ofoiifott MIMTED BY W. & J* EPIDOWES, € OMM « MAMfcET, SHREWSBURY. This Paper is circulated in the mast expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALKS Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXVI.— N° 1848.] WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1829. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. THIS PAY. SHROPSHIRE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY. R| 1H E ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Ihe SHROPSHIRE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY will he held 011 WEDNESDAY, ihe 1st Day of July next, at llie COUNTY HALL, iu Shrewsbury, for ihe Election of a new Committee, receiving a Report of the Proceedings of last Year, nnd on oiher Business; when a full Attendance ni Subscribers and Friends to the Institution is particu- larly requested. JOHN BATHER, J Secretaries THOMAS WEAVER, Ssecre'" - The Clinir will be taken nt Twelve o'Clock. CASTLE TERRACE BOARDING Sf DAY SCHOOLS. CONDUCTED BY MR. T. E. JONES. YOUNG GENTLEMEN are liberally Boarded, and carefully Instructed in the Greek, Latin, und French Languages, Mathematics, com- prising Algebra, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Laud Surveying, Book- keeping, 81c. Writing, plain, orna- - mental, systematic, and Short Hand ; History, Geo. gruphv, with the Use of Ihe Globes, Mapping, Draw, tug, including Ihe Mechanical Department thereof necessary for the Engineer, Laud Surveyor, und Architect ; Dancing & Military Exercise, if required ; AND " SHDW © IL& 1DHIES In French, Music, History, Geography, with the Use of the Globes, Drawing, Plain & Fancy Needle- work, Writing und Arithmetic by a Muster. Impediments in Speech and defective Utterance corrected. Terms, with References, may he had at tbe Schools, which Re- open on MONDAY, the 20th of July, 1829. Mr. T. E. J. presents his most grateful Respects to the numerous Friends who have patronized his Esta- blishment, and hopes that ihe Parents nnd Friends of Pupils entrusted to his Care will occasionally Visit his Schools. SALOPIAN BIIEWELIY, CO LEU AM. rSMIE Proprietors of the above Concern & having ascertained that Parties have circulated a Report, that they could not supply their Friends and the" Public with Porter, they beg to inform them that thev havennw ON SALE superior mild BROWN- STOUT PORTER, HARVEST ALE, & c. which they can with Confidence recommend. SHREWSBURY, 22D JUNE, 1829. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ALL Persons having any Claim or De- mand upon the Estate of JOHN HOLBROOKE late of the Town of OSWESTRY, in the County Salop, Builder, deceased, are requested to transmit Particular ns well of such Demand as of the Security « r Securities ( if any) they respectively hnld for the same to our Officc, on or before tbe first Day August next. GRIFFITHES & CORRIE OSWESTRY, 19th June, 1829. @ alej3fryauction. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, Lombard- Street Spring Gardens. DIRECTORS. Mlltthins AIIwood, Esq. M. P. William Stanley Clarke, Esq. F. R. S. Jnh 11 Coope, Esq. William Cottoo, Esq. F R. S. William Davis, Esq. Sir Charles Flower, Bail, nnd Alderman. James A. Gordon, Esq. M. D. Hugh Hammerslev, Esq. John llttwes, Esq. William llevgate, Esq. Alderman. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. William Samler, Esq. George Shllm Storey, Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. THOMAS PARKE, Secretnry. FREEEIOLD PROPERTY. t the Lion Inn, in the Town of Llanidloes, in the County of Montgomery, on Saturday, the 4tfi Day of July, 1829, at Four o'Clock in " the Afternoon, subject to Conditions, and in the following orsueh other Lots as mav be agreed upon at the Time of Sale: LOT 1. A LL that substantial and com mod ions r\ Brick. built l) WELLING- HOUSE, with suit, ible Out. Offices, Stable, Yard, and Garden, lately occupied by W. 11. Marsh, Esq. deceased, but now oid, situate in Short Bridge Street, in Llanidloes. And also those Two small DWELLING HOUSES djoining, now in the several Occupations of John Brown and Edward Ingram. LOT II. All that soacious old- established and well- accustomed INN, called THE RED LION, with Coach- house, and Stabling for 36 Horses, and other requisite Outbuildings, situate in the Centre of the Town of Llanidloes, and now in Ihe Occupation of Mr. Edward Evans. And also that DWELLING- HOUSE and SHOP djoining, in the Occupation of Mr. John Jones, Brazier and Tinman, LOT III. All those Two Gardens, ( adjoining the Garden mentioned in Lot 1,) containing 22 Perches, in the Holding of Peter Roberts, John Jones, and John Brown. LOT IV. A DWELLING- HOUSE, Stable, Cow- louse, and other Buildings, situate on the Rock, near the Short Bridge, in Llanidloes, in the Holding of John lliggs, John Brown, and Edward Jones. LOT V. A DWELLING HOUSE, Stable, aud Cooper's Workshop, situate near the last- mentioned Lot, and in the Holding of Richard Morgan, John Brown, and Valentine Owen LOT VI. Four MESSUAGES or Dwelling. Houses, and Garden, situate at the Top of Great Oak Street, in Llanidloes, in the Occupation of John Owen, David Lewis, Thomas Davies, and Jane Williams. LOT VII. An ALLOTMENT of LAND on the Lower reen, near Llanidloes Long Bridge, containing 8 Perches. LOT VIII. Another ALLOTMENT on the Upper Green, adjoining the Road leading to Aberystwith, containing 4 Perches. LOT IX. DITTO, Ditto, containing 5 Perches. LOT X. DITTO, Ditto, containing 5 Perches. The three last- mentioned Lots are marked out with Stakes. LOT XI. A desirable FARM and LANDS called CWMMAWR, consisting of a convenient Farm- house and Outbuildings, and 45 Acres or thereabouts of good Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, situate in the Parish of Llandinam, in the County of Mont- gomery, in the Occupation- of Mr. Richard Simon. The Timbe'f on this Lot to be taken by the Purchaser nt a Valuation, which will be produced at the Time of Sale. LOT XII. A MESSUAGE, FARM, LANDS, nnd Outbuildings, called WARN, containing 136 Acres or thereabouts, situate in the said Parish of Llandinam, in the Occupation of Mr. Richard Davies. LOT XIII. A MESSUAGE, FARM, LANDS, and Outbuildings, called BLAENYCWM, adjoining the last mentioned Lot, and containing 58A. OR. 23P. or thereabouts, in the several Occupations of Richard Simon and Eleanor Humphreys. LOTXIV. A MESSUAGE, BUILDINGS,& LANDS, culled FOELFACH, containing 134. OR. 17P. or thereabouts, situate in the said Parish of Llandinatn, in the Occupation of Evan Davies. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises; and further Particulars may be had by applying to THOS. PRICE, Esq. The Green, near Llanidloes ; the Rev. Mr. CARTER, Ormskirk, near Liverpool ; or at the Office of MR. T. E. MARSH, jun. Solicitor, Llanid- loes. MERIONETHSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, ABOUT SEVEN ACRES OF LAND, adjoining Ihe much- admired TOW YN BEACH, and within one Mileot Towyn. This Land is very eligibly situated for ihe Purpose of building, and there are upon the Premises 511,000 Bricks, which the Purchaser of the Land may have al a reasonable Price. For further Particulars, or to treat for the Land, npplv to Mr. WILLIAM LLOYD, Court House, near New tow n, Montgomeryshire. ACapacious DWELLING with extensive Outbuildings, in l TO IiET, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, HOUSE, gs, in the Precincts of the Town of Montgomery, delightfully situated, with a large nud productive Garden nnd Orchard in Ihe Rear, and upwards nr three Acres of excellent Meadow Land iti the Fiont, recently in tlie Occupation of Sir Charles F. Jones. For further Particulars apply to Mr. WILLIAM LLOYD, Court, near Newtown; or to Mr. READ, Dragon Inn, Montgomery. ^ atcgi bp auction. At Ihe New Inn, Gleddrid, near Chirk, 011 Wednesday, the 15lh Day of July, 1829, between the Hours of Four and Six o'clock in the Afternoon, subject lo Conditions then to he produced : 4 LL that MESSUAGE or Dwelling- House aud Outbuildings, with Fourteen Acres of LAND or thereabouts, be the same more or less, called PEN Y BONT, situate in the Parish of Sylat- 11, in the County of Salop. This small Estate lies well together, and it is thought an eligible Situation for a Mill, there being a fine Stream of Water through it. The Land- Tax is redeemed. Catherine Jones, on the Premises, whl shew the Property; and. further Particulars may be had at the Office of Mr. HARPER, Solicit of, Whitchurch. VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. rrpREVOR COTTAGE AND MILL, 1 PLAS YN PENTRE aud PFN YR A I. LT FARMS, will be offered for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION, early in July next.- Particulars in a future Paper. Advantages offered by this Company. A very low Rate of Premium, and Freedom from nit Liability of Partnership. A large INVESTED CAPITAL in Ihe PUBLIC FUNDS for the Security of the Assured. Payment of Claims in Three Months after Death. Extension of Time for Payment of Renewal Premi- um. to 30 Days. Permission to pass, in Decked Vessels, along the Shores of Grent Britain and Ireland, nud between litem and the opposite Shore front llanibu rgh to Bou rdeaux. A Tender of Arbitration in all disputed Cases. Purchase of Policies' on the most liberal Terms when the Object of nn Assurance has been effected. Endowments secured to Children on attaining 14 or 21 Years of Age. Annuities granted under a special Act of Parliament At the Wynnstay Arms, in Oswestry, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the ! 0th Day of July, 1829. either iu one Lot, or in the following or such other Lots, nnd subject to such Conditions, as will then be declared : QUANTITIES, ( be the same respectively more or less). A. R. V. LOT I. \ CAPITAL MESSUAGE or Tenement and Farm, called DRENEWYDD, with the Outbuildings, and several Pieces or Parcels of Land thereto, belonging, now iu the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Lewis 280 1 22 Coppice on Hand 28 1 0 AGENTS: Shrewsbury.,..,. Mr. Thos, Howell, Bridgnorth Mr. B. Partridge. Shiffnal Mr. ( V. Browne. PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS. A Medicine prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO ALL THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WORI. I), For the Cure of the Venereal Disense, Ihe King' Evil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from Impurity of the Blood. rpiIE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are JR. so well known throughout Shropshire, and indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, and without the Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. A a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled in thei Fffects. And their Efficacy has been attested numberless Instances; many of them on Oath before Ihe Magistrates of Shrewsbury ; thus establishing their Pre- eminence over tho Nostrums of ignoron Quacks, and over. Ihe more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Cases of FEMALE DEBILITY, TURN OP LIFE nnd any oiher Affliciion of the Body arising from changed or vitiated SyRtem, the PLOUGHMAN' DROPS may be relied upon for a certain and speedy Cure. N. B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv. ing System of Diet : he allows his Palients to live like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman Drops. These Drops are to be had in square Bottles with these words moulded on each, kk Mr. Smith Ploughman's Drops" ( all others are spurious), al £ 1. 2s. the large, and lis. the small, Duty in eluded, at. PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, nea Shrewsbury ; also of W. and J. EDDOWES, aud Cook son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeafes Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth Griffiths, Ludlow • Waidson, Welshpool; Price, Os westry ; Baugh, Ellesinere ; Evanson, Whitchurch BVrrle'y, Drayton ; Silvester, Newport; Holmes, No 1, Royal Exchange London; and of all Medicine Vender. For Investment of Capital. DRENEWYDD ESTATE. V To be Sold by Private Contract, IN ONE OR MORE LOTS, MEESON HALL ESTATE, Near Newport < 5- Wellington, Shropshire, AND THE MANOR OF GREAT BOLAS, WITH A . farm, 5 ® atn Corn JRMIl, antt 3Can" Bs, AND EXTENSIVE FISHERY IN THE RIVER MEESF, Containing 365 Acres or thereabouts, And which ( for the Convenience of Purchasers) may be divided as follows!— LOT I. LL that the MANOR of GREAT BOLAS, with its Rights, Royalties, and Ap- purtenanees ; and all that capital Messuage or MAN- SION HOUSE, comprising Entrance Hall ( 22 l-' eel by 20 Feet), Drawing Room ( 18Feel by 17 Feel), Morning Room ( 19 Feet by 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 nud two Dressing Rooms, besides large At'ics for Servants, and Store. Rooms ; n Portion of the River Meese aud Fishery therein ; and sundry Lands and Plantations; containing together I20A. 2R. 33P. or thereabouts. LOT II. An excellent FARM, with sundry fn- closures of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Ground, Cottages, aud Gardens, containing together 2- 25. A. 2R 2IP. or thereabouts, iu the Occupation of Mr. John Blantern and others. LOT III; A WATF. R CORN MILL, DWEI. UNG HOUSE, GARDEN, and sundry [ Reinsures of rich Meadow LAND, containing toge'ther I9A. 2R. 3iiP. or thereabouts, in the several Occupations of Mr. Samuel Slack and Mr. John Blantern. For Particulars and to treat apply to the Rev E. S. DICKENSON, the Proprietor of the Estate, at Meeson Hall ; or nt Mr. FISHER'S Office, in Newport. This Advertisement will not be continued. To be I ET Cunfurnished), AND MAY EE ENTERED UPON AT AI. I.