Devonshire, tanner. James Dixon, of Walsall, Staffordshire, file- cutter.— William Tatham, of Nottingham, lace- manufaclurer. — Hichard Kent, of Liverpool, surgeon. Joseph Gibbs, of Chard, Somersetshire, ironmonger. — Peter Allen and John Smith, of Alcester, Warwickshire, millers.— Johu Ruby, of Helston, Cornwall, leather- seller.— Richard Monk, of Bispham, Lancashire, maltster.— Nathan Gough, Mary Gough, nnd Ann Gough, of . Manchester, cotton- spinners.-"- George Hodson and John Shepherd, . of Liverpool, hide- merchants.— John Cullen, of Liverpool, boot- maker. — Ann Hooper, of Worcester, innkeeper.— Thomas Hyde, of Portwood, Cheshire, spindle- maker.— John Whitfield - Swift, of Liverpool, bookseller.— Richard Bentley, of Bolton- le- Moors, machine maker. — George Poore and Henry Poore, of The Pavement, Moorfields, breeches- makers. INSOLVENTS.-—. John Boeg, of Adains- place, High- street, Southwark, dealer in timber and deal*.—- John Hunter, e> f Clifton, Gloucestershire, wine- mvrchant.— Michael John Short, of London, druggist. Younc) Forest Trees and Nursery Stock. RICHARD WILLIAMS, NURSERYMAN, Neirtown, Montgomeryshire, N returning- his most grateful Thanks to his numerous Friends and Customers, for the very liberal Encouragement nnd Support he has hitherto experienced, further begs Leave to offer to their Notice, nnd to that of the Nobility, Gentry, and Landed Interest in general, his very extensive and superior STOCK of TREES, kc, having at present Upwards of Five Hundred Thousand Transplanted Forest Trees, From One to Four Feet high, and of good strong Growth, suitable for the next ensuing Planting Season: consisting of 250,000 Larch, 100,000 Scotch Fir, and the Remainder of Ash, Beech, Birch, Horse and Spanish Chesnut, Elm, Spruce, Balm of Gilead, and Silver Fir, Hornbeam, Sycamore, Oak, Poplar, Service Tree, kc. Also about One Alii I ion of One Ye « r old Seedling Larch, with from Two to Three Million of One and Two Year old Seedling Forest Trees of fine Growth, and from Five to Six Hundred Thousand Hawthorn Quick ( Seedlings and Transplanted) ; and upwards of Three Hundred different Sorts of Evergreen s^ ud Deciduous Flowering Shrubs, new and choice Roses, See. many of which Sorts are particularly, scarccj and not to be met with but in few Collection*. A good and choice Assortment of Fruit Trees of all Descriptions ; good Standard and Dwarf Trained Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, & C.&. C. Catalogues of the Whole ofthe Forest Trees, Shrubs Fruit Trees, & c. may be had on Application ; and Samples of the different sized Forest Trees, if required. Lands or Instates Measured, Mapped, or Valued, on the^ movt reasonable Terms. N. B. An APPRENTICE WANTED to the Nursery Business, who may also be instructed in Surveying-, if required.- MOrSTaOISSRYSHIK- S CANAL, EASTERN BRANCH, ATOTICE is hereby given, tlmf at the Notice to Debtor* and Creditors. All Persons who stand indebted to the late Mr. STRAFHKN, as above, are requested to pay the Amount of their respective Debts 10 Mr. JOSEPH STANT, his late Clerk, at Ihe Office in St. Julian's Friars; and those Persons to whom the late Mr. STRAPHEN stands indebted, are requested to send in their Accounts to the said Mr. Joseph Slant. Middle I on Hall, AND OTHER BTITRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, Situate at Chirbury, in the County of Salop. FY MR?~ S1V1ITI!, At the Talbot Inn, in Shrewsbury, on Saturday, tbe 2tilh Day of August, 1826, nt four o'Clock iu tbe Afternoon, either together, or in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to such Conditions as will then be produced : LOT I. A LL that MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, called MIDDLETON HALL, with ihe Buildings, Collage, Gardens, and Pieces or Parcels uf Arable, Meadow, aud Pasture LAND thereto belong- ing, ' containing together by Admeasurement 205A. IR. TP. or thereabouts, and now in the several Occupa- tions of Thomas Cruuipton and Richard Mellings, LOT II. All that MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, wilh the Buildings, Garden, Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, thereunto be- longing, called LITTLE WESTON FARM, containing by Admeasurement llbA. 2R. 3 » P. or thereabouts, uud now iu the Occupation of Mr. William Thomas. [. OT III. All those several Pieces or Parcels of LAND, called* bv the several Names of the Hook Meadow, the Slangs, and Part of Cwm Close, contain- ing together bv Admeasurement 3A. 211. 81'. or there- abouts ; and a'Moiety of all lhat other Piece or Parcel of [. and, called The Butts, containing by Admeasure- ment OA. lit. SIP. or thereabouts, iu the Occupation of Thomas Gnrbv. LOT IV. All that other MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Buildings, Garden, nnd Pieces or Parcels of LAND thereunto belonging, called MED- JICE FOLD FARM, containing by Admeasurement 32A. 2R. 3SP. or thereabouts, aud now in the Occupa- tion of John Rowlands. LOT V. All that other MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Cottage, Buildings, Gardens, and I ^ , „ e ' L / s f several Pieces or Parcels of LAND thereto belonging, LN Annual General Assembly of the Company o, „ , S FARM, containing by Admeasurement „ r .!,, » • « , HI » Prann I / x- 1 thf> tvinnttrn.. . • . y< JOSEPH STANT, Builder, ^- c. EGS Leave to inform the Friends of the laie Mr. STRAPHEN, and the Public in general, that be has taken to Ihe above Business, which be intends carrying on in all its various Branches ; nud trusts, from his practical Experience of nearly Twenty Years for himself and tbe late Mr. Slraphen, he shall be able to give Satisfaction lo all who may please to favour him with iheir Orders, assuring them that no Effort shall be wanting on his Part to merit their Approbation. ST JULIAN'S FRIARS, SHRRWSBCRY, AUGUST 9TH, 182.6. MOKISOUTHSHIEE CANAL. Proprietors of the Eastern Branch of the Montgo mervshire Canal, liolden at Ihe Canal Ofiice, Welsh Pool, on Monday, tbe 7th Instant, a DIVIDEND of ±'• 2. 10s. Od. per Share was made payable immediately, on Application to the Treasurers, Messr*. BECK, DuD » on, aud Co. Bankers, Welsh Pool. O, W. BUCK, Clerk to the Company. CAKAL OFNCJ, POOL, Ac a. 1- 1, 18- 26. TO Grocers and Italian Oil Warehousemen. Co I'C OiepcsrU of, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, IP REQUIRED, * N old- established BUSINESS in the / 1L above Lines, in this Town. The Premises are situate opposite the Market • Square, Ihe very Centre of the Town, of themselves commanding an extensive Business, and are replete with Warehouses at the Back and every other Con- venience necessary for carrying ou au extensive Wholesale and Retail Trade, the former of which may be conducted distinct from the latter. The Person taking to the above Business may have a Lease of the Premises for either 7, 14, or 21 Years. Application to be tnade ( if by Letter, Post- pai d) to Mr. S. HARLEY, or Mr. ROUGH, Solicitor, both of this Town; of whom, every Information may be obtained. Dated SHREWSBURY, AUGUST 1, 1826. « £ aic. 3 bp aucttott. BY MR. PERRY, At the Talbot [ nn, Shrewsbury, on Monday, tlie 28th Day of August uext, nt six o'Cloek in tbe Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as w ill be then produced ; A LL that large, substantially built, and JTlL venerable MANSION, called THE Notice, io Creditors and Debtors. 4 LL Persons having any Demands against t\ Mr. JOHN WATKIN FRAY, of Ihe NEW HOUSE, in the Parish of Llnnllwchainrn, in the County of Montgomery, ai'ede. ired to send their Accounts to Mr. EDWARD DTOI, Eagle. Inn, Newtown ; and .11 Persons indebted to Mr. JOHN WATKIN F* AY, are requested to pay the same to the said Edward Dyos without further Notice. Situate in the Barker- Street, SHREWSBURY, LATK TIIE RESIDENCE OF MRS. IVIOSTYN OWEN, DECEASED; Together vvith the valuable and very extensive Pre- mises and. Appurtenances thereunto belonging and attached, comprising a most excellent Garden well stocked with the choicest Fruit Trees now in full Bearing, a good Back Yard, a large Coach- house and Room over, an excellent Laundry, a roomy Stable for four Horses, a Cowhouse, aud other requisite and con- venient Out- offices. The Whole may be viewed by applying at the House every Day before Two o'Clock, until the Day of Sale ; and further Particulars may be known on Application to Mr. Buiu>, Land Agent, Ca^ deston, near Shrewsbury. 48A. 2R. 0P. or thereabouts, and now iu the Occupa- tion of Robert Humphreys. Lor VI. All that other MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Buildings, Gardens, and several Parcels of LAND thereto belonging, called STAPELEY TENEMENT-,, containing bv Admeasurement 43A. 3R. 9P. or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of the said Robert Humphreys. LOT VII. ATI that other MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Buildings and several Parcels of LAND thereto belonging, called the GIANT'S CAVE, containing-" by Admeasurement 26A. 2R. 3P. or there- abouts, and now iu the Occupation of Edward Cow les or his Undertenants. The Whole of the above Estates are situated in the Parish of CHTRBURY, one of the most fertile Parts of the County of Salop, 5 Miles from Montgomery, 8 from Welshpool, and 16 from Shrewsbury ; and form together one ofthe m- ost desirable Properties in the Neighbourhood. The Farm Houses and Buildings are in convenient Situations, and several of them have been lately re- built or repaired'. The Common- Right appurtenant to the Premises on the adjoining Hills is unusually extensive. The Lime Rock's are valuable ; and it is supposed that there are Lead Mines under the Estate, which may he opened at a small Expense. The Poor Rates are very moderate. The Tenants will shew their respective Farms ; and further Particulars may he had of Mr. COOPER, Soli- citor, Shrewsbury. ea 1) 2 ON MODERATE TERMS, riHEN SHARES in that highly respect- J8L able and greatly improving Navigation, divid- ing silready £ 10 per Share per Annum. WANTED to PURCHASE, some SHARES in the Grand Junction, Oxford, and Brecknock and Aber- gavenny Canals, uud Somerset Coal Canal aud Lock F u n d. Apply to JONAH S. WILLS and SON, Stock Ex- change, or at their Offices, No. 40, Lothbury, London. 182S. BISHOP'S CASTLE RACES \ W11, L take Place on TH U RS D A Y and V » FRIDAY, the24th and 25th Instant. Ordinaries, Ball, & c. as usual. The Horses for each Day's Purse to be shewn and entered at the Town HaII,' on Wednesday, the 2; kl of August, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon ; and to start at Twelve o'Clock each Day. All Dogs seen upon the Course will be destroyed by Order of fhe Committee, who will determine all Disputes and other Business concerning these Races. — The Winner of each Purse to pay Fire Shiliiug- s for Weights, & c. 8TH AUGUST, 1826. iXiFiEIBlTSTrWOTIH on———— Tuesday and Wednesday, the t> th and 6th of Sept. 1820. FIRST DAY. eUNTERS' STAKES of Ten Sove- reigns each, h. ft. if declared befor. the l. t of August, for Horses, Ike. not Thorough- bred, and hunted at least 12 Time, in the Principality, or the adjoining Counties. Four- vear old to carry lOst. 1011).; five- year old lilt. 71b.; sii- year old 12st.; aged 12* 1. 211>. Horses bred iu tbe Principality al- lowed - libs. Two. mile Heats. Gentlemen Riders. Certificates to the Satisfaction of tbe Steward to be produced before starting. To elnse aud name 1st of July. Mr. Pryse names b. m. Blossom, by Acastus, 4 yr « . old Mr. J. IT. Peel names b. g. Counsellor, by Cannon- ball, 5 yrs old Col. Powell names br. in. Cara Sposa, by Fyldener, aged Mr. It, Powell's gr. g. Ivnickknack, by Gimcraek, 0 ti's. old Mr. Niccolls's bk. b. Black and all Black, ag. d. Messrs. J. G. Clarke, J. B. Pbillipson, and J. VV. Lewis, are Subscribers, but do not name. Messrs. J. L. Lloyd, J. Attree, J. Edwards, G. G. Williams, B. Davies, and G. W. Villiers, declare forfeit. GOGERDDAN STAKES of Five Sovereigns each, with Forty Pounds added by the Fund, for Horses, & c, Three- year old to carry 7st. ; four- year old 8 « t. 21b.; five- year old 8st. 91b.; six- year old aud aged fist.; Thorough- bred Horses to carry loll), extra; Winner this Y ear once to carry 51b. twiee 71b. extra. Mares aud Geldings allowed 31b. Five Subscribers, and three Horses to start, or no Race. Second Horse to receive Ten Pounds out ofthe Stakes. Heats, once round tbe Course. BY MR. SMITH, At the Talbot Inn, iu Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the iifltli Day nf August, 1826, immediately after the Sale ofthe Middleton Hall and other Estates, in one or more Lots, ns may be then agreed upon, unless previously disposed of'by Private Contract: rpilE following TURNPIKE SECUR- JL JTIES : viz. One Security of £ fifl on the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury tu Church Slretton, bearing Interest at £ 5 per Cent. One Dilto for £' 50 on the Turnpike Bond leading from the Welsh Gate and Cotton Hill, in the Tow n of Shrewsbury, bearing Interest at £ 5 per Cent. Three Securities for £ 50 each on the Road leading from Shrewsbury to High Ereall, bearing Interest at £ 4 per Cent. One Security for £ 52. 10s. on the Turnpike Koad leading from Birches' Brook to Buildwas Bridge, in the County ofSalop, bearing Interest at £ 5 per Cent. To treat for the Turnpike Securities bv Private Contract, and for further Particulars, apply to Mr. COOPER, Shrewsbury. To Printers, Bookbinder a, fenders, Sc. Medicine TWEIJTY POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS, late on Friday Nijrht, or early on Saturday Morning last, a MARE, tbe Property of Mr. JoHf* BOORK, of Uppington, when iu ibe Field, was 51 AIMED bv some evil disposed Person, the Sinews of her olf hind Leg having been maliciously Cut: a REWARD of TWENTY POUNDS ( one Half to be paid by the WKOXETBH and BfPiHGros ASSOCIATION for the Prosecution of Felons, and the other Half by Mr. BOORE), will be paid to anv Person who shall give such Information as may lead to the Conviction of the Offender. Uppington, August 15, I82G. BY WM. REYNOLDS, On Saturday next, the 19th of August, 1826, at Mr. Mountford's Yard, DOGPOLE, Shrewsbury ( and not at the Market Place, as adrertised in last Friday's Paper), by Order of the Aberystwith Coach Proprietors, who have dissol ved Partnership ; RGLWO modern- built STAGE CO A GH ES, » which are in good Repair, and will be sold without Reserve. Sale to commence precisely at One o'Clock. STOLEN OR STSAYED, OUT OF A FIELD NEAR. THE TOWN OF MOLD, On Tuesday Night, the Sth August instant, A DARK BROWN HOUSE, of the 11L Cart Kind, about 14 Hands high, rising four Years old, with a Mark of White on his Forehead, and a little White upon one Foot, a Switch Tail, and his Legs very lately trimmed — If strayed, any Per- son bringing the same to Mr. OWEN JONES, of Mold, will be handsomely rewarded for his Trouble ; if stolen, he shall, upon Conviction of the Offender, receive n Reward of Two Guineas, oyer and above the Reward given by the Mold Association for the Prose- cution cf Feluus. UNION ROOMS. Valuable Household Furniture, Feather Beds, China, Glass, BY MR. 1TULBERT, In the Union Rooms, Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, on Monday and Tuesday, August 21st and 22d," 1S26 ( and not oh this Day, as previously announced) : RPME truly valuable HOUSEHOLD S FURNITURE of a highly respectable Lady, lately deceased : comprising capital Feather Beds, Fourpost and Tent Bedsteads, w ith Murine, Printed, and Dimity Hangings, Window Curtains, kc. to match ; Bed Linen, Blankets, and Sheets, iu great Variety; Mahogany Dressing Tables and Bason Stands; Dressing, Glasses, Chamber Chairs., < k. c. ; capital Set of Mahogany Dining- Tables, Mahogany Pembroke Tables and Dumb Waiter, capital Sei of Mahogany Grecian Chairs ; several Sets of Bamboo and Painted Chairs ; elegant Brussels Floor Carpets, good as new ; Stair and other Carpets ; Mahogany Chests of Drawers ; several Linen Chests and Boxes ; two Sets of Tea China ; Dinner Ser vice of Slue Ware • a choice Variety of genteel Plated Tab'e, & c; Utensils, kc. kc.; the Whole demanding particular Attention. Catalogues will be published, anil may be had at the Auctioneer's Office, High Street, the SRiurd^ v before the Sale. BY MR. SMtTfT. On the Premises, 1 » R INC ESS STRE ET, Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 28th Day of August, 1828; '" pi I E whole ofthe very excellent STOCK I. of PRINTING MATERIALS, in every Var i e of Type, Chases, kc. suitable for a Jobbing Office.— Also a good Standing Press and other BOOK- BIN DER'S TOOLS, COPPERPLATE PRESS, aud an Assortment of the most approved PATENT MEDI- CINES, ihe Property of Mr. WILLIAM MORRIS, declining Business. Tbe above will be arranged in Lots suitable to the Trade, to whom Catalogues will be forwarded. The Stock of Books, Stationary, & c. kc. will shortly he offered to the Public for Sale, at very reduced Prices. Any Particulars that maybe wanted, will be fur nished on Application lo Mr. SCOLTOCI, Princess Street, or Mr HOWELL, Bookseller, High Street. HARD WICK GRANGE. Rams to Let, and valuable Flock oj Southdown Sheep to he Sold, The Property of the Right Honourable Lord HILL. SECOND DAY. TOWN STAKES of Five Sovereigns ench, with Thirty Pounds added from the Fund, for Horses, & c. Weights and Conditions as for the Gogerddati Stakes. The Winner of that Stake disqualified from running. Heats, two Miles. Six Subscribers, and three Horses to start, or no Race. COUNTY STAKES of Three Sovereigns each, with a handsome Silver Cup added, the Gift of Mr. Hamlet, for Horses, kc. not Thoroug- h- bred and bred in the. Principality, and that have never started. Three- year old to* carry 6st. 121b.; four- year old Sat. ; five- year old 8st. 101b. ; six- year old and aged 9st. Horses bred in the County of Cardigan allowed 31b. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. Heats, once round. Two to start or no Race. Eight Subscribers. Should there be a sufficient Number of Horses, it is proposed to have a Forced Handicap on the last Dav of Five Sovereigns each. All Disputes to. be settled by the Steward, or whom he may appoint; and by him the starting of Matches Handicaps, See. to be arranged. Steward not answer- able for unpaid Subscriptions. The Races to commence at 12 o'Clock precisely, aud will be run in the Order as stated above. Half an Hour between the Heats only will be allowed, though other Races may be run in the intermediate Time. Should any Stake he walked over for, no Addition of Plate or Money will be given. Horses to be entered for the First Day's Stakes at the Gogerddan Arms, between the Hours of 6 and 8 on the Evening of the2d of September, and for the remaining Stakes on the 4th, at the same Hour, at th « Talbot Inn, when all Subscriptions, Stakes, Qualifi- cations, and the King's Duty of Two Guineas, ( unless Certificates of former Payment are given,) must be paid, as well as One Sovereign for the Makes to which an Addition from the Fund is made, and Ten Shillings for any other Stake, Match, & c. Horses to be allowed to enter for the Gogerddan Stakes, paying Two Sove- reigns, on the 4th. W inners of Stakes, Matches, kc. See. to pay One Sovereign for Weights and Scales. No Smith to plate without subscribing Ten Shillings. Jockeys to forfeit Ten Shillings if not ready to start in Ten Minutes after the Bugle sounds. Certificates to be produced with each Horse, kc. before lie can enter, of its being Half- bred, to be. approved by the Steward. Horses, kc. whose Owners neglect to do so, to carry Thorough- bred Weight. *** Ordinaries ns usual ; Tickets to be had at the Bar of each Inn. A Ball at the Rooms on Tuesdav, und the Master of the Ceremonies' Ball on Thursday. Regulations for Booths, & c. & c. a » last Year. PRYSE PRYSE, Esq. M. P. Steward. CLARIDGE, Clerk of the Course. Gloucestershire A ssizes. SATURDAY, AUG. 5. SMITH r. HODGETTS. This wns an action to recover damages ( which wers laid at £ 5000), for the publication of certain alleged libel* iu the Birminoham Journal of the 11th and 25ife of February last, iu which it wa* stated, that the plain- till' and other members of his family had ill- treated lunatic brother, lu the first article' published on the; 11th of February, aud which purported to be copied? from the Salopian Journal, neither the names noi* the resilience of the parties was mentioned; the second article appeared as. the communication of n corre- spondent of the Birmingham Journal, and wus intro- duced by some remarks of the Editor; it professed t © correct the first paragraph, ann stated that the family alluded to were named Smith, and lived nt Mucklestoia- Wood, in the county of Stafford. " The case for the plaintiff'was stated by M r. CAMPB*: LI,, I who called a great, number of witnesses, most of whou> deposed that they had lived in the family of the Smiths^ either during the lifetime of the lunatic's father, op since he had been under the roof of his brother.—- THR substance of their evidence was, that the unfortunate person, George Smith, was an idiot : that he could not speak, nor distinguish one person from another; that h « wag troubled with fits; that he had been lame on hi ® one side for 30 years past; that he was treated will* uncommon Care and nitenliou by hi* family, who re- gularly changed his linen, and that he had a feather bed and chaff mattress which were changed every other day ; that his meals v » ere regularly taken to him by hit brothers or sister; that the room he had was darkened and the window nearly bricked up, because he soonsr recovered from his fits when in the dark ; that his room and his person were kept clean and comfortable; that when he had uo fit ou him he was often removed into one of the other rooms iu the hoiise; that the door of the darkened room was never locked ; that, from lame- ness and debility, George Smith had not been able to walk withoul assistance some time previous lo his leav- ing Willow bridge Lodge, where he lived with his futfisr Isaac Smith, before the family removed to Mucklestoit Wood ; nnd that, though he wus lame, his thigh hatl never beeu broken. Mary Hulme, who lived servant with the plaintiff oti the 25th January last, ( on which day, the Rev. H. D. Broughton, with Thomas Eld, E* q. " and the cons tali of Muekleston, entered ihe plaintiff's house to search for the lunatic,) stated, that on that day the room in which George Smith was kept v^ s as clean and as comfortable as any room in the house; that lie was frequently removed from that room to another for change of situation, and while ihe other room - was cleaned ; that she did not tell Mr. Broughton she never saw him out of the room in which he was found on the 25th of January.— This witness nUo staled, that at th* time Mr. Brongbton nud Mr. Eld came towards the home, clean beds nnd linen to put under George Smith were airing at the kitchen firs, but she put them aside wh*? n she saw them coming. Sarah Smith, the sister of George, also said the room was quite clean on the morning of t? ie 25th of January, and she denied saying to Mr, Broughton, when he en- tered the house, that her brother William was gone to market, and had taken with him tiie key ofthe rootn where George was kept.— This witness also said^ George Smith was troubled with fits, and had had ten fits or more in the course of the last fortnignt before he was taken to the Asylum ; and that « lie and her brother Thomas were about to change George's bed and linen when Mr. Broughton and Mr. Eld entered the house. Several medical men were called, who had seen George Smith since his removal to the Asylum ; they stated their opinion lhat his lameness and contractions might ariv* from paralysis, and iheir belief that, from appearances, his thigh had never been broken. The case for the prosecution did not close until Sa- turday night ; w hen, in consequence of a cause in which Mr. Scarlett nnd Mr. Serjeant Wilde were specially re- tained being fixed for Monday, the ctus was adjourned to Wednesday. 0u Wednesday, Mr. TAUNTON addressed the jury for the defendants, urging that the case for the plaintiff had been supported bv perjury, which, he said, was evidenf, from a variety of contradictions and discrepancies thai he pointed out in their testimony, and would be proved by the respectable and unimpeachable evidence that he should produce. The several witnesses ( with the exception of Mr„ Bakewell) who were also called in the subsequent case* were then examined on the part of the defendants. Mr. CAMPBELL replied, and contended that the justi- fication set up by the defendant* had not been proved ; having pleaded a justification of their paragraphs, they were bound to prove them wholly and altogether true. On Thursday morning, the Judge ( Mr. Justice BUR- ROUGH) summed up ; and the Jury returned s vcrdicS , for plaintiff, damages £ 400. SMITH C. EDDOWES. This wn « an aetiou brought by tin tame plaintiff* against the proprietor of the Salopian Journal, for alleged libels published on the 8ih nud 22d of February respectively. The paragraph published on the 8lh of February was the one first referred to in the preceding- case ; that of the 22d of February was a paragraph which mentioned some conversation that had occurred in Shrewsbury with the plaintiff and llie clerk of hie attorney, when they came to enquire respecting the authority for publishing the paragraph of the 8th of February. Neither the names nor the residence of the plaintiff's family were mentioned in either paragraph. Mr. CAMPBELL stated the case for the plaintiff; and, in doing so, adverted to the former trial and verdict, but was interrupted by Mr. Phillips, who appealed to the Judge. Hit Lordship said no allusion ought to be made to the other case. Mr. Campbell then proceeded to describe the paragraphs as gross libels upon his client, and called James Stanley.— I am an sttornar at Market. Drayton, and know William Smith ; he lives * t Muckleston Woo'd, ou the borders of Shropshire; have heen his attorney for 20 years; I have seen the publication; William Smith is master of the house and farm. In the statement in the Salopian Journal nf February Sth I have no doubt the brother means William Smith throughout, and also in the 22d. Cross examined—- 1 am witness to the will of Isaac Smith; it was duly executed. I am well acquainted with the family, though not on visiting; terms; am not the attorney in this action. I very seldom went to Muckleston Wood; have brew there, hut nrver saw George. [ The will was put in, by which £ 10 per a* num was left fo? the support of George Smith.] Mr. C. PHILLIPS.— May it pleaee vnur Lordship- Gentlemen of the Jury— my practical experience has certainly been as nothing compared with the practical experience of my Learned Friend who is opposed to me ; and I fear that there wiil be found ^ uite as grent a difference in our talent as in our experience. Fearful odds, undoubtedly have I to contend with, rendered much more fearful by the state of feeling- under which I rise to address you. Never in the course of my ex- istence did I stand up in a Court of Justice,, to address BY MR. SMITH, At the Farm Yard, Hardwick Grange, in Ibe County OfSalop, on Tuesday, the 29th of August, 1826, at Eleven o'Cloek : ' jsHHE UNDER- MENTIONED SHEEP, in IL Lots : fiO Wether Lambs, ft!) Ewe Ditto, 20 Yearling Ewes, 37 Ewes, 2, 3, and 4 Years old, 31) Yearling Wethers, 5 Fat Pigs. At the same Time, will be Let, for the Season, Eleven capital SOUTH DOWN RAMS. The above Stack has been bred with great Care and Attention from tbe Flocks of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Sir John Sebright, and Mr. Ellman, and are highly deserving the Notice of Sheep Breeders. Foreign Lotteries, Private Lotteries, Little Goes, and Raffles. I. OTTMY OF » ICS, SOMHSSIIT PLACI, 19TH Jcr. T, 1S2S. IOTTEUIES heintr finally to Cease on J the 18th Dav of OCTOBER next, KOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Laws against the Sale, or advertising for Sale of Foreign Lottery Tickets, and of any Lottery Tickets not authorized by Parliament, and against Little Goes, and Private Lotteries, w ill be strictly enforced. I is requested that the outstanding Prizes may be brought iu for Payment with tbe least possible Delay, that the Lottery Accounts may be closed. Numbers of Tickets and Shares may be registered, and the'r Fates may be ascertained, by Application at this Office. L. HESSE. a Jury of MEK nud of CHRISTIANS, under feelings of deeper pain and more indignant agitation. I feel that I have no ordinary task Ibis day to perform. 1 feel that I have to encounter serious opposition, and 1 feel still more strongly, that if 1 should fail in my defence, Ilia blame must be imputed, not to want of merits, but ti » want of ability. Even more strongly do I feel ir, in consequence of the nature of th* case which we hav* now to investigate. You, as well as myself, have no common task to perform. You are . ittilig in that box to- day, not to try a question betw een this plaintiff and this defendant, but you are sitting to- day, to redeem our common nature from a foul, nnd, ifitbe not fop your exertions, an indelible stigma, 1 have read of atrocities iu barbarous countries— 1 have rend, of foul deeds when men's passions were excited in the hent of rebellion — when excited hy bigotry orsedition— l Iiav « heard of injuries of the most foul description — but never, until this case, did I hear ( wilhant any provo- cation upon earth) of cruelties perpetrated, that w ere sought nnd supposed to be hidden from the world, by the next kindred upon helpless idiotcy. Compromise has been offered, but I shall not in nny way compromise vvith these plaintiffs. They are either the most injured of human beings, or they are tlie bnsest. I put it on that short issue, and before GOD, ( in all sincerity 1 say it,) I cannot even think of them without exee'ro- lion! If. when you hear tbe evidence 1 . hall adduce to you— if, when yon bear upon testimony unimpeacha- ble, the fticts I shall prove, you should think these plaintiffs are not fitter ( as I hope they will, if there he any Justice in the Country,) to stniid at the Bar of criminal judicature, than to dare to brave nn honest Jury, hy stretching out their bands of cruelty ami viee to receive the wn^ es of their iniquity— if that, I sat- ire not your solemn opinion, give a verdict against my client, and brand him in this Court. Gentlemen, it is necessary I should tell you who my client is, and grievously do 1 lament that", by the act of the plaintiff's, this case has not been tried in the county where all the parties are well known. Griev- ously do I lament that I cannot produce before you ( arid it would be the first time in a long and laborious life that he would be produced to answer before a Jury) the gentleman whom I represent. He has heen for a long series of years proprietor of this Journal upwards, I understand, of seventy years of a^ e ; and il is something in bis favour that, until these injure, t and innocent plaintiffs brought this action, no human tongue ever made charge against him. Gentlemen he is himself the father of a family ; nud he conies before you this ( lay, asking you with confidence whe- ther what lie has done on this occasion was done maliciously ? Gentlemen, I lav emphasis upon that word, because 1 slate it boldly and broadly tn you ( and whenever I address a Jury in a case " of this sort I shall never fail to state it), that unless malice is directly expressed, or appears in such a way that it must be implied by law, your verdict ought to be for the defendant. I lay that, down as a principle which no lawyer can contradict, that unless you arc of opinion that there is malice in Ihe publication vour verdict ought to pass for the defendant. Ou ' that SALOPIAN JOUMMAL, AM © COtMEK OT WALES, . xrir ground I ask your verdict. I do not ask you to give nominal damages. I do not ask you to pare down to a farthing the damages laid in this declaration ; hut I ask you to say upon your oaths, that this gentleman, did not publish this maliciously. You will do me tlie favour- I request it as an act of justice — to remember nil through the observations I shall address lo you, the fact, that unless you are of opinion it was done maliciously, you ought lo find for the defendant. That is the law, and of that fact the law lias made you the Judges ; and upon your solemn oaths you are to say w hether you think si) or not. Now, Gentlemen, I know there is in many quarters a strong, and perhaps a just prejudice against tile Press of this Country— 1 say perhaps a. just prejudice, because 1 willingly conl'ess'that 1 am a stranger to it. I feel that if tiie Press slates an untruth the same organ may lie made the medium of refuting it, and a discerning public generally judges justly. I feel also, that til* paramount advantages which the Press holds out to us are so gigantic as compared with its pigmy evils, lhat the day will he ominous when you forget to listen toils claims for protection.— Depend upou ii you will be surrendering the palladium of your lights nud liberties — Depend upou it, you will lie giving up that, which is more valuable than your lives, and if you should be prevailed upon to surrender these privileges, you will place yourselves in this situation, that many a deed of darkness shall be done, because a British Jury have said that no hand shall dare to drag those deeds before the public. I say the Press upon this occasion has done nothing of which to be accused. 1 say it has performed an act of justice and humanity. I " say it has most likely saved a fellow creature from Death'— from a state worse than Death ! and has dragged ihe offenders before llie bar of public opinion ; and I auk, whea a Journalist thus arraigns delinquents like these in the face of the world, believ- ing iu his conscience lhat lie arraigns tliein justly, docs he deserve tn he punished ? ] slmll now advert, ( Jeatleiuen, to the address of iny Learned Friend, Mr. Campbell. Discreet, he always is ; subtle, lie often is, particularly when he i> excited ; anil you will judge of his intention towards you throughout this whole trial, by what you have observed at the comioeucenient. Forsooth ! he told you gravely he wished you to come to Ihcconsideration • f tins case without any prejudice whatever. Did he ? Was that a sincere declaration made to you ? Did lie not intend that instead of having your minds like white paper, without aay impression, to try this question you should sit d » wn iu that hex with your mind darkened and clouded by prejudice? That lie did mean so, 1 refer jou to those portions of his address, in which, at last, afier a second attempt, lie could only b » silenced by the interposition nf my Lord Once did not do, but a second lime did he make the attempt to place his clients' hands in my client's pocket, by exciting nn odiot id unjust prejudice against him. lie followed on iii that w hich i could not interrupt, but what 1 call a groundless assertion, and he said that handbills had been circulated through the country. Will lie say that we circulated hand, hills? Tlie head aud front of our oSetidiug, if offence it by, is publishing that which appeared in the news, paper, but handbills never passed from our office, and if lie does not prove il lis was wrong iu making the statement lo a Jury. Gentlemen, 1 had belter perhaps read to yon in the lira! instance these Itliels. I shall deal fairly and candidly with you. 1 promise you there are parti which I- can not prove. I scorn any subterfuge with jrou. Parts of it certainly are exaggerated, but 1 take issue apon the preposition Mr. Campbell made, and I took down his statement. He desired you to consider whether there was any foundation whatever for the substantial parts of the libel. So do I. Now 1 deal fairly wilh him. I join issue will) him on his own proposal, and I ask you upou your oaths, as he did, lo say whether there is auy foundation for the substan- tial parts of the libel. Thai is his proposal, and I agree to it. Can any thing be fairer ? I acknowledge that some parts are exaggerated; but I follow it up by consenting to Mr. Campbell's proposition that you should, as you ought to do justly, decide whether Ihe substantial parts are or are not true. [ The learned Counsel here read the libols, and com- mented on them at great length, mid iu forcible lan- guage.] Gentlemen, I cannot prove that lie " was daily fed like a swine through an aperture in the wall ;" but 1 will ask you presently, whether llie condition ofa swine was not preferable? I say, though he was not fed like a swine, he was treated worse than a sw ine, and I hope uad trust, In adjudging a public question of tliis kind ( and it is a public question, for it concerns all Human Nature), you ivill not follow up the practice of Lawyers, Sophists, and Special Pleaders, by requiring that this should he proved to the letter. If it be substantially true, that is enough to satisfy an honest British Jury. Gentlemen, in the literal' sense of the word he was not dead, but civilly, to all the purposes of human life, to all the few gratifications of Society which lie could enjoy, he was Diin indeed ! They did not " go into mourning for him." No, no! it is false. But if tltey have any humanity yet lingering about tbe threshold • if their frames, their hearts will be in mourning at this exposure. [ The learned Counsel commented at great length on the second alleged libel, and contended that it appear- ed manifest on the face of il lhat no malice existed.] Gentlemen, Mr. Tench ( llie clerk of Mr. Flint, the plaintiff's attorney) has slated, that " a Reverend Ma- gistrate and another gentleman of distinction in Staf- fordshire had, wilh otker persons, forcibly ( and as lie alleged illegally and most unwarrantably) entered the bouse of the idiot's brother, and that llie