PRIKTED BY W, Sc J* EPPOWES, A if COim- MAKKET, SHREWSBURY* 27 « ' « PAPER is circulated in the most expeditions Manner thromjh the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shill'mqs each. VOL. XXXVI.— N0' 18- 39.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1829. [ PRICE SEV- ENPENCE. MONTGOMERYSHIRE FREEHOLD PROPERTY. MANOIR^ AND Eligible Sporting Estate. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY RICHARD DAVIES, At tlie Wynnstny Arms Inn, Llnnfylliii, Montgomery- shire, on Friday, Ihe 12lh Day of June, 1829, beHveen the Hours of Four nnd Eight in the After- noon, sulijeel lo Conditions, nnd in tlie following or such other Lots as shall be then declared hy the Vendors: LOT I. rpHE MANOR of CRITHDIR, in the & County of Montgomery, with the Court Lect, Court Baron, View, of Frankpledge, Chief Reals, Royalties, and other Privileges thereto belonging ; also FIFTEEN COTTAGES and Appurtenances, in the Parish of LLANKIIAIADU VN MOCIIKAKT, within tiie said Mannr, coniniuing 126A. lit. IIP.; also a PUBLIC- HOUSE, called TIIE CROSS GUNS, and EIGHT COTTAGES, siluale in the Village nnd Parish of LI. ANWDDTN, also within the said Manor. Tliis Manor extends over al least 1040 Acres ( the Wasie Lands being ahout 580 Acres), and the whole is well situated fur Agricultural Pur- poses. The Market Town of Llanfyllin is within a short Distance of this Lot, the Turnpike Road from thence to Bala nnd Llanrhaiadr goes thro1 Part of it, nnd Ihe Rents und Services are punc- tually paid and performed. LOT II. A11- 1 hose several FARMS, cnlled TY'NY- RWLCII nud TY'NYN ANT, situate within llie said Manor, nnd in the Parish of Llanrhaindr vn Mochnaiit aforesaid, iu ihe suit) County of Montgomery, contain- ing 133A. 3R. 29P. and now or late in llie several Occupations nf John Humphreys, Ellis Jones, and Joseph Williams, These Farms are iu good Order and Condition ; situated within 4 Miles nf the Town of Llanfylliu, and let to respectable Tenants nt low Rents. LOT III. The EYNANT ESTATE, in the Parishes of Lt. ANwnnvs and PENNANT, in tbe County of Mont ginnery; consisting of several Farms, Fulling Mill and Lands, containing 904 Acres of inclosed Land, ( together with the Slieepwalk thereunto belonging, containing 2400 Acres or thereabouts,) named aud tenanted as follows, viz.: EYNANT FARM Robert Edwards. Tv MAWB... V I oil ll Evans. IIEOI. v I'FRVnn. William Jones. LI. WVN GWERN SC PES Y GAHREO .. John ( iitlins aud others; The above Lot, with the Advantages of so ex- tensive a Slieepwalk, is strongly recommended to tbe Notice of any Gentleman fond of Field Sports, as well as to Persons desiious of realizing an ample Return lo tlie Investment of Capital, To the. Sportsman . it presents a most desirable Acquisition ; the Sheepwalks alone ( exclusive of the Game on the adjoining Hills) being abundantly supplied with Grouse, and if required, it can also be made a fine Preserve for Black Game, being skirted nearly aroiiiid by thriving Coppices, which are celebrated for Woodcocks. The Streams ( three in Number) which run through this Lot abound in Trout, and afford the Angler excellent Diversion. The inclosed Land is of good Qua- lity; nud the old Mansion of Eynatit, which is Htnaled in a most romantic and picturesque Parti of ihe Property, and the greatest Part of which is: now reserved for the Use of the Proprietor, may at a small Expense be rendered commodious auii comfortable. In Ihe immediate Neighbour, bood there are Quarries which produce Slate of fine Quality ; and there is every Prospect of similar anil extensive Quarries upon this Lot, which ( if worked) would be a Source of consider- able Profit. LOT IV. A DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, in the Town of LI. ANPYLMN, in the said County of Montgomery, in the Occupation of Thomas Griffiths. Lor V. A FEE FARM RENT of £ 1. 2s. 6d. per Annum, payable from Ihe Property of Hugh Roberts, Esq. iu the said Town of Llanfyllin. LOT VI. Another FEE FARM RENT of 4£ per Annum, payable from Ihe Property of the Rev. David Hughes, also in ( he snid Town of LlanfyUiu. LOT VII. Another FEE FARM RENT of £ 2. 5s. payable annually from Property in the Village of MYPOD, in the said County, in the Occupation of Evan Ellis. Lor VIII. TWO PIECES or Parcels of FEEDING UN D, siluate in M Et. v uiti. EY, iu thcCounty of Salop, containing about 4A. III. OP. in the Occupation of Mr. Thouins Burley, LOT IX. A FARM and LANDS, called TUB C'WM, and a I11ECE or Parcel of Land oil CEPN Y BKAIII; containing 142A. OR. 301'. situate in the Parish of Lliinfvllin iiforesnid, and ill tbe Occupations of John Morris nnd Robert Morris, This Lot is distant about one Mile from the Town nf Llanfyllin, and adjoins the Turnpike Road leading from thence lo Cunn Office. The Buildings are in good Repair, nnd the Situation tiiul Inenl Advantages of this Funn render it a desirable Lot. The respective Tenants mill shew llie Premises; anil for further- Particulars apply to THOMAS JONES, Esq. Pen'bryn, near Montgomery; at the Office of Mr. Bmny, Attorney, to Mr. DAVIO JONES, Lund. Surveyor, or to THE AUCTIONEER, at Llanfylliu ; also nt ihe Offices of Messrs G lit F Fir MB 8 & CORUIB, in the Toiv lis of Pool nnd Oswestry . FAT BREEDING STOCK. MR. VICKERS'S Will take place at NEWTON, m FRIDAY, the 1st Day of May, 1829, WHEN mm be Sola tip Auction, rpflE under- mentioned STOCK: viz. L 9 Fat Cows, in Lots; 4 Fresh Oxen, in Lots; 90 Fat Sheep, in Lots of 10 each ; a Dark- bay Mare, by Astrologer, Dnin a capital llnck by George; ' 2 Pair of two. yenr old Heifer's; 2 Pair of yearling Ditto. The Proprietor flatiers himself the above Stock does not fall short in Quality lo what he has hereto, fore offered, Ihe Sheep being of the Black. fnee. il Sort ( 2 and 3 Years old), and the Calile chiefly Young, and bred frill! a Bull of tbe Inle M r. Gwillinm, of Purslow. The Oxen are " Old Workers;" anil are Beef now, or in a good Stale for going on good Grass Land, having lain out at Straw and Turnips all the last Winter, and two of them are particularly worth Notice. NEWTON lies on Ihe Road from Bridgnorth to Sin till at, about three Miles from llie former Place. THE COTON ESTATE, with a superior Resi- dence, Gardens, and Grounds, a very fire Free- hold. Investment, including upwards of IbGO Acres o f excellent Land, in a Ring Fence, and. Tythe- Free; Four Manors, extending over 5000 A cres of Lund, with the Advouson ; a Paper and Corn Mill, superior Farm- Houses, and Ihe Public- House Midway between Kidderminster t/- Bridge north, arid Woods abounding with Game ; the present Value £ 2700 a- year. THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION Of the highly cstccmed Works of Benjamin West, Esq. the late President of the ltoyal Academy ; together with Ihe splendid Exhibition Rooms, erected by Mr. Nash at an Expense exceeding £ 3000, and the Residence of the venerable Deceased, in Newman- Street. SNO W DON. rpo COVER, THIS SEASON ( 1829), at - I PI M LEY, two Miles from Shrewsbury, THE CELEBRATED GREY HORSE SNOWDON. Thorough- bred Ma ITS Five Guineas, other Males Tliree Guineas; Groom's Fee, Five Shillings. SNOWDON was got by Skiddaw ( own Brother; lo Golumpus, Medley, and Wandere r), out of a Delpini Mare, Iter I) MissCogden by Phccuomenon— Young Marske— Silvio — Daphne— Reg ul us. SNOWDON is allowed by experienced Judges lo possess as line Symmetry and Strength ns any Horse in ihe Kingdom ; with excellent Temper and robust Health ; and his Stock are of the most promising Deuel iption. For his Performances on ihe Turf, see the Racing Calendar. *#* Good Grass ( and Corn, if required) for Mares at Pimley, mid every Care taken of them. All Demands to be paid at Midsummer, or Hali- a Guinea extra to be charged. MERITOR, Will Cover, this Season, AT WINNINGTON LODGE, SALOP, Thorough- bred Mares nt Five Guineas and a Half; Half- bred Marcs Two Guineas and a Crown. HERITOR, foaled in 1823, is by Zodiac, his Dam the Medley Mare was bred by his H. R. II. ihe Duke of York, out of Aladdin's Dam by Walnut; Bay Javelin by Javelin; Young Flora ( Sister to Spadille, both Winners of the Don- caster St. Lfger) by Highflyer; Flora, by Squirrel ; Angelica, by Old Snap ; Regnlus, Bartlelt's Childers, lloneywood's Arabian out of the tfycrley Turk Mare, Dam of the two True Blues, which were the best Plate Horses in England for four or five Years. He \* a beautiful Dark Chesnut, lengthy, and short upon his Legs, with capital Action and fine Temper ; bu Constitution never having been injured, renders lii 111 an unexceptionable Horse to breed by, his Blood being unequalled. He will be at Ihe White Horse Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, every Saturday; and 1 lie Bear Inn, Welsh Pool, every* Monday ;' the Rest of his Time at Home. Mares sent to Heritor will be taken the greatest Care of, and supplied with. Grass, Hay, or Com by Mr. TURNER, Half- way- House on the Welsh Pool Road. MR. GEORGE ROBINS HAS the Gratification to announce to the Public, nnd more especially those who Encourage I be FINE ARTS, that it has been his good Fortune lo be honoured by Ihe Executors of the revered and highly- gifted Artist, BENJAMIN WEST, Late President of the Royal Academy, To offer for unreserved Competition, on FR1 DAY nnd SATURDAY, the 22d and 23d, nnd MONDAY, the 25th Days of May, at Twelve o'Clock, THE UNEQUALLED COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL PICTURES, Including 170 of the sublime Efforts of his vast and comprehensive Mind. The great Renown acquired bv this distinguished Ornament of his Art will necessarily circumscribe the Necessity of going into a very long Detail ; this is fortunate, inasmuch as the appalling Difficulty of doing strict Justice would weaken llie humble Effort, and thus render more imperfet* a Sketch thai pretends not to give more than a very faint Outline of the brilliant Picture, to which a much more talented Man would feel himself incompetent to do adequate Justice. In viewing this Splendid Exhibition of the Founder and Father of British Historical Painting, The Nation at large will lament thai in Times like these, when the March of Intellect and Improvement lias made such rapid Strides, so great a Treasure as MR. WEST'S GALLERY should be left to the Hazard and Uncertainty of Ihe Hammer; it was surely uot appreciating too highly the English Taste and Liberality to contemplate THE BRITISH INSTITUTION AND NATIONAL GALLERY becoming Ihe Depository of this entire Collection, nnd thus to transmit to Posterity a proud Record of what could be accomplished by ail Englishman, and iu that peeuliar Art which had So long remained in its Infancy. It was by the generous Devotion of bis Pencil lo the noblest Aim of bis Profession that firs! brought British Painting into direct Association with the Throne, and raised it into an Object of national Importance in Ihe Mind of his Sovereign. It will almost partake of the Work of Supererogation to stale, that until the Year 1- 768, Historical Painting was in nowise encouraged in England, and Ihe immortal West encountered Ihe Trial in Fear and Trembling ; how well he succeeded future Generations will acknow- ledge, and the present will, it is believed, add their concurring Testimony. For this proud Testimonial of having raised the Character of English Historical Art the Public are mainly indebted to the kind aud foster- ing. Encouragement of his LATE MAJESTY, GEORGE THE THIRD, Who, in the singleness of bis Mind, and unbounded Liberality, commanded the late President to Paint Twentv- two Pictures to adorn THE ROYAL CHAPEL IN WINDSOR. Our present Monarch was graciously pleased to restore to Mr. West's Family these precious Gems they include the sublime Composition, MOSES RECEIVING THE LAWS, The Universal Deluge, and the Crucifixion of our Saviour. The remaining ones are all appropriate for Altar Pieces. It would far exceed the limit of an Advertisement to mention separately all the Pictures a Very few would demonstrate the- Treat which is iu store for those who have not been so fortunate as to see the in. CHRIST REJECTED BY THE JEWS, ( And for which £ 10,000 was refused), was exhibited in Pall Mall, and 240,000 Persons were gratified by Sight of it. DEATH ON THE PALE HORSE, Representing Ihe opening of the first five Seals; the Effect proposed to be excited by this Picture is the terribly Sublime, and its various Modifications, until lost in the opposite extremes of Pity and Horror— t Sentiment which Painting hud not, till then, success fully attempted to awaken. This is indeed a Chef- d" « Mivre; and the same Panegyric might be safely pronounced ou the remaining 150 Pictures. The Space allotted for this Purpose is, however, insufficient and this imperfect Description will end by entreating especial Attention lo the following : — Expulsion of Adam and Eve The Deluge Abraham and Isaac The Resurrection Peler and John The Three Marys The Brazen Serpent Saul Prophesying Si. Paul shaking the Viper Christ healing- the Infirm The Overthrow of I lie Old Beast nnd False Prophet Teleinachus and Mentor. on the Island of Calypso Cicero discovering the Tomb of Archimedes Death of Wolfe Battle at l. a llogue Marc Antony showing Ihe Robe and Will of Caisar Thus has Mr. West left for the Admiration of the present nnd succeeding Generations A SUBLIME SERIES OF PICTURES, From Sacred and Profane History, Poetry, and original Fancy, including the greater Portion of the Labour of his long ami meritorious Life, as THE ONLY LEGACY FOR HIS CHILDREN. In America, the Exhibition of one of Mr. West Pictures, The Healing of the Infirm in the Temple ( which he presented to the Hospital of Philadelphia gratuitously), produced a Sum sufficient to perpetuate the Maintenance of 30 Pensioners, besides 1800 Gui- neas to build a Room to receive it. It may be re marked that none of the Pictures in this Collection have been exhibited out of Ihe Metropolis of England and judging from the great Success of a single Picture in America, it is not unreasonable lo contem- plate an immense Fortune by the Exhibition of Ihe larger ones in Ihe principal Cities in Europe and America. To conclude, Sir Thomas Lawrence, at the Distribution of Prizes lo ihe Students of the Royal Academy, eulogized the late venerable Preside ( bus : — His Works were not only superior to any former Productions of English Art, but far surpassin contemporary Merit on the Continent— were un equalled at any Period below the School of the Carracci—- and he gained Celebrity at the close of his Life, far greater than he had ever before enjoyed ( because almost lo forgetfulness or deceased great ness) the only popular Painter of his Country. Desci'ptive Catalogues, ot 2s. 6d each, will be ready Two Months antecedent lo the Sale ; the Catalogues may then be had in the principal Cities in America, at Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, and Paris; in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Oxford, and Cam- bridge ; of T. R. Smith, Esq. Solicitor, No. 7. Furuival's Inn ; and at Mr. George lUbins's Offices, London, MR. GEORGE ROBINS AS great Satisfaction in announcing that he is directed to SELL BY AUCTION, on Thursday, May 21, in One Lot, at Ihe Auction Mart, London, a singularly advantageous Investment for upitnl, comprehending THE COTON MANSION AND ESTATE, THE ADVOWSON OF ALVEI. TY, AND 1500 ACRES OF EXCELLENT LAND, TYTH E- FREB, AND IN A KINO FENCE, very desirably situnie oil ihe Borders of Shropshire, the Turnpike [ toad from BATH THROUGH WORCESTER to Shrewsbury and Holyhead passing through Ihe Property. There are so many and such self- i videut Advantages connected with this Investment, that a few of the more prominent will exhaust tbe usual Limit of 1111 Advertisement. There are FOUR MANORS, EXTENDING OVER THE WHOLE PARISH, OF 5000 ACRES, which bus an Immensity of Game upon it, indepen- dently of ROYALTIES, HERIOTS, CHIEF RENTS, and APPURTENANCES. The Residence is of modern Struc- ture, adapted to a Family of great Respectability} built of Free Stone, al an Expense exceeding £ 12,000. It is delightfully situate, and environed by Pleasure Grounds and Plantations, laid out in good Tnsle, and presenting a PARK- MKB APPEARANCE. The Kitchen Gardens are extensive and encompassed by lofty Walls; the Offices connected with the Residence are very commodious and good. The Farm Houses nre excellent, the Agricultural Buildings of the best Description, and the Tenantry highly respectable. THE WOODS ABOUND WITH PHEASANTS. There is Gravel and Free Stone upoR tbe Estate, and it is liaidly doubtful that COAL AND IRON may be included in the long List of inviting Proper- ties' connected wilh the Estate. The Markets ill the Vicinity are good, and the River Serern approximat- ing upon the Colon Property, gives Additional Facility to the Export of Ihe Produce to distant Markets. There are Corn and Water Mills, and the Inn on the lioad midway between Bridgnorth nnd Kidder- minster is an additional Feature. Indeed it would be very difficult to suggest so satisfactory an Investment, in a County proverbial for all the Advantages the most favoured can aspire to. THE YEARLY VALUE IS £ 2700. Printed Particulars will he ready Twenty- eight Days prior to Ihe Sale ( with Lithographic Plans attached to each), at the principal Inns at Worcester, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Ludlow, Hereford, Bir- mingham, Shrewsbury, and Liverpool; of Mr. NICHO- LAS, Solicitor, Bewriley ; the Auction Mart; and at Mr. GEORGK ROBINS'S Offices, London. IN SHROPSHIRE, BORDERING ON WORCESTERSII( IlE To Debtors and Creditors. IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP. Of Clt ERRING TON, in the Parish of Edginond, in the County of Salop, Gentleman, deceased, are requested forthwith to send to us the Particulars thereof, in Order that the same may be examined nnd ( if found correct) discharged: and all Persons who stood in- debted to the said Thomas Adams at Ihe Time of his Decease arc requested to pay the Amount of such Debts immediately to us, on Behalf of his Executor. ACTON & PICKIN, Solicitors. WELLINGTON, 18th April, 1829. talist no advantageous Mode of Investment, aud io • • • • I '',<! ^- ield Sportsman ntid Agriculturist an iiiexhnust 11 E Commissioners in a Commission of ible Source of Pleasure and profitable Amusement. Bankrupt, awarded and issued against GEORGE This Estate consists of the GEORGE NAYLOR, and JOSEPH MANOR OR LORDSHIP OF ALBRIGHTON, IIAShALL, ml WHITCHURCH, in ihe County ot Salop, „.,,„ st0,. ke(| wilh G &|||, ,) f 1|) e (. l|| ir(, Tmvnsllip Bankers and Copartners Dealers and Chapmen, in- ,, f Albright,, n, containing 835 Acres of Land, now in tend to MEET on Wednesday and Thursday the lhe | » cssossioll ot- r, speetahle Tenants ( except 87 Smh and. Seventh Days ot May next at Eleven Acres of , Vnod t, mld in Hall( 1) .„ SPVVnil ,,. arl o itjlock in the Forenoon, at the White Lion Inn, in • _ • ?. . . • Whitchurch aforesaid, to receive further Proof of Debls under the said Commission. BROOKES & LEE, Solicitors. THE CELEBRATED EPISCOPAL CHAPEL In Charlotte Street, Pimlico, Which gives Title to Orders, and the Income inay be materially increased. MR. GEORGE ROBINS EGS respectfully to announce, that he will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mini, ' TO CAPITALISTS. THE CROWLAND ESTATE, IN THE COUNTY OF I IXI lir, V, With Manor and Manorial Rights, Royalties, and Privileges, Rents, Fines on Copyholds, ( ihe Town of Crowland being subject to this Manor,) the Rectory of Crowland, and Forty- three Farms in a Ring Fence, containing Seven Thousand Acres of the Rest Lund in Lincolnshire, Free from Tythes; the present moderate Rental and Value exceed Twelve Thousand Fire Hundred Pounds pa- Annum, independently of the Manor House. Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Pounds may, if required, remain on Mortgage. MR. GEORGE ROBINS BEGS very respectfully to announce to the Public, but more especially lo great Capital ists, that he is directed IO SELL by AUCTION, at the Mini, in London, un THURSDAY, ihe 11th of June at Twelve o'clock, and IN ONE LOT, a Singularly ELIGIBLE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT FREE- HOLD PROPERTY, THE CROWLAND ESTATE, very long distinguished lor the superior Character of ihe Soil, and its extraordinary Compactness. Liiicoln- xliire has always been proverbial for ihe rare Quality of the Land ;' and ibis Estate has, from Time iili- iiiemoriul, been ranked ns foremost in Public Fuvnnr It will far exceed the Limit uf all Advertisement In give, in Detail, ilie immense Advantages coiineeied willl ibis invaluable Properly, but it is nppreliended n brief Outline will be quite ample, with u View to enlist llie prompt aud serious Attention of the Monied Interest loan 1 nvestment which, unquestionably., does not yield in its Importance to any that has ever been submitted . lo public Competition in England. The leading Fentilies may be summed up in the following concise commentary :— THE ESTATE IS ALT. FREEHOLD, IT INCLUDES FORTY- THREE FARMS CONTAIN 1NG SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES OF RICH LAND FREE FROM TYTHES, nnd il is probable that for Compactness and the Quality of the Soil it stands proudly alone, without Feur of Competition. Tbe Farm Houses ure generally of ihe • best Description, THE PRESENT RENTAL AND VALUE EXCEEDS TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUN DRED POUNDS A- YEAR, and it is known that, during adverse Times, when moderate Laud was necessarily diminished in Value Ihe Superiority of this Soil was a sure Guarantee of comparatively small Diminution in the Rent Roll. CROWLAND MANOR HOUSE is not of a pretending Character, but may very easily he rendered the comfortable Abode uf a Family. The MANORIAL RIGHTS, ROYALTIES, and PRIVILEGES are Extensive. The TOWN of CROWLAND is all TRIBUTARY to this MANOR. The FINES nnd QUIT RENTS are considerable, Also, pertaining lo this Property, THE RECTORY OF CROWLAND. A valuable Right of Fishing, nnd ail Abundance of Game. The Tenantry are highly respectable, and Ihe Contiguity of Ihe Property to Peterborough, Stamford, Grantham, Spalding, and oilier capital Markets, afford al all Times ii secure and ready Vent for the abundant Produce of THIS HIGHLY FAVOURED ESTATE. It is, therefore, submitted by Mr. Roniss willl great Confidence to the Attention of those who agree with Iiiin in believing flint Land is the best nnd safes! 