- SAINT9 NEXT, AMOST eligible and commodious RE- SIDENCE, called I. LWYN ON, ( it for the Reception of a genteel Family, situate near the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road, and about a Mile nnd a Half from the City of Bano- nr; consisting of Entrance Hall, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Break- last Room, and Study, Housekeeper's Room, and Offices complete, with Coach- house, Stables, Walled Garden and Pleasure Grounds, and about It) Acres of good Land.— Apply to Mr. WYATT, Lime Grove, Bangor. NORTH WALES. A LL - f\. Far A 7 he Rhiwaedog Estate5 317 2 22 2 1 20 293 0 8 142 0 22 This Lot is situate in the several Parishes of Oswestry and Whitting- ton, and will be sold subject to a Lease granted to the present Tenant of Dre- newydd Farm and Lands, for a Term of Years, which will expire at Lady- day, 1847, at the reserved Yearly Rent of ±' 350, subject loan Allowance thereout to be made to the Lessee for Tiles to he used for the Purpose of making Drains. LOT II. A Piece or Parcel of LAND, called PANT Y LLWYN DBG, in the Occupation of Roger Davies LOT III. BIG HOUSE FARM, PUMP TENEMENT, GWERNYOWYDDAN TENEMENT, and sundry Cottages, Pieces or Parcels of Land, and Hereditaments, in the several Occupations of E. Uiehards, Richard Jones, John Parry, Robert Lloyd, Thomas Pemherton, Roger Davies, and Peter Wilkinson LOT IV. A MESSUAGE or Tenement and Farm, called BABBIN'S WOOD, with the Out- buildings, and several Pieces or Parcels of Land thereunto belonging, in the Oc- cupation of William Windsor The three last Lots are situate in the Parish of Whittington aforesaid. LOT V. A MESSUAGE or Tenement, called MIDDLBTON HALL, with the Outbuildings, aud ( he several Pieces or Parcels of Land thereunto belonging, in the Occupation of Edward Thomas LOT VI. A MESSUAGE or Cottage, with the several Pieces or Parcels of Land there- unto belonging, in the Occupation of Edward Humphreys The two last Lots are situate in the several Parishes of Oswestry and Whittington aforesaid. LOTS VII. VIII. and IX. THREE PEWS iu the Parish Church of Oswestry in the several Holdings of Mr. C. T. Jones, Mr. Joh Lewis, and Mr. David Jones. LOT X. Sundry YEARLY CHIEF RENTS, amounting together to £ 2. 18s. 6d. issuing out of Houses i Oswestrv, belonging to Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. Job Jones, Esq. Mr. Thomas Jackson, Mrs. Price, an Mr. Evan Davies. The Eslate is situate at a short Distance from the Town of Oswestry, in the immediate Neighbourhood of Coal and Lime, with the Advantages of excellent Turnpike Roads, and the additional Facilities of Water Carriage by Means of the Ellesmere Canal, which is within two Miles of the greatest Part of the Property. There are some fine Coppices of thriving young Timber upon Parts of the Estate. Pheasants and other Game are in the greatest Abundance, having been strictly preserved. Printed Particulars, descriptive of the several Lots, with any further Information that may be required, may be obtained at the Offices of Messrs. BAXENDALE, TATHAM, UPTON, and JOHNSONS, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn, London; and of Messrs. LONGUEVILLE, in Os westry and Chester. 161 3 28 5 2 5 NEARLY 13.000 ACRES, IN THE PARISHES OF LLANGOWER & LLANFAWR, IN MERIONETHSHIRE, WILL BR gQHLiD mir T the White Lion Inn, in Bala, in the L County of Merioneth ( and not al the Mart, ai advertised), on the 28th of July, 1829, unless previ ously disposed of by Private Contract, of which Notice will he given, in the following or other Lots. ACREAGE, NAMES OF FARMS AND ( more or less.) LOTS. TENEMENTS. Ty'n y gwrycb, and Ty'n y llwyd... 2. Ty'n y dail, and Garth llwyd 3. Ty'n y wern, Garnedd ucha & Gar- nedd issa, and Pandu issa... 4. Tan y Garth, and Garth coch 5. Ty issa, and Llwyn ennion 6. Ty tan y graig 7. Ty'n y clawdd 8. Dolfeirich, and Lletty'r geinach.... 9. Glandwynant, Cae ' r Cridd, and Hafod y fenni 10. Hafod fawr, and Pen y frydd 11. Ty nant 12. Aberhirnant, with the Demesne and Wood Lands, Trawsnant, Dolw. ea issa, Dolwen ucha, Ty'n y cwm, Gelligreen, Pandu ucha, Iscairie, Bryngwyn, Maes v fallen, Cwm vr Aethnant, Istradgroes, Moel Dinas, Gwern yr ewig, nnd Cefn y meireb, containing of inclosed Grounds, 3130A. 1R. 22P. ; with Sbecpwalks and open Lands ad- joining, containing 8780A. . 11910 122 The above Estate is well worthy the Notice o Capitalists, as, from its very improveable State and Situation, it is likely to afford most ample Returns to Purchasers. Printed descriptive Particulars may be had after th 15th Instant, by Application to Mr. WILLIAM JONES, at Aberhirnant, near Bala, who will shew the Estates Mr. SISSON, Plas Coch, near St. Asaph ; at the Offic of Messrs ANWYL, Solicitors, Bala ; GROIJGE ED MUNDS, Esq. Cook's Court, Serle Street, Lincoln Inn, London ; and Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, Solicito Market Square, Shrewsbury, at whose Office, a Map of the Estate may be seen, and who is authorised to treat for Sale by Private Contract. MONTGOMERYSHIRE FREEHOLD PROPERTY. At the Angel Inn, in the Town of Dolgelley, in the County of Merioneth, on Tuesday, the 21st Day of July, 1829, between the Hours of Three and Five o'C- lock in the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions shall be then and there produced : that MESSUAGE, Tenement, nn, LANDS, Hereditaments, and Premises, with the Appurtenances, called ESG A EKN El HI A N > situate in the Parish of LLANWRIN, in the County of Montgomery, containing by Admeasurement 432A. 3R. IP. ( more or less) of excellent Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood Land, and now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Henry Rowlands. This Property lies in a Ring Fence, within Two Miles of the Turnpike Road leading from Dolgelley to Machynlleth, and at nearly an equal Distance from each of those Towns ; and there is nearly 70 Acres of fine yotiugOak, and about 30 Acres of Birch and other TREES growing thereon, all in a thriving Con- dition. The Tenant will shew the Premises ; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. II. R. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Penrhos, near Carnarvon, with whom a Map thereof is left for Inspection. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. WRIGHT, At the Corbet Arms, Market Drayton, in the Month of September next ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract): \ LL that DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, t\ called BETTON HOUSE, will. Forty Acres ( more or less) of rich Mowing, Pasture, and Arable LAND, now in the Occupation of Lieut.- Col. Dawes. The Mansion comprises a very spacious Dining nd Drawing Room, Breakfast Parlour, and House- keeper's Rooms, large Kitchen and Brewhouse, ap- propriate Pantries and Closets, four superior Bier! Chambers, with Dressing Rooms, and Water Closet attached, Laundry and Stoie Room, five good Attics, very excellent Cellaring, with Stabling for eight Horses, Coach- house, large Barn, two Cow houses, nd all oiher suitable Out- offices, convenient Fold Yard, and a very early and productive Garden. Also, a PEW in Drayton Church. BRTTON HOUSE is situate within two Miles of Market Drayton, in the County of Salop* in a fine picturesque and Sporting Country, abounding with Game, being surrounded by Es'ates strictly preserved, and within an easy Distance of three Packs of Fox Hounds-, find it would be difficult to select, as a secure and permanent Investment, a Property alto- gether possessing greater Claims to the Attention of the Public, or better adapted as a comfortable Besi- dence for a genteel Family. For Particulars, or to treat by Private Contract, apply to GEORGE HOUGHTON, Esq. Leicester; or to THE AUCTIONEER, Drayion. The principal Part of the Purchase Money may remain secured on the Premises at per Cent. Interest; and Possession may be had at Michaelmas next. ADVOWSON, & c. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, LL that the .4 DVOWSON or PER- PETUAL RIGHT of PRESENTATION to Ihe RECTORY of SMETHCOTT, iu the County of Salop, ( subject lo the Incumbency of the Reverend HENRY FLETCHER, now of ihe Age of 84 Years or tliereabouts,) with Ihe PARSONAGE HOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS, GLEBE LANDS, TITHES, and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging. The Glebe Lands contain about 42 Acres of good Bnrley aud Turnip Soil, nud the Rector is entitled lo the Tithes of every Description throughout nearly Ihe whole of the Parish, which is very extensive. This Property lies in a fertile Part of the Comity of Salop, near to the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury through Church Slrettrtn to Ludlow, in a fine Sporting Country, and is distant from Shrewsbury 10 ami from Church Stretlon 5 Miles. Mr. JOHN WIOLEY, of Walk Mills, will shew the Premises ; and for further Particulars, and to treat for the same, apply lo Messrs. COLLINS, HINTON, and JEFFREYS, Solicitors, in Much Wenlock w A 54 44 107 08 90 186 55 160 134 61 It. P 1 27 2 25 3 37 3 31 0 0 11 3 1 39 2 28 3 24 3 HEREAS WILLI AM MORRIS, of Ihe Parish nf LI. ANWNOG, in the County of Montgomery, Miller and Dyer, hath, by Indenture dated the thirteenth Day of June instant, assigned over his Personal Estateaud Effects unto Mr. RICHARD MIDDI. ETON, of Llanwnog aforesaid, Dyer, And Mr. JOHN JONES, of the same place, Farmer, for tlie equal Benefit of such of the Creditors of the said William Morris as shall execute the same, or signify their Consent ( in Writing) thereto, on or before tlie thir- teenth Day of September next : NOTICE is hereby given, Hint the said Deed of Assignment lies at in* Office, in Newtown, in the said County of Montgomery, for the Inspection and Execution of Ihe Creditors of the said William Morris ; and that those Creditors who shall refuse or neglect to execute the same, or to signify their Consent ( in Writing) within the Time aforesaid, will be excluded nil Benefit arising therefrom. FRED. BRANDSTROM. NEWTOWN, 15TH JUNE, 1S29. PHCENIX Fire- Office. ESTABLISHED 1782. Salop Fire- Office. THE PROPRIETORS of the SALOP FIRE OFFICE, fully impressed with a Sense of the Patronage and Support given by the Public through this and the adjoining Counties, for nearly Fifty Years past, trust that the Liberality of their Terms of Insurance, together with their prompt Manner of adjusting and paying the Amount of ail Loss and Damages sustained on Property m. sured by them, will continue to obtain for the Salop Fire OtHce I hat decided Preference and Sup- port it has hitherto enjoyed. Reduced Rates of Insurance. First Class Oil. per Cent. Second Class 2s. fid. per Cent. Third Class * 4s. fid. per Cent. Policies insuring £ 300 and upwards are issued free of Expense. The Proprietors of this Office have always made good all Loss or Damage on Properly insured by them, which has been set on fire by Lightning, Printed Receipts for the annual Premiums pay- able at Midsummer are ready for Delivery at the Office, and by their respective Agents; of whom the Proposals of this Office may be had. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. WEDNESDAY, JUN'E 24. This being the day fixed for tbe prorogation of parliament, both houses met about two o'clock. Shortly after that hour the peers named in the com- mission took their seats, and the House of Commons having been summoned, and the Speaker anil several members attending, the commission, ivhich recited fhe names of the most illustrious of the nobility, being read, His Majesty's assent was given to several public and private acts; after which the Lord Chan- cellor read the following Speech :— THE KING'S SPEF. CH. " My I. ords, and Gentlemen, " We are commanded by his Majesty, in releasing you from your attendance in parliament, fo express to you his Majesty's acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the dispatch of the public business, and especially to the Consideration of those important matters which he recommended to your attention at tbe opening of the session. " His Majesty directs us to inform yoh, that he continues to receive from his allies, and from all foreign powers, assurances of their earnest desire to cultivate the relations of peace, and maintain the most friendly understanding with his Majesty. " His Majesty laments that he has not to announce to you the termination of the war in the east of Europe ; but bis Majesty commands us to assure you that he will continue to use his utmost endeavours to prevent the extension of hostilities, and to promote the restoration of peace. It is with satisfaction his Majesty informs you, that he has been enabled to renew his diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Porte. The ambassadors of bis Majesty, and of the Kirig of France, are on their return to Constantinople ; and the Emperor of Russia having been pleased to authorize the plenipotentiaries of itis allies to act in behalf of his Imperial Majesty, the negociations for the final pacification of Greece will be carried 011 in the name of the three contracting parties to the treatj of London. " The army of his Most Christian Majesty has been withdrawn t'ronr the Morea, with the exception of a small force destined for a time to assist in the establishment of order in the country, which lias so long been tbe scene of confusion and anarchy. " It is with increased regret that His Majesty again adverts to the condition of the Portuguese monarchy. But his Majesty commands us to repeat bis deter- mination to use every effort to reconcile conflicting interests, and to remove the evils which press so heavily upon a country, ihe prosperity of which must ever be an object of his Majesty's solicitude. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, " His Majesty commands ns to thank you for tbe supplies which you have granted for the service of the year, and to assure you of his Majesty's deter- mination to apply thern with every attention to economy. " My Lords, and. Gentlemen, " His Majesty has commanded us, in conclusion, to express the sincere hope of his Majesty that the important meastfres which have been adopted by parliament in the course of tl> e present Session of parliament may tend, nmler the blessing of Divine Providence, to establish the tranquillity and improve the condition of Ireland ; and that by'strengthening tbe bonds of union between the several parts of this great empire, they may consolidate ami augment its power, and promote the happiness of bis people." ^ I^ HE Board of Directors of this Office do B hereby < vive NOTICE, that thev have RE- DUCED lire PREMIUM upon COUNTRY IN- SURANCES, Willi certain Exceptions; nnd that the same will henceforward be charged only as follows, viz. 1st Class Is. 6d. per Cent. 2d Class 2s. fid. per Cent. 3d Class 4s. fid. per Cent.; being, upon the greater Portion of Country Insurance's, an Abatement of 25 per Cent, per Annum. *„* Renewal Receipts for Policies falling due at MIDSUMMER are now in the Hands of Ihe several Agents. The following Insurance Companies having all re- linquished their Fire Insurance Business, viz.— The Hope Fire Insurance, the Eagle Fire Insurance, the Beacon Fire Insurance, the jEgis Fire Insurance, the British Commercial, the Surrey, Sussex, nud South- wark, the Old Built, and Ihe Glnucesieishire and Worcestershire, also the Albion, and Easi Kent. NOTICE is hereby given, thai Policies of those Offices, amounting to £ 300 and upwards, may be transferred lo ibis Company, without- any Charge of Stamps. The Agents for this Company for Hie County of Salop are Mr. T. Rout ledge, Dogpole, Shrewsbury. Mr. Benjamin Partridge - - Bridgnorth. Mr. Richard Price ... Ellesuiere. Mr. Joint's Bach - Brnmfield, near Ludlow MT. Richard Powell - - - Oswestry. Mr. Gilbert Browne - ShiH'nal. Messrs. Lakin and Sons - - Whitchurch. Mr. George Clny - - - Wetn. N. B. Agents are wanted for ills other Market Towns of this County., NORWICH UNION SOCIETY. CAPITA!, £ 55,0000. INSURANCES renewable on the 24th June must be pnid on or before the 10th of July, or the Office will cease to be liable for the Sums Insured. The public Opinion of the Principles and Conduct of this Establishment, may be inferret^ from the Fact, that it now ranks the second Office iu the United Kingdom. AGENTS. REAL Effervescing Cheltenham Salts, MADE FROM THE WATERS OF MR. THOMPSON'S MONTPELLIER SPAS At Cheltenham. ^ PHE Public are respectfully informed • that these Salts are the only genuine Production of the Cheltenham Spa Waters, a fact which is well known to every Person who has visited Cheltenham. They contain according to tbe Analysis of Sir Hum- phrey Davy, and Messrs. Brnnde and Parkes, all tlie Chalybeate and other essential Properties of the Spa Waters at Cheltenham. These Salts pnssess an effervescing Principle, and in this respect differ only from the Cheltenham Salts hitherto sold to tbe Public. THE REAL CHELTENHAM SALTS in Chrystals and Efflorescence, ns well as the above, are to be bad of the Sole Agents, Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheap- side, Corner of St. Paul's, London; Sackville- Street, Dublin; and Princess. Street, Edinburgh : — retail of the principal Medicine Venders, and allhe Montpellier Pump Room, Cheltenham. CAUTION.— I11 future the above Cheltenham Salts cannot be genuine unless the Government Stamp with the Words " BUTLER, CHRAPSIDK," is attached to them. BILIOUS & LIVER COMPLAINTS. AS a mild and effectual Remedy for all those Disorders which originate in a morbid Action of the Liver and Biliary Organs, namely, Indi gestion, Loss of Appetite, Head Ache, Heartburn, Flatulencies, Spasms, Costiveness, Affections of the Liver, (* c. See. DIXON'S ANTI BILIOUS PILLS ( which do not contain Mercury in any Slinpe) have met with more general Approval than any other Medicine whatsoever. They unite every Recommend, iition of mild Operation with successful Effect ; and require no Restraint or Confinement whatever during their Use. In tropical Climates, where the Conse- quences of redundant'nnd vitinted Bile are so prevalent and alarming, Ibey are an invaluable and efficient Protection. They are likewise peculiarly calculated lo correct Disorders arising from Excesses of tbe Table, to restore the Tone nf the Stomach, and lo remove most Complaints occasioned by Irregularity of Ihe Bowels. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. 4s. fid. and 22s. by Ihe principal Medicine Venders. N. B. The 6s. Boxes heretofore sold are discontinued, and the 4s 6d. substituted in their Place, by which a - considerable. Saving will aiistt to the Consumer. Shrewsbury Dillo - Welsh Pool Market Drayton Oswestry Ellesmere Lloyds nnd Shiffnnl Newport Wellington Whitchurch Bridgnorth Ludlow Mr. J. Birch. Mr. James Skidmore. Mr. Edward Jones Roberts Mr. William Furber, Mr. William Roberts. Mr. W. E. Menlove. Mr. W. Smith. Mr. James Icke. Mr. IS. Smith. Mr. Welsh. Mr. W. Macmichael. Mr. William Felton. [ From ihe Standard.'] The conduct of the Houses of Parliament during- Ihe session renders it unnecessary to offer the re- capitulation which it is usual, and generally con- venient to present at ( be termination of the legislative season. The Parliament has done one thing, and that one thing needs no comment, seeing that the public opinion upon the merits of the actors and the act has been immutably made up, and snfHcicntly strongly expressed. The consequences of that, ONE THING may be that we shall not be entertained with many more rehearsals of parliamentary forms. And if such shall be tbe case, the majority of the two houses may carry with them this consoling reflection, that they have effectually reconciled their country, men to the privation. If a people are fo lie subjected to a simple despotism, through the forms of a free government, or to a simple despotism w ithout these forms; no wise man will hesitate to prefer the latter. Besides that the entertainment of the Mancirria tognta imposes per se a very considerable expense, the nation governed through such an agency, will be always burdened with the pernicious influence of their passions, interests, and blundering theories, in all of which they will indulge with the utmost freedom so long as the indulgence cross not the inclination of their great master. « England," said Lord Burleigh, " can never be undone but by a parliament." That great statesman has not explained the kind of parlia- ment Which should do the work of ruin, nor the mode in which the blow was to be struck ; and without his assistance we of course cannot solve these problems, interesting as they are. What kind of parliament was it which the " prophetic eye of patriotism" em- bodied in Lord Burleigh's apprehension! Was it a horse racing, club- house- haunting, opera- loving as- semblage of joint stock t raders, and Stock Exchange graduates? Did Burleigh, the associate of Bacon, the patron of Coke, foresee a time when the principle of government should be, to secure the ascendancy of littleness in the House of Commons by excluding from all share in the conduct of public affairs, every man with the least pretension to talent, and by frowning away from all the avenues of political ambition all not fully recommended by the leaden brand of blockheadism ? Did he anticipate a race of Englishmen, of whom 300 would answer with re- sponsive sneers to a simpering Secretary, reading from his orderly book a military master's order of the day, « to break in upon their Constitution," that is upon the charter of all their rights. We know not whether Lord Burleigh was thinking of such a par- liament as this,— or of that robust antl discourteous body, prompt to hang up the bearer of a military mandate in the lobby, sketched by tbe rude mind of that uncouth statesman— the Earl of Chatham. At this time of day we cannot pretend to guess of which Lord Burleigh was thinking ; but this we know, that the noble lord was right in his doctrine, that by a parliament only could England be undone— in getting rid of parliaments we get rid of a source of danger; whereas we defy the best natured man breathing to say, that in getting rid of a parliament like that which is now retiring to repose, we sustain any possible loss. BUTLER'S VEGETABLE TOOTH- POWDER. rgHFIIS DENTIFRICE has so loa, fi been in general Use, nod an Appendage to tlie fashionable Toilet, that it is almost unnecessary to offer any further Recommendation iu Favour of it. Com- posed of Vegetables, without tbe Admixture of any Mineral or pernicious Ingredient whatever, it is free from the usual Objections so justly formed against llie Use of other Dentifrices. Its detersive Power is just sufficient to remove those destructive Particles which adhere to tbe Gums and ( be Inlet- slices of ihe Teeth ; and if used regularly, will preserve tliein iu a sound Slate even to old Age. Sold in Boxes, al 2s. 9d. by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Clieapside, London ; and the principal Medicine Venders. Of whom may be bad, O I'TO ROSE ORANGE FLOWER, ALMOND, LAVENDER MUSK., and CAMPHOR SOAPS, possessing llie most delicate Fragrance. *** Tbe above Articles, when Genuine, will have the Name and Address of Messrs. BUTLER, attached to them.— Particular Attention to this Caution is re- quested. ^ WONDERFUL TREF.— A paper published in Gore, L'pper Canada, mentions a pine tree, now growing in that vicinity, which, about a yard from the ground, measures 201 feet j„ circumference, and appears to be but little less at Ihe height of 60 or 70 feet. Its whole height is estimated at 200 feet. It is known by the name of the ' Johnny Martin Pine,' from the circumstance ofaScotchman of that name, who once lived near it, always stopping lor a considerable time as he passed " that way, and viewing it with astonishment.— American Paper. BANKRUPTS, JUNE 23.— George Burgess, of Great Tower street, wine- merchnnt.— Willinm Cleveland, of Gravel- lane, Sohthwark, victualler.— Abner Clarksou, of Hounslow, coach- master — Daniel Fcurn, of Vere- slreet, Oxlord- streel, carpet warehouseman.— Hnulree Briscoe, of Denton, Lancashire, shopkeeper.— William Cochran, of Limn, South Amrricn,. and John Parish Robertson, of London, ' merchants.— William Higgins, of ShiBnal, Yorkshire, draper - Oswald Leicester, of Liverpool, wine- merchant.— Robinson Westray, of Slock p Ht, Cheshire, K nicer.—. Linies Gnu Id, of Lich- field, Staffordshire, limber- niercliaiit.— John tins- grave, of Sudbury, Suffolk, laihir — Car ilrt Die, if High street, Marylelione, coach, liia'ly- r. Will inn. Jones, of Brecon, Brecotlshire, inn- keeper.- Nicholas Phillips, of Exeter, dealer.— Pelflr Mstlier, ot M. ut Chester, publican.— Joseph Davenport, of Biriiiiiiylitiui, victualler.— Thomas Floud, uf - Exiles,^ banker s SALOPIAN" JODKMAij AMP COURIER OF WALES. ELECTION I OR CLARE. jposrrsciRi PT » Tlie contest for this county has given rise to more • peechifications, and lias occasioned more ink to be Shed— God grant there may be nothing worse— than any event within our recollection. Setting aside the truculent and seditious haranguesof Mr. O'Connell, tbe paltry and pusillanimous conduct of the Gentry, tbe overweening ambition of the Priests, the bare- faced perjuries of tbe Tenantry, and the riotous and disorderly proceedings of tbe rabble population, it has produced some events worthy of recording; and fo one of which— the letter of Mr. William O'Brien— we slu. ll here refer. This spirited, able, and gentle- manly production will be found in another column. The writer fell under the lash of the ruffian tongue of Mr. O'Connell, iu the progress of his late Agitating Mission throughout the country; and he has had recourse to the only means within his power of vindi- cating his character from the fnul- nioutbed calumnies of a practised traducer, and exhibiting tiie dastard to file world in bis native colours. This, Mr. O'Brien has done, and done in a manner that has fixed, and for ever, llie burning brand of infamy upon tbe biazcn front of the audacious and insolent Dema- gogue. The effect produced by its publication has been such as might be anticipated. Mr. O'Connell's Paper, the Morning LegisUr, has a column of low, vulgar, and unseemly personal abuse against Mr. O'Brien and his family ; but not a single word in the way of answer to his charges, or of argument against bis reasoning. This, it appears, is reserved for the Great l. eadcr himself, on whose behalf a reply is promised by the livening l ost of Thursday. In order lo give some idea to our readers of the manner in which an adversary is handled by the Popish Press in Ireland— be himself and his family for ages having licen the strenuous and undeviating supporters of their cause and ( heir Question— we give tbe following " elegant extracts" from the Register, in reference to Mr. O'Brien's letter, written, we have not a doubt, by no less a personage than Daniel O'Connell himself: " There are m « ny points in Mr. Smyth O'Brien's address which invite observation, but we pass them over. There is only one thing that we are tempted lo suggest to our Boroughmongering scribe, on a general view of his epistle, and it is this, that he should not too vociferously press the claims of his " house" 011 the adoration of mankind. Of course, Mr. O'Brien claims lineage with the Thomond race, but his connection with them is not much better ascertained than is that of the famous " Jemmy," who hanged so many in these latitudes of Ireland, and who