PMNTED MY W. SC J. EBBOWE^ COM^ MABKJET, SITOEWSMJIRY* This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXIV.— N0' 1751.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1827. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. TURNPIKE MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of the Welling ton Division of Watling- Street Turnpike Roads will he held at the Hay- Gate Inn, in the Parish of Wrockwardiue, on Wednesday, the 5th Day of September next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to audit the Treasurer's, Clerk's, aud Surveyor's Accounts, & c. By Order of the Trustees, THOMAS PUGH. AUGUST 6TH, 1827. EDSTASTON HOUSE, NEAR WEM, SALOP, Late the Residence of Sir T. Noel Hill, S£ o tic Set, furntefjeif, FOB A TERM OF YEARS, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY. rjpiiE 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 Weill 2 Miles, Whitchurch 7, aud Salop 12. For further Particulars enquire of Mr. THOMAS . IRELAND, Wein. The Tenant will have tbe Privilege of Sporting Over several Farms abounding with Game. Megs t> y auction. SALE AT HALSTON OF HIJNTE1RS, BROOD MARES, fre. CORDIAL BAMQt DH mwm^ } V. A KB J. EDDOWES, SHREWSBURY, Have just received a large Supply of DR. LAMERT'S CELEBRATED CORDXAXI BALI OF ZURA; OR PIKEN1X OF LIFE, AND GRAND RE- ANIMATOR OF NATURE: A most convenient, safe, and infallible Remedy for Nervous and Asthmatic Disorders, Inward Wast- ings, I. owness of Spirits, Loss of Appetite, Pal- pitation of the Heart, Oppression of the Breust, Trembling or Shaking of the Hands or Limbs, Mental or Bodily Decay, Seminal Weakness, Dimness of Sight,, Obstinate Coughs, Shortness of Breath, Impaired Memory, Consumption, In- digestion, Sick Head Ache, Frighlful Dreams, Pains or Wind in the Stomach, and all Constitu- tional Complaints. THE BALM OF ZURA is notrecom- mended indiscriminately for every Disease inci- dent to tlie Human Frame ; but for that Class of Diseases which is termed Nervous, it is an absolute Specific; there is rarely a Deviation from Health in which it will not afford Relief. It is to be considered that Nervous Diseases constitute one- third, or perhaps a greater Proportion of the Disorders to which we aie liable ; it has, therefore, been indisputably proved that the Balm of Zura invariably operates on the Nerves, producing the most desirable and sanative Effects, and is of the greatest Service to every one of those Cases for which it is recommended ; it may be given to the tender Infant, Ihe pregnant Femaie, and palsied old Age, with Safety and Efficacy, hitherto 1111 paralleled in the Annals of Medical Discovery, being a Medicine which will keep in all Climates. Dr. Lamert has the Satisfaction of submitting the following extraordinary Cure performed by his invalu- able Medicine : On the Friday in Wrexham Race Week, at Ilalston, in the County of Salop, WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, fS^ HE whole ofthe EACEKS, BROOD & MARES, HUNTERS, and COLTS, belongin io JOHN MYTTON, Esq. Particulars will appear in a future Paper, HALSTON, AUGUST 7TH, 1827. WELLINGTON. FREEHOLD PROPERTY. BY POOLE AND SON, At the Bull's Head, in Wellington, on Thursday, the 30th Day of August, 1R77, nt 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 theseveral Occupations of Thomas Yardlev, M'Cleary, Joseph Lawley, 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 tbe East End ofthe Bowling Green, in the several Occu- pations of William Taylor aud Ann Buffery, 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. LOT IV. A large WAREHOUSE, with Stable and Pigstye, adjoining to Lot2, in theseveral Occupations of Morris Ellis, William Taylor, Cliarles Webb, and Edward Houlston. This Lot and Lot 3 will he sold subject to the Life Interest therein of a Lady who vfrill 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 Sillitpe 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, iu 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 TEN EMENTS, situate in the New Street, in the Occupation of John Hughes and John Corbet. t. 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. DEAR SIR,— Having been a long lime afflicted by tbe following complaints : viz. a violent pain- in the back, weakness of the chest, and nervous debility of the whole system, which prevented me following my usual employment. Prior to my addressing you, I had the advice of the Faculty at Plymouth and Tavistock ; but instead of any beneficial results, I daily grew worse, Having been induced, from the number of cures you daily performed in this and the surrounding neigh- bourhood, to make applications to you in the year 1823, when I received vour advice to continue with your celebrated BALM OF ZURA. I did so-, and found myself ( in the course of three weeks) enabled to work as well as ever I did in my life, to the astonish- ment of my friends and those who knew me ; for which I return you my most grateful thanks, and send you this letter for publication, that the afflicted may reap the benefit of your celebrated Cordial Balm of Zura, which I consider superior to anv Nervous Medicine offered to the public. I am, Sir, with thanks and gratitude, your obedient servant, THOMAS DODGE. Milton, Abbott, near Tavistock, May 17,1825. Extract, of a Letter, dated June 23,1823. SIR,— Having sold all the Medicines you left with me, I will thank you for an immediate supply. Had you left me ten times as rnfich I could have sold it all, the demand is so great in our neighbourhood. I have had an excellent account of it from many very respect- able persons of Ihe good it has done. A woman came the day before yesterday to purchase another bottle of it, and stated that her husband had been confined to his bed six months, and was g'iven over by the Faculty ; but by taking a large bottle, he is so recovered as to have been down stairs three times, and has no doubt but he will be a living testimony to the Efficacy of the BALM OF ZURA. I conld repeat many more in* stances, but that I am pressed for time. I am, Sir, your's, & c. S. D. Agent at Helstone. GUY'S EXP OS ST OH, SECOND EDITION. Just published, handsomely printed in a new bold Type on fine Paper, and neatly bound, price Is. 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A KEY to the Arithmetic, wilh Solutions of the Questions given at Length, and in the most approved Sclmol Form of Working, with numerous Examining Questions added. Price 4s. Cd. bound in blue and lettered. f| HHE Commissioners in a Commission of ii- 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, Denier and Chapman ( deceased), intend to M EET on the 30th Day of August, 1827, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at tbe lied Lion Inn, in Newport, in the said County, in Order to Audit the Accounts of tbe Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt under tbe said Commission, and to receive the Proof of Debts under the said Commission. R. FISHER, Solicitor to tbe Assignees. E Commissioners in a Commission of i*. Bankrupt bearing Date the 15th Day of January, 1817, awarded and issued forth against WILLIAM TURNER, late of WHITCHURCH, in tbe County of Salop, Architect, Dealer and Chapman ( deceased), intend tn MEET on the 31st Day of August, 1827, at Eleven o'Qlock in tbe Forenoon, at the Red Lion Inn, ' n Newport, in tbe County of Salop, in Order to make i DIVIDEND of the Estate and EfTects of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors who have not already. proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded tbe Benefit of tbe said Dividend, and all Claims not then proved will be disallowed. R. FISHER, Solicitor to the Assignees. IFIBHIMHIDIME) lESTTiliriEo BY TOOLE AND SON, At the Crown Inn, Bridgnorth, on Saturday, the lst Day of September, 1827, between the Hours of four and six o'Clock iu 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 County 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 102A. SR. 18P. 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 Jerniughain 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. AH 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 Lot 1, now let in several Gardens, containing by Admeasurement OA. 2R. 28P. or thereabout, be tbe same more or less. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises ; and further Particulars maybe had by Application lo RICHARD EMERY, Esq. Burcott; Mr. RIDDING, Soli- citor, Coal brook dale ; Mr. PINCHES, Maltster, Wel- lington; and THE AUCTIONEERS, Way House, near Gloucester. SIR,— It is with infinite pleasure and gratitude that I have to acquaint you with the success of your truly n valuable Cordial ' Balm of Zura, in a case of extreme and confirmed debility. I had but little faith, I must candidly confess, in any thing, having tried for the space of three years almost every remedy that I have seen advertised, but without the least effect; but nothing can exceed the rapture that overwhelmed mo, on experiencing such an instantaneous effect as followed the very first dose of your inestimable Medicine; and long before I had finished two of the lis. bottles, I felt so completely renovated as to excite the wonder and astonishment of all my friends. I absolutely appeared to them as one who rose from the grave by miraculous interposition. Never, my dear Sir, can I hope to make any returns to you for the health ( through the blessing of Providence) conferred upon me, but as a living reporter of your transcendant skill in the application of the Cordial Balm of Zura, to cases of such distressing and confirmed debility as mine. If this can be of any service, you are at liberty to make use of my name and address, for the benefit of others, and, " though last not least," accept, respected Sir, the humble tribute of a heart deeply imbued with gratitude, and abounding with every good wish for you here and hereafter. From your's, truly, J. B. COX, Clerk, Late of St. John's College, Cambridge. JUNE 26,1824, SIR,—- The- many unfortunate sufferers who daily fall a sacrifice to the affliction I have so long laboured under, induces me to make the following public state ment of my own. I am 35 years of age, and about seven yeais since was afflicted in the following almost indescribable manner:— A disordered stomach, harsh and consumptive cough, hoarseness, shortness of breath tightness on the chest, weakness of both sight and memory, debility of the whole system, proceeding, no doubt ( as I must confess you at first sight informed me) from that baneful and solitary vice too often acquired a schools, before reason asserts her rights over the mind Prior, however, to addressing you, I had the first advice of the most eminent of the Faculty, who, whether they were ignorant of my case ( as I must acknowledge T was at first ashamed to own so disgraceful a disease), or any other cause, the medicines they prescribed availed not in the least to remove my complaint. After having placed myself under your care, although a mere skele- ton, and by friends advised to refrain from such a plan yet with the apparent ease you Undertook my case, it gave me more hopes than I had ever before experi enced, and with heartfelt thanks do I now public, 1 acknowledge, that after being under your care only two months, and continuing the use of your invaluabl CORDIAL BALM OF ZURA, such is the present state of my health, that I feel iny whole constitution renovated, and my general system of bodily infirmity restored to the animation of invigorated Strengtl Accept, dear Sir, the heartfelt thanks of one who is indebted to you for that greatest of human blessings, health; and that you may ever enjoy the same, is the sincere prayer of your attached servant, J. M. TENBURY, NEAR WORCESTER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at tbe Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury, through Ellesuiere, in the County of Salop, to Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, called or known by the Names of Overton and Hanmer Gates, Cock Bank Gale, and Muslev, Maesgwaylod and Red Hall Bars, and Wynn- stav Gate, will be LET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at tbe Bowling Green, in Overton, on Thurs- day, tbe 30th Day of August next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon; and that the Tolls arising nt the Cotton Hill, with Harlescott Side Gates, and at the Stockett Gate upon tbe same Turnpike Road, and also at the Hardwick Gate upon tbe Turnpike Road lead- ing from Ellesmere to Oswestry, will be LET BY AUCTION lo tbe best Bidder, at the Bridgewater Arms, in Ellesmere, on Friday, the 31st Day of August next, at Eleven o'Clock in Ihe Forenoon, in the Manner directed bv the Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the ourth " For Regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced tbe last Year the undermentioned Sums, above tbe Expenses of collecting the same, and will be put up at those Sums respectively : — Overtnn and Hanmer Gates, with the Cock Bank Gate, and Musley, Maesgwaylod and Red Hall Bars £ 806 0 Wynnstay Gate 161 0 Cotton Hill and Harlescott Side Gate 502 0 Stockett Gale 280 0 0 Hardwick Gate, with Tetchill and Favern Gwynt Side Gales 63 6 0 Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay oue Month iu Advance ( if required) ofthe Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of tbe said Turnpike Road, for Payment of the Rent agreed for, at such Times as they shall appoint. R. MORRALL, Clerk to the Trustees. ELLESMERE, JULY 16, 1827. Tbe Balm of Zura is prepared only by Dr. LAMERT nnd Sold Wholesale and Retail, at bis London Medica Establishment, in Bottles al 4s. 6d.; lis. ; and £ 1 ; lis. Bottle contains three at 4s. 6d. and thai at £ 1 si Times as much, whereby is a Saving of 7s. Duly iu eluded. Two Hundred Guineas Reward. Whereas the supreme Efficacy of, and unparalleled Number of Cures performed by, ibe celebrated Balm of Zura, iu Ibis aud the adjoining Counties, superadding to ils eminent Distinction Ihe Sale of 1000 Packages per Mouth, have presented a powerful Temptation lo fraudulent Persons, who palm upon the Public Notic some spurious Imitations ; Dr. Lamert, therefore, offe a Reward of 200 Guineas lo be paid on the Apprehe sion of any Person or Persons counterfeiting the Cord Balm of Zura ; and also a further Reward of 50 Guineas will he paid for sucb Information as will lead to tbe Discovery thereof. SOUTH DO WN RAMS. BLUCK informs his Friends and the E • Breeders ill general, that he intends to com- mence shewing his Sheep for Letting on LUDLOW FAIR DAY NEXT, aud to continue every Monday during the Season, in tbe Sheep Pens, Ludlow. LUDLOIV, AUGUST 10TH, 1827. Cleobury North and Ditton Priors District of Roads. MOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Trustees of the above District of Roads in- tend to MEET at the Town Hall, in Bridgnorth, on Thursday, . the 30lh Day of August Instant, at tbe Hour of Eleven in tbe Forenoon, in Order to consult about taking down and removing tbe present Toll- Gate nnd Toll- House at Ditton Priors, in the parish of Ditton Priors, iu ihe County of Salop, and erecting a new Toll- Gate and Toll- House, with Out- offices and Conveniences suitable thereto, between Ditton Priors' and Ihe River Rea, on tbe Ditton Priors Turnpike Road, in the Parish of Ditton Priors ^ foresaid. SAMUEL NICHOLLS, Clerk to the Trustees. Catstree, near Bridgnorth, lOiA August, 1827. 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J OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that ™ flie Turnpike TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates upon the Newport Division of tbe Turn- pike Road leading from Whitchurch, through Teirl- hili, to Newport, in tbe Countv of Salop, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, aud in the Event of the Tolls not being Let by Auction, then by Private Tender, at the Dwelling House of Mr. William Liddle, called the Red Lion Inn, in Newport aforesaid, oil Monday, tbe ,17th Day of September next, between llie Hours of Eleven in the Forenoon and Two iu the Afternoon, in the Manner directed bv tbe several Acts of Parliament passed for the Regulation of Turnpike Roads ; which Tolls produced the last Year tbe Sum of £ 608, above the Expenses of collecting. The best Bidder must ( if required), at the Time of Meeting aforesaid, pay One Month in Advance ofthe Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and ot the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of tbe said Road, for Payment of the Rent agreed upon at such Times and in such Manner as they shall direct. R. FISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. Newport, 13th August, 1S27. MONTGOMERYSHIRE, NORTH WALES. To be Sold by Private Contract, RPHE LEASE of a desirable PROPERTY, JL situate in the Parishes of LLANWNOG, PEN- STROYVED, TREFEGLWYS, and LLANIDLOES ; compris- ing a commodious DWELLING HOUSE, called the PARK HOUSE, delightfully situated on a pleasing Eminence, and commanding picturesque and exten- sive Views; with a FARM HOUSE, called THE FRITH, and 500 Acres of superior Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, within a Ring Fence, surrounding the Park House; and 184 Acres of LAND, lately set out under the Powers ofthe Arustley Inclosure Act. 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Nervous and Hypochondriac Complaints are much more prevalent in Europe than is generally imagined and attended with many dreadful and alarming Symp- toms, which certainly claim Assistance, aud not, as is too generally the Case, Derision or Contempt. The tender Female, by Nature destined to be the Preserver of the human Race, is yet liable to many natural Indispositions, which often render her Con- dition truly wretched ; and those who have resided in hot Climates, and are emaciated, or labour under a continual Drain of Nature, whereby tbeir bodily Strength is not only exhausted, but also their Vigour and Vivacity impaired, will meet with a friendly Monitor in this small, though important Publication. This Publication is likewise expressly designed to warn Youth from falling into a delusive and destructive Habit that fascinates the Senses, destroys the Health and Spirits of its Votaries, and renders them feeble and inactive for Life. ( Cjf* Upwards of 100,500 Copies have actually been sold of u Solomon^ s Guide to Healthas certified under the Hands of the Printers;— a Number so un- commonly large must be the best Criterion of the Merit of the Work and the Approbation of the Public. Sold by Messrs. W. and J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury, and all Booksellers. Greek and Enylish Lexicon. In a large Vol. 8vo. Price 16s. 6d. Boards, QCHREVELIUS'. S GREEK LEXI- Translated into English, with numerous ^ CON. Corrections, and with many new Words added. Fo the Use of Schools. London: Printed by A. J. Valpy, for Baldwin, Cra dock, 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 the best Authors, which have been collected in all Phraseological Works hitherto published ; for the more speedv 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. l5s. bound. 2. ANALECTA LATIN A MAJORA ; contamin Selections from the best Latin Prose Authors, with English Notes, & c. exactly on the Plan of Dalzell's Analecta Gracca. 8vo, Price 10s. 6d. bound. 3. CARDS of EUCLID; containing tbe ENUNCI A'NONS and FIGURES belonging to the Propositions iu the first Sixth and Eleventh Books of Euclid's Ele ments, which are usually read in the. Universities Prepan d for the Use of Students in Geometry at the Universities and Schools. By the Rev. J. BRASSE late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Price 5s 6d. in a Case. 4. The SAME in a BOOK, for the Use of Tutors, Price 4s. 6d. 5. ARCHiEOLOGI A GR^ CA; or, the ANTI QUITIES of GREECE; being an Account of ti Manners and Customs of the Greeks; designed to illustrate the Greek Classics by explaining Words an Phrases according to the Customs to which they refer, & c. & c. By JOHN ROBINSON, D D. Recto Clifton, Westmoreland. A New Edition, entirely re composed, and illustrated by a Map of Ancient Greece, and numerous elegant Cuts, in 1 Vol. Svo. Price 17s. ^ alejs auction. SHROPSHIRE. Valuable INN,) Cottages, and Land. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION^ BY MR. THOMAS JONES, At the New Inn, near Westfelton, in tbe Countv of Salop, on Tuesday, the 25th Dav of September, 1827, at three o'Clock in tbe Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lot or Lots as shall be agreed upon at tbe Time of Sale, aud subject to Conditions then to be produced : LOT I, \ LL that well- accustomed INN or Pub- A lie House, called THE NEW INN, together With tbe Brewhouse, Stables, Coach- llouse, extensive Yard, Garden, Orchard, and about Twentv- two Acres more or less) of most excellent Arable, Meadow, aud Pasture LAND thereto belonging and adjoining, situate near tbe Village of WESTFELTON aforesaid, now IU tbe 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 aud six Miles from the latter Place. The London aud Holyhead Mail and two Coaches pass Ibe House twice every Dav. The House and Build- lug. ha ve been erected within the last 15 Y^ ears, are in excellent Repair, and are extensive and commodious. The Stabling is capable of accom- modating at least 25 Horses, and the Coaeh- House, Buildings, and Yard are in every Respect suitable, and well adapted to tbe Purposes of an Inn. The Lands are of tbe best Quality, and in an excellent State of Cultivation. LOT II. All those Two newly- erected COTTAGES, situate near to Lot 1, with Ihe Gardens Ihereto belong- ing, now iu the several Holdings of Richard Edwards and John Humphreys. Possession of tlie whole of the Premises may be had at Lady- Dav next. The Tenants will shew tbe Premises in tbeir respective Holdings ; and further Particulars mav he known by applying at the Office of Mr. PUGH, Solicitor, Oswestry ; or lo the Auctioneer, at Kuockin ( if by Letter, Post- paid). PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS. A Medicine prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR. TO ALL THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WORLD, For tbe Cure of the Venereal Disease, the King'i Evil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from Impurity of tbe Blood. WESSEL'S JESUIT'S DROPS, And Specific Remedy. TH E Genuine JESUIT'S DROPS have been long known, and esteemed a safe, cheap, effectual, and often an immediate Cure for Stranguary, Gleets, Weakness of Ibe 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 necessarv to lake the SPECIFIC Remedy with tbe Jesuit's Drops. Purchasers are particularly requested to ask for JOSEPH WESSEL'S Jesuit's Drops, and to be careful that a Preparation under tbe Name of " Dr. Walker's Drops," is not imposed on them iu the Place of the Genuine, which is distinguished from the Counterfeits by having on tbe Government Slump, JOSEPH WESSKL, St. Paul's. These Drops are in Bottles of 2s. 9d.— 1 Is.