1 nvest. incut for Capital at all Times, and now that the Funded Properly affords such a moderate Return, with the Probability of an unfavourable Reaction, ii is placed beyond Doubt that the Opportunity thus presented is by far Ihe most encouraging that has ever been offered io Public Attention; there is a regular Mai* ket at Crowland, and an Annual Fair, which contribute lo increase llie Rental. It will lie nlmost superfluous lo remark, tint the Possession of such an immense and valuable Territory must be very influential with a View ti THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY Descriptive Partieuhirs are preparing, and will, lie ready " for Distribution six Weeks antecedent to the Sale, with Lithographic Maps in eneb, at llie principal I mis at Crowluml, Peterborough, Stamford, Spalding, Griniilinm, nnd Wishcuch ; also iu Edinburgh, Liver- pool, Manchester, and Birmingham; and may be had of Mr. BAIUVIS, Solicitor, Cropland; Mr. BONNAII. Solicitor, Spalding; Messrs. BELLAMY, GIRI. ESTONE and WING, Solicitors, Wishcuch; Messrs. BIGNOIX PULLEY, and MAWE, Biidgc- slreet, blackl'rinrs; M PEPPERCORN, Lund- Surveyor, and Mr. PEPPERCORN Solicitor, St. Neois; J. DINHAM, Esq. Spalding Messrs. HANKOT'T mid METCALFE, Solicitors, Lincoln') Inn; the Auction Mart, and at Mr. GEORGE ROBINS' Offices, Loudon. A Ll upon the Estate of the late THOMAS ADAMS, Persons who have any Demands I THE ALBRIGHTON ESTATE, Near Shrewsbury, ADVOWSON, TYTHES, MR. GEORGE ROBINS IS directed to SELL BY AUCTION, in One Lot, at the Auction Mart, London, o.. Thursday, Ibe2lst Day of May, at Twelve, ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract). This most desirable Property presents lo the Cnpi Rents, amounting'together to £ 108-), and upwards. Also tbe PERPETUAL ADVOWSON or RIGHT of PRESENTATION to the FREE CHAPEL of ALBR1GI1TON. Also ihe GREAT or RECTORIAL TYTI1ES of the adjoining Townships of GREAT and LITTLE VVOLLASCOT. THE ALBRIGHTON ESTATE possesses unusually great local and oilier Advantages — l-' irst— It is situate within two Miles of the POPULOUS TOWN OF SHREWSBURY, proverbial for the Opulence, Rank, and Fashion of iis Inhabitants, and not less so for the Goodness of its Markets, affording to llie Grazier and Agriculturist a ready Sale for the Produce of their Farms, whatever il may he, close to their own Doors, and affording them London, on THURSDAY, the 7th of May, at Twelve, " L", se ' °" fn ',' ' nBaota, n? Tm and unreservedly. * °' so '^ Opportunity of obtaining Dung an, other Manure for their Land, at a moderate Expense, besides being- within three Miles of Lime ; and, next- unreserved ly, A very fine " PROPERTY, either with a View to permanent Investment, or the more decided Advantage of Possession. It comprises THE CELEBRATED CHAPEL IN CHARLOTTE STRLJET, PIMLICO, almost facing the Buildings connected with HIS MAJESTY'S NEW PALACE TIIE LAND IS FREE OF TYTHE, with the Exception of a certain Portion of Corn and Hay Tithe, and besides, fr- e of Parochial Rates and Dues, the Chapelrv nnd Township of Albrighton maintaining' its own Poor, by which all the Rates and Taxes of the Farmer are comparatively nothing-,, not It presents a handsome uniform Exterior, and the | exceeding- upon an Average of Years Is. to 15d. internal Arangements have for very many Years been I the Pound ; and next— Coal of a g- ood Quality, aud the Subject of very hig- b Commendation. There are J uot difficult of Access, is known to be in Part of th<< oU ilie round Tier ninety- three Pews, and in tin Gallery seventy- eight, forming- an Aggregate of six hundred and eighty- five Seats, THE INCOME FROM WHICH HAS EXCEEDED £ 1000 A YEAR. It is however fair to admit that the NPW Clinich has made a temporary Impression, and consequently lessen- ed the Receipts, but it is equally True that it needs only the Aid of " A POPULAR PREACHRif," to restore il to its wonted Vigour and consequent Income. The highly- gifted " Dr. ' jODD" demonstrated how much might be accomplished by his peculiar Talent and Eloquence. Subsequently very many have giv< » n equally strong Testimony of its Capability. It should be observed it is AN EPISCOPAL CHAPEL, and. gives a Title to Orders; independently of which, it possesses the rare Advantages pertaining- to Church Preferment, it having- the whole of the Patronage at its own Disposal. The Average Income of the last Year* ( about £ 550 a J T. EY and SCARTH, Solicitors' Shrewsbury; and fear) is not a fair Criterion to judge of its Value, as it GEORGE ROBINS, of Coveiit Garden, London ; w will not lie doubted that an intelligent and talented ~ Preacher, by discontinuing the Afternoon Service and substituting- Evening-, would add considerably to the Annual Revenue. The Whole is fitted up in the very best Mamie oardjess of Expense, with a splendid Organ ; the Pulpit and Desk ornamented with Velvet and Gold; ami a hue Altar- Fteee ovearilie Communion- Table. Tbe Chapel may be viewed till the Sale, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, from Eleven till One, by applying - to the Clerk ( Mr. King), adjoining- the same; and Parti- culars had fourteen Days prior to the Sale, of him, at the Auction Mart, and in Covent Garden Estate, and which, in the Opinion of Persons well acquainted with such Matters, might be worked with considerable Prospects of Ad vantage, by any monied Proprietor of Judgment and Spirit Annexed there is au ancient, yet a substantially- built Mansion on the Estate, the Residence of former Owners, now occu pied by a Farmer, and which at an easy Expense might be restored to its former Splendour, a Circum- stance of no small Importance to Sportsmen, from the House being in the Centre of the Shropshire Hunt, and a Pack of Harriers being- kept iu the adjoining Parish. Upon the Whole, to any Person wishing- to invest Money in the Purchase of Land, either for Occupation or hi vestment, such an Opportunity as the present rarely occurs. If required, Half the Purchase Money may remain on Security of the Estate. Any further necessary Information may be obtained upon Application to Mr. CHARLES HARRISON, Solici- tor, 43, Lincoln's. Inn - Fields, London; Messrs. Bi'R- iind M ho authorised to treat for the Sale of the Whole by Private Contract. Mr. JAMES BROWN, of Albrig- hlon, will show the Estate, as will Messrs. YATES and EI. SMOKB, th< principal Tenants. Printed Particulars may be had in due Time at MI- GEORGE ROBINS'R Oflices, London. THE MANORS OF 1MMBID1BM wmmho Deans 4" Tendrings, with Wieldbarnes Mole TIall> I and JViddington Hall, with the Manorial Rights and Privileges, the Mansion called Dehden Hall, I together with the Adrowson to the Rectory of Deh- den, and the Next. Right of Presentation, with 1829. THAT CELEBRATED HORSE JUFITF. R, /' ILL COVtttf, THIS SEASON, at CRUCK TON MILL, near Shrewsbury, Tho. rough- bred Mares at Five Guineas each, others at " nee Guineas ( the Groom's Fee included). Ji'PLTEK will attend at Welsh Pool every Monday at the (' loss Foxes, Montgomery, every Monday Niyht ; at the TIR f Inn, Shrewsbury, every Saturday aud Fair Day; and the Remainder of his Time at Home. The Money to be paid at Midsummer next, or Eighteen Farms, lying very compact, and con- taining altogether 3,850 Acres of Land, desirably I an additional Half- Guinea will be charged situate within forty Miles of London , in the pre- I far able Part of Essex, with immediate Possession I — ihe Land- Tax is redeemed. Good Grass for Mares. MR. GEORGIA ROBINS ITs gratified in being instructed to announce | S that he will SELL BY AUCTION, at the Mart, in London, on Thursday, the I lib of June, at Twelve, aud in One Lot. A SINGULARLY FINE FREEHOLD INVEST- MENT FOR CAPITAL, combining- such an Infinity of Advantages as are rarely congregated in one Property, and it therefore • neees- warily follows that the Limit of* an Announcement must be confined to a brief Summary of the leading- Features, which it is confidently believed will be more than sufficient to awaken the Attention of large Capitalists to an Investment which, for its Importance and local Advantages, has seldom ( if ever) been offered to Pub- lic Competition ; it comprehends THE DECDEN HALL ESTATE, WITH A PARK & DOMAIN OF 3,850 ACRES. The Residence puts forth very strong Claims to Public Attention, inasmuch as, without being of a very pre- tending Character, it combines in its Exterior a chaste and elegant Design, while its interior Accommodation presents n plentiful Supply of every Thing- that is essential lothe comfortable Abode of a Family of high Standing and Respectability. The Grounds that en- viron this delightful Retreat are formed in Accordance with the best Taste. The Plantation Walks and Shrubberies, luxuriantly disposed, are adorned with an Infinity of the most choice American Plants and Evergreens, while the Flowering Shrubs are dispersing their sweet Perfume in every Direction.— The Kitchen Gardens, encompassed by lofty Walls, are clothed with the choicest Trees, in an highly luxuriant State. THE FINELY- TIMBERED PARK has drawn largely on the Bounty of Nature, inasmuch as the Scene, however beautiful, must be somewhat imperfect without the ORNAMENTAL WATERS, which complete the coup d'ceil of this delectable Re. treat. Connected with it are THE MANORS, MANORIAL RIGHTS, PRIVI. LEGES, and IMMUNITIES, extending over a large and fertile Tract of highly- cul- tivated Land. The Estate includes EIGHTEEN MOST CAPITAL FARMS, the Whole of which are Freehold ( save only about 120 Acres, which are Copyhold), and in the Occupation of a most respectable Tenantry, at reduced Rents, capable of much Improvement. There is, besides, THE ADVOWSON AND NEXT PRESENTATION TO THE RECTORY OF DEBDEN, with a superior Residence and Glebe connected there- with. The Property is situate within four Miles of SaflVon Walden and Bishop's Storlford, and certainly in the most esteemed Part of the County. LORD BRAY BROOK'S ADMIRED MANSION AND ESTATE almost approximates upon it; the Neighbourhood is remarkable for the Superiority of its Occupants, and to a Sporting Mail it abounds with Advantages that are rarely to be met with. This is a faint Outline of an Investment that possesses so many other Advantages, and of n Character so unequivocal, that Mr. ROBINS feels great Pleasure in recommending it in an especial Manner to the Attention of great Capitalists. 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The Mansion and Estate can be view ed only by May next; when all the Members are requested Cards ; and Particulars, with Lithographic Plans of attend at One o'clock, to examine the Treasurer the whole Property { shewing very conspicuously i, s AccounU_ A„ Pa,/ menfs ( Ue to the Society from Compactness), will . lie ready for Distitbulion six Weeks I _ . - i/ antecedent to Hie Sale, at the principal Inns at Saffron "".'/ Member for Non- observance of the Rules must Walden, Bishop's Storlford, now, Chelmsford, be paid on that Day, otherwise the Name of such Cheslerliird, and Newmarket; of Mr. JACOB NOCK Member will be struck out of the Society .- and all oi, ns, Audlev End ; of Messrs. CACRON, ROWLEY, nnd , . , „ . . , . . WELD, Solicitors, Saville- ph. ee, Burlington- street ; a, Demands against the Society must be sent to the the Auction Mari; aud at Mr. GEORGE ROBINS'S 1 Treasurer on or before the said Meeting. Offices, IfUndoii, | Di. ner al Two o'Clock. 1829. STREPHON WILL COVER MARES, at HOD- NET, Thorough- bred at Five Guineas and a Half each, Hunting: Mares at Three Guineas and a Crown each.—- The Groom's Fee lo be paid at the Time of Covering. STREPIION was got by Rubens, the larg- est and best Thorough- bred Stallion iu England, bis Dam Nymphiua, by Gouty, Son of Sir Peter, out of Sir Frank Standish's Yellow Mare ( Winner of the Oaks), Madamoiselle by Diomed ( the Winner of I he Derby ) Helle by Justice, Son of King- Herod, Old Marske, the Sire of Eclipse, Susan, by Bajazet, Son of ihe Godolphin Arabian, and his great great g- rent great Grandam by Reg- ulus, also a Son of the Godolphin Arabian, ( which won eight King-' s Plates and two other Prizes iu one Year, and was never beat,) out of Lord Cliedworth's famous Mixbnry Mare. STRKPHON is a Blood Bay with short Black I. eg- s, full 15 Hands 3 Inches high, beautiful iu his Symmetry throughout, has very great Power, with truly good Constitution, of which he has given ample Proof in his Running, ( see Calendar INi8, 1819, 1S20, and 1821,) having won 20 Times, including the Oatlands at Ascot Heath, the great Gloucestershire at Chelten- ham, when 18 started, the King's Plate at Warwick, carrying- list. 61b. three 4- Mile Heats, and was allowed to be the best 4- Mile Horse with 12st. in England. STRF. PHON is the Sire of Shepherdess, Winner of the Woodcot Stake for Two jear olds at E| » « om in 1828, and there is no doubt of his g- etting superior Racers from well- bred Mares. STRFPHON " ill be at the King's Head, Newcastle, every Monday ; at the Blue ( tell, Stone, ou Tuesday ; at the Maid's Head, Stafford, on Tuesday Night; Uui > n Hotel, Newport, on Wednesday Night ; Talbot Iun, Wellington, on Thursday ; returns Home on Thursday Night, where he will remain till early on Monday Morning. *#* Good Accommodation for Mares. SALOPIAN JOURNAL. AMD COURIEK OF WALES. £ 12,000 ^ ST) b « f advanced on Mortgage of Fr& e- M hold Landed Security, for five Yearn certain, at 5 per Cent.— Apply lo THE PRINTERS; if by Letter, Pout. paid. WANTED immediately, an A P PR EN - TICK fo the Printing, Stationery, Bookselling, ami Bookbinding Businesses, where he will have ail Opfiftrtunity of acquiring the whole of their Branches — Para Reference apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid} lo TUB PiufiTF. ns of this Paper. JAMES BACII, Auctioneer and Accomptant, AGENT to the PIKENIX FIRE OFFICE, and PBI. ICAN I. IFB OPFICR, CASTLE INN, BISHOP'S CASTLEi Opposite the Barley Market, LooLow, on Mondays. JPOfiffiSCRlPT* LONDON, Monday Night, April 27, 1829. PRICESOF FUNDS AT TUB CLOSE. Ban k Stock — Long Ann. 19 5- 18 India Bonds 61 India Slock 23( 11 Exclieq. Bills lit) Coin. for Acc. 87 § Red. 3 per Cts. 87± 3per Ct. Cons. 87J 3{ pet Cents, 90$ ai pet Cts. Ited. 0t>| 4 per Cts. 1826, 10j| 4 per Cent*. 1( 13 ' The first operation of the Campaign has taken place in Asia. It is not easy to form any very ac- curate opinion of the military events of this war. Tlie Turks have not yet seen the advantage of publishing Bulletins as soon as possible, and of enabling us to compare their reports with the reports of the adverse party. In this first operation, however, it is evident that the Turks shewed skill and discipline, and seem to have taken the Russians, in the first instance, by surprise. They pushed forward a ccrps of 20,000 men in the night of the 3d of March, one division of which having got possession of the suburb of the fortress of Akhalzik, attempted to take the place by assault, and reached the first wall. Defeated in this endeavour they occupied a position in the neighbour- hood, blockaded the town closely, and made repeated but fruitless attacks upon the garrison. The main division of the Turkish force lined the right bank of the Koura. General Paskewitsch sent reinforcements, but their march was cheeked by the Turks. The course of the Koura is to the southward of Akhalzik, and, having passed I bat fortress, takes a devious and winding direction. The Russiah reinforcements were divided into two bodies, one of which was to attempt the first passage over the Koura, and the second ( composed of the Cossacks) the secotid passage. The first body was successful, but the Turks drove the second upon the tiist body, and immediately ad- vanced to get possession of the first passage. Fortwo days they made several attacks and succeeded in getting possession of some heights. On the 13th of March the Turks did not repeat their attacks, and the Russians took advantage of the interval to construct rafts, which enabled them to cross to the right bank of the river, and by making a night march, to get possession of the second passage. The Russians thus interposed between the Koura and tbe fortress of Akhalzik, and the Turks retreated. The force by which Akhalzik had been besieged retreated also on the 10th, having received informa- tion of the approach of the Russian reinforcements. A sally was made from the fortress, and the reinforce- ments. entered Akhalzik. It appears from this account that the Turkish force in Asia has been so largely reinforced during the winter, as to enable it to assume the offensive at the outset of the campaign. The next accounts will pro- bably inform us of the resumption of hostilities upon the Danube. € ije Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1829. Tb the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— When our present, Street Act vv'as obtained, t was contemplated that the sum ?> f £ 8000 should be borrowed, and laid out in the improvement of the town. This was done under the provisions of that Act; but I am informed that there has been a further debt of £ 1200 Contracted, and that* in order to make the two ends meet, we are to have rio pat role, and that single jets are to be substituted for the batwing burners in the'gas- lamps. It would, therefore, Stem that a portion of the new light, has extended to Shrewsbury: for, but a few months ago, vie were favoured with a Report of a Committee, which urged upon us the want of additional watching and lighting — although it would now appear we can do with a lesser degree of either. I do not wish to impute blame to the rfrembers of the Street Act Committee; but how did it happen that, contrary to the Act, they incurred a debt of £ 1200, without ever attempting to put in force that clause of the Act which, on showing to two- thirds of the rate- payers that an advartce ift the rate was requisite, would have enabled them to obtain a rate of two shillings in the pound? By not adhering to the plain line of duty, they have involved themselves and the town in a dilemma that will do neither them nor it any credit: for without intending to sanction the idea that the inhabitants are prepared to bear the burdens of a new Police Act, I think there are few that believe our watch or our light have at any time been more than was requisite. I have, indeed, heard it s& idV that the whole machinery of the Street Act bufiiness has been work- ing wrong for some time; that, some rottenness hofd got into the state of affairs that obliged the Com- mittee to pull up, and enter itpon an investigation of the concern-; that retrenchment was found oii& void able; and that, therefore, the public must undergo the privations I have mentioned. Jf So, we must, of course submit; for I have been informed that great distress has been occasioned in some eases by enforc- ing the payment of tlie present rate; but then the question will arise, has every aftenf. ion been paid to the economical management of the funds raised ? It has been said that sums unwarranted have been expended on tbe streets in Frankwell and in Castle Foregate : if it is not so, let such rumours be con- tradicted by the publication of accounts that will shew to the inhabitants the outlay on those places : the accounts hitherto made public leave the Case completely in the dark: we see, indeed, certain amounts put down, but nothing to explain of what items those sums are formed : so much is put down for salaries ; and another sum total for something else : but nothing is seen that can shew to the public such dissected items a$ tvowld enable them to form any opinion as to the system ori which their affairs are managed. I therefore trust, that before the pub- lic lights are reduced to the pitiful scale proposed, the Managing Committee will lay before the inhabitants a Report of the whole case On which their intended retrenchment is founded. Let the whole matter be fairly stated : if an abridgment in the public conveni- ence must take place, let the public see that every other retrenchment has been duly enforced : if ex- pensive jobs have been undertaken upon false pre- mises or insufficient data, let the error be fairly and manfully acknowledged : let riot, however, the public be, like our streets, unenlightened, because it may be inconvenient to lay a plain unvarnished tale before those who must eventually be the arbitrators in a case for which a call is made upon each of their pockets. I am, Sir, your's, & c. SCRUTATOR. Shrewsbury, April 27, 1829. Shropshire General Quarter Sessions, Subscriptions to the Sick Man's Friend antl Lying- in Charity. Mr. llotae £ 0 10 0 Mr. John Williams DONATION. MisS and Miss M. Pritchard, St. John's Roto 0 8 1 0 0 BIRTH. Tn York, on tlie 25th inst. the Lady of William Garforth, Esq. of Wiganthorpe, of a son and heir. M A R HIED. On the 16th inst. at Wroekwardine, by tbe Rev. G. L. Yale, Mr. Edward Ditcher, of Wheathill, to Miss Povall, of AlUeott. On tbe 22d inst. nt Pattinghani, in tbe county of Stafford, by the Rev: It. Thun » fieJd, Mr. William Pic kin', solicitor, of Wellington, to Eliza, youngest daughter of William Sparrow, Esq. of the former place. On the 19th inst. at Malpas, Mr. James Moile, of Manchester, to Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Charles Rowland, Esq. ofSalford. On Monday last, at Oswestry, by the Rev. T. Sal- wey, Mr. John Williams, diaper and grocer, to Hannah, second daughter of Mr. Edwards, of the Queen's Head Inn. On the Iftlli iust. at the Abbey Church, Mr. John Dixon, of Bolton, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Bayley, of the Abbey Foregate, in this town. DIED. On the 18th inst. at Bath, Sir John Keane, Bnrt. aged 72. He is succeeded iu his title and estates by his eldest son Richard, bom in 1780. On Saturday last, at Oswestry, Sarah Maria, third daughter of Mr. Penson, of that place, aged 8 years. On Wednesday last, aged Mr. Samuel Wynn, of Sodylit, near Dudleston, iu this county. On the 25th instant, at Market Drayton, deeply lamented by bis family, and regretted by his friends nud acquaintance, Joseph Loxdale Warren, E » q in the 69th year of his age. On Friday, the 17th inst. at Morville, near Bridg north, highly respected, after a long and protracted illness home with pious fortitude, Mrs. Djer, wife of John Dyer, Esq. of that place ; in whose deaili the poor iu that neighbourhood will have lo lament the loss of a kind nnd generous benefactress. On Thursday morning, at Kuowsley, the Right Honourable the Countess of Derby, in her 67th year. On the 12th iust. at Barns Hall, near Worcester, in his 20th year, Mr. Job Palmer, late of this town On the' 19th iust. at The Weir, Herefordshire, Emily Mary, the only daughter of John Griffiths, Esq On the 2lst inst. Mary, only daughter of William Collier, Esq. of Beech Hill, near Newport. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. Charles Bury:— House- Visitors, Richard Brat- ton, Esq. and Mr. William Taylor. This Sessions commenced on Monday last, before Thom& s Pemberton, Esq. ( chairman), Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart. Thomas Harries, Esq. F. B. Harries, Esq. Rev. W. Hopkins, C. Walker, Esq. Rev. Waties Corbett, John Edwards, Esq. Rev. G. A. Maddock, Rev. C. Leicester, H. D. Warter, Esq. and J. Brown, ESRJ. Mr. BATIIER stated to the Courts that be had to mrtke a request, on behalf of several most respectable Solicitors, win. wished that in of Appeal, the term for giving notice before trial should be extended from 8 to 14 days. Mr. WHATELEY observed, that if more time were allowed than was given at present, it would be much worse for Counsel, as, he thought, very few Appeals would then be tried! To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— In replying to your correspondent; " Ati Independent Burgess." t shall first endeavour to dispose of those poiljt » which have no real bearing upon the question at issue between us. He says, " If Mr. Burke's opinion is to he qtiotedy in " order to prove my principles ruinous and unconstitutional, " I shall require that it be applied impartially:" and he then hints, that Mr. Burke abstained from includiug the custo'tn of Proxies in his censure, from courtly and interested motives. 