was himself strung up at last. The first baronet of his " house" was a man apprenticed to a tinker in London, and who did not begin the world with £ 50 above his engagements. He died, to be sure, in possession of large estates, but for an account of his ways and means, wc should look to the memoirs ( not altogether forgotten, though thousands have been offered for their suppression,) of Patrick Hurley. The first baronet, with the assistance of " Red Mary," as she Was called, made the fortune! The second baronet was a horse jockey. The third was a puny placeman all his life. The fourth is tbe present baronet, who wjas so noted for shedding tears and shipping corn in the days of fhe famine." And this is the mode in which Mr. O'Connell and his partizans meet the fair and manly retort of an injured and calumniated gentleman. tO? iDO ly, Monday Night, June 29, 1829. fcj* Holiday at the Bar. k. Battle between the Russians and Turks. LON DON— SATURDAY. Paters or I'cttns AT THE CI. OSB ON SATURDAY. Red. 3 per Cts. — 3 pel Ct. Cons. — 3$ pei Cents. — S{ per Cts lied. — 4 per Cts. 1826, — 4 per Cents. — Bank Stock 211$ Long Ann. 19 7- 16 India Bonds — India Stock — Kxchei; Bills 69 Cons. for Acc. b8J Although the Prussian State Gazette of the 19th inst. brings advices from Odessa to the 3d and from Warsaw to the 151b, they do not contain any intel- ligence from the opposing armies. An article from the Turkish frontiers states that the Russian General, Roth, had been so greatly harassed hy the attacks of the Turks, that a portion of ( he force before Silistria had been detached to reinforce him. It appears also pretty certain that a vigorous sallv was made from Bittsirla Ull tbe - 27111 ult. In which the Russian loss is stated to be between eight hundred and a thousand men wounded. The third parallel is said, however, to have been completed, and a bridge was about to be th own over the Danube, to facilitate future operations. At Constantinople the arrival of Ihe French and English Ambassadors was anxiously looked for, and tbe most pacific anticipations were Indulged. The Prussian State Gazette has published an official account of a naval battle at the mouth of the Bosphorus, which confirms fhe statement of the Captuie of a Russian frigate by the Turks. An .-. nival from the Mediterranean states that two Austrian sloops having put into a port of Morocco, to demand satisfaction for the capture of an Austrian vessel, set fire to two ships in the port; and that, while thus occupied they were surprised by a party of Moors, who took several prisoners, and i. i mediately beheaded them on the beach. American papers bring advices from Mexico to the 12th ult. The decree against the Spanish residents had been carried into effect in the most cruel and re- volting manner by General Santa Anna. The military dragged them from their houses, and marched them in custody to the coast, accompanied by their wive9 and children. Four hundred and forty- seven Spaniards only were excepted from this treatment, which it. is expected would lead again to further excesses. The priests had raised their voices and cxclaimed against the cruelty ; the consequence was, another govern- ment decree, ordering the arrest of ull priests who Interfered with political matters. The city and the country were in the most disturbed state. Recent advices from India menfiotred an important change made hy the Governor General, Lord William Bentinck, in the permission given to Europeans to hold land in their own names. Another change of consequence is said to have been resolved upon. On his Lordship's return from a visit which he was about to make to Malacca and Penang, it was his intention to remove his Council, and ( as the Calcutta papers- term it) " the materiel of government" to fhe upper provinces. It is added that his Excellency's absence may extend to three years. This is a departure from the practice, which has been established ever since the English empire in India has arisen, of confining the government to ifs present position ; and in the opinion of many, it leads to the expectation that the plan, which has been more than oncc suggested, of establishing the seat of government in some place more nearly in the centre of our Indian possessions than Calcutta, may be adopted. The advantage of having the seat of government at Calcutta is chiefly that of more speedy communication with England, which would no longer exist if arrangements could be made for conveying dispatches over- land, or lj, y way of Bombay, from whatever place might he chosen for the new capital. The advantages which might be obtained in some place chosen in the upper provinces, are represented lo be a climate more congenial to the Constitutions of Europeans, and a greater facility of communicating with the frontiers of our possessions, and with those pails which most frequently demand the vigilance of tbe government. We have at length received official intelligence from the Russian army in the shape of a Bulletin ( the fifth), dated from Warsaw on the 19th, in- serted in the Prussian Stute Gazette of the 23d, with an Extraordinary Supplement to the Gazette, which last arrived at a late hour. The former contains the general substance, the latter the details, of a battle fought near Choumla, on the 11th, between Ihe Russian General in Chief, Count Biebitsch, and the Grand Vizier, in which the former gained a victory. It was said some days ago that General Roth had entreated the Commander in Chief to send him reinforcements, being himself unable to make head against the Grand Vizier after Ihe disastrous battle of the 17th of last month. Count Diebitsch accordingly confided the siege of Silistria to his second in command, and set out himself with the main part of his army to succour General Rolh and attack the Grand Vizier. We have only yet had the Russian account, and that at so late an hour as to prevent us from taking more than a general view of the important document. But it would be the height of injustice not to acknowledge and point out the judicious movements and march of the Russian General, by which he seems to have completely surprised the Grand Vizier, who ap- pears to have been ignorant almost to the last moment of the Count's being in the environs of Choumla, instead of being on the bauks of the Danube. General Roth had been So weakened by the previous actions with the Turks as to have been unable to molest them in their operations against Pravadi, which had been closely invested for ten days. The necessity of reinforcing him, there- fore, became most urgent, and Count Diebitsch did it most promptly and effectually. He left the camp before Silistria on the 5th, and as he ap- proached Choumla General Roth moved from Koslondj, we Buppose, to join him. The roads were so difficult that six divisions of pioneers were employed in openiug them. After this difficulty had been overcome he joined Gen. Roth, and descending southward from the road lhat leads eastward from Choumla to Janibazar and Koslodsehi, he occupied the defile of Modara, without auy suspicion on the part of the Grand Viziev of his approach. Even when he heard of the movement of the enemy, he conceived it only to be a threatening demons'ration by a part of Gen. Roth's army. However, he raised the siege of Pravadi, and advanced to the defile of Ku- letscha. Meanwhile Count Diebitsch continued his march to the village of Kuletscha, where the battle took place. It was so sanguinary and obstinate that the Count confesses his being obliged at the beginuing of it to bring up his reserve. After four hours the Grand Vizier re- treated into an advantageous position covered with wood, and both armies being so exhausted as to be unable to continue firing, the fire ceased on both sides. The Grand Vizier retreated by Ku- letseha to Marash, thus passing by the right of the Russian position, in order to secure his com- munication and retreat to Choumla. After making some changes in his army, the Count again at- tacked the Turk, and succeeded In blowing up some of his ammunition waggons, which rendered his troops wavering. After a general discharge from all bis artillery he retreated, or, as the Russian accounts say, fled in all directions. His loss is stated at 2,000 killed and 1,500 wounded and prisoners; 40 plccea of cannon in the first battle and 16 picked up afterwards, with ammuni- tion and baggage. It is the intention of the Count to proceed to Marascb, in pursuit of the remains of the Grand Vizier's corps. Tbe Bulletin indulges the sanguine expectation that the Grand Vizier's army has been dissolved; but it must be stated, that the force before Pravadi was only a part of his army, amountiug to 35,000 or 40,000 men, and that a much larger force was at Choumla. There is no official news from Silisfria, though previous accounts assure us that the garrison interrupts tbe besiegers by daily sallies. The corps besieging Rudschuck haa been at- tacked by the Turks, but repulsed ; they re- turned into tbe fortress. Since writing the above we received another and a later Prussian State Gazette, dated the 25th, which contains the following additional in- telligence:— " WARSAW, JUNK 21. " We have again received favourable intelli- gence from the seat of war. Letters, dated tbe 14th, say, that during the pursuit the Turks ha again been beaten, and have lost twelve more pieces of artillery. A small corps arriving from Choumla was obliged to join in the flight, and the commanding officer, a Pacha, is said to have be killed. The Russian troops continued to pursue tbe enemy with the greatest eagerness, the ca- valry under Count Palilen distinguishing itself most particularly. Gen. Kupryanoff has taken two redoubts near Choumla, which were erected last year by the Russians. The enemy nowhere attempts to make a stand, but flees in the utmost confusion into the mountains, losing many pri- soners. There was Divine Service and a grand review in the camp this morning, in celebration of the victory of the 11th. His Majesty the Emperor made the troops defile in front of their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Graud Duchess of Weimar." STATE OF PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT. Grace had any thing to expect from an appeal to the people provoked a smile, but as the suggestion was of course merely evasive, bis Grace's merciful querist did not push his interrogatories farther. We are of opinion, however, that a dissolution of parliament is by tio meaus improbable; and we iutreat the Protestants of the empire not to lose a moment in preparing for it. Every thing despe- rate, we may be sure, wiil be tried, if it be only to gain from the King so much time as will be con- sumed in the experiment. How highly the sagacious man against . whom we contend values time, we have seen in the progress of the Consti- tution- breaking Bill ; and that he does not value it more highly than it deserves has been too fatally proved by the result of his couductin that measure. Had that bill been fought at all points— had it been met as Lord Eldon, Sir Charles Wetherell, Sir Robert luglis, Mr. Sadler, and all its honest opponents advised that it should— had almost any other professing Protestant in the House of Com- mons but Mr. Henry Baiikes, been the Protestant leader, the bill would never have been carried. This, however, is digression. The people, we say, must be prepared for the most desperate efforts on the part of the administration. The Duke of Wellington has exchanged a noble spotless name with the love and gratitude of his fellow- subjects, for power, with their distrust, if not resentment. The exchange is, alas ! irrevocable ; for even though he foregoes the purchase, never, never can he regain the inestimable price. The portals of selfish ambition afford no backward path. They are as the yawning but impassable gate of the poet— ......... Facilis descensus Averni, Sod revocare gradual superaj que evadere ad auras Hoc opus( hie labor est No, the Duke of Wellington cannot descend from his station. To have triumphed as lie has tri- umphed, with the Lyndhursis and the Peels, is, Heaven knows, humiliation enough — who can imagine the unutterable disgrace of participating in their fall.' WINE. JAMES HILES, HIGH- STREET, SHREWSBURY, J ESPECTFULLY announces to his Friends & aud the Public io generul, that he is appointed AGF. NT iu this Town and its Vicinity to receive Orders for llmt highly- esteemed Class of Wine culled ISrcnti iBatJftra, in Bottles us imported direct from the Island of Malta, iu Coses of Three uud Six Dozen eneli, at the greatly reduced Price of 26s. per Dozen ( Bottles and Cuse included) for Money, to be permitted direct to the Purchaser from the London Docks, or the Bristol or Liverpool Quays; nod lie- begs tu ml i oil their Atten- tion to Ihe Suinple just received. HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY, JU. XB 25, 1829. € t> e Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1829. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the ' Rev. W. G.' Rowland: — House- Visitors, Jonathan Perry, Esq. and Mr. Rogers. Additional Subscribers to this Institution. Mr. John Jones, wine- inercliiint £ 2 2 0 Mr. James Sayer, augmented from one guinea to 2 2 0 OXFORD, JUNE 26, 1829.