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TTON HOUSE, situate Three Miles from the Town of Shrewsbury, well calculated for the Reception of a Gentleman's Family : comprising Entrance Hall, Morning Room, Dining Room, nnd Library, five besl Red Rooms, Bachelor's Rooms, Water Closet, and spacious Accommodation for Serv- ants, Kitchen, Housekeeper's Room, Butler's Pantry, Servants' Hall, Sculleries, Cellars, & c with detached Dairy, Brew- house, and Laundry ; also a capital Ice- bouse; two Kitchen and Fruit Gardens, the one entirely walled round ; Stabling for twelve Horses ; Dilto for four Waggon Horses ; Double Coach- house, Saddle Room, Granaries, Barns, Cow Sheds, Sic. ; nn excellent Dove- house; aud with or without any Quantity of Arable and Pasture LAND, not exceeding Fifty 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. BURD, Cardiston near Shrewsbury. AT CRAIGNANT PARK, 5 Miles from Oswestry, and 14 from Wrexham, to turn in on Ihe 12th of May, anil to take out oil the 25th of September, 1829, al the following Rales ( tbe Money to be paid before Ihe Cattle and Colls are taken away):— CATTLE. £. ... d. Yearlings | 0 0 Two- year olds 1 10 0 Tlnee- yenr old - I 13 6 COLTS. Yearlings ... I 13 6 Two- year olds 2 5 0 As a limited Number only will be taken in, no Cattle or Colt will be received on Ihe Day of Admis- sion bul what have been previously hooked witlr Mr. IKELAND, al The Fron, near The Quiuta, Oswestry. N. B. One Shilling a Head per Day will be charged, over and above the Price to be paid for the Ley, for nil Cattle and Colts that are not taken away ou the 25lh of September. MONTGOMRR YS HI 11E FREEHOLD PROPERTY Eligible Sparling Esla/ e, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY RICHARD DAVIES, At the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Llanfyllin, Montgomery- shire, OH Friday, the 12lh Day of June, 1829, between the Hours of Four and Eight in tbe Alter- ; noon, subject to Conditions, and iu the following' or sqcli other Lots as shall be then declared by the Vendors : LOT I. rplIRMANOK of BRITHDlll, in the • County of Montgomery, with the Court Leet, Court Baron, View of Frankpledge, Chief Rents, Royalties, and other Privileges thereto belonging- ; also FI FT EEN COTT AG ES and Appurtenances, in the Parish of LLA. YRH AIA ITR YN MOCHNANT, within the said Manor, containing 126A. lit. IIP.-, also a PUBLIC- HOUSE, called TUB CROSS GUNS, and RIGHT COTTAGES, / ituate iu the Village and Parish of Lr ANWDDYN, also within the said Manor. This Manor extends over at least 1640 Acres ( the Waste Lands being- about 580 Acres), and tbe whole is well situated for Agricultural Pur- poses. The Market Town of Llaufyllin is within a short Distance of this Lot, the Turnpike Road, from thence to Bala and Llanrhaiadr goes thro1 Part of it, and the Rents and Services are punc- tually paid and performed. J. or 11. All those several FARMS, called TY'N Y BWLCI1 and TY'NYNANT, situate within the said Manor, and in the Parish of Llanrhaiadr yn Mochuaut aforesaid, in the said County of Montgomery, contain- ing 133A. 3R. 29P. and now or late in the seVel- al Occupations of John Humphreys, Fli I is Jones, and Joseph Williams. These Farms are in pond Order and Condition ; situated within 4 Miles of the Town of Llanfjllin, and let to respectable Tenants at low Rents. LOT 111. The EYNANT ESTATE, in the Parishes of LLANWDDYN and PENNANT, in the County of Mont- gomery ; consisting* of several Farms, Fulling Mill, Hud Lands, containing- 9fi4 Acres of inclosed Land, ( together with the Sbeepwalk thereunto belonging-, containing 2400 Acres or thereabouts,) named and tenanted us follows, viz.: F. YNANT FARM. .. Robert Edwards. TY MAWR - John Evans. HF- OL Y FFRYDD William Jones. LI. VVYN GWRRN & PEN Y GARRF. G .. John Gilt ins aud others. The above Lot,, with the Advantag- es of so ex- tensive a Sheepwalk, is strong- ly recommended to tbe Notice of any Gentleman fond of Field Sports, as well as to Persons desirous of realizing- an ample Returu to tbe Investment of Capital. To the Sportsman it presents a most desirable Acquisition ; the Sheepwalks a^ one ( exclusive of the ( jame on the adjoining Hills) beings abundantly supplied with Grouse, and if required, it can also be made a Hue Preserve for Black Game, being- skirted nearly around by thriving Coppices, which are celebrated for Woodeocks. The Streams ( three in cumber) which run through this Lot abound in Trout, and a fiord the Angler excellent Diversion. The inclosed Land is of good Qua- lity ; and the old Mansion of Eyuant, which is situated in a most romantic nnd picturesque Part of the Property, and tbe greatest Part of which is now reserved for tlie Use of the Proprietor, may at a small Expense be rendered commodious nnd comfortable. In the immediate Neighbour- liood there are Quarries which produce Slate of fine Quality; and there is every Prospect of similar and extensive Quarries upon this Lot, which ( if worked) would be a Source of consider- able Profit. LOT IV. A DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, m the Town of LLANFYLLIN, in tbe said County of. Montgomery, in the Occupation of Thomas Griffiths. LOT V. A FEE FARM RENT of £ 1. 2s. 0d. per Annum, payable from the Property of Hugh Roberts, Esq. in the said Town of Llanfyllin. LOT VI. Another FEE FARM RENT of 4£ per Annum, payable from the Property of the Rev. David Hug- ben, also in the said Town of Llanfyllrn. LOT VII. Another FEE FARM RENT of £ 2. 5s. payable annually from Property in tbe Village of MYFOH, in the said County, in tbe Occupation of Evan EHis. LOT VlJl. TWO PIECES or Parcels of FEEDING LAND, situate in MELVERLEY/ IU the County of Salop, containing- about 4A. IR.. OP* in Hie Occupation of Mr. Thomas Burley. LOT IX. A FARM nnd LANDS, called THK CVVM, and a PIECE or Parcel of Land on CEFN Y BRAID, containing 142A. OR. 30P. situate in tbe Parish of Llanfyllin aforesaid, and in the Occupations of John Morris and Robert Morris. This Lot is distant about one Mile from the Town of Llaufyllin, and adjoins the Turnpike Road leading- from thence lo Cann Ofliee. The Buildings are in good Repair, and the Situation and local Advantag- es of this Farm render it a desirable Lot. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises; nnd for further Particulars apply to THOMAS JONES, Esq. Pen'bryn, near Montgomery; at the Office of Mr. BIBBY, Attorney, to Mr. DAVID JONES, Laud- Surveyor, or to TUB AUCTIONEER, at Llanfyllin ; also at the Offices of Messrs GRIFFITHES & CoiiRJE, in the Towns of Pool and Oswestry . ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS. On the First Day of June will he Published, INSCRIBED nY PERMISSION ® o tl; e Uting'a JUlost ffrvacious JWajestii, VOLUME FIRST, OF A NEW EDITION OF THE Wmmmih- iSH 3IL89 To be continued in Monthly Volumes, REVISKD AND CORRECTED, WITH A GENERAL PREFACE, An Introduction to each Novel, AND NOTES, HISTORICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE, BY COt author* Embellished with Frontispieces and Vignette Titles, from Designs executed expressly for the present Edition, BY THE MOST EMINENT ARTISTS. On Monday, June 1st, will be published, WITH NEARLY TEN THOUSAND ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, Complete in One large Volume 8vo. Price £ 4. l is. 6d. Parts every Two Months, I() s. 0d. each. Numbers Monthly, 2s. 6d. each : AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS; comprising the Description, Specific Character, Culture, History, Application in the Arts, and every other desirable Particular respecting all the Plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to BRITAIN : combining- all the Advantages ofa Linnaaan & J ussieunn Species Plantarum, an Historia Plantarum, a Grammar of Botany, and a Dictionary of Botany and Vegetable Culture. The Whole in English, with Synonymes of the commoner Plants in the different European and other Languages ; the Scientific Names accentuated, Etymologies explained, the Classes, Orders, and Bota- nical Terms illustrated by Engravings; and with Figures of nearly Ten Thousand Species, exemplifying several Individuals belonging- to every Genus included in the Work, Edited by J. C. LOUDON, F. LJ3. U. S. & c. : Tbe Specific Characters, & c. by JOHN LINDLEY, Esq. F. R. S. L. S. and G. S. & c. The Drawings by J. D. C. SOWERBY, F. L. S.; and Tbe Engravings by R. BRANSTON. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, &. Green. NOTICE BY THE PUBLISHERS. ripHEIlE are few Circumstances in the & History of Letters more remarkable than the Rise and Progress of the WAVERLBY NOVELS. Unlike most other Productions of Genius, they bad no Infancy to struggle with, but reached at once the highest Point of public Favour,— a Station which they have ever since maintained with undiminished Popularity. The Circulation of these Works having beeu hitherto confined, in a great Degree, to the wealthier Ranks of Society, the Proprietors have resolved to ptace them within the Reach of Readers of all Classes, by repub- lishing- them in a less costly, hut at the same Time more elegant Shape, and with the additional Advan- tage of a Periodical Issue. The Publishers have, therefore, the Honour of an- nouncing the speedy Commencement of a New Edition^ to be published in MONTHLY VOLUMES. In this Undertaking they have bad the cheerful Co- operation of the Author himself, who has not only revised every one of ihe Novels, lint has ad< U><! Expla- natory Notes, and a new Introduction to each of them. This Edition will not only be improved in the Man- ner just staled, but also enriched by the Pencils of the eminent. Artists who have been engaged to embellish it; among these may be named— David Wilkie, R. A.; Edwin Landseer, R. A.; C. R. Leslie, R. A.; Abraham Cooper, 11. A.; A. E. Clialon, R. A. ; G. S. New- ton, A. R. A. ; F. P. Stephanoff; 11. Corbould ; William Kidd; J. Stanfield ; John Burnet ; and R. P. Bonriington. The Engravings will be executed on Steel, by Charles Heath; William Finden ; Charles Rolls; James Mitchell ; F. Euglehearl ; Ambrose War- ren ; Robert Graves ; J. C. Edwards ; W J. Cooke; W. Ensoni ; Davenport ; Shentou ; Duncan ; anci Miller ; and other eminent Engravers. IMPORTANT INVESTMENT. FREEHOLD PROPERTY THE RHIWAEDOG AND OTHER ESTATES, in the Parishes of LLANFAWR and LLANGOWER, close adjoining the County and Mar- ket Town of Bala, in Merionethshire, WILL BE SOLD, at tlie MART, in the Course of the Spring ( if not previously disposed of by Private Contract). To Capitalists this Property offers most advantageous Prospects. It. is divided into compact Farms, well tenanted, and capable of great improvement by Draining, Irrigation, and Planting, also by enclosing large Tracts of the extensive Slieepwalks. The Woodlands and Plantations are very important, af- fording a present Income from constant Thinnings, and will eventually produce an incalculable Profit. Limekilns are worked, and Slate Quarries opened, on different Parts of the Estate ; also Mineral Indications, particularly of Lead. The River Dec forms the Boundary of the Property on the North, and the Hirnant Hills ( affording- Grouse Shooting equal to any in the Principality) the Southern Boundary. There are fine Building Sites on the Estate, com- manding magnificent Views of the surrounding Moun- tain Scenery, with the Vale of Bala, its expansive Lake, & c. The River Dee and various Brooks; inter- secting the Property unite the Objects of Diversion with great Sources of Improvement, by Water Power for Machinery, Mills, Irrigation, See. The Estate also affords good Pheasant and excellent Woodcock Shooting; and there is a delightful, retired, roomy Cottage as a Shooting Box. Mr. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Market Square, Shrews- bury, will furnish any Particulars, and is authorised to treat, for Sale by Private Contract, and with whom a Map is left for Inspection. LIGNUMANTISCORBUTIC DROPS. COPY OF A LETTER From Mr. Foulkesy. Baker, of Buhvell, near Not- tingham, to Messrs. John, Lignum and Son, of Manchester. Bulwell, near Nottingham, Sept. 27, 1828. GENTLEMEN, I IHave frequently regretted that T have not in times past., made that acknowledgment I which is justly due for the benefit my family has j derived from your excellent medicine, the Antiscor- I butic Drops. My son William, when ah nit a year old, I was afflicted wiih the Measles, which left a. spot on his I leg. This soon ulcerated and spread, forming a large 1 wound. Tbe surgeon to whom we applied, succeeded I in healing the uloer, but almost immediately afterwards j an uloer appeared upon his face, and the boy was 1 dreadfully afflicted with running sores upon his neck and body; the discharge of matter was so great, thai we were obliged daily to change his linen. The I Physicians and Surgeons in the neighbour hood were I applied to, but their skill was in vain ; several other re j medies were resorted to, but proved equally ineffectual, I and the sufferer continued a poor and miserable object, I almost bent double for near Twenty Years. At this I time I beard of the virtues of your inestimable medicine, I and after taking Six Bottles ( which 1 purchased from I Mr. Sutton, of Nottingham.) an amendment began to I takephf. ee, and perseverance iu taking- four bottles 1 more, effected a perfect cure. It is now six years since j this was accomplished, for which I return you my iin- I feigned thanks, and wish you to make it public, for the I benefit of those who may be similarly afflicted. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, JOHN FOULKES. To Messrs. John Lignum and Son, Surgeons, Manchester. N. B. I know several other instances of extraordinary cures performed by your Antiscorbutic Drops in this Village. Those who doubt the truth of the. above case, may i apply personally, or by letter, post- paid, to Mr. Foulkes, or Mr. Sutton, Bookseller, Nottingham. These Drops are sold in moulded square Bottles at 2s. 9d. 4s. ( id. and lis. each, by John Lignum Son, Surgeons, & c. 63, Bridge- street, Manchester; W.& J. Eddowes, Shrewsbury-, Smith, Ironbridge ; G. Gitton, Bridgnorth; Pennel, Kidderminster ; Coltman, Stour- bridge ; Hinton, Turner, Dudley; Smart and Parke, Wolverhampton; Valentine and Throsbv, Walsall ; Butterworth, T. & W. Wood, Hudson, Beilby and Knott, Birmingham ; Merridew, Rollason, Coventry; Baugh, Ellesmere; Painter, Wrexham; Poole and Harding, Monk, Chester; Buttcrworth, Nautwicb ; Reeves, Middlewich; Liudop, Nandbaeh; Davies, Northwich ; Bell, Altrinchain; Claye, VV. & A Gee, Stockport; Wright, Macclesfield; Lowe, Leek; Hor- dern, Cheadle ; and all respectable. Medicine Venders in every Market Town. Of whom also may be had, Mr. Liguum's Improved VEGETABLE LOTION, for all Scorbutic Eruptions, price 2s. 9d. Duty included. Mr LignumN SCURVY OINTMENT may now be had of the above Agents, price Is. yd. each Pot, Duly included. rglHE Commissioners in a Commission of M Bankrupt, awarded and issued against GEORGE CORSF. R, GEORGE NAYLOR, and JOSEPH HASS'ALL, of WHITCHURCH, in ihe County of Salop, Bankers ami Copartners, Dealers and Chapmen, in- tend to MEET on Wednesday and Thursday, the Sixth and Seventh Days of May next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the White Lion lun, in Whitchurch aforesaid, to receive further Proof of Debts under the said Commission. BROOKES & LEE, Solicitors. SNOW DON. '' pO COVER, THIS SEASON ( 1829), at JL PIMLEY, two Miles from Shrewsbury, TIJE CELEBRATED GREY HORSE SNOWDON. Thoronifh- bred Mares Five Gnineas, other Mares Three Guineas; Groom's Fee, Five Shillings. SNOWDON was / rot hy Skiddaw ( own Brother to Golumpus, lledley, and Wanderer), out of a Delpini Mare, her Dam Miss Cojt- den hy Phcenomenon— Young IVlarske— Sil vio— Daphne— Kerfulus. SNOWDON is allowed by experienced Judges lo possess as line Symmetry and Strength as any Horse in tire Kingdom ; with excellent Temper and robust Health ; arid his Stock are of Ihe most promising Description. For his Performances on the Turf, see the Racing Calendar. * 4* Good Grass ( and Corn, if required) for Mares at Fiinley, nnd every Care taken of Ihein. All Demands to be paid at Midsummer, or llnlf- a. Guinea extra to be charged. 1829. THAT CELEBRATED HORSE JUPITER, WILL COVER, THIS SEASON, at ClUlCK- TON MILL, near Shrewsbury, Tho- rough- bred Mares at Five Guineas each, nlhefs at Three Guineas ( lire Groom's Fee included). JliPITKH will attend at Welsh Pool every Monday; at. the Cross Foxes, Montgomery, every Monday Night; al the Titif Inn, Shrewsbury, every Saturday mill Fair Dny ; and llie Remainder of bis Time at llorne. ( fy? The Money to be paid nt Midsummer next, or mi additional Half- Guinea will be charged. Good Grass for Mares. Mr. Brownlow's bill lately introduced into par- liament, is to give facilities to the proprietors of unreclaimed boga to bring those extensive and unprofitable portions of the Irish soil into astat • fitting for the purposes of agriculture or pasturjgi , by the primary and indispensable process of drain- ing. It has been already ascertained by engineers of acknowledged eminence, that by far the greater proportion of the bogs is so much above the level ol' the sea, that the only obstacle to the removal of the stagnant waters is the wanl of the power to procure an outlet for the discharge; ami to secure this power in all practicable cases is the principal objTt of Mr. Brownlow's bill. No vent for stagnant waters can be had without infringing to a certain extent on the territorial rights of adjacent pro prietors; and to secure such proprietors from useless or improper encroachments, commissioners are to be appointed, with the power to receive evidence, aud to decide upon the best, speediest, and least vexatious mode of conveying the waters lo their proper destination. The holders of the bogs must, In order to take advantage of the pro. visions of the act, be proprietors at tbe least of one thousand acres. The Commissioners are to be - a stationary body, holding their sitlingsnnd receiving evidence in Dublin, with powers lo dispatch lo anv place they may suppose to require it competent persons to make observations ou Ihe spot, and lo report the result for their information and guidance ; Ihe duties of the Commissioners are all to be per formed gratuitously. The above outline wilt go to prove that the object of Ihe bill is at once just, possible, and useful, and that it involves no ex- penditure of the national resources. PLC) UGHM AN'S DHOI'S A Medicine prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Tanner, SlIPF. niOU TO At. T. THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WOllt. D, For the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the King' Evil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from Impurity of the Blood. LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, I. ombard- Street Spring Gardens. DIUECTOItS. Matthias AllWood, Ksq. M. P. William Stanley Clarke, Esq. F. U. S. John Coope, Euq. William Cotton, F. sq F It. S. William Davis, Esq.. Sir Charles Flower, Burl, ami Alderman. J amps A. Gordon, Esq. M. I). Hugh Hnunnerxley, Esq. John llawes, Esq. William lleygnte, Esq. Alderman. ,1 Petty M uspralt, Esq. William Sainler, Esq. George Shorn Storey, Esq. Muttliew Whiting, Esq. THOMAS PAUKF., Secretary. Advantages offered by this Company. A very low Bute of Premium, and Freedom froin all I.' nihility of Partnership. A large INVESTED CAPITAI. iu Ihe PUBLIC FUNDS for lire Security of the Assured. Payment of Claims in Three Months after Death. Extension of Time for Payment of Renewal Premi. ums to 30 Days. Permission lo pass, in Decked Vessels, along the Shores of Grent Britain nnd Ireland, nud between them and the opposite Shore from Hamburgh to Bourdeaux. A Tender of Arbitration in all disputed Cases. Purchase of Policies on the most liberal Terms when the Object of an Assurance lias been effected. Endowments secured lo Children on attaining 14 or 21 Years of Age. Annuities granted under a special Act of Parliament. AGENTS : Shrewsbury Mr. Thos. Howell. Bridgnorth Mr. B. Partridge. Shiffnul Mr. G'. Browne. WORMS DESTROYED. MEDICINE never witnessed a more important Discovery than in PUITCIIETT's VEGETABLE VERMIFUGE, a Remedy that, con- trary to all others, neither purges, vomits, nor other- wise arteets the Constitution, requires no Confinement, lias neither Taste nor Smell, and is so harmless that it mav be Inkeu hy an Infant of an Hour old ; yet never, in one Instance, failed destroying every Worm iu the Body, of which ample and undoubted Testimonies are given with it. It is tlie a< luiil Discovery of a Medical Practitioner of Eminence, who may he readily referred to, and who solemnly nsserts it contains not a Particle of Calomel, Scaminoliy, Gamboge, or other Drastic Article. PBITCIIISTT'S VKOKTABI.* VEKMIFUGR is prepared by BAUCLA V ami SONS, No. !) 5,. Fleet- Market ( lute !>. Pritchell) ; and sold iu. large Packets, Price sufficient for a grown Person or three small Children ; or in small Packets, Price Is. l^ d. sufficient for a Child. Observe the Name of BARCI. AY and SONS on the Stamp affixed lo each Packet of the Powders, without which they c. nuot he genuine. Sold also hy W. and J. EnnowF. s, Broxton, Onions an4 lliiltKMt, Shrewsbury; Burley, Market Drayton; Houlsfon nnd Smith, Wellington; Smithy Ironbridge and'WeiSTock ; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Roberts,. Powell, .1. and ft. - Griffiths, O. Jones, and Roberts, Welsh- pool; Price, Edwards, Mrs. Edwards, Roberts, Small, and Weaver, Oswestry ; Edmonds, Slii- ftnal'; S'llves- ler, Newport; llassall, Whitchurch ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Baugli, Ellesmere ; Evan- son, Whitchurch ; Franklin, und Onslow, Wem. Where also may be had, BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY. 11 WMAN's MAllEDANT's DROPS. DRF. DGE's HEAL- ALL. HI, MNE's POWDERS and BALLS for DISTEM- PER in DOGS, & c. rSMIE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are ML so well known throughout Shropshire, and indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, and without tbe Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any | Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As 1 a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled in their Effects. And their Efficacy has been attested in numberless Instances; many of them on Oath before the Magistrates of Shrewsbury ; thus ^ stablisbiiig their Pre- eminence over the Nostrums frf ignorant Quacks, aud over the more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. in Cases of FEMALE DEBILITY, TURN OF LIFE, and any other Affliction of the Body arising from a changed or vitiated System, the PLOUGIIMAN's DROPS may be relied upon for a certain and speedy Cure. N. B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv- ing System of Diet: he allows his Patients to live like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman's Drops. These Drops are to he had in square Bottles, with these words moulded on each, Mr. S? nith'' s PloughmaiCs Drops," ( all others are spurious), at £ 1. 