1 am quite sure that your correspondent will see 11( 101) Second thoughts, or at least that all your Readers ® 111 see, that for Mr. Burke to have touched upou the subject of jfroxies when he was addressing the electors of Bristol, would liafe been one of the most strange and irrelevant proceedings to which he could have had recourse. The subject, we may be sure, never entered into his thoughts: but your correspondent will, per- haps, feel satisfaction in knowing, that upon this question our sentiments entirely coincide. I think the admission of proxies in tlie HohSte' of Lords extremely objectionable, and should wish to see rt abolished : so that being tints " impartial" in- the application ' rfiuy principle, I may call upon y. our correspond- ent, according to* his own concession, to allow thattiis principle is " ruinous and unconstitutional." But by a strange over- sight lie hits forgotten that his own conduct is ally thing but " impartial." Its thinks that the admission Of proxies in the llouse of Ivn'rfts Is an analagons or parallel ease with that of a candidate giving a pledge! to his constituents. Why then does he object to the former of these customs, and labour so hard to defend the latter? This is any thing rather than impartial. He evidently objects to the " pocketted Proxy of the Peer," because the person, whose vote is thus given, is out of the reach of discussion ; nid deliberation But this is precisely tic- ground i/ u fl't'ich Sir. Burke would have objected to a member giving a pledge iu 1826 as to the course which lie would pursue in 18211. Your correspondent, therefore, if he would practise the impartiality which he recommends to others, is bound to object to the latter proceeding as well as to the former. It is indeed, if possible, still more absurd : for a peer who is at Rome may, perhaps, with a safe conscience, deliver his proxy to a friend in whose judgment aud honesty he has a reliance, and who he knows will be present nt the discussion ; hut your correspondent's representative is to go through the wearisome and useless farce of attending the deliberations of parliament, though he has previously determined not to be decided by them. I again ask, whether such conduct would not be ruinous and unconstitutional I Your correspondent writes, " Where would be the utility of " an elector demanding the sentiments of a candidate as to a " particular ( juestion, if 110 question could possibly be mooted'"' " whose bearings would iiot be of a transitory natnrel" The utility is obvious. I will put a case, which ( though appa- rentiy an absurd one) has yet been lately proved to be by no rtleans impossible. I will suppose a burgess of Shrewsbury to have persuaded himself that the existence of Protestantism depends, not upon truth and reason, but upon certain exclusive laws which were never heard of for upwards of a ceutllry after the Reformation He asks a candidate what are his opinions upon the Catholic Question. If the candidate replies that ha is inclined to admit the Roman Catholics to an equality i. f civil rights, the burgess refuses to vote for hini: but it. the candidate replies that he is opposed to such admission, the' burgess concludes, that lie may safely vote for a man whose sentiments coincide with his own. Your correspondent seems to think it not true that " no " question could possibly be mooted whose bearings would not " be of a transitory nature:" and he says, " whether sueli'bft " the fact, I leave the common sense of your Readers and my " countrymen to decide " Now, Sir, 1 humbly conceive,' that common sense has long decided this point. " The " bearings of " a question" mean the argument* or circumstances which are urged by different parties in support of either side of the question : and since only one side can really be true, it necessa- rily follows, that some OF Ihr bearings must have IJITII put. iw.%. false or mistaken light. They must, therefore, have been 11 of " a transitory nature;" or else we come to the absurd conrln. sion, that two sides of a question may be true, and that that which is false may yet not be transitory. The fact is, that your correspondent is labouring under the very common delu. sion of supposing his own opinion to be necessarily and im- mutably right. He has persuaded himself, that what is called' the Catholic Question is not really a question, and does not admit of the possibility of doubt. It is with the same train of ideas that lie savs, " It is admitted on all sides that 110 new " evidence was elicited in tile late discussions." If he had said that 110 new evidence was presented to his own mind, I should perfectly have understood him: I have, indeed, no doubt of the fact: but to say that the absence of new evidence is admitted on ( til tides, is, to say the least of it, a very unwar- rantable assertion. In conclusion, I have to thank your Correspondent for speaking out so openly against the admission of Proxies ill the House of Lords: and lie will put me under an additional olilijjntion, if he will point out any one question, since the world began, some of the bearings of which are not of a transitory nature. SALOPIENSIS. To the Editor of the Salopiun Journal. SIR, On the day that this letter will ( by yottr pleasure) appear before the public, the members of tbe Shrop- shire Brunswick Club are to assemble, to consider of the best niannet of marking their approbation of the conduct of their County Representatives. How much meaning is there in that short sentence! What recollection.— what forebodings— present themselves when we consider the cause that has induced such an • assembly for Mich an occasion ? In the wide desola- tion of principle that has recently Occurred, how few there are to Whom such a compliment can be paid ! And what man can say tbe next generation will dwell tveu under a monarchical form of government ? What the result of the infecting to which 1 have alluded will be, I shall not anticipate: the object for which it is called is one that does credit to the parties by whom it is convened— one the tnost honourable to the Gentlemen intended to be complimented : as to them, neither I heir rank, their fortune, nor any meretricious distinction that this world Can afford, will bear a com- parison with the memorial that will be handed to posterity of their public conduct: for of them it will be said—" When the Prince, the Peer, the Prelate, the Minister, the Senator, and the Priest, deserted the path of duty, and became apostate to the cause they had espoused and the principles they had professed, Sir ROWLAND HILL, Baronet, and JOHN CRESSF. TT PELHAM, Esquire, were in the noble phalanx that flinched not, neither did they waver." The edifice, of which the foundation- stone was laid in 1688, and the superstructure, through a variety of modifications, carefully adapted by a succession of our subsequent progenitors as a fitting temple of civil and religious liberty, on which we were wont to look with reverence and admiration, is now bccomc the re- ceptacle of the deity of Liberalism— an idol, which our fathers would have abhorred— a detestable demon, after which many of our nobles and a multi- tude of all ranks have of late turned aside. This strange abomination, like the image seen by the King of Babylon, has a head of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, legs of iron, feet part of iron and part— of clay ! and like that image, however glittering may be its appearance, however apparently durable and fascinating its most showy parts, the fragile materials on which it stands will assuredly give way to the ponderous attack of expe- rience and truth. Through what vicissitudes the country must pass in its approaching ordeal none can say : but no man that is observant of the signs of the times can hesitate for one moment in believing that we are 011 the threshold of a great national crisis, in which all that is base, all that is deceptive, all that is revolu- tionary and unprincipled, will be ranged on the one side— w hat is left to us of the wreck of religious and moral principle, on the other: on the neutral ground will be the timid and the weak, tbe sordid, the time- serving, and the despicable. My description may not be flattering — to some it may be unpleasant : the result will, however, prove its truth : the master- hand of time will fill up the delineation. It becomes then of the highest importance in this Jnoment, that conduct like that of our County Re- presentatives should receive a mark of public ap- probation. We owe it alike to them, to ourselves, and to our country : to them, because, when in evil hour so many of our Senators betrayed their trust, our County Members remained immovably attached to the Cause dear to them and the immense majority of their countrymen : to ourselves, because it is our duty to maintain the right on our own behalf as well as on behalf of those by whom we are to be succeeded : to our country, because in the consistent conduct alone of our Senators and other public men is there any guarantee that our religious, our moral, or our civil rights shall at any time be respected. Some, indeed, have told us, that in the measure lately carried, we are only to observe one of those changes by which our social state is to be brought to a greater degree of perfection. Such parties forget, that in every prior alteration, the spirit that prevailed was one to which Ropery is decidedly hostile : for in THE LATE F. AIII, OF EIUDGEWATF. R.— The will tlie sliade 0F popery genuine liberty neither liveth, of this eccentric Nobleman hasten proved, in the Preroga- eth „„ r ], ath anv being. Others there are, and tive Court, Doctors Commons, by Mr. Claremont, a oankrr, 1 ' . . ® . , ,, ... .. — 1.— — . I t- 0.. 1. ... 1...:- — - I some of them in high places too, who palter with us in a double sense, by telling us that the new measure y extraordinary, to which is added 1 number of codicils, | w; j| tenj to t[ ie destruction instead of to the growth THIS DAY. SHROPSHIRE BRUNSWICK CLUB. AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEE of the SHROPSHIRE CONSTITUTIONAL BRUNSWICK CLUB, held ut the Lion Inn, Shrews, bury, 011 Monday, the 30th of March, a Letter having been read from the Rev. JAMBS COMPSON, tendering llie Resignation of bis Office as Secretary to the above Club ; It u'as Resolved, 1st. That the Rev. JAMES COMPSOK'S Resignation be accepted. 2dlv. That in accepting Mr. COMPSOK'S Resigna- tion, the Committee desire lo offer hitn their sincere Thanks for his past Services, and to assure him that they fully appreciate the painful and arbitrary Pro- ceedings which ( though not staled by himself) the Committee are well aware have led to his Conduct upon a late Occasion, and to his present Resolution. 3tlly. That the President be requested to inform Mr. COM psopt of the above Resolution. 4thly. That a GENERAL M EETINGof the MEM- BERS of Ihe SHROPSHIRE CONSTITUTIONAL BRUNSWICK CLUB be held 011 WEDNESDAY, JHILDITCH, late of PRIDE HILL, . respectfully informs his Friends, that all Accounts due to him will bA received by Mr. T. HORTOK, at Mr. Keysell'i, on the Premises lately occupied by J. H. STAFITOK, 23d April, 1829. MONEY. FROM f80a to £ 1000 ready to be act-? vauced on approved Security.— Apply to Mr, HICKS, Attorney, Shrewsbury. T. MADELEY, ^ Tailor U Hamco' iftabit fttafcrr, Castle Street, Shrewsbury, IN announcing his Return from London, begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, he lias with great Attention selected from the first Houses ith Assortment of Goods of the most prevailing Fashion and superior Quality ; consisting of superfine Broad Cloths lor Ladies llabifs, Gentlemen's Drew ond Morning Coafs, nlso a large Assortment of Fancy Waistcoalings of thenewest Patterns, with Cassimere*, tlllrl PVfvrit Al li .1 e A plinln I . V fli'n Tl ....!.. . _ 1 . 1 the 29th of April, at the LION INN, Shrewsbury, at nnd 0, her A' 1'^ 6 ' n ' We above Business ndupt.. l One o'Clock, to consider of tbe best Manner of mark- ll, ej> resent and ensuing Season, which lie ofieri their Approbation of tbe Conduct of their County Representatives. THOS. KENYON, President. SHOPMAN WANTED. A STEADY Man of good Character for Honesty and Sobriety, who has been used to assist in an Ironmonger nnd Druggist's Shop, nnd can write a good Hand, may meet with n comfortable Situation in a Country Village not far distant front Shrewsbury, by applying lo THE PBIKTBRS of this Paper t if by Letter, Post- paid. This Day is published, ASECOND VOLUMEofSERMONS, chief!? Practical. By the Rev. EDWARD BATHER, M. A. Archdeacon of Salop, ill the Diocese of Lichfield aud Covenlrv, and Vicar of Meole Brace, Salop. a SECOND EDITION of the FIRST J. Hatchard &. Son, 187, Piccadilly. Also, VOLUME. London Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL Persons who stood indebted to Mr. ANDREW JONES at llie Time of his Decease, are requested to pay the Amount of their Accounts immediately to WIM. IAM COOPBR, Esq. or SAMUEL HARLPY, Esq. his Executors, or to Messrs. JONES and DAVIES, Drapers, Market Street; and all Persons who have any Claims or Demands against tbe late Mr. A. Jones are desired lo send in their Accounts ns above, that they may be examined previous to being discharged. MESSRS. JONES & DAVIES BEG Leave to acquaint their Friends, that the Business will still be carried on upou Ihe same liberal Terms as heretofore, on their Premises ill Market Street, where all Orders will be thankfully received nnd punctually attended to. equally extraordinary. His lordship leaves legacies to all his | . ,. . , , .. <,. . ; .. , i.,,..,;.,!. ... .!,,, . ....... servant*, and some larger legacies to private individuals He, of Popery— while to the Papists themselves the same however, adds, that in case be should be either " assassinated parties urge that they lent their support to the measure POOR- RATE BILL. [ FROM THE CHF. STER CHRONICLE.] We beg to call the serious attention of our readers to a bill smuggled into the House of Commons, by Mr. Slaney, Member for Shrews- bury, which, if carried into a law, will operate oppressively. The public are generally ignorant of it, though it is of great importance to the proprietors of small property. The bill in question is entitled " a bill to declare and amend the law relating to the employment and payment of able- bodied labourers from the poor rates, and for the better rating tene- ments under a certain annual value." That feature of the bill which is more particularly deserving of notice, is a provision which throws upon the owners of small bouses the liability of paying the poor- rates upon them, " whether the rent shall be reserved manthl", half- yearly, or any other period, and whe- ther the letting be for a year, or any greater or less period." We have been favoured with the Manches- ter petition against the measure, but have not time or space tbis week to give it insertion ; it is a complete exposition of the injustice of the proposed measure. Liverpool and other towns are actively preparing to resist the Bill, which involves tlie most, destructive consequences to. the country. The few moments we have to spare prevent us from giving irrefragable proofs of its partiality and injustice; we shall only mention one case: in Chester one fifteenth of the property is void, and one fourteenth poor. The first are chiefly small houses, and the latter so poor that they do not, on an average, pay two- thirds of the small stipulated rent; these causes united reduce such property so much as to he of little value, and which will be greatly diminished by this measure. The COURT stated that they would consider of the matter. In the Appeal of Rodington against Buildwas, the Order was reversed. In that of Culmington against St. Lawrence, Lud- low, the Order was confirmed. In thai of Wellington against St. Julian, the Order was confirmed. Elizabeth Corbet pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with stealing a quantity of iron, the property of the Ketlcy Company of Ironmasters: and as the case was brought forward by way of example, and the prosecutor recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court, she was only sentenced lo 14 days' imprisonment. Henry Chvrr, a boy only 14 years of age, pleaded guilty to two indictments, charging him with breaking and entering the dwelling house of John Davies, of Uppingtnn, labourer, and stealing various articles therefrom.— He was sentenced to be imprisoned six months and once whipped. William Righy ( who had been before the Courl on other occasions) was found guilty of feloniously receiving the articles stolen by Churn, and was sen- tenced to be imprisoned to bard labour for 6 calendar months. On the Court assembling yesterday morning, Mr. Bather stated, thai the Gentlemen of the Bar, having considered the subject, concurred in the view taken by the solicitors who had applied for an extension of the period of notice for trying Appeals. The allow- ance of only eight days was an hardship upon re- spondents ; for appellants could get up a complete case, and then, by giving notice of trial, could bring tbe Appeal on before the respondents in many instances were prepared. In some counties ten days' notice was allowed, and in some fourteen. The Chairman said, the Court would consider of the matter; and if they determined upon an alter- ation, public notice should be given. Samuel Evans, aged 17, was convicted of stealing a hen fowl and lifter n eggs, the property of Mr. George Chidley, of Soulton, and the prosecutor having re- commended him to mercy, on the ground of its being believed that it was his first oftencc, he was sentenced to be imprisoned only two months to hard labour. William Williams ( a pig- drover), for stealing a brass cock, the property of James Peach, of the Red Lion Inn, Malpas, Cheshire, on the 6th instant, was sentenced to be imprisoned one year to hard labour. It appeared that there were two other charges against the prisoner for felonies committed on the same day at Malpas, where a Fair was then holding, and where the prisoner appeared to have been actively employed in prowling about for the purpose of stealing what- ever he could lay his hands upon. Christopher Nicholls, sentenced at the Sessions in January, 1828, to be imprisoned one year, & c. for uttering base coin, and who remained in Gaol for want of sureties, entered into his own recognizance not to offend against the statutes for two years, and was discharged. Tbe Court directed, that in future the Grand and Petit Jurors should be summoned to attend at 12 o'clock at noon, on the Monday in each Sessions week. or poisoned," the legacies are all to be void. He [ eaves eight thousand pounds to the Royal Society, to be appropriated as a reward for the best written Essay on the Creation, on Ihe Anatomy of Man, and . specially on the power, formation, and properties of the Hand. [ We recollect lo have seen a splendid work on this subject, written by his Lordship, and privately printed by Didot, some years back.] The family Manuscript's and Papers, together with ft lock of his mother's hair, and a particular letter, written by her to himself, and delivered at her request, after her death, lie hopes may be permitted to be deposited aud kept as heir- looms in the family mansion at Ashridge, a permission which was refused to him by his brother, the former Earl of Bridgewater, with whom the late Earl does not appear to have been on friendly terms, although he hopes " liod will forgive his brother as he does." Hi* own manuscripts and autographs, which are most valuable, he leaves to the British Museum, together with his vast freehold estates in Cheshire and other counties, to —' augment them. He does not even mention as a boon for which the Papists ought to he grateful For such men— statesmen they are not— no degree of contempt can be too unmeasured : if they meant, as they on the one hand pretend, to lessen the influence of Popery, why did they not head their measure as " The Roman Catholic Depression Bill," instead of " The Roman Catholic Relief Bill:" if, however, as they on the other hand assert, they wished to confer a boon upon the Papists, why do they not manfully and to all parties say so ? Shame on such pitiful conduct! They know, as every man possessing common sense and common honesty declares, that their measure was founded upon fraud, was carried by fraud, and by preserve and I fraud only can they attempt to justify it. Their | fraudulent pretences, however, will not avail them : they may triumph in those Houses where a ministerial majority can decide a question: but before their country— before public opinion — they stand convicted of apostacy, of treachery, and of cowardice. When in the course of time ( may the date be long distant!) our present County Representatives shall pass from this earthly scene, their names and their public con- duct will remain to be honoured in after- ages by all SF. CRFT SERVICE MONEY.— Two or three years who shall reverence the redeeming, the ennobling ago the sum expended in Mr. Peel's department, qualities of our nature: on the contrary, those by which was carried to the account of the public ( on the wJiQm the Protestant Cause has been betrayed, after debt side) did not amount to £ 1,100 for twelve 1 fretting their ignoble hour upon this earthly stage, months. We understand that when the public arc j pointed at by the slow, unmoving finger of public next made acquainted with tbis branch of ministerial scobn, will sink into dishonourable graves, contemned secret expenditure, the expense of secret service ( or, and unheeded : their parasites may, indeed, now at- in plain words, government bribes for sacrificed con- tempt to soothe and flatter them ;' but in vain shall sistency and loss of character) will amount to upwards fhev hope to escape unscathed from the moral in- of one hundred thousand pounds— so report says, digiiation of their injured and consistent countrymen. Lord Farnborough, the present Countess of Bridgewater. or Lord Browulow, who will succeed to the mansion at Ashridge, and most of the entailed property, after the death of tlie Countess of Bridgewater. His servants are to occupy their stations in his Grand Hotel in the Rue St. Honore, in Paris, for two or three months, after whieh it is to be sold, together with all his furniture, plate, aud jewellery. In his will nothing is intimated relating to his favourite dog*. The personal property amounts to £ 70,000. We wonder what Sir Thomas Lethbridge— that Lord in embryo— says! We know he can say something touching this matter.