— This day, the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred upon the Rev. Edward Burton, late Student of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Divinity, elect. We find from the " Cambridge Intelligence," that Mr. Charles Rann Kennedy has gained Sir William Browne's Gold Medal for the best Greek Ode " on the A) gean Isles," in addition to the Porson Prize, for Greek Iambics, which was awarded to him a few weeks since. Baschurch Female Friendly Society held its Anni- versary on Wednesday last, when the weather, though at first lowering, proved propitious for the evening's pleasures. After an appropriate Discourse, the com- pany moved from the church in gay order to the green, and, having partaken of that beverage which, as the Poet observes, " cheers, but not inebriates," formed into the mazy dance. The attendance of the devotees of the lively goddess was numerous and genteel: there was no lack of gentle belles or admir- ing beaux. The amusements were closed as usual by the company's joining in " God save the King," led by that constant friend of the Institution, Mr. Jones, of the School. There was an accession of new members.— It is gratifying to notice the continued and fresh support which this praiseworthy Society experiences from the very respectable and spirited neighbourhood of Baschurch and the parts adjacent. The following is a literal copy of an order sent last Tuesday from Blaenavon to a grocer in Abergavenny : Miss froot Pies to send the Baer W. Gamspn Goods | pound of tee 7s J pound of Backho 3 pound of Shoer Pies to ex kewes Mis his Gamson for shee Will not Be Comon to Down Not before the Pay. A REMARKABLE TROUT.— Mr. Benbow, of Brom- den, near the Clee Ilill, had in his possession a trout for more than seventeen years past, which was first taken out of a small brook in that neighbourhood, and subsequently kept in a large stone cistern, where a small quantity of fresh water constantly runs through. The weight of the fish was from 12 to 131bs. It had at times a little bread given if, which it would eat with voracity— A few days ago a water- rat got to it, and injured it so much about the head as to cause its death. SHREWSBURY FLORISTS* SOCIETY.— The Pink Show wus lit d on Thursduy lust, when llie following were selected for the Prizes, from an extensive and fine collection : — Beat Bloom ( S, P.) Mr. R. Wigley ( Seedling) Shrews. bury Beauty, PUItPI. B- T. ACED. 1. Mr. R. Wigley... 2. Mr. T. Groves.... 3. Mr. Morgan 4. Ditto 5. Mr. It Wigley .. 6. Mr. T. Pugh 7. Mr. T. Howell... 8. Mr. It. Wigley.., MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY. EDWARD JONES, Wholesale and Retail Ironmonger, AND NAIL MANUFACTURER, BEGS to return Thanks to his Friends for the very liberal Support he has received since his Commencement ill Business ; and also fo inform llieni nnd the Friends of the lute Mr. HANCORN, that he has REMOVED lo the more commodious Premises oil MARDOL HEAD, recently in the Occu- pation of Mr. Hancorn, where lie intends carrying on the Ironmongery, Sen. Business in all its Brunches. An APPRENTICE wanted. GOVERNESS. New House Boarding School, WESTFELTO ® f. DISTANT FIVE MILES FROM OSWESTRY. M1 RS. and MISS SMITH return their most grateful Thanks to their numerous Friends for the Confidence they have reposed in them, and for the many Assurances of their Approbation, and re- spectfully inform them aud the Public, that the Busi- ness of their Establishment* will re- commence on the 13th Instant. SILK MERCERY, PRIDE- HILL. BIKTH. On the 24th ult. at his house, Park- street, Bath, the lady of the Rev. VV. Attfield, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d ult. at Market Drayton, by fhe Rev. J. P. Stnhhs, R L. Miller, Esq. of London, to Mary, eldest daughter of Jaaves Stanley, Esq. of the former place. On Monday last, at Kidderminster, Mr, Thomas Deighton, bookseller, of that place, to Miss Wright, of Bridgnorth. At Madflev, on the 23d ult. Mr. George Simmons, corn- factor, of Newington, London, to Miss F. Broad- field, of Bridgnorth. At Hereford, the lie v. J. Fry, Rector of Desford, Leicestershire, to Ursula Dorothea, ouly child of the late John Perry, Esq. of that city. At Exeter, B. C. Greenhill, Esq. of Puriton, Somer- set, to Henrietta, dHiiohter ot Lieut.- Col. Macdouald, & c grand- daughter of the celebrated Flora Macdonald. On Thursday, at Bath, the Hev. S. Cragg, lo Catherine, second daughter of Sir John Cotgreave, of Netherleigh House, near Chester. DIED. On Thursday morning last, of an apoplectic seizure, in his 57th year, Mr. Lloyd, of the William Hill's Arms, Mardol, in this town; a man extensively known, nnd as highly aud deservedly esieemed. Last week, at Bridgnorth, in the 71st year of his age, highly respected, Mr. Richard Herbert, formerly a most respectable tailor, of that town. He supported through life the character of a truly honest man. Lately, at Broseley, iu this county, Mr, Peter Everall, aged 56 years : n truly honest man. Ou Saturday last, at Ronghton, near Bridgnorth, James Marshall, Esq: solicitor, aged 68 » . Ou the 23d ult. at an advanced age, Mrs. Evans, relict of the la e Mr. Evans, slater, Oswestry. On the 14th ult.. much respected, Mrs. Charlotte Homphrys, of Newport, in the 82d year of her age. On the 23d ult. in his 78th year, YValter Sneyd, Esq. of Keel Hall, Staffordshire. Lately, at Rillancourt, near Paris, Emma, youngest daughter of Lieut.- Colonel Durant, of Totig Castle. Ou the 23d ult. at the Staffordshire Lunatic Asylum, George Smith, better known as the " Idiot Smith.'* This. unfortunate man wus received iritri the Asylum at the beginning of tbe year i820, at which time and for some period subsequently, it will beirecollected, his case excited much attention, 1. Mr. Morgan 2. Mr. R. Wig ley .. 3. Ditto 4. Mr. T. Pugh 5. Mr. Morgan 6. Mr. R. Wigley... 7. Ditto 8. Mr. T. Pugh BLACK AND WHITE ( Seedling) Shrewsbury Beauty, Bow's S u war row, ( Seedling) Tom. ( Dilt' » ) Jerry. Bow's Mary Auu. Bow's Lustre. George the Fourth.. Bow's Rising Suu*. BED- F. ACED. Princess Charlotte. ( Seedling) Paul Pry. Bow's Cato. Pugh's Mars. Filho da Puta. Bow's Mary Ann. Davev's Sovereign. Bow's Rosa ire. ANTED, by a Young Ladv of the Established Church, a Situation as Governess in a Family, or as Teacher in a School : she is quali- fied to teach the English and French Languages and the Rudiments of Italian, also Geography, Drawing, and Arithmetic.—- The most respectable References will be given.— Apply to THE PRINTERS of this Paper j if by Letter, Post- paid. TO SCHOOLMASTERS. WANTED, at CLUN, near Bishop's Castle, a YOUNG MAN who writes a good Hand, and is capable of teaching Accounts —. Apply to the Rev. J. MORGAN, Clun, near Bishop's Castle, Letters must be Post- paid. TO MILLERS. ANTED, a steady Man who perfectly understands his Business. He must be com- petent to keep tbe Accounts of the Mill, uud to go out occasionally. No one need apply who cnniiot produce a sutisfuctory Character from his Inst Situation.— Apply to THs PAINTBRS ; if by Letter, Post- paid. Mr. T. Pugli Ditto Mr. R. Wiglev... Mr. T. Pugh,.'.... Ditto 6. Mr. Kellev 7. Mr. R. Wiglev... 8. Mr. Kellev ( Seedling) Louisa. ( Ditto) Rose Leaf. Bciiuti de Flora. ( Seedling) Zura. ( Ditto) Othello, ( Ditto) Mrs. Galacre. Bow's Queen of June. ( Seedling) Mrs. C. WingSeld. The Judges met on Thursday moming at Westmin- ster, and made choice of their Circuits as follows:— M ' dliiiid — Lord Teitenleii ami the Chief Baron. Western — Chief Justice Tiiulul, Mr. Justice Burroilgli. Northern — Mr. Justice Buylev, Mr. Justice Liiile- dale. Home— Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice Guzelee. Norfolk Mi. Rnroii Gurrow, M r Justice J Parke. Oxford — Mr. Baron Bullock, Mr. Baron Vnughuu ' There are at present four vacancies in Ireland for members of the House of Commons. One for Clare, which nil the world knows of— one for ( he city of Cork, occasioned by the death of Sir N C. Coltbiirst — one for Wicklow, occasioned by Lord Proby's having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds— and one for Down, in consequence of Lord Castlereagh's having accepted office. The Speaker's warrants are lying in the Han,- lper Office, but the writs will not issue until the termination of the first session for registry of freeholds under the new act is gazetted/— Dublin Eveiing Packet. The Gazette of Friday also announces tbe ap- pointment of Frederick Stewart, Esq. commonly called Viscount Castlereagh, as one of the Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty, vice the Earl of Brecknock resigned ; and of Major- General Sir Frederick Adam as Colonel of the 73d Regiment, of Foot, and General Lord Lynedock as Governor of Dumbarton Castle, in the room ot General Lord Harris, deceased. [ Prom th* Standard.] We know not why we should w ithhold what we have heard: here it is. An illustrious personage, somewhat surprised at the number of withdrawn measures lhat signalized the conclusion of the Session, put to the Duke of Wellington this natural but very perplexing question. What is your strength in tbe Houses of Parliament ? Have you really a majority wilh which you can carry on the business of the country? The answer, at first evasive, was, by urgent interrogation, brought nearly to this. There are in parliament four par- ties, each independent of, nnd unconnected with, the other— the ministerial, the undeclared, the opposition Protestant, ami { he political economists — including the thirty- six Huskissonians, and the rump of the Whigs. The Ministerial census of this party we under- stand to have been nearly as follows : — Ministerialists irrevocably committed 140 Undeclared and doubtful - - 200 Opposition Protestants - . 150 Political Economists, about - - 120 leaving the Opposition Protestants considerably the strongest of all the parties prepared to act together. The same proportion was understood lo hold in the House of Lords. The personage to wham this was addressed asserted at once that no ministry could hold ail independent course if so situated — that, great as the number of the unde- clared might seem, it was impossible to doubt that upon any question of general policy they would fall in with the other parties in their several pro- portions ; and that, as a necessary result of such a state of parties, the miuisler, if he could not recon- cile himself to the Protestant opposition, must retire, as he, the speaker, would never consent to any further connexio. i with the old enemies of his government, embodied in the ranks of the econo misls. The Duke of Wellington, if we are rightly informed, suggested a dissolution of parliament. We have not heard whetherthe suggestion that bis Additional Subscriber to ihe Eye Sr Ear Dispensary. Rev. F. IIiff £ 1 I 0 The Collection at St. Alkmond's, on Sunday even- ing last, after a sermon by the Rev. Archdeacon Bather, in aid of' the funds of the Shropshire Auxiliary Bible Society, was £ 22. MORRIS r. DAVIES. — Counsel were heard in this well- known case, before the Lord Chancellor, on Tuesday and Saturday last, when the arguments were again adjourned. A boy of the name of Longford has been within the last, few days brought before the Mayor of Shrewsbury, as a vagrant, when, upon searching him, were found two silver table spoons, upon one of which the letters VV M appear, and two silver tea spoons marked M, which were ordered to be detained by Hayward, the police officer, till an owner claims them, as there is no doubt they must have been stolen. INQUEST.— On Friday last, an inquisition was taken before George VVingfield, Gent. Coroner, on view of the body of James Hodgkiss, then lying dead, in Frankwell, in this town. It appeared that, on Thurs- day evening last, the constable of Frankwell informed one of the churchwardens of St. Chad's parish, that a stranger was lying very ill in a stable in Frankwell; and the parish officer gave directions that medical assistance and a lodging should be immediately pro cured for him : this was done with the utmost dis- patch : the poor man, however, was evidently in a dying state, and be expired soon after three o'clock on Friday morning.— He had previously said, that his name was James Hodgkiss; that he came from Stourbridge, and that he had a sister living; and he said he had been ill of a pain in his bowels for about a fortnight.— He appeared to have subsisted for some time on public charity, and had on a light- coloured barracan jacket, a light- coloured moleskin under jacket ( lined with flannel), light- coloured woollen- cord breeches, a pair of brown and blue mixture woollen stockings, and an old miller's hat.— The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased died by the visitation of God. MURDFR AT BLACKHEATII.— On Monday morn- ing, a dreadful murder was committed by an old man named Lauibourne, a labourer, on his wife, who uas living as servant at the public- house called The Yorkshire Grey, a woman of about 30 years. Jealousy- is supposed to be the cause. He cut bis throat after committing the murder, but has not killed himself He was immediately apprehended. Committed to our County Gaol, Richard Ellis the younger, charged with having, on the 19th of June, feloniously broke aud entered the dwelling house of Jane Lewis, of the parish of St. Chad, widow, and stolen thereout various articles her property; Richard Brown and William Moseley, charged with stealing a pair of leathern half boots from the dwelling house of John Garbett, of Ditton Priors; and Richard Barratt, charged with stealing a live hen, the property of Juseph Norrey, of the parish of Much Wenlock. WALE § » MARRIED. Al Llnufuir, on the 22d ult. by the Rev. Mr. Thomas, Mr. Edward Ellis, of Myfod, to Susannah, second daughter of Mr. Griffith Evans, of Llanfuir. Ou the 24th ull. at Welsh Pool, Mr. S. F. Gillard, of Bristol, to Alllira, the fourth daughter of the liev. Charles Williams, lute of Chirbury, iu the couuly of Salop, but now of Welsh Pool. DIED. At Cheltenham, on Friday, the 26tli ult. nged 29, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Lloyd, of Trowscoed Hull, iu the county of Montgomery, Esq. On Sunday morning, the 24th of May Inst, Thomas Anwvl, Esq. of Vroo, near Bain, Merionethshire, in the 46tli year of his age. At Brynltywarcli, Montgomeryshire, on the 26tli ult. aged 38, Mrs. Pugh. On the 19th ult. at Pentrefelin, near Llangollen, Miss Margaret Hughes. Oh ihe 26th ull in In r 83d yenr, Ann, relict of the late Mr. William Davies, uf llie Argoed, Overton, Flintshire. On the 22d tilt, in her 81st yeor, greatly respected, Mrs. I. lovd, widow of the lute Mr. Lloyd, of Hufod. y- Maidd, Denbighshire. On Tuesday last, nged 60, after u long illness, at the house of John Edwurds, Esq. in Itegent- street, London, William Vanghuu, F.