2s. the large, and lis. the small, Duty in- eluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. and J. EDDOWES, and Cook- son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth; Griffiths, Ludlow; Wuidson, Welshpool ; Price, Os- westry ; Baugh, Ellesuiere ; Evansou, Whitchurch ; Burley, Drayton ; Silvester, Newport; Holmes, No. 1, Royal Exchange London; and of all Medicine vende- s ® ANTI- IMPETIGIN ES, OR SOLOMON'S DROPS SALOPIAN JO'UimAL, AN1> COUSRIE1R OF WALES. LONDON, Monday Night, May 4, 1829. PRICKS OF FUNDS AT TUB CLOSE. Bunk Stock 209$ Long Ann. > 9 5- 16 India Bond* 45 India Slock 226$ Excheq. Bill* 60 Coni for Acc. & 7| R » d per Ct » . 86$ 3 Ct. CouV 87* J', ; it* i Cents. — 3', Cts. Bed. 95| 4 per Cts. 1826, 103| 4 per Cents. i02f To the Editor of the Salopian Journal- The Chancellor of the Exchequer will bring for ward the Budget on Friday next; and we think we shall not be found to hate asserted too much, when we say that it will not confirm any of those rumours of great operations, or new projects of finance, being in contemplation.— The Chancellor of the Exchequer HI nt to the City this morning to announce his intention of funding three millions of Exchequer Bills— but this is persevering in the system which has been adopted before, instead of departing from it.— (' oLtricr. In the IIOUSF. OF LORDS, this evening, the Mar- quis of ANGLESEY, after entering upon a lony defence of his" government of Ireland, and complaining of being removed therefrom for writing the well- known letter to Dr. Curtis, moved for the production Of the letter of the Secretary of State for the. Home Depart- ment, dated January 10, 1829, recalling him from the Goveminent of Ireland, and the answer of the Noble $ T: irquis to that letter, dated the 14th January, 1829. the Course of his speech the Noble Marquis read ir mass of letters that had passed between himself and the Government, and for the reading of which he * uio he had His Majesty's permission'. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was impossible that the King could have given permission to read the confidential communications that the noble Marquis hud pnnJucedf : The noble Marquis had, iu his letter to Dr., Curtis, said he was not aware of his ( the Duke's) ? u: er « ' tiotra as to: the Catholic Question ; but he was v\ are of those intentions j and his Grace now read a letter to show that fact. On the 24th of September, the Marquis wrote to him to request that the Roman Catholic question might be agitated, and suggested thM the Human Catholic Clergy should be paid. In answer to this letter, the Marquis was informed, that the subject could nevei be mentioned to the King without disturbing him; that the question could not In- proposed but by the Government, and according to au uiruttgemeirt Come to in common by the King's servant:* ; but that the first step was to reconcile the Knigvy., 6iind to it ; and lo do that, if would be ncces- s » » t) t? y Assure his Majesty thai every security would be devised for the integrity . of the Protestant estab. Ii> lnnent, and that securities should be taken as nynlu. st the influence of tlie Catholic Clergy and the Demagogues Tlie Marquis was further informed that when these n. iit!( is were n- aitired, and then only, it would be Mihinitted to Parliament ; and as there was a great d.' fli reiice of opinion in Ihe1 coiluii v upon the subject, s » Hneof, iheopposm.. u to iU# measure must be first got rid of. The Noble Duke strongly condemned the letter of the Noble Marquis tb Dr. Cuiiis, and the sjxUm of agitation recommended liy the Marquis— advice Which no Governor ought to have given to any of tbe inhabitants of. that country .-— The Noble Duke concluded by opposing the motion. The Marquis of ANGLESEY repeated that be bad the Kiojj's permission to read the correspondence, or any pa pi rs necessary to his justification. If the Noble Duke could discover that he had uttered a falsehood, he in ulit advise the King to lake away all the honours winch His Majesty had bestowed upon him. He had read attentively the correspondence, but he could not discover the sentiments of the Noble Duke on the Catholie Question. After home further observations in explanation be- tween the noble Duke and the noble Marquis, the nioiioit w, as negatived ; and the House adjourned. In the House of Commons, Mr. PEEL intimated that a BiU on the subject of the Welsh Judicature would be introduced next Session^— See 4th page. SIR,— Your correspondent, Salopiensis, lifS, although not with a very good grace, ascended one ot' fhe hoYus . of the dilemma in which my last letter placed him, by admitting that Mr/ Burke's opinion is as applica- ble to'tlie Proxy of the Peer as to the pledge required on the part of tins burgess. He has also laboured pretty severely to convince others, if not himself, that I have been so partial as to condemn the former while F have defended the latter. Let him locfk at- my. tetter again •;• he will find that what I condemned was the conduct of himself ahd . Mr. Burke, in deprecating the' oiiepraciice with- out censuring or noticing the' other : he admiis that the. Case? are analogous: and I irow call upon him to show how a prac- tice, which is deemed salutary and constitutional by one of the three estates of the realm when acting in . its legislative capa- city, call be ruinous and nnconttihuional when brought into operation as near as circumstances will permit by an elector I Salopiensis has endeavoured to fence his admission of the analogy to which 1 have aliuded, by observing that the case of a proxy is not so absurd as that of an elector j because ( he siys) a peer delivers his proxy 4< to a friend in whose judgment and honesty he has a reliance, and who he knows will be present ; it the discusssou " The absurdity of th'is observation is, however, pretty apparent; for as, in the Case of the Roman Catholic Question, " judgment and honesty" were superseded by expe diericy ahd apostacy, some peers were obliged, when they voted for the late Bill, to hand . in proxies against it from noblemen who would not have left their proxies in such hands, if they could have foreseen that their quondam compatriots would have ratted on that Occasion. 1 asked in my last letter, Where would be the utility of an ndii € lje Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1829. On SUNDAY NEXT, May 10th, TWO SUMMONS will he preached in ST. CHAD'S CHURCH, Shrewsbury, for the BENEFIT of St. ChadV GIHLS' SCHOOL and the BOYS' SON DAY SCHOOL: in the Morning by the Iter. EDWARI) EGREMONT, M. A. Vicar of H roxeter ; in fhe Afternoon by the Rev. C. BURY, Curate of St. Chad's. BIHTIIS. On the lfttli ( let 1S2M, nt Ci. tintimor*, East Indies, Hi. L. idi of Cupi. Hush Cnlieley Cotton, llun. E. l. C, Ei'irneer., of a daughter. tin . tlie 4) I| U Deo. IH2H, nl Madras, flip Lady of Miijor Sidney Cullon, 41.1 regiment, » rf n null. Al llentlt House, on the 29tli ult. Mrs. lieale, of u • oil. On tlie 30lh nil. nl Worcester, tl, e Lady of Wnlter WiiketiMii, KM[. of Pi rtl'i. vvell Hull, Worcestershire, of u . on and lltir. MARRIED. On the 27lh ult tit lluudswnrrh, Mr. Edward llaniar, of Ctnii, in litis comity, to iVlftfy Ann, second daughter of l. ieut. George Chantry, of Hirminghuin, On Tursdav, nt Ctnines, Mr. Kiclinrd Iladley, of I. riglt, Worcestershire, In Caroline, fifth daughter of Juuies Wuketnail, Esc], of Worcester, hanker. O u the 4th inst. al St. Alkuioud's, bv the Rev. J. Richards, Mr. Thomas Adams, surgeon, of Congletou, Cheshire, lb Miss Maria Wood a II, of this town. On the 21st ult. Mr. John Jones, of Oswestry, to Mi « s Smith, of Brixton Cottage, Brixton Hill, Surrey At Shiffnal, by tbe Uev J. Brook, Mr. Sherralt, of Weslcote Farm, to Mrs. Holding, housekeeper to th late Mr. Thomas Harper, of Stautou- npou- Hiiie Heath, in tins county The Bev. T. Heiisbnw Jones,, M. A. Chaplain to II. It. H the Duke of Cambridge, and late Curate of Brewood, to Alice, youngest ' daughter of ihe liev William Deighiou, Rector of WIViuhurgh and West field, aiid Vicar of Carbror> k, Nin folk. Oil Ihe 23d ult al Cluubury, Mr. John Rudd, of Cluuburv, to M. iss G w illinnr, of the same place. On the 2; th ult. Mr. W. Wolriche, of Eyton, to Miss Elizabeth Whittiiig. ham, of Rossall. 1) 1 KD. At her hou^ e in Belgrave street, the I. ady Forester. Ou ihe 20th ult ut Paris, Lady Morres Gore, relict of William Gore, E » q' aud uioiher of William Oruisby Gore,; K « iq. nf Porkiii£ rtonr in ibis couniy. On ihe 29 » b oh. at Wunchurch, Mrs. J. Salislniry Dod, relict of the bite J. S. Dod, Esq. formerly a surgeon iu this town. On Sunday last, iu Duke- street, I/ rverpool, Fanny, wife or Edward Parry, Esq. youngest ron of James Parry, Esq. of The Isle House, near this lownv On the 3d inst. after a long and painful illness borne with christian patience and resignation, in his 18th year, Joseph, only sou of Mr. Edward Payne, of St. Alkmon< rs Place, iu this tow n. His end was peace. Ou the 4th itist. after a very lingering illness en- dured with perfect resignation to the Divine Will, Mrs. Johnson, of Cotton House, in this town. Ou the 25th ult. nt ytr- atfomf- upoH- Avon, Mary, relict of the Bev. Robert Outlaw, Rector of Longford, iu this county. On the 22d ult. at Lisson Grove, London, Miss Ann Bentley, formerly of Oswestry, in this county. On . the 26th- uit. i. n his 80/ h year, Anthony Pooler, who for a period of sixty years was a faithful and attached servant in the family of the late and present Rector of Edgmond, in this county. Ou the 13lii ult. at Marlborough, John Ward, Esq. aged 72. On the 24ill ult. at Ludlow, after a lingering illness, Mr. Thomas Buck nail, formerly of Shrewsbury. Lately, at Wigmore, near Ludlow, John Child, Esq. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev, T, B. Lutener:— House- Visitors, Mr. George Asterlev ami Mr. Charles Morley. We have much pleasure in stating that the requisite proceedings of taking levels, marking out the ground, & c. preparatory to laying, the foundation of the Free Church in Castle Forcgate, in this town, were com- menced on Monday last; and that ihe erection of the sacred edifice will take place forthwith.-— We hope to be able to. announce yery shortly the commencement of a similar good work in$ rankwell. We understand that the South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry ( being four troops of the late Shrewsbury, one troop of the Ludlow, and one troop of Wellington) will assemble in Shrewsbury, for eight days permanent duty, on the 26th of this month. The parish church of Condover, near this town, was, broken opeq in the early part of last week, and the communion plate stolen therefrom.— The robbers have not been discovered.— The villains had the audacity to drink about two bottles of wine that were with the plate. CAUTION TO WAGGONERS.— On Friday last, William Jones, waggoner to Mr. Samuel Lee, of Forton, was convicted, by the Rev. William Hopkins,, in the penally of ti've shillings,, for returning hou. e drunk with Lis master's team. elector demanding the sentiments of a candidate as to a parti- cular question, if no question could possibly be mooted whose bearings would not be of a transitory nature? To this, Salopi- etisis professes to give an answer, by putting what he describes as "• apparently an absurd case;" and having stated this case, which I shall notice further by and bv, he alleges/ that there would, bean utility in an elector receiving. an answer corre- sponding with his own Views from some candidate for his sliffragtt: Salopiensis" at the wrae time forgetting, that the W1K> 1C drift of the pseudo- logical dust that he has been throw, ing about has been to show, that no promise could with pro- priety or by possibility be given by a Candidate, as to any question to which public attention had been called, aud which was afterwards to undergo Parliamentary discu.* si0' n. Now for the case to which. I have alluded Salopiensis says, " 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 century after the " Reformation." Salopiensis ssiys this is an apparently absurd, though by no means an impossible case: and this remark is worth something from him, because it is evidence that he, seems more inclined to admit possibilities than he was when | u wrote his first letter: and that is all it is worth; for I.• appre- hend such a case never had existence but in his own. imagina. tion. I am sure there is not a burgess in Shrewsbury, that would hav « conscientiously required a pledge from a candidate as to the Catholic Question> that ever imagined the existence of Protestantism to be dependent upon exclusive laws. No, Sir,— Protestantism is that pare form of religion which prevailed HI the primitive ages of the Church ; which con- tinued to exist even under the heavy clouds of Popery that were partly dissipated by the Reformation; and for the aid of which pure form of religion the exclusive laws were subse- quently enacted, because Roman Catholics had on various occasions evinced that they were not trustworthy, when placed in any situatioh where their religious profession could be brought into action by them with any chance of effecting its re- ascendancy. Truth and reason were component parts of the Jewish dispensation: when that passed away iu the fulness of time, truth and reason merged in the Christian dispensation: but have these divine qualities been of themselves sufficient in any era to prevent the great mass . even of tluve that have'been within reach of their influence declining into error and folly ? Experience and the sore record of Scripture furnish ample testimony to the contrary; and clearly show, that without the . aid ( inuler Divine Providcilce) of hnman ^ xertimis- and hunian institutions-— without the- art* of - restrictive la'. ys and ordained establishments— truth and reason have abstrni'Ctttty trat- little power against the continual flow of error and folly inherent to our. earthly nature. If truth and reysou were " sufficient of theniselves to effect all tltose objects, for tlie accomplishment of which we are urged to exertion by the conditions of our allegi- ance to the. Great Head of the Church, we could dispense with all our parchments and all Qur statutes— and might at once enter upou the millenium. Tlio fact is, that, although truth and reason, like Protestantism, which is the concentration of these heavenly properties, may be overshadowed, or even placed almost beyond our observation, yet they would not cease to exist, while their embodied virtues were cherished and exemplified by a single human creature : but our duty, and the great end of our being, is, to maintain their ascendancy to the utmost; for, from those who have many talents committed to them, a proportionate degree of service is required : and Salopicnsis, likethe man who hid his one talent, will' find in the end, if his countrymen should adopt his views, that truth and reason,, without the active exertions of those to whom such qualities have been confided, will be . utterly unproductive. The reward is, however, to those that bring their talents into active operation ; and the burgess or other individual that usea his endeavours to promote the ascendancy of truth and reason, as exemplified in the doctrines and discipline of the Protestant Church, may yery. well smile at the sneers of Salopiensis or any other of the new lights, who would, under tlie pretence of Lord Combermere is expected to arrive from India at- his seat, Combermere Abbey, in this coitnty, iri March next. This annunciation has been received with great pleasure by his numerous tenantry and friends-. - Macclesfield Courier. " , f THE KING'S LEVEE.— On Wednesday, His Ma^ jesty held his first Levee for the season, at St._ James s Palace Among the distinguished individual's pl^ sept were- the Marquises of Cleveland, Cholmondt^ fcy,- Chandoft, Bath, and Graham" ; the Earls of ville, Darlington, Denbigh, Bradford, and Talbot; Viscounts Sidmouth, Clive, Ingestrie, and Hereford; Lords F. L. Gower, Hill, H. Chohnondeley, J Thynne, W. Thynne, and H. Thynne; Right Hon. C. WW. Wynn and F. Lewis; Sirs C. Morgan, E. Blount; Bishops of Chester, St. Asaph, and Lichfield ; Dr. Meyrick; Admiral Sirs C. Roivley, Sir J. Rowley, Tollemaclie and Jones ; Lieutenants C. Forester and Clement Delves Hill; Messrs. Dawkins Pennant, Blotint, Assheton Smith, Charlton Whitmore, and Stafford Jerninghanr.— Atnong the presentations were — The Earl of Bradford, On coming to his title ; Mr. Marshall, M P. for Yorkshire; Mr. Giffard; Mr. Stafford Jerningham, on his marriage; Mr. C. Jemingham ; the Earl of Darlington, on attaining that title ; Mr. Richard Jenkins, on his return from India ; Mr. Charllon Whitmore ; Cajrtain Hill, Royal Horse Guards; Lieutenant Clement Delves Hill; Lord Henry Thvnhe ; Viscount Ingestrie ; Dr. Meyrick; Mr. C* Forester; Sir E. Blount; Mr. Edmund Jcrningham. On Thursday last, His Majesty held at- Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, which was very numerously attended. Among the presentation* were — the Misses Pennant; Hon. Miss Levestm ( Jou4r; Mrs. and the Misses Marshall; Mrs. Stafford J^ ming- ham ; Mrs. Frederick West; Mrs. W. BishtonVtile Countess of Darlington ; Lady Sophia Cust; l- ndy Charlotte Tliynne ; Lady Henry Cholinondelfy; I> idy Stafford ; Mrs. and Miss Whitmore, ^ Hss Glyttne ; Miss Clementina Jerningham j and Miss Laura Stafford Jerningbani, & c- OXFORD, APRIL 29— The degree of Master of Arts was this day conferred upon the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, of Christ Church College. The Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road has been just printed by onler of the House of Commons; hut it contain* tro information of public interest— the usual attention has been paid to the repair of the road, and the expenditure of the funds. Shrewsbury General Quarter Sessions. enthroning thein, conduct both truttl and reason " very com- posedly to the tnuilx <. fall the Capulets. I cannot for the present part with your correspondent Salopi. entis. without taking the opportunity of conferring upon hiin the obligation which hr has solicited at my hands; and 1 will at the same tin.'- him .. le^- ou in logic, of which he seems much in want. He lias wasted many . words in an attempt to show that the bearing* of the Catholic Question are tho eavil. lings which ha\ e e. naiiBted from the partisans by wlmm that question has been discussed. Now I take leave to tell Salopi. enrit tie lias altogether misconceived bis point. The real qoes. tlon at issue, in what has been by a misnomer termed the Roman Catholic Question, is the Ascendancy of Scriptural Trutti-- that evangelizing- principle which, wc are assured by an authority that cannot err, will utimatelv accomplish tile great, the universal, and the eternal end for which in mercy it was revealed to a fallen race. Tiln KtUIttNOS OF THIS aUKSTlON A fir. SOT OF A TRANSITORY NATURE. Salopi. e'isis has mistaken tile discussions of the various parties that have lieen writing and speaking ou this subject for the hearings of the question itself; while, in tact, ttiev have been merely the bearings of the several disputants towar. U that question. Mfny 2, 1H29. 1 am. Sir, See.- AN INDEPENDENT BIRGESS. Shropshire Brnnstt ick Club. A meeting of the Members of this Club was held, pursuant to advertisement, at the Lion Inn, Shrews- bury, on Wednesday last, to consider of the best manner of marking their approbation of Ihe conduct of their County Representatives.— Among the gentle- men present we noticed— The Hon. Thomas Kenyon, ( President) Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart. Thomas Boycott, Esq. John Wingficld, Esq. F. K. Leigbton, Esq. Thomas Marries, Esq. F. B. Harries, Esq. Rev. , C. R. Cameron, Rev. E. P. Owen, Rev. Joseph Dale, John Baker, Esq. T. Baker, Esq J. N. Baker, Esq. J T. Smithoman Edwardes, I sq. Rev. W. Hopkins, Rev. H. Morgan, Thomas Gitton, Esq. Rev. B. Howell, Tliomas Evans, Esq. J. Hiucksman, Esq. & c. 5cc. The resolutions for calling the meeting having been read by the President, that Hon. Gent, proceeded to rent! letters from several gentlemen expressive of their full concurrence iu tlie object of the meeting, and re- gretting the circumstances that prevented their being present: one of the letters was from Vlr. Ormsby Gore, who was unable to attend, in consequence of the lamented death of Ilis mother, Latly Morres Gore. THE PRESIDENT ( Mr. Kenyon) then said he was sure, that, with himself, the gentlemen present felt deeply the duplicity that hail been practised in high quarters towards those who had interested themselves on behalf of the Protestant Institutions of the country ; and they could not but reprobate the con- duct of those who had been confided in as the champions of the Protestant Cause, but who had, in reality, proved its bitterest enemies. It would not become him to suggest in what way Ihe gentlemen present should express their approbation of the con- duct of the Members for the County ; but he might state, that lie should must cordially concur in what, ever determinatiou the meeting should adopt for that purpose. THOMAS BOYCOTT, Esq. then moved the reso- lutions advertised in another column; which were seconded by F. B. HAKKIF. S, Esq. and unanimously adopted. The PRKSIDENT said, he did not feel himself at liberty to mention names; but he could say, there were several gentlemen, who, though for various reasons they had not joined themselves to the Bruns- wick Club, were most, anxious to unite in a public expression of their approbation anil admiration of the conduct of the County Members with reference to the Catholic Question. On the resolution for inviting Lord Kenyon to the proposed dinner being carried, the HON. PRKSIDENT expressed his acknowledgments for the honour done to his brother, who, he was sure, would continue to use every exertion in his power on behalf of the country and its established institutions. The meeting being merely preliminary, and the business for which it was assembled having been unanimously determined, tire gentlemen separated; the President having previously intimated that the dinner would probably not take place before July, in consequence of the absence of the County Members during the sittings of Parliament: due notice would, however, be given of the time appointed. This Sessions was held on Friday last, before William Cooper, E « q. Alayor, and other Magistrates for the Town and Liberties. Richard Mold pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him as a party in a riot that took place in Frankwell in January last; and he was ordered to be brought up for judgment on Tuesday, the 19th of May. t 9t9l< tVif'itrm Joves was . found gllilty of obtaining goods, by fraudulent means, from TVFesirs ' pitlSrt'ds and Cook, grocers, Shrewsbury.