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Date of Article: 08/08/1827
Printer / Publisher: W. & J. Eddowes 
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Volume Number:     Issue Number: 1749
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PMNTEP BY W, & J ® IPDOWEIJ COJRN= MAM ® OET, ^ MREWSIBUIRY. 7'/ iis PAPER is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXIV.— N0- 1740.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1827. PRICE SEVEN PENCE. EDSTASTON HOUSE, NEAR WEI, SALOP, Late the Residence of Sir T. Noel Hill, Co be Het, furnf0fje&, FOB A TERM Of YEARS, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY. THE HOUSE consists of Dining, Draw- ing, and Breakfast Rooms, Butler's Pantry, Store Room, and excellent Kitchen, with every requi- site Office complete, five Bed Rooms, together with Servants' Apartments, two Coach- houses, Stabling for six Horses, Cow- bouses, & c. & c. a Walled and Kitchen Gardens ( well stocked with choice Fruit Trees), with 12 Acres of good Grass Land, and six more may be had if required. EDSTASTON HOUSE is on the Road from Shrewsbury to Chester, from which Places Coaches pass daily : it is distant from Wem - 2 Miles, Whitchurch 7, and Salop 12. For further Particulars enquire of Mr. THOMAS IRELAND, Wem. The Tenant will have the Privilege of Sporting over several Farms abounding with Game. Newport and Ternhill Turnpike Tolls. rOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TURNPIKE TOLLS arising nt the several Toll Gates upon the Newport Division of the Turnpike Road leading from Whitchurch ( through Ternhill)^ to Newport, in the Countv of Salop, will he LET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the Dwelling House of Mr. William Liddle, culled the Red Lion Ion, in Newport aforesaid, on Monday, the 13th Day of August next, between the Hours of Eleven in Ihe Forenoon and One in the Afternoon, in the Manner directed by the several Acts of Parliament passed for the Regulation of Turnpike Roads; which Tolls pro- duced the last Year the Sum of £ 608, above the Expenses of collecting, and will be put up at that Sum. The hest Bidder must ( if required) pnv One Month in Advance of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and at the same Time give Security, with suffi- cient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Road, for Payment of the Rent agreed upon at such Times aud in such Manner as they shall direct. R. l'ISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. NEWPORT, 11TH JULY, 1827. ENGLAND, ROME, GREECE, & C. This Day is Published, with superior Portraits on Steel of all the Sovereigns, a New Edition, Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound, I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, INCLUDING Ihe Reign of George III. By EDWARD BALDWIN, Esq *** Also the Outlines of English History, chiefly abstracted from the above Work, for the Use of Chil- dren, from Four to Eight Years of Age, a New Edition, wilh Portraits, Price Is. sewed. 2. HISTORY of ROME; with Maps and finely executed Heads of the Old Romans. By the Same. Fourth Edition, Price 3s. 6d. bound. 3. HISTORY of GREECE; with Maps and fine Heads of the most illustrious Persons amongst the Ancient Greeks, corresponding in Plan and Embellish- ments wilh the History of Rome. By the same. Price . hound. THE PANTHEON; or. History of Ihe Gods of Greece and Rome. By the Same. Willi many Plates Sixth Edition, Price 5s. Od. bound. 5. FABLES, ANCIENT and MODERN. By the Same. Wilh Seventy- three Engravings. Ninth Edi- tion. 12mo. Price 4s. neatly bound. A Fine Edition, 2 Vols. Price 9s. Boards. The same Book in French, which, from its easy anil nam ™ . Style, is peculiarly eligible as a First Book in the Study of that Language, Price 4s. hound. London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster- row ; and William Jackson and Co. at the Juvenile and School Library, 195, St. Clement's, Strand. Greek and English Lexicon. In a large Vol. 8vo. Price 16s. 6d. Boards, QCHREVELIUS'S GREEK LEXI CON. Translated into English, with numerous Corrections, nnd with many new Words added. For the Use of Schools. London: Printed hy A. J. Valpv. for Baldwin, Cra- dork, and Joy, Paternoster- row. By whom also are published, 1. A DICTIONARY of LATIN PHRASES; com- prehending a Methodical Digest of the various Phrases from Ihe best Authors, which have been collected in all Phraseological Works hitherto published ; for the more speedy Progress of Students in Latin Composition. By W. ROBINSON, A. M. of Cambridge. A New Edi- tion, with considerable Additions and Corrections. In a very thick Volume, Royal 12mo. 15s bound. 2. ANALECTA LATINA MAJORA ; containing Selections from the best Latin Prose Authors, with English Notes, & c. exactly on the Plan of Dalzell's Analecla Gra: ca. Svo. Price 10s. 6d. bound. 3. CARDS of EUCLID; containing the ENUNCI- ATIONS and FIGURES belonging to the Propositions iu the first Sixth and Eleventh Books of Euclid's Ele- ments, which are usually read iu the Universities. Prepartd for Ihe Use of Students in Geometry at the Universities and Schools. By Ihe Rev. J. BRASSE, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Price 5s 6d. ill a Case. 4. The SAME in a BOOK, for the Use of Tutors, Price 4s. 6d. 5. ARCILEOLOGIA GR> 4iCA ; or, the ANTI QUITIF. S of GREECE; heing an Account of ihe Manners and Customs of the Greeks; designed illustrate the Greek Classics hy explaining Words nnd Phrases according to the Customs to which they refer, & e. & c. By JOHN ROBINSON, D. D. Rector of Clifton, Westmoreland. A New Edition, entirely re- composed, and illustrated hy a Map of Ancient Greece and numerous elegant Cuts, in 1 Vol. Svo. Price 17s. REAL CHELTENHAM SALTS, Made from Ihe Waters of the MontpeUier Spas, the sole Property of Mr. THOMPSON, rrq- lESE SALTS, which contain all the M Medicinal Piopertics of the Cheltenham Spa Waters, are the only GENUINE CHELTENHAM SALTS ottered lo llie Public, all others sold under that Denomination being merely an imitated Preparation. The Cheltenham Spa Walers, from which the above Salts are made, have long heen celebrated for the Core of Indigestion, Bilious and all other Affections of the Liver. The abate Salts may he had ( in Chrystals or Powder) « t all the respectable Druggists aud Medicine Venders in Town and Country. From nn entirely new Set of Plates, engraved upon an enlarged Scale, and corrected from Ihe latest and best Authorities, containing 30 Maps, in Royal 4to. Price only 18s. outlined, or 21s. full coloured, both handsomely half- hound ; STELL'sNew GENERAL ATLAS. Containing distinct Maps of all Ihe principal States and Kingdoms throughout Ihe World ; including Maps of Canaan and Judea, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. This Alias is the most useful, and ot Ihe same Time the cheapest, ever executed ; it has been long used in llle oiosl respectable Schools In the Kingdom ; aod its Popularity may he attributed greatly to the Attention which is constantly paid to the immediate Notice and Introduction of every Change of Territory. N. B. A few Copies are printed on Imperial Paper, for Libraries, Price £ 1.7s. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster- Row, London ; Where may he had, Finely Engraved on 25 Plates, with all Discoveries lo the present Time, in Svo.; printed on a superfine Drawing- Paper, nnd beautifully coloured Outlines. Price 12s, neatly half- hound, A NEW SCHOOL ATLAS of Modern Geography, containing Maps of all the principal Stales and King, doms of the World ; to which is added, a Map of Canaan, or Judea, for Scripture Reading, the Whole compiled from the latest and best Authorities. By I C. RUSSELL, Geographer. 2. Ill large 4to. on 18 Copper- plates, Price 12s. Boards, or coloured, Price 15s. WILKINSON'S GEOGRAPHY EPITOMIZED, ex emplifving all Ihe Terms used in Geography, iucludin the Lilies iu Use on the Sphere. Engraved on 26 small 4lo. Plales, Price 16s. colour. eil, or 12s. plain, neatly half hound, The RIBLE ATLAS; or Sacred Geography Deli neated, in a Complete Series of Scriptural Maps, drawn from tlie latest and hest Authorities, and engraved hy Richard Palmer. Dedicated hy Permission to II Grace the Archbishop of York. These Maps are all newly constructed aflera careful and critical Examination of the recent Discoveries of Burckhardl, Richardson, Henneker, Wells, & c. and References lo thein are facilitated by a copious con suiting Index. FOR BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, AND HABITUAL COSTIVENESS, nil. J EBB'S STOMACHIC APERIENT PIIiSiS, Prepared from a Prescription of the late Sir Richard Jebb, M. D. AND PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KING. ripHESE very justly celebrated PILLS JL have experienced, through private Recom- mendation and Use, during a very long Period, the flattering Commendation of Families of the first Dis tinction, as a Medicine superior lo all others in reoiov ing Complaints of the Stomach, arising from Bile, Indigestion, Flatulency, and habitual Costiveness.— The beneficial Effects produced in all Cases for which they are here recommended, render them worthy the Notice of the Public and Travellers in particular, to whose Attention they are strongly pointed out as the most portable, safe, and mild Aperient Medicine that can possibly he made use of. These Pills are extremely well calculated Tor those Habits of Body that are subject to be Costive, as a continued use of them does not injure hut invigorates the Constitution, and will be found to possess those Qualities that will remove a long Series of Diseaser resulting from a confined Stale of the Bowels strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, and he of distinguished Excellence in removing Giddiness Head- aches, & c. & c. occasioned by the Bile iu the Stomach, or the ill Effects arising from impure or too great a Quantity of Wine, Spirits, or Malt Liquor. Persons of the most delicate Constitution may lake them witl) Safety in all Seasons of Ihe Year; and iu all Cases of Obstruction arising from Cold or other Causes, where an opening Medicine is wanted, they will be found the best cordial Stimulant ill Use. Prepared and sold, Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes nt Is. Ud 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, hv the sole Pro prietor, W. UIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Drayton Salop. • To prevent Counterfeits, each Bill of Direction will be signed with his Name in Writing, Sold Retail by HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury ; Morgan Stafford; Bradbury, and Beeslon, Wellington; Sil vester, Newport; Edmonds, Shitfual; Gittou, Bridg north; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle ; Jones, Aberysl with; Rathhooe, Bangor; Williams, Carnarvon Jones, Welsh Pool; Roberts, Oswestry ; Franklin Wem; Baugh, Ellesmere; Evanson, Whitchurch Beilby, Knott, aud Beilby, Birmingham; and al other respectable Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. May be had, Wholesale & Retail, of Mr. Edward 67 St. Paul's Church Yard ; and Butler anil Co Ch'eapside, London, 73, Princcs Street, Edinbur; and 54, Sackville Street, Dublin; and of Mauder, Weaver, and Mander, Wolverhatnptou. ATLASES. SHROPSHIRE. Valuable INN, Cottages, and Land. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. THOMAS JONES, At the New Inn, near Westfelton, in the Cfiunty of Salop, on Tuesday, the 25th Day of September, 1827, at three o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lot or Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject lo Conditions then to be produced : LOT I. \ LL that well- accustomed INN or Pub- lie House, called THE NEW INN, together with Ihe Brewhouse, Stables, Coach- House, extensive Yard, Garden, Orchard, and about Twenty- two Acres more or less) of most excellent Arable, Meadow, and /' astiire LAND thereto belonging and adjoining, situate near the Village of WESTFELTON aforesaid, now in Ihe Occupation of Mr. Robert Edwards. The above Inn adjoins the great Road from London to Holyhead, between Shrewsbury and Oswestry, about twelve Miles from the former and six Miles from the latter Place. The London and Holyhead Mail and two Coaches pass the House twice every Day. The House and Build- ings have beeu erected within the last 15 Years, are in excellent Repair, aud are extensive and commodious, Tbe Stabling is capable of accom- modating at least 25 Horses, and the Coach- House, Buildings, and Yard are in every Respect suitable, and well adapted to the Purposes of an Inn. The Lands are of Ihe best Quality, and in an excellent State of Cultivation. LOT II. All those Two newly- erected COTTAGES, situate near to Lot I, wilh the Gardens thereto belong- ing, now in the several Holdings of Richard Edwards and John Humphreys. Possession of the whole of the Premises may be had at Lady- Day next. 83=- The Tenants will shew the Premises in their respective Holdings; and further Particulars may he known by applying at Ihe Office of Mr. PUGH, Solicitor, Oswestry ; or to the Auctioneer, at Knockin ( if by Letter, Post- paid). ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS. To be Sold by Private Contract, LL that MESSUAGE, Tenement, and I FARM, called THE BANK, with the several I Parcels of LAND thereunto belonging, MONTGOMERYSH1 RE, HOHTH WALES. To be Sold by Private Contract, HP HE LEASE ofa desirable PROPERTY, fi- situate in the Parishes of LLANWNOG, PEN- STROWED, TREFBGLWYS, and LLANIDLOES; compris- ing a commodious DWELLING HOUSE, called the PARK HOUSR, delightfully situated on a pleasing The above- mentioned Farm adjoins a good Turn- I Eminence, and commanding picturesque nnd exien- pike Road, and is distant two Mile's from Montgomery Slve Views; with a FARM HOUSE, called THE and six from Welsh Pool. FRITH, and 5011 Acres of superior Arable, Meadow, „ .,, , , , I and Pasture LAND, within a Ring Fence, surrounding I he Tenant will shew the Premises; and to treat the Park House; and 184 Acres of LAND, lately set for Ihe same apply to Mr. LONGOEVILLE, Solicitor, | 0ut under the Powers ofthe Arustley Inclosure Ait. Pieces containing together by Admeasurement 31 A. 2R. 3P. or thereabout ( be the same more or less), situate in the Township of RANDIR, in the Parish of LLANDYSSIL, in the County of Montgomery, now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of George Thomas, or his Undertenants. Oswestry Oswestry, July 23tf, 1827. VALUABLE Manor, Donative, and Estate, HEAS SHREWSBURY. Sow Si> Private Contract, Til E MANOR of BHOUGHTON, the 1 DONATIVEof BUOUGllTON, and a valuable ESTATE, in Ihe Parish of Broughton, situate about six Miles from Shrewsbury, on ihe Great Road lo Whitchurch and Chester, containing about Three Hundred and Sevn Acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, nf the first Quality, with ihe TYTI1ES thereof, in the Occupation ofa most respectable Tenant; and affording a very desirable Opportunity for investment to Purchasers of every Description. To treat for the Purchase of the above Estate, apply j to Messrs. LLOYD and How, Solicitors, Shrewsbury ; Particulars may also be had, and Plans seen, " by Application to" Mr. R. J. BUTT, 97, Great Russell Street, London ; Mr. SpRouLB, Solicitor, Liverpool; j Messrs. SERJEANT & MII. NE, Solicitors, Manchester; and at the lien and Chickens Hotel, Birmingham. Also, sundry FARMS, consisting of 050 Acres of Arable, Pasture, and Down Land, with Farm Home- | steads. Also, certain TITHES, arising from Lands in the Hamlet of TIR- Y- BURDD. The whole forms a very deiighlful Property for a Gentleman desirous of Agricultural Pursuits and Field Sports, Game heing iu Abundance, aud will he sold together on a Lease for 21 Years ( subject to a reserved Rent aud usual Stipulations), renewable every Seven Years. The Park House is about 6 Miles from Llanidloes, and about 7 Miles from the excellent Market Town of Newtown, between Shrewsbury aud Aberystwith. For a View apply to Mr. JOHN THOMAS, The Lodge, near Llanidloes; and for further Particulars, and to treat for the Purchase, apply lo HENRY DIXON, Esq. or BAKER MORRELL, Esq. Oxford, who have Maps of the Property. — All Letters to he Post- paid. OXFORD, JULY 25TH, 1827. NEW AND ELEGANT LIGHT POST COACHES TO ABERVSTWITH. SHROPSHIRE FREEHOLD ESTATES. To he peremptorily Sold by . Auction, In LOTS, in the Months of September or October next, under a Decree of the Court of Exchequer, in a Suit between WILLIAMS and others, Plaintiffs, and SALUSBURY aad others, Defendants ; SEVERAL CAPITAL MESSUAGES, TENEMENTS and LANDS, of the first Quality ( late the Property of HUGH BULKELEY OWEN, of Tedstnore Hall, Esquire, deceased), situate in the Townships of HAUGI1TON and SUTTON, in the Parish of WESTFELTON, in the County of Salop, at about equal Distances from the Towns of Shrews- bury, Oswestry, and Ellestnere, containing in all about Four Hundred and Forty- two Acres, divided into compact Farms, in the several Holdings ol Thomas Byollin, Thomas Vaughan, William Brook- field, Edward Brookfield, Edward Windsor, Thomas Humphreys, John Evans, John Miushall, Thomas Brookfield, aud Richard Parry, at moderate Rents. The above Property is intermixed with or adjoins to the Property of Billkeley Hatchett, Esq. Thomas Bulkeley Owen, Esq. Ihe Hon. Thomas Kenyon, William Owen, Esq. and olher Landed Proprietors. Further Particulars will soon be published in the Shrewsbury and other Newspapers, and in the mean Time Application to he made to Messrs. CLARK, RICHARDS, and MEDCAIF, Solicitors, 1119, Chancery Lane, London; or to Messrs. WILLIAMS, EVANS, HORNE, and WILLIAMS, Solicitors, Denbigh; at whose respective Offices Maps of the Estate may he seen. MEW WOiR& S, Printed for Lonrjman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, London. The'Fourth Edition, willi Improvements, and Sixteen Plates, in 3 Vols. 12mo. price £ 1. Is. Boards, USEFUL KNOWLEDGE; OR, Familiar Account of the various Productions of j Nature, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal, which ore chiefly employed for llie Use of Man. Illustrated with numerous Figures, and intended as a Work both of j Instruction and Reference. By the Rev. W. BINGLEY, A. M. Author of Animal Biography. London: printed for Baldwin, Ctadock, and Joy; Harvey and Darton ; and F. C. and J. Rivington. ARCHDEACONRY or COVENTRY.— The following is a copy of the Address of the Archdeacon atrd Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Coventry to his Majesty, against the Repeal of the Laws affecting- the P. oman Catholics :— " To the Kin if s Most Excellent Majesty. " SIRR,— We, the undersigned Archdeacon, nnd Clergy of ihe Archdeaconry of Coventry, having wit- nessed the efforts repeatedly made of lale years to procure furiher rndulgencies for persons professing thp Roman Catholic religion, nud contemplating, wilh' much solicitude, the probability of those efforts being speedily renewed, aud of their being moreover sup" ported hy many of tiie present Administration, consider it our boonden duty earnestly to implore your Majesty, aecordino- to, your Majesty's most & ratifying and graci- ous declaration, to continue to protect: with a watchful jealousy the safeguards of our Protestanf Constitution iir Church and State, and to reject. with unbending firm- ness each and every measure calculated to weaken or remove them. M Greatly as we believe the Church of Rome to. err in matters of faith, yet are we olnd to see ln « r in full possession of religious toleration, in tiie uninterrupted enjoyment of conscience and of public worship; but satisfied as we are by her councils, by history, and by experience, that her tenets are inimical to the existing mild ascendancy of our Church, and subversive of civil and religious, liberty, We deprecate a repeal of those wise and salutary laws which at present preclude your. Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects from the exercise of legislative power. " We have Venlrsred, Sire, thus humbly and candidly fo convey to your Majesty, at this eventful period, our sentiments upon this mo si important subject, which we view not merely as a political but as a religious subject. " With our united prayers to the Ail wise Disposer of Events, that your Majesty mav long continue to reigo over tis as the Defender of our Faith, of those principled which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, placed your august Family upon the Throne of these Realms^ we subscribe ourselves your Majesty's most loyal, dutiful, and devoted servants and subjects. " Coventry, June 26,1827." AYMAN'sGEN ULN E ORIGIN A L M AREDANT'S ANT1SCOUBUTIC DROPS have always held the highest Reputation in the Class of Antiscorbutics; insomuch that they have, during Half a Century, been an Article of extensive Com- merce; the Scorbutic Diseases of all Climates yielding to their alterative Virtues. This Medicine enlers the Circulation in a deliberative and congenial Manner, blending itself with the Fluids without occasioning the least Excitement injurious to the animal System. The Scurvy, Evil, Leprosy, Piles, Rheumatism, Con- tracted Joints, White Swellings, Hard Tumours, and Carious Bones, give Way to its Influence. Its Operation is so exceedingly easy, regular and progressive, that the Patient attending to the Directions can never be at a Loss how to manage or proceed ; and from the Exam- ples given with each Bottle, the afflicted may judge how far their Diseases will yield to its Use. BARCLAY and SONS, Fleet- Market,. London, having purchased the original Recipe and entire Property iu this valuable Medicine, do hereby give Notice, that, as a certain Criterion of Authenticity, a Label, with their Name and Address, superadded to the Stamp with the Name of tk J. HAYMAN, Golden Square," will in future be affixed to each Bottle. Price 4s. 6d. lis. and 22s. each, Duty included. Upwards of One Hundred Instances of Cures may be seen at tbe Proprietors. Sold by W. and J. EDDOWES, Broxton, Onions, aud Hulbert, Shrewsbury ; Procter, Market Drayton ; Houlston and Smith, Wellington ; Smith, Ironbridge and Wenlock ; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Roberts, Powell, J. and R. Griffiths, O. Jones, and Roberts, Welsh- pool; Price, Edwards, Mrs. Edwards, Roberts, Small, and Weaver, Oswestry ; Edmonds, Shiffnal ; Silves- ter, Newport ; Hassall, Whitchurch ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Baugh, Ellesmere; Evan- son, Whitchurch ; Franklin, and Onslow , Wem. WESSEL'S JESUIT'S DROPS, And Specific Remedy. nnri E Genuine J ESUIT's DROPS have « L been long known, nnd esteemed a safe, cheap, effectual, and often un immediate Cure for Slranguary, Gleets, Weakness of the Kidneys or Bladder; and when taken on the first Attack of Venereal Infection, they will infallibly accomplish the desired Effect. Should the Complaint be far advanced, it will be necessary lo take the SPECIFIC Remedy with the Jesuit's Drops. Purchasers are particularly requested to ask for JOSEPH WESSEL'S Jesuit's Drops, and to be careful that a Preparation under the Name of " Dr. Walker's Drops," is not imposed on them in the Place of the Genuine, which is distinguished from the Counterfeits by having on the Government Stamp, JOSEPH WESSEL, St. Paul's. These Drops are in Bottles of 2s. 9d.—- lis.— and 22s. The Specific is 2s. 9( t. per Pot. Sold by W. and J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury ;. Small and Roberts, Rido way, and Procter, Drayton ; Webb, Wellington*, Whittall, Evans, Massey, and Oselaud, Ludlow; and all Dealers in Medicine. ATKINS'S COMPOSITION For Destroying Rats and Micey IS allowed to be the most efficacious Thing; ever yet disco vered, for speedily ex- tirpating these perni cious Vermin from Corn Stacks, Bams, Stables, and Dwelling Houses, Mills, Malt Houses, Granaries, & c. See. ; and such are the extraordinary and attracting Powers it possesses, that the Inventor has frequently known them to take it from his Hand with the greatest. Avidity. By Appointment of the Proprietor it is sold, Whole- sale, at No. 10, Bow Church Yard, London ; and Retail by all the principal Country Booksellers aud Venders of Medicines.— Price 2s.( id. a Box. npHE EDINBURGH REVIEW; or, JS- Critical Journal. No. XCI. Price 6s. CONTENTS : — Rise, Progress, Present State and Prospects ofthe British Cotton Manufacture— Memoirs of the Emperor Baber— History of the Democratical Constitution of Venice— Scottish Parochial Schools— English Law— George III. and the Catholic Question — Jean Paul F. Richter— Ellis's Original Letters, illustrative of English History — Society for the Diffu- sion of Useful Knowledge— The Present Administra- tion, & c.