unfortunate individual was taken out and conveyed by them to llie I. uuatic Asylum ul Stafford, where he now remains." A perfect truth. Gentlemen : he does remain iu the Asylum, and there, in the generous feeling of natural humanity which distinguishes Englishmen, his afflic- tions are palliated, and the woes of which he is uncon- scious are softened by comforts and caresses. Tench ulso staled, " thai lie bad not beeu shaven for eight or nine years, because it uaj DAXGSltocs to bring a ralor near \ im ' .'" This is as black a falsehood as eren these plaintiff's could have alleged — 1 will prove this is fains, not hy inference, hut by direct testimony. It goes on, " But that the persons who forcibly removed the Idiot" — Why, Gentle men, he went with them like a little child, as quietly as possible. He, if a glimmering of reason yet remained, seemed to leave his natural kindred, who had treated him with cruelty; to receive kindness and tlie common rights of humanity from tbe hands of strangers. / But mark this assertion of Mr. Tench. It rs that Mr. Eld, a most respectable Gentleman of Stafford- shire, Mr. Brougblon, a Clergyman of the Church of England aud a Magistrate, and Mr. Garrett, the humane Governor sf tlie Lunatic Asylum, in fulfilling the rights of humanity, broke tliis poirr creature's thigh!! Gentlemen, ' this is n base and inhuman falsehood. I will prove to you that the thigh has been broken for years, nnd has been Buffered to unite of it, elf. They make this statement, therefore, because they knew,— yes, they knew in Iheir souls, that if a Jury could imagine lie got this serious injury during bis confinement, if he got it while he was lying on a bed of boards and filth, like the man in the Scriptures, the hand of the whole world must be raised against thein I now proceed tn state. Gentlemen, what grounds I have for conceding In my Learned Friend, Mr. Camp- bell, the proposition, tiiat if' tlie substantial parts of this ease are proved, he has little to complain of. A rumour bad been circulated —( not hy Ihe Press, but hy Ibe report nf neighbours through llie Country— and it could only have been upon rumour, for no human being was suffered, at that time, to sec llie object of the rumour)— that a. poor Mint was confined by his im- mediate family within a dungeon in their own house, and he was treated in such a manner that il behoved those whose forms corer a human heart to interfere, and at least investigate Ihe facts. Stimulated by his belief in thai report— a belief, which it will be for ysu to say whether well or ill founded — stimulated hy the belief • if a report, a Gentleman whom I shall produce to you, Mr. Eld, the brother of a respectable Magistrate, though not a Magistrate himself, and I will not insult him by saying that lie is a man of unblemished cha- racter, because a more respectable gentleman exists not here— he was induced, I say--( lion, our aud credit it will be to him through all eternity) — to proceed to a respectable Magistrate aud Clergyman, the I! ev. Henry Delves Brpughton, in order tn lay before him the information he had obtained and induce him to assist in trying its truth. They took with ihem a Constable, who shall also he produced ; thev went to. getiter to the house of the Smiths nt Muckleston Wood; they met one. of the brothers nenr tlie door; and now, Gentlemen, in the name of the oath that exists between yourselves and God, attend, I beseech you, howeier fatiguing, lo the statement 1 am about to make. They met the brother of the idiot nt the door ; they asked " who lived there, aud they were lold " Mr. Smith." They asked whether a lunatic or idiot was nol confined in the. house ; the ansoer was, there was Such a person ; tliey asked to'see him ; " You can't see him," was the reply. " Why?" " Because my brother William is gone" to market with the key of his room in his pocket, and we can't open the door." In the name of God nud Man, I beseech you remember lliat.—" Because my brother William is gone to iparket with the key of his room in his pocket, and we can't open the door." If that be true, this unhappy wretch was locked up in his dismal dungeon. But it was not true : il was a deliberate falsehood. " The door is fast upon him ; my brother litis got the key, and wc can't open it!" Mark that. The sister came down then, perhaps you will be lold undressed - the pure, humane, and kind female just having been about performing the duties of a sister towards her wretched brother. She was attired in silks ! and I beg, when you bear of her attire, to remember afterwards the slate in which her wretched brother was discovered. Again a demand was made to see tliis brother. Hesi- tation was so manifestly made, that Mr. Broughlou was disgusted and irritated, lie declared— arid lei it be visited upon him if the profession of the Church is not rather to investigate the nicer feelings of humanity than to drown them— he declared, I say, lhat he would break the lock off every door in the house, but lie would see this unhappy man ! lie got indignant at the delay. Conviction flashed across his mind that nil he suspected was true ; and he declared, " if you do not instantly shew me the room where this poor creature is, I will break open every lock iu the house." Tliey took him to two rooms in wbich the lunatic had never been confined. At last, the penetrating eye of Mr. Broitghton discovered a door, on which there was a hasp with somelitiki ofa chain. Suspicion whispered " This must be the place where he is confined." The door he burst open, aud what did lie discover ? What did he discover? They discovered that which human language can not describe — what the human mind ran scarcely conceive. Tliey discovered in this den of almost utter darkness, into which tlie light was admitted by a small crevice in tlie bricked. up wall wbich had been once a window — they discovered a mass of fih. h and putridity, the very smell of which almost destroyed the senses, The ini'ft, nation of the younger man, Mr. Eld, prompted him to rush lo this little aperture, through which llie light ( if you can call it light) came, and lie beat it until lie made ail aperture large enough to shew them the bed of filth and wretchedness ( Here some of the Counsel on the other side laughed ) Gracious God ! do 1 see a human being laughing in ihe face of a Christian Jury, while such a tale of horror is told ? They discovered, Gentlemen, a mass of filth, of human excrement, and old chaff; aud the sister proceeded to the bed— the bed, bare boards— two old sacks and a filthy coat covered it, the touch of which was contamination ! She removed the covering— she, in Iter silks, unfolded to them the horrific appearance of hr- r brother — there lav the remnant ofa hitman being. " There/" said she, " he is." And what was there ? A creature shrivel- led and shrunk up from man's dimensions ! distorted ! contracted ! filthy ! His beard four or five inches long! llis feet clenched iti his hands— coiled up like a greyhound dog, and endeavouring by the natural warmth of his body to sustain bis deformed sou! within him— without covering to his frame, for he was stark naked! In that slate they saw him, and that state, 1 blusli to say, is the subject of laughter in a British Court of Justice ! Tims did they treat one of our fellow- creatures. And why ? It is lo be said, " because be was an idiot!" Oh, God! God Al- mighty ! was not that a reason why he should be treated with more humanity ? If I prove all this, and certainly I shall, afflicting as it is lo the mind, will you special. plead upon the terms this publication contains ? Will you distract the natural current of honest feeling by iooking for technical niceties in the papers before you? If" I shew you an unfortunate fellow- creature, diseased, filthy, contracted by long neglect, covered over with crusted dirt, his beard five inches long, and from his fated form issuing a kind of preserving stench to drive Man from the contempla- tion of such an object,— what will you say by your verdict? That was the slate in which I will prove this unhappy wretch was found — not by the oaths of servants in the family — not by made- up witnesses, whose evidence has been arranged and managed before tliev entered yonder box ; but upou the oath of Mr. Eld. See him, hear him, and say, if you can, that HB is perjured! Upon the oath of Mr. Broughton, a Magistrate and a Clergyman. See him, hear him, and say, if you can. that nr. is perjured ! Upon the oath of a third corroborating witness. See him, hear him, and I will not ask you to give his testimony any kind of credit ( though I know not w hy he should be disbelieved), but disbelieve him if you disbelieve the. others. Mr. Eld, a young man, believed in the reports lie had heard; Mr. Broughton had not be- lieved them, for lie did not think such detestable inhumanity existed among llie race of his fellow- cieatures. He was horrified. He got agitated at tbe dark, dreary, and melancholy scene before him, and I do not know that lie observed' any thing minutely hut the wretched spectre then before him. They proceed- ed lo make arrangements for removing him to the Stafford Lunatic Asylum, but before that proceeding, mark, 1 beseech you, what occurred. " Oil!" says Mr. Broughton, " you horrid wretch '."— there she stood, decked in her silks, beside this wretched brother— a horrid contrast. " You horrid wretch !" said Mr. Broughton, " bow could you keep this poor creature it) such a state ?" Fifteen long years had he been iu that situation. " I shall instantly remove him to the Stafford Lunatic Asylum." Now, mark what passed. If she had been innocent — if she had taken care of liitn, as, no doubt, it will be represented— if they had acted towards bin) as kindred ought, what ( her brother Thomas being present) would have been her immediate and natural reply? " You shall not dispossess me of my brother 1 have tended him with sister's love, I have looked after him wilh the tenderest carc and solicitude. Why, therefore, should you burst into our house at noon- dav, and snatch from me ail object that must be dearer to trie, than to you?" But what does she say ? — What does she say. Gentle men? With morbid apathy she replies, " take liitn wherever ynn choose !" Good God 1 if she had treated him kindly and well — if even she had shewn hiul the very least degree of tenderness, would that have been her reply ? No ; hut she was appalled ' Reflection made her a coward, and in the distress of tbe moment she wished removed from her sight the barely living relic of her brother ! Well she knew, if Mr. Brniigh ton bad not got admission lo lhat room, lie would have raised the neighbourhood. In the face of day he would have drawn aside the horrifying curtain, which con eealed this unfortunate man, and he would have shewn to the peasantry around him the transactions of this woman and her family. Tliey left the constable behind them when they went away. But if they had been innocent, would tliey have done this which I am about to state to you ? The constable was so poisoned wilh the stench of Ihe room, that he had lo go home for the purpose of getting some tobacco to counteract the effect of if le detested smell. In the interim, while he was absent they busied themselves in cleansing* away the filth nnd excrement which defiled the room, and when Mr. Eld, the Constable, and Mr. Gar rati the Super- intendant of the Lunatic Asylum, came to remove this poor creature, they found the floor, not damp, but wet from the washing* they had given to it. There was cunning'. This poor idiot's sister, detected iu the fact, said to herself " if when Mr. Garratt comes he finds the room clean, Mr. Broughton and Mr. Rid* will never be believed " I think she calculated wrong*. I think, ifshe should be called, you will not be disposed to be- lieve her, because you must perceive by her conduct that in the helplessness of her fears,' she catches at some straw bv which to save herself. They came back, Gentlemen, to remove this poor creature upon a winter's night in January, the coldest, perhaps, that month, and the coldest winter we have had for half a eeutory was the last. They curue back there, with Mr. Gurratt the Snperintendant of the Lunatic Asylum at Stafford, and brought with him a chaise, in which to convey this poor creature away. He was placed in the chaise, and in doing* this Mr. Tench has the audacity to allege that they broke his thigh. When he was placed iu the chaise, Mr. Gamut got on one side of him and Mr. Bid ou the other. It was, as Mr. Garratt will tell yon,' one of the coldest nights the last winter produced. It was be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock at night. Will you believe it that such was the stench which proceeded from the body of this helpless man, that during the whole way toStafFoid Mr. Garratt nnd Mr. Eld were obliged to keep the windows of the chaise down ? When they got to the Asylum ut Stafford, the attendants could scarcely bear to lift him out of the chaise. The very look of him was poison and infection. He was cleans- ed ns far as warm water could cleanse him, and the filth was in some degree removed from him ; but even those who were accustomed to the distressing* appear- ance of idiots and lunatics in such abodes of wretched- ness, could not endure his smell, and a second time he was purified in a warm bail). The next thing to be done, was to shave him. 44 Oh !" says Mr. Tench, " Oh!" says Mr. Flint, " Oh!" say the Smiths, f( don't attempt to do that because it is dangerous to put a razor near his face.' 1 The attendant wt the Asylum will tell you, lie shaves him constantly, aud there never was a more harmless creature in existence When one cheek is shaved he turns the other, and yet, in justification of the horrid treatment he received, it is to be said now that he would not let a razor be near him. Gentlemen, from that day to this he has been in the Lunatic Asylum. From that day to thi no dangerous act has he exhibited. From that day to this he has beeu treated with that common humanity with which our nature suggests every poor creature iu his condition should be treated, and the consequences are, he is becoming visibly better, lie does not now shrink aghast from the visitor ; he begins to feel confidence in human nature, hitherto unknot n to him. He finds he is treated with a tenderness and kindness which henever before experienced, and the surgeons have every hope and confidence that by continued treatment, such as he has already experienced, this creature will be restored, not to reason, for that he never had, but to thei strength aud health he possessed during* his father's lifetime, when he had a natural protector Gentlemen,. I have now to introduce to yon, and well does he merit the panegyric lhat will no doubt be pronounced ou him, Mr. Abraham Flint, the attorney of these people, to make way for whose zeal the old attorney Who was called before you as a witness w; as superseded. When they find this poor creature is removed— when they find that the indignation of Mr. Brou^ htou and, Mr. Eld snight make their cruelty public— when they found they should be brought to the bar of public opinion— not to the bar of a criminal tribunal, as undoubtedly they will be,— when they find this, Mr. Flint wri'tes thus to Mr. Garratt, the superiutendant. of the Lunatic Asylum : In re Smith, a lunatic1' hat is, i( in the affair of Smith, a lunatic " Sir,— I beg- fo apprise you, that if- is the opinion. of the medical gentlemen''''— I dare say they will be. called to- day to state wh^ n they instructed Mr. Flint to make this representation — " ivhom my clients have instructed with reference to - this case, that it ivill be highly impro- per to attempt" to shave the lunatic." What is the meaning* of that? Why Mr. Flint, in his great cun- ning imagined, that when he wrote this legal letter to the inspector of the Lunatic Asylum at Stafford, he would be deterred from attempting to shave the unfor- tunate Idiot, and then the base, infamous, and false assertion that he could not bear a razor near him would be contradicted . " And I am authorised by the latter"— the 44 latter'''* would be tht lunatic, you know. This Mr. Flint has not as much erudition as cunning. 44 And I am authoiised by the latter to make known their tcish that he may in this respect be suffered to remain in his present stale" In his present state! Why his body vr is crusted over with filth. The smell of his body could not be borne. Mr. CAMPBELL — No, no; not at the date of that letter. Mr. PHILLIPS resumes. For all Mr. Flint knew, he was. My friend won't escape through that loop. hole. He knows that the unfortunate idiot was removed to the Asylum in January, and this letter is dated in April. So much the worse for my friend. You will see w hat mischief a little too much cunning does, and then where is the value of the interruption. It takes this gentleman front January to April to deliberate on this hopeful letter, and late in the month of April Mr. Flint writes this letter. No doubt he wished it to be believed that, he imagined the Governor ofthe Lunatic Asylunt would have left this, wretched man in the stute in which he was found . M r. Flint knows, and he well knew at that time, that it was impossible he should be left, iu such a state. 44 It is also necessary that he. should do so with reference to the legal proceed ings note pending, or hereafter to be instituted " Gentlemen, I need hardly tell you that, long before Mr. Flint's letter arrived, this poor creature had once more assumed the shape and semblance of Human Being. The ruins of his frame were, by kind care, fasti y re- embody ing themselves, and though intellect can never be instituted, the slight glimmering ray of reason that bursts upon his soul tells him lie is among christians and among men. I have now, Gentlemen, stated the whole of the case upon which you are to decide. Mr. Campbell has made a few assertions, every, one of which, I pro- mise you to disprove : they were most important asser- tions— assertions that \ suspect he was lulled into making to day, by some recollection, perhaps, that upon a former occasion, he was allowed to make them without contradiction. He will be surprized to day, at the evidence I shall adduce. He did assert, among* other things, that both the Parents of this unhappy George Smith had always an antipathy to a Lunatic Asylum. I will produce to you this day a most re- spectable keeper ofa receptacle of that kind to whom old Mr. Smith applied before his death, and with whom he negociated for taking, harbouring, and if possible curing George Smith. Mr. Bakewell is the witness's name, and you will judge from hi* evidence whether it is justly or unjustly represented that th<* father wished this unhappy creature to be kept in such a horrid den, as that, in which he was found. Another assertion was that the persons about- him took the greatest- care imaginable to keep him clean. I will utterly disprove it. Foul and most false is such a state- ment. Another assertion was that he had a room over the kitchen, which was the warmest in the house. Unhappily for this family, I shall prove that tha room in which their wretched brother was dungeoned, was over the brew- house. That, I will prove to you. The window was bricked up ! For what purpose ? With what view ?