— and 22s. The Specific is 2s. 9d. per Pot. Sold hy W. nnd J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury; Small and Roberts, Ridgway, and Procter, Drayton; Webb, Wellington; Whittall, Evans, Massey, and Oseland, Ludlow ; and all Dealers in Medicine. NNHE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are JL so well known throughout Shropshire, and indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, and without the Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled in their Effects. And their Efficacy has been attested in numberless Instances ; many of them on Oath before the Magistrates of Shrewsbury; thus establishing their Pre- eminence over the Nostrums of ignorant Quacks, and over the more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Cases of FEMALE DEBILITY, TURN OF LIFE, and anv other Affliction of the Body arising from a changed or viti. Hed System, the PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS may be relied upon for a certain and speedy Cure. N. B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv- ing- System of Diet: he allows his Patients to live like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman's Drops. These Drops are to be had in square Bottles wi{ h these words moulded on each, " Mr. Smith's Ploughman's Drops" ( all others are spurious) at £ 1. 2s. the large, and lis. the small, Duty in- cludeCf, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL,' Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. and J. EDDOWES, and Cook- son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge ; Partridge, Brido- north • Griffiths, Ludlow; Waidson, Welshpool; Price Os! westry ; Baugh, Ellesinere ; Evauson, Whitchurch ; Procter, Drayton ; Silvester, Newport; Holmes No 1, Royal Exchange London; and of all Medicine Venders. FOR BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, AND HABITUAL COSTIVENESS, DR. JEBB'S STOMACHIC APERIENT PIXiXiS, Prepared from a Prescription of the late Sir Richard Jebb, M L). AND PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KING. rglHESE 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 to all others in remov- 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 be made use of. These Pills are extremely well calculated for those Habits of Body that are subject to be Costive, as a continued use of them does not injure but invigorates the Constitution, and will be found to possess those Qualities that will remove a long Series of Diseases resulting' from a confined State of the Bowels, strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, aud be of distinguished Excellence in removing Giddiness, Head- aches, & c. & c. occasioned by the Bile in the Stomach, or the ill Effects arising from impure or, too g- reat a Quantity of Wine, Spirits, or Malt Liquor. Persons of the most delicate Constitution may take them with Safety in all Seasons of the Year; and in all Cases of Obstruction arising from Cold or other Causes, where an opening Medicine is wanted, they will be found the best cordial Stimulant in Use. Prepared and sold, Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes at Is. lid. 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, by the sole Pro- prietor, W. RIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Drayton, Salop. To prevent Counterfeits, each Bill of Direction will be signed with his Name iu Writing. Sold Retail by HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury ; Morgan, Stafford; Bradbury, and Beeston, Wellington; Sil- vester, Newport; Edmonds, Shiffnal; Gitton, Bridg north; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle; Jones, Aberyst- with ; Rathbone, Bangor; Williams, Carnarvon; Jones, Welsh Pool ; Roberts, Oswestry; Franklin, Wem; Baugh, Ellesmere; Evansor>, Whitchurch; Beilby, Knott, and Beilby, Birmingham; and all other respectable Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. May be had, Wholesale Sc Retail, of Mr. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church Yard ; and Butler and Co. 4, Cheapside, London, 73, Princes Street, Edinburgh, and 54, Sackville Street, Dublin; and of Mander, Weaver, and Mander, Wolverhampton. FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD ESTATES A, YD MINES, AT TEDSTILJ.,, NEAR BRIDGNORTH. BY JOHN DAVIES, At the Swan Inn, in Bridgnorth, on Saturday, the lst Day of September, 1827, al 4 o'Clock in tiie After- noon, in one Lot, or tbe following, or sucb other Lots as may be agreed on al the Time of Sale ; LOT I. \ LL that newly- erected Freehold Messu- ' * age or Farm House, with the Garden, Orchard Meadow Lands, & Appurtenances thereto belonging' situate at TEDSTILL, io the County of Salop, with the valuable Mines nf Coal and Ironstone, hud other Mines and Minerals iu and under tbe same, containing 65 Acres or thereabouts, in the Occupation of Mr. R". S. Giles, or his Undertenants. LOT II. All that. Leasehold Messuage or FARM HOUSE, with Ihe Bams, Stables, Outbuildings Orchard ( capable of producing 30 Hogsheads of Cider annually), Garden, Lands, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate at THDSTII. L aforesaid, containing 101 Acres or thereabouts : and all that Freehold Messuage or MEESE PLACE, with the Garden, Lands, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, ad! joining the said Leasehold Property, containing 26 Acres or thereabouts, with the valuable Mines of Coal aud Ironstone, and other Mines and Minerals iu and under the same, in the Occupation of Mrs. Giles or her Undertenants. The Leasehold Part of Lot 2 is equal to Freehold being held for an unexpired Term of about 750 Years, subject only to a nominal Rent of one Penny. — Lot 2 is subject lo a Modus of nine Pence in L eu of Tithe Hay.— The whole Estate lies in a Ring Fence, and the Mines are now working to some Extent. Tedstill is in the Parish of Chetton, and is delight- fully situate within a short Distance of the Turnpike Road leading frnm Bridgnorth to Cleobury Mortimer and commands an extensive View of the surrounding Country. Tbe Estate is distant 44 Miles from Bridg- north, 9 from Cleobury Mortimer, 11 from Kidder- minster, and 16 from Ludlow. **•* Tbe Occupiers will shew the Premises • and for further Particulars apply to THE AUCTIONEER, at Stourbridge; oral Mr. FISHER'S Office, in Newport where a Map of tbe Estate may be seen. SHROPSHIRE FREEHOLD ESTATES. To be peremptorily Sold by Auction, In LOTS, in tbe Months of September or October next, under a Decree of tbe Court of Exchequer iu a Suit between WILLIAMS and otliers, Plaintiffs and SAI. USBURY and others, Defendants ; SEVERAL CAPITAL MESSUAGES TENEMENTS and LANDS, of Ihe first Quality ( late the P roperty ot HUGH BULKKLBY OWEN of Tedsmore Hall, Esquire, deceased), situate in ' the Townships of llAUGHTON and SUTTON, in the Parish of WESTFELTON, in the County of Salop, at about equal Distances from ihe Towns of Shrews- bury, Oswestry, and Ellesinere, containing in all about Four Hundred and Forty- two Acres divided into compact Farms, in the several Holdings of Thomas Byolliu, Thomas Vaughan, William Brook- field, Edward Brookfield, Edward Windsor, Thomas Humphreys, John Evans, John Minshall Thomas Brookfield, aud Richard Parry, at moderate'Rents The above Property is intermixed wilh or adjoins to the Property of Bulkeley Hatchett, Esq. Thomas Bulkeley Owen, Esq. Ihe Hon. Thomas Kenvoii William Owen, Esq. and other Landed Proprietors. ' Further Particulars will soon be published iu the Shrewsbury and other Newspapers, and ill the menu Time Application to be made to Messrs. CLARK RICHARDS, and MEDCAJE, Solicitors, lug, Chancerv Lane, London; or to Messrs. WILLIAMS, EVANS HORNE, and WILLIAMS, Solicitors, Denbigh- at whose respective Offices Maps of the Estate mav be LONDON. It is with the greatest satisfaction, we announce to the country, that his Grace the Duke of Welling- ton has accepted his Majesty's gracious offer of the Command of the Army. The communication, we understand, was conveyed to his Grace ( who is now in the country) hy the Marquis of Ang& sea. The Noble Marquis returned last night with his Grace's answer, signifying his acceptance of the proffered dignity. We are convinced this communication will be received by all classes with uuraixeeS pleasure; for there has never been a second opinian as to his being the ouly man in whose hands lliaS high trust should be reposed.— Courier. Mr. Herries yesterday received from the King the seals as Chancellor of fhe Exchequer. There are many good grounds for congratulation in this appointment. Mr. Herries is an able man ; he is a Protestant; and he is, with the exception of Lord Lyudhurst, beyond comparison the most iniJependent- tninded and the most honest man in the cabinet.— Standard. The Marquis of Hertford has arrived in Loudon from Russia soower than was expected,, in conse- quence of the death of Mr. Canning, intimation of which reached him in Germany, where he had intended to remain for some time. At the Court held on Friday at Windsor Castle, Viscount Goderreh kissed hands as First Lord of the Treasury ; aud Mr. Herries was sworn in of the Privy Council, preparatory to his accession to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord William Bentinck went through the same ceremonial ai Governor General of India; and the Duke of Port land was declared President of the Council. It was afterwards determined that Parliament 3hould be prorogued to fhe ' 25th of October. The French Papers contain official intelligence from Lisbon to the 1st instant, which states, that the disturbances in that capital had been completely put down, and that it was now quite tranquil, owing to the firmness of the Princess Regent, and the adoption of certain measures recomnienddtl by the Count da Pont*. It seems that two cavalry regiments had shewn symptoms of disobedience, and had mainly participated in furthering the oonfusion which the popular excitement had created. The Priucess Regent, however, notwithstanding the ap- parent tranquillity produced by the measureresorted tn, had procured a body guard of British Lancers for the protection of her person. It was " understood that the Ex- Minister Saldanha was about to embark for London. Letters from Bucharest speak of the preparations making by the1 Turks to repel foreign invasion, which th'e Porte is said ( o regard as inevitable, in . consequence of the determination to allow of no interference whatever in her affairs. These pre- parations are represented to be on the most extensive scale, as if it were felt that the conflict, whenever it . may come, must be fought with all the might of the Empire, lest it should terminate its existence. The Pachas at the head of governments and provinces are described as moving Tn every direction to raise or inspect new levies, and to have them taught the European exercise, for which purpose tftey are attended by European officers. Bosnia and Bulgaria are said to resemble a vast camp, antl- the provisions ofthe Treat" of Ackerman to have been violated by the re- occupation of Moldavia and Wallacftia, and the return of Turkish troops to the left bauS of the Danube. If this be the case, the danger which the Porte apprehends may indeed be realised. The domestic news in the Paris Papers gjives an account of a public transaction which reflects disgrace on the administration of the French nation. Il is Ihe opening and approval of the tenders made by various firms to contract for the management of the Gaming Houses, which are not only tolerated, but authorised iu the French metropolis. By the magnitude of the amounts offered ( upwards of six millions of francs), it will be evident to what an extent this most destructive vice must, under such circumstances, be carried. We observe by the papers which report the proceedings of the courts, that his lordship the Lord Chancellor in vain attempted to get through business in his court by prolonging his sittings a few clays later, or meeting the bar, on the next sitting after vacation, a few days earlier than usual. The gen- tlemen of the bar peremptorily refused to accede to such an arrangement. The proprietors of lands in and bordering upon Cranbourne Chase have empowered a committee to purchase of Lord Rivers his rights and privileges therein. His Lordship is to receive an annuity of £' 1800 to be charged upon the estates ofthe owners of the soil. The bargain, however, is to be void should the committee not be able to obtain an Act of Parliament authorising them to enclose and dis- franchise the Chase. The outer bounds ofthe Chase, claimed by Lord Rivers, extend about 100 miles. The present stock of deer is said to be about 15,000, • who, occupying wood lands and open pastures, in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Hampshire, in and con tiguous to the Chase, in times of scarcity of food, make inroads into the surrounding lands, destroying the turnips, and at all times doing great injury to the corn. The sole right to these animals is vested in Lord Rivers. The lands on ordinary occasions, subject to damage, are said to amount to from 30 to 40,000 acres, namely, 7,000 wood lands, 10,000 sheep downs, and from 15 to 20,000 cultivated lauds. Much of the wood lands is capable of high cultiva- tion, were not that forbidden by Ihe Chase Laws. The quantity of timber brought to maturity is very small, as Ihe young saplings are generally broken or damaged by Ihe deer.— The morals of Ihe villagers are likewise said to suffer greatly from the practice of night hunting, and other means of clandestinely killing the deer. The surrounding parishes are fuil of men who. make it the chief means of support. The Chase is said to be maintained at a great expense to Lord Rivers— as, provided the deer were all sold, it would not cover the expenses of keepers, fences, & c.; whereas a large quantity of it is distributed by his Lordship to Ihe gentlemen and freeholders of the counties connected with the Chase, and by far the greater part is either stolen or perishes in the hard winters— If the disfranchisement ofthe Chase could be brought about, an immense quantity of additional land would becultivated, by which means, increased employment would be furnished to many hundred persons, who, in consequence of the insufficient de- mand for labour in these counties, are reduced to great straits in the winter season. The Duke of Wellington attended the Blandford races last week. As soon as his Grace was recog- nized on the Down, cheers resounded from all quarters, and he appeared highly gratified with the scene, shaking hands with many who pressed for- ward for the purpose. [ From the London Packet.'] The Duke of Wellington has yielded to the repeated and urgent solicitations of the King to take the command of the army. It need scarcely be explained lhat this step ou the part of his Grace does not, in the slightest degree, pledge him to support the present ministry. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, it will be remembered, retained this office under all the changes of administration, from 1795 until the day of his lamented death, with the. exception of a brief interval in 1809, wheu his Royal Highnesses retirement was unconnected with any ministerial considerations. The sentiments of the Duke of Wellington cannot be more repugnant to those of any ministry, than were the opinions of the Duke of York to the principles of the Whig administration in 1806. But though the Duke of Wellington docs not, by taking the command of the army w hich he has so often led to victory, embark himself politically with ministers, his acceptance of the trust now fully confirms the statement of his motive for retiring, given by the illustrious noble- man in the House of Lords on the 2d of May :— We have been accused," said his Grace, " of forming a conspiracy for the purpose of embarrassing Ihe councils of tbe Crown. My noble friend, the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster, was amongst the number of those who, at the same time with myself, sent in our resignations— though he has since been in- duced to return to the service of his Majesty ( hear, hear, and laughter]. That noble lord', if there was a conspiracy, is as open to the accusation as I atn— nor could grounds for such a charge have existed without his privity. Now, I call upon that noble lord to come forth, and state,, whether or not there were any such proceeding ou our part, or any intention of the nature : implied, with reference to the formation, of a new government. My lords, I have no fear of contradic- tion' on that point from hini. It has been asserted elsewhere, bur, whatever quarter it comes from, I hesitate not to pronounce it a foul falsehood. ( His Grace then read the letter which he had addressed lo bis Majesty, tendering his resignation, and proceeded to say) — Wheu I retired, T did so under the full per- suasion that it would be impassible for me to remain in office consistently with a sense of public duty— in fact, that, filling the office of Commander- in- Chief, I must be in constant communication with the ministers ofthe crown, and even with his Majesty himself— that, no change could be made in the constitution of Ihe army, iu the nature or objects of its service, without that mutual understanding and cordial co- operation, which in circumstances such as my relation to the present government would necessarily place me, it would be visionary to hope for." It was the impossibility of acting upon ua mutual- understanding and wiih a cordial co- operation" with the party which had first tricked and then traduced him ; and not the political difference between them, however strong, that determined the Duke to retire. The party is rio more, and the obstruction has vanished with him. SHROPSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZE.— Our Assize ter- minated on Saturday evening; when in the case of " Lloyd v. Passingham," ( Humphreys being only the nominal defendant,) the Jury reversed the decision given at a former Assize; and another Special JSry, in the case of" Morris Davies," also reversed the Verdict given in the latter case at our last Assizes.— A singular case of alleged conspiracy was tried before Mr. Justice Littledale on Wednesday, in which an endeavour had beeu made to implicate several most respectable individuals, and in justice to their characters, we have devoted a considerable portion of onr columns to the case.— The Judges left Shrewsbury on Saturday evening, on whidi day the Commission was opened at Hereford by Mr. Sergeant Peake. On Thursday last, an inquest was held at Llyncllys turnpike, near Oswestry, on the body of Mr. Aitchison, of Plas Ucha, who was thrown from his horse when returning from Oswestry Fair, the night preceding,— Verdict, Accidental Death. Several horses have lately been lost from this vicinity, Shropshire, and Radnorshire, doubtless stolen by part of a gang who periodically visit this part of the kingdom, and almost invariably succeed in eluding pursuit, and carrying off the animals to some distant place, where they are disposed of.— Hereford Journal. Wolverhampton Races, Tuesday, Aug. 14. The Chiliington Stakes of 10 sov. each, for Iwo- vear- olds, was, won ( with ease) by Mr. Myilon's b. c. Halslon hy Banker ( H'liitehnuseJ, beating Mr. Heard,- orth's b c. by Master Henry, out of Lady Caroline. The Hunters' Slakes of lOsov. each, wiih 20 sov. added, was won ( at 2 heats) bv Mr. Peel's b. g. The Counsellor, fi yrs. ( SpringJ, beating Mr. Wilkins's b. c. Jerry, by Tagus, and Mr. Firehild's br. in. My Lady, aged. The Darlington Cup of 100 sov. added to a Subscrip- tion of 10 sov. each ( three miles), was won by Mr. Ilolyoake names br. c. Ruxton, 4 yrs. 8st. 21b. ( Arthur J, beating Mr. Gitfard's . ch. ' e. . Leviathan, 4 yrs. 8st. 51b. and Mr. Mytton's eh g. Euphrates, aged, 8st. 111b.— This was a capital but most tremen- dous race, being contested to tbe very utmost, and it was won oiily by half a neck. The winner was rode by Arthur, Leviathan bv Lear, and Euphrates by Wfiiteliouse. By ihe unexpected result of ibis despe- rate contest, large sums of money have beeu lost, and the same horse bears off the Tradesmen's and the Darlington Cups. The Stand Plate of 50 sov. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each, for horses, & c. that never won £ 100 at one time, was won ( after three well contested heats) by Mr. Cook's b. m. Maid of Mansfield ( Spring), beating Mr. Beardsworth's h, e. Chesterfield, Mr Gitfard's b. c, by Ambo, and Mr. Howard's br. f. by l'hilo. On Thursday, Mr. Green ascended in his Balloon, from Crowley's Wharf; aud descended safely iu the neighbourhood of Enviile. KINGTON RACES. THURSDAY, August 16, a Stakes of 3 guineas each, will! 20 added ; It) subscribers. Mr. Bach's Georgiana 6 2 11 Trooper...,, 15 2 2 Tenhnry Lass 3 I dr Josiah..' 2 3 dr Henry ( illy 4 dr Another 5 no where. MONEY. THE several Sums of £ 7000, £ 5000, and £ 2000, ready lo he advanced upon approved Security.— For Reference apply to the Printers of this Paper. LAW. \ I7" ANTED, bv a Young Man, a Situa- 7 7 fiVm as CLERK. He has been in Offices of extensive Practice in London, See. and can undertake the Conveyancing and Bankruptcy Departments, or assist generally. Any olher eligible Situation would he accepted. Good References can he given.— Address ( Post- paid) to J. P. at the Office of this Paper. PEAKE & CO.' S New TEA and COFFEE Warehouse, CASTLE- STREET, OPPOSITE PRID E. HILL. paid. MORTGAGE SECURITIES RANTED for £ 14,000 — Apply to Mr. FtsHEtt, Solicitor, Newport; if by Letter, Post- € i) e Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1827. Shropshire Sunday School Society, in Aid of the Sunday School Society for Ireland. RJHHE SUBSCRIBERS and FRIF. NIIS to Js. this Society are respectfully informed, that an ANNUAL MEETING will assemble at the TOWN HAM., in Ibis Town, on THURSDAY, the 30th Instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, when a Depu- tation from the Parent Society in Dublin will alteud lo address the Meeting on ihe proposed Object of lhat excellent Society ; which is, " To promote the Establishment, and facilitate the conducting, of Sun- day Schools in Ireland, hy disseminating tiie most approved Plans for the Management of such Schools, and by supplying them with Spelling Bonks, and Copies ofthe Sacred Scriptures without Note or Com- ment, either gratuitously or at Reduced Prices." The Right Hon. the Earl of RODEN, President of Ihe Parent Society, has been pleased to signify his Intention of presiding on this Occasion. R. PHAYRE, Secretary. SHREWSBURY, 14TII AUGUST, 1827. A CARD. r|^ HE Subscriber, being impressed with M Sentiments of Gratitude for past Favours, takes this Opportunity of returning his most grateful Ac- knowledgments to tbe Inhabitants of BARMOUTH, for their kind and liberal Assistance rendered tu him iu saving the Brig LESLIE, Gault, and Cargo ( from Saint John's, N. B.), stranded in the Entrance of this Harbour on the 28th of March last, and during the whole Disaster he has never known one Instance of any Person being disposed lo pilfer, or in any otherwise act dishonestly ; but, to ihe contrary, has received every prompt and friendly Assistance from the princi- pal inhabitants, w hich will he long remembered and most gratefully acknowledged. GEO. WOODS. BARMOUTH, NORTH WALES, AUG. 16, 1827. Wasps— How to them. JPQSTfl LUND OK, Monday Night, Aug. 20, 1827. PRICES OF FUNDS AT Red 3 per Cts. 88$ 3 per Ct. Cons. 874 31 per Cents. — 34 prr Cents. Red. 95jf 4 per Cents. 