This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND tind WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1820, [ PRICE SEVENPENCE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, SALOP INFIRMARY, OCTOBER ? 8, 1820. J\ J OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL MEETING ofthe Supporters of this Infirmary is appointed to be held in the Board Room, on THURSDAY, the Sixteenth Day of NOVEMBER next, at One o'Clock. JOHN JONES, Secretary. To take into further Consideration the Report of the Committee appointed at the Special General Meeting in November, 1825, " To consider the Necessity of giving additional Means of Accom- modation to this Infirmary." This Day is published, in Svo. with nearly 100 Engrav* ings on Wood, price 13s. 6d. Boards, Vol. I. of THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, and Register of Rural and Domestic Improve- ment. Conducted by. J. C. LOUDON, F. L. S, U. S. & c. To be continued in Quarterly Nunibers, price 3s. 6d. No. V. will appear on tbe First of January, 1827. Tbe first Volume of tbe Gardener's Magazine being completed, the Purchasers of it will naturally, and very properly, compare its Contents with the Plan and Pro- mises held forth in the Prospectus. We invite them to do so. This may appear Presumption or Vanity ; it would be so, were we not indebted to our Contributors for having been enabled to carry into Execution that Plan and those Promises. That, our Contributors are neither few nor unknown, that they are well qualified to be of essential Service to tl, te Cause in which we are embarked, the List of them subjoined will amply testify. We had two grave Objects in View to disseminate new and important Information on all Topics connected with Horticu'ture, and to raise the Intellect and the Character of those engaged in this Art. That these Objects have been furthered even ( hiring the short Period of this Magazine's Existence, we cannot doubt, when we consider the Number of Subjects treated of in original Articles, the Quantity of valuable Matter con- densed in the Reviews, the great Variety of Miscellane- ous Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic, and even the Implements, new Froits, Addresses of Garden Artists and Artisans, Titles of Books 011 Gardening, and Rnral Subjects, recorded in the Advertising Department. A Number of the Books from which Information is drawn are in Foreign Languages; and others, from their Prices, out of the Reach of most Readers, and especially^ fvlhoie Readers to whom their Use would be the greatest. As the Object of the Gardener's Magazine is the Dissemination of useful Knowledge ; its Subjects . inex- haustible as the Vegetable Kingdom, and among the most interesting that concern Domestic Life; its Plan calculated to procure Information from every possible Source at 13o, meAbroad ; its Contributors belonging to every Department of Gardening and Botany; and its Conductor devoted to the Subject, from Inclination tio less than Interest, its Readers may reasonably ex. pect it to improve as it advances. At all Events, they may rely that no Exertion will be wanting on the Part of its Conductor to render it of real Service to Garden- ing and G^ dener « , and worthy of a Continuation of that Encouragement whieh it has received. J. C. L.— Preface. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. THE MEMBERS ofthe SHREWS- BURY HUNT are requested to MEET at the LION INN, on MONDAY, the 13th Day of November, 1826, lo spend the Week with the President, JOHN ARTHUR LLOYD, Esq. ^ ATEG by AUCTION BY MR. BROOME, On Tuesday, the 14th Day of November, 1826 ; ALL the LIVE STOCK, HAY, and GRAIN, IMPLEMENTS of HUSBANDRY, and Part of the HOUSEHOLD GOODS and FURNI- TURE, Brewing nnd Dairy Utensils, Casks, See. belonging to Mrs. LEWIS, of STITT, who is declining- Fanning-. consisting of 5 Cows in- calf and 1 Young Barren, 4 three- years old Bullocks, 3 Ditto Heifers in- calf, 6 two- years old Bullocks, 1 Ditto Bull, 2 Ditto Heifers, 4 Yearlings; 1 Waggon Horse, 3 Ditto Mares ( good Workers), I Brood Mare in- foal, 1 Hack Colt ( rising 3 Years old), 2 Ditto ( rising two Years old) ; 2 strong Pigs, 8 Stores ; 2 Waggons, 2 Tumbrels, 1 Wheel Plough, 1 Hand Ditto, 2 Pair of Harrows, Winnowing Machine, Scales and Weights ; I Stack of Wheat, 1 Bay of Barley, 1 Bay of Oats, 1 Stack of Hay ( all to be consumed on the Premises). Also, 170 SHEEP, in Lots, if not disposed of by Pri vate Contract. Tbe Sale to begin at Eleven o'Clock. FURNISHED, LLANFORDA HALL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Session, for an Act for making and main- taining a Road to commence at a Place called Frank- well, at or near to a certain Bridge over the River Severn called The Welsh Bridge, in the Parish of Saint Chad, in the Town of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, and to pass from thence through, over, and upon divers Messuages, Buildings, Gardens, Lands, and Hereditaments, lying within the Parish of Saint Chad aforesaid, and to come into a certain Turnpike Road leading from the Town of Shrewsbury to the Towns of Welsh Pool and Oswestry, and to terminate at the same Turnpike Road, at or near to a certain Place called The Mount, situate in the said Parish of Saint Chad ; and also that it is intended, for that Purpose, to take certain Messuages, Buildings, Gardens, Lands, and Hereditaments, lying within the Parish of Saint Chad aforesaid and tiie Township of Fraukweil, in the said Parish of Saint Chad, or one of them, iu the County ofSalop. JOHN LOXDAI. E, Solicitor. Situate in the County of Salop, One Mile from Oswestry, aud 19 from Shrewsbury. rrUlE HOUSE has recently been entirely S. repaired and newly furnished, and consists ( on tbe Ground Floor) of Entrance Vestibule, Library, Drawing Room, Dining Room, and Study, all of good Dimensions, Housekeeper's Room, Servant's Hall, Butler's Pantry, excellent Kitchen, with Offices de- tached ; also Laundry, Dairy, Bakehouse, and Brew- house, well supplied with Water. On the principal Story are four Bed Booms with Dressing Rooms, one single Room, and Nurseries complete. In the Attics ore ten good Servants' Rooms, with Lumber Store Rooms, &. c. The House stands in Sixty Acres of Pasture Land ( which, or anv Part thereof, may he taken with the House), Tithe- free, well wooded, and wilh several well- stocked Fishponds ; two excellent walled Gar- dens, with Garden House, Sheds, & c. ; Stabling for nine Horses, with three loose Houses, Coach House, Saddle Room, ike.; and excellent Farm Buildings. LI. ANFORDA is a desirable Residence for a Gentle- man who is fond of Hunting, there being several Packs of Hounds kept in the Neighbourhood. The House to be entered upon on the 25th of May next, and the Land at Lady- Day. Fnr further Particulars, and to treat, apply to Mr. RICHARD CROXON, Oswestry. OSWESTRY, OCTOBER 7, 1826. DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY. IN and near Shiffnal, in the County of Salop. BY MR. S. SMITH, On Tuesday, the 14th Day of November, 1826, at the Jerninoham Arms Inn, in Shiffnal, in the County of Salop, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, 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 and there be produced : LOT I. ALL that DWELLING HOUSE, MALT- HOUSE, Bam, Stable, and other Out- Offices, Cottage for a Workman, Fold- Yards, Garden, TAN- YARD, containing 5 Bark Bays, Handling House, Dryer, Mill House, Dust House, 2 Leather Warehouses, Shave House, Lime House, Water Pit, 5 Lime- Pits, 2 Masterings, 40 Handlers, 21 Vats, and 6 Latches, now in full Work, situate in High Street, in the Town of Shiffnal, together with Two Pieces or Parcels of rich Meadow LAND thereto adjoining', called Big Field, and Long Meadow, now in the Occu- pation of Mr. William Cotton, containing in the whole 11A. 2R. 3P. or thereabouts, be the same more or less. These Premises are very eligibly situated, and may be improved to carry on an extensive Trade in tanning and Malting. ! LOT U. A Pjece or Parcel of excellent Meadow LAND, adjoining the last- mentioned Lot, and extend- ing therefrom to Haughtou Lane, containing 3A. 2R. 4P. or thereabouts, be the same more or less, now in the Occupation of Mr. William Cotton, and called or known by the Name of Long* Piece. LOT 111. All that well- accustomed PUBLIC- HOUSE, MALTHOUSE, Stable, Garden, and Ap- purtenances thereto belonging, situate in the High Street aforesaid, in the Occupation of Mrs. Margaret Roden ; together with Three Dwelling HOUSES adjoining, with Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging, now in the several Occupations of Samuel Phillips, John Rogers, and Edward Jones, containing in the whole 2745 Square Yards, or thereabouts. LOT IV. A Dwelling HOUSE, Barn, and excellent Garden, as the same is now staked out, situate near the Top of High- Street aforesaid, containing 3060 Square Yards, or thereabouts, in the Occupation of Mr. James Bishop. LOT V. A Piece or Parcel of capital Building or Garden GROUND, adjoining on the South Side to Lot 4, and fronting the Street, as the same is now staked out, containing 26S0 Square Yards, or there- abouts. LOT VI. A Piece or Parcel of capital Building or Garden GROUND, adjoining on the North Side to Lot 4, and fronting the Street, as the same is now staked out, containing 2680 Square Yards, or there- abouts. LOT VII. All those Three Dwelling HOUSES, Stable, Garden, and Appurtenances, situate on the East Side of the High Street aforesaid, near the Centre of the Town, containing in the whole 2525 Square Yards, or thereabouts, in the several Occupa- tions of Hannah Rutherford, Ann Parker, and Mercilla Richards. LOT VIII. Ail those Four Dwelling- HOUSES, Gardens, arid Appurtenances, adjoining to the lasl mentioned Lot, containing 1171 Square Yards, or thereabouts, in the several Occupations of Joseph Wakelein, Elizabeth Hay lies, James" Roberts, and Elizabeth' Davies. The Timber upon the several Lots to be taken at a Valuation. The Premises may be viewed at any Time prior to the Sale on Application to Mr. SMITH, the Auctioneer; and any further Information respecting the same will be given by Reference to Messrs. HICKS and BRAIKEN- RIDGR, Solicitors, 16, Bartlett's Buildings, London; Mr. BiiOWN, Solicitor, Shiffnal ; or THE AUCTIONEER at Madeley, Shropshire. WHEREAS many Persons have been in the constant Practice of CUTTING, and converting to their own Use, or otherwise disposing of, the CASKS belonging to the SALOPIAN BREWERY, the Proprietors thereof deem it their Duty to give this PUBLIC NOTICE, that they shall institute Proceedings against any Persons so offending ; and any Person giving them information, that will lead to the Conviction of any Person or Persons so offending, will he rewarded. SHREWSBURY, OCT. 23, 1826. Royal Exchange ASSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON 11TH OCTOBER, 1826. qpHE Corporation of the ROYAL EX- I CHANGE ASSURANCE of HOUSES and GOODS from FIRE have constituted and appointed EDWARD B1DDULPH, Esq. of Dolycorslyn, near Mallwyd, in the Comity of Merioneth, their* AG ENT- and Receiver for the said Place and Parts adjacent, for the Assurance of Buildings, Goods, Merchandize, and Farming Stock, from Loss or Damage by Fire, and also for the Assurance of Lives. By Order of the Court of Directors, SAMUEL PENNING, Secretary. Tho Residence of the Rev. R. J. DAVIES. r O" •• THHE House contains handsome Dining- IL and Drawing Rooms, with a small Library, five good Bed Rooms, and one Dressing Room, besides Servants' Rooms, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, and Offices ; together with a roomy Coach- house, Harness Room, and Stabling for six Horses, Cowties, & c.; attached is a large and fruitful Kitchen Garden ; and a Tenant may be accommodated with Grass Land. The House is surrounded by a Flower Garden, and is situated in the Centre of- the much- admired Vale of GUILSEIELT}, near an excellent. Road, within two Miles of Welsh Pool and 18 of Shrewsbury, and in the midst of a fine Sporting Country. For further Particulars apply to the Rev. R. J. DAVIES, Derwen, Welsh Pool. Wr II ERE AS a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against ANN BAGE, of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, BAGE, of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, Linen Manufacturer, Dealer and Chapwoman, and she being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender herself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major Part of theuij on the 9th and 10th Days of November next, and on the 5th Day of December following, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon on each of the said Days, at the Talbot Hotel, in Shrewsbury aforesaid, and make a full Discovery and Disclosure of her Estate and Effects ; when and where the Creditors are to con; 6 preparer to prove their Debts ; and at the second Sitting to choose Assignees; and at the last Sitting the sard Bankrupt is required to finish her Examination, add the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the Allowance of her Certificate.— All Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of her Effects, are not to pay or deliver the ' same hut to whom the Commissioners shsjll appoint, but give Notice to Messrs. CLARKE, RICHARDS, and MKDCALF, Solicit- ors, No. 109, Chancery Lane, London, or to Mr. J. BJCKEUTON WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Swan Hill, Shrews- bu rv. TOLLS TO BE LET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that L^ the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Road leading from Whitchurch toTeruhill, in the County of Salop, called or known by the Names of Bletchley Gate, and Bletchlev and Ternhill Side Gates, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the House of Honor Jones, the White Lion Inn, in Whitchurch, on Monday, the 4th Day of December next, between the Hours of Twelve and One in the Afternoon, in the Manner directed by tlie Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his Majesty King Georg- e the Fourth, 44 For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls are now Let for the annual Sum of £ 197. Is. Od. above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at that Sum. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must at the same Time pay One Month in Advance ( if required) ofthe Rental which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trnstee^ of'the said Turnpike Road, for Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly, or otherwise, as the said Trustees shall direct. WM. GREGORY, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road. WHITCHURCH, OCT. 30, 1826. LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. As there is a great Demand for BEAR's GREASE, a Person has the Pretension lo say that he is the only Proprietor of the genuine Ailicle, when in Fact he is perhaps the only one tliat bus not the genuine Bear's Grease ; but if the Purchasers will give themselves tbe Trouble of smelling it with Attention, they will easily discover the Deception, bis Composition being n Mix- ture nf Oil of Almonds, Hog's Lard, and Mutton Suet, perfumed with a liltle Bergamot ; which, from having analyzed il, J. DEICHOIX can assert to he a Fact. Such Composition, in Lieu of being beneficial lo the Preservation or Growth of the Hair, has a decidedly contrary effect; Oil of Almonds, in particular, being of a very desicntive Nature, and not of a nutritive one ; whereas GENUINE Bear's Grease certainly may he re- garded as nue of the best Articles for promoting the Growth of the Hair. Therefore, to prevent the Public from falling into Error by using such Imitations, which are so insulting to the common Understanding, and in Order to detect the spurious from the genuine Bear's Grease, J. DEI. CROIX begs to give a brief Description of it : — Tbe Fat of the Animal, when he receives il in Casks from Russia, is rather offensive, and ofa Yelloiv Reddish line, hut when purified, it resembles very much Ihe Mixture of Veal Fat and Beef Marrow, with less of Tinge, and although il is of moderate Consistence, yet it is of an oily and rich Nature. To be had, GENUINE and well perfumed, in various sized Pols, of J. DEI. CROIX, Perfumer lo the Royal Family, 158, New Bond. slreet ( removed from 33, Old Bond- street), aud sold, with bis Name, by Mr. William Nightingale, Mr. John Niglwingale, Mr. Thomas Bow. U ler. Mrs. Online ( Pride Hill), Mr. Suinuel [ Inline, Mr. Pyke, and Messrs. Whitney and Co. Shrewsbury, and by all the principal Perfumers and Hairdressers in the United Kingdom; nud where also may he had, bis admired LISIPNIT DE LAVANDE AUX MII. I. KFI. EI'RS, Boo QOET DU Roi ( G. IV.), and every other Article of bis superior and much- ceicbinled FOREIGN PERFB. MERV. ^ ALCG! AUCTION FREEHOLD Al the Cai. stle Inn, in Bishop's Castle, on Friday j fhe J7th Day of November, 1826, between the Hours of Four and Six o'Clcrck in the Aft. eruoon :: LOT I. QAK Trees, numbered with a Scribe, gfow- ^ Xj ing on the Whitehonse Farm, in the Parish of SNEAD, and County of Montgomery. LOT II. 110 ASH Trees, numbered as above, grow- ing on the same Farm. LOT III. 34 ALDER and 11 ELM Trees, Scribe- marked^ growing- on the. same Farm. LOT IV. A small Coppice of OAK and ASI1 POLES, on the same Farm. The Oak appears perfectly sound, and suitable for Building and other Purposes ; the White Woods are sound, and proper for Coopers and Wheelwrights. The Timber adjoins the Turnpike Road from'Bishop's Castle to Garthmill, nine Miles from the latter and two from the former. For. further Particulars apply to Mr. WAGE, Solicitor, Shrewsbury ; or Mr. EDWARD DAVIES, Timber- merchant, Siiead, near Bishop's Castle, who will appoint a Person to shew the Timber. AT TK£ BOLD, NEAR BlUDGNORTH, SHROPSHIRE. BY DOWNES AND CO. At the Castle Inn, in Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop, on Saturday, the 11th Day of November next, at five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as will be then and there produced ; ALLthattheMANORor LORDSHIP, or Reputed Manor or Lordship of BOLD, other- wise BOULD, in the County of Salop, with the Rights, Members, and Appurtenances thereto be- longing; and also all that capital MESSUAGE or Tenement called THE BOLD, with the Out- Offices, Farm Buildings, Yards, Gardens, Three Tenements for Workmen, and several Pieces or Parcels of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land thereunto belong- ing, the Whole containing Four Hundred and Oue Acres and Ten Perches, or thereabouts, be the same more or less, situate in the Parish of BOTTERELL'S ASTON, in the said County of Salop, late in the Occupation of William Barker, Esq. deceased ( the Proprietor thereof), and now of the Trustees named in his Will for Sale, and their Undertenants. This Estate is situate in a fine Sporting Country, is in an excellent State of Cultivation, and lies within a Ring Fence, being bounded partly by the Rea Brook ( an excellent Trout. Stream) on the one Side, and partly by the Moor Brook on the other Side. About 170 Acres of the Estate is Meadow and Pas- ture of superior Quality ; the Poor's Rates are very moderate ; and good Lime is made on tbe Premises. The Estate is titheable ; subject to £ 16 a- year Land- Tax ; and lies within eight Miles of Bridgnorth, twelve from Ludlow, ten from Bewdley, and thirteen from Kidderminster, all good Market Towns. Mrs. BARKER, of The Bold aforesaid, will appoint a Person to shew the Premises; and printed descriptive Particulars may be had at the p- rincipal Inns in Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Bewdley, Kidder- minster, and Worcester,. and, with other Information, of VALENTINE VICKERS, Esqi. Cranmere, near Bridg- north ; Messrs, SLANEY and COMPTON, Solicitors, Gray's- Inn Square, London ; Mr. THOMAS CORSHR, Bridgnorth ; or Mr. NICHOLLS, Attorney, Catstree, : near Bridgnorth. 7th Ojoler, 1820. At the Cross Keys, in Oswestry, in the early Part of December next, in sundry Lots, which will be spe- cified in Printed Particulars : 8E V ERA L PI EC ES of richME A DO W and PASTURE LAND, called The Great and Little Burgess Moors and Great Julian Moors, situate near the Town and in the Liberties of OSWESTRY, now in the respective Holdings of James Joues and Widow Jones, as Tenants from Year to Year. Also, sundry MESSUAGES or COTTAGES and LANDS, situate in the Liberties of Oswestry afore- said, and in the several Townships of Maesbtiry, Sweeney, Llunforda, and Cynynron, in the Parish of Oswestrv. Some few of the Cottnges are held bv Tenants from Year to Year, but the Rest of them are under Leases for Lives at small reserved Rents. Printed Particulars, descriptive of the several Lots, will forthwith be prepared, aud, when ready, may lie had of Mr. T. K Y it FIN, Land- Surveyor, Oswestry ; Mr. JAMES JONES, of the same Place; or of Mr. I. ONGUEVILI. B, Solicitor, at whose Office Maps of the Property may be seen. Mr. JAMES JONES will appoint a proper Person to shew the Premises; and any further information may he obtained by applying to 3lr. LosGtcriLLE, Oswestry, na Tooth Powder and Lotion In a letter dated Berlin, October 24, an accohnt is given of a second defeat of the Persians, by the Russian General Yermoloff. According to this account, the victory of the Russians was of a most decisive character; but it seems that a battalion of the guards which was sent agaiust the Persians mutinied. A new coinage of gold, silver, and copper, ha* just been completed at the Mint, four or five of the principal bankers had each One set as a speci- men, and no move. A set consists of one £ 5 piece, oue £ 2 piece, a £ 1 piece, and a 10s. piece, ( gold ;) a 5s. piece, a half- crown piece, a Is. and a 6d. ( silver;) a^ penny, a half- penny, aud a farthing, in copper. The £ 5 piece bears on one side the arms of Great Britain engraved on drapery, with the motto Dccua et Tutamen, and the date of the year; on the other side, the bead of his Majesty similar to the one on the new sovereign. This piece is supposed to be taken from the forty Liri piece of Parma. The £ 2 piece is the same as the above; the £ 1 piece is also the same but not engraved on drapery. The 5s. piece, the Half- crown piece, the Is. and the 6d. bear the arms of Great Britain, the same as those already- issued. The penny; hall- penny, and farthing, dated 1826. .. On Wednesday last, an action was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, whicli the plaintiff, Captain Bligh, nephew to the Earl of Darnley, brought agaiust the defendant, Mr. Long Wellesley, for the seduction of the plaintiff's wife.— The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; with £ 6000 damages. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.— William Clifford alias Crowder, a man of respectable appearance, was indicted on suspicion of having been concerned in the i- obbery of a parcel, containing £ 4000, the pro- perty of Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd, bankers, of Bir- mingham: The parcel in question was delivered by Mr. Brown, a clerk of Messrs. Hanbury, to Sarjeant, the guard of a Birmingham coach, in the year 1822, to convey to the house of Taylor and Lloyd. After the guard had received the parcel he went to the Magpie and Pewter Platter public, house to obtain some refreshment, and left the parcel in care of the landlord, who proved that he delivered it to the guard in the same state in which he received it. Sarjeant, the guard, then went to the Swan with Two Necks, Lad- lane, from whence the coach started, and he put the parcel under one of Ihe seats while he loaded the coach, but he was not absent from it more than two minutes, when be had occa- sion to go into the coach office, and on his return lie missed the parcel. Up to tbe present time none of the notes have been recovered, except tbe one. in question. It was proved by a clothes saleman; nained Moses, who resides in Rosemary- lane, that on the 8th of August the prisoner came to his house, and selected some articles of wearing apparel, jnd tendered the £ 5 note in payment. Mr. Moses hesi- tated about taking a £ 5 country note, Which WHS dated four years back, and he asked the prisoner* where he obtained it. The prisoner gave a very unsatisfactory account of the possession ofthe note; he first said he received it from his master, who brought it and several others from Birmingham ; afterwards be said he received it from Captain Johnstone, for working on board his ship; and when further questioned, he said he received it for a writing desk he had sold. Mr. Moses then sent for an officer, who took the note to Messrs. Han- bury's house, and it was discovered to have been oue of those which had been stolen four years ago. — The prisoner was indicted under the aet of 3 Geo. IV. which makes the receiving of stolen notes, knowing them to be such, punishable in the same way as a receiver of stolen goods, with a fine, or two years' imprisonment.