— 44 Because," they say 44 it was unsafe to leave the window in its original state." This is the reasoning the Smiths give Mr. Campbell to state to twelve men ofthe world. It was bricked up, Gentle- men, and with mortar, as closely as bricks aud mortar could be cemented together, and a hole was left, which the witness will swear to you, was not more than big enough to take that Inkstand. ( Pointing, to an ink- stand on the table, four inches in diameter J. They say that it was necessary to do this in order to prevent the lunatic from injuring himself. Was it ? ( s that what you would have done if one of yon had nn unfortunate brother or a still more unfortunate child in this hapless situation ? Suppose you had a poor helpless creature belonging to you, whom you were fearful might injure itself by going too near the win- dow, would you brick it up so as to prevent the access of all light, so as to prevent the wholesome air, which even brutes have a right to breathe, to enter— Would you not have got strong shutters, and would you not have placed liars across the win- dow, so that he could not throw himself out ? I ims gine you would. That is the course which sensiblr and plain men would adopt ; but would you brick up the w indow, so that it. should be impossible to breathe in the horrid den whera this unhappy idiot was con- fined ? It has been said, forsooth, that the light brings on fits ! He has been in the broad glare, of noon ever since, at the Asylum iu Stafford, and he has never had a fit. — What becomss then of the miserable excuse ? Fire, they say, destroys him — it renders him mad.— Does it? He has had a fire in his room when- ever it was necessary, while he has been in the Asy- lum, nnd no creature could be more tractable. But it is said that ha could not bear fire iu order to account for the odious fact that in the midst of last winter — during the inclemency of a January scarcely ever exceeded for cold this unhappy creatur* was without fire. Indeed there was a fire- plaea in the room, but Mr. Eld will swear to you that thare could not have been a fire there for a considerable length of time thare was not the slightest symptom of the sort — thera was not even the unerring appearance of soot attached to the chimney. It was necessary to these persons to fabricate a tale in unison with the rest of their canduet that fire inflamed and distracted their brother. If so. what is the reason that for seven months he has never had a fit ?— Though he has had fire and every thing* necessary to his comfort— though he has enjoyed the light of Hearen — that common blessing conferred by omnipotence on rich and poor— on lunatic and sen- sible, ha never has had a fit.— He has been under the blessed rays, of Heaven — he has been basking; in the beams of light for seven months— and never has he had a fit during that period. These, Gentlemen, are stubborn facts, and with them I tear to pieces the tissue of sophistry and subtlety with which you are sought to be meshed. 4k Was there ever ( says Mr. Campbell) conduct upon such an occasion like that of Mr. Eddowes ?" Never. There were never grounds for it. Never was such Conduct developed among christian people. Gentlemen, I shall detain you no longer, j. shall submit to you for your critical examination proof of all that I have asserted *, and if every word 1 have stated be not verified to your satisfaction, give a verdict against my client. As to damages, I cannot let the thought near me. I cannot speak to you on the subject of damages — I cannot, hint even that any amount you might give should be merely nominal ; because, fathers and men as yon are— brothers as you must be— you can never suffer yourselves to be the instruments of compensating such conduct. I will go further, and I ask you a verdict in favour of my client. Unless you believe that Mr. FJddowes was actuated by malice, he is entitled to your verdict. Gentlemen, I can give you no Compensation for such a Verdict. I can hold out to you no promise of reward. I cannot even promise you the poor and worthless thanks'that I might offer for your doing your duty. I can say, however, this, that I trust in Providence, if any of you, now in the' prime or in the decline of life, should be called suddenly from the tenderest ties ye have, that God above will turn Father to the helpless Orphans you leave behind you, and raise up men of humanity and power to shield them against oppression The following witnesses were then called : — Edward Wade.- « 1 worked at Willow- bridg ® Lodge for old Mr. Smith about 3' 0 years ago; saw George Smith when first 1 went there; hare seen him drive plough for his brothers as regular as another man ; bis brother was with him; have seen Mm fetch up the cows, take them out,- and mixen them? he knew all the cows, and if one was lost, be could tell which it was; have seen him tedding bay; 1 was mowing before him, and recollect him saying " D— - n my b- .- d 1 wont make bay in the rain;" be was about 5 feet. 9' inches high, and stout; be never refused doing any business his father told him. Old Mr. Smith told me George was not quite so spright as the other children, and he would give all he had if he was; have not. seen George for above 20 years Cro « s examined.— Lived as day- labourer, and had nothing to do in the house; there were servants in the house and thev did the work themselves; never heard Georjpe speak except that time; he ? poke middling, not very plain; never heard them say he was an idiot. Re- examined. -- Never heard fault found with him; he did thene things the same as another person. Samuel Harding.— I lived at Willow^ hridge Lodge in old Mr. Smith's time; I recollect George; saw him every day ; I used to thrash; George used to help me to winnow; he turned the fan; he carried the straw from the barn- door and gave rt the cows; lie could not speak plain; he knew persons, and called them bv their names as well as he could. When he turned the fan the wrong way, I nodded my head and he turned it right directly; he was very straight, and could walk as well as I could. John Goodall.— T am a farmer living at Dorrinpton, about thrre miles from Muckleaton Wood; knew George Smith at Willew. bridge Lodge in his father's time, I have seen him foddering the cattle in the yard ; it it about 20 years ago; he was throwing the straw from a rick; believe he was quite straight, did not see any thing to the contrary; he appeared like another man ; have seen him many times, aud am certain it was George Smith. Mary Lloyd.- I live atMaer in Staffordshire, and attend families as nurse. I lived near Willow- bridge Lodge; knew George Smith ; he could walk about.; it is 19 years since I saw him"; I aever took notice of him, fxcept tUo tina « his mother was put into her coffin 19 years ago; George was then straight and walked as another man. Walter Blakeman.— 1 li. ye at Eccleshall. " Remember return- ing from Drayton, and calling at the Loggerheads; 1 bad some, beefsteaks cooked;' George Smith was there; he said he should like some, and I said he should have some. The landlord told me not to encourage him, as he had no money. I gave him some glasses of beer; he was about 5 feet 9 inches -— very straight, and tall. Cross- examined..,-.- Have never seen him since, exccpt in the Asylum; do not know George Sliu; he did not talk so plain as other folks. Re- examined.— Knew the other part of the family; had one of Smith's relations at my house. I never heard of Slin. Benjamin Harding. -- I am a farmer and live at Maer, about three miles from Willow- bridge Lodge; saw George in the fold- yard about 25 years ago; his father was with him;'' lie was about 5 feet 9 inches high, and was dressed as farmers' sons are; the Smiths always dressed rough, but George's dress was whole. John Hulme.--- Am a farmer residing at Hook Gate, 2 miles from Willow- bridge; 1 lived there in old Mr. Smith's time; knew George about 27 years ago; when first 1 saw him he was driving; saw him at other times when he was ploughing and dunging; he was a tall young- man and straight; I saw him at Muckleston Wood; he was in the barn assisting- in winnow- ing; it is about 15 years ago; have never seen him since; I have been there since, but never seen him. William Blagg.— I am a farmer, ami live at Rudge; for- merly 1 lived at Aston, near Willow. bridge; knew Isaac Smith; remember him coming to live there; know George, and have done so since he was 6 or 7 years old; have seen him with his father at plough; have se<? n him fetch the Cows; hare seen him with the team; he was a good- looking boy, nnd could walk upright; have seen him with his father mixening the beasts; the last time I saw him was about 20 years ago. Have been at Muckleston Wood and seen George with his brother Thomas in the garden ; he appeared then very straight; 1 was about i() 6 yards from him. €? ross- examined.— It isabout' 20 years since I saw George; had no conversation with him. Charlotte Lawton.--! lived servant at Willow- bridge Lodge about 12 years ago. Wont to Muckleston Wood when the Smiths were out; the servant and I went up stairs and looked through a hole in the wall; t sa% v a man standing iu the rooijfc;. hs rlad a dark complexion, and looked very ghastly; he was dressed iu dark clothes; there was light, enough to see; asked if that was George; lie muttered " You're there;" his face was very dark, and he appeared a » if he had hot. been shaved lately. James Barker.-- Am a carpenter ; was apprentice to Francis Ellams 11 years ago; recollect taking some work to Muckles- ton Wood ; saw George Smith on the staircase, about 5' or 6 stairs from the bottom; he was standing still, and had only his shirt on; he smiled and went away and came down again; he went up and down without assistance; saw him last Friday in the Asylum. Thomas Skellam.— I am a bricklayer at Chorlton, near Muckleston Wood; was employed to whitewash the house many times during the . last 8 or 9 years; know the room in which George was confined; never whitewashed the room during- the whole time. The window of George's room was bricked up with mortar as well as bricks; observed this when whitewashing the outside; did not George in that time; saw him before he was made up in that room. Saw a lock on the room- door; it was a padlock. Cross- examined. -- Have slept in the house, and heard George; never heard Miss Smith go to him ; it is about 5 or 0 years ago; never said George was treated with great kindness. Francis Bentley.— About 4 years ago, I was waggoner to James Smith of Brockton. I went with the team to Muckles- ton Wood, and stopped there about. 3 weeks; slept in the room next to George Smith's; heard him making a whooing noise nights and mornings; no person went to him. The room iu which he was confined was locked; I tried it twice there were three links. Thomas Eld, Esq.-- I live at Aston Hall, Staffordshire, about 15 miles from Muckleston Wood. In consequence of information I received, I went to Mr. Broughton, who is a clergyman and a magistrate. On the morning of January 25th. Mr. JiroUghton, myself, and the constable of Muckleston went to Smith's house at Muckleston Wood; Mr. Broughton and myself went on horseback, and the constable, on foot. It was a remarkably foggy day, so that we could approach the house without heing observed; we put our horses up and went towards the house ; we saw Thomas Smith about 3 yards from the door. Mr. Broughton asked him if Mr. Smith lived there? he said " Yes." Mr. B. said " Is he at home?" he said " No, he is gone to Drayton market." We walked into the house together. I said, 44 1 think you are a Smith ?" he said he was. Mr. Brouj » - hton asked how many brothers lived there? he said, " My brother who is gone to market, myself, and a sister." I said, " Where is your unfortunate brother who is out ofhis mind?" he made no answer, i said, " I know where he is, he is in a dark room at the top of the house." Mr. Broughton said, 44 We must see him." At that time we w « re in the kitchen. When Mr. Broughton said he must see him, Thomas Smith said, 4* You cornier see him, you eonner see him," and seemed much alarmed. I said 4i We came on purpose to see him, and we will before we leave the house-." he said his brother Avas gone to market, and had taken the key in his pocket. 1 told him, if he did not fetch the key we must force the door, for we were determined to see " him. Thomas Smith said, " Gentlemen, give me leave to call my sister down stairs?" I said, " Certainly." We waited about 10 minutes before she came down. In the mean time, Thomas Smith wanted to go up the back stairs; I said, 44 You shall not go up till we go with you, for we demand admittance at tbe same time as you go in." He said, " If you don't let me go up to tell him you are coming, he will be terrified to death at the sight of you:" 1 said, 44 He'll not be more frightened at seeing us than he will at seeing you." The sister then came down dressed in a blue silk gown* and asked us to take some- thing; I said 44 No, we wish to see your brother who is confused " she said we could not see him, f<> r tier- brother had taken the hey to market. I told her, if she did not find the key we would force the door and see him. She said, 44 Gentlemen, I hope you will behave like gentlemen;" we said we would. She said she would look for the key, and told her brother and the servant to search. They began to look about., and searched the kitchen we were in; she said she could not find the key then. I went up stairs into the jrarrel, where I found nothing. In coming down, I met. on the first landing Mr Brougiiton, the constable, Miss Smith, and Thomas Smith: 1 said, 41 Mr. Smith, you had better let us see him without further trouble." Thomas Smith went down a passage to a door at the end of it; he pushed the door open and went in: I followed, and said, 44 This is not the room." Mr. Broughton was close behind, and observed s door with some links and a staple on it; Mr. Rrought. on said. 44 This is the room;" Thomas Smith had passed this door; Mr. Broughton pushed it open, and walked in first. On look- ing round the room, 1 saw a small hole about as large as an inkstand, with a few small crevices in the mortar; there was no aperture for admitting external air; the light was not sufficient to enable us to see the objects in that room dis. tinctly. I had an ash stick, with which 1 punched the mortar from the top bricks, and tiien took down 4 or 5 more; the bricks were cemented with mortar as fast as they could be. The aperture then made admitted light; I then saw Mr. Broughton, tbe constable, Miss Smith, and Thomas Smith; I saw no furniture in the room but the old bedstead the floor was covered with filth; it was human excrement, and a small quantity of filthy chaff; it was all oyer the room in heaps; had it been shovelled lip, it might have filled two wheelbarrows; the smell was very offensive; saw a piece of filthy rug folded up and laid upon one of the heap? of filth ; it appeared to have been used , tp scrape the excrement from the bed, and after- wards laid ou the heap; there was an old bedstead, the posts about 3 feet- or 3 feet t5 inches high ; a large cowhouse- door was reared against the bedstead, and a large piece of timber to prop it up, lo keep'in the chaff; I could not then see, but afterward* found there was no bed. I said to Miss Smith. 41 In the name of God, where is this poor creature?" she went to the head of the bed, turned off two' old sacks and a small filthy blanket, and said, 44 Gentlemen, her* he is." I then saw the poor creature, perfectly naked, coiled up like a greyhound dog, one foot in each hand, his knees doubled up to his throat, and his beard reached to his breast; his body was very filthy; an old coat lay at the bottom of the bedstead, but he could not reach it ; lie lay on chaff and a little straw; the heap appeared of longstanding; the chaff was not contained in any tiling; there was some little fresh chaff, but the bottom was iii a state to be removed like muck. We remained in the room about 10 or 12 minutes. The poor creature at first looked terrified; I patted him and smiied, which seemed to remove hie fear. 1 asked him if he was cold, and he said 44 Aye," in a dreadful tone of voice, more like a wild beast than a numan creature. I said to his sister, 44 How could you be such a horrid wretch as to let this poor creature lie in this state?" she said he had a clean bed and room to go to, but he always crawled back to that place: I said it was a lie, for he had not been out of that room for a number of years. The room was not over the kitchen but over the brevvhouse. This was in January last.; on that night and the night before it froze four inches thick ;• there was a fire- place but no fire, nor any appearance of ever having been auy ; there were no ashes nor cinders, nor soot at the back of the chimney; there was no head to the bedstead, except one board. Mr. " Broughton went away with me about half- past one. Between 8 and 9 at. night we leturned to the house : I went again to the room ; it was then cleansed of the excremeul and chaff, and it was quite wet: it had been washed all over: George at that time was placed on a comfortable bed and clean sheets, pillow, and bolster, but quite naked. I had told the family vre should return in the evening: Mr. Garratt came with me in the evening: the night was very cold : we were shewn up stairs by Miss Smith, Thomas, and" the servant: Mr. Garratt was going to put a leather on his hands: he was Carried down stairs in blankets: the sister and Thomas did not resist our taking him a Way: she said we may take him away, and hoped he " would be taken caie of: no violence was used by me or Mr. Garratt: could not have fractured any of his limbs : he did not shew signs of pain, as if wt had fraCtitfed his thigh: he was not violent, but just like a child. Cross examined.-- T have not been in Jive habit of seeing idiots: have seen them several times: have never visited Bedlam, but was at Spring Vale 8 or 9 years ag'o, where I saw seveial: saw none'' without ctothing: never saw an idiot naked except George Smiths I was exceedingly shocked at seeing George Smith, but was not. agitated, because I was prepared for a shocking sight: Mr. Bioughton was a good deal agi- tated: Miss Smith had a blue sirk crown" on, but no shawl: Thomas was in, a smock frock: no other key was mentioned; there was no chair in the room : am not liable to pay costs or damages in this action: I received a subpoena. Kev. H. D. Broughton.