1826, | 03J 4 per Cents. 1011 TIIE CLOSE. Bank Slock 214 Long Ann. 20 1- 16 India Bonds 94 India .. Slock — ; Ex. Bills CO Cons, for Acc. 88|[ Doctor Pett, a Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Tutor to the late Mr Canning, will fill the vacancy in the Episcopal Bench, occasioned hy the death of the Bishop of Carlisle. It is not, yve believe, intended that he should succeed to the latter See, as there will probably be a move, and Dr. Pett will come in at the end.— Courier. His Grace the Duke of Wellington will resume the Command of the Army, the moment the patent appointing- him Commander- in- Chief is made out. Iliy Grace's late lesig- natiou was virtually a cancelling' ofthe former patent. Thomas Peregrine Courtney, Esq Secretary of 1he India Board, will, it is understood, succeed Mr. Herries, as one of the Joint Secretaries of the Treasury. The Duke of Cumberland passed through Ghent on the 15th, coming from. Germany. After bieak- fasting with Professor Ryekere, his Royal Highness proceeded on " his journey to England. Letters received from Marseilles state, that intel- ligence had been received at that port ofthe arrival of Lord Cochrane in the Archipelogo; he had 26 Bail of vessels under his command. BIRTH. fTn Saturday last, at the Mount House, in this town, Mrs, Whitehursty of a daughter. MARRIED. On Thursday,- at Eecleshall, George Grey, Esq. eldest son of Commissioner the Hon. Sir George . Grey, Bart, to Anna Sophia Ryder, eldest daughter of the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. On the 6th iust. at Stoke- upon- Trent, Mr. Thomas Martin, of Wrine Hill Mill, Staffordshire, to Miss Cope, of The G reaves, near Woore, in this county. DIED. On Thursday, last, at Broom hall, in this county, deeply lamented by her relations and friends, Martha, ihe wife of 11. P. Tozer Aubrey, Esq. and youngest sister of the late Richard Aubrey, Esq. of Clehonger, in the county of Hereford. On Saturday last, Richard Littlehales, Esq. of Marlow Lodge, near Ludlow. On'the 13th instant, Mrs. Griffiths, wife of Mr. Griffiths, currier, Oswestry. On the 14th instant, at Market Drayton, Ann Bradbury, aged 19; and on the 19th inst. Elizabeth Bradbury, aged 22. On the 6th instant, in her 54th year, sincerely regretted, Mrs Jones, of the Elephant and Castle Inn, Dawley Green. On the 10th inst. Mr. William Barnett, jun. of the Plough Inu, Wellington. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. William Vaughan:— House- Visitors, Alr Eaton and Mr. Vaughan. Additional Subscription towards Re- building the Salop Infirmary. Thomas Jones, Esq. Strand, London... £ 15 0 0 Additional Donations for the Relief of the Cot- tagers '( sufferers by lightning) at Uppington. Rev. E. Meredith, Newport ....£ 1 0 0 Mr. Williams, Ketley Hill 0 10 0 M r, and Miss Edwards, Wrefcin I 0 0 A Lady 1 0 0 Mr. Barber, fl'alcot 0 10 0 Rev. J. E. Compson 0 5 0 STORM-— A tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, rain and hail, visited this town and vicinity on Friday last; and on the preceding day a similar terrific storm was experienced at Welling- ton, and in that neighbourhood. We regret to say, that two horses, the property of Mr. Taylor, of Hay Gate, were killed by the lightning, a stack of barley, and a waggon load of barley, the property of C. Scott, Esq. of Eyton, were also destroyed by the electric fluid. Application has been made for the Shrewsbury Yeomanry Cavalry to assemble on permanent duty on the 2d of October, for eight days. The Rev. J. Marsden, late of this town, has been appointed by the Wesleyan- Methodist Conference to Worcester, in the room of the Rev. J. Hicklin, who is removed to Newcastle. The Annual Meeting of the Subscribers and Friends to the Good Samaritan Society was held a few days since at St. John's Chapel, in this town. From the report published we learn this society has, during the year, relieved 128 poor persons with the sum of £ 44. 8s. 6d.; and in distributing this sum the visitors paid 540 visits.— We are happy to ob- serve, there is only a balance of a few shillings due to the treasurer; and we sincerely hope the funds of this excellent institution will be replenished, so as to enable its conductors to meet the pressing calls ofthe poor and needy, during the winter, with that readiness which has al ways marked their conduct. On Sunday night last, James Jones, William Jones, Charles Wcate, John Jones, John Edge, George Amisson, Thomas Jones, and John Cliff, convicts under sentence of transportation for seven years, were removed from our county gaol, for the purpose of being conveyed to the Dolphin hulk, at Chatham, pursuant to their sentence.— At the same time, Jemima Webster, convicted at the March Assizes, and sentenced to be transported for life, was removed, in order to be conveyed to Woolwich, put suant to her sentence. Committed to our County Gaol, Thomas Owen, charged with stealing wearing apparel and other articles, the property of Robert Cherrington and Richard Perry, of Tong: and James Griffiths, charged with stealing a waistcoat, at the parish of The More. GARDEN ROBBING.— Extracts from one of Mr. PeeVs late Acts— Section 42.— And be it enacted, that if any person shall steal, or shall destroy or damage with intent to Steal, any plant, root, fruit, or vegetable production, growing in any garden, orchard, nursery ground, hothouse, greenhouse, or conservatory, every such offender, being convicted thereof before a Justice of the Peace, shall, at the discretion of the Justice, either be committed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, thereto be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned or kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding six calendar months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen or the amount ofthe injury done, such sum of money, not exceeding twenty pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet; and if any person so convicted shall afterwards commit any of the said offences, such offender shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, being- convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished iii the same manner as in the case of simple larceny [ FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] The present season, which yields a great produce of fruit, is also remarkable for the quantities of wasps. I have for many years been trying various ways of destroying them, and 1 have always found, that 3d. or 4d! squibs ( as they are called, or something like them) is the best means of taking their nests. I have recently taken seventeen! negts in one night, twenty- three more in t.\ vo other nights, and altogether about seven dozen; all within half a mile of my garden, but most of them a great deal nearer to it. I find that the best way of making the squibs is thus, and the plau shbuld. be minutely attended to, or the result may be very different. The more particular directions therefore are printed in italic, by way of distinction. Take strong cartridge paper, and cut one sheet into; sixteen pieces, supposing' the sheet . to' he ailfout twenty two. inches by about' seventeen inches and three quar- ters, and making each piece about eight inches and three quarters long by two inches and three quarters wide, roll and past ® each piece round a smooth rod of brass, iran, or hard wood, of five- sixteenths inch diameter, and tie up oue end of the cartridge with a string, or double it up, and secure it with sealing wax. The cartridge papers being prepared, put in the " blast'' or slightly exploding part, made of one eighteenth part of an. ounce of rock, powder pounded,, and- shape it well down Without ramming; fill up the case with a quarter of an ounce of meal powder, which is to be made with eight ounces of rock powder finely pounded, two ounces of sulphur finely - pounded, and three ounces of charcoal ( or candle coal, called kenel coal) finely pounded : the ingredients of the meal pow- der should be very well mixed, and made' to- pass' through a sieve of fine brass, such as is used in a dairy. The meal / powder should be well shaken down into the case, but not rammed down. The top of the case is to be furnished with good touch paper, one piece inserted loosely, and another piece wrapped round and fastened with a little sealing wax. The touch paper should be made of one part of rock powder pounded, one part of saltpetre founded, and about four parts of water: in this mixture the touch paper ( or blotting paper ; not sized) should be immersed and saturated, and when dry it is fit for use. Of course the paper case should be dry before filling it. The materials for the case and ingredients will cost about one farthing for each squib, but 2d. or 3d. each may be fairly charged by any person who takes the trouble of making the squibs carefully. One of these squil> s is generally sufficient for taking a nest, but sometimes more; for if the hest is in a contrary direction to the entrance, which often happens, the first squib may not reach the nest, which is usually found between one aHd two feet from the entrance. A stick of two or three feet in length should be furnished With- d piece of an old yun or pistol barrel, five or six inches long in the clear, for receiving the squib and forcing it into the hole, ( or a slighter ferrule will answer for slight explosions,) and the squib will burn from a quarter to half a minute: some little time, there- fore, may be allowed for killing or maiming the wasps which are seen at the entrance and thereabout, and the squib should on that account be held at about a. foot distance, and opposite to the entrance, for some seconds of time, and then forced as far as it will go into the hole. A small clod or; tuft of grass should be got ready to stop the hole,, as soon as the squib is put in. The ingredients are calculated to smother the wasps more than to kill them by an explosion, so ' that, rock powder is used in a greater proportion than would be necessary if fine gunpowder were adopted. Wasps' nests are usually of a spherical form, and sometimes, larger thjH* f « jjfiyol diameter. If the squib his- a good effect, the nest may be.;, taken out entire by the hands, provided vvith strong gloves, and then broken and crushed with a spade and some water. The other accompaniments proper for taking wasps' nests are a lantern, two or more candles, spade, pick, short screw for drawing the cartridge paper left in the barrel, and at least three persons. The wasps will recover from their suffocation, but there is generally plenty of time to complete their destruction in the manner above- mentioned, without, the least danger of getting stung. 1 have offered the use of the tools to a person who will probably undertake to make the squibs, and in that case he will speedily give publicity to his intention; for there is no time to be lost in taking wasps' nests, unless the fruit of this season is to be given up to them. Several of the nests which I have takah this autumn were in the hedge banks of a turnpike road, where. they had been pelted by some passen- gers, and resented the injury by stinging the next traveller or horse which passed by. But, although yon may have de- stroyed a cart load of wasps, as in this case, aud all the uests you have he& rd of, great numbers may still be'found about the fruit. On the 18tli of August, they were still so" thick amongst the Orleans plums, that, I tried another plan fo reduce their numbers, and with great success. I took the largest mouthed glasses used for flowering hyacinths in water^ and, with one or two table Spoonful of water in each, placed them under and rather in front of heaps of wasps attacking plums, by which means, in eight successive trials, 1 caught 128; the greatest number taken at once from one bunch of plums being 27. I he wasps when thus feeding are so gorged that, many of them fall down, and none were in a state for attacking any one with their stiugs; then, having a pail of \ yater at hand, they are easily half drowned, and then ' trampled upon. A small piece of slate was useful in covering up the top of the glass before the wasps flew out. Very few Of " the wasps, after gorging themselves with fruit, return to their nests, at night. GAMS. /" HEREAS the GAME has of late Years been Destroyed, by Poachers and other unqualified Persons, on the Estates of W. W. WHIT- MORE, Esq. M P. in the Parishes of T. EEBOTWOOD, WOLSTASTON, and SMETHCOTT: This is to give NOTICE, that all Persons trespassing thereon in Pursuit of Game, after this Public Notice, will be prosecuted. DuDMASTON, AUGUST 16, 1827. To the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Town and County of Salop, IN commencing a new Business, for which we respectfully solicit your Patronage, we trust we shall not be deemed intrusive in making a few- Observations relative to the Nature of the Trade, that you may be the better enabled to judge how far such an Establishment may be worthy of your Support. TEA is now become such an indispensible Article of Consumption in EVERY FAMILY, as to form a very considerable ITEM of their Expenditure ; it is there- fore necessary that thev should go, not only to the CHEAPEST'MARKET, but where they can obtain it in that PURE STATE in which it is IMPORTED, and FREE from those BANEFUL A DULTERATIONS to which the ARTICLE IS SUBJECT. TEA is all imported by ONE FIRM, the EAST INDIA COMPANY, and by them sold at Auction to the highest Bidder, once a Quarter; and it is a well- known Fact, that the TRADE HAS HITHERTO BEEN PRINCIPALLY MONOPO- LIZED by the WHOLESALE LONDON DEALERS, through whom COUNTRY DEALERS have been supplied on CREDIT, — a System attended with ENORMOUS BAD DEBTS, to meet which they have been in the Habit of charging from ONE SHILLING TO ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE per Pound Profit, which, with the most moderate Profit of the COUNTRY DEALER, fixes a Tax at. once on the Article of a* least 2s, 6d. to 3s. per Pound before it reaches the Consumer ; from which you will judge you have hitherto been paying a consi- derably higher Price than you ought to have done,— and it remains for your Consideration how far those Dealers who pursue such a System are deserving of your Support. WE ATTEND the Quarterly Sales our- selves, and make our own Selections of the choicest EAS, incurring no Expenses but a BROKERAGE,— a Charge to which every House in the Trade is subject, as the East India Company will only sell through the Medium of BROKERS,— neither do they deliver a SINGLE CHEST OF TEA till PAID FOR ; possessing, therefore, as we do, Advantages equal to any House in the Trade, and SUPERIOR TO MOST, and as the Principles on which we intend toconductour Business are for READY MONEY ONLY, charging a very small Profit on the Cost Price of the TEA at the INDIA HOUSE, we are enabled to offer you our TEAS at such Prices as cannot be surpassed by any House in the Kingdom; in Proof of which we submit the following LIST OF PRICES, not doubling but YOUR OWN INTEREST will prove a powerful Advocate in our Favour. BLACK TEAS. Good Bohea.. 3s. 2d. to Fine Ditto, commonly called Congou Kind Good Congou Fine strong full- flavoured Congou, most strong- ly recommended Superior strong Congou, Pekoe Flavour, equal to any at 8s Good Mixed Tea Fine Ditto NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT PHILIP JONES, of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, Innkeeper and Builder, hath, by Indenture dated tbe 2d Day of August, 1827, assigned all and singular his Personal Fstate and Effects lo Trustees, for ihe Benefit of such of his Creditors should aceept the same on or before the Ist Day of September then next, and that such Indenture now lies for Execution at the Office of Mr. WACB, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. ripH E Commissioners in a Commission of is. Bankrupt bearing Date the Fourth Day of December, 1826, awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL PARKEH, of WHITCHURCH, in the County ofSalop, Ironmonger, Grocer, and Tallow Chandler, intend to MEET on Wednesday, the Twelfth Day of September, 1827, at Ten o'Clock in ihe Forenoon, at the Swan Inn, in Whitchurch aforesaid, in order to audit the Accounts of the Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt under the said Commis- sion, and to receive the Proof of Debts under the said Commission, BROOKES and LEE, Solicitors to the Assignees. P'l^ tHE Commissioners in a Commission of it Bankrupt bearing Date the Fourth Day of December, 1820, awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL PARKER, of WHITCHURCH, in the County ofSalop, Ironmonger, Grocer, and Tallow Chandler, intend to MEET on Thursday, the Thirteenth Day of September, 1827, at Twelve o'Clock in Ihe Forenoon, at the Swan Inn, iu Whitchurch aforesaid, in order to make a Dividend of the Estate and Effects of tbe said Bankrupt ; when and where the Creditors who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove ihe same, or they will be excluded ibe Benefit of the said Dividend ; and all Claims not then proved will be disallowed. BROOKES and LEE, Solicitors to the Assignees. BIRTH. On the 14th inst. at Panihowell, Anglesea, the Lady of Paul Griffith Panton, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. at Llanrhos, the Rev. Mr. Pugh, Rector of Llansaintifraid, to Miss Catherine Jones, both of the same place. Ou the bill iast. at Lampeter, John Howell Thomas, Esq. of Derry Place, to Jane Isabella,' third daughter of Sir George Griffies Williams, Bart, of Llwyny- worniwood, Carmarthenshire. DIED. On Ihe 11th inst. at Trevallyn, Miss F. Townshend, of Chester. On the 3d inst. universally regretted, Mr. William Jones, agent of the Copper Mines, at Llandudno, Carnarvonshire. At Temple Gardens, Carmarthen, after a protracted indisposition, in her 35th year, Mrs. Davies, relict of tbe late Rev. D. S. Davies, many years Pastor of the Independent Church, Guildford Street, London. WELSH CHURCH IN LIVERPOOL.— We understand that, at a meeting ofthe trustees, held on Saturday week, the Rev. Robert Davies, A. B. of Gw& enysror, was elected Minister of the new church of St. David, Liverpool. '•-• 4.1.8.!;'. , The Presteign otter hounds threw off 011 the 30th ult. on the river Ony, near to Strefford bridge, in this county, and soon came 011 the drag of an otter, which, after shewing excellent sport, was killed near the residence of Doctor Clee. The same hounds also killed on the river Ithon a remarkably large otter. GREYHOUND LOST. STRAYED, Froui the BLACK BIRCHES, on Saturday Morning, August 18th ; ABLACK GREYHOUND BITCH about Five Years old, called RACHEL.— Part of the Hair is rubbed off her Stern. Whoever will bring her to the Black Birches, near Hadnal, or to Mr. JOHN RICHARDS, at the Lion Sta bles, Shrewsbury, shall receive ONE GUINEA. M& NMNTR OIBIBAILIIDO SH REWSBURY. Ill our Market, on Saturday last, Ihe price of Hides was 3id. per lb.— Calf Skins bd.— Tallow 3| d. . « . d. s. Wheat ( Old), 38 quarts 10 0 to 10 Wheat ( New), 38 quarts 9 0 to 9 Barley, 38 quarts 0 0 to 0 Oats ( Old) 57 quarts 8 0 to 9 Oats ( New) 7 0 to 7 CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 20. We had a fair supply of New Wheat from Essex and Kent fresh in for this morning's market, and, the quality being very fine, last Monday's prices were readily obtained ; but all other descriptions are Is per quarter cheaper than on this day se'nnight Barley is Is. per quarter dearer, there being none of good quality at market. Beans aud Pease were ve dull sale, and rather lower. Oats must he quoted as on Friday, Is. per quarter cheaper, the supply coiili- nuingto he very large. In other articles no alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, asunder : OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that LN a GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of the Third District of Turnpike Road » , in the County of Montgomery, will be held at Ihe Guild Hall, in the Town of Llanfyllin, in the said County, on Tuesday, Ihe lllli Day of September next, at the Hour of Twelve at Noon, for the Purpose of examining and auditing their Accounts. M. BIBBY, Clerk to the said Trustees. Dated the 14th Day of August, 1827. Turnpike Tolls to Let. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS, to commence from the 28th Day of September next, arising at the Toll Gates upon the Aberdovey District of Roads, iu Ibe County of Meri- oneth, called or known by the Names of Nautygwenlli, Caethle, and liod. Talog Turnpike Gates, will he LET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the House of Mrs. Ma rgaret Peters, the Royal Raven lnu, in the Town of Aberdovey aforesaid, on Thursday, the 27tli Day of September next, at the Hour of Eleven o'Clock ill the Forenoon of the same Day, in the Manner directed bv the Act passed in thc Third Year of tbe Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, " For Regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year the Sum of £ 125, over and above the Expenses of collecting Ihe same, and will be put up at that Sinn, either together or separately, as the Trus- tees shall determine at such Meetiug previous lo their being put up. Whoever happens to he Ihe best Bidder, must at the same Time pay One Mouth in Advance ( if required) ofthe Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, for Payment of the Remainder Monthly, or at such Times and ia such Manner as they shall direct. By Order of the said Trustees, JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk. ABERDOVEY, 9TH AUGUST, 1827. GREEN TEAS. Good Twankay Fine Ditto Fine Bright Leaf Hyson Kind. Hyson Very Fine Ditto •• .... COFFEE. Plantation Coffee Good Ditto Fine Ditto Finest of any Denomination Our COFFEE we purchase from the IMPORTERS, and ROAST IT OURSELVES, so that FAMILIES or the TRADE mav he supplied wiih FRESH ROASTED COFFEE EVERY DAY, of superior Strength and Flavour. PEAKE & CO. Is. 2d. to . Is. 6d. to s. n. 3 6 4 0 4 6 5 4 6 0 5 4 6 0 5 4 6 0 7 0 7 6 9 0 10 6 1 4 1 8 1 10 2 0 MOM VGOMERYSHIRS CANAL. WESTERN BRANCH. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at the Annual General Asseuiblv of ihe Com- pany of Proprietors of the Western Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, holden at the Canal Office, Newtown, this Day, a DIVIDEND of Two Pounds and Ten Shillings per Share was ordered to be paid on Application to the Treasurers, Messrs. TILSI. EY, JONES, & Co. Bankers, Newtown, on or after the 1st Day of January, 1828. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk to the Company. CANAU OFFICE, NEWTOWH, AUG. 4, 1827. Wilkinson's Anti- Corrosion Paint. nance, SOUTHDOWN KAII^ To he LET ffor the Season J hi/ Auction, BY GEO. WILLIAMS, At COED Y DINAS, near Welsh Pool, on Tuesday, the 11 th of September, 1827 ( being Pool Sheep Fair Day); '- jpWE'NTY- FIVESoiTTHDowN RAMS, iL bred from the celebrated Stocks of the late Earl of Bridgewaler and John Ellman, Esq. About 75 Store Southdown EWES, 60 Fat Yearling WETHERS, 30 EWE LAMBS, and 20 WETHER LAMBS, will be OFFERED FOR SALE at the same Time. The Auction to commence at Two o'Clock. To be immediately Disposed of, BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, mnE following BLOOD & WAGGON A STALLIONS, the Property of WILLIAM BAR- NETT, Plough Inn, Wellington. 1. That celebrated Grey Horse, SIR EDWARD.— For further Particulars see Racing Calendar. 2. YOUNG SNAP, a three- year old Brown Coll, by Jupiter, Dam Restless, Grand- dam by Regulus, Great- grand- dam bv Snap. 3. A two- year old BROWN COLT, hy Jupiter, out" of a Blood Mare, Grand- dam hy Camiiius, Great- grand- dam Young Rachel bv Volunteer, out of Rachel, Sister to Maid- of- AII- Work by Highflyer. The Waggon Stallinns are known hy the Names of— 1. CONQUEROR ; 2. KING TOM'; 3. DUKE OF WELLINGTON; and 4. three- year old BLACK COLT. auction. BY ORDER OF THE SHERIFF. Wheat, 50s to 63s Barley 28s to 31s Malt.. 60s to 64s While Peas.. Beans Oats 36s to 38s 38s to 40s 28s lo 34s Fine Flour 50s lo 55s per sack ; Seconds 45s to 50s SMITH FIELD ( per st. of Sib. sinking offal J. Heef 4 « 4d lo 5s 2d j Veal 5s . Od to 5s 6d 4s 2d 10 4s 8<: | Pork 4s 4d to 5s 4d Lamb 5s Od to 5s 6d Average Prices of Corn per Quarter, in England and Wales, for the week ending Aug. 10, 1827: Wheat, 60s. 2d.; Bailey, 38s. 3d.; Oats, 27s. Id. It is rumoured, that so heavy are the current charges of winding up the affairs of Wentworth's bank, that the funds in the hands of the assignees do uot amount at present to more than 6d. in the pound! If this be the case, we would ask, what occasion for the enormous and extravagant expenses incurred at the Wakefield Establishment ? We have it from undoubted authority, that the expenses of management, & c. are considerably beyond £ 10,000 a- year. Although this sum may appear larsre, yet the astounding effect is somewhat diminished when we look at the item of salaries alone. Thomas C. Patrick, Esq. the principal accountant, resides in the house adjoining the bank iu Wakefield, lately occupied by Mr. Rishworth ; he has the use of part of Mr. R.' s furniture, & c. as he wishes, and keeps three servants, horses, gig, & c. His salary is three guineas per day, and expenses amounting in the whole to nearly £ 1,500 per annum-! How many of the creditors, including the assignees themselves, can live iu such style? The second clerk under him ( another London g- entleman) has a salary of £ 500 per annum; the third £ 300 ; and the fourth £ 200 a- year each; these are at Wakefield. There is also a clerk at York, and another at Bradford, each with a salary of £ 300 a- year; making, in salaries alone, the sum of £ 3,100 per annum! Could not the assignees procecd 011 a more economi- cal principle, at least at Wakefield ?— Leeds In- telligencer. In the Market Square, in Shrewsbury, at One o'Clock 011 Saturday next, the 26th of August, 1827 ; 4 Capital BROWN GELOING, with a rs. LIGHT CART, and a Set of HARNESS, for- feited to the Crown on the Conviction of a Prisoner for Felony. 22D AUGUST, 1827. TRUMPET INN, MARDOL, To Innkeepers, Builders, Florists, Gardeners, Housekeepers, fyc. Sfc. BY MR. HULBERT, On the Premises, by Order of the Trustees, under a Deed of Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, on Thursday and Friday, August 30th and 31st, and on the Monday and Tuesday following, September 3d and 4th, 1827 ; RSNHE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, JL Brewing Vessels, Garden Stock, Bricks, and other Effects of Mr. PHILIP JONES, of the Trumpet Inn, Mardol, Shrewsbury : comprising capital Feather Beds, Bedsteads, Mattrasses, Blankets, and Linen, Dressing Tables, Glasses, Chests of Drawers, & c. capital Double- leaf Oak Tables, Pillar Ditto, hand- some Oak and other Chairs, Cupboards, Looking Glasses, Dinner Service of Blue Ware, China Tea Sets, Glass, Liquor Measures, & c.;' also about 40 capital Ale and Beer Casks ( from 100 Gallons to 18 Gallons each), Brewing Vessels in Mashing Tubs, Coolers, Stillages, Brass Pipes, Pails, & c. ; a Quantity of Hay and Straw, light Sash Frames ( entirely new), suitable for respectable Houses ; also a Quantity of Bricks, & c.— The above will be sold on the Premises, Trumpet Inn. The GARDEN STOCK consists of many Hundred Pots of the choicest Greenhouse Plants, Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks, & c. together with Tulips of un- rivalled Beauty, the whole having been collected bv Mr. Jones with great Skill and at a vast Expense*; also Cucumber Frames and Sashes, Hand Glasses in every Size, many Dozens of empty Pots, nearly 100 Bunches of fine Grapes, several large Beds of Onions, Garden Barrows, Tools, & c. ; also the Frame- work of a Greenhouse ( nearly ready for. Erection), two Casks of Roman Cement, various Ladders, Planks, a large Kitchen Grate aud Oven, three Stove Grates, & e,; ulso the LEASE of a GARDEN.— The above will be Sold on the Premises, near to the Quarry and to St. Austiifs Priory. Also, in Lots to suit Purchasers, nearly 100,000 capital BRICKS, in the Brick- yard and a Field near to it, situate near Copthorn Turnpike Gate, together with all the Benches- and Tools belonging to Brick- making ; a fine Yearling COLT, 8tc. The Bed Room Furniture and Part of the Parlour Furniture will be sold the first Day ; the Kitchen Utensils, Brewing Vessels, Barrels, Hay, Straw, & c. the second Day ; the Garden Stock the third Day ; and the Bricks on the fourth Day. Catalogues will be prepared. — Sale to commence at Eleven oTlock each Day to a Minute, R. WILKINSON, Sole Manufacturer e to his Majesty, ihe Honourable Board of Ord- : e, the. Corporation of London, and most Public Bodies, particularly recommends bis valuable and economical PAINT as Ibe best Preservative against Damp, Heat, or Rust on Wood, Iron, Roman Cement, or stuccoed Fronts of Houses, ( o represent slating, or Ships' Decks or Bottoms, as it resembles a Coating of Slone when dry ; and does not rub nor peel off as other Paint, and will last four Times as long.— J. R. W. particularly cautions the Public against any Colour that may be imposed upon them for his genuine Anti- Corrosion Paint. Ii may be had in Casks of 56lhs. and 112lbs. of all Colours, with the Prepared Oil and proper Brushes, for immediate Use, at 63, Upper Thames- street, near the Southwark Bridge ( which he is now painting with it, and may be seen as a sample of its Merit); or at his Colour Works, the Surrey Canal Bridge, Kent Road. The superior Excellence of the Tuscan and Spanish Olive Green Painls is still kept up, and may be bad iu any Quantity. Any Labourer or Person can use it. Painting extensive Buildings, Park Paling, & e. with Anti- Corrosion Point, performed by Contract, or otherwise. UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. rspHE WINTER MEDICAL SESSION iL commences the First Monday in November. TERMS. The Course on Anatomy and Physiology, and that on Surgery, first Session, 4 Guineas— second Session 3 Guineas— third Session, 2 Guineas— after which Admission free.— Medical Officers have free Admission tothese Lectures. 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SMITH, AT HARDWICK GRANGE FARM YARD, IN THE COUNTY OP SALOP, Ou Wednesday, the 29lh Day of August, 1827, at II o'Clock. TWO- YEAR OLD EWES. EWE LAMBS. LOT 1 Pen of ten 2 Ditlo ditlo 3 Ditlo ditto 4 Dilto ditto 5 Ditto dillo. WETHER LAMBS. 6 Pen of seven 7 Ditto ditlo 8 Pen of ten y Dillo ditto 10 Ditto dillo. YEAltUNG WETHERS. 11 Pen of ten 12 Dilto dilto 13 Ditto ditto. YEARLING EWES. 14 Pen of six 15 Pen of five. At the same Time, I. 0T 10 Pen of five 17 Ditto ditlo. THREE nnd FOUR- YEAR OLD DITTO. 18 Pen of six ( 2 three- year olds and 4 four- year olds) 19 Pen of five four- year olds 20 Pen of six ( broken mouths) 21 Pen of five ( ditlo dillo). VALUABLE BLOOD COLTS. 22 Handsome bright Bay Mare, ris- ing- 5, with Black Legs, by Sir Oliver 23 Valuable Roan Mare, rising 4, by Snovvdon, Dam a favourite Charger of his Lordship's of lhal Colour 24 Promising Chesnut Colt, rising 3, by Champion TO BE LET FOR THE SEASON, the followin SOUTHDOWN RAMS; LOT 25 Chesnut Colt, rising 2, own Brother lo Lot 24. N B. The above are likely to make first rate Hunters, CAPITAL PIGS. 20 Large Fat Pig 27 Pork ditto 28 Dilto ditlo 29 Ditlo dilto 30 Ditlo dilto 31 Ditto dillo 32 Dillo dillo 33 Dilto dilto 34 Young Gilt 35 Ditto Boar 30 Two small Stores 37 Ditto dillo 3S Dillo ditto 39 Three ditto. true- bred LOT 1 ( No. 1) a Yearling 2 ( No. 10) Ditto 3 ( No. 11) Ditto 4 ( No. 4) a Two- year- old, used two Seasons in the Hardwick Flock 5 ( No. 5) Dillo, let last Season to Sir Watkin Williams Wyun 6 ( No. 0) Ditto, lei last Seuson to Wm. Charlton, Esq. 7 ( No. 7) a Two- year- old, used in the Hardwick Flock 8 ( No. 8) a Two- year. old, let last Season lo Sir George Pigot 9 ( No. 9) Ditlo, let last Season to Sir Francis llill 10 ( No. 14) a FrfHr- year- old, let last Season to Mr. Eaton 11 ( No. 15) a Fonr- year. old, let last Season to Major Bavlev 12 ( No. 17) Ditto, hred by the lale Earl of Bridgewater, used two Seasons in the Hardwick Flock, aud let last Season to Sir Rowland Hill. Preston Brockhurst, Hawkstone, and other Roads. T^ TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that L> l an adjourned MEETING of the Trustees of these Roads' will he held at the Saracen's Head, iu Hadnal, on Monday, the loth of September next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, to audit the Annual Accounts, aud on other Special Business. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk. Shrewsbury, Aug. 17, lt- 27. © ales tip auction. SEVERAL ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD MESSUAGES, FARMS, and LANDS, situate in Ihe Townships of TILSTONF. nud HORTON, iu the Parish of Tilslone, in the Township of OVER. TON, in the Parish of Malpas, and in the Township and Parish of TATTENHALL, all in Ihe County of Chester, will he offered for SALE hy Public Auclion, BY MR. CHURTON, In several Lots, In the latter End of the Month of September next. Due Notice will be given of the Time and Place of Sale. Printed Particulars and Maps descrip- tive of the Lots are preparing, and may be had, and any furiher Information obtained, from THE AUC- TIONEER; from Messrs. LEE and SON, Uedbrook ; or at the Office of Messrs. BROOKES aud LEE, Solicitors, Whitchurch, Salop. AI; GOST 14, 1827. Valuable FORGE and LANDS, near Wrexham. BY MR. CHURTON, At the Wynnstay Arms Inn, in Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, ou Thursday, the 6th Day of September, 18' 27, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, iu the following, or such other Lots as may be agreed upon, and subject to Conditions then to be produced : LOT I. AFORGE, for the making of Wrought Iron, upon a powerful Stream of Water, com- prising two Iron Water Wheels, Machinery, Puddling Furnaces, Warehouse, several Dwelling Mouses for Workmen, and other Conveniences, together with Gardens and Lands adjoining, containing ( with the Pools) 4A. 2R. 20P. or thereabouts. LOT II. A DWELLING HOUSE, with Farm Buildings, a Garden, and Three Pieces of LAND adjoining, containing 7A. 3Li. 20P. or thereabouts. LOT III. A Piece of LAND, called the Black Field, containing 5A. 0U. 26P. or thereabouts. LOT IV. A Piece of LAND, called the Pool Field, containing 4A. lit. ISP. or thereabouts. LOT V. A Piece of LAND, called tbe Big Field, 1 containing 8A. Oil. 18P. or thereabouts. The above Property is situate in ABENBUItYand MARCHWIEL, about a Mile from Wrexham, and is now iu the Occupation of Thomas Jones, Esq. or 1) is Undertenants. Mr. SIMMONS, of Abenbury, will shew the Lots ; and printed Parti< ulars, with a Map, will he prepared, aud may be had ut the Wynnstay Arms Inn, in Wrex- ham ; from Mr. WILLIAM KKNRICK, Wynne Hall, near Kuabon ; Messrs. LEE and SON, Redbrook, near Whitchurch ; or Messrs. BROOKES and LEE, Solicitors, Whitchurch, Salop. VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, IN AND NEAR THE Village of TILSTOCK, Salop. BY MR. CHURTON, AT the White Lion Inn, in Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, on Friday, tbe 14th Day of September, 1827, precisely at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, or such olher Lois as may he agreed upon, and subject lo Conditions then to he produced : Quantities ( mere or less}. LOTS. A. It. P. 1. A Piece of Land, called the Diglake Meadow - 5 2 39 2. Three Pieces of Land, called the Mel- lors'Croft, the Catley Meadow, and Ihe Furiher Ground.... 22 3 38 3. A Piece of Land, callcd ihe Further Ground 7 3 30 4. Three Pieces of Land, called the Broomy Meadow and the two Fur- ther Grounds 13 1 10 5. A Piece of Land, called Ihe Big Field 18 2 37 6. Three Pieces of Land, called the Rough Field, Twemlows Field, and Ihe Meadow 21 3 38 7. A Piece of Land, called llie Pipe Ridding 4 3 8 8. Two Pieces of Land, callcd Ihe Pindle Rindle Meadow aud the Lower Rid- ding 10 1 10 9. A Piece of Laud, called ihe Lady Moor 2 1 32 10. Dilto Ditlo, called Jonas Moor 3 1 20 11. Ditto Ditto, called Poplar Field 17 130 12. Dilto Ditto, ealled Heath Field 4 3 9 13. Ditlo Ditlo, called Raw- ley Field 3 1 4 14. Ditto Dillo, called Pindle Rindle Field 2 3 28 15. A Piece- of Land, called Ihe Crab Mill Croft 1 3 21 10. Ditto Ditto, called Crab Mill Meadow 0 2 8 17. A Coltnge iu two Dwellings & Gardens 0 2 14 18. A Piece of Land, called Hen's Tail 3 1 28 19. Ditto Ditto, called Rye Leasow 4 3 37 20. Ditto Ditto, called Light Birches 9 120 21. Ditto Ditto, called New Field 9 0 0 22. A Farm House, Outbuildings, Garden, aud Lands adjoining 2 3 31 The above Property lies near the Turnpike Road leading from Wh itcliurcll to Shrewsbury, about two Miles distant from Whitchurch, and a ftlde and llalf from the Ellesniere Canal at Tilstock Wharf. Lot 22 is silunte opposite Ihe Chapel in Tilstock, aud several of ihe other Lois are desiiable for building upon. The whole is in the Holding of Mr. Thomas Huxley, who will shew the same. Printed Particulars, wilh Maps descriptive nf Ihe Lots, ure preparing, and may he hnd, and any further Information obtained, from THE AUCTIONEER; from Messrs. LBK aud SON, Rcdhronk, near Whitchurch; or al Ihe Office of Messrs. BROOKES aud LEE, Soli- citors, Whitchurch, Salop. JAMES FARMER begs to inform his Friends, lhat his SHEW OF RAMS will take Place on TUESDAY, the lllh of September next ( Shrewsbury Sheep- Fair Day), al Twelve o'clock ; and he shall be happy to see as many of his Friends as please lo honour him wilh a Call. DRYTON, AUG. 17, 1827. bp auction. MONTGOM Ell YSH1R E. At the Oak Inn, in Welsh Pool, on Tuesday, the lllh Day ofSepiember, 1827, precisely at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon, and subject to such Conditions as will be iheu and there produced ; THE FOLLOWING FREEHOLD ESTATES: LLANFECHAN PARISH, LOT I. ACAPITAL MESSUAGE and FARM, called BODYNFOL, with convenient Outbuild- ings, and several Fields or Parcels of Land, contain- ing together ( in Statute Measure) 379A. lit. 20P. or thereabouts, in the Tenure of Messrs. Thomas. LOT II. A FIELD, called Blaen y Wern, now- held with Bodyufol, at the North End of the Estate, on the Road leading from Llanfyllin to Pen y bout, containing ( in like Measure) 16A. OR. 13P. or there- abouts. LOT III. Another FIELD, near to tbe last Lot, and opening into the same Road, also held with Bodynfol, containing ( in like Measure) 20A. 2R. 16P. or there- abouts. LOTIV. A MESSUAGE, with convenient Out- buildings, called LLECHWEDD- DU, and several FIELDS or Parcels of Land, containing together ( in like Measure) 2sA. OR. 7P. or thereabouts, in the Tenure of John Jones. LOTV. A MESSUAGE, with suitable Outbuildings, called PEN Y PARK, wilh several FIELDS or Parcels of Land, containing together ( in like Measure) 20A. OR. 10P. or thereabouts, in the Tenure of Robert Davies. GUILSFIELD PARISH. LOT VI. A capital MESSUAGE and FARM, called VA RCH WELL HALL, with convenient Outbuildings, and several Fields or Parcels of Land, containing together ( in Statute Measure) 198A. 2R. 17P. or thereabouts, in the Tenure of Mr. Bebb. LOTVII. A FIELD, called Wern Field, no^ v held with Varehwell, containing ( iu like Measure) 7A. OR. 26P. or thereabouts. LOT VIII. A QUILLET, in a Field belonging to Lord Clive, situate on the Oswestry Turnpike Road, containing 1A. 211. OP. or thereabouts, now also held with Varchwell. Lot 1 is a fine Dairy Farm, consisting principally of rich Meadow aud Pasture Laud, and very eligible for the Investment of Capital. It is situate near the Village of Llanfeehan, in the Neighbourhood of Coal and Lime; 3 Miles from the Market Town of Llan- fyllin, 9 from Welsh Pool aud Oswestry, and about 2 from a Branch of the Ellesmere Canal.— The House may, at a moderate Expense, be converted into a good Family Mansion. Lot 6 is also an excellent Dairy Farm, in the Vale of Guilsfield, and offers an eligible Residence for a Gentleman wishing to farm his own Estate. It is situate near the Village, within 3 Miles of Welsh Pool, and close to the Montgomeryshire Canal.— A Modus of £ 1. 5s. Od. is paid iu Lieu of Tithe- Ilay. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises; and further Information may be had by applying to Mr. LONGUF. VILLE, Solicitor, Oswestry; or to Mr. HUMBERSTON, Friars, Chester. Shropshire Summer Assize. GOUGH 7. JEFFREYS. This was an action arising out of an account be- tween the parties, and was referred to Mr. Vaughan Williams. DOE DEM. WOLLEY U. WOLLEY & DEAKIN. This most singular Case, as it proved, is the third action of ejectment brought to obtain possession of the estates at issue. In the two former cases, the parties- then claiming, who are in no way related to the pre- sent claimant, produced fabricated documents - to attempt to prove their claims, and were, on that fact being shewn, of Course unsuccessful. In the present action, the lessor of the plaintiff, John Wolley, claimed to be the right, heir of Thomas Wol. ley, Esq. of Woodhall, near Shrewsbury, who died in Dec. 1799.— The case was tried on Friday last, before Mr. Justice Littledale and a Special Jury, composed of the following gentlemen : — Robert Jenkins, Esq. Thomas Payne, Esq. Thomas Jeffreys, Esq. John Niccolls, Esq. Thomas Lloyd, Esq. Thomas Beddoes, Esq, Charles Powell, Esq. James Fenn Thomas Griffiths Thomas Glassey John Jones John Meredith Tales- men. Gwyddelwern Inclosure. ITHE undersigned, being the Commis- sioner appointed in aud by a certain Act of Parliament made and passed for inclosing the Com- mons or Waste Lands in the Manor and Parish of GWYDDELWERN, in the County of Merioneth, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that, under the Authority and Provisions of the said Act, I will cause to be put up to ga\ e fti? $ ui) Uc Auction, at the House of Mr. Francis Clarke, in Corwen, in the said County of Merioneth, on Tuesday, the 2d Day of October next, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to be then produced; THE FOLLOWING Allotments or Parcels of LAND: IN BAWRON TOWNSHIP. LOT I. Containing 10A. lit. 13P. bounded on the North and West by an Allotment made to Mrs. H. Kenriek, Widow, on the East by Lot 2, and on the South bv the Road leading from Gwyddelwern lo Bettws. * LOT II. Containing 17A. 3R. 31P. bounded on tbe North by an Allotment made to the said Mrs. H. Kenrick, on the East by an Allotment made to Hugh Davies, Esq. on the South by Lot 5, and on the West by the said Road leading from Gwyddelwern to Bettws and Lot 1. LOT III. Containing 6A. 2R. 26P. bounded on the North and East by the said Road leading from Gwyddelwern to Bettws, on the South by Lot 4, and on the West by Property belonging to the said Mrs. H. Kenrick. LOTIV. Containing 3A. OR. 16P. bounded on the North by Lot 3, on the East by the said Road lead- ing from Gwyddelwern to Bettws, on the South by the Road leading to ancient Inclosures, and on the West by Property belonging to the said Mrs. H. Kenrick. LOT V. Containing 4A. 2R. 25P. bounded on the North by Lot 2, on the East by an Allotment made to Ihe said Hugh Davies, Esq. on the South by an Allot- ment made to the said Mrs. H. Kenrick, and on the West by the said Road leading from Gwyddelwern to Bettws. IN MEIARTH TOWNSHIP. LOT I. Containing 10 Acres, now in ihe Occupation of Edward Roberts or his Undertenants, bounded on the North by the River Clwyd, on the East by Allot- ments made'lo Mr. John Wynne, on the South by the Hoad leading from Bettws to Ruthin, and on the West by an Allotment and ancient Inclosures belong, ing to John Salisbury Mostyn, Esq. A Map with Particulars may be viewed at Mr. THOMAS ROBERTS'S, Laud Surveyor, Wern Lodge, near Oswestry, who will appoint a Person to shew the Lots; a Map'and Printed Particulars are left at the OwenGlandwr Inn, in Corwen; and further Informa- tion may be had by applying to Mr. JONES, Solicitor, Denbigh. RICHARD JEBB. CuiRly, 17TII AUCPST, 1827. Mr. Chilton opened the pleadings on the part of the plaintiff, aud Mr. M'Mahon stated the case : the facts of wbich are briefly as follows : — Thomas Wolley, of Woodhall, Esq. who died in 1799, by his will, bequeathed the Woodhall and other estates to his relict, Mrs. Judith Wolley, for life, and at her death to his right heir.— Mrs. Judith Wolley died in Feb. 1824, and then the question arose as to who was his right heir. The said Thomas Wolley, Esq. was the only surviv- ing issue of Richard Wolley, of Shrewsbury and Woodhall, Gent, who was the only surviving issue of Thomas Wolley, of Shrewsbury and Woodhall, Gent, the eldest son of Thomas Wolley, of Woodhall, Gent.; which last- mentioned Thomas . Wolley was father, not only of Thomas Wolley, of Shrewsbury and Woodhall, Gent, but also of five other sons and three daughters. — One of these younger sons of Thomas Wolieyof" Woodhall, was named John Wolley, baptized at Pon- tesbury, near. Shrewsbury, in 1677 ; and as far as we have thus stated the pedigree of the family, there neither was nor can be any dispute. The claim set up by the present plaintiff was this : — He put in the register of a marriage of one John Woolley, of the parish of Acton, Cheshire, to Eliza- beth Brookes, of the parish of Baddiley, in the same county, who were married at Acton aforesaid, April 10th, 1710 : and the plaintiff alleged that this John Wootley was the same person with John Wolley bap- tized at Pontesbnry, in 1677. In the register of the same parish of Acton, under the date of Sept. 7th, 1712, was the following entry : — 44 Josephus filius Johannis Hooley bapt. eodem die 7th."— This Joseph Hoolet/, son of John, the plaintiff alleged to be the son of John Woolley and Elizabeth Brookes, though the baptismal register neither spelt the name the same, nor did it mention who was Joseph Hooleyys mother. And witnesses were examined, who deposed that the plaintiff's family went by the name of ( as they pronounced it) Whoolley, although, as will appear, they were in several instances registered Hooley. The next extract of a register put in was from the same parish of Acton, viz 44 1734. Joseph Hooley and Ann Davenport, both of Acton parish, married by publication of banns, Jan . 