/ iloptVm PRINTED BY W. J, EDDOWES, ottrtial. ' MARKET, ^ HiREWSBUMY. This Paper is circulated in the mast expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALKS Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXVI.--- N°- 1842.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1829. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. Co he £ olO ftp Auction, AT THE PANT AND ABERDERFYN IRON- WORKS, On MONDAY, the 25th of May, 1826, IN LOTS: A BLAST- ENGINE, 46- Inch Steam nL Cylinder, 7- Feet Slroke, 75- llorse Power, 87- Incli Blowing Cylinder fequjil lo blow four Furnaces), with tbree excellent Boilers, Steam and Water Pipes, Water Regulator ( 2- Feet Pipes), with four Blast Boxes to the two Furnaces complete, together with 40 Yards of 15- lnch Putnp Trees, two 14- Inch Working Barrels, Pump Rods, Buckets, and Clacks complete to supply the Engine with Condensing Water. A 12- Horsc PUMPING ENGINE with 1 Boiler and Steatn Pipes connected, with Spur Wheels, Crank, and Beam to 46 Yards of 10 Inch Pump Trees, nnd a it Inch Working Barrel, with Wrought- lron Rods, Bucket, and Cluck complete. Also, an 18- Ilorse Power WINDING ENGINE, with 2 Boilers and Steam Pipes connected, Spur Wheels nnd Shafts, 2 Cast- iron Drums, 2 Cable Chains ( 3- 8ihs and 7- 16ths Diameter), with Pit Heads to the 2- Yard Coal- pits complete. A 4. Horse Power WINDING ENGINE, with one Boiler, Steam Pipes, Shafts, and Spur Wheels com- plete for winding out of five Pits. An entire new BI. AST- F. NGINE ( never worked), 32 Inch strain Cylinder, 66- Inch Blowing Cylinder, 8- Feet Stroke, 37 llorse Power, with three Boilers, Steam PipSs, and Water Regulator, and 18- Iticli Pipes and four Blast Boxes to the two Furnaces complete. An entire new PUMPING & WINDING ENGINE, 30- tlnrse Power, never worked, with Boilerhnd Steam Pipes, Fly Spur Wheels and Shafts, with excellent Cast- iron Framing at Ihe Pit, 2 Cast- iron Beams aiid Carriages, 12U Yards of 9- Inch Punm Trees, one 8- lucli Working Barrel, and a Forcer for the Top- Lift. And likewise, all the IRON RAILWAYS, MA- CHINERY, and other Effects, on the Premises. IMPORTANT INVESTMENT, 13,000 ACRES OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY. THE RHIWAEDOG AND OTHER ESTATES, iu the Parishes of LLANFA WR and LLANGOWER, close adjoining- ihe County and Mar- ket Town of Bala, in Merionethshire, WILL BE SOLD, at ihe MART, in ihe Course of the Spring ( if not previously disposed of by Private Contract). To Capitalists this Property offers most ad vantageous 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 Sheepwalks. 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 Dee forms the Boundary of the Property on the North, and the Hirnant Hills ( affording Grouse Shooting equal to ny in the Principality) the Southern Boundary. There are fine Building Sites on tbe Estate, coin- anding magnificent Views of the surrounding Moun- tain - Scenery, with the Vale of Bala, Us expansive Lake, & c. The River Dee and various Brooks inter- secting the Property unite the Objects of Diversion ith great Sources of Improvement, by Water Power for Machinery, Mills, Irrigation, & c. The Estate so affords good Pheasant and excellent Woodcock Shooting; aud there is a delightful, retired, roomy Cottage as a Shooting Box. Mr. WILLI\ MS, Solicitor, Market Square, Shrews- ry., will furnish anv Particulars, and is authorised to treat for Sale by Private Contract, and with whom Map is left for Inspection. £, outt) Salopian Hcgimrnt of bnr TO BE LET, The PANT tJnd ABERDERFYN IRON- WORKS aforesaid, which are situate between the Village of Ruabnn and the Town of Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, two Miles front the former aud three from the latter Place. For further Particulars, and to treat for the same, apply lo Messrs. LONGUBVILLB Si SON, Solicitors, Oswestry. MONTGOMERYSHIRE FREEHOLD PROPERTY. mamoir9 AND Eligible Sporting Eslate. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY RICHARD DA VIES, At the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Llanfyllin, Montgomery- shire, on Friday, the 12tli Day of June, 1829, between the Hours of Four and Eight in the After- noon, subject to Conditions, and in the following or such other Lots as shall be then declared by the Vendors: LOT I. rpHE MANOR of BI1ITHDIFI, in the M. County of Montgomery, with tbe Court Lect, Court Baron, View of Frankpledge, Chief Rents, Royalties, and other Privileges thereto belonging ; also FIFTEEN COTTAGES aud Appurtenances, in the Parish of LLANRHAIADR YN MOCHNANT, within the said Manor, containing 126A. 1 R. IIP .; also a PUBLIC- HOUSE, called THK CROSS GUNS, and EIGHT COTTAGES, situate in the Village and Parish of LLANWDDYN, also within the said Manor. This Manor extends over al least 1640 Acres ( the Waste Lands being about 580 Acres), aud the whole is well situated for Agricultural Pur- poses. Tbe Market Town of Llaufyllin is within a short Distance of this Lot, the Turnpike Road froih thence to Bala and Llaurhaiadr goes thro' Part of it, and the Rents and Services are punc- tually paid and performed. LOT II. All those several FARMS, called TY'NY- BWLCH and TY'NYNANT, situate within the said Mn nor, find in the Paiish of Llanrhaiadr yn Mochuau aforesaid, in the said County of Montgomery, contain ing 133A. 3R. 29P. and now or late in the several Occupations of John Humphreys, Ellis Jones, and Joseph Williams. These Farms are in good Order find Condition situated within 4 Miles of the Town of Llanfyllin and let to respectable Tenants at low Rents Lot III. The F. YNANT ESTATE, in the Parishes of LLANWDDYN and PBNNANT, in the County of Mont gomery ; consisting of several Farms, Fulling Mill an. d Lands, containing 964 Acres of inclosed Land ( together with tbe Sheepwalk thereunto belonging containing 2100 Acres or thereabouts,) named and tenanted as follows, viz.: EYNANT FARM Robert Edwards. TY MAWR.. John Evans. HBOL Y FFRYDD. William Jones. LI. WYN GWHRN &. PEN Y GARREG .. John Gittins and others. The above Lot, with the Advantages of so ex tensive a Sheepwalk, is strongly recommended to the Notice of any Gentleman f » ud of Field Sports, as well as to Persons desi rous of realizing an ample Return to the Investment of Capital. To the Sportsman it presents a most desiralil Acquisition ; the Sheepwalks alone ( exclusive of the Game on the adjoining Hills) being abundantly supplied with Grouse, and if required, it can also be made a fine Preserve for Black Game, being skirted nearly around by thriving Coppices, which are celebrated for Woodcocks. - The Streams ( three in Number) which run through this Lot . abound in Trout, and afford the Angler excellent Diversion. The inclosed Land is of good Qua- lity ; aud the old Mansion of Eynaut, which is situated in a most romantic and picturesque Part of the Property, and the greatest Part of which is now reserved for the Use of the Proprietor, may ut a small Expense be rendered commodious and comfortable. In the immediate Neighbour- hood there are Quarries which produce Slate of ti ie 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. f. orlV. A DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, in tbe Towu of LLANPYLLIN, in the said County of Montgomery, in the Occupation of Thomas Griffith LOT V. A FEE FARM RENT of £ 1. 2s. 6d. per TO CAPITALISTS. THE CROWLAND ESTATE, IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, With Manor and Manorial Rights, Royalties, and Privileges, Rents, Fines on Copyholds, f the Town of Crowland being subject to this Manor, J the Rectory of Crowland, and Forty- three Farms in a Ring Fence, containing Seven Thousand Acres of the Rest Land in Lincolnshire, Free from Tythes; the present moderate Rental and Value exceed Twelve Thousand Fire Hundred Pounds per Annum, independently of the Manor House. Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Pounds may, if required, remain on Mortgage. HEAD- QUARTERS, SHREWSBURY. TJIS MAJESTY having been pleased to order the South Salopian Regiment of Yeo- manry Cavalry, under the Command of the Right Hon. the Viscount CLIVE, to assemble for Perma- nent Duty at Shrewsbury, on Tuesday, the ' 26th of May inst. and Seven following Days, / am directed by the Commanding Officer to desire the Attendance of the Members, Mounted, Accoutred, in Uniform, and in Marching Order; when it is expected, that every Man will appear with his Arms and Appoint- ments all in good Order; and that his Horse ( neatly trimmed) shall not be under Fourteen Hantls Two Inches high: SAMUEL WARD, Capt. and Adjt. S. S. Y. C. TO BE LET, And may be entered upon immediately, A LL that MESSUAGE or Dwelling- /" A. House, very pleasantly situated in St. John's Court, in the Town of Shrewsbury, with the Offices, Buildings, Workshops, larye Yard, and Appur- tenances thereto belonging, now in the Occupatiou of " r. Robert Oakley, Builder. The House consists of a Kitchen, two Parlours, five Lodging Rooms, a Laundry, good Cellaring, aud very other Convenience. * For further Particulars apply to the said OAKLEY; to Mr. ROBERT ETAMS, or Messrs. PKITCHAKD, Solicitors, Broseley. KNIGHTON. EDWARD WEYMAN, IRONMONGER. GROCER, & C. & c. rpllULY grateful to his Friends and the fi Public for the liberal Support he has expert, enced since his Commencement in Business, begs Leave to inform them he has begun the Business of MAN's MERCER; wherein he purposes keeping the very best of all Articles of Gentlemen's Apparel Also a general Assortment of Mourning for the Ladies ; nud Irish Linens. F. OWARO WBYMAM has engaged a Young Man from London as Tailor, Habit, and Pelisse- Maker, whose Experience iu those Branches are pre eminent, having lived as Foreman a Length of Time in several of the First. Rate Houses at the West End of the Towu. E W. rests bis Hope of Support iu the Liberality of his Friends aud the Public in General, trusting by unremitting Assiduity tn merit their Kindness and Interest, having selected a genernl Assortment of the best and most approved Articles of the above Descrip. lion, from the first Manufacturers, for Ready Money. N. B. — F'utierals cnmplelely Furnished. *#* Two or three Good Hands will have constant Employ. LODGE'S PORTRAITS & MEMOIRS Of THE MOST JJLIRUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF . ' Bntts^ i^ tgtor?, Commenced publishing, Monthly, with the Magazines, May 1st, 1& 29. ( Cjp PERSONS in the COUNTRY visiting London during the Months of May, June, and July, may obtain Cards of Admission to the EXHIBI- TION of all the Portraits executed for this Work, richly coloured, from the Galleries of the Nobility ; toe/ ether with a Prospectus and Catulogue of TWO HUNDRED of the PORTRAITS ( free of ex- pense) from every Book and Printseller in the Kingdom ; to whom they hare been sent for gra- tuitous presentation to the Subscribers of the Work, and to persons desirous to view the Exhibition. FARRIERY, FARMING, BREWING, GAUGING, & c. MR. GEORGE ROBINS BEGS very respectfully to announce to the Public, but more especially to great Capital ists, that he is directed 10 SELL bv AUCTION, at the Marl, in Loudon, on THURSDAY, the 11th of June, Twelve o'Clock, and IN ONE LOT, a Singularly ELIGIBLE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT FREE- HOLD PROPERTY, THE CROVVLAND ESTATE, very long distinguished for the superior Character of the Soil, aud its extraordinary Compactness. Lincoln- shire has always been proverbial for the rare Quality of the Land; and this Estate lias, from Time im- memorial, been ranked as foremost in Public Favour. It will far exceed the Limit of an Advertisement to give, in Detail, the immense Advantages connected with this invaluable Property, but it is apprehended a brief Outline will be quite ample, with a View to enlist the prompt and serious Attention of Ihe Monied Interest to au Investment which, unquestionably, iloe not yield iu its Importance to any that has ever been submitted lo public Competition in England. The leading Features may he summed up iii the following concise cummeotary :— THE ESTATE IS ALL FREEHOLD, IT INCLUDES FORTY- THREE FARMS CONTAIN- ING SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES OF RICH LAND FREE FROM TYTHES, nnd il is probable that for Compactness and ( lie. Quality of ihe Soil it stands proudly alone, without Fear of Competition. The Farm Houses are generally of llle best Description. . THE PRESENT RENTAL AND VALUE EXCEEDS TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUN- DRED POUNDS A- YEAR, and it is knnun that, during, adverse Tillies, when moderate Laud was necessarily diminished in Value, Ihe Superiority of this Soil was a sure Guarantee uf a comparatively small Diminution in the Rent Roll- CROVVLAND MANOR HOUSE is not of a pretending Character, lint may very easily be rendered the comfortable Abode of a Family. The MANORIAL RIGHTS, ROYALTIES, aud PRIVILEGES are Extensive. The TOWN of CROWLAND is all TRIBUTARY to this MANOR. The FINES and QUIT RENTS are considerable. Also, pertaining to this Property, T HE RECTORY OF CROWLAND. A valuable Right of Fishing, and an Abundance of Game. Tlie Tenantry are highly respectable, and the Contiguity of Ihe Property to Peterborough, Stamford, Grnnlliaiir, Spalding, uud other capital Markets, afford al all Times a secure und ready Vent for the abundant Produce of THIS HIGHLY FAVOURED ESTATE. Il is, therefore, submitted hy Mr. ROBINS with great Confidence lo the Attention of those who agree wilti liitu in believing that Land is the best nnd safest Invest, nient for Capital ut all Times, and now that Ihe Funded Properly nffords such a moderate Return, with the Probnhiliiy of an unfavourable Reaction, ii is placed beyond Doubt that the Opportunity thus presented is hy far. Ihe most encotliagiug that lias ever been offered to Public Attention; . there is a regular Market a Crowland,- and an Annual Fair, which contribute to increase the Rental. It will be almost superfluous to retnnrk, llint the Possession of such an immense and valuable Territory must lie very influential with a View tn THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY. Descriptive Particulars are preparing, nud will II ready fur Distribution six Weeks antecedent to the Sale, with Lithographic Maps lo each, at Ihe principal Inns al Crowland, Peterborough, Stamford, Spalding, Grantlnim, anil Wislieaeh ; alsu in Edinburgh, Liver- pool, Manchester, ilitd" Birmingham ; anil may lie llnd of Mr! BARWIS, Solicitor, Crowlauil; Mr BONNAR Solicitor, Spalding; Messrs. BKLI. AMV, GLRI. ESTONK I WING, Solicitors, Wisbeach; Messrs BIGNOI i> Pltl. l. KY, and MAWB, Bridge. street, fj lack friars ; MR PRPPBRCORN, Land- Su- rveyor, und Mr. PEPPERCORN Solicitor, St. Neols; J. DINHAM, Esq. S pit I d Messrs. IIANHOTT and M BTCA1. FK, Solicitors, Lincoln's Iuii; ihe Auction Mart, aud at Mr. GEORGE ROBINS'S Offices, London. Printed for BALDWIN Sr CRADOCK, PATERNOSTER- ROW. 1. (" ILATER's EVERYMAN HIS OWN J FARRIER. With au Appendix, or Velerin Pharmacopeia. 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David Hughe*, also iu the said Town of Llanfyllin. , Lor VII. Another FEE FARM RENT of £ 2. 5s. payable annually from Property in the Village of MYFOD, iu the said County, in the Occupation of Evan Ellis. I. OT VIII TWO PIECES or Parcels of FEEDING I.\ N D, situate in M BLVERLEY, in the County of £ alop, containing about 4A. 1R. OP. in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Burley. LOT IX. A FARM and LANDS, called THE CWM and a PIECE or Parcel of Land on CEFN Y BRAID, containing I42A. OR. 30P. situate in the Parish of Llanfylliu afoicsaid, and in the Occupations of John Mori is and Robert Morris. This Lot is distant about one Mile from the Town of Llaufyllin, and adjoins the Turnpik Road leading from thence to Cann Office. The Buildings are in good Repair, and the Situation aud local Advantages of this Farm render it a desirable Lot. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises nnd for further Particulars apply lo THOMAS . JONES, Esq. Peu'biyn, uear Montgomery ; at the Office of Mr RIBBY, Attorney, to Mr. DAVID JONKS, Land Surveyor, or to THE AUCTIONEER, at JLIanfyllin ; also Bt the Olticei. of Messrs GRIFFITHES & CoiiKIE, in the Towns of Pool uud Oswestry BUTLER'S Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla. SA RS A P A RI LL A has of late Years been much used as an Alterative in Scrofulous Affec tions. Scurvy, and other cutaneous Diseases, and considered by tjie most eminent Surgeons of the present Day as the very best Medicine for re- establishing the Constitution after it has undergone the Effects of Mercury, or has been injured by what is denominated Secondary Symptoms. This Fluid Extract contai fill the Properties of the Root in a concentrated Stale, will keep for any length of time, and the Patient, ii one minute, may make a Decoction of any strength by the addition of water. Sold in Bottles at 4s. 6d. 8s. 6d. and 20s. by Messrs BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, London, and ihe prin cipal Medicine Venders; of whom may also be had, BUTLER's COMPOUND ESSENCE OF CUBEBS — This preparation is a strong Essence of the Cubeb in.' combination with other ingredients, which, whilst equally mild and innoxious to the constitution, have been found by experience materially to increase Ihi known efficacy of the Cubebs. It is therefore confi dently recommended for those affections arising from diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, kc. and that class diseases generally in which the use of the Ciibebs Ii been found so serviceable. In Bottles at 4s. 6d. bs. 6d and 20s. Observe tbe words " BUTLER, CHEAPSIDB," on the Label. To be Sold by Private Contract, IN ONE OR MORE LOTS, MEESON HAXjXJ ESTATE, Near Newport Wellington, Shropshire, AND THE MANOR OF GREAT B0LAS, WITH A JFarm, f. Satcr eTovn jWill, antt HantJS, AND EXTENSIVE FISHERY IN THE RIVER MEESE, Containing 365 Acres or thereabouts, And which ( for the Convenience of Purchasers) may be divided as follows:— LOT I. ALL that the MANOR of GREAT BOLAS, Willi its Rights, Royalties, and Ap- purtenances; aud all that capital Messuage or M AN- SION HOUSE, comprising Entrance Half( 22 Feel by 211 Feel), Drawing Kooin ( ISFeet by 17 Feel), Morning Room ( 19 Feet bv 18 Feet 6 Inches), and Dining Room ( 22 Feet 4 Inches by 17 Feet 4 Inches), and numerous Domestic Offices— on the first Floor seven principal Bed Rooms and tw o Dressing Rooms, besides large Allies for Servants, and Store Rooms ; a Portion of the River Meese and Fishery therein ; mid sundry Lands and Plantations; containing together 12l) A. 2R. 33P. or thereabouts. LOT II. An excellent FARM, with sundry In. closures of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Ground, Cottages, and Gardens, containing together 225A. 2R 21 P. or thereabouts, in Ihe Occupation of Mr. John Blantern nnd others. LOT III. A WATER CORN MILL, DWELLING HOUSE, GARDEN, and sundry Incl osures of rich Meadow LAND, containing tojjelher 19A. 2R. 36P. or thereabouts, in the several Occupations of Mr. Samuel Slat k and Mr. John Blantern. BARMOUTH. SEA- BATHING. nPHE Public are respectfully informed, • the COACH to BARMOOTII will commence run* mug on Wednesday, the 20th Instant, from ihe BRI- TANNIA INN, and will continue ( o ruu on Wednesdays only during ihe Bathing Season. THE PORCHESTER ESTATE, NEAR FARRHAM, • OUTHAMPTON, PORTSMOUTH, AND PORTSnOWS lilt.!., A most inviting Situation, Desirable Freehold Residence, Gardens, and suit- able Offices, and One Hundred and Fifty- nit e Acres of Land surrounding it, the recent' Abode of Admirals Paterson and Giffard ; and Two Pews in the Parish Church. DENBIGHSHIRE FREEHOLD ESTATES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY R. MADDOX, At the Cross Keys Inn, in the Town of Oswestry, ou Tuesday, the 16th Day of June, 1829, at three o'Clock in the Afternoon, and subject lo such Con ditions as shall be then produced ; LOT I. AESMOCHNANT UCHA, situate __ in the Parish of LLANRMAIADR- YN MOCI1NANT, in the said County, consisting of the Dwelling llofise, Outbuildings, and Garden, and two Pews in the Parish Church of Llaurhaiadr aforesaid, together with 58 Acres ( or thereabouts) of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LANDS, now in the Occupation of Mr. Meredith, the Proprietor. This very desirable Property lies iu the beaut il ful Vale of Llangedwin, on the Banks of the River Tannat, which is well supplied with Fish ; in the immediate Neighbourhood of valuable Slate and Lead Mines; within 10 Miles of the Market Town of Oswestry, and 4 Miles of Llanfyllin. The LaYul is capable of great Improvement, and the Roads to the Lime and ihe neiy hboui iug Towns are very good. There are also two valuable Sheepwalks belonging to this Kami. Lor II. A MESSUAGE, FARM, and LANDS, calltd PENYRALLT, wit'll a fine Coppice of young Timber, situate in the Parish of Llanrhaiadr. yn- Mochnant aforesaid, containing by Admeasurement 38 Acres or thereabouts,- now in the Holding ot Edward Hughes, as Tenant at Will. Mr. DAVID MEREDITH, the Proprietor, will shew the different Lots; aud further Particulars may be had by Application to Messrs. WILLIAMS and COLE, Solicitors, Llanfyllin, at whose Office a Miip of the Estate may be seen. SJYOWDON. ' BIO COVER, THIS SEASON ( 1829), at i l'IMLF^ Y, two Miles from Shrewsbury, THE CELEBRATED GREY HORSE SWOWDON. Thorough- bred Mares Five Guineas, other Mares Three Guineas; Groom's Fee, Five Shillings. SNOWDON was got by Skiddaw ( own Brother to Golumpus, Hedley, and Wanderer), out of a Delpini Mare, her Dam Miss. Cogden by Phcenomenon — Young Marske— Sil vio— Daphne— Regul us. SNOWDON is allowed by experienced Judges to possess as fine Symmetry and Strength as any Horse in the Kingdom ; with excellent Temper and robust Health; and his Stock are of the most promising- Description. For his Performances on the Turf, see the Racing Calendar. *#* Good Grass ( and Corn, if required) for Mares at Pimley, aud every Care taken of them. All Demands to be paid at Midsummer, tor llnlf- a. Guinea extra to be charged. ORTRAITS and MEMOIRS of the MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF BRITISH HISTORY. BV EDMUND LODGE, ESQ. Norroy King of Arms, F. S. A. This Collection of Illustrious English Portraits and Biography comprises the History of the Country in Memoirs of ihe most Illustrious English Nobility and greai. Officers of State, from the earliest introduction of Portrait Painting to the present time. The subjects art^ selected from the highest authorities in the land, he ori « Tn< a « Pictures being preserved in the Galleries of the Nobility, descendants of the distinguished persons represented, or in the Public Collections, and i « re painted by HOLBEIN, RUBENS, VANDYKE, LELY, KNELLRR, REYNOLDS, and other great Masters. SIR WALTER SCOTT has observed, in writing of this Work, " It is impossible for me to conceive a work which ought to be more interesting lo the present age, ban that which exhibits before our eyes our k fathers as they lived," accompanied with such memorials of their Lives aud Characters as enable us to compare their persons and countenances with their sentiments iind actions. This valuable and extended Series of the Portraits of the Illustrious - Dead affords to every private gentleman, at a moderate expense, the interest iittaehed to a large Gallery of British Portraits, on a plan more extensive than any collection which exists, and at the same time the essence of a curious library of historical, biographical, and antiquarian works."— Extract of a Letter from. Sjr Walter Scott, printed in the Prospectus. The QUARTKRI. Y REVIBW of October thus Criticises Mr. Lodge's Work : — Largely as we hove been tempted to speak of the graphic part of these volumes, we do not hesitate to say, that were ihe engravings absent, they woiild form a most valuable addition to ihe English library. This strong language we use deliberately. In regard to the illustrious characters of our political history,- through its two most' picturesque and eventful centuries, Mr. Loflge has furnished us with epitomes, which* were the authorities regularly quoted at the bottom of the page, would deserve to be put into the hands of every young person beginning his cour of English historical reading, to guide him as to the course of his inquiries; and in which the most ripe aud experienced reader will find delight, as serving 10 refresh memory by a systematic and arranged exhibi- tion of the common materials of thought, and not less as containing the reflection of a" mind equally polished, sagacious, candid, long exerted on those nmieiials.'