— The Chairman summed up tile case: aud the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty.— The prisoner was 1 sentenced to be imprisoned two years iu the House of Correction. In the Cburt of King's Bench, last week, a casa was tried Houston v. Drayton and Ventom. Thi. t was an action brought by the plaintiff, an aged person of some property, against the defendants, who are auctioneers, to recover from them the sum I of £ 35, paid as a deposit upon the purchase by i auction of six houses in the neighbourhood of ' Peckhain, which did not answer the descriptive par- ' ticulars of sale.— The Loi- d Chief Justice s. iid that a | verdict must go for the plaintiff; it was the duty ot' defendants to publish true particulars, and not lend [ themselves to deceive parties;— Verdict tor plaintiff > -^ Damages £ 35.-^ Oue part ofthe description stated _ that the houses were well timbered; but it was . proved in evidence, that so far from the. houses beinft- - well timbered, they were floored with what are called five- eighth boards, which are five boards cut out of a three inch plank! and a bricklayer swore the floors were so thin, that when he was walking across one of them, his foot actually went through between the rafters. In the Court of King's Bench, on Tuesday, in n „ case, Egerton v. Steveniy the plaint iff recovered £ 200 „ damages, on the ground that the defendant bad in- f duced him, by fraudulent representations, to give I, more than the value for the good- will of a public- ? house. , OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30.— Richard y Drury, aged 26, stood indicted for stealing* in the e dwelling- house of Hannah Francis, Bank- notes, value £ 75, ten silver spoor. s, and other articles of s plate, her property, on the 17th of August.— On r the day named, the prisoner went to the house of ', the prosecutrix in the Commercial- road, where his e brother lodged ; the property was taken from the e sleeping'- room of the prosecutrix, and a ten pound e note was traced to his possession, and a miniature- s frame was thrown from the window of his lodgings t when the officer went to take him.— The prosecutrix e failed in proving the parish, and thereby the capital d charge was got rid of. Verdict, guilty of stealing-, e At the Old Bailey Session?, ou Monday, Edward - Tollast Jervis, against whom there were several in.- •, dictments for bigamy, was found guilty.— On Tues- d Jiay, Charles White, a bookseller, was found guilty » \ f e setting his house ou fire, with a view of defrauding » v fire- insurance company. e As a proof of the extraordinary plans adopted by 5. the smugglers to bring- their whiskey into Aberdeen,, - a certain excise officer stationed in that neighbour- h hood, relates the following story:— Having notice d ! that a quantity of illicit spirits was lodged about the h bridge of Dee I set out to watch, as 1 was given to n understand it would be removed that night. Calling d at the honse there, I encountered a well- knowii is smuggler : " Well," said 1, " you are uot here for a nothing— what have you got?" " A smuggle," said P. he; " but ye'll be nae better o't; we'll tak' it awa* y the day." " Not across the bridge, then," said 1, ) f " Ay tho'," said the man. 1 was struck with his • e boldness, but being sure of my out- look-—-" Come," s, said 1," I'll bet you a bowl of the best of it, in is toddy, that you don't." " Done," said the smuggler,. I, and we separated for the present. I loitered for a is few hours about the bridge^ on which Ithen took my iy seat. I had not been long there* when a few m decent looking- men made their appearance, bearing i- on their shoulders a coffin, covered with a tartan le plaid, as is common among* the poorer classes in of Scotland. Tbey passed by closely, and appeared w to t& ke the road for Aberdeen. 1 turned my eyes o, to the other end of the bridge in expectation of e- beholding a more cheering prospect. In about an v. hour some person tapped me on the shoulder ; look- iy ing round, I found it was my smuggler wearing* a n, smile upon his features.- " Come awa'"," said he, hi " and pay your wager; its a caul' day, and it will id do very well/'—" How, where r" replied I, " you lie have not won it."—" You didna see the chiels wi' lis the box and the plaid, then, gawn across the' he bridge?" The truth flashed on my mind—" and of they did not carry the dead?" " Na, na, said my is. friend," 1* they certainly had a dead weight, but it ivd was three ankers oVguid Gleulivet whiskey!" and ist he soon gave me such evidence as satisfied me lit that he had safely lodged his smugg- le,-— Edinburgh 1 Evening Courant, - T^ rOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that L^ l Application is intended to be made to Parliament, Jv" in the next ensuing Session, for nn Act to repeal or to Iea alter, amend, extend, and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of twelve several Acts : the first passed in ' 1 the Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty "" King George the Third, intituled " Au Act for making a Navigable Cut or Canal from the River Dee, ™ c within the Liberties of the City of Chester, to or near ''. ri Middlewich and Nantwich, in fhe County of Chester;" llls the second passed in the Seventeenth Year ofthe Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act for vary- PI' ing and enlarging the Powers of an Act made in the E> Twelfth Year of the Reign of bis present Majesty, de for making a Navigable Cut or Canal from the River tin Dee, within tbe Liberties of the City of Chester, to or De near Middlewich and Nantwich, in thy County of CI Chester;" the third passed in the Eighteenth Year of ll" the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act for the more effectually carrying into Execution ; the Powers contained in two several Acls of Parlia- — ment, the oue made in the Twelfth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, for making a Navigable Cut or Canal from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the Cily of Chester, to or near Middlewich and Nant- T wicli, iu the County of Chester, and the other made in • the Seventeenth Y'ear of his said Majesty's Reign for varying and enlarging the Powers of the said former Act;" the fourth passed in the Thirty- third Year ofthe ( Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act for making aud maintaining a Navigable Canal from tbe Rirer Severn nt Shrewsbury, in the County ofSalop, to " the River Mersey at or near Netherpool, in the County J of Chester, and also for making nnd maintaining cer- th • tain collateral Cuts from the said intended Canal j" the D fifth passed iu the Thirty- sixth Year of the Reign of D his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act to explain Bi • and amend an Act passed iu the Thirty- third Year of ta the Reign ofhis present Majesty, intituled * An Act for hr making aud maintaining a Navigable Canal from the St ltiver Severn at Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, si to the River Mersey at or near Netherpool, in the ar County of Chester, and also for making and maintain. R ing certain collateral Cuts from the said intended Canal,' and for varying and altering certain Parts of the Whitchurch Li lie of the said Canal and collateral u Cuts, aud for extending the same from Francton w Common to Sherryman's Bridge, in tho Parish of j, Whitchurch, ill the said County of Salop, and for nj making and maintaining several other Branches and g. collateral Cuts to communicate therewith ;" the sixth passed in the aforesaid Thirty- sixth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, ' intituled " An Act to explain and amend au Act passed in the Thirty- third 1 Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled 4 An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable in Canal from the River Severn at Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, to the River Mersey at or near JJ Netlierpool, in Ihe County of Chester,' and nlso for making nnd maintaining certain collateral Cuts from the said intended Canal, and for varying and altering - certain Parts of the Course of the said Canal and collateral Cuts between Ruabon aud Chester and for extending the same, and for making aud maintaining • several other Branches and collateral Cuts to commu nicate therewith ;" the seventh passed in the Forty- first Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, ( intituled " An Act to authorize the Company of Proprietors of the Ellesmere Canal to extend the said Canal from the Whitchurch Branch thereof at or near certain Water Corn Mills called the New Mills, in the Parish of Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, to, and e to communicate w* ith, the Chester Canal, in tbe u Township of Stoke, in the Parish of Acton, in the c County of Chester, and for altering nnd amending A the several Acts passed for making and maintaining f the said Ellesinere Canal;" the eighth passed in tbe E Forty second Year of tlie Reign of his said late S Majesty, intituled " An Act for repealing so much of U an Act passed in the Thirty- third Year ofhis present fi Majesty, intituled ' An Act fnr making and maintain- (; ing a Navigable Canal from tbe River Severn at Shrewsbury, in the County of Sal op, to the River 1 ' Mersey at or near Netherpool, iu the County of Ches- ^ ter,' and also for making and maintaining certain y collateral Cuts froin the said intended Canal, as re- strains the Company of Proprietors of the said Canal from taking Tonnage on Coals, Coke, Culm, Lime, or ^ Lime- stone, upon a Part of the said Canal, and for authorizing the said Company of Proprietors to raise a Sum of Money td make up the Amount of their original 0 Subscriptions, and for further amending the several Acts * passed relative to the making of the said Canal;" the ' ninth passed in the Forty- fourth Year of the Reign of 1 his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act to enable the J Company of Proprietors of the Ellesmere Canal to ' make a Railway from Ruabon Brook to the Ellesmere Canal at or near the Aqueduct at Pontcysyllte, in I the Parish of Llangollen, in the County of Denbigh, 1 and also to make several Cuts or Feeders for better v supplying the said Canal with Water;" the tenth I passed iu the Forty- seventh Year of the Reign of his t said late Majesty, intituled " An Act for continuing \ the Term and altering and enlarging the Powers of I an Act passed iu the Twenty- sixth Year of his present Majesty, for amending the Road from Flookersbrook Bridge to the South End of Wilderspool Causeway, J and from the Town of Frodsham to Ashton Lane, and r in the County of Chester, so for as respects the Chester - District of the said Roads, and for extending the same j from the present Termination thereof at Flookersbrook , Bridge aforesaid, to the North End of Cow- Lane ] Bridge, in the City of Chester, and for inaking a new Road from such proposed Extension of the said Road j to the North End of Queen Strefet, iu the same City ;" • the eleventh paSSed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign ofhis said late Majesty, intituled ( t An Act to'enable the Company of Proprietors of the Ellesmere Canal to extend the Whitchurch Line of the said Canal from Sherryman's Bridge to Castle Well, in the Towri of , Whitchurch, in the County nf Salop, and for amending j the several Acts for making the said Canal ;" and the ' twelfth passed in the Fifty- third Year of the Reign of , his said late. Majesty, intituled " An Act for uniting - the Interests and Concerns ofthe Proprietors of the ( Chester Canal and Ellesinere Canal, and for amending , the several Acts of his present Majesty relating to the . said Canals*." and that it is intended to take Power ] to divert, alter, or vary the Line of the said Canal by the said recited Acts or some of them authorized to be made and maintained, from a certain Place called Ward I e Green, in the Township of Wardle and Parish 1 of Bunbury, in the County of Chester, to the Township ! of Newton", in the Parish of Middlewich, in the same County, and therein described as passing through the several ^ Parishes, Townships, or Hamlets of Bunbury, Wardle, Acton, Stoke, Cholmondeston, Aston juxt; t Mondrom, Church Minshull, Middlewich, Minshull Vernon, Wimboldesley, Stanthorne, Newton near Middlewich, Kinderton, and Middlewich, in the same County, from a certain Field in the Parish of Daveti- ham nnd Township of Stanthorne, in the said County, in the Occupation of John Cotterell, through certain other Fields in the same Parish and Township, and in the Parish o'f Middlewich and Township of Newton aforesaid, to a certain other Field in the said last- mentioned Parish and Township, in the Occupation of Thomas Hand, and thence to exteni the same Canal from the present Termination thereof, as prescribed bv the said recited Acts or some of them, through the said last- mentioned Parish and Township, into, and to communicate with, the Navigable Canal from the Iliver Trent to the River Mersey at or near to and on the East Side of a certain Bridge called the Brickkiln Field or Brook's Lane Bridge, in the Township of Newton, in the Parish of Middlewich, in the County of Chester aforesaid, and to make, construct., and maintain Aqueducts, Channels, Tunnels, Drains, Towing Paths, Locks, Bridges, Roads, Approaches, Engines, Wharfs, Quays, Lauding Places, Ware bonnes, Buildings, and other Works and Conveniences, for the Purposes of suoh first- mentioned Canal, within the. several Parishes, Townships, Hamlets, or Places hereinbefore mentioned, or some of them, and to aban- don and discontinue such Portions of the said Canal within the Parishes of Davenhain and Middlewich and Townships of Stanthorne and Newton aforesaid as by Reason of the Diversions or Alterations before- mentioned will be rendered useless and unnecessary. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that it is in- tended to obtain Power for the raising of Money for the several Purposes of the said recited Acts, and of the said intended new Act, by an Increase or Altera- tion of the existing Rates, Tolls, or Duties, or by new aud additional Rates, Tolls, or Duties, or by both those Means, or by sonje other Means to be provided by such Act; and also that it. is intended to abrogate or repeal so much of the said several Acts of the ' fweltth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of his s;} i( jl Ute JVIaje- Sty as restrains the said Company of Proprietors of the Chester Canal from making, carry„ ing, or extendin, g the Canal by such several Acts authorized to, be made, ar any Branch, Cut, Tunnel, or Way from the same, atul from exercising^ any of the Powers or performing any of the Works thereby authorized, ovpv or beyond a certain Public Road or TRADE WITH PERSIA.— Notwithstanding the im- portance of trade with Persia, it has been little under- stood up to this time in Europe. The merchants of Constantinople know little of the market . The'Euglish is the Only nation , which trades direct witli Persia, by the port of Benderbnfihir, in the Gulf of Persia, where they sell their merchandise either for ready money, or barter it against silk ; and the English trade is very considerable. The festival called Nourouz, which is celebrated at Tauris, Teheran, and in all parts of Persia, at the end of February, is the most proper time for the sale of European merchandise. The fair, which takes place at this time, continues a whole month. It is necessary to arrive at Sultani in the month of June, during the annual stay there of the Sbach. This is the only town in Persia where goods are sold for cash, because there is no barter- trade; at TaUris, on the contrary, the principal transactions are by barter;- nevertheless, European cloth, of gold and silver, as also a small assortment of other goods, are bought for ready money. Persia receives from Con- stantinople manufactured silk, cloth of gold and silver, and other French manufactures, for the purchase of which three hundred merchants of Tauris make the journey annually; the Prince Abbas- Mirza ordinarily devotes * 20,000 tomans in this sort of speculation. The distance from Tcflis to Tauris is about 600 versts. This journey, which is made with the convoys of mer- chandise in about t wentv- two or thirty days, and which may be made on horseback in six or ten, is traversed by an infinity of rivulets, and must be forded, which occasions many difficulties, at the time of the mountain thaw. At all times this road is free from danger, and provisions may be procured every where. The caravans consume ten days in going from Tauris to Sultani, al which place a person on horseback may arrive in three. At this present time the Armenians send, by tbe way of Tcflis and Gbilan, to the amount of 1,600,000 of Russian merchandise, the chief of which are glassware and crystals, coarse calicoes, refined sugar, nankeens, printed calicoes, common cloths, and such like. This trade from Astrachan rs carried on by sea to Lenkoran, from whence the merchandise is forwarded to Tauris by horses. At Tanris there is an annual arrival, by the way of Erzerum, often to twelve caravans from Constantinople. According to the Persian Custom- house registers, Persia imports by this road to the amount of four or five hundred thousand tomans of English and French goods, and gives in return raw- silk Cachemere and Kermau shawls, tobacco, indigo, and pepper. V< jry little is brought from Smyrna, be- cause the goods must be bought with ready money. Two hundred or three hundred horses bring annually from Trebizond to Tauris glassware, pottery, porcelain^ and ordinary cloths; from Bendcrbukhir are brought sugar, coffee, indigo, printed cottons, coverlets, and English cotton goods,- to a considerable amount. The value of the imports at Teheran and Tauris, by this joad, is reckoned at about a million of tomans. The shawls of Cacben> ere are also brought by the way of Benderbukhir, because the road by land is dangerous. Lastly, by the way of Bagdad man^ English and French goods are brought, and by this road, at least to the amount uf 100,000 tomans of goods arc brought to Tauris,— Petersburg Journal. JO Public that he is continually supplying- the prin- cipal Perfumers in the United Kingdom, with his unequalled FOREIGN PERFUMERY, and in parti- cular with his much- admired ESPRIT DE, LAVANDE AUX MlLLEFLEURS, Esprit de Rose, BOUQUET DU ROI G. IV. his new Perfume called Bouquet d' Espague, Muguet, Marechalle, and above Twenty other Sorts; ? lso his celebrated VEGETABLE EXTRACT, for cleansing the Hair, and every other Article of Per- fumery, of the most superior Quality, requisite for the Comfort of the Toilette. He has likewise appointed them to sell the under- mentioned newly- discovered Articles: POUDRE UNIQUE, for changing Grey or Red Hair to a Light Auburn, Brown, or Black. His POMADE REGENERATRICE, for the Growth and Preservation ofthe Hair; to which J. DF. I. CROIX has particularly directed his Studies, and which has led him to the Discovery of this valuable Compound, composed of several Plants, the great Properties of which, for the Growth of the Hair and preventing its falling off, have been hitherto but partially known in this Country ; it would be superfluous here to enlarge on the Merits of this Compound, as a short Trial will fully evince its Efficacy. His POUDRE SUBTIL, for removing superfluous Hair. This Imperfection J. DEI. CROIX has obviated, by offering to the Ladies this invaluable Remedy, which will effect this Object in eight Minutes, without ihe least Inconvenience or Paiiij and leaving that Part of the Skin extremely soft and smooth. Sold in Boxes, with Directions for Use, with the Proprietor's Name, at 5s. 6d. each. Also his valuable ANTI- SCORBUTIC ELIXIR, for preserving the Gums and Teeth from Decay, nnd curing the Tooth- ache; and his ANTI- SCORBUTIC DEN- TIFRICE, for cleansing arid beautifying the Teeth, and preserving the Enamel from Scorbutic Infection ; both of which are perfectly innoccEt, extremely pleasant in Highway leading from Northwtch, through Middle- wich, to London, or a certain Public Road or Highway leading from Middlewich to Nantwich, or nearer iu any Part to the said Navigable Canal from the River Trent to the Riv. er Mersey than the Distance of One Hundred Yards, without the Consent of the Proprietors of the- said Navigable Canal from the Trent to the Mersey, their Successors or Assigns, and also of Francis then Duke of Bridgewater ( since deceased), his Heirs or Assigns. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that a Map or Plan of the said intended Diversions, Alterations, Extension, and other Works respectively, will be deposited iu the Offices pf the Clerks of the Peace for the said County of Chester, for the Counties of Salop, Denbigh, Flint,' a'hd Merioneth, and of the Town- Clerk of the Citv of Chester respectively, on or before the Thirteenth Day of November next. POTTS'S & JOHNSON, Solicitors, Chester. 30th October, 1826. rgHHE Drug, from which the AM BOYN A ! POWDER and LOTION are prepared, is the produce of Asia. The Natives, as well as Foreigners, esteem it fur its peculiar efficacy in cleansing and beautifying the Teeth, and removing Disorders of the Mouth and Gums. It whitens the Teeth, and by its astringent Action on the Gums fastens those which are loose \ it gives also a native redness to the Gums; it removes all Heats, Ulcers, Gum Boils, and preserves the Teeth from decay. Those who experience painful Nervous Achs in the Face, Gums,& c. will be effectually relieved by a liberal use of the Lotion. Both Prepara- tions are purely Vegetable. Under no Circumstance whatever can any be Genuine,, unless the Name Edwards, 67, St. Paul's, is engraved ou the Stamp,. The Powder 2s. 6d.~ Lotion 4s. 6d. Sold by Eddowes, Shrewsbury ; Small,. and Roberts, Ridgwav, and Procter, Drayton; Webb, Wellington ; Whit tall, Evans, Massey, and 0 » cland, Ludlow; and) all Dealers in Medicine. AM © COURIER OF WAJLES ® LONDON— SATURDAY*- * - St. Petersburg^ journals received this morning, contain dispatches front Fri ce Menzikoif, the Russian Ambassador in Persia, giving' an account of the Events which preceded the war. Ihe cause of this rash enterprise appears to be the fanaticism of the people of Persia, aided iii ' its operation by one of the intrigue so coiiitnon in Eastern Courts, and by: the passion of the Reteditary Prince for war. Testimony is borne to the coueiliat'ory conduct of- Mr. Willock, the British Minisrtei* iu Persia, and to his etiorts to prevent hosulitics. I. . Loi'i'i BcreUoril lias 8> ii'ed ftM- Po> ft » gaiv. in Order, doubJlcks, to give to the lU'fi* ucy i. iie advantage ol his- advlce, a- nd tiie rehiforei ni< ut ol hit- great and vvtil- ' Tf'wmd ' p<' tp « larity wiilV the Pdrltigncsc nation, • Intelligence ( VoSn Lisbon to I he ' f8' t h ult. ft alts tlw gratifying facly that the n volt in the Aljjai Vthas been qui lb and<- lh « t..