— Morning Journal. A CAPRICIOUS RIVEU— There is a stream Roxburghshire of the name of Liddel, ( the Americans laugh heartily at our notions of a river,) which, after fl > wing southward, forms the boundary with England for five miles, till it enters the Esk above Longtown, and which Armstrong has celebrated in the following lines:— " Liddel till now, except in Doric lays, Tuned to her murmurs by her love sick swains, Unknown in song— though not a purer stiearn Rolls to the western main." Well, strange as it may appear, this stream, alias river, about three weeks ago actually ran dry at one part of its course for the lengthened period of seven, I hours ! The machinery of one mill stood still; and as the miller had never known « the like before," he was thrown into a very sad quandary as to what had witched away the moving power. The dizzying mill- wheel and lying shaft were perfectly sound in their cogs and awes, and as the sluices were up, and the dam- head entire, the man became more and more ARISTIDES. ( f^* The following addition to the advertisement of STREPHON ( see first page) was received too late to be inserted in its proper place:— STSBEPHON will be at the Turf Iuu, Shrewsbury, every Thursday Evening, and returns Home on Fri- day. astonished, particularly when he learnt that both last illness lie experienced its supports iu WALTER DIED. On the 19th inst. universally beloved, John I. toyd, Esq of The Court- in. the- Vale, Newtown, Mont, gomeryshire. On the Ifith inst. aged 23 years, Penelope, the wife of Horatio Hughes, Esq solicitor, of Aberyslwith, and youngest daughter of the lute Richard Edleston, Esq of Nantwieh : her death will be long nnd severely felt by- her disconsolate husband, friends, and acquaint- ance. On the 20th inst. Francis Eardley, the infant son of Roderick E. Richardes, Esq. of Pcnglaise, near Ahery8twitll. On* the 9th inst. at Cil- y- llwyn, Bodfary, Flintshire, aged 65, the Rev. John Humphreys. He had been a Minister of the Gospel for many years in the con- nexion of ihe Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. His cha- - racter will be embalmed in the recollection of his friends, both as u consistent Christian nnd an able divine, and as having exhibited in his general de. meanoiir the benignity of Bible religion. During bis tbe tri. MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY. KENT STCARDEN, Linen and Woollen Drapers, Silk Mercers, Sfc. Sfc. RETURN Thanks to their Friends and the Public in general for the very liberal Sup- port tliey have received since their Commencement in Business; and at tbe same Time assure thetn that no Exertion on their Part shall be wanting lo merit a Continuance of that Support. R. C. has just returned from London and Man. Chester, where he has selected an extensive Assort, tnent of 7- 8 and 9- 8 Prints and printed Muslins, blnck uud coloured Gros de Naples, Silk and Canton Shawls, Fancy Hand kerchiefs, Ribbons, Lace, Hosiery, Gloves, & cc. the Whole « f which they are now offering at very reduced Prices. Superfine Cloths, Kerseymeres, fancy Waistcoat. ings, 7- 8 and 4- 4 Irish Linens, See. & c. *# » Funerals completely furnished. APRIL 24, 18- 29. LEY FOR CATTLE AND COLTS, AT CRAIGNANT PARK, 5 Miles from Oswestry, anil 14 from Wrexham, to turn in on tlie 12th of May, and to take out on the 25lli of September, 1829, al the fo'lowiug Rales ( the Money lo be paid before Ihe Callle and Colts are taken away) :—. CATTLE. £. J. RF. Yearlings 1 0 0 Two- year olds 1 10 0 Three- year olds 1 13 6 COLTS. Yearlings 113 6 Two- year olds 2 5 0 As a limited Number only will be taken in, no Cattle or Colt will be received on the Day of Admis- sion but what have been previously booked with Mr. IRELAND, at The Fron, near Tbe Quintn, Oswestry. N. B. One Shilling a Head per Day will be charged, over and above the Price lo be paid for the Ley, for all Callle and Colls that are not takeu awuy on tbe 25th of September. Caslle Inn, Bishop's Castle. JAMES BACII BEGS to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he is entering upon the above House, and purposes lo render it replete with those Comforts which good Inns usually possess. He most respectfully solicits the continued Support of all the old Patrons of ibe Caslle, assuring them, and others, that he will endeavour to merit their Appro- bation.— Commercial Gentlemen will find a good Fire side, willi every Attention to their general Comforts. X^" Neat Post Chaises, with able Horses, aud care* fill Drivers. APRIL 29, 1829. upon Terms that he trusts catiuol fail giving general Satisfaction. T. M. graltftll for tht high Patronage anil liberal Support be has for so many Years received, avail* himself of tbis Opportunity of returning his * ineera Thank* lo bis Friends and the Public, and pledge*, himself that no Exertion or Attention shall be wanting' to merit a Continuance of their Favours. Liveries furnished upou the most liberal Term* and shortest Notice. EAST INDIA HOUSE!, WYLE- COP, SHREWSBURY. « 5rocrt anO Cea- Oealtr, liOP, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND BACON rACTOR." RICHARD BIRCH RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in ( feneral, that lie intends opening his Premises ( nearly opposite the Lion Inn), in the above Branches, on FRIDAY, the 1st of May ; and trusts, by paying strict Attention to Business, and by offering for Sale none but Genuine Articles on the most reasonable Terms, he shall ineril a Share of Public Patronage. R. B. begs lo acquaint the Public, that lie has received a large Supply of fine, strong, and rich- flavoured TEAS, genuine us imported ; also a lar « re Supply of COFFEE, SPICES, FRUITS, and FISH SAUCES of every Description; Fancy Snuff*, and real Havaiinah Segars ; and, as the Season is no* approaching, he has the Article ANNATTO for Cheese- colouring, of a superior Quality, which he will offer to his Friends at a reduced Price. ( Tf Prime Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Cheshire, and Shropshire CHEESE. APRIL 28TII, 1829. NATURAL TEETH, Inserted on unerring Mechanical Principlett BY M BSSRS. LEVASON & JONES, SURGEON- DENTISTS, 22, WHITE FRIARS, CHESTER. MR. LEVASON respectfully announces to his Patron*, the Nobility, Ladies, and Gen- tlemen nf Shropshire and it* Vicinity, he hns Removed from tbe Market Street to Mr. WHITB'I, Upholsterer and Auctioneer, Wyle Cop, Corner of St. Julian's Church Steps, where he may be consulted again on Monday, May 4th, and five following Days, on nil Cases of Dental Surgery and Mechanism. Indestructible Mineral, Natural, & Artificial Teeth fixed ou Principles approved by tbe Faculty. Mr. LEVASON attends in Shrewsbury the first Mon- day of every Month, and remain* till the Saturday Evening following. PAPER HANGINGS. IRONBRIDGE £ WENLOCK. WILLIAM SMITH BEGS to announce that he has received the NEW PATTERNS, in great Variety, for every Description of Rooms, Lobbies, Staircases, Ike. which he is enabled to offer on tbe lowest Terms. W. S. will shortly publish a CATALOGUE of BOOKS, amounting to near 10,01) 0 VOLUMES, which will he forwarded to any Geulleman detirous of receiving it. Admaslon Spa, near Wellington* G. REEVES ^ T^ AKES this Opportunity of returning L his sincere Thank* to his nnmerou* Frieudn nud Ihe surrounding Gentlemen of the Faeulty, for their very liberal Support for these la « t ten Year*, uud begs Leave to inform them that he has re- taken the above Place, where lie hope* to merit a Continuance of their Favours. LITERATURE.— Classical Edition of the Wartr- ley Novels.— An announcement of a very novel description is making the tour of the country. Sir Walter Scott, who has now been for a long time, as things go, the avowed author of the delightful series of works which have cheated pain of its evil, and unknit the brow of care in all ranks, announces an edition of his fictitious writings, corrected throughout by bis own hands, and fully illustrated with notes. Besides these things, which will give to these books a relish and attraction which no variorum edition ever possessed, the admirable author will unfold, in his- torical introductions, the sources of bis inspiration, the circumstances which effected and guided his judg- ment iu the prosecution of each story, the hints and information with which individual communication furnished him,— and many piquant views and anec- dotes, swelling fresh again, as it were, from the pure fountain of his fancy, brightened with those glancing and reflected lights which are kindred to such a spirit. There can be no doubt that these books will go down to our grand- children's children; and tbe classical edition of them will, in our own time, super- sede all others. tltnplis of Clllislinn hope and Ihe prospect nf a blissful immortality. He was universally esteemed and be- loved throughout Ihe circle of Ins acquaintance, and enjoyed the esteem and friendship of several Clergy, men of Ibe Established Church. His name as a Welsh scholar will be perpetuated in the Welsh pub- lications of bis translation, and particularly in the Biblical expositions, which will nssist the CVMHV I'NIAITH of the present and future generations to rend and understand iu their own tongue the wonderful works of God as revealed in the Sacred Volume. At Ihe time of his death he was carrying through the press a Welsh translation of the Beauties of lleury's Exposi- tion of the Bible, with Brow n's Annotations. Oeh arch, erchwyn, grystyn gro, Cist hirnos— cenaist arno." above and below his domicile the neighbours had water, while he had none. Even the trouts, at certain shallow parts, might have been caught with the hand in place of the rod, and were seen lashing the gravel with their tails, and protesting as loudly as fishes can do against the sudden withdrawal of their native element. The phenomenon, in fact, was fitted to puzzle the wisest head: and the only solution we have heard of it is, that the bed of the Liddel is com- posed of limestone, and that, in all probability, some fissure had widened or cavern opened, and thus ab sorbed its waters, till the vortex was filled. Half a century ago there was no " Library of Useful Know- ledge ;'' and if rivers at that time had conceived the whim of pausing in their course, the merry men of Liddclsdaleof another generation would have surmised that the world was near an end, or that some great A deputation from the Auctioneers of the metro- judgment was about to happen. What, perhaps, is polis waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer on more probable, the " genii of the fell" would have Wednesday, for the purpose of representing to him come in for the whole blame, and perhaps some seer the injury that would follow to the revenue, as well might even have alleged that a great fire had broken as the inconveniencc that must result to trade m out in Fairyland, and that the « gude folk," in place general, and to particular individuals, should the of opening a plug at home, and wearying themselves proposed bill for regulating the Auction Duty pass with working fire- engines, had poked a hole in the into a law. The deputation was received by Mr. earth under the Liddel, smothering the flames and Goulburn with great courtesy ; and they severally irrigating their fields at the same time by a cataract urged on his consideration the evils likely to result rivalling in perpendicularity the American wing of from the adoption of the measure. After having the falls of Niagara.— Dumfries Courier. heard their arguments, the Chancellor said, in the — present state of business, and in consequence of the TROTTING MATCH.— The long- talked- of trotting intervention of the Easter holidays, it would be match between Bottler, the American horse, and impossible that the bill could be read a second time Miss Turner, the Welsh mare, was decided on Satur- before the 1st of May ; and he promised in the day, over ten. miles of ground, between Cambridge interval to give to the objections urged against it his anil Godmanchester, when the horse completed the fullest consideration, and to confer further on a ten miles in thirty minutes and forty seconds! j future day with the gentlemen who formed the leaving the mare sixty yards in the rear. I committee. BURG LAIIY. HEREAS, on ™ Thursday Night, the 23d Day of April instant, the COUNTING HOUSE ( being Pnrt nf the Dwelling House) of Mr. W. EVANS, nf IIADLBY PARK, in the County of Salop, wns BROKEN INTO, and the following Articles feloniously STOLEN and taken away : viz. one Pocket Book containing a £ 50 Bank of England Note nud various Memoiandums, a small Silk Purse with a Gilt Clasp, which contained nine Sovereigns, and u Gold Embossed Mourning Ring, engraved inside 41 In Memory of Ihe late Thomas Taylor, Esq. who died March, 18' 2I," aud seventeen Shillings iu Silver : Whoever will give Information of tbe Offender or Offenders, so that he or they may be brought lo Justice, shull, upon Conviction, receive a REWARD of TWENTY POUNDS from the said Mr. W. Evans, over nud above the Reward allowed by the Edgtnnud and Chetwynd Association for tbe Prosecuting of Felons. HADI- BY PARK, APRIL 24, 1829. Stoppages on the Canal between Shrewsbury, London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Gainsborough. ——— O I Crowley, Hicklin, Batty, & Co. BEG to inform their Friends and the Public, that tbe Annual Stoppage* for Repairs on tbe Canal will take place on Sunday, tbe 10th of May, and continue for Seven Days. UNION WHARP, APRIL 25, 1829. ALDERJYE Y CAL VES. TO BE SOLD, At GREEN FIELDS, near Shrewsbury, fl^ HREE BEAUTIFUL THOROUGH- BRED I ALDERNEY BULL CALVES, about fi. e Weeks old. TYTHES. To be Let by Private Contract, ALL the GREAT TYTHES of the TOWNSHIPS of GREAT NESS and HOP- TON, in Ibe County of Salop, Tylheable at tbe Tenth. For further Particulars apply lo Mr. E. P. BATUPR, Ruy Ion. of- the. Eleven- Town*. m& mmir meibailiDo SHREWSBURY. hi our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hide « was 4d. per lb.— Calf Skins 6d.— Tallow 3£ d d. $. d. VVIicat, 38quarts 12 6 to 12 10 Barley, 38quarts 5 6 to ( » 0 Oats, 57 quarts 5 6 to 6 8 COUNT EXCHANGE, APKI1, 27. We continue sparingly supplied with Wheat of our own growth, but, having1 an abundance of Foreign at market, the Mealing Trade was far from being in a thriving state this morning; still fine samples of Wheat obtained the prices of this day week, but the sales were not numerous. Malting Barley was also heavy sale at 33s. per quarter, aud the grinding quali- ties nearly unsaleable. Beans and Peas were scarcely inquired after, but continue at the same quotation. Oats fully support last Monday's prices, although the arrival was large. In other articles there is no alter- ation. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under: Wheat. Barley. Malt. 60s to 7Ss 20s to 33s 50s to 58s White Peas.. Beans Oats 34s to 36s 34s to 36s 28s to 30s Fine Flour 60s to 65* per sack ; Seconds 55s to 60s SMITHFIFLDf pei tt. of tilb. iinkit, offal.) Beef 4s 0d to 4s 4d 1 Veal 5s 0d to 6s Od Mutton... 4s 0d to 4s 8< i I Pork 4s 8d to 5 » 4d Lamb ... 6s Od to 7s Od Average Prices of Corn per Quarter, in England and Wales, for the xoeek ending April 17, 1821): Wheat, 70s. 7d.; Barley, 32 » . 7d. ; Oats, 22s, Od. TURNPIKE TOLLS TO BE LET. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, TH « T the TOLLS arising at the Turnpike Gates called or known by the Names of Wenloek Gate, Posenall Gate, Willey Gate, Liiiley Gale, Bui Id wits Gate, Burton Gate, Beambridge Gate, and Shiueitm Gate, all in the County of Salop, will be LET " by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, either together « .' r separate, and for one or three Years, as shall then be agreed npou, ( to commence the 24ih June next,) at the Bed Lion Inn, in Broseley, in the said County of Salop, on WEDNESDAY, the 3d Day of June next, between the Hours of Three and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the Manner directed by the Act pn> « rd in the Third Year of the Reign of his present Majenty King George the Fourth, entitled 4i An Act to amend " the General Laws now in being for regnlariog " Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain " called England;" and which Tolls produced last Year the following Sums : viz. Wenlock Gate Posenall Gate and Willey Gate Liuley Gale Buildwas Gate Burton Gate. Beambridge Gate Shinetou Gate Above the Expenses of collecting the same, uud will be put up at those Sums respectively. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder or Bidders, must ut the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of tbe said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct. Persons willing to become Sureties are requested person ally to attend nt Ibe Time of ihe Bidding*. HIRAM HARTSHORN E, Clerk to the Trustees of the saij Turnpike Road* BROSELEY, APRIL 27TU, 1820. ..±' 201 " £ 132 121 .. 230 yo .. 40 ... 2- 2 SALOPIAN J'OTJMMAIL* . AMID. COUBIiEB © W WALES* * TO BE SOIil), AHANDSOME London- built CHARIOT. — Price 100 Guinens— To lie ACTON'S, Coaclimakcr, Shrewsbury. ut Mr. KNIGHTON RACKS, 1829. fpHE above Haces are fixed for Thursday 1 nnd Friday, tiie ISlh nnd 19th Days of June next, when excellent Sport is anticipated.— Particulars will appear in a future Paper. 27TH APmi., 1829. OSWESTRY IIACES, 1829. LOTON PARK. A LEY for CATTLE and HORSES, J\ front the Villi of May lo the V2l. ii of October, 1829.— For Particulars apply lo Mr. FRANCIS, Lotou, near Alberbury. THE FARMERS' CUP. ASWEEPSTAKES of 5 Sovs. each, with a I'UP added, for Horses not Thorough- bred, lo be the Properly of a Subscriber on Ihe Ist of May next, nnd foaled in the Counties of Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, or North Wales; never to have started beloic the 10th September ; and lo Close nud Name on or before tbi lsl of July, before which Hay Certificates of each Horse, Jtc. not beisg Thorough- bred must lie sent addressed to the Coin, millee through the Clerk of the Course, and their Decision " ill be final. Three- year olds to carry 8st.; four ,9st. 4lb.; five, 10* 1. Sib.; six, list.; aged, list. 211). Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. One Mile and a Half Heats. W. W. Wynn, | John Lewis. John Rogers, j A PURSE, Value £ 50, for Horses' not ThoroOgh- bred, belonging to the Non. Commissioned Officers aud Privates of llie Iwo Oswestry Troops of North Salopian Yeouiaurj Cavnlry.— Further Particulars in a future Paper. BIETTON- IIOUSK^ NfiAR SHREWSBURY. 1VJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that n a MEETING of ihe Trustees oftlie Shrewsbury District of the Walling Street Road, Slrettou and Longden, nnd of the Minslerlev, Weslbury, Sbellou, Pool, und Baschurcll Districts of Turnpike Roads, will he belli at the Gtllt. DHAl. l., in Shrewsbury, ou MONDAY, Ihe 4th Duy of May next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JOHN JONES, Clerk to the said Trustees. SHRPCVRBCRY, ApRM. 24th, 1829. ^ ralc0 by gUicttou. TO- MTTRROW. rpHE Creditors who have proved their Jl Debts under a Commission of Bankrupt awarded against ANN BAGE, of SHREWSBURY, in tbe County of Salop, Linen Manufacturer, Dealer & Chnpw ninatl, ifiuy receive a D1VI DEN D of Six Shillings and Three Pence iu llie Pound, upon applying at the Bank of Messrs. BECK, DODSON, EATONS, and BECK, in Shrewsbury aforesaid, on or afler Monday next, the 4th Dav uf May. , J. BICKERTOfJ WILLIAMS, Solicitor to Ihe Assignees. SWAN lltt. i., SHREWSBURY, AFRTL 28th, 1829. ;; SALOP INFIRMARY. APRIL 18th, 1829. TUESDAY, the 5th Dav of May " ext, 1 being Ihe General HALF- YEARLY BOARD, the Trustees are desired to attend in the Board Room irf the temporary Infirmary at the House of Industry, at Eleven o'clock. THOS. PUGH, Secretary, To elect a Treasurer for the Year ensuing ; nnd lo liailm. for six new Directors, in Lieu of six of the i^ presettt Directors who go out bv Rotation. be lie Set, For a Term of Years, Unfurnished, and may entered upon immediately, rpHAT commodious Family Residence, 1. BETTON HOUSE, situate Three Miles from tbe Town nf Shrewsbury, well calculated for the Reception of a Gentleman's Family : comprising Entrance Hull, Morning Room, Dining Room, und Library, five lies I Bed Rooms, Bachelor's Rooms, Water Closet, and spacious Accommodation for Serv- ants, Kitchen, Housekeeper's Room, Boiler's Panlry, Servants' Hall, Sculleries, Cellars, & c. with detached Dairy, Brewhouse, aud Laundry; also a capital Ice- house; two Kitchen nnd Fruit Gardens, the one entirely walled round; Stabling for twelve Horses; Ditto for four Waggon Horses ; Double Coach- house, Saddle Room, Granaries, Barns, Cow Sheds,&. c. ; an excellent Dove. house; und with or without any Quantity nf Arable and Pasture LAND, not exceeding Pifly Acres. To a desirable Tenant the Right of Sporting over several adjacent Manors will also be Let. For Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post paid) to Mr. BtiRn, Cardiston, near Shrewsbury. b? Sucttou. ~ 0 VALUABLE FREEHOLD RESIDENCE. Genteel Furniture, Draught JIare, $ BY MR." SMITH, At SI1F. LTON, near Shrewsbury, on Thursday, the 30th of April, 1829; RPHE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, fi See. belonging lo Mr. DAVIBS, late of l. landrinio, who has taken the Bi ll Inn, Frankwell, with ils Fur- niiIIie : comprising Fourposl Bedsteads w ith Furni- ture, Servants' Bedsteads, six Feather Beds, Carpels, Blankets, Coverlids, Bed aud Tnlile l. inru, Dining Tallies, Chairs, Weather Glass, Silver Tea Spoons and Sugar Tongs, blue Dinner Ware, Tea China, Fenders and Fire Irons, various Tins, Quantity of Glass, Chest of Drawers, Niglit Stool, Child's Crib, Tea Urn, Warming Pan, Cheese Tray, Flal Irons, five Casks, Cheese Vats, four Harvest Bottles, Stc. Also, a DRAUGHT MARE, light Cart und Gears, a few Implements, utid Sundries. Sale to commence ut Two o'Clock iu the Afternoon, precisely. 2 capital new 3- 1 rich Wheel Waggons, and I Broad- wheel Ditto, Ludlow- huilt, calculated for a Miller or C ' arrier. BY MR. SMITH, At the Market House, Shrewsbury, on SATURDAY N F. XT, llie 2d of May, 1829, nt One o'Clock ; ^|^ H E above ate built upon the best Prin- ts ciple,. and of seasoned Materials.— May be viewed on Application at the Yard of Mr. SMITH, Timber Merchant, Salop. BY MR. PERRY, At the Britannia Ion, Shrewsbiiij, on Monday, llie 4th Day of May, 1829; ALL that delightfully situated DWELL- ING HOUSE, with good Garden, at COTTON HILL, within the Parish of Si. Mary, Shrewsbury, called SEVERN COTTAGB, now in the Occupation of John Thomas Fenlou, Esquire. Tbe above valuable Property is situate near the Bank of the River Severn, commanding most beauti- ful uud picturesque Views of llie Town of Shrewsbury nnd the ndjitceiit Country.— Possession of which inny lie had al Midsummer next, uud Part of the Purchase Money may remain on Security of the Premises. For n View of the Premises apply to Mr. FENTON, ( who intends quitting al Midsummer next, nnd will sell lo the Purchaser or in- coining Tenant Part of his valuable Furniture) j . and for further Particulars, aud to treat for the same, apply to THE AUCTIONEER ; Mr BIRCH, Builder; or to Mr. MOORE, Solicitor and Lund Agent, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. K5" If '!, e above Properly is not Sold, a Lease will be granted to a respectable Tenant. Kin< rsland Windmill. o BY MESSRS. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, On Monday, the 18th Day of May next, at the Ilouse of Industry, Shrewsbury, at Twelve o^ Clock a! Noon ; r* M\ E LEASEHOLD INTEREST of A aud iu all that substantially- built WINDMILL, situate on K1 NGSLA N D, near to the Town of Shrews- bury, with the Land whereon the said Mill is erected ( as now inclosed and fenced out for the Use of tbe said Mill), for the unexpired Term of 28 Years from Michaelmas Day next, tog- ether with the entire Appa- ratus, Fixtures, Grinding- Stones, and other Articles being- in, about, and belonging to the said Mill: the Entirety of which the Purchaser may have the imme- diate Possession of, and who will also have the Preference of becoming Tenant of the Lands called Kings laud ( containing about 28 Acres) at the Expira- tion of the current Year. Further Particulars may be had on Application to THE AUCTIONEERS; or to Mr. JACOBS, the Governor of tbe House of Industry, who will appoint a Person to shew Ihe Mill. CARNARVONSHIRE. LATE SALOPIAN BREWERY, AND VALUABLE MEADOW LAND, FORMING BUILDING SITES, With View of Shrewsbury, including the Quarry, River, and other interesting Objects. BY MR. PERRY, At the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury, on Suiurday, the 6th of June, 1829, nt Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, together or in such Lots us may be then determined upon ( unless an acceptable Oiler is previously made for ihe Whole, or Port thereof, by private Treaty) ; ALL that extensive and substantial Brick Building, situate in COLEI1AM, Shrewsbury, forming n complete BREWERY, with all needful Offices; DWELLING HOUSE, Stabling, spacious Yard, lind Appurtenances, Wharfage to the River Severn, Steam Engine ( nearly new) * Five- horse Power, by KIUK, Murble Coolers, two Clippers, Iron Mash Tub, and ilnee Working Squares, & e Also, nil that excellent Field ol MEADOW LAND adjoining, containing 4A 2R. 8P admirably adapted for Gardens or Building Sites of the most iuvitiug Nature. A Map of the Premises, descriptive of Ihe separate Lots maybe inspected at Mr. PERRY'S Office, Pride liill,' und' ou tbe Premises, where Applications to purchase may be made to Mr. FITZJOIIN. Capital Ash Timber, Sycamore Trees, and Larch, Scotch, if other Poles. BY MR. THCSTROWLANDS, At Vaeuol Wood, in the County « f Carnarvon, on Tuesday, the 5 » h Day of May,' 1829, between tlx> Hours of ten aud twelve in the Forenoon, iu the following, or such other Number of Lots as shall then be agreed upon, and subject to Conditions to be produced ; ONE HUNDRED AND SIX LOTS, consisting of 1370 ASI1 TI M B ER and SYCA- MOKE TREKS, fallen and marked with Red Paint, now lying in VAENOL WOOD aforesaid. Also 1200 LARCH, SCOTCH, and other POLES, in Lots, fallen and lying iu the same Wood, some of which will measure for Timber. Vaenol Wood is situate within three Miles of the City of Bangor, and adjoins the Straits of Menai, where the Timber ( which is of good Lengths ami Dimensions, and well worthy the Attention of Wheel- wrights, Coopers, and Turners, as well as Farmers for Agricultural Purposes,) may be shipped at a small Expense. Mr. TIMMINS, of Vaenol, will shew the different Lots; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. MIL- I. INGTON, of Carnarvon ; or Mr. H. R. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Penrhos, near Carnarvon. THIS DAY, Sec. EXETER CHANGE, STRAND. The. Valuable Exhibition of etiery Description of Miscellaneous Property for absolute Sale. mi. GEORGE ROBINS BEGS to intimate to the Public*, that in Consequence of this ancient and respectable Repository being doomed ( by Means of the Provisions ot an Act of Parliament for i nip hiving the Sir and) to be immediately " razed to the Ground," Mr. CLARKE, the Proprietor of Exeter Change, has directed him to SELL BY AUCTION, and without the least Reserve, Tills DAY, Wednes- day, April 29, and Fourteen following Days ( Sunday s excepted), at Twelve, the unusually extensive and valuable STOCK, which for so many Years has been t ie Subject of Admiration and Astonishment to the multitudinous Persons who have so frequently con- gregated at . , THE ANCIENT AND RESPECTABLE ESTAB- LISHMENT OF EXETER CHANGE. It has been proverbial for a lengthened Period, and was the Pride of the late respected and present Proprietor, that the Variety in this Exhibition ( in. finitely surpassing any other in this great Metropolis) was so great, that it was hardly possible to inquire for any Thing, either useful or ornamental, that could not be on the Instant provided there. The following is necessarily a very brief Outline of this Collection : — THE HARNESS AND SADDLERY DEPARTMENTS include ItS Sets of Carriage, Stanhope, Pony, and Phaeton Harness, handsomely mounted; 50 Military, Hunting, and Side Saddles; 3 Dozen aud other Field Officers' Bridles and Bits; about 30 Suits of Horse Clothing of every Description ; 4 Dozen of Mexican Bits and Spurs; Regulation Bi's ; Curricle Bars and Saddles, elegantly mounted; 160 Riding, Hunting, Carriage, and Chaise Whips, Gambadoes; 300 Pair of Jockey and Heel Spurs. IN THE TRAVELLING & CAMP EQUIPAGES, OF GREAT INGENUITY, AND NOVEL IN THEIR APPLICATION, will be found 30 Iron Bedsteads and Bedding; Sea Cots; Camel and Bullock Trunks, portable Chests of Drawers, Wash Stands and Chairs, on the most im proved Mechanical Principles; Canteens and Camp Equipages; Travelling Bags ; Mahogany and Rose- wood Desks, Dressing Cases, Writing and Dressing Cases; Leather Trunks and Portmanteaus; Dressing Glasses, Sea Chests, and Cabin Conches. IN THE MILITARY & SPORTING GOODS ™ are 80 Regulation Swords, Belts, Epaulets, & c.; Mexican Mounts, Dress aud Undress Military Cap*; Gnus by .1. Manton ; Game Bag- s, and every Descrip- tion of Sporting Articles. THE CUTLERY includes 100 Sets of best Town- made Ivory Table Knives aud Forks; 250 Sets of Country- made Ditto; an immense Assortment of Pen, Pocket, and Sporting Knives, Razors, Scissors, Corkscrews, and Cases of Razors; Combs; Gentlemen's Tool Chests, and a Variety of Tools THE ELEGANT JEWELLERY comprises much of Variety and Value, including a Selection of every Thintr useful and ornamental. IN THE PLATE & " PLATED ARTICLES will be found an infinite Variety of every Thing required for the Sideboard and Domestic Use, TIIE MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION consists of elegant French Table Lamps, Bronze Tea and Coffee Urns and Tea Pots, Sets of Canteen Dishes and Soup Tureens, elegant Paper nnd Japanned Tea Trays and Waiters, Reading Lamps, Dressing and Cash Boxes, Backgammon, Cluss, Draft,, nnd Cribbnge Boards, three Bagatelle Ditto, portable fSUcceUanroita SntcUigenre* To Creditors and Debtors• ALL Persons to whom the late JOHN CAT. DEOOTT the Elder, deceased, nnd JOHN CAI. DHiCOIT . the Younger, of PARK EVTON, in ihe County of Denbigh, Farmers and ( during Ihe Life- time uf the said John Caldecolt Ihe Younger) Co. partners, stood indebted, as also nil Persons to whom the said John Culdecott Ihe Younger and Mary Caldecolt, of Park Eyton aforesaid, Farmers and Copartners, stood indebted, nre desired to send an Account of their respective Claims to my Office within Twenty. one Days from the Dale hereof, io Order lo their being forthwith FOL. I. Y PAin ANf) SATISFIED; and alt Persons indebted to the said Coil, cetns, or eillier of tlieril, are desired lo pay ihe same al tuy Office. GEO. HARPER. WHITCHURCH, 13th April, 1829. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Ihe P \ RTNERS1IIP heretofore subsisting between us, tlie undersigned, JOHN CAI. DECOTT nnd MARY CAI. DECOTT, of PARK EVTON, in the County of Denbigh, Farmers, was DISSOLVED on the Ninth Day of this present Mouth of April, 1829. I MARY CALDECOTT, ; V. 5 JOHN CALDECOTT. Witness KEN. Enw. EYTON, Clerk to Mr. Harper, Soli- citor, Whitchurch, Salop. rgTHE CREDITORS of HENRY BEN- a. NETT,'. aleof the Parish of BRIMFIEI. D, in the County of Hereford, Road Surveyor, IIII Insolvent Debtor, who was discharged from the County Gaol of Hereford on or about Ihe third Day of March now last past, are requested toMEF. Tntthe Bridgewnter Arms lun, situiite in Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, on TUESDAY, Ihe 12th Day of May next, at the Hour of Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, to approve and direct iu what Manner, and nt what Place or Places, the Real Estate of the said Inslovent shall be Sold by Public Auction. TOMES, 50, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Fur GEO. HARPER, Solicitor, Whitchurch. rSPHE CREDITORS of WILLIAM 3 SOTHERTON, late of NSTLEY, Salop, Farmer, lately discharged from the Gaol of Shrewsbury by an Order of the Court for the Relief ol lusolrpnt Detrlnrs, are rqitesled to M F. ET at the Office of Mr. CHRISTOPHER HICKS, Solicitor, Shrewsbury, on the Hlssemb Day of MBV, 1829, at Eleven o'Cfock iu itie Forenoon precisely, for ihe Purpose of choosing an Assignee or Assignees of the Estute and Effects of tlie'said Insolvent. JOHN TAYLOR, 6, Clement's Inn. For lltcKs, Shrewsbury. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. HHHE CREDITORS of Mr. RICHARD A GRIFFITHS, Grocer, late of the Corner Shop, WKI. SH POOL, are hereby informed, they may receive a DI VIDEND of Four Shillings iu the Pound on their respective Debts, by Application at the Bank of BECK, DODSON, and CO. Welsh Pool. Dated 23d APRIL, 1829. VERY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, CLEOBURY MORTIMER. Medicine and Liquor Chests^ Copying Machine*, 100 Silk and Gingham Umbrellas, 40 Silk Parasols, very beautiful Canes Walking- sticks, Perfumery, and Prayer Books, Hindustan and Military Books, and other Articles too numerous to particularize. Also, the capital Mahogany Show Cases, Jewellery Ditto, Counters, and Fittings. The whole may be viewed six Days antecedent to the Sale, and Catalogues had, at Is. each, at Exeter Change, and in Coveut Garden. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. REARDSWORTII, At Wyrmstay, near Wrexham, On Saturday, the 9ih Day of May, 1829 ; THE RACING STOCK OF SIR W. W. WYNN, BAET. Beds, Bedding, School Library, Desks, gfc. BY MR. BACH, Onlhe Premises, on Tuesday, the 5th of May, 1829; riPHE SCHOOL DESKS, BOOKS, I BOOK CASES, nnd BEDDING, of Mr JOHN URVVICK, of THE BRICK HOUSE ACADEMY, within a Mile from Ludlow, who is retiring: compris- ing 22 capital Feather Beds and Bolsters in Linen Ticks, nnd in prime Condition, 22 Pair of Bedsteads ( principally new Slumps), a large Quantity of Cover- lets, 12 Mahogany Chairs, 12 Kitchen Ditto, Maho- gany Two- leal Dining Table, Pair of Card Ditto, 2 Sets of Deal Dining Tables with Folding Leaves and F. uds, Benches fur Ditto, Backgammon Board oil Ma- hogany Legs, large Scales and Wei/ flits, Bottle Jack • oil Forcer, & c.; also 9 long double- School Desks Willi Folding Tops, nnd Benches lo Ditto, 3 Masters' Desks u large Quantity <> f best Dutch Quills, 10,01) 0 Welsh* Dillo, Pair of Globes in Cases, Sponges, Pencils, Wax, Ue ; nnd uboul 300 Volumes of School uud other Bonks, including Tillolson's Works ( Folio), Sherlock's Sermons, 3 Vols. Nicholson's Mathematics, Cooke's Preacher's Assistant, Ainsworlh's Latin Dictionary ; Livii llistor Gronovii, F. lzi'v. 3 Tom.; Nov. Test. Giiecuiii, Tonson, 1728; Delpbiu Editions of Terence, Horace, Cassar's Comment. Ovid, itc. aud u irreat Variety of others in Greek, Latin, nnd English. Also on the Premises, n capital THRESHING MACHINE and WINNOWING MACHINE, both in good Repair. BY W. SMITH, At the New Inn, Bridgnorth, in the C ounty of Salop on Saturday, the 2d Day of May, 1820, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon ( unless previously dis- posed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given), in the following Lots, and subject to such Conditions as will be then produced : LOT I. 4 LL thsit excellent and substantial Fa- J\ mily DWELLING HOUSE, situate in the Centre of the Town of Cleobury Mortimer, in the County of Salop, now in the Occupation of, and used as a School by. Miss Emma Norvall. The House consists of a good Entrance Hall, two excellent Parlours ( one of which is 18, Feet by 14 Feet), Kitchen, Pantries, and Brewhouse on the Ground Floor, with good Cellars under; a large Drawing Room ( 18 Feet by 14 Feet) and three good Bed Rooms on the first Floor, and four excel lent Attics. The Out- Premises comprise a spacious Yard, 2- stall Stable, Saddle Room, and other con- venient Outbuildings, with a capital Walled Gar- den in a good State of Cultivation. The whole Premises are in complete Repair, and form a most desirable Residence for a genteel " Family. Lor II All that capital Vessuage or DWELLING rIOUSE, adjoining the las! Lot, with the Garden and Appurtenances thereto belonging, now in iln- Holding of James Morris. The Tenants will shew the Lots in their respective Holdings; aud further Particulars may be obtained by applying to Mr. DYER, <> f Morville, near Bridg- north ; or to Mr. VICKRRS, Solicitor, Bridgnorth. BY MR. D. BRIGHT, On the Premises, at Longner Green, on Monday, the llili of May, 1829; ALL the LIVE STOCK, IMPLE- MENTS of Ilusbandi- V, Dairy nnd Brewing Utensils, aud Part of the HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE, belonging to the late Mr. TURNER : comprising 7 Cows and Calves, 2 calving lleilers, fi two- year old Bullocks, 7 Yearlings, 1 dilto Bull, all of the Smoky- fuced Breed ; 4 Waggon Horses nnd Mari s, and Gearing for Ditto; 2 two year old Cart Colts ; Pony Mare in foal ; Bay Hack Mare, 5 Years old, Willi" Black Legs, by Melibceus, out of a racing Mare the Property of R. Burton, Esq. of Longii 15 Hands 2 Inches high; Sow strong Stores. THE IMPI. EMBNTS consist of a narrow- wheel If. mil Waggon, Harvest Ditto, broad- wheel Tumbrel, nar- row wheel Ditto, new double Plough, two single Wheel Ploughs, three Pair of Harrows, Lund Roller, Winnowing Machine, Sieves, Riddles, and a general Assortment of smaller Implements ; together Willi nil the Dairy and Brewing Vessels, und Purl < Household Furniture. • Sale at Ten o'Clock in the Morning 10 Pigs, stands and 2 For Investment of Capital. DRENEWYDD ESTATE, SHROPSHIRE. At the Wynnstay Arms, ill Oswestry, in the Course of the Month of June next ( and not in the Month of April, ns before advertised,) either together or in Lots lo be specified in a future Advertisement, subject to Conditions to be declnred at the Time of Sale: \ MOST valuable and desirable FREE- HOLD ESTATE; comprising sundry fine FARMS nnd LANDS, held by respectable Tenants at low Rents, and containing in the whole by Admea- surement 909A. 3R. 24P. be the same more or less, situate in the several Parishes of OSWESTRY nun WjllTTlNGTON, in the Coiiuly of Salop, nearly adjoining Ihe latter Village, and at a short Distance from tbe Town of Oswestry, in the immediate Neigh- bourhood of Coal and Lime, with the Advantages of excellent Turnpike Rimds, and the additional Facili- ties of Water Carriage hy Means of the Ellcsuiere Ctiutil, which is within two Miles of the greatest Part of the Properly. There are some fine Coppices of thriving young Timber upon Paris of the Fistate. Pheasants and oilier Giiiiie are in the greatest Abundance, having been strictly preserved. Printed Particulars, descriptive of the several Lots, will shortly be prepared, and may afterwards be had ( with any further Information which may be re- quired) by applying to Messrs. Lo. NFIURVII. r. E, Soli- citors, Osweslry, wlio will appoint a Person lo shew Ihe Estate. LOT I. \ CHESNUT MARE, 7 Years old, « ot J'\ by Rubens, her Dam the Hipped Mare by Meteor, with a Coll al her Fool by Master Henry, and Ibis Year covered . bv Waxy Pope. LOT 11. A ( TIESNUT MARE, 6 Years old, got by Bluctier, Iter Duin the Hipped Mnre ; in- foul lo Flex- ible; her Produce of this Year engaged in a lltgs Stake at Stourbridge, .1832, being allowed 51b. I. OT 111 MAnt: Mo( sKt. i. E PRESI. E, aged, got by Sir Peler, her Diitn Nina by Eclipse; barren, and pal tlii. Year lo Fillio da Pola. I. OT IV. A BAY MARE, 3 Years old, eot by Pis- calor, her Dam Mademoiselle I'resle ( Lot 3); ill. foal" to Rosin io. LOT V. A CI1F. SNUT MARE, aged, got by Selim, her Dam Annette by Volunteer; in foal lo Truffle; her Produce of this Year engaged in n Stake at Chester and Holywell, 50 each, Il. ft. 1H32 LOT VI. A ( TIESNUT MARE. na- ed, got bv Alex- ander, her Dam by Sir Peter ; in- l'nnl lo Truffle ; her Produce of this Yenr engaged in Stakes of 1832 at. Chester, Oswestry, and Holy well,.£ 50 each, h. ft.— . This Mare is tbe Dam nf May fly. LOT VII. A CI1ESNUT M ARE. 8 Years old, by Cnuius, her Dam Lot ti ; iu- fnal to Master Henry. LOT VIII A C1IESNUT M ARK, 5 Years old, gnl hy Phantom, her Dam Breeze by Soothsayer; in foal to Master Henry. LOT IX. MAYFLY, 0 Years old ( in Training), by Piscalor, out of Lot ti LOT X. A BROWN GELDING, 4 Years old, Bro- ther to Mayfly. LOT XI MASTER WATKIN, 4 Years old, by Masier Henry, out of Lot 5. LOT XII. A BROWN FILLY, 4 Years old, by Champion, Dam by Beniiigborongh. LOT XIII. A CHESNUT FILLY, 3 Years old, by Tiresias, her Dam Lot 5 Lor XIV. A CHESNUT COLT, 3 Years old, hy the Grand Duke, his Dam Lot 6 ; engaged this Year in Oswestry Produce Slakes, 25 Sovs. each, five Sub. ' LOT" xV. A CHESNUT COLT, 3 Yeais old, hy Piscainr, his Dam Lot 2. LOT XVI. A CllESNUT GELDING, 3 Years old, bv Piscalor, his Dam I. ot 7. ' LOT XVII. A BAY GELDING, 3 Years old, by Piscator, his Dam Lot 1. LOT XVIII. A CHESNUT FILLY, 2 Years old, hy Grand Duke, her Dam Lot I. LOT XIX. A CHESNUT FILLY, 2 Years old, by Grand Duke, her Dam Lot 7. LOT XX A CHESNUT FILLY, 2 Years old, by Cervantes, her Dam Lot 6 ; engaged at Chester, 1830, Produce Stakes, 50 Snvs. each, h ft. for 13 Subscrib- ers, and at Holywell, 50 Sovs. each, 14 Subscribers. LOT XXI. A" BAY FILLY, 2 Years old, by Paulo- witz, her Dam Lot 5. LOT XXII. A BROWN COLT, 2 Years old, by Comus, his Dam bv the Cole Arabian. Lor XXIII. \ BROWN FILLY, 1 Year old, by Fillio da Piita, out of Lot 5. Lor XXIV. A BROWN COLT, 1 Year old, by Filho da Pitta, his Dam Lot 7. LOT XXV. A BROWN FILLY, 1 Year old, by I'iscaior, her Dam I. ot 1. LOT XXVI. A CHESNUT FILLY, 1 Year old, bp Piscator, her Dam l. ol 2. LOT XXVI1. The STALLION PISCATOR. N B At the same Time will be offered for Sale, some Half bred COLTS of various Ages, HACKS, &: c *** Willi the Exception of the Horses lo run at Chester, the Whole will be upon View from llie 1st of May to ilie Day of Sale. The Sale lo commence at 11 o'Clock. PISCATOR WILL COVER, at WYNNSTAY, Thorough. bred Mures Five Guineas, Hulf- brvd Mar- Two Guineas, and Five Shillings the Groom ; and disposed of at the above Stile, it will be only on Condition of his remaining there during the Covering Season, v TO ROAD- CONTRACTORS AND BRIDGE- BUILDERS. PERSONS desirous of Contracting for Forming and Completing the new Line of Road from Rhoyader to Llangerrig, also for Building a Brjifge overt he River Marteg, according to the fol- lowing Lots, are to deliver Sealed Tenders for exe- CLL- Tl^ tlle same, to Mr. EVAN Wlt. LLAMS, Rha^ ailer, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Road, on or before Wednesday, the sixih Day of May next; when the several Tenders will be taken into Consi. delation. A Plan, Section, and Specification is left for Inspec- tion with the Clerk aforesaid. About Yards LOTS. in Length. 1. From West Street, Rhayader, over Maes. bach, to Pen pistil liouse 830 2. From. Penpistil House to Serrovv Mill Brook 7/ 0 3. From Sorrow Mill Brook to Conning Brook 1210 4 From Conning Brook to Gaminalt House ... 1600 5. From Gammait House to ihe Fence dividing Perthy nnd Bulchvgwin Farms 2090 6. Fi- ojo Perthy Farm to Dolel vyissa House ... I4ft0 7. jRrom Dolelvvissa House to Noyaddu Com- mon ; 1700 8. From the Gate between Noyaddu Common and Dolel vyissa Farm to Tyny coed Brook ( dividing the Counties of Radnor and Montgomery):.., 210) . 0. From Tvnycoed Brook to Delvacb Planta- tion 1430 If)... From Delvach Plantation to Craignant Rivulet 990 11. From Craignant Rivulet to Kilgwrgau Fawr 9° 0 12. From Kilgwrgan Fawr to Llangerrig ... 11(> 0 .' W « rti#' Br'nlge, one Stone Arch ( 25 Feet. 8 ' ' ^ SpanTj Abutments from the Snrfafe of the \ 1i » ter to the Spring of the Arch ; 6 Feet hi^ h, Road- way 18 Feet, far. IIKNRY HAMER, of Delvach, will appoint a Person to shew the Line from Llangerrig to Dolelvy- issa : and Mr. THOMAS J A R M A N , .. of Rhayader, uill shew it iu Continuation lo Rhayader. Any further Information may l « * obtained by applying at the Ofiice of Messrs SAYCB, Surveyors and Engineers, Kington, vv^ iere a Plan, & c. may also be seen. A PHIL 18TH, FS- 20. WHITCHURCH & DOD1NUTON . A SS © fil ATiONj FOR THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS. H Eli EAS divers Burglaries and other » Felonies have fiequenlly been committed iu tile Tow tiships of Wliileliiiieh and Dodiiigtou, in the Parish ol Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, aud the Offenders have escaped Justice for w ant of proper Pursuit and Exertion : 10 ohvinte the same in future, w; e, whose Names are hereunto subscribed, have raised a Fund, and formed ourselves into an Associa- tion,. lo. prosecute lo the utmost Rigour nf the Law nil Persons guilty of any of llie above Ofi'ences upnn or aii: sl our or any of our Persons or Properties; and do hereby offer the following Rewards, on Conviction, for the Apprehension of any Person or Persons com- mitting the under- mentioned Offences : viz. Rurglary or Highway Robbery Stealing any llorse, Mare, or Gelding Stealing any Horned or other Cattle For House- breaking in the Day- time For breaking into any Outbuildings nnd stealing any Goods or Chattels therein... For stealing, or pulling up with Intent lo destroy, nny Cabbages, Cnrrols, Corn, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, or Turnips; da- maging, destroying, or carrying away any Gates, Stiles, Posts, Pales, Rails, Implements of Husbandry, Hedges, or Felices; cutting down, cropping, da- maging , or destroying any Growing . or other Timber or Trees; or stealing Poultry, or committing any other Felony or Misdemeanor whatsoever not before specified i„ s. n. 10 10 0 7 7 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 George Nnvlor The Representatives of the late W. II. Watson Samuel Cheslers Benjamin' L'akin, jnn. - Robert Parker 1. If, F. vtinsiin Joh'ii ' Court The Representatives of the late Joseph Hassall Honor Jones Thomas Keinpster Thomas Wliittiiigham Thomas Jebb Charles Clay Mary GooduH John Wilson. THOMAS WlllTTINGIIAM, Treasurer. BENJAMIN LAKIN, jun. Solicitor. ( C?* iVo Person ran be admitted a Member of this Society except ut the ANNUAL MEETING, which Kill be held on SATURDA Y, the 2d Day of May next, at the NEW INN, in Dodington afore- said, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon. WHITCHURCH, 27th April, 1829. CHICF JUSTICE WAKRES His lordship on Monday night was considered better ; but not out of danger. The German mail brings melancholy accounts of the late floods at Jlantzic. The greater part of fhe country overflowed by the Vistula, consists of valua- ble pasture land ; aitd it is calculated that not less than nine or ten thousand head of cattle, and more than four thousand houses, have been destroyed. The number of human lives lost has not been ascer- tained, but from the suddenness of the flood it could not fail to be great. Much ami severe sufferings were to be anticipated from fhe extreme severity of the weather and fhe destitution of the parties, even after the danger of the waters was passed. H. H. Hughes, Esq. who aunooneed himself in December last a candidate for the Alderman's gown of Castle Baynard Ward; London, in the event of a vacancy, has withdrawn, in consequence, as he states, in an address to the inhabitants, of the disgraceful conduct of the Corporation, in voting the freedom to Mr. Peel ; he also declines the Shrievalty on the same grounds.—' Fhe same gentle- man, adopting the example of Lord Winchilsea and the Messrs. Dick, M. P.' s, has withdrawn from the support of King's College: his letter to the Secret- ary, communicating this intention, has the following paragraph :—-" Deeming it, as 1 do, of the utmost importance that those who are iiow entering into life, should be educated in the purest principles of the Protestant religion ; in the deepest abhorrence of Popery ; and in uncompromising hostility to the Church of Rome; 1 cannot continue to aid in the erection of an edifice, whose foundation is in the sand, lint which, ere it falls, may become a fortress in Ihe hands of the enemy In a few words— the King's College was established under the auspices of a Government, essentially Protestant iu Church and State; it was designed to uphold the ancient and venerable institutions of the country. This was its basis. To its establishment thus secured, and professing this object, 1 gave my support. Its character is changed, and 1 withdraw. The humi- liating conclusion to which I have come, deliber- ately, reluctantly, and with pain, is this— that as an honest Protestant, 1 cannot commit the education of any, for whose well- being I am responsible, to an institution directed and conducted by the Govern- ment of this country, as that Government is NOW constituted, and is by law established." A BATTLE IN THE CLOUDS.