— He suSfcqtMmtly pleaded guilty to another indictment charging1! hnn' with obtaining a quantity of cakes, by frtiildt'i^ e? it means, from Mr. R. B. Blaketnore, baker, Mardol; and was sentenced to be transported for 7 vesrs -<- lu these cases the prisoner had fabricated notes pltrport- iug to be from respectable individuals, and requesting the prosecutors to send the articles by the bearer, the prisoner himself being the party applying for the goods. Edward Hancock was indicted for stealing a peck of malt, iu February last, the property of his em- ployer, Mr. B Tunstall. IVIr. Tun.( nil examined.— Am n maltster; hare a imilthouse in Frtinkwell, but reside at Mr. Ford'., in Barker. Street, Tlie prisoner was in my employment us a malt. milker in February last; lie hnd the care nf lite mallhoiise.. kept Ihe keys, and could go to it when he liked. The prisuiter had nothing to do with selling malt : I charged hiin, about the 20th of March, will, having taken a peck of malt: he said he had, und that lie had forgut to tell me of it. Cross- examined by Mr. Bather— I never coin - missioned hiin to sell malt for me ; lie never received niotiey for me in my life, nor paid any over to ine. On one occasion I lent 12 bushels of malt to the Nag's Head, on Wyte Cop ; nud it not beiwg of th^ descnp- lion wanted, I authorised the prisoner to take it to Mr. Plowden, of the llurge Inn, if Mr Plnivdrn would give 8s. per bushel for it, otherwise to bring* it tn the inaltliottse^ I had previously spoken to Mr Pltrwdeu on the subject. Prisoner had been in my employment since July, 1828. Re- examined bv Mr. Loxdafe.— t never authorised the prisoner In sell any malt without first receiving my express direction. Thomas Hnadley examined .— Am brother of John Hoadlevi ' he landlord of the Waggon nnd Houses; I nut a blacksmith; in February last I had sustained an injury ou my wrist ; 1 had seen the prisoner nt my brother's several times ; lie recommended li) e tonppi'v a malt poultice lo my wrist ; he recommended this several times, nud I went to Mr. Tuustall's pnilihnosr for a peck; the malt was whole, but the prisoner ground it forme; I did not pay for it at. the time, because the prisoner said he did not know the price; I asked him'w hether I was to pay him or his master, and he said his master was not nt home, and lie'did not know himself how much it should be, but he would enquire and let me kuow ; in three or four davs after, prisoner came and told me that ftis muster said its it was for an accident the peck of malt would be but 2s. ttllil I paid llie prisoner 2s. in silver for it . Cross examined. — The prisoner made uu if crel in delivering the malt to me; it was delivered to pie MONDAY, MAY 4. The GROSTBKOR STAKES of 15 suvs. each, with 50 added, for all ages; one mile and a quarter. Sir T. Mostyn'sch. c. Ultimatum, 4 yrs .. CHAPPr. R 1 TBr. Hotrtrfsworth's ch. c. Vanish, 4 yrs . D. IULIXO 2 Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Joceline, 5 vrs TemPLKHAN 3 Earl Grosvenor's br. c. Olympus, 4 j- rs It. JOHNSO. 1 0 Mr. Thompson's br. g. Orthodox, aged SKELTON 0 ' Mr. Turner's br. c. bv Filho, 4 vrs SPRINO 0 Mr. Giffard's ch. g. Chester Billy, 4 yrs LEAK totted One drawn. 7 to 4 against Vanish ; 2 to 1 against Joceline; 5 to 1 • gainstthe winner; and 6 to I against any other.— After two false starts, thev all went off well together, Olympus taking tbe lead and makiug severe running; at the half- mile post Billy bolted, being several lengths behind at the time; at the Castle Pole Vanish took the lead and appeared to be the winner ; a few lengths from home Ultimatum made a grand push and headed Vanish, win- ning by near a length after a very fine race.— A great betting race. The PROIMICK STAKES of 50 » ovs. each ; 2 miles. Earl Grosvenor's br. f. Banter It JOHKSON Mr. Clifton's b. c. l. ely G. NELSON Mr Hould. wcrth'sb. c. Abel DARLING Mr. Mytton's br. c. The Crofts WHITEH0USE Sir T. MoJtyu'l br. c. Shenkin CHAPPI. 0 Earl Grosvenor's b. f. Ambuscade JONES Sir T Stanley's br. c. by Fiiho TKMPLEM AN Mr. Beardsworth's b. e Independence ARTHUR Mr. Clifton's b. f. Butterfly LEAR Two paid h. ft.; one dead. 3 to 1 against Shenkin, who appeared to be very lame before starting; and 5 and 6 to I against any other. Tlie Crofts jumped off, tint was soon headed by Banter, who made all the running, and won by more than a length very easy. A SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs. each, for horses that nerer won before, the I at of May, IS29. Two miles. Mr. Turner's b. c. Nsvarirea, 3 vrs v...,.. LEAR I Mr. Houldsw. orth's b c. Uncle John. 3 yrs . LovyB 3 Sir \ V. W. Wynn's eh. f. bv Tiresias, 3 yr « JoNBS 3 Two did not name, fi to 4 Navarino . against the field.— Won very easy — Hun in four minutes. The TRADESMEN'S Cop, vnlite lOflgs. added to n Han- dicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 sovs. ft. and 5 sovs. only if declared, fitc. M:. Mvtton's b. c. Haliton. 4 yrs . TlMPLPMAN I Mr. Sanders's b. m. Sarah, 5yrs . SPRING 2 Mr. Mytton's br. c. tleilgeford, i yrs. CALLOWAY .3 Mr. Clifton's b. h. Fylde, 5 yrs G. NEI. SO* 0 Sir W. W. Wynn's ch. It. Mav- Flv, 6 yr. ARTHUR 0 Earl Grosvenor's b. h. Mavrocorda'to, 5 yrs JOHNSON 0 Earl Grosvenor's b. c. Pelion, 4 yrs JONES 0 • Sir T. Mostyn's b. c. Big Ben, 4 yrs CHAPPLK 0 Mr. Turner's b. c. Clinton, 4 yrs I. EAR 0 Air. Moulds worth's br. c. ' terror, 4 yrs DARLING 0 Nine paiti to sovs. aud seven paid 5 sovs. each. 5 to 2 against Fylde; 7 to 2 against Terror; 4 to 1 against llalston; 8 lo t against Hedgeford; 3 to 1 against Sarah ; and 10 to 1 against any other.— A false start hav- ing taken place in consequence of two horses not getting off, they were again turned, when Mavrocordato went off, with Hedgeford well in as second, who took the lead after tlie first mile and quarter, still strongly contested for by Mavrocordato. At the distance chair Ilal. ton idiot first, and won the race cleverly. \ MAIDEN PLAT. B of £ 50 ; heats, twice round. This Day is published, ASECOND VOLUMEofSERMONS, chieflv Practical. By the Iter. EDWARD BAT HE By M. A. Archdeacon of Salop, iu the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, and Vicar of Meole Brace, Salop. *** AUo/ a SECOND EDITION of the FIRST VOLUME. L « ndon ; J. Hatehard SwSon, 187, Piccadilly. l^ ANTS a Situation, as BAILIFF, a » » married Man without any Family, who per- fectly understands every Branch of Farming, and can be well recommended from the Family lie is going to leave. Direct ( Post- paid) to A. Z. Po » t- Office, Shrewsbury. LONDON HOUSE. High Street, Shrewsbury, and 48, Lamb's Conduit Street,- London. MOTTRA^ TAND CO. EG Leave most respectfully to invite the Attention of the Ladies, their Friends, and I lie Public of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, to inspect their First Delivery of Spring Fashions which will he ready 011 Monday next, tlie Villi Instant. On no for- mer Occasion have they been able to present such ft splendid Assortment of Novelties ns they now offer. Mr. MOTTRAM, of London, having just returned from the Foreign mid other Markets, tins selected sueh a Variety nf new Goods, in the latest Designs of Patterns, that cannot fail to please. MOTTRAM & Co. have most particularly to call the Attention of the Ladies tn an ELEGANT SILK DRESS, quite new, with the Skirl entirely mnde up in the first Parisian Style of Fashion ; this Article, together with its Price and Quality, will on Inspection be found well worthy uf their Attention. Also, a great Variety of worked Palmyreens and Cotepnllie Dresses, with 1111 extensive Assortment of new Muslins, Ribbons, & c. & c. M & Co. 011 Account of the great Depression in Spiialtields, have purchased a Quantity of rich Grns de Naples St Dti Capes, which they will he able to offer from 2s. 2d. to 2s 9d. per Yard, quite Equal in Quality to any usually sold at 3s. fid.; 300 Dozen of best Kid Gloves at 6^ d. per Pair, aud real French Kid, of superior make, al 12( 1. They have to beg an early Inspection of their Goods, and also to return Thanks for pnst Favours. N. B. A great Variety of new Carpets, at the following low Prices, per Yard : — 1 1 3 2 2 3 dr < lr dr dr Good Venetian Stair Carpeting from Full Yard- wide Scotch ( new Patterns) Ditto Ditto Venetian Brussels Ditto in Elegant Patterns.. < rf An ASSISTANT WANTED. BRUNSWICK CLUB. AT R GENERA I. MEETING of the SHROPSHIRE BRUNSWICK CLtB, held af the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, the 29tt-.' of April, 1829; The Horn THOMAS KENYON, President in the Chair: On the Motion of THOMAS BOYCOTT, Esq. seconded by FRANCIS BLITHE HARRIES, Esq. It was unanimously Resolved, 1. That this Meeting desire to express their cordial Approbation of the Conduct of our County Membets,< . and of their Votes in the House nf Commons, during thv lale discussions on the Catholic Question. 2. That ihey nre also desirous of marking their Sense of that Conduct by lome tnore public Expres- sion of their Approbation. 3. That with that View it is proposed1 to give ottr County Members a PUBLIC DINNER, at such Time as may he most convenient to themselves. 4. That this Meeting invite all Persons in Ihe County who concur Willi them in their Admiration of the manly nnd consistent Conduct of oor County Members, and of the Principles upon which they have acted, to unite also in such Public Expression of their Approbation. 5 That the President he requested to communicate the foregoing Resolutions to the County Members, aud to report their Answer. 6. That the Committee of this Club be requested to- il otiiiimle Twelve Gentlemen of the Town and Neigh- bourhood of Shrewsbury 10 act as Stewards at the intended Dinner. THOMAS KENYON, President. The Honourable THOMAS KENYON having left the Chair; and THOMAS BOYCOTT, Esq. having been> called thereto: ....... On the Motion of THOMAS BOYCOTT, ESIJ. se- conded by FRANCIS BLITHE HARRIES, Esq. It itas unanimously Resolved, 7. That this Meeting express their nnrm nnd de- cided Approbation of the Constitutional and upright Conduct of Lord KENYON, both before and during ihe Discnssion of the Catholic Question; and that he be especially requested to honour us with his Company at the proposed Dinner; and that our Honourable President will communicate with his Lordship to that Effect. 8. That Ihe Thanks of this Meeting are hereby given to the Honourable THOMAS KENYON for hi* Conduct in the Chair. 9. That Ihe foregoing Resolution! be inserted in ! h » two Shrewsbury Newspaper^. Mr. Jackson's h. c. Hazard. 3 yrs IWBINSON 0 Mr. Kietuuds's b. c. nv Frolic, 3 yrs. ... WALTON 1 Mr Giffard's b. c, Barabbas, 3 yrs I. EAR 0 Mr. Cork's bl. c. Shamrock, 3 yrs HARDY 2 Earl Grosvenor's b. f. Kamsehaika, 3yrs... JONES 0 Mr. Walinsley's c. by BOH Logic, 3yrs.. BEATON O Sir T. Stanley's c. by Whisker, 3 yrs; . CHAPPLE 0 .. Mr. Myttou's b. f, by Filho, 3 yrs CUNL1FFE 0 Mr. Davies's br. c. Pluralist, 3 vrs I. Ill OSS 0 Three dtawn. TUESDAY, MAY 5. His MAJESTY'S PLATB of lOOgs ; thrice round. Sir T. Mostvn's h. c. Big Ben, 4 yrs ] Mr. Mytton's ch g. Euphrates, aged 2 Sir T.' Stanley's ch. c Herbert Lacy, 4 yrs 3 . Rleveii drew..- Big Ben the favourite, and li to I against Euphrates, who took the lead; but in mulling the second lime round Big Ben challenged, and al the half- mile post headed him — A milt from home, Herbert Lacy took the lead, when the running became severe, and after a very good race Big Bea won cleverly by a length. ... Run in 6 minute, and 51 seconds. A SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs . each, for three- year Olds ; one* round anil a distance. Sir W. W. Wynn's ch. f. by Tiresias 1 Sir W- Wynne's b. f. by Tramp 2 Lord Derby did not name. Won easy. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES of 30 sovs. each; once riMtnd and a distance. Sir T., Mostyn's ch. c Ultimatum, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Clifton's ti. c. Poor Fellow, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Houldsworth's ch. f. Deposit, 4 yrs 3 Lord Derby's br. f. Manto, 4 yrs 4 Five pitd 10 sovereigns each. Even betting, Ultimatum agaiustthe field, 5 to 4 against' ' Deposit Mauto went off after several attempts at start- ing, keeping the lead to the distance chair, where they all came np: bnt Ultimatum, half a distance from home, headed them, and won a pretty racp. Run in two- miuutes Hnd twenty second*, SIXTY GUINEAS ( clear) ; two. mile heats. Mr Mytton's br. c. Hedgeford, 4 yrs Sir W. Wynne's cb. c. Stapeley, 4 yrs. Mr.. Massey's cb. f. Mermaid, 4 yrs Mr Bcardawortb'fi b. c. by Mastei Henry, 4 yrs. Sir W W. Wynn's cb. e. by Grand Duke, 3 yrs 3dr Ten drew.--- Hedgeford favourite, who won the first beat cleverly by a neck. Second a fine heat, and won by half a neck. WALES. 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 3 0 Oilr LUDLOW — A tire, most awful in appearance, and destructive during its progress, happened on Tuesday last, iu the bark- yard of Mr. Urwiek, tanner, Cone- street. In the high winds of that day, it is under- stood, sparks of tire from a chimney communicated to two stacks of bark, and in a few minutes rendered the bark a mass of tremendous tinme. Several trees in orchards, situate near a quarter of a mile from the bark- yard, were also fired by the spreading fragments. The whole of the very large and valuable stacks of bark, with one rick of hay, were destroyed. Same day, numerous chimneys and trees in this town and its vicinity were, by the power of the winds, brought to the groutid. s openly in tlie presence of one Thomas Wattexsf ' . John Hnadley examined. — I keep tbe Wag^ o^ ' and Homes public. house: saw lite pYt » oti# r'-* nUftTfj- e- queutly about February last; my brother'sJwrfst wa* injured, and I heard tbe prisouer several titueftirecofn- ineud the application of a malt poultice. This w. a* done; aud 1 afterwards tu. md the prisoner Say, as H. was an accident bit* master had charged but for ihe peck of malt. On the ' JOlli of March lust, Mr. Tun » tBil came to my house, and called for a pint of ale: while he was there, tlie prisoner c » me"- ifi ; the prisoner called me out, and I Weill wi ll hiiu iato the passage : llie prisoner told me to a* k Mr. Tnnstitll what the malt was to be, aud to pay him for ityajid lie ( ihe prisoner) woo Id pay mr- . again, but notice U, Mr. TuiMall tha » he. ftbe. prisoner) bad been paid rf$ r: it : on this, 1 said io tbe prisoner, 41 I have told M-. f. Tu » ; • fall that you have received the money fqr^ ij^ V to which he replied, " Then you have done me,''.. On his cross- examination, Mr. Hoftdley admitted, that though he had said to the prisouer in the passage, that he had told Mr. Tuustall, he had not in fact told Mr. Tuiistull at that time, nor did lie tell him until the next morning ; but he was then induced' tof* » ay so, because he suspected, from the prisonerV ifcrutner, that there was something wrong in the transnctioti.— Malt was from 8s. to 8s. 6d. per bushel at that time. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, on being called irpou for his defence, said he was quite innocent of the charge alleged against him ; and he said Mrs. Ford, at w^ hose- house Mr. Tunstall lodged, could prove that he bad Risked her to stop the price of this peck of malt out of his wages.- • " \ . ' Mrs Ford wa « then called and examined.— She said that sometimes Mr. Tunstall had left'the wages of the prisiMiev with her, and she paid them to him. Ou the • 2M of March, the prisoner came to her, and enquired if hi* muster had left any money for him ; atid she said 44 No;;" she then ottered to lend him 5s. and he said that would do for bis old woman to go to market with: as she was turning, from him to fetch the money, she heard him say, 44 1 have received * " but « he did not catch the remainder of the sentence. Several respectable persons gave the prispuer an excellent character; and the Court, in summing up, put it to the Jury to consider whether the prisoner intended to purloin the price of the malt, or had omitted through forgetfulness to account for it at the time. The Jury returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY. The Court told the prisoner his case had becu very mercifully considered by the Jury, and admonished him to be very cautious as to his future conduct.— There was another indictment against the prisoner ; but upon that no evidence was brought forward, and an acquittal was of course recorded- Several disorderly characters haying lj< sen called upon their recognizances, and dealt with tl e Sessions, were adjourned Ti^ sday> jl^ ^ h of May. baoQamie1 1 . 11 "" 11 di ? A DASHING INSOLVENT.— A Captain ou half pay, of the 16th Lancers, prayed his discharge, but was remanded on account of irregularity. In 1823; the insolvent administered, by the intestacy of his father, to thirty thousand pounds. He lived splendidly, betted high, mortgaged three thousand pounds of furniture for one thousand, had one thousand pounds worth of furniture in twelve months, and spent altogether forty thousand pounds in four years. The insolvent declared that he neither knew his name, nor when nor where he was born. Shrewsbury Auricula and Polyanthus Shew. The weather having for a length of time been so unfavourable, tbe blooms exhibited on Wednesday last ( of these beautiful spring flowers) were, as might lie anticipated, neither so numerous nor fine as have seen oil some former occasions; yet, notwith- standing, there were u few exceedingly fine specimens produced. The following is the Prize List: — AURICULAS. Grower*? Flowers. Best Bloom ( S. Mr Richard Wigley Kenyon's Ringleader GREEN- EDGED. 1 Mr. Richard Wigley Lee's Colonel Taylor 2. Mr. T. P- itgh. ........... Barlow's King Mr. Richard Wig- ley Pollit's Highland Boy 4. I) itto Ctegg's Lady of Honour X Mr. JohaJarnett. . ; Wood's Lord Lascelles 6\ Mr. Richard W igley....... Howard's Nelson 7. Ditto............. Warris's Blucher 8. Mr. T. pugh. Dean's Smoker GREY- EDGED. ill. Mr. T. Pugh Atcherley's Alpine Shepherdess 2. Ditto. . Popplewell's Conqueror 3. Mr, Richard Wigley Kenyon's Ringleader 4. Ditto.... .'•;. . Grimes's Privateer 5; Ditto.................. . Taylor's - Princess Royal ( 5, Ditto .. i . Thompson's Revenge 7. Ditto . Key's Lovely Ann 8. : Di tfo Rey nolds's (' ieoi ge WH1TE- SDGKD. 1. Mr. Richard Wigley....... . Schole's Mrs. CUfk !\ 1r.- Morgan..-. .7. ' V.. . Beauty of Barton Mr. Richard Wigley Taylor's Glory Ditto........, / i...... .> . Booth's Friendship Ditto .". . Crumpton's Admiral Gardner Ditto Taylor's Incomparable Ditto Hnghes's Pillar of Beauty Mr. T. Pugh Lee's Venus SELFS. Mr. Richard Wigley Berry's Lord L* e Ditto. Wbfttakcr's True Blue 3.. Mr. Morgan Schole's Ned Lud 4. Mr. Richard Wigley Flora's Flag 5, . Ditto Horsfivld's Fine Trusser ti Mr. Morgan Berry's Lord Primate SHADED . SELFS. t. Mr. Richard Wigley... .... . Bradshaw'a Queeu Caroline 2. Mr. Morgan "........ . Paddy Carey 3. Mr. T. Pugh. . Corsican Chief POLYANTHUSES. 1. Mr. T. Pugh... Pearson's Alexander 2. Ditto Cutler's Duke of York " 3. Ditto . Cvowrnshaw> Invincible 4. Mr. Morgan.. England's Defiance 5. Mr. T Pugh,...... i., . Pogh's Meg Merrilies 6. Mr. Kelly . Turner's Princess of Wales MARRIED On the 27th of March, at St, Peter's Church, Car- marthen, Mr. William Williams, to Miss Matilda Matift, daughter of Mr. Joseph Lewis, both of Car- ijmr theit.^ Mr. VV ii Hants was the successful candidate who gained ihe silver harp at Carmarthen Eisteddfod, in Sepleuiber 26, 1823. DIED. On the 24th ult. at Ruthin, aged 65, Mr. John Roberts. Much regretted, aged 23, Catherine, only daughter of Mr H. Gardner, of Llvvyssin, Montgomeryshire. Ou the 4th ult. at Welshpool, William Foulkes, Esq. solicitor, aged 55. Mr. R. Joties, of Greenwich^ Kent, aged 86. He was father of the Gwyneddigion Society in London. On Good Friday, at Tregaron, Mrs. Rees, late of the Abbey Strata Florida, Cardiganshire, in the 71st year of her age. On the 13th of March, iged 79, Mr. J. W. Prichard, lale of Plas- y- bra'rn, in the County of Anglesey ; he was au eminent Welsh scholar and a hard. On the 28th of March, Mr. Rowland Jones, of Greenwich, in Kent, aged 86 — He was father of the ( JwyneddigioirSociety in London, having been elected in 1778, which honour now devolves on Mr. Meredith Jones, of Hatfield. street, Blackfriars- road, elected in 1782, and the last surviving member of the Old Cvmmrodorion Society, established in London in 1751 On the 29th of March, in London, aged 63, Mrs Mary Roberts, wife of the eminent Welsh scholar, Mr, Thomas Roberts, late of Llwynrbudol. We have heard, says the Cambrian of Saturday that the magistrates assembled at the Quarter Sessions held at Carmarthen on Thursday last, intend to memorialize the Rt. Hon. R. Peel against the abolition of the Welsh Jurisdiction. " Many ( says a correspondent) are of opinion, that after the ap pomtment of such able lawyers as N. G. Clarke, Esq K. C. and Sergeant Goulburn, the former to the Brecon and the latter to tbe Carmarthen circuit, the advantages of retaining the Welsh Jurisdiction will be very great to the Principality, since law proceed ings are much cheaper and more expeditious than in the Courts of Westminster. The chief argument for the abolition of the Welsh Jurisdiction was founded on the incompetency of the Judges to discharge their high functions. This is now removed, and these two circuits may boast of Judges at least equal to the Judges in the Courts at Westminster.'" MR. LLOYD, DENTIST, OF UVEHPOOL, OST respectfully announces to the Ladies aud Gentlemen of SHItEWSBUItY and its Vicinity, that he intends to be at Mr. UORH. FORD'S, Upholsterer, See. Wyi. ij Cop, on the 19th Instant, where he will remain ten Days. Mr. L. begs to inform his Friends in Welsh Poo) and the Neiglihnurhnod he intends to pass through there, and mny he consulted at the Royal Qak Inn o » Monday, the 18th. • ' LLOYD'S DENTIFRICE mny be had at the usual Places. 