- the Marquis of Abianttsf its instigator, has been corivpellvd to seek SiilVty in flight, The Order m CotiueH, by which the British Colonies are closed against the shipping of the United Staler;, has naturally excited'much attention IN America. One yf the INe. w York Papers ( The of the 27th of September, in alluding to this order, says — In the year ending the 30th of September,- 1825, our exports to the several . British colonics amounted to about 5,310,000 dollars, em- ploying nearly 200,000 tons of shipping. This is certainly a very desirable market. During the year ending the 30th of September, 1826, there will be an increase of nearly one million dollars to be added to this sum. Such a market for our . exports ought not to have been hazarded by any scrupulousness or ] r. judice on the'part of our Government. That it has been is evident from the Order in Council of the 27th of July. By this order the ports of. all the British colonies: in Asia, K Africa, North and South America, are closed to our shipping; the West India ports after the 1st of Cccembcr, 182( 5-, the East India after the ist of December, 18- 27. Mr. Iluskisson's Act provided that the privileges of free trade with the Colonies should be given only to such States as recipro- cafed the permission, or- as placed British vessels on the ianie footing with the most favoured uati. onv. These conditions were not fulfilled by the Government of the United States. However* the British Govern- ment ( as by the Act of 1825 they were authorized to do) granted us the privilege of free trade, in the expectation that we should adopt a similar mea- sure. During the last Session of Congress, Mr. Lloyd, of Massachusctsj introduced a Bill into the House, the object of which was lo place the British trade and British tonnage in our ports on the same footing* which she had placed ours on in their ports. Mr. Lloyd supported that proposition in a speech full of argument and fact. It was rejected. The consequence of this refusal on our part lias been the revocation of the, permission granted by the British Government. The vessels and produce of the United States afre deluded from the British colonies in all quarters of the world. At the very lowest calculation a market for 6,000,000 of exports, and upwards of 3FC00JGG0 of imports, is entirely closed upon us." Dutch papeis to the l* t insL arrived on Thursday. They bring an important decree respecting the navi gal ion of the Rhine. This decree is founded on the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which ifectircd to the King of the Netherlands the inherit* uncc of Belgium, and settled the limits of the States boicb. i ing ou the Rhine. SinCc that period, negotia- tions have been constantly. going forward lo carry into « ffecl the article i f the treaty which guaranteed the free navigation of that river, trom iis mouth along the whole of its navigable comae. Prussia, by the pos- session ofthe Rhenish provinces; France, by her eastern frontier; and several of the minor German States, felt their commercial interests deeply involved in the measure, and pressed its execution with pro- portional earnestufss. From the weight of influence thus brought to bear upon a point previously settled by treaty, it must have IT quired considei able dexterity in tht Government of the Netheilands to have inter- posed so long a delay. It is, however, now to be carried into bona jlde cfiVcl by the Government of the Netherlands, but with a reservation similar to that adoptid by this country in its proposed free inter- couise with all nations, lhat if other States do not meet this act of good faith and policy by regulations ol equal liberality, the present decree is to be revoked wr modified iu any degreehich its author may think necessary to. meet tbe exigencies of the case. The intelligence from Ava, by way of Singapore, is to the 19th of April, and shews the commencement of ft settlement founded in the ceded province of Maria- ban, under the management of Mr. Crawford, and to which Europeans aud Chinese are aheady resorting, to lake advantage of the trade which is expected to open itself in that quarter. < SINGAPORE, MAY 11.— Our infelligertce from Ava, t*/ a Panang, reaches down to the lyth ultimo, at which date Mr. Crawford was at Rangoon, superin- tending ihe evacuation of tlie country and the settle- ment of the ceded provinces, the other two Commis- fiouers ( Sir Aichibald Campbell and Mr. Robertson) having embarked for Bengal. Mr. C. bad just returned from Martaban, whither he had proceeded for the purpose of examining the country. He bad ascended the Martaban river in the Diana steam boat upwards of fifty miles, and found the navigation easy and free from dangers. The interior of the country is described as being extremely fertile and Will cultivated, aud tbe scenery beautiful and roman- tic. The site of a new settlement, to be called Amherst Town, was marked out. It is situated ou LONDON, Monday Night, November 6, 1826. • Thisis a Bank as well as a Slock Exchange Holiday. The gaits of ihe Rvyal Exchange were also closed until twelve o\ lot U. The attendance of the specula- tors is not itmiT numerous than on Saturday; the business transacted'is also ou the ttfnie limited scale. Consols are a shade higher than they were quoted on Saturday, having b> en done at. buyers; their value at RCFMA A V D " I L K K K Y— Au article fr « > m Odessa says, that ibt Adtirtioual Convention to the Treaty of Bueharesi, which the• Turkish ( Commissioners have lined, consists of eight Articles, one of which'stipe* aies that the navigation of the. Black Sea shall be ent. iivK free for Bosnian vessels : a no lb er, that a Divan shall he established for- 4he Principaitie's of Moldavia and \ Vattach! a'; a ihire)", that, the Bospodars shall be. re- eligible at the" end of their administrative peiiod of seven years; a fourth, that the prhileg< 0 uf • Hervia shall be restored, and its territory evacuated by the Tuiks, with the exception of the forties*; and lastly, that the private claims of Russian subjects shall . be . liquidated by a - commission comjos d of members, fiom both countries. The small quantities of English oats brought to the Londoli market, notwithstanding the continu- ance of high prices,- will afford the best justification in the ensuing Session of the Order in Council, throwing open the ports. for that description of grain. The importation of English oats in the last week' has only amounted to 170 quarters, though the price ranges from 26 to 36 shillings.— Globe. C!)£ Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1826. 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 6 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 i 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 " EyKKtNfS HOURS" shall appear next week. - The comma nidations of " JCVESIS" will at all times be accept- able. A SEUMGN u- ill be preached on WEDNES- DAY, 15th- instant, ut ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH, by the Hon and Right Rev. the LORTN BITMAP, of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY, on Behalf of the SOCIETY for the PROPAGA- TION of the GOSPEL in ' FOREIGN PARTS. Divine Service to begin ai 11 o'clock. After Divine Service, a MEETING will be held at the TOWN HALL, for the Purpose of establishing a DISTRfCT COMMITTTE in Aid of the said Society, for the Town and Neighbourhood of Bridgnorth. The Attendance of all Friends to the Institution is requested. November 4, 1826. On TUESDAY, November Uth, 1826, TtVO SERMONS will be preached in the INDE- PENDENT CHAPEL, WELLINGTON, by ihe Rev. J. J. JAMEof Birmingham. f^ The Morning. Service will commence at Eleven d* Clock, aid th-. t in the Evening at Six; after each of which, Collect.' ons wilt be made in Aid qf ( he Liquidation of { he Debt incut fid by the Erection, of the said Building. BIRTH. On the 14th ulf, at Slatfold, the Ledy of Stanley Pipe Wolfe tetany Esq ofa s. on and ueir. faABRiED. On, the22d nit. Mr. Perriman, coal. merchant. Ro. therhiVhe, to Harriett, widow of the late Mr. William Price, baker, of this town. On the 30th ult. at the Collegiate Church, Manches- ter, by the Pev. R. Remington; Mr. William Lloyd, of Betley, Staffordshire, to Eliza Latham, second daugh ter of John Latham, Esq. of Buck Icy Hail, in this county. On the 1st inst. at Kew Church, Richard Bird. Esq. of Tamwhrth, Staffordshire,, to Miss Lynam, of Kew Green, Surrey. On the 2d inst. at Eltham, in Kent, John Hprirv Latham, Esq second son of Samuel Latham, Esq. of Dover, to Marv Sophia, youngest daughter of the late Philip Dauncev, Esq. DIED. At Southampton, after a severe and protracted ill- ues- i, Edward Middle- Ton, Esq. M . D.— To his discon- solate family'his loss is unspeakable, and he will be long regretted by an extensi ve circle of friends. On Saturday,' flit* .4tb inst. at Burton-. on- Trent, Elizabeth, tiie wife of Joseph Pyeroft, Esq, leaving- a numerous circle of relatives and friends to deplore her decease, and to regret the loss of o'ne whose inanv excellent qualities had endeared her to the in. On Friday last, after a protracted illness, Mrs. Jones, of Severn Place, in this tow n ; much regretted bv her numerous relatives and friends. On tire 28th ult. Mr. Richard Bishop Hodges, aged 34, only son of Mr. George Hodges, of Rye Fellou, in this county. On Sunday last, in tire prime of life, at Mount Fields, near this town, much respected by those who best knew her, after a protracted illness which she bore wii'h exemplary patience, Elizabeth Heath, grand- daughter of Mr. Webster, of that place. Lately, at Nantwich, aged 79, Joseph Whilting. harn Salmon* Esq. formerly of Weaver Bank, Cheshire; a highly respectable and worthy niai?. On the 31 « t ult. Mrs. Eggiu'ton, relict of the lale Mr. Edward Egg'inton, ironmonger, Ludlow. On the 31 st ult. at Blaekheath, Eleanor Henrietta Victoria', daughter and only child of the Right Hon. F J. Robinson and Lady Sarah Robinson, aged 11 years a it el 5 iiVontlis. On the 25th nit. after a short but severe illness, in the 79th yeaf of his age, Mr. John Dewhirst, botanist, of Manchester, whose death will be long and sincerely regretted by his friends. The coffin was beautifully decorated with flowers, and a number of botanist's altendtd his fuuera 1. Additional Subscriptions to the Sick Man's Friend and Lying- in Charity. Miss Rrtwlev, Cadogan House £ 0 10 0 Mrs. John Eddowes Mr. Josiah Teece ... Mr. CoR'batch ( I quarter). f.. Donations. Mr. Bowman, Belmont Mrs. Bowman, ditto Miss Bowman, ditto A Friend, by Mr. Blunt...., Mr. Edwa° rd Howeil. Mrs. Pearson, Wyle Cop Mrs. Piosser, Wit cot A Lady, by iVIiss Weaver YUCCA GLORIOSO.— A specimen of this magni- ficent plant has been in blossom, the last three weeks, in the Nursery of Mr. C. Biggj near Lord Hill's Column. The flower- stem attained the height of six feet, from which proceeded forty- eight panicles, producing about one thousand flowers of a rich cream colour.. The petals were marked with purple stripes. The circumference round the leave- s thirteen feet, and that of the flowers three feet six inches. The plant is seven yaarts old, and was propagated by its present proprietor. The late Rev. John Whitridge, of Oswestry, whose lamented death we announeeeiin oui obituary on the 18th ult. was descended, on the maternal side, from the illustrious Anne Askew, who suffered mar- tyrdom in the sixteenth century, for the sake of the Protestant religion. He was the first stated minister at the Marsh Chapel, Nevvcastle- under- Lyme, where he continued nine years, ornamenting his profession by the practice of every Christian virtue: his can- dour and liberality procured him the esteem and affection of all denominations. It is honourable to his memory to record that he was the founder, in Connexion with the above place of worship, ofthe first Sunday School in the county of Stafford; and that very soon after the introduction of those invaluable institutions by the late Robert Raikes, Esq. of Gloucester. In the year 1792, he removed to Oswestry, where he continued to labour as a suc- cessful minister until his decease. COUNTRY BANKERS.— At the dinner given by the Low Bailiff of Birmingham, on Friday week, the Rev. J. Corrie proposed, as a toast, " The Country Bankers of England, and especially those of our own towvi and neighbourhood." He observed that he could not refrain from alluding to the slight that had recently been cast upon the character and credit of this large and important part of the com- mercial community; and said that buf One opinion could be entertained throughout the kingdom, by those really informed, of the high respectability and credit of the country bankers, and that, with- out their intermediate aid and commercial recti- tude, the great pecuniary concerns of this country could never be supported and extended. In the violent storm of tlie last year, which shook public credit to its foundation, comparatively few of this large class of traders had suspended payment, and of that few, still fewer had ultimately proved insolvent. The country was still suffering* under the effects of attacks on pubij'^"..^;^^,.. ajwi he trusted the confidence now retwning would be completely restored by the dissipation of that pre- juelicej which haef undoubtedly been most injudici ously propagated against the country bankers.— Richard Spooner, Esq. on behalf of himself, his fellow townsmen in the same calling^ anel the country bankers of England, returned thanks for the honour conferred on them. He certainly agreed with his Rev. Friend, that a slight had been cast upon the country bankers, and attributed that slight to the most uncalled for and unjust attack that had been made on the character of the country bankers by his Majesty's Ministers, who, to get rid of the responsibility and evils of their own blunders, had attempted to make the country bankers the sc'ape- g- oat for their own sins; but he- trusted to the good sense of the community to see through the attempt, and to g* ive credit to the country bankers for having adopted Such measures only as were necessary to take care of themselves, and by so doing, to take the best care of their connections. Printed at the Clarendon Pre** ; and J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury1. Apply ( if by Letter, Office, Abervstwith. HUNTING. JUST The Shropshire Fox Hounds will meet Wednesday, Nov. Btli ( this day)..... tondover Hail Friday, November lOtb Battlefield - At half past ten". CHRIST. SHREWSBURY HtNT WEEK. Monday, Nov, 13th Woodcot Tuesday,' T41fv Acton Burnell Wednesday, 15th Boreatton Friday, 17ili Suudorne Castle Saturday, 18th Ercall Mill At eleven o'clock. Sir Richard Fu/ eston's Hounds will meet Wednesday, N" V. 8th ( this day)....... Emral Friday, November 10th. .... Oteley Park At eleven o'clock. Mr* Boycott's Hounds will meet on Thursday, November 9th..... Nethertou Saturday, November l lth. Enville Tuesday, November 14th .. Blimhiil At half- past t£ u. Mr. My* tun's Fox Hounds will meet Friday, Nov6 10lh ..... Gui s. ield, near Pool Monday, 13th - Oswestry Town End Friday 17th Whiitington Village Monday, 20th Haisioti At half past fen. Mr. WicksteiVs Hounds will iiieet Thursday, November 9th Adbafctorr Saturday, November llth Plaekbrook Tuesday, Nov. Llth Boar's Head, Walkertcn Friday, Nov. 17th Seighford At half past ten Mr. Dnnapifs Hounds icill meet on Friday, Nov, 10th Canon Frome Lodge At ten o'clock. The Cheshire Hounds will meet Thursday, Nov. 9th Oulton Lidge Saturday, Nov. j ith Abbeyfield Monday, Nov. 13th Hig- h Legb Wednesday, Nov. 15th ...... Lea Hall At half past ten o'clock. The lovers of tbe chase had a high treat e> n Tuesdav last, by that superior pack of dogs belonging to Charles Wickstedj. Esq. of Betley Hall. They mikeunelied a fox at a place calleel VVybunbnry Moss, a c « vyer ol that celebrated old sportsman Robert Mill, and after a smart run of seven miles, finding himself closely pressed, be took the water at Crewe Hall; ibe gallanl pick viewed him when about 100 yards in the water, and rusheei, in ( to a dog), giving tongue all . the wat across ihe . puoly swimming after him nearly a miie ; at . length the leader, * Racket,' after great exertion, got un with him, and seized him. He was, however, game to tbe last*, and several times turned round, fieed, and snapped at his intrepid pursuers; but they were too well bred either to be daunted by the element they were io, or by Reynard, who found, what is un- usual fo his species, a watery grave, the dogs being so exhausied as to be unable to bring him ashore. PUBLISH i in 810. D, HpESTIMONIFS OF TflF, A N1CENE FATHEUS lo the A'NTI- DIVIM1TY OF By the Rev. EDW A RD BU RTON, M. A. Late Student of Christ Church, Oxford. und 11) nv had of W. To Parents and Guardians. /" ANTED by a CflfMlST and DRUG- GIST, iII n flourishing Town in South Wales, a well- educated Youth of respectable Connexions, a » In- door APPKFINTI. CE. where he will he treated as one of the Family, and have every Opportunity of acquiring li perfect Knowledge of the Business. Post- paid), to 11. S. Poit- ANTED, by a Medical Practitioner in the Country, a Young- Mnn w ho perfectly under, stands COM POUNDING M EDIC1N ES Ai Book- keep, ing:. Undeniable Reference w ill be expected as to strict Sobriety, Honesty, Morality, kc. If of a respectable Family and good Address, he will Board wilh ihe Family, otherwise in the Kitchen. — One who has i een in the Employ of an Apothecary would be pie. iVrred. For B Reference apply io Mr. BLUNT, Chemist, Shrewsbury, if by l. etter', Post- paid. ARTIFICXAI. TEETH. MR. LEVA SON. SCRCSOS- DEXTIST, 0/ 22, White Fri art, Chester, O BSPECTFDLLY announces to his Patrons, a the Nobility, I.' adies, and Gentlemen of Shrop- shire .111,1 ill Vicinity, his Intention of attending in Salop during the Hunt Week, and may he consulted front the 13th to the 18th Instant, on all Cases relativa to Ins Profession, at Mr. itccBas's, Grocer, opyosit ® the Talbot Ign, Shrewsbury. K3* Natural and Artificial Teeili fixed, on unerring Principles. MRS. PRITCHARD OST respectfully informs her Friends anil Ihe Public, her D. iujfhler is returned from London with II general Assortment of M I I. l. i N E ii Y DRESSES, Sc. £ cc selected from some of the first French and English Houses, aud trusts they will meet the Approbation of her Friends j which wiil be for Inspection on Friday next. BKLMONT, Nov. 4. MRS. ELLIS f| ES PECTF U LEY informs her Friends A she is now ill London, selecting a Fashionable Assortment of. MILLIN ER Y, DRESSES, and BABY LINEN, suitable for the present Season, which will be ready for Inspection on Monday, the 13lh Instant. E. THORNTON MOST respectfully informs her Friends and the Public, she is now in London, selecting the most fashionable ,' lrlicles for the present Season, which will lie ready for Inspection ou Monday, the loth Instant. (£ 3° Four In- door APPRI BOGPOLR, SHKKWSBURY. NTICES Wanted. possesses all the conveniences for a trading city. Many of the Europeans at Rangoon have taken grants of ground for building iu ihe new town. Several Chinese have also settled there, and ihe natives of Pegu and the surrounding country were flocking in considerable numbers to lake advantage of the pro- tection of tbe British flag. The population of the old town of Mar I a ban, and the immediate vicinity, is estimated at 14,00.0, and we expect Soon to see a flourishing- colony dispensing tbe benefits of civiliz- ation, and the knowledge of European arts and insti- tu lions, amongst ihe numerous tribes who inhabit the countries on that side of the Bay of Bengal.— Singapore Chronicle. BANKRUPTS, Nov. I.— William Hutchinson, of St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, grocer.— George' llargreaves, of Liverpool, broker.— John Bridgford, of Manchester, victualler.— John Acton, of Copthall- court, scrivener.— John Clarkson, of Windmill- street, Finsbury- sqnare, merchant.— John Hickerbv, of Bur- re!!, green, Cumberland, limeburner.— Isaac Cox, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, victualler.— William Leahy and Jacob Mills Davey', ofthe. Grove, Great Ouildford- street, Surrey, engineers.— Wm. fCing, of Shepton- 51 out ague, Somersetshire, dealer. — Wm. Hopkins, jnu. of Northaniptou, builder.— John Wood and Win. Wood, of Holliugworth, Cheshire, cotton- spinners.— . Thomas Ballard, of Dock- head, Bermondsey, grocer. — John Berry, of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, iron- monger.— Matthew Wrefovd, of New Bond- utree!', inilUner.— Frederick Hacker, of Canterbury, brick- maker.— Samupl Hickling, of Birmingham, halter. Robert Kershaw, of Dukinfield, Cheshire, timher- merchant.— Heiiry WilJats, of High- street, Lambeth, potter. — Win. Bean, jun. of Upper George si reel, Port man- square, horse- dealer.- John Fiides, of Lamb's Conduit- street, upholsterer.— Jos. Denipsey and John Reis, of Well street, Wellclose- sqiiare, sugar- refiners, — Leonard Hill, of Fleet- street, jeweller.— Thomas Burgess and Thomas Hill,, of Great Windmill street, llaymarket, booksellers. — Charles Abbott, of Nag's Head court, Gracechurch- street, tavern - keeper.— Jas. Green, of Wcllciose- square, linen draper. - Isaac Slade, of Greenwich, builder.— Jos. Abraham Cox, of Oxford- street, woollen- diaper.— Jos » ph Silla and Jonathan Sills, of the Three Cranes . and Hamhro' Wharfs, Upper Thames- Street, merchants.— Daniel Marklove, of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, millman.— Richard Havjland, of Cheltenham, Gloeestershirc,. distiller.— Joseph Dyson, of Dry Clough, Yorkshire, merchant.— Win. Aslou, of Mavk- laue, ship- broker.— John Wrav, of WooelrSlrect, Cheapside, silk and bom. baziue manufacturer. ^ Kesterton John Inman, of Bridge- house- place, Newingt on- causeway, iron mong- er.— Robert John Chippendall, of Pulteney- ierrace, Coil d iii i- fi e I d s, Pe n t on v i 11 e, pic t m e d e;\ I er. — C hit r I Lynch, of the Crooked Billet, Wych vsirect, victual- ler.— Win. Brausby and Matthew- Court, of Sowerby, Yorkshire, curriers. — Henry Gardner, of Paradise- street, Ro'. hcrhithe, cabinet- maker. — John Savill, of Woodford, Fsscx, grocer.— James Jacob, of l) eplfind, coal- merchant.— John Cutmore. of Lxmouth- sireei, Commercial - road, licensed- victual lev.— Wm. Trahar, of Bridge• lipuse- pliice, Southwark, general merchant. — John Elsrton, ef Middlesex. place, nackrrey- rbad, calico printer.— J a pb Wood, of ! Mn• y- le- bone- sMcet, J'lccadilly, viciual; er.- J . ines 11. Hun" cr, of Lamb, th- roiid, dealer. Visiting Clergyman this week at the In^ rmary, the Rev. William Gorsuch Rowland: — House- Visitors, Mr. William Tompkins and Mr. Benjamin Bowdler.— At the General Half- yearly Board, held yesterday,- the following Gentlemen were chosen Directors of that Charity for the year ensuing, instead of six others who go out by rotation, viz. Nathaniel Betton, Esq. * fohri Eaton, jun. Esq. Samuel Hurley, Esq. Colonel Burgh Leighton, Mr. Evan Owen, and the Rev. Richard Scott. In our Fair Yesterday, Fat Sheep averaged 5£ d. per lb. Fat Pigs averaged 5d. per lb. and stores sold at lower prices than at the last Fair. Yesterday, Elizabeth Morgan was committed to our County Gaol by the Magistrates, for one month, for selling* unstamped almanacks. On the persons of the two pickpockets appre- hended at Bridgnorth Fair, as mentioned in out- last, there were found Hash bills to the amount ( if they bad been genuine) of more than fifty thousand pounds! On Thursday fast, a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Boar's Head Inn, in the parish cf Tasley, near Bridgnorth, ou view of the body of William Brazier, colt- breaker,, of Much Wenlock.— It appeared in evidence that Brazier had been at Bridgnorth Fair, on the Monday preceding, with a colt belonging to Mr. Cleeton, of Tasleyy and that, on his return, he had intended to leave the colt at Mr. Cleeton's, but he being in liquor, and having gates to pass through to Mr. CleefOn's house, it is supposed the colt became unmanage- able, and threw him into a ditch, where he was found. Verdict, " Accidental Death," with a deo- dand of five shillings on the colt. The deceased was in the 38th year of his age, aud has left a large family to lament their loss. TRADE.— On this delicate subject it may be proper j to intimate that, some depressions have been ex | perienced here for two or three weeks- past, such as are naturally incidental to the season of tbe year. A fear of over, product ion, in consequence of the vast supply of manufactures which arc now in progress, is entertained by mjvuy intelligent persons; but we trust that kind of imprudence will not operate. even, tually, loan injurious ex tenL « ^ Ma? icAe.?/ er Chronicle Among the doings and sayings of. the past week, is a choice instance of the purity of liberal character and conduct,, in which we are presented with the names of Messrs.