— We are informed by an Edinburgh gentleman, who travelled last week between Jedburgh and Dumfries, that a singtilar optical illusion was observed very recently from the top of a hill near Langholm. The sky, which had previously been dark and lowering, gradually assumed a brighter hue; the clouds disparted and were gathered into masses which towered like the Alps or the Andes themselves, till a vast amphitheatre of ether was unfolded, into which the squadrons of two aerial armies deployed, and took up positions with' the greatest regularity. After a solemn pause fhe word of command appeared to be given, and then fhe whole sky became instinct with motion— then com- menced a struggle sublime from its magnitude, and app illing beyond the power of words to express. A thousand ensigns floating in the breeze, the charge of infantry, the shock of cavalry, the array of artillery, were all beheld at the same moment; aides- de- camp gallopped across the lines; generals issued orders, and were promptly obeyed; detachments were out- flanked, overpowered, taken ; horses and riders reeled and fell, commingling in the direst confusion imagin- able; columns of reserve supplied every void, closed every breach in the opposing li'. ies, advancing in many cases over mountains of si tin; and, in one word, the pomp and circumstance of a huge battle field were so vividly depictured in all their accom- paniments, that the spectator, half believing the vision real, resembled a person who has just awakened from a troubled dreain, and assents involuntarily to the well- known saying, " And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true." But illusions of this kind, though perhaps like angel visits, « few and far between," have been repeatedly noted in mountainous countries. Every body has beard of the aerial spectre of the Hartz mountains, so gigantic that he fills the whole horizon, and clutches the extremities of the welkin itself; and nearer home, those who are most conversant with " skyey influ- ences,"' such as the shepherd or the hill farmer, have noted and recorded many strange sights, which both before and after the times of tbe covenanters were regarded as typical of some dire calamity. What, is more to the point, between forty and fifty years ago an illusion, similar to the one we have described, was observed at tbe same spot, and an intelligent gentle- man who was then alive, committed to writing the depositions of a great, number of witilesses, a document which, we understand, is still in exis'ence.— Dumfries Courier. AWFUF, OCCURRENCE.— On the afternoon of Good Friday, the town of Newark, Notts, was visited by a severe storm of thunder and lightning. Tbe Rev. Mr. Wild, son of Mr. Wild, Middle Pavement, Not- tingham, curate of Newark, was in the desk reading- the service, when a vivid flash of lightning deprived him instantaneously of sight. lie was conducted from the desk, and surgical aid promptly procured. A short glimmering of light returned for an interval, hut total darkness succeeded in the evening, and he has continued in a state of blindness to the present time. He is a young man much respected ami esteemed. A gang of horse- stealers, who, it is supposed, have stolen no less than ninety- five animals from Essex and the adjoining counties, have just been committed to Barking gaol They were taken on Cheshunt Common, and at the time were in a van fitted up like those used by showmen, in which was a quantify of broken park palings, a number of keys adapted fur opening gates and padlocks, and some sacks. The celebrated racer Sir Oliver, the property of fhe Earl of Stamford and Warrington, died suddenly on Thursday. He was twenty- nine years of age. IT AH'NT RIGHT NOT TO TAKE CARE OF ONE'S MONEY AT FAIR TIME!— Such was the expression of a Mr. Smith, of t'rehfont, on Monday last An hour or two afterwards a sharper claimed acquaint ance with him at a public house, and picked his pocket of £ 29 ! Mr. Smith, it appears, had sold some sheep at Devizes Green Fair on the above day; and being completely " awake," or as our Urchfont friends would call it, " having all his eyes about him," and knowing that mighty queer things were done at " fair time," he first goes to the bankers to ascertain that. " all's right," and to make assurance doubly sure, exchanges the notes he took for the sheep for some of the Devizes bank. He deposits two tens, a five, and four sovereigns, in his breeches pocket, with the flap hanging dow n, smacks his thigh in proof of his caution, exclaims with great self- complacency, " It ar'nt right, you know, not to take care of one's money at fair t'me!" and goes directly to a public- house. Here a well- dressed person asks him to purchase a pair of razors— the price one shilling. Mr. Smith docs not happen to want razors; but as the man pleads want, of money, and as Mr. Smith has no objection to a " bargain," he buys the razors for fourpence ! and then very good- naturedly invites the man to take " a sip or two of beer" with him. The man now finds that Mr. Smith is an old acquaintance of his. " Dang me if I do know you though," quoth Smith ; " I never zeed you afore in my life." The man insists, however, on being an old acquaintance ; and for old acquaintance sake they sat close to each other. The result was, that on Mr. Smith's leaving fhe house he found the two tens, the five, and the four sovereigns had flown. " It ar'nt right not to take care of one's money at fair time!"— Devizes Gazette. Three men, named Varnham, llintov and Forester, convicted of horse- stealing, underwent the extreme penalty of the law on Monday week, at Leicester. — Three convicts, Patterson, Leir, and Proudlorc, convicted and left for execution at Chester, are expected to suffer on the 9th of May. The father of the latter, I'roudlove, was executed at Chester about twenty years ago, for shooting at. an exciseman. At the Suffolk Assizes, on Wednesday, William Cattermole, aged 18, was found guilty of setting fire to a stack of clover in the parish of Lemeringham, and was sentenced to death— a sentence which the judge told him would most certainly be enforced. The Rochet Coach was overturned about ten o'clock on Tuesday night, at Tredington, near Shipston- on- Stour. The coach was running at brisk pace down the hill with a heavy load, and touching the new made ground, which was saturated w ith wet from the late heavy rains, one of the wheels sunk deeply in and caused Ihe accident. The driver, Howe, was unfortunately killed by the coach falling upon him. No other person was injured. COLONEL GORDON. The following is a c ipy of the vote of thanks sent by the inhab'tants of Weymouth and its vicinity, to one of their worthy representatives, Col. Gordon, for having redeemed the pledge he had given them at th'£ time of his election, " not to vote in favour of the Roman Catholic demands," and for the uniform and uncompromising opposition which he has given to the bill lately passed through the House, of Commons, called the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill — TO iOHN GORDON. Esq. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THK BOROUGH AND TOWN ( jt WI. YMOUTH AND MELCOlttBE RKfilS. Honoured Sir,— We, the undersigned ifilntliiltftffs Of the borough and town of Weymouth arid Melcombe Regis, and Wyke Regis, and its Vicinity, most respect- fully desire that you would be pleased to a reef) t the expression of our deep and lasting gratitude, and that of all the other persons who signed the petition to his most gracious Majesty, against further con- cessions to the Roman Catholics, for your steady and uncompromising opposition to what is called the Emancipation Bill, during its prog- ress through the House of Commons. At the period of the last general election, when you offered yourself as one of the candidates for the representation of the borough and town of Weymoftth and Melcombe Regis, you g- avC a solemn pledge to the freeholders that, if sent by theril to parliament, you would always oppose the ( trttrrission into the legislative body of those who prt> fe9s the papal religion. Sir, the character which yfiti were known to possess for consistency would never, for a moment., allow us to doubt of your firin adherence to an upright and honourable conduct. Votl have now nobly redeemed your pledge ; and if any circumstance could possibly exalt you in our judgment and esti- mation, this it wofild be— that in the midst of that general revolt from honourable principle, of that unexampled indiftercnce to the stability of the Pro- testant religion, of that utter contempt for our civil liberties, and of that moral tergiversation, so un- happily displayed by men in high places, to whose guardian care the people of England had committed their dearest interests, you have been faithful to your sacred duty, and voted against that destructive Popery Bill, which had spread universal alarm and indig- nation over every part of this great empire. But, Sir, while we repeat to you our warmest thanks, we cannot forbear saying that we feel a pride and gratification in finding • one, at least, of our four representatives in the list of that glorious minority, the real organ of the national voice, who, keeping themselves pure from the pestilential contagion of modern liberality, have resolutely stood up in the cause of everlasting truth, and strenuously resisted, to the last, the enactment of that law which opens a broad way for the re- entrance and establishment of a tyrannical and idolatrous religion, in this STILL FREE AND PROTESTANT KINFIDOW. We are, honoured Sir, Your most grateful and devoted servants. The address was signed by twelve hundred ami thirty- three names-.— Dorset County Chronicle. THE PROPHECY FULFILLED. Protestants of the United Empire, we call your special attention to— we would if possible rivet all your faculties upon— the following documeut. It is published in The Dublin Evening Post, the I'- ading confidential and most powerful Rotnau Catholic Journal ill the Empire : a Journal which is the paid official organ of the Catholic Association, the mouthpiece of the Roman Catholic Priesthood, and the favoured interpreter of the popular sentiment of the Roman Catholic party. A Journal so high In confidence, and conducted with such ability, gives utterance to no unauthorized exposition, nor mis- leads by any mistake or incorrectness of language. You may t . ere rely both on the accuracy witb which the views of the Roman Catholics are ex- pounded in the columns of such a paper, and the actual existence and prevalence of such sentiments us it attributes to the Rjirty whose views it ad- vocates. Without further preface we subjoin the article :— PSSTOHINI. " Our readers cannot fail to remember the sensation created in Ireland, iu the year 1825, when il was sti| » i> i^ ed the fulfil, ment of Pasinrini's prophecies was to be lunnilrted. Ac. cording to Mr. O'CoiineH's evidem- e, delivered befrwe the i- ullis' Committer, March It, I82.>, the consummation of his prophecy WHS, by a misprint, antedated hy four years. ' The year 1825, as the ominous year, is, I believe,' saiu Mr. O'Con- netl, ( evidence, p. 157)' a mis print.' 1 have been for some time aware of that fact, liiit 1 thought it bi- tter nrrt to tor nl ion it, lest we should have another year of disturbance and dis- trust. ' file calculation, ( continued Mr. O'OnnneM,) is just this;.-- The Reformed Churches took llie denomination of Protestants from the Protest against Ihe decision of the Emperor and the Diet of Spiers. That Protestation is dated the 14th or 19th ot April, 15- 2!), which was just tbe commence. mcHt of I tie year when ttie fourteen citics declared against Protestants.' Now the comummation was to take place in about three hundred years after this:— that is, on the 14th of April, or between that and the 19th. How propitious is the season then lo the inventions of Pasfnrini !-.- Rul what, after all, lias he promised f Is it the ' Glorious Constitution of 1( 188"!'.-, No. But tile return of the Protestants to the ancient Church. ' Glorious Constitution' fs. In tie sure, at an end, according to Eldon, Winchilsc- a aud ollicis.** Yes, Protestants of the United Empire! " Glo- rious Constitution is at an end," aud Papists boast and triumph that it is so: and appeal to the fact, on the faith of prophecy, us the forerunner and the in- fallible indication of the overturn of the Established Church of the Empire, and the " return of the Pro. testants to the ancient Church," as they are pleased to call their innovation on primitive Christianity. T he traitors who have betrayed you, and sacrificed your Constitution, tell yon that Papists have no such design. Hut surely Papists know what they themselves would be at, better than the professing Protestants, whose agency merely they use lo ac- complish their designs; surely even Papists may well disclaim for themselves such a design also, when they find Protestant hands enough, willing as their own, and much more able, to effect Popish objects. But no matter for disclamations on either side. Here is the plaiu and honest statement of what Papists expect as the inevitable result of con- cession to their claims; and here is the avowed boast— that the only hindrance to their ultimate projects has been removed by the late atrocious Inroad Bill. " The Constitution is at an end," Bay they ; the consummation of our views will follow in " the return of Protestants to the ancient Church " Whether this consummation will follow as inevitably and as speedily as Ihe expositors of prophecy calculate on; or whether it will follow at all, depends upon the sovereign will of an inscruta- ble Providence. This much, however, is evident, that his Majesty's present Ministers and the Majority of both Houses of Parliament, have played into the hands of the prophet and his expounders; have, as far as in them lay, promoted the objects and strengthened the anticipations of Popery, aud have, therefore, whether the prophecy be true, op false, contributed all that Papists think necessary for its realization. Protestants of the Empire, we have a more Bare — a certain word of prophecy which cannot deceive us. We know that the pure Christianity of oor Church shall never fall. But we know not whether God may not avenge the national sin, by removing our " candlestick," and transferring its light to a tnore faithful guardian. Be it ours, then, to re- pudiate the acts of the traitors to God and to the country. To keep ourselves undefiled from the idolatrous association, and to use all lawful means of restoring the Constitution which, under God, was the bulwark of our religion and liberty against Ihe usurpations of Popery.— Dublin Evening Mail On Saturday, two brothers, Mottheic and Henry Pinnell, who were found guilty at the late Gloucester Assizes of a daring highway robbery, accompanied with violence, committed on the person of Mr. J. Kearsey, at Rodmarton, suffered the awful penalty of the law in that city. BANKRUPTS, Aran. 24— Charles Jean Baptiste Pons, of Regent- street, milliner.— John Cross, of Croydon, grocer .- Thomas Gallimore, of Burslem, Staffordshire, earthenware . manufacturer.— Jeremiah Stark, nf King. ston- upon- Hull, pawnbroker. Benjamin Granger Collis, of C'oloe Engaine, Essex, miller.— George Ireland, of Birininghum, brass- foiuuler.— John Rullin- son, of Stansfield, Suffolk, miller.— William Lowth nnd Jnines Wilson, nf Nottingham, lace. manufacturers. — Win Miersand John Field, of ihe Strand, jewellers. — John Lewis, of Rood lane, merchant.— Thot. Kay, of King. street, Coveut- gnnlen. linen- draper.— Georgo Hanson, of Salisbury. square. Fleet street, commission, agent.-- Edward Wurr, jull. of Buckingham, victualler. Philip Lazarus, of Rosemary. lane, rope- tnerchaut.—- William llurtin, of Bridgnorth, linen draper. INSOLVENTS — Mary Blake and Hannah Blake, of Croydon, schoolmistresses. — William Best, of Wolvcr- huiuptnn, factor.— John Gondlinnd Pinker, of Yoi k, wine- merchant. — William John Foster, of Guilford, walchmkaer. SALOPIAN JOUIR^ AIL, AM © COUKIEU OF WALES. THE GREEK'S SONG The Moment before a Right Attach upon a tamp. " If you lose sight of me in the battle, come and look for me in the I'asha's tent." Hull! Hark ! The warrior's tramp Is still. Lo ! tike a star Around lite lengured camp Each wntclifire hums afar. The night how dark ! bow bushed nnd dread ! hike 11 black banner. o'er the, df* iul. Ye brave wttrhoumU, in silence, wait the. cry, Flighting the night, with " Death fir lifrerij !" Strong hearts! The hour Of Greece Is come. Like bolts that sleep,' A moment more. recline in pence, On! then, in vengeful sweep! The gordiiin knot id'slavery. Brave hearts! w- e wait not lo mitt*; I'p ! ( In ! bright swords erase the mime of slave r Cowardi love words, but gloriofls deeds the brave! Ye wnrhounds in ihe thuiig Ye battle hut with slaves, Have ye forgot ihe throng, Like leaves, that strew w'llh graves The field of Marathon! Ye free! List hand of Greece and liberty ! Fly ! and be slaves ( — Fight on ! though fight be vnin Tliat men may see Thermopylae again. And thou my frieftd. How blest Ere Wiike the desperate strife, To press thee lo uiy breast, Once— ere we part for life. I love thee— oh! how tenderly! E'en next to Greece and liberty. If parted in the war's wild element. Rush on ! and sC4k me iu the Pasha's tent. Hurra ! Ilinn sce'st the light! Oh Greece! the bom is come To grasp thy foe, nud smite For Got) anil freedom home. Forth III) blight sword — false sheath away— Sheaths will be foftnd amidst Ihe fray Deep in their breasts, iu helm and buckler rent. Then on ! I meet lliee in the Pallia's tent, I'll watch thv crest afar, Tossing, like a swiff sail Ou ihe wild sea of war; Onward, where nrrnws hail; Trampling ihe foe thy feet beneath, With Humes around liiee like a wienlli, Gashed willi the fray of battle— worn and spent— | Though dying— seek me in the Pasha's lent! To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, . J It is my intention fo enter the following Protest in my Parish Register ; and I send it to you for publi- cation as a suggestion to my Clerical Brethren. It may he signed hy the Minister alone, or the Minister and Churchwardens, or other pefSons according tq circumstances. _ A SHROPSHIRE INCUMBENT. IWy Lord, you are in the meridian of life— that period . has duties belonging to it which neither the most gifted youth, nor the wisest old age, can execute so well. The Question which has, for so long, in- tensely, almost exclusively, occupied the public mind, set at rest for a season ; would we could persuade ourselves it were set at rest for ever; but, for a time, least, it will cease fo agitate the minds of the people. It is Oil this very account that our guards shotild be more than ever vigilant. The Calm, we pray*— from the bottom of our souls we pray— may- be permanent., but w- e Cannot divest ourselves of the fear that it may prove decfcHfuL We may be ex- cused if we sink into repbst"; for our immediate exertions arc no longer called for. The venerable age of an Eldon has a right fo repose, but our still vigorous leaders must not grow Weary. If they slumber, who shall arouse us when tire storm ap- proaches ? I have the honour to. be, my Lord, Your lordship's faithful and most obedient servant, C. fttaunDy Cfluretiaj? in Davie. fsohniia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturne*, tetuurcs, portentarpie Thcssala ridesl Paris, April 17, IS' 29. The Protestant advocates of the Catholic faith know nothing of th'e Catholic religion. They must, then, be instructed, and if they will not be taught, at least be it your concern and mine to teach those who are real, sincere, and zealous Protestants, that the Catholic religion is the same to- day that it was two or three hundred ytanf ago, without any kind or degree of amendment. I believe the liberals a re aware that there is a con tinent called Europe— a country called France— city called Paris— a street in that city railed rue St. Honore, the largest, widest, longest, and most respect- able; and in that street is a chfirth called St. Rocli, which is the parish church of the second arrondisse- ment. It may also, perhaps, be known that this church is upwards of 241) years old, that it was built on the site of a chapel that was dedicated " to the five wounds of Jesus Christ," and that the aforesaid St. ltoch not being a name which Napoleon delighted in, lie struck the name of that saint out of the calen- dar, and substituted the name of St. Napoleon. Sir Francis Burdett and Lord William Ruseelf, together with John Cam Hobhouse, can further inform their party at Brookes's that this church is the resort of most of the handsome women in Paris— that it is a magnificent building— that its size is immense— that its architecture Is Doric and Corinthian— that it has various little chapels, many excellent paintings, and a magnificent altar. 1 mention these circumstances, in order to establish a very necessary proposition, viz. that what occurs in such a church, in such a city, must he taken as a very fair evidence of tlx: Catholic religion. Imagine yourself, then, at Paris, and in the church of St. Rocli, on Maundy Thursday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and then follow me through the dis- gusting yet ludicrous statement of facts which 1 am « Monday, April 13th, 1829. « The Royal Assent was this day given to a Bill called a Bill' for the Relief of His Majesty's Roman Catholick Subjects, V e. for admitting theni into both I about to make, Houses of Parliament, and into places of trust and Having been apprised by a devout. Catholic lady authority in the Government. _ And whereas Roman [ that the annual ceremony of " tin; washing the apos- Catholicks are bound by the strongest obligations of I ties' feet" would be performed at St. Rocli yesterday, duty to uphold a religious system opposed to the at two o'clock, I determined lo be present, and ascend- riglits of conscience anil the free circulation of God's cd the magnificent steps conducting to the portal at word,— and designated in Scripture and the ancient half- past one. When I entered the church, I perceived laws of the realm, not only as superstitious and ihat the body of the church was railed in, and that idolatrous, but as a corrupt, persecuting, and anti- some hundreds of chairs were placed in order, in the christian system : And whereas it appears to us mani- 1 centre of w liich was a square, in which was a table feslly contrary to Scripture, and the . judgment of our I covered with a clean linen napkin. There was no Church ( as declared in her public formularies), tp L admittance to this square but through one avenue, e:—. ...,„ 1.,„„ >,,,, 1 il.,, H'- i irt; nl* this Protestant I - 111, t it,,. It... .. 1.1 I„ I„ I, Q„ „.„„,. ,,.„*:.. subject ourselves, and the affairs of this Protestant Church and Nation, to the direi't influence and Cori- troul of such persons: We do hereby, as in the presence of God, solemnly protest against such a measure, desiring to deliver our own souls, and ais far as in us lies the Church to which we belong, fioiii the guilt of such an act, and the woes denounced in and the two old women who were stationed to guard it demanded, in no very honied accents, two sous for my admittance. Now, two sous being only one penny 1 did not hesitate to pay it, and I sealed myself close to the table. Upon the table I perceived thirteen loaves, a silver tankard willi water, a silver washing basin, ft « . tr napkins, and several bunches of violets; apostles appeared to consent, and the little- indisposed apostle went out in search of a substitute. In a very few minutes be returned, and introduced with all the winning mariner of a French apostle this to- be washed disciple. The new apostle thought he must then do the polite; and accordingly he bowed most ungrace- fully to two other apostles, and pulling out a snuff- box, offered snuff' to- three of his brethren, who gladly accepted this pioof of brotherly affection and attention to their nasal interests. At this moment. 