— I reside at Brou'ghtofi Hail, about two miles and a half from Muckleston Wood ; am a magistrate for the county of Stafford. JThis gentle man's evidence corroborated that of Mr. Eld's ( ihe last witness) in every particular; nnd stated that the stench of the room was more like that of a- caravan of wild beasts lhan any thing else. The servant Hulme lold him she never saw George ofit of that room.] Jonathan Paulson.— 1 am constable of Mnekleston. I went with $ Ir. Broirghtou and Mr. Eld on Ihe' 25th of January to Muckleston Wood. This witness gave an account of the . Condition . in which George was found similar to that of Mr. Brongbion and Mr. Eld^ nnd proceeded: I staid about half an hour alter Mr H rough ton was gone, when the smell of the room and the sight of the man made me sick and ill, and I went home for a pipe and tobacco; was absent rather more than half an hour; when I refwned, the filth was taken from the room, and the room had been washed. } knew George in his younger days; recollect seeing him 16 or 20 years ago- near my house on the road ; 1 asked him what lie wanted, and he said 44 Wood;" 1 asked if he did not know the road, and he said 44 Noy" and 1 she wed him the road to Muckleston Wood. John Garratt.— I am house- surgeon to the Lunatic Asylum; received the letter now produced from Mr. Flint. . " lie Smith,, a Lunatic.'" 44 Sir,- - 1 leg io apprise yen, that it it the opinion of the Medi- cal Gentlemen whom my clients have consulted with reference to this case, that it will he highly improver to attempt to shave the Lunatic, and I am authorised by the latter to make km vn their wish and reguest that he may in this respect he suffered to remain in his present state, ft is also necessary that'he should dp so with reference to the Legal Proceedings now pending or htrcafler to be instituted. . .. • . lam, Sir, Tovr obedient servant, • A BRA HA M FI TN T. Uttoxeter, 8! h April, 11.1 < 5. Mr. Garratt, Asylum, Staford went with Mr. Eld on the evening of January 25 to Muekles'on Wood ; I found George Smith in tied in a very dirty state, without any shirt, and his beard four or five inches long; the room Was very wrt, bul I per- ceived a very offensive smell; George appeared to be in a state of alarm ; he was taken to the Asylum in a post- chaise by Mr. Eld and" myself; when f examined the body it was dirty and scaly; be smelted so offensively that he could not have been washed the day before; vre were obliged to have one of the windows of the chaise open, though it was one of the coldest nights iu January ; when brought to the Asylum George was put into a Warm bath for the firat 3 « > r 4 days ; he was put on a bed, and yhen laid on without a shirt he appeared very much frightened, and when a blanket was put on lie covered himself over; his limbs were contracted! anil lie was evidently incapable of walking or, standing; ttie offensive smell has been entirely removed; he has never attempted to tear his shirt or. linen since he came into the Asylum; he iial had no tif w hatever since he came there; he had en< ire! y lost the poWer of loco- motion ; he can move the uinaeles of his legs and toes ; a paralytic patient cannot u'Jove any parr of hi* body, if the part be affected Willi paralysis ; he ran move from side to side iu his bed if qirected^ and lift his. leg up to put on his stocking; , be . can bend In* foot when directed; when a . shirt or coat is brought to him he will put out bis arm to put it on ;, a. greater degree of intelligence appears to have supervened for the last month; be is less shy than he, was when he came into the Asylum ; when he first Came his food was obliged to betaken to him at ni& ht, and. he would not eat it when any one was present ; he was. shaved in the beginning of May, and has been shaved regularly ever since ? he did not show any reluctance at. first ; he turns his face •'? unid to meet the razor as any one else would do; sometimes he indulges in an. expression of irritation; when first put into the bath he appeared much frightened, and I directed the keeper to gi. ve him some beer to pacify him ; he said to the keeper 44 d — u thee and the beer too;" be has taken medicine without resistance; I attributed the contraction of the knees to want of proper exercise, and from exposure to cold; it is not in consequence of fits of auy kind ; 1 don't think, if proper care had been taken of him, the contractions would have taken place at all ; his knee was swelled a few days after he came into the AHVIUUI, which was afterwards attended with fever; on the Monday after a particular looseness of the limb vms pointed out by the keeper, which I considered a fracture; about five day* afterwards I thought it was not a fracture, because I could not feel ibe edge of the bone; I called in other surgeons, who were clearly of opinion that there was a fracture, aud I am now of that opinion; when the swelling subsided I could be more certain that there was a fracture ; the bone is now re- united, before it was united bv ligaments alone ; his general health is much improved. He is much mote cheerful than lie was. He appears to know his keepers who attend him; he will put out his hands when asked to shnke hands. Robert Holmes.—- I am one of the attendants nt the Stafford lunatic Asylum, and have Imd the care of Georo- e Smith sinee be e ame to tbe present time; lie now takes his food when it is put into bis hand ; at first when lie was brought lie refused it, and Mr. Garratt t ordered Tt to be put on his bed at night, and he ate it before morning; he never attempted lo tear his shirt ori any occasion; he has increased iu weight nine pounds since May; I shave him regularly twice a week; it never throw him into fits ; he puts his head back, turns his face to the razor,- and makes no objections. Dr. Knight.-— I am physician to the Stafford In- firmary and lunatic asylum. When 1 first examined the idiot I found him looking emaciated, yellow, and timid, and when I tried to feel his pulse he made a slight atteriipt to scratch me^ My opinion is, that the contractions have been occasioned by his exposure to cold aud long and improper confinement, and that they ure not the result of paralysis; the contractions are now in tome measure lessened. Cross- examined.-—. In his general health for three mouths after he entered the Asylum he was worse than when he came into it. Dr. Dept.—- I think the contractions arise from long confinement, and from want of use of the limbs. Mr Hodgson.— I am a surgeon at Birmingham. I saw George Smirh at the request of Mr. Flint; have • wrcivhvm since ; the light thigh \ s" considerably shorter than the left. In April there wa » a fracture of the right thigh, only united by ligau'ients; in July the thigh was more united and more firm. I attribute the shortness of the limb to the absorption of the bone; 1 believe it to have been a fracture. Cross- examined.— It is impossible to say how lono- the fracture might have existed ; it is possible it might have happened at any period ; 1 never had any doubt of its being a fiacture. Re examiued.— Had the fracture taken place twenty years » go, it would have been impossible for the idiot to walk. Mr. Hughes, surgeon'to tlie Stafford Infirmary. ! think the contractions were caused by exposure to cold and confinement; I am convinced there has been a fracture.. in George Smith's right thigh. Mr, Hawthorn.— 1 am ai surgeon in Stafford. I think the contractions of George Smith's limbs were occa- sioned bv cold and confinement ; I am perfectly per- suaded he has had a fracture ; it is possible fur cold to produce contractions without injuring the skin. Mr. Bakewell proved lhat the father of George Smith had agreed with him for his removal lo Spring Vale M years ago, but the father died shortly after. Mr. CAMPBELL replied at very considerable length; He submitted to the . Jury, that the Defendant bad not made out a single particle of his Justification. His advocate had made a most eloquent and inflammatory nd dress ; but if the Jury knew Mr. Phillips as well a* Ihe learned Counsel did, they would not think that an eloquent speech necessarily proved a good case. His learued friend could be as great upon trifles as he was upon things of importance. He Could display himself upon a ribband as easily sis he could upon a rafter. From slender materials he could harrow up the human soul— he could make peopled hair stand on end 44 like quills upon fne fretful porcupine?" With any giveti portion of evidence, he could produce almost a convtil. aion in the human frame, and distort the bodies as . well as the minds of a Jury. Thatj however, would be of little or no consequence upon the pre^ nt occasion because the present issue was one in which the Jury alone had to determine Upon p'a'iu and uncontradicted facts. The learned Counsel then proceeded to com- ment upon the evidence adduced upon thft part of the defendant, and at the ^ expiration of two hours and a half called upou ibe Jury to pronounce a Verdict iu favour of his client. Mr. Campbell in tiie course of his reply warmly defended the conduct aud character of Mr.' Flint, the plaintiff's attorney, in answer to the allusions of'Mr. Phillips. The Learned Judge having summed up, the Jury retired, and, after being- locked up for upwards uf two hours, returned a verdict for plaintiff— damages 100 guineas. Counsel for Plaintiff, Mr. Campbell, Mr. VVhateley and Mr. Tat ford ; Attornies, Mr. Abraham Flint- of Uitoxeter, and Mr. Charles Flint, of Stafford. ' Counsel for Defendant, Mr. Charles Phillips, Mr. Godson, and Mr. Philpotls; Attorney, Mr. John'Lox- dale. Mr. Justice BURHOUOH said, he did not see how anr obligation was imposed on the defendants, that wa* not equally binding upon the other parts oi the family who did not. live in the house with the defendants. " Mr. TAUNTON. — I do not rest the obligation upon' these defendants upon the will alone, but us livi. g- under the same roof with tbe lunatic, whom they brought to the house with them. In the eye of religion and law an obligation was cast upon ihem of lukiu< r care of him, and providing for his support. Mr. CAMP& KLL said, he win'about to urg- r th « objection whieh had been mentioned Ivy bis Lordship,' fortifier! by authorities, if his Lordship had n » t sug. ge> ted it. : But lie now submitted, that these defend-, ants must be acquitted. . There was no duty whatever imposed upon fhem, except a moral obligation ( which was not au obligation in law), that required them tu take care of this idiot, and therefore he could not h « considered in their 44 care, Custody, anil contronl," ns avenerl by the indictment. With respect to assaults; there was no proof that any of the defendants evei- struck their brother, or counnUted any iwsaull upou bun whatsoever. , " Mrj TAUNTON H 0|) cd his LIOT'ilahip would not, in ih, ( irejent jtwife, interrupt llie proceeding of tlii » im- portant investigation, but woiiid rearrve lo niioilmr M. aife any lieilrtit which niiifht arise from the objection, lie thought thin was an oliligatinn which would In' found to arite out of the principle* ofcouiinon law. la the case, of Ihe Squires, who were indicted for murder, Ihe nushand and wile were tried for not providing food for their apprentice, nnd the wife wns acqnilleil, out the. husband wan haliired fur. the offence llr contended there was no difference between nets of commission and those of omission. He thought there was an obligation upou a brother and sister living together, received, afier their fiihfr's death, n « inmate in their In. use, and. this voluntarily, their idiot brother under Ih, ii- carc, custody, and con'troitl, Which it was proved, they hod; fur it was in evidence that they had him locked up. In wliuse omtroul, tliea could he have been, if not in the defendants' " r ' , Mr. RUSSKI. I, followed, and said it would he dis- erraceful lo the law nf the country, if the facts proved Iii^ evideuee this day could not be uiadB. au indictabl* offence. Sir. Justice BURUOFGH held that there was no leo- al obligation proved; that it did not appear Ihe brother " tlliam had the slightest confront over the lunatic except that lie was master of the house; the only proof was, there were several acts of omission, cer- tainly strong proofs of negligence ; but omission of a duly, not legal, will not do, Whatever mode may l. » takeij ti) bring these parlies In punishment, the present is certainly not the shape for it. lie regretted exceed- ingly the case could not go on, and should he happy t » postpone it,, if be had any doubt tin the subject ; ' bul this being all mailer of fad, he could not be justified in telling the Jury to find the ( fel'eiidants guilty. Tile Jury, under the directions of his Lordship returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The trial lasted for nearly nine hours, and tho result is Stated lo hare breti received with much dis. atisfaction by ihfc public. To the Printers of the Salopian Journal. .< 5 « ry.* M « » ,- 1 » ' ' lie. instructions I received for thsi advertisement ofthe sale of horses, which appeared in your last paper, there was an unintentional mistake;' which 1 beg leave, on behalf of the proprietor of tli, horses and of myself, to correct: viz " That th, horses were . sold in consequence of the discontinuance of tbe Netlle Coach from Welshpool to Oswestry." Which coach, 1 am happy to say, Continues on'tiio ground, and is deservedly esteemed ns a safe aud expeditious conveyance. I remain, Gentlemen, your**, kc. . , , . C. UULBERT. Shrewsbury, August 15,1S25: LATHS. To Gentlemen, Builders, Carpenters, Slaters; (- 5' c. S(' c. RICHARD HAMPSON BROS leave to inform Gentlemen, Build- ers, Sec.' that be has a Quantity of LIVERPOOL' I. ATIlS, selling ofl'at reduced Fries. I. I1.1UII Et. l. nsHras, AUG. IftTii, 1850. MAM&. JAMES FARMER lie-., to inforrt,' In, » J » Friends, that bis SMEW of ltAMS will laVn Place ( III TUESDAY, the 12th of September next ( Shrewsbury Slircp Fair Day), at Twelve' o'Clock ; and lie shall be happy to see ( is niauj of his Friends** please tn honour linn with a Call. DRVTOH, Abo 12, 18I « . SOUTHDOWN8. I? LUCK niost respectfully inform* . H. • bis Friends, that bis SAI. F. and It A M LET- TING, of true Southdown*, will lake place on the lit Day of September next ; when 31 true- bred Ratn* will br offered to I. et, and 110 F. wes and 91) yearling Wether* will be offered for Sale; bred and collected al a great Expense from the best Southdown Breeder, in England. WiTMOas, ACGCST 15TH, 1825. miAmsurj ffjiBiri& iim SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, lliv pr! c » of Kid. s wa* 3^( 1. p* r lb.— Calf Skin* 6d Tallow Sd. i. it. s. d. 10 9 0 a 7 [ The Teamed Judge, in this, as in the former case, expressed a strung opinion, that when justifications were pleaded, they should be proved to the letter. J Friday, August 11. THE KING v. SMITH AND OTHERS. Mr. KCSSM. L opened the indictment, nnd stated that it was brought nga ust William, Thomas, and Sarah Smith, charging thein with contriving to hurt and injure George Smith, their brother ( a lunatic), who was under tilrir care and custody; for having'con- fined the said George Smith iu a certain dark hole, or dungeon, in a house, situate at Muckleston Wood, in the county of Stafford, and Ihere cruelly and unnatur- ally refusing to administer to him fund, chillies, or any of the necessaries of life, and then and there keep- ing him, without proper warmth, air, or exercise bv mean* of which the said lunatic became weak'nud distorted in bis body. There were several other counts in the indictment; to which the general issue was'pleaded. Mr. TACMTON, in stating the case, tuid, as the inquiry was one of the most important nature, be was sure tiic jury, in coin^ ig to a decision on it', would divest themselves of any prejudices that might have arisen in their minds from the various circumstances that had already been tnnde public with respect to thrse defendants; and lhat tliev would be guided alone by the evidence that should be adduced. It was right for him lo apprise them in the outset, that the indictment would assume the form of an indictment fur au assault ; hill though it was necessary fur it tn assume such a shape, it was nut acluallv necessary tu show that the person of the lunatic had been beaten b. v the defendants. The several witnesses that bad been examined on the part of tbe defendants iti the actions for libel were then examined fur the prosecution. Mr. James Stanley was called to prove the will of Isaac Smith, father of the Inaatic. By this w ill £ 50 a- year was secured for the lunatic, and all the brothers were named as trustees. This closcd the case for the prosecution. Wheal ( Old) o(> ( New) 8 ( j Ba'rlev 0 0 Oat. ( Old). ... i) o 1 0 Average Price* of Corn per Quarter, in Kngland and JVutcs, for Hit. wetk ending Aug 3, 1S26 • Wheat, 57s. 7d.; Barley, 32s. Od.; Oats, 27s 3d . CORN EXCHANGE. AUGUST M. We bad a large supply uf Wheat and Flour ilurhi'f hi> t week, and a gfeal itiniry samples of new Wheal and Pease fresh iu lo this day's market from Es. ex, Kent, and Suffolk. Fine samples of new Wheat rea* lizeil 03s. per quarter, but all other descriptions wer. quite unsaleable. Barley heing iu short supply, sold Is. per quarter dearer ; and some new that appeared sold from 38s. 10 40*. per quarter. Benin are 1>. p( r quarter higher, and Pease of both kinds fully maintain our last, currency, although we bad a great many samples of new at market. Oals sold at an advance o'f I*. per quarter. 1 u oilier articles there is no alteration. Cm rent Price of Gram per Quartir, a » uniter • Wheat 50s to 63, t White Pea*.. 54. lo Barley. 2Ss to 3iii I Bean* 44s to 48s Malt...... 50s to tit). I Oat* 32s lo J « * Rinc Flour 50s lo 55s per sack ; Second* 45s to 40. SM/ Til FIELD Cptr si. of 8M. linking offal). Beef Million. Od to 4. 10.1 Od to 4. 8d Wheat.. Barley.. Oals... Mall Fine Flou r. 0d. per 701 bs. Od. perfiOlb*. 3d. per 451b*. 3d. perjfiqt*. Veal 4s lOd io 5* ( U . Pork 4i Od to 4s 10d Lamb ft « Od to Gs Oi LIVERPOOL. 8s. 3d. to J> s. 4 » . flil. to » t. 3s. Dd. to 4*. ( is. 6d. to 8s. 47*. Od. to 53s. Od. per280' lb. BRISTOL. Spri: i£ price of Wheat, per sack of 3311b*... Foreign Wheat per bush, of 8 gall.... English Wheat, ditto. Malting Harley, ditto Mah, ditto....'