59, BOLD STHB£ T, LIVERPOOL, 2d May, 1829. NATURAL TEETH, Inserted on unerring Mechanical Principle BY MESSRS. LEVASON & JONES, SURGEON- DENTISTS, 22, WHITE FRIARS, CHESTER. MR. LEVASON respectfully announces lie is nt Mr. IVHITS'S, Auctioneer, & c. Top of Wyle Cop, Corner of St. Julian's Church Step., where be will remain till Saturday Evening ; during which Time may tie consulted on all Cases of Dettliil Surgery und Mechanism. Indestructible Mineral, Natural, & Artificial Teeth fixed ou Principles approved by the Faculty. Mr. I. BVASOS attends iu Shrewsbury the first Mon- day of every Month, aud remains till the Saturday Evening follow ing. CHEAP LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT, Silk Mercery, Hosiery, Haberdashery, & c. See. MARDOL, SHREWSBURY. AS w. ANDREW the Pleasure of A respectable correspondent observes—" We have tliis last week submitted to a very serious loss of property, in paying a surcharge of extra duty on the comings and roots of malt, which the officers have been directed to guage as actual malt, and charge accordingly! Thus the maltsters in this and a very few other counties will pay all the extra duty which the Government grasps at— heedless of the injurious aiid ruinous partiality of its collection. In the large malting districts this charge is not felt, from the peculiarity of the mode of working and storing, and which the soil, in a great measure, prevents us from adopting here.— To continue the trade of malting by any respectable person, under its present regulations, I hesitate not to say, is next to impossible. The maltster is now reduced to the alternative of descend- ing to. the evasion of the regulations, or, by con- tinuing his process with integrity— a position which the respectable trader alone wishes to hold— his profits, and more than these, are wrested from him by means the most unjustifiable and cruel. Petitions and explanations are alike disregarded, and this unheard- of system of taxing honesty and fairness is; persevered in, for the purpose of grinding a few iium! r£ ds' extra duty from the few."— Taunton Courier. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the House of Commons on Friday evening, that it was not his intention to press the New Auction Duties' bill this session, It was a matter of great importance* requiring further. information before any law should be enacted upon the subject; he should therefore withdraw it until next session. The London depu- tation, we are also informed, confidently rely on the Chancellor's eventually abandoning the provision as to charging any duty Upon estates put up for sale but bought in by the owners. Three other Roman Catholic Peers, Lords Staf- ford, Mourton, and Petre, took the oaths and their seats in the House of Peers on Friday. There are now only two others who have not taken their places. The three Peers above- mentioned took their seats on the opposition, and the Duke of Norfolk and Lorda Clifford and Dormer on the ministerial side of the House. BRUSSF. LS, APRIL 27.— Dreadful Catastrophe- Ten Pemwr/> rouwe£/.—- It is this day our painful duly to record one of those melancholy accidents which al once astound by the awful suddenness of the visitation, overwhelm by ihe extent of human suffering entailed, and humble us by demonstrating on what a slight tenure we hold our 44 life, and health, and being.** At nine o'clock on Saturday night, the diligence going from Antwerp to Breda started with twelve passengers, and tlie conductor ; in ten minutes after- wards, on arriving at the last bridge, near the fort, either by some accident to the reins, or through mis management, the horses rati, or were impelled by the impetus of the diligence into the Fosse, where, in consequence of the recent rains, there were fifteen feet of water. Of tbe passengers three only escaped, viz*. — A lady and an officer, who were in the conpee, nnd a chasseur ( a servant of an English gentleman). The remaining ten persons, including the conductor, and the English gentleman above alluded to, Mr. Lee, a Shropshire gentleman, perished ! The conductor was, by ihe force of the fall, thrown among the horses, four in number, nnd his body when found was dread- fully mutilated by the feet of the poor animals, in their struggles to disentangle themselves. The dili- gence preserved its upright position, and still remains in tbe Fosse, with the roof just appearing above the waer. Universal consternation was created in Antwerp, all along the road, and in this city, by the first confused report of the dreadful event ; it was not for some lime clearly ascertained to what diligence the accident had occurred, nnd all who bad relatives or friends on . the road anxiously and fearfully awailed intelligence of their fate. The facts and extent of the calamity were, however, soon known. Sore and irremediable is the bereavement of the relatives of the sufferers ; and whilst we sympathise with those, let us exp'ess a hope that effectual means may be adopted to afford to travellers on this road that security which evidently appears so very requisite. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The name of the English gentleman drowned is Legli. We understand that there were sixteen per sons in or on the diligence, eleven of whom were drowned. The Chasseau was in tbe body of the coach, and escaped by breaking through the window. The unfortunate Mr. Legh was in the eoupee, and was probably thrown with great force against the front glasses, as his forehead and fare were dreadfully bruised and cut. He had delivered letters, £* e to Sir Charles Bagot, from Erskine, Esq on ihe day previous to the fatal event.— News Jrom Home; a Brussels Fa per. BANKRUPTS, MAY 1.— George Benfield Moore, of Uxbridge, upholsterer.— Stephen Warner, of Cray- ford, Kent, farmer.— James Murcli, of Honitoit, Devonshire, grocer.—.- Gustavus Edward Beckers^ of Angel. court, Tbrogmorton- street, merchant.— Jemima Hughes, of Hereford, baker.— Charles Tarver, of Romsey, Southampton, corn- factor.— Elizabeth Ker- shaw, of Bulterworth, Lancashire, and William Tay- lor, of Boston, America, flannel- manufacturers — John Newton Radclyffe, ofQueen street, Grosvenor- squaie, coach- plater.— Thomas Allder, of Witney, Oxford- shire, tallow- chandler.— William Cockshutt, of War- rington, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer. Edgar Rout Buchanan, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, maltster.— George Brooks, of Town Mailing, Kent, linen- draper. John Cooke, of Berinondsey- street, woolstapler. INSOLVENTS — William Holroyd, of Old Bailey, eatinghouse- keeper.— William Edwards Edwards, of Wilton, Wiltshire, mealman. informing his numerous Friends and the Public in general, that having recently returned from the Markets, he is enabled to offer his Goods ON THE VERY LOWEST TBRMS, and earnestly solicits an early Inspection ef them, which he doubts not will give universal Satis- faction.— W. A. begs also to return his most sincere Thanks for the many past Favours conferred on him. Every Descriptioa of Irish Linens, Suffolk Hemps* York, Barnsley, and Scotch Sheetings, Ducks# Dowlases, & cc. at reduced Prices. Broad and Narrow Cloths in every Variety of Colour and Quality ; West of England Casnimtreft, & e. lower than ever before offered, of a superior Moke and Finish, and for Durability not to be surpassed; Fancy Waistcoalings, Drills, & e. in abundant Variety ; a large Stock of Woollen nud Cotton Cords, Mt* le^ -., skins, Beaverteens, & c. of superior Qualities at low Prices. A most splendid Variety of Ell- wide and Seven- eighths Cambric and Muslin Prints, WARRANTED FAST COLOURS and of superior Qualities, much under their Current Value.— A good Assortment of Gros d'e Naples, Sarsnets, See. ; Silk Handkerchiefs and Fancy Ribbons of every Description ; Muslins, Lace, Nets, Veils, Caps, Collars, & c. in every Variety, particularly cheap and good. Au extensive Stock of Hosiery, real 3- Threads, at very low Prices. N. B. Country Shops ate Term*. supplied on the most moder- 4. F"' 1 erals completely furnished ; nnd all Kjud* of Family Mournings. ^ m& w^ ri imsiB& iLiL'q" SHREWSBUHV. • In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hide's was 4d. per Ih.— Calf Skius 0d.— Tulliiw 3Jd. s. d. Wheal, 3Squarts 12 6 to 12 Barley, 3Ni) uarls f> 6 to ts ( I Oats, !) 7 quarts ...... 5 6 . to 6 S COKN EXCHANGE, MAY 4. Our supplies for this morning's Market vvere ex- tremely limited— and from the number of Country buyers one would have thought scarcely adequate; but the favourable change in the weather has hud it* effect upou every description of grain, hut morexo ou Spring Corn. Fine samples of Wheal barely sup- Ported last Monday's prices, w hile the inferior quali- ties were unsaleable. Malting Barley waR very dull sale at 33s per quarter; and Ihe grinding sorts nearly unsaleable. Beans and Peas were not much sought after, still prices remain the same. Oats were also heavy sale, although ihe arrival was far from being large, in oilier Articles there is no alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, us utmerr Wheat Barley Malt. . 60* to 7x » 20s to 33s 50s to 58s White Peas.. Beans Oats...,, 34 • l « 3fie 34s to 36* 28^ to 30s Fine Flour 60s lo 65 » per sack ; Secondn55 » to 60s SMITH Ft ELI) Cpei > t . oj 8lb thtkiv* offal ) Beef 4 » Od to 4 » 4d I Veal 5s Od lo 6* Od Mutton... 4K 2d to 4S 8< 1 | Fork 4< Od to 5s 4d Lamb .. 5s Od tit 6s 0d Average Prices of Corn per Quarter, in F. nglajid and Wales. for the. week ending April 24, 1829.* Wheat, 69s. 8d.; Barley, 32* 3d ; Ouu, 2ls. 7d. o At Bridgnorth Fair on Friday last, there was a large shew of all kinds of cattle ; amongst w hich were many prime fat. ones, which averaged 6d. per lb. Mr. Bach, of the ISTew House, near Seifton, in Curve, Dale, exhibited and sold two of the primest cows in the fair, bred and fed by him, of the Herefordshire breed.— Cows with calves and fresh barrens sold at rather higher prices than at late fairs— Fat Sheep in the wool, and fat Iambs, averaged 7d. per lb.— Store sheep a mere drug.— There was a large shew pf Horses, though but few were disposed of. - A greAt number of what are called ring- droppers and thimble- men made their appearance at the above fair ; four out of seven of a well known gang were safely lodged in ihe New Prison, until the Fair was over ; the heels of the other three befriended them. SAJLOPIAN JOUffiftNAJLv- ANP. OF . WiLMS. MONEY. AMY Sum of Money from £ 100 to £ 4000 ready lo be advanced on approved Laud ^ Security, which may remain for some Years if ihe Aiieresi is regularly paid Half- yearly.— Apply in Mr. WOOKE, Solicitor:! ncl Land. Agent, VVyle Cop, Shrews; 4> ury. •< - WANTRD, a Situation as GAME- KEEPER, by a nVidd1e. it( ted Man who per: teclly understands hi* Business— Apply to H;- T, Corwen, Merionethshire; if by Letter, Post- paid- WANTED, ill tlie Towii or immediate Vicinitv of Shrewsbury, to RENT or PUlt: CHASE a HOUSE, consisting- of three or at least two Silting Rooms, six Bed Rooms, Kitchens, Pan- tries, Sic. complete : if larger it'would be preferred. — Any Person Imvi- ntr such a House lo LET- or SELI,, with Possession nt Midsummer, or at farthest at Michaelmas, is requested to intimate the same, with a fiarticulnr Description and ihe lowest Price, by letter, Post- paid, addressed loT. S. at THE PRINTERS. TO CLERGYMEN. WANTED, at the FITKII GRAMMAR SCHOOI., Market Dray toll, Salop, a M ASTER competent to teach the Latin, ' Creek, and Hebrew Languages, wbicb are tuirg- lit gratuitously ; all oilier Parts of Education to be charged for, Salary Tweuly- five Pounds a Year, nnd ti House ( Rent free) . capable of containing Boarders. A small Perpetual Curacy in the Neighbourhood will be given to the Master who shall be elected. Apply, lo the Churchwardens; all Letters Post paid. MAWfEi. DnAVTpit, Aeuii. 28, 1829. A BAROUCHETTE, TO BE SOLD, ALIGHT BAKOUCHETTE, A? GOOD as new, drawn by one or two Horses, will Carry five.. The Dicky will fix on behind, when driven from the Inside.— Enquire of THE PRINTERS, if bj Letter, Post paid. This Advertisement will not be continued. T. MADE LEV, SCaUor # gtafett 0iafcer, Castle Street> Shrewsbury, IN announcing his Return from London, begs to inform the Nobilitj, Gentry, aud Public, lie lias with great Attention selected from the first Houses an Assortment of Goods of the most prevailing Ftrshion and superior Quality ; consisting of superfine Broad Cloths lor. Ladies Habits, GeUllemenV Dress tiiwl Morning Coats, also a large Assortment of Fancy Waistcoati. ngs of the newest Patterns, w ith Cassimeres, and every oilier Article in the above Bns'tuens adopted to th$ present and ensuing Season, which lie offers up > n Terms that he trusts cannot fai) giving general Satisfaction, T. M. grateful for the high Patronage and liberal Support he has for so many Years received.^ avail, himself of this Opportunity of returning his sincere Thanks to his Friends and the Public, and pledges himself that no Exertion or Attention shall be wantin to merit a Continuance of their Favours. Liveries fu- rirished upon the most liberal Terms and shortest Notice. PRIDS- HIIJIJ. WANT PLACES: * NURSE. ANU HSF. RY- M AID, and l\ TWO HOUSEMAIDS; who can be highly recoinnieniled. They are leaving their present Situ- ations on account . of the Family going Abroad.— Enquire of THE PRINTERS-, if by Letter, Post- paid. BAILEY STREET, OSWESTRY. CHARLES LEWIS, Wholesale fy Retail ., LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPER, Grocer, Tea- Dealer, fy llop- Merchant, '" SHAKES this Opportunity of returning H bis sincere Thilnks to bis Friends and the Public generally, for the very ' flattering Encourage- ment lie has hitherto niel with, and, at the same Time, assures them that no Exertion on his Part shall be wanting io merit a Continuance of llieit Support. He begs to inform them, that he has just returned from the different Markets, and, in Consequence of the Deptession that exists in every Part of the Manu- facturing Districts, lias purchased, for Cash, au ex- tensive Assoitmcnt of Goods' in the above Blanches, which he will have in bis Power to offer at extremely low Prices. * V* Fnniilv Mourning and FuucVaU furnished. MAV I, 1829" / rtp A respectable Youth WANTED, as an AP PRENTICE, with w hum a Premium w ill be expected ^ aless tip Auction. HAYc - . BY MR. PERRY, At Ihe Angel Inn, Abbev Foregate, on SATURDAY NEXT, ihe 9th of .' Jay, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon ; .-',-. A STACK of last Year's Upland HAY, jL~ Jk harvested in the very best Manner in perfectly dry Weather, standing in a Field adjoining Sparrow Lane, and containing EIGHTEEN TONS or upwards* Mr. Povvis, at the Angel, will slievV the Hay . HAY AT COUND. JAMES EWtNG, JUN, || ESPECTFULLV announces his Ar- ti a rival in this Town, w'ilb his entirely NEW COLLECTION OF COMPOSITION Linen Drapery, Silk Merccry, Haberdashery, Hosiery, fye. Sfc. HAN. MER AND GITTINS RF. SPE(. TFULI, Y heg Leave to inform their Friends and the Public, that they have just returned from tbe London, . Manchester, nnd other Markets, where they have selected, with Care, a fresh Supply of new and fashionable Goods. II. and G. wish lo particularise the- following ns.' leading Articles in their Trade : — Irish Linens, Mus- lins, Gros de Naples, and other broad Silks, Ribbons, Luce, Hosiery, Gloves, with every other Article con- nected with the above Branches, and adapted to the present Season, of the best Qunlities uud lowest Prices. FCNERAL8 FcRNISIlEn. LONDON. MESSRS. POOLE AND COOLING, Tailors, Regent Street, beg most respectfully to inform ihe Nobility and Gentry of Shropshire and North Wales of their REMOVAL lo spacious Pre- mises, No. 4, OLD BURLINGTON STREET, ( with nn additional Entrance from Saville Row,) where their Business iu future will be carried oil with Punctuality aud Dispatch, which for the previous two Years bad been so protracted for Want of Room. Gentlemen honouring them with their Commands, may rely on having great Attention and the first Slyle of Fashion, which they are determined shall not be surpassed by any other llotise in London. J. P. begs lo state that on Saturday, the 16th of May inst. he will be at Ihe CROWN INN, Shrewsbury, for one Week, with a great Assortment of choice Fashions. N. B. All Communications forwarded lo the CROWN INN, Shrewsbury, will meet with immediate Attention. Admaslon Spa, near Wellington, G. REEVES rpAKES litis Opportunity of returning 1 bis sincere Tluinks to his numerous Friends nnd Ihe surrounding Gentlemen of the Faculty, for their very liberal Support for these lust ten Years, and begs Leave to inform them that he tins re- taken the above Place, where lie hopes to merit a Continuance of their Favours. TO BE LET, And may be entered upon immediately, ANEAT ready- furnished COTTAGE, with an excellent Garden and Outbuilding attached. It is situated about five Miles finmShreus bury, anil is well adapted to the Accommodation of a lone Person with a small Income. Apply lo Mr. WIU. IAM MORRIS, Coachmaker, Shrewsbury. So nniversully admired, being an Improvement on the o 111 Method, making it on the whole u most interesting Treat to the Admirers of llie Fine Arls; trusting that be will meet with a Share of Support from the liberal and enlightened Ladies and Gentlemen of ibis Town, for whose kind Encouragement he will ever feel the utmost Gratitude. J. E. also begs Leave In add, that as the Townbnll is being repaired, he has Inkeu Mr. While's AUCTION ROOM, VVYLE COP, which, though not so large, he trusts will be quite us agreeable, as well as con- venient, to his Visitors; lie therefore announces that the Collection is now open for Inspection. Among the numerous Groups will be found tbe MARRIAGE CEREMONY UETWEEN Napoleon Bonaparte and Ihe Archduchess Marin Louisa ; INTEREBTINO GROUP OF THE EARL OF LEICESTER ON HIS LAST YISIT TO AMY ROBSART, at Conmor Place; LADY MACDUFF & FAMILY, Surprised and murdered by Order of Macbeth. J. E. aware that nothing but novel and undeniable Talent can attract the Public Attention, begs to intimate that Expeuse is the least Consideration with, him in rendering the Exhibition worthy of the highest Patronage. Open from Eleven in the Morning fill Ten at Nig hi. Admittance, Ladies and Gentlemen, One Shilling ; Working People, Servants, and Children, Sixpence. SHROPSHIRE CANAL. r|^ HE Proprietors are hereby informed, 8 that they may receive a DIVIDEND of Four Pounds per Share, on the first Day of June next, hy applying to the Treasurers, Messrs. REVNOLUS, CHARLTON, & Co. Bankers, Wellingtou. WILLIAM NOCK, Clerk lo the Compnuy, WELLINGTON, 25ih APRIL, 1829. TO BB SOJLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, rgpHE Sum of £ 850, secured upon the It Hntes and Pew tteuts of St. Chad'. Church, Shrewsbury. The above Security will be disposed of either together, or separately of £ 200, ±' 2110, £ 201), £ 200, and £ 50; aud the interest, at per Cent, is regularly paid Half- yearly.. The Sum of £ 9011, secured upon Ihe Tolls of ibe LI a n fy lliu District of the Turnpike Roads, iu ihe County of Montgomery, and which regularly pay Interest at 5 per Cent.; and will be sold either together, or separately of £ 100 each. The Sum of £ 500, secured upon ihe Tails of the Westbury and Minsterley Turnpike Roads, iu the County of Salop, and which regularly pay Interest nt 5 per Cent.; and will be sold, either together, or separately of £ 100 or £ 50 each. The Sum of £ 750, secured upon the Tolls of Ihe Bridgnorth Turnpike Road leading from Shrews bury to Bridgnorth, iu the County of Salop ; and also the Sum of £ 450, secured upon the Tolls of Ihe Turnpike Road leading from Much Wenlock to Church Strettou, in tbe said County, The above Securities pay Interest nl 4| per Ceni.; nnd will be sold either together, or sepa- rately of £ 100 or £ 50 each. The Sum of £ 1750, secured upon the Tolls of Roads leading from Shrewsbury lo Preston Brock- hurst, Shawbury, and Shrey Hill, in tbe County of Salop, and which regularly pay Interest nt 4£ per Cent.; and will be sold either together, or separately of £ 400 or £ 50 each. ONE SHARE in the SHROPSHIRE CANAI. NAVIGATION. , Any Application is requested lo be made to Mr. WATSON, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. 51 h MAV, 1820. BY MR. PERRY* On the Spot, on Tuesday, the 19th May instant, ill Lots convenient to the Public, A Larpe Quantity of most excellent Up-, rjL land HAY, of 1827, harvested without. the least*' Rain, iu the best Manner possible : also, several large. Lots of Meadow HAY, of last Year's Harvest, got iiV good Condition. • The particular Lots will be expressed in future Advertisements. Kings/ and Windmill. BY MESSRS. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, On Monday, the 18th Day of May next, at the House of Industry, Shrewsbury, at Twelve Vdock at Nobn ; rptlE LEASEHOLD INTEREST of A and in all llint substantially built WINDMILL, situate on KINGSLAND. nearloiheTown of Shrews- bury, with the Land w hereon Ihe said Mill is erected ( as now inclosed and fenced out for the Use of ibe said Mill), for the unexpired Term of 28 Years from Michaelmas Day next, together wilh the entire Appa- ratus, Fixtures, Grinding Stones, and oilier Articles being in, about, and belonging 10 the said Mill: the Entirety of which the Purchaser may have the inline- diate Possession of, and who will ulso have ihe Preference of becoming Tenant of tbe Lands . called Kingslund ( containing aboul 28 Acres) at the F, xpira- tion of the current Year. Further Particulars may be bail on Application to THE AUCTIONEERS; or to Mr, JACOBS, the Governor of the House of Industry, who will appoint a Person to shew the Mill. i Abbey Foregate.