1 caught the eye of my friend, the peasant girl, and the severity of her face was relaxed by a smile. It was too great A farce even for her gravity to support, arid she hid in her prayer- book her face, which was soon coloured with blushes of the deepest and the healthiest dye. We were not the only two who smiled, for I assure you this snuff- box scene excited the risible muscles of many a Catholic ill the congregation, Others, how- ever, were inexorably grave, and evidently viewed these shirtless, coaticss, hatless, dirty, mi erable, animals, called apostles, with a sort of religious awe, amounting to more than admiration; in fact, it was veneration! Before the washing of the altars was ended some of the apostles grew impatient, and one said it was quite ennuyant to wait so long for the priests. This ob serration appeared to draw forth ft reproof from the verger, who now appeared in his robes of office, which were made of lilac- coloured stuff, and who held in his hand a whalebone stick, mounted with silver. On the table he placed his stick, pulled out big snuff- box, offered it to several of the apostles, who appeared to enjoy a pinch very much, and then chatted for ten minutes, first with one apostle and then with another. A young lad about sixteen, with a red gown, a muslin cape, and a black hood, now made his appearance, nodded to one or two of the apostles, and then disappeared. T his was one of the choristers and candle- holders, arid the boy was well enough in his way. The last of the altars was now cleaned, the ignorant and infatuated procession had finished kissing, and the commencement of the ceremony of washing the apostles' feet drew near. The square appropriated to the service was quickly filled ; the apostles all sat down i and the assembly, for the first time, was quiet. The verger now took the tub and tankard, and placed it at the feet of the first apostle, who looked at the vessel and cold water w ith an air full of dissatisfaction. The verger then returned to the table, took out ofjhis waistcoat pocket thirteen pieces of white paper, each of which, we afterwards learnt, contained three francs or half a crown English money ; placed these thirteen little packets in order in a silver washing basin ; took a napkin, and hung it 011 his arm like a waiter at the London, and then stood 011 tip- toe to see if the priests were advancing. " They are coming," lie said to the apostles, and right glad the apostles appeared to be. The verger was correct, for 110 sooner had he said so than at a distance chanting was heard ; the banner of the church w as brought dow n the aisle— the stand for the " sealed book," tlie Holy Bible, was carried next — and the priests brought up the rear. The chorister lad, whom I before mentioned, held a candle; others did the same; tlie hook was opened, audi an. old priest who knew the service began by blessing the bread. I stood next to him, and as- I was w riting some memo- randums of the scene his eye caught mine, and the old fellow smiled. I am confident that man believed it all to he humbug ; but, being that species of hum. hug which brings groats to his mill, he w ill die in its practice, though his mind rejects any belief in it. The service of blessing the bread was chanted hy no means well, and then they all said " Amen." The old priest then pulled forward a younger one behind Iiini to read the next piece, in Latin of course ; but the young priest diel not know where it was, and the old one was obliged to tell him. The young priest was, however, the head, aud a finer, more intellectual, or grander facc 1 never beheld. He verily and truly smiled— hammered and stammered— lost his place, aud knew not w here to turn to. But the old man w as at his elbow and set all to rights. Three priests, one PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. [ From the Morning Herald.] The present Ministers appear to have a more than ordinary antipathy to Parliamentary Committees. No sooner is a Committee proposed to inquire into ally one topic, than up starts a Member of the Ad- ministration and objects to it as unnecessary. When His Majesty's Speech recommended to Parliament to take into its consideration " the whole state of Ire- land," a Committee was naturally proposed, as the only means through which such an inquiry could be effectually instituted ; but both the Duke of Welling- ton and Mr. Peel put an immediate extinguisher upon the very idea, by stating that they already knew as much as any Committee could inform them of— though they have been, from first to last, exceed- ingly unwilling to impart their knowledge to Parlia- ment, but have contented themselves, with a degree of obscurity half- ludicrous, half- awful, by declaring that they could " a tale have unfolded," which they have deemed it most prudent to keep to themselves — thus reversing Lord Bacon's maxim, that " know- ledge is power," and rather proving, that " ignorance is bliss." When the Spitalfields' weavers wished their case to he fully gone into, nnd understood, they naturally asked for a Committee as the best means of attaining that end ; hut " No," said Mr. Vesey Fitz- gerald, " a Committee will only cause delay, and aggravate the evil, which 1 am about to remedy in a much more effectual and expeditious manner;" and, considering the country which the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade conies from, a panacea more truly national could not have been expected from hint. But of all Committees, that which, last Session, sat upon the subject of the General Finance of the country, is one, the revival of which Ministers are most set against. Of the utility of its labours no - one has expressed a doubt; and as those labours have been left unfinished, owing to their length and want of time, it was naturally to be expected that they would have been allowed fo resume their sittings with the re- assembling of Parlia- ment But when this was proposed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with wonderful simplicity, opposed the " all absorbing: Question" as a reason w hy nothing else could he attended to; and now that the " all absorbing Question" is set at rest, lie plainly tells those w ho revive the subject, that they have already had their answer. From all of which we draw this inference, that, as a tub to amuse the whale, a Finance or any other Committee may do very well I for a season ; hut when, with an awkward and vulgar tendency to Panl- Pryism, it ferrets out and exposes such affairs as this Committee brought to light last year, it is high time that such troublesome inquiries be put a stop to, and be no longer allowed to let John Bull into secrets which were never intended ( as in the case of the French money applied to the building of the Pimlico Palace) to reach his ear. For our own parts, however, we are old- fashioned enough to look upon the inquisitorial powers of Parliament as the most valuable of any which it possesses; and we regret that there is not courage, • energy, and perseverance enough in its Members, to ." insist upon greater light being thrown upon public affairs than they at present receive. Silence and mystery are among the first steps towards despotism ; and in a free State, therefore, should be manfully resisted. Scripture against the supporters and abettors of till' and under the table was a small wooden tub; about Papal Apostacy.'" jUisccUaneous intcliigcntc. Some of the weekly papers have been very jocular With respect to the results of carrying the Popish Question. The sun still shines, say these wits, we have 110 earthquakes in consequence, & c. & c.; and the Times follows the facetious example. " He who lives to- morrow morning," says that paper, in all the eloquence of cockncyisiM, " will find the sun where lie used to he, though Lord Eldon, on one occasion of his long life a poet, assured us that the sun of England would set for ever. Nevertheless the En- of whom I am sure was a Jesuit in heart and practice, glishnian who sees to- morrow, will receive the light then took the towels from the table, and, placing them | through his w indow from the same source, and from TO THE EARL OF WINC IIILSEA AND NOTTINGHAM. MY LORD,— To your lordship, as a firm adherent in strange and troublous times, to those sound princj pies which marked the commencement of your political career, as one of the most intrepid and conscientious advocates of the Proteslant cause, wheji deserted by a host of its formerly zealous supporters, those who agree with von in sentiment will ever feil grateful, and those among your opponents whose opinion is of any value, will not refuse tfieir tribute if respect. Your lordship's parliamentary conduct lias been such as becomes a British nobleman; hold, honest, independent. With unequal strength you have ably maintained a great conflict. II' you have been cori strained to yield, the defeat has been without com promise of honour; though overborne by numbers, your arms have not been wrested from your grasp, you retain them still, and they may again be needed To lie foiled, in any case, is no doubt mortifying to human pride; to be foiled in a good cause is a severe trial to an honest ardent spirit. But, my lord, two feet round, and ejglit inches high, which was much the w; orsc for wear, and the colour of which was by no means agreeable. In this tub under fhe table was another silver tankard, full of water; and I then resolved on writing this " Tale of the Tub." Imagining that 1 should have a better view of the ceremony on the opposite side of the table, I stepped across ami seated myself in a chair, of which tliei'e were thirteen in number 011 the side ; but there 1 was not allowed to rest, for an old gentleman, after atten- tively regarding me for a few seconds, ventured to ask 111c very politely " if I was an apostle." " An apostle !" I exclaimed, " Oh po, T am merely an Eng- lish visitor." " Then, sir," replied my respectable informant, " that chair and the rest are reserved for the apostles." Feeling- myself much too degenerate to sit in 1111 apostle's chair, I quickly rose and regained the position 1 had at first occupied. The company gradually assembled, and, among the rest, a beautiful woman, w ho was a peasant, and w ho was dressed in a most pleasing and tasteful costume. Her fine face, all benevolence and piety, rivetted my attention, and 1 said to myself, " That woman is a sincere Catholic." She looked 011 the surrounding scene with an eye of mental abstraction ; she counted her heads; crossed herself ( turned to the altar, and then took her seat. Two o'clock struck ; the French became impatient, ought such a spirit to be broken hy disappointment ? Some talked to those who sal next them ; others stood Tu ne cede malis, was the language of the grejit anil gazed about them ; whilst I observed, like the Roman poet lo the hero of his slory. " Faint not, solitaire, the various movements of the waiting assem- neither be weary," is the far more solemn and " sacred injunction of our holy religion to those who would aspire to the title of her faithful champions. , It is therefore not without surprise and concern I perceive your lordship has intimated your deteruji nation to retire from public life. Pardon my freedom, if I say that such a determination is neither w ise, nor worthy your character. If the mere contemplation of fhe measure lately in- troduced into parliament tilled 11s with apprehensions, the actual adoption oftliat measure seems little calcu- lated to allay them. The triumph of those who differ from us, certainly can add nothing to oita security The admission of Roman Catholics to the same political privileges with ourselves should render lis doubly vigilant. If the constitution we prize has ( and we think it has) sustained a shock, shall we abandon it to I surprised at. nothing-. lily. At length I observed a dirty, ill- looking, un- shaved, unwashed old man, about sixty- five, dressed in a pepper- and- salt coloured dress, with a filthy shirt and yet filthier hands, wiih sore eyes, and airold green silk shade over them to keep oil' the light, arid willi a woollen black skull cap at. the top of his head, sit down in one of the. chairs of the apostles. I looked if the gentleman who had removed me so rapidly from that seat, and wondered that he did not rise to remove this felonious- looking pauper from an apostle's chair. But I looked in vain, and 110 wonder; for a French lady who sat behind me, I suppose observing ins surprise, whispered ill my ear, " That is one of the apostles!" " Judas, then, I presume," was my reply. This convulsed her with laughter, and I said 110more. But the ignorant only are astonished— the wise aire At this moment, when 1 was recovering myself from my amazement, and quietly view ing this repre- sentative oflhose ' of whom the world was not worthy,' a sudden chanting at the high altar attracted my attention. I rose from mystat, and beheld six or glit priests, with water and napkins, washing the the risk of utter devastation? Will your lordship urge that disgust, at the lale proceedings has induced you fo rniWara the resolution in question ? Let not such a feeling he cherished in a patriotic bosom. Va- 1 not your lordship's name be associated with the que- rulous scceders of a few years ago; men, whose political opinions and conduct you would be the last I high altar, chanting before and after the ceremony, prison to emulate. Can despottdericy have place in arid then wiping. it with great care and gravity. As your character? Can you look upon all as irre- they retired from the high altar, the mob approached irievahly lost? Turn to the Old ' Almanac of knii'ie. W hat was the condition of Rome after the terrible overthrow of Canna; r Wlpt pere Ihe feefings of the multitude? What, the conduct of sonic of fhe nobles? Yet there were men who neither would desert their country at that perilous moment, unr despair of its safety Who commends Mctclliis? Who does not extol Scipio ? • But if, as I am inclined to believe, neither disgust al what has occurred, nor despair as regards fhe future, would of themselves have determined your lordship to withdraw from parliament, is there any other consideration which can be supposed to have 1 d to this decision ? My lord, I am about to touch upon a delicate topic ; one front which I should altogether abstain were my value for your lordship less, or my anticipations of good from the late public' measure greater. You have been anxious, it. is well known, to acquire a more solid distinction than lineage, or tille, or possessions can confer. But. difficulties have arisen— zeal has not always heeu tempered by discretion— you have been placed in a situation of no common trial. According to the wnrld's manner of judging you have acquitted your- self brilliantly ; yet, if 1 mistake not, yoti review with little complacency the part you took on one occasion. The applauding voice of fhe world has failed to console you under the misgivings of your own heart, and the eloqueut silence of a few real . friends. Is not this the truth? Is it not to the regret you experi- ence al having once done what you feel you outfit not to have done that your desire fur retirement 111.1 y mainly be attributed? If such be Ihe case those friends, whom men in general may perchance stigma- tize hy sonic epithet expressive of their contempt And derision, will respect your motive, and hail Ihe pro- mise afforded by your regrets, but they will never encourage you to forego the duties incidental to your rank in society,— lliose duties which the sovereign, and the nation, justly expect every nobleman to fulfil in return for honours and privileges conferred ; those public obligations. which, equally with others of a more private character, the religion of your country, the religion of the Bible, commands you to perform. it, kissed the altar which had been washed and w iped, and then followed the washing and wiping priests to another secondary altar. Here the same ceremony of chanting, wiping, bowing, adoring, and kissing, was performed; and, iu like manner, at all the small altars in the various chapels, until, at a quarter before three o'clock, the ceremony of washing the altars was com- pleted. During this superstitious and idolatrous ceremony the apostles gradually collected and took their seals. Three of tliern had black night- caps— two of them bad old green coats— all of them had old shoes and dirty stockings, except one, who afterwards declined being an apostle because lie was unwell, and therefore went out fo find another apostle for the occasion. The dress of one was particularly grotesque. He had a pepper- and- salt, pair of Irowsers, a black execution cap, no . shirt at all, and a large brown stuff' cape, which reached all round to his middle, and which came 1111 to his chin. His beard could not have been shaved for a fortnight; his face could not have been washed for a year; his hair could not have been cut sinrc lie was a boy ; ,' iml I should say he had never ealen a good dinner in his life. I have every reason to believe lie could not spell his name. I am con- vinced he did not. know that two and two make four; and I am confident lie could not w rite a, b, c. Yet ( his miserable w retch was the representative of one of those who " counted not their lives dear unto theii," so that they might but finish their course vfith spiritual and religious joy. I forgot to mention that three or four had drab great coais, which were Cer- tainly twenty years old — that one apostle was hump- backed— Ihat another had, by accident 1 suppose, lost a piece of his nose— that another had lost his left arm, and one could not see out of his right eye. The only deceAt- looking piece of half humanity among them was an apostle who would not have his feet washed because, as he very properly observed lo the verger, he was unwell; riot very unwell, hut a little indis posed. This event excited great anxiety among Ihe apostles, and one of them, standing up and yawning, exclaimed " That then it was necessary to go for Dubois," or sonic such a name us that. The other round their waists, advanced to the first apostle. The first apostle pulled up his trowsers, untied his garter^, one of which was white cotton, and another a piece of twine, took off his stockings, and popped his fodt into the tub. One priest then touched the apostle's right leg with the water, and another immediately wiped it. By this time the second apostle had taken off'his stockings, he having no garters at all: and the third apostle not having stockings at all, the matter was soon adjusted. The fourth apostle was not ready, at which the piiest seemed much annoyed, and told the others to take off their stockings directly, which the old fellows began to do all in a row, as quick as they could. The eye of the peasant girl now again caught mine, and she was convulsed with laughter. Napoleon said there was only one step between the sublime and the ludicrous. At this moment she felt all this, though she could not per haps have described her feelings; but mirth was pictured iu her face, and my serious- looking, sincere, pretty Catholic peasant resembled, for all the world, a wicked little Protestant heretic. When all the dirty old men had been washed, the tub was brought for- ward, some violets placcd in it, the water was blessed, the old priest chanted, and the choristers and other clergy, about a dozen ill number, again shouted lustily " Amen !" Some " devout women" now approached fhe tub, dipped their fingers in the dirty water, nnd crossed themselves; and one more " righ- teous" than the rest took out some of the violets and placed them in her bosom. The men now put 011 their stockings; the priests who had been washers and wipers approached the table, and washed and wiped their hands; and two others tlien took, one the basket of loaves, and the other the dish of money, anil • pro-' ceedcd to distribute among flic apostles. When the loaves and the money were given the priests set up an anthem, the choristers said " Amen," and the stand, Bible, priests, and procession, all returned to the vestry or sacristy, and thus finished the ceremony. Not feeling a very great a. we for the apostles, I ventured to speak to one of these, as the old man, who was nearly blind, crawled out of church with his loaf and his money, " And how much money have you received for this?" I demanded. " 1 believe three francs," was the reply, " but you shall see;" anil so saying he pulled the little paper packet out of his breeches pocket, and, carefully opening it, found iu it the sum he thought, namely, two shillings and sixpence. " It is not so much," muttered the old man. 1 said, " No," and asked if the water was cold ? The old fellow smiled, and said, " It was not warm;" and so we parted. Shall I moralize on this transaction? Shall I ask whether the believers ill, and practisers of, such super- stitions deserve to be ranked as intellectual beings Shall I call on the shades of the great and illustrious founders of our holy religion to appear anil vindicate it from such gross, disgusting, and beastly abomina- tions? No ; I will do none of this ; but 1 w ill simply transcribe from the 13th chapter of St. John's gospel', the short account of the beautiful and touching cere- mony which this horrible scene was practised to commemorate:— " And supper being ended, the devil having now nut into the heart of Julias Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him i Jesus knowing; that the father bail given nil things into bis . bands, ami that be was come front God ami went to God ; be risi- tb from supper, ami laiil aside bis garments, aud took a towel and girded himself. After that be pouretll water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith be was girded," Before I conclude this plain, simple, unadorned, and unexaggerated statement of yesterday's proceeding* at St. Rocli, allow 111c to transcribe from the public journals w hat the King of France, who is a sincere Catholic, was doing at the palace of the Tuillemck whilst 1 was engaged at this parochial church:— " Yesterday, being Maundy Thursday, the ceremony of washing the feet of children, representing the apostles, took ilace in the Gallery of Diana, at the Palace of the Tipllenes. lis Majesty washed the feet of thirteen children, and served to acll of them thirteen dishes. The king then nut thirteen live franc pieces into a purse for each of them, and hung the putses round their necks. His majesty was assisted by the dauphin and fhe great officers of the crown." !! ! To add one word to this would weaken the state- ment ; but against such a church, and such a religion, I call on you to continue to exert your utmost, al- though the Catholic emancipation bill has Vc- Ceifed the royal assent. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.