? PLAN OF PUBLICATION. This Work was originally published in a succession of folio Parts, amounting, collectively, to nearly two hundred guineas;— an expense so lar^ e for a single work, as to limit it exclusi vely. to the libraries of the great. 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The First Number, containing the Portraits and Memoirs of SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, from the Duke of Bedford Gallery; QUEEN ANNB BULLEN, from the Earl of Warwick's, at Warwick Castle; and ARCH BISHOP CRANMFR, from the British Museum, was published on the first of May; and persons desiring to subscribe for the earliest impressions, are requested to forward their names either to the Publishers or to their respective Booksellers in any part of the Kingdom, h- tit \< iih directions to have them sent to the Loudon publishers forthwith, because tlie best impressions wi be ' appropriated to the iirst subscribers; and unless Orders are registered in the Subscription Book at the Publishers, the earliest impressions cannot be ensured LONDON: HARDING & LEPARD, PALL MALL EAST. Sold by every Bookseller in Salop, by whom Speci- mens will be shewn upon application, and from whom a Prospectus and Catalogue of Two Hundred of the Engravings, forming part of the Collection, may be obtained gratis. COUNTRY BOOKSELLERS desiring the agency of this Work, are requested to apply to the publishers free of expense ; and if any difficulty be experienced in obtaining Exhibition Tickets or Prospectuses thro' their respective London Agents, the Country Trade are requested to write direct lo the Publishers, stating the case and channel through which applications may have been previously made. For Particulars and to treat apply to the Rev. E. S. DICKENSON, the Proprietor of the Estate, at Meeson Hall ; or at Mr. FISHER'S Office, in Newport. For Investment of Capital. DRENEWYDD ESTATE, SHROPSHIRE. To be Sold by Auction, At the Wynnstay Arms, in Oswestry, in the Course of the Month of June next ( and not in the Month of April, as before advertised,) either together or in Lots lo be specified in a future Advertisement, subject to Conditions to be declared at the Time of . Sale: AMOST valuable and desirable FREE- HOLD ESTATE; comprising sundry fine FARMS aud LANDS, held by respectable Tenants at low Rents, and containing iu the whole by Admea- surement 909A. 3R. 24P. be the same more or less, situate in the several Parishes of OSWESTRY and WHITTINGTON, in the County of Salop, nearly adjoining the latter Village, and at a short Distance from the Town of Oswestry, in ihe immediate Neigh- bourhood of Coal and Lime, with the Advantages of excellent Turnpike Roads, and the additional Facili- ties of Water Carriage by Means of the Ellesmere Canal, which is within two Miles of the greatest Pari of ihe Property. There are some fine Coppices of thriving young Timber upon Paris ot Ibe Estate. Pheasants nnd olher Game are in the greatest Abundance, having been strictly preserved. Printed Particulars, descriptive of Ihe several Lots, will shortly be prepared, and may afterwards he had ( with any further Information which may be re- quired) by applying lo Messrs I. ONGUBVIL.[. B, Sol cilors, Oswestrv, who will appoint a Person to shew the Estate. STo be SolU bp " auction, BY MR. GEORGE ROBINS, At the Auction Mart, London, on Thtrrsdnv, June 11, al Twelve o'clock ; AVery desirable FREEHOLD PRO- PERTY, eligible as an Investment, nnd advan- tageous and profitable to the Agriculturist; it comprehends A RESIDENCE CALCULATED FOR A FAMILY OF RESPECTABILITY, ' ith corresponding Offices of every Description; Ihe latter secluded from the Abode by Shrubbery Walks, Flower and Fruit Gardens, & e.; the Situation i » un- usually inviting, contiguous to the PORTSDOWN HILL, two Miles from ihe capital Market of Fnrehatn, iieren from Portsmouth, and only seven from Southampton ; connected with the Farm and Bams, Stabling, and' Granary, four Labourers' Cottages, and ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY- NINE ACRES OF ARABLE, MEADOW, & DOWN LANDS, upon which Is a Chalk Pit, equal to ihe Consumption of as much Lime as Ihe Land can require ; il is en- lirely within a Ring Fence, in the Occupation of a respectable Tenant for Ihe Inst fourteen Years ( nhoSe Lease expires at Michaelmas next), tit an inadequate Rent of Jf 180 a Year, the last Renewal being in IS22, the very worst Year for Agricultural Produce that can be remembered. THE RESIDENCE WAS RECENTLY OCCUPIED BY ADMIRAL PATERSON, id subsequently by Admiral Grflard, and it lias at all Times been eagerly sought afier by the highest Officers iu the Navy. The Prospect Rooms " otter uninterrupted and very interesting Scenery, extending lo Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Tiie Taxes are very low, and the Land- Tax is redeemed on the Residence. Particulars may be had ( 21 Days prior to the Rale) nt the best Inns at Portsmouth, Soul bam pi on, Fare- bam, Petersfield, and Chichester; the Auction Mart ; aud at Mr. GEORCB ROBINS'. Offices, London. GARDENING, BOTANY, TREES, ANGLING. THE MANORS OF HDIEIBLDLEiM LEL& IMb Deans A• Tendrings, with Wieldbarnes Mole Hull, I and IViddington Hall, with the Manorial Rights and Privileges, the Mansion catted Debden Halt, together with the A dvowson to the Rectory of Deb- I den, and the Next Right of Presentation, with Eighteen Farms, lying very compact, and con- I taining altogether .1,850 Acres of Land, desirably situate within forty Miles of London, in the pre- ferable Part of Essex, with immediate Possession \ — the l. and- Tax is redeemed. Printed for BALDWIN <$- CRADOCK, PATERNOSTEN- ROW. FOR WORMS, FITS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH, Sfc. r|"^ HE more usual Symptoms of Worms *. are FITS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH, SIDB, and IIBAD; Loss of APPETITE; nnd a PALB, LANGUID, and EMACIATED APPEARANCB ill llie PATI3NT. The extra or efficacy of CIllNG's PATENT WORM LOZENGF2S iu all such compluinlg, as well as Oft. structinns in the bowels, and every disorder where opening or cleansing physic is required, is so iini verily known, and has been publicly acknowledged by so many persons of distinction and rank in society that ii is unnecessary here to enlarge on their peculiar virtues. Sold in Boxes nt Is. ltd and 2s. 9d. by ihe principal Medicine Venders." Of whom may he had, PERRY's ESSENCE, which has been declared in highly respectable Journals lo be the ** liest tiling ever discovered for Hie TOOTH and EAR- ACHE." Iu Bottles, at Is. I'd. and 2s. 9d. ABERCROMBIE'S GARDENER'S POCKET JOURNAL; containing in Monthly Order every Thing necessary lobe done in Ihe Kitchen, Fruit, aud Flower Garden, Shrubbery, Green- House, Hoi House, Sic. with Lists of Plants, Shrubs, Fruit nnd Forest Trees, Flowers, 17lh Edition, corrected and enlarged by au eminent Botanist, Price only 2s. sewed. 2. BINGI. EY's PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION to BOTANY; illustrated by References, under each Definition, to Plan's of easy Access. A uew Editi By JOHN FROST, F. A. S. F. L. S. & e. Will, many Plates, l2nio. 1' rice 4s. neatly half- hound, or with the Plates finely coloured, 7s. 3. PROF'F. SSOR MARTYN's PLATES to ROUS- SEAU's BOTANY. 8vo. Price 14s. Boards; or finely coloured. Price £ 1.1 Is. 6d. t* These fine Plates are equally useful to nil Work! on Botany. 4. The FLORIST'S DIRECTORY; a TREATISE on the CULTURE of FLOWERS; lo which is added, A Supplementary Dissertation on Soils, Manures & c. By JAMES MADDOCK, Florist. A new Ed- lion, improved, with an APPENDIX nil the CULTURE of Hie DAHLIA, CHRYSANTHEMUM, & c. Bv SA- MUEL CURTIS, Editor of Lectures on Botany, iu 8vo. with Ten Plnles, Price 12s. Boards, or with Ihe Plates finely coloured after Nature, Price 20 » . Boards. 5. CULPEPER's ENGLISH HERBAL; enlarged by Dr. Parkins, nnd corrected by nil experienced Herbalist. F'ourth Edition, many Plates, Price ( j « . Boards, or with Coloured Plates, 8 » . 6. Dr. AIKlN's WOODLAND COMPANION; or, a Brief Description of British Trees, with some Account of their Uses. With 28 Plates. Third Edition, Price 9s. half- bound. * » * This pleasing Companion in Rambles through the Fields and Woods contains much of the entertaining Portions of Evelyn's Sylva. 7. AlKIN's NATURAL HISTORY of the YEAR ; divided into Mouths, and illustrated with a Plate. Fifth Edition, 12ino. Price 3s. Boards. 8. BEST'S ART of ANGLING; confirmed by n Life of Experience; to which is added, Nohh's Com. plele Troller. The Eleventh Edition, with a Plate of FJies, much improved. Price 3s. 6d. Boards. DINMORE'S SHRIMP PASTE & ESSENCE. MR. GEORGE ROBINS s o ratified in being- instructed to announce that he will SELL BY AUCTION, at the Mart, n London, on Thursday, the I Hli of June, at Twelve, and iu One Lot. A SINGULARLY FINE FREEHOLD INVEST- i\ IENT FOR CAPITAL, combining such an infinity of Advantages as are rarely congregated in one Property, and it therefore neces- sarily follows that the Limit of au Announcement must be confined to a brief Summary of the leading Features, which it is confidently believed will be more than sufficient to awaken the Attention of large Capitalists an Investment which, for its Importance and local Advantages, has seldom ( if ever) been offered to Pub- ic Competition ; it comprehends THE DEBDEN HALL ESTATE, WITH A PARK & DOMAIN OF 3,850 ACRES. The Residence puts forth very strong Claims to Public Attention, inasmuch as, without being of a very pre- tending Character, it combines in its Exterior a chaste and elegant Design, w hile its interior Accommodation presents a plentiful Supply of every Thing that is essential to the comfortable Abode of a Family of high Standing and Respectability. The Grounds that en viron this delightful Retreat are formed in Accordance with the best Taste. The Plantation Walks and Shrubberies, luxuriantly disposed, are adorned with an Infinity of the most choice American Plants and Evergreens, while the Flowering Shrubsare dispersing their sweet Perfume in every Direction.— The Kitchen Gardens, encompassed by lofty Walls, are clothed with the choicest Trees, in an highly luxuriant State. THE FINELY- TIMBERED PARK has drawn largely on the Bounty of Nature, inasmuch as the Scene, however beautiful, must be somewhat imperfect without tbe ORNAMENTAL WATERS, . „ U1? UC1 , 0 . > » which complete the coup d'ceil of this delectable Re- I ESh new and superior Preparations treat. Connected with it are I - M- only require a trial to be approved; the Paste THE MANORS, MANORIAL RIGHTS, PRIVI- LEGES, and IMMUNITIES, extending over a large and fertile Tract of highly- cul- tivated Land. The Estate includes EIGHTEEN MOST CAPITAL FARMS, the Whole of which are Freehold ( save only about 120 Acres, which are Copyhold), and in the Occupation of a most respectable Tenantry, at reduced Rents, capable of much Improvement. There is, besides, THE ADVOWSON AND NEXT PRESENTATION TO THE RECTORY OF DEBDEN, with a superior Residence and Glebe connected there- with. The Property is situate within four Miles of Saffron Walden and Bishop's Storlford, and certainly in the most esteemed Part of ihe County. LORD BRAYBROOK'S ADMIRED MANSION AND ESTATE almost approximates upon it ; the Neighbourhood is remarkable for the Superiority of its Occupants, and to a Sporting Man it abounds with Advantages that are rarely to be met with. This is a faint Outline of Investment that possesses so many other Advantagi and of a Character so unequivocal, that Mr. ROBINS feels great Pleasure in recommending it in an especial Manner to the Attention of great Capitalists. ( j^* The Mansion and Estate can be viewed only by Cards; and Particulars, with Lithographic Plans of the whole Property ( shewing very conspicuously its Compactness), will be ready for Distiibution six Weeks antecedent to the Sale, at the principal Inns at Saffron Walden, Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow, Chelmsford,, Chesterford, and Newmarket; of Mr. JACOB NOCK- OLDS, Audley End ; of Messrs. CAPRON, ROWLEY, and WELD, Solicitors, Savilie- place, Burlington- street ; at the Auction Mart J and at Mr. GEORGE ROBISS'S Offices, London, for Sandwiches, Toast, Biscuit, & c. and the Essence a* a Sauce for all kinds of Boiled and Fried Fish. DUNN's ESSENCE OF COFFEE AND COCOA PASTE, from which Coffee and Cocoa of a superior Quality, and perfectly clear, is instantly made. HARD's FARINACEOUS FOOD, for Infants and Persons with impaired Digestion, far preferable to Tops and Bottoms, a species of Food ill adapted to the stomachs of Infants. ASHBY's PREPARED GROATS AND BARLEY, for making Gruel and Barley Water in a few minuter* These superior preparations are packed in tin foil in order lo prevent them from damp. BURGESS's ANCHOVY PASTE & ESSENCE — These articles have been so long in general u « e, that. it is only necessary to caution the Public against the numerous inferior imitations offered for Mile. Sold by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, London, and ihe principal Druggists in the Kingdom. 1829. THAT CELEBRATED HORSE JUPITER, WILL COVER, THIS SEASON, at CRUCKTON MILL, near Shrewsbury, Tho- rough- bred Mares at Five Guineas each, others at Three Guineas ( tbe Groom's Fee included). JUPITER will attend at Welsh Pool every Mondav • at the Cross Foxes, Montgomery, every Monday Night; at the Tut f Inn, Shrewsbury, every Saturday and Fair Day ; and the Remainder of his Time ut Home. ( j^ The Money to be paid at Midsummer next, or an additional Half- Guinea will be charged. Good Grass for Mures. SALOPIAN JOUHNAti, AMD COU1RIER OF WALES. HOUSE OF COMMONS— THURSDAY. TRADE TO INDIA ANT> CHINA. Mr. W. WHITMOKF. rose to move for n Committee " fo inquire into the trade between Great Brtfnin. tfie F- ast Indies, and China." I- ooking at the condition, of the country at the present moment, it became most essential to ascertain hy what means the resources of the empire could be extended Slid improved, in order to mitigate* if not altogether to obviate, the distress that for the last seven or eight years had constantly occurred in our commercial and manufacturing interests. If this question were fairly looked in the face, lie felt convinced the means of lessening, if not of removing the distress would be found in it. I. et there be a larger field opened for the employment of capital and lor tbe vent of manu- facture^ and a great national l> enefit must be accomplished. Looking also to the state of Ireland, it' became necessary to find means to give wider scope for the employment of the people of that kingdom. The titration of this country with America, in conse- quence of the new tariff, also placed our commercial relations in a precarious condition. How much this Country was dependant upon the United States would appear from the fact, that we draw tlirec- fourths of our cotton thence. That of itself furnished a strong reason for considering whether we had not means within our own empire of supplying the deficiency, provided any thing should prevent our receiving ther. ee the large supplies absolutely necessary for the prosperity of our cotton manufactures. He would endeavour to shew that wc had ample means of producing that article to any extent. The Hon. Member then continued, " I apprehend I need not argue that the trade to the East may be one of considerable value; on that point I may appeal to history, and every man now admits that, it is ohe of tire largest carried on wilh any country of ( he world. Never were predictions more completely disproved than those which were hazarded at the time when the removal of the charter was before parliament. We were then told, and by great authorities, that we could not expect any increase of the commerce to the East. ' One gentleman, indeed, went so far as to contend, that Ihe only article in which it would be extended was that of glass bottles ; while another argued thai it was absurd to suppose that a population w hose labour was only remunerated at the rate of about 3d. per day could become customers to any extent for the manufactures of this country. It is not extraordinary that gentlemen connected with the Fast India Company should endeavour to give currency to these notions, nor is it perhaps surprising lhat they should even contrive to bring their minds to this conclusion. I trust that the house will allow me to refer to the state of that trade a short time antecedent to the renewal of the Company's charter, first noticing the falling off in the trade, and then contrasting it with the extension of it from the time it was made free. In 1795 it was £ 2,.'> 00,000; from 17E6 to 1801 it was £ 2,300,000; from 1802 to 1807 it had decreased to £ 2,100,000; and from 1808 to 1812 it was only £ 1,700,000. The charter having been renewed in 1813, the produce of the trade from 1814 to 1819 was £ 2,100,000; from 1820 to 1825 it ascended to £ 4,800,000, and in 1827 it rose to £ 5 800,000. The house will not fail to remark during the first periud— that is to the year 1813— the gradual diminution of the trade, and during the last- from 1814 to 1827— the constant and rapid augmentation, so that the predictions in which some indulged, as to the impossibility of extension, were founded upon misapprehension and miscalculation. " These facts will sufficiently establish the advan- tage of allowing the trade to be in the hands of private individuals, and will lay a strong ground for a minute enquiry, in order to ascertain whether it will not be fit that measures should be taken to promote a still further extension. Large as is the present amount of the trade, and rap; d as has been its • growth, 1 am convinced that we yet know nothing of the amount to which it may be carried ; every body connected or acquainted with the trade to India agrees in opinion, that no assignable limit can be ' named for it, the only difficulty' being to find a profit- able return for the investment sent out. This brings me to the point of Imports; nnd I find that in 1780 the official value of all the goods and produce from India was £ 3,800,000, while in 1827 it was £ 8,343,000. The average of imports from 1814 fo 1819 was £ 5,748,000, and from 1820 to 1827, as I have already said, £ 8,343,000. Tbe Export trade, it will be ob- served, in the interval between 1814 and 1S28, had increased nearly four- fold ; but the improvement in the Import trade was not in the same' proportion. This difference is chiefly to be accounted for by the fact, that at the present moment, with one or two trifling exceptions, the products of India are of inferior quality; the great— 1 may almost say the sole— exception is one of a most extraordinary kind — 1 allude fo iudigo. Indigo, the grow th of British India, was formerly scarcely saleable in Ihe European mar- ket, but it Is now thought superior to ( hat produced in South America, or in any o( her part, of the world. What is tbe fact ? For the last forty years the growth and manufacture of indigo in the East Indies has been under the superintendence of British capital- ists, Such is the extraordinary result, that not only this country, but all Europe, has been supplied witii this most important drug from British India. There can be little doubt, that if the same permission to British subjects to embark their capital and employ their superintendence, were extended to other arti- cle's, the same effects would follow. The climate and • oil of India are favourable to the growth of cotton, sugar, raw silk, and indeed of every species of colo- nial produce, and when British capital and British skill are employed in the preparation of other goods for the markets of Europe, they will lie attended with equal success.— With respect to the policy of allowing Englishmen to Settle in India ; upon this 1 conceive the whole result much depends. It is my belief, that if we prevent that settlement, and thereby prevent the employment of British capital and skill, we cannot carry the trade further than at present; but if we adopt the more generous, as well as the w iser course of permitting Englishmen to proceed thither without restraint, we may carry our commerce to the East to any extent. Tbe House is aware that the present policy is to prevent settlement in India ; and except- ing in the Presidencies of Bombay, Bengal, and Cal- cutta, they are prevented from holding and possessing land. This certainly is a very singular and objection- able policy., never pursued by any country of the world but ourselves^ and it has contributed more than any other cause to maintain that want of civiliz- ation and knowledge apparent in India. It has been said that the. reason for discouraging settlement was, that the happiness and welfare of the people might lie better seeured— as futile an argument as ever was advanced. The very reverse is fhe effect ; and the best mode of ameliorating the condition of the natives of India is to remove this impolitic and absurd restric- tion. Introduce among them British settlers, and you improve their habits and their understandings ; you raise them from a slate of half civilization to a condition of complete civilization. It has been fre- quently said that the power of settlement would weaken the ties by which India is bound to this country. Really, I never heard an argument so weak and unfounded ; on fhe contrary, 1 should say that under a different system, by which Englishmen might be permitted to settle in India, that country would be held by a much stronger bond than it is at present; Never was any thing so unfounded. It had its origin in the desire of the present monopolists of the trade of the East to invent an excuse for that monopoly ; that is the sole ground on which it was set up, and that is the sole ground on which it can now he maintained. " With respect to the inquiry we shall have to institute if a Committee be granted, it will embrace a wide extent; we must have ample information, and wc can come to no conclusion without getting evidence from India. I am myself extremely desirous to com- mence the investigation as early as possible; and for that reason 1 wish the Committee to be appointed to- night; for though we should not be able perhaps to prosecute the inquiry during the present session, yet, if we only began it, wc should be able to lay the ( round for the next session ; and it is only by long and deep consideration, and by having nil the evidence before us that is indispensably necessary to bring our minds to that satisfactory conclusion, by w hich, and by which tnly, we can do effectual justice to this im- mense question.