& c. The LIFE of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, EM- PEROR of the FRENCH; with a PRELIMINARY VIEW ofthe FRENCH REVOLUTION. BV the AUTHOR of « WAVERLEY," & c. In 9 Vols. Post 8vo. £ 4.14s. 6d. Boards. The EPICUREAN. A Tale. Bv THOMAS MOORE, Esq. 3d Edition, 1 Vol. Foolscap 8vo . Boards. PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT MA DE SCIENCE IN EARNEST; being an Attempt to illustrate the first Principles of Natural Philosophy, by the Aid of popu lar Toys and Sports. 3 Vols. 12mo. With Engrav- ings on Wood from Designs by George Cruikshank £ 1. Is. Boards. The EDINBURGH GAZETTEER, or GEOGRA- PHICAL DICTIONARY: containing a Description of the various Countries, Kingdoms, States, Cities, Towns, See. of the World. With an ADDENDA, containing the present State of the New Governments in South America; the Burmese Empire; a Summary ofthe recent Voyages and Travels in the East, North America, and iu Africa ; with the last Population Returns of 1821, 6 large Vols. Svo. £ 5. 8s. Boards. An Abridgement of the above, in 1 Vol, Svo. 18s. Boards. As an Accompaniment to the above, may be bad, A NEW GENERAL ATLAS, constructed by A ARROWSMITH, Hydrographer fo the King ; from the latest Authorities; comprehended in 54 Maps, includ- ing Two New Maps, from Original Drawings, with Recent Discoveries. In Royal 4to. £ l. I6s. Half- bound, or Coloured £ 2. 12s. 6d. SELECT VIEWS IN GREECE; engraved in the hest Line- Manner, from Drawings by H. W. WIL- LIAMS, Esq, Edinburgh; Part IX. containing 1. Mountains of Locri Ozolee. 2. Mount Olympus 3. Fountain at Vostizza. 4. Mount Helicon. 5. Mount Cithaaron. No. X. will be published in August, 1827. In Imperial 8vo. 12s.; Proofs on India Paper. Royal 4to. £ 1. Is.; a few Impressions taken off on In- dia Paper, before the Descriptive Writing, £ 1. lls. 6d The GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement. No. VIII. Con ducted by J. C. LOUDON, F L S. II S. & c. In Svo with Engravings on Wood, Price 3s. 6d. Also, Vol. 1 13s. Od. Boards, aud Vol. II. 14s. 6d. Boards. 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To Ladies and Gentlemen Riding, Driving, Pro- menading, visiting Close Assemblies, or y enjoying Aquatic Excursions, THE FOLLOWING GENUINE AHTICI. ES ARE INDISPENSABLE FOR PERSONAL COMFORT and ATTRACTION. » ' S KAIIYDOH, FOR THE COMPLEXION, AN inestimable, mild, and innocent Pro- duction, powerfully efficacious in thoroughly exterminating ERUPTIONS, TAN, PIMPLES, FRECKLES, REDNESS, and all Cutaneous Iinper feet ions; producing a Delicate While » kiu, and Juvenile Bloom lo the Complexion rpiiE Public are respectfully informed A that THE SOVEREIGN Post Coach, carrying four Inside only, will leave the TALBOT INN, Shrews- bury, and the EAGLE ISN, Abervstwith. every WED- NESDAY and FRIDAY Mornings, nt Six o'Clock, travelling the new Road through Welsh Pool, New- town, Llanbrynmair, and Machynlleth, and will ar- rivein Aberystwith and Shrewsbury hy Seven o'clock the same Evenings. Performed by J. JOBSON, Shrewsbury, E. HUGHES, Aberystwith, aud the principal Innkeepers on that Road. Also, THE EXPRESS Post Coach carrying four Inside only, from the TALBOT INN, Shrewsbury, to the EAGLE ISN, Aberystwiih, everv MONDAY*" and THURSDAY Mornings at Six o'Clock. by Way of Welsh Pool, Newtown, Llanidloes, and Devil's Bridge, and will arrive in Aberystwith and Shrews- bury, by Seven o'clock tbe same Evenings. Performed by J. JOBSON, Shrewsbury, E. HUGHES, Aberystwith, and the principal Innkeepers on that Road. N. B. The Proprietors of Ihe above Coaches will not he accountable for auy Package or Parcel above the Value of Five Pounds, unless entered as such, and au Insurance paid according to its Value U H E il E AS a Commission of Bankrupt v IS awarded and issued forth against RICHARD WILLIAMS, of NEWTOWN, in the County of Mont- gomery, Nurseryman and Seedsman, and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major Part ol them, on the twentieth and twenty- first Days of August and 011 the fourteenth At the Berkshire Assizes, jus* concluded, ths following issue was tried — Francis Cholmeley, Esq. v. Sir Charles Cockerel 1+ Bart, and others.— This was a Writ of fot rite don issued by the demandant in this ease, who claimed to be a lineal descendant of Sir Henry Englefield, to recover from the tenants ( defendants) a splendid mansion and most beautiful estate called White Knights, wbich is situated within two miles of Reading. The cause lias long been in Chancery, and was not decided w lien Lord Eldon gave up his office; but as he was perfectly acquainted with the case, tfi'e parties on both sides agreed to abide by his ect- officio judgment, which v\ a* given in writing, and on which the ancient and almost ohsefete process of forme don was issued in order to bring the facts of the case before a jury. The onlv matter of importance or curiosity in the ease was ih; » revival of the process, which differs from the common form of ejectment, in the practice that the defendant cannot avail himself of the circumstance of twenty years' adverse possession. The demandant, Mr. Cholmeley, is descended from tbe old family of the Englefields, whose pedigree can be traced to a period previous to the Conquest. He is a gentleman of fortune residing in Yorkshire, and the defendants are surviving mortgagees in fee of the property in question, which, after passing through various hands for solid value paid, came to their possession' after the Duke of Marl- borough had enjoyed it. An immense sum has beeu expended by tiie tenants on the premises, which are now rendered objects of curiosity and admiration to all visitors of that part of Ihe country. The question in the cause was merely whether certain trusts in the will of Sir Henry Eugletield ( the grandfather nf the present demandant, who was the issue of Sir Charles Henry's sister's marriage wilh a Mr. Cholmeley), had been fulfilled properly. If they were, the defendants were rightfully iu possession. If they were not, the demand- am was entitled le recover possession. Alter a labori- ous trial, which lasted six hours, the jury found in favour of ihe demandant, subject to the opinion of a Court of Error. INSECTS, or any Inflammations. Il lediately allavs the smarting Irritability of the Skin, diffusing a PLEASING COOLNESS truly comfortable and refreshing; affords southing Relief to Ladies nursing their. Offspring; warranted perfectly innoxious, for the mosl delicate Lady or Infant. To GENTLEMEN after SHAVING and Travelling in Sun and Dust, it allays the irritating and smarting Pain, and renders the Skin sinoolh and pleasant. Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per Bottle, Duty included. TO PRESERVE AND BEAUTIFY THE HUMAN HAIR, During Travelling, Bathing, and Violent Exercise, and to retain it in Vigour to the la est Period of Life, is particularly recommended ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, The First Production of the Age, and THE ORIGINAL arid GENUINE. A VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, Possessing wonderful salubrious Properties, superior to other Preparations, for IMPROVING and BEAUTI- FYING the Hair, is pre- eminently successful; pre- venting the Hair falling off or Turning Grey, & e. and giving a most fascinating and delectable Appearance to the Hair of Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. Price 3s. Gd.— 7s.— 10s. ( id. and 21s. per Bottle. CAUTION. Desirous of protecting the Public from Imposition, respectfully solicit particular Attention on purchasing to " Ask ' for ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL;" or " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR;" at the same Time noticing that each Genuine Bottle is enclosed Wrapper, which is sealed with Red Wax, bearing the Name and Address, ond Signed in lied " A. Rowland Son, 20, Hat ton- Garden." Day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- seven, at eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon of each Day, at the House of John Whitehall, known by Ihe Sign of the Oak Inn, in the Town of Pool, in ihe County of Montgomery, and make a full Discovery and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when anil where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove Iheir Debts; and at the second Sitting to choose Assignees ; and at the last Sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his Examination, aud the Credit ors are to assent to or dissent from the Allowance ofhis Certificate. All Persons indebted to the said Bank- rupt, or that may have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same hut to whom the Commission- ers shall appoint, hut give Notice, to Mr. THOMAS YATES, Solicitor, Vyruwy Bank, near Oswestry, Salop. A VALUABLE SUPPLY JUST RECEIVED By W. and J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury. Just received, by IV. and J. Eddowes, Corn- Market, Shrewsbury, r& R. SOLOMON'S CELEBRATED iSliscfUancoito Intrtlsgcncr. A New York Paper gives Ihe following statement under Ibe head of—" A Righteous Sentence:"— " Purnell, ibe black kidnapper, whose arrival io ( his cilv from Boston, under arrest, was announced iu this paper some days since, was tried at Philadelphia on Saturday, and convicted. Judge King sentenced him to forty- two yeafS' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 40( H) dollars, and costs of prosecution." The commissioners for the Caledonian Canal have published their annual report. The rate of duty was doubled two years ago, but there has not been a proportional increase of produce. It is found that ship- masters will rather encounter the storms of Cape Wrath than pay 2s. 7d. per ton for a passage through the canal. The money expended on the works is £ 973,271, and as much more is required to complete them as will make the amount up to million. The dues yield rather less than £ 3,000 per annum, while the annual charge for the management and keeping the canal in order, exceeds £ 4,000 Thus, after heing five or six years open, the canal does not even provide for the expence of super- intendence. THE STREAM OF LIFE.— Life bears us on like th stream of a mighty river. Our boat, at first, glides down the narrow channel, through the playful murmurings of the little brook, and the winding of its grassy border. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads; the flowers on ( he brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands; we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beauties around us? but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wider and deeper flood, aud H. J » CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD, which is . .. . . „, --,... , • . • ,„ highly esteemed for nourishing and invigorating the aimd °. bJcc' 8, » or ® s, nk, n? a, u1 magnificent. VV XT O ] • F* « - » . ' • I ARP HNIMNFPD HW TLIN mntnnir nidtnra rsi 0' IIIAI7IHQ, I Nervous System, and acting as a general Restorative on Debilitated Constitutions. By its Use Ihe cold and • reninIons Nerves are warmed and steadied, the re- laxed Fibres or soft flabby Flesh braced and rendered firm, the Muscles nre invigorated, and the exhausted Vessels replenished. are animated by the moving picture of enjoyment and industry which passes before us; we are ex. Cited by some short- lived success, or depressed and rendered miserable by some equally short- lived dis- appointment. But our energy and our dependenc: are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our Females and the studious, ns well as the sedentary joys and our griefs alike are left behind us; we may Part of the Community, should not be without the be shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor; our voyage Cordial Balm of Gilead, which removes Diseases in the nii* y be hastened, but. it cannot be delayed ; whether Head, invigorates the Mind, improves the Memory, 1 rough or smooth, the river hastens towards its and enlivens the Imagination ; revives and exhilarates | home, till the roaring of the ocean is in our ears. the languid, drooping Spirits, promotes Digestion, and braces the Nerves, The Virtues of the Cordial Balm of Gilead are daily demonstrated, in eradicating the most distressing Symp- toms of Nervous Debility; but nothing has tended more to establish tbe Fame of this Medicine, than its certain Success in those Complaints resulting from tlie vicious Practices of thoughtless Youth, which strike their Roots deeply in the Constitution, and are so fatal and the tossing of its waves is beneath our keel and the lands lessen from our eyes,- and the flood are lifted up around us, and the earth loses sight of us, and we take our last leave of earth and its in- habitants, and of our further voyage there is no witness but the Infinite and Eternal! And do we still take so much anxious thought for the future days, when, the days , which are gone bv have so ineir ivoois itreinY uniisiiuuiun, anu uir so iuiui | „. i i •• , • , , ^ In the Happiness of Mankind. Bv taking this Medicine and uniformly deceived us? Can we still .. ' ... I ' i I , I ,, 1 en oof .1111* ha, ii.| c nn llior ni. a. t. ira. t iL. il ,., l.,.„ .... according to the Directions, the deplorable Symploms of Disease gradually disappear, and Strength, Serenilv, aod every Evidence of renovated Health are the happy Result. The ANTI- IMPETIGIN'ES, or SOLOMON'S DROPS, for purifying the Blond, eradicating Scorbutic Dl ders, ami restoring Ihe System when impaired hy the imprudent Use of Mercury, bus bren found llie or,.: it and only Restorer of Health and Vigour iu Disorders where Salivatun has repeatedly failed.— Price ils. pi i Bottle Family Bottles 33s. each. so set our hearts on the creatures of God, when we find, by sad experience, that the Creator only is permanent ? Or shall we not rather lay aside every weight, and every sin which does most easily beset us, and think- of ourselves henceforth as way- fari; persons only, who have no abiding inheritance but in the hope of a better world, and to whom even that world would be worse thau hopeless, if it were not for our Lord Jesus Christ, and the interests On Tuesday morning Joshua Slade, the unhappy young mail, charged with the murder of Ihe Rev. Mr. Waterhouse, of Stukeley, was put to the bar at Hun- tingdon, and after a trial which lasted nine hours, ( he jury returned a verdict of guilty. The conviction look place chiefly on Ihe evidence of Heddiugs, a notorious bad character, and certainly contrary lo Ihe direction of the Judge. He received sentence ofdeaih, aud was ordered for execution on Thursday morning. Among ( be extraordinary travellers who have ex- cited public curiosity, no one has heen more the snli- ject of wonder ( han Mr. Holtnao, who, in a stale of utter blindness, performed not only a 1 lhrou" lt France, Italy, icc. but absolutely found his way through Ru. sia into Ihe wild deserts of Siberia !— Alter doing this il may be less astonishing tu hear lhat he has embarked on board ihe Eden frigate, for Africa, now at Plymouth! That ship is commis- sioned hy Ihe able and intelligent Captain Filzwilliaui Owen, who recently relumed from a live years survey of the African shores, and we have reasons lo believe lhal new settlements and changes iu thai quarter will result from his prseut voyage. But be its objects what they may be has given the blind traveller a pas- sage to Ihe coasl, and if is understood lhat Mr. Holman will immediately proceed lo penetrate into the interior of Ihe country. Is it possible that a gentleman in his dark situation should accomplish what so many, with all Iheir faculties, have failed in attempting ? Is il possible lhat, afler all, we should obtain a knowledge of those parts from such a source? We do not despair of it, for Mr. H is a seasoned traveller, inured to tropical climates, full of expe dieuts, and beyond credibility acute and indefatigable in procuring information— Exeter Flying Post. A pamphlet, entitled Reflections on the Causes which influence the Price qf Corn, has been pub- lished by a gentleman named Fletcher. It is a small work, and is valuable chiefly on account of ils tables.— The following is a table of tbe circulat- ing media of five different epochs in the last and present century, from which it would appear, that the mass of Bank paper in circulation has increased up to the present time to an enormous degree; though it be true that we have now also a consider- able quantity of gold coin in circulation:— GOLD COIN. 1773. 1797. 1822. } 824 £• £• £. £. 26,000,000 27,000,000 8,000,009 6,000,000 SILVER COIN. 3,000,000 3,000,000 7,009,000 7,000,000 B- VN1C OF ENGLAND NOTES 6,201,030 11,408,828 I8,32( I, 430 20,283,325 COUNTRY NOTES. 7,000,0110 8,067,260 10,604,172 1827. 13,000,005 8,000,000 22,000,000 7,000,000 35,201,030 48,408,828 41,393,6: 10 43,897,498 50,000, WW " The population has almost doubled since 1773, and its productive powers are at least four fold, yet the aggregate of the currency is not materially increased. This may be accounted for by the greater portion of paper, of which a less amount serves to eff.' ct excha vi. es than in specie. In France, where the commodities interchanged have been greatly less, the currency has be" en long estimated, iu silver and gold, to be equal to £ 90,000,000 sterling: but it may be said to be wholly metallic." There is not one branch of exports from Ibis country, which has not been seriously reduced during the last three years, willr ibe exception of iron and steel. The increased exportation of Ibe raw material has long been known lo Ihe manufacturers of Sheffield and believed by many lo have been very injurious lo Ihe trade of Ihe lawn, This opinion will be raiher confirmed than otherwise by an examination of certain returns that were made lo PailiametTl during Ihe lasl Session, iu which il appears, lhat the exports of iron and steel, during Ihe lilies years ending January 1S27, had increased £ 851,578 sterling, in £ 1,107,724, while the mmufucturcd hard ware aud cuilery, during Ihe same period, had diminished from 214,000 cwl. lo 192,( too cwl. An increased exporta- tion of iron and steel, to tbe amount of upwards of £ 250,000 sterling, iu the shin t lime of three years affords strong evidence of a disposition on the part of which we have obtained in his mercies.— Biskop foreign nations lo engage in Ihe manufacture of cutlery Heifer's Sermon. and Hardware,— Sheffield Courant. LONDON, Monday Night, Aug. 6, 1P27. PlllCKS OF FUNUS AT TUB CLOSB. RMI 3prrCts. 88 8- por Ct. Cbiii. 87 J 3'. pel Cenls. — per Cents. lieil. 4 lie, Cents. 18> l), Uttf 4 per Cents. lUOj Bank Stock 213 Long Ann. 19| I in! ia Bonds — £ 11 ilia Slock — Ex. Bills 59 Cons, tor Acc. 87J O11 the 20th. ult, uged 85, Mr. William Underbill, of Batons Farm, near Langley Green, iii this county Lately, al Eccleshail, Margaret Kirkham, aged 103 years ; she retained her faculties to the fast. Oil the 23d ult. at Bewdley, aged 81, Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, relict of* Mr. Henry Reynold's, of Cleobury Mortimer, iu this county. RICHARD JENKINS, ESQ. OF BICTON. Illness of the Prime Minister. [ FROM THE STA TPD iVRl) . J Mr. Canning is dangerously, we fear we must say hopelessly, indisposed. AN affection of the stomach, from which he has suffered for some time, assumed about a month ago, a more a forming character; and within the last three days, the symptoms have been aggravated to a degree, that to use the language of the three physicians attending the distinguished patient, place " his life in immi- nent danger.'* All who are acquainted- with the proper delicacy observed by medical men, in pro- nouncing upon the state of a patient,- an unfavourable opinion, which must reach the ears of friends and relations, v. ill give a melancholy interpretation to the bulletin of last night. In announcing Mr. Canning's danger, we feel that our sorrow is* far more sincere than that which is affected by the supporters of his government. {'"> ne journal of this description we find dissipating its grief in the occupation of providing ay successor for the Premier ;—- another dispelling sorrow as effectually aud decently in the bustle of preparation for a second edition a to communicate whatever change may occur." The impression upon ourselves'is- cne of ptsre un- mixed regret— regret to witness another proof of the frail tenure of human prosperity—- regret to witness the approaching extinction of talents which made their owner great and for thirty years, and which, but for that- frailty by which - " fell the angels," vvould have made him great aud useful to the end— regret that one whom it had been long our habit to reverence, should, at this moment, when the sympathies of friends are most desirable, find himself surrouhded by those, and those only, whom through life he has- despised— despised, difficult as the task vvas, below their merits. If we could allow- lower considerations to mingle with such grounds of sorrow, we could find other motives of regret,, iu the premature dissolution of the present ministry, which must almost certainly follow the loss of its chi. f. The monstrous coalition lias not yet run its course, the lesson has not yet been fully read. Were a full year of office given to the Lansdowns, and the Huskissons, We might cal- culate upon another tweuty years1 reign of sound • English principles, to commence at its termination but if they be cut off now, whieh seems but too probable, we shall be without that complete exposi- tion of Whig, rapacity, aud liberal folly,; necessary Jo ensure their future impotence. [ Mr. Canning's disorder is stated to be inflammation.] Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. John Lansdey :— House- Visitors, iohn Whitehurst, Esq. and Mr. Evan Ow en. Additional Subscriptions and Collections towards Rebuilding ihe Salop Infirmary. M rs. Bow ma n, St. A ustin* s Priori/ £ 5 5 0 Collection at Montford, bv the Rev. E. J. Wing field *. 7 16 11 At Shrawardiue, hy Ditto < t 15 11^ At l. illeshall, by the Rev. John Blunt 14 8 \\ At Wistanstow, bv the . Rev: C. Suaitison... 4 10 0 At Diddlebnry, by the Rev. H N. Beaver... 4 0 0 Additional Donations for the Relief of the Cot- tagers ( sufferers by lightning) at Uppingion. . £ 1 I MR. CANNING. The doctors'sat. up with the right lion", gentleman Int night. Mr. C. continuing in the same alaiinin state. Ateight this morning they issued the following, bulletin :— lt Mr. Canning lias had sleep at intervals during the night, but his danger is still immiuent. " M'. T. TIBRWEY'. 44 T. R. FARRK. " H. HOLLAND, es Chiswick', Monday, August 6, eight o'clock." The throng-, of inquirers was immense yesterday morning. J. Eatorty Esq. Shrewsbury A Friend, hy Mr Pitchfoid Mrs. Williams, IJppington..' ....... R. Jenkins, [ « > j. The Hill...., ... » Mr. Ravenshaw , Mr. Clarke, Charlton Mr. Hawkins, Ditto Rev. H. Burton.... Mr. Baker, Salop Friend, by Miss Scott Rev. Roger Clayton, Wroxeter William Clndde, Esq.. Orleton. r Joshua Gilpin, Wrockwai dine Mr. Watt on, Salop J « hn Stanier, Esq. Grange Mrs. Emery, Bu'rcott Mrs. Sparrow, Wrock war dive Mr. Povall, Charlton. C. Guest, Esq'. B rose ley Mr. W. Taylor, Wellington Mr. Miller, Corner .............. Mr. T. Turner, Wellington Mr. Bowdler, solicitor Mr. L. Sheppard .. Mr. Davies, Lightrnoor......- Mr. Law ley, LeeQomery Mr. Turner, Dot hill Mrs, Farmer, Drytori', .................. Mr. H. Clayton, Ditto .... M- r'. Fvett, surgeon, Wellington Mr. Pril'ei< ardr.' Ditlo Miss Evans, lladley. E. F. St.. Aubin, Esq. Salop Miss M erediIh, Ditto Lady Kynuston Powell Mrs. Matthews, Salop.......... .. V</ » VA-.. Mr. W. Scoltock, ditto T. Salt, E* q. d'Uto • -. v. I Mr. Edward Boo re 0' The Ladies at. Adtnaston, with a Donation' 1 of Clothes by Mrs. Worrall 1 I'n small suhTsr, from Is. to 5s...... 4 Mrs. E d ward sGreat Ness 0 Mrs. Carless T Miss Susan Darwin » ... » •. Miss Catherine Darwin............ Rev. W. G. Rowland" MVs. Churchman............. A Lady Mr. Tomlins •;. A Lady Mr ( i. Grant,. A Friend A Friend From the Morning- Chronicle of Tuesday, Aug. 7 About half- past5 tw o o'clock, a verbal communica- tion was received in l> owniug- street from Chisvvick announcing, that no alteration whatever had takeu place iu the state of Mr. Canning;. At three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the residence of Mr. Canning in Downing- street The Ministers sat in deliberation till past 5 o'clock Soon after seven o'clock yesterday evening*, Sir Matthew Tierney, Dr. Farre, aud Dr. Holland, had another consultation on the state of their patten and afterwards issued the following Bulletin:— « si We lament to say, that Mr. Canning still conti- nues in a state of very great danger. 44 M. J. TIERNEY, 44 J. R. FARRE, " H. HOLLAND. uChiswick, Monday, Aug. 6, 1827,8 o' clock p. m." SALOPIAN ' JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1827. 