— It is currently reported that the nominations to all the offices ( exdnpt the very subordinate ones) which will be created! by Mr. Peel's new police bill, have been long promised to certain betrayers of our once Protestant coiistltu tion, as the1 price of their relinquishment of all claims to common honesty and public justice. The transfer of the nomination we now allude to has gained an acccssinn of " atrocious rats" to the minister ( on the Catholic ascendancy bill) of not less than four in the Commons aud two in the Lords! This requires 110 comment. much the same direction as on yesterday." Very witty. It reminded us, however, of the exclamation of Old ff ' ilmot, in Futal Curiosity: The sun will shine, and all things have their course " When we, the curse and burthen of the earth. Shall lie absorbedvoid mingled with the dust." There will be no physical convulsion— there has beep even already a moral one— a dreadful convulsion, which has severed the people of England from the Houses of Lords and Commons, from the majority of her aristocracy, from almost all her public mea, and from a lamentable proportion of the heads of her church. The time may come when it will be felt that an earthquake would have been a slighter evil. — Standard. As an instance of the traffic between Ireland and Glasgow, in the article of eggs, it may be mentioned that one of the Dcrry steam vessels, in a late trip brought over 15 tons, and on her next voyage upwards of 20 tons of eggs— 270,000 ordinary siztid hen eggs. IRON STEAM- BOAT.— Mr. Ncilson, of Glasgow, whose experience and skill in the construction of steam- vessels is well known, is now building one of iron. It is some years since a canal track- boat was made of this metal; but, so far as we know, it lias not been hitherto employed for steam- boats, though the advantage of having these of an incombustible material is extremely obvious. Mr. Neilson's iron vessel is of a pretty large size. The length of the keel is 90 feet; the length on deck will be about 100; the breadth at midships 16 feet. She is built on Ihe same principle as a wooden vessel, but the shell is of plate iron, rivetted together as in boilers. It is expected she will be a fast sailer; but it is not determined yet where she is to ply. Savings' Banks have been established throughout Sweden. There is scarcely a city or town that docs not contain one. TIIF. MARCH OF INTET. I. ECT. — A few days ago, a lady of this city, having detected her female servant in a falsehood, rebuked her for it, and asked her how she could so far forget herself, when she w as answered hy her polished domestic, " that she really could not help it, it came so apropos.'"— Worcester Herald. The Dublin Journal states that the Earl of Surrey, eldest son and heir to the Duke of Norfolk, will shortly take his seat in the House of Commons for Horsham, one of the boroughs of the illustrious Duke, in the room of Mr. Hurst, who accepts the Chiltern Hundreds. COOKERY!— Monsieur Uile says of his art,— " Cookery refines the coarser part of food, deprives the compound substances employed in it of the terrt s- frial juices therein contained ; it improves, purifies, and in some measure spiritualises them. The dishes, thus prepared, must then amass in the blood an abundance of purer and finer spirits. Thence arise more agility and vigour of body, more vivacity and fire of imagination, more extent and force of genius, and more delicacy and refinement of taste. It is not, then, so strangely paradoxical to rank the improve- ments in modern cookery amongst the physical causcs which have recalled us from the extremity of barba- rity to the bosom of refinement, talents, w it, arts, and sciences." ELOPEMENT.— On Friday night, between nine and ten o'clock, a rich, accomplished, and beautiful young Quakeress, 18 years of age, eloped from Tottenham, with Captain H. of Bedfordshire. Some workmen employed in making excavations upon the site of the ancient city of Fesulpe,, in Tuscany, recently discovered 3000 pieces of Ronian coins, struck under the Republic, JuliusCasar, the Triumvirate, and Augustus. STRANGE COINCIDENCES.— Thursday last, was the cotninemoration of the Patron Saint of England — Ihc. celcbration of the birth of King George lVth end the end of our late glorious Constitution; and The solemn Bell Proclaimed the Knell, lime's Telescope, page 145, says, " The King's birthday is kept ou this day, being his name day, in imitation of the custom in Catholic countries." The estate of Sir P. Pole, the transfer of which to his Grace the Duke of Wellington is now, we hear, completed, immediately adjoins that of Stralhfield- say, purchased for the Duke, hy the Parliamentary Commissiouers, from the late Lord Rivers. The Pole estates, us well in soil as in situation, are far superior to the Strathfieldsay property, and a magnificent piece of water forms the boundary 011 one side. Here, it is expected, the grand National Mansion will be built. The purchase- money, Ave have heard, was £ 250,000 ( not ± 260,000), and it is considered cheap.— Strathfieldsay is about pine miles sonth of Reading, and within a short distance of tlie ancient Roman fortress of Segontiujn, now Silchester, where the Emperor Coustanline was in- vested with the Imperial purple in 407. A LARGE OnriEit.— A gentleman dressed in the first style of fashion, callcd a few days since . on an eminent wine merchant in this town, and requested to taste samples of the finest ports in his cellar, as he had invited some friends to dine with him, and fvished to treat them with a superior glass of wine. He was accordingly furnished with a taste from several binns, and after fixing on a wine of high quality and flavour, which the merchant assured him was of the most approved vintage, he ordered a pint of it to be sent to his residence, with a bottle o f cider, at five o'clock precisely— Cheltenham Chronicle. SPRING OF SULPHURIC Aciu.— Sulphuric acid in large quantities is produced in a diluted and in a concentrated state in the town of Byron, Genessee County, thirty miles west of the river of that name, and ten miles south of the Erie canal, in Nova Scotia. It has been known in that vicinity by the name of the sour spring about seventeen years. Here is a hillock 230 feet long, and 100 broad, elevated about 5 feet above the surrounding plain. The hillock resembles the longitudinal section of an egg, with the convex side uppermost. Its greatest extent is north and south. It consists of a kind of ash- coloured analluvion, containing immense quantities of exceed ingly minute grains of iron pyrites. It is mostly covered with a coat of charred vegetable matter, four or five inches thick, and black as common charcoal. The same charred coal extends some dis- tance from the base of a hillock 011 all sides. It appears as if it had been recently burned over, though it is in a meadow where no fire had ever been, at least for several years. Its charred state is caused wholly by the action of the sulphuric acid. Several holes have been dug in the hill, which now contain turbid diluted sulphuric acid, as do the de- pressions in the meadow ground surrounding it. Should curiosity or interest induce the proprietor to dig a trench about it, or to make an artificial pond 011 one side, which might be occasionally drained and cleaned, a very interesting bath of diluted sulphuric acid might be constructed. The strength of the acid increases in a drought. When rain has fallen it is proportionably diluted ' in most places. In some places it is strong, and appears to be perfectly con- centrated, and nearly dry in its combination with the charred vegetable coat. In this state it. is diffused throughout the whole piece of ground, which presents the charred appearance to the depth of twelve or fifteen inches, and in some places three or four feet, but is every where the strongest at the surface. FEMALE INGENUITY.— Lady Fanshawe, being- desirous of joining her husband, who had fled to France, hut Cromwell objecting to her leaving the kingdom, her ladyship put in practice a dexterous contrivance to effect her objcct:—" I sat me down full sadly to consider what I should do, desiring God to help me in so just a cause as 1 then was in. I began and thought if I were denied a passage then, they would ever after be more severe 011 all occasions, and it might lie very ill for 11s both. 1 was ready to go, if I hail a pass, the next tide, and might be there before they could suspect 1 w as gone : these thoughts) put this invention into my head. At VValsingford House the office was kept where they gave passes : thitlicr I went in as plain a way and speech as I could devise, leaving my maid at the gate, who was much a finer gentlewoman than myself. With as ill mien and tone as I could express, I told a fellow I found in the of- fice, that Idesircda pass for Paris, to go to my husband. ' Woman, what is your husband, and your name?' Sir, said I, with many courtesies, he is a young merchant, and my name is Ann Harrison. ' Well,' said he, ' it will cost you a crown :' said I, that is a great sum for me, but pray put in a man, my maid, and three children ; all w hich he immediately did, telling me a malignant would give him five pounds for such a pass. I thanked him kindly, and so went immediately to my lodgings; and with my pen I made the great H of Harrison, tw o ff', and the rrs, an 11, and the i, an s, and the s, an h, and the o, an a, and the n, a if, so completely, that none could find out the change. With all speed I hired a barge, and that night at six o'clock I went to Gravcsend, and from thence by coach to Dover, where upon my arrival, the searchers came and demanded my pass, which they were to keep for their discharge. When they had read it, they said, ' Madam, you may go when you please ;' but says one,' I little thought they would give a pass to so great a malignant, especially in so troublesome a time as this.' About nine o'clock at, night 1 went on board the packet boat, and about eight o'clock in the morning landed safe, God be praised, at Calais."— Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe. SWIMMING OF FISHES ANI » FLYING OF BIRDS. — Flying modifies all the actions of birds; swimming, those of fishes. In these kindred qualities, both classes stand apart from quadrupeds, and the other land animals. Swimming and flying are, in truth, only the same act performed in different fluids. The effective instruments, organs, and movements, which produce or modify these acts, are similar, of, at least, analogous. From this remarkable rela- tion, we may expect to find many secondary analogies between the habits of fishes and birds. The wing of the bird and the fin of the fisli differ much less from one another than might be supposed at first sight; and hence the ancient Greek and Roman naturalists, as well as many in later times, have called them by the same name. Both present a considerable surface relatively to the size of the animal, which it may enlarge or diminish at pleasure. The fiu accommodates itself to these expansions and contractions, because it is composed like the wing, of a soft, flexible membranous substance ; and when it has ieceived the size suited to the immediate want of the animal, it presents, like the w ing, a resisting surface, it acts with precision, it strikes with force, because, like the instrument of flying, it is stiffened with small cylinders, solid, hard, and nearly inflexible. Though unprovided with feathers, it is sometimes strengthened with scales that possess the same texture as the feathers of a bird. The weight of birds does not greatly exceed that of their own bulk of air; the density of fishes is very little different from water, especially that of the sea. Birds are furnished with an organization, w hich renders a great volume very light. Their lungs are very largely developed; great air- bags are placed in the interior of their bodies : their hones are hollow and perforated, so as to receive w ith ease into their cavities the atmospheric fluid. Almost all fish have a peculiar bladder, w hich they can expand with air at pleasure, without adding- sensibly to tlieir weight. The tail of birds serves as a rudder, anil their wings are perfect oars. The back and belly fins of fish may be also compared to powers which regulate and direct, whilst the tail, with its lengthened caudal fin, strikes the water like an oar, and communicating impulsion to the animal, is the mainspring of its rapid movements. We may, there- fore, affirm, that birds swim iu the air, and fishes My in the water. Tlie atmosphere is the ocean of the first; and the sea that of the second. But fishes enjoy their domain much, more fully than birds ; for thjey can traverse it in every direction, rise to the very surface, sink into the abyss, or repose themselves in any part of the fluid itself. LIBERTY'.—" Shame ! that any should have been found to speak lightly of liberty, whose worth is so testified— whose benefits are so numerous aud so rich. Moralists have praised it— poets have sung it— tlie Gospel has taught and breathed it— patriots and mar- tyrs have died for it. As a temporal blessing, it is beyond all comparison and above all praise. It is the air we breathe— the food we eat— the raiment that clothes 11s— the sun that enlightens, and vivifies, and gladdens, all ou whom it shines. Without it, what are honours and riches, and nil similar endow- ments? They are the trappings of a hearse— they are the garnishings of a sepulchre; and with it tlie crust of bread, and the cup of w ater, and the lowly hovel, and the barren rock, are luxuries which it teaches and enables us to rejoice in. He who knows what liberty is, and can be glad and happy when placed under a tyrant's rule, and at Hie disposal of a tyrant's caprice, is like the man who can laugh and be in merry mood at the grave, where he has just deposited all that should have been loveliest in his eye, and all that should have been dearest to his heart. Shame on those who have so far taxed their ingenuity, and so far consulted their selfishness, and so far forgotten their Christian name, as to apologise for the existence of slavery, by extolling flic incom- parable superiority of spiritual freedom, and dragging i nthe aid and the countenance of Scripture mis- stated or misunderstood ! For what is slavery, and what docs it do ? It darkens and degrades the intellect— it paralyses the hand of industry— it is the nourisher of. agonizing fears and of sullen revenge— it crushes the spirit of the bold— it belies the doctrines, it con- tradicts the precepts, it resists the power, it sets at defiance the sanctions of religion— it is the tempter, anil the murderer, and the tomb of v irtue— and either blasts the felicity of those over w horn it domi- neers, or forces them to seek for relief from their sorrows in the gratifications, and the mirth, and ( the madness of the passing hour."— Thomson's Sermons. The Edinburgh dramatic critics are a teeth extra- vagant sometimes in their terms of admiration of those- whom they favour. A debutante in the operatic, department, a Miss Clarke, finds one to proclaim bet success in such words as these :— " Nothing could be tnore complete or more tri-' umphant. The house was literally a bumper—. packed in every part, and the rank, the talent, the- fashion, the respectability, as well as the million of Edinburgh,' went with her to her trial,* and hy their rapturous fiat completed her success. Miss Clarke's' voice is one of the sweetest we ever heard— it is the very essence of melody. The flower- perfumed bresze- is not more delicious, or more grateful to the heart of man." Two inimitable caricatures have just appeared, 1 the one entitled " The man wot drives the Sove- reign"— the other," The Cad to the Man wo: drives the Sovereign"— in which two distinguished Slates- men are represented to the life iu those novel characters. There is also a third, in which a venerable Earl is represented as " The Man wot drives the Opposition." It appears from the Roman Catholic Laity's Directory that in five years between 1824 and 1X29, there has been in England and Wales an increase of 53 chapels, and 57 priests. The total number of Chapels in 1829 was 409. The following are the returns for a few counties -.— Chapels in t824. Chapels in 1829. Increase. Worcestershire 7 8 I Herefordshire 2 3 I Staffordshire 17 22 ft Warwickshire...'.... 10 1.4 4 Lancashire 80 88 8 The Jesuit Seminary at Stonyhuist, near Preston, Lancashire, is stated to have contained ( in 1817) 500 individuals, including between 200 and 300 pupils. Such have been tlie exertions of the Jesuits in that neighbourhood, that several thousands have become Roman Catholics, though thirty years ai{ O there were not a hundred persons of that persuasion in tho vicinity. Docs.— All dogs can swim, although some dislike the water, and take it with difficulty at the bidding of their masters. The hull- dog would appear the least likely to combat such a heavy sea as the New- foundland dogs often do; and yet the following circumstance is well authenticated -.— On board a ship, which struck upon a rock near the shore during a gale, there were three dogs, two of the Newfound- land variety, and an English bull- dog, rather small iu growth, but very firmly built and strong. It was important to have a rope carried ashore; and, as no boat could live for an instant in the breakers towards the land, it was thought that one of the Newfound- land dogs might succeed; but he was not able to struggle with the waves, and perished. The other Newfoundland dog, upon being thrown overboard, shared a similar fate ; lint the hull- dog, though not habituated to the water, swam triumphantly to land, and thus saved the lives of the persons 011 board. Among them was his master, a military officer, who still has the dog in his possession. INFANTILE COURAGE AND GENEROSITY.— Two bulls, of equal bravery, although by 110 means equally matched in size anil strength, happening to meet near the front of a laird's house, in the Highlands of Scot- land, began a fierce battle, the noise of which soon drew to one of the windows the lady of the mansion. To her infinite terror, she beheld her only son, a boy between five and six years of age, belabouring with a stiff cudgel the stouter of the belligerents. " Dugald ! Dugald ! what are you about ?" exclaimed the af- frighted 1110/ her. " Helping the little bull," was the gallant young hero's reply. GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW.— OLD BAILEY, MONDAY.— Henry Hepburne was indicted for stealing a pen- knife. The article, when produced, appeared to be an instrument containing a pair of nail- scissors and a knifc- lilade. Mr. Sergeant Arabiti left it to the jury to say if this was a knife or not. The Jury said they did not know what to call it, a knife or a pair of scissors, and, therefore, giving the prisoner the benefit of the doubt, returned a verdict of Not Guilty ! A very numerous meeting of bankers, merchants, traders, and other inhabitants of Bristol, took place at the Guildhall 011 Tuesday week, ( the Mayor, John Cave, Esq. in the chair,) for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter, when various resolutions for that object, and for opening the trade with India, were unanimously agreed to. The celebrated collection of Hebrew books, among which are 1000 manuscripts, known by the name of the Oppenlieim Library, for which no acccptaMe offer had been made for fifty years, is now going to Oxford, that University having purchased it for the sum, it is said, of 11,000 dollars. There died at Cork, on Saturday last, near Iho old barracks, W. Yates, pensioner, at the advanced age of ninety- six years. He enlisted in the year 1755, in Ihe 28th regiment; was at the taking of Quebec, under Geiierul Wolfe; was at Ihe taking of the Havannah; and was also in the different battles that were fought during the American war. Iu 1783 he was discharged on a pension, which was subsequently increased, and in consequence of his being such an old veteran, and it is believed, the last of the survivors of the brave men who dis tinguished themselves under the immortal Wolfe, it was offered to be still further augmented; but he declined, alleging that his sovereign was already sufficiently bountiful to him. He was bedridden for three years and a half previous to his death, and has left an aged and helpless widow without any meaus whatever of support.— Limcrick Chronicle. The repairs of the choir of York Minster are gradually progressing. The north aisle of the choir is occupied with a great quantity of stone, which is ready cut, to restore the dilapidated columns, round some of which scaffolding has already been erected.—" We confess," says the Leeds Patriot, " without fearing any charge of cruelty being made against us, we should not have been sorry had it been our duty to record the execution of Jonathan Martin. We must, however, submit to the verdict of the Jury; but we certainly never heard of any man possessing more " method in his madness" than Jonathan— and we are certain a most deplorable spirit of fanaticism is nbroud which is pregnant with serious evil, and must be put down. In proof of our assertion, we heard one of the Jury who tried Martin, declare " that if he had burned Ihe whole building instead of part of it, he would have done little harm;" or words to that effect. We were astounded, but pledge our- selves to the truth of what we now state. EXECUTION.— At a few minutes past 9 o'clock on Monday morning, the following convicts Were executed on the drop upon the roof of the Surrey County Gaol in Horsemougcr- lane: Charles Kite, aged 25, William Wheatley, 20, and George King, 23. These men, in conjunction with two others, upon one of whom execution was done a few mouths since at the Old Bailey, aud the other, a man named Y'oung, who is now in custody, formed a gang of housebreakers, who, during the past winter, from the continued and desperate nature of their robberies, kept the lower parts of Surrey in a state of alarm and terror. Scarcely a night passed unattended by some atrocious depre- dation, and the gang seemed to have the power of forcing the slrongest modes of security. The crime for which they suffered was a burglary at the Teddingtou Lock- house, of which they were convicted at the late Kingston Assizes. The burglary was attended with circumstances of very great aggravation : they broke open the house by meaus of a large iron crow bar, and liuviug gained an entrance, they entered the bed- room of the lock- keeper, with their faces disguised with black crape. One of them presented a pistol at the head of the old man and desired him to be quiet or he would blow his brains out. They then made hitn gel out of bed and shew them where he kept his money, and having possessed themselves of it, and as much other property as they possibly could, they left the house. BAKKRCTTS, APRIL 21.— Ilnivey Bruwn, of Red Lion- street, Wbilrcbnpel, baker.— Samuel Collie mid Jnhll Wall, of Cni- ey- laue, Cbeapside, aiiclionefis.— Joseph Liley, of Itedboliru, Hertfordshire, innkeeper. — Hugh M'Clllbieh and Sniuiit- I Stocks Senior, of Wa ling. street, wMri- luitisemcn.— Willinm David Paiue, of Red Libit sheet, Clei kenwell, ironfounder.— Benja- min Hughes Downing, of Liverpool, broker.— IMmk Mnysou, of Keswick. Cumberland, nursery man — Henry Thornton, of Blyth, Notlinghiimsliire, grocer.— Thomas Travis, of Manchester, merchant. SHREWSBURY: PRINTED ANt> PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM ED I) OWES AND JOHN EDDOWES, CORN- MARKET.