— Tlie next point I shall urge is rela- tive to the China trade of the country. The house is aware that the trade of China is a complete and entire monopoly in the hands of the East India Company. No English trader can go to any of the ports of China. Every English tradir is precluded from dealing in that articic which forms the staple of the trade. There is not the shadow of an excuse for continuing that monopoly ; and when we look at the progress of the trade fhai lias been carried on since the partial open- ing of the intercourse with India, we may infer what would have been the increase if a generally free inter- course had taken place with the Eastern world. I am aware that by the title given by the renewal of the Charted, iu 1813, unless some amicable arrangement can be made between the Government and the Com- pany, there is no hope for the opening of this trade, until the expiration of their act in 1834. But I am therefore aware, that this house is the more bound to keep its attention fixed on the point, and never to relax its vigilance; and when the act does expire, it will be for this house to decide whether on any terms, or on what conditions, that most, odious monopoly, as I must call it, shall be |) ermittcd toexist. It is alleged by the friends of the East India Company, that it is necessary to continue the monopoly because there is a great difficulty in dealing with the Chinese. This is a common- place argument, and entirely unfounded. The real fact is, that the Chinese are addicted to com- merce ; they are one of the most populous nations on the globe; and they have fully occupied their soil, which is in tbe highest state of cultivation. What would be the advantages of a commercial intercourse prevailing through a country capable of carrying on such an immense trade as would exist under the auspices of free principles? The population of China is estimated at 150,000,000; it has a salubrious climate, and would be a valuable customer, if the trade were conducted on principles of freedom. Look at the exports fhat would take place in the general trade; look at the enormous opening that would be made for our manufactures, and the immense con- sumption of Chinese produce that would ensue in ( bis country. In conclusion, I implore the house to reflect on the amount of capital that is seeking employment in all directions. I implore tbe house to reflect on fhe gigantic power of machinery,- in order that we may provide the only security by which an injured trade can be supported in all its details. I implore the house to reflect on the fact that the trade of all the people of India and China depends on this question, and that they are in a situation to ameliorate the con- dition of our manufacturers, by gradually disseminat- ing amongst them a taste for English goods; and while we spread the principles of English justice, the English language, and English feeling, we ameliorate ( heir condition in the only way in which it is suscepti- ble of improvement. 1 implore the house therefore to consider the question before it in all its amplitude and greatness." The Hon. Gent, then moved tbe appoint- ment of a Select Committee on the subject. The CHANCEI. LOU of the EXCHEQUER said he rose in the hope of inducing the Hon. Member not then to press the appointment of a committee. " I agree with him ( continued the Right Hon. Gent.) entirely in his view of the great importance of the question; and I am quite satisfied that it must, sooner or later, come under the full consideration of parliament, invedving, as it does, not only the interests of tbe trade of this country in several of its principal branches, but also the greatest political question parliament ever had to decide— involving not only interests which are strictly domestic, but the happiness . of many millions in a distant quarter of the globe, who acknowledge the rule of this country, and who desire its continuance, and in connexion with whom we derive a power which enables us to main- tain ourselves in a high station among the nations of mankind. In proportion as the Hon. Member and myself take a view of the question, its great im- portance becomes more apparent, aud exactly in the same proportion to its importance we should take the best means to secure the fullest and most complete and impartial examination of all the questions, and the most deliberate review of all the topics connected with them. But if we, at the present period of the session, and under present circumstances, were to adopt the motion, we should utterly disable our- selves from making that full and complete inquiry which we owe to the interests both of England and India. When I say lhat 1 feel bound to advise the house not to appoint the committee which has been asked for, I can assure it that I do not give that advice from any feeling on my part that it is not essentially necessary that they not only should inquire into every topic which the Hon. Gent, has stated to be connected with the question, but even into many others, which he has omitted to mention. It appears to me, as a necessary preliminary, that the house should have before it a series of documentary evidence, before it commences the inquiry, in order that it may be more thoroughly master of the question which it will have to investigate. For this reason it was the intention of my Right Hon. Friend ( Mr. Peel)— who, from indisposition, is unfortunately prevented from being in his place-— it was his intention, anil it still is bis intention, iu the course of the present session, to move for the production of that document- ary evidence which appears to government to be indispensably necessary to the right understanding of tbe case. For these reasons I advise that there should not lie a Committee appointed at this period, w hen they will not have the means of considering the subject with effect; but that by deferring its appoint- ment we should insure to it the means of presenting an opinion, which, while it will be accordant with former precedents as to the period at which it was delivered, will not, through deficiencies, be rendered unnacceptable either to the house or to the country. Under these circumstances, Sir, Ministers propose, at the commencement of the next session of parliament, to enter fully into tbe consideration of the subject. Tbe inquiry will then embrace all the topics to which the Hon. Gent, has adverted ; and the house will at lhat time be in a situation to prosecute the investiga- tion, with not only a greater effect, but with a iess chance of falling into a particular or limited view of the question. 1 am aware that, alihough the Charter of the East India Company does not expire until 1834, parliament must decide on a notice to the East India Company by April, 1831; but surely an inquiry at the beginning of the year 1830 will be adequate, in every respect, to that information which will be necessary to decide whether the notice in 1831 shall or shall not lie given. In now objecting, therefore, to the Hon. Gent.' smotion, 1 beg him to believe, that I am very far from disregarding Ihe weight of the arguments which he has stated to the house ; indeed it is impossible to have heard his speech without feeling how much it was entitled to receive great weight and respect from the house. It was a speech that contained great and extensive knowledge on Ihe part of the Hon. Gent, as well as a quantity of useful detail. Let me also add, that the tone and temper of it were such that it may be well held out as a model, on a question which is calculated to excite so much personal feeling as this. I beg also distinctly to state, that at the present time I pledge myself to no opinion; on the contrary, 1 am anxious to go to inquiry, that I may have the means of forming my opinion on the evidence of either parly, in the proportion that they appear entitled to weigh wilh the house. I am anxious that the inquiry should be complete, elective, and satisfactory." Mr. HUSKISSON, Mr HUMI5, Mr. WABBURTON, and Mr. BROUGHAM, supported Mr. Whitmore's views : the latter gentleman and Mr. Huskisson were, however, for adopting the course recommended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr C. W. W. WVNX thought it desirable that the Committee should originate with tbe Government. Mr. BARING thought it would be better to wait until the next Session ; and he thought the benefits expected to be derived from what was called opening the trade to India, had been greatly exaggerated. Sir CHARI. ES FonBF. B and Mr. ASTEIX said, when- ever tbe trade was opened, the result would dis- appoint the expectations of those who were now so sanguine upon the subject.. Mr. W. W. WHIT. il il RE, considering the advantages which would result from having Ihc question brought forward under the auspices of His Majesty's Ministers, said, he should certainly not press his motion.— The question was then put, and negatived without a di- vision. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY. MR. O'CON N KLL. It being known lhat Mr. O'Connell meant lo attempt to take bis seat in the House of Commons this evening for the county of Clare, a very numer- ous attendance of members took place at an early hour. As soon as the Speaker hud taken the chair, he inquired whether there was any member to be sworn. Mr. O'Comiell, who bad been sitting under the entrance gallery, immediately passed the bar of the bouse, aud advanced lo the table between Lords Duncaiiiiou and Ebrington. Tbe Hon. Gentleman delivered to Ihe Chief Clerk the certificate from Ihe Lord High Steward's Commissioners, his return, und qualification. The Clerk then presented lo him a copy of the old oaths, logeth r wilh Ihe New Testament on which lo swear him. Mr. O'Connell is staled lo have said, lhal he applied to lake bis seat under Ihe new act; thai he was ready lo sub- scribe llie oath directed under that act to be taken liy Roman Catholic mem ben, bul that he did not feel himself bound to take the former oaths. At his request the Clerk communicated with the Speaker, who immediately rose and addressed the house, giving it as his opinion, that as the Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. O'Connell) had not been returned Subsequently lo the passing of the act referred to, it could not apply to him; and as he had objected lo take the oaths required lo be takeu^ Wy all mem- bers returned prior to that act being passed, it became his duty to desire tbe Hon. Gentleman to- withdraw. Mr. O'Connell bowed to Ihe chair, but neither attempted to withdraw nor to speak. Mr. Brougham rose and endeavoured to nddress the house, but he was called to order by the Speaker, thereby intimating that he could not proceed while Mr. O'Connell remained. The latter was again desired to withdraw, and bowing retired to his former seat under Ihe gallery. A discussion then took place, and Mr. Brougham at length moved that Mr. O'Connell should be heard at the table, fo state his reasons why he refused to take tbe old oaths. After a number of members had spoken, Mr. Peel suggested that the question should be adjourned until Monday, which was ultimately asireed to. The debate chiefly turned upon fhe points— whether a member coining to fhe table to be sworn can be prevented from stating bis reasons for not taking the oalhs pre- scribed; and whether, If he cannot be prevented, he may state them at the table or at tbe bar of the house. Mr. O'Connell had prepared himself to enter instantcr on his case had he been permitted ( o do so. When ordered the second time to with- draw, the Hon. Gentleman is said for a moment to hate looked round, as one who had reason fo expect support, and this failing he again bowed and with- drew. It is added, that while standing at. the table he required the property qualification ojjlji to be administered to him, which was refused ; and lhat bad lhat oath, which must be taken Before any person can speak as a member, been administered, he would have replied to the Speaker aud enforced his claims to his seat as a matter of right. The whole proceeding look place amidst Ihe most silent, almost breathless attention ; the benches were filled in an unusual degree, and there is no recollection of so large a number of peers attracted to the house by curiosity. As soon as it was over a great num- ber of the members left Ihe house. The following is an account of the transaction as recorded in tbe Votes and Proceedings of the house: " Daniel O'Connell, Esq. professing the Roman Catholic religion, returned Knight of the Shire for the county of Clare, being introduced in the usual manner, for the purpose of taking his seat, pro- duced at the table a certificate of his having been sworn before two of the deputies appointed by Ihe Lord Steward, whereupon Ihe clerk tendered to him the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjura- tion, upon which Mr. O'Connell stated lhat he was ready to take Ihe oaths of allegiance and abjuration, but that be could not takethe oath of supremacy, & claimed the privilege of being allowed to- fake Ihe oath scl forth in the Act passed in Ihe present Session of Parliament for the relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects; whereupon the Clerk having staled the matter to Mr, Speaker, Mr. SpeoketMu- formed Mr. O'Connell that, according f5, M » ' inter- pretation of the law, it was incumbent, oil Mr. O'Connell to take the oaths of allegiance, supre- macy, and abjuration; and that the provisions of the new Act applied only to Members returned after the commencement of the said Act, except in so far as regarded Ihe repeal of tbe declaration against traiisubstantiation, aud lhat Mr. O'Comiel! must withdraw, unless he were prepared to take Ihe oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration. Whereupon Mr. O'Conuell withdrew." PUBLIC FOOTWAY.— At the Court Leet of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, held for this town and" liberties on Saturday last, the obstruction of the public footway at the western end of the English bridge was brought before the attention of the Court; and the Steward ( Joseph Loxdale, Esq.) said, such arrangements had been made, by the Mayor, himself, and other gentlemen, subsequent to the case having been mentioned to the Magistrates on Tuesday, as would secure to the public the re- establishment of a commodious path, by a flight of steps continuing the footway to the side- path of the Bridge, as heretofore ; and in order to satisfy the Jury, and parties feeling interested, he would adjourn the Court Leet to Tuesday, the 16th of June, when they would be better able to form their opinion as to the plan intended to be adopted.— This announcement seemed to give general satisfaction. At the Adjourned General Quarter Sessions for the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury, held yesterday, Richard Lloyd, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of being engaged in a riot in Frankwell in January last, entered into recognizancc to keep the peace, and to appear to receive judgment if called upon. The Co'urt were afterwards occupied for a con- siderable time in reading articles of the peace exhibited against parties brought before the Court, and who now entered into the recognizances required. A case in the Court of Record for this Town and Liberties, was afterwards heard before the Mayor and a most respectable Jury.— The plaintiff in the action was Edward Smout, gardener, Coleham ; the defendant was Mr. John White, auctioneer and upholsterer.— It was stated, on the part of the plaintiff, and admitted for the defendant, that in October last the defendant sold goods belonging to the plaintiff to the amount of £ 15. 3s. 10d.; for this sum, or for the balance thereof, the present action was brought.— On the part of the defendant, it was proved in evidence, that in consequence of the plaintiff being indebted to Messrs. Field and Childe, of London, in the sum of £ 12. 8s. 2d. for seeds, and being pressed for payment, he assigned his furniture, & c. to Mr. White to sell, and in trust that he should first pay the sum of £ 12. 8s. 2d. to Messrs. Field and Childe, and then, after deducting the expenses of sale, apply the remainder in liquidation of any other debts Owing by Smout.— It was proved by Mr. B. Jones, grocer, who had acted as agent to Messrs. Field and Co. under a proper authority, that Mr. White was most anxious to pay ( he sum due to Messrs. Field and Co. but that Mr. Jones could not tell him the amount then due until he had disposed of a quantity of seeds he had received from Smout, and which were to go in part liquidation of the debt.— After these seeds were disposed of for the sum of £ 3, Mr. White had expressed himself most anxious to balance the account, if Messrs. Field and Co. would guarantee him against this action, which was then threatened.— It was further proved, tha^ Smout had, subsequent to the sale, referred another of his creditors to Mr. White, for payment of upwards of £ 3, which, with the expenses of the sale, & c. and the balance due to Messrs. Field & Co. amounted to a larger sum than the proceeds of the sale.— The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendant. Committed to our County Gaol, Mary Jones, charged wilh stealing a blanket, value two shillings, the property of James Jacob ; Richard Sims, charged with stealing a dun- bay mare, value ten pounds, the property of Hannah Gray. Mr. J. Thomas, of Wadham College, late a pupil of the Rev. Archdeacon Butler, is elected to one of the Scholarships in the University of Oxford, on Lord Craven's foundation. It is reported that Robert Throckmorton, Esq. of Bttckland, Berks, is shortly going to lead to the hymeneal altar the beautiful and accomplished Miss Acton, sister of Sir Richard Acton', Bart, of Aldenham, Shropshire.— Standard. The Rev. John Langley, late Curate of St. Chad's, m this town, has been presented to the Rectories of St. Mary's and St. Leonard's- com- Satwell, Walling- ford, Berks — Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Parliament will be prorogued on the 9th of June. — Standard. Linen and Woollen Drapery, SILK MERCERY, HOSIERY, & C. WARDOL- HEAD. E. H. HANMER ^•^ AK ES this Opportunity of stating to hi? M. Friends & Ihe Public, lhat lie has just returned from the different Msrkets, where he has pnrchnsed every Thing for the present Season ; which Articles consist of PRINTS ( 7 8lhs and Ell- wide) in great Variety, Black Gros de Naples and Sarsnets, Muslins, Printed Furnitures, See. wilh a large Slock of Scotch, Kidderminster, and Brussels Carpets, See — Every Description of Family Linens, from 4- 4llis wide t » I2- 4tbs ditto. POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, Monday Night, May 18, 1829. PRICKS or FUN us AT TH B CLOSE. Red. 3 per Ct » . 87 3 per Ct. Cons. 87J 3( pel Cents. — 3jj pei Cl « . Red. 96 4 per Cts. 1826, 103} 4 per Cenls. 103J Bank Stock 209 Long Ann. 19 7- 16 } India Bonds 56 India Stock 225| Kxclieq. Billi 69 Com. for Acc. 87| HOUSE OF COMMONS— MONDAY. > MR. O'CONNELL,. The SPEAKER having put the question, that Mr. O'Connell should be called to the Bar of the House, to be heard in support of his claim to sit as the Representative for the county of Clare, and the same having been carried, Mr. O'CONNILL appeared at the Bar, and urged his right to sit and vote, principally on the Relief Bill, as it is called. The question, however, really was, whether he was to be allowed to sit upon his own terms, against the positive enactments of the Acts of Parliament existing at the time of his return, and which required from him the acceptance of certain oaths which he now repudiated. In consequence of Mr. O'Conuell declining to take the oath of supremacy, the SOLICITOR- GENERAL moved, that it was the opinion of the House, that Mr. O'Conncll declining to take that oath, was not, under the circumstances, entitled to sit in that House After a long debate, the House divided, when there appeared 190 for the motion of the Solicitor- General and 116 against it, being a majority of 74 against the claim of Mr. O'Connell to sit in Parliament. Cije Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1829r, • si;,-. i-.' h On SUNDAY NEXT, a SERMON will he preached hy ihe Reverend CHARLES DRURY, M. A. Portionist of Pontesbury, fur the Rene fit of the PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONSCHOOL on the National System, in this Town ; in the Morning at The Abbey, and in the Evening at St. Julian's.— The Friends of this Charity are requested to meet the Reverend Archdeucon BUTLER, D. J), the Pre- sident, at the County Hall, soon after Ten o'Clbck in the Morning, to proceed from thence to the Chureh. ANNIVERSARY SERMONS. On SUNDAY NEXT, MayUth, TWO SER- MONS will be preached by the Rev. WILLIAM URWICK, of Dublin, ut Half- past Two in the A fternoon, at Lyth Hill Chapel, and at six in the Evening, at Dorrington Chapel; when Collections wilt be made for the Support of the Cause con- nected with those Places. The Sale It The Pant mid Aliorderfyn Iron. Work]-, advertised ill our 1st page, will take place Tea a'Clock in the Forenoon. BIRTH. On Sunday last, the 17th inst. at Caynham Cottrt, Mrs. Berkeley Calcol't, of a s. m. MA Hit I ED. At Market Drayton, on the 11th inst. by the Rev J. F. Siubhs, Mr. W. Harding, of Sheustone llall, t Fanny, daughter of Mr. Harding, of Cliff Grange. DIED. On the 121 li inst. in London, Mr. Thomas Pritehard youngest sou of Mr. Prilchard, solicitor, Broseley On the 1st i list. aged 75, Mr. Thomas Wheal ley, of Castle Green, Madeley, after a long and lediou illness borne wilh patient resignation aud christian fortitude. At Ludlow, on the 14th inst. aged 36, William Dansey, E> q. late of Yutlon, in ihe county of Here ford. On Friday last, aged 26, Miss Maria Jones, of* Claremont Hill, in this town. Ou the 8th inst. in ihe lt) i) th year of her age, Mrs Jane Slcett, of Griffiths Green, Claverley. Suddenly, ou ihe 8th iust. at the Rookery, near Nantwich, Win. Cooke, Esq aged 44 years. On the 9th inst. aged 77, Edward Beunett, Esq. of Backwood, near Parkgate, deservedly held i- a the highest possible estimation by his neighbours aud friends. Same day, mnch regretted by her numerous rela. lions and friends, Mary Pitt Best, wife of W. fr. Best, Esq. of Kidderminster. WALES, MARRIED. On the 16th ult. at St. Augustine's, Bristol, by the Rev. W. Millner, B. D. Edward Mathews Davis, Esq. eldest son of the Rev. D. Davis, of Swansea, grandson of llie laic Edward Mathews, of Bristol, and lineal descendant of the Mathews' of Glyngorse, Glamorganshire, lo Eliza Maria, only surviving daughter of Ihe late Sir Gabriel Powell, Kilt, of Henthfield Lodge, in the county of Glamorgan. On ihe 8ih iost. nt Old Radnor, by the Rev. Mr. Williams, J J. Woodhouse, Esq. youngest son of the late Henry Woodboose, Esq. of Scorton, in the county of York, to Mary Sophia, eldest daughter of Suinuel Lewin, Esq. of Wonioston, Radnorshire. On Ihe 5th inst. al llevop, in the county of Radnor, Mr. Edward Tudge, of Llwvn Cocli, in llie parish of Llangunllo, lo Mary, second daughter of Thomas Tudge, Esq. of Upper Hull, in llie said parish of Heyop. DIED. On Ihe 11th inst. al Ihe house of her father, in South Audley Street, London, after a short illness, Charlotte Mary, llie wife of R. B. Williams Bulkeley, Esq. of Baron Hill, Anglesey, and eldest daughter of Colonel Hughes, of Kimnel I'ark, Denbighshire, M. P. On Ihe 8tli iust. Mrs. Dorothy Foulkes, relict of Mr. John Foulkes, late of Denbigh, in her 86th year. Oil the 10th inst. at Pwllheli, Mary, relict of the Rev. John Roberts, Rector of Llaiiengau, Carnarvon, shire. On llie 9th inst. at Llanrwsl, after an illness of but few days, the Rev. John Titley, Rector of Trefrhiw and Llnnrocliwyn, Carnarvonshire. Oil Saturday week, after a short illness, Mrs. Jones, wife of David Jones, Esq. banker, of Carmarthen. On the lltli inst. of a decline, aged 37 years, Mr. Richard Lewis, of Pwllglns, near Aberystwith, leav. iug a widow and four infant children lo lament Ihe loss of nil affectionate husband and a tender father. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— Your correspondent, Salopiensis, hopes I shall not be angry at his announcing his last letter as the close on his part of the controversy in which be had engaged with me. 1 can assure him I shall not. The man who can gravely, and with apparent satis- faction, avow that the measure of Catholic Emanci- pation was intended as a return to the theory and practice of the Constitution as it existed in the latter half of the 16th and in the beginning of the 17th century, must excite other feelings than those of anger. If I thought he were, in the common accept- ation of the term, an ignorant man, I should pity him: if 1 knew that he were otherwise, I might despise him : to be angry with him is quite out of the question. I believe the result of the measure ) i'ilI be as he anticipates: but I contemplate that result as a national calamity. I am, Sir, & c. AN INDEPENDENT BURGESS. May 18,1829. Clerh of the Peace's Office, Shrewsbury, 13th May, 1829. JVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1 * an ADJOURNMENT of the GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the County of Salop, will be held at the Shirehall, in Shrewsbury, on SATURDAY, the 23d Day of May, 1829; and that the Grand and Petty Jurors, and all Prosecutors and Witnesses who were bound to appear at the last General Quarter Sessions, and did not then have their Case! disposed of, will be required to attend by Twelve o'clock at Noon, on the said Twenty- third Day of May. LOXDALE, Clerk of the Peace for the County of Salop. CHEAP AND FASHIONABLE TAILORING, MARDOIi HEAD. A Reduction of full Twenty- five per Cent, ill Mak. iug. up has this Dny taken place: Coats which wer « made up and trimmed at 20s. are now only I5s. ; Waistcoats and Trowsers in Ihe same Proportion. E. H. H. has the Pleasure to announce lo his Friends & ihe Public, that he has now an excellent Assortment of Woollen Cloths, Fancy Drills, Quiltiogs, Valentias, & c. & c. with every Thing suitable for the present Season, and al such Prices that will afford those Friends who may favour him with their Orders the most decided Advantage ever yel offered— A full handsome Suit [ Man's Size) may be hud for £ 4 and upwards; Liveries from £ 3. 