— Friday Next. Messrs. HULBERT & SON ILL Sell by Auction, oh the Premises near the Bricklayers' Arms, Abbey Foregale, Shrewsbury, on Friday next, Mav 8th, 1829; llie gfuleel HOUSEHOLD " FURNITURE, and Effects, belonging to Ihe lale Mrs. SHBAPNELL : comprising three Sels of handsome Fourpost Bedsteads with Morine aud other Hangings, four capital Feather Beds, Bureau Bedstead, Mahogany Chest of Drawers and Bookcase, Iwo Mahogany Dining Tables, good Blankets, Sheets, and Cnunte'rpunes, Swing ond Pier Glasses, Oak Chest of Drawers and Linen Chests, Mahogany and Oak Pillar Tables, Mahogany Bason Stands, antique Foreign China. Glass, Wire Fenders, polished Fire Irons, excellent 8- Day Clock, 30 Hour Clock, iieiil Bed- room, Parlour and Kitchen Chairs, 2 Oak Corner Cupboards, large Kitchen Cupboard, and a great Variety of useful. Kitchen Requisites and other Articles, all of which are truly tieal and worthy Attention. 4- Sale to commence nl Ten o'clock. Catalogues may lie had ut the- AuctiOneer's Office, Iligh- slreet. A1 BY MR. D. BRIGHT, On ibe Premises, at Longiier'Greeu, on Monday, tbe 11th of May, 1829; LL the LIVE STOCK, IMPLE- MENTS of Husbandry, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, and Part of llie HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TUR F., belonging to the lute Mr. TURNRR : comprising 7 Cows and Calves, 2 calving Heifers, IS two- year old Bullocks, 7 Yearlings, l ditto Butt,- all of the Smoky. faced Breed; 4 Waggon Horses and- Mares, and Gearing for Ditto; 2 two year old Cart Colts ; Ponv Mare in foal ; Bay Hack More, 5 Years old, will! Black Legs, by Melihteus, out of a racing Mate the Property of II. Burton, Esq. of l. oiigner, stands 15 Hands 2 Inches high; Sow and 10 Pigs, luijl 2 strong Stores, THE IMPLEMENTS consist of a narrow. wheel Road Waggon, Harvest Dilto, broad- wheel Tumbrel, nar- row. wheel Ditto, new double Plough, two single Wheel Ploughs, three Pair of Harrows, Land Roller, Winnowing Machine, Sieves, Riddles, uud a general Assortment of smaller Implements ; together with all the Darrv nnd Rrewing Vessels, and Pari of the Household Furniture. *#* Sale at Ten o'Clock in llie Morning. MONTGOM ERYS111R E C A N A L. EASTERN BRANCH. TO BE SOLD, fTMVE, TEN, FIFTEEN, or TWENTY SHARKS iu the above valuable and improving Canal.— For Pnrtieulnrs enquire of Mr. G. W. BUCK, Welsh Pool. Letters to be Post- paid. SACMUECJ! FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS some evil- dispofed Person or Prisons did, between the Nights of Snudny last, April 2ti, nnd Wednesday, April 20, enler tbe PARISH CHURCH of CONDOVER, in the County of Sniop, and did there and then, by Means of nn Iron Palisade, forcibly break open the Parish Chest, and carry oil' cerlnin Pieces of Silver Communion Plate: viz. Two large Flagons with. Lids, one qunrt Chalice or Cup, one smntler Cbnlice nnd Top, engraved " Con- dnver Church, Jfi28," one Pnlrn or Plate, engraved with the Arms nf Owen of Condever; most of'w- btch Articles are inscribed as being presented from the Oweti Family, nnd as belonging to Cotidover Church : Whoever will give such information as may leud lo the Conviction of the. Offenders, shall, upon Appli- cation to the Churchwardens of Condover, receive FIFTY. POUNDS REWARD. CONDOVPR, APRIL 30, 1829. ^ TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that IN n MEETING of Ihe Trustees of Ihe Western End of the Second District of Turnpike Roads in Ihe County of Montgomery, will lie held at the While l. ion lull, in Machynlleth, on TUESDAY, the. 26th Day of May next, at the Hour of One o'clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, for the Purpose of taking into Consideration ( he Propriety of borrowing and taking up at Interest the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds on the Security, of Ihe Tolls, nnd executing a Mort- gage for securing the same. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk to the said Trustees, Dated Machynlleth, 28lh April, 1829. BUTLER'S VEGETABLE TOOTH- POWDER. rpHIS DENTIFRICE has so Ion- « been in general Use, nnd an Appendage to the fashionable Toilet, that it is almost unnecessary to offer nuy further Recommendation in favour of it. Com- posed. of Vegetables, without, the Admixture of , any Mineral or pernicious Ingredient whatever, it is free from the usual Objections so justly formed against the Use of other Dentifrices. Its detersive Power is just sufficient to r » move those destructive Particles which adhere to the Gums and the Interstices of the Te. elh; aud if used regularly, will preserve them in a sound State even to old Ag**- Sold in Boxes, ai 2s. 9d. hy Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheapxide, Loudon; aud the piineipal Medicine Venders Of whom may be had., OTTO ROSE, ORANGE FLOWER, ALMOND, LAVENDER, MUSK, and CAMPHOR SOAPS, possessing the most delicate Fragrance. The above Articles, when Genuine, will have the Nome and Address of Messrs. BUTLER, attached to them — Particular Attention to this Caution is re- quested. RIC! IA a I) D A VI RS, of LLANSAINT- FFKAIN, ill the County of Montgomery, Yeoman, do hereby give Notice to all Persons with whom my Wife may contract any Debt or Debts, that 1 will not pay or be answerahle for the siiuie ; and all Tradesmen and others are hereby cautioned against selling her any Goods or lending her any Money upon Credit, as they will do the same, after this Notice, at their own Risk and Peril. As Witness my Hand the 28th Day of April, 1829. The Mark of X RICHARD DAVIES. Witness— DAVID CHIDLOW. STo t) t SolU t> 9 auction, AT THE PANT AND ABEUDEHFYN IRON- WORKS, On MONDAY, the Ibth of May, 1829, IN LOTS:' ABI. AST- ENGIN E, 46- INT1R STEAM; Cylinder, 7- Feet Stroke, 75- lloise Power,. 87- Ilicit Blnwing Cylinder ( equal to blow full! Furnaces) with three excellent Boilers, Stenni and Water Pipes', Water Regulator ( 2- Feet Pipes), with four Blast Boxes to the tjvo Furnaces complete, together w iili 40 Ynrds of 15- lnch Pump Trees, two 14- lncli Working Barrels, Pump Rods, Buckets, nnd Clacks complete lo supply the Engine wilh Condensing Water. A 12- Horse PUMPING ENGINE with 1 Boiler and Steam Pipes connected, with Spur Wheels, Crank, and Beam to 46 Yards of 10 Inch pump Trees, aud a 9- Inch Working Barrel, with Wrought- Iion Rods, Bucket, and Clack complete. - ' Also, an 18- llorse Power WINDING ENGINE, with 2 Boilers and Sleam Pipes connected, Spur Wheels and Shafts, 2 Cnsl- Iron Drums, 2 Cable Chains ( 3- 8lhs and 7- l8llis Diameter), wilh Pit Heads to tbe 2- Ynrd Coal- pits complete. A 4- llorse Power WINDING ENGINE, with one Boiler, Steam Pipes, Shafts, nnd Spur Wheels com- plete for winding out of five Pits. Ail entire new BLAST- ENGINE ( never worked), 32 Inch Steain Cylinder, 66- Incb Blowing Cylinder, 8- Feet Stroke, 37- Horse Power, with three Boilers, Steam Pities, nnd Water Regulator, and 18. Inch Pipes nmi four Blast Boxes to the two Furnaces complete. An entire, new PUMPING & WINDING ENGINE, 30. Horse Power, never worked, with Boiler and Sienin Pipes, Fly Spur Wheels and Shafts, with excellent Cast- iron Framing nt Ihe Pit, 2 Cast- lion Beams nud Carriages, I2u Yards of 9- Inch Pump Trees, one 8 Inch Winking Barrel, and a Forcer for the Top- Lift. And likewise, all the IRON RAILWAYS, MA- CHINERY, and other Effects, on the Premises. REAL Effervescing Cheltenham Salts, MADE FROM THE WATERS OF MR. THOMPSON'S MONTPELL1ER SPAS At Cheltenham. rpHE Public are respectfully informed 21 that these Salts are ibe only genuine Production of the Cheltenham Spa Waters, a fact which is well known to every Person " who has visited . Cheltenham. They contain according to the Analysis of Sir Hum- phrey Davy, and Messrs. Brondc and Parkes, all the Ohalybeute and other essential Properties of tlic. Spa Waters at Cheltenham. These Salts possess nil effervescing Principle, and in Ibis respect differ only from the Cheltenham Salts hitherto sold lo Ibe Public. THE REAL CHELTENHAM SALTS in Chrystnls and Efflorescence, as well ns the above, are to be had of the Sole Agents, Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheap- side, Corner of St. Paul's, London; Snckville Street, Dublin; nud Princess. Street, Edinburgh : — retail yf ihe principal Medicine Venders, nud al Ibe Montpellier Pump Room, Cheltenham. CAUTION.— In future Ihe above Cheltenham Salts eaanoi bp genuine unless ibe Government Slump with the Words"" BUTLER, CHBAPSIDB," is attacked to them. TO EE IjET, The PANT and ABERD. F. RFYN IRON- WORKS aforesaid, which are situale between the Village of Ruabou and the Town of Wrcxhuin, in the County of Denbigh, two Miles from the former and three from Ihe latter Place. For further Particulars, and to treat lor tbe same, apply lo Messrs. LONGUEVILLR SC SON, Solicitors, Oswestry. BILIOUS & LIVER COMPLAINTS. AS a mild and effectual Reihedy fpr. alt those Disorders which original* in a morbid Action of the Liver and Biliary Organs, namely. Indi- gestion, Loss of Appetite, Head Ache, Heartburn, Flatulencies, Spasms, Cosfiveness, Afficiions of the Liver, Stc. & c. DIXON'S ANT1B1LIOUS PILLS ( which do not contain Mercury in any Shape) have met with more general Approval than any other Medicine whulsoever. They unite every Recommend- ation of mild Operation with. successful Effect ; and require no Restraint or Confinement whatever during their Use. In tropical Climates, where the Conse- quences of redundant and vitiated Bile are so prevalent nnd alarming, they nre un invaluable mitt efficient Protection. They nre likewise peculiarly cnb- ulated to correct Disorders arising from Excesses of Ihe Table, lo restore Ihe Tone of the Stomach, and to retnuve most Complaints occasioned hy Irregularity of the Bowels Sold in Boxes, ui - 2s. 9d, 4s. ( id. and 22s. hy Ihe principal Medicine Venders, N. B. Tbe 6s. Boxes heretofore sold are discontinued, and the 4s 6d. substituted in their Place, by which a considerable Saving will arise to Ihe Consumer. DISTURBANCES & DISTRESS IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. i , [ From the Manchester Chronicle.] ' Tjie disputes which have existed for several month* past bet> vei{£ many, of the operatives in this neigh- bourhood, ^ iid their employers, and the reduced circiu^ s^ ijes jjf^ otbers froln the depressed state of trade', Jiypfjed to events iii'lhe Course of the present week serious in tl » eir aspect. We subjoin a detail: of - tbe particulars which we . have collected, from which it will be seen that in many places in the district the distress of the working classes is deplorable. in the extreme. RocHOALE.-^ Forsoiue months pasta considerable number of the journeymen woollen- weavers and spinners in Rochdale and the neighbourhood have been out of employment, in consequence of a dispute which they. have had with their masters on the sub- ject of wages. It appears that several of the em- ployers reduced the prices of weaving and spinning, that a turn- out followed, and that since I hen a strong feeling of hostility against the masters has been entertained by th-- men, otv account of individuals having been engaged hy the former to work at the reduced wages; which inimical spirit has at length broken out into opqn violence.*— On Wednes- day, a tumultuous assemblage of about nine hundred men, after meeting on CronkeySliaw Moor, proceeded to the workshop of Mr. Lomax, in Rochdale, which they broke open, and abused and ill- treated Mr. George Pearson, the foreman — turned out all the persons tvhom they found therein — and carried away the shuttles and other materials necessary for carry- ing on the business. They then went to the premises of Messrs-. Rershaw, Whitworth, Ashwortl), Robinson, stfid Enjii. ig, and carried away in like manner several materials' of i their business; but we have not learnt that in these latter places they committed any other outrage.— On Thursday, at noon, they again as- sembled, and proceeded to the premises of Messrs. Chadwick and Sons, where they committed great outrages VVlicn they got to the place, they found the doors, closed, and, as an additional precaution, they were barricadoed inside with bags of wool. They, hnwcvt r, persisted for a considerable time in attempting to force the doors; but this was found to be impracticable. They at length succeeded in effecting an entrance at the windows, when they destroyed, a considerable part of the machinery. They found on the premises one or tw; o of the pro- prietors, several of the workmen, and a number of children who were employed in the mill, all of whom they severely treat and otherwise abufed, and turned them out. They continued for two hours on the premises, during which they partially destroyed sdme power- looriis, and threw the machinery through the windows. The military arrived from Manchester at about half- past two o'clock; hut before this time the rioters had left the premises of Messrs; Chadwick, and had proceeded in a body into the country, on the Oldham road, for the purpose of visiting the private houses where there were looms, and taking away the shuttles,, ir, TA) detachment of infantry, however, on their w^ y- ffjjm Oldham, dispersed them. The rioters then proceeded to the place where they had first asseoibled, Cjvnkeyshaw Moor; but Major Beswicke, one of the magistrates, accompanied hy a detachment of dragoons, proceeded to the spot, where the riot act was read, and they immediately left the ground ^ hut not before five of them, who were recognized as having joined- hi the disturbance, had been appre- hended-. The above magistrate, with the military, then. repaire4 to tljc, Coach and Horses Inn, Rochdale, the place where the Committee of the Journeymen Weavers' Uninn met, and there took into custody several mpn w^ io. had been prominent in the disturb- ance, and seized a box belonging to the. Union. Thence, they went to Hamcr. Place, where they secured another box, containing the papers of the Union and a considerable. sum of; mone y. They also found about a: cart- load of shuttles, which had been deposited there as a [ dice of secrecy. They then proceeded to- aprivate tlwellhig in Kl, u: kwater street, where they discovered another cart- load of shuttles, & c. which they secured, together with several weavers who had been engaged in the outrages. The number of persons apprehended amounts to twenty- three, who, we understand, can be clearly identified as having been most active in the disturbances, and who aro at piH- scnt in -- custody, having been remanded yesterday, until Monday. Tranquillity: was restored immediately after the arrival of the military ; and up to yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, no further outrage had been com- mitted. Although so great a number of men. has been taken into custody, none of the ringleaders are secured. MACCI. FSFIFI. O. - Accounts were received in this town on. Tuesday that an alarming riot, instigated by the large body of unemployed silk weavers, had occurred at Macclesfield mi the previous evening; And, for the preservation of the public peace, two troops of the First Dragoon Guards, followed by a detachment 6f the 67th infantry, arrived in the town about nitie o'clock on Tuesday night. It was stated that nearly, a. thousand individuals had proceeded to demolish die windows at Messrs. Brocklehurst's mill, and that the niob was not dispersed until the ap- proach of the civil authorities, a number of special Constables llitviug been sworn in the same evening. We are happy to'find, however, from the Stockport Advertiser of yesterday, that the outrage " has been greatly exaggerated." lt It was comparatively trhli( lg,'*> s4vs that paper, " and effected for the most part by a' parcet of juvenile outlaws, encouraged or iricitcd J>, ywjjft) e. rs who oyglit to have known better. A'few ytree$ T|) mps were broker* and the windows of a factorytbe side next to the road in Hurdstield, were demolished The night was unusually dark; but by . the prompt and determined conduct of a few spirited individuals, aided by a posse of special con- stables, tbe disorderlies were speedily put to flight, and all further mischief supposed to be in contempla tion effectually prevented. Numerous bodies of unemployed workmen perambulated the different streets of ill'' town, both on Tuesday and Wednesday, exhibiting- crape flags, small loaves, and fragments of oat- cake, - indicative of their distressed condition ; but no outrage of any kind was committed. Some money was given. to- theiii by various innkeepers and others, to be applied as they in their discretion might deem most expedient.."— On Thursday the silk- weavers, to the amount of at least three thousand in number, paraded the town, accompanied by a band playing the " Deacj March," ^ and carrying black flags and long polesron which w ere affixed small loaves, bones, and other things symbolical of their distressed condi- tion. So novel a spectacle of course attracted general attention ; but the conduct of the weavers was peaceable and orderly. Yesterday ( Friday) they again uswiJibled, Aid walked through the town in processiont'- as4Jiv- the preceding days; but nodisposi- tion wax manifested by them to commit outrage. Their object in thus parading the town appears to be me'rcly « ttf ex*< Ste public sympathy. - C'OXGT. ETON — We lament to say that this town continues to be in a very depressed state. Tbe proprietors of no less than twenty- eight mills have suspended their operations, and last week six thou- sand two hundred and seventy distressed persons received relief from the soup shop. On Thursday a body of the. artizans walked in procession through the town. Men, women, and children paraded ali the principal streets. A placard was exhibited, on Which was inscribed " Work and starve— down with free traded To the right of this placard was a man, bearing ( suspended from a pole) a shuttle, clothed in mourning-; anil on the left, a man carrying a black silk bannei. More than 7000 persons joined tbe procession, and it was truly distressing to witness the deep sense of calamity visible on every countenance. One of the artizans read from the colonnade an address to' the assembled multitude, which, owing to the high \ Hrid, and tbe height at which the speaker stood, was heard very indistinctly. All that could be gathered was, that it was finn, respectful, and ex- pressive of great privation. It seemed to be the funeral dirgi of tbe silk trade.— A report liad reached this town that disturbances had bro'. en out in COu- gleton but we are glad to find that the unemployed weavers haWionlined the expression of their distress to wan& Hfc* i& » iit the streets in procession. Not the slightest disposition to tumult has been shewn, nor is it expected that they will do any thing to require the interference of the civil and military power. BLACKBLRN. We regret to state that tlie manu- facturers of this town reduced the wages of their weavers on Saturday, to the extent of . Id. per piece. The pieces for which Is. 9d. each were paid were reduced to Is. 6d. and other sorts of common calicoes were reduced in proportion. The prices now paid are as low as they were in 18' 26. BURNLEY.—' The state of trade in this township and the neighbourhood continues to grow worse every succeeding week. The number of unemployed persons of various trades is on the increase; anil although the poor weavers have generally a. sutKcicnt strpplv of w ork, their wages are so very low that they are barely able to eke out » miserable existence. The manufacturers themselves- scarcely know whether to carry on business or not; liable as ihey are, on the one hand, to continual losses from the uncertainty of the trade; and on the other, doomed to hear the distressing accounts or'. thei. r famishing weavers — the best of w | yo: n arc said to be unable to earn more than 4s. or 5s. per Week.. The. shopkeeper and farmer partake of their share of suffering, and many of the latter class of persons live upon miserable fond. Coi. Ni', Sec.—— The labouring population of this township are at present experiencing more severe d'stress than in 1825 and 1826: The wages for weaving are lower than they ever were at that period, and provisions are nearly one- third dearer. A survey of the poor was made last week, by personal visita- tion at their houses, and the result is— that there are 1,940 individuals ( being nearly one- third of the po- pulation) whose average weekly income per head, inclusive of parish relief, amounts only to Is. 2jd. or 2< l. a day ; and that there are 1,248 individuals whose average weekly income per head does not exceed Is. 9{ d. or 3d. a day; thus there is nearly one- half of the population who have not on an average above 2' 5d. a day to live upon. Similar returns have been received from the adjoining town- ships, with nearly the same results. It is added, that preparations are making for forwarding to Govern- ment. a memorial on this unnatural state of society.