28." The next extract was from tbe register of Baddiley, near Nantwich, Cheshire, and was iu these words : — <( 1777. Joseph IVoolley, 25th April." This was from the Register of Burials; and i> t was allege^ by the plaintiff lhat this Joseph Woolley, who was buried at Baddiley, was the same person with Joseph Hooley,- who married Ann Davenport, at Acton, and who, as the plaintiff alleged, was the son of Johu Woolley and Elizabeth Brookes. In support of the case so far witnesses were called, who were related to the Davenports, and they deposed that the family of the plaintiff were related to them through this marriage of Joseph Wootley and Ann Davenport; and one or two of these witnesses spoke to having heard in the family that the father of Joseph Woolley or Hooley was named John. The next part of the case was one of singular importance as regarded both the plaintiff John Wolley and the defendant. Richard Wolley ( Mr. Deakin, the other defendant appearing only as the tenant in pos- session of Woodhall Farm) ; for it was proved lhat John, the eldest son of Joseph IVoolley or Hooley above- named, and father, by his wife Ann Harris, of the present plaintiff, was tbe elder brother of Thomas Wolley, the father of Richard Wolley, one of the defendants iu this case, and to whom, as it would seem, some of the tenants of the late Thomas Wolley, Esq. of Woodhall, must have attorned, inasmuch as he appeared as a defendant in possession. The fact of John Wolley, father of the plaintiff, being the eldest son of Joseph Woolley or Iloolejjwas . proved ; and it also appeared in evidence that Tho- mas Wolley, father of the defendant Richard Wolleyr, was a younger brother of the said John Wolley, heing a younger son of the said Joseph Woolley or Hooley. An extract of the register of the birth of the plaintiff John Wolley was also put in, from the parish register of Chetwyud, and was as follows :— 44 John, son of John and Jane Hooleu, of Chetwyud Heath, was bap- tized Sept. htli, 1705." To shew that John Woolley married at Acton, Che- shire, iu 1710, was the same person with John Wolley, baptized at Pontesbury in 1677, and son of Thomas Wolley, of Woodhall, Gent, one or two wit- nesses deposed to having heard from some ofthe older relations of the plaintiff's family that John, father of Joseph Woolley or Hooley, came from Shrewsbury or near Shrewsbury. Mr. Richards addressed the Jury for the defendant ; and said, the question to be tried was not whether the plaintiff John Wolley or the defendant Richard Wolley had the better claim to the estate in question? but whether the plaintiff bad shewn that he was the right heir of Thomas Wolley, Esq. of Woodhall, who died in December, 1799? The learned Gentleman called no witnesses to disprove any part of the pedigree as set up by the plaintiff Johu Wolley or Hooley, nor did he call any witnesses, or produce any document, to shew that the plaintiffs representat ion of tbe relation- ship existing between himself and the defendant Richard Wolley was incorrect. The Learned Judge summed up; and in doing so seemed to think that the Jury might satisfy themselves that the pedigree of the plaintiff John Wolley or Hooley and the defendant Richard Wolley, as shewn by the plaintiff's evidence, was correct as far as Joseph Woolley or Hooley, who married Ann Daven- port, and that if, on this shewing, either of these par- ties had any title at all, the plaintiff must be consi- dered as the eldest son of the elder brother; but the question at issue was of a different nature ; for whe- ther the defendant Richard Wolley ( who had produced no evidence, and who must, therefore, be taken to have acquiesced in the correctness of the pedigree set out by the plaintiff,) bad a good claim, or a defective claim, or no claim » t all, was no part of the question now to be tried, which was merely whether the plain. *; fl' John Wolley^ or Hooley was the right heir of DOE DEM. LLOYD v. HUMPHREYS. This case came on for trial on Friday morning last, before Mr. Baron Vaughan and the following Special Jury : — John Thomas Hope, Esq. Thomas Bishton, Esq. William Lawley, Esq. Stephen Money, John Fryer,, Thomas Poole, William Pugh, George New brook, )>- Talesmen. John Heat ley, William Locklev, William Smith," Richard Sambrook, j It was an action of ejectment, brought to obtain tiff Thomas Wolley, Esq. who died in 1799? His Lord ship then particularly adverted to the John Woolley who was married at Acton, in 1710, to Elizabeth Brookes. The first question on this point was, whether this John Woolley was the same person with John Wolley, who was baptized at Pontesbury in 1677, and who was the undoubted son of Thomas Wolley., Gent, of Wood ball ? If they thought the evidence was sufficient to warrant this inference, then the next question would be, was Joseph Hooley or Woolley ( the grandfather of the plaintiff and of the defendant in this case,) the son of the said John Woolley ? In cases of this nature, in which the whole question turned mainly on the identity of one person, as iu this case it did on tlie identity of John Wolley baptized at Pon- tesbury in 1677, and of John Woolley who was married at Acton, in Cheshire, in 1710, the Courts of Law certainly did expect some distinct and direct corrobo- rative proof of the fact; and it was for the Jury to determine whether that proof bad been shewn in the present instance; for if that Corroborative proof did not appear to them tobe shewn in evidence, then the plaintiff could not support his claim : if, however, they thought there was such evidence as would war- rant au inference of that nature, and they were also satisfied that his descent, from John Woolley of Acton was clearly established, then they would give him their verdict. The Jury, after consulting awhile in the box, retired for a few minutes ; and on their return the Foreman, Robert Jenkins, Esq. stated that their verdict was for the defendants. In the course of tbe trial, an objection was taken by the defendant's counsel as to the circuitous mode in which some of the documentary evidence had been received ; but the Learned Judge said, as no right heir to this property had yet proved his claim, he vvould not stop the trial on that ground. Counsel for the Plaintiff, Mr. M'Mahon and Mr. Chilton ; Attorney. Mr. Butterton. Counsel for the Defendants, Mr. Richards and Mr. Whateley ; Attorney, Mr. Comberbach. [ It was curious to observe, that, during the progress of the trial, several persons ( THREE within our own knowledge) were taking notes, with the view of fur- thering, or obtaining information to set up, other claims ; and as the course of this trial has proved that no person has yet established the slightest title to the estate, or the slightest relation to the family of Wolley of Woodhall, we may look forward to a succession of new claimants.] possession of a moiety of extensive estates in the county of Merioneth, under the following circum- stances : — The estates in question are called the Ilendwr estates, and in the year 1740 they were the property of Giwn Llovd, Esq. who in the year 1746 married Miss Sarah Hill, daughter of Sir Rowland Hill, of Hawkstone, Bart. Mr Lloyd died in March, 1774, without legitimate issue, aud without leaving any will. Under the marriage settlement, his widow entered into possession of the estates, and enjoyed them until 1782, when she died. Mr. Giwn Llovd had two sisters, Catherine and Mary, and on Mrs. Lloyd's death they took possession of the estates as coheiresses, and afterwards sold some detached por tions thereof. Mrs, Catherine Lloyd died first, and by her will, executed in 1785, she bequeathed her moiety of the Fiend wr estates to her sister for life, with remainder in tail male to several sons of the late Hugh Hughes Lloyd, Esq. of Gwerclas, grandfather ofthe present plaintiff, who claims as the remainder- man of the moiety devised under Mrs. Catherine Lloyd's will. After the death of Mrs. Catherine Lloyd, • Mfs. Mary Lloyd entered into the possession of her sister's moiety ; but in 1794 an action of ejectment was brought by Mr. Jonathan Passingham and his brother Robert Passingham, io obtain possession of the estates. The claim was then made by them sepa- rately, and it set forth that they were grandsons of Mr. Giwn Lloyd by his wife Elizabeth Taylor, to whom he was married before he married Miss Hill. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Heath, at the Salop Summer Assizes in 1794, when Baron Garrow, on behalf of Mrs. Mary Lloyd, the then defendant, and the late Lord Erskine, on behalf of Mr. Jonathan Passingham, attended specially as Counsel. On that trial, to prove the marriage of Mr. Giwn Lloyd and Elizabeth Taylor, there was given in evidence what purported to be a register of marriages celebrated in the precincts of the Fleet Prison, and on which the Learned Judge ( Heath) commented at the time wilh some severity. This asserted Fleet marriage was, however, supported by two extracts of entries from the register of St. Pancras, which were put in evi- dence, and sworn to he true copies from the register of that parish : one of these extracts purported to be fhe register of the birth of Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of Giwn and Elizabeth Lloyd, in 1741, and the other purported to be the register of the death of Elizabeth Lloyd, the mother of the said child, in 1742.-— It being taken f- r granted that these copies of Registers thus given in support of the Fleet Marriage were genuine, and there heing no doubt that the mother of Mr. Passingham was the same person as the child thus set forth to have heen baptised at St. Pancras, Mr. Passingham obtained a verdict. The result of this verdict, obtained, as was then supposed, by genuine evidence, was, that Mrs. Mary Lloyd gave up possession of the Hendwr estates to Mr. y- Passingham, who also received £ 10,000 for mesne " profits and for lands that had been sold. It was, however, subsequently discovered, that the extracts from the St. Pancras registers were gross forgeries, and that those forgeries bad been com- mitted hv a man named Kendrey, who had been a fellow clerk of Robert Passingham in an attorney's office, and who was the instrument of the said Robert Passingham in the business, and who was permitted to execute these forgeries by a clergyman named Sawyer, then curate of the parish of St. Pancras. It was also discovered that there were certain parties who knew these facts, and who were paid sums by way of annuity, & cc. as hush money, to prevent them exposing these facts. The circumstances, however, became known to the family of Mr. Richard Walmsley Lloyd, the present plaintiff; and they immediately instituted proceedings against Mr. Passingham in the Court of Chancery ; but, in consequence of the Mr. Llovd whose life- interest had then accrued, having, to got rid of the consequences of the trial in 1794, joined in deeds to Mr. Passingham, under the im- pression that the evidence produced on that trial was genuine, he was shut out from prosecuting his claim. The present plaintiff's claim did not accrue till the death of his uncle, Mr John Lloyd, in 1825; and in consequence the question came on for trial at the Assises at Shrewsbury, on tbe 19th of July, 1826; when the forgeries of Kendrey were clearly proved ; and it was also proved that the mother of Mr. Passingham, who, according to the allegations of Mr. Passingham, was the legitimate issue of Mr. Giwn Lloyd, was, at the time of Mr. Lloyd's death, a housekeeper in the family of Mr. Birt, a surgeon iu tlie Borough of South wark. This fact was proved by John Blount, Esq. who, at the period in question, was assistant to Mr. Birt. He deposed, that Mrs. Passingham, the housekeeper of Mr. Birt, always described herself to him as the illegitimate issue of Mr. Giwn Lloyd, and that she had offended him by mar- rying the father of Jonathan and Robert Passingham. Mr. Blount further deposed, that Mrs. Passingham said she had no hope or prospect of obtaining any thing from Mr. Giwn Lloyd, except from what he might leave her by will. He died without a will ; and Mr. Blount deposed, that Mrs. Passingham, on learning that Mr. Giwn Lloyd had died without a will, was so affected, that she was seized with fever and delirium, and threw herself, in a state of nakedness, from a two pair of stairs window into the street, and was killed on the spot. The inference raised from this circumstance went strongly to confirm the fact of Mrs. . Passingham's illegitimacy, as, if she had been legitimate, the circumstance of Mr. Giwn Lloyd dying <> witf » out a will was every thing she could have desired in a pecuniary point of view, as on that event, if she had been legitimate, she would immedi- ately have succeeded, as his only child and heir, to the whole of his extensive estates. At the trial of 1826, these facts and the forgeries were proved ; and the plaintiff obtained a verdict against the defendant Colonel Jonathan Passingham. It appeared, however, on tbe trial, that, of the moiety of the estates sought to be recovered by Mr. Richard Walmsley Lloyd, the greater part was covered with a fine, of which the plaintiff had not been aware, and to obviate which no entry had been made, and which could not, therefore, be affected by the verdict. It further appeared, that on the marriage of Mr. Giwn Lloyd with Miss Sarah Hill, in 1746, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and Edward Lloyd, Esq. were made trustees of the legal estate under the marriage settle- ment, and it not having been put to the jury to decide whether there must not have been a re- conveyance from the mere nominal trustees to the person who had a beneficial inierest, the question was raised on behalf of Colonel Passingham in the Court above; in conse- quence of which, the verdict obtained by the plaintiff in July, 1826, was set aside, and the cause came on again for trial, on Friday last, Mr. R. VV. Lloyd hav- ing previously made an entry on the Hendwr estates, See. to set aside the effect of the fine that had been passed by Colonel Passihgham. As we have before mentioned, the trial commenced on Friday morning, when the case of the plaintiff was forcibly stated by Mr. Taunton; and, after the evi- dence had been gone through, Mr. Serjeant Russell addressed the Jury on the part of Colonel Passingham, the real defendant in the cause.— Two letters were then produced, dated in 1781 and 1782, written on behalf of Mrs Catherine Lloyd ( who was then blind) by a Mrs. Griffiths, the companion and amanu ensis of Mrs. C. Lloyd; in which Mrs. Catherine Lloyd speaks of the two Mr. Passinghams as her nephews, and of her having purchased commissions for them. The short- hand writer's notes of the evidence produced on the trial in 1794, to shew that, independent of tlve Fleet Register and the ( forged) registers of St. Pancras, there was a reputation in the connections of the parties that Mr. Giwn Lloyd had married Elizabeth Taylor, were also read ; aud the Court, after examining a few witnesses, adjourned to Saturday morning. The forgeries of Kendrey, the agent of Robert Passing- ham, were admitted by the defendant's Counsel; but on Saturday morning they produced, as on the former trial, evidence to shew that Colonel Passingham had been generally recognized as her nephew by Mrs. Ann Lloyd, after the verdict 1794. There was also, as hefore, testimony produced of a report that Mr. Giwn Lloyd had been married in the Fleet Prison before his marriage to Miss Hill and depositions of parties deceased were read, which went to shew that Mr. Giwn Lloyd and Elizabeth Taylor, to whom he was asserted to have been mar- red in the Fleet, visited the mother of Colonel Passingham at Teddington, where she was at nurse when a child, as man and wife, and as father and mother of that child. — And, from tbe evidence ad- duced, the Counsel for the defendant maintained there was sufficient ground for presuming the mar- riage of Mr. Giwn Lloyd and Elizabeth Taylor, inde- pendent either of the Fleet Register, or of the forged Registers of St. Pancras, produced iu 1794. The defendant's case being closed, Mr. Taunton made a most eloquent reply on behalf the plaintiff. He maintained that the forged Registers and the evidence of Mr. Blount, were decisive of the case. As to the kindness shewn to the plaintiff, and his alleg- ed recognition by the Mrs. Lloyds, there was nothing in that to warrant the assumption that the children were legitimate. If Colonel Passingham and his brother had not known the real state of tbe case, would they have let the Mrs. Lloyds taken quiet possession of Mr. Giwn Lloyd's estates, when, accord- ing to their own shewing to- day, they had letters recognising them as nephews. The circumstance of their thus being recognised would, to men of the world, appear nothing, for was it not notorious that such things occurred every day ; did they hot occur at this moment in the highest rank ? Was not the most exalted female in the land ( the Duchess of Clarence) thus recognising tbe illegitimate issue of her husband, born before marriage ? And if Robert Passingham ( for he imputed nothing to Colonel Passingham) had not known their case could not be maintained without the forgeries, would he and his associates ' have resorted to them ? and would not the same parties that committed forgeries suborn wit- nesses also to give auy testimony that would suit their purpose?— The learned gentleman concluded by assur- ing himself that his client would receive a verdict. Mr. Baron Vaughan summed up the case to the Jury with great perspicuity; and after they bad retired for about au hour, they returned a verdict for the defendant, thus giving their opinion in favour of the legitimacy of the mother of Colonel Passingham. Counsel for Plaintiff, Mr. Taunton, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cross, & Mr. Richards; Attorney, Mr. Pownall. Counsel for Defendant, Mr. Serjeant Russell, Mr. Whateley, and Mr. Williams; Attorney, Mr. Itoarke. In addition to tbe cause " Lloyd v. Humphreys*' ( Passingham) above mentioned, there was another entered for trial between the same parties, with the view of trying the same question, but it was postponed until next Assize ; and we have heard that a new trial in the case decided between these parties at the present Assize will be applied for. i ® Si0cdlanms0 finttlUgmci* DEVON ASSIZE— Most Extraordinary Trial. — This case, . Levy v. Baker, excited more than ordi- nary interest. It was an. action brought by the plaintiff, a silversmith, jeweller, and pawnbroker, living in Exeter, against the defendant, to recover the sum of £ 763. lis.. 6( 1. for goods sold, and money lent, under the following circumstances.. Mr. Raker, the unhappy subject of this inquiry, went into the plain- tiff's shop and bought various goods . to the amount of £ 80, for which he paid money, and invited the plain- tiff and his wife down to Sidniouth, where he.,( Mr. B.) was then living; which invitation they accepted. Previous to Mr. Baker's completion of the purchase, he said he was furnishing a house at Sidmouth, and should want various articles in the way of his ( the plaintiff's) trade. On the Saturday following, after the plaintiff's Sabbath was over, about, half past eight o'clock, Mr. Baker again called on the plaintiff, and, as the plaintiff's father said, and as averred by the plaintiff himself, after purchasing goods of a most extraordinary description, and for enormous sums, the plaintiff lent Mr. Baker £ 600, £ 400 of which money lie said was paid in £ 5 Bank of England notes, and £ 200 in sovereigns, which he ( the plaintiff) borrowed of his father, and for which Mr. Baker gave two notes on the Worcester Bank, he ( Mr. B.) having recently arrived from thence, and a check on the Exeter Bank for the remaining £ 200; which notes and check were never honoured, and this action was now brought to recover their value, as also for certain goods, in the whole making up the sum first mentioned. The defence to this action was, that Mr. Baker was insane at the time of these purchases, if they were ever made, and that the plaintiff well knew it. From the cross- examination of the plaintiff's witnesses, and those i called for the defence, itappeared that Mr. Baker had formerly been a surgeon of some eminence in London, ! hut had of late years resided iu Worcestershire. Three years since bis mother died, and about twelve months after that event his wife also, since which time he has been unwell, and is now in confinement. Before these afflictions he was a very generous, kind man ; after- wards he became close, secluded, and almost penuri- ous, until within a short time previous to the transac- tion now in question, at which period he took a house at Cheltenham, got acquainted with a woman of the town, and, in one of his fits, having often previously gone out iu his carriage and left it behind him, came off to this place, and from hence to Sidmouth, where he saw an estate belonging to Mr. Bacon, which he agreed to purchase for 5000 guineas. From the time he arrived at Sidmouth, up to the period ofhis con- finement, acts ofthe greatest insanity imaginable were proved ; and, to bring it home to the knowledge of the plaintiff, it was proved that Mr. Baker, on more occasions than one, ordered dinner at the Old London Inn, and invited different tradesmen of the city to take wine with him ; and on these occasions it was clear to every one that he ( Mr. B.) must be labouring under fits of insanity ; iu some of these fits, acts were proved which ought not to meet the public eye. After hear- ing part of the evidence for the defence, the Lord Chief Justice stopped the case, and ordered the plain- tiff, his father, and mother, together with a witness from Sidmouth, to stand committed, until such time they found bail, lo answer an indictment for a foul conspiracy. Doe dem. Hewitt v. Tolchard.— This was an action of ejectment, to try the validity of a will, and occa- sioned extreme interest in the Court. The plaintiff and testator were twins ; the plaintiff was a woman of weak intellect, and the defendant took advantage of this circumstance to induce the deceased to make a will in such a manner as to give him ( the defendant) nearly all ihe property, leaving the unfortunate and imbecile sister almost destitute. It appeared in evidence, that the will was made by one Angel, a stone- mason, residing at Holne. This man was cross- examined hy Mr. Serjeant Wilde in a very ingenious manner, who elicited from the » unwiUing witness that he had guided the sick man's hand, aud afterwards repaired a W, and added a T to the name. Lord Chief Justice Best animadverted in severe terms on Angel's conduct, and advised him to 4< tinker no more wills." The Jury returned a verdict for tbe plaintiff, thereby setting aside the will, and giving the whole property to the unprotected sister. NICETY OF THE LAW.