10s. and upwards , a Stock of Bo> s' Waistcoats from 3s. lo 7s.; Ihe same were two- thirds more in Price, which Articles are well worth the Attention of many. TO JOURNEYMEN TAILORS. ONE HUNDRED good COAT MAKERS art im- mediately wanted, al the Ratio of Ills, 6d. per Coat ( Man's Size) ; none need apply bill tbe very best of Workmen, and whose Stability of Conduct may be depruded upon. MABDOI. HEAD, MAY Hili, 18- 29. SACRILEGE* FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. Sir Rowland Hill, Bart M. P. has accepted* the, office of Treasurer of the Salop Infirmary for >{ be ensuing year. ; . • Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. George Moultrie House- Visitors, Mr. Joseph Birch and Mr William Smith. At the Weekly Board on Saturday last, the Secretary reported that a legacy of £ 100 ( free of duty), bequeathed to this charity, by the late William Smith, Esq. had been received by the Deputy Trea- surer. { FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. To W. Wolryche VV hit more, Esq. M. P. SIR, I have read your speech on the Trade with India and thence to Europe, but I fear you have been misled by that itinerant enthusiastic ranter upon India affairs, who has been lately exemplifying his oratory against the Company and Court of Directors in his vain and arrogant speeches at Manchester, Liverpool, aud other commercial places, during his recent tour. But I should be glad to iearu what can this man know of India, boxed up as he was in the island of Bombay, or residing a very Jew years within the precincts of the Mahratta ditch at Calcutta? That the man has talents, and lhat he miserably and obstinately misap plies them to indulge his hatred of the Company and Directors, is rery evident from all his literary pro. ductions. You say one of the difficulties of governing India arises from ignorance of the manners, customs, and habits of the natives of India. On these points, I heg to assure you, that you are completely mistaken ; and if you had taken the pains to read those publica- tions ( which you ought to have done), you would have found lhat the laws, customs, and habits, both of Mussulmen and Hindoos, are completely developed bv those celebrated writers on India, Wilkius, Gladwin, Colebrook, Malcolm, Munroc, Grant, Duff, aud many, many oilier learned writers and translators. The evil is, that the real ignorance of India is in the Houses of Parliament; where so few members read those^ publications which would serve to inform them upon subjects ou which they are lamentably deficient. A LIT! if you, Sir, will get elected a member of the Astatic Society in London, you would have access to documents, and meet with gentlemen who might rightly inform you upon Free Trade, and other important subjects relative to India. That ihe free trade with India has increased since 1813 is very evident, hut how far it can he enlarged appears problematical, many merchants, I believe, have become bankrupts from their rash speculations, and home tonnage may be had at £ 2 from Calcui'a, and at 17s. from Bombay, after paying a heavy demurrage for months. Is this, Sir, a proof of com- mercial prosperity? In regard to opening the China Trade, 1 consider it a dangerous experiment. You should in candour have stated, that for every pound of tea sold at the India House for three shillings, an equal sunris levied as duty thereon ; and if you w. int ten cheaper, you should first red uce fhe National interest ( the four per cent, to three, and the latter to .. two per Cent ), to meet this defalcation of income. It is very easy to talk of what ought to he done; hut tj » e case is, what can be done with a debt of . 8!< 0 millions and its interest ? lu respect to the non- renewal of the Charter to the Company, I am fully convinced that India will never l » e- so. well managed as hy a Court of Directors and a Board of Control, together with the present system of educating Writers and Cadets, as now so successfully pursued at Hertford and Adiscombe; they then pro- ceed to India, where they spend their boyhood and manhood during thirty, forty, or fifty years, aud as Statesmen and India Legislators are fully upon a parity with this class of men in either House of Par. iiament. These gentlemen are most critically ac- quainted with the modern aud dead languages of India: and 1 will boldly assert, that should Parlia- ment have the temerity to utter a system which has been so successfully pursued of governing India dur « itig the last fifty years, we shall lose the Country. It has been too much the habit of Englishmen to speak aud think lightly of the natives of India, aud a desire is evinced to convert them to Christianity. All irterfereuoe with their religion will prove ruinous lo this country : they are uu acute and well- informed people, zealots in religion, and were iu possession of tlie elegancies derived from the Arts aud Sciences, when the natives of the British islands were habited iu sheepskins. In respect to the more general permission for En- glishmen to pursue mcrcii| itile objects iu India, that ajlso is a dangerous expeiiment. The gaol iu Calcutta, we hear, is filled with these unfortunate adventurers ; . and as a further proof of requisite restraint, do not public documents shew how lite Marquisses Corn- wall is and Hastings weie obliged to restrain the illegal conduct of many who were permitted to tr. de iu the Provinces? That tbe Charter must and will be renewed, is the opinion of alt well- informed men; and whin the important subject couies to be agitated, I tmst it will ol. iain dispassionate consideration iu all its important bearings. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, AN OLD INDIAN. 3TtH0 23ap to put) Itef) rOf And now on Sate by W. and J. ED DO WES, SHREWSBURY, ASECOND VOLUME OP ARCH- DEACON BATHER's SE11MONS. A SECOND EDITION of the FIRST VOLUME is likewise published. Of whom may also he had, SERMONS preached iu England bv the late Right Reverend REGINALD HEBER, D.' l). Lord Bishop of Calcutta, aud formerly Rector of llodnet. 1 Vol. 8vo. 9s. fid. BISHOP HEBEU's NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY THROUGH THE UPPER PROVINCES OF INDIA. 3 Vols. 8vo. £ 1. 16s. A few Copies of the HISTORY ofSHREWS BURY, by the late Rev. J. B. BLAKF. WAY and the lale Rev. Archdeacon OWEN. 2 Vols. 4to. £ 5. 15s. 6d SOM E ACCOUNT of the ANCIENT & PRESENT J ^ of SHREWSBURY, by the late Archdeacon OWEN. 12 « no. J SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF HAWKSTONE, in the Countv of Salop, illustrated with PI ales. Price 4s. A few Copies on large Paper, with Proof Impressions of ihe Plates, Price 6s. WHEREAS some evil- disposed Person or Persons did, between the Nights of Suiidnv last, April 26, and Wednesday, April 29, enter the PARISH CHUItCH of CONDOVEIl. in the County of Salop, and did there and then, by Means of an Iron Palisade, forcibly break open the Purish Chest, and carry off certain Pieces of Silver Communion Plate : viz. Two large Flagons wilh Lids, one quart Chalice or Cup, one smaller Chalice and Top, engraved " Con. dover Chuicli, 1628," one Paten or Piute, engraved with the if Owen of Condover ; most of which Articles are inscribed as being presented- from the Owen Family, aud as belonging la Coudover Church : CONriovUR, APRIL 30, 1829. Whitehall, May 8th, 1829. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto the King, that, between the Nights of Sunday, the 26th, and Wednesday, the 29th ultimo, the ParishChurch of Condover, in the County of Salop, was feloniously entered by some evil- disposed Person or Persons, who broke open the Parish Chest, and carried off several Pieces of Communion Piute: His Majesty, for the better apprehending and bringing to Justice the Persons concerned in the Felony before- mentioned, is hereby pleased to pro- mise His most gracious Pardon to any me of them who shall discover his Accomplice or Accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof. ROBERT PEEL. MR. LLOYD, DENTIST, OF LIVERPOOL, OST res|> ectfii! ly announces to file I. ndies and Gentlemen of SHRF- WSBl'llY its Vicinity, that he is at Mr. DCRNFORD'S, Upholsterer, & c. WYI. R COP, where lie will remain until Friday Evening, ilie 29ih Instant. LLOYD'S DENTIFRICE may be had at the usual Places. . SHREWSBURY, MAY 19TH, 1829. w and MESSRS. LEVASON & JONES, SURGEON- DENTISTS, 22, WHITE FRIARS, CHESTER, RESPECTFULLY announce to the Nobility, Ladies, and Gentlemen of Shropshire and its Vicinity, lhat Mr. LEVASON attends in Shrewsbury the first Monday in evei; y Month, and remains the five following Days, at Mr. WHITB'S, Auctioneer, & c. Top of Wyle Cop, Corner of St. Julian's Church Steps, during which Time he may be consulted on all Cases of Dental Surgery and Mechanism. Mr. L.' S Plans of inserting his INOPSTIU'CTIBI. K, MINERAL, NATURAL, or ARTIFICIAL TEETH continue to receive the decided Appiobation of the FACULTY. . His next Visit, to Salop w ill he on Monday Morning, ihe 1st of June. Entrance through the Shop, Room Door to the Right Hand. And, as a further Encouragement, a REWARD of FIFTY POUNDS is hereby offered by the Church, wardens of Condover, to any Person who flmll dis- cover the said Offender or Offenders, so that he, she or they may be apprehended and convicted of the said Offence. WHEKEAS GEORGE BARNETT, of WEI. LIKGTOS, in Ihe County of Salop, Brazier, hath, by Indenture hearing Date the 13ih Day of May insiaiil, assigned all his Personal Estate and EliVcts to Trustees, for the equal Benefit of all his Creditors who shall execute Ihe same within Two Months front the Date thereof: NOTICE is hereby given, that the suid Indenture is left nt my Office for the Signatures of such of the Creditors as mat be willing lo take the Benefit thereof. WILLIAM NOCK. WBLI. INGTOM, MAY 14,1829. ALI. Persons to whom Mrs. ANN 11ULME, late of PRIDK HII. L, Slnewsbiiry, Willow, deceased, stood indebted, ate desired lo delirer nil Account of their respective Demands lo Mr. JOHN IICI. MS, of Pride Hill aforesaid, Hairdresser, or ut the Office of Mr. J. tfICKKRTON WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Swuu Ilill; si II d ihese Persons who are imichted lo Mrs. Ann llilliiie's Estate ore requested to pay such Debts to the said Mr. John Hullne, or nt my Office. J. BICKF. K'ION WILLIAMS. SWAN LLTTI., SHREWSBURY, MAY 19th, 1829. HIAIBIISlETanEIBAILlDo SHREW SB l' RV. In our Market, ou Saturday last, the price of Hides was 4d. per lb.— Calf Skins 6- 1— Tallow 3id. f. d. » . d. Wheat, 38quarts. 12 II lo 12 9 Barley, 38quaris 0 11 to 0 0 Uats, 57 quarts 6 0 to 6 8 CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 18. Although our supply of English Wheat was very limited ( llie Foreign being placed under Ihe King's lock) the Mealing Trade was rather dull ibis morning, owing to the continuance of fine weather; but, upon the whole, fine samples of Foreign us well as English Wheal obtained lust Monday's prices. The Malting season having gone by, we hud hut little Mailing Barley at Market, for which lust week's prices were fully supported. Beans and Peas were brisk sale, and ls. per qmirter higher. Oats fully supported our last week's currency. In other articles there is no ulteiation. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as « » « ? » » Wheal Barley Malt... 60s to 78s 20s to 34s SOs lo 58s White Peas.. Beans Outs 34s to 37 £ 4s to 37s 28s lo 311s eg by Auction. VALUABLE FURNITURE. BY MR." PERRY, On Friday, the 29th Instant, at SEVERN COTTAGE, Cotton Ilill ;' \ PART of the valuable HOUSEHOLD FV FURNITURE, the Properly of J. T. FSHTOK. Esq. who is leaving the County.— Particulars in a future Paper, and in Catalogues. TO IRONMONGERS AND OTHERS. BY MR." WHITE, On Monday, the 1st of June, nud following Days, 1829, on the Premises, Top of Mnrdol, Shrewsbury, lately occupied by Mr. Hancorn, deceased : RPH E whole of the extensive STOCK in a TRADE, SHOP FIXTURES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, and oilier Effects. — Particulars of which will he given in future Adver- tisements, and descriptive Catalogues are now pre. paring. STALLOIE. Agricultural Implements, genteel Household Furniture, Plate, Linen, China, fy Glass, Bretving und Dairy Utensils, and about 100 Stone of Jine Southdown Wool; BY GEO. WILLIAMS, On the Premises, al Stnlloe, One Mile from Mont, goniery, on Thursday, the 21st May, 1829, and following Days, the Properly of the liite Mr. JOHN RLIRBATHAN, decensed. ^ HE IMPLEMENTS consist of 1 hroad Wheel Waggon, 3 narrow Dilto, 5 brond- wheeled Tumbrels, 3 Pair of Harrows, 5 Ploughs, Cultivator, and 2 Land Rollers, Thrashing Machine, Winnowing Ditto, Kibbling Mill, Scales lie Weight., Corn Sacks, Gig mid llnnicss, S-. uldb s, Bridles, and sundry other Iinpfementrin nnd about ihe Farm Yard. The FURNITURE comprises 13 Puir of Fuurpost Tent oiitl Field Bedsteads with various Hangings, | 2 prima bordered Goose Feuthcr Beds, extensive Bedding and Table Linen, rich China, fine cut Glass, Silver ' Table, Ten, and Suit Spoons, Ladles, Sugar Tongs, Tumblers and Pint Cups, Tenpoi ami Stand, Cxfi're Ditto, nud several PliHed Articles, Mahogany Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables, nuri Bason Stands, fine curved Ouk Linen Chests, and easy Chairs, fine veined Mahogany Dining and Ten Tubl'es, Htiir. sented Chairs, Sofa mid Cover, Pier Glasses ill Elmtty „ nll highly- burnished Gold Frames, several Pictures, Prints, nnd Paintings, Brussels Carpels, llenrlh Bugs, Win- dow Cmlniiis, boilers, and Blinds, with all ihe Kitchen Requisites, Brewing and Dniry Vessels, which are nuinrrons and in excellent Condition. Particulars in Catalogues now in Circulation. The Implements, Wool, Brewing nnd Dniry Vessels will be sold the First Day; Bed Rooms and Parlour Furniture, the Second ; Kitchen, Sic. Ibe Third. Sale each Morning nt Hulfpast Eleven o'clock. 1 Fine Flour 60s lo 65s persack ; Seconds55s lo 6li « SMFI HFIELl) f) iet si. ot 8lh. sinking oflal. J Beef 3s Mil lo 4s. 4d I Veal 5s Od to 6s Od Million... 4s Od lo 4s t » « : I Cork 4s 4d to 5s 4d Lamb .. 5s 8d to 6s 6tl Average Prices aj Corn pet Qnarier, in England and Wales, for the week ending May 8, Ifv. l) Wheat, 69s. 2d.; Barley, 31s. Oil.'; Oats, 21s. 9d. In our Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday last, prime Fat Sheep sold at from ( Id. to 6jd. per lb.— Small Pigs sold rather lower, aud strong stores at somewhat higher prices, than al Ihe preceding Pair.— Fat Cultle were from 5jd. to 6id. per lb.— Best Cheese 55s. to 6' ls. per cwt. and inferior ac- cording to quality.— Hains from 6$ d. to7jd.; aud; Bacou from 6d. to 7d. per lb. Farming Stock, Implements, ami Implement Timber, Furniture, Brewing and Dairy Utensils, fyc. BY GEO, WILLIAMS, On the Premises, nt Rorriugton, in Ibe Purish of Chirhiiry, in ihe County of Sulop, oo Monday, Ihe 25th Mi. y, Ih29, ihe Properly of the late Mr. THOS. PKBECB, deceased ; ALL the Live Stock of CATTLE, HORSES, Flock ofSHEEP. SWINE, IMPLE- MENTS iu Husbandry, Brewing nud Unity Utensils, Straw, Potatoes, Manure, mill nil oilier Effects, on the Premises.— Particulars are described iu Handbills now in Cilculniion, Sale at Twel vs o'Clock. SALOPIAN JOURNAL, AMP COUEIE1R OF WALES. top auction. LATE SALOPIAN BREWERY, VALUABLE MEADOW LAX I), FORMING BUILDING SITES, With View of Shrewsbury, including ihe Quarry, •->. . River, and other interesting Objects. BY" MR." PERRY, At the Linn Inn, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, ihe 6lh of June, 1829, 111 Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, together nr in such Lots as may lie then determined upon ( unless nn acceptable Offer is previously niude for ilie Whole, or Part thereof, by private Treaty); AIX that extensive and substantial Brick Building, situate iu COLEHAM, Shrewsbury, forming a complete BREWERY, willi all needful Offices, DWELLING HOUSE, Stabling, spacious Yard and Appurtenances, Wharfage to ihe River Severn, Steam Engine ( nearly new) Fiv. e. hprse Power, by KIRK, Marble Coolers, two Coppers, Iron Mush Tub, uud three Working Squares, AIso, ulI that excellent Field of MEADOW LAND adjoining, containing 4A 2R. 8P admirably adapted for Gardens or Building Sites nf the most inviting Nature. A Map of the Premises, descriptive nf ihe separate Lois, may he inspeclcd ut Mr. PBRRV'S Office, Pride llill, and* 011 the Premises, purchase may be made lo Mr, here Applications to FITZJOHN. , MOT ICE. Persons having- Casks in their Possession belonging lo the above Concern, are required to return the same before the tflh of June, or they will be proceeded against far tlie Value'thereof. m> m>* I? Y DANIEL BRIGHT, On the Premises at FORD, in ihe County of Sulop, 011 Fiidav, the 29th of May, 1829; A LL the LiVE STOCK, Implements, . f \ 81c. belonging lo Mr. WILDS, w ho is leaving oft' Farming: consisting of I Cow and Calf, I new- milch Ditto, I Barren Ditto ; 4 Waggon Horses uud Gear, ing, Hack Fillv three Years old, Waggon Horse Colt Ihiee Yenrs old, dillo Filly two Years old, 1 yearling Filly; 1 broad- wheel Waggon, 3 narrow- wheel Diito ( two of them nearly new), 2 Tumbrels, 1 double Plough, 2 single Dillo, 2 Pair of Harrows, 2 Lnnd Rollers, I Scarifier, 2 Slack Frames with Slotie Pillars nnd Caps, Winnowing Machine, Kibbling Mill, 4 Cribs, 2 Ladders, Implement Timber, Purl of llie Dairy and Brewing Utensils, and a Variety of small Implements. Sale at Ten o'Cluck. ^ aie0 bp auction. OS B ASTON. Capital Live Stock, Implements, two Corn Stacks, Growing Crops, genteel Furniture, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, large Quantity of Bacon, Cheese, Potatoes, and other Effects, THE PROPERTY OF MR. VINCENT RODENHURST. NOTICE. f^ HE Freehold Property advertised in onr last to he Sold hy Auction by Mr, WRIGHT, at the Phoenix Inn, in, Drayton. iiuHales,-, on Wellness^,, day,' the 27th of May instant, will not be offered for Sale, the same having- been Disposed of by Private Contract. C. & L W A Kit EN, Solicitors, Drayton. BY MR. SMITH, ( Bv Order of the Sheriff), on Monday and Tuesday, the 25th and 26th Days of Mav, 1829, on the Pre- mi set at OSBASTON, near iligh Ercall, in the County of Salop. 8MlE LIVE STOCK comprises 10 ex- cellent new- inilched Cows, 1 Cow in- calf, 1 Barren, 2 Heifers in- calf, 4 new- niilched Heilers, 3 capital yearling Ditto, pure short- homed yearling Boll, 8 rearing Cal ves ; 8 very useful Draught Mares and Geldings, handsome four- year old Bay Pony, six- year old Black Mare ( has been hunted), three- year old Black Draught Filly, two year old Bay Ditto, two yearling- Colts ; Sow and Gilt in- pig, three strong Stores, and seven small Ditto. IMPI. EMKNTS.— Portable Threshing Machine, 2 very good well. running narrow- wheeled Waggons, Har- vest Ditto, four Tumbrels, two Double Ploughs, Wheel and two , Hand Ditto, Pair of Twins, Land Holler, 3 Pair of Harrows, Winnowing. Machine, eight Sets of Horse Gears, with all the customary small Imple- ments. GRAIN.— Two Corn Stacks and Growing Wheat. Excellent FURNITURE, comprising neat Fourpost and Tent Bedsteads with Furniture, capital Feather Beds, Mattrasses, and Servants' Bedding, Counter- panes, Quilts, Blankets, Bed and Table Linen, Maho- gany Chests of Drawers, Wardrobe, Dressing Tables, Basin Stand, Swing Glass, aud other Chamber Articles, excellent. Mahogany Dining Tables, twelve capital Mahogany (' hairs, with the Furniture for two Parlours, Clock, Kitchen Wardrobe, Tables aud Chairs, numerous Articles in Tin, Copper, & Brass; China, Glass, and Delf; with all. the usual Kitchen and Culinary Utensils, excellent Dairy Vessels, Cheese Pressps, Brewing Tubs, Casks, and other valuable Effects. Also, a large Quantity of good BACON, CHEESE, aud about ( it) Bushels of POTATOES. ( J^ T* Each Day's Sale to commence at 11 o'Clock. HEKEFORDSHIRE. MANORS AND ESTATES. At the Feathers Inn, in Ledbury, in the County of Hereford, on Tuesday, ihe 2d Day of June, 1829, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following or such other Lots as may be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : rpWO MANORS AND SEVERAL Jl FREEHOLD ESTATES, situate iu Hie Parishes of MUNSLEY, BOSBURY, WITHINGTON, and PIXLF. Y, in the said County of Hereford, comprising in llie whole FIVF. HUNDRED mid TWENTY- FIVE ACRES, THREE ROODS, and EIGHT PERCHES, Statute Measure ( be the same more nr less). LOT I. All that MANOR or Reputed Manor of WUNSLEY, with several Chief Ileitis, payable from certain Lauds belonging to Messrs. Johnson, Green, Muyo, and Holmes, F. sqrs.; together wiih a capital Messuage or Farm House, and all necessary Out. buildings, excellent Orchards, Hop. vurds, Arnble Mild Pusiure Land, called UPPER COlJltT, situate iu Muusley aforesaid, in the Occupation of Mr. Ed ward Nicholas, whose Term expires upon the 25th of December, 1830; comprising 133 Acres and 15 Perches ( more or less). This Lot adjoins Estates of Lord Eastnor, John Johnson and George Mayo, Esqrs. Part of the Land is of superior Quality, and the Orchards aud Hop Grounds in their prime. LOT II. TWO excellent PI ECES of LAND, in the Parish of Wi thing ton aforesaid, and also a small Piece in Lug Meadow, in' the Holdiiig of James Newuian from Year to Year, comprising 3 Acres aud 27 Perches ( more or less). LOT III. All that capital FARM, called CATLEY CROSS, with Dwelling House and uecessary Out buildings, excellent Orchards, Hop- yards, Arable nnd Pasture Laud, containing 81 Acres, 3 Roods, and 25 Perches ( more or less), situate in the Parish of Bosbury aforesaid, in the Holding of Mr. John Morris, for a Term of five Years ( unexpired at Candlemas last), at the Annual Rent of Sixty- three Pounds. N. B. This Lot comprises most, excellent Hop Ground and Orcharding; and the House and Buildings are good. LOT IV, All that MANOR or Reputed Manor of TEMPLE COURT, and TEMPLE COURT HOUSE, with good and convenient Farm Buildings, very fertile Hop Grounds, Orchards, Arable and Pasture Land, in the Parish of Boshury aforesaid, in the Holding of Robert Hartland, Esq. on an unexpired Lease of about six Years, at the Annual Rent of £ 315; comprising 300 Acres, 1 Rood, and 2 Perches ( more • r less). The House on this Lot is in very excellent Repair, pleasantly situated in a fine Wooded Country, commanding fine picturesque Views of ihe Malvern Hills and rich surrounding Scenery, is now ( it for a respectable Family to reside in, and capable of being convened ( at a small Ex- pense) into a most delightful Residence. There " IS a young thriving Wood of several Acres on litis Lot. LOT V. ONE PIECE of excellent PASTURE, and one of WOOD LAND, in the Parish of Pixley afore- • aid, adjoining Land belonging to Earl Somers, and, iu the Occupation of the Representatives of Mr. John Philpot, deceased, ou an unexpired Lease of 12 Years from Lady day last. There are some healthy and thriving young Oaks growing in the Wood ou this Lot. The Timber on each Lot to be taken to at the Valu- ation to be produced on the Day of Sale. The respective Occupiers w ill shetf the Lots ; and for further Particulars apply to SAMUEL ROWR, Esq. MAI pas, Cheshire ;" Messrs. YOUNG and VALLINCS, 3, St. Mildred's Court, Poultry, London; Messrs. Pre aud ALDINGTON, Solicitors, Louth, Lincolnshire; or to Mr. JOSKPH ALLEN HIGGINS, Solicitor, Ledbury, Herefordshire, at whose Ollice, and at the said SAMUEL Roivn's, Esq. Maps of the Estates may be • een. N. B. Printed Particulars will be published, with Lithographic Plans of each Estate, aud may be had on Application as above; also at the Feathers inn, Ledbury : Green Dragon, Hereford ; Star and Crown Hotels, Worcester; King's Head, Gloucester; Hen and Chickens, Birmingham ; and Talbot Inn, Shrews- bury, one Month previous to the Sale. Sale of a Bankrupts Estate. BY MR " SMITH, On Thursday, the 28th of May, 1829, at the Raven Hotel, Castle Street, Shrewsbury, at Five o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced:' \ LL that most substantial new- built LINEN FACTORY, together with about one Acre of LAND, situate near to Kingslaud, late iu the Occupation of Mrs. ANNE BAGB. The Building is very roomy and spacious., contain- ing, by inside Measurement, two excellent Rooms, 91 Feet in Length, and 30 Feet broad ; Calendering House, 24 Feet by 19 Feet 6 Inches; Counting House and Offices under, 16 Feet by J5 Feet 6 Inches ; to- gether with a capital Stable, 16 Feet 6 Inches by 10 Feet. Being contiguous to the liiver Severn, aud not liable to be inundated, makes it a most desirable Pro- perty, which may, at a small Expense, he converted into a Steam Mill and Malthouse, or made Use of in its present State for manufacturing Linen Cloth, Carpets, & c. THE FOLLOWING DAY, At Eleven o'Clock* without Reserve, at THE FACTORY, NEAR KINGSLAND LOT 1. . Capital Six horse- power Steam Engine in excel- lent Repair. 