. Flour, Fine, per s « ek of 2c. 2q. 5lb » ... Second* ditto Oats, per 8 gall it. 9. rf. 37 0 lo 40 n e 3 to 7 • e t) lo 7 3 4 0 lo 5 3 7 0 to 8 e 50 0 to 53 a 40 0 to 48 0 3 4 t » a • FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN. August 21, Ludlow, Frodsham, Cheadle, Abergele, Llangollen,. Harlech— 2* 2, Frodsham, Ffe » tiniog~ Q39 Frodsham, Little Bud worth— 24, Little. Budworih, Cannock, EglWysfach — 26, Ellesmere. At. our Fair, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, Fat Sheep sold at from 5-| d. to 6d. per Ib. Lamba were in demand. Fat Cattle sold readily at 5: 1. per lb.; but Store Cattle, as also Store Sheep and Pig-*, were unsaleable. Best Cheese sold at from 53a, to per cwl. and inferior in. proportion. Butter in tubs 12d to I2| d. per Ib. Bacon 7id. to ! r; d. per Ib ; Hams The quantity of Wool wan very small: combing fleeces sold at from 10*. to per stone of 151b,*, fine fleeces 12s. to lis. per stoaej lamb's wool 9d. to Is. per lb. The Manchester Chronicle of Saturday Ia*. t says, — We are happy to say that trade is considered generally to continue to be in a way of progressive improvement. As this opinion is warranted by facts, it has given a cheerful tone to public feeling'.* The Grand Jury of Lancaster have returned a true bill against Edward Gibbon Wakefield and William Wakefield., far a misdemeanor; also a true bill again t Edward Gibbon Wakefield, William Wakefield, Edward Thevenot, aud France Wakefield, for a conspiracy. SALOPIAN JOURNAL} ANIO COUMIKS OF WALES, I'ou THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. ! tflj » o of Pad. SO. XI- IX. wwa mum 00 The Rose hall) its sweetness, and Bees treasures bring, Yet lire Rose lias a thorn, and the Bee has a sling ; Yon Rivulet brilHi « ntlv waters the plain, Vet floods will descend, and that Rivulet stain ; Tbe Sun oft at morn gilds the sea aud the shore, But storms gather round, and we see him no more j Fair Luna i esplendentty kindles her horns, Yet, cloth'd uft in vapours, to light us she scorns : Thus Wives, ere Ihe Honey- Moon fairly is down. Though ihey bless with a smile, disappoint with a frown ! Yet Husbands, my truth- loving Muse must declare, Oil conjure a frown on the face of the Fair : • Tis ihe fault oft of both, ere the Honey. Moon's down, 1 hat a smile is succeeded sometimes hy a fruwa. tvo. I,. Courtship and Matrimony. The Poets of Love sing in ninny a measure, To Hy men they scarce give a strain : This sadly convinces, though wooing be pleasure, That Wedlock is oftentimes pain 1 tt the Scripture*, and. spelling books, tbe rending- lessons of. which are selected extracts from the Sacred Vol inn e : and in tht> promotion ofSeripfiirai EdueatioiV'thp Society had distributed, since its formation toA pril last, hy grant, or sale at very reduced prices, I2, K> 8 bibles, 171,823 testaments, and 460,( 535 spelling; books; « rn'd the effect has been t he establish merit in so'nie places o-' f similar ( Sunday) schools by the Roman Catholic Priests, and into some of those they have been obliged to hi trod nee the Scriptures, to prevent the chifilreu being- sent to the Protestant Sunday Schools : they make their own comments ou them no doubt, but only let the Bible be read in the schools, and it will soon be read out of it; it has a voice of its oun, and will speak. Every line that i* read is a blow to Catholic domination, and a prelude to that freedom of mind — the birthright of man — and to that enlightening of the people, which will make them a shining light, and Ireland jet a praise in the earth. Much has been effected, but much still remains to be done,. and the exertions of the Society to GIFTS AND GIVERS. ( from the New Monthly Magazine.] THE MARCH OS" MIND. BV M1W HITPOLLD. f From the l. iterary Mugnet.) FAIR nature smiled ill all her bowers, But man, tbe master- work of God, Unconscious of his latent powers, The tangled forest trod i Without a hope, without an aim, Beyond the sloth's, the tiger's life, His only pleasure sleep or strife,— And war his only fame. Furious alike and causeless beamed His lasting bate, his transient love ; And even the mother's fondness seemed The instinct of the dove. The mental world was wrapped in niglit;. Though some, the diamonds of the mine,. Burst through the shrouding gloom, tu shin* With self- emitted light! But see the glorious dawn unfold The brighter day that lurks behind f The march of armies may be told, But not the March of Mind. Instruction '. Child of Heaven and Earth,. As heat expands the vernal flower, So Wisdom, Goodness, Freedom, l owerr From Thee derive their birth ! From Thee, all mortal bliss we draw ; From Thee, religion's blessed fruit: From thee, the good of social law, And man redeemed from brute : From Thee, all tics to virtue dear, The father's, brother's, husband's nanu f From Thee, tbe sweet aud holy famu That never cost a tear. Oh ! breathe thy soul along the gale,. That Britons still in generous strife, Knowledge and freedom may inhale,— The mingled breath nf life ! So shall they share what they possess, Aud show to distant worlds thy charms ; Wisdom and peace their only arms, Their only aim to bless ! WEM ASSOCIATION, In Aid of the Sunday School Society for Ireland. On Wednesday^ the 2d of August, the first Annual Meeting of the above Association was held Ht Tilley House Academy, Wem, when the attendance wa » of the tii os t respectable character. The lie v. E. T. STEWARD, Rector of Wem, having taken the Chair, the Report was read by the Rev WILLIAM DIXON, ami announced that suitable patron age had heen kindly granted—' The Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the Viscountess Lotion, and the Rev. E. T. Steward, having honoured the Association by becoming respectively rts Patron, Patroness, and President.—- It staled also," that the sum of £ 71. 7s. 6d. had been con- tributed by the Wem Association to the funds of the Parent Society, whose last Report acknowledges this liberal nirf, and speaks of the success which has been permitted to accompany the exertions of the Society in the most encouraging terms; that it must therefore he highly gratifying to the Association, to reflect that it hud so ably supported an Institution whose efforts were directed to such important objects, as the temporal and spiritual welfare of the poor of Ireland; and that, as such a cause deserved, so it was hoped it would receive, increased support and patronage. The Rev. Gentleman then moved, that the Report he received. The Rev. M. KENT, in seconding the Resolutions, observed, that there was not any extent to which the soul of man could not be improved by education, and there were many Societies for its promotion, all of which had a claim to support; and among them was the Sunday School Society for Ireland, which minis- tered to temporal as well as spiritual welfare, bv providing the means of scriptural education for the children of the poor, and thus teaching them their duty to God, to society, and to themselves; and there- fore Sabbath Schools" were not only beneficial to the tiding generation, but to the parents and to society in general. Ireland, continued the Rev. Gentleman, is closely connected with England, subject to the same laws, aud worshipping the same God. Let us then bind it to our shores by the ties of gratitude and affec- tion. Wein has done much to draw those cords of love, but she will draw them still closer; and if the objects of her benevolence cannot now make a reconi- pence, it will amply await her at the day of judgment. The CHAIRMAN then introduced Mr. J. H. Mallard, Secretary for England to the Society in Ireland, to the notice of the meeting. Mr. MALLARD expressed the cordial nnd grateful thanks of the Society for the munificent aid it had received from the Wem Association during the past year, which had contributed so much to enable the sphere of its usefulness to be extended — by promoting the establishment of Sunday Schools, for the purpose of conveying Scriptural Education to the poor of Ireland, and thereby ameliorating their condition, and improving their moral and religious character ; and as the Society knew no distinction of sects and parties in giving assistance to Sunday Schools, so it was gratifying to find Christians of different denominations uniting to aid so good a cause, and forming in this labour of love but oue benevolent whole.— It must, continued the Secretary, be at all times a pleasing reflection to anv one to know he has been instrumental in doing good; nnd to enable the Association to possess that feeling, by- being made aware of the benefits it had assisted in conferring, he would select some facts from printed documents, which would evince the good effects of the system itself, and confirm the opinion of this Association that the Society promoting such a system was worthy of the continuance of its favour, as forcibly, he trusted, ss the most eloquent appeal. Mr. M. then proceeded to read extracts from communications, shewing, that where Sunday Schools were established, the sabbath was kept with more reverence and respect, places of worship being now well attended instead, as formerly, of being nearly empty, so much so, that it had been found necessary iu some places either to build new ones or lo enlarge them; that the children were eager to attend the schools and the parents anxious they should do so; and that the parents had themselves in some instances learned to read the Scriptures from their own children ( who were allowed to take home their books from oue mbhalh- day to ihe other); and this occurred wilh an elderly woman in Arklow. In a moral point of view the change was also very striking,, proved also by facts from various quarters : the public- houses are deserted, aud Divine Worship attended, the general conduct improved, habits become more orderly, and the children w ho attend these schools noted for the decency of their appearance and the regularity of their conduct: and one gentleman ( a magistrate) states, that during six years not a single individual who had heen educated in a Sunday School had been brought before him for any offence whatever. Nobility, gentry, and clergy, saui the Secretary, all unite, not only in aiding the Society and supporting it with their influence, hut in some instances personally attend in the Schools, whose teachers are thus composed of persons in every gradation of life, and among them, are many who have themselves received their education in the schools in which they afterwards teach. The success of the Society in promoting the establishment of Sunday Schools has been, under the Divine blessing, very encouraging to further exertion, as the. means of extending the system is afforded hy the liberality and benevolcnee of its friends. It commenced with two schools, having 87 scholars. It had in April last 1804 schools, reported to be attended by 152,391 scholars and 13255 gratuitous teachers; and the number of schools has since increased. Ofthe number of scholars — about ( 36,000 read the Scriptures, and nearly 24,000 were adults. The object of the Society is to ameliorate the condition ofthe poor by means of Religious Instruc- tion; it no other books for this purpose than extend its sphere of operations will only be limited by a limitation of its means. Where, then, does Ireland look for aid? 3i looks to England, iu which iu any cause of benevolence, it is only necessary to strike the spark, and us own native energy will soon fan it into a flame: and in England the Society naturally turns its eyes to those, from whom it has already experienced kind:. ess. To you, then, 1 appeal, for a continuance of your favour, for increased support and influence, to enable the Society to pursue its beneficial and success- ful course, that the Emerald may become one of the brightest ornaments in the British diadem. Aud 1 ask you for that which no one is loo poor to give — your prayers that God,- whose glory is, 5 trust, the ultimate end we all have in view, will bless the efforts of the Society, wherever the Christian benevolence of its friends may enable it to exert their endeavours to throw down the barriers of ignorance, by enabling ALL to read the Word of God, and to direct under His blessing their temporal course, by that unerring guide, lo the improvement of ihei'r temporal and spiritual condition*, The Rev. BRIAN KILL begged to corroborate the stntemenis of the worthy Secretary, as to the beneficial effects of the operations of the Sunday School Society in Ireland. He had lately returned from a visit to thai country, anil from what he had seen and heard, no one could bestow his charity in a better ,,.; iy. He trusted the little town of Wem— little, he meanf, as it appeared on, the map, and in the number of its population, but great in their respectability, and still greater in their Christian liberality arid spirit— he hoped this little town would set an example to the rest of the country, that would stimulate them to follow in so noble a path, till the people of Ireland'should become one of the most loyal, industrious, peaceable, and religious of any on the face of the e. fli — The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the Resolution of the Association to continue and increase their assistance to the Society, audr their influence in its favour. Mr. JAMES, of WEM, seconded the Resolution,- which was carried unanimously. The Rev. . PATTI'SON, in niovhrg a vofe of thanks to the Patron, Patroness, President, Treasurer, and Secretary, very feelingly observed,. that a//, of whatever nation or clime, looked' to home as the source of all temporal comfort and happiness home was the mdst endearing'sound, and conveyed with it the most endcav. ing'ideas aud h flections; and no home was so dear as that where its inmates were endued with a sense of their religions and social duties, and where, conse- quently, order and quietness reigned. Exert your- selves, therefore, to make the home of the Irishman dear to him in this way, and he will naturally become attached to it, nor easily be induced to disturb its peace, and thus destroy his own comfort, hy any im- proper conduct. The means of thus exerting your- selves is this day brought before yon, by supporting the Irish Sunday School Society, which aims at amelio- rating the condition1 of its poor, by means of religious instruction. The native genius, ialents, and bravery of the people of Ireland had been manifested, in that country having produced some of onr most eminent statesmen, and greatest and bravest officers; and he was sine nothing hut education was wanting to call into notice those latent qualities in a country where it might be said,—* It is always safe to begin with a definition: in the present instance it is absolutely necessary to do so — Without further circumlocution, therefore, the reader is requested to understand, that by 44 a gift" is in- tended a a quiddcivi honorariumsometimes enu ployed in the world as a refreshing fee to benevolence ; but much more frequently applied to the furtherance of some especial design; and in all cases an indirect mode of obtaining something from the donor, of more value than itself. Ce qui parent generosite vCest souvent ( says Rochcfoucault modestly, for be might almost have said toujour J qiCane ambition d e guise e, qui meprise de pelifs interefs pour alter a de plus grands." This is the sort of generosity which will be " That many a flower was bofn; to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air." The Rev. WILLIAM DIXON seconded the motion. Mr. Kt'I. BERT, of Shrewsbury, staled that he had for 30 years directed his attention to, and been engaged in, the cause of Sunday Schools, and could bear testimony to their utility here, and was sincerely convinced of their good effects, in a moral and political and much more in a religions point of view ; and this Society would prove beneficial to both countries-. He could not put even Bible Societies before lhat of Sunday Schools: it was useless to put the Bible into the ha nils of any one unable to read it. It WHS not tight,, Im cnid, to provoke the Catholic Priesthood, hut rather to soothe them and force them into the current of improvement by shewing them it was- their interest, and the Bible ; once put iu use would, soon win its way. No town, in comparison to its population, had contributed so largely as Wem had done to this good cause.— Mr. H. looked hack to the lime when there was uot a Sunday School iri England, and compared it with the present, when there were so many ; and was much gratified at the prospect of their being as largely extended in Ireland if the means were afforded, which he earnestly hoped they would.— Mr. H, then moved that the following Gentlemen do form the Committee : — Rev. F. Salt; Rev. H. Bagnall • Rev. W. Dixon; John Rawksworth, Esq. Palmes Hill; T. Dickson, Esq. Rye Bank; E. Gwynn, Esq. ; Mr. James, Wem ; Mr. Wilkinson, Tilley House. This Resolution was seconded by the Rev. J. MORRALL, and agreed to. The Chairman having left the chair, it was taken by the Rev. BRIAN HILL, and on Ihe motion of Mr. MALLARD, seconded by the Rev B. HILL, a vote of thanks was passed to the Rev. E. T. STEWARD, for the general support and countenance he had given the Wem Association, and for his kindness in taking the chair on the ptesent occasion. The English Secretary having announced that the Anniversary would'in future be the first Wednesday in May, the meeting separated. The following subscribers have been added to the Association •.— The Rev. John Hill,£ l ; Rev. J. Evans, 10s. 6d,; Major Dicken, £ J • und Major Helsham, £ 1. Is. ADVICE TO BATHERS. [ FROM BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE,] Except when it is sought to bring up drowning or drowned people from the bottom, we dis ^ ade our readers from diving. It cannot be good for the health. Never, as you love us, dive under logs of wood, or barges, or frigates, or line- of- battle ships. We have seen such things done— we have ourselves done such things. On one occasion, with our head touching the keel of an eighteen- gun- brig, we began to feel want of breath, and would have given a rump and doy. en for a single gallon of air. The brig was rather big- bellied, and we could not get clear of her great fat sides. We began to fear that we should not find our level, and the journey upwards was indeed most in- tolerably tedious. Unluckily, on reaching the surface, we came up under a boat of live lumber, from the shore, and had to put on our spectacles to see our way from under her ugly flat bottom. Then a pretty high sea was running, and when we had bobbed our head above water, wave after wave smote us, till we were heard from on board blowing like a porpoise. We would not take such another dive again, no, not for a bushel of pearls; and we believe that, for nearly a quarter of an hour ( so the time seemed to us), we had been given up by the whole ship's company, we had almost said the squadron. In diving, beware of muddy bottoms. It is a shocking sensation to feel yourself settling down to the middle, head foremost, in sludge, among eels. Beware of weeds and water- lilies, for there the Naiads are ladies of indifferent reputation, and their embrace is death. Never leap from the battlements of a bridge — let a soft, green, sunny bank, of a few feet suffice. As you are a gentleman scorn canals— and neither bathe nor fish in troubled waters. Gentle river I gentle river! let me float adown the elysium of thy flowing murmurs; and then, in kind contention, lovingly buffet back my way to the pool, on whose tree- shaded brink lie my nankeen trowsers and shirt of fine linen, like a snow- patch amid the verdure. Ah! above all things else, as you are a man, let not footpath, however unfrequented, touch the water- edge near the pool, where you, like a wild goose, are at play; but steer your state like a swan, that, bold yet shy, disports in the solitude, and ever and anon rising on the surface, awakens the lonely echoes with the flapping of his victorious wings! treated of in the present paper. There is nothing by which the true tjsture ofa gift is more clearly illustrated^ than by what is called giving a dinner; an act in which charity, or even benevolence, is the very last filing thought of. The calling in of beggars from the highway to a feast is recorded but once in the annals of mankind, and that only in a parable. When a marc is about that very serious consideration, the giving a* dinner, his first ob- ject is usually to captivate the good will of some in dividual, with whom he desires to carry a point. Candidates give dinners to their electors.; the Speaker gives parliamentary dinners to tbe members; and, if scandalous chronicles do not lie, times have been, when a fiye hundred pound bank- bill was given under the guest's plate on suej'V- an occasion. Mothers give dinners to eldest sons, when they want them to many their daughters.