1 0 0 5 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 0 1 0 O 10 0 7 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 10 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 O 5 0 5 0 5 0 10 0 7 0 10 0 10 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 10 0 10 1 0 15 10 0 0 io 0 10 1 0 0 7 0 10 0 5 ATTINGHAB1 HALL. BIRTH. On the 30th ult. the Lady of Michael Bolt,. Esq.. of Nautwicb, of a sou and heir. MARRIED. On the 5th of June, at the Britisli Chapel, Leghorn, the Rev. Edward Ward, to Emma, daughter of the late Rev. W. Crump, vicar of Leighiotr, in this county. On " the 29th ult. al Brighton, George Hilhouse, Esq. of Coillbe House, near Bristol, to Agatha, eldest daughter of Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury Hill, Dorking, Surrey. On the 2d inst. at St. George's, Hanover- square, Francis Lyiiellon Ilolyoake, Esq eldest son of Francis Holyoake, Esq. of Tetteuhall, in Staffordshire, to Elizabeth Martha, second daughter of the late George Payne, Esq. ofSulhy, Northamptonshire. Lately, at Tony, Mr. J. H. Baker, of Bewdley, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Francis Weaver, Esq.. of Lizard Grange, in this county. On the 2d iust. at Liverpool, Mr. John Griffiths, second son of Mr. Griffiths, innkeeper, Wein, to Mary, ouly daughter of Mr. Crouiplon, stationer, of the former place. tin Monday last, at Pitchford, Mr. Evans, hatter, of this town, to Miss Hannah Cooksou, of Lhe former place. Last week, at St. Mary's, Bridgnorth, Mr. Henry Hall, cabinet- maker, to Miss Margaret Freeman, both of Bridgnorth. On Saturday last, at Cannock, Staffordshire, Wm. Pulling, Esq of Painswick, Gloucestershire, to Mary, only daughter of tbe lale Rev. Thomas Wright, Rector of Old, Northamptonshire, and formerly of White- chapel, London. Ou Ihe 3d ult. at Poole, Dorsetshire, George Curtis, Esq. of the Hon. East ladia Company's Service, to Miss Conrtiii, eldest daughter of Mr. Courtin, of this town. DIED. On the 1st inst. in consequence of a concussion of the brain, Thomas, only soil of Thomas Boycott, Esq. of Rndge, in this county, aged 21 years. On Ihe 28th of last month, at Eridge Castle, iu the county of Sussex, the Right Honourable the Lady Henrietta Nevill, only daughter of Henry Earl o'f Abergavenny, K. T. & e. & c.— The deceased lady possessed a pure and enlightened mind, a meekness and amiability of manners, and a most generous heart; the suddenness of her departure is most poignantly felt-, but we cherish the hope, lhal the mind which such lalents adorned will rest as calm as it vvas bright, und as happy in a better world as it was virtuous in this. On Saturday, aged 12 months, Charlotte, daughter of Mr. Edgerley, solicitor, of this town. On the 17th nil. at Corfton, in this comity, aged 58, fllr. Andrew Dawes, late of the city of Worcester. Yesterday, Mr. Barnabas Barratt, of the Cross Guns Inn, Frankwell, in llris town. Ou Sunday last, suddenly, in his 80th year, after having heen at church, Mr. Evans, slater, Oswestry. On the 30th ull. very suddenly, Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. G, Jones, of Espley, near Hodnet, in this county, aged 55 years. Her kind and gentle disposition en- deared her to all who knew her, and her death is sincerely regretted hy a numerous circle of relatives ond friends. On Wednesday morning, at her seal, Glanyrafon Hall, Mrs. Margaret Parry, whose decease w'ill he loug regretted by her numerous friends and acquaint- ance. Lately, nt Lincoln, Eliza bet b, wife of Thomas Money, Esq. aud for several years a resident iu this town. On Wednesday, the 1st inst. Mr. H. Colbatch, late collector of excise it, this town. On Wednesday last, at Halford, near Ludlow, aged 72, Mr. Richard Oakley, a respectable farmer of that place. His character was strongly marked with in. tegrity and many social virtues, and in his death Ihe poor of thgt neighbourhood will have to lament the loss of a kind and generous benefactor. On the 31st ull. Mr. John Hoiubcrsley, of Ketley, aged 42. This splendid mansion has been the centre of attraction to the rank and respectability of this vicinity since Monday se'nnight, when the sale of it » elegant and valuable furniture, & c. commenced under the superintendence of Mr. Robins, of War- wick House, Loudon ; and it is unnecessary to add, the produce of each day's sale has been to a very large amount, ' l'he sale of the Paintings, Statues, and other works of art, for the collection of which the noble owner of Attingham has been long famed, commenced on Monday last; and we insert the following list, which form a part of that day's sale, for the information of our readers; to many of whom the paintiligjj, & c. here enumerated haye often been subjects of' just admiration t—- PAINTINGS:— The Virgin with Infant seated in her Lap, tiy Qiiellisius, fetched £ 4.— Pantaloon in the acl of catching a Fly upon iiis hand, by Watieau, £ 5. 10s. — A Peasant SIT! with pitcher in her band, by Westall, 22 guineas-; and tiie companion toil, a Feasant Girl seated at a collage door, 30 guineas.— The Virgin, by Sassoferraloy 15 guineas.— Two Angels, by Raphael Mengs, 9 guineas.— The Nativiry, by C » , lo'M. iti, una, £ 7. IDs.— The Virgin, by Pontormo, £ 9. 15s.— A Landscape, by Salvator Rosa,. 15 guineas.— A beauti- ful picture, Bacchus and Ariadne, hy Angelica Kauff- mau, 115 guineas; aad the companion, Psyche complaining to Venus of the Wound she had received from Cupid, 125 guineas — A View of the Ruins of Pompeii, by llackert, painted expressly for his Lord, ship, 52 guineas; companion to it, View of ihe Lake of Amu, ( i8 guineas.— A Landscape, by Bergen, 16 guineas.— A ditto, by Berchem, 10 guineas.— Land- scape, by Moore, 10 guineas. — A splendid picture of the Visitation of ihe Virgin to her Cousin Elizabeth, by Toinaso Manztioli di Friano, was knocked down to Mr. Tennant for one thousand guineas. SENI. PTT'RSS, STATUES, & c.— Bust of Augustus Caesar when a Boy, 3 guineas,— A Cork Model of an ancient Etruscan Tomb, £ 2. 14s. — An elegant solid green porphyry Vase, 18 inches high, 22 guineas.— A beautiful and highly- wrought Bust ofthe Right Hon. William Pitt, sculptured in white statuary marble hy Nollekens, in 1807, 2 ft. 4 in. high, was knocked down at 71 guineas.— A magnificent antique cande- labra, 8ft. oin. high, splendidly sculptured ill while marble ( a few restorations by Deare), fetched 155 guineas.— An antique Statue of Esculnpius, 3ft. fiiu high, finely sculptured iu Greek Parian marble, was sold for 60 guineas. — A very beautiful antique Sarco pliagus, curiously sculptured iu while Parian marble, of a circular form, 2ft. 8in. high, and 2ft. 2in. iu diameter, the sides enriched with mythological figures in hold relief, and which was found ia ihe Emperor Adrian's villa, 220 guineas.— A magnificent copy from the statue of'he Apollo Python, now called the Apollo Belvidere, executed by Deare, at the express order of Lord Berwick, 400 guineas.— A beautiful columnar double- handled Vase, 20 inches high, and 14 inches diameter, found at Agrigentuin, iu Sicily, 40 guineas, — A beautiful Cainpana Vase, excavated at Saint Again tii Goti, 20 inches high by J8 inches diameter, 25 guineas.— A beautiful large Cork Model of Mount Vesuvius, the? production of that eminent traveller, Dr. Clarke, 50 guineas.— Iloratii Opera, exquisitely printed on vellum at Parma ( 1791), 39 guineas.- A curious MS. on vellum,. Josephe His. toire des Juifs, 140 guineas.— MS. written about the year 1450, Contractus de Matrimonii!, £ 8. 12s, Friday last was ushered in by the ringing of bells, firing of cannon, and other usual demonstrations; and a'B'out two o'clock a very numerous and respect- able cavalcade, with an excellent band of music, and a large body of pedestrians, had assembled near Emsftrey, to await the arrival of Mr. Jenkins and his family. The carriage with Mr. aud Mrs. J. and their children, drove up sodn after two o'clock, amid the cheers of the assemblage.— Colonel Burgh Leighton and Colonel Knyvett Leighton then addressed Mr. Jenkins, and congratulated him on his arrival hi his native county, after so many years' absentee; and the appearance of such a number of gentlemen, friends, tenants, and well- wishers, must have given additional force to sentiments so appropriately con- veyed.— Mr. Jenkins acknowledged the compliment, but was so much overcome by his feelings as to be almost denied the power of utterance. Miff carriage and four, preceded by the band, and followed by the cavalcade, then moved forward to Shrewsbury, where the streets and windows were crowded with spectators anxious to welcome home the distin- guished representative of an ancient aud respected Family.— At Bicton, triumphal arches, inscribed with the motto " WELCOME HOME," bad been formed over the road ; and every means had been adopted to evince the joy of the neighbourhood ou the happy event, which had restored to a revered parent a long- absent son, and to his native place one whose talents and station in life are so well calculated to confer honour and benefit upon it. On his arrival at the Hall, Mr. Jenkins thanked his friends for their kindness; and the gentlemen who formed the caval- cade, having partaken of refreshment, departed to their homes. On Monday last, a beautiful ox, and three fine sheep, preceded by a band of music, and several flags, were taken in procession from Shrewsbury, through Bicton ( where tbe band partook of refresh- ment) to Montford Bridge. In front was a large banner, on one side of which was inscribed— " In Celebration of the Happy Return of RICHARD JENKIMS, Esq. August 3d, 1827. On the other side was— " Home! Sweet Home! " May Health, Happiness, and long: Life reward RICHARD JENKINS, Esq. for devoting Twenty- seven Years to the Pub- lic Service of his Country in a Foreign Clime." On arriving at Monlford Bridge, the ox was cut up and distributed to a number of poor persons, each of whom also received a donation of money, & c. he sheep were then put down to roast, and were served up with a liberal proportion of suitable ac- companiments to the working classes of the neigh- bourhood. At the Swan and IN'ag's Head lur. s, parties of respectable friends spent the evening iu convivial enjoyment; and1 many bumper toasts were given to the health of Mr. Jenkins and the various branches of his F'amily; together with the usual loyal and iocal toasts, which were interspersed with some excellent songs.— Ou the whole, perhaps, the scene of festivity has aeldonr been equalled for spirit and'good humouiV In Shrewsbury, on tlie game'day, the ringing of bells and firing of cannon gave note of preparation for the day's festivity ; and in the afternoon a numer- ous and most respectable party assembled fo dinner at the Raven Inn, where the table was covered w ith a repast and wines that did the highest credit to the taste and arrangements of the house? W, W. How, S. Tudor, Jonathan Perry, and <?. F. D. Evans, Esqrs, presided ; and after the cloth was drawn, a sueces sion of loyal and appropriate toasts were given ; aud the hilarity ofthe happy occasion was prolonged to late hour. We regret to learn, by intelligence from Madra: to the 14th of March, that Lieutenant Dallas, of the Rifle Corps, son of Colonel Dallas, of this town, had been murdered in his tent, at night, near Nagpopr. The assassin had escaped, but every attempt was making to bring him to justice.— The death of this aniiable young man and promising officer is deeply deplored, not only as a bereave- ment to his family, but as a loss to his country. SALMON FISHERY.— A Report of the proceedings of the late Public Meeting at Bridgnorth vvill be found in our 4th page. On Saturday evening last, as Mr. Edw. Niccolls, Son of Mrs. Niccolls, plumber and glazier, Oswestry, was returning home, he overtook a waggon about a mile from Oswestry, when ( being tired) he got upon the shafts, and, distressing to say, he fell, and the waggon passed over him aud killed him upon the spot. On the 23d lilt. Samuel Davies, waggoner to Mr. Whitfield, of Llausaintffraid, was killed at Pwll- Cwrw, near Oswestry, in getting down from the shaft of his waggon. ( TICOM A CORRESPONDENT] iicjofciag at € » rcat © Etollaeton. " Leave neighbours your work, and to sport and to play j V Let the tabor strike up. and the village be gay." The long- anticipated arrival of our much re- spected countryman, RICHARD JENKINS, Esq. late British Resident at Nagpore, and Heir to life House of Bicton, near this town, has been happily con- summated by his arrival with his family at his Mansion. The well- known and remembered good dis- positions of the heart which characterized him in youth, previous to his leaving his native soil, have, by a successful cultivation in situations of eminent ti- uot and liis; h honour under tKe powerful influence of a tropical sun, matured into excellence. This long- wished- for eveut expanded the emula- tion of the tenantry, wishful to mark, by such demonstrations as their circumstances would permit, the joy which they felt at the arrival of their legitimate landlord: May he live " Longer than I have time to tell his years! " Ever belov'd! and loving may his rule be! " And when old time shallTlead him to his end, " Goodness and he fill up one monument." On Monday, August 6th, a prime fat . ox and a sheep ( the latter roasted) were distributed to the poor residing on and near to Mr. Jenkins's estate in the Parishes of ALBERBLRY and WESTBURY, together with as much brave brown stout as made each one merry as Falstaff " o'er a cup of sack;" after which, the tenants, with their neighbours and friends, sat down to an excellent dinner at the Half- way- House, and the cloth having been re- moved, they enjoyed themselves in pledged bum- pers to every appropriate toast which the occasion ^ could suggest. Not the loud roar which the fre- quent discharges from two cannons poured on the ears of rude rusticity, nor the softer effusions of a i few well- tuned amateur instruments charming the less " savage breasts," left a stronger impression, than the truly heart- felt joy which was evinced by all classes of givers and takers : - " Give me the cups, " And let the bott; ie to the trumpets speak, " The trumpets to the cannoneer without, wThe cannons to the heavens, the heaven,* to'earth." Rustic amusements, consisting of several well- contested races for the beeve's head and other prizes, filled up the measure of mirth: the candi- dates for some of which, wishing to afford sport to the numerous spectators, and being in themselves game, were bagged in a sportsman- like manner; and the winner, proud of his prize, carried it off in triumph,— horns and all. The winding up of the out- door festivity was an immense bonfire kindled in the altitude of Har- greave's highest bank, illuminating the distant horizon, and forming* a beacon of conjecture to distant gajzers. Last, not least, the fair friends and partners of the tenantry were accommodated with a ball, Where the village beaux, " drest in their best," immor- talized their memories, by disseminating, from the best principles of politeness, those pleasing qualifi- cations which make the one sex not only agreeable but acceptable to the other. The belles and blushing beauties, conscious of the superior powers of attraction, shed the lustre of their approbation in smiles of killing courtesy. Mutual glee and har- mony prevailed, and country dancing ( in its genuine style) continued to employ the happy couples until a messenger from Phcebus suggested the propriety of retiring to prepare for the duties of the already dawned day. " For look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, 44 Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill." ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.— In the night of Thurs- day last, John Burton and Edivard Lavgriff, who, at the late Quarter Sessions for this county, were con- victed of . felony, and sentenced to be imprisoned to haul labour, contrived to escape out of our County Gaol, by breaking through the brickwork at the sides of their respective cell doors,- and then making use of the scaffolding employed in the repairs g'oing forward at the Prison, by the aid of which they scaled the boundary wall.— Their escape wasr soon discovered, and ini'mediate notice given iu every direction;, early in the afternoon, they were apprehended at Rodding- ton ; and at night they were again in custody. On Sunday morning Se'nnight, three prisoners, named Charles Prescotti% Charles Smith, and John Chapman, escaped from Tothill- fields Prison. They had been remanded from Marlborough street office for a burglary, committed in the house of Mr. Smethurst, of New Bond- street, and had been before in custody on other charges. On Sunday morning they were called at the usual hour, and the three prisoners con- trived fo come down before the turnkey, aud, having passed through the inner gate, they opened the outer door a; nd escaped. A pursuit was instantly com- menced bur wiihotit effect. A man named James Davis alias Sullivan was, however, apprehended, fol- lowing assisted the prisoners to escape. On Sunday morning, when the prisoners escaped, Davis was seen standing opposite the prison, and joined them when they came into the street. Among the persons who pursued them was a man named Collins: be followed them, up, and they attempted to jump over a ditch eleven feet. wide. They, however, jumped into the ditch, and were up to their midlife iii thud and water. They very soon scrambled out, and on arriv- ing at the end of George- street,- Sloane- square, Col- lins'ea. nie up with Prese'ott and- cellared brim. Fhescott struck him on the neck, and Davis then came to his assistance. Davis kicked Collins in the side, and Prescott drew from his pocket an instrument nobbed at both ends, and attempted to strike Collins with it. Prescott then escaped. Collins again shouted 44 stop thief!" when D'avis struck him in the neck, but Collins returned the blow on Davis's head, and brought him to the ground. In the mean time some labourers pursued Pres. eott and Chapman, and secured them, but Prescoit gave the man who held him a tremendous blow on the head with the instrument he had in his hand, and he fell as if he had been shot. | Prescott then escaped, and Chapman persuaded the other labourer to set him at liberty, as he said he had only been stealing a few apples for a lark. The pri- soner made no defence, and he was remanded for further examination. Between one and two o'clock on Friday last, three prisoners, confined in Gloucester Gaol on different charges of felony, effected their escape in the follow- ing manner. A ladder, which had been in use in the process of whitewashing the interior of the prison, had been left in the upper story, and whilst the workpeople were at dinner, the prisouers in that class, who were locked in the day- room on the ground- floor, burst the lock from the door, and going up stairs secured one of the ladders and some of the sheets from the sleeping cells, by which means they contrived Jo surmount the clievaax de frize and make their way into the outer yard. When thus far, the ladder which they carried with them afforded a ready method of scaling the boundary wall, and by tying the sheets together they easily let themselves down on fhe outside. Their escape was instantly discovered, and pursuit immediately made bv the officers of the prison, who at first, had the fellows in sight. They went over the lock by the bridge, and made off between the basin and the river, which latter two of them contrived to cross by means of a boat, which was moored to the bank, and thus evaded their pur- suers. The third, for the moment, concealed himself in a withy- bed, where he was re- taken in two hours afterwards. The two, who are still at large, again crossed the river at the Lower Parting, and have not since been heard of; but as active search is now making for them, it is hoped they will soon be re- turned to their old quarters. A fourth prisoner had reached the top of the boundary wall, but was dis- covered juSt in time to prevent his descent. Iii addition to the above, we may notice that, within the last mfrntlt, 4 prisoners have broken oui of Ipswich Gaol, 1 out of Nottingham Gaol", 2 out of Montgomery Gaol, 3 o; it of Ernutsford 6rai?> l:, and 6 out of Newgate. — WlietH'e/ the regulations' recently ordered to be adopted' in prisons, and by which prisoners are af- forded snore facilities of escape, are ifot rather the effect of pseudo- phiiantHropy than of humanity well directed, may be matter of conjecture to those who think prisons were intended chiefly as places of coercion and punishment. Parish of Saint Chad. OU BSC R IPT1 ON* Stownrds the Erection of a CHAPEL OF EASE, in FRANKWELL. 100 100 25 50 50 25 25 30 20 20 10 20 15 50 25 25 20 30 5 5 5 5 5 5 25 25 30 10 25 5 30 10 5 1 5 50 1 20 1 1 5 1 1 MARUIED. On the 24th ult. at Denio, Carnarvonshire, Mr. Robert Thomas, surgeon, Pwllheli, to Ellen, eldest daughter of the late Richard Lloyd, Esq. of Bodvel, iu the same county. DIED. On the 24th ult. at his residence in Welshpool, Thomas Johnes, Esq. Solicitor, and Treasurer lor the County of Montgomery. WENLOCK RACES. Sir Watkin and I. ady Harriet Williams Wynn were among the distinguished individuals assembled, by invitation, at Stackpole Court, the seat of the Earl of Cawdor, in order lo meet their Hoyai Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, on the occasion of their visit to Pembroke Dock Yard. It ntaybe interesting to our female readers to be told, that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence, on the occasion of the launch of the Clarence, 84, at Mil ford, 25th nit., was dressed in a gown of blue silk, with . yellow chequered stripes, a Leghorn hat aad ostrich feathers, and a green veil. On Friday, August 3d, a Sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each. One two- mile heat. Sir VV. W. Wynn's ch. c. Mayfly, 4 yrs. ( CONNOLV) 1 Mr. Lacon's Maid of Mansfield, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Lawley's Don Diego, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Thompson's Haphazard ( lale Flounder) 5 yrs.. 4 Three paid. Even betting on Ihe winner.— Won easy. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovereigns each, for horses not Ihorough- bred. Sir R. Lawley's sister to Filzwilliam, 6 yrs Mr. Pickernell's b. f. by Spectre, 4 yrs Mr. Niccolls's 1). f. by Woodman, 5 yrs... Sir E. Smythe's b. h. hy Sasenagh, 4 yrs Six paid. Two to one oil ihe winner. Fifty Pounds, tlie gift of B. Thompson., Esq. for maiden horses, & c. of all ages. Mr, Cook's b. c. Ilis Majesty, 3 yrs. ( W. LEAR) Mr. Seabright's br. e. by Spectre, 4 yrs .. Mr. Wood's ch. f. Pylhis, 4 yrs One paid. Six to four on His Majesty. 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 dis 1 1 3 2 2 dr The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Bagot, brother to Lord Bagot, and a Canon of Windsor, succeeds to the valuable Deanery of Canterbury, vacated by Dr. Percy, } he new Bishop of Rochester. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— At tiie Worcester Assizes, J\> hn, Bozward aud Benjamin Ball, for burglary, and Thomas Jones, for uttering a forged note, received sentence of death.— Judgment of death was recorded against nine other prisoners.— Four were sentenced to be transported; and eight were sentenced- to various periods of imprisonment'. The business having been finished at Worcester sooner than was expected, the Judges proceeded to Stafford early oil Thursday, and went to church there that afteruoon, wilh the intention of com mencing the business ofthe Assize on Friday morn- ing at nine o'clock ; but, owing to the Jurors not being in attendance at that hour, the Court vvas ad- journed until eleven o'clock, when the business of the Assize commenced. 1. IBELS!— At these Assizes an action was tried, u Clieswass i\ Smart." The plaintiff rode the horse Arachne at Stourbridge Races ; the defendant is the publisher of the Wolverhampton Chronicle ; and the alleged libel appeared in an account of tiie running at Stourbridge Races, in which, however, ihe plaintiff's name never appeared.— The alleged libel was ori- ginally published iu the Worcester Journal, and had been also copied, in the usual course of giving local intelligence, into the Worcester Ilcrald, the Stafford, shire Advertiser, the Salopian Journal, the Birming- ham Journal, the Birmingham Chronicle, and Aris's Birmingham Gazette, and against each of these Papers actions were brought, but which, as the several proprietors chose io pay from £ 30 to £ 40 each for costs, Sic. rather than involve themselves in a law- suit under the present state of the law of libel, were not proceeded iu.