* q of l. nnelny, Glamor- ganshiie. Barrister at Law, and Marshal nod Registrar of the Greut Sessions for the counties of Gluuiorgoi , Brecon, and Radnor. He was a ^ eutlemnn of the most benevolent disposition, a warm and steady friend, and a liberal pruinuler of ugricullure. KiAimiinr mehbailudo SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 4d. per lb.— Calf Skins 6d.— Tallow 3| d. . » . d. s. d. Wheat, 38quarts 10 6 to 11 0 Barley, 38quarts 0 0 to 0 0 Oats, 57 quarts.., 6 2 to 7 8 CORN- EXCHANGE, JUNE 29. We continue lo be well supplied with all kinds of Foreign Grain, but having few buyers at market this morning, the sale of all descriptions of Grain was ex tremely dull. In addition lo which, the accounts from all parts of the country are so favourable as to the crops, that no sales could he effected, except to needy consumers, and those of fine Wheat were at a reduc- tion of from three to four shillings per quarter from last Monday's prices. Barley was also very heavy sale, and none disposed of but for grinding purposes, at a decline of one shilling per quarter. Beans and Peas were one shilling per quarter lower. Oats can scarcely be said to support their price ; and a few sales were made at a reduction of one shilling per quarter. Flour was stated at 60s. to 65s. per sack, still sales were effected considerably lower. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, a. t under: Wheat 55s to 74s j White Peas.. 34s to 36s Barley 20s to 34* Beans 34s to 30m Malt.. 50s to 58s I Oats 28s to 30s Fine Flour 60s to 65* per sack ; Seconds55s to 60s SMITH FIELD rper tt. of Sit, sinking offal.) Beef lOd to 4 « 4d | Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Mutton... 3s lOd to 4s 4rf I Pork 4s Od to 5 » Od Lamb .... 5s Od to 6s Od Average Price of Corn in the Week ending June 12, 1829:— Wheat 70v. Id.; Barley 31*. 2d. ; Oats, 24s. 8d. LIVERPOOL. ROGERS & PAGE RESPECTFULLY solicit their Friends and the Public to an early Inspection of their STOCK, which consists of every New and Fashion- able Article for DresS suited to " the present Season, and which they will offer on the lowest Terms pos- sible. Their Stock of the undermentioned Articles will be found well worth the Notice of Buyers— Silks, Crape Royales and Gauzes for Dresses, Shawls, Fancy Haodkerchiefs> Ribbons, Lace, Hosiery, and London Printed Jacconet and Book Muslins, Robes, Muslin Collars, & c. R. & P. have always on Hand a well. assorted Stock of Irish Linens, Long Cloths, Sheetings, Table Linens, Counterpanes, Quilts, Bla nkets, Moreens. Furnitures, See. (£ 3* An extensive Stock of Family Mourning. TEETH. JHR. LEVASON RESPECTFULLY announces to his Patrons • of Shropshire nnil its V- icinitv, he will be nl Mr. WHITE'S on NEXT MONDAY MORNING, the 6th of July instant, aud will remain till Saturday Evening, the lltli instant, during which Time he muy be consulted ns usual 011 all Cases of Dental Surgery aud Mechanism. Indestructible, Mineral, Natural, or Artificial Teeth fixed 011 unerring Principles. Mr. LEVASON attends as above in Shrewsbury the first Monday iu every Month, aud remains till th » following Saturday Evening. CorbeCs Arms Inn, UJfinglon. R. ROWLEY BEGS to inform his Friends and the Public, tliut he has entered upoo the above INN ( lately occupied by Mrs. Pl'OH), and thai he bus lilted up the House nnd Arbours for the Comfort and Con- venience of those who may honour liiin with their Company: lie has also Inid iu a Stock of choice Wines and Spirits; which, wilh good Stubling nnd active Waiters, lie hopes will procure him a Part of the public Patronnge. TO MAHOGANY DEALERS, CABINET. MAKERS, 4c. 4- c. Wheat Barley Outs Mall Fine Flour 10s. 5s. 3s. 7s. , 50s. Od. Od. 3d. 3d. Od. lo 10s. to 5s. to 3s. lo 7s. to 54s. 9d. per70lbs. 3d. per bush 7d. per 451b. 7d. per bush Od. per280lb BRISTOL. Spring- price of Wheat, per sack of s. rf. t. 3311hs 44 0 lo 46 Foreign Wheat per Imperial bushel.., 7 0 to 9 English Wheat, ditto 8 0 to 9 Malting Barley, ditto 4 6 to 5 Malt, ditto 7 0 to 7 Oats, Poland, ditto 3 0 to 3 Flour, Fine, per sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbs. 52 0 lo 55 Seconds, ditto 47 0 to 50 Perhaps it is not generally known, that several of those migratory birds called fieldfares have taken up their abode, since the autumn of 1827 » in a wood a few miles from Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, and have nestled and bred there the last and present summer. What makes the above the more remarkable is, that historians say that not one of those birds remains in Britain during the summer. At Knighton Races, the Radnorshire Stakes were well contested, and won by Mr. J. YVeyman's b. g. Forester, by Spectre, in two heats, beating Mr. E. Jones's br. h. by Spectre, and four others. This is the second year Forester has won this stake.— The Bailey Stakes did not fill, and was handicapped, free for all horses, by the Steward. This was won with ease by Mr. Weyman's Forester, beating Mr. Vaughan's Cholstrey Lass, which ran 2 aud 2, Mr Thome's b. m. Prudence, Mr. Hiorn's Grecian, Mr. Wadlow's Little Harry, and Mr. Williams's ch. c. by Pjscator. Monday afternoon, a grand trotting match, in harness, took place on the Romford road, for 100 sovereigns, between Mr. Bonner's Glamorganshire pony, and Mr. Perry's Flintshire pony, which has won every match. Mr. Perry won the match by about 30 yards. This distance was ten miles, which were performed in 38 minutes and 30 seconds. The ponies are only 12^ hands high. On Monday, Rachael George was apprehended at Newcastle- Emiyn Fair, charged with having stolen a mare, which she was then riding. The prisoner when apprehended was dressed in male attire. She has since been committed to Cardigan gaol, to take her trial at the next assizes. This is the third offence for which the above lady will makt her appearance at the bar. ATROCIOUS MURDER.— On Sunday se'nnight, on Pencader Mountain, Carmarthenshire, as some per- sons were going to a place of worship, they were horror- struck at finding in a ravine, in a small rill of water, the body of a woman named Hannah Davies, most frightfully mangled. The head was severed from the body, and was only retained to the trunk by a small ligament— the chin had been detached from the upper part of the head, and rested on the chest— the right arm was nearly cut off, and various other wounds had been inflicted on the body, each of which of itself would have proved mortal. She appeared to have made a desperate resistance, for her hands were covered with wounds. On Saturday last, David Evans, aged 21, was committed to the county gaol, by Daniel Price, Esq. Coroner, for trial at the next assizes, charged with the above atrocious murder. He was known to be paying his addresses to the deceased, and she was thought by her neighbours to be enctente, which was fully ascertained to be the fact upon a post mortem examination. She left the place where she resided, near Blaenbedernyn, the seat of Sir W. de Crespigny, to go to her parents' home, the evening the murder was committed, and was found in the state described the following morn- by ESSRS. P. and J. A. JONES be<* to announce tliev are now arranging for SALE AUCTION, ou Thursday, the lt> th of July, by Mr. J. POPE, ihe MAHOGANY imported by them, and now landing ex JOHN & ROBURT, from Honduras; consisting of 181 Logs, of very superior Quality and Dimensions. RRISTOL, Jonii25, 1829. JOHN GRIFFIN, Late of Chancery Lane, and of Palsgrave Plact, Strand, WINE & BRANDY MERCHANT, IIN FORMS the Public that the late Part- nership of GRIPFIX ST DUUCOMBB is now finally DISSOLVED, and tliut ihe Business will in future be carried 011 hy J. GRIFFIN alone, at No. 26, London St reel, Fitzroy Squure, where J. G. has taken tbe eligible Premises Intely occupied by Mr. JAUBS BHB- BACB, Wine, Cyder, Ale, nnd Porter Merchant, and where he respectfully solicits a Continuance of Ihe Patronage and Encouragement bestowed on the late Firm. Fi.,* Old Pari Wwr, per Ti'pr, from £ 66 lo £ 75 ; peculiarly fine high- Savoured Ditto £ 80 and £ 84; Port Wine, in Bottle, 30s. and 36s. per Dozen; old crusted Port 44s ; very superior old Ditto 48s. per Dozrn ; remarkably fine old Sherry from £ 65 to £ 85 per Bolt, and at 38s. 42s. and 48s. per Dozrn. Every other Description of Foreign Wines, Foreign Spirits, Cyder, See. of superior Quality, and at moderate Prices. In Bridgnorth market, on Saturday la.< t, the average price of Wheat was 10s. 6d. per bushel of 721bs.; which grain, on that day fortnight, was worth in the same market from ls. 4d. to ls. 6d. more per bushel. MONMOUTH WOOL FAIR.— From the lead this mart takes in the staple commodity of the kingdom, it may be accepted as a specimen of prices at which it sold in the district. It was held on Wednesday se'nnight; when some fleeces fetched as high as lis. but the average was 10s per stone. Tbe demand was generally for coarse long wool, which was sold as high as that of a finer description. There was a considerable supply in the market, which on opening was rather brisk for nearly two hours; after which, it became languid, and remained so till the close. The buyers from the North, for which it was intended, were not so numerous as on some former occasions. TRADE.— We copy the following paragraph from an Inverness paper, which gives us another beautiful specimen of the consequences of our new commercial system, to one of the vital interests of this country— the wool trade and the sheep farmer :— " III the Highlands there is an abundant clip of wool. The fleeces have deteriorated so much in value that the cost of materials for smearing amount 11 about one- third of the price obtained for the wool. The sales at Inverness trjst lust yenr, in wool and sheep, exceeded £ 120,000."— Inverness Paper. How the grazing farmer can pay the rent he has become bound to pay out of such returns, or how the proprietor can afford to want it or to reduce it, and yet be able to keep up his taxable establishments, and spend the income which he has hitherto spent, and which it is necessary for the support of the national taxation he should spend, we must leave to Mr. Huskisson and his disciples to explain. Yet we go on importing foreign wool and neglecting our ow n, and while it is thus neglected and embarrassed, it is quite obvious that no effectual exertions can be made to bring British wool to equal foreign wool. It would, we certainly think, be far more advantageous to the country, and certainly more advantageous to the higher ranks themselves, if free traders, such as Mr. Huskisson, Mr. P. Thomson, and Mr. Sykes, will all wear coats made of Saxon or Spanish wool, that they should pay 10s. more for those on account of a pro- tecting duty being laid upon tbe foreign wool, than by thus annihilating British labour and capital, and the produce of British labour and capital, cut oft'the revenue which pays half the pension of the one, and that activity in trade which enables the country at large to buy the high- priced monopoly iron of the second, and the foreign timber of the third. In- dividuals who are content to wear coats made of British wool would, while they obtained these at a moderate rate, give at the same time profitable em- ployment to the British wool manufacturer, and he again would give a remunerating price to the wool farmer, which would enable the latter not only to pay his rent, hut to lay out some portion of the fruits of his labour and capital upon the general necessaries of life, the produce of the British soil, and some of the luxuries of life, the produce of her foreign possessions and of her foreign trade. Our new system, however, goes to give employment and life to the wool growers of Saxony and Spain, and to abandon our own to misery and ruin. We recommend to the perusal of our readers the speech lately delivered by the Duke of Richmond in the House of Lords on this subject. The good sense and home truths which it contains were wholly incomprehensible to the march of in- tellect head of the President of the Board of Controul, who, if he proceeds in East Indian commercial legis- lation, as himself and his colleagues proceed in British commercial legislation, will get every British subject driven out of India in a tempest of Hindostan wrongs and Hindoo vengeance. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. QUEEN ANNE BULLEN. ARCHBISHOP CRANMER. WENTWORTH, EARL OF STRAFFORD. SACCHARISSA. CARDINAL WOLSEY. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. LORD BURGHLEY. QUEEN JANE SEYMOUR. '" I^ HE above Illustrious Characters in the H. History of the Country form the Contents of the first three Numbers of llie New and Clieiip Edition of LODGE'S PORTRAITS AND MEMOIRS Of the Most Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Each Number contains Three highly finished Por- traits, engraved from authentic Pictures in the Gal- leiies of bis Majesty and of Ihe principal Nobility, wilh corresponding Memoirs, Price outy 7s. 6d.; publishing monthly. A Prospectus, containing an Historical Catalogue of Two Hundred of the Portraits to he engraved in this Work, may be obtained ( gratis) from every principal Bookseller in Ihe Kingdom, wlisre Speci- mens of the Work itself may be seen. No IV. will contain QUEEN ELIZABETH, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, LADY JANE GREY. rttlNTKD FOR HARDING AND I EPARD, LONDON. Country Booksellers desiring the Agency of this Work are requested lo upplv to ihe Publishers free of Expense; and if any Difficiillv be experienced in nlitnioiiig Specimens or Prospectosses through their respective Loudon Agents, the Country Trade nre r - quested to write direct to the Publishers, stating Ihe Case, and Channel through which Applications mnjr have been previously innde. TO CREDITORS. rjnHF, CREDITORS OF ARTHUR S MOZEI. F. Y DAVENPOKT, of PREBSHBNU. II, mar Oswestry., in the County of Snlop, Nurseryman, aie requesied* to MEET ut the Wynnstay Arms Inn, situate iu Oswestry ufoiesuid, kept l. y Mr. Knight, on Wednesday, the 8th Day of July next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, lo consider of the best Means lo he uilopted for winding up his Affairs without Ihe Expense of working n Commission of Buukropt; mid such of them ns shall not attend the said Meeting lire respectfully requesied to send the Amount of ibeir Claims nguinst the said Mr. Davenport to me, in Order lo guide the Creditors in their Decision us to the Plan lo he pursued. GEO. HARPER, Solicitor. WHITCHURCH, 24th June, 1829. The question relating to the effects of the late Mr. Farquhar, of Fontllill Abbey, is now finally set at rest, the High Court of Delegates having declared that he died intestate. His immense wealth will be immedi ately divided among his relatives, two of whom are, the'Lady of Sir W. T. Pole, Bart, of Shute House, Devon, aud Mr.- Eraser, barrister, of the Western Circuit. WHEREAS a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded und. issued forth iigiiinst WILLIAM HIGGINS, of SHIFFNAI., in ihe County of Salop, Diaper, Dealer and Chapman, and be being declined Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or ihe major Part of them, on the Sixth aud Seventh Days of July next, uud Ihe Fourth Duy of August next, nt Four o'Clock in Ihe Afternoon of the first. mentioned Day, and at Ten o'clock in Ihe Forenoon of ihe two last- mentioned D » ys, al tbe Union Hotel, in Newport, iu tbe County of Salop, and make a foil Discovery and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where the Creditors are lo come prepared lo prove their Debts, and nt tlie second Sitting to choose Assignees, uud at the inst Sitting llo- suiil Bankrupt is required lo finish his Examination, and ihe Creditors ore lo assent to, or dissi- ol from, the Allowance of his Certifunte All Persons indebted In Ihe said Bankrupt,, or llmt have any of his Effects, nre not to pay or deliver the suine hot to whom ilia Commissioners shall appoint, but to gire Notice to Messrs. HICKS nud DFAN, of Gray's Inn Square, London ; or nt ihe Office of Mr. AMBROSE BROOKSS, Solicitor, HI Newport, Sulop. C. B. ALLNATT, R FISHER, JOHN STANLEY. To be LET by AUCTION, Al K1NNERI. F. Y, on Miuidiiy, the 6lh Day of July, 1829, at Twn o'Clock in the Afternoon ; 4 LL the TITHES of HAY, CORN, l\ and GRAIN witliin Ihe TOWNSHIPS nf KINNEIil. F. Y U AROOED, UOVASTON, ElKiER- LEY, and MAESBltOOK. Fur Particular! enquire of Mr. JOIIK GLOVER, New- Mills, Uuyloti, v - ® : o fic atet, FOR ONE YEAR OR A LONGER TERM, And entered upon immediately, AConvenient HOUSE and CORNER SHOP, wilh a Warehouse and Yard attached, and- good commodious Cellaring- underneath, in an excellent Situation near THE CROSS, in the Town of OSWESTRY, and well adapted for any Business. Apply ( Post- paid) to Mr. WEAVER, Oswestry. A FIVE POUNDS REWARD. 1,17 HEREAS, on Saturday Night or 7 V early nil lav Morning last", a WETHER SHEEP, beioniritiK to Mrs. BAYLEY, of NORTON, was KILLED aud I'utt taken away : Whoever will ( jive such Information as will lend to the Discovery nf the Offenders, shall receive a RE- WARD ol THREE POUNDS from Mrs. Bavley, aud TWO POUNDS from the Wroxeter aud Oppiiigtnu Association for the Prosecution of Felons. JUNK 29, 1829. TO BE SOLD, a Bargain, HOUSE, BUILDING, and about eioht Acres of good MEADOW LAND, cn- lled the BONTYN, situate in MELVERLEY. Tn treat for the s: nne apply nt the Office of Mr. SMITH, Auctioneer, Shrewsbury ; if by Letter, lo be Post paid. SALOP, JUNE 3RT, 1829. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING of the Trustees of theShre. wiUtm'. District uf the Wailing Street li » nd, Stretlou nud Lnncdeu, nud of the Minsterley, Wesllniry, Shellun, iVnl, and Buschnrih Districts o( Turnpike lionds, will be held nt lhe Grtl. miAl. t., in Shrewsbury, on MONDAY, the tilli Day of July next, ut Eleven o'clock iu the Forenoon. JOHN JONES, Clerk lo tlie said Trustees. SHREWSBURY, JUNE 24tli, 1829. N. B. Tn receive uud consider the Statement of the Lessee of the Shrewsbury District of the Walling Street Road us to the Alterations of the Tolls by the new Act. ^ ALES BP AUCTION. THIS DAY & TO- MORROW. Farming Stock and Furniture. BV MR. PERRY, ( Peremptorily,) on Wednesday and Thursday, the 1st nnd 2d Days of July, 1829, commencing posi- tively at Eleven o'Clock each Dav, on the Premises of Mr THOMAS SRRRRATT, » t CRIDDON, in the Parish of Chetton, near Bridgnorth and Wenlock : rpUR ENTIRE STOCK OF COWS, 1 HEIFERS, HORSES, COLTS SHEEP, PIGS, POULTRY, IMPLEMENTS, WHEAT in BAGS, BARLEY in STRAW, HAY ( for Consumption on the Premises, Wool, Bacon, Cheese ; aud all the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE : Comprising Fourpost and other Bedsteads, Chintz, Moreen, and other Hangings, excellent Feather Beds unit Bedding, Mahogany Buioaus, Chests of Diawers find Beaufets, Linen Chests, Bason Stands, Dressing Tubles, Pier and Swing Glasses, and other Chamber Articles, excellent handsome Eight- day Clock ( Ma- hogany Case), another in Oak Case, Cupboards, Chairs, Tables, Screens, Kitchen Range, Grate, Furnaces aud Boiler, Cheese Presses, Hogsheads, Barrels, Casks, aud other Brewing Utensils, Dairy Vessels, & c. Bed and Table Linen, and other Effects suitable to respectable Families. Particulars will be published in Catalogues, and dispersed iu the surrounding Country. The First Day's Sale will commence with the Cows nnd proceed with the Horses, Sheep, Pigs, and end wilh the Implements.-- The Second Day's Sale will comprise the Furniture, Bacon, Cheese, Dairy Vessels, and Brewing Utensils. TO IMPROVE THE GROWTH AND BEAUTIFY THE HAIR. ... CAPITAL GROWING WHEAT AND BARLEY, ONE MILE FROM SHREWSBURY, ( To go off in the Sir aw. J BY MR. SMITH, ON Saturday, the lltli Day of July, 1829, at Five o'Clock in tbe Afternoon, nt tbe Mermaid Inn, Shrewsbury ; LOT I. PHE Whole of the Crop of BARLEY upon a Piece of Land near the Brick Yard between the Holyhead and Westbury Roads, con- taining 7A. 0R. 2j> P. LOT II. The Whole of the Crop of WHEAT upon the Croft adjoining the Holyhead Road, near the first Lot, containing about Two Acres. . sumwwjfdLih* T Patronized hi/ His Majesty. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, ( The Original and Genuine J. r| pHIS OIL, composed of Vegetable ln- a. gredients, is the Original and Genuine, which has for many Years been universally admired, and knowledge*! to possess pre- eminent nourishing Qualities superior to all other Preparations, for 1M. PROVING the GROWTH & BEAUTIFYING the HUMAN HAIR. Prevents the Hair falling off or turning Grey, produces a thick and luxuriant Growth — and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. Produces WHISKERS, EYEBROWS, & c. It is singularly beneficial to Children's Hair- eradi- cates the Scurf— is particularly pleasant to the Infant — and realizes beautiful Hair. NUMEROUS FRAUDS having been practised on the Public by unprincipled Shopkeepers, iu imposing BASK IMITATIONS of MACASSAR OIL of injurious Qualities, instead of the Genuine, A. ROWLAND & SON, Sole Proprietors of the Ger. uine, Desirous of protecting the Public from Imposition, respectfully solicit Ladies and Gentlemen, on pur- chasing, not to take any without being inclosed with a Pamphlet in a Wrapper, which has the Words en- graved on a Lace Pattern, " ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL," and sealed at each End with the Name and Address, and signed oh the Label in Red, " A. Rowland Sf Son, 20, Hat ion Garden and countersigned 4 ALEX. ROWLAND/ Price 3s. ( jd. — 7s.— iOs 6d. and 2ls. per Bottle.— All other Prices, or without the Wrapper, are Counterfeits. This Oil is composed of Vegetable Ingredients, which preserves the tiair to the latest Period of Life — piomoies a luxuriant Growth; produces lasting and beautiful Curls, which damp Wea her or Exercise cannot affect; renders Hair that is harsh and dry, soft, silky, glossy, elegant, and beautiful. Is in- valuable iu the Nursery, as due Attention to Child- ren's Hair is of the greatest Importance; produces WHISKERS. EYEBROWS,& c. Also, ROWLAND'S KAIIYBOS. Its soothing, cooling, and ameliorative Properties immediately allay the smarting irritability of the Skin— assuage Inflammation— heal harsh and rough Skin — remove cutaneous Eruptions, and produce a BEAUTIFUL COM PL EX ION- afford soothing Re- lief to Ladies nursing their Offspring; and to Gentle- men after Shaving, it allays the smarting Pain, and renders the Skin smooth aud pleasant: 4s. Cd. and 8s. 6d. per Bottle, Duty included. Each Genuine Bottle has the Name nnd Address engraved on the Government Stamp, which is pasted on Ihe Bottle — A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, HATTON GARDEN. The Genuine is sold by Messrs. EDDOWIS, Printers, oud by Mr. Nightingale, rMr. Hulme, and Mr. Bowd- ler, Perfumers, Shrewsbury. BY JACKSON, ( Without any Reserve,) upon the Premises, on Mon- dav, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 13th, 14th, 15th, aud 16th of July, 1829 ; f JPHE entiregenleel and valuable HOUSE- M HOLD FURNITURE, LINEN, CHINA, GLASS, PRINTS, PAINTINGS, LIBRARY of BOOKS, Ale Casks, Brewing Vessels, Hack and Cart HORSES, Sow aud Pigs, IMPLEMENTS in Husbandry, and numerous other Effects, late the Property of Mr. PETER HARDING, of Shi final, in the County of Salop, deceased. For ParticuUirs see Book Catalogues, which may be had Ten Days prior to the Sale, at the Swan, and Hotel, Wolverhampton; Bull's Head Inn, Welling- ton; Falcon Inn, Hay. Gate; Tontine Inn, Iron- bridge ; Harp Inn, Albrighton ; or THE AUCTIONEER, Newport ; and at the Place of Sale. THE AUCTIONEER begs respectfully to inform his Friends and the Public, that the whole of the above valuable Effects are well deserving Public Notice, nud in Consequence of the numerous Lots, each Day's Sale will commence at Eleven o? Clock to a Minute. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chancellor lias commenced prosecutions against the Morning Journal and the Atftxs news- paper?, for insinuating that his Lordship has been actuated by corrupt motives in the bestowal of pre ferments. REDUNDANCY OF POPULATION.— The complaint of the redundancy of the human species has been common in all times In the reign of Henry the Eighth, Sir Thomas More said, " That human beings were so redundant, that the only thing that could" be hoped for was, that the people would devour each other." But at that period England did not contain more than two millions of inhabitants. In the reign 0? James the First, the same complaint was renewed, which drew forth a prompt and humane answer from the eloquent philosopher, Bacon,—" That whilst we have waste lands in this country, and w hilst we are surrounded by waste seas, the population can never be redundant." FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. NO. 11, LOMBARD- STREET, At the Entrance of the Post- Office, I. ondon. DIRECTORS. NICHOI. AS GARRY, Fsq. Chairman. JOHN G. RAVPNSHAW, Esq. Deputy Chairman. OMBERSLEY N F. W CHURCH. The ancient church at Ombersley, Worcestershire, having become ruinous, was, with the exception of the chancel, some time since taken down, and a new church has been erected on ground adjoining the north side of the old church- yard, from the designs of Messrs. Rickman and Hutchinson, architects, of Birmingham. The new and very beautiful structure was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of the diocese on Monday, the 22d ult. in the presence of a great number of respectable persons assembled on the occa- sion, and was generally admired. This new church is built of white stone, from the Ombersley quarri^ v, belonging to the Marchioness of Dowrishire, Baton ess Sandys ( who is proprietor of the manor, estate, and recfory, and patroness of the vicarage of Ombersley), in the style prevalent in the reign of Edward 111. usually termed the decorated English style. It con- sists of a nave and side aisles, with a transept and chancel to the eastward , and two porches and a lofty steeple at the west end, the latter being composed of a tower and a spire, and rising to the height of 154 feet. It is calculated to contain one thousand per- sons. The tower has bold buttresses at the angles, which are crowned with pinnacles, connected with the spire by flying buttresses. The buttresses at the angles of the aisles and transepts are also terminated with pinnacles, and the east end of the nave is finished with octagonal tur. ets battlemented. The interior has four arches in the nave, with clerestory windows above them, and the galleries being thrown back from the piers of the nave, are left free, as in ancient cnurches. The