— Hugging barristers give dinners to attorneys, aud rising physicians to apothecaries. The only apparent exception to this rule is found in the cabinet dinners which ministers give to each other : but these being merely arrangements 44 for the better carrying ou of the plot," are exceptions, and thus should lie taken accordingly. Clients often give din ners to their lawyers, as patients do to their physicians, thereby feloniously designing to sponge an opinion. This is an ungenerous and insiduous attack which cannot too strenuously be resisted. The late Dr, Willan always advised his young medical friends against lending themselves to such schemes; and the courage and ability cannot be sufficiently admired of that honest attorney who 44 greatly daring dined"" indeed with his employer, but, having done so, made the invitation an item in bis bill of costs, and set down 44 to partaking of a leg of mutton aud capers, thirteen and four pence.* Another important precaution in giving a dinner is f'lie exclusion of all such families as do not give din. ners themselves; and such as are at the time in arrear in their repayments. Here the truth comes at once to day 5 for we openly say that the man who dined with us last, owe* us a dinner, thus plainly betraying our sentfe of the obligation which a dinner out con- tracts^ in receiving our gift. The consequences of this notion are so fatal* to good society, that if the prejudice were not inveterate, they would long since have led to a more liberal practice. The bringing together people of the most opposite qualities and qualifications, upon the ground- of their agreement in the single particular of having discharged all hospitable claims, is the death of u good party f and the frequency of dull tiresome feasts is at once a convincing proof of the prevalence of such sordid idea?, and a faithful interpreter of the genuine signification of the Verb 44 to give." Dinners likewise are given to great persoiisy for five sake of that credit which their presence reflects upon the host; a transaction in which patronage is set off against parties, and consideration against curries;' in w hich a star purchases the soup, aud a title the turbot ; while a place under Government gives its owner a legitimate claim to a place for the feet "' under the mahogany." Thus it was said hy a late noble peeress, ofa poor member of her own cast, that his peerage was as good to him os board wages. As to giving dinners to those who want then)', to feasting poor dependants, bankrupt friends, and in solvent relations, the thing has become almost obsolete; or if, once a year or so, such an aci of - Hits occurs, it is done in so ostentatious a manner, as plainly shows that the man is ashamed of ihe transaction : even I hen it is most frequently but a sop to Cerberus, a buying off of detraction, or a |> un base from syc » >" pta « i » cy % jf « right to indulge airs with impunity. As it is with dinners soil is with all other gifls: 14 you must think, if we give you any thing, we hope to gain by you." The entire world are of the opinion ol the ostler of the Elephant and Castle, who demanded payment for a draught of water from his horse- pail, on the special pica, that 44 nobody gives nothing for nothing. When a tradesman gives credit, let not the debtor imagine that it is pour Vamour de ses beaux yeux :, y it is the hope of an usurious interest that buys The gift. When an old miser gives a penny to a beggar, it is in the desire of receiving^ pound in ihe kingdom of Heaven. Even the unsophisticated child, in parting with a slice of his own apple, looks to au equivalent M pig" from his playfellow's orange. In the same, spirit masters give wages, musicians give concerts, professors- give instructions, and the proprietors of Hells give Champaign and pine- apples to the punters of their iniquitous tables. The " je vous prete le bonjoury> of IVloliere's miser is but a type of mankind at large; for not one of them 44 gives you good day," without the expectation of at least receiving in return 44 The same to you." In this sense of the word there are few points of prudence more important than a jost appreciation of the where ond when to give ; so as, on tfte one hand not to throw pearls to swine; or, on the other, 44 not lo spoil a ship for a ha'p'oth of tar." 1 he true intent and purpose of generosity is well set forth by Chaucer : 44 So that the more she yave- f awaye, The more I wis, she had alwaye: Great loosj hath largesse, and great prise^ For both wyse folke and unwyse Were wholly to her baudon brought, So well with yefte » § hath she wrought." Romaunt of the Rrise* So likewise Charron says, 44 Qui premier a invente les bicnfaicts, a forge des ceps et manottes poor lier et captiver autruy." But why appeal to authority?— Every man possesses within himself an instinctive feeling of the truth of the position; and no one re- ceives half so many presents as the man, who, having himself much to bestow, does not staml iu need of the benevolence of any human being. Look at the Norwich mail, stuffed inside and out with good cheer, with turkeys, and chines, and sausages, occ. & c. on the morning of Christmas- eve, and ther take a peep al the directions. Is there so much as one 4t heaven- directed" goose that strays to the poor- house or the hospital ?— Are they not all sent to substantial citizens, lords, members of parliament, secretaries, and trea in which we look for n per centage of profit; and if a gift were a draft for value received, or to be received, the inlet- change would be as safe as any other mer- cantile transaction. But being, as they too often are, 44 only triOes ( not honest trifles) to betray us to deeper consequences," like the vile worm which is a bait to catch the valuable fish, they are always to he eyed with suspicion. A prudent man will immediately ret urn them in kind; or, what is better still, receive them with a fixed determination of cool ingratitude,— The danger of gifts is justly appreciated by the sex; and a wise policy forbids women of character from exposing themselves to the temptation. On this point, if in any, the woman who deliberates is lost. Tbe string of pearls or ihe lace dress once, accepted, she is no longer her own mistress; for how is it possible to doubt the sincerity of the lover who parts with his money? There is, however, no rule without its ex- cept ion ; and of late years, more especially, women of acerlain tone ami place in the world have found them- selves justified in accepting every thing that is offered, horses, boxes at the opera, convenient loans, without fhe slightest intention of acknowledging the obligation, and deeming the giver sufficiently honoured by the acceptance of his liberality. These are, indeed, the horse- leeches' daughters, who cry 44 Give, give Their avarice is an insatiable gulf, that is not a whit the more likely to be filled because the donor, like Quint us Curtius, is disposed to throw himself in with the rest. There is nothing that makes men more caution* of accepting gifts than the dread of being reproached with them in time to come. Certain it is that patrons and benefactors iu general are very apt to demand Ihe sacrifice of honour and principle iu return for their favour; yet, if justice were done by all pasties, would be found, that for one slave to his gvaljrtU. de, there are fifty to their expectations. S;> suehVtfses, however, it is but a frippon frippon et demi; and the ungrateful are as. justifiable in overreaching the designing donor, as that saint, who, when ihe devil by slight of hand threw sixes in playing for a soul, foiled him at iiis own game by miraculous cast' of s< vens. Hence it happens that the most grateful dispositions ore scandalized at a giver who cecals his liberality to the donor's reflection ; for such conduct is so absolute a reproach, that nobody is tame enough to bear it with equanimity, 44 Rich men deal gifts expecting in re- turn twenty for oue," says Shakspeare; and when p ) or men make presents, their meaning is pretty much the same. To boast of one's liberality is, therefore, little better than to own oneself an usurer; i& nC who likes to keep company with an usurer, after the seal is affixed ? In the East, however behind band w ith Europe in olher points, of civilization, they hate got the start of us iu this affair of gifts. There, nobody approaches a great man without a ^ present, which is indeed a retaining fee to purchase his protection ; and so well is this understood, that the suitor always en- deavours to make it proportionate to the " service he expects. Fees and gratuities in our law courts are a remnant of this usage, which migrated westward with so many other social institutions. But unluckily the acceptors being with us somewhat prone to lose sight of Pitt's noble- priuciple of * 4 reciprocit> y^ Vand falling into that villainous abuse of doing nothing for their money, fees and gratuities have become very distasteful to suitors, a'^ d are in a due course of abolishment. In England, the custom of propitiating the great has periodical intermissions ; and we. are now just past ihe season in which gifts began to flow in the contrary course. Hams aud haunches of venison lately found their way from the mansion and the park lo mayors and corporators, fifty pound notes were ad- dressed to school houses and hospitals, and the fran chise- giving kettle of the potwolloper steamed with unwonted delicacies.— Balis were given to. the ladies, kisses were given to butchers' wives, butts of porter were given ts> the mob, and five guineas, more or less, generously slipped into hands, which closed upon them as naturally as if they bad never clone any tiling else. Would lhat I had but half tlig money thus given in one countv l 44 Oh ! how ihis " Villainy doth fail me with the thought of il!" VA one little month might a man ha ve learned as" mo^ h' dishonesty as would serve to corrupt him for a whole lifetime; while for the small matter of a litile perjury, and treason lo his country.)- Itfc got as marh* money as he could spend in a fortnight, and about the fiftieth part of what he must repay iu the shape of taxation during- live m> xi seven years. This mode of giving is chiefly conmiendahle for the singularity of the gift coming not from the donor but the acceptor. In ali other cases a gift is an outlay of capital in expectation of a return of. profit ; but oh the mysterious occasions alluded to the receiver frequently takes bis own; gelling nothing" but ihe remnant of what he has been advancing for years. What £ ulls and dolts are they who do not see through these gifts, 44 woollen vassals, things created to boy or sell with groats" 44 A people abandoned to cor- f iption are abandoned to a reprobate sense, and are ost to ail hopes of political salvation."* But it is too late iu the day to grow serious; so let us change the subject, lest the reader should fancy we are giving -— advice; which being a thing strictly worth nothing, should never be given except al his own value, that is gratis. • Oldcattle'i Remarks on the History of Englaid. rl'tlirr, ' r '" T" T. ci,,!' y " PPT'"'., ^ be each of the width of 9 feet stop will nol be induced to dep irt from the arrange- ment which has been made. It has been staled that. M'-. Seijean. t Wilde was lo be here on Saturday. 1 came al very g- reat inconvenience ojfoinsl ei « lit o'clock yesterday morning-, i am to travel back a considerable distance lo- tunrrowr. Whether my client will sustain any disiidvnulatje from my absence it is not for me to sav, hut I certainly eniinol stay, if the cause is post- poned over to- day. Mr. Justice Hurroujrli.— These was another can^ e pnrttv heard 011 Saturday, and ill consequence of this cause having heen specially appointed a considerable lime aoo tor ihis otoioiojr, 1 adjourned that over lo Wednesday. Ii will throw all inlo confusion if we postpone this. It is quiie impossible to lisleu lo the lppiiciitiiui. Mr. Maide.— Possibly yonr Lordship, nnder these cir- cumstances, will lake a common jury cause first. Mr. Justice lluirouob.— No, I cannot; it was arranged tbat nothing- should interfere with this Mr. Garwood— Then under these circumstances there is but one course left for me to pttrstie. Though I would never shrink from the performance of any professional duty east upon me, feeling as I do that at my time of life I ought n. it, yet I cannot under these circumstances undertake the conduct of this cause. 1 am not at present in good health, I feel I should physically bi'frnk down before- I got through it, there- lore nothing remains for me to do but lo withdraw the record, Mr. Campbell— I hope that'- my. learned friend's absence may. be accounted for on other grounds than that (> f inevitable accident. Mr. Curwood.— We are not aware ofany other cause, I as- ore you. ! VI r. Cam jiijellI dare say not: but I hope for the of my excellent friend, Mr. Serjeant Wilde, that that w iil torn- out to i? e the case. . Mr, ,. S-{- arleit — I. believe tVeii her- your Lordship nor any other Judge will ever hear of this cause again. Mr. Garwood. — I ,^ eg your pardoii— you should not say that"; yo » rwill iYideed. •... Mr Justice Burrough.— However the cause is with- drawn. Mr, CnrW'ood — Yes, mv Lord. Mr, Campl/ elK — You must pay the Jury, Mr. Bayley. Mr. Bayley.— If it is the practice of the Conr. t I will do so. Mr. Campbell.— Certainly i: t lies with you to pay the Jury. The special Jury panel was called over, twelve gen- tlemen appeared and were paid by the atlorrtey for the plaintiff. [ Mr. Scarlett's fee, we understand, was 600 guineas, and the other Cortnscl attending in proportion. Soli- itors'Tii ' he country, and nearly ' 200 vvitnesises. from- different places, were io attendance.] The abutment an4 two piers are so far advanced, that several course ® of arch- stones are set and the centres are getting ready for these two arches. The steam- engine being no longer wanting there, has been removed from the Surrey side, to be employed in pumping' the water out of the remaining three coffer dams oti the City side of the river; two of which are suffi- ciently advanced to admit of the two piers being- founded this season. The whole of the outside work and the arch- stone3 areof granite, from Aber- deen, or from Haytor ( Devon), which is very like the Aberdeen, being of a blueish colour, and very durable. The interior will be built principally of Brarnby Fall and Whitby stone. From Parliamentary- evidence, it appears that on an average 14 people were drowned every year by shooting the Old Bridge; and as the water is now still more obstruct- ed by the new works, it was found necessary to take down two of the arches ofthe Old Bridge, after having substituted one of wood, in order that t'ha pier in the middle might be removed; which will„. no doubt, afford great relief to the current. The piers of tbe New Bridge are built u^ on beech piles', the tops of which are considerably below the bed of fhe river, and 4C* feet above high water. Tho foundation is farther protected, by a row of piles, driven quite close, and completely surrounding the bearing^ pile, so as to prevent any current of water getting through them and loosening the ground. The system adopted at the Waterloo and London Bridges, of forming a coffer- dam round the pier, and pumping out the water, is expensive, but the only plan that can be depended upon for security. Thi* was demonstrated in the case of the two piers of Westminster Bridge, Which fell before the bridge was completed ; they were built in caissons, or large boxes, above water, and afterwards sunk in their places— a system very much in vogue at that timev but since brought into discredit by that and other similar accidents. A HINT TO BRAWLERS.— BrinneM v. Ilayer.