— Mr. Campbell addressed the Jury for tbe defendant, and observed, that, if the present rule of actions for libel was followed, and vvas encou- raged bv juries, attorneys would go to coffee- houses, and search for libels against horse- jockeys, chimney- sweeps, SEE. merely to bring actions against nevv's- papers. — The jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiff with ' ONE FARTHING damages, and Mr. Justice Littledale said, he would consider ns towhether he should certify to deprive the plaintiff of his costs. — It does nol appear, in the report of the trial, that aav proceedings were taken against the original publisher. At the Dorchester Assizes, an action for libel was also tried, brought by a person named Lailning against the Proprietor of the Sherborne Advertiser. The alleged libel ia this case also arose from the defendant having, in the usual course of business, copied a paragraph from a Bath Paper 1— The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, with ONE FARTHING damages, and the Judge ( Chief Justice Best) certified to deprive the plaintiff of his costs ! It is unnecessary for us to inform the readers of the Salopian Journal, that it is not our practice either to cast contempt on the laws or institutions of our country, or to render ourselves obnoxious to them.— We have ( Unjustly, we think,) been sufferers hy the law of libel ; and we have not referred frequently to the sub. ject, because our observations might have been sup- posed to lie rather the puling and whining of a suffer- ing, than the unprejudiced effusions ofan independent, party.— As a comment, however, upon ihe present stnte of the law, we shall state the fact, that, within these few weeks, we have been under the necessity of refusing insertion to on advertisement from a most respectable source, and intended to cause the appre- hension of a well- known reputed thief, because we did not choose to run the risk of placing ourselves w ithin the scope of the law of libel at the suit of Ihe person to whom we allude ! and who, whether he had succeeded or not, might have, at any rate, saddled us wilh the payment ofa large sum in the shape of costs! — ll is with much pleasure, however, that we record Ihe verdicts above noticed, which vvill, we hope, tend to place the character of the law, and of uiany of those who avail themselves of its literal force, in a proper light. The Commission of Assize will be opened in this town on Friday next.— The business at Nisi Prius is expected to be very heavy.— The number of prisoners at present in the Calendar is 35; the names and offences of 29 of these will be found in our4th page.— And there have since been committed for trial:— John Painter, charged wilh violently assaulting Charles Hedges, of the parish of Stottes- den, and with feloniously keeping in his possession 61bs. of bacon, a silk handkerchief, and other articles, the property of the said Charles Hedges.— John Cliff, charged w ith bigamy, in having married, on the 2d of April last, one Mary Hill, widow, his former wife, Ann Cliff, being then living.— William Stretton, Thomas Pitchfork, and George Green, charged with breaking into the dwelling house of Thomas Danks, at Wenlock's Walton, and stealing divers articles of wearing apparel therefrom.— Richard Hickin, charged with stealing 7 shillings and five pence in copper money from the dwelling house of William Wliolston, of the parish of Wrock- wardiae. The Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop df Lichfield ond Coventry - £ 50 Robert Burton, F. sq. . John Wingfield, Esq. F K. Leig- hton, Esq. Rev. Edward Bather Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. M. P. John Eaton, Esq. John Whilehurst, Esq. Rev. Archdeacon Owen Richard Drinkvvater, Esq.— The Site. Mr. C. T. Clarke Samuel Harley, Esq. - . William Harley, Esq. - j M r. James Watkins William Cooper, Esq. Rev. James E. Cninpson W. Wy heigh How, Esq. - J ' Walter Biirlev, Esq. - Rev. G. Moultrie Thomas Salt, Esq. Thomas Loxdale, Esq. - J Joseph Loxdnle, Esq. Joseph Loxdale, jua. Esq. J James Loxdale, Esq. - John Loxdale, Esq. G H. Loxdale, Esq. - Rev. W. G. Rowland Mrs. Carles* ... Rev. J. Wingfield J John Eaton, jnn Esq. Rey. Richard Scott - J Mr. William Wilding The Misses Kinaston w Lieut.- General Lelhbridge Mrs. Steventons Mr. Beacalf, Mardol Mrs. Bowman, St. Austin's Priory Dr. Darwiii- Mr. Robert Woodward, jun. - Mr. Evan Owen - Mr. Bratton Mr. John",' onerf 4 Mr. Robert Webster J Mr. Davies - . Mr. John HulbrPf Mr. John Phillips . - - 2 Mr. Thomas Gittoes - • .1 Mr. Roger Giltins . 1 Mr. Tisdale - - ^ - 1 Mr. Rob# it Woodward - J - 1 Mrs. Davies - ^ 1 Mrs. Cooke - - 2 Mr. Henry Woodward - - 5 Mrs. Healing . - 1 Mr. John Turner . . 1 Mr. John Woodward - 5 Mr. Kent - - . .10 0 Mr. Thomas Higgina - 5 5 0 Messrs. W, and R. Iliggins . 5 5 0 Mr. Atcherley - - - 10 0 0 Mr. George Morris . - - 200 Mr. T. Biakeway - -. 500 Mr. J. Maddox - . .500 Mr. Richard Giliins . . - 2 0 0 Mr. Charles Morley - - - 3 0 0 Mrs. Turner - - • - 1 0 0 Mr. Grove . - - - 2 0 0 MissVordlay . - -. 500 Miss Barnett . . - - 5 0 0 Burgh Leighton, Esq. - -. 500 Mrs. Couptand - - 5 0 0 Miss Coupland - * 5 0 0 Mr. Amott - . . - 200 Philip Charlton, jun. Esq. - - 5 0 0 Mr. J. Jones - . - - 10 0 Mr. John Bryan . . .. 100 Mr. John Harrison - .. 100 Mr. James Sayer . - .110 William. Jones', Esq. . - 15 0 0 Mr. W. C. Jones - . - 1 0 0 Mr. E-. Bind . - .. 100 Mr. Poyner . . -. 100 Mr. Samuel Heath . . - 110 Mr. William Evans . . - 1 1 0 Mrs. Simpson . . 1 0 0 Mr. David Jones - - - I 1 0 Mr. Thomas Humphreys . - 2 0 0 Mr. John Shaw '- . - 10 0 Mr. E. H Hanmer . .. 100 William Brayne, Esq. - - 5 0 0 Mrs. Bravne - . .. 500 T. H. Kengh, Esq. . - - 500 Mr. William Newling - - - 5 0 0 Mrs. Mellor - - . - 10 0 Sir. George Asterley - 5 0 0 Mr. John Morris - - - 1 0 0 Miss Ann Morris - . J 0 0 Mr. Joseph Morris - - - 110 Mr. T lints as LloyiJ . -. 100 Mr. Thoinas Lloyd, 9t. Austin's Priory 2 2 0 Mr. Robert Lloyd, Ditlo - - 1 1 0 Rev. James Matthews - - - 5 5 0 Misses E. and M. Pritchard . - 500 C. B. Allualt, Esq. - - - 5 5 0 Edward Humphreys, Esij. - - 550 Rev. Thomas Osw'ell - .. 55 Miss M. Wiseman - - .10 Messrs. Pritchards and Lloyd - - 5 0 Mr. Tompkins . - - 1 0 Mr. Morris Morris - - - 2 0 Mr. Driver - - . .20 Mr. John Cox Nightingale - - 2 0 Mr, Broxton - - - 2 0 John Beck, Esq. . . - - 2 0 Peter Beck, Esq. - - - 3 0 Mr. Oliver - - - - 1 0 Mr. Robert Wilding - - - 2 2 William Bayley, Esq. - - - 10 0 Mr. Berkeley Bayley . 5 5 Mr. Eddovves ' . . .- 30 Mr. William Baker - - . 10 0 Mr. Gray - - -. 10 Mr. Johu Davies - - - 1 1 Mrs. Pickslock - . .. 10 Mr. Charles llulbert - . .11 Mr. Haalev - - -. 22 Charles B. Teece, Esq. - 2 0 Mr. Sandford - - .. 10 Mr. Hancorne - - .10 Mrs. Jane Bowdler - .- 10 Mr. Andrew Jones - - - 2 2 Mr. Turner - . -. 10 Samuel Tudor, Esq. - - - 5 0 Mrs. Edward Burton . - 10 0 Mrs. Hopkins - - - 10 0 Mrs. Prichard, College - - - 2 0 Mrs. Aylett - . . - 5 0 Mr. Ac'ton - - -. 10 Mrs. Steward - « - 5 0 Mrs. Laugford - - -. 50 Mr. O. D. Owen - - - 10 Miss Wilding . . -. 11 Mr. Henry Morley - - - 1 0 Rice Wynne, Esq. - .. 55 Mr. John Wynne . . - 5 5 Smaller Subscriptions . - . 3 15 AUGUST 1ST, 1827. JVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ASSIZES for the COUNTY of SALOP will be held at SHREWSBURY, in and for the said County, on FRIDAY, the 10th Day of this instant August. WILLIAM TAYLEUR, Esq. Sheriff. N. B. The Judges will proceed to Business in both Courts on j urtn. tr, the llrt of August instant, and all Jurors must be in Attendance at Eight o'clock on Saturday Morning, and btivo their Summonses with them, except the Jurors at Nisi Prius who are summoned on the Second Set who must attend at Eight o'Clock on Wednesday the \ bth of August Instant. The Grand Jury will be sworn at Ten o'clock. ANTEO, in the Country, a Youth as an APPRENTICE to the GROCERY. MERCERY, IRONMONGERY, & c. Trades. Apply to THE PRINTERS ; if by {. elter, Post- paid. ANTED, in a Gentlerpan's Family where a Groom is keptj a. FOOTMAN who thoroughly understands his Business,. and can have » Character from his last Place for Honesty, Sobriety anil Steadiness.— Apply to THE PRINTERS of this Paper; if by Letter, Post- paid. " BOW MEETINGS. PI, AS POWFR ( Royal Prizes) . August 7th. RHABOK VICARAGE August 17th." HAWARDBN RECTORY Sept. 7th. ERBISTOCK HALL Sept. 14th] KIDNEY. rinHE several Sums of £ 4,000, £ 3,000, £ £ 2,000, and £ 1,000, are ready to be advanced upon Freehold Security, at 4 per Cent.— Lesser Sines of £ 900, £ 800, £ 600, £ 300, and £- 200 may be had at 4| per Cent. ' Applications fo be made to THE PRIKTEBS; if by Letter, Post- paid. SHRBWSBf RY, ACGCST 7, 1827. SEVERAL Copies of SCOTT's LIFE K 9 OF NAPOLEON, in Nine Volumes, are selling ( for Ready Money) at the REDUCED PRICE of THREE POCMDS FIFTEEN SHILLINGS per Copy, at T. HOWELL'S, Bookseller, High Street, Shrcwsbttry. FRENCH BRJ1ND Y DISTILLERY COMPANY, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, London. J. HUMPHREYS, Wine % Spirit Merchant, St. Mary's Street, AGENT FOR SHREWSBURY. THE Superiority of French Brandy to every olher ardent Spirit is well known and universally admitted. It is equally certain that the British Distillers have ( for the last Century) made numerous and expensive Efforts lo imitate this delicate Spirit, hat without Success, their Imitations having invariably proved wretched iu Composition and dele- terious in Effect. This Desideratum, hitherto unattainable, the FRENCH BRANDY DISTILLERY COMPANY, with the Assistance of an efficient French Distiller ( who has been for many Years in the constant Practice of making Brandy in France from Corn Spirit), have completely attained, and, having perfected their Arrangements to meet the most extensive Demand, they have now the Satisfaction of being enabled to offer the Public a Supply of BRANDY at 18s. per Imperial Gallon which ouly requires Age to equal iu Flavour Sa! luhrity, and Excellence most ofthe Brandies imported from the South of France, and for British Wines decidedly superior, ns it possesses more Vinosity than Brandy made a considerable Time; indeed, they are confident that their Braadv vvill be found superior to' ihe Majority of French Brandy consumed in the Con ntry, which, from its usual Adulterations, is nt once rendered offensive lo the Palate, and injurious to the Constitution. The Company, when laking into Consideration the Predilection of every Class in Favour of Brandy and the immense Annual Consumption, although subject lo a Duty of 22s. 6d. per Gallon, as also that their Brandy ( while it possesses Claims equal to the finest Cognac) may be obtained at Half ihe Price feel assured of meeting with universal Patronao- e' and that this whoisome Beverage will soon sland' pre- eminent in the Estimation of every Cousumer of Spirits. ARTIFICIAL TEETH. 00 • Under the Patronage of the highly respectable Gentlemen of the Faculty of Shropshire and North Wales. LEVASON & JONES, SURGEON- DENTISTS, 22, White Friars, Chester, RESPECTFULLY announce to their Patrons of Shropshire, that Mr. LEVASON is at Mr. WILLIAMS'S, Painter, Market Street ( opposite the Talbot), Shrewsbury, nnd will remain till Saturday Afternoon, the 11th Instant. They take this Opportunity of staling, that Mr, JONES will atleiul during the Assizes at Mr. Williams's, as above. N. B. Natural and Artificial Teeth fixed ou unerring Principles. Mr. LEVASON attends in Shrewsbury the first Mon- day in every Month, and remains till the following Saturday Evening. mmmmT meie& ILIDo SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 3^ 1. per lb.— Calf Skins 6d.— Tallow 3| d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, 38 quarts 9 9 to 10 0 Barlev, 38 quarts 0 0 to 0 0 Oats ( Old) 57 quarts 7 6 to 9 0 Oats ( New) 7 0 to 0 0 CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 6. We were largely supplied with all descriptions of Grain ( Barley excepted) and Flour this morning, still at the commencement of the market Factors demanded higher prices than on last Friday, owing to the unfavourable stale of the weather, but not being able to obtain them, fine samples of Wheat were very dull sale at the prices of this day se'nnight. English Barley, we had none at market, and prices remain nominal. Beans and Peas command the same as last Monday. We had a sample or two of New Peas at market, which obtained 44s. per quarter. Oats con- tinue the same as last Monday, although the supply is immense. In other articles, no alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, asunder : SALE AT HALSTON OP EA€ 1ES3 IHUMTEK^ BROOD MARES, On the Friday in Wrexham Race Week, at Halston, in the County of Salop, WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, RRULE whole of the RACERS, BROOD A MARF. S, HUNTERS, and COLTS, belonging to JOHN MYTTON, Esq. Particulars will appear in a future Paper. HALSTON, AUGUST 7TH, 1827. TO DRUGGISTS, GROCERS, MALTSTERS, AND OTHERS. TO BE LET, For a Term of Years, from Michaelmas next, ANEAT and convenient DWELLING HOUSE Willi, spacious SHOP ( newly- erected), near the Market Place, in HIGH- STRRET, in WF. M, in the County of Salop; also, an excellent M A I. T- HOUSE, nearly ad joining to, and to be Let with or without, the above Premises. { tJ- For Particulars apply lo Mr. IRELAND, Wine Merchant, Wem ; if by Letter, Post- paid. Wheat Barley Malt 50s to 60s 30s to 34s 60s to 64s White Peas.. Beans Oals 40s to 44s 38s to 42s 28s to 34s Fine Flour 50s lo 55s per sack ; Seconds 45s to 50s SMITH FIE Ll) f per st. of % lh. sinking offal). Beef 4s 6d IO 5s 2d I Veal 5s Od lo 5s 8d Mutton... 4s Od to 4s 8ii I Pork 4s ( ii) to 5s 4d Lamb 5s Od to 5s 6d Average Prices of Corn per Quarter, irt England and Wales, for the week ending July 27, 1827: Wheat, 60s. 10d.; Barley, 38s. 7d.; Oals, 27s. lid. The price of Wheat in Bridgnorth Market, on Saturday last, was from 9s. 4d. to 9s. 8d. per bushel of 72lbs. In our Fair yesterday, prime sheep averaged 6d. per lb.— Pigs, of which there were but a small supply, sold at higher prices than at the last Fair, FAIRS TO BE IIOLDEN. 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Double Hard ( Black Grey), marked Hard ( Black) Soft ( full Black) Double Soft ( intense Black) HI1H HH II F HB B BB HFC HC S SS Embossed Music Paper, Letter Paper, Note Paper, and Cards; Albums, Scrap Books, See. in Plain and Embossed Bindings; Embossed Drawing Papers and Boards of various Colours, for Miniatures, Profiles, Drawings, Pointings, & c. Satin. tinted Writing Papers, Plain and Embossed Mourning Paper, and Cards, ANUFACTURED hy DOBBS and CO. NEW BRIDGR STRBRT, London ; arid Sold by Messrs. W. aud J. EDDOWES, and Mr. Howell, Shrewsbury; Mr. Seaeombe, Chester ; Messrs. Poole and Harding, Chester and Carnarvon ; and all other Stationers. FOR PRIVATE SALE, AN excellent Turkey Carpet ( nearly new), 1ft Feet 9 Inches by i4 Feet 7 Inches; a beau- tiful Mahogany Sideboard ( with Plate Drawer, Cup- board, and Celleret Drawer on Pivot Hinges), Reeded and Moulded Legs, on Brasif Lion- paw Feet, 6 Feet 2 Inches by 2 Feet 6 Inches ;' ss very good Couch ( with thick Squab Cushions, & c.), on Castors; and a Dove- colour Marble Chimney- piece. Tiiis Furniture may be seen, and also- a convenient Steaiu Apparatus for Cooking, which is to be Sold, bv Application at the House lately in the Occupation of Mrs. C. BAGE, near St. John's ltow, Shrewsbury. CURRIER'S TRADE. ETo De act, And may be entered upon the 1st of January next, AN old- established and most complete CURRIER'S SHOP, WAREHOUSE,& c some Years since occupied by Mr. Rawlins, situate in the Town of CLEOBURY MORTIMER, in tbe County of Salop. Also, a neat and pleasant DWELLING HOUSE and GARDEN, within a few Yards of the Workshop, with Stable und other Conveniences. For Particulars apply to Mr JOHN RAAKEH, Cleo- bury Mortimer ; if by Letter, Post- paid. N. B. The Dwelling House may be entered upon tt any Time previous. ACGOST 1ST, 1827. TEM GUINEAS REWARD. BAY MAME STOLEN. rHEREAS some evil- disposed Person or Persons, on the Night of Thursday, Ihe Sfith of July, or on tbe Morning of Friday, the 27th, STOLE, oat of a Field situate adjoining the Road leading to the Burnt Mill, near Shrewsbury, a BAY MARE, six Years old, 15 Hands and I Inch high, three Black Legs, and the near hind Foot a little White, Saddle- marked a little on the Shoulder, Black Mane, und Tail cut: Whoever will restore tbe Mare, or give Information « f the Offender or Offenders, so that he or Ihey may he brought to Conviction, shall receive a REWARD » f TEN GUINEAS, nu Application to the Owner, 51 r. CITTIKS, of the Old Post Office Inn, Shrewsbury. JOLT 27, 1827. STOLEN OR STRAYED, On Sunday night, the 151b, or early on Monday Morning, tbe 16th Dav of Jul v, out of a Field at SHRBWBKIDGE, near Nantwicli, belonging to Mr. RICHARD MASSIE ; AHalf- bred BAY MAR ft, four Years old, stands about 15 Hands high, a! cilt Tail, four Black Legs, a smull Saddle Mark on her Back, • he has rather a large Head, short Neck, and has • » m « Hair rubbed off her Shoulders by the Collar. If stolen, whoever will give such Information as may lead to the Discovery. of the Offender or Offend- trs, shall, upon his or their Conviction, receive a REWARD nf FIVF. POUNDS ; and if strayed, shall bt handsomely rewarded, and all reasonable Expenses paid, by applying to the said RICHARD MASSIB, of Jtaritwich aforesaid. J C R. Y 17TH, 1827. TURNPIKE MEETING. fyOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Ll the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING ofthe Trustees of the Wellington Division of Watling- Street Turnpike Roads will be held at the Hay- Gate Inn, in « h « Parish of Wrockwardine, on Wednesday, the 5th Duy of September next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to audit the Treasurer's, Clerk's, and Surveyor's Aacounts, & e. By Order of the Trustees, THOMAS PUGH. ACQCST 6TH, 1827. Ellesmete and Chester Canal. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that _ the Transfer Books of the above Canal will be closed oil Saturday, the 11th Instant, preparatory lo the Payment of a Dividend of £ 3. 15s. Od. per Shore on the 1st Day of September next, when the Books will he opened again. The Proprietors resident within the County of Salop may receive the above Dividend on Application at Ihc SHREWSBURY OLD BASK, on or after the said 1st Day of September. To the Proprietors residing without the County, a Remittance will be made by Post, TlIOS. STANTON; General Agent to the said Canal Company. Canal- Ojfice, Eltesmere, \ st August, 1827. F? ALEG! BP AUCTION. AWM; AL~ SALIE ^ Of' pure- bred Southdown Store Ewes and Lambs, valuable Colts, Pigs, the Property ofthe Right Hon. Lord HILL ; RY MR. SMITH, AT the FARM YARD, HARDWICK GRANGE, in the County of Salop, on Wed- nesday, the 29th Day of August, 1827. At the same Time, will be LET, for the Season, several capital Southdown RAMS. Further Particulars will appear. FREEHOLD LAND, AI Kelsall, near Albrighton, in the County of Salop. BY SEPTIMUS DAVIS, On Thursday, the 16th of August, 1827, at the Harp Inn, Albrighton, at Three o'clock in Ihe Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as will be then and there produced ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given): RRN- LRF. E PIECES or PARCELS of I LAND, situate nt KELSALL, in the Parish of DONNINGTON, in the County of Salop, near to the Village of Albrighton, and adjoining the Road lead- ing from thence lo Tong and Newport, containing about 24 Acres, more or less, and now in the Occupa. lion of William Oakley, Esq. The Land is in a high State of Cultivation, pleasantly situated for building upon, and in a fine Sporting Neighbourhood. It is also Tithe- free, and the Land- Tax is redeemed. For further Particulars apply tn Messrs. ROCRNB and SONS, Solicitors, Dudley ; or to the Auctioneer, Great Bridge, Tipton, near Dudley, where a Plan of the Property may he seen, and Catalogues had. N. B.— A Person from Ihe Harp Inn will shew the Estale, where. Catalogues may also be had, and at Mrs. BAILEY'S, Whiston Cross. Confession of Uosijua ' Huntingdon, Friday, August 3. It gives us sincere pleasure to be able to state, for the satisfaction of the public, that Slade has, at length, confessed to the murder of Mr. Waterhouse. The circumstantial evidence upon vvhich he was convicted was generally thought to be insufficient; aud particularly Ihe Learned Judge before w hom the case was tried very unequivocally declared his opuion that, notwithstanding the trial of the prisoner, the murder of Mr. Waterhouse was enveloped in the darkest mystery. The execution of Slade, according to the legal term of forty- eight hours, was fixed for yesterday ( see first pagebut a respite for one day accompanied the death- warrant, and early this morn- ing, when every thing was ready, and the fatal " gallows tree" . erected on the banks of the Ouze, another respite arrived, postponing the execution till the Ist of September. . This delay, we believe, has WEIXIMaTON. freeholdTroperty. -\ TOTlCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Ll Ihe GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING ofthe Trusters of the Wenlock Turnpike Roads, in the County of Salop, will be held at the Red Lion Inn, iu Brosel'ey, on WEDNESDAY, the 5th Day of September tX/ Xt, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. HIRAM HARTSHORNE, Clerk to the said Trustees. Uroieley, August fith, 1857. MONTGOMERYSHIRE CANAL. EASTERN BRANCH. " fcJOTUIF. IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 11 nt Ihe Annual General Assembly of ihe Com- pany of Proprietors of the Eastern Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, holden nt Ihe Canal Office, Welshpool, this Day, a Dividend of Four Pounds per Share was made payable ; one Moiety of which may lit received immediately, on Application to the Trea- surers, Messrs. BECK, DODSON, nnd Co. Bankers, Welshpool, and the olher on or after the first Day of March, 1828. G. W. BUCK, Clerk lo the Company. CAKAI, OrrtcE, WELSHPOOL, Aug. 6, 1827.. THE CREDITORS of Mr, PHILIP JONES, of SHREWSBURY, Builder, are requested to MEET at the Trumpet Inn, in Mardol, NEXT TOBSDAY, the 14th of August, 1827, at Ten in Ihe Foreuoon. Samuel Vaughan's Bankruptcy. BY POOLE AND SON, At t! je Bull's Head, in Wellington, on Thursday, the 30th Day of August, 1K27, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to be then pro- duced : LOT I. ALL that old- established PUBLIC HOUSE, called the DUN COW, situate near the Market Place, in Wellington aforesaid, together with three Tenements adjoining thereto, a large Slaughterhouse, a one stall Stable, and other Appur- tenances thereto belonging, in the several Occupations of Thomas Yardley, M'Cleary, Joseph Law. ley, Thomas Allen, and William Taylor; subject to a Chief Rent of 2s. annually, payable to the Lord of the Manor* LOT II. A Plot of LAND, inclosed in a Yard, with a new- erected three- stall Stable, and other Appur- tenances thereto belonging, situate and adjoining the East End of the Bowling Green, in the several Occu- pations of William Taylor and Ann Bufferv, Widow. LOT III. A substantial DWELLING HOUSE, fronting the New- street, near the Market Place, with Pigstye and other Appurtenances, adjoining Lot 1, in the Occupation of Charles Webb, Confectioner. LOTIV. A large WAREHOUSE, with Stable and Pigstye, adjoining to Lot 2, in the several Occupations of Morris Ellis, William Taylor, Charles Webb, and Edward Houlston. This Lot and Lot 3 will be sold subject to the Life Interest therein of a Lady who will be named at the Time of Sale. LOT V. Two DWELLING HOUSES, situate at the Bottom of the New- street, in the several Occupations of Sarah Sillitoe and William Mancell. LOT VI. A commodious DWELLING HOUSE, with large Shop, two Parlours, Kitchen and Brew- house, on the Ground Floor; good Cellaring; four best Lodging Rooms, three Attic Bed Rooms ; and two large Warehouses ; with Yard, Garden, and Appurtenances, in the Occupation of John Beeston, Druggist ; together with two Back Shops adjoining, in the Holding of Richard Yates. This Lot will be sold subject to an Annuity of £ 30 per Annum, for the Life of a Lady who will he named at the Time of Sale. LOT VII. Two small TENEMENTS, situate in the New Street, in the Occupation of John Hughes and John Corbett. LOT VIII. A Piece of rich Pasture LAND, situate on the South Side of the Road leading from Welling- ton to the Hay- Gate, containing by Admeasurement 5A. OR. 19P. or thereabout, be the same more or less, in the Holding of Walter Windows. This Lot is subject to the Payment of 12s. 9d. per Annum to the Lord of the Manor. THE Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL VAUGIIAN, late of POOL, in the County of Montgomery, Builder and Carpenter, intend to MEET on Friday, the 3Ist Day of August, .18: 27, at the Royal Oak Inn, in the Town of Pool aforesaid, at Twelve at Noon, to make a first and final Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors of the said Bankrupt who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend, aud all Claims not then proved will be disallowed. TITHE Commissioners in a Commission of . H. Bankrupt bearing Date the 15th Day of January, 1817, awarded and issued forth against WILLIAM TUttNER, late of WHITCHURCH, in the County of Salop, Architect, Dealer and Chapman ( deceased), intend to MEET on the 30th Day of August, 1827, at JEleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the Red Lion Inn, in Newport, in tl> e said County, in Order to Audit the Account* of the Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt under the said Commission, and to r « ceiv « the Proof of Debts under the said Commission. R. FISHER, Solicitor to the Assignees. FV^ H E Commissioners in a Commission of JL Bankrupt bearing Date the 15th Day of January, 1817, awarded and issued forth against WILLIAM TURNER, late of WHITCHURCH, in the County of Salop, Architect, Dealer and Chapman ( deceased), intend to MEET on the 31st Day of August, 1827, at Eleven o'Cloek iu the Forenoon, at the Red Lion Inn, IN Newport, in the. County of Salop, in Order to make a DIVIDEND of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors who have wt> t already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend, and all Claims not then proved will be disallowed. 