— The escape of the atrocious culprit, Sheen, upon ' a point of form, from the indictment for the murder of his infant child, has excited a good deal of discussion in the country, and some dissatisfaction.' We think the dissatisfac- tion is unfounded. Sheen is acquitted, not on ac- count of any verbal or technical error apparent in the pleadings of his case, but simply because there has been an omission on the part of his prosecutors to bring forward that evidence which was necessary to convict him. Tbe culprit stands charged before the court with having killed a particular individual — A. B. This is the charge he is brought into court to meet. If the evidence then does not shew that he bas killed this individual A. B. that charge fails; we cannot convict the prisoner of having killed A. B. because we have evidence that he has killed Y. Z. This is the history of Sheen's first indictment. The second falls to the ground; because, if it is to be supported, it must be supported by evidence which might have been tendered under the first; and because if it were competent to go on re- indicting a man, and adding fresh evidence, from time to time, for one and the same offence, that practice would speedily become an engine of the most atrocious oppression and tyranny. Still it is a strange, and a horrible consideration, that a man known to be a murderer, and one of the most savage character, should be walking about at large— perfectly secure from molestation or punish- ment. A curious instance, too, df the difference of feel- ing which prevails, as to the necessity for this extreme nicety of proof, where the question is not one of life and death, but of property only, appears in a case in the Court of Common Pleas a few days subsequent to the first trial of Sheen. A tobacconist in tbe Borough, being prosecuted under a particular act of parliament, for sending out a pound of segars without the payment of a stamp, pleaded that the statute spoke of" a pound of tobacco"— and there- fore he was not guilty; for that the segars were not a pound of tobacco; every segar had a straw in it ; so that the weight of tobacco was not equal to a pound. The judge in this cause summed up against the dealer, aud told the jury that a pound of segars must be taken to be a pound of tobacco ; a dictum which seems a little surprising; for cer tainly, to be taken to be so, they must have been taken to be what it was shewn that they were not. The jui\ y, however, who probably had the nice distinction taken in Sheen's case immediately before their minds, refused this inteipretation of his lord- ship, and acquitted the defendant.— Monthly Mag. At the Assizes for Worcester certain parties were indicted for stealing two ducks; but as it came out in evidence that they killed the ducks before they stole them, Mr. Justice Littledale directed the Jury to find them not guilty, on the ground that, in legal construction, the words " two ducks" must be taken to mean " two live ducks," whereas it was proved that these ducks were dead : the parties wore found not guilty accordingly. STAFFORD ASSIZES.— The business closed here on Thursday week,; when sentence of death was re- corded against 20 prisoners ; one was sentenced to transportation for 14 aud four for 7 years; 20 were ordered to be imprisoned, 17. were, acquitted, 1 dis- charged, and against 6 no bills were found. In all, 69 prisoners. John Bennett, aged 36, for embezzling divers sums of money, the property o. f his employers, Messrs. Boulton aud Watt, of the Soho, was sentenced to 14 years' transportation, lie had lived in the employ of the. prosecutors as collecting clerk upwards of fire years, during which period, it was stated, that nearly £ 90,000; had passed through his hands... His fraudu- lent defalcations were laid at £ 1640.— Considerable; surprise was excited, iu the Court, by the Jury pro- nouncing an acquittal in the case ofa desperate cha- racter, named John Slack, tried for a highway, robbery. His guilt was most conclusive, and bis Lordship desired the jury to re- consider their verdict twice, before he would permit it to be recorded, Slack bad been five times before convicted at other Assizes {'" John Dlilts, sentenced to transportation for seven years, for killing aud slaving his wife on 17th May last, was. a travelling tinker, and . arrived at Wolverhampton on the above day wilh his wife. They Went to a lodging house, and shortly after the prisoner asked. his wife to give liim sixpence; she refused. The prisoner then seized her by- the band, aud, having bit her ring off, threw it under the grate ; a scuffle ensued, in which the deceased was very abusive. The prisoner then kicked her several times in the side and head, and she fell almost immediately into a kind of swoon., The prisoner . said he had often seen her iu a fit for two hours together, and that when she was recovering, if she saw him she would have a relapse. He therefore left her in the care of some' women, and went to take some ale ; but shortly after the woman died. Taylor v. Morgan avd others. — This was nn action brought by the plaintiff to recover from the Bailiffs of the Hundred a compensation for damages sustained during an electioneering contest at Lichfield in the last year.— Verdict for the plaintiff, £' 2i0. Atlday v. Tonks.— This was one of the special jury cases entered for trial at the last Assizes, but deferred from an unusual press of business. The plaintiff is a respectable tradesman of Birmingham, and occupies a wire mill at Little As, totr, Staffordshire. The defend- ant is a farmer, occupying a farm adjoining tbe same mill, and through which the streams flow which supply the mill with water. It appears the • defendant- diverted these streams during a considerable part of last summer, for the purpose of irrigating his mea- dows, and the, action was brought to recover compen- sation for the injury the plaintiff had sustained by having been deprived of the water. Verdict for the plaintiff— damages £ 80. At Stafford Assizes, the Attorney- General was re- tained at 300gs. in a case Attwond v. The British Iron Cornpany.-— This was an action brought by Mr. Att wood, the proprietor of iron mines, to recover £ 16,230, being the amount of interest due on the money which remained on mortgage, out of the original purchase money agreed to be given! for his mines, namely £ 550,000. Tbe defendants had refused to pay the interest, pending a suit in equity, instituted by them to prove that the value of the. mines had been misre- presented at the time they agreed to the purchaser The defence was, that Mr. A it wood was a member of the British Iron Company, who were the real de- fendants, and that therefore he could not sue another at law, but his remedy was in a Court of Equity. Mrj Attwood was pa'd £ 225,000 at the time, and the re- maining sum of £ 325, t'OO had been since reduced by another payment of £ 225,000, and the question was, whether the remaining £ 100,000 would not be re- covered back by the defendants on the trial of the case in a Court of Equity.— Mr. Justice Littledale left tli « several questions which had been raised to the Jury.— Verdict for the plaintiff; damages £ 16,230. ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—* At Surrey Assizes, William Summers was indicted for stealing local notes from his employers, Messrs. Mellersh, Kidd* and Kidd, bankers, Godalming, to the amount of £ 7100. — Mr. Gurney, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Brod- rick, were for the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant Andrews and Mr. Bolland for the prisoner. — M r. Gurney stated that the prisoner had been in the ser- vice of the firm for upwards of ten or twelve years past, and that unlimited confidence was reposed in him— he alone living in the banking house, and having the entire management of the concern. Tiiat it was the custom of the firm to have a balance- sheet prepared every year, and in consequence of the prisoner from time to time delaying the production of the last year's balance- sheet, suspicion was excited, and when it was produced, it appearing that there was a much larger quantity of local notes stated to be in the house than the partners conceived possible, au investigation took place. At this investigation the prisoner, after evincing considerable agitation, stated, that two years before, in October, 1825, the bank bad been robbed of £ 7100. Tha partners expressed their surprise at this, and asked the prisoner if he bad stated this circumstance to any one hefore ? Prisoner said he had not. Mr. Mellersh said that his conduct was, at all events, very negligent and improper, and he should hold him liable for the amount. The pri- soner readily ag- eed to this, and executed an assign- ment of all his property to the bankers. Several days elapsed, aud the bankers had the prisoner again in their private room, and stated that from his conduct iu fabricating the balance sheet, and taking no notice of the loss he stated, they conceived that it was not a loss, but a robbery ou his part. The prisoner, upon this, burst into tears, and said, u I am guilty, I am guilty!" Mr. Mellersh observed, 41 Yon mean, then, lhat you stole the notes, and that they were not stolen by any other person ?*' Prisoner said, 44 I do." The partners then said, 14 Summers, you have behaved infamously, but if it turns out that this is the extent of our loss, and that you have given us a correct state- ment of your affairs, we will forgive you." The. prisoner immediately caught hold of their hands and said, 44 God bless you both." Tbe bankers then bad a clerk from their London correspondents, Messrs. Barclay and Co. to go over the accounts with tbe prisoner, when it turned out that instead of £ 7100, the deficiency was £ 15,000. Upon this the prisoner admitted that he Could no longer hope for forgive- ness.— Mr. Gurney concluded his address by stating, that the Jury were not trying now the common case of thieves and house- breakers, against whom every per- son might protect himself by locking his doors and keeping them out, but one ofa much more dangerous nature — ofa man who had wormed himself into his em- ployers' confidence, under the semblance of integrity, in order more fatally to injjire, more deeply to wound them. Several objections were taken by Mr. Serg- eant Andrews and Mr. Bolland for the prisoner, but all tbe facts were most clearly established'on evidence, and after a short summing- up by the Judge, the Jury, without a minute's deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty.— The prisoner might have been indicted capi- tally, and on which indictment his life would have been forfeited, but the bankers declined to take that step— On Thursday the prisoner received judgment, when Mr. Justice Gazelee, after dwelling on the enormity of tbe offence, which was the greater from the extent of confidence that was placed in him, stated that it was impossible for him. not to give him the largest punishment that the law allowed, and sentenced him to fourteen years' transportation. WINCHESTER.— On Saturday week, William George, ag- ed 24, convicted ( together with Richard Ashdowu,) at Winchester Assizes, ofa daring robbery at Wymer- iu'g Turnpike gate; Robert Ainsley and Benjamin White, convicted of horse- stealing, underwent the dreadful sentence of deaib, at the new drop. The costs recovered in the different forms of action brought in Courts of Law, are not governed by the same rules in all of them, where the sum which is awarded to the plaintiff as damages is under forty shillings, aud in some cases the certificate of the Judge who tries tbe cause, gives the plaintiff his full costs, while in others it has the effect of depriving the plaintiff of costs. Iu all actions for assault and battery or trespass, either to lands or goods, if the plaintiff recovers less than 40s. damages, he gets no more costs than damages, unless the defendant has justified the battery or trespass, or unless the judge certifies ii the plaintiff1* favour. In actions for verbal slander, no sum under 40s ever carries costs ; and the defendant having justified or not, makes no diff^' ence, and there is no certificate grantable for either party. But in actions for libel, crim. cou. seduction, debt, contract, or consequential damage, the smallest damages carry fall cods, whether the defendant has justified or not, unless the Judge certifies in favour of the defendant; and if he does, that deprives the plaintiff of his costs. The Custom- house on Saturday morning was a scene of great agitation, on account of a discovery of the smuggling of tea into England, which it is believed has been carried on lately to a great extent. The ship Simeon, from Hamburgh, has been seized by the Custom- house officers. She had landed a quantity of alva marina, or sea grass, belonging to a Jew merchant of the City, and on searching it, a large quantity of tea was found secreted. Cargoes of the same description are un- derstood to have lately arrived to the same address. The strictest investigation is making, and it is believed not the slightest suspicion attaches to the | Captain or owners of the ship. aSsgrZSS& S^ TTRZ&^^& W& SSSSI^ iALOFIAM JOJUBNAL, AMID COUIMEK OP WAJL1 ffiamfmana. No. XIV. AULD LANG SYNSs Nae bonnie rose deck'd Flora's gruve Wi' bluim sae braw as thine, When first to thee 1 prattled luve, In days o' lang syne. Tho' strappan youths their proffers made, Tbe happy lot watt mine, To tak' thy haun' a sonsie maid, Iu days o' lang syne. Aft times I staw to yonder gruve, And left tbe sparkling wine, To praise thy bluim and faithfu' lave, In days o' lang syne. An' when I did wi' voice sae mee'i Entreat thee to be mine, How bright tbe bluish that deck'd Iky cheert, In days o' laug syne. Those bapny days remember, Jane, When youth was your's and win-', We ne'er shall see sic time again As days o' lang syne. Some men wi' hearts as black as jet, While brooding o'er their wine, Wi' surly air may sttin forget The'dajs o* lang syne'. Shall honours great, shall miser's gow'd, Shall time lily heart incline, To lose a view, wi' frieu'ship ca tld, (.)' days o' lang syne. Did e'er I treat thee wi' disdain ? Or cause thee, luve, to pine, Or heave that bosom once wi' pain For days o' lang syne > Far, far frae me be sic a uiin'. The deed shall na' be mine, ^ To wound the heart that proved so kin In days o' lang syne. Inauld lang syne, my luve, In auld lang syne ; • Then let me kiss thy ruby lips, For auld laug syne. MARMION. JLl. ANFYT. TIN. • Talesmen. ^ fjropaltfre £ itmmer MORRIS v. DAVIES. We noticed in our last Journal that this important cause had again come on for triwL 1 he Jury, which was special, was composed of the following Gentlemen : Sir Robert Chambre Hill, K. C. B. Thomas Parr, Esq. Thomas Wood, Esq. Thomas Jeffreys, Esq. Ralph Benson, Esq. William Turner, Esq. William Wolryche- Whitmore, Esq. Robert Bridgman More, Esq. Richard Evans 1 William Butcher f Ta| esnien. 1 homas Jones 1 James Dorrill 3 The case having already been detailed at great length in our Journal, after the former trial, we shall not. Oyaiu go into its various particulars.— It came, as onr rcad< r,. are perfectly aware, to be tried at the late Spring Assizes for this county, as an issue out of tbe Court of Chancerv, in which Evan Morris alias Evan Morris Williams' was tbe plaintiff, and Edward Davies and Harriett his wife were the defendants ; and the question directed to be tried was/ Whether the plaintiff Evan Morris alias Evan Morris Williams was or was not the legitimate son of William Morris, hue of Argoed, E> q and of Mary his wife?— In this question was involved the right to " estates of great value, chiefly in Montgo- meryshire, and which are now in the possession of tbe defendants, Mrs. Davies being, according to the de- fendants'case, the only legitimate issue of the said late William Morris, Esq. and Mary his wife. The trial at the Spring Assizes occupied the Court nnd a Special Jury two days, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff. - In the Court of Chancery, on the 16th of May last, Mr. Taunton, on the pari of Mr. and Mrs. Davies, appeared to state the grounds on which it was intended to move that the abovementioned verdict should be set aside, and a new trial granted. The question was, in consequence, argued in the Court of Chancery on that and subsequent davs, by Mr. Taunton, Mr. Serjeant Peake, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Temple, for the defendants ; and by Mr. Serjeant Russell, Mr Agar, Mr. Curwood, Mr. Home, Mr. Spence, and Mr. Whatelcv, for the plaintiff — And on the 16th of July, the Lord Chancellor gave judgment, and directed that a new trial should take place. In giving this judg- ment, bis Lordship paiticularly requested that the attention of the Jury should be directed to the fact alleged on the part of the plaintiff, that Mr. and Mr Morris had slept together at the house of Mrs. Lloyd, of Garthllwyd, near Llanfair, in the spring of 1792 ( the plaintiff being born on I he 5th of January, 1793) •, but which visit, according to other testimony relied upon by the defendants, took place in 1798.— the fact of the visit to Garthllwyd having taken place in 1792 was sworn to positively by a witness named Mar\ Evans, whose testimony had, however, been contradicted on that and on other points. His Lordship also dwelt on tbe circumstances of the birth of the plaintiff being unknown to the late Mr. Morris during the whole period of lhat gentleman's life ; and to the circumstance ofthe plaintiff being described on the face ofthe regis ter of his baptism, al Wem, as a base- born child. Hi Lordship also said, iu the course of his observations, there could be no doubt, from the evidence, lhat after Mr. and Mrs. Morris had entered into a deed of volun tary separation, Mr. Morris was frequently seen in the town of Llanfair, where she resided, and that they w e not altogether on unfriendly terms, and that they had occasional interviews. It was also, he said, perfectly clear, that during this period William Austin lived in stale of open adultery wilh Mrs. Morris, that the plain- tiff was born about Christmas, 1792, taken to Austin's father and mother at Wem, and brought up there, without the fact of his birth having ever been commu- nicated to Mr. Morris; and it appeared in evidence that he bad been recognized by William Austin as his son, and by the parents of William Austin as their grand- child. As we have before stated, the new trial commenced on Tuesday, before Mr. Baron Vaughan ( who presided at the former trial) and the Special Jury above- named. Mr. Whateley opened the pleadings for the plaintiff, whose case was staled by Mr. Sergeant Russell, and the examination of the evidence by which it was supported occupied the Court the whole of Tuesday. The case was then adjourned. Ou Wednesday morning last, Mr. Taunton slated the defendants' case, and ihe examination of the evidence adduced on the part of the defendants occupied ihe court the remainder of ihe day. As on the former occasion, the evidence produced by tbe plaintiff went to shew that there was such an inter- course existing between Mr. and Mrs. Morris in 1792, as to warrant the inference that tbe plaintiff, although his birth had been concealed, was the legitimate son of Mr. Morris. The testimony adduced by the defendants went, on the other hand, to prove, that, from all the circum- stances of Mrs. Morris having lived in a state of adul tery with William Austin— of William Austin aud Iiis parents having recognized the child as being the illegitimate issue of William Austin— of his being so registered — of Mr. Morris never having known of bis birth — and of Mrs. Davies being solemnly recognized by Mr. Morris in his will, and by other deeds, as his only child and heir— the plaintiff must be held to be the spurious issue of Mrs. Morris and William Austin. On Thursday morning, Mr. Sergeant Russell, on the part of the plaintiff, replied to the case of the defend ants; after which Mr. Baron Vaughan summed up the case to the Jury. The Jury, after consulting together for an hour and half, returned a verdict for the Defendants. Counsel for Plaintiff, Mr. Sergeant Russell, Mr Curwood, and Mr. Whateley; Attorneys, Messrs. Wat- son and Harper, Whitchurch. Counsel for Defendants, Mr. Taunton, Mr. Campbell Mr. Sergeant Peake, and Mr. Richards; Attorneys TVSr. H. Rumsey Williams, of Carnarvon, and Mr. J Williams, of Llanfylliu, estates; and, on Thursday last, the cause canSe on for trial before Mr. Justice Litiledale and the following Special Jury:— John Edwards, Esq. of Great Ness William Owen, Esq. of Woodhouse Richard Mountford, Esq, John Mars to ii, Esq. William Birch Price, Esq. Joseph Booth, Esq. Thomas Birkin William Clarke John Chirinage Thomas Cotton Thomas Dovcy John Edwards Mr. Whitcoinbe opened the pleadings, and Mr. Campbell stated the plaintiff's case, which, as it result- ed. in a nonsuit, and did not furnish afty claim the estates sought to be obtained, we shall only briefly notice, 11 was granted, on both sides, that Thomas Jones, Esq. who, in 1820, died seised of the estates in' question, was descended from Evan Jones, Esq. of Llanllothian, in the county of Montgomery, who died in 1716. This Evan Jones had an only daughter, Hesther, from whom Major Harrison is descended. Evan Jones had several sons, and from oue of them the late Thomas Joues, Esq. was descended. The ease set tip by the present plaintiff was^ that Evan Jones, - Esq, of Llanilothian, who died in 1716, was brother of Morgan John; Gent, of PenygweYny, in Ihe CMUty of Cardigan, who died in 1763; and tlwt they were both of them sons of John Edward, Gent, of Doly- ijors, it; the county of Cardigan ( tbe change of surnames Iof father and son being a common practice at lhat pciiod in Wales).— To support this case, ihe descent of the plaintiff in the direct male line from the said Mor- j o! wi John was proved; a piece of paper, with writing j it, purporting " to be a letter written on behalf of j ; Evart Jones of Lianliothian to his brother Morgan John 1 i<> Penvgwerny, and stated to have been found by Ihe | present possessor of thai estate among Ibe deeds con- | v- ving it from the plaintiff's family, was also produced ; I and some witnesses were called to speak to conversa- j tionsin w hich the older members of Ihe family of the piaintiff had said Evan, brother of Morgan John, had settled in Montgomeryshire, and other witnesses were produced to speak to conversations of Ihe late Thomas Jones, Esq. in which he said his family came fi'om South Wales, and that bis next- of- kin were in Cardi- ganshire.