-** This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for an assault committed under circumstances of no very rare occurrence— a slight sketch of which may beat once amusing- and useful to'our readers. Mr. Ludlow, on behalf of the. plaintiff, stated the nature of the injury complained of, which was inflicted upon the nose of his client hy the defendant, between whose fore linger and thumb that important part of the plaintiff's person had suffered most grievously. The learned •. gentleman declared that no one was more unwilling than himself to countenance actions arising from trifling assaults, but he trusted lhat he should be able fo prove the preset!? case worthy of the serious attention of the court and jury. • tfe^ on. tended, with much ingenuity, that the nose, ns n ^ feature ornamental, useful, and necessary, is justly entitled lo the patronage and pro- tection of the individual to tvhotn it appertains, and w hose feelings, if any he possess^' most be severely hurt by an indignitv like that of which his client now com- plained. He had no doubt that an effort would he made on the opposite side to shew that tweaking the nose was not only a very harmless hilt a very agreeable operation ; hut he would ask the jury and histeamed friends which of them would like to undergo it ? For his ow n part he must say, he would not, and he was not surprised, . therefore, that the. plaintiff did not relish it. Mr. Ludlow then proceeded to state the circumstances under which ' be alleged assault was committed, and which for the sa^ e of brevity we shall relate, not in the words of ih*> learned gentleman, hut as they subsequently ap- peared in evidence. The plaintiff and defendant, who are respectable men residing in Tew kesbnry, happened to be members of a party accidentally assembled one evening at the Plough 1 un, in that town, for the purpose of lhat rational enjoyment and relaxation from care which society generally affords. In the course of the evening the plaintiff offered to bet one of the company, msmed Barker, glasses round, that he Barker could not, within a given time, shew him a sovereign. The bet was instantl- v accepted by Barker, who took from his nd produced it to the satisfaction The Assignees of the Swansea Old Bank, at <&* Meeting on Wednesday last, determined to make a first dividend of 10s. iri the pound to the Cre- ditors, in the course of this week. This dividend Will throw intd circulation upwards of £ 40,000, and must operate to relieve distress, and stimulate fhe trade of the town. The Brothers Cappurino, paper- maker*, at Turin/ have found the means of supplying the want of rags, by ih- e fabrication of paper from the thia bark of- ihe poplar, willow, and other kiuds of wood. A paragraph was inserted in the papers' n fortnight ago, staling that a Scottish gentleman had undertaken $ for a wager of £ 1,000, to travel ns a wandering minstrel for six months, during which time he was t< s accumulate £ 100, out of what tht? pubiic were pleased to give him for his niusic, he paying, besides, all necessary expenses. An individual representing him- self to be the person therein alluded to, made his appearance in this city on Wednesday last, and played several tunes on the Scotch and Irish pipes', on both of which he displayed considerable skill, as he perambulated Ihe different streets of the town* He was a man of rather gentlemanly figure and deportmefii, and Was accompanied by a person who' acted fn the capacity of a servant, and received the contributions of such as chose to give their money. The m nstrel and his companion sojourned at * humble lodging- house ( such, it is understood, beinjf one of th « i conditions of the wager) during the night, and left the town on the following morning.— Durham Chronicle. A bird preserver in this neighbourhood has suc- ceeded in breeding two of the Death's Head jtfoth, which, we believe, is a rare occurrence. The di- mensions are as follow :— Length, from tip to tip of the wings, 4| inches— length of the- body 2f inches — circumference of the body inches— weight of the moth 6 dwts. 6 grains—^ weight of the chrysalis 5 grains.— Sheffield Iris. By ef comparative statement of imports aiid ex- ports to and from Ireland for the last two years, It appears that the trade of that country with foreign nations has been very considerably increased, chiefly in beef, pork, butter, printed calicoes, and linen. These statements belie the stories ( pur- posely circulated, as it is now believed, by parties pocket a sovereign, of all present except the plaintiff', who the moment the wager was closed dosed his eyes also, positively de- I termined that though Barker might produce fvftv sove- in Ireland) that the trade IH'that country was in A GLOUCESTER ASSIZES. [ FROM THE CHELTENHAM CHRONICLE.] reigns he should not shew him one, Hereupon a dispute arose— each party contending lhat he had won the wager : one of the company, who appears to have been a stranger, ordered in a glass of rum and water as his share, nnd referred the waiter to the plaintiff for pay- ment. This pavment, however, the plaintiff'refused to make, insisting that he had heen the winner. Words of noJ gentle import took: place between him and the stranger— words snoii Cartte to blows, and a pugilistic combat was quickly commenced ; and carried on some time with doubtful success, until the plaintiff finding that he had met his master, bellowed out murder, and the combatants were separated. The beaten man was taken to the pump, where ablution was performed upon his face and person, which had been much disfigured in the affray : the stranger disappeared, and the company returned to the room, and all saf down again in seeming hai; mony. Peace did not, however, last long, for scarcely had it been proclaimed, when the'plaintiff ac- cused the defendant of unhandsome conduct in pre- venting those w ho would have interfered to put an end to the fight ; and this accusation was accompanied by epithets importing any thing but admiration and respect. To these the defendant replied, by equally friendly assurances, which he followed up by tweaking the plaintiff's nose, with such effect that streams of blood DOQ on demise of Strafford and others v. W. L. Lawrence, Esq. This cause, appointed specially for Monday morn- ing, had excited ihe most intense interest, from ihe mature of the question to be decided, the value of the J acknowledged his prowess; and this was the assault whole estate, and Ihe extraordinary preparations made complained of. Amongother late Patents for new Inventions, is one to Thomas Hughes, of Newbury, miller, for his improvements in the method of restoring foul or smutty wheat, and rendering the saru- c fit for use. surers? — fn coincidence with this spirit, the best- endowed parson stands the best chance of obtaining » mil re; the most influential senator, a place in ihe Excise for his dependants; and the most useful of those dependants, the place so to be disposed of; nay ihe very immortal gods, who are above ali wants, have from the beginning of time been bribed wilh their own gifls to be rendered yet more liberal: and from the pew- opener, who, in Cromwell's lauguage,| J 44 pockets the simony, and inducts me into the best seat," to the high priest at the altar, the whole clerical tribe live sumptuously upon this generosity of man- kind. As the world improves in civilization, the intent and purpose of gifls become more evident : and w hile pre- sents to the rich multiply, and the word bribe loses the whole odium of its signification, presents to the poor become more and more rare. Thus in our time we have seen the death of vales to servants, and Christmas- boxes to bumble dependants; except in the rate cases in which they may be considered as an act of gratitude for services yet to come. Such is the half- crown given to the porter ofa great man to for- ward a petition ; or the guinea tossed with a kiss to the pretty maid ofa pretty opera dancer, or actress 44 on sale." He who knows the whole art of giving, is on the broad and primrose path to prosperity. A wise man therefore should be on his guard against such over- reaching li berality. Of all the attacks which can be made on the human heart, gifts are the most. difficult to resist. They not only go home to our avarice and our sensuality, but lo that most treacherous of de- ceivers, our vanity, it is not therefore, the value of the gift alone which determines its influence; a shirt- button, a brooch, a bauble well applied, will do as much execution as a bill or an ingot. If a gift were indeed what il should be, a quid pro quo, there would be no great harm iu it. Friendship is but a commerce, * The result of this transaction deserves recording. The client made a counter demand for meat and drink, which toe attorney discharged, but repaid himself by convicting his host in a heavy penalty for selling wine without a licence. t Gsvs, %. L< f, u$ t Pr » if « . $ Ciftf. | J Esaus. $ trata£ « xa. for its investigation and trial. This estate ( one of ihe best in the neighbourhood) was formerly the property of Mrs. Tracey, and, upon her death, descended to three sisters, her heiresses at law, the survivor of u hom was Mrs. Lighthurti, who had been much depressed in the former parts of her life, and had acquired very- peculiar manners and habits ;— she had, at different times, executed two wills, with several codicils annexed to I hem, all of which were in existence at her death. By fire first, she gave a cottage in the village of Whit- rington for a residence, with a'Considerable pecuniary legacy, to Mr. Freeman, of Cheltenham, who hail attended her and her family for many years as surgeon and apothecary : and by her second will and codicil, she gave the whole estate, including the cottage, to W. L Lawrence, Esq. the defendant, whose tenant is now in possession of it. Mr. Freeman survived Mrs. Light- burn, and, hy his will, gave the estate and interest w hich he had* in this cottage, under Mrs, Lighibum's will, to the plaintiffs, as trustees for the benefit of his wife, and two daughters who are minors: and the question in this cause was, whether the laiter will and codicils, in favour of Mr. Lawrence, have revoked the former, in favour of Mr. Freeman. Mr. Freeman's trustees, therefore, brought an ejectment for Ihe re- covery of the cottage, which was defended by Mr. Lawrence, and this day was appointed for the' trial. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, for the plaintiff', and Mr. Scarlett, for the defendant, were specially retained to lead the cases of their clients, with whom the leading Counsel of this circuit were also engaged. On the opening of the Court, Mr. Cnnvood, the senior Counsel present for the plaintiff, addressed the Judge:— In this tase, my Lord, myself and my friends are in a very distressed situation. It is known to your Lordship that Mr, Serjeant Wilde was expected here this morning to lead this cause. My learned friend, Mr. Scarlett, attends on the other side. From what cause we know not, but Mr. Serjeant Wilde has not arrived. We can assign no reason for his not having arrived, except that some inevitable accident must have befallen him upon the road. Under these circum- stances, though I know very well how greatly incon- venient it will be to my learned friend, Mr. Scarlett, I would crave the indulgence of your Lordship to lei the cause stand till to- morrow morning. We hope that by that time Mr. Serjeant Wilde will be here— indeed, that he will be here in the course of the day. We received a letter from him yesterday, in which he gave some directions about the conduct of the cause, and he promised a special messenger, who was sent to him at Exeter, that he would be here on Saturday evening- last. Why he has not arrived we are'not in the least aware; and in this situation I can only throw myself upon the indulgence of the Court, hoping that your Lordship, and hoping that my learned friend, Mr. Scarlett, though I know the great inconvenience it will occasion to him, will consent to wait another day. Mr. Scarlett— Mv Lord, if this application were made to your Lordship, as a matter ol personal con- venience to my learned friend Mr. Serjeant Wilde, no person would be more willing to second it rhan mvself; but when the question is, which of the two parties is to have the Counsel whom he has selected, and who has come from a considerable distance, and if it come to this that one alone can have his Counsel, your Lord ship will, I am sure, give equal- handed justice between us. The cause was appointed a considerable time ago. From certain circumstances into which it is not necessary to enter, I cannot slay here till to- morrow. My learned friend, therefore, must make his option whether he will conduct the cause to- day, or take aijotber course which is open to hiuij Out J trust lhat Several witnesses were produced on the part of the plaintiff, and the result, of their direct and cross- ex amination was to the effect above stated. Mr. Phillips addressed the Court and the Jury oil behalf of the defendant, and commented, with much humour, upon the facts as they had appeared in evi- dence. lie fully concurred wilh his learned friend, Mr. Ludlow, as to the importance and utility of ihe nose; it was, he said, useful for many purposes, but particularly as a handle for inflicting punishment, when ( as iu the present instance) it happened to have, for a nvar neighbour, a troublesome aud offensive tongue. If a man cannot prevent his tongue from launching forth abuse, he must not complain when his nose is applied to for satisfaction ; and he conceived that the plaintiff's nose had hut paid forfeit for his tongue's insolence.. On the part of the defendant he should not deny the assault, and therefore the jury must find a verdict for the plaintiff; but he trusted ihe amount of damages would mark iheir sense of the absurdity of this action. He remembered to have heard some years before a case in which the nature of the assault was pre- cisely the same, aud the other circumstances very similar to those of ( he present, and as the observations which ou that occasion fell from the learned Judge had, as every thing coming from the bench ought to do, made an indelible impression upon his mind, he would repeat them for the information of the jury, and for the benefit ofthe present parties. 44 Gentlemen," said tbe Judge, in his charge to the Jury, 44 in this case you must find a verdict for the plaintiff, hut I recommend it to you to award the lowest possible damages— one far- thing ; and I will tell you how even that small sum may he of great benefit to the plaintiff"; let him imme- diately upon receipt of the farthing step into ihe first chandler's shop he meets, and invest ihe money in the purchase of soap, and let him never go into company without well soaping his nose,' by which means lhat part of his body will escape much of the severity of ihe punishment which ihe turbulence of his tongue may draw upon it." The same advice, gentlemen, proceeded Mr. Phillips, do 1 give to Ihe plaintiff in this case. Let him lay out the farthing you are about to give him in soap; let him never stir abroad without a supply of that useful commodity, of which, 1 fear, he will fre- quently stand- in need, and when next he offers to make a blind wager, let, him lay ou double the ordinary quantity. Afier receiving the directions of the lp^ med Judge, the Jury consulted a few minutes, and returned a ver- dict for the plaintiff, damages One Shilling; where- upon Mr. Phillips immediately advised the plaintiff to lay out the ichote sum in soap.— His Lordship having refused to certify, the verdict does not carry costs, The New London Bridge. The first stone of this Bridge ( which wan de- signed by the late John Rennje, Esq. and is now executing by Messrs. J. and G. Rennie, Engineers), was laid by Mr. Alderman Garratt ( then Lord Mayor), on the 15th of June, 1S25. William John Jollitfe, Esq. and Sir Edward Banks have contract- ed to complete the same before March, 1830, for the sum of £ 468,000. The middle arch of the Bridge will be 150 feet span, and 37 feet 6 inches rise, the arches next the centre, 140 feet span, and 35 feet 9 inches rise, the springing being 7 feet 6 inches below high- water- line. The carriagerroad over the Bridge is to be 36 feet wide, being 12 feet wider thao. Biatltfriars' Bridge ; aud t^ e footpaths are to rapid state of decay. BEES. The barbarous and cruel system of smothering bfees may nov? be totally dispensed with by a plan Recently adopted with complete success; it is called " driving" and is easily accomplished ; thus— At dusk place a metal pot near where the old hive stands; have a new hive prepared, with cross sticks, and cream and sugar smeared inside ; invert the old hive into the pot, and quickly place the new one over it; tie a cloth round the meeting of both hi^ ps, so as to prevent any of the bees escaping; then keep striking the bottom of the metal pot with an iron instrument, and in less than ten minutes all the bees will be driven by the sound from the old to the new hive ; then untie the cloth, and lift the new hive to the place where the old one stood, at the same time quickly covering the honey hive with a White cloth to prevent any of the bees returning to if. In the morning, lift a corner of the cloth so as to make a small aperture to let out any of the bees that should remain, and by striking the pot as before, they will instantly depart, and join their companions in the new settlement. It may be necessary to feed the bees well for a few days with sugar, and they will proceed to work immediately after. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.— Monday after- noon, at about a quarter before one, the bonded warehouse of Mr. Poole, Suffolk- street, Liverpool, fell with an awful crash, and buried in its ruins a small dwelling- house, and several workmen, who were erecting a vault and shed adjoining. By the immediate assistance of a number of peopJe, four or five persons were extracted alive, some of whom are so dreadfully bruised as to leave little hopes of their recovery; two have been found dead, and two children are missing. A nnmbei' of workmen were employed under the direction of the Mayor and other gentlemen, who have exerted themselves on the occasion, in clearing away the rubbish. The warehouse was full of cotton, linseed, madders* & c., and the vaults underneath contained a great deal of wine. Various reports are abroad as to, the cause of the accident, but it is supposed, that th ® warehouse had not been erected so substantially as to bear the weight of the goods stored in it. Lord Grosvenor last week laid the foundation of a new Market- House at Shaftesbury, which is t « be built principally at his own expense. BANKRUPTS, AUG. 8.— Barnet Wisedill, of Prospect- place, Surrey, jeweller.— George Eilie, of Kexbrorigh, Yorkshire, tobacconist.— John Offor, of Cambridge, bookseller.— Daniel Pinero, of Charlotte street, Fi: zroy. square, coal- merchant.— James Francis Lavell, of Port- land- street, Walworth, cheesemonger.— Robert Trott, of Stepney, scavenger.— Peter Geronimo, of Bristol, looking- glass- manufacturer.— Jas. Harrison, of Wignn. Lancashire, inn- keeper.— Charles Harrop aud Samuei Harrop, of Dobcross, Yorkshire, clothiers,— Benjamin Diyden, of Newcastle- upon- Tynp, common- brewer.— George Oakley, of Allsop's- buildings, New- road, mer- chant.— Charles Score, of Austin- friars, scrivener.— » Thomas Gibbons, jun. of Wells, Norfolk, merchant.— John Sprigg, of Drury- lane, leather- seller.*— William Germain., of Bath, jeweller.— Henry Emmett, of Man- chester, victualler.— Jas. Belshaw and Tlios. Burrow*, of Manchester, machine- makers.— George Dixon, of Runcorn, Cheshire, shopkeeper. — Samuel Campbell, of Bristol, wood- factor. John Peeling, of Liverpool, druggist. , ITFSOLYENTS.— Solomon Lewin Levin, of Graces- alley, Wellclose- sqnare, head- merchant. Robert Thornley, of Vale house, Longdendale, Cheshire, cot- ton- spinner. SHREWSBURY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY " NT. & J- IDDOVTII, CORN- MARKET ; To whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelli- gence are requested to he addressed. Advertise- ments are also received by Messrs. NEWTON and Co. IVarwich- Square, Newgate Street ; Mr. BARKER, No. 33, Fleet- Street; and Mr. RBV- JVELL, Gazette Advertising Offic^ Chancery- Lane, London ; likewise by Messrs. J. K. J- OHN- ' STOJV and Co. No. 1, Lower Sachville. Stint, Dublin. This Paper is regularly filed as above ; also at GARRAWAY'sy Peel'S, and the Cu^ rrau Co/- fe § Houses , London.