1 R. FISHER, Solicitor to the Assignees. IMMMtJIS lEW& TIEo BY POOLE AND SON, At the Crown Inn, Bridgnorth, on Saturday, the 1st Day of September, 1827, between the Hours of four and six o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Condi- tions to be then produced *. A valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, called UPPER BROMDEN, in the Parish of Wheat- hill, in the Conntv of Salop, comprising a new erected and commodious Farm House, with substantial Out- buildings adjoining thereto, and a compact Farm of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, containing by Admeasurement 10* 2 A. 3R. ISP. or thereabouts, be the same more or less. There is Limestone on the Premises, and a great Probability of Coal under Part of the Estate, being about two Miles from Collieries in full Work. The Whole lies contiguous to the Turnpike Road leading from Ludlow to Bridgnorth, distant from the former Place 9 Miles, and from the latter 11 Miles. SHIFFNAIi FREEHOLD. BY POOLE AND SON, At the Jerningham Arms Inn, Shiffnal, on Tuesday, the 4th Day of September, 1827, between the Hours of four and six o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to be then produced : LOT I. All those Three DWELLING HOUSES, with detached School Room, Stable, Gardens, Croft of Land, and other Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in Aston Street, in the several Holdings of S. Hefford, Thomas Gilbert, and William Bray. LOT II. A Piece of LAND, adjoining f. ot 1, now let in several Gardens, containing by Admeasurement OA. 2R. 28P. or thereabout, be the same more or less. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises ; and further Particulars may be had by Application to RICFIARO EMERY, Esq. Burcott; Mr. RIDDING, Soli- citor, Coalbrookdale; Mr. PINCHES, Maltster, Wel- lington; und THE AUCTIONEERS. taken place in consequence of the strenuous exertions of the Chaplain and Under- Sheriff, who, like the Judge, entertained an opinion that the prisoner was innocent of murder, or at most but an accessary to it. The repeated declarations of Slade must he considered as influencing their judgment in no small degree; and here, perhaps, it will be as well to preface the confession of the prisoner with a slight account of his conduct subsequent to his trial on Tuesday. His return from the Court to the Prison was marked with the most disgusting and unbecoming levity. He pushed Heddings, in sport., from side to side, and laughed, as he said, 44 to see such a parcel of fools following them." He entered the prison with an air of vulgar triumph ; but, as he now affirms., w illi the full intention of inftriediaiely taking away his own life. , On being left alone in his cell, he undid his handkerchief from his neck, rolled it up, and was about to suspend himself from oue of the iron bars of the window, when Mr. Brown, the Chaplain, pro- videntially entered and frfts'trated the rash attempt. He continued, up till yesterday. afternoon, to deny all participation in the murder. He deserved death, he said, for the numerous offences he had committed. He had frequently robbed Mr. Waterhouse, and on one occasion threatened histife, as stated by Heddings, but of the horrid crime for which he was about to suffer, he was as innocent as the child unborn. The sams'cieclaration he made repeatedly yesterday, affirm- ing liis innocence to his relatives, and particularly to one of his sisters, who was much affected at parting with him, believing it to be for the last time. His poor old father did not come from Stukeley ; but his mother, the most culpable of the two, visited him in prison, and parted from her son without the least emotion. 44 You know," said she, 44 that I never told you to steal, 1 brought you upas well as I could. 1' — 44 Yes," said the keeper of the prison, who was standing by, tc but you know that you partook of tlie stolen goods, and must have been all along aware of the course of life your children were pursuing." 41 Aye," added the virago, 44 but God bless you, Josh, Good bje— what way do I go to get out"—- and so saying, she took her departure. The Sacrament was administered to the unhappy youth, and it is appalling lo think, that though he believed himself to he within an hour of his death, he persisted, even wiih the sacramental elements in his hand, in declar- ing his total ignorance of the murder. A few hours afterwards, when informed of his respite, a better spirit seemed to possess him; he sent for the Chap- lain, and before him and one or two other gentlemen, entered into a full and unreserved disclosure of his guilt. His confession was written down by Mr. Sweeting, clerk of the county, and this morning the prisoner made another deposition, which he subscribed with his mark, to Mr. Margetts, the Under- Sheriff Through the kindness of this gentleman we are enabled to lay the particulars before the public, arid perhaps a more atrocious confession was never made by a British subject: — Ou the morning of the 3d of July, I went direct from the Swan public house at about a quarter past two, and got over the garden wall. I saw Peter Sabey at his door. I went to a straw wall near the Dove- house, and laid there until five o'clock in the morning. I was rather fresh ( tipsy). I had a sword hid in the straw wall. I had it hid for about four or five weeks ; I stole it from the Horse & Jockey public- house, Huntingdon. I drew the sword out, and left the scabbard in the wall. I put the sword down my trowsers by my thigh. I went into the garden and saw Mr. YVaterhouse in the yard, but he did not see me. The garden door was not fastened. I opened the door, went up stairs, and hid myself in the wool- chamber from five till ten, for the purpose of plunder- ing the house of anything that I could. I was asleep from five tili ten amongst the wool. Mr. Waterhouse coming up stairs, heard me breathe. 3 dare say I •„> as snoring. Upon this Mr. W. came up to the chamber, and called out, 44 Hilloa, who are you— what do you do here ?" I then got up, drew the sword, and laid hold of him, Mr. Watc. vhouse tried to go in at the chamber door, where his blunderbuss was, but I would not let him. I led him down stairs, Mr. Waterhouse trying all the way to get up stairs. No conversation passed in coining down. When we got down stairs, I said, 44 Now, Mr. Waterhouse, if you'll forgive me, I'll forgive you, and if not, this is your death warrant," holding up the sword. He said 44 No, I will suffer any thing first."— When I let him go, he went to run by me to the kitchen door to call some- body. Just as Mr. W. was turning into the kitchen, I struck him a back- handed blow, the great cut across the jaw, and he reeled back, caught himself against the tub, and fell backwards into it. He guarded his head with his hands. When in the tub, I struck him several blows with the sword.~ He laid hold of the sword twice, upon which I drew it out of his hands and cut his fingers. 1 also stabbed him in the throat, which was the last blow. Mr. Waterhouse then said, 44 I am done," and died immediately. There was no blood whatever on me, except on my fingers, which I spat on and wiped it on the grass, and one spot on my waistcoat, which I scratched out with my nail. [ have heard that the blood of a murdered person will not wash out; but I am sure this did. I did not hear the dog bark all the time ; he would not bark at me: He barked once when 1 first got over the wall; but as soon as he heard my step he was quiet. No person came into or near the house all the time ; no other instrument was used but the sword ; and no other person was present, or knew any thing about it, until I made a confession to the Chaplain yesterday. Hav- ing committed the murder, which was all finished by ten minutes past ten ( I had my watch with me), I immediately ran out. of the house ; I had pulled my shoes off when I first went into the garden, at five' o'clock in the morning, and am sure they could not be my footmarks, alluded to at the trial. J was in the garden, however, next. day. I turned immediately to the right, and hid the bloody sword among some young oaks near the privy. I ran tothe back of the hay- ricks, and went over that stile ( where it was said the marks were), without my shoes, which I put on at the top of Horse Close. In going through Dovehouse Close, I saw the boy Parker by the Dovehouse, but he did not see me. There was an old man at work in the church- yard, but he did not see me. After getting over the stile, I went to the right, across the closes, and into the tunnel, as stated in the evidence. I saw the two women on the hill. I did not stop a minute, but went down the dike, and laid in Mr. Water house's barley field all day. It was about twenty minutes past ten when I got there, and I lay till seven in the evening. I then went to my own home, round by the town, had my supper, and went to bed. As I was going home, I saw folks running about.. On Wednes- day I wasat work at Staiiion's. 44 All that passed between Heddings and me, on th night of the Inquest, was as follows : — I asked Hed- dings whether he would go and drink with me. He drew me aside, and asked me, 4 What do you think of this concern ? I have strong suspicion of old Wright I am sorry he ( Mr. Waterhouse) is dead. I should a; lief all the folks in the town should be dead as bin\ for I counted ou having a quarter of barley from him this week.' 44 I wish this confession to be made public, and it would have been made hefore but from a dread of meeting my family, with their knowledge that I was guilty. Witness mv mark, X " « JOSHUA SLADE. In a previous confession to Mr. Sweeting, Slade stated, that as he stood before Mr. Waterhouse, about to plunge the sword into his throat, the Rev. Gentle- man looked up and faintly articulated, 44 Don't mu der me, what have I done to you ?" We asked him this evening why he had omitted these touching words in his second deposition? 44 thought of them," he said, 4< but wanted to have don speaking about it." 44 The sword was discovered this morning, stained with blood, in the place where he said he had conceal- ed it. It belonged to a tradesman of this town, a member of the corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, and was lent by him to Mr. Titterton, landlord of the Horse and Jockey, who was formerly in the army, and was at that time instructing some gentlemen of the town in the sword exercise. Slade says he became pos- sessed of it in the following manner. He was in the Horse and Jockey one day, drinking with Hawkes, when he perceived three Cavalry swords on the premises. He instantly determined to possess himself of one of them ; and watching a favourable oppor- tunity, he snatched up one, and thrust it inside his trowsers, and escaped without detection. The scab- bard of this fatal instrument was found, as our readers may recollect, about a fortnight since, on Mr. Water- house's premises, and it is surprising that a better search should not have been made for the sword. The . dea, however, that the murder was perpetrated with b ///- hook, was so general, that the discovery of the scabbard attracted but little attention.— 4' What a pity it is," said Heddir/ gs, when his associate inform- ed him of the theft of the sword, 44 that you did not get all the three, as we then should have had one a piece." The most innocent of this desperate trio, Joliu Slade, enlisted into the Marines, on Wednesday morning, after his release from prison. A" bunch of skeleton keys, twenty- seven in number, was lately found concealed near the pond. With these Slade asserts that he could open every door in Mr. W.' s house. Tie- and Heddings used general Fy fo resort to the? parsonage every Sunday forenoon, during the time of divine service, and regale themselves' on the ale and wine of the Rector's cellar. Slade appears now to be fully sensible of his situa- tion, and as deeply touched with remorse as his natural insensibility will permit. He looks pale and miserable ; but has hitherto, with the exception of last night, slept soundly. Like Thurtell, he has no dreams or visions of his departed victim. He has extorted a promise, from the medical gentleman here, that, though dissected, his flesh, and ultimately his bones, will be consigned to the church- yard of his native parish. It would have been a singular coincidence had Slad- e been executed, according to his sentence, on the 2d of August, as it would have been the anniver- sary of the last execution for murder iu this county, which took place 41 years ago. — Huntingdon Gazelle. £ Uwtcl\ SLXitcm SftttUtgence* On Tuesday, Win. Heddings, th; e associate in crime and the principal evidence on the trial,- of Slade the murderer, was convicted at Huntingdon, and had sentence of death recorded against him, for a burglary committed at Stowe, in that county, by the two Slades ( Joshua and John) and himself. ] R* 2A. PiNa.- « I< V0m Sinclair's Code of Agriculture. we'need husbandnien think thai wheat should be cut down some days before it is fully or dead ripe, as the grain hardens wjeli in the sheaf, and the sample is often better. The harvest thus begins earlier, and its labours aie more equally distributed. Barley ought likewise to be cut before ii is too ripe, otherwise the straw becomes brittle, which occasions much loss by the heads breaking off. Though oats are reckoned a hardy grain, yet the more early varieties, being liable to damage from high winds, or from exposure to much wet, ought to be cut as soon as they are nearly ripe, iu order to lessen the risks to which they are exposed. Beans should be cut down as soon as the eye has attained a deep colour, aud if the weather be dry, made up as soon as possible into sheaves. The straw will thus be of triple value, and the grain of superior quality. Where the crop is lodged, whatever may be the state of ripeness, it should be immediately cut down : more especially if grass seeds have beeu sown with it, which may otherwise be lost. Mr. Coke cuts down his wheat very early, even when the ear and stein is greenish, and the grain not hard. He says that the wheat thus early reaped is always his best sample, and he gets 2s. a quarter for it more than for wheat cut in a more mature state. He, perhaps, loses something in the measure, the skin being thinner, and the grain, probably, not quite so bulky ; but if this be true, be is fully compensated, from his suffering no loss by shedding ou the ground, which, when the ear is ripe, and the weather windy, is often considerable.— Dr. Digbi/ s Report, p. 29. Brown's Rural Affairs, vol. ii. p. 310.— Young's Calendar, p. 420.-- Whenever the greater proportion of the crop is fully ripe, no delay in cutting it should take place, more especially if the season is advanced, or the corn is in a high and exposed situation. In such circumstances, the green may never ripen and the ripe may be lost. An experienced farmer, the late Mr. John Shirreff, recommended, that all sorts of grain should be cut whenever the straw immediately below the ear is so dry that on twisting it no juice can be expressed; for then the grain cannot improve, as the circulation of juice to the ear is stopped. It matters not that the stalk below is green. Every hour that the grain stands uncut, after passing this stage, it is attended with loss. Ma. HENTY, THF. STOCK- BROKER.— The debts of this individual are much greater than was at first supposed, as the differences against him are now ascertained to amount to £ 110,000, and some small accounts remain to be examined. His own claims do not exceed £ 4,000, so that there is left an aggregate loss of £ 106,000, to be divided among those who had made bargains with him for the settling- day. Con- sidering how young a member Mr. Henty is of the Stock Exchange, for his standing there is not more thanthree or four years, the degree of credit he con- trived to establish is most, extraordinary. In the list of his creditors are to be found some of the most experienced members of the Stock Exchange.— Mr. Henty is the son of a banker at Arundel, aud has been married within little more than twelve months to a woman of respectable family, but not of much fortune. He had been engaged during two years in a successful course of speculation, and was believed to have realized £ 100,000.— On Friday night some of his creditors went to him, to whom he confessed that he had literally nothing to offer them ; the balance which was at his banker's he had drawn to replace a sum borrowed ofa relation, and he added that when the July account began he had not a single shilling that he could call his own.— The results of his failure are truly calamitous—^ fifteen failures have been an- nounced ; one of them, that of one ofthe oldest stock- jobbers in the house ; and what adds to the violence of the feeling excited by these calamities is, the fact that most of them, if not all, would have been avoided, had Mr. Henty's candour have come to hand only a ; Very short time ago.— The Courier states upon author- ity, that at a meeting of those members of the Stock Exchange who were creditors of Mr. Henty, held on Saturday, it was resolved, that a Committee be ap- pointed to inquire into all the circumstances connected with his late failure. On further discussion it was unun. iinously resolved, that, decisive steps should be : mmediately adopted to mark, in the most unequivocal manner, the sense which his creditors entertain of his conduct, which has been accompanied by circum- stances of such aggravated dishonesty as to be almost without parallel in the history of the Stock Exchange, whether such conduct be considered in reference to the enormous extent of the speculation entered into professedly without means, the evasions and conceal- ments by which it was accompanied, or the heartless indifference manifested by him towards the sufferings so wantonly and suddenly inflicted upon others. A most horrible circumstance has occurred at Hadley, near Barnet, where, on Tuesday morning, the bodies of Mrs. Spencer, a respectable widow lady, aged 70, and her daughter, aged 40, were found dead in their own house, their throats being cut in a most dreadful manner. It was at first supposed to have been the work of some diabolical assassin, and consternation and alarm pervaded the neighbourhood; but at the inquest which was held on Thursday, it was clearly proved that the daughter was in a state of mental derangement, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect, that she had, in a fit of insanity, first cut her mother's throat, and then effected her own destruction with the same razor. A dreadful fire broke out on Monday night, about twelve o'clock, at a small house adjoining the Fountain Tavern, near tbe Dock- yard, in the old town, Sheertiess. A scene of great confusion ensued ; the inmates of the house bad scarcely time to quit the premises, such was the rapidity of the flames; one little girl is said to have fallen a victim, as no trace has been heard of her since. By two in the morning, although the whole of one side of the street, consisting* of 23 houses, was razed to the ground, still there was no probability of the fire being subdued ; and notwithstanding the united exertions of the firemen and the towns- people, the Are was not got under until between seven and eight o'clock, when no less than 62 houses were consumed. The whole of the property destroyed is said to have been insured to the full amount, which is very considerable. The story of the Padh^ of Egypt having thrown off his allegiance to the Porte, is understood to have been a fabrication altogether. CAUTION.— On Monday, the Magistrates in Petty Sessions, at Madley, Herefordshire, convicted a person in the mitigated penalty of 20s. and costs, under the 38th Geo. 111. for turning sheep infected with the scab or mange, on a common in the parish of Eaton Bishop. Gibraltar papers to tbe 14th convey intelligence from Algiers, from Bona, and Oran, though all these places are declared, and are indeed in actual blockade by the French squadrons. The Moors, however, find their way out. Three other strong Alger ine cruizers are said to have passed out during the night, and to have got fairly off. These escapes swell the number up to six sail since the blockade of Algiers was declared. A rich boot} was an- ticipated by the pirates. News was received in London by the Malta mail, that a Turkish fleet of 16 sail was seen off Cepha- lonia, among vvhich were an Admiral and a Rear- Ad miruPs flag. ADDRESS TO 31R. PEEL. Oil Tuesday, the Address lately agreed upon by the Magistrates, Clergy, and other inhabitants of Birmingham, to the Right . Hon. Robert Peel, was presented by Richard Bird, & sq:. who addressed Mr. Peel as follows:—- 44 SIR,— I have been deputed to the distinguished situation of presenting to you an Address, signed by the magistrates,, cler'gy, bankers, nVercbants, and other respectable inhabitants of the. town of Birming- ham and ifs iinuvediate vicinity, eXp. ressife of their sentiments of respect and admiration for the invaluable services renVlered by you as one of his Majesty's late . Ministers, in maintaining the just prerogatives of the Crown, and sJedfastly upholding the civil and religious institutions ofthe country; and their sincere regret that circumstances should haye arisen lo make it expe- dient for you to withdraw from so elevated' a station' in the: State,. . 44 They console themselves, however, with the ardent hope, that your retirement will' fre of short duration, at* d that the time wi. ll speedily arjive when you will be called upon by His Majesty to asifst hi his councils and the government Of tl) e country. " These sentiments,' Sir, have the hearty concur- rence of the individual who has now the pleasure of performing the duty committed to his charge, in delivering to you this address " Mr. Bird then read the Address, of which the following is a copy: — 44 To the Right Honourable Robert Peel, M. P. 44 WE, the undersigned Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry, and other inhabitants of the town of Birmingham, approach you with sentiments of the most profound respect, to express our unfeigned and grateful thanks, not only for your indefatigable exertions in consoli- dating the criminal law, by which you have secured to yourself an imperishable name, anil to your country an everlasting benefit, but also for your firm and inflexible adherence to ihe Protestant Church, as established in this kingdom." Here followed the signatures of 2,000 of the most respectable inhabitants of Birmingham. Mr. Peel replied— 44 SIR, — Having received from your hands the Ad- dress which has been transmitted to me from the town of Birmingham, I beg leave to return mv acknow- ledgments through thesame channel of communication. 44 It is quite impossible that I could receive any distinction more trulf gratifying to me, than the assurances of approbation atfd esteem which you have been deputed to convey to nie from" the inhabitants of a great commercial district, eminent for its enterprize, industry, mechanical skill— for all those qualities, in short, which have raised the character of this country, and have enabled it to wield a power so dispropor- tioned to its territorial extent and to the nuhfber of the people. 