2. Hydraulic Press, on the newest Principle, in ex- cellent Condition, equal to a Pressure of 13<> - Tons, 3. A very massy Calender, upon an improved Prin- ciple, with three Cast- iron Cylinders, 4 Feet 2 Inches long, and 7,9, and 12 Inches in Diameter j and a Paper Cylinder 4 Feet 2 Inches long, and 10 Inches in Diameter, answers the Purpose of a Dutch or Chest Calender. 4. Twenty- four Power- Looms, in Lots, the Invention of the late Mr. Bage, the only Machinery ou the Principle in the United Kingdom ; thei Dispatch in Weaving, aud superior Quality of the Article made, is a Proof of their Importance. 5. Six Power- Looms on a different Principle. 6. A Quantity of Steel Stays, in Lots. 7. Hand- Looms, in Lots. 8. Warping Mill. 9. Winding Frame and Sundries. To view the Factory and Machinery apply to Mr WILLIAM WHITWELL, Old Factory; and for further Particulars to Mr. J BICKERTON WILLIAMS, Solicit Swan Hill, Shrewsbury ; or THE AUCTIONEER. N. B. If by Letter, to be Post- paid. fHt^ crUaneouo EntclUgeitce. TURNPIKE TOLLS TO BE LET, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the Turnpike Gates called or known hy the Names of Wenlock Gate, Posenall Gate, Willey Gate, Linle. y < 5ate, Buildwas Gate, Burton Gate, Beamhridge Gate, and Shineton Gate, all in the County of Salop, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, either together or separate, and for One or Three Years, as shall be then agreed upon, ( to commence the 24th Day of June next,) at the Red Lion Inn, iu Broscley, iu the said County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 3d Day of June next, between the Hours of Three and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled An Act to amend the General Laws now in being for regu- lating Turnpike Roads iu that Part ol Great Britain called England ;" and which Tolls produced last Year the - following Sums, viz.: Wenlock Gate . £ 201 0 0 Poienall Gate and Willey Gate 132 0 0 Liuley Gate 121 0 0 Buildwas Gale 230 0 0 Burton Gate 90 0 0 Beam bridge Gate 40 0 0 Shineton Gate 22 0 0 Above the Expenses of collecting the same, and will be put up at those Sums respectively. Whoever happens to be the hest Bidder or Bidders, must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct. Persons willing to become Sureties, are requested personally to attend at the Time of the Biddings. HIRAM HARTSHORNE, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. BROSBLBY, MAY 13TH, 1829, FREEHOLD FARM AND LANDS, AT UPPER HAYTON. And a Messuage, Multlwuse, and superior Meadow Land, IN THE BOROUGH OF LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Angel Inn, Ludlow, on Monday, the 15th Day of June, 1829, between the Hoiij- s of three au< r six o'Clock in the Afternoon, unless disposed of in the mean Time by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given, iu the undermentioned . Lots, and subject to Conditions to be then produced ; Ml E following desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, Ihe Prnpertv of Mr. JOHN HICKMAN, situate in UPPER IIAYTON, in the Parish of Siau- Iou Lacy, in ihe County of Salop. A. R. P. LOT 1. Part of nn ALLOTMENT T llaylou's Bent, containing about ... LOT 2. Dillo ditto ...: LOT 3. Dittodiito LOT 4. Ditto dillo LOT 5. Diito ditto I. OT 6 Dillo diito - LOT 7. Ditio diito LOT 8, Diito ditto .. The above eight Lots now form or Piece nf fine Arable Land. LOT 9. An Allotment on Dayton's Bent, containing about Iiielosure House uud Garden... Meadow Ditto 2 23 2 23 2 23 2 23 1 21 1 18 1 18 1 18 entire Sir James Graham said the other night—" A debt of £ 80O, 000,0Q0 had been contracted in paper cur- Total. A Piece or Parcel of Laud, called LOT 10. ihe Croft, LOT 11 Lor 12. Ditto dillo... Ditto ditto LOT 13. A Piece or Parcel of Pasture Land, being Part of Low Arbour Hill, con- taining nbiuit - A Piece or Parcel of Pasture Land, called Upper Arbour Hill A Piece or Purcel of Coppice Ground MODERN & GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Total.. 0 0 38 0 2 in 0 1 27 2 0 20 1 1 4 2 37 2 0 16 2 3 311 2 2 2 11 0 29 10 0 5 5 0 ' 29 26 1 23 By Messrs. HULBERT ami SON, On the Premises, Three Doors from the Bricklayers' Arms, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, ou Thursday, 21st May, 1829, at Eleven o'Clock ; rpHE truly genteel HOUSEHOLD I FURNITURE and Effects, belonging to Miss STFLLMAN, who is leaving Shrewsbury : comprising — In Chamber Furniture— Three Sets of neat Tent Bedsteads and Hangings, capital Feather Beds, Hair and Flock Mattresses, excellent Blankets, Sheets and Counterpanes, two Sets of modern Spanish Mahogany Chests of Drawers, Bason Stands, Dressing Tables, S w i n g GI a sses, & c. In Parlour Furniture— Mahogany and painted Chairs, two neat Sideboards, elegant Window Cur tains, new Scotch Carpet and Hearth Rug. commodi- ous Sofa, Mahogany Card and Pembroke. Tables, Terrestrial Globe, with Mariner's Compass, & c. Fen- ders, Fire Irons, China, Glass, and Earthenware, & c. In Kitchen Furniture— Excellent Eight- Day Clock, Tables, Chairs, Cupboards, Biewiug aud Cooking Utensils, & c. See. THE AUCTIONEERS have pleasure in recommending the above as particularly good, having; been recently selected with great Care, and the whole particularly clean and neat. Catalogues may be had at THE AUCTIONEERS' Office. On this Lot are erected two Lime Kilns, and there is a most valuable Lime Rock of superior Quality. The Coppice is very thriving, and adjoins the Preserve of the Bishop of Worcester. LOT 14. A Piece or Parcel of Arable Land, called the Slang, near Churchman's 2 1 LOT 15. A Piece or Parcel of Pasture Land, called the Moors 3 1 Lot 16. A Pieee or Parcel of Pasture Land, called the Long Meadow 2 2 LOT 17. A Piece or Parcel of Ley Pasture Land, called Corve Leasow 3 1 A Piece or Parcel of Meadow Land, called Co rye Meadow .;..., « „.... MONTGOMERYSHIRE. BY THOMAS PRYCE, At the Bear Inn, in Welshpool, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon of Monday, the 15th Day of June, 18* 19, ( by . Qrder of the Assignee of Thomas Pryce, a Bankrupt,) iu the following or such other Lot or Lots, aud subject to sucb Conditions as shall be then produced : LOT I. NANTYCAE UCHA, situate in the Parish of Llanfair Caereiniou, in the County of Montgomery, consisting of a Dwelling- House and Outbuildings, Gardens, aud thriving Plantations, with 60 Acies or thereabouts, be the same more or less, of Arable, Pasture, aud Meadow LAND, and now or late in the Tenure of Thomas Pryce, his Undertenants or Assigns. LOT II. LLETTY YR HANGMAN, BRON Y BONT, WARN LAS and CAEA NIGHTINGALE, consisting- of a Dwelling- House and Outbuilding together with 80 Acres or thereabouts, be the same more or less, of good Arable, Pasture, and Meadow LAND, situate in the Parish of Llutifair aforesaid, and now or late iti the Tenure of Mr. Pryce, his Uudertenant8 or Assigns. . There is a Right of Common on the adjoining Hills belongin/ g Wr tbese FarniS, for de- . " pasturing 300 Sheep. These valuable Farms adjoin each other, and lie within a few Minutes' Walk of Hie neighbouring Hills, which abound Uit'll Grouse and other Game; distant 2 Miles from the Market Town of Lhtnfair ( through which Place the London Mail runs daily aud Coaches twice a Week from Oswestry am! Shrewsbury lo Barmouth, & e ), and from Pool 9 Miles. This Property is most inviting and desirable t<> any Gentleman fond of Country Sports aud rural Scenes. The Laud is capable of great Improvement. The present Tenants will shew the Premises ; and f irther Particulars may be bad ou Application to Mr. TBKCK, Solicitor, Shrewsbury, or to Messrs. WILLIAMS & COLE, of LlaufvHiii. LLANFYLLIN, 11TH MAY, 1829. MESSRS. HULBERT & SON WILL SELL BY AUCTION, on Saturday next, 23d May, in Ihe Market Place Shrewsbury, three GIGS, one CAR; a capital DONKEY, capable of drawing or carrying a very considerable Weight, and is very active and fleet" also a CART and GEARS to suit the Donkey, alto, gether very complete; a double. wheeled PLOUGH ( quite new); a beautiful BAY FILLY, three Years old ; three Wheelbarrows, a Ladder; a capital SILVER HUN TING WATCH, and various other Property. Sale at One o'clock. Total. LOT 18. House, Fold, Garden, Orchard, 8tc Orchard ..... Cow Pasture ( Pasture) Lower Cow Pasture ( Ditto) Dehdale Orchard ( Orchard and Pasture).... Debdale Hill ( Coppice) Hop Yard ( Arable) ,, Part of Lower Arbour Hill ( Pasture) Segs Meadow ( Meadow)., Meadow below Ditto ( Ditto) Brad lev Reans ( Ditto) ....... Broad Meadow Piece Sc Slang ( Clover Ley) Broad Meadow ( Meadow) The Lynch ( Ley) Watering Stile'( Diito) Allotment in Upper Hatton's Middle Field ( Arable) Snail Park ( Meadow) Little Meadow ( Ditto) A Piece of Meadow Land, called New In- closure ( Ditto) A Piece or Parcel of Arable Laud, in LTpper Hay ton's First Field ( Arable) 3 130 6 3 26 2 21 0 15 2 2S 0 30 1 IN 0 13 1 21 2 3 1 36 3 4 1 32 3 3 0 O O 37 2 37 3 0 0 5 1 28 Total 77 2 24 iYir © miiKfiETOF^ Ou Tuesday, 26th May. Genteel House/ told Furniture, Feather Bedsy China, Glass, Sec. Sfc. BY MESSRS. HULBERT & SON, At the Buck Inn, SHIN ETON, on Tuesday, May 26tb, 1829 : AVery valuable Assemblage of HOUSE- HOLD FURNITURE, the genuine Properly of a highly respectable Individual, and removed lor the Convenience of Sale: consisting of two very hand- some Mahogany . Sideboards, Mahogany Loo Table, Set of Mahogany Dinner Tables, I) ends, Mahogany Bason Stands and Dressing Tables, twelve double arm Mahogany Chairs, several Sets of painted Chairs, three urm and six single Black aud Gold Chairs, Cane Seats ;. genteel Couch, handsome Sofa Bedstead, wiih Mattress and Feather Bed to suit, Mahogany Duuil) Waiter, Mahogany folding ditto. Mahogany Bidette, Mahogany Celleret ( Biass bound J, Mahogany Four, post Bedstead, with Hangings, several Feat her Beds and Mattresses, Blankets, Counterpanes, Mar- seilles Quills, & c. Murine Window Curtains, with Cornices, several Floor Carpets and Hearth Rugs, iu good Condition ; various painted and other Tables, N- Da\ s' Clock, several dozens of Dinner and Dessert Knives and Forks ( with Ivory Handles, 1 lipped with Silver), Fenders, Fire Irons, & c. A valuable Assem- blage of cut and plain Glass, ancient and modern ' l ea China, & c. Earthenware in great Variety ; the hest Assortment of Culinary Utensils, Barrels, & c. Ladies' Side Saddle, some valuable Books, aud a Folio of line Engiavings, also a capital modern Day and Night Telescope, a very elegant Timepiece, a Brace of Pistols, and a great Number of useful and Vialuable Lots, well deserving the Attention of Families nnd Persons commencing Housekeeping. Sale to commence at Eleven o'Clock. The above valuable Estate having been iu the Hands of the Proprietor for a Number of Years, is now in a high State . of Cultivation, and lies immedi- ately rontii » uous to the Turnpike Road leading from Ludlow to Bouldon, and about Five Miles f om the' Town of Ludlow. The Purchasers will be required tb take to the Timber on the respective Lots at a Valua- tion which « ill be produced al the Time of Sale, and the Lund- Tax charged on the entire Estate will be apportioned. Possession will be given at Lady- Day, 1830, or sooner if required. ALSO, WILL BE SOLD, At ihe sume Time and Place, in three Lots, THE FOLLOWING ELIC1BLB Freehold & Leasehold Property, Situate in the Borough of Ludlow: IOT I. A Freehold DWELLING HOUSE, MALT- IIOUSE, Yard, Garden, and Premises, situate ou the West side of Cmve Slreet, iu the Town of Ludlow, now in the Occupation of Mr. llenry Weems, Maltster. The Mallbonse is considered equal lo any in the Town, nnd capable of making bUOU Bushels of Malt uunmilly. LOT II. A very desirable nnd superior Piece or Parcel of MEADOW LAND, cnuiaining ubont ou Acre unit llulf, lying nt the back Part of the Inst- inetilioned Premises, nud nearly adjoining thereto,. in the Occupation of James Duvies, E> q. Atlorney LOT III. Another excellent Parcel of MEADOW LAND, adjoining to ihe Inst Lot, also containing about un Acre and Half, in the Occupation of Mr. Richard Davies, and Mr. Henry tVeem*. The two last Lots are held by Lease underjhe Corporation of Ludlow for the Remainder of. n Term of 99 Years, if either of three Lives iheceiu named should so Inng live, at the yeuily Reuf. of £ 3 7s fid. each Lot. For a View of ilie different Lois apply oh the Premises, and for further Particulars, ami lo Trent for' Ihe same by Private Contract, lo JAMES WAKIMAN, Esq. Solicitor, Worcester, or lo Messrs. ANDERSON 6T DOWNES, Solicitors, Ludlow, ul whose Office a Map of ihe Estate mav be seen. MAY 16th, 1829. KIWTT's COLLEGE.— A most numerous and respect- able tn^ e'ting of the subscribers and rloiiors to King's CoB^ ge Was field this day at . the Freemason's Tavern, ' TJreaT'Qiieen- street. There'were present, the Arch- Tii^ tioro rtf Canterbury and York, the Bishop of Lon- don,', and fifteen other Right Reverend Prelates; the Marqtiisses of Camden and Bute; Lords Rolle, Abingdon, Sclsea and Bexley. Shortly after one o'clock, the Archbishop of Canterbury tool; the chair, when the Secretary proceeded to read the Report of the Provisional Committee, which had her n appointed at the original meeting. It appeared from the Report, that the amount already subscribed was over £ 126,900, that the donations amounted to £ 50,000, and that £ 5 had been paid on each share. The Committee expressed their gratitude to His Majesty's Government for the readiness with which they had granted the ground at the east side of Somerset House, as a site for the College ; the only stipulation being, that the front of the building facing the river should be so constructed as to complete the original design of Somerset House. The building, it was added, would afford- the. amplest means of accom- modating Ihe Students, of whom the senior classes were to be distinct from the junior. As yet the Committee had not made any arrangement for the residence of the Students within the walls of the College; but to obviate the inconvenience that might arise from permitting the students to reside in places where they would be under no controul, it was pro- posed that such as did not live with their families, or come immediately from friends, should lodge with the tutois of the College, at a convenient distance from it, The report, after stating that His Majesty's Government had consented to grant to the College a Charter, which had already received the approbation of the law officers of the Crown, went on to say that Mr. Smirke, who was to he the architect employed in the erection of the new building, had given in an estimate of the probable expenses of the undertaking. About £ 140,000 would be required for the building alone, £ 10,000 for furniture, £ 17,000 for purchasing ground for an opening into the Strand, and £ 3000 for incidental expenses, making in all £ 170,000, besides the sums to be required for supplying the Library and Museum. The Report added, that although the full sum had not yet been subscribed, the Committee, relying on the almost universal feeling which must prevail throughout the country, in favour of affording a sound education combined with religions instruction in the principles of the United Church of Great Britain and Ireland, intended to commence the building immediately. The feelings of the congregation at Newark church were on Sunday morning se'nnight greatly excited by the re- appearance of the Rev. Mr. Wild, with his eyes bandaged, led to the pulpit to resume his official situation in the sanctuary, where he had so lately been jfisited by one of the most awful dispensations of Providence which can afflict mortal man.— The Rev. Gentlftn ® ! preached extemporaneously from the 2 Id chapter of St. Luke:—" Lord, remember me when thou contest into thy kingdom, And Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, to day thou shalt be with me in paradise." The Rev. Gentleman, with his feelings much overpowered, thus concluded an excellent discourse :—" Labouring under a heavy affliction, with which it has pleased divine Providence to visit me, and to whose inflictions and decree I most patiently ami humbly submit, I thank my heavenly Father that I still live in the affectionate hearts and Concerns of my congregation, whose welfare and interests it has been my desire to promote, and whose kindness it has been my endeavour to cultivate. This I have felt. May God in return ever bless you. May he in his abundant mercy enable me by more earnest labour, more diligent research, to continue in well- doing for your eternal interests, and thus convince you of my gratitude for your sympathies, and my devout submission to God's will." An atrocious case of indecent cruelty to a servant girl was recently tried at Lewes Quarter Sessions, in which Mrs Philp, the defendant, was found guilty, and sentenced to a pay a fine of £ 20, to be imprisoned three months in Horsham gaol, and to find two sureties of £ 50 each for her good conduct for two years. Except the case of Mr. and Mrs. Moss in the Bahamas,- we never met with a more aggravated instance of barbarous brutality. Mrs. Philp, it ap- pears, keeps a very respectable shop in Brighton, anil is, say the reporters, a young and rather good- looking woman. A great fallacy prevails among the tender- hearted people respecting the commission of offences against decorum and humanity. The re- spectability of the criminal is urged as an extenu- ation of the crime, as if education and station formed a sort of justification for violating the respect due to society.— In the sympathy which is felt for " re- spectable" delinquents, it is generally forgotten that in proportion as the offender was respectable, so is the offence indefensible, that very respectability ren- dering it more than ordinarily culpable. People seldom feel sympathy when an ignorant pauper com- mits a crime, whereas the only palliation that can be found ' for guilt lies in the ignorance and moral and social debasement of the individual who commits it. But Mrs. Pbilp was a " good- looking young woman," and Was much affected on hearing her sentence. Good looks also win the pity of the multitude, and sensibility in the dock atones for the most heartless excesses before trial. Animal cowardice is mistaken for fine feeling, and the accident of a blue eye pleaded as a set- off against a bad heart. The dress of your genteel criminal is another " sop to Cerberus:" it is surprising how a jury can bring in a verdict agitinst a lady in silk with blonde lace on her bonnet1." The rank, the beauty, the fashionable appearance of Mrs, Philp were irresistible; and the reporter adds that she " left Lewes House of Cor- rection on Sunday morning for Horsham gapl, in a barouche and pair, accompanied by her husband and sister, but among other vehicles employed in the conveyance of the prisoners." Why was she not placed in the cart with the other prisoners? Were the authorities afraid to soil her clothes or contami- nate her morals? Did they know that half the efficacy- of punishment consists in its degradation, and that forbearance to the guilty is injustice to the innocent? Perhaps Mrs. Philp plays the piano: if so, we hope the gaoler of Horsham will politely allow her the use of his wife's instrument to beguile her imprisonment. It would be a shame to permit so accomplished a lady's hand to go out of practice.— Atlas. On Thursday morning, at an early hour, as a watch- maiv was passing at the back of Lord Holland's park, Kensington, he discovered the body of a female lying on the path, who had evidently been barbar- ously murdered. Her clothes were saturated, with blood, and a deep wound was discovered, as if made with a knife, under the left breast, which had pene- trated her heart. The unfortunate female appeared td be about twenty- three years of age, and was respectibly dressed. She was seen the previous night, about ten o'clock, near Lord Holland's park, in Company with a man dressed like a groom. No- thing was found in her pockets to lead to any disco- very who she is, or has any thing transpired to afford a clue to the detection of the murderer. No instru- ment of any description was found in the pockets of fhe deceased to lead to a suspicion that she bad com- mitted suicide. A boy named Thomas Wilson, about twelve years of age, was on Monday drowned in the lock of the canal, at Sidbury, within a short distance of the house of his mother, a widow. The deceased was at play near thfe canal, and his cowslip ball having fallen into the water, in hisattcmpt to recover it, he over- reached himself, and was precipitated head- foremost into the lock.! Two children, about his own age, were with liiin fit the time, but were so affrighted at the occurrence that they ran off, anil left their companion to perish, without making the least endeavour to rescue him themselves, or obtain the assistance of others to him, The youngest of these two went to his home the same evening, but, singularly enough, said nothing of what had happened; the eldest kept out the whole night; on his return, however, the next morning, he related the accident to his friends, and the body was found where he described. An inquest was hjelJ on the hody the following day, before Mr. JohW ilfjlfte, 1 coroner, and a verdict of. Accidental • Death rWnrfied. " DREADFUL FIRE.— About ten o'clock pn Thursday night, a fire'juf almost alarming naiture broke out in the house of- Mrs. Usher,' tallow- chandler, No. 146, Fenchkirch- street. It was so rapid in its progress from its first discovery, that it was with the utmost difficulty, that two of Mrs. Usher's children were rescuitl from perishing in. the flames. Uu- happiliy," however, Mrs. Usher ' herself, with infant .' child, aud an unfortunate maid- servant, lost their lives, in attempting to escape by the top of the house. The destruction of property was to a very considerable extent. 