— In the district included between the towns of Cli'the- rOe, Skipton, and Todmorden, it is estimated that there are not fewer than FIFTY THOUSAND persons who have not more than Is. fid. per week wherewith to obtain the necessaries of life. . [ From the Glasyow Courier.] It is with deep regret we state that trade of every description continues in the most depressed and un- favourable state in this part: of Scotland. From every part of Great Britain we bear the same distressing accounts ; nor can we find from any quarter one ray of hope that matters are going to get into a different state. In all the great manufacturing towns of Eng- land the distress of the labouring population is, if possible, greater than it is amongst ourselves, and every passing hour indicates that matters are not yet at the worst. One of the pernicious dogmas of our political economists was, that the lower the price of labour was reduced in the country the more prosper- ous and rich the country would become. Facts, however, in this as in every other point, falsify all their doctrines, and show us that such a state of things can o ily produce in this country what it has produced in every other country, poverty, misery, and despair. Every speculation, indeed, of these < f march of intellect" theorists has been most signally and fatally blasted, and must, if permitted by Go- vernment to go on any longer, bring ruin and degra- dation on this country. The operation of Mr. Peel's bill, we were told, and haughtily told too, was to fill every corner of this country with gold and silver, in place of the" filthy" one- pound notes. The reverse, however, is the fact. With the one- pound notes, gold and silver have also disappeared, and the result is, that ( here is neither a demand for labour nor for the productions of labour. Numbers voted for the Catholic Question, and numbers more called out to have it passed, under the belief and conviction that it would give life and activity to trade. It has not done so, and this last dream by which the country was attempted to be duped, having now passed away, a certain class of newspapers attempt to gull and mislead us, by calling upon ns to believe that every other . country in Europe, more especially France, is as distressed ns ourselves. We need scarcely point out lo oitr readers that, this is not the fact; these tales are got up in London, and are the ministerial liberal clap- traps of the day, set to screen for a moment Ioniser . pernicious principles and dangerous errors. But this will not do. Deception and delusion can no longer avail. Distress, despond- ency, and despair, staring every man in the com- munity in the face, will thrust the'truth upon him that our national policy is wrong, and that it must be changed, and that speedily, if we wish to escape irretrievable ruin. The labourer is at. present the severest sufferer, but the capitalist of every kind must soon have his property taken from him under - one plea © f- expediency, or lie' other, to supply the more pressing exigencies of the state. [ From the Liverpool Albion.'] The depressed state of the tra le and the commerce of tbe united kingdoms engages the almost undivided attention of the active and industrious classes at the present moment. So much diversity " of opinion exists, however, as to the cause or causes of the prevailing distress, that it is difficult for a plain man to form a correct judgment on the subject. Whatever may he the cause of the depression, it is universally felt: it " comes home to every man's business and bosom." Nor does there nppear any immediate prospect of an improvement in trade and commerce taking place. Meantime, some of our brother journalists are disputing as. to the causes of the stagnation, others are directing their attention to the most effectual means of relieving it. The national debt, from its magnitude, as well as from the amount of annual taxation which is required to pay the mere interest to the public creditor, has, as is usual during periods when the industrious orders are involved in distress, attracted the attention of a certain class of politicians. Viewing a national debt as a great national evil, they make no secret of their wish to see some plan adopted for lessening tbe pressure of the debt on the spring* of industry . Hence tliev are daily and weekly enter- taining tbe public with schemes for an adjustment with the public creditor, for a tax upon the property of the fundholder, and for other purposes equally honest, all involving a breach of the national faith. We are far from contending, that a period can never arrive in which a country shall find itself so environed wrlh pecuniary difficulties as to make a compromise with its creditors absolutely necessary, if it mean to exist as an independent poiver. But it is obvious, on the principles of common justice, that no scheme of this nature can be carried into practical operation, without a breach of the contract into which every state is supposed to have entered with its creditors. Bef . re, therefore, a project for violating faith with the public creditor can be seriously enter- tained bya government which pretends to regulate its conduct by tbe ordinary rules of right and justice, it must be shewn, beyond the possibility of doubt, that the necessity of such violation exists, and that it is urgent, imperative, unavoidable. This proposition is so clear, so self- evident, that no honest man wil for a moment venture to dispute its truth. The question then is— Is Great Britain, at the present moment, involved in such inextricable diffi- culties as to make it absolutely necessary, for her existence and her safety as a state, to touch the pro- perty of the fundholders? Paralyzed as is the con- dition of trade and commerce, we cannot bring our minds to believe, that affairs have come to such a pass as to render au act of national bankruptcy justi- fiable. The country has frequently, within the last, fifteen years, been surrounded by difficulties ; but she has always, by the energy, the activity, the resources of her people, been enabled to overcome and to triumph over them. Let us hope, therefore, if it evoh be against hope, that trade has not altogether lost its elasticity. Let us hope, that prosperity will once more return, to gladden and to reward a people whose skill and industry are proverbial, and whose per- severance and enterprise have done so much to elevate England in the scale of nations: But, if the state of affairs were even hopeless; if there were not the remotest chance of such a revival of trade as would keep up the national revenue, we are prepared lo contend, that the government would not be justi- fiable in meddling with the property of the fund- holder, until retrenchment, close, sc ircliing, unsparing retrenchment, had been introduced into all the de- partments of the public service, from the verv highest office to the very lowest. Until this indispensable preliminary process shall have been carried into operation, the government cannot, with either equity or justice, break faith with its creditors, and, by robbing ihe fiuidholdei's, impoverish and ruin them in order to relieve the other class* ts- of the community. That there is sullicient scope for retrenchment in our public establishments, cannot adnrt of doubt. There are too many useless places, too m my un- deserved pensions, too many vaste'u! outlets for the public money. These useless places must be abolished, these undeserved pensions withdrawn, an 1 these wasteful nutlets stopped, before the nation can seri- ously c mteuiplate an interference with the property of tin- public creditor. Justice demands and policy recommends such a course o.' proceeding; aud tnat government must be unprincipled indeed whieh re- fuses to listen to the dictate* of the one and to the injunctions of the other. . The Duke of Wellington will, we. have no doubt whatever, practise economy and enforce retrenchment, before he attempts tr » relieve the distress of the country by having recourse to the dernier tenor of a hationai bankru- try ; a measure which no honest man can cmfemplate with, put alarm; which no upright government would at* tempt without the most overpowering necessi y; and which could hot, under Ihe most faVburabh- circum- stances, be carried into practical operation w. thout involving millions in rain, and dissolving the bands uf civil society. £ Hi0C£ r. anfoi! 0 JEntclligenre. DIED, on Tuesday, in Grosveifor- atrcet, the Right Hon. Lord Crewe, in the 87th year of hi* age. The French papers of Thursday, in an article, from Jassy of the lltli ult. stale that the Russian Grand Artny had not then crossed ibe Da iu e. Its advance had been impeded by the late inunda- tion, and the consequent necessity of constructing a new bridge. The Grand Duke Michael was expected iu a few days to put himself at the head of the corps before Silistria, and to carry on the operations of the siege with all possible vigour. The Turks were also assembling iu great force about Rudschuk and Silistria, so that important news may'bc daily looked for. The Money- market has been in n state of depression for the last three days. Consols fell on Thursday £ per cent, making: a fall of nearly | J per cent, within a week, without, however, any actual known cause. The lowest quotation on Thursday was 86$, but that stock for account closed at 865 buyers. Various rumours have obtained circulation to account for the fall; but they have evidently originated iu mere coujecture. Soineofthe large capitalists appear to have been selling stock on a calculation that its value must, iu some degree, be affected by the d - pressed state of internal trade, united with the rather doubtful aspect of foreign politics, which sales influence prices; and the speculators, who know nothing, have recourse to their invention for an explanation. Another debate occurred on Friday night, on the subject of the Silk Trade, in the House of Com- mons. Mr. Fyler, Mr. Robinson, M P. for Worces- ter, Mr. Alderman Waithman, Mr. Attwood, and Mr. Sadler, strenuously oppose'd themselves lo the duties' bill introduced by Ministers, which w. ig defended by Mr. Courtenay, Vice- President of the Board ofTrade. The House divided 011 the ques- tion that the bill should go into committee, and the motion was carried by a division of 9ft to 22. The clauses were afterwards passed through ( lie com- mittee, and the report was ordered to be presented On Monday, A NEW MEASURE— It is now rumoured, that the measure of Catholic Emancipation is to be followed Up by a new- modelling of the property of the Church, and of all public or corporate bodies. This rumour has its origin in an article just published in Ibe Quarterly Review. That Review, following the steps of other ministerial publications, has given utterance to sentiments of liberalism to which its pages were hitherto closed ; and the following para- graph, contained in its last number, is presumed to refer demi- oflicially to ministerial projects at present in embryo :— " If we are to keep our place among nations, it is " inilispensibly necessary that every incumbrance " should be removed which clogs the activity an- 1 " energy of individuals or the Government; Every " part of the machine of society must be adapted h> " the increased exertion it is called upon to make. " If this be so, every branch of our public or priv. i e " economy— the state of charities, corporations, pub- lic schools, colleges, Ihe law, fie Chut hy and tlie " whole management of our foreign dependencies,-. " must successively submit to ' examination and " amendment." IRELAND.— After giving a long detail of recent acts of outrage and crime, a Dublin Paper of Satur- day last says—" A systematic and irganized attack has commenced upoa the lives and properties of Protestants ; aud the enactment of the " Atroci >; is Bill," so far from pacifying Ireland, or conciliating the Popish portion of the population, has only bad the effect of exciting the feelings of interminable hostility entertained by the latter towards every thing Pro- testant, and of embroiling the country in a state of lawless anarchy. The I bend landlords— those nun who traded in politics, anj whb p;\. rc? lle « l out fhvir estates in square inches, in or< Jer that they mig- tit inake nomirtal Freeholders - have Comaienc j< l servia* • notices of " ejectment on the wretched huinap l>, t'iug^, whom ceasing to hwe enist. ice in the political acceptation of the word, ihey now seek to exterminate in the physical interpretation of the phrase. Before the first day of Nove. uber next, two hundred and fifty thousand Popish hbourers, cap ible of bearing arms, most of them with families, will b » thrown upon the world, without house or home. What an acrf'*- sion of disposable strength to aid those already in the j field ! The mere cjntemplation of what may obeur in Ireland between this and Christinas is of too fright - ful a natilre to dwell upon. EMIGRATION. — An imm- nse emigration is taking place of the very persons, of all others, whose resi- dence is most essential to Ireland — the comfortable Protestant farmers. Can we blame these poor peo- ple ? Assuredly not. They have been deprived of all that made their country dear to, them, they have been removed, from the protection of tho> e salutary laws, the only safeguard against, the atrocities of Popery, and being independent in eirctiinstances, they seek that security in a foreign land of which they have been deprived in their own. And are they not riafht? While we deplore alike the cause and the effect, we uu'st admit that they are wise in the resolution they have adopted.— Star of Brunswick, The Stockport spinners and weavers have been ofF work for seventeen weeks, and there is no hope of the turn- out coming to a close. The Manchester turn- • out still continues. Mr. Turner, formerly attached to the Constan- tinople embassy as Chief Secretary, has received orders to repair to that capital, whither he is nowr proceeding with his family. The same injunctions have been issued to Mr. Cartwri^ ht, the Consul General, who has. already left town in consequence. The Consulship of Smyrna, which remained sus- pended since the departure of Mr . Stratford Canning from Constantinople, is revived by the appointment to it of Mr. Richard Brant, a gentle- man long known in the Turkey trade. The venerable Mr. Werry, who had for nearly forty years filled the office of British Consul at Smyrna, has been permitted to retire with the full allow- ance of his salary (£ 800 a year y. Mr. Barker, lately Consul at Alexandria, has been promoted to be Consul General of Exypt, which has till now remained vacant by the death of Mr. Silt. All the other official nominations in Turkey are to ho immediately filled up, and when completed will appear in the Gazette. The Liverpool Times says, that Mr. Huskisson has expressed his belief that Ministers will grant Mr, W. Whitmore's motion for a committee of inquiry into the state of trade between. this country, th « "* - Ent Indies, and China; and that the Rt. Hon. Gent, encourages the mercantile interests to act vigorously in asserting their right to par icip ite in the trade to the East on the expiration of the Companypresent charter. JOBBING.— It is a miserable feature in our national character, that scarcely any thing can b • done or attempted, to which sooner or later the nharact- r of" a job does hot. attach. Even a plan begun with purest intentions scarcely fails to degenerate ioto some thing of this " kind, till at length the tide sets all one way^ and any thiog like patriotism and public spirit becomes alike useless and particular, if this country is to surmount- 1 her pr> « sent difficulties, and is to prosper, as * he may hope to do, in spite of them, this feeling and practice of jobbing selfishness, is one of the main Symptoms of national decay, which it behoves u « to get rid of. We do not say that there is no such thing as virtue or self- denial to be found among public men ; but they are evidently becoming very rare qualities To, feed and fatten at the public crib is so much the object and the fashion of all men, that it becomes more and more a subject of doubt how much longer that crib will ho able to supply the hungry mouths which press to it. Surely the sprea< l of knowledge— the march of intellect, as it. is called*— can be of' little practical value to society, if it does not teach men how despicable he must be who ow6s his greatness ( or even h; s subsistence) to his country's 1 ruin."—^ Morning Herald. SALOPIAN JOURNAL, AMP COURIER OF WALES, rOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. A LAMENT FOR ENGLAND. II KR mental vision clouded, By chains of terror kept , III gloom and mystery shrouded, Long time had England slept. Truth called— she felt her danger, Aud sprang, awakening tip : Then from her lips in auger She dasli'd Koine's fatal cup. Her bonds she burst asunder, In freedom's might arose ; And, as by heaven's own thunder, Resistless quelPd her foes. With love celestial nourish'd, As if by heaven's dew, A tree of life she tiourish'd — In strength and honour grew. Truth, Justice, Peace, Salvation, Here fixed their chosen seat; The refuge of each nation^ The wretched's sure retreat. But, ah, how sad her story ! While evening was not yet, The sun of England's glory In shame and sorrow set. Again the chalice tasted By Rome's enchantress mixed ; Her health and vigour wasted, Her doom how soon t'was fixed ! God's jealous anger kindled, For holiest trusts betray'd ; The cup of wrath uniiiingled, She drunk, and life decay'd. By superstition blighted, Truth, freedom, virtue, fall ; She sinks oppressed, benighted, Beneath Rome's ' cursed thrall. Her towers and temples levell'd, Her homes in ruins lay ; And on the carcase revell'd Each vengeful bird of prey. Ye nations, hear the warning, Nor dare Heaven's judgments slight ; Lest youi's like England's morning Should fail iu sudden night. For, ah, how sad her story ! While evening was not vet, The sun of England's glory In shame and sorrow set. C. R. C. APRIL 13TH, 1829. ENGLAND'S OAK. By Bernard Barton. Let India boast its spicy trees, Whose fruit and gorgeous bloom Give to each faint and languid breeze Its rich and rare perfume. Let Portugal and haughty Spain Display their orange groves ; And France exult her vines to train Around her trim alcoves. Let Norway vaunt its hardy pine, And Araby its palm, Libanus for its cedars shine,, And Gilead for its balm. Old England has a tree as strong, As stately as them all. As worthy of a minstrel s song, In cottage and in hall. ' Tis not the yew- tree, though it lends Its greenness to the grave ; Nor willow, though it fondly bends Its branches o'er the wave : Nor birch, although its slender tress Be beautifully fair, As graceful in its loveliness As maiden's flowing hair. ' Tis not the poplar, though its height May from afar be seen ; Nor beech, although its boughs be dight With leaves of glossy green. All these are fair, but they may fling Their shade unsung by me ; IV! y favourite, and the forest's king, the British Oak shall be I Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings round O'er man and beast below. Its leaf, though late iu spring it shares The zephyr's gentle sigh, As late and long in autumn wears A deeper, richer rfye. Type of an honest English heart, It opes not at a breath, But having opeu'd, plays its part, Until it sinks iu death : Not early won by gleam of sun Its beauties to unfold, One of the last in skies o'ercast To lose its faithful hold. Its acorns, graceful to the sight, Are toys to childhood dear ; lis misletoe, with berries white, Adds mirth to Christinas cheer. And when we reach life's closing stage, Worn out with cure oi ill, For childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And braves the bursting storm. Or, when, to aid the work of love, To some benighted clime It hears glad tidings from above, Of Gospel truths sublime. O ! then, triumphant in its night, O'er waters dim and dark, Il seems, in Heaven's approaching sight A second glorious AUK ! On earth the forest's honoured king ! Man's castle on the sea I Who will another tree may sing, Old England's Oak for me ! From the confhsion and alarm which prevailed, if was found impossible to reach the place where the fife had broken out, and the fire- escape was tried, but found too short. Mr. Carter succeeded in opening the door leading to the vaulting of Ihe edifice, and ascended the stairs proximate to the fife. It was then ascertained that the screen had caught fire, and had fallen on the hoards, which were in a blaze, and fast communicat- ing wilh the roof. Every exertion was used to quench the ilani. es, which for some time threatened destruction to the building. Tbe engines soon ar- rived; the fhrhien, however, were unable to bring their leathern pipes to operate with effect. They with much difficulty prevented the further spread of Ihe conflagration, hy carrying buckets of water to the spot, and hy their indefatigable exertions, succeeded in tearing down the screen, and thus extinguishing the fire. Mr. Walmsley, of the House of Commons* was passing over YVestminster- bridge, and observed light in one of the windows of the north- east transept of the Abbey. So unusual an appearance struck him with astonishment., and made him conclude that a fire had broken out in the venerable building. He proceeded forthwith, with some friends, to Poets1- corner, and rang the Abbey bell. He soon procured admittance, and, attended by persons belonging to the Abbey, hastened to the quarter from whence the fire proceeded. Engines were immediately sent for, and in the mean time Mr. Walmsley and those with him ascended to the place from whence the fire issued. They discovered a canvas screen which divides the transept in flames. The wood which forms the base of the screen was entirely consumed, the floor burnt through, and the tire had burnt away nearly three inches in depth of the large beam which supports the floor. Immediately behind the screen, and separated only by a thin deal partition, is the lumber- room. Every effort was made to prevent the fire from communicating with the partition. Mr. Biilington and Mr. Walmsley, in their endea- vours to save the building, nearly sacrificed their lives. In their hurry to gain the place where the tire broke out, they had reached the upper vaultings, and Mr. Billington, not being aware there was no guard before him, stepped his foot over, and nar- rowly escaped being precipitated to the floor, a distance of nearly 400 feet. He fortunately drew back, and thereby escaped destruction. The building having been saved, the greatest anxiety was manifested, and every means were adopted to discover the cause of the fire. That it could not be by accident was evident at once— the height and remoteness of the place— the difficulty of access— the infrequency of persons visiting it - and* above all, the peculiar fitness of the spot for the purpose of destroying the building by tire shewed that it must have been the work of some incendiary well acquainted with the interior of the Abbey, and w ith this place in particular. After a minute search the marks of footsteps were discovered from this place to Henry the Seventh's chapel; and a floor was found open, through which the incendiary must have made his escape. Early on Tuesday morning, the magistrates of Queen- square police- office proceeded to the Abbey, and, with the assistance of the police- officers and gentlemen connected with the Abbey, they inspected the place, it was discovered that a