44 I never can reflect with any other feelings than those of pride and satisfaction, on my own intimate connection with that important class of society whose ingenuity and active exertions have not merely bene- fitted the land of their birth, but have increased the mm forts of life, and improved the condition of man- kind in every country ofthe globe. 44 In whatever capacity I may act in public life, their interests will never cease to he an object of peculiar concern to me ; and their confidence and good opinion will always be classed by me among the chief rewards of public service." Mr. Bird afterwards dined with Mr. Peel and a select party, the Duke of Wellington being one of the guests. As a criterion of tbe popularity or unpopularity of Mr. Canning's Administration, out of the Metro- polis, we cannot but consider the eleetion on Saturday last, by the Corporation of this city, of Sir Charles Wetherell to the honourable office of Recorder, as of material interest at the present moment. The Corporation Newsman bas simply announced the appointment, not even alluding to the name of Sir N. C. Tindal, who at one time, we have reason to know, possessed, from his high legal attainments, an equal share of favour with many members of the Corporate Body. The pretensions and characters, however, of the two Honourable Gentlemen, at length came to be canvassed in a political light, as connected with the conduct and intentions of Mr. Canning's Ministry— Sir Charles Wetherell having from principle renounced his situation of Attorney- General, at the late crisis; Sir N. C. Tindal having sent in his adherence, and kept h is situation as Solicitor- General. In this point of view, therefore, we consider Sir Charles's success as indicative of the feeling of a very influential Body, consisting nearly of an equal number of Tory and Whig Members And we have the still further gratification of adding, that Sir Charles was unanimously elected: Very soon after Mr. Canning's promotion to the Premiership, we stated that in this part of the kingdom generally, and in this city in particular, he was not only unpopular, but that lie was looked upon with considerable distrust and suspicion. This election has shewn, that no act yet occurred in his Adminis- tration to efface this impression ; and we are convinced that nothing but opportunities of thus expressing public opinion are wanting, to shew that the provinces generally are decidedly opposed to the principles upon which he is conducting the government, and that they view with increasing alarm the insidious steps he is pursuing to subvert the great bulwark of the Constitution, the Pro- testant Establishment, by the admission of the Roman Catholics into political power.— Bristol Journal. CORPORATION O » DUBLIN.— Addresses were late- ly voted by the Corporation of Dublin to the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Eldoti, the Right Hons. Robert Peel, George Dawson, and Henry Goulburn, on the occasion of their retirement from office. An address was also voted to the Dnke of Newcastle, and the freedom of the city of Dublin presented to him by the Corporation, as tributes of their appro- bation of his Grace's political conduct.— Earl Eldon, in acknowledging the address to his Lordship says, " 1 shall be found during what remains to me of life, to act under a firm conviction that it is my boundeu duly to my Sovereign and the country, to adhere to the principles which have hitherto appeared uni- formly to influence my political conduct."— Tne Duke of Newcastle's letter contains the following paragraph :—" I am aware that there can be times and occasions when it may be criminal to be silent or inactive : such times may arrive, possibly they may not be far distant. Should it be so, it will behove some of us to forget our nature, iu the remembrance that England expects lhat every man should do his duty." Miramichi Papers to tlie 27th June state, that tbe elections forthe Honse of Assembly Irad commenced, and were contested wiih great spirit. These papers contain local intelligence of some interest— the building of suitable establishments for the local authorities, and for public purposes ; the making of roads, and other proofs ofthe thriving state of our North American colonies ; they also mention that the fisheries on the Banks of Newfoundland have been particularly productive this season. The markets of the West Indies are now supplied alto- gether by the English fishers, and the carrying trade is also confined to the British flag. The best and cheapest Sporting Newspaper extant is BBI. I.' S I. IFB IS LONDON, a larye folio, twenty column Weekly Journal, published in London every Saturday afternoon, in time for that day's post, ai. d may be received at the distance of two hundred miles from Loudon on Sunday. This paper combines, wirh the news of the week, a rich repository of Fashion, Wit, Humour, and other interesting Incidents of Real Life. The events 111 the Sporting Department are copiously detailed, and for accuracy stand un- rivalled. The emblematical Illustrations* which head the articles on the Drama, Poetry, the Turf, the Chase, ihe Ring, tbe Police, Cricketing, Pigeon- shooting, the Aquatic Register, aud tbe Affairs of the Fancy, were all designed by CRUIKSHANKS, in his most humourous and happy manner. These cuts alone are worth more, than tbe price of this Newspaper, which is only Seven- pence. The sale nf BKLL'S I. IFB IN LONDON and SPORTING CHRONICLE is the largest of any London Weekly Journal, except the OBSERVER Innkeepers and Publicans are likely to benefit by additional business to their house, from taking in BEI. I.' S LIFE IN LONDON and SPORTING CHRONICLE. FINE WEATHER.— The influence of the Sun on ihe Skin iu fine weather, in travelling, or on the promenade, is often subversive of comfort in pro- ducing sun- bums, freckles, face heated and rough, lips parcned and swollen. To oppose these inno vatious, the most infallible specific is Rowland's Kalydor, which immediately nllavs the smarting irri- tability of the skin, producing a deligh fill aud pleasing coolness, truly comfortable; removes freckles, pim- ples, spols, and all cutaneous eruptions ; disorders which disorganize the beauty of the female counte- nance. It imparts a luxuriant and matchless beauty to the complexion ; affords soothing relief lo Ladies nursing their offspring. To Gentlemen after shaving, it allavs ihe irritation and smarting pain, ami renders ihe skin smooth and pleasant. That ROtVLAND's KAl. YDOIl elicits these felicitous results one ( rial will suffice to prove, uud satisfactorily establish its reputation. Notwithstanding all the intelligence and speeches that we get from Colombia,. there is not a word said as to when we may expect to receive the Dividends due on the rfebf of £ 7,000';( I00.,' Which we lent Colombia— or, rather, not Colombia, but certain loan jobbers in Colombia and London. There is now, we believe, about one million due lor interest, so that the debt they owe to us is £ 8,000,0001 There is abundance of matter of one kind or other from Carthagena— but no account of the dollars shipped off, which we are told, in letters inserted in a certain newspaper some time since, were lying in Carthagena ready for the Bond- holder J. That newspaper contended that Mr. Canning's genius Ipoked most magnificent, being viewed at a dis- tance; these dollars at Carthagena, therefore,- like Mr,. Canning's genius, look magnificently great, being tit a' most magnificent distance!—) lurnina Herald. ; , Lin T, FES. 19.— Our apprehensions of any further disturbance from thc Columbian troops are now at an end. They, have witnessed the arrival of a division of Peruvians, to' take out of their hands the garrisoning of Lima, with perfect composure; ami the two di visions, although almost in contact with each other— the Columbians being erfcamped in various villages,- distant from' one to one and'a half league only from' the capital— appear to harmonise very well. The arrival of the Peruvian division was looked for with some anxiety, the CotdmbianShaving shownsome backwardness to leave the city; and on one or two occasions manifested strong symptoms of insubordination, which, seeing the' place takeu possession of by troops which they affect to hold in such sovereign contempt, did not appear likely to allay.— The Cerro, of Pasco, has, lor the pres « m, ceased to produce; the old worn out steam- engine having broken down for the last lime, in consequence of which the richest mines are again under water. The four engines brought here bv the Peruvian Company, from England, are embargoed by various creditors of that Association. They are in dispute between three or four, so that there are small hopes ot seeing ( herfi shortly at work. The Dey of Algiers is represented as determined to defend himself to the lust extremity against any attack that may be made upon him. He has summoned all hits subjects to arms, aud treats with contempt the menaces of France, The Asia, arrived this morning from Calcutta, brings letters to 9th March, and papers to the 1st. The former state that Mr. Campbell had returned to Calcutta from his mission to Ava, accompanied by Mr. Goodger, who was one of the three Eu. ropeans supposed to have been murdered by the Burmese at the beginning of the war. It is stated in these letters, that Rangoon had been taken from the Burmese by a Native Power. The recent fail- ures of commercial houses iu India turn out to be the stoppage of a young Spanish house, whose embarrassments were well known, and an old Portu- guese house which has put its affairs in trust; this is the whole amount ofthe mighty failures in India ! Money is very scarce at Calcutta. The Warspite, arrived on Saturday last at Ports- mouth, last from Rio de Janeiro, has completed iu this voyage the circumnavigation of the globe, and is the first line- of- battle ship that has done so. It has been remarked that the numerous parties of Irish labourers, at present on their way to tha interior, are better clothed, and apparently iu better condition than they have been for some years past. The Earl of Chesterfield, on coming of age, becomes possessed of an unincumbered estate" of £' 40,000 per annum, independently of a large sum in ready money. From au authentic return for the year 1826, there are 403 Roman Catholic Chapels, and 425 Priests iu England aud Wales, ) At the Wiltshire Assizes, Richard Webster, for stealing a quantity of plate, the proper! v of his master the Rev. Mr. Jones, of Ellom Green'Cottage near Ramsbury, received sentence of Denth. [ The prose cutor strongly recommended the prisoner to mercv" but tho oildge could not accede to his wishes.] " ' John Manle was tried for manslaughter, occasioned bv his carelessly driving the F. xeler Celerity Coach thereby upsetting it, near Amesbury, mid killing Lieutenant 1 hornas Strange. Though'in the indict- ment there, were four counts to support the charee* two described the deceased as a person unknown and' two described him by . name, yet there was no evidence to prove his name ; the horses were also particularized yet neither the proprietor nor coachman knew what sort of horses were attached lo Ihe coach. The Judge on these objections being made bv Counsel, decided Ihey were good; and the jury, after grave delibera- tion, reluctantly pronounced ibe prisoner uot o-„ iltv — His Lordship then said, that had the man beeii found guilty, he should have imssed a slight sentence on linn, because it appeared that he was not ibe regular coachman.— Tbe proprietors, however were highly lo blame in trifling in this manner wi'tb the. lives of Ihe King's subjects ; and, indeed, should anv one, after the public notice which be was then " ii- ino-' be tried before him, and be clearly convicted he should undoubtedly sentence him io he transported lor life. — Maule then, by the advice of bis Counsel traversed the indictment, for furious driving null! next Assizes, and the case closed, he being discharged on giving bail. , b KNUTSFORD RACES.— The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, on Tuesday, were won by Earl Grosvenor's Burlesque; the Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs. by Sir W. Wynne's Signorina, by Champion beating Dr. Faustus; a . Match for 50 sovs. by Lord' Derby's Necromancer; and the Maiden Plate of £ 50 value, by Sir W. Wynne's Latitat.— On We ines- day, the Peover Stakes of 10 sovs. each, were won by Sir H. M. Mainwaring's Grenadier; and the Handicap Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, by Mr. Hudson's Miracle. There was no race for the Cavalry Subscription Purse— On Thursday, the Duuham Massey Stakes were won by Earl Grosvenor's b c Gros de Naples; and the Prize of Sixtv Pounds by Mr. Barrow's b. m. Alecto.— Sir T. Stanley's b. c by Cation walked over for the Tattou Park Stakes. At Derby Races, on Tuesday, the Gold Cup was won by Mr. Giffard's Leviathan, beating the Duke of Devonshire's Chesterfield. It would be tedious to report the various accounts from all parts of the country which confirm the hopes of a rich and abundant harvest, more parti- cularly in our own neighbourhood, and the whole range of district by which we are immediately surrounded. It is rumoured that Sierra Leone is to be abaiil doned. It is reported, that, among other retrenchments there will be a reduction of two regiments o'f cavalry, and two companies and a Major iu each regiment of infantry. Flax— The largest crop of wheat ever produced on the lands of the Rev. . Mr. Yeutman, of Stock Honse, Dorset, ( in the memory of an old farmer who broke it up some years ago from an old pas! ture,) was grown after a flax crop, aud this farmer says he can even now perceive where the flax was laid last year, from the great quantity of grass. Mr. Feaver, linen- manufacturer, of Milhorn Port, Somer- set, states, that he has grown fla-{ for seventeen seasons, and it always paid him. Three years ao- o he grew three packs and a half per acre, at Hors! iitgton. A pack is twenty dozen, aud the value is 5s. 6d, per dozen, making £ 19 5* per acre, besides the seed, which yielded about £ 2 per acre. It is however, only t'. iir to stale, that this was as much again as an ordinary crop, and that a flax crop requires three limes the labour that barley does. There is no finer manure for pasture laud than the gluten which is discharged from the flax when laid out for ripening. It has been found by experience that flax grown after potatoes is softer, and th jt the stem yields a greater weight of fibre than after any other crop. The poorest lands yield the finest quality of flax, though the quantity be small ; and new broken- up grouuds seldom fail to produce a large quantity. BANKRUPTS, AUGTST 3.— James W. Davison of frown- street, Westminster, flint- merchant. — Henry Barrett, of Gloucester, musical . instrument seller — Parker Horsefield, of Manchester, dealer. John Dugdall, of Portsmouth, victualler. — Richard Priest ley, of High llolhorn, bookseller.— Richard Williams" of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, nurseryman. Gpn I' Neuport, of Pall Mall East, tailor. — William Eilul in" nf St. Mary, Lambelll, miller.— John Phillips and' William Gray, of Piatt terrace, Somcrs. town, pl'ai,. terers. Edward Cropley, of Frith. street ' So'liaZ square, merchant — Robert Henry Tnrnley of La i" lane, Manchester- warehouseman. — J.. bn Davis ' (, f Lower- brook- street, Grosvenor square, nphnlstere'r INSOLVENTS.— John Milligan, of Nottingham p| aje Stepney, woollen- draper.— Samuel Cicgg, Th. vnis Mather, jun. and Kenneth Pringle, of Liverpool engineers.— Henry Francis, of Tlueadneedie. street' broker. » Camtmana. No. XII. ' Mwyneiddiach yw'n mynvdd- oedd, Lie mac A wen ddiweniaith Geifyd, yn mliob myuydd maith- GORONWY I> DTT. PENNXITLIONR Beth d » 1 lelyn heb ddim tannaur Beth dal clychau heb dafodau, Belli da I d\" n, y » mysg cyfeilliony Reb lumensdd londei galou. C vn y digia ' m eain gym'dogion, Af i'r tnor o ' wyllys calou ; Canafv no ' r ben benuillion, Efo ' r " euwog, lor l'orwyuiou. ILANFYLUN. MYLLIN. No. XIII. Pan geisia Sais neu Ffiengcyn Hoi caiuge ar r\ w off'eryn, Ynfydu wnaut, ar fyr o dro, Os can y i:\ mroei Dl'LYN. Tra ceidw> Hew ei mad, A'r tarw cry f ei frefiad, Cadwed CvmrO, tra ihedd ffun, * Ei Iaitb ei bun yw siarad. MYLLIN. SEVERN FISHERY. LLANFYLLIN. TO THE LADY BIRD. " T. ady Bird 1 Lady Bird! fly away home"— The field- mouse is gone to her nest, The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes, And the bees ami the birds are ai rest. Lady Bird ! Lady Bird ! fly away home — The glow- worm is lighting her lamp, The dew's falling fast, and \ our fine speckled wings Will flag with the close- clinging damp. Lad) Bird ! Lady Bird fly away home- Good luck if you reach it at last ; The owl's come abroad, and the hut's on the roam, Sharp sel from their Ramazan fast. Lady Bird ! Lady Bird ! fly away home— T1) e fai ry be I Is tin k I e a fa r, ' Make haste, or they'll catch ye, and harness ye fast With a cobweb, to Oberon's car. Lady Bird ! Lady Bird ! fly away home- But, as all serious people do, first . Clear your conscience, and settle your worldly affairs, And so be prepared for the worst. Lady Bird ! Lady Bird ! make a short shrift- Here's a hair- shirted Palmer hard by ; And here's Lawver- Earwig to draw up your will, And we'll witness it, Death- Moth and 1. Lady Bird! Lady Bird ! don't make a fuss— You've mighty small matters to give ; Your coral and jet, and there, there— you can tack A codicil on, if you live. Lady Bird ! Lady Bird ! fly away now To your house in the old willow. tree, Where your children, so dear, have invited the ant, And a few eozy neighbours, to tea. lady Bird I Lady Bird! fly awav home, And if not gobbled up by the way, Nor yoked by the fairies to Oberon's car, You're in luck— and that's all I've to say. KNIGHTON RACES, 1827- l l ' 2 3 4 2 3 dr 1 1 2 2 3 dr .. ( WII. SON) ..( WILSON) 1 1 2 2 3 dr 4 dr 1 I 2 2 3 dr dr Borough Slakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added ; six subscribers. Mr. Vaughau's b. m. bv Grimaldi ( WILSON) Mr. E. Powell's h c. Truth. Mr. Bach's b f. Georgiana . Mr. Hughes's b. n » . Arsenic Radnorshire Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added ; ten subscribers. Mr. T. Edwards's b. ui. Miss Dowues ( Mr. CORSTON) 2 1 Mr. Sayce's b. m. Nosegay 1 2 RIr. Rogers's bl. f by Manfred 3 3 Mr. Jones's eh. h. Emperor 4 d Two drawn. Members' Plate of £ 50. Mr. G waiter's b. m. Prude.. ( I- B'AIR} Mr. Bodenham's b. m. Sprite Mr. Evans's ch. c. by Piscator Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added ; six Subscribers. Mr. Turner's Shropshire Lass Mr. Warwick's ch. g. by Weaver.... Mr, Hughes's h. tn. Arsenic Mr. Hickman's b. in. by Spectre Two drawn. Silver Cup. Ear! Oxford's b. m. hy Wild boy...... Mr. PickerneU's b. m. Vision Mr. J. H. Powell's ch. f. Atalauta... Mr. Jones's Lavinia These Races were unusually well attended, and though the weather, on the first day, proved extremely unfavourable, the excellence of the running fully com- pensated this unpleasantness.— The racing fund on the present, as well as on oilier occasions, was considerably indebted to the liberality of Gentlemen formerly resi- dents of the town, who, though " over the hills and far away," came forward for " auld lang syne." — Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Steward ( the Earl ol Oxford), Richard Price, Esq. M P. of Norton, offici ated, whose kind exertions and polite attentions highly promoted the pleasures of the company and the interest of the town.— John Hugh Powell, Esq. of Cliro, was appointed Steward for the ensuing races, under whose auspices brilliant sport is anticipated. Shropshire Summer Assizes. CALENDAR. Richard Bowen, charged with having feloniously ravished Elizabeth Griffiths, spinster, at the parish of Chirbury, against liei will. John Jones and John Pratt, charged with breaking into the dwelling house of Edward Dyke, of Clun, aud taking there- from certain goods and chattels. J\. B. The said John Jones broke out of prison on tbe night of the 17th of June. Thomas Kid, Joseph Stanley, John Rollins, and Joseph Phillips, charged on suspicion of having feloniously entered the dwelling house of George fitter, at Hales Owen, and stolen thereout five hams and other property. John Jones, charged with having stolen a quantity of harrow tines, from out of a field at Sweeney, the property of Mr. Thomas Sides.— Also with having stolen several articles of furniture, from Pentrepant,, the property of G. 11. Carew, Esq. Richard Pinches, charged with having stolen a mare, value twenty pounds, the property of- Edward Dolphin, of the parish of Church Stretton. Samuel Watkiss, charged with having committed bestiality with a mare, in the parish of Prees. Thomas Webb, charged with having assaulted George Steed, of Newport, and stolen from him one hat, one stick, and two handkerchiefs, his property. John Edge, charged with having stolen from James Chance, in the parish of Hai'tlebury, Worcestershire, a pocket- book, containing £ 6. 19s. 6d. in bank notes and silver; also with stealing a hat, the property of Samuel Smith. William Jones and Charles Anthony Wade, charged with having, in, the night- time, broken open the cheese- room of Robert Binnell, at Wrocli. ward ine, and with having stolen a quantity of cheeses, a quantity of sheets, a quantity of bacon, and other articles. William Jones, charged with having, in the night- time, broken into the dwelling house of John Morris, of Wellington, and stole therefrom about fifty waistcoats,' eighty silk hand- kerchiefs, six pair of trowsers, six pair of breeches, a five- pound note, a guinea,, a sovereign, about four pounds " in silver-;- and about four pounds in copper. Joseph Thursfield, charged with having, by false pretences, obtained the sum of three pounds from Isaac Taylor, of Shift' nal, innholder. William Hughes, charged with having, in the night- time, stolen, from a field iu the parish of Wellington, two bullocks, the property of Edward Roberts, of Llanuwchllyn, MerioiVfei. h shire. Benjamin Palmer, Benjamin Beard, and Thomas Chatham The said Benjamin Palmer stands charged with the man- slaughter of John Barker, at the parish of Wheathill, and Thomas Chatham and Benjamin Beard stand charged with aiding and assisting therein. William Rowley, charged with having, at the parish of Shiffnal, stolen one smock frock, ofthe value of six shillings, the property of Edward Bethell. James Russell, charged with breaking into the dwelling house of Thomas Nash, in the parish of ( Wilson, and stealing thereout ' Is. 6d. in silver, and some copper monies. Jane Cadman, charged with having stolen one piece of lace, value one pound eight, shillings, and one piece of silk handker chiefs, value ten shillings, the property of William Andrews, mercer, Shrewsbury. Thomas Jones, charged with having stolen, at Shiffnal, from the Prince of Orange Coach, ten dozens of pairs of gloves, value £ 7. 17s. 6d. the property of Messrs. Rogers and Page, , of Shrewsbury. Thomas Elhort, charged wifh having stolen one ewe sheep, the property of James Bradbury, of Drayton- in- Bales. Joseph Wood, charged with stealing a quantity of screws and pieces of iron belonging to a threshing machine, value five shillings, at Drayton in- Hales, tiie property of Samuel Beeston. Elizabeth Lloyd, charged with having stolen a pair of shoes, value five shillings, the property of Richard Parker, of the parish of St. Julian, Shrewsbury. George Amuson, charged with stealing one pick, a quantity of nails, screws, aud other articles, the property of Earl Gower. Richard Davi. cs, charged with having, at. the parish of St. Chad, Shrewsbury, assaulted Mary Caroline Allen, an infant under ten years of age, with intent carnally to know tier, against her will. SAVINGS' BANKS.