— It was also alleged^ on the part of the plaintiff, that Major Harrison was not descended from Hesther, daughter of Evan Joues, Esq. On the part of Major Harrison, Mr. Taunton rose, and, after ridiculing the loose and suspicious evidence of the conversations alleged to have taken place with the late Mr. Jones, said, be should prove by documents the most incontrovertible, namely, wills, and solemn deeds of settlement, not only that the pretended letter lhat had been produced was a fabrication, but that Rvan Jones, Esq. of Llanllothian was neither the son of John Edward, nor the brother of Morgan John ; and as ihe plaintiff, even if Evan Jones, of Llanllothian, and Morgan John were brothers, cotfN have no claim, if Major Harrison were the descendant of Hesther, daughter of Evan Jones, he would prove that fact by a solemn instrument, namely a marriage settlement. Mr. Campbell here interposed, and said, if Mr. Taunton could shew clearly that Major Harrison was descended from Hesther, daughter of Evan Jones, his client, the plaintiff, certainly could have no claim to the estates.; in question. Mr, Taunton immediately produced several deeds, proving. indisputably, not only that Major Harrison as,, d esc ended from Hesther, daughter of Evan Jones, Esq. bnt that the said Evan Jones, instead of being the soil of John Edward and the brother of Morgan John, was the son and brother of gentlemen resid- ing in Montgomeryshire, and totally unconnected in any way whatever with the plaintiff's family. Tlie plaint iff was immediately nonsuited. Counsel for Plaintiff, Messrs. Campbell, Maule, and W h'i tenth be ; Attorney, Mr. C. Powell. Counsel for Defendant, Mr. Taunton, Mr. Sergeant Peake, and Mr. Phillips; Attorney, Mr. Allen, Welsh- pool. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. - Talesmen.. DOE DEM. JONES y. HARRISON. The defendant in this case is Major Harrison, who, on the death of his relation, Thomas Jones, Esq. of Llantysilio, in the county of Denbigh, in the year 1820, took possession of that gentleman's extensive estates in Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire. Mr. Jones, as our readers well know, died intestate, wherebv his real estate devolved to his heir- at- law. Major Harrison took possession as heir- at- law ; but Iiis right to do so has already been twice disputed by a plaintiff named Benjamin Jones, whose claim was, on each. occasion tried before a special jury at Shrewsbury, and, by their verdict, declared to be without foundation. A third claimant subsequently appeared in the per- son of John Jones, younger brother of Edward Jones, the plaintiff in the action which we are about to record. Edward Jones, it appears, went abroad, and remained in America about 12 years. Under the presumption ( as is alleged) that he was dead, John Jones commenced an action of ejectment to obtain possession of the estates of the late Thomas Jo ties, Esq ; but before it could he brought to trial, he died.— His brother Edward subse- quently returned, and commenced the present action of ejectment, with the same view of obtaining those REX v. JONES & OTHERS. This case came on on Wednesday last, before Mr. Justice Littledale and a Special Jury, composed of the following Gentlemen; Philip Charlton, Esq. Richard Mountford, Esq. Richard Grant, Esq. Thomas Beddoes, Esq. Thomas Bnlkeley Owen, Esq. Thomas Bishton, Esq. Joseph Hassall, Esq. Philip Ward ley, John Simon, & Robert Parsons, > John Powell, k Stephen Morrey, A This was an indictment against Thomas Lane Parker, Gent. William Alexander, Gent. William Jones, Am- brose Jones, Richard Asterley, James Sayer, Edward Wall, and Thomas Hancox, for having conspired to keep, and having kept, two witnesses named Ann Jones nnd Maria Bowen out of the way previous to and during the Summer Assize for this county in Ihe year 1824, and so prevented them from being snbpceuaed in the cause" Moore v. Jones," then entered for trial. The whole of the defendants, with the exception of Edward Wall, appeared. The indictment had been removed into the King's Bench by certiorari, and was thence remitted for trial at these Assizes. The case excited very considerable interest, as well from tbe extraordinary nature of its details as from the high respectability of three of the defendants, Messrs. Sayer, Parker and Alexander, the second of whom is an attorney residing at Birmingham, aud Ihe. latter of ihe same profession, but resident in London. On the names of the jury being called over, Mr. CAMPBELL rose, and as counsel for Mr. Parker begged to state that, four highly respectable gentle- men who had been in attendance some days for the purpose of bearing most honourable testimony to the character of his client, had been compelled to quit that town to attend the Warwick Assizes, but they would be back by Friday, and unless ihe counsel for the prose- cution would admit the respectability of Mr. Parker, he should feel himself called upon fo move the Court on affidavits to postpone the trial. The gentlemen lowborn he alluded were Mr. Spurrier, Mr. Whateley, Mr. Unett, and Mr. Hinckley, • Mr. Bellamy ( the Judge's Associate.) said, he bad himself seen those Gentlemen, and could, from the con- versation he had with them, affirm thai they had been in attendance for the purpose stated by Mr. Campbell. Mr. Richards ( who conducted the prosecution iu the absence of Mr. Taunton, who was engaged iu the oilier Court, in the great cause of Morris v. Davies,) said, it was not usual to make such admissions in criminal pro- secutions. Mr. Curwood said, that so far from that being the case, be had himself fifty times made admissions simi- lar to thai now asked for. Mr. Richards said, he still thought the application an unusual one, and acting under Ihe instructions of his lieut he could not consent to grant it. Mr Campbell said, in that case he must apply to have the trial postponed While this conversation was going on Mr. Bellamy had retired from the Court, and reluming at this junc- ture, communicated something to Mr. Campbell in an under-. tone, who instantly withdrew his objection, and observed, that he had just learnt he had one witness to character of such unquestionable respectability, that after calling him, had lie ever so many witnesses in at- tendance, lie should have held it disrespectful to the Court, to the Jury, and to that gentleman, to have pro ceeded to examine them. On the motion of Mr. Campbell, the witnesses were ordered out. of Court, and Mr. Richards proceeded to state his case. The in- dictment., he said, charged the defendants with having conspired to defeat the ends of justice, by keeping two witnesses out of the way; and, in order that the case might be fully understood, it was necessary he should give a short history of ihe parties. The prosecutor ( Mr. Charles Moore) formerly resided in Ireland, where he became acquainted with the defendant ( Win. Jones), who in the course of their transactions became indebted to him in a considerable sum. Not being able to gel any money, he commenced an action in the spring of 1820, and obtained a verdict for £ 900. William Jones became extremely violent and indig- nant on finding himself in such a situation lhat he must pay, and, as was no way uncommon among debtors, had recourse to all manner of tricks and schemes for the purpose of making away with his property, and pre- venting il from becoming available for the payment, of this debt. During his residence in Ireland he had married a daughter of a lady named Garden, to w hom, afler the verdict had been obtained against him, he conveyed over his farm and the stock- thereon. Other property he mortgaged to Mr. Sayer, one of the defendants on this record, for its full value, so as to render it utterly unavailable for the satisfaction of this debt. He also executed a warrant of attorney to confess judgment for the sum of £ 1900, and placed it in lb hands of Mis. Carden, and under. which all his remain- ing property was . swept away. Mr. Moore find what had been done, issued a commission of bankrupt! cy, but afterwards abandoned that commission, and issded a fresh one in the spring of 1823. This latter commission was decidedly a hostile one, and William Jones, finding that it was likely to operate to the invalidating the deeds of transfer he had exe- cuted, opposed it with, allhis - might, and filed affidavits in the Court of Chancery, denying the acts of bank- ruptcy sworn to by Ann Joues and Maria Bowen, and on which the commission had- been granted. The late Viee- Chancelior, on the strength of these affidavits, directed an issue to he tried to determine the fact, and the same was entered for trial at the Summer Assizes for this county in the year 1824, William Jones, well knowing- lhat Ann Jones and Maria Bowen would, if examined, clearly establish the act of bankruptcy, ' had recourse to a most nefarious scheme, iu which he was aided by others, for their removal out of fhe way. The witness Ann Jones- was Ihe wife of his own brother, Thomas the joiner, who resided In one of the houses which had been mortgaged to Mr. Sayer, arid who, besides owing an arrear of rent, was indebted to William Joites in the sum of £ 100, for which he had given his note of hand. It being desira- ble that Thomas Jones should he placed completely within the power of his brother William, but at the same lime that the working of the scheme should not be too palpable, ihe note was transferred to William Jones's partner, Obadiah Bait, who attended at the office of Mr. Parker* one of the defendants; and hav- ing made an affidavit of the debt, gave instructions for the arrest of Thomas Janes. How far Mr: Parker was cognizant of the gross fraud contemplated, or how far he acted in ignorance of their design, he should not pretend to say. He would muke. no observations to his prejudice, but Would detail the facts of 1' ne case, and leave the jury to say whether he were innocent or noL Now he should he. able to prove that the affidavit of debt, instead of being transmitted to Mr. Parker's usual agents for the purpose of obtaining the writ, was sent to Mr. Alexander, by vfhom the writ was procured and sent down, and who henceforward acted as Mr. Parker's agent in the affair. The writ, instead of being trans- mitted in the usual way, was specially addressed to_ the defendant Hancox, who is a sheriff's officer at Birming- ham., and who was employed to make the caption. It would, no doubt, strike them as extraordinary, that instead of employing an officer resident on the spot, they should send one all the way from Bi ruling ham. But what ensued was a « ill more extraordinary. Hancox, on making his caption, told Thomas Jones that if he would procure his wife ( Ann Jones) and her assistant ( Maria Bowen) to make an affidavit, denying on oath the depositions they had previously made, and on which tbe commission of bankruptcy was issued, not only should he be set at liberty, but the distress for rent, which at tbe same moment was put info tbe house by the defendant Sayer, also he withdrawn. Thomas Jones spurned these proposals, and he was afterwards conveyed to the house of a person named Williams, where a couversalion'took place, of which Hancox made no secret, but openly declared that if Ann Jones and Maria Bowen were kept out of the way, so as not to be forthcoming at the approaching Assize, the warrant and distress should , be withdrawn, and a sum of money given him. He believed be should be able to prove that this conversation was communicated to Mr. Parker, and that Mr. Parker said, t{ mind, whatever. is done i must know nothing about it." The inference to be drawn from sucb an observation was obvious, but he would rather, as respected Mr. Parker, abstain from comment, and leave the witnesses to speak for themselves. Thomas Jones long resisted the efforts made to seduce him, but was finally prevailed on to purchase his release from imprisonment, by sending the witnesses out of the wav, and perhaps few in his rank of life who had been similarly persecuted, would not, like him, have yielded at last. The witnesses were sent to Stanford, and a per- son named Edward Wall sent to watch them, immedi- ately after which Thomas Jones was enlarged from the arrest, and the distress withdrawn ; he, however, being- first made to sign a paper rendering him liable to a re- newal of both, in the event ofthe witnesses appearing. While these proceedings were going on, the prosecutor ( Charles Moore) was arrested for the expenses incurred by Heath, ihe messenger to the second commission, and thrown into Chester gaol, but although she arrest was nominally ' he instance of Heath, he should be able to shew that ii was in reality at the instance of William Jones, who had purchased the debt for £ 80, and had repeatedly been heard to boast of the. success of his scheme. These were the facts he should have to lay before them, and when he bad so done, be should have exposed one of the most unprincipled, and most daring, and most artful attempts ever made for polluting the streams of justice, and perverting the ends of law. Mr. John Foster, was attorney for Mr. Moore in an action against William Joues, which was to have been fried at" these Assizes in the summer of 1824; Mr. Parker was attorney for William Jones, and Mr. Alex- ander acted as his agent. Mr. Alexander had been the attorney in the cause previous to Mr. Parker's becoming concerned. Cross- examined by Mr. Phillips on behalf of William Jones.— The cause was first entered for trial at the Lancaster Assizes, but the venue was afterwards changed by consent. Cross- examined by Mr. Busby, for Mr. Alexander. Mr. Alexander ceased lo be attorney for William Jones after the cause was removed from Lancaster. It was then agreed ihe matter should be settled by reference Mr. Charles Moore produced an order of Court, postponing the cause " Moore v. Jones" from the Summer Assize 1824 to the ensuing Assize, on account of the absence of witnesses. The plaintiff was to pay the costs of the day. Mr. Foster re- called.— He attended at Shrewsbury to conduct the cause for Mr. Moore. Ann Jones and Maria Bowen were absolutely necessary witnesses for Mr. Moore. He procured subpoenas lo serve on them, but although he made diligent search was unable to find them. Ann Jones is the wife of Thomas Jones, the joiner, of Shrewsbury. Cross- examined by Mr. Campbell on behalf of- Mr Parker.— He has ceased to be an attorney, and the present prosecution is being conducted by his brother Marmaduke. An application was made against Mr. Parker in the Court of King's Bench, but it was dismissed. Cross- examined by Mr. Busby.— An action wa brought against him in the name of Benjamin Heath, but lie considered William Jones to be the real plaintiff, as he had bought ihe debt. Mr. Alexander was attorney in lhat suit. Witness went from Liverpool to avoid being arrested. Mr. Marmadnke Foster examined.— He exerted him self before the Summer Assize in 1824 to find th retreat of Ann Jones and Maria Bowen, bnt could not. Thomas Jones told bim he was determined ihe subpoenas should not be served. He went twice to Thomas Jones's house, but could not get in. The trial was postponed in consequence of the absence of these witnesses. Cross examined by Mr. Curwood.— The postpone- ment of tbe trial was on the condition of their paying- costs, which costs they have not paid to this day. Thomas Jones, the butcher, examined.— He knows Thomas Jones the joiner; his wife Ann Jones, in 1824, used to carry on business as a dress- maker, and Maria Bowen was her assistant. The defendant Wm. Jones is brother to Thomas Jones the joiner. Remem- bers the time w hen the action Moore v. Jones was about to be tried. A distress was at that time put into joinfer Jones's bouse, and himself arrested. By the Court.— This was about a week or fortnight before the assizes. He had a conversation with William Jones and joiner Jones and another person about that time. Thev came to his house together. That other person was Ambrose Jones. Wm. Jones said, " that is ihe man," pointing to witness, " lhat can induce ihe witnesses to keep out of the way, and can get Thomas Jones the joiner to assist them out of the way, » so lhat ' hey shall not be subpoenaed. Joiner Jones asked what could be done about Saver's distress ? He saw them more than once on the subject; once opposite lo his own house, and on< e in the Hig. h- stre. et. The same words were spoken both limes. Joiner Jones said, " How can I put thei out of the way, when I have no money, nor any thin to support them with." William Joues then asked witness to let him have . some money, and he would repay it. Witness refused lo advance any money, but consented to supply the family with meat. William Jones said he would pay for the meat. Joiner Jones agreed to put them out of the way, on condition o money and butcher's meat being found him. Joiner Jones was a LONG while before lie would agree, bu witness persuaded him. He hesitated full ten minutes, r Joiner Jones asked what he should do about Sayer distress, aud William Jones replied, " Sayer can do nothing without me; 1' ILsee that all shall be right.' Witness's wife Sarah was present during part of this conversation. Cross- examined by Mr. Bather, for Mr. Ambrose Joues.— He never gave a different account of this affair. He never said the only reason why Ambrose was put. into the indictment was to prevent him from being a witness. He said that as little should be said against him as possible, because he was joiner Jones's brother. After the indictment was found, he went by direction of one of the Mr. Fosters ( he could not say which) to Ambrose Jones's house, and told him that if he would not interfere, nor make an oration, nor blackguard Tom ( meaning joiner Jones), he would say as little about him as possible. He meant to have kept Ihis promise, and it was for that reason that he mentioned Ambrose as u another, person," bnt he told his name when called upon to do so. Cross- examined by Mr. Phillips.— He had said as little about Ambrose as possible. He had not said so much against him as he had done before. He had kept nothing back. He understood what an indictment was ; he had betfn himself indicted. It was for taking pos- session of his own property. He had been defrauded out of a quantify of bacon, which he heard had been afterwards disposed of to a Mr. Underwood, of. Stafford, to whose house, therefore, he went and took away his own bacon, and for this he was indicted. He after- wards settled the matter. Joiner Jones went with him fo M r. Underwood's house, and introduced himself as Ricketts, a Bow- street officer. He did not tell Mr. Underwood that was not his name. He never knew joiner Jones go by a false name before. He did not make compensation to Underwood to prevent him from prosecuting. lie did not settle it. It was noi him that settled it. He forgets how it was settled. Does not know that he was ever indicted before, unless it were for an assault. He has been often before the Shrews bury CouVt of Requests. He does not recollect the Commissioners ever, in his bearing, giving directions that he should never be sworn before them in any future causes. The Commissioners said he had forsworn himself, bnt the fact was, he had made a mistake. He swears he never heard the Commissioners say they would not take his oath in future, besides he had been sworn sines. Mr. Phillips. " Since! since when ?" ^ Vitness. " Since they said I had forsworn myself." Witness knows Mr. Price, of Cwymmary. He never was charged with stealing any of his sheep ; but he would explain how it was. He had 40 sheep fastened in the same pen with some sheep of that gentleman's, and when he came to separate them he found 43, all having his mark upon them, so he drove them all home and slaughtered them. He paid after- wards for these three. He asked William Jones to pay him for the meat he had supplied joiner Jones's family with, but he refused. Sarah Jones, wife of the last witness. Remembers Ambrose and William Jones and joiner Jones coming to her husband, and consulting him about keeping the witness out of the way. Her husband, it was agreed, should supply joiner Jones's family with meat, which, Ambrose jones observed, his brother William would pay for. Cross- examined by Mr, Phillips.— William Jones refused to pay for the meat. Ann Jones.— Is wife of joiner Jones, and carries on business at Shrewsbury as a dress- maker. In 1824 Maria Bowen worked with her, and was examined with her to the act of bankruptcy committed by William Jones. This was before the trial was to have taken place. About a fortnight before then her husband was arrested, and a distress was put into the house. Hancox was the officer who arrested her husband, and also levied the distress. She has a very large family, and was thrown into great difficulties by these proceedings, Haneox must have been aware of that. He proposed, if Maria Bowen and herself went before a magistrate and swore that ibe depositions on which Ihe commission of bankruptcy was obtained were all false, be would release her husband and withdraw the distress. She refused to do so, and asked him if he thought she was a fool. After that, she saw Thomas Jones the butcher, a, nd if was arranged that she and Maria . Bowen should go to Mr. Giltins's, at Stanford, until after the trial was over, to avoid being subpoenaed. She stayed there frqm Sunday until the following Saturday night. Her husband fetched her. After her return she saw Mr. Alexander in company with William Jones. They asked her how she was after the journey, and thanked her for keeping out of the way. Mr. Alexander said he would come in the morning and see her family. He did call. Il was on a Sunday morning. He said she had a fine family, and went away. Cross- examined by Mr. Campbell.— There was no one present when she had ihe conversation with Han- cox. It did not take place in the house, but in the High- street, about 11 o'clock in tbe forenoon. There were many persons about, but none near enough to hear what passed. Cross examined by Mr. Phillips. William Jones has had no quarrel with her husband. She never told William Jones to wait till she swore, and that she would swear through thick and thin to ruin him. Her husband was in gaol in the spring of 1823, and she went to see him there. She never told bim while there that she hoped he might sink into the earth if he did not do all in his power to injure William Jones. Maria Bowen was living in 1824 with Ann Jones as an assistant. She recollects the arrest and the distress; there were two officers besides Hancox in possession. She accompanied Ann Jones to Stanford, and remained there until the Assize was over. Thomas Jones the younger examined. He is a son of joiner Jones. During the Assizes he saw Mr. Alexander and a gentleman ( whose name he under- tood was Parker) and William Jones in the Market- place. William Jones told him, in fhe hearing of the her two gentlemen, to take his grandmother over to Mr. Gittins's, that she might guard the witnesses, and prevent their retreat being- discovered. Mr. Parker stood about two yards off. No one spoke but William Jones. By the Court. He should not know the person who he understood was Mr. Parker if he saw him. Cross- examined by Mr. Busby. He had seen Mr. Alexander at his father's about 3 months previously. The conversation took place on the Thursday in the Assize week. The prosecutor and William Jones are both of them his uncles. Thomas Gittins. — Remembers, on the Sunday before the Summer Assize in 1824, the witnesses being brought by joiner Jones to bis house. They were kept in an upper room, and the grandmother of the Jones's used to sit outside the door down stairs, and there watch. They remained at his house a week. They came quite unexpectedly. He is first cousin to joiner Jones. James Williams, of Frankwell, near Shrewsbury, deposed, that he made an affidavit at the time the bankruptcy was obtained against William Jones. He remembers Hancox bringing joiner Jones to his house. Jones said something to witness, but not in the hear- ing of Hancox. When they had done speaking, Hancox said, " What do you mean to do, for I must be off " Wilness said he would call at joiner Jones's house that evening. He did call, and joiner Jones then said, in the hearing of Hancox, that if witness and Ann Jones and Maria Bowen would go out of the way, William Jones would release him, and likewise take out the distress. He said he would do no such thing, nor did he. Cross- examined by Mr. Campbell. He never used to pass by the name of the affidavit- man. He was once a bailiff's follower, and continued so for three years, when he got tired of the law. and does not mean to return to it. He once was to have been sworn to an affidavit ; but after he had signed bis name to it, and just as he was going to take his oath, Ambrose jones pushed him out of the house, and said, " D n you, thai will do just as well as if you had sworn to it. " John Hackney.