- Hume, Bowring, and Ellice, the managers of a certain joint- stock traeliug company in Greek Patriotism ! These gentlemen appc-. r in this a flan in a light that must be singularly agreeable to their friends and admirers, and to the admirers generally of w hat is now styled liberali, m ! There are upwards of three hundred prisoners now iu our county gaol, notwithstanding so many were dischargtd at the last Sessions. Forty are for trial at the Mutch AJS. SCS,— Stafford Paper. The situation of our East India territories was never more critical than it was upon the arrival of his Lordship, as Commander- in- Chief, in the month of October, 1825. The greater part of his Majesty's regiments had been sent from Bengal and Madras, with all the native troops that would volunteer from both Presidencies, to Ava, Arracan, Assam, & c. An army was taking* the field in Bombay, and ( what was more alarming than all) the Native Powers in the western frontier, were becoming daily more hostilely inclined towards us, and evinced every disposition to avail themselves of the first opportunity of taiking advantage of our weakness, occasioned by the Burmese war. A complete revolution had taken place at Bhurt- pore, and that being* a central point, and the Fortress of that name being- the strongest in India, ( supposed by the natives to have been impregnable) the reigning- Rajah ( Dourjan Sawl) having deposed aud imprisoned Bulwunt Sitigh, and hating- been acknowledged and obeyed as Rajah*: by all the subjects of the State, was making every preparation for war, and was the first to throw otf the mask. The neighbouring States were invited to join him but prudently waited the result of the expected siege of Bhurtpore, and war with Ava. The States of Alwur and Jaypore, though they did not act offensively, still held out against our just demands. Under these circumstances, it was necessary to strike a blow in the quarter most dreaded; and witli this view, all the European troops iu the Bengal Presidency, viz.— 2 regiments of cavalry, 3 weak corps of infantry, with 6 regiments of native cavalry, and 18 of native infantry, ( Ihe latter composed chiefly of recruits, atttl with few European officers,) were under orders to assemble on the Jumna; and Lord Combertnere, as soon a3 he liad made all the necessary arrangements for sending reinforcements to Sir Archibald Campbell, and enabling him to carry on the war with vigour in Ava, & e. left Calcutta about the 19th November, uud arrived at Agra ( on the Jumna), 850 miles from Calcutta, on the 3d of December. Every exertion was made to hasten the assembly of the troops at that place aud Muttra; tv> o bridges of boats were constructed at t! io*> e places, and every thing was ready on the 8th ; and on the 10th of the same mouth, the above force, with a powerful haltering train, was before the renowned Portress of Bhurt- pore. About this time matters were settled in Bombay, and tile troops of the Presidency returned into cautonftients. The King of Ava had sued for, aud agreed to, Preliminaries of Peace; but, upon hearing of all the disposable force of Bengal having moved so far to the westward of Calcutta, he refused to ratify the Treaty, and hostilities were renewed ; they continued until a few days after the arrival of the news of the fall of Bhurtpore,- & c. when his Golden- Footed Majesty thought proper to sign adefinitiveTreaty of Peace, dictated by onr Government. It was justly observed by the Burmese Chiefs, that it would be in vain to hold out against such an overwhelming force as had by the fall of Bhurtpore become disposable, aud would, undoubtedly, be sent against them. From this most unprecedented aud critical state have our Indian possessions been recovered in the short space of four months. From the period of Lord Conibermere assuming the command of the army, and taking his seat in Council^ to the zeal, activity, and decision, and to the judicious and prompt measures recommended^ and afterward followed up, by this distinguished companion iu arms of the great Wellington — are we indebted for a prospect of long continued peace and pro- sperity in the East Indies. It has been often and justly remarked by those conversant with Indian affairs, that as our posses- sions in that distant quarter were won by the J sword, sa must they be held. KIRTtf. On the 57' h ult at Calcot Hall, the Lailr of R. J Mostvn, Esq. ofa son. D! ED. At Ruthin, acred f> 4, Grace, relict of l'ie Rev, Richard Jones, Rector of Llanychan, Denbighshire. ( In the 20th uit. Sarah Eniuia, daughler of Mr. Wilcox, of Kerry, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire. The Anniversary Meeting of the Flintshire Agri- cultural Society took place on the 25th ult.; Edward Lloyd, Esq. of Rhaggatt, in the chair.— Among the distinguished Agriculturists present were Sir E. P. Lloyd, Bart. M. P. Rev. J. Conway, Rev. T. Clough, Rev. H Jones, J. Wynne Eyton, Esq. Messrs. Wood- fine, Manghan, Boydell, Sic & c.— In the course of the evening, Ihe Chairuian observed— It would be bad taste for him to speculate upon measures about to be brought before the collective wisdom of the kingdom, in Parliament assembled ; those measures would there. most properly meet with the extraordin- ary & attentiveconsideration which they imperative- ly demanded. The Agriculturists, the Farmers of this country, have been assailed and calumniated by the point and eloquence of oratory, and by tha perse- verin<£ audacity of ruffianism* by the strength ofthe noble horse, and b- T the heels of the dastard ass, to accomplish objects alike injurious to all classes of society. Never, however, let the interests of the Landlord and Tenant be disunited; and if the pen and the tongue be combined against us, it more immediately behoves us to become the more united, and the more resolved to support each other; their interests are conjoint, and when one suffers the other cannot flourish. SUDDTN DEATH.— On Sunday afternoon, as Mr. Lewis Ed wards, landlord of the Golden Lion, fli « h- street, Swansea, was proceeding to attend Divine Service at Sketty Meeting- House, accompanied by the Officiating Minister, he was observed, when a little beyond the Infirmary, to check his horse sud- denly, and by the time his friend had reached him, the vital spark had [ led. He was immediately con- veyed lo the Infirmary, and on Monday an inquest was held on the body before Charles Collins, Esq. Coroner, when it appeared that the deceased had long laboured under an ossification of the heart, and a verdict of " Vied by the Visitation, of God" was recorded. Tiie Branch Bank of England opened at Swansea on Monday week. The notes are the same as those issued by the Parent Establishment, except being dated Swansea, and made payable there and in London. No note issued exceeds the sum of five hundred pounds, aud none are for a less amount than five. The Cambrian of Saturday gives the following outline of the maimer in which the Directors offer to transact business " A securc place of deposit for persons havin occasion to make use of a Bank for that purpose ; s'jch accounts are termed drawing accounts. The facility to the mercantile and trading- classes of obtaining discounts of good and unexceptionable bills, founded upon real transactions, two approved names being required upon every bill or note dis- counted ; these are called discount accounts.— The applications of parties who desire to open discount accounts at the branch, are forwarded every Saturday to the Parent Establishment, for approval, and an answer is generally received in about ten days; when approved good bills may be discounted at the branch without further reference to London. Bills payable at Swansea, Loudon, or any other place where a branch is established, are discounted under this regulation. — The dividends on any o, Ihe public funds, which are payable at the Bank of England, may be received at the branch here, by parties who have opened " drawing accounts," after signing powers of attorney for tiiat purpose, which the branch will procure from London ; no charge is made in this case except the expense of the power of attorney and its postage.— Purchases and sales of every description of government securities are effected by the branch at a charge of one quarter per cent, which includes brokerage in Loudon and all expenses of postage, & c.— A charge of one quarter per cent, is also made on paying at the Bank of England bills accepted by persons having drawing accounts at Swansea, such bills to be advised by the branch ; also for collect- ing payment of bills at the other branches, and on granting letters of credit on London, or on the other branches.— The branch grants bills on Lon- don, payable at twenty- one days' date, without acceptance, for sums of ten pounds and upwards. Persons having drawing accounts at Swansea, may order money to be paid at tbe bank in London to their credit at Swansea, and vice versa, without any expense.— The branch may be called upon to change any notes issued and dated at Swansea, but they do not change the notes of tiie bank in Lon- don, nor receive them in payment, unless as a matter of courtesy where the parties are known.— Bank post bills, which are accepted and due, are received at the branch from parties having drawing accounts, and taken to account without any charge for postage ; but unaccepted bank post bills, which must be sent to London, are subject to the charge of postage, and taken to account when due. — No interest is allowed on deposits. No advance is made by the branch upon any description of landed or other property, nor is any account allowed to be over- drawn.— The notes of Messrs. Walters' Bank at Swansea, of Messrs. Williams and Rowland, Neath Bank, and of the Brecon Old Bank, are received in payment at ths branch. Any other country bankers may open an account for the like purpose." ELIZAHETH WALL, Widow and A dm in istra trix of MR . RICH Ann WALT., BF. I NO desirous of U RDUCINC) her present STOCK, begs Leave . to call the Atten- tion of her Friends and ihe Public iu general lo the unprecedented LOW PRICES at which she is now offering the Stock- in- Tiaile of her late Husband, as a ViEKCEK and DRAPER, and more particularly the f""-— ; well- assorted Articles : — Grocer//, Tea, ty Italian Warehouse, AXD DIALER IS BRITISH VINO, & tmt, frtsrelasfcurs?. J. HILES OEGS Leave respectfully to return Thanh* O. JP to his Friends and the Public iu general, FOR the liberal Support he lias experienced since his Com. meuceinent in Rininessin HIGH STBKBT, aud humbly solicits a Continuance nf the same, assuring thein that no Exertion on his Part shall be wanting to gite general Satisfaction. 5 J. H. takes this Opportunity to inform them he just received n large Assortment of NEW FANCY SNUFFS, SF. GARS, & c. as under, from HOOKO*'* celebrated Snuff Manufactory, 18- 2, Oxford STREET London, which he has no doubt will he LUUCLMPPRORRDF Etrenne Prince's Mixture Lord Hill's Ditto Tonquin Liiuiiy Foot's genuine Irish FineYellow Dos Amyjjo* Segars Royal Spanish Ditto Full- flavoured Cabana's' Ditto Mild Woodvilie's Pitta Mild Straw Ditto. follow Sheetings. Table and olher Family Linens, Sarse- nets, Lutestrings, Silk Shawls., kc.' Broad, Pelisse, uud Ladies' Cloths, Health Rugs and Oil Cloths of every Pattern and Description. N.!>. All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. RICHARD WALL, are requested forthwith to pay their respective Accounts to Mrs. ELIZABETH WALL, Mardol. SHREWSBURY, NOVEMBER 2n, 1823. SILKS, FURS, SILK CLOAKS, AND SILK VELVETS, Camel- Rair and Silk Shawls, London Chintz Prints, Pelisse and Habit Cloths, Kaps, Plain and Plaid Beavers and Scotch Plaid for Cloaks, Grecian, French Blond, and every Sort of Lace, an cxlensivs Assortment of Fancy Gauze and other Ribbons, French Crape and Gauze Hand- kerchiefs and Scarfs, Artificial Flowers, Gloves, HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, & c. PR! DE- I11L!, SUREWSBURY. ROGERS AND PAGE HPAKE this Opportunity of informing a their Friends and Ihe Public, that the have just completed their Purchases in ibe above- mentioned Articles f„ r ilie Autumn and Winter Seasons, and most respectfully solicit an early Inspection of the same ; they further beg to state " that the Whole w il he offered at such Prices as they have no Doubt will give Satisfaction. R. & P. invite Families furnishing new Establish- ments to an Inspection of their Stoek of every De, seripiion of Table Linen, Sheetings, Bed- Ticks, Blankets. Coloured and- While Counterpanes, Mar- seilles Quills, Printed Furnitures, Moreen & Furniture Dimities, Towellings, Table Corel's, & c. which they have constantly on Sale in the greatest Varieties ; also Irish Linens and Long Cloths, French Cadihrics, and French Cambric Handkerchiefs. R. &. P have a regular Supply of Linseys, common Shirtings and Sheetings, Biaiikets, Flannels, kc. adapted for Charitable Purposes, which they will offer at the Wholesale Prices. oft- Genuine Bolongaro Real Duieli Currott Bureau Gros Bureau Fine Marino Fine Real Stra, burgh Hudson's Mixture Genuine No. Brown Rappee Black Ditlo Old Paris T'acon de Paris Old Montague Currott Martinique A large Assortment nf Snuff Boxes, Segar Cases, Sleel Boxes, Pouches, &. C. with Flint and Fungus. N. B. Genteel LODGINGS ( Furnished), suitobl. either for a Family, or two Sitting Rooms distinct w ith Bed Rooms attached. Stamp and Post- Office, High- street, BRIDGNORTH. GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE. BifiDrjra in all its Departments. MR. GITTON, \ W ITH sincere Respect,, returns his most » " grateful Thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and' Public of this Town ami Neighbourhood, for tiie disl linguislied Patronage and Support awarded the House during the Lifetime of his respected Father, and siue'e continued to the present Period under his ow n Manage- ment.& Direction. In announcing his Removal to Pre- mises ou the West Side uf tiie Market Hall, he begs to inform them, that he is now engaged iu filling up ihe same wilh au entire NEW and VALUABLE STOCK, of GOODS, ill eveiy Br auch of his Trade; and, in soliciting their Favour and Sauclion on his own Behalf, submits, with every Deference, his firm Con- viction that the same undeviating, indefatigable, uud persevering Attention to their Commands, which has hitherto heen the Guide of his former Conduct, w ill ensure to him that Buttering Sanction, Eucourage- nicnl, and Support, which it will ever he his studious Endeavour gratefully to merit, acknowledge, and deserve. ( Cj" Genuine Patent Mediciues, from the real Pro. prietors. %* All New Publications, Periodicals, New Music, & c.& c. if uot on Hand, procured immediately from Town. N. B General Agent for London aiid Country Newspapers, TOWN- HALL, BRIDGSOHTH, OCT. 30,1826. MRS. COOKE, fN declining the Business which was estab- lished by her lale Father- in- law, and conducted for. so many Years by her Husband, begs to offer her grateful Acknowledgments , for that liberal Share of Public Favour bestowed upon them, and to inform her Friends and tbe Public in general, that the Trade will in future be carried on, in all its Branches, bv Messrs JOHN and RICHARD MOTTRAM, whom she* begs re- spectfully to recommend to their Notice, trusting thev will find in them that Punctuality and Attention to Business which marked the Character of their Prede- cessors. SHREWSBURY, OCT. 1826. A MALT HO USE TO LET. T. EVANS, GROCER AND DRUGGIST, SEUI^ gco!, RETURNS THANKS to his numerous Friends for past Favours ; aud begs respectfully to inform them ami the Public he has just received a Supply of KENSINGTON MOULD CANDLES, of genuine Manufacture, and which will be sold ou the lowest Terms, Oil Sale, BRITISH WINES, of Qimfhy. WELSHPOOL superior Nov. 7. 1826. WELSHPOOL AND LLANDRINIO Montgomeryshire. OLD- ESTABLISHED Tea, Grocer; i, Hop and Seed Warehouse, MAHBOL, SHREWSBURY. JOHN & RICHARD MOTTRAM AVING succeeded to the Business of the IaK° Mr. COOKE, respectfully solicit the Friends of that Establishment for a Continuance of their Favours. J. R. M. hope, by a careful Selection of every Article connected with the Trade, a diligent Atleutiou to Business, and a Determination to sell on reasonable Terms, to obtain the Support of their Friends and the Public. N. B. Teas will continue to be purchased by the Broker employed by the late Mr. Cooke direct from the East India Company's Quarterly Sales. SHREWSBURY BRA WjY. RICHARD EVANS, NURSEIlYiWATir, LLAISDRIKIO, to inform the Nobilitv, Gentry i 5 and the Public, that lie has in li'is Nursery at Llandriuio, and also in the Nursery at Welshpool ( in Partnership wilh EIIWARD EDWARDS), a General Assortment of FOREST TREES. FRUIT TRFPS SHRUBS, kc. now toofler. Forest Trees, consisting principally nf Larch, 2 lo a Feet, 100,000 ; Oak, I to3 Feet, about 50,( MM) ;• Scotch Fir and Spruce Fir, 1 lo 4 Feet ; a good Supply ; Wych Elm, 1 to5 Feet, upwards of 100,000; Sycamore, A » h and Chesnuls, 1 to 6 Feet; Beech, Mountain Ash, and Birch, 1 to 3 Feet; Poplars, 2 to 9 Feet; upwards of 1011,000 transplanted Hawthorn Quick, t to 3 Feet - fiom ltlfl. OUOto 200,- 000 Seedling'Oak, aud other Seed! lings, & c. Catalogues may be had by applying. Planting contracted for and insured. Orders, addressed to be left at Ihe Bull Inn, Welsh- pool, al the Three T uus, Osw estry, or at the Nurserieu will be duly attended to and justly executed. THOMAS HAND, Brawn- Maker, RESPECTFULLY acquaints the Nobility, • aud Gentry of this and the surrounding Coun- ties, that the BRAWN SEASON has commenced: and in soliciting* the Favour of their Commands, which will be punctually attended to, lie is happy to inform them ihey may rely upon being supplied with Brawn of the same Quality as lhat which he has so uiany Years had the Honour of serving them with. T. H. at the same Time requests they will accept his sincere Thanks for their numerous past. FaVoins, and respectfully solicits a Continuance of the same. Boars' Heads properly cured, and ornamented if required. STAPLETON ASSOCIATION, FOR THE Prosecution of Felons. rjjpHF. ANNUAL MEETING of the M Subscribers will be held at the Horse Shoe, Dorringlon, ou Wednesday, the 15th of November Instant, at 1* 2 o'Clock, when all Persons having any Claims on Ihe Association, or Business to transact, are requested to attend. WILLIAM OAKLEY, Stapleloo, Treasurer. Dinner eu tb « T « !> leat Half ps^ t Tit* s'Clsri. A. PYKE, LADIES* Airs, GEMTIIEMEM'S HAIR- C'JTTEa AMD DRESSER, AMD IMPROVED- PERUKE MAXUFACTURER, BEGS Leave to return his grateful Thanks, w ilh Feelings of ihe most profound Respect, to the Nobility, Gentry, and other Inhabitants of Shrews- bury and its Vicinity, for the numerous Favours he 1ms received, conscious that Ihe superior Discrimination Ihey have evinced in discovering Merit has only beeu equalled by their Liberality in rewarding it. A. P. finds it his imperative Duty to Caution them against the splendid Allurements made bv unskilful, illiterate, pedantic Pretenders. It is a" lamentable Fact, that these Quacks and base Pretenders are making dreadful Havoc on ihe Heads of those who are so uniorlunute as lo be allured hv their mean and pettyfogging Artifices, w ho are alike unknowing and unknown. PYKP.' S Abilities are conspicuous to Ihe World! During his Residence offitteeu Vfurs in the Metropolis, he lias had the Honour of waiting on Part of the i! oyal Family, aud also attended the most Fashionable Places of Resort. Alter this, be would ask these Mushroom Fnstilarians, who, with unquali- fied Fingers, become Frisseiirs, to retire to. that Plat e which becomes their Abilities, aud then assert their just Claim to the Razor, and that only ! PYKB* S peculiarly fortunate Connexion with most of the respectable Houses in the Metropolis enables him to procure every Novedty as soon as it appears. He has for Disposal a. Variety of Fashionable Orna- mental Hair, and an Assortment of Engli « h and Foreign Perfumery. Patent Perukes equal fo any in London. N. R Thursdays and Fridays are the Days he attends Families and Boardirgf Schools in the Cuautj v except aa Public Times. *' 8ALOF1AM JOUMMAJL, AMI) OW WAFFL. SHREWSBURY BRAWN. REBECCA" RAWLINS, Brawn- Maker, iE£ PLY impressed with Gratitude for " the liberal Patronage she bas received, begs leave respectful Iv to announce lo tbe Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, that the BRAWN SEASON lias commenced ; and iu soliciting the Favour of their Ootnnianda, she is happy to inform them, that her Brawn is of the besl Quality — if not superior lo that klie bas fotso many Years bad tlie Honour of supply- ing them Villi.— All Orders with which she may be favoured vfill be gratefully received and attended to with the strictest Punctuality. N. B. Brawns' Heads well cured, nnd ornamented If required. PUIDB- HIU,, NOV. 7, 1826. fro te act, ADWELLING HOUSE, GARDEN, and LAND ( about live Acres), in the Parish of BBACB MKBR. B ; with Stable, Cowhouse, Piggeries, ond other Conveniences. The Premises are suitable for a small genteel Family j aud Possession may be kad next fjatiy- Dny. Apply to IVJr. WACB, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. TO WE SOLD, TWO HUNTERS, of « re » t Power ami Blood, the oue fraud the other 7 Years old off.— To be seen at Mr. BOTBVVI. R'S Stable, Dun Cow, Abbey I'oicgate, any Day during the Hunt Week. ~ DIVIDEND. nitWlTT'S BANKRUPTCY. ^ pHE Creditors who have proved their a Dkhts under the Commission of Bankruptcy issued against THOMAS HEWITT, late of WHIT- CHCKCFR, in this Coiintv, inav receive a first aud FIN A L DIVIDEND of Four Shillings and Sixpence in the Pound, upou Application at the Bank of Messrs. <' 0Rsr. i< and NAYI. OH, in Whiichureh, on or after tlie tbirtveutli Day of November ln. taut. WM. COOPER, S. I! icifor to the Assignees. Smmwuncm', 7TH NOV. 1825. To Creditors, and to Grocers. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. rjjHH E Creditors ofthe late Mr. SHAW, of 3. STAPLETON, are desired to send in their Claims immediately to Mr. T. H. KoCGH, of Shrewsbury, Solicitor, iii Order to their being inspected. SilHRWSIUIRY, Nov. 2, 1S26. H ER LAS a Report has been circulat- ed that EOWARD AMPHI. RTT, Son of Thomas Ainphlett, of Broseley, Barge- Ow ner, was charged by me with aa Attempt to steal a Horse: I hereby deny such Charge. having heen made, and further state that the Mistake which took place at my House, and which 110 Doubt gave Rise to the Report referred lo, was very satisfactorily explained, and did in no Way affect tbe Character of ihe said Edward Ainphlett. JOHN 11011T0N. PLOUGH IKK, MUCH WEDLOCK, Nov. 6, 1826. HERE AS JAMES PRYCE, of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, Grocer, hath, by Indenture bearing Date the 3d of November Instant, bouveved and assigned over all his Itenl and Personal Estates to JOHN EATOS the Younger, of Shrewsbury, Banker, anil DAVID HUMPHRBYS, of Liverpool,' Wholesale Grocer, IN TRUST, to lie Sold,, and the Produce thereof divided amongst his Creditors : NOTICE is herobv given, thai llie said Deed lies at the Office of Mr. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Market Square, Shrewsbury, for the Signature of such Creditors who lire willing to accept the Provision thereby made in full of their Debts ; and which Creditors must signify such their Intention in Twenty- one Days from the Date thereof by better, or they will be excluded the Benefit of inch Provision. All Persons having any Demands against the said JAMHS PRIOR, are requested to send the same either lo the said Mr. EATON, or to Mr. WILLIAMS-) and all Persons who stand indebted to his Estate, are re- quested immediately lo pay the Amount into the Bank .. f Messrs, BECK, DODSON, & Co. without further Notice. ( r3 » The BUSINESS latelv carried on hv the said JAMBS PSYCH in the OBOCERY and DRUG LINE, Willi the TEN A NT- RIGHT to the Shop, Shop- Fixtures ( very recently anil most coininodiously arranged), and • well- selected STOCK, TO DB DISPOSED OF. Also, a HOUSE, SHOP, ami STOCK of fiRO. CEH Y, & e. al POXTRSBDRY.— Apply to the said Mr. EATON, or Mr. WILLIAMS. o • Cc ® > oUJ isv Sturtion, BY MR. PERRY, ( Uulest previously disposed of by Private Contract, ,. f which Notice Will he given), at the Little Gullet, In Hill Street, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the lKlh Day of November Instant, precisely at Four o'Ciock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions : LOT I. FTHHE FEE- SIMPLE and INFIERIT- 8 AN'CE ( subject to the Estate for Life therein of Mrs. Anne Pryce, ag, ed CG Years,) of and in all that very convenient anil snbsiautially- built Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, Warehouse, Yard, and Appur- tenances, situate in the Centre of M AR DOI.- STft F. ET, • Shrewsbury, iu the Occupation of Mr. James Pryce, Orooer. LOT II. The RIGHT and INTERFST ( being one undivided FIFTH) of the said James Pryce of and iu THE RESIDUE of a Personal Estate, to which he is entitled on the Death ofthe said Mrs Pryce, uged 66 Years, amounting to £ 1,500 and upwards. For further Particulars, and to view the Premises, apply " » the House; and to treat for the same to Mr. JOHN F. ATO » , juu. the Bank, or Mr. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Market Square, Shrewsbury. ( ONE CONCERN.) Co let, FOR A TERM OF YEARS, FROM LADY- DAY NEXT, N excellent FARM, containing 312 Acres of good Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, in high Cultivation ; together with a valuable COMMON, capable of depasturing 1200 Sheep. The Farm is situate in the County of Montgomery, upon the Banks of the Severn, within an easy Dis- tance of good Markets aud ihe Montgomeryshire Canal. The principal Road in Ihe County runs through the Farm, affording every possible Convenience to the Occupier. Further Particulars may be known by applying to Mr. WILLIAM JOHNBS, Welshpool ; or Mr. A. D. JONFS, Court Calmore. N B. All Letters must he Post- paid ; and none need apply but Persons of Capital. OCT. 31, 1826. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, I'RICH 12S. Bi/ R. Ackermami, 101, Strand, ANI) TO IB HAD OF ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IJT THK UNITED KINGDOM, F0RGBT MB NOT; A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1827. npnis New Volume is enriched with 90 H. Poems and Prose Articles, which, with a few trifling- Exceptions,, were written expressly for the Work, and communicated by the Authors themselves. Among these are, the Rev. George Ooly, Delta, Au- thor of the » 4 Legend of Genevieve," Rev. R. Polwhele, J. Bowling, Esq. Rev. VV. L. Bowles, Henrv Neele, Esq. Rev. W. B. Clarke, Rev. Or Booker, Bernard Barton, Esq. D. L. Kicbardson, Esq. Jariies Kenuey,-. Esq. D. Lyndsay, Esq. H. Brandreth, juii; Esq. Rev. ( 5. Wood lev, J. Bird, Esq. A. Balfour, Esq. the Authors of.-* 44 The Duke of Mantua" and " Chronicles of London Bridge;" Mrs. Hemans, Miss Landon, Miss Mil ford', Miss Be tiger, Miss Emma Roberts, Mrs. C. B. Wilson, Mrs. Bowdich, Mrs. Grant of Laggan, the late Mrs. Piozzi, & c & c. The graphic Embellishments consist of Thirteen highly- finished Engravings on Steel, by Heath, the Findens, Le KLeux, VVarren, Freebairn, and Smart, after original Designs by Westall, Corbonld, Fradelle, Owen, Prout, Hills, Porter, and an Embossed inscription Piate. This Dav is Published, the REPOSITORY OF ARTS, LITERATURE, FASHIONS, & c. N « » . X LVII. Price 4s. — Each Number of this elegant. Miscellany, printed in Royal 8vo. and' containing four Sheets of interesting Letter- Press, is embellished with coloured Views of Country Seats, Plates representing th^ latest Fashions for Ladies* Costume, Furniture, & C. NEW POPULAR NOVELS, Published by Longman, Reesi Orme, Brown, and Green, London. M& MMMR ieeeib& IMDO SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hidss was 3d. per lb.— Calf Skins 6d.— Tullow 3d. s. it. s. < 1. Wli'& at ( Old) 38 quarts y 6 lo U 9 ( New) 9 3 to 9 6 Bailey ( New) 38 duarii 7 3 to 7 < J ( Old) 7 9 lo 8 0 Oats ( Old) 57 quarts 9 6 to 10 0 ( New) 7 6 to 8 6 Average Prices of Corn per Quarter, in F. nglana and Wales, for the week ending Oct. 27, 1826: Wheat, 54s. Id.; Barley, 36s. lid.; Oats, 28s. Oil. CORN EXCHANGE. NOVEMBER 6. We were bul sparingly supplied with English Wheat this morning, when fine samples fully supported the prices of this duy se'nriigbt, hut the inferior qualities were dull sale, and little sought alter.— Barley is very heavy sale, owing partly to the large supply, but principally on account of its coming iu runs of small samples, the quality being very uneven ; but where a superfine sample can be selected, Monday's prices are supported. Other sorts were from ls. to 2s. per quarter lower. Beans and White Peas maintain our last currency, but grey ones are ts, per quarter lower. Oats are Is. per quarter dearer,, owing, il is said, to the supply, English Oats hearing no propor- tion to that of Foreign, and Ihat ihis hitler will he soon cut off, the navigation of the Baltic being im- practicable during the ensuing- mouths. In other articles there is no alteration. Current Price of Grain ; ier Quarter, as unrier : Wheat 50s to 05s | While Pea... 54. to 53. Barley 3Ss to 43. j Beans 53s to 58s Malt 62s to 66s I Oats 32s to 35s Fine Flour 45s lo 50s per sack ; Seconds 40s lo 45. SMP1 HFIELD Cve, st. of 8Ih. sinking o/ fal). Heef 4s Od to 4 » lOd I Veal 4s Od lo 5< Od Mutton... 4s Oil to 4s 4d I Pork 4s Sd lo 5 » Oil Lamb .... t) s Od to Os Od LIVERPOOL. 9s. Oil. to 9s. 5s. 9d. to 6a. 4s. 3d, lo 4s. 60s. 0 1. to 70s. 47s. till, to 49s. 0il. per' 280ib BRISTOL. Spring price of Wheat, per sack of 33jlh, Foreign Wheat per bush, of 8 gall.... English Wheat, iliilo Mailing Barley, ditto Malt, ditto....'. Flour, Fine, per sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbs.. Seconds ditto Oats, Poland, per 8 gall 9d. per 70lhs. Od. per 601 lis. 7d. per 451 bs. Oil. p. quarter 37 f> fS 5 7 . 46 . 40 d. i. 0 to 39 0 to 7 9 to 7 3 to 5 0 lo 8 ( I to 60 0 to 43 6 to 4 FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN. Nov. 13, Bishop's Castle, Leek, Longnor, Teati, Huntington, ( hirk — 14, Ellesmere, Llandrillo— 16, Leek, B re wood, Welsh Pool — 17, Wellington — 18, Fazeley, Dorstone, Towyn. tTl? ( Sern STratje. A person engaged ia the corn trade at Bristol has addressed a letter to the Farmer's Journal, in which hesrgues that a duty of 12s. upon foreign wheat would be wholly inadequate to afford protection to the British Farmer-, he says he speaks from experience when he asserts that 44 they could afford to sell wheat from tiie river Elbe, or say Hamburgh to Dautzic, at 25s quarter, and at Dautzic the best mixed wheat, equal to our best wheat, at 34s. If to 25s. a quarter we had 2s. extra freight, that wheat can be delivered at * 27s. a quarter in the Thames,, exclusive of expenses, w hich are the same as our wheat frotn Ireland, & c. to w hich add, say 20 percent, to the importer for profit and risk, or 5s. 9d. a quarter, will make 32s.- yd. a quarter; IEEMKD. At a numerous Meeting- of the Protestant Nobility ar. d Gentry of the count| Fermanagh, held in the Court- house, Ennisldflen, Ori Monday, the 30th of October,, 1826, the High Sheriff, John Mayne, Esq. in the Chair, the following resolutions were unani- mously adoptedr.; lst." Resolved — That we are compelled, by the alarming indication of the present times, tof express our apprehensions at the proceedings of the Roman . Catholics of Ireland, and, to implore the Imperial tfnrliame& t to refuse any further concessions to their demands. 2d. Resolved*- That however highly we esteem our ovv- n profession of Christian doctrine, as more truly corresponding to the Sacred Scriptures, we would trust for its maintenance and propagation to the force of truth alone, independent of the aid of any political restrictions, but an apprehension is excited for the safety of that, political Constitution for Which oiir ancestors fought, arid under which these countries have attained prosperity unexampled in the history of the world. 3d. Resolved— That we cannot, be persuaded that the charge of this Constitution can be entrusted to men who will give to the State only the security of a divided allegiance. We have known the Roman Catholic Religion converted into an engine for assad- ing- and overpowering the constituted authorities of the nation — the anathemas of that Church being de- nounced against all of its own body who should pre- sume, from whatever consideration, to give support to the adversaries of its pretensions. 4th. Resalvedhat we do therefore most humbly submit to the Imperial Parliament, that to concede further advantages would not conciliate the Roman Catholics, but abandon ihe Protestants— that it would permit the Constitution to be vitiated iu the very formation of Parliament, by the agency of a new and most dangerous power, over which the Legislature cannot exercise any effectual controul. 5th. Res. ol. ved— That it is now manifest that lire Roman Catholic agitators of Ireland propose, as their grand and ultimate object, not a fair participation of the blessings of a free Constitution, but the establish- ment of a Popish, domination, repugnant to its general principles, and ruinous to the general interests of the Empire. , ( it. li. Resolved— That the body which calls itself the Catholic Association, by the publication ofexaggerated statements, and inflammatory appeals to the people, and by its debates, vilifying characters the most exalted, . and denouncing all tho* e who do' not give unqualified support to their objects, tends fo excite discontent, and endanger public tranquillity, and bring the established Institutions of the country into aversion and contempt. 7tli. Resolved— That our Representatives be in- structed to support any further measures which may he introduced into Parliament for the suppression of this dangerous nuisance, still in active operation at the very se< it and under the very eyes of the Irish Government, the laws now in existence being either inadequate, or inefficiently administered. : 8th. Resolved — That a Committee be now appointed, to prepare Petitions to both Houses of Parliament in the spirit and purport. of these Resolutions. i^ rogmss cC t!}£ information. [ From the Dublin Evening Mail.] Foi tv- six con v ersions in Cavau in one little month are powerful evidences of a general awakening amongst tlie people— and the honest confession of the Titular Bishop of Ferns and his Clerjry, that a know- ledge ofthe. Scriptures and the faith ofthe Catholic Church . are quite incompatible, is a sufficient demon- stration that the Priests themselves feel the conviction of the approaching dowtifal of Poperv. " At a meeting of the - Catholic1 Clergy of the Diocese of Ferns," say the advertised Resolutions in The Evening f'ost, " held in St. Peter's College, Wexford, on Tuesday, October 24, the Right Rev. Dr. Keating in the Chair, it was resnlved, amongst other things, tiiat the Roman Catholic Poor of Ireland could not avail themselves of the System of Education under the direction of Societies which require, as an and if our farmers cannot afford lo raise wheat under essential condition, the indiscriminate reading of the ^ alc^ i i> v ^ Suction:. Oak, Ash, and Birch TIMBER, Im- plement Wood, Boards, Kc. BY MR. SMITH, On the Premises, MOftF. TON CORBET, in the Cuu. itv of Salop, au Tuesday, Hth Day ot Novem- ber, 1823; rtpHE entire STOCK of TIMBER, & c I. belonging to Mr. THOMAS ALC'OCKI who is declining the Timber Trade: comprising Oak, Ash, and Bireli Timber in the Round, Oak aud Ash Boards, Cherry- tree Plank, excellent Assortment of Hnplement Timber in Axlelrees, Bolsters, Bottom Pieces, Fea- thers, Waggon and Tumbril Draughts, Spokes, Stocks, Felloes, Plough Tails and Feet, Coach Fel- loes, 30 Dozen of Sheep Hurdles, It) new Ladders, 50 Dozen dressed Pikel Stails, Spade aud Sharavel Trees, large Quantity of t'osts and Rails, w ith a numerous Assortment of other convened Timber. The ubovs will be put up in Lots suitable to the Cotnpaay. Tbe Ash is calculated for Coacbintikers or Wheel- wnglsta, being all Coppice Timber, and lengthy. Sale at Twelve o'clock precisely. r^ y. At the same Time will be Sold, a clever five- year old Bay GELDING, I5J Hands high, has been iu Harness. BY WM. REYNOLDS, At Ihs MARKET PLACE, Shrewsbury, ou SATUR- DAY NEXT, November ilth, 1826, \ N EAT light GIG, nearly new ; a POST CHAISE ; a capital strong WAGGON ; likewise a capital strong WAGGON MAKE; anew > aiiill « ; Fowling Piece ; a Brace of Pocket Pistols; nud Harness for n Pair of Horses. Sale to commence* at One o'Clock. OXOR O'HARA. A Novel. By Miss ANNA MARIA PORTER, Author of Don Sebastian, Hungarian Brothers, 8tc. & ic. In 3 Vols. ] 2mo. Price £' 1, 4s. Boards. The STORY of ISABEL. By the Author of the Favourite of Nature, Sic. & c. In 3 Vols. 12mo. 24s. Boards. DEFOIX; or SKETCHES of Ihe MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the FOURTEENTH CENTURY. An Historical Romance. By ANNA ELIZA BRAY, lale Mrs. c. STOTHARD, Author of Letters written during a Tour through Normandy, & c. Iu 3 Vols. Post Svo. Price £ 1. 7s. Bds. The REBEL: a Tale. In 2 Vols. Post Svo. Price 14s. Bds. The MSTERS OF NANSFIELD. A Tale for Young Women. Bv the Author of the Stories of Old Daniel, Stc. In 2 Vols. 12mo. f- s. Boards. TALES ROUND A WINTER HEARTH. Bv JANE and ANNA MARIA PORTER. Iu 2 Vols. 12mo. 16s. Boards. DUKE CHRISTI AN of LUNEBURG ; or, TRA. DITIONS from the HARTZ By Miss JANE POR- TER, Auihor nf Scottish Chiefs, & c. Sic. lu 3 Vols. 12nio, £ 1, 4s, Boards. OBSTINACY: a Tale. By Mrs. A. C. HALL. In I Vol. 12nio. Price 6s. Boards, with a Frontispiece. REFLECTION: a Tale. By Mrs. IIOFLAND. 1 Vol. 12nio. Price 6s, Boards, with a Frontispiece. The STORY of a LIFE, Bv the Author of Recol. lections in the Peninsula. 2d Edition. 2 vols. Post 8vo. IKs. Boards. WOODSTOCK, or the CAVALIER: a TALE of SIXTEEN HUNDRED and FIFTY- ONE. Bv the AUTHOR or WAVERLEY. In 3 Vols. Posl 8vo. £ 1.1 Is. 6il. Boards. GARTH, NBAS WELSH POOL. Hay, Turnips, Straw, Iron Hurdles and Iron Fencing, toyether with all other Out- Slock. RY GEO. SMOUT. Ou Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 14ih and 15th Days of November, 1826 j " gTMGMT Waggon Mares, nnd Gearing for JLJ 15, four Cart Foals, one Ditto by the Duke, a Pair of very handsome and useful Brown Carriage Hurst** ( ii and 7 Years old); Dennett ( Tig 6c Harness ; three Stacks of Hay ( about 30 Tons), to go oft the Premises; 150 Yards of Iron 5- bar Fencing-, six Dozen of Iron Hurdles; a Field of Turnips, and a ' Quantity of Straw, with Convenience for Consumption close adjoining; Broad- wheel Waggon and 3 Carts * '- com for every meat Timber, 14 Ploughs," 7 Harrows; 2 Milk Cows, hud a Lot of Southdown Ewes; aud a great Variety of Fanning Implements, too numerous for au Advertise- ment; also a large Collection oi" Pine Plants, and Hothouse aud Greenhouse Plants ( in Pols), among which are several very fine Aloes and Orange and Lemon Trees in Bearing ; Hotbed Frames aud Glasses, fcc. & c. Catalogues may be had of TUB AUCTIONEEK, and at thp Place of Sale. , . T)| f Sale to begin each Day at Eleven o'Clock, Appropriate Presents. HpHE following AMUSING and IN- fi STRUCTIVE WORKS have recently been published for the Use of Young Persons. 1. URANIA's MIRROR; or, A View of the Hea- vens : on a Plan perfectly original. Designed by a LADY. The Work consists of Thirty- two large Cards, on which are represented all the Constellations visible in Great Britain. Each Constellation is drawn w ith the Figures ascribed to it by the Ancients ; and the Stars are perforated according to their relative Magnitudes, so as to exhibit, when held up to the Light, their natural Appearance in the Jtleavens. The Cards are accompanied with a Familiar Treatise on Astronomy, written expressly for this Purpose by J. ASPIN, aud illustrated with Plates. New Edition, fitted up iii an elegant Box. Price £ 1. 8s. plain, or £ l. 14s. beauti- fully coloured. Among the many ingenious and beautiful Inventions to promote the Study of Science, and render it as delightful as it is valuable, we have never seen any thing to surpass this admirable Production.— f. iierary Gazette, 2. The PORTABLE DIORAMA; consisting of Romantic, Grand, and Picturesque Scenery ; w ith the necessary Apparatus for producing the various Effects of Sunrise, Sunset, Moonlight, the Appestrance and Disappearance of Clouds, the Rainbow, & c. On the Principle of the Diorama in Regent's Park : accom- panied with an entirely new Work, itinerated with Plates, entitled THE AMATEUR's ASSISTANT; or, A Series of Instructions in Sketching from Nature, ihe Application of Perspective, Tinting of Sketches, Drawing in Water- Colours, Transparent Painting, Sic. The Whole intended as a Stimulus to Young Persons iu the Pursuit of a delightful Art, hy enabling them to delineate various Scenes'for the Diorama, as their Taste may direct : thus furnishing an inexhaust- ible Source of rational Enjoyment, bv blending In- struction with Amusement.. By JOHN CLARK. Fitted up iu a handsome Box. Price £ 3. 3s. 3. The MYRIORAM A ; or, Many Thousand Views. Designed by Mr. CLARK. The Myriorama consists of Fragments of Land- scapes, neatly coloured, aud so ingeniously contrived, that, any two or more placed together, will form a pleasing View ; or, if the Whole are put ou a Table at once, will admit of the astonishing Number of 20,922, 7b9, S8&, 000 Variations. The Cards are fitted up iu an elegant Box. Price 15s. 4. The MYRIORAMA ; or, Many Thousand Views ( Second Series). Consisting entirely of ITALIAN SCENERY. Designed by Mr. CLARK. The Second Series is capable of even greater Varia- tion than , the First, as the Number of Cards is increased. The Changes which may be produced ltd almost incredible Num- ttu}- uinr. rig * —.... -- bp, - -! urls, amount to the astounding an Coke\ ( j- row Drill Machine, with Scuffles complete her of 620,448,401,733,239,439,360,000. Price £ 1. 4s iu an elegant Box. 5. ASSHETON's HISTORICAL M AP of PALES- TINE, or THE HOLY LAND, on a large Scale ( 40 Inches by 27}), on which are introduced nearly One Hundred sniall Historical Devices, illustrative ' of the Principal Events in Scripture History. The Map is accompanied with a descriptive Pamphlet. Price £ i. 15s. Canvas and Roller; £ 1. 10s. Canvas and Case ; or £ 2. 2s, on Canvas and Roller, full coloured and varnished. Loudon : Published by SAMUEL LEIGH, 18, Strand; and sold by all Bookst- iler* and ^ tatiouers. 65s. a quarter, exclusive of expenses to London, then the duty ought to be 32s. 3d. a quarter. Now this duty would keep down the price abroad ; for if 12s. 15s. or 20s. a quarter were put on as a duty, the price of wheat would rise abroad in proportion, as they could sell their wheat at such a price as would ruin our farmer; this i think, is so very clear thai no one can dispute it. As for Dautzic w heat it is 5s. a quarter better than our average qualities uf wheat, therefore, the same argument holds with that. If Ihe ports are shut until the price rises to a certain sum, say 7l) s. aud Orders of Council issued to let out bonded corn, then the duty ought to be different, for tlie expense in London on a cargo of wheat, kept six mouths, is about 4s. a quarter, exclusive of the commission of about 3 per cent.; but this commission is paid on our own corn, if sold by a corn oieichant ; and a duty of about 27s. a quarter should be laid when wheat is taken out of bond, instead of 12s. which was the duly paid this summer.'* The same writer, in a letter to the Editor ofthe Bristol Journal, says — " Foreigners rose their prices as our prices rose, in consequence of our suffering foreign corn to be imported with a nominal duty, from 1764 to 1815. Whereas, if a duty had been laid upon foreign wheat of 15s. a quarter, we should have had wheat at the same price, and our Exchequer would have received that money which was gratuitously given to foreigners. I now be: leave to calculate what duties, direct and indirect, are paid by our own farmers upon a quarter of wheat. The first are Tithes, Poor, Church, County, and Highway- rates, and Land Tax, and which are not paid by us manufacturers, or iu a very trifling manner. The tithes are first, l- 10lh ofthe gross produce of wheat; 2dly, l- 10th of the straw ; 3dly, l- 10thof all the oats aud hay consumed by the farm horses ; and 4tli'y, i- lOth of the oat straw. Taking out, therefore, the wheat consumed by the farmer's family, in an arable farm of 100 acres, I am fully convinced, from the best calculation I can make, it is more than l- 7tli of the wheat which is sold. Now suppose the farmer can afford to sell his wheat at 60s. a quarter, . the tithe only ( if taken in kind) is 8s. 6d. a quarter, and the different rates and Land Tax cannot be less than 2s. to 2s. 6d. a quarter, and in many parts of England it is much more; there- fore, these burthens are together from 10s. 6d. to lis. a quarter, and are burthens from which We manufacturers are free, or nearly so; add to which, the general taxes of the country, Which cannot be put down at less than 30 per cent, upon the sales of wheat, and which last, supposing wheat to be at 60s. a quarter, are 18s. to which add 10s. 6d. or lis, will make the total duty upon every quarter of wheat sold at 50s. to be 28s. 6d. or 29s.; so that if wheat sells at 60s. a quarter, the farmer gets not much more than 30s. a quarter, net money. It may be objected, that 30 per cent, is too much for the general taxes upon corn, but let any man who is old enough to remember prices of labour and goods in general 40 or 50 years ago, and I am sure he will say, that almost every thing is rose much more than 30 per cent, and corn, like every thiug else, is bartered for labour and goods. Mr. Whitmore, in his letter to the Electors of Bridgnorth, says the farmers have a monopoly — and so say many more writers; but by the Property Tax of 1812, it ap- pears that there were 589,374 farmers, and I should think, that is quite a sufficient number to prevent a monopoly; and 1 beg leave to ask, if every manu- facturer in the kingdom has not a monopoly of the home market, as well as the Agriculturist ? . Why, therefore, should not the Agriculturist be put upon the same footing as the Manufacturer ? You know that I am one ofthe most extensive manufacturers in this neighbourhood, and I really cannot see any reasdjft " evhy I should have greater privileges than my rxjlghhours the farmers, who, and their land lords, are the best customers the manufacturers have got ; and it must be a curious policy for ma- nufacturers to wish to ruin their best customers, ' particularly as they and the country towns ( which arc all supported by the landlords and farmers) con- stitute, perhaps, two- thirds of the whole united kingdom; for, except the seaport towns, andthe manufacturing districts, all the rest of the kingdom are chiefly supported by the Landholders, Clergy- men, and Farmers." Sacred Scriptures without note or comment— A CONDI- TTON* TMNGKROUS TO THE. FAITH, and INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE DISCIPLINE of the ' Catholic'' Church;" and these Resolutions are signed by " James Keating, C. B. F. Chairman," the Titular Bishop aforesaid ; and countersigned by the Very Rev. John Corrin, Vicar- General,, and the Rev. John Sinnot, the Secretary. Here is a confession, as ample as orthodoxy itself could dictate, that the faith and discipline of Popery are at variance with the acknowledged Word of God, ( for even still the Popish Clergy do not deny the Bible to be the Word of God,) and iii this confession he that runs may read— even the most hoodwinked Rojnaa Catholic Layman nra- y discern— the reason and the only reason why the Romish Priests will not permit their flock to look into the Bible, much less their children to be instructed in. its doctrines.— Is it not evident, that the Priests are afraid that if the people were to read the Bible they would discover that fact, which the force of truth has providentially, but by no means wittingly, wrung from the Titular Bishop of Ferns and his Clergy— namely, that tlie revealed Word of God was totally opposed to the faith and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church ; and that if the Word of God were true, the doctrines of the Romish Church were false? Roman Catholics, if they read the Bible, could not fail of drawingthis inference ; nor could they avoid carrying the principle on a step farther, and applying it. to tradition. They would argue thus: —" We are told that the whole revealed will of God is contained in the Bible and in the Traditions of the Church, both of equal truth and equal authority : and, being the revelation ofthe same God, they cannot be opposed to, or contradict, each other.