— The total amount of stock now standing iu the names of the commissioners for the redemption of the national debt, on behalf of savings' banks, is £ 7, S33,359 three per cents, and £ 6,903,229 three and a half per cents. A meeting, numerously and respectably attended, was held at Bridgnorth, ou Wednesday, July 25th, to take this important subject into consideration ; Mr. BAILIFF CLARK in the chair. Mr. CLARK stated, that in consequence of the requi- sition sent to the Bailiffs, requesting them to convene a meeting to take the subject of the Salmon Fishery in the River Severn into consideration, his colleague and himself had appointed the meeting to be held on that day. Mr. WOT. RYCHE WHITMORE said,— Gentlemen, the subject we are now assembled to discuss, is one of considerable national as well as local importance; it relates to the Salmon Fishery of Rivers. In order to lay before yort', in an intelligible manner, the facts of the case, I will arrange niy observations under two heads: 1st, As to the importance of the fisheries in a national point of view, including the means of their preservation and extension ; and 2d, The immediate interest we have in the question before us. I will endeavour to do this succinctly, but as the subject is extensive, and as one essential object of our meeting is to promote discussion upon the question in other places situated on ihe banks of the river Severn, 1 trust you will bear with me if I find it necessary to go somewhat at large into it, and am compelled to occupy your attention for a longer period than I could otherwise wish. That the salmon fishery is a subject of national im- portance, will not, I imagine, require any very laboured proof, when we consider that salmon is not only a delicacy of the table, but a species of food at once nutritious and palatable, that the pursuit of it is not only pleasureable as an amusement, but that it is calculated to afford a valuable addition fo the profitable employment of the poor, and that a species of property in some cases of great value is connected with it. When we reflect upon these things, I am convinced we shall not turn away from the consideration of this sub- ject with feelings of its being unworthy of our notice; or thai if means of extending il can be shewn to exist, requiring some exertion on our part, we shall not be anxious to contribute our mite to so desirable an object. Such means do exist. The attention of the legis- lature has recently been called to tiiis subject; it bas been investigated by Committees of the House of Com- mons, and Mr. Kennedy, a gentleman every way quali- fied for the task, and by whose exertions great light has been thrown upon it, introduced a bill into the House of Commons last Session, the object of which uas to make a general law applicable to tiie whole united kingdom, and give that protection to the salmon fishery, wilhout which, not only can no extension of it be expected, but on the contrary a continued and rapid decline of it may beantieipated. I his bill was given up at the close ofthe session, not because any doubt existed iu the minds of those who bad advocated it, as to its policy or justice, but because considerable Opposition had been raised to it by parties either really interested, or at least considering themselves interested in prevent- ing its passing,. and because the public, the mass of the community, were either indifferent to its fate, or, as is now probable, generally ignorant of the question. The interested few, as usual, raised a vehement outcry, and offered a formidable opposition ; the many, not stimu- lated by fear of loss, or hopes of immediate gain, remained in a state of inactivity, which rendered the opposition, in itself and under all circumstances formidable, in the late instance all powerful. The bill was withdraw n consequently, but with an understand- ing that if the country became fully alive to its merits, and that a'reasonable hope of its being more successful another session appeared, it would be again introduced. This ii is* that* has made me anxious to address you on the subject-.. If you,.. gentlemen, and others similarly situated with yourselves;, concur with me in viewing the question as one in which your interests are to a certain extent involved',- and. if with that feeling you are induced to petition the Legislature, and take other energetic means lo enforce your prayer, I look forward with a sanguine expectation to this question being brought to a favourable result in the ensuing' Session of Parlia- ment. That the bill will again be tried, there can be no doubt. I have reason to believe that Mr. Kennedy will bring it forward ; bul should any accident prevent his doing so, I will undertake that the subject shall he submitted to the Legislature. The success of this attempt will in a great measure depend upon the feeling exhibited by those who have an interest in the passing of such a bill ; if they are active and energetic, 1 enter- tain no doubt of success; if they are indifferent and apathetic about il, the chance of success will be greatly diminished. But it is time to look a little more closely to the subject itself. Yon are aware, gentlemen, that salmon is a sea as wel! as a river fish ; that it passes into fresh water with a view of depositing its spawn and propa- gating its species; like other things it becomes unfit for human food, and in some cases even poisonous, immediately before and subsequent to the performance of this function. Nature thus points out that protection should he afforded to it at such seasons; and we might as well expect partridges and pheasants to continue their breed if killed on their nest, as to expect salmon to do so unless protected at the spawning season, arid enabled to seek those spots which Providence has assigned for this necessary operation. ' Tiie laws now in force were intended to a fiord this protection, but they do so very ineffectually. The period when fishing is prohibited with this view, is called Fence Months, hut owing to these Fence Months being fixed at differ- ent- periods of the year, for different rivers,— owing to the difficulty of preventing poaching, especially at night,— and owing to the little encouragement held out to the residents upon the banks of rivers, other at least than those at its mouth, to enforce the law, the fact is that, inefficient as it is in itself for its object, it becomes nearly a dod letter, and no real protection to the breed of salmon results from it. The Fence Months vary, as I have said, in different rivers : in some cases they are fixed from August to November, December, or Janu- ary, in others ihey do not commence till the period when they terminate in adjoining streams ; the effect of which is, that there is no period of the year when some rivers are not open, and as communication is now easy between all parts of the country, and salmon in the market is not recognizable as being the produce of any particular stream, no adequate means of enforcing the law now exist. The bill brought in last Session contains two essential clauses, one to make the fence months general, begin- ning on the 15th of September, and ending the loth of February; the other to leave all rivers open, free from all obstruction to the passage of fish, from Saturday night till Monday morning; during this interval no nets or other engines were to be set or used. The effect of the first of these clauses would be, that no salmon could be sold in any market during the fence months, and that an effectual protection would thus be afforded; the other clause had for its object the ensuring a certain supply of fish to all parts of the river, as well as to the fisheries at its mouth ; allowing some to pass up to the spawning grounds to continue their breed, and hold out an inducement to the residents on the upper part of rivers, to enforce the laws, inasmuch as by so doing they would ensure to themselves as well as to the proprietors of the lower fisheries, a certain supply of fish. It is obvious such an inducement must be held out to make the law of any value; the spawning grounds are generally high up the rivers, frequently near its source; it is to the residents, in their neigh- bourhood that the execution of the law must be en- trusted, and it is absurd to imagine that any set of people wiil give themselves the trouble to carry a law into execution, unless by so doing they can perceive that they themselves will derive some benefit. All laws in fact owe their efficiency to tiiis feeling, and where it has uo existence the laws themselves are invariably found of no value. This was practically shewn iu a recent instance; an association a few years ago was formed along the whole line of the Severn, wiih a. view of preventing illegal fishing, and very active means vveie adopted to carry this object into effect. Delegates were chosen from the Afferent tow ns situated on its banks, with a view of considering the best means of its accomplishment, and discussing ihe advantages likely to accrue from it. It naturally occurred to the Delegates from the upper parts of the river, that, in return for their exertions in preserving ihe river, some concession should be made by the Gloucester . fishermen in the monopoly they enjoy, and when an honourable friend of mine put the question to ihem, their answer was, " No, we have no intention of relinquishing any part of the legal right we possess." St became'. obvious, therefore, that the sole effect of the association would be to benefit the fishing at ihe mouth ofthe river, aud the association consequently fell to the ground — the result being that illegal fishing has continu- ed unabated ever since. This essential principle is indeed oeuer. aily overlooked ;' the proprietors. of the lower fish- eries have in almost all cases established a monopoly of the salmon fisheries at the mouths of rivers, and, in the true spirit of monopoly, endeavour to grasp at every immediate source of profit, wiihout reflecting upon the consequences of such a proceeding. There is a Case mentioned in I be evidence taken upon this subject which affords an apt illustration of thif position ; as such, as indicative of the principle commonly acted upou hy parties possessed of the lower fisheries, I mention it . in the river Shannon there is a weir extending from bank to hank, for taking salmon ; it belongs to the Corporation of Limerick, and is theirs by law, but subject to one provision, that there shall be three gaps or openings., to allow the salmon to pass upwards. The renter of " his weir thought fit to shut up these gaps; an action was brought against him, aud a verdict obtained by the plaintiff', the effect of which was to remove the" obstructions he had thus illegally inter- posed. This ingenious ' gentleman bethought himself of another contrivance, by which, without contravening the letter of the law, he might evade its spirit. He allowed the gaps to be open, but he placed an object before them to frighten the salmon and deter them from pursuing their course in that direction. It was, as the evidence states, something in the shape of a crocodile or an alligator, painted with very glaring colours so as to frighten the salmon! This crocodile is an apt emblem of the Monopoly Spirit ; a spirit not confined fo the Shannon, but pre- vailing more or less in all rivers, and in none more, as I will presently shew yon, than in the river in which we are most interested. The Monster, ravenotVs of food, seeks to devour every thing within its reach, incapable of reflecting that by so doing it is drying up the very source of its future supply of food. The effect of such a system naturally is, that the breed of salmon in the united kingdom is rapidly on the decline, and will, unless measures betaken fo prevent it, at length be annihilated. I have stated tiiat the bill alluded to established a general time of fence months from Sept. 15th to Feb. 15th, applicable to all rivers in the united kingdom ; and I have mentioned how essential this provision is effectually to protect the breed of salmon; there is however an objection to it, so generally made, and so plausible, that I consider it right to notice it before I pass to that part ofthe ques- tion more immediately applying to this neighbourhood. It is alleged, and with truth, that rivers vary much in respect to the salmon fishery, some being early, and some late rivers, that is, that the salmon pass from the sea much earlier into one river than into another,. and as that is the time when they are in season, it is also the time when the fishing should begin. I have already mentioned the impossibility of an effectual protection to the breed of salmon, unless the fence time is general. F will now show why no injury would be sustained even in the early rivers by its adopiion : the object of the law is of course uot to give the whole exclusive advantage to the lowest fishery, but to extend it generally throughout the rivers; and, viewed in that sense, it will be found that, quite as large a quantity of fish will be taken,- whether the fishing commence a month earlier or a month later; if the river is an early one, and sal- mon have commenced passing up it' for some weeks before the period of fishing begins, the only result will be this, that the whole river will be stocked when it does commence, and that the fishermen throughout its line will have an equal chance of obtaining their share of fish. It is certain that as many g- ood fish will be taken in the river generally, as if they had been stopped by the lowest fisheries at its mouth, but with this differ- ence, the first that have spawned, and are not fit for food, will not be destroyed with the good fish; they will have passed down to the sea, and when their strength is recruited, and they are again what is called 1,4 in season," they will return to the river. The bill fixed the 15th February for the time of fishing; aud in order to shew that it is rather too early than too late a period, I will mention that, from accu- rate observation, it was found in the Tweed, that from the 10th of January to the 1st of February in 1825, of 121 salmon taken, there was only one fish in Reason ; and that between the 1st of February and 1st of March in the same year, out of 44 salmon there were only four fit to be taken. With respect to the period of spawning, with which the passage of salmon from the sea is often confounded, it must be remarked that that begins about the same time in all rivers; it occurs, according to the best authorities, in the months of November, December, January, and February, after which the. keits, as they are called ( that is the spawned fish), return to the sea. Here I will remark, that the prolific power of the salmon is immense. Naturalists estimate that the roe in a full grown salmon contains 17,000 or I8, t) 00 ova. There must, therefore, be a most glaring defect in the law, if iu countries like Great Britain and Ireland, insular in their situation, and intersected by rivers favourable to the breed of salmon, there should be experienced not only no increase; but a very remarka- ble and Serious falling off'. Such is the fact, and it calls aloud for some remedy. In order to give an idea of the prolific powers of the salmon, I will merely state that, arithmetically speak- ing ( without estimating accidents, I mean, or the effect of seasons), 12 salmon would produce as many fry as, when full grown, would supply the London market with all the salmon exported annually from Scotland— the great source of its supply. 184,000 salmon are sent to Loudon from Scotland upon an average iu a year ; and 12 spawners, as I have said, would furnish this supply, if there were no contingen- cies. That there are contingencies every one knows; but making due allowance for then), it. is not impro- bable that. 100 or 200 mother fish would suffice for this large export, if the laws were fixed on more judicious principles, and duly executed. This simple calculation shews of how great import- ance in a national point of view is the salmon fishery of the united kingdom ; it might be expended to a degree which in an estimate would savour of great exaggera- tion. As a proof, 1 will mention the case of ihe river Moy, in Ireland. This river is or was under the i management of Mr. Little, who gave evidence upon the salmon fisheries, and its produce was increased by judicious management from six tons of salmon to sixty tons yearly. Under these circumstances it will be obvious that the lower fisheries will partake, and that largely, of the benefit resulting from a more effectual protection of the breed, and that although ihey may lose something bv not being allowed to take salmon on their first entrance into the river, when from scarcity the price is high, yet that this loss will be abundantly made up to them by the increased quantity they wiil take later in the year. That this would be the case, I entertain no doubt ; but if it were not so, upon w hat possible shew of justice is ii that their interests alone are to be attended to, and that the interests of all others, resident upon the banks, of rivers, forming as ihey do the mass, in comparison w ith the very few so situated, that the many, I say, are to he entirely neglected, and the few only protected ? They possess great natural advantages, which would, under any circumstances, ensure to them nine- tenths of the fishery ; but so voracious and unreasonable is the spirit of monopoly, that not satisfied with this, they endeavour to grasp at the trifling, insignificant pittance which a more equita- ble law would leave to the mass. I fear I have already trespassed too long upon your patience, and as yet I hnve said nothing- about our local interest in this question: to this part of the subject I proceed. Mv observations will now be confined to the river Severn ; I will mention what the law was, and what ii is; and a bare statement of that nature will, I imagine, be sufficient to shew how unjust is the existing law— how entirely the interests of all, except a privileged few, are sacrificed bv it, and how effectually it was calculated to destroy the ancient fishery of the Severn ; a consummation it has completely accomplished. The law by which the fishery of the river Severn was for- merly regulated was the 30Hi Charles M. ; it provided, that the net to be used below Gloucester bridge should not exceed 60 yards in length by 6 yards in depth- from Gloucester bridge to Ripple Lock Stake, on the confines of Gloucestershire, the net was to be 50 vards long and 6 yards deep; the meshes- in all were Jo be two inches ami a half. Under this law, old people teli us, and tradition confirms the statement, there was abundance of salmon in the Severn; it was, indeed as by nature it was intended to be, one of the hest, i!' not the best river in England, for that description of fish ; so great was its abundance, that, accordino' to the old story which we have all heard in our nurserv there was a provision in the indentures of apprentices that they should not dine upou salmon above two or three days in the week ; but, alas! where is the master now rich enough to give his apprentices, I say, not one dinner of salmon a week, but one treat of so expensive a luxury once in a twelvemonth ? If such a public- spirited person be found, one so anxious to keep up the long- famed hospitality of this county, as still to continue the shadow ofa practice formerly so extensive, he must give, not 3d. a lb. for Severn salmon, but 3s.!! How has this change been effected ? Namely, hy the Act of Parliament passed in 1777 ; by ihis Act the length of the net be! ow Gloucester bridge was chano- ed from 60 yards to double the breadth of the river at spring tides and at high water. From Gloucester bridge to Ripple Lock Stake its legal breadth is 75 yards, and above Ripple Lock Stake, that is above Gloncestershire, it continues of 20 yards, except w here there are shallows, when it is allowed to be 40 yards long. The mesh is altered from 2| inches to 1 inch and | of an inch during the months of February, March, April, and May, and 2 inches and i for those of Novem- ber, December, January, June, and July ;— August September, and October being ihe fence months. Nor are these tho whole, or indeed the most objec- tionable, of tl, e provisions of the law as it now stands. The Gloucester fishermen are allowed to set their nets oil Sundays and at night, though above Ripple Lock Stake the setting nets both on Sundays and at night is interdicted. The consequence of this most unjust law is, that almost every fish is stopped below Gloucester bridge, and ihe Severn fishery is nearly confined to that spot. How, indeed, couid it be otherwise? A not, double the breadth of the river at its greatest elevation, is allowed to he down during the whole 24 hours for every, month in the year, except the three 1 have mentioned, namely, A " gust, September, and October!! ! Scarcely a fish can therefore pass, either up or down, without falling into the hands of these amiable monopolists. I feel no doubt that, if it were possible to have a return of the fish caught for a few years before and subsequent to the passing of this most unjust law, we should find a great falling off' in the latter period, even as far as the Gloucester fishery itself is concerned ; and that, with the usual short - sighted uess of monopoly, the framers of the Act had " wounded themselves with the weapon with which they souoht to destroy their neighbours. Indeed, it cannot be other- wise. Their interest is dependent upon the breed of fish in the Severn, and they have taken effectual means to destroy that, as far as depends upon them ; and they have, too, excited such a feelingagainst them through- out the whole line of the river, that no man would be absurd enough to give himself any trouble to preserve it from illegal fishing in parts above their reach, because the only- effect, as I have before stated, would be, to preserve fish not for his own advantage, but merely to swell the gains of an oppressive, an unjust, an odious monopoly. There are some other provisions of this Act, of minor importance perhaps, but of some interest, as evidencing the spirit in which it was passed.