12 rency, and we w ere attempting to pay it off in - money, according to the ancient standard;" and Sir Jaines further said, " This lay at the bottom of all our difficulties." Now, ill the first of these assertions we do not agree with Sir James, for; we arc not attempt- ing to pay off the debt of £ 800,000,000 in money, according to the ancient standard ; nor are we, com- paratively speaking, attempting to pay off the debt at all. We do not attempt to pay it off even in paper— for the paying off every year three or foiir millions of this debt is paying off little or nothing— it is hardly worth mentioning; besides, the holders of the debt do not ask to be paid off— All that is done with respect to the debt is — the people pay taxes daily to the Government to tlie amount of £ 28,000,000 a year, and as fast as the Government receive the money for the taxes, they pay the money into the Bank of England, and the latter pays £ 28,000,000 to annuit- ants, in quarterly payments, and, as the annuitants receive their payments from the Bank of England, they either invest them again in Stock, or they pay them to the tradespeople ; so that no sooner is the £ 28,000,000 paid in taxes to the Government, than the latter pay it again to the people, and thus the money is kept continually passing from one to another— it never stands still a moment,' for even should the bankers get any part of it, they only keep one- third in their tills, the two- thirds they employ in discounting bills of various descriptions. As to the quantity of gold that is wanted for the quarterly pay- ment of the debt— it is only £ 7,000,000 at the utmost — but we should think, Ihat the greatest extent of gold that is wanted by the Bank for the quarterly payment is, perhaps, not £ 2,000,000.- Sir Jaines is quite wrong in his assertion as to OUT attempting to pay off the £ 800,000,000 debt in a gold standard. There is no such operation going forward, and the only operation that wc can see is the one we have stated. But even the payments of the taxes to the Government are not in gold, but chiefly in paper; for if the Government were to receive gold, they would immediately change it for paper, or send it to the Bank of England, so that it may be said that almost as soon as the Bank of England issues gold to the public for the interest of the Debt, the public pay it back again to the Government in the shape of taxes, and the Government pay it to the Bank of England. — English Chronicle.—[ These remarks will apply to some of Mr. Attwood's statements : see 4tb page.] STATE OF TRADE.—- The Markets, which were in a very depressed state previous to the disturbances in this town, have become much more so since those lamentable events happened. The alarm and con- fusion created by the successive outrages have contributed to produce a languor in almost all descriptions of trade, from which it has been feared they will not speedily recover. We last week men- tioned that the business of the town was very flat; and we are not yet able to present a more favourable report of the state of things. In the Market on Tuesday very little was done. Water- twist was in tolerably good demand ; but as exceedingly large stocks were on hand, not the slightest advance in price was obtained. Some sales of power- loom cloth were also effected, at former prices; but in other descriptions of goods few purchases were made, there being scarcely any demand. The announcement of the failure of two mercantile houses in Dublin, with which extensive business was done by several highly- respectable manufacturers in this town, added to the gloom which was spread over our market. No de- mand, great scarcity of money, and very reduced prices, were the general cry. Some intelligent men of business entertain sanguine hopes that a revival will be felt in a month or two, and that the present comparatively limited production of goods, which has been checked in various ways, will speedily have a most beneficial influence on the condition of all classes in the town. We trust that these anticipations may be fully realized ; for an improvement is looked for with intense anxiety by thousands who are most deeply interested in the prosperity of the district — Manchester Chronicle. A general turn- out of the Silk- weavers of Man- chester has taken place. This unexpected occur- rence has arisen out of the late proceedings in the metropolis. The Spitalfields weavers having yielded to the demands of their workmen, deputies bave been sent into the country to induce the weavers there to require an advance also. The demand has in no instance been complied with ; and in consequence the streets on Thursday were paraded by a large body of workmen. The authorities have however interfered, and given notice that no processions will be allowed, and the men have promised to conduct themselves peaceably. The town weavers are about a thousand in number; the country weavers who bave not left work are ten to one in number. The tranquillity of Manchester continues uninterrupted. POOR LAWS.— Mr. P. Macqneen's Bill relative to settlements by hiring and service, has been withdrawn for this Session, in order that the provisions of Mr.. Peel's Bill respecting the qualifications of Magistrates should lie first perfectly understood and decided upon Mr. Slanev's Bill, for the regulation of pay- ments to able bodied labourers, appears to receive much opposition, and ha* little chance of getting through all its stages this Session. Col. Wodehou. se appears ( o be one of the most determined opponents of the measure. In the Committee, on Friday, he said, the Hon. Mover of the Bill might truly say he walked in the footsteps of Lord Bacon; but if Lord Bacon lived now, he would find it a matter of diffi- culty to walk backwards. The Report on the Bill is to be received on Friday next. In a pamphlet just published, by G. Poulett Scrape, Esq. F. R S'. & c. a Wiltshire Magistrate, that gentleman calls for the extension of Poor Laws to Ireland—" Not merely as an act of justice and charily to the Irish peasantry, or of policy, as tending to pro- mote the tranquillity, industry, and productiveness of that portion of the empire, but. chiefly because I look on it as an unavoidable measure of self- protection on the part of England, whose labouring classes are borne down to the extreme of poverty by the com- petition of the starving Irish, and whose landholders are actually supporting a large part of the Irish poor out of the English rates. For it is clear, as long as there is a single supernumerary labourer in England, every Irishman who comes over and gets work, must throw an additional Englishman on tbe poor- rate of his parish; which is precisely the same thing in its effect on tbe interest of the landholders as a body, as if the Irishman remained at home, and was maintained out of the English poor- rate. The law insures sub- sistence to the Englishman, whether he meet with work or not— the Irishman must either get work or starve. Competition under such unequal circum stances can only end iu the English labourer being every where supplanted by the Irish, and maintained in idleness out of the parochial funds. Let the rate payers look to this in time We understand a Deputation, consisting of Mr. Ward, M. P. Mr. Powles, Sir Robert Wilson, M. P. and four other Members of Parliament, waited yes- terday upon Lord Aberdeen, for the purpose of endeavouring to show the propriety of the Govern- ment using their best offices with the Court of Madrid to induce it to acknowledge the independence of Mexico and the new South American States. It was stated, on the part of the Deputation, that the present policy of Spain had the effect of keeping the new Republics in a constant state of alarm and tur- moil, and thus, preventing them , from settling down into any thing like regular Governments. It was also added, that there was reason to believe that Ferdi- nand was about to send an expedition against Mexico. To these observations his Lordship replied, that the best offices of the Government had been already employed with the Court of Madrid in favour of the new States, but without effect.; and that the Go- vernment thought no good could arise from any further interference. As for the reported expedition, his Lordship observed that, he had no intimation of it; and, if there had been any truth in it, he thought that such would not have been the case. It is said that several of the Continental Governments are endea- vouring to prevail upon Ferdinand to acknowledge the independence of his late Colonies.— Morning Paper of Wednesday. We have the very highest authority for saying that the statement of a coolness between an illustrious person and the first minister of the crown, which we published several days ago, was substantially correct. The minister to whom we allude has had no private conference with the King since. the expressions lie used in reference to the Marquis of Anglesey's defence were made public. Those expressions have, as they merited, given serious offence. They were directly levelled at the Sovereign— at that Sovereign who is a son of George tlie Third— and who can vindicate his dignity as he ought to do, even at the sacrifice of private partiality. The Duke of Wel- lington cannot long be Premier; as for Mr. Peel, his retirement is settled Morning Journal. FREE TRADE TO CHINA, Sfc. [ FROM THE MORNING JOURNAL.] One of the popular topics connected with the inno- vations of the day is the opening of the trade to China, and the repeal of the chartered privileges of the East India Company. We call tlienr popular topics, because the parties who generally thrust them- selves forward on all occasions as patriots. and friends of the people are the most conspicuous advocates of this repeal. It is this party who wish to plant their standard on the shores of the Yellow Sea. They have assisted to rob England of upwards of thirty millions in giving what they call independent Governments to South America, and they wish to despoil us of a still greater sum, and of an immense revenue, ih planting a standard of rebellion beyond the Indus. In ( his, to them, sacred cause they spare neither money nor labour. They hire itinerant lecturers to retail their errors, their distorted facts, their exaggerated details, their false calculations, their absurd anticipations, all over the country. They employ persons to preach up the benefits of a free trade, whose views, excited by neediness, envy, resentment, and a love of gain, are in accordance with their own desires. We are not particularly partial to monopolies The word is unpopular and unfashionable ; and, therefore, all monopolies, say the quacks, ought fo be abolished. But principles, abstractly just, may be carried too far, and in this instance, relative to the Iiast India Company, they appear to be carried too far. Our maxim, unfashionable though it be, is never to destroy any established system till we can devise one of a more useful and available nature. A law may l, e theoretically bad— it may be objectionable in many respects— it may call loudly for amendment - but our principle is— keep what yon have with all its errors till you are certain that you can with safety substitute a more advantageous one. This is exactly the position in which wc would place the question regarding the chartered rights of the East India Company. We have already- abrogated many of the privileges of tbe company; but before we repeal more or destroy the company utterly and for ever, we ought to inquire how far the improve- ments we have made have ministered to our advantage. Upon the result of this inquiry we rest our case. If it can be established that the opening of tbe trade to India, or, in other words, the giving the privileges of its commerce to Bristol, Liverpool, and Glasgow, have benefitted the country, then we will view the case more favourably. But we deny that the affirmative of this can be proved. The free trade may have benefitted one or two private individuals, but we fearlessly deny that it has proved advantageous to the nation at large. It has destroyed many of the finest ships that ever sailed from Great Britain. It has beggared all the shipowners who have engaged in it. It has reduced the rate of freight from 80s. to 15s. a ton— it has encouraged most disastrous and ruinous speculation— it has covered Glasgow with bankruptcy, and has in two years done more evil to our Indian trade than it is possible to redeem in ten. But we place the question in a still more im- portant point of view. Suppose that the patronage of India is given to the Government, and that all the advantages of the present exclusive trade, and of the trade to China, are given to the Government, and bv them conferred upon the merchants of this countr'y generally. What then? Is ihere any man in his senses who can believe that we could retain India under such circumstances? We might have the official patronage, but we would lose the premium— we might have the trade, but we would lose the profit— we might have the honour of being liberal, but we would for ever sacrifice our ascendancy, and eventually we would be driven out of our conquered territory. VVe would, to a moral certainty, lose India I The introduction of our modern principles would lead to revolt. We would not only lose our trade, but our possessions, and with them Ihe whole field of our speculations and our resources. Let the monopoly be destroyed to- morrow— well and good, so far as the principle goes— but if we sacrifice to principle we must be prepared to sacrifice our revenue. An India bond will not. be worth a six- pence the day after the monopoly is destroyed, unless the Government take upon itself the guarantee of its payment. And this the Government never will be so rash as to attempt. It would only embarrass it the more at home. It would only be an additional mill- stone suspended to the neck of our national engagements. It would help to sink us the deeper in our sea of difficulties, and hasten that crisis which is at present impending. Who, then, it will naturally be asked, are the parties who have gained hy this free trade to India, and who calculate upon gaining more by its further extension ? That some persons have gained by it re- are bound to admit; but who arc they,' VVe shall explain. There are in London, Liverpool, and one or two olher places, certain overgrown and affluent homes who are to the manufacturers of this country w I at the middlemen are to the poor farmers of Irela: d They are familiarly called commission- agents,— mi Q to whom the merchant consigns his goods for i x- portation to India. The system which these agei i pursue is one that cannot be too loudly condemned. It is attended with the most ruinous conscquence . It directly encourages speculation, and leads to bankruptcy. It is profitable to the agent; but it is ruinous to the merchant, and extremely injurious to the manufacturer. They receive, for example, from a merchant in Manchester or Glasgow a quantity of goods, the invoice price of which is £ 5,000. On this consignment these agents will instantly advance £ 2,500. They advance this, by bill, the moment the goods are received in their warehouse, preparatory to their being shipped to India. Their credit being un- exceptionable, this bill is speedily converted into money. With this money, and more extended credit, the merchant is enabled to purchase a still larger quantity of goods. His nexf consignment is to the amount of £ 20,000 For this he is promptly advanced, by bill, also £ 10,000. He thus goes on with his purchases, and has no difficulty in being a few hun- dred thousand pounds in debt, even before the goods of the first consignment have reached the India market. The consequence is, he inundates it— his goods sell at a tremendous loss, and he subsequently becomes an insolvent, owing thousands of pounds for every penny he ever was worth in the woild. This has been the case with almost all the merchants con- nected with India whose names have appeared in the Gazette within the last few years. The manufacturer has been the sufferer. The country, generally, has borne the loss, but the agent, nevertheless, has been enriched. He disposed of his consignments as quickly as possible, and at any price, provided it only covered the amount of his advance. And yet these agents— the men who pursue this nefarious trade— the people who are so rich and so honest, do actually at thi, moment boast of their gains, boast of the profits of the India trade, and, with Mr. Huskisson at their head, demand an enlargement of privileges, in order that they may extend this honest trade for their own advantage. These are the only individuals who have reaped any benefit from the free trade to India, and they have reaped this benefit at the expense of all the other interests of their country. BANKRI'PTS, MAV 15.— Samuel John King, of Siralfnrtl- ilpun- Avnu, Warwickshire, upholsterer.— Matthew Brutnficlil, of Croydon, coal- uierebuut.— Heury Tullob, nl ( iloui- ester- plnee, Hoxion, merchant. — Jtilin Goodiinnd Parker, of York, wine and spirit merchant. — Frederick Wyati, of Miulow, Bucking, bnmsbire, coach. proprietor. — Nathaniel French, jun. of Oxford- street, draper — Thomas tlolliugswnrtb, of ( loswell- street, butcher.— John Benson nnd John William Wesley, of William street, Bridewell P. eeiuct, coal- merchants — William Williams, Lombard « l> eeif merchant.— Robert Levens, of Drury lane, co- n- h. master.— Jaines Wickendeii Robinson and Ileury Martin Robinson, of Wnlhronk. htlildi igs, and West Brouiwich, Sluftordshi re, wrought i< on tube niaoii. facturers. — Lewis Lewis, of Cwinsvehan, near Poatv- pool, Monmouthshire, grocer — J., spph Phillips, of Bristol, builder. — William Blalherwick, of Beestoit and Nottingham, lace manufacturer.— William Best, of Wolverhampton, factor.— James Garner, of Wool, stou- niill, Warwickshire, miller — William . lanson, of Hayfield, Derbyshire, and Manchester, cotton- spin- ner.— Thomas Atherton, of Manchester, iunke< per — John Beiinet, of Manchester, earthenware dealer.— Richard Hawkins Ottwav, of New Sarum, Wiltshire, coach- maker.— Dennis Batt, of Hazeldown Farm, Hampshire, corn- dealer.— Andrew Cosser, of Bridge- road, Lambeth, carpenter.— Thomas Walter, sen. of Wilstone, Hertfordshire, baker.— Richard Winnall; Bed ward i ue, VVorcesiersliire,,, mi ller.--- John- Baker, of Hock < v o It I, N o r fol k, b u I c h e r.— J oh n Coster, of Gos* port, baker. INSOLVHNT8.— Richard Holmes Taylor and Henry Walker, of New- court, Throgmorton street, wine. mrrchauU. W1 ' YOUTH VERSUS TIMS. BY MISS JF/ W8BURY. lit u The Spirit and Manr. eis of ihe Age.' 1 YOUTH weni slicing* to Time one day, But nut in the spiinif. tide deaf j It was in winter, cold and grey, On ihe eve of the dying > e: » r. Youth dan red into the sage's cell, Vt'hh his nodding plume and jingling'betl, " Give you good day," * aid the frolic mime, Aud do ( fed fifa cap— flfci a word said Time. Time sat posting his hooks that night ( All the world in his debt), That, ere he issued more " bills, at sight/* None might the balance forget. Youth pecp'd o'er bis shoulder with laugh and jeer. Saving —" What, have we old Rothschild here? But prison ami penance are nought to me, Since I myself have a debt ' gainst thee." Time looked up, with his scythe beside him, And face comuifrciallj long, While the lock on his forehead said, " Woe betide him, Time's exchequer is strong " Youth turned over ihe ledger of life, " You have noted, t1 quoth he, " my follies and strife, But where are ihe promises made me here, When 1 called 011 your worship this day last year j1 ** You were but a bugbear, you said to the old, That youth was your darling joy, / Pn"< T for me your sands should be mix'd with goM, I've noi had a grain, old boy. * Tis not the thing, when gentlemen meet, That each should call the o; her a cheat ; But pay me each promise ere morning- chime, Or else I must call you out, friend Time." Ifime preached Youth a lecture long, On his . expectations vain. And hade him be thankful if one so strong let even Hope remain : Much fts the wolf in the tale of note, When the stork had plucked the bone from his throat, Called it reicprdJor kindness d< me That he let her abide with her head sliHf on. And so they reasoned with pro and con, Like a lawyer's each reply, Till Time bade Youth pack up and begone, For the hour of twelve was nigh ; And his wings he niust plume, & his glass rub bright Before lie commenced bis New Year's flight ; — " Pay me," said Youth, " ere 1 leave your cell ;" 0- 4 Fll give yaw a promise," said Time,— 44 farewell.' THE CURRENCY, & C. free trade if you please, for then ( lie money will not be transferred from the producers to the fund holders; but if we are to have free trade and monopoly taxes, the consequence will be, that shortly the whole of the productive industry of the country will be swallowed up with the fiftv- five millions of taxes. In France four- fifths of the taxes are direct, and are levied on the property of the country ; but ifi England this is reversed. The greater part of our taxes are put Upon tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, soap, leather, malt, ps, & c. It is clear, then, that we must either have our means augmented or our burdens reduced. 1 prefer the former, because 1 believe it will be the greatest benefit to us all ; and if this be too much, hy then, I say, take off the taxes ; but it is probable that Mr. Peel may say this is to the government only choice of evils; you hold the dagger in one hand, and the poison in the other. Good ; it may be so ; and then 1 tell that, gentleman that he must bolt his small- note bi, l! as he has done the Catholic hill, then we shall flourish. He told us that the recalling Of fhe small notes would bring us prosperity; this has been done, and where is the prosperity ? Now only heboid the situation in which Lords Liverpool and Goderich are placed. The very Country Bankers that they calumniated have in sixty cases out of seventy proved their ability to pay 20s. in the pound ; whilst, if they were to be called on to pay their debt, they could not find 5s. in the pound. Many, to be sure, argue that the debt is not payable at all by law; but let me remind them, that the interest ( twenty- six millions a year) is, and let it be recollected that this same government owe thirty- six millions of solid gold to the Hank of England ; and were they to attempt- fo pay 5s. in the pound, tbe government would not exist another, month, am? we should be thrown back upon a system of barter— that sort of barter which Mr. Huskisson himself declared we were within forty- eight hours of in 18- 26 ; and you know if you come to this, you come at once to a perfect dissolution and breaking np of society." THE PRESENT PANIC. We noticed in our last Journal, that a meeting had been held at Birmingham, to petition Parliament on the distressed state of the country. On this occasion, THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq. in the course of his address, said— " With respect, then, to the cause of all this dis tress, 1 affirm that the cause is monetary. We hav had no murrain to destroy the cattle, we have had no plague in the land, nor any bad harvests, and yet there is distress in almost every house, save and except with the fundholders and the receivers of the taxes. The distress, as you well knoiv, is among the bees, whilst the drones are well off. 1 contend that there is no such thing as over- production; if this means any thing, it means that there is an excess of all the goods of life, but this 1 deny. There may be, and now is, too little of the organ, money, to set free the produce of. industry for the uses of man. The producers are like bees in a sugar bottle, sur- rounded by sweets, but not in a condition to enjoy. The ironmaster has plenty of irsn, the clothier plenty of cloth, but neither can eat their iron and cloth, nor can the brewer clothe- tliimself with his beer. Now what I want is to see plenty of money in our pockets, that we may be enabled to purchase the produce of each other's industry ; if this wcrp the case tbe master would buy labour at a fair remunerating price. On this subject the public press has been a bitter curse to' fhe country, on acconnt of the ignorance of its conductors about commercial affairs and trading transactions. They know little or nothing of the means by which we exist, and they have consequently led thousands astray. " Mr. Pitt, in 1797, declared that the then burdens of the country could not be borne without paper money ; but in 1811 a band of lawyers ( for, without wishing to offend this body, I must say we are now lawytr- iidden) took the attention of the legislature, and persuaded them that what Mr. Pitt said was quite impossible in 1797 was more than possible in 1811. It is well known that every working man has the power of producing as much as four families can consume, and yet he only wants produce for one, and cannot now get that. Let but the government relax their measures so as to give profitable employment to the labourers, and they will quickly create a demand for themselves, for as fast as we make buttons we shall consume Manchester'cottons and agricultural produce; but if they deprive us of money, which is the organ to effect this, they will find the appear- ances of over- production and over- population, and both at the same time, as was the case iu 1S22; but every rational man must see that this is impossible. We cannot have too many mouths and too many loaves in the same day, although the public press has assured us that this monstrosity actually took place. All that is wanted in such a case is the organ, money, to bring the mouths and the loaves in contact ( JangMer and tovd applause J. We have been draining Europe of bullion, and inundating the world with cheap manufactures. We have been throwing away our industry to foreign nations, without benefit to either parties. If government had reduced the standard or continued the paper money, the pro- sperity of 1825 might have lasted for ever. If it he true that every man can create sufficient wealth for the maintenance of four families, we have the fact of every labourer giving produce sufficient for four families in order to maintain one, and yet vast num- bers arc now non- producers, because non- consumers, and they lose, their power of production as their poverty increase s. If we had a wise government, the labourers would be all profitably employed, and by creating four times as much as they want, they would have three parts to distr. bute, if they pleased, gra- tuitously in the keeping of soldiers, and pensioners, and sinecurists. We take the following instructive remarks from the Glasgow Covrier .