— He was, in 1824, an officer to the Sheriff of Warwick ; Hancox was one of his followers. After his return from Shrewsbury in that, year, he told witness that he had been to execute a writ, and a distress for rent upon Thomas Jones, and that William Jones had supplied him with money. He said that both the writ and the distress had been withdrawn without any money being paid. Cross- examined by Mr. Curwood.— Hancox said nothing about any irregular proceedings. Tbe warrant was produced, and read, when it appeared, that, contrary to what counsel had asserted in the opening speech, it had been issued by Mr. Parker's town agents ( Messrs. Hulme and Frampton), and not. bv Mr. Alexander. Thomas Jones, the joiner, who had been brought up by Habeas from Warwick gaol, was next placed in the box. The officer, who ha- d accompanied him, at the same time stepped forward, and complained to the Court that he had been unable to get his expenses from the prosecutor, and that the attorney only laughed at him. Mr. Foster denied having laughed. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said it was a very hard case, and the money ought certainly to be paid. Mr. Richards said it was not necessary for the prosecutor to pay expenses in criminal cases. Mr. Bellamy said it was always customary for the money to be tendered at the same time with the habeas. The Officer said, all lie asked for was his bare expenses, which amounted to £ 3. 10s. Mr. Bellamy thought that was an extremely mode- rate charge. Mr. Richards said he had sent out of Court to see whether the parties could pay the money, and in the mean time be would examine another witness. Mr. Obadiah Batt was then called. This witness also complained of the non- payment of his expenses, lie had been once before compelled to travel 150 miles on a subpoena obtained by the same party, and now again he had been kept from bis home and business nearly a week, and neither time had re- ceived a farthing toward his expenses. Mr. Justice Littledale said he was sorry for him, but this being a criminal case he had no power to order him his expenses. The witness was then sworn. He remembers the action at Shrewsbury; he believes he was partner with William Jones at that time ; they never had any regular agreement of partnership. He might have had conversation about Maria Bowen and Ann Jones, but he could not recollect its precise nature. He got the note on which he arrested joiner Jones from Mrs. Carden. He gave authority to Hancox to stop that action by word of mouth. Cross- examined by Mr. Campbell. He employed Mr. Parker as his attorney to bring that action. He took the note himself to Mr. Parker, and told that gentle- man, in answer to his particular enquiries, that he gave full value for it. The action was commenced pursuant to his instructions. Hancox was employed by particular desire of witness. His reason for em- ploying: him was, that he had heard joiner Jones was so violent, a man lhat all the Shrewsbury officers were afraid of him. He- spoke to Hancox before he saw Mr. Parker. Thomas Jones the joiner re- called.— Mr. Richards observed, that it was quite reasonable and proper lhat the officer should be paid his expenses,^ nd it had lherefore been done. Mr. Campbell said, before the oath was adminis- tered to the witness he had an objection to his com- petency on the ground of his having been convicted offelony. The record of his conviction at the Surrey Assizes was then produced by Mr. Cooper, and was being read by the Officer of this Court, but before the full enumeration ofthe various watches, gold chains, and seals stolen by him could be gone through, Mr. Richards interposed, and said, he could not call upon the Court to admit such a witness, and would therefore at once withdraw him.. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Campbell submitted that there was not the slightest evidence to affect his client, Mr. Parker, and lhat he was therefore entitled to an instant acquittal. Mr. Justice Littledale did not see any thing against Mr. Parker, but perhaps Mr. Richards would point out what he relied on. Mr. Richards said, it was in proof lhat he issued the writ against Thomas Jones, whose arrest, it was clear, formed a branch of the conspiracy. Mr. Justice Littledale said, that might be, and yet Mr. Parker be wholly ignorant of the improper object bis employers had in view. Mr. Campbell hoped the Jury would spare him the necessity of addressing them on behalf of Mr. Parker, by at once acquitting him. Mr. Justice Littledale addressing the Jury, said, " Gentlemen, you have heard the evidence. I do not see anything against Mr. Parker; be sued out the writ, but that is all." The Jury consulted for about half a minute, when the foreman turned round and said, " the Jury and myself think Mr. Parker had nothing to do With the con- spiracy." Mr. Jnstice Littledale.—-" And so I think." Mr. Jervis, jun. submitted that Messrs. Sayer and Asterley were equally entitled to an acquittal. The Jury assented, and a similar verdict was also re- turned in their favour. Mr. Campbell assured the Jury, that the verdict they had just given in favour of his client, Mr. Parker, gave him very great pleasure, for a man more honourable in his profession, and more estimable iu every relation of life, did not exist.; and had the case against him pro- ceeded, he would have received as high a character as any of them could possibly possess. Bnt that gentle- man having now been delivered from this most scan- dalous prosecution, he had to address them in favour of his other client, Thomas Hancox. They might judge of the reckless manner in which this prosecution had been conducted, by what bad already occurred. Three respectable individuals had been d ragg'ed into tbe indictment, against whom nothing could be urged, and who, without being called upon for their defence, had already been pronounced innocent. They might easily think what must have been the feelings of these indivi- duals, and what anxious days and nights they and their families must have passed while this disgraceful prose- cution was hanging over iheir heads. His client Han- cox was a man in a humble situation in life, but if what he had done had been in the fair exercise of his duty, he was entitled to protection— nay more, he deserved credit; for persons placed like him had great power, and could soften or aggravate the rigours of Ihe law and tbe horrors of imprisonment, and when their power was employed for the former purpose, they deserved praise. It was nothing to bis client whether a con- Fspiracy existed or not, though for his part he did not believe that there had been any conspiracy, unless it were one concocted by Thomas Jones tbe felon, a man so bad that the other side would not examine him* Some stress had been laid on the fact of Hancox being specially employed to effect the arrest, but the reason of Ihis was, that Jones the felon was so violent and dangerous a person, that no one in the neighbourhood would venture lo perform that office. Then again, even admitting, for the sake of argument, that the proceed- ings were harsh, still his client was not answerable for that. He was only employed as the agent of the law, and was acting in the due discharge of his duty. Now what was there in the whole course of his conduct to blame? There were only two witnesses who had ven- tured to utter any thing against him. One of these was young Jones, to whom he would not impute the miscon- duct of his father, but of whom, he would request tbe jury to form their opinion by his demeanour that morning. The other witness was Ann Jones, and be really could not believe what she had said about Hancox wishing her and Maria Bowen lo commit perjury. A person intending to make such a proposal would natu- rally do it at night and in a private corner: but no; according to her account it was done at noon- day and in the public streets. Here was an assemblage of impro- babilities. Besides, what interest had Hancox in doing it? William Jones might have an interest in over- throwing the commission, but not so his client. He was sure they would require some other evidence than that of the wife of a felon to bring home such a charge against such a person, and under such circumstances. But, after all, even if he had proposed the commission of perjury, it would have nothing to do with an indict- ment for a conspiracy to keep witnesses out of the way, from which it was as remote as if he bad asked her to imitate her husband's example, and go and steal some watches. Therefore, if it were true, it was irrelevant; but for the sake of his client, to whom character was every thing, he hoped they would not believe a word of what she had sworn. The only remaining fact was, that something had been said in the presence of bis client, but there was no proof of his having heard it, or that he concurred in it. He protested that was all lhat. appeared against his client. Not even the butcher, or any other of the witnesses, had said a word more. He would not waste their time by making any more observations, but would sit down in the confident ex peetation of receiving their verdict. Mr. Bather addressed the jury on behalf of Mr. Ambrose Jones. He was, he said, retained also by Mr. Sayer, but was spared by their verdict from entering into any defence of that gentleman; though, had it been necessary, he could have shown that, as a retired tradesman living in that town, he would have received such a character from its Magistracy, both past and present, as could have left no doubt of his innocence. This was mpre surplusage ; hut when they saw in a case like this such, a net so extensively spread, one person arranging who was to be dealt lightly with, and who was to be pressed down, and such a set of witnesses called to sustain the case, they might well pause before they believed a word they bad beard. If there had been a conspiracy, the witnesses themselves were the conspirators. Why was not Thomas Jones the felon indicted ? To indict for conspiracy, and to omit him, was to forget the very Catiline of the plot. It was like getting up a gunpowder treason, and leaving out Guy Faux. There were but two witnesses who spoke to any thing at all affecting his client, namely Jones the butcher, and Ann Jones. But, afler what they had gleaned of the character of Jones the butcher, from his own mouth, would they believe a word he had said? A man who had himself confessed that he had fraudu- lently employed the terrors of the law on the occasion of iiis notable journey to Stafford— a man whom the Commissioners of the Court of Requests had declared to have perjured himself for the purpose of obtaining a paltry sum of less than 40s. Would they hang a clog on the evidence of such a man ? Besides, one naturally cries cui bonif what good? Men generally are not gratuitous pascals, and what could Ambrose Jones get by templing Thomas Jones the felon to commit an act so deeply abhorrent to his feelings? That honest man forsooth ! That convicted felon was described by the witnesses as being so delicate in his honesty— so honourable in mind — so noble in the resistance he made to the allurements of vice, that nothing less would teinpt him to swerve from ihe path of rectitude than what would have led an angel to sin. They could not, when they found a witness uttering such glaring im- probabilities, believe him on any point. As to Ann Jones, all she said was, that Ambrose was seen in com- pany with his brother William Jones, and that he spoke to his pecuniary credit. But what of that? We can- not shake off our relations if we would, and probably would not if we could. The faults of our kinsmen, are always viewed by us wilh a favourable eye. Besides, even supposing a conspiracy did exist, it was possible Ambrose Jones might know of it, and yet not be a participator in it. That there had been a most guilty w ithholding of witnesses, it would be absurd for him to deny ; but where lhat guilt rested, it was not for him to say. It was enough for him that his client was inno- cent, and he trusted they would show their conviction of that fact by their verdict. Mr. Phillips, on behalf of William Jones, declared that, although much time bad already been consumed, he could not consent to abridge a word of what he had to say, for however valuable their time might be, the interests of justice were paramount. He would ask them, as residents in this county, whether they did not feel alarmed at finding so calumnious a charge, sup- ported by such foul machinations, and brought against individuals so highly respectable as were several of the defendants on that record ? Men, against whom there was not e? en the shadow of a shade of guilt. Men, pure in hear!, honourable in their station, and unimpeacha- ble in their character, and yet dragged before a Court of Justice to answer a charge of a most infamous descrip- tion. When he saw such men as Mr. Parker, and the other two individuals whom they had already acquitted, brought there, without a syllable of evidence to impeach them, he could not but turn round and ask, who was safe? It was these circumstances that stamped and characterised this case, and with these circumstances in their view, he could not but call upon them to look with suspicion on what was sworn against others. He did not deriy ' hat there was guilt in this case— that the wit- nesses had been kept away, he would admit, but then, the charge on this indictment was for a conspiracy, and even if they should be of opinion that his client was guilty of assisting in keeping back the witnesses, yet, Unless they were also convinced that one or more of ihe present defendants was also guilty, they must acquit him ofthe charge of conspiracy, for it was impossible for one man to conspire for himself. With respect to the butcher Jones, it was impossible they could believe one word he had said, and if a conviction were to take place on his evidence, no man would be safe. Could they believe that he bad forgot the name his companion as- sumed when they were proceedingon their marauding expedition, their roving commission through tbe county of Stafford? Could they believe that he had for- gotten, whether or not, the Commissioners ofthe Court of Requests had declared lo him that they wobld not believe him on his oath ? If such a brand, in Ihe face ofthe county, was put on a man, do you think it pos~ T sible he could forget it, or do you not rather believe that when he said he could not recollect the occurrence,- he was committing a most abominable and atrocious perjury ? Again, he had told them that, when presst I to join in removing the witnesses out of the way, he resisted a long while, just ten minutes. He would* dismiss his evidence in a few words; either he was t<? be believed or he was not. If he were not to be believed, there was an end of the case, and if he were to be believed, he was an accomplice, and it was an universally admitted axiom of English law not to admit the evidence of an accomplice, unless confirmed. As he had before observed, he did not go the length of denying that his client might have been concerned in putting the witnesses out of the way, but then, as regarded the other defendants, he could not see by what constructive reasoning- they were to be included in the charge, and if they were entitled to an acquit- tal because innocent, his client must also be acquitted, because there would then remain no one on the indict- ment with whom he could have conspired. Had he been indicted in conjunction with Thomas Jones the result might have been different, and the jury, in acquitting him on the present indictment, would have the satisfaction of knowing that if he were guilty he was open to a fresh indictment, on which justice might be done, and the guilty made to suffer. Mr. Busby said, he rose to address them as the advo- cate of Mr. Alexander, and it was astonishing and marvellous to him that it could enter into the mind of any one to make such an atrocious and abominable charge against so honourable a man. The profession to which Mr. Alexander belonged was one that called Jor great circumspection, as, from it speculiar nature, charges like the present affect its practitioners most deeply ; and he would put it to them whether it was at all likely or probable that Mr. Alexander, who could gain nothing by the fraud, but would in the event of its discovery be covered wilh disgrace and utterly ruined, could have consented to become an agent in its Con- coction. The thing was too unreasonable and too monstrous to be believed, rtnd if anv person who had paid a sober and continued attention to the evidence should be of a contrary opinion, it would greatly astonish him. Taking the evidence, as it at present stood, with all its inconsistencies, its gross perjuries and numerous contradictions, there were but two circum- stances sworn to that at all affected his client. One of these was his having called at the house nnd thanked Ann Jones for keeping © ut of the way, and the other the conversation said to have occurred within his hearing in the Market- place. With respect to the first, he should be able to prove that on the Sunday morning when Ann Jones swore she saw Mr. Alexander at her honse he was on his road to London, having left that town by the previous night's coach ; and as to the second, he should be able to call Mr. Parker, who would positively swear that no such conversation ever took place. It was difficult in a case like the present, where every one who could give the least insight into the real truth was craftily introduced into the indictment, to give any answer to the falsehoods that might be urged, and had it not been for the justice they had already done by acquitting Mr. Parker* he should not have been able to have shewn the falsehoods of this latter statement. With regard to the two other cir- cumstances against Mr. Alexander mentioned hy the learned counsel in his opening speech, not only were they not in proof, but they were actually disproved by their own witnesses. Under these circumstances, he did trust they would acquit Mr. Alexander, who was a gentleman whom he had known for the last 6 years, and of whom he could speak most highly ; and trusting that they would not fix upon his character ihe brand of infamy, he looked forward to their verdict with considerable confidence. The following witnesses were called by Mr. Phillips Mr. Thomas Driver, a Commissioner of the Court of Requests, who deposed that he had known Jones the butcher many years, and would not like to administer an oath to him. Cross- examined.— His reason was because he was in the constant habit of making most impious appeals to Heaven to confirm the truth of whatever he said. Mr. Charles Vaughan.— Is Clerk of the Court of Requests. He knows butcher Jones, and would not believe him on his oath. He was directed by the Com- missioners, in Jones's hearing, never to administer an oath to him again. Cross- examined.— His reason for not believing him was, because he had forsworn himself when once before the Court. Mr. John Davies deposed that he also would not believe him on his oath. Mr. Phillips was proceeding to call other witnesses, when the foreman of the Jury interposed, and said, " We are perfectly satisfied of Jones's character, and are in our own minds convinced who are innocent and who guilty." Mr. Busby said he would, if it were necessary, call witnesses to prove that his client, Mr. Alexander, was 200 miles off at the time a conversation was sworn to have occurred in his presence in that town. The Jury said it wa? quite needless. They were satisfied of Mr. Alexander's innocence, as also " of that of all the other defendants except one. Mr. Justice Littledale told them, the charge being for a conspiracy, they could not convict one alone. The Foreman said, it was impossible for them to find a verdict against more than one of them, namely Wm. Jones. A verdict of Not Guilty was consequently entered iis favour of all the defendants. THE MINISTRY.— The vacancies caused by the death of Mr. Canning have been filled, Lord Goderich having been appointed by the King First Lord of the Treasury, and therefore Prime Minister, and Mr. James Charles Herries Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Ministry may be now said to be complete ; for we understand that the remainder of the Ministers will preserve their situations. The Funeral of Mr. Canning took place on Thurs- day, according to the notice iuserted in our last Postscript. His remains were interred in the north aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey, with all due solemnity.— Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence and Sussex, with the Minis- ters and other Officers of State, attended at the Funeral. Carlisle Election terminated on Thursday last; when Colonel Lushington, who was supported by the Lowther interest, was returned— his opponent, Mr. Lawson, having declined any further contest.— The numbers were— for Colonel Lushington 362; for Mr, Lawson 323 ; majority 39. Robert Webster, who was found gnilty, at the Wiltshire Assizes, of stealing a large quantity of plate from his master, the Rev. Mr. Jones, ( near Cirencester,) was executed in front of the county gaol at Fisherton Anger, on Tuesday last. For the Bowel Complaints which so frequently prevail in this variable Climate, no Medicine has been found more efficacious than DICEY'S Genuine Daffy's Elixir, which may be purchased of most respectable Medicine Venders—- Particular care should be taken to ask for Dicey's. 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