— For instance, spear- ing fish is prohibited, but with one. exception, and that again favourable to this highly- protected county of Gloucester— the exception is, as to spearing eels in Gloucestershire". One other provision is, that one Justice shall be enabled to order stakes to be driven into the river Severn above Pool Quay, aud throughout the whole course of the Vvrniew, to prevent any fishing in those parts, solely with a view of protecting the fisheries below : whether this has ever been acted upon or not, I do not know, but I should conceive not. I can hardly imagine any magistrate could be found hardy enough to exercise such an unjust and most hateful power— But whether acted upon or not, it marks, in a decided manner, ihe grasping, monopolising spirit in which the Act was framed. Here one cannot but pause to enquire how such an Act ever could pass— what the towns and counties, in and through which the river Severn runs, could have been about while such a bill was under the considera- tion of the Legislature? This question I am unable to answer. The probability is, that it was, as too fre- quently happens, smuggled through the two Houses of Parliament, without the parties interested in it being a ware of what it contained. However that may be, the time is now arrived when we can no longer tolerate its continuance. Public rights are now too well understood, and monopolies aie too clearly seen through, to allow of arguments which formerly were successful any longer to prevail ; the intelligence of the age is happily such, that it is only necessary to drag a law of this kind into publie gaze, at once lo expose it to such feelings of indignation and contempt as are the sure preludes of its repeal. It only requires this subject should he brought fairly before the Legislature to ensure a triumph over its most ob- noxious features, and this, Gentlemen, if assisted by you and others like yourselves, situated on the banks of the Severn, and interested in this question, I promise to do. Tt will he objected, perhaps, that this is an attempt to overturn vested rights, and those feelings in favour of the security of property prevalent in this country,— feelings laudable in themselves when confined within reasonable limits, but morbid and diseased w hen called forth in support of monopolies, by ihe operation of which the rights of the public have beew invaded, and the interests of the thousand have been sacrificed to the grasping spirit of the one ;— these feelings, I say, will be invoked in favour of the existing law. If such should be the case, my answer is, that ours are the vested rights ; that from time immemorial, down to the passing of this law, the Severn was a free river. Free it is by nature ; free it continued until the Gloucester fishermen, in an evil hour for themselves and those interested in the river, persuaded the legislature to pass the odious law of 1777 ; so odious indeed, so manifestly opposed to all right, and all justice, that the only way to account for its passing, is to suppose that the few only with whom it originated could have known its provisions. We are ihe party injured— ours are the rights invaded; we have a claim to the protection of ? he legislature which no argument can invalidate, and no sophistry render doubtful. A remedy for ihis griev- ance will be found iu the bill I have before alluded to, if passed into a law; aud there are various reasons whv it would he desirable to obtain redress through such means. In the first place, the general nature of the measure would render it so much more effectual than ariy local regulations; besides, it would be a consider- able satisfaction to reflect that at the time we are guarding our individual rights, we are also securino- the real Interests of the public in as far as they are implicated in this question. There is another consideration, too, of some import- ance : a local Act would be attended with considerable expense to the parties interested in it— a general one is carried through at the public charge. Under all these circumstances I conceive there can be no doubt that our object should be to aid, by all the means in our power the passing such a bill in the next Session of Parlia- ment. All that remains for me now is, to propose, that a Committee should be formed in this town, whose object it should be to watch this question ; to communi- cate with other parties interested in it; to disseminate information upon it ; and to urge the formation of similar committees in all the towns on tlie banks of the Severn. Before the meeting of Parliament, it. shonld prepare a petition in favour ofthe general measure. I beg to move, that the following gentlemen consii- tute the committee : — Mr. Whituiore, Sir T. Jones, Mr W. W. Whitmore, Col. Gatacre, Mr. W Browne,' Mr Foster, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Farmer Taylor, Mr. Bod- < 1 ingion, Mr. Botterell, Rev. T. Dethick, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Williams, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Josh. Sino-, Mr' Harding, Mr. W. M'Miehael, Rev. T. Rowley, Mr] Deeton, Capt. Shipley, Mr. Sparkes, Mr. Jesson, Mr Grierson. Mr. G. Llovd, Mr. G Nock, Mr. G. Pierpoint Mr. W. Oakes, Mr. T. Roe, Mr. W. Corser, Mr. Gh. ze, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. James Shipman, Mr. Cox Mr j' Sing, Mr. J. Brown, Mr. W. Hill, Mr. J W M-' Michael, Mr. J. Longmire, Mr. J. Trevor, Mr] Bangha m. The Empire cf Napoleon Bonaparte. What but the arm of Providence could have scattered, with the suddenness of the fall of a billow, the power of the French empire? Past and gone as it is, even its memory is appalling. Its actual limits were scarcely defined by a line drawn from the Baltic round the shores of the Continent, along the Pyrenees, and from the Pyrenees round Italy, to the dominions of the Porte, Naples alone excepted, as under the nominal sovereignty of Murat. But the virtual Empire also comprehended Switzerland, the Confederation of the Rhine, and a crowd of minor princedoms; thus constituting a dominion of 800,000 square miles, and 85 millions of people ; the fifth of Europe in territory, the half in population; and in site, fertility, and military means, immeasurably overmatching all that re- mained. The actual population of France, and the provinces united to its territory, vvas 42 millions, in the centre of Europe. As the origin of this stupendous dominion had been conquest, it was still ruled by the sword. The prime mover of the great machine was an army, unexampled in numbers, still more unex- ampled in equipment, discipline, and habits of war, aud deriving yet higher distinction from the fame and talent of its leaders, and, above all, of him who was the master and soul of all, Napoleon. The list of this vast accumulation of force is a document that belongs to the history of its founder. The tiiiftl amount of tlip Frpncli nrmy uas 850,000 men. The army of Ibilv, lltnler Engenp 50 000 — of tlic Grand Dnchy of Waisaw, and other Poles of Bavaria of Saxonv „ f Westphalia.. — of Wiriemberg; of Baden of the Confederation of the Kliine 23,000 Prussian Anxiliaries.'. 20 000 • Austrian Auxiliaries 30,000 The Army of Naples 30,000 capital in flames was the funeral pile of Napoleon's empire. The retreat through the wilderness in- flicted the last horrors upon the invading- army. What the sword could not reach, the storm, in its rage, extinguished. " The stars in their courses fought against Sisera." Napoleon's death- blow was now given. » The campaign ofthe following year was only a despairing effort to recover Germany. The great battle of Leipsic in 1813, crushed invasion for ever, and drove the French behind the Rhine, lu 1S14 France at length felt the horrors of war. The vassal sove- reigns threw off their reluctant allegiance, and joined the Allies. A succession of sanguinary battles led the invaders to Paris; and Napoleon, dethroned and exiled, was the prize ofthe war. His return in 1815— the sudden gathering of armed Europe to crush him— the fate which reserved him to sink at Waterloo, and to be dragged in triumph at the chariot wheels of England— his final exile— his ab- ject love of life, and his obscure end, are among the most striking remembrances ofa history, that is less the narrative of human action than the unveiling of the march of Heaven. The result of this long series of vicissitude was to place the universal crown, torn from the brow of France, on the brow of England. The defence of the true principles of the great Com- monwealth of Nations, Liberty, Justice, and Religion — Ihe display of a political firmness that nothing could corrupt or shake— seconded by a heroism that nothing could overcome, made her the fitting de- positary of an influence to which all nations pay open or implied homage. On the grave of Napoleon, Rebellion seems to have died ; the energies of nations have returned to the cultivation of peace ; the moral, hke the physical soil of Europe, no longer encum- bered with crime and blood, is beginning to yield the products ofa wise and tranquil industry. To the general eye all is full of the promise of perpetual calm. Yet there are mysterious threatening??, that may well keep the eye of the Philosopher and Christian strongly turned to that loftier region in which the changes of human things are born. A moment may cover the earth with clouds, and break up the slumbers of mankind with a visitation, to which all the past was peace ; a tempestuous developement of power, in which the strength of men will be withered and scattered like forest leaves before the blast, and the final ends of punishment and mercy be wrought upon the world. ® l) t mnl\ t of WXtllinqion. 60,000 40,0( 10 30,0( 10 30,000 15,000 9,000 1,187,000 Deducting from these for sickness, fur- > |., ugh, & c \ 387,000 There remains the overwhelming multitude of eight hundred thousand soldiers, in the highest state of preparation for war. At the head of this host, the wildest vanity might almost be forgiven. But Napoleon's was the iron tongue of rherciless and insulting tyranny. He declared himself " forced to assume the DICTATOR- SHIP of the World." To Fouche, who had ventured to remonstrate against the Russian war, his sullen answer was,—" My destiny is not yet accomplished. There must be one Universal European Code, one Court of Appeal; the same money, the same weights and measures, the same laws, must have currency through Europe. I must make one nation out of all the European States, and Paris must be the capital of the world !" He had climbed to his height of power — if his eye could have then reverted to the long ascent behind him, what a vision lay there—- what mingled scenes of victory and ruin— of armies over- whelmed, and thrones cast down— of baffled heroism aud magnificence soiled and scattered— Europe at his feet. But a sterner strength than that of man was now upon him. He must advance, and his next step was from a precipice. Napoleon, at the head of three armies amounting to 470,000 men, assailed Russia on a frontier of six hundred miles. The Russian troops, commanded by Barclay de Tolly, were 260,000. The narrative of this campaign is imperishable. It displayed in the noblest light the gallantry of the Russian troops, and the patriotism of the Emperor and his people! The burning of Moscow was a sacrifice to which history has 110 rival. But it was rewarded. The Who has forgotten, or who ever can forget ihose times,— when, day after day, the roar of artillery was heard, and men almost ceased to ask why it sounded; when the announcement of a fresh victory came upon us, almost wilhout exciting a sensation, so thoroughly had our great General accustomed u's to conquest ? And who was like the Du'ke of Wellington' then 7 The favourite and friend of his Sovereign, the idol of the people, the object of piaise and almost of adoration to the public press,— there was no epithet too graaudilo q- uent to be heaped upon him, no applause too great for him to receive. The youngest boy who had the good fortune to be present, will never forget that day of days, when, covered with well- earned orders, and modes! Iy conscious of his own merits, he came to receive in per- son the thanks of the House of Commons. We k now not which party was the most to be admired, the collected representatives of the nation, when, on ilie entrance of the great warrior, they made the old walls of St. Stephen's ring with their shouts,— or the gallant soldier, collected as in the battle- hour, standing vvith the flush of proud satisfaction on his cheek, to receive the thanks and plaudits of his fellow- citizens. Can it be, that these same walls have since listened to the voice of calumny and insult directed against the man who was all that a nation could desire her son to be, and mightier than monarchs on their thrones ! England was now at peace, and that peace she owed, and confessed that she owed, chiefly to the sword and genius of one man. But the peace was more nobly won than prudently preserved. Napoleon retired from the stage like a player between the acts of- a tragedy, and appeared again, to bring his part to a close. Then too it was, that not England only, but all Europe, looked to the Duke of Wellington for protection. The Duke was not backward in returning to his post. Though the army entrusted to him came not up, by many degrees, either in numbers or composition, to that Which he had led so frequently to glory in Spain, he hastened to put himself at its head. We need not repeat the results. Waterloo is fresh, and will long continue to be fresh, in the memory of mankind*.. It placed England insecurity ; and it added this last and greatest triumph to the glories of Wellington, that he who had overthrown the most skilful of Napoleon's lieutenants, found an opportunity of overthrowing Napoleon himself. The Duke of Wellington has on all occasions shown himself to be the friend of order, and the real lover of his country. A Tory by principle,— a genuine, upright, ' honest- hearted Tory,— he has stood by the throne when it seemed most in danger; and disdained to flinch from his.- dfitv, though that duty was far from being an easy- one. When that unfortunate woman, Caroline of Brunswick, arrived to trouble the nation, who bore with a better grace the hootings and insults of a mob, or more fearlessly and tenaciously kept the road which honour and loyalty pointed out to him ? Our sentiments of veneration and love for George the Fourth are well known ; — but we must he permitted to say plainly, that the Prince who can forget that time, or be cajoled into r> n estrangement from the mjjn who then so stoutly befriended him, is not what we believed, and still believe onr beloved Monarch to be. But we are treading upon painful ground, and must tread lightly. It is hardly necessary for us to state, that the very name of the Duke of Wellington carries with it, and must carry with it, more weight, in all the cabinets of Knrope, than the names of the whole of his Majesty's present Ministers put together The calling into ex- istence of the New World, wonderful as. that act of individual creation was, appears, we will venture to assert, at. Vienna, Petersburgh, and Paris, as a mere drop in the bucket, when compared with the deliverance from thraldom of the Old. Even the spirited occupation of Portugal by full five thousand men, must attach to the reputation of him who caused it, infinitely less of the terrible, than attaches to ihe reputation of the warrior who won the same Portugal from the legions of Buonaparte. And if we look elsewhere, it may at least admit of a doubt, whether the people of Paris are likely to stand so much in awe of a man, whom they recollect to have seen mingling in the Jacobinical clubs of the Palais Royal, as they do of him who hurled the Usurper from his throne, and conferred upon them once more the blessings of social order and a regular government. Yet is this man excluded from the councils of his Sovereign, that those may enjoy power, whose principles, if they have any principles, are all opposed to the private feelings of the King, and the welfare ofthe country. The Duke of Wellington has been accused of base ingratitude, in resigning not only his seat in the Cabinet, but his sit nation as Commander- in- Chief. This singular charge has been met in so many quarters already, that we wiil not pause to refute it at length ; but. we would simply ask, wherein his guilt of in- gratitude lies? Has his Grace received one reward from his King or country, which lie has not fully merited ? We answer, No ' Had it been possible to heap upon him honours tenfold greater in number and dignity than any which he now enjoys, the services which he has rendered to the nation would not have been repaid. But granting, for argument's sake, that he had been rewarded above his deserts, does this furnislrany reason why he should hold an office, which must unavoidably bring him into continual contact with a Minister whose political principles he abhors? Is any man, in any station, bound in honour, or by his allegiance, to fill office whether lie will or no? If lhe case be so, we are in a worse plight than the people of Algiers or Constantinople ; for there, though men may be arbitrarily deprived of their appointments, they cannot be made arbitrarily to hold them. But the accusation is as groundless as it is contemptible. The Duke of Wellington behaved, in this instance, as he has behaved in every other, with the nicest and most sensitive honour. He could uot continue about the person of the Sovereign, because he would not have it supposed that he was capable of seeking that by indi- rect means, which could not. be obtained directly Resides all which, the voluntary surrender of £^ 0,000 a- year, is uot an act which a bad man is likely to perform. We have said nothing of the Duke's services as Ambassador at Paris and Petersburg!!, nor of the wisdom of his geueral proceedings as long as he had a seat, in his Majesty's councils. It is not necessary that we should. All who are so placed as to obtain a peep behind the curtain, know, that, as a statesman, the Duke stands second to no man in England. He may be without the eloquence of n Canning, or the plausibility of a Huskisson, — but in clearness of judgment, compre- hensiveness of intellect, and soundness of reasoning, he stands alone. The country has lost one of its ablest ouides in losing him from the helm. FREE T5ADS. Tn reviewing the recent speech of Mr. Huskisson, which has been published by the Right Hon. Gen- tleman in the form of a pamphlet, Blackwood's Magazine contains the following observations:— 14 The annual increase of a population of twenty millions is very considerable ; and trade, revenue, & c. ought to increase in proportion. The annual increase of population in our Foreign possessions is consider- able; and this ought to produce a proportionate in- crease of trade, & c. at home. Before these u improve- ments" [ the Free Trade system] were made, Irade, wealth, and revenue rose rapidly on the average for two or three years; tlieir increase was greater in pro- portion than that of population. If they have not increased more rapidly in proportion in the last two years, than they increased previously, tlie chabges have not been improvements. If they be now no greater than they were three years ago, notwithstanding the increase of population at home and in the colonies, the changes have been the preventives of improvement; and if they be depressed and declining, the changes have been, not improvements, but destructive evils. "•' And now, what are ibe answers which official documents, glaring facts, the evidence of everv man's eves and ears, arid universal belief, furnish to our questions? They are, that during the operation of these " improvements," trade has been in bitter suffer- ing— every interest has bpen distressed — the revenue has declined— the necessity for npw taxes has been created — the working classes have been in the greatest misery—' he community has been filled with animosity and strife— vice and crime have fearfully increased — individual wealth has been seriously diminished—- and the best interests of the empire have sustained grievous i nj u rv. " These are the answers— the appalling answers, the truth of which no man can question. It is matter of demonstration, that the " improvements" had the chief share in producing this stale of things, and that they render a continuance of it — allowing for occasional fluctuations — certain. It is matter of demonstration, that the repeal of the Combination Laws must be a continual source of insubordination and guilt— that the abolition of the Navigation Laws must keep the Ship- owners in loss and distress— that the admission of Foreign Manufactures must, in several trades, deprive the master of adequate profits, and keep the workmen in penury and wretchedness— that the change in the Corn Laws must ruin farming as a profitable trade, and keep the agricultural population in poverty and suffer- ing— that the change in the Currency must annihilate property and the value of labour — and that all this must make a mighty increase to ignorance, vice, and crime. Changes having such consequences may be called " improvements" by Mr. Huskisson — they may be called so by the whole Ministry — the House of Commons may vote them to be so ten thousand times by ac- c'amation—- the two Houses of Parliament may make solemn oath that they are so — the whole country may asseverate the same— and still we will assert that they are not improvements. The infamy of calling that " improvement," which has operated like a pestilence on public prosperity, and filled the land with bank ruptcy, hunger, and misery, shall never sit upon us aud " In despite of Mr. Huskisson and his worshippers, we maintain that never were the interests of any civilized country more wantonly spnrled with by ignorant and imbecile quackery, than those of this country have been sported . with in the last few years. His own acts confess it. Every change has operated so injuriously, that he has revoked it as far as practicable, and as far as ihe avoiding of an open confession that it was unjustifiable would permit him. " At the outset of his pamphlet, Mr. Hnskisson makes an unmeasured attack upon a Noble Lord,- for'certain opinions uttered by the latter respecting him in the House of Peers, lie states, he has been watching the conduct of this noble person for thirty- five years, and derides what he calls his theories. In this he acts verv unwisely. It compels people to look at his Own conduct for the last thirty- five or forty years— toexatnine the " theories," of which he was so passionately enamoured, when he was a French Cluhbist, in the days of the French Revolution— and to ask by whafc impossibility it happened, that one of the French Jacobins became a member of an English Tory Ministry, aud the cabinet colleague of such men as Lord Liverpool and Lord Eldon. It compels people to observe, that when his present " theories" came into practice, the country was in great prosperity, and that ever since it has been in deep distress." THE MINISTERIAL PRESS. [ From Ihe Leeds Intelligencer.] If we look to the Press of the United Kingdom, there is not a Journal in the metropolis, or in the provinces, ( with the exception of the Courier,) now advocating the cause of the exisiing administration, that had not previously exerted all its energies against the principles and the measures which have hitherto governed and raised England to the highest pitch of exaltation, The only additional exception that can be named is the decided support of the last war with France, for which the Times was distinguished throughout the struggle. The part, however, taken by this paper since the peace, is fresh in the recollection of the nation, and it is accordingly ihe appropriate organ of the Whig portion of Mr. Canning's cabinet The Times has also the credit of a consistent adherence now to the course it pursued for so many years past, and'on Saturday at oncc proved true to itself and to the real views of the party recently come into power. On that day it made an extract from an article in the number of the Edin- burgh Review, just published, and thus criticised the writer's anticipation of a democratical revolution in the United Kingdom : " We think the author is somewhat hard on the representa- tives of our great and ancient families. They would scarcely, even under the worst of circumstances, be so completely desti- tute as lie supposes. Those who have learned to write, might earn a gxdnea a week as Court newsmen, and the unlettered grandees might make stable boys or grooms : while here and there one of a higher genius might aspire to the rank and fortune of head gamekeeper or principal huntsman." It is worthy of notice en passant, that there is more point in the above allusion to Court newsmen, than may occur to the general reader; for it is a fact known to few out of tlie " profession," that the actual Court newsman of London is a French Emigrant, who sought an asylum in England from the revolutionary massacres of his native land, and receives one guinea per week from each of the daily papers, for the " circular" of fashionable news which he supplies! The sentence, therefore, which Mr. Canning's mixed administration has denounced against ihe British nobility is, that they shall experience precisely the same butcheries, confis- cations, and degraded poverty, as the Aristocracy of France, after the execution of Louis XVI. and his Queen, & c. It. is needless to proceed farther in illustration of the maxim with which we set out, as regards the character of the present government, and the priuciples of a leading part of the Press with w hich ministers are con- nected. The Edinburgh Review and the Times have not changed their tone or their doctrines since the accession of the Whigs to office, except to render both more violent, from the consciousness of uttering the sentiments of his Majesty's advisers. We are, there- fore, to look, not only to the past, but the present opinions of those journals, and in them behold the destinies of the kingdom prepared for by the counsellors of George IV. In other parts of the country similar results are ob- servable. In Manchester and Leeds the present minis- ters are landed to the skies by the very newspapers which lived hy exciting disaffection among the working classes in every past period of commercial embarrass- ment, and putting in jeopardy the property of the higher ranks as well as the liberties and institutions of the nation, by inculcating savage projects of insurrection under ilie mask of radical reform. Have these, incen- diaries changed their feelings or their objects ! Cer tainly not. The only change is in the government, where a truly radical revolution has indeed taken place ; evidence of w hich is supplied by the support it receives from such acknowledged engines of sedition. REPTILE.— An adder of the black species, mea- suring two feet five inches in length, with ten live ones in its belly, averaging the length of five and a half inches each, was killed one day in the past week, by Mr Randle Harding, of Wolves Acre Mill, near Whitchurch. The corporation of the city of Dublin have refused the freedom of that city to the new secretary, Mr. Lamb The compliment of giving the secretary the freedom of the city is one so ordinary, that this exception is the highest slight in the power of the corporation. BANKRUPTS, JULY 31. Nicholas Isaac, sen. of Marshfield, Gloucestershire, maltster.— Thomas Bell, of Liverpool, grocer.— Thomas Barnes, of VViitersham, Kent, linen- draper,— Thomas Haw ley Lacon and Thos. Aquila Dale, ol Liverpool, iron- founders. — James Win- dow, of Craig's- eourt, Charing- cross, agent,— David Bryce, of Liverpool, cabinet- maker. SHREWSBURY: PRINTED A'ND PUBLISHED BY " WILLIAM EDDOW ES AND JOHN EDDOWES, CORN- MARKET. 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