-•— " To talk of relieving general distress by charity is out of the question. It must and it can only be relieved by a return to those wholesome principles which formerly rendered this country so prosperous and powerful; and every landowner, fundholder, and capitalist throughout the kingdom must wnife fo press this point, upon government, unless they wish to see themselves stripped of their last shilling, and themselves and their families reduccd to exist upon even less than Is. per week. We are at a loss to conceive who it is that guides and deceives govern- ment on the subjects of trade ; but some miscreants do so, for we are informed that when the starving weavers of Spitalfields applied lo the Board of Trade for relief, they were told, you are, no doubt, ruined and undone in Spitalfields, but your trade is in a very flourishing state in Manchester, in Macclesfield, in Glasgow, and in Paisley ! When different accounts were pressed upon their ears they sent an agent to inquire into fhe state of the silk trade in the latter place, and of his knowledge and ability to perform his work we have a striking proof in the fact, that he returned, as we are told, to his employers, stating that the trade could not be distressed, because'four new throwing- mills had just been erected in Paisley, while the truth is, there is only one, this government instructor and director not being able to distinguish a throwing- niill from a twist- mill. In the name of our country how can any thing go well among us while such stupidity is suffered to direct our affairs ? or how is it possible that misery and starvation can he avoided while laws are framed and persevered in upon this information, and upon information similar to this? It really seems to be the object of these wild theorists, who have gained the ear of our rulers, wholly to ruin and beggar this once great country, and to make it the most stultified and the most wretched on the face of the earth. There is not a single interest within our empire, either at home or abroad, domestic or colonial, that these wicked rats arc not gnawing at, devouring, and undermining; but in a short period they will be forced to feed upon one another, nothing else being left to consume." A chapter of the Order of the Garter was held oh Wednesday, at St James's Palace ; on which occasion His Grace the Duke of Richmond was installed as a Knight of that illustrious order. The Lafayette Theatre at New York, valued at 50,000 dollars, was destroyed by fire on the 10th ult. On Monday night, the house of R. Carlile, book- seller, with several adjoining houses, in Bell- yard, Temple Bar, Were burnt down. How the fire origin- ated has not been ascertained. LONGEVITY.— Barbarini, the singer, who was once a great favourite with the Russian court, is said to be still living, at the age of 104 years, at Veronege, where he keeps an inn. He walks four or five miles daily, and frequently amuses his guests with playing on the guitar. The Perry and Cider growers anticipate a good produce this year, in consequence of the cold weather having retarded the blossoming.— A West of Eng- land paper remarks^ " the apple trees, both in Devon and Somerset, are showing an abundant and strong produce of blossom, which, owing to its extreme lateness in the season, is the more likely to do well." BRISTOL ADJOURNED SESSIONS.— Proceedings against the Masquerade.— On Monday week, the Court was occupied twelve hours in the trial of an indictment against Samuel Colleit Alger and three others, for a public nuisance, in keeping, during Bristol Fair, what has generally been called the Masquerade ! The indictment charged the defend- ants with having kept open a certain booth, as well by night as by day, foC the purposes of promenading, dancing, & c. ; and with having procured an assemblage of riotous, lewd, and disorderly persons of both sexes, iu masques and other disguises, to the manifest injury and corruption of public morals and decency, & c. & c. After a tedious and minute m-; vestigation of the case, which was of the ' Most Hagrant description, the Jury deliberated about an hour, and then returned a verdict of Guilty against Alger, but acquitted the others; when he was sentenced to pay a fine of £ 25, to find sureties for his good behaviour for two years, himself in £ 200 and two others in £ 100 each. The fine being imme- diately paid, and the sureties found, the defendant was discharged. At the conclusion, the Town Clerk observed, that the prosecutors were justly entitled to the gratitude of their fellow- citizens. POLITICAL iLLUsTRATioNS.^- lf a rat eat a hole in a farmer's sack and devour his wheal, what is the farmer to do ? Scatter his wheat on fhe floor to save his sacks ? Give the rat oats and barley else- where, and in this way preserve his wheal? No, no. This is the liberal way. This is free trade. This is Ihe new doctrine of reciprocity founded on universal benevolence. We therefore deprecate Ihe system. We say, preserve the wheat, either by destroying Hie rats, cr by keeping them from the sacks If the rats demur and out- manoeuvre us, increase then, we say, the number of terrier* and traps, and extirpate them at any cost. This is the policy we recommend to the Duke of Wellington. If French silks, shoes, and gloves injure our home manufactures, exclude the French. If they smug- gle, shoot them. If they elude our vigilance, in- crease the number of our revenue cruisers, who, un- like the custom- house officers, cannot conveniently be bribed. Go back to the old preservative system, and burn and sink all the marauders. Adopt the present policy pursued in Spitalfields, and destroy every piece of French goods found in the ware- houses of Soho- squaie and other quarters— Morning Journal. The Eisteddfod, at the Argyll Rooms, London, on 1 Wednesday morning, was extremely well attended. Lord Clive, the President, awarded the Royal Cam- brian medals to Mr. Henry Davies, of Throgmorton- street, for an essay on the " settlement of the Nor- mans in Wales;" and to Mr. Thomas Richards, of Grafton street, for an essay on the same subject. Several poems, & c. had been received, but none of them were deemed of sufficient merit to be entitled to the premiums offered. A concert of national music was performed, in which Miss Paton, Miss Love, Madame Stockhausen, Miss Setts, Miss Byfeld, Braham, Broadhurst, Atkifts, Collyer, Fitzwilliam, & c. & c. sung; accompanied by an excellent band, led by Mori. The chief novelty, however, was the exquisite performance of a Welsh harper, and Pen- nillion singing by three Cambrians in their native language, which appeared to delight the company. Mrs. Anderson performed an aria on the piano- forte with variations, ill tbe first style of excellence. Mr. Parry was the conductor: his son sung a Welsh melody, " The worth of true friendship," in a manner which gave promise of future celebrity. Fitzwilliam and Parry also sung a very characteristic duet, called " Pretty little Gwenno," which was loudly encored. " Lords Liverpool and Goderich found, in 1S26, that they had got into a dilemma, and had they withdrawn themselves altogether from the affair they would have dealt righteously. They, however, thought proper to make tbe Country Bankers the scape- goat, and began to throw the whole of the odium upon them. The consequence was, they caused the ruin of seventy of these victims. I ex- pressed mysi If at the time in warm terms on this subject, stating that they were first ruined in proper- ty, and then an infamous attempt was made to ruin their character, notwithstanding sixty out of ( he seventy who stopped payment have paid twenty shil- lings in the pound ; and with respect to the unfortu- nate firm which failed in our own town, I was told a few days ago, by one of the assignees, that he would not give a farthing to he guaranteed 17s. 6d. in the pound ) and, with facts like these, is it to be endured ( hat tin • se men should be abused as well as ruined ? It was the duty of the government, when society had been used to have the organ of distribution granted them from about seven hundred different channels, to see. that the gold flowed iu those channels as plenti- fully ; had they taken this precaution, they would not have lieen worthy of blame. This is not a mere question of two or ten millions being w ithdrawn from the circulating medium ; it is a question of eight hundred millions of National Debt, which is now required ( o be paid by you in eight thousand tons of solid gold, which is more than exists either above the earth or beneath the earth. ( Near, hear. J If the fundholder will be content to take in payment what the poor man hikes— copper money, w hich contains but one- third of what it ought to contain— then, I will venture my lit';-, or, what is dearer to me, the life of my children, that distress on this score shall never again he heard in England. It is notorious, that whilst the poor man's money the copper— has been depreciated, the rich man's money— gold— is aug- mented in value, for every sovereign represents twenty- two shillings of Ihe standard of 1791. One would have thought that these mercenary jews would have been content to have taken twenty shillings. Silver is now ten per cent, under the mint price. This for centuries was made legal tender, and, as Lord Bexlev has said, the whole' of the National Debt might at one time have been paid in sixpences. I have mys. lf weighed twenty- five for a crown piece. To mend all this matter another wild scheme is tried, and Mr. Huskisson steps forth with his free trade project; and although the Spitallields Silk- weavers say " for God's sake, leave us alone," yet Mr. Hus- kisson says " No, no, 1 am determin d you shall have free trade, whether it benefits you or not." Now my opinion is, that it is a gross trick to give us free trade and monopoly taxes. Give us free taxes, and. then HOUSE OF LORDS— TUESDAY. COURTS OF EQUITY. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to facilitate the administ ration of justice in the courts of equity. The leading provisions of the measure are— 1st, the appointment of a new equity judge, who is to take all the equity cases now entered in the Ex- chequer, together with such part of the Chanccry business as he can dispose of; and, secondly, the enforcement of a more assiduous and frequent attend- ance in his court by the Master of the Rolls, who now sits only- in the evenings of alternate days. HOUSE OF COMMONS— TUESDAY. MALT AND BEER DUTIES. Mr. SLANEY again brought, before the House, at great length, the state of the Malt and Beer Trades, and of the duties affecting them. The points urged hy tin; Hon. Gent, wjre, as on former occasions, first, the number of vexatious and unnecessary regu- lations with which the malting business is hampered ; secondly, Ihe mode of licensing public houses, which, he contended, ought to l> e less restricted, and that every person willing to give security for good be- haviour ami possessing an adequate capital, ought to he permitted to retail malt liquor; thirdly, the dis- proportionate and burdensome nature of the tax upon malt and malt- liquor, if the House would appoint a Committee, he thought he should he able to shew the manifold evils arising out of the present system of duties, regulations, and licensing, by which the malt and beer trades were affected, and which tended to increase the consumption of destructive ardent spirits. The Hon. Gent, concluded hy moving for " a Select Committee to inquire into the burthens and restric- tions on the manufacture of Malt and Beer, and the supply of Beer to the lower classes." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should be happy to do away with every restriction that was unnecessary to the collection of the duties on malt and beer; but as those duties formed so large a part of the revenue, none of which could at present be spared, he must oppose the motion for a Committee. Mr. MONK, Mr. W. SMITH, Lord MILTON, and Sir J. WROTTESLEY complained of the restrictions and heavy duties by which the malt and beer trades were affected; after which Mr. SLANEY withdrew his motion, as he had now no doubt the attention of the House and the Government would be directed to the subject. fOismilattCGiis StmiUgcncf. Died, on the 10th instant, at Greenhead House, Huddersfield, Benjamin Haigh Allen, Esq.; a gentle- man highly respected by all who knew him. Amongst the numerous acts of his benevolence was the build- ing nnd endowing, at his own expense, a fine church, erected in the Gothic style of architecture. A considerable number of workmen engaged in Ihe iron and coal trades, iu Monmouthshire, have been discharged, and a reduction in the wages of those employed is contemplated. One great iron- master in Wales, has, it is reported, upwards of 40,000 tons of manufactured iron lying iu one only of his warehouses at Cardiff AMERICAN LAKES.— Lake Superior, into which it is computed that about one thousand creeks or rivers disembogue themselves, is called 350 miles long, by 100 utiles of average breadth, containing 30,000 square miles of water surface. Lake Huron is con- sidered as 220 miles long, and its mean breadth 90, containing nearly 20,000 square miles of water sur- face. I . a kc Michigan is 302 miles by 50, giving about 15,000 square miles. Lake St. Clair is com- puted at 900 square miles; and Lake Erie at 10,350 square miles— altogether about 81,000 square miles of lake, besides many other subsidiary rivers. A YANKFK DUN.— Tbe ediior of a paper in Maine ( United States) makes the following appeal in behalf of his back and stomach.—" We have many sub- scribers who have taken our paper for four years, and have paid us nothing. Do such persons think we can live on birch bark, like a Cossack's horse, or grow fat by inhaling ( he west wind? Do they think that, paper, types, ink, furl, and many other costly and necessary articles are sent to us by unknown and invisible hands? Whatever Dr. Faustus might have done, ( be black art of modern printers has n. j magic in it. When hungry we have no time to fish or hunt, and it would be impious to expect a sheet full of good things to be miraculously let down from the heavens by the four corners, as in the case of Peter: and as to being fed by ravens, it is more likely the ravens will feed scantily upon us, unless we get some luoney shortly." HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Portraits and Memoirs of Illustrious Characters of British History. By Edmund Lodge, Esq. London, 1829. We have already had occasion to advert to this publication, and expressed our opinion of its deserts in terms of the most unqualified approbation. Since announcing the appearance of the First Number of Mr. Lodge's Work, in January last, we have been both gratified and delighted with the appearance of the periodical Numbers as they have monthly taken their station in our Book- ease,— gratified with the historical information which they have imparted, and delighted with the admirably executed Portraits of the lllustrissimi of British History, which the En- gravings perpetuate and convey to posterity. The progress of this Work, from its infancy, forms a curious anecdote in Literary History, and is thus told in Dr. Dibdin's Library Companion :— " In executing the plan of this Work, it became requisite to explore the Picture Galleries of the Nobility, from the remotest points of Cornwall, throughout England & Scotland, to the most northern parts of the Highlands; aud the fruits of the search have been the formation of the most extraordinary assemblage of Portraits of persons who have ennobled their descendants, and distinguished themselves in the history of the country, that has ever been formed in this or in any other nation. Not a character of real eminence, from the first dawn of accredited portrait- painting under Holbein, in the tyrannical period of the Vlllth Harry, through the energetic and prosperous reign of Elizabeth, and the turbulent era of Charles and the Rebellion, to the reign of Queen Anne, has been omitted. The plan was warmly patronised by the noble persons descended from the iierocs and statesmen whose portraits and history formed the materials of the Work; and the most splendid specimens of Portraits, richly habited in the costumes of their respective . periods, have been executed with close precision, from the finest originals of Holbein, Janscn, Zucchero, Rubens, Vandyke, Lely, and Kneller, which have been preserved for a succes- sion of ages in the Galleries of the Nobility and Gentry. Tbe illustrious houses of Howard, Russell, Percy, Spencer, Sackville, Egremont, Cecily and Clarendon, in England— and those of Douglas, Hamilton, Argyll, Scott of Buccleuch, and Graham, in the north— rank foremost as contributors of Pic- tures; w hile the National Collections of the British Museum, the Palace of Holyrood House, the Archi- episcopal Palace of Lambeth, and the Bodleian Library at Oxford, are the most prominent of those; of a public character: these have been thrown open by their Trustees and Conservators, in furtherance of the great national object of perpetuating a Gallery of Illustrious British Portraits. The Historical Me- moirs," continues the author, " which accompany the Portraits, are from the pen of Mr. Lodge, and are indeed admirable; very models of taste, and as characteristic as the Portraits themselves." Tbe number of Portraits extended to above two hundred, and the Work, which formed, in its original state, four large folio volumes, was necessarily pub- lished at a sum exceeding two hundred pounds, a price so great as to circumscribe its possession entirely to the libraries of the aristocracy of the country. To remedy this evil, a smaller edition was projected, inferior only in size to that which had preceded it, for the number and the execution of the plates cor- respond entirely with the more expensive edition, and was presented to the public at a rate so easy as to justify the expectation expressed in the prospectus, of introducing it to the shelves of every book- casein the kingdom. This edition ( as it appears by ail advertisement in another part of our journal) was absorbed instantly upon publication, and another has made, or is about to make, its appearance in the same form and moderation of price. We shall close our present notice of this admirable publication with an extract from the Memoir of Cardinal Wolsey, w hich accompanies a highly interesting portrait of him, pre- served in his college at Oxford, displaying the inor- dinate splendour and magnificence observed in the life of that Prelate. " His enormous income, which has been computed to exceed that of the crown, he expended with a magnificence which, were it not the best- authenticated part of his story, would seem utterly incredible. His houses, witness that yet remaining at Hampton, were palaces; and his domestic establishment was a court, maintained with a brilliancy and order which few sovereign princes could emulate. He had eight hundred servants, of whom nii. e or ten ivere noble- men, fifteen knights, and forty esquires. He sat on a chair of state, under a canopy, and was approached with all the marks of respect paid to royalty, even to kneeling. Henry the Eighth, who loved romantic splendour, and abhorred parsimony, encouraged these superb excesses, and even delighted to witness them. It has been usual to charge him with unreasonable pride; but the imputation will be found to rest only on a few instances of his jealous exaction of ceremo- nious deference to his ecclesiastical rank. Of that sort was his contest with the Primate Warham, on the question whether his cross should be borne before him in the diocese of Canterbury ; a mere question of right and privilege. For the rest, cumbrous grandeur was tbe foible of the age, and in whom could it be more decorous than in him who represented the ruler of kings, and was himself the most powerful of subjects ?" BIRDS.