- Now, if the Bible ( one branch of the revealed Word of God) be 4 dangerous to the faith and incom- patible with the discipline of die Church,'* Tradition, which is the other branch, and which cannot be opposed fo, or contradict the former, must be equally dangerous to the faith and incompatible with the discipline.. of the true Church :* or if it. be not, in such case the. two species of Revelation Would contradict ' eac^ oth^ r ; and so^ one of them must be false. But tiie Priests admit the Bible to be true: therefore Tradition is false ; and all that part of our Religion wliich is'built upon it is false and unstable. We are, therefore, bound to reject this foundation, and to build our faith solely upon the Bible. But this is the foundation of Protestantism." The conclusion is plain. They Would become Protestants, as their brethren in Cavan are doing, and for the same reasons ; and the Priests* craft would not only be in danger — but Othello's occupation wholly gone! And this, Roman Catholics of Ireland ! is the true— the admitted reason why you and your children are kept in the dark* about the* Bible. " It having been moved and seconded,'* continue the " Resolutions, " that the Right Rev. Dr. Keating do leave the Chair, and the Very Rev. John Corrin, V. G. be called thereto : — Resolved, that the thanks of the 4 Catholic'' Clergy of this Diocese are due, and are hereby given, to the Right Rev. Dr. Keating, for calling this meeting, and for his very dignified conduct iu the Chair." We beg leave to add our cordial thanks and the warm, congratulations of the Protestant Clergy and Laity of every denomination in the Empirey to the Right Rev. Doctor and the " Catholic" Clergy of Ferns, for the very honest, and candid confession they have made; and we hope shortly to hear of their public recantation of the errors of Popery iu the Church of Ferns. i& i0C£ Uancou0 JEnteUignuf. In consequence of the losses sustained by the farmers from the severe drought of the last sum- mer, WiUiam Constable Maxwell, Esq. of Evering- ham, at his half- yearly audit, held on Monday and Tuesday last, returned to hi3 numerous tenantry in the East jRiding of Yorkshire, 15 per cent as a deduction from their rents.— Durham Chronicle* Successful efforts are said to be making in Prussia to unite ihe two great Protestant Communions of Germany, the Lutherans, and the Reformed or Cal- vinistic Confession, The agents of T. W. Beaumont, Esq. have refused for the present to pay that gentleman's expenses, incurred at the late contest for Northumberland, unless the parties will allow a discount of 30 to 40 per cent This offer was made to the tradespeople of Alnwick on the 14th ult. and as they would not submit to it, the agenfeleft the town without settling a single bill. Loid Stafford ( late Sir G, Jerningham) arrived in Stafford on Friday . night, and was hailed by a merry peal ofthe bells al St. Mary's Church. The, Rev. Charles Thomas Dawes, B. A. curate of Burnt wood, near LichfHd, and curate to the Lo> d Bishop of the diocese in the afternoon duty of Guo^ all Church, has been presented by the Very Reverend the Dean of Lichfield, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ad- baston, near F> cleshaH, vacant, by the death of the Rev. Thomas Harding. P- LAK TI- N G,— i) r. Thackeray, of Chester, has, within the last twenty- two years, planted upwards of seven, hundred acres of land, besides sowing nearly . three hundred bosheta of acorns 1 The satire gentleman is on the eve of resuming his valuable and patriotic la- bours,- on thirty additional acres, which are prepared for the purpose.— The High Sheriff of. Cheshiie, Wm.. Turner, Esq. is planting extensively on his demesne at Shrig. ley. We hear that a dividend will be made under Sparrow and Nickisson's commission before Christ- mas; and that it will be at least teu shillings ia the I pound.— Pottery Mercury. THE LLERF. FOANSHITTR PITT CLUR.— Amongst the members w ho follow the example < f Earl Somers, in seceding from this club, is the. Vice President, R. J. Powell, Esq; of HintOn. Mr, Powell assigns publicly as his reason for so doing, the intro duction of the question of ihe Catholic claims into the Clubj contrary to an express understanding that such question should not, be agitated, and the Aoli- Caiholic spirit exhibited al recent meetings by some ofthe members insisting upon the toast of' 4 Prutest- ant Ascendancy^ being drank. Mr. I3, says, " for myself, I avow my honest conviction, that any further concession to the Catholics would be dangerous to the Constitution and the Established, Religion of my Country.; it is a question on which Ihe pi < sent Ad minstration are divided— one on which the Hercfoid- shire Pitt Club now, as a Ivodv, avow opinions in direct opposition to those ot Mr. Pitt himself, it being matter of historical - notoriety that in 1801 Mr. Pitt resigned his place in the Administration, because he could not bring forward his measures of ' fur4her C!- n cession to the Catholics as a Government Question. Whatever, therefore, may be n> y individual convic- tion, 1 never could consent, as President of your Club, instiiutf d, as it professes to be, for the comm< moratioo of that Statesman's political principles, Jo give a toast in direct opposition to those opinions, " iind, one which we all know to be offensive Jo many Members of the Club, who agree with Mr. Pitt on that question ; you have declared that it shall be given at your next meeting, I, as President, should refuse lo do so, and for Ihis reason also I retire from your Club."— The S crefary of the Club, in a letter lo Earl Somers, inti- mating thai in pursuance of his Lordship's instructions his name has been erased from the register of its Mem- bers, says -.— 44 Whatever may be the sentiments of the majority of its present Members on fhe subject of the Catholic Claims, the Society, as a body, does not assume cither to advocate or oppose them: It con- siders the principle of Protestant- Asccndancyias a maxim fundamentally Constitutional, in support of which your illustrious ancestor would have laid down his life, and which, we are persuaded, thai the greiit modern Patriot, in whose name we are incorporated, never for a moment lost sight of, in the views which heat any time entertained of what is called Catholic Emancipationterm ' which your Lordship adopts, but which Mr. Pift himself most pointedly disclaimed as utterly inappropriate and inapplicable." The new Parliament meets on Tuesday, the 14th November. The Lord High Steward having sworn in a hundred members in Ihe long gallery adjoining the Mouse of Lords, the Commons will proceed to the election of a Speaker, who will be presented the day following to his Majesty. Those who have Private Bills lo pass in this session, should proceed without delay to give the necessary notices required by ihe standing orders of the House, with respect to those bills to which such orders apply, as it is probable tlrat the time allowed for bringing in private bills will lie much earlier than when the session commences after Christmas; and it is also probable, that some of the commiitcen o; vcontested elections will he appointed t o sit so late, that they w ill not be enabled to make Ibeir report until the session 1828. The petitions complain- ing of double return^ wii^ lie the first . taken into con- sideration^ Ou Thursday a most magnificent black swan, from New South Wales, was added to the curious collection ' frf water fowl in the Regent's- park, where it forms a beautiful contrast lo its numerous white, relatives. It was presented by the Honourable W. Maude, M. P. M ARRXAGU: E XT RAO ii I> I N A RY .—- For s o me time past very considerable interest has been excited in the fashionable world, by the rumour of a matri- monial aili& nce,' the high contracting parties to which were a middle aged, eccentric, and benevolent foreigner of distinction, and the handsome and youthful daughter of a worthy inhabitant of this town. The intended ceremony, we understand, was only postponed in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining a license, arising from the determined aversion of the gallant bridegroom io make an affidavit upon any subject, much less, upon the fact of his having passed his twenty- first year, when, in truth he has nearly reached his grand climacteric. All obstacles, however, having been happily' sur- mounted, every avenue to St. Mary's Church was so closely blockaded on the morning of Monday last, a ® to give " the note of preparation1' ofthe approach of some extraordinary offering upon the hymeneal altar; and in a short time public curiosity was gra- tified by the appearance of the happy couple, who entered the church at separate doors, The costume of the bride, which was magnificent, yet elegantly tasteful, consisted of white satin ; and her lovely person was adorned with costly jewellery. After the ccremorsy the lady and her bridesmaid retired to the house of a friend in the neighbourhood, and tho bridegroom repaired to his residence in Gyde's Terrace, where he passed the day* solus cum solo, as if in the last enjoyment of his " . single blessed- ness."-— In the evening, the happy pair entertained a select party of their friends, it is due to the liberality of the husband to state, that the apart- ments expressly fitted up for his fair lady are in the handsomest style of modern decoration, and the marriage settlements are most generous and muni- ficent. 4 The bridegroom is lineally descended from one of the first families in Holland, and from the ancient house of the Lord Reay, of Scotland, and as the present possessor of the family honours, and the two nearest of kin, are bachelors, it is not impro- bable that the noble line may be perpetuated by. the auspicious event which we have this day the plea- sure of recording.— Cheltenham Chronicle.—[ The parties to this marriage are J. L. Mackay, Esq. Seigneur Baron on the Rhine, and Miss M. Harrison, only daughter of Mr; Charles Harrison, of Chelten- ham.] A rascally trio of foreigners, German*, from their dialect aud appearance, and consisting of two males and a female, have been practising swindling in this city, and various parts of the county, with too much success. They profess to be Doctors ( aI least the two gentlemen, do,) and certainly they have shown more than common skill iu healing the state of exhaustion which their own pockets laboured under, whilst they have aggravated that malady in others. They. made Iheir first appearance at Droitwieb, about a fortnight ago, where, they look up their quarters at the George Inn, and by representing themselves to be in great distress, Ihey hied pretty freely the exchequer of many of the respectable inhabitants of that borough. There, however, they were soon discovered lo be impostors, and compelled to dceamp and separate, the elder coming to this city, and his companions proceeding low aids Kidderminster. This former personage was, as lie described himself, " Doctor Macdonald," and under the weight and influence of which dignity, and a small paper parcel with " valuable contents, * left as hostage, ( which 14 valuable contents'* proved lo be some old wearing apparel, not worth half a crown,) he obtained possession of a horse and gig let out to hire by Mr. Bowyer, of the Tything, to go, as he i- aid, to Droitwich, promising to be back; by eight or nine o'clock. However, this appointment was forgotten by the Esculapian ; the next morning came, but no doctor-— no horse— no gig ; the next morning, still the whole unon est inventus," when Mr.' Bowyer, becom ing alarmed for his equipage, thought proper lo ve off in pursuit of it, and reaching Droitwieh, heen, fy learnt the description of person into whose bauds he had intrusted it. The iu'tcHigence he obtained in. dueed him to proceed on to Kidderminster, at which place he heard the 44 Doctor" arrived about the samV time on Tuesday night he promised to return to Worcester, and, having taken bis two friends into tbe vehicle with hiiny drove on to Bridgnorth, travelling the whole of the night. Mr. B. followed in- their t ack, and kept close at their heels, but could not come up with them,, until, at'Shrewsbury* 1 he lost the clue. He, however, went on ' to Chester and Liver- pool, but without success, and was returning from thence,.- when he again dropt upon the scent at Mar- ket Drayton, where they had been practising wish the sime eclat as at Droit with,, hut in what direction they had I hen gone he could learn nothing, but it is supposed they are somewhere in fhe Potteries. Mr. B. disheartened, here gave up the chase, aud returned homey having travelled upwards of 300 miles to no purpose, necessarily incurring much evpe'use, adding to ihe serious loss he sustains in the horse, gig, and appointments, which he values at £ W>. The elder of these worthies appears to be about 50 vea- rs of age, is short made, with large whiskers ; the other man is young, and slender made, as is the female, who does not look to be more than 19 years x> f age. The elder man claims her as his wife, but from a discovery he made upon his arrival at Kidderminster, it appears she con hi be very " happy with either, when f he other dear charmer's away." The whole party were rather decently dressed, the lady particularly. The vehicle was a yellow- bodied denuet, picked out black ; animal, a brown m ire, wiih a blcipished kn^ e, had been fired.— Wgrsestar IJsrahU The official Gazette of Stockholm of the 20ih ult. contains ah Ordinaire, prohibiting the exportation of barley or oat^ uutiL( ui thcr ordei- s. At the Middlesex Sessions, on Tuesday, an incor- rigible old poacher, named Puffct Sears, was in- dicted under 57 Geo. III. for being found armed within an enclosure upon the estate of Colonel Wood, near Staines, between the hours of nine at night and five in ths morning,—' The Jury having returned a verdict of guilty, the Court was informed that the prisoner had returned from transportation only the ( iay before he was apprehended on thin poaching.— The prisoner said, that he had been returned a full month before he fell into this mis- fortune. He was sentenced to seven years'trans, portat ion. At the Old Bailey Sessions, on Tuesday, Mary Wilson was found guilty of shop- lifting, in the shop of Mr. Harvey, of Ludgate- Ilill. Wilson, with tha Utmost effrontery, as soon as tha verdict of guilty, was pronounced, addressed fhe Court and said, " I believe, my Lord, ! am entitled to Ihe goods 1 am to suffer for."— Mr. Serjeant Arabin, " J believe not, Ma'arri; at all events, this is a very novel application."— T\ 1 same female was tried six month* ago for shop- lifting, and . was acquitted.- Phillibert Mathey, a native of Switzerland, who has carried oa the business of a watch- case maker in London for some months, was convicted on an indictment pre- ferred against, him on the part of the Goldsmith** Company, charging . him with fraudulently transpos- ing the stamp of the Company from a watch- ease of sterling and legal metal to one containing aa im- proper portion of alloy. At the Old Bailey Sessions, on Wednesday, F. J. Latham was indicted for stealing from his employer , Messrs. Warren and Co. of Rood- lane, sundry Bank of England notes and sovereigns, their property ; and Charles Singleton, a youug gentleman of hig- i connexions, was also indicted for receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen. After hearing- the r- aso, wliioh lasted from one o'clock until five, the Jury retired to consider tlieir verdict, and aboiit half- past nine: next morning,' haVing been locked u[>. the intervening 16 hours, without fire, food, or light, the foreman announced to the Court that they vrere unanimous in finding Latham giilty, and that eleven of th^ in agreed in finding a verdict of not guilty for Singleton, but that one of fh'eip number dissented from that verdict. They again retired, and in half an hour came back, when the same juror stiil entertaining a different opinion from the res', the verdict was recorded against Latham, and the Court discharged them without coming to a decision Oil the case of Singleton, who, it was agreed, should be liberated Oil tho same bail he had before, ffiven,' to appear and answer the charge at the nest Ses- sions.— Robert Constantine, a private in the Ist Regiment of Guards, was found guilty of wilful perjury on the trial of Mary Ann Williams, for felony, on the . Monday preceding, aud was sentenced to seven years' transportation. On Saturday, when Mr. Ciiiininif arrived in thr harbour of Dover, ihe Custom house officers went ut> board of ihe packet lo inspect the luuuage, and tlu » observed a number of packages which did not hem- the murk Ihat exempted them from the scrutiny -- t" the revenue servants, and one of Ihem was opened, which was found lo contain French silks. The valrl declared that ihc package was neither the property ( if his master or himself, nor had it come I here with his knowlidije or consent. The declaration appeared very unsatisfactory, as ihe vessel was ensured for tin- exclusive use of Mr. Canning and suite, and it was presumed lhal whatever was on board must be their properly, or ill least came there with llieir knowledge,, particularly as lire packages were made to match, ami were intermixed with tin* dispatch lings and lujsace belonging to the Right Honourable Secretary." The valet was then desired to select what packages he did avow" as the property of Mr. Canning/ or any of his suite, and, after having done so, there remained live or si* unclaimed ; tlirse, on being examined were found to contain French silks, amounting, in all, in value, t-> about six hundred pounds. As may easily be sup- posed, the Kijfhi M. mourahle Gentleman fell rathef awkwardly on Ihe occasion. The business was, how. ever, kept close for a short time: hut it was. rieem. il so serious an imputation, that ti e Lord Warden and Mr. Canning came to town, and a strict investigation was set on foot. The master of Ihe vessel was at first implicated, but he has cleared himself so satisfactorily, as to lie acq titled of any participation iu the ingenious trick : and it appears that a person in Dover had managed ihe aftair with a correspondent on theotht r » ule ofthe water, who got the packages clandestinely placed amongst the luggage, wheie Ihey were found, trusting lo ihe probability that Mr. Canning would, by the Custom bonne officers, never be suspected of smuggling, or,. if lie were, that he would lie permitled to pass willi impunity. There is little doubt, how. ever, that there must have been, at leasl, oue on hoard who knew of the transaction, and who was to hare managed the affair ou this aide of the water. The Lord Chancellor nnd Vice- Chancellor con. minced their sittings on Thursday. The long vacation seems to have given both these learn'il personages an ample stock of health and vigour, to fit them for the labours of another legal year. The Lord Chancellor, in particular, looked remark- ably well.— Mr. Pepys, having been appointed one of his Majesty's Counsel, took his seat' within the bar. The. Chilian anil Peruvian Mining Company » dissolved 011 Wednesday at a meeting of live share- holders, \ Hio were unwilling lo advance £ 20,000 more, which was Ihe amount stated in the report a » neccssary to carry the concern into complete opera- tion. The total sum paid Upon lliie scheme was £ 159,7 50, of which about £ S, 0t) 0 remains in hand, anil Ihe company- have four mines in South America. Captain Andrews, who had been sent out lis Com. missioner, declared to the meeting th » there was » fair prospect of . success if Ihe shareholdeu would advance money, but few of Ihem appeared disposed lo adopt his suggestion, « PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 4—' The Dartmouth frigate, Captain Henry Dundas, was brought i, ito dock this week, to have her bottom examined, after having the copper protected on the plan of Sir Humphry Davy; when if was found, that the in- fluence produced by these protectors, in protecting the coppcr, had produced a most extraordinary effect; for . by reducing the oxidation which before took place on the copper, which separated from it most of the substances that adhered to it, the bottom had become extremely foul; so that within ten or twelve feet ofthe protectors it was entirely covered, and in thick patches all over, of serpula, oysters, muscles, aud other shell- fish, and so firmly' had they adhered to the copper, that it was found impossible in many parts to clean it off. The oyster and muscle were foreign, interspersed with foreign weeds. Some of the other species of shell fish were natives, and had no doubt, from their size, been collected on the bottom before she. left England. The bottom had placed upo. i it three cast iron protectors, about seven feet long and five or six inches wide, one on each bow anil quarter, about three feat below the surface of the water, and one oh each side amidships on the keel. The protectors were removed, and the oxide caused by the ir>. i cleaned as much asr possible, previous to the ship being taken out of dock, It is now fully established that Sir Humphry Davy's experiment for preserving the copper on ships' bottoms has failedthat is, the cast iron preservers doubtless preserve ths copper, bat they operate at the same time so much to increase the foulness of it, that the remedy is worse than the disease. The pro- tectors are, therefore, ordered to be removed from all sea- going ships, and to be continued only on such as arb in a quiescent state. In the course of a fjw days no less than 10 horses have been slolen from Towcester and its vicinity. Edward Newcomb was committed to the Stafford House cftfo rediori for one month, by the Magis- trate*, at their meeting al Cellar II. ad, for srlliog at Hanlev unstamped Alniauai ks. We understand tbe consl- ibicH and olhers are very active iu Ihe l\ » lleri.- s in looking out for Ihe verniers of these articles : ti heavy penalty atra.- hes to tbe buyer and seller. (): i Wednesday week a woman went to the shop of M i. J. F. Wan! Ic, draper, of Wolvei hampi< r. i, din in* liie t> n* lle of market, aud stole a piece of Irish linen, for which site has been committed to the county gaol for trial. Her name is Jane Hound, aud she is the wife of a poor nailor al Rowley Regis, whose house^ on Thursday, was searched by I lie constables,- and following valuable store of articles was found therein: -—' 13 gowns, mostly new, 20 caps, among whicb are several very valuable I ire ones, 20 frocks Of various, sizes, several new sil. k handkerchiefs, ihrec sh'a. Ua aud a quantity of sheets, bonuels, hats,, thr J'CMJRMAL. AMP COURI1EK OF WAJLE^ c FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. Sage cf tljc Uaet. FAREWELL TO CAMEHIA. Farewell to thee, Cumbria ! farewell to thy bowers, Where, ballow'd by Friendship, hew sweetly the ho. irs! Farewell to thy Rivers of beauty and health ; Hiy Mountains of grandeur, thy Valleys of wealth '. To thy I'ar- spreuding Shorts, where the blue waters sw eep, And thy Castles long lock'*! in a still, solemn sleep ! Farewell to thv Daughters, kind- hearted und gay j ' I n tin Sons, brightly lumiu'd by Genius's ray ; To the cries of the Hunters thy Valleys among ; To thy Minstrels, whoehurm with their notes aud their tongue T , O ! Land of the I. e. fk, from each scene that I see. Remembrance sbuil cast a fond look back to Thee! THE FOX AND THE GRAPES. The Fox in the Fable, who had not the power To feast on the Grapes, wisely said ihey were sour: Thus Men, who in Courtsliip'have wasted thrir lives, Hall at Wedlock, because they could never get Wives; And Women, not destin'd to enter Love's Bower, Live slyly protesting that Husbands are . sour .' t t MUMS* Oh bring me a jug of good ale, And let il be mod'rately new ; 1 do not like any thing stale, Since aged and crabbed I grew. This ale lo a man lhat is old, Like balm to the woes of a friend, Will cherish the heart that is cold,. And mildly the spirits amend. When drank by the wretched in pain,. • Twill banish ilie sorrowful sigh, And set up in firmness again liis heart that is drooping lo die. If sparingly taken wheu mild, By men who are feeble and grey, ' Twill give them the bloom ofa child,. And lengthen the span of their duy. Rut some will imprudently use This wonderful bev'rage so rare ; They'll gulp like the draught ofa sluice, And drink till their functions impair. Whilst others, mere niod'; ate and wise, Will ever excesses refuse, Who drink but to lustre their eyes, And cull it the JJOCTOB OF BI. CES. Llanfyllin. The tale Sir Charles Oakelet;, Bart. Died, Sept. 7, at the Palace, Lichfield, aged 75, most highly aud universally respected, Sir Charles Oakeiey, Bart. D. C. L. Sir Charles was born at Forton, in Staffordshire, Feb. 16, 1751, the second son of the Rev. William Oakeiey, M. A. of Balliol College, Oxford, Recfof of Forton, aud of Holy Gross, Shrewsbury, by Christian j daughter of Sir Patrick Strahau. He entered the Civil Service at Madras, as a writer, in 1768 ; in less than six years after that period, was appointed Civil Secretary, ar. d in the following- year; Military and Political Secretary to the Governrtieiit, After passing through these and other offices of high responsibility, in each of which his zeal and ability, especially in tiie management and improvement of the Revenue, had called forth repeated expressions of the most marked approbation from his superiors, as well at Madras as in the Government General of Bengal, Mr. Oakeiey returned to England with the full intention of retiring altogether from public life. This intention, however, he was induced to aban- don', at the earnest solicitation of Mr. Dundas, after- wards Lord Melville, by whom he was recommended to the Court of Directors, for succession to the Government of Madras, with which appointment he returned to India in 1790. The same year he was created a Baronet by patent dated on the 5th of Juue. Sir Charles resigned the Government of Madras to Lord Hobart iu 1794. During an admin- istration of nearly five years, Sir Charles Oakeiey continued to manifest that able and indefatigable zeal, and that strict and disinterested firmness and integrity of character, by which his previous career in India had been distinguished. He was honoured by the repeated compliments of his Sovereign, and by testimonials of the highest approbation from the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, then President of the Board of Controul, and from the Marquis Cornwallis, Governor- General of India. The fall of Pondieherry, in 1792, vvas hastened and mainly effected by the promptitude aud firmness of Sir Charles's measures. Upon his return to this country he received the unanimous thanks of the Court of Directors. It was not, however, his public merits, great and distinguished as they were, which formed the leading feature in his character. The unblemished purity and integrity of his private life ; his fervent and unaffected piety; his extensive and generous support of every charitable and useful institution; his mild and truly Christian disposition ; the exem- plary manner in which he discharged every duty to his country, his family, and friends ; these were the' virtues which chiefly recommended Sir Charles Oakeiey to the love and esteem of all who knew him. Sir Charles married, in 1777, Helena, only daugh- ter of Robert Beatson, Esq. of KilleriC, Fifesliire, by whom he has had fourteen children. Ten of these, with his widow, survive to deplore their loss. His eldest son, now Sir Charles, has succeeded to the title.