door near Poets'- corner, leading into the Abbey, had been opened apparently with picklock keys, and the prints of foot- steps were also legibly traced in a passage leading to Poets4- corner, which had been recently made. The soles Of the shoes must have been full of hobnails from the marks. After the magistrates had com- pleted their view of the Abbey, they directed that several of the prebendaries, the workmen, and others connected with the building, should appear before them at Queen- square police office, that a solemn inquiry should be gone into. LEGAL REFORM. From the Globe. The first Report of the Commissioners appointed I fist session to inquire into tbe practice and pro- ceedings of the superior Courts of Common Law, with the evidence taken before them, and other accessory matter, forms a very voluminous docu- ment. It embraces,, however, only two out of twelve heads into which the Commissioners have divided the subject of their investigation— the first, and most generally interesting, relating to the dispatch of business in the superior Courts of Com- mon Law; and the second, to serviceable or bail- a le process. The report is drawn up with great ability; it contains a perspicuous account of the jurisdiction of the different courts— is unsparing in the exposition of defects which call for reform— liberal in the suggestion of remedies— and evinces the candid and enlightened spirit in which the Commissioners have prosecuted, and may be ex- pected to continue their laborious and most useful researches. The Commissioners state, that they shall have no hesitation in proposing the abolition of fictious, circuitous courses, and such matters of mere form as, by the progress of time, have ceased to be necessary to th* purposes for which they were introduced, but which increase the length, and consequently the cost of proceedings. The most material of the improvements suggested with a view to the dispatch of business, are the addition of a fifth judge to the Court of Kinus Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, and if necessary, of a fifth Baron Hie Court of Exchequer ; the transfer of certain descriptions of business from the Court of King's neb, where the pressure is greatest, to the Court of Exchequer, the time of which is least employed; throwing open the practice of the court of Exche- quer., and relieving that court from its equity jurisdiction ; the abolition of the Welsh judicature, by bringing Wales and Chester under the juris- diction of the Courts ut Westminster, and incorpo- rating those parts of the kingdom with the English circuits; and so; ne modification of the exclusive privileges possessed by Serjeants in the Court of Common Pleas. It is also proposed that the sitting of the Courts in Banco should be continued from day to day, before four judges, throughout the term, without interruption occasioned by sittings for the trial of causes or on any other account— one Puisne Judge sitting in rotation during the term to try issues arising iu each of the three courts, and another Puisne Judge attending to dispatch all such business as may be disposed of by a single Judge. To spare the unnecessary consumption of the t ime of the Court of King's Bench, it is further recommended that Judges should be authorized to pronounce judgment in trials for misdemeanours at the sittings or assizes at which the conviction shall take place ; that all actions for penalties commenced By" i'ltiformers should be disposed of in the Court of Exchequer; aud that all cases reserved by the general and quar ter sessions should be argued and determined in that court only. An opinion pretty generally prevails among the profession. that all, or nearly all the improvements suggested5 Uy^ he Com. missioners iu this report will ultimately be adopted. The areas ( if the Welsh counties, upon ati average, are much smaller tlian those of England; hut what is more material, their imputation is much less numerous in proportion to their extent; and ihe interest excited hy Ihe disputes between individuals of all classes is considerably greater iliaii in England ; a circumstance evinced hy the alleged practice of challenging a great number of jurois in civil cases ( especially those who conic from Ihe neighbourhood of the parties), which, though much disused iu England, is said to be con- stantly resorted lo in Wales. Distrust in ihe imparliality of jurors has been repre- sented to us to be a principal* though we by no means think it llie only motive which induces plaintiffs lo bring Welsh causes lo trial in the counties of Hereford aud Salop. Il appears lo us, therefore, to be very desirable, Ihat when Ihe English Judicature shall lie extended to Wales, the jurors should lie sum moiled from districts of a grealcr extent thau the present counties, aud one convenient place in each district selected for an assize town. Such an arrangement, while it would supersede the necessity of resorting to an English county for se curing an impartial jury, would greallv facilitate au incorporation of ihe Welsh and English circuits, by encouraging Ihe attendance of an effective bar, and by abridging the lime to he occupied and the distance to lie travelled ; il would also lighten I lie burlhen upon jurors of attendance, and would divide among two or three counties Ihe expense of maintaining assize courts and gaols, and providing accommodation for ( lie judges. After much consideration, we are of opinion that the foil benefit of the English system would be most conveniently aud effectually communicated to the comity of Chester and principalis of Wales, by plac- ing certain portions of ihe Principnlily contiguous lo the counties of Chester, Salop, Hereford, nnd Mon- mouth, within the jurisdiction of Ihe judges appointed lo hold assizes at the shire towns of those counties respectivoly, aud by distributing ihe remainder of the Principality into four districts of assize. PARTS OF WALES. ffcUsccUancoua Entclligciirr. As far as parliament is concerned the present ad- ministration repose upon a " bell Of roses." The Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, by wheeling- round from " Tory ism" to " Liberalism," and all that, as suddenly as the wind changes from one quarter of the heavens to the opposite, have won the " warm hearts" of the Whigs, and the loud praises of the Whig press. They have, at the same time, carried over with them as many of the Tory forces as " live, move, and have their being" only in the smile of the minister. Thus have they extinguished an opposition in parliament, and got the hall of power completely at their feet. For all this we suspect will John Bull have to pay. Notwithstanding all the golden promises that have been made of economy and retrenchment, the day of reformation in that respect seems farther off than ever. Some little " cheese- parings," indeed, in the minor departments of office, have been ostentatiously made. But, has a single one of the more luxuriant branches of the tree of venal patronage been cut away? Has a solitary sinecure been lopped? Not one. On the contrary, jobbing, that seemed to look rather fearful and desponding for a time, has renewed its spirit, and prepares to march abroad as vigorously as ever. The Babylonish din and confusion of the " Catholic question" was particularly favourable to the financial speculations of ministers. What repre sentative of the people could be so bigoted to a narrow and old- fashioned notion of duty to his country as to refuse to open the purse- strings of ( he people " liberally" to so " liberal" a ministry ? Or, if such WELSH JUDICATURE. Fire in Westminster Abbey. About a quarter past ten on Monday night, an alarm was given that the interior of Westminster Abbey was on fire j and two watchmen alarmed the neighbourhood immediately. The investigation which has taken place has proved beyond all doubt that the event did nol originate in accident. The spot where the fire broke out was so situate, that it was impossible any accidental circum- stance could have set it 011 fire, ns the following de- scription of the place will clearly show. The north east transept is about 20 feet from the roof, in which there is a small place known by the name of the Nunnery— a place not ill the habit of being visited by strangers, but used for tbe purpose of keeping old lumber in, and at the present time nearly filled with some scenery employed in the Westminster School plays. This was the spot fixed upon by the sacrilegious wretch who perpetrated the horrid deed to commence his diabolical design ; and but for a prompt discovcrv of the fire before it had caught the dry wood and other phlogistic materials contiguous • thereto, the venerable pile— the noble fane, where rest the bones of many of the most illustrious person- ages this country ever produced, would ere this have been consumed to ashes. One of the watchmen proceeded to a public- house, the Coach and Horses, in Little I Jean- street, anil alarmed Mr. Billington, the landlord, who immedi- ately ran to the house of Mr. Carter, the Clerk of the Works, in Dean's- vard, and informed him that the interior of the Abbey was ill thirties. It was thought, advisable to proceed fo the house of Dr. Ireland, the Dean of the Abbey; and though the Doctor was from home, his family rendered every asisstance in their power. A11 entrance w- as gained into the Abbey through the Dean's bouse by Mr. Carter, Mr. Wahns- ley, Mr. Ox Icy, and others. The " ten o'clock bell was rung," which alarmed the neighbourhood, and the Abbey was soon surrounded by an immense num- ber of persons. A messenger was dispatched to Bow- street, for the assistance of the police. A re- quest. was also 111' ade at. the Hoise Guards for the assistance of the military ; and it is almost unneces- sary to say, Ihat the utmost promptitude was dis- played by the heads of the civil and military depart- ments, to if nder the necessary aid in this extraordinary emergency. Sir Richard Birnie and the police- officers were immediately on the spot, and a company of soldiers very soon made their appearance, ai'iii prevent- d the sacred edifice from being entered by flic 1110I17 We have said that the Dean of Westminster was in the country, but every assistance was afforded from bis house, which is situated in the cloisters, and • a supply of water was furnished by means of buckets. Investigation at Queen- square Office On Tuesday afternoon, at four o'clock, after the usual business of the office had been disposed of, an investigation took place before Messrs. White, Gregorie, and Marriott, the magistrates at this office, Dr. Cost. cn, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Edward, three of the prebendaries of the cathedral, to inquire into the mysterious circumstances attending the late attempted conflagration of Westminster Abbey. Dr. Ireland, the Dean of Westminster, who was in the country, had been sent for, but he did not arrive iu time to attend the examination. A number of workmen employed about the build- ing were in attendance the whole of the day to be examined. Mr. Hollicomb, the sacrist, Mr. Carter, the clerk of the works, and several other gentlemen were also present, and also the firemen from the different offices. Two Italians who w ere employed in modelling part of the building were also directed lo attend. The following is what took place in flic office:— Mr. Cottingham, the architect, exhibited drawings to the magistrates, explaining the intricacy of the different passages of the edifice, principally those about the building connected with Poets'- corner, which he explained, and from the plans if was fully believed that the party who attempted to destroy the edifice was well acquainted with the interior, and with the various ways and passages by which an escape could be effected after the fire bad been kindled. Mr. Hollicomb and Mr. Carter detailed to the magistrates th<' hours al which the workmen were admitted to the Abbey, viz. from nine o'clock in the morning until six iu the evening, when all the gates were made securely fast, and the keys safely depo- sited with the proper person. The two Italian modellers and a labourer, who were the only persons employed in that part of the building where the fire occurred, were next closely examined, but nothing material was elicited to r's'i-; minate any one. A number of workmen were alfeo examined, who had been for a considerable time, employed about the Abbey, but 011 the dhv of tiie. fire it was proved they were engaged at ti house 111 the Little Cloisters. It appeared, also, that any person who had got access to flic Abbey would find no difficulty in picking the locks in King Henry tlir Seventh's chapel, from their simple construction and defective state. It is supposed that they arc upwards of two hundred years old, and, from their appearance, tlicy seem to have been picked, particularly the lock of the door where it is supposed the entrance was gainciL Orders have since been given for new locks to be put on the doors of both aisles of Henry the Seventh's chapel. Mr. Carter stated, in reply to some questions by the magistrates, that the men who werfti « ppl « yed: modelling were not permitted on any occasion to have the use of fire or caudle. It having been stated, in the course of the exa- mination, that footmarks were perceivable in tbe passage, near a door where it is supposed the incen- diaries must, have entered, the stairs being indented with rough hobnails and marks o^ iron- shod shoes, the shoes of most of the workmen were inspected, but did not exhibit similar marks. One of the witnesses deposed to finding a piece of lead nearly half a hundred weight, near the door at ruet's- corner, w hich, il is supposed, had been taken from some part of the Abbey. Mr. Cottingham, the architect, of Waterloo- road, being engaged to erect a new college at the Oxford university, had obtained leave from the authorities of the cathedral for his men to make plaster casts from the curious and rare mouldings and cornices in Eye- slip chapel, part of King Henry the Seventh's chapel, in which his men had been employed some time; and also in taking models of different, devices iu Westminster llall for the same work. After the examination had concluded, the witnesses were all dismissed by the magistrates; but it is under- stood another inquiry will take place during the week. The Duke of Norfolk, with Lords Dormer and Clifford, took their • its in the House of Lords 011 Tuesday under the Uoman Catholic Relief Bill. I11 the House of Commons, 011 Tuesday, Mr. Ilobhouse, having entered into a detail of alleged abuses 011 tbe part of Select Vestries, . moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the general operation and effect of the laws a. id usages under which select and other vestries are constituted in England and Wales.— The motion was agreed to and a committee appointed. While so much , is said of the , county gaols being titled with prisoners committed for offences against ti e G. uiv laws, it is remarkable that out of upwards of 1- iO prisoners fried at the last Gloucester Assize, not one was committed 011 a charge of this descrip- tion The following observations on the proposed altera- tions of the Parliamentary Commissioners are from the pen of a correspondent of the Chester C'ourant: Silt,— I send you an extract from the Law Com- missioners' Report, relating to the proposed alteration in the administration of justice in Wales, and 1 have no doubt that it will astonish your Welsh readers as much as it did myself, for I consider it an unfounded libel on the unsullied character of that nation. I am not an enemy to innovation when innovation is re- form ; and am ready to admit that I rejoiced when 1 first heard that an inquiry was to be instituted re- lative to the Courts of Great Session. I hoped that the obvious remedy would be adopted of substituting judges equal in dignity to the present judges of Westminster Hall, for the inferior legal authorities who have hitherto presided in those courts; but what was my astonishment when I found that the remedy proposed for an unequal distribution of justice was the total abstraction of justice,— the total abolition of trial by jury in all til' Welsh counties bordering upon England— the gracious concession of a privilege of trying Welsh causes at Shrewsbury and other places— a privilege, too, which the natives of Wales possessed before at the same time that they might have tried their causes at their own doors, though few were so fool- hardy as to prefer the ruinous expense of even a successful action at Shrewsbury to an unsuccessful one at home. Such a recommendation, which is fraught with every evil, and strikes at the very foundation of liberty, I trust in God, will not ripen into an Act of Parliament. I do maintain that it is nothing less than fo make the wealth of the opulent paramount in all cases to the rights of the impoverished. It is absurd fo account for the frequent preference of trying in an English county by the jealousy of Welsh juries, for it is a notorious fact that all the corporation disputes and other important actions in the county of Chester have been carried from that extensive and populous English county to Shrewsbury. The obvious cause, therefore, and which operates equally in both in- stances, is the incapacity of the judges. 1 would willingly ask any solicitor in North Wales, and abide by the result, whether in commencing his action in the Court of King's Bench he was not instigated in every instance by the incapacity of the judge, and in no instance by the jealousy of the jury? This reflection emanates from a South Welsh correspondent to the commissioners, " who for ob- vious reasons," as he says, " does not even sign bis name;" and upon such suggestions as these the commissioners have acted ! In the mean time, not one professional man has been examined upon oath, or one professional man given his opinion in Denbighshire or Flintshire upon tiie system, except the Clerk of the Peace for Flint- shire, who ( lid not touch upon the subject of the assizes; and I am quite satisfied, from his well- known patriotic character, if such a proposition as this had been made to him, lie would have denounced it as it deserves. It would divide, say the commissioners, among two or three counties the expense of maintaining the assize courts and gaols,— truly a blessing to flic peaceable inhabitants of the counties of Denbigh and flint!! They are to be philanthropically saddled with the trivial tax of upholding the gaols ofChestcr, Knutsford, Macclesfield, and Stockport; and in fact, the police establishment of the manufacturing dis- tricts. This tends, it is very true, as the commis- sioners ingeniously express it, " to give them the full benefit of He English system," and " to encourage aii effective bar," and " to abridge the time to be Occupied and the distance to be travelled." By whom? Why, by the judges and barristers, of course. And this is the consoling equivalent for a sacrifice of the rights of 400,000 British subjects!! It must not be forgotten, too, that the commissioners . ore, with one exception, barristers on the northern circuit, anil will of course at Chester duly appreciate the advantage of withdrawing Welsh causes from the inefficient bar of Welsh circuits, and the jealousy of Welsh juries, into the full effulgence of these northern lights. As a Welshman, I would add, that the proposed law is nothing less than a revival of the courts of the Lord Marchers, the abolition of which by l icit ry VIII. is the charter of Welsh freedom and British equality. Let ns recollect that it was the tyranny and oppression of these courts that rendered Wales in the fifteenth century what Ireland lias been in the nineteenth. It was the abolition of them that con- verted Wales from a scene of desolation to a free, a virtuous, anil a happy country. 1 would call upon our Wynns, our Mostyns, and our Vanghans, who were never in the habit of shrinking when their country's welfare was at stake, to oppose with all their influence this most tyrannical innovation. I would call upon the inhabitants of the Principality to cover the tables of the houses of legislature with petitions, if not remonstrances, against this attempt to overthrow the very foundation of ( heir British privileges, and which they secured after offering at the shrine of liberty rivers of blood. It is but a ray of past glory, but trifling as it is, let them cherish if as a symbol of their beclouded independence. GLYN DW It. English In the District of Chester. Shire Towns. County of Flint, county of Denbigh, except the two western hundreds of lsdulas and lsaled Chester. In the District of Shrewsbury. The four small eastern hundreds of Montgo- mery, viz. Dey. thur, Pool, Montgomery, and Cavvrse, anil part of Newtown hundred, all situate in the valley of the Dee. or to the eastward of that river Shrewsbury. In the District of Hereford. The county of Radnor and the hundred of Bualltaml Talgarth in Brecknockshire Hereford. In the Dish icl of Monmouth The hundred ofCrickhowel ia Brecknockshire Moumouth. WliLSH DISTRICT. Northern District. stssize Towns. Aaglesea, Carnarvonshire, hundreds of lsdlllas aad Isaled in Denbighshire Bangor. Midland District. Meiionethshire, Montgomeryshire, exclusive of the hundreds within " the district of Shrewsbury and the hundreds of Geneur Glyn and Dpper liar, in Cardiganshire Dolgellau. South- west District. Cardiganshire, exclusive of the northern hun- dred of Geneur Glyn, nnd Upper liar, Pembroke, and Carmarthenshire Carmarthen. East District. Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, exclusive of Hie I dred of Bualll, Talgarth, and Crick- howel Neath. EDINBURGH G- HOSTOLOGY. fFrom the Edinburgh Literary Journal. J It may appear strange that any thing like snpersti tion should exist ill Edinburgh, where, in the words of the poet,— Justice from her native skies High wields her balance and tier rod, And Learning, with his eagle eyes, ' lode; . Extrait from Ihe Commissioners' Report. The ancient principle of summoning persons t'e licinetn, " by whom ihe truth of the mailer might be better known," is now so far from being approved, that according lo the prevailing opinion of modern times, the jurors cannot know too little of the cause to be tritd before they are swoin. Seeks Science ia her eoy aboi but, when we inform the reader that such beliefs are only cherished among a very humble or very old- fashioned class of people, this surprise will vanish. The truth is, that Edinburgh is at present two cities — two cities not less differing in appearancc than in the character of their various inhabitants. Their fine gentlemen, who daily exhibit their foreign dresses and manners 011 Prince's street, have no idea of a race of people who roost in the tall houses of the Lawnmarket and the West Bow, and retain about them many of the primitive modes of life, and habits of thought, that flourished among their grandfathers. Such people, however, certainly do exist ; and in some of the sequestered closes and back courts of the Old Town, there may at this very day be found specimens of people well entitled to the designation " prisca gens mortalium." Edinburgh is in fact two loVns more ways than one. It contains an upper and an under town,— the one a sort of thoroughfare for the children of business and fashion, the oilier a den of retreat for the poor, the diseased, and the ignorant. Tbe one is like the gay surface of the summer sea, covered with numerous vehicles of commerce and pleasure ; while the other resembles the region below the surface, whose dreary wilds are peopled only bv the wrecks of such gay barks, and by creatures ( if inconceivable ugliness and surpassing horror. In short, " the march of intellect" proceeds along the South Bridge, without ever once thinking of the Cowgate. Such being the state of matters, it will no longer seem incredible that legendary superstition should exist in Auld Reekie. In the course of our experience we have met with many houses which have the credit of being haunted. There is one at this day in Buchanan's Court, Lawnmarket, in the same land in w hich the celebrated editor of the Edinburgh Review fir. t saw the light. It is a flat, and has been shut up from time immemorial. The story goes, that one night as preparations were making for a supper party, something occurred which obliged the family, as well as all the assembled guests, fo retire with precipitation, and lock up the house.— From that night to this it lias never once been opened, nor was any of the furni- ture withdrawn :— the very goose which was under- going the process of being roasted is still at the fire'. No one knows to whom the house belongs; no one ever inquires after it; 110 one living ever saw the inside of it; it is a condemned house ! There is something peculiarly dreadful about a house . under these circumstances. What sights of horror might present themselves if it were entered. Satan is the ultimas lucres of all such unclaimed property. Besides the numberless old houses in Edinburgh that are haunted, there are many endowed with the simple credit of having been the scenes of murders and suicides. Some wc have met with, containing rooms which had particular names commemorative of such events, and these names, handed down as they had been from one generation to another, usually suggested the remembrance of some dignified Scottish families, probably the former tenants of the houses. We remember, moreover, once hearing an aged citizen talk of a common stair in the Lawnmarket, which was supposed to be haunted by the ghost of a gentleman who had been mysteriously killed, about a century ago, in open daylight, as he was ascending to his own house. We regret not being able to point out the precise scene of so singular an incident, or to discover the name of the sufferer; and can only mention, in addition, that the affair was called to mind by old people, 011 the similar occasion of the murder of Begbie. The closed house in Mary King's Close ( behind the Royal Exchange), is be- lieved by some to have met with that fate for a very fearful reason. The inhabitants at a very remote period were, it is said, compelled to abandon it hy the supernatural appearance which took place in it, 011 the very first night after they had made it their residence. At midnight, as the good man was sitting with his wife by the fire, reading his bible, and in- tending immediately to go to bed, a strange dimness which suddenly fell upon his light causcd him to raise his eyes from the book. He looked at the can- dle, and saiv it was burning blue. Terror took possession of bis frame. He turned away his eyes from tbe ghostly object; but the cure was worse than the disease. Directly before him, and apparently not two yards off, he saw the head as of a dead person, looking him straight in the face. There was nothing but a bead, though that seemed to occupy the precise situation in regard to the floor which it might have done had it been supported by a body of ordinary stature. The man and his wife fainted with terror. On awaking darkness pervaded the room. Presently the door opened, anil in canie a hand holding a candle. This came and stood— that is, the body supposed to be attached to the hand stood — beside the table, whilst the terrified pair saw two or three couples of feet skip along the floor as if dancing. The scene lasted a short time, but vanished quite away upon the man gathering strength to invoke the protection of heaven. The house was of course abandoned, and remained ever afterwards shut up. It is mentioned that it is the intention of Count Survilliers ( Joseph Bonaparte) to provide the world with a body of memoirs, founded on the great mass of original and curious testimony which he has preserved.— Philadelphia ClAoniile. a representative had been found, who would listen to his voice? Need we, then, wonder that the Irish miscellaneousestimatespassed w itliout opposition ? Can we be surprised that no troublesome calculator was so discourteous as to sift a single item in that rich repository of jobbing? Well may parliament rise early, when the money of the people is so generously voted. John Bull was induced to vote £ 10,000 a- year to support the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth, because he was taught to believe the Roman Catholic religion was nothing but superstition and idolatry. Now John is induced to vote £ 10,000 a- year for the same purpose, because he is taught to be I ieve the Roman Catholic religion is neither super- stition nor idolatry. So much for the consistency of the logic which relieves John of liis superfluous cash. The job of the immense tract of land in New Holland, which has been allotted to a relation of Mr. Peel, along with other connections of the ministry, affords further assurance of the manner in which government intend to redeem their pledge as to the management and repair of the financial resources of the state. Why should any power but parliament have the disposal of lands which have been brought under subjection to the country at the expense of the people ? Why are not these lands parcelled out in lieu of half- pay and pensions to those who would accept of them, on a reasonable principle of exchange, and thereby diminish that eternal burden absurdly called the " dead weight." Or why are they not put up to sale by public competition, as national pro- perty ought to be, and the proceeds applied towards the reduction of the public debt?— Morning Herald. THE COACHMAN.— The moment he has got his seat and made his start, you are struck at once with the perfect mastership of his art. The hand just over his left thigh, the arm without constraint, steady, and with a holding command that keeps his horses like clock- work ; yet to a superficial observer quite with loose reins; so firm and compact he is, that you seldom observe any shifting, only to take a shorter purchase for a run down hill; his right hand and whip arc beautifully in unison ; the crop, if not in a direct line with the box, over the near wheel, raised gracefully up as it were to reward the near side horse ; the thong— the thong after three twists, which appeal's in his hand to have been placed by the maker never to be altered or improved and if the off- side horse becomes slack, to see the turn of his arm to reduce a twist, or to reverse, if necessary, is exquisite: after being placed under ihe rib, or upon the shoulder point, up comes the arm, and with it the thong returns to the elegant position upon the crop! I say elegant! fhe stick, highly polished vevv — rather light— not too taper— yet elastic ; a thong in clean order, pliable. All done without effort— merely a turn of the wrist! Wc arc credibly informed that the works of Sheer- ness Dock- yard, up to the present quarter, have cost the country fifteen millions of money ; most part of which has been expended in pile- driving.— Maid- stone Gazette. BITE OK A VIPF. R.— About a fortnight ago some workmen employed upon the rail- road at Chat Moss found a reptile about two feet long, which they conceived to be a common snake. It was taken alive, and got into the hands of a gentleman in this town, who, under the impression that it was a common snake and therefore harmless, suffered it fo be handled and played with until Wednesday last, when, as he was 111 the act of putting some food to its mouth, it suddenly stung liim at the end of the fore finger. The sensation at the moment was of a slight prick of a pin, but in a few minutes lie began to feci an excessive pain in the finger, tbe end of which became hard, homey, and swelled. Shortly after- wards the pain and swelling extended over the whole of the arm, and was almost intolerable. Surgical assistance was obtained, but the gentleman was for many hours in a dangerous state : he is now, however, much better. Of course the reptile, which turns out to be a viper, was forthwith dispatched, and it is now in the possession of Mr. Jordan, the surgeon.— Leeds Intelligencer. A gentleman waited on Jackson at Washington, and sat some time. Rising to go away, be remarked that he would not encroach longer on tlie President's time, whereupon fhe President said, " Sit down, Sir, and stay ; I like to have you ; you are the first man who has come to see me without asking an office." THE SCOTCH MODE OF TRUSTING TO PRO- VIDENCE!— From Hogg's Shepherd's Calendar.— Another time, in harvest, it came a rainy day, and the Ettrick began to look very big in the evening. Willie Candlem, perceiving his corn in danger, yoked fhe white mare in fhe sledge, and was proceeding to lead his corn out of watermark; but out came Meggie, and began expostulating with him on the sinfulness of the act. " Put ill your beast again, like a good Christian man, Willie," said she, " and dinna be setting an ill example to a' the parish. Ye ken, that this vera day the minister bade us lippen to Providence in our straits, and we wad never ruc't. He'll take it very ill off your hand, the setting of sic an example 011 tlie Lord's day ; therefore, Willie, my man, take his advice and mine, and lippen to Pro- vidence this time." Willie Candlem was obliged to comply ; for who can withstand the artillery of a woman's tongue ? So he put up his white mare, and went to bed with a heavy heart; and the next morn- ing, by break of day, when he arose and looked out, behold the greater part of his crop was gone. 0 Ye may take up your Providence now, Meggie ! Whore's your Providence now?— A'down the water with my corn ! Ah ! I wad trust mair to my guile white mare than to you and Providence baitli !" Moggie an- swered liini meekly, as her duty and custom was— " O Willie ! dinna rail at Providence, but down to the meadow head and claim first." Willie Candlem took the hint, gallopped on his white marc down to the Ettrick meadows, over which the river spread, and they were covered with floating sheaves; so Willie began anil hauled out, and carried out till he had at least six times as much corn as he had lost. At length one man came, and another, but Willie refused all partition of the spoil. " Ay, you may take up your corn now where you can find it lads," said Willie; " I keppit nane but my ain. Yours is gane farther down." Had ye comc when 1 came, ye might have keppit it a'," So Willie droveand drove, till the stack- yard was full. " 1 think the crop has turned no that ill'out after a'," said Meggie : " you've been nae the waur o' trusting to Providence." We arc requested to correct some misrepresenta- tions which have found their way into the newspapers respecting the bequests of the late Earl of Bridgewater. He is represented as having left vast estates in Cheshire, and other counties, to the British Museum: he had no estates whatever in Cheshire, and his landed property in England was very trifling indeed. He has left bis manuscripts to the Museum, and the interest of £ 7000 to the librarians who are to be appointed to take care of them, and £ 5000 to augment the collection of MSS. of that, institution. It is also erroneously said, that his brother refused to receive the family papers as heir- looms at Ash ridge, but they were never so offered by the late earl. He some time since proposed, we understand, 11 found a sort of public library in the mansion at Ash ridge or near it, for the deposit of his manuscripts, and to appoint a librarian : this was, as might be expected, declined by the ' former Earl of Bridge- w ater. NEW CHURCHES.— We know of no circumstance more truly gratifying and hopeful to the mind of a christian spectator than the erection of the numerous churches which are springing up among us. A very few years since who could have expected so soon to' witness this glorious spectacle ?— It was with extreme difficulty, at an enormous expense, and only by means of a special act of Parliament, after concili- ating all the various and discordant interests anj prejudices concerned, that a single church or chapel could be consecf- ated in the most populous ami destitute places; whereas we now see on every side those sacred edifices arising amongst us, not indeed in equal extent to the wants of the public, but with a zeal and rapidity far beyond the anticipations of the: most sanguine. May this work of pious munificerice prosper under the blessing of the Great Head of the Church, till every destitute district in the kingdom shall be supplied with a temple consecrated to his glory, and with a resident and efficient minister of Christ, anxious for the spiritual and eternal welfare of the people of his charge. BOROUGH OF EAST RETFORD.— The subject of the disfranchisement of East Retford, as will be seen by the following extract from the " Notices of Motions" entered in the register- book of the House of Commons, is again likely to lead to debates of vital importance:—" Notices of Motions.— Tuesday, May 5.— Mr. Tennyson, bill to exclude the borough of East Retford from electing burgesses to serve in par- liament, and to enable the town of Birmingham to return two representatives to parliament in lieu thereof. Mr. Nicholson Calvert, bill to prevent bribery and corruption in the borough of East Ret- ford. Mr. Henry Fane, to move a new writ for the borough of East Retford, as an amendment on the motion of Mr. Tennyson or of Mr. Nicholson Calvert." Ministers, it will be remembered, stand pledged upon tlie East Retford disfranchisement question, and it was for the vote Mr. Huskisson gave upon this subject in the last session of parliament that he was cashiered from the public service, and disgraced as a public man, by the Duke of Wellington, without ceremony. What may be the result of the pending debates we pretend not to divine ; but it will give us no surprise it' the whigs and papists, now that they have obtained the object dearest to their hearts, should combine, to a man, in the endeavour to hurl the Duke of Well- ington from his high station. Having risen to place and power, they will be the first to kick down the ladder by which they have ascended; and if, as is probable, they should be joined by the liberai toriea on the one hand, and the staunch spirits who have been so shamefully deceived by the great leader on the other, the « agitation" of the question will cause much ministerial difficulty. The result will be looked forward to with anxiety and interest.— Leeds In- telligencer. Hoyy TO EJECT A TROUBLESOME CUSTOMER. — A resectable tradesman of this City, some time back, went into a public- house in Spon- street, in a state of inebriety, and called for a jug of ale. ' The landlord, who had read his license, and not wishing to lose it by encouraging drunken persons, said " where you have been to get drunk you may go to get sober;" but this did not suit our hero, who persisted that he would not go till lie had some ale. The landlord as strenuously persisted he should have none there, and at length he measured himself on the brick floor. The landlord called the ostler, and desired him to fetch a pail of water ; the ostler did as his master ordered him, and the following scene took place:— The landlord—" Cock- warning once;" no answer. landlord « Cock- warning twice ;" no answer. Landlord—" Cock- warning three times;" no answer. The landlord then threw the pail of water over him, and that caused him soon to make his exit, in order to relieve himself from the wet within and the wet without, to the 110 small diversion of those who witnessed it.— Coventry Herald. WAVERLEY NOVELS.— It has been the occasional occupation of the Author of Waverley, for several years past, to revise and correct the voluminous series of Novels which pass under that name; in order that, if they should ever appear as his avowed productions, he might render tiiein in sorae degree deserving of a continuance of the public favour with which they have been honoured ever since their first appearance. For a long period, however, it seemed likely that the improved and illustrated edition which he meditated would be u posthumous publication. But tbe course of events which occa- sioned the disclosure of the Author's name having, ill a great measure, restored to him a sort of parental controul over these Works, he is naturally induced to give tliein to the press in a corrected, and, he hopes, an improved form, while life and health permit the task of revising and illustrating them. Such being liis purpose, it is necessary to say a few words on the plan of the proposed Edition. I11 stating it to be revised and corrected, it is not to be inferred that any attempt is made to alter the tenor of the stories, the character of the a tors, or the spirit of the dialogue. There is, 110 doubt, ample room for emendation in all these points,— but where the tree falls it mnst lie. Any attempt to obviate criticism, however just, by altering a work already iu the hands of the public, is generally unsuccessful. In the most improbable fiction, the reader still desires some air of vraisemblancc, and does not relish that the incidents of a tale familiar to him should be altered to suit the taste of critics, or the caprice of the Author himself. This process of feeling is so natural, that it may be observed even in children, who cannot eudure that a nursery story should be repeated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told. But without altering, in the slightest degree, either the story, or the mode of telling il, the Author has taken this opportunity to correct errors of the press and slips of the pen. That such should exist cannot be wondered at, when it is considered that the Publishers found it their interest to hurry through the press a succession of the early editions of the various Novels, and Ihat the Author had uot the usual opportunity of revision. It is hoped that the present edition will bo found free from errors of that accidental kind. The Author has also ventured to make some emendations of a different charac ter, w hich, without being such apparent deviations from the original stories as to disturb the reader's old associations, will, he thinks, add something to the spirit of the dialogue, narrative, or description. These consist in occasional priming where the language is redun- dant, compression where the style is loose, Infusion of vigour where it is languid, the exchange of less forcible for more appropriate epithets— slight alter- ations, in short, like the last touches of an artist, which contribute to heighten and finish the picture, though an inexperienced eye can hurdly detect in what tliey consist. The General Preface to the new Edition, and the Introductory Notices to each separate work, will contain an account of such circumstances attending the first publication of the Novels aud Talcs, as may appear interesting in themselves, or proper to be communicated lo the public. The Author also proposes to publish, on this occasion, the various legends, family traditions, or obscure historical facts, which have formed the groundwork of these Novels, and to give some account of the places where the scenes arc laid, when these are alto- gether, or iu part, real; as well as u statement of particular incidents founded on fact; together with a more copious Glossary, and Notes explanatory of the ancient customs, and popular superstitious, referred to in the Komanccs. Upon the whole, it is hoped that tlm Waverley Novels, in their new dress, will not be found to have lost any part of their attractions, in conse. queiice of receiving illustrations by the Author, ami undergoing his careful revision.— See Advert. BANKRUPTS, Apim. 28.— Sanders Hutchinson, of Marylehone, Ox ford- street, woollen- diaper.— Thomas Jarvis, ot Chatham, builder,— George Children, of Soiiihwark, hop merchant, — George Cartwiight, of Nottingham, lace manufacturer. Robert Burlon Cooper, of Princes. street, Lambeth, distiller.— James Cockbitrn, sen. and Jnines Cockburii, jnn. of Berwick- upon- Tweed, corn merchants.— Thomas Rail, of Lilch- field. street, Westminster, dealer in fi, h. Saiiim I Ankers, of Tarporley, Cheshire, spirit- dealer.— Stephen Moiilloii, of Pilgiiin- slieel, Ludgalc hill, wholesale slaliolier.— William Rainhiidge, of Uydrr's- conrt, Leicester- square, coidwniuer.— Thomas ller- coek, of Middleton, Notthainpiollsliirr, horse- dealer. INSOLVENTS.— Thomas Robinson, of Lichfield, hosier. — It. 1 her I Le veils, of Di 11 ry lane, roach- mnsler.— Henry T11II0I1, of C. Jlouccsler- sireeI, Itoxton. merchant.— John Jeniier, of Lewes, Sussex, farmer.— Joseph Phillips, of Bristol, builder. SHREWSBURY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BV WILLIAM EDDCWILS AND JOHN F. DDOWES, CORN- MARKET.