— The long- tailed tit- mouse, Which the boys call long torn, poke- pudding, and various other names, appears to be the most restless of little creatures, constantly darting from tree to tree, and from hedge to hedge, jerking through the air with its long tail like a ball of feathers, several of them following the leader in a long string, who, uttering the shrill cry of twit, twit, twit, away they all scuttle, being incessantly on the move from morn till night. lis bag- shaped nest, so stuffed with feathers w ithin as to be a perfect feather- bed, usually contains from fourteen to eighteen eggs, Ihe size of a pea. " The exertions," says the author of The Journal of a Naturalist, " of two little creatures, in providing for and feeding, with all the incumbrances o( feathers and tails, fourteen young ones, in such a situation, surpass in diligence and ingenuity the efforts of any other birds, persevering as they are, that I am acquainted with." We are told, indeed, that a pair of these little creatures brought lo their young a caterpillar, grub, or some insect, at intervals of less than a minute, through the whole day, or somewhere about a thousand articles of food in fourteen hours. The rook displays unceasing toil and perseverance, and will fly to immense distances to obtain nourish, inent for its clamorous brood. Swallows and martins are on the wing, wheeling about with incessant celerity, from early morning to the close of eve, to procure aud convey a constant supply for their offspring, presenting a pleasing example of indefatigable industry and affection. The starling, we are told, does not travel less than fifty miles a day, visiting its young with food and water about a hundred aud forty time's iu the space of twelve or thirteen hours. The mention of the raven gives our author an opportunity of noticing that singular faculty by which it, in common with some birds of prey, obtains intimation of food at such a height in Ihe. air, and at a such a distance from it, as wholly to exclude the idea that either sight or smell can have been the instrument of detection. We are told by travellers in South America and South Africa, that tbe vulture ( perenopteros) may be seen, in a very few minutes after an animal has beeu slain, hovering high in the air, appearing at first iu little specks, like so many minute insects, but growing larger by degrees as they descend in spiral gyrations, till they reach the earth and pounce upon their prey. It was this almost super- natural quickness of the raven in ascertaining the actual or approaching dissolution of animals, which led to the popular fancy of its " smelling death." INTEMPERANCE IN THE UNITED STATFS— So prevalent is the vice of drunkenness in the United States, " the land of steady habits," that a society exists in New York, under the title of the Temper ance Society. We have now before us an address to the inhabitants of New York by the board of managers, iu which is given a frightful picture of the height to which intemperance has risen in that city. " Intemperance," says the address, " is filling our alms- houses with paupers, our hospitals with patients, our asylums with madmen, our penitentiaries with criminals, and our streets with vagrants. It is estimated, by some who have the best means of judging on such subjects, that there are from ten thousand to twenty thou- sand persons in this city who have no home, and no lodging place at night but some haunt of debauchery. In such places Ihey may be seen every night by scores, stretched upon benches and barrels, besotted with strong drink, and emaciated with disease and want. All this is the effect of intemperance." The managers calculate, that nine- tenths of the suffering aud the distress which exist in the city is, either directly or indirectly, the fruit of intemper- ance. They add :—" In this exigency, we feel that something must bs done. We are persuaded that no measures will be effectual, until a general change is wrought in the opinions of the community, in regard to the common use of strong drink. We consider every one who is in the frequent moderate use of ardent spirits as unconsciously creating an appetite which, ere long, may be his master. Our only hope is, that the citizens of New York will pause a moment— will ponder upon the impressive fact, that habits, of even moderate indulgence, have a uniform tendency to excess, and thus be induced freely to forego a gratification so insidious in its progress aud so fatal in its consequence. We cannot hope for any thing effectual from coercive measures. In a country so free, where ardent spirits, as well as every other indulgence, must be abundant and cheap, and where labour is so well rewarded that every man who wilt work can have the means of purchasing what he chooses, reformation must be voluntary. The enactment of sumptuary laws belongs to despotic governments, such as we hope never to see iu this happy land. Our only security, we are. persuaded, is in a voluntary renunciation of all connexion with ardent spirits. Then will we be prepared to attempt the reformation of the intem- perate, with some prospect of success." The practice of sending young ladies to India to be married produces good. Great, numbers of young- men who hold civil and military situations in the Company's service, not being provided with suitable companions, are driven to take to themselves native females; a practice sometimes attended with perni- cious results. The paucity of ladies increases, if possible, their value, and no event is so important at Calcutta as the arrival of a ship from England. Tbe anxiety to ascertain what ladies are on board super- sedes every other consideration ; a change of Minis- try, the most important Parliamentary discussions, all sink into insignificance until it is satisfied. A news- paper is published every morning, yet if a ship arrive in the course of the day, the Editors, aware of the impatience for information, do not wait till next morning, but immediately publish a Gazette Extra- ordinary, containing solely the intelligence that, " the Hon. Co.' s ship Mary has just arrived; sailed from England such a day; the following is a list of passengers," & c. subjoining the names, at the head of which stand the ladies. Next morning the course, or Hyde Park of Calcutta, presents an unusally gay aspect, every one appearing to the best advantage, and many who may not have visited the Course for months putting forth their most attractive graces. The young men are very cautious in making ad- vances ; many letters are received by the ladies in the course of a week. By a curious custom in these cases, they are never distressed by the necessity of iving a direct refusal. The understanding is, if the answer he written on India paper, the applicant knows all his hopes, as far as that lady, are at an end. LONGEVITY.— There is now living, in the 103d year of her age, at the house of her son- in- law, James Smith, No. 1, Old Milk- street, in this town, a vener- able female, who has had nine sons, seven of whom were ill the army, and two in the navy; five fell at the sanguinary conflict of Waterloo, one by an ac- cident at Gibraltar, and one at Barossa. She had also two sons- in- law, one of whom fell in action in Spain, and the surviving one, who was himself wounded al Waterloo, makes up this race of heroes. He is now a constable on the Dock- police ; and, much to his credit, out of his scanty stipend supports his venerable and patriarchal relative. It is a question if the chronicles of the united kingdom furnish a similar instance, and it is a pity the aged matron has not some provision from a country her descendants so nobly fought and bled for. She is very infirm, but her appetite is most extraordinary, and her general health so good that a medical gentlemen recently declared she might survive twenty years to come.— Liverpool Albion. To give Ireland a worthy station in the scale of nations, and place her in a path of expanding prosperity, we must educate her— education wiil prodoee order— order, tranquillity— tranquillity, security for life and property— and this security will encourage the introduction of capital, aud manufacturing enterprise. Until the spirit of a wholesome education universally pervades the country, it is impossible that any political expedient, and least of all the present dangerous innovation, can afford even temporary relief. The evil lies loo deep- rooted for such superficial experiments, and visionary measures of mistaken policy. This single though seriously important truth must be obvious to all who have not bewildered themselves iu the labyrinthine maze of statistical calculation, humanely taken as their guide the fallacious theories of such speculative philosophers as Malthus, or the recipes of such political impostors as O'Connell and Cobbett.— Warder. The coffin which received the corpse of the late King of Madagascar, Radam, was a large and mas sive one of silver; it was about eight feet long, three feet and a half deep, and the same in width ; it was formed of silver plate, strongly rivetted to- gether with nails of the same metal, all made from Spanish dollars; 12,000 dollars were employed in its construction. Immense quantities of treasures of various kinds were placed in or about the coffin, belonging to his late Majesty, consisting especially of such things as during his life he most prized. Ten thousand dollars were placed in the silver coffin for him to lie upon ; and either inside, but chiefly outside the coffin, were placed or east all his rich clothing, especially military: there were eighty suits of very costly British uniforms, hats and feathers; golden helmet, gorgets, epaulets, sashes, gold spurs, very valuable sword, daggers, spears ( two of gold), beautiful pistols, muskets, fowling pieces, watches, rings, brooches, and trinkets. His whole and fine sideboard of silver plate, and large and solid gold cup, presented to him by the King of England; large quantities of costly silks, satins, fine cloths, very valuable silk Lambas, of Madagascar, & c. The Missionaries say that the expense of the funeral could not have beeu less than £ 60,000 sterling.-- Sou/ A African Register. WATER RAISED BY BORING.— A well has been bored in the Duke of Northumberland's grounds, at Sion, to the depth of 535 feet. The first twenty feet bored through consisted of loose gravel and sand: to this succeeded strong blue clay, to the depth of 410 feet; next ten feet of green sand; then between thirty and forty feet of loose chalk ; aud, finally, very firm and hard chalk, to the depth of 535 feet, which is said to extend lo an unknown depth. A strong spring was found iu the green sand, but it was not powerful enough to rise to the surface by 30 feet. The next spring was found in tbe solid chalk, and the two springs united, now rise to the height of five feet above the surface, aud the water flows over at the rate of five gallons per minute, of a temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit. — York Cour ant. CRACK NAMES OF REGIMENTS.— Regiments have crack names arising from accidental circumstances which have occurred during their course of service, while some bear appellations of long standing. The 57lh regiment, from thdir gallant conduct at Albuhera, bear the honourable name of " Die- hards.'' 7 ' Fhe 87th, from an Irish word, implying " clear the way," the " Fogebolloch boys," and since Barossa and the capture of the French eagle," Sure arn't they the Agle ketcliersThe Royals, from their boasted antiquity, ( their establishment really dating from 1633,) are Pontius Pilate's Guards. The Queen's, from having the Aguus Dei on their appointment, and by a satirical allusion to their badge while accompanying Judge Jefferies during the bloody assizes under their Colonel Kerke, " Kerke's LAMBS." The Brunswick Oels have become, by easy transition the Owls. The 88lh, from being raised in Connaught, are the Connaught Rangers; the 50th, from being faced with black, giving them a gloomy aud heavy appearance, rather than want of cleanliness, are the " Dirty half hundred." The 89th, I never knew why, have christened themselves the Yorickers. Similar appellations have beeu extended to several of the divisions of tbe army. The Third, from having had a large share of hard knocks, are entitled the fighting division ; the Fourth, from Lord Welling- ton's mode of expressing himself respecting their conduct ill bis dispatch of the battle of Pamplona, the Enthusiasts; aud another division, from accidental circumstances having prevented their being comparatively so much engaged as the others, were called the Immortals.— A Hussar's Life on Serrice. ANECDOTES OF THE PULPIT.— On Wednesday evening week, just as a preacher at a certain place of worship in this town was entering the pulpit to com- mence his sermon, the gas- lamps suddenly, from some accident, became dim. The preacher, without wait- ing until the light was restored to its previous brilli- ancy, proceeded to take his text, which, by a singular coincidence, was—" Our lamps have gone out.'" Many of the persons present, struck by the. coinci- dence, could not refrain from smiling at the applica- bility of the text to the accident which had dimmed the splendour of the lamps. The mention of this incident reminds us of an anecdote which we once heard related of a preacher in the Methodist con nexion. He had just been appointed by the con fcrence to a large town, where, on the first Sunday after his arrival, he was to preach three times, and at a different chapel each time. In the forenoon, he preached from the text—" iVo unto the wicked!" At another chapel, in the afternoon, he gave out the same text—" I Co unto the wicked!" And, in the evening, at a third place of worship, he, Cassandra like, still denounced " I Co unto the wiched.'" The reverend gentleman, it is probable, either thought the sermon which he had composed from that text a very good one, or deemed the passage appropriate to the occasion of his preaching, for the first time, in a town abounding with the wicked.— Whilst we are on the subject of preachers and of preaching, we are tempted to mention another clerical anecdote, which we heard related a few days ago. A reverend divine preached, one Sunday forenoon, from the text " I am ready to halt!" A friend, who had listened to the sermon with much pleasure, and who, from the excellence of the discourse, conceived a high opinion of the talents of the preacher, knowing that the same divine was to preach, in the afternoon, at another place of w orship, resolved to follow him thither. He was, however, grievously disappointed, when he heard the preacher give out his text, which, as before, was " I am ready to halt.'" Yet, notwithstanding this disappointment, he repaired, in the evening, to a third place, where the same gentleman was to preach, in the full expectation that he should be gratified by hearing a new text and a new sermon. The divine opened the bible, and the hearer opened his ears wide to catch the words of the text. « I am ready to halt" fell, for the third time, on his ears, producing a degree of chagrin which may be easily conceived. It happened, that the preacher, in returning home after service, unfortunately fell oversotne stones, and bruised his legs. The individual whom we have mentioned visited him on the next morning. He found his friend with his legs swelled and covered with bandages, who informed him, that he had had the misfortune to fall on the preceding night and break his shins. " I do not wonder at that," replied the gentleman, " for you told us not less than three times yesterday, that you were ready to halt.'"— Liverpool Albion. DR. JOHNSON'S WILLOW.— The violence of the storm on Tuesday threw down the remarkably large Willow tree, in Stowe- fields, usually called *' John- son's Willow," from an erroneous tradition that it had been planted by him, when the land was occu- pied by his father. Though there is no reason for believing that the tree was planted by Dr. Johnson, as he himself denied doing so, yet it was so great a favourite with him, that he regularly went to see it whenever he visited this city. It was, we believe, the largest of its kind in the kingdom, and measured twenty- nine feet six inches in circumference at its thickest part. For many years it had been in a state of rapid decay, and was so hollow, that i most par's of the trunk the timber was not more than four or five inches thick. Indeeu its preserva- tion may, iu a great measure, be attributed to an accident. About six years since, some boys lit a fire within it which communicated to the inside of the trunk, aud by completely charring it checked its decay. The passion for relics of the great moralist and lexicographer, genuine or supposed was strikingly displayed on the event. No sooner was it known that the tree had fallen than dozens of unauthorized axes and saws were busily en < r a'a- d in severing from it its best branches; and it seemed likely that in a few hours not a morsel of its huge bulk would be left for its owner.— Lichfield Mer- cury, The county rate of Middlesex is likely to bsi materially raised for some years to come, to reim- burse a heavy outlay about to take place ; and for the repayment of which, a mortgage of the rate ii proposed. In the first place, Tothill- fields prison,- which has long been in a ruinous state, and utterly inadequate for the purpose of the city of West- minster, with its rapidly increasing amount o^ population, is to come down, and a new prison is to be erected on its site, at an expense not exceeding £ 250,000. The House of Correction is to be eo larged at an expense of £ 10,000; and a Lunatic Asylum is to be built, for which £ 50,000 have been already voted, independently of £ 11,000 for the purchase of a site. ' Fhe Sessions House, Clerketi- well, is undergoing a thorough internal and exter- nal repair, at an estimate of £ 2750; and the Westminster Sessions House is also undergoing a similar repair, though it is probable the sura required on the latter edifice will not much, if at all exceed the £ 1000 voted by government, as a com- pensation for the use of the building, as a temporary Court of King's Beuch, while the present court was erecting. EXTRAORDINARY FEATS OF A SPIDER.— Since the time in which I first began to observe the habits of tbe inferior orders of animated existence, 1 have been forcibly impressed with the belief that they possess a principle analogous to that of the reasoning faculty in man. The following facts will go far to establish the reasonableness of this belief. About fifteen years ago, two young men, relatives of my own, residing in Philadelphia, having gone to bed, were induced, by a singular noise in the room, to rise and call for a light in order to ascertain its cause. They soon discovered that it was occasioned by a contest between a spider and a beetle. The spider had fixed his web to the under surface of the bottom of a chair, and was attempting to secure the beetle as his prey, which, after a conflict of nearly an hour, he succeeded in accomplishing. His next object was to raise bim from the floor to the web. He first at- tempted to raise the beetle perpendicularly upward ; but in this he failed, it being at least fifty times as large as himself. He now appeared wholly at a loss, and spent near fifteen minutes in a state of evident uncertainty, sometimes running down to the object of his anxiety, then back again to his web, and some- times from one part of the chair to another, frequent- ly stopping for a time, as if to consider what measures were best to pursue in this dilemma. At last he adopted one of the most surprising methods for accomplishing his purpose that can be imagined— a method certainly the best, arid, perhaps, the only one that could have been successful with no other helps than were furnished by the slender threads of his own spinning, and altogether worthy of the genius of the most enlightened mathematician and engineer. He had already attached one end of a thread to the beetle, and the other to tbe bottom of the chair, perpendicularly over it, and this thread was drawn as tight as his own strength permitted. He next attached another thread to it, which he carried over, in nearly a horizontal direction, to one of the rounds of the chair. By pulling this thread he was able to swing the beetle sideways in the manner of a pendu- lum, which, of course, raised it a little way from the floor, the effort required for this being greatly less than would have been required to raise it perpendi- cularly. Fastening this thread to the round, he passed another perpendicularly from the beetle to the chair bottom, and then cut away the two other threads, one attached to the round, the other obliquely to the bottom of the chair. The weight being now suspended at a small distance from the floor, the spider fastened another thread to it, which was carried over to the round opposite the former ; and, pulling at this, the weight was again swung sideways, again elevated a small distance above its former height, and again secured in its position by a perpendicular thread. Repeating this process a number of times successively, alternately swinging the weight towards each opposite round, and every time passing a perpendicular thread to the chair bottom, in order to preserve the advantage gained, he at length succeeded in raising the beetle to his place of retreat. Elaborate comment upon this relation is useless; the facts can be substantiated by living and credible testimony. The inference is irresistible that the spider was guided by reason, and not by instinct, in the adoption of the means resorted to. For, if actuated by instinct, why should he first try another method, which failing, created much serious embar- rassment, and, apparently, much reflection, before he could contrive that which eventually succecded ?— Transy Iranian. THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.—( From a Paris letter in the Court Journal.)—" Speaking of the wealth of the Duke of Orleans, it may not be amiss to notice the peculiar economy observed in his household. His table and that of his domestics are supplied by con- tract; and he is his own salesman for the greater part of the produce of his land ; so that he knows at once his income and his outgoings. Every horse in his stable has a fixed allowance of food, and means are taken to prevent their being cheated of it; and a careful account is kept of the disbursements of his family; yet with all this economy, the Duke of Orleans is not mean or parsimonious. He is charit- able, and even generous, but his wealth increases daily. Even the new improvements in the Palais Royal, although a splendid addition to the agrement of that celebrated spot, will prove advantageous to him in a pecuniary point of view :— for one shop in the old wooden gallery there are now two in the new passage ; and you may form an opinion of the income arising front them, when I tell you that the smallest shop, with two very small rooms, ( one above and one beneath,) lets for 3000 francs per annum, and the larger sized at 8000 francs. It is gratifying to know that, with all his wealth, the Duke has not forgotten the hour of adversity. Not long ago a friend of mine, an artist, having waited upon him by order, was shown all his paintings and prints. The Duke, at length stopping before a print which represents a young man giving lessons of Geography in a school ( at Geneva), said ' M. F , do you recognize that tutor ? it is myself. I have more pride in that print than in all my collection ; it reminds me of one of the most laudable acts of my life— of the true pride of independence, which induced me to prefer honest support, arising from my own labour, to the com- parative splendour which might have been procured from the compassion of Princes.' " ROBBERY AT THE WEST OF ENGLAND BANK.— At the moment of our going to press, we received information that the West of England Bank, Messrs. Floud and Co. of this city ( Exeter), was entered by some thieves last night, and that property lo a con- siderable amount has been stolen therefrom. The upper part of the banking house is occupied by Messdames Hearn and Braund, milliners, through whose apartment it is reported the plunderers effected an entrance. Mr. Floud, who is one of the aldermen of this city, resides a few miles from town ; on ( lie discovery of the robbery he was immediately sent for, hut had not arrived when we went to press. Tbe amount of property stolen does not exceed £ 3000, and from the information we have been able to collect, we have every reason to suppose no difficulty will exist in discharging in full every demand on the Bank, although they have this day, in consequence of the robbery, thought proper to suspend their pay- ment As it is supposed this bank was on the eve of winding up its concerns, the demands on it can be but trifling.— West em Luminary. BAKKIU'PTS, MAY 12.— Kicliard Coster, ofSlaining- lane, Cltenpside, merchant.— John Fowler, of High Hidden, Kent, victualler.— Thomas Tnlbni Harrington, of Cornhill. merchant.— John llenry Jutting, of Bury- court, Si. Mary Axe, and of Chiphnm- common, commis- sion. merchant."— Hugh M'Cullocb, of Watliug- slreet, warehouseman.— Benjamin Mathews, of Hooper- square, Goudiuan'.. fields, victualler.— Nicholas \ Veekes, of London- street, Feneliurcli. it reel, merchant.— Lewis Williams, ol East- road, llnxlnu, victualler.— John Abler Bradley, of Hulme, . Manchester, surgeon and apothecary.— Uichard Edwards, of Newport, Salop, grocer.— John Finlnysnn, of Cheltenham, Gloucester- shire, music. seller Robert Gtibble, of Barnstaple, linen- draper— Charles llewell, of Sidinoulh, Devon- shire, gardener.— Richard Milton, of Siorlh- in. Linth. woite, Altnondbury, Yorkshire, cloth- meii- lntnl.— Ann Peowrie, of Manchester, milliner William Sheppard, of Purtun, Wills, linen- draper.— Mm Taylor, of Manchester, oil mid Inflow dealer.— Mary Teitgue, of ltedrulh, Cornwall, grocer.— J. Walton, sen. of Brantley, l. eeds, clolli- dreiser.— J. Wright, of Manchester, huoksellei and itntiimer. 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