-— Gentleman's Magazine. LINES. Written nn the Bury Ditches,* where tlie remains of a lloman Entrenchment are still visible. Where Roman Chieftains stood, I stand ; Where once the vassal's heart beat gay, I sigh to think that, valiant band Are uow turn'd to their kindred clny. What now avails the hero's pride ? What, the proud Roman's boasted pow'r? The ruin'd mounds seem to deride The work of glory's sunshine hour. Ah ! wherefore was there spent such toil, Such raising up of pond'rous clay 1 Could ye not spare the harmless soil, But etui disturb it in the fray ? How vast the trenoh, — how grand the sight;— How wild the scene,— how sad the mind ! To think that armies, glitt'ring bright,. Are to oblivion's power eonsigu'd. No banner wafting in the breeze, No clamorous din of war alarms; But the loud blast that bows the trees, All else is liush'd in death's cold arms.. All hearts that throbb'd,— all souls that thought,— All hands that bent the twanging bow, ™ All 10 the dust at length are brought,. All in a soldier's grave lie low. The pomp of pride,— the shriek of pain,— The camp's rude revels,— and war's roar— No more are heard, but o'er the slain- The birds of prey undaunted soar. Tlere Ruin frown'd upon the dells, His sceptre sway'd o'er neighbouring hills f But now here awful silence dwells— This heart here contemplation fills. How vain the boasted pow'r of ninn ! This wreck of time here seems to show That all liis years are but a span, Yea, all is vanity below. J. F. O. • " Bury Ditches" is a lofty hill in the vicinity of Clun, in flfli county. THE VILLAGE MAID. By Mrs. Cornwcll Baron Wilson. [ FROM ACKERMANN'S " FORGET ME NOT," FOR 1827.] Blest is the humble village maid, Who peaceful sits beneath the shade ; Wo anxious cares or thoughts has she, Her life from guilt and sorrow free ; Content she dwells the live- long day, Aud sings her rustic roundelay, llow gladly would my heart exchange Its present lot, like her to range Tlie meadows green, the pastures fair ^ For peace aud virtue ' habit there. I'm sick of life's tumultuous noise, Its crowded scenes, its heartless joys, Where, under Pleasure's smiling ' guise, Pale Sorrow, like a serpent, lies ( As the thorn lurks beneath the rose) To rob the bosom of repose. The world contains no charm for me ; My wearied heart pants to be free, And sighs to seek the peaceful shade, And wander with the village maid. BIMLBRMONOF ABSENTEES. From tiie concurring testimony and statement's of all the persons best qualified' to form any correct judgment of the sftvteof foreign intercourse at the ports of exit aud erifr& to fhe Continent, it is now known that throughout the whole of the past sum mer, the number of returns has on an average very largely exceeded that of the departures, without contemplating the customary increase ofthe former, usually eottiolencing about this period, after the expiration of the bathing season 011 the French coast. At Dieppe, Boulogne, and Ostend, the number of summer visitors from England has been considerably less than any of the three or four preceding years. At Dunkerque only, the number appears to have increased, a circumstance to be attributed to the increasing rents, and high pri'ces of every descrip- tion, in provisions, fuel', masters, & c. & c. at the other ports, that of Boulogne in particular; causes in fact from which such a result might be most naturally expected to ensile. But whether they be so or not, of the fact of a diminishing British population abroad there can be no question; and surely we may venture to hail it as one amongst other most important indications of a returning prosperity of our native land. Certainly a more anti- patriotic and unnational spirit cannot be conceived than that of enriching foreign countries by the expenditure of revenues drawn from our own, and spending those resources amongst strangers, ( who, in spite of any little ex- ternal courtesies, inwardly and devotedly hate us,) which might- have gladdened many a thousand families, who have scarce had bread to eat at home. The fact too ( be it well noted) of this diminishing residence abroad, is the most conclusive contradic- tion of the long assumed opinion of such residence affording any advantages to counterbalance the substantial comforts ( blessings unknown in the cheerless continental homes) deserted' with the desertion of our native hearths. The day will not be very distant,- we are confidently inclined to argue, when Britons will again universally think and feel that Britain must be their happiest home; © ijc CtilTo of 23oU « r. By Mrs. Ilemans. [ FROM ACKERMANN'S" FORGET ME SOT," IOB 1827 ] Rocks of my country ! let the cloud Your crested heights array ; And rise thee like the fortress proud, Ahove the surge and spray ! My spirit greets you as ye stand, Breasting Ihe billow's foam ; Oh, thus for ever guard the land, The sever'd land of home! I have left satiny skies behind Lighting up classic shrines, And music iu the southern wind, And sunshine on the vines. The breathings of the myrtle flowers Have floated o'er my way, The pilgrim's voice at vesper hours Hath sootli'd me wilh its lay. The isles of Greece, the hills of Spain, The purple heavens of Rome— Yes, all are glorious ; yet again 1 bless thee, land of home ! For thine the Sabbath peace, my land; And thine the guarded hearth ; And thine the dead, the noble hand That make thee holy earth. Their voices meet me in thy breeze ; Their steps are on thy plains ; Their nanu s, by old majestic trees, Are whisper'd round thy fanes : Their blond lial'h mingled with the tide Of thine exulting sea ;— Oh, he it slill a joy, a pride, To live and die for thee ! State cf tlje © ountrg. The Clerk of the parish of Winkleigh has a yearly salary of one guinea, for winding up a day clock in the church lower; and it has been fairly calculated that he travels 102 miles; traverses brCi,|( s f,,, m his house to Ihe church and back, tucinv nine thousand blune steps, and hauls up eighteen tons weiehl a distance of three thousand six hundred vaids— All done for one guinea!— North Devon Journal. The New Times says that. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress was published in French, Dutch, Spanish and other languages, before Bunyan ever saw it and' the Editor states he has seen a copy in Dutch'that was published before his ( Bunyau's) time. ' The time has at length arrived, when the public mind in this country is beginning to subside into a state of sobriety. In the year 1S24, the trading and commercial part of society wwe intoxicated with the idea of immeasurable prosperity. In the latter part of 1825 and 1826, the natural conse- quences of a line of conduct, founded on these unwarrantable expectations, overtook thetn, and the exaggeration of hope gave way to a correspond- ing alternation of despair. Out of the working of these discordant elements of ill- founded hopes, and over- excited apprehensions, a sober and healthy state of judgment is at length arising. This there- fore is the time, when those who till now have been agitated on the contending billows of hope aud fear, can listen to the calm voice of reason, which before was stifled by the hurry of business, or the com- plainings of despair. The temple erected to commerce in this country, ( and where has there ever been a nobler one?) when carefully examined, bears traces of the differ- ent eras in which its several parts were constructed ; some of them appear to be superfluous; and it is wondered what could have induced the artist to spoil the simplicity and beauty of the building; down they come under some reforming hand ; but no sooner are they levelled with the ground, than it is discovered that these ancient buttresses were necessary to the security of the edifice, and that they must be speedily replaced, 1 pray that no sacrilegious hand may be permitted to remove the main pillar, which still happily supports the whole building, or rather the very basis on which it rests — tbe Agricultural resources of the country. The opinion to which I wish particularly to direct your • attention, is one unhappily cherished by a large body ofthe community, and acquiesced in by many more, " that commerce and manufactures are to be by all means encouraged." It has already been the source of more than one mistake, and promises, if there be no rc- action of public feeling, to be the cause of many more. 1 undertake to prove two propositions with respect to it. First, that this notion was the cause of the late distresses; and, secondly, that it is as fallacious iu principle, as in practice. With respect to the first of these propositions, it is almost needless to remind the reader of the immense speculations, of the quantity of raw mate- rials imported, and manufactured articles produced, during the few preceding years. So blinded were persons to every danger arising from an over- extension of trade, that when, in the spring of 1825, a large surplus of revenue was announced at the annual finance statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ( which surplus, whoever will examine will find to have arisen from nothing but a most extravagant importation of every kind, and a corre- sponding excess of almost every home production); this hollow prosperity, which prognosticated nothing but future distress, was the subject of general exultation. Then was tbe fever at its height, and England was ready to say to commerce and manu- factures, " thou art my God.' 7 As a further proof ofthe slate ofthe public mind at this period— when fhe, proposition for opening the silk trade was brought forward, the minister who proposed the measure dilated upon the flourishing state 6f com- merce and manufactures, congratulated the country upon it, and promised, still further, an increased prosperity; that now was the time for England to launch unfettered into a boundless sea of commerce, when, in fact, the clouds were gathering, and the tempest was about to burst upon us. " In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Reg a/ dies a ofthe sweeping' whirlwind's sway, That, luish'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey."' l am far from wishing to single out for blame the individual alluded to. The sentiment was received with cheers by a crowded House of Commons, and re- echoed in ftiany a private circle. I only produce the fact, as one of the results of this over- strained loye of commerce, ofthe blindness which it induces, that the very circumstance which foreboded evil should have been received as an augury foi* ' good Then came speculation upon speculation ; that Eng- land was to manufacture for the world, became an established axiom; and whether the world wanted the produce of our hands and machinery, or not, it seemed as if a necessity were laid upon us to strain every nerve to glut all the markets upon the face of the earth. Such a state of things could not last; a report is heard from one quarter— from a second ; failures ensue, a large portion of the trading community are found to have eng* aged themselves beyond their resources; and in the p* e- lieral sifting which ensued, the speculator and the prudent man were found overwhelmed by the same calamity. It is idle to attribute the universal dis- tress which followed to the state ofthe currency, or the over- issues of paper. You migfht as well call the rapid circulation of the blood in fever, the cause of the system's being disordered, instead of an indication of the evil which lurks within the constitution itself. The enlargement and rapid flow of the circulating medium was but the pulse of a disordered nation, agitated by ambition, and a diseased longing after riches. It is equally futile to look in other directions for the cause of the late distresses. They arose out of a moral disease, which seized upon the government and the people— national pride and national avarice. Hence it became arace who should first be rich; the manufacturer looked only at his own storehouses, and augmented means of production, and, dead to every feeling of pru deuce or foresight, only sought to undersell his competitors, himself about to experience the re- action of the same system. Englishmen, as the continental newspapers observed, " competed not with foreigners, but with one anothef*." Others again, bankrupt in character or means, or base enough to traffic with the good name of England, manufactured goods of an inferior description,* defective in materials and workmanship, the hur- ried productions of half the time which ought to have been devoted to them. The mercantile system was in unison with the manufacturing; and as its necessary consequence, after a year or two; of hollow prosperity, they had filled up the measure of their transgressions, and were compelled to drink of the cup of retribution which their own folly had mingled. Thus have I shown, as 1 think satisfactorily, the late distresses to be the fruit of the maxim " that commerce and manufactures are to be by all means encouraged." It would scarcely be necessary to advance any other argument to prove that it is fallacious. But 1 wish to examine more closely the principle itself, after having traced a few more of its effects . upon the interests of the communityvi> < H - was, ki 1823 that the first deviation was made in the remission of taxes; from the obvious principle, of repealing those which were the most burdensome. The diminution of the amount of duty payable on Scotch1 and Irish spirits was the first step in the opposite direction. In 1824, £ 150,000 of the duty on rum was remitted; and £ 527,000 on silk.. In 1825, £ 900y000 of the duties collected On wine; £ 1,250,000 on British spirits and rum. From a comparison of these sums, it appears that income to the amount of £ 2,200,000 was sacrificed to make spirits cheaper. It is not many hundred years ago since our forefathers, in their wisdtmi, were legis- lating in the opposite direction. They thought it a calamity to the country that ardent spirits shotild be easily accessible to the poorer classes ; they attributed an increase of crime, which had taken place, to this very circumstance, and accordingly took measures to obviate the evil. But how it seems, despite the experience of the past, and, it may be added, the testimony of every moralist or physician that ever wrote, the Ministers who pre- side over commerce and finance have more than once boasted of having conferred a great favour on the poorer part of the community, Alas ! it is but the favour of being assisted in exchanging, for & mi- serable, reckless, drunken indolence, the cheering- comforts of sober industry, of affording them an easier way to ruin their health with their morals, and to entail misery and want upon their children. Were there no means of affording- them some real advantage? might not their beer, or their tea, have been cheapened ? If even cheap soap, and candles, or leather, had been granted, it would have been a greater boon than this unwise premium upon immorality and disease. Such a mistake as this 1 trace to that mere commercial spirit which over- looks moral considerations, and should rather charac- terize the government ofa" nation of shopkeepers," than ofa great, a just, an honourable, aud virtuous people. Again, with respect to the £ 900,000 of income, and the £ 1,050,000 of capital, which was- emitted or refunded on the wine duties, aud the large sums which in a similar manner were sacrificed to the silk trade, and towards the cheapening of tobacco, in the whole a sum about equivalent to the amount of that impost, which is so utterly inconsistent with the free institutions of this free country, the assessed taxes. I do not mean to impugn the principle on which these duties were rescinded, but only to complain of the time selected for its application. The government ought to have given relief from direct taxation first; they ought to have performed this act of justice to an exhausted country, before they ventured to try these expensive experiments, The remission of the assessed taxes was not less demanded on the ground of expediency than of justice. In deciding, on such a question as this, we are not merely to regard the sums remitted as lost to the income of the country; we must trace them in their progress through society, and observe the tendencies they have to increase or diminish national prosperity. In this point of view the repeal of these taxes was most desirable; for, besides that, they act as a drawback on industry, directly and in- directly, on the employment of capital, the greater part ofthe sum remitted would unquestionably have been laid out at home, so as first to circulate through our towns and villages, and then to create an in- creased and permanent demand in the commercial and manufacturing market. Two other considera- tions may be just mentioned— the return of absen- tees, and the general satisfaction and good humour which such a repeal would have disseminated. On the other side of the question, two of the luxuries of life are cheapened, encouragement is given fo the continental vineyards, and au attempt is to be made to surpass France in the manufacture of silk. Here again i detect the' influence of that spirit which is ready to sacrifice every thing to the growth of commerce and manufactures. I come now to the most important part of the subject— to consider the abstract principle, that trade and manufactures are to be by all means encouraged. I lay down three propositions: I. That the necessary consequence arising from competition with other countries, must be the occa- sional stagnation of particular branches of manu- factures, aud the consequent distress of those em- ployed about them. II. That if no such danger of competition were to be apprehended, the changes of fashion, and the workings of human caprice, the revolutions or hos- tility of states, their desire to manufacture for them- selves, the distresses of other countries, and many other similar causes, must create a continual fluctu- ation ; so that, iu proportion to the extent of your manufacturing system, one or other of its depart- ments will always be in a state of depression, III. That if we succeeded in the object of beeom ing the universal manufacturers, we should at the same time have established our dependance on other countries to such an extent, that the mere appre- hension of being excluded from their markets would render us Subservient to their will. These propositions, to which I might add ories or two more not unimportant ones, are so much the result of fact, and are so illustrated by the manu- facturing history of the country, during the last 20 years, that 1 can only regard them in the light of political axioms. And what are the natural deduc- tions from them? In few words, that if the capital employed in manufactures exceeds that employed in stable permanent objects, continual, though par- tial distress must ensue; that the degree of that distress will be increased according to the propor- tion in which we manufacture for the foreign market. That, consequently, great as are the advantages to be derived from manufactures, they may be too ardently pursued; that a manufacturing system should never be the main dependance of that nation which would preserve unimpaired its happiness^ its liberty, and its honour. Re- union oj' the Methodists with the Church. This subject has been referred to in the Provincial Papers, and other periodical publications, on several recent occasions, as an event to which an approxima- tion is rapidly taking place; and it is thus adverted to by a writer, under the signature of 4< CLERICUS," in the Gentleman'' s Magazine for the present month : " This is a very important 4 subject,' whether con sidered in a religious or in a political point of view. i The unity of the spirit and the bond of peace,' which it comprises, involve not only the moral and spiritual welfare of many thousands in their private capacity ; but comprehend likewise the public welfare, as secur- ing that by a double cord instead of a single one. Nor is such a consideration to he lightly regarded at a time when physical strength may be required to ensure the safety of Protestantism and liberty of conscience. 1 believe there is a disposition on Ihe part of many of the people called Methodists, of Mr. Wesley's per- suasion, favourable if not friendly to the Established Church— a disposition fostered and encouraged by no small number of their ministers, who are in the pre- sent dav very different men, both with respect to temper and acquirements, to what those were who occupied a similar post some^ fifty years a » o. If, therefore, it be true that such a friendly disposition really does exist in that numerous body of our fellow- sobjeCts, do not sound wisdom and Christian feeling dictate that it ought to be met with a congenial dis- position by tbe Hierarchy and members of the Na- tional Church ? a Whether what I am going to suggest be practica- ble or no, I feel impelled to communicate the sug- gestion, which grew out of a conversation I had lately with a Wesley- ail minister on our way to that i house appointed for all living,' whither we were slowly walking in peace and good fellowship before the remains of one of his late hearers and mv parishioners It is right 1 should here say that this Minister would be an honour and an ornament to any religious com- munion, as a scholar and a man. His knowledge of. languages is extensive, and in general science he has few superiors. His attachment to tbe Government of his country, and his admiration of the Liturgy of onr Church, Cannot be exceeded by any Englishman : nor are his private virtues .. of less estimation than his learning and correct judgment. " Without even the slightest idea that he might ever be benefitted by the suggestion, 4 he ventured to think that all the Wesleyan Chapels might become Church of England Chapels, by admitting the regu- larly- appointed Ministers of t hem into Deacon's orders only— allowing them fo derive their incomes, as now, from the revenue of seats; and tbe Chapels to conti- nue under similar trusts as those by which they are at present secured '-— The suggestion struck me as of vast importance; and ! ventured to add to it, i that when a Deacon so Ofriaihed was discovered to possess snch qualifications as distinguished him,' a Bishop should be authorized to confer upon him a higher order, with permission to officiate in any parish Church, and to be capable of succeeding to preferment.' Properly gratified by the merited compliment, his only reply was, ' I" am too old to derive any benefit whatever from the plan, yet I should nevertheless rejoice to see it accomplished.' 1 should rejoice' too, Mr. Urban, from a conviction lhat my country would be benefitted by it, the cause of religion served, and social peace extended. " It is well knowiVfhat throughout the whole of the late Revolutionary War, the Wesleyan Methodists remained firmly . loyal. It is also well known, that, on all doctrinal points, their sentiments are in perfect unison with the Church of England. Why then should Ephraim envy Judah, Or Ju. dah vex EphraizS'?" plexion. His hat, of large dimensions, is composed of lamb skin; his coat the Same, with an upper benja- min, also of lamb- skin, after the manner of the B D C thrown over the back of his carriage. He wore a pair of plaid trowsers. I know nut lo say whether he had on shoes or boots: they were perfect non- descripts, with soles made of cork, an inch thick, and- shod with iron. This singular character has been a great sports- man in his time, and not liking to pay the tax on horses, atone tin/ e drove two mules, sometimes ac- ( Ompanicd with a wolf, secured by a chain under his carriage; at others by a fox ; both of which followed as orderly as would a dog secured in a similar manner. He hunted several seasons occasionally with the Badsworth hounds, riding a BULL, which he had trained to carry him. He taught a pig to find his game, and stand when shooting, and on such occasions was accompanied by ahoy on a mastiff dog, carryin a sort of pannier or game- bag. He was esteemed good shut, and is now a would- be banker, and, to the extent of his business, he docs it better than most men of that trade. His notes contain a device of all I have desciibed, and are issued by the groom at six- pence each, but are only payable for five half- pence. The signature and his age written ( I am almost ashamed to say better than I can) by this old man of 87 are signed as for the Governor and Company of the Escumhorii Bank of Rawcliffe. He pays them regularly on pre- sentation by any curious passing traveller, aud I am told has a fund of amusing anecdote, with, of course, a few tough ones, well woitfi the difference at which his notes are issued and taken in at the Bank. He has for many years had his coflin in his house, which is fitted up and used as a cupboard. He is as eccentric in every thing as all I have here described. On one occasion, when his stack- yard was on fire, though it was so contiguous to his bouse that the whole was in danger, be sat with great composure, and could not be prevailed upon to move, either to secure his own safety or property, his observation being " be was? we! I satisfied to die when and as Providence shall ordain." At the recent meeting of the Herefordshire Agricultural Society, Mr. Ruel, of Welsh Newton,' in that county, exhibited a sample of rye, originally from Poland, it was double in size to the rye of this' country; the straw was represented to be of most luxuriant growth, admirably adapted for thatching/ and of superior quality as fodder. The same gentle- man also exhibited a sample of ivinter oats; they are sown in September, October, or November,. form an excellent food for sheep in Mareh, and after-' wards produce a good crop, many weeka before the' oats of this country in common use. They are also generally distinguished by increasfed; size and weight, and several gentlemen in the dounty have' tried theni with success. i^ lfoceUaiuotsa SnteUigenct* Worcester Antumn Meeting. These races, on Thursday, were productive of fair sport, although it was not to the quantity expected. from fhe circumstance of the first race in the hill fare, namely, the half- sovereign stakes for half- bred horses, and for which there were six entries, going of}' unmolested, owing to some demur respecting the entry of Gossoon. This left only two Sweepstakes to be run for, and which wei^ e thus decided :— A Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, with 20 sov. added. Winner to be sold for sixty guineas, if demanded in the usual way. Beats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Tench's b.' g. hv Ambo, 5yrs. ( SFRING) 12 3 1 Mr. Dav's Young Znleika, 4 yrs. . .. 0 10 2 Mr. Bodenhnm's Sprite, 3 vrs 0 3 13 Mr. Cook's Maid of Mansfield, 4 yrs 2 0 0 0 Mr. Twamlev's c. f. Tintoretta, 3 vrs 0 dr Mr. Smith's b. f. by Cannon Bull, and Mr. Picker- hell's Baroness also started, but were not placed. This was an exceedingly interesting and sporting race. At starting, Ambo was backed against the field, and after the firjTt he^ at, which he won with apparent ease, 5 to 1 was bet upon him. The second heat, however, was taken by Young Zuleika, who was then hackeil at even; and Sprite winning the third, the odds of 4 to 1 were offered against Ambo, but to the dismay of those who met with acceptors, he won, cleverly, the fourth heat, and consequently the race. We understand Ambo was claimed by Mr. Day, at the price mentioned in the conditions. A Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, to which was added a Cup, value sov. Heats, mile and quarter. Mr. Price's b/. g. Overseer, 5 yrs. ( Mr.' WILLIAMS) 1 1 Mr. Thome's Sid bury Lass, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Smith's b. m. Doll, Mr. N. Jones's gr. h. Mr. Patrick's bl. g\ Mr. Patrick's , ch. g. by Young Spear, Mr. Isaac Jones's ch. m. Mr. Piekernell's br. m. by Phlegon, and Mr. Corbett's hi. g. by St. Domingo, also started, hut wpie not placed. Sidbury I. ass the favourite.— Won cleverly. DELINQUENT OVERSEER.— At the Chelmsford Quarter Sessions, last week, James Pagram, late overseer of Blackmere, was prosecuted, and con- victed of having cheated the parish of various sums of money, by which the poor also were considerable Sufferers. The charges, which were fully estab- lished, were those of having struck widows off one shilling weekly in their allowances, and having continued to " charge the full sum in the parish books; in six instances he had charged a continuation of relief to paupers who were ill, after he had ceased paying them; iu another case, the prisoner had set a man to work on his own land, and charged the parish with the sum paid for labour done on his own account; and in one instance, he had charged one shilling paid for such labour, when he gave the poor man but sixpence. Of £ 13. 5s. which he debited the parish, only £ 6. 7s. 6d. had actually been paid. To add to this delinquency, the prisoner had sworn that his accounts were correct. The Court sen- tenced him to pay a fine of £ 5, and to be imprisoned six months in the convict gaol. On Monday night last, as Mr. Page's stage- wag- gon was passing* through Hucclecote, on its return from Cirencester to this city, the waggoner, hearing his dog bark repeatedly, Was induced to look round the waggon, when he found the tail cratch had been opened, several articles taken out, and a large pack of g- loves cut open. On going back he found some of the gloves in the road. He made an alarm at a house a little farther on, and sent a man in search, who, on proceeding some distance, saw two fellows under the hedge. Fearing to attack them himself, he went and brought another or two, and again found them near the same place. As soon as the fellows saw them they started, one ran across the fields and the other took the road. They pursued them and succeeded in taking one who was very much impeded in his escape by a little dog, who volunteered his services in the chace. There was a sack, a bundle of gloves, aud ajar of gin, of which the fellows had partaken very copiously, found on the spot where they were sitting, and some of the gloves were in the fellow's pocket. He has been fully committed for trial. A hamper of drugs was also found torn open, every parcel unpacked, and the contents thrown about the ground. There are still some articles missing.— Gloucester Journal. MurtDER.—- On Friday a murder was committed at the Wheatsheaf public- house,- in the parish of Preshufe, within about a mile of Marlborough The murderer was immediately secured. The murdered person's name was Mary Ann Ma^ Uda Taylor, and the prisoner's Richard Thomas; they had cohabited together for the last twelve months; the prisoner is a native of St. Ann's, Black friars, and a sea- faring man. On Friday morning they started oil their road to Devizes fair, and walked iu company with Several men and women; nothing particular hap- pened till they got within a short distance of Marlboi'oug- h Forest Gate, when the deceased ( who, with the prisoner, was walking behind the others Some little distance} cried out to those frefore to stop, which they did, and when they came up to to them, deceased1 said, " Here's a pretty fellow I have got here, he is drawing his knife upon me." The others paid no particular attention to the deceased's expression, but desired them to come on,, and they all walked together as far as the Wheat- sheaf, where tlTey went in and had some beer, and bread and cheese. Prisoner and deceased were sitting apart from each other for some time ; at last prisoner went and sat beside her, and kept whisper ing to her ; presently prisoner was observed to strike her, and immediately the deceased fell back, without crying out, and in less than ten minutes after expired, without uttering a word. Prisoner, immediately upon striking her, jumped up and ran out of doors, but was soon overtaken and secured. Not above five minutes before he struck the de- ceased, he lent the knife with which he perpetrated the horrid deed to one of the party, to cut some bread and cheese, who returned it shut up, and saw him put it in his pocket. There is very little doubt, from the facts elicited, that his committing this rash act was the effect of jealousy. The deceased was a fine young- woman, and understood to be of rather respectable connexions, and bearing* a striking* con- trast to the prisoner, who has a very forbidding- appearance. The prisoner Was committed. STEAM- ENGINES.— In 1663, the first attempt at a practical engine was made by the Marquis of Worcester. Next came Dr. Papin's engine in 1G90, formed on the principle of raising st earn by forming' a vacuum. In 1698, Captain T. Saviary brought forward his engine, and his was the first useful machine ever formed. This engine was, and is now, used in Cornwall to pump oat water in mines; the principal feature in it is the forming of a void in the cylinder by means of condensation, and it* one of the most simple engines now introduced. Next came Newcomen's atmospherical engine in 1705, so called from the atmospherical pressure being required to force down the piston after the steam had elevated it. We pass over other im- provements until the time of Mr. Watt- It was in 1757 that Mr. Watt was called from Glasgow- to Cornwall to repair one of Newcomen's ecigines, and observing the great loss of fuel, and consequently powers, by atmospherical pressure being required to force down the piston, after many experiments^ introduced the important addition of his air- pump and condenser, whereby the steam was made to act by valves, both in the upper and lower surface of the piston. This was considered such an acquisition by the miners in Cornwall that Mr. Watt vvas fully employed by them, and in eight months alone cleared uot less than £ 20,000. After this the active mind of Watt brought to perfection the single- power engine, and subsequently converted the recipro- cating action into rotatory motion, by means of the crank ( 1778). FKitherfo the engines had only been employed in pumping, but the rotatoty motion enabled that ingenious machinist to use the motive force of steam in other ways. A difficulty, how- ever, still remained, which was the necessity of having a large weight attached to the beam of the engine, opposite the cylinder, to make it work uni- form. This Mr. Watt remedied in 1784, by his celebrated double- power steam engine, by which the power and utility of the engine were made uniform and complete. The engine of IVIr. Watt is now. pretty generally used under the denomination' of low- pressnre engines. The next species of engine was that of Woolf's, in which the elastic force of steam is employed twice over, and of course saves an immense quantity of fuel. The engines of Watt, Trevithick, and Woolf, are those now gener- ally employed in the Arts ; for the rotatory engines of Dickson, Pottingers, and Witte, have not been brought to any degree of perfection, and are rather steam toys than steam engines. A steam- boat wa » first used in the Clyde ( the Comet) 1812. They have been daily increasing, and at present there are not less than 470 steam- boats employed iu Great Britain. * In the account ofthe Leipsic fair for Michaelmas, 1823, taken from the Allgemeine Zeituvpy occur these remarks: C{ As to the goodness of tile English nia'iin- factures, which was formerly so much praised at this fair also, people found themselves considerably de- ceived. The shortening, and the deterioration of fhe goods, as well as the wish to sell at any price, shewed themselves in - tlie clearest manner." Of the Swiss goods it is sapd ii they were very much distinguiished by their fineness and strength." I add one word here: this shameful practice of selling inferior goods. has become a regular system in London; there is a certain class of shops, at which, though prices are at the ordinary rate, you are sure to purchase goods of little real value, which have been only made up for show. It is a question, which are most guilty, the, venders or the manufacturers of this trash. DONCASTER RACES, 1826, [ From the Sporting Magazine.] It would be folly for me to comment on the assem- blage or distinction of' personages who attend this Meeting, as not only your readers, but pretty nearly all the world, know that the whole of tbe Nobility and Gentry, not merely of Yorkshire, but of tbe North of England, attend; each vicing with tbe other in the splendour of their equipages: to enumerate them, therefore, is out of tbe question, nor would it be amusing to your sporting readers; but one character struck me so forcibly, and his set- out vvas so unique, that I must shew him up, though I cannot do him full justice, or give complete effect to his singular set- out •— it was no other than the self- styled ' SQUIRE and BANKER of RawclifFe, James Hirst. This eccentric man, many years ago, avowed his hostility to all Government measures, as far as regarded the levying of imposts, and by every means consistent with human ingenuity avoided the payment of direct and indirect taxes. Anecdotes 5 have heard on this head that will fill a small volume : they will not, therefore, bear detail here. Your readers bearing this in mind, shall have him and his set- out as I saw it: hi* drag much re- sembled the Carriage ' of- achaise* with four large light cart wheels of equal size, but of more rude workman- ship than any timber carriage ever seen, llie body of the vehicle was composed entirely of hazel stacks, platted and secured with strong cord; it had a head imitating-, and of the height of, a phaeton, but covered with the most miserable patched check servants' bed furniture. A curtain of similar, materials shaded his visage from the sun. Thereat was also as high as the oldest fashioned phaeton ever seen. His servant ( or groom, as I heard him described) was seated on the bottom of the body of this Robinson Crusoe carriage, with bis feet near the horses' hocks, and drove one horse, going at the rate of nine miles an hour. He makes a constant practice of attending at least one day in every Doncaster Meeting, and has done so in this or a similar conveyance for years, even beyond ihe memory of man. He is 87 years of age, of very agreeable manners, and prepossessing appearance, with long white hermit- like beard and hair • fair com-. LOTTERIES IN ENGLAND.— The first English Lottery I have met with, was drawn A. D. 1569. It consisted of forty thousand lots, at ten shillings each lot. The prizes were plate; and the profits to go towards repairing the havens of this kingdom. It was drawn ( as Maitland from Stow informs us, vol. 1, p. 257) at the west door of St. Paul's cathedral. The drawing began on the llth January, 1569, and conti- nued, incessantly, day and night, until the 6th of May following. At this time there were only three lottery- offices in London. The proposals for this lottery were published in the years 1567 and 1568. It was, at first, intended to have been drawn at the house of Mr. Dericke, her Majesty's servant, ( i. e. her jeweller) but was afterwards drawn as above mentioned.— Dr. Rawl'mson shewed the'Society of Antiquaries, in 1748, a copy of tbe preceding Lottery scheme, and il is thus entitlecj— u A proposal for a very rich lottery, general without any blankes; containing a great number of good prizes, as well of ready money as of plate, and certain sorts of merchandizes, having been valued and prisf: d " by the commandment of the queen's most excellent majesty's order, to the intent that such commodities as may chance to arise thereof, after the charges borne, may be converted towards the repara- tion of the havens, and streangtn of the rea'lme, arid towards such further good works. The number of tbe lots shall be forty thousand, and no more; and every lot shall be tbe snmme ten shillings sterling only, and no more. To be filled by the Feast of St. Bartholomew. The show of prizes are to be seen in Cheapside, at the sign of the Queene's Armes, at the house of Mr. Dericke, goldsmith, servant to the quecne. Printed by Henry Bynncman, 1567." — In 1612, King James, for the special encou- ragement of the plantation of English colonies in Virginia, granted a lottery to be held at tbe west end of Saint Paul's. One Thomas Sharplys, a tailor, of London, had the chief prize, amounting to four thousand crowns in u faire plate."— « ln Ihe reign of Queen Anne it was thought necessary to suppress lotteries as nuisances to the public.— In the reign of George I, it was found expedient to revive them, as helps to government in bribing the representatives of the people to vole away the rights and property of their constituents:— u To raise a new fund to pay placemen their wages."— In the reign of George III they were still continued; and it remained for Mr. Robinson to yield to the expostulations of those, moralists who saw in lotteries temptations lo ime. MR. OWEN'S NEW HARMONY.— From the Illinois Gazette:—" In the ridiculous attempt to introduce perfect equality at New Harmony, its whole system is disordered and inefficient. Its arrangements,- which were to put the old world to the blush, are themselves fit subjects for the keenest ridicule. To show the physical strength ofthe female to be equal with the male, is a great point with those modern philosophers. Field work is endeavoured to be introduced, but meets with proper and suitable resistance by the more virtuous and industrious of the fair sex, while the house- idlers submit to their task in the field. Hence the necessary and usuak employments, contributing so much to the comfort and convenience of man, become much in disuse,, and a clean sheet has been a scarce article in New Harmony. A Lady is reported to have worked at the brick ground, when a strong lad,, used to the business, might have done as much in a day as the' Lady brick- maker would iu a week. Other Lady or Ladies ordered to milk cows, who were such novices in the business that they might almost as well squeeze the tail as the teat, and the latter becomes nearly as dry as the former, under such management. Farmers were also placed at the loom, and store- keepers in the field, both equally ignorant of their employment. If any person had attempted' to introduce into a new formed association disorder., confusion, aud absurdity, they could not have effected it with more complete success than the founder and manager of New Harmony. The" society, which was itself to establish such superior arrangement as to ruiu all individual exertion, ia itself in danger of falling; and the new systesnr which was to give it such firm support, and to render life easy, happy, and comfortable, appears itself in danger of vanishing,' and, like the baseless, fabric of a vision, of leaving not a wrack behind.'** BANKRUPTS, OCTOBB R 27.— Charles Gsrrett and Christopher Smith, of Bishopsgate- stceet Within, woollen- drapers. — William Henry Haviland, of Glou- cester, wine- merchant.— Samuel Young, of Nottingham, bobbin- net or lace- machine- maker. — James Pivt, of Edwin Ralph, Herefordshire, corn- dealer. Johrv Thomas, of Birmingham, cheese- factor.— John Knight and Benjamin . Knight, of Great Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, cotton- spinners.— Ralph Simpson, of Man- chester, corn- dealer.— Hn£ fh Crawford, of Liverpool and Belfast, merchant. — George Reed, of Newcastle- upon Tyne, victualler.— John Elder Dufiield, of Gos- well- street, woollen and Manchester warehouseman.— John Taylor, of No. 3 Wharf, South. side of the Basin-, Padding ion, excavator.— William Haidcastle, of the Piazza, Covent- garden, bookseller.— James Boor, of Warmim » ! er, Wiltshire, money scrivener.—- John Alex- ander Outtori, of Feuchurch- sireet, insurance- broker. — Edward Bonfield, of Wisbeaeh, Cambridgeshire, draper.—— William Carpenter, of Leadenhall- street, woollen- draper.— Charles Richards, of Cheltenham, dealer,— John Cardinal, of Leicester, currier.— Robert Clouter, of Bed minster, Some rsetslii re, currier. — Draper B re win an Woodward, of Cheapside, bookseller.— Wm. Thomas Dainton, of Piccadilly, furnishing ironmonger. — Thomas Roberts, of Manchester, draper.— William Sior, of South- row, New- road, Somers'- town, book- seller.— Frcdeiick Burnett, of the Strand, chemist.— Solomon Levy, of Whitechapel, High- street, silversmith. — William Hilton, of Capland- street, Lisson. grove, stage- master. INSOLVENTS.— Edward Allison nnd Thomas Allison,, of Leeds, Yorkshire, mercers.— Johu Wood, of Lom- bard- street, scrivener.— Joseph Dempsev, of Well- street, Wellclose- sqnare, sugar- refiner.— William Tog- hill, of Chalford, Gloucestershire, clothier. BANKRUPTS, OCTOBER 31 .— Job Johnson, of Great Yarmouth, ' cabinet- maker.— Wm. Waters and Thomas Charles Waters, of Bristol, ironmongers. James Barber, of Henrietta- street, Covent- garden, linen- draper.— James Okey, of Cambridge, cattle and sheep- salesman.— Chavles William Clarke, of Holborn- hill, druggist.— William Milkench, of Bolton, Lancashire, grocer.— Christopher Daniel, of Thirsk, Yorkshire, currier.— James Challinor, of Bolton- le- Moors, Lanca- shire, grocer.— James Stevens, of Mum ford- court, Milk- street, Cheapside, warehouseman.— Samuel Ray, Of King's- place, Blackman- street, Southwark, builder.—? Charles Gillmore, of Union- street, Southwark, victu- aller.— Richard Cleobury, of Cheapside, tailor. INSOLVENTS.— William Bush, of Bush Hotel, Kemp Town, Sussex, brewer. — William Shaw and John Lewson Alexander, of Clifton- street, Finshury- square, merchants.— Edward Astbury, of Stone, Staffordshire, scrivener. — Hugh 1VPMaster, of Manchester, draper.— John M'Chlery, of Manchester, diaper -— Samuel Smith Chrisp, of Peterborough, ironmonger.— Charles Edward Horn, of J udd- street, Brunswick- square, music and musical- instrument- seller. — Henry Oruni, of Sutton, lime- burner.— George Thomas Fisher, of Ualf- Moon- streft, Hanover- square, wine- merchant. SHREWSBURY : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BYW.& J. EDDOWE?, CORN- MARKET ; To whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelli- gence are requested io be addressed. Advertise- ments are also received by Messrs. NEWTOX and Co. IVarwick- Squnre, Newgate- Street ; Mr. BARKER, NO. 33, Fleet- Street; nnd Mr. RER- JCELL, Gazette Advertising Office, Chancery- Lane, London ; likewise by Messrs. J. K. JOHN-. STOW and Co. No. 1, Lower Sackville- Streety Dublin. This Paper is regularly filed as ahove ; also at GJIRRAWAY'S, I'EEISS, arA the CHAPTER Cof- fee Houses, Londpn