western gallery contains a very hand- some and fine- toned organ, built by Mr. Gray, of London, presented by the Marchioness, which was well played upon the above occasion by Mr. Vaughan, the organist appointed by lier Ladyship. The vestries are formed by the ends of the transepts— that called the robing- room, in the south transept, with a private entrance for the clergyman, and for the family from the residence of Ombersley Court, being for the Vicar; and the north transept containing a spacious v^ stry- room for parish meetings. The chancel is enriched by a handsome railing in front of the altar, and on each side of the large east window are rich: tables for the Commandments, Creed, and Lord's Prayer, sur- rounded by buttresses, having pinnacles and enriched canopies. The ceilings of the nave, transepts, and chancel, are groined, and have rich bosses at the in- tersections. The beautiful effect of the interior is much increased by the munificent gift of stained glass for the windows, also presented by the Marchioness of Downshire. The family pew is formed by a raised platform, at the east end of the south aisle, and is provided with a rich chimney- piece, in character with the church ; the font is also of a date corresponding with the architecture of the building. The pews and doors are of very fine chesnut timber, grown in the parish, on the estate of the Marchioness, and furnished by her Ladyship. The church- yard has been con- siderably enlarged, and is surrounded by neat iron railing and gates in front, and in other parts by a substantial stone wall, so as to produce an harmoni- ous appearance. The Bishop was received by the Lords Arthur and Marcus Kill ( who represented their mother, the Marchioness, on the occasion), and by a considerable number of the neighbouring Clergy, who, with the official persons attending his Lordship, and the trustees of the church, formed the procession. The Rev. Mr. Burrowes, the curate of the Rev. Thomas Sockett, the vicar, officiated at the reading desk, and afterwards preached an excellent sermon from the 17 th rerse of t he 28th chapter of Genesis. The whole arrangement was conducted under the direction of the Trustees, and appeared to give very general satisfaction. After the consecration of the church, the Lord Bishop went in procession to consecrate the additional ground conveyed to the Trustees by the Marchioness, to increase the old church- yard, and provide ample room for interments^ The whole of the solemn ceremony being concluded, the Lord Bishop, his Chaplains and Officers, and the Clergy, having been invited by the two Noble Lords, pro- ceeded with them to the family mansion of Ombersley Court, ( the grounds of which adjoin the old church- yard, and the addition to it which had been just con- secrated,) and there partook of a handsome cold collation, which had been provided for the purpose by the direction of the Marchioness. The very ancient rural village and large parish of Ombersley, have thus, under her Ladyship's auspices, been pro- vided with a new church, not inferior perhaps, except in its dimensions, to any country church in the king- dom. It is also provided with a peal of six harmoni- ous bells, changes on which were very merrily rung both before and after the consecration. The ability of the architects is so fully established throughout the country, that we need only say, this church is of itself a sufficient proof of their correct taste, and will be a lasting monument of it. The church was opened for divine service on Sundav last. The Gazette of Tuesday announces that at a Chapter of the Order of the Carter, held on Monday, the Right Hon George Earl of Ashhurnham vvas elected a Knight of that Noble Order.— The King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Esq. his Majesty's Solicitor- General. The Limerick Chronicle says that the gentry of the county have subscribed £ 3,500 to support a legitimate candidate, identified with the interests of Clare by fortune and connections, in opposition to Mr. O'Connell.; The Clare Journal says—" An address or requisi- tion to the Right Hon. William Yescy Fitzgerald is now in progress, soliciting him to offer himself as a candidate at the approaching election, in which the independence of the County of Clare is so materially involved."— The Clare Sentinel adds that, in reply to the application, Mr. Fitzgerald decMnes interfering. The following is extracted from a speech made by Mr. O'Connell, on Saturday week, at the Corn Ex- change, Dublin:—" During my journey through Clare I was delighted to find that no topic drew forth from the people such enthusiastic applause as a repeal of the Union.—( Long continued cheering.)— If the spirit which I then witnessed continues to progress, if Protestant and Catholic and Presbyterian, forgetting those party feuds which too long distracted us, rally round me in a glorious and united effort for the at- tainment of this national measure, I venture to pre- dict that before three years we shall see a Parliament sitting in Dublin."—( Continued acclamations.) THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION IN DAYS OF YORK.— In the year 1571 it was ordered that all the ancient burgesses of Liverpool should attend the Mayor in their best gowns; in 1617 it was ordered that every councilman should come clean shaved, and in his long clothes, when he attended the council ; and so late as 1737> the Mayor, Mr. George Norton, was a saddler, and frequently took his seat on the bench with his leather apron on ! Favoured by the dryness of weather, the breed of game this season, is spoken of generally as good. The broods both of partridges and pheasants are large and numerous, and in several places the young of both have thus early been seen on the wing. An important cause is to be tried in the Common Pleas after Trinity Term. It is an ejectment brought by Lord Teynharn against Captain Tyler, for the recovery of certain manors and estates in Kent and Staffordshire, entailed upon his Lordship by the mar- riage settlements of his grandfather in 1733, and again upon the marriage of his uncle, the father of the late Lord Teynham ; and for the recovery of all j TEN BUR Y RACES June 25, the County Members* < md Ge, tleiven's Sub- scription Plate of £ 50; for Maiden Hoi> es. Mr. Careless's b c D ffbrd, by Mast r Henry, 4 yrs ( DAKLINO) 2 I 2 1 Mr Campbell's b f. Thiunima, by Master Henry, 4 yrs 33 12 Mr Freen>:< title's br. f. Flora, by Cannon Ball, 3 yry. J 2 dr A HHirer's Sweepstakes of five sovs. each j three- mile heats. J. B. Fuller, Esq's b m Fanny, bv Atftho^ aged....... ( FARI. ow) i 1 J. Salwey Esq names h m„ C hols trey Lass 2 2 This is the fourth time Fanny has borne off the Hunter's Slakes. An All- aged Stakes of five sovs. eacfi, with t£ il sc/ vs, added by the town ; two mile heals. Mr. Thornes's b. m. Maid of Mansfield, aged , ( BROWNE) Hon. Col Lygoh names b. c Niriirod, 4 yrs. J. B Fuller, Esq. names h f by Bodadit, 3 yrs. •,'.-. » ,.".. » J E. Graham, Esq names eh f by Trea- surer, 3 vrs 1 1 3 3 4 4 Sir T. E. Wilmington, ' Bart, has kindly occepted the office of steward for the next year. The first. Report of the Commissioners on the Law of Real Property has been printed. It embraces a variety of subjects. Among other alterations, the Commissioners propose that tithes in the hands of the laity should be placed on the same footing as any other profit ksuing out of the land; and where the landholder purchases the tithes of his own land, he should, they propose, have the power of merging thrm in it. As to the tithes of the lands of church- men, the Commissioners delay proposing any altera- tion until they have received answers to questions they have submitted to the Bishops. LATE RUSSIA. V CAMPAIGN. A volume of Constable's Miscellanu, just published, contains the following interesting summary of the last Russian campaign: — " It was in tbe afternoon of the 9th of June, 1828, that the Emperor Nicholas, wearing his imperial mantle thrown over a military costume, first set his foot on the Turkish territory, and the passage of the Danube was accomplished on that day by the whole of the Russian army, without any serious obstruction. The siege of Bratlow already had caused a severe loss to the Russian army ; the place was defended A sun fish, nearly seven feet square, ai. fl ul o t Six hundred weight, has been presented to the IN- stitution in Park- street, Bristol, lo be dissected a: < 1 preserved. It was ennght off Cape Clear, lrela> d, by Ihe crew of the John nnd Robert, Capt. Evans. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.— Three members of the Sherborne Friendly Society, lately deceased, whose united ages amounted to 275 years, received from its funds, since their admission into the club, not less than £ 821. 12 s.! GLOUCESTER ASD BERKELEY CA. NAL.— T. Tel- ford and W. Holden, Esqrs. have lately surveyed the ground in the vicinity of Gloucester Basin, and close to the entrance locks ari eligible site was marked out, whereon a steam- engine, of sixty- horse power, will be forthwith erected, and thus secure ah ample supply of water at al) times from the river Severn An occasional scarcity of water, in dry seasons, was the chief obstacle to be dreaded in the way of this navi. gation, but the measure thus promptly taken will completely obviate any difficulty in this respect. THE CLARE ELECTION. nts, profits, ami value of woods sold since the death ! wi< h foat "^ tinacy, and although vigorously attack of the late Lord in September, 1824. The Crowland Estates in Lincolnshire, the property of Mr. Orby Hunter— comprising forty- eight farms, containing 6320 acres, and the manor- house and town of Crowland, including 132 houses and 1980 acres, producing an annual rental of about £ 14,000, were ed, was contested inch by inch. It became now great point to use the greatest exertion, it being' essentially requisite to secure the navigation of the Danube ere the Russian armies ventured with their materiel into the desolated country before them. It does not appear to have been at all meditated by the sold vesterdav at the Mart by Mr. G. Robins, for ! Turki? h government to dispute the Russian advance 332,000 guineas. Sir John Dean Paul, Bart, was the I Lnto fhe principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. purchaser.— The Debden Hall Estate, Essex, the property of Sir F. Vincent— comprising the mansion, with numerous buildings, park and pleasure grounds, and eighteen farms of 3850 acres— estimated annual value £ 3938. 17s. 6d.— and the manor of Debden Hall and three others— produced 94,800 guineas. PUBLIC MORALS. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. W. C. Brandram, Esq William Copland, E> q. William D. Dowson, Esq. Sir T. II. Farqnhar, Burt. John Giuratt, Esq. Aid. John Loch, Esq. George Lynil, Esq. S. Marjorihanke, Esq. M. P John Martin, Esq. M . P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Robert Mi'ford, Esq. Richard Mee Raikes, Esq. Robert Rickard*, Esq. John Shore, Esq. Andrew H. Thomson, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Tiilloch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Lovd, Esq. | A. W. Robarts, Esq. M. P. W. Ward, Esq. M. P. William Haldol, and, Esq. In Lots, at the Mermaid Inn, in Llandinain, on the J9th and 20' h, and at the Queen's Head Inn, in Llanidloes, on the 22d of August next, subject to Conditions which will be then produced; ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED ACRFS of very improveable LAND: comprising several very compact small TENEMENTS or ancient Cot. lafres, with IN( LOSURES well fenced and cultivated. Also, many detached Parcels ( some of which are Ring- fenced, subdivided, and iu Train of Cull ure), Varying in Size from Oue Rood to One Hundred Acres or upwaids, lying within the several Parishes of Peii8irowed, Llandinum, Llanwnog, Caruo, Trefeg- Iwys, and Llanidloes; the greater Portion beii g Allotments to the Lord of the Manor under the Arust- ley luclo. sure Act. Printed Particulars are left at the ahove and other principal Inns, nnd w ith the several Parish Clerks of ihe Parishes before. mentioned ; also with Mr. WIL- LIAM JOHNFS, of Welshpool, who will direct proper Persons in each Parish to shew the Lands, and from whom further Information may he had. SODYEIIT, THE RESIDENCE or THE LATE MR. SAMUEL - WYNN, Mtili Dr 5CUD bp Auction, In the Month of September next ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Not ice will be given). Mouse and Buildings have heen 0 recently erected, end are suitable to the Resi- dence of a small genteel Family, sii'rrouuded by about TVirty Acres of ' excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Laud, in the highest State of Cultivation. The Estate is free, of Tithe llav, situate in a most picturesque Conn try and excellent Neighbourhood, within two Miles of the beautiful Village of Overton, and neurit adjoining the Turnpike Road leading from there 1o Oswestry, oue Mile from Dudleston Chapel, five from Ellesmere, six from Wrexham, and seven from Oswestry, all good Market Towns, aud several Couches run daily within a Mile and Half of the House. For further Particulars, aud to treat for th. e same apply to Mr. ROBERT PRICP, Dudleston, near EllesI mere, Salop ; if by Letter, Post paid. A Divis l\ File 1 tsion of Profits to the Assured on was made on the 3d of June, w hen a Return of Ten per Cent, was declared on the Premiums received on Policies which have been in Force seven Y< ars at Christmas, 1828 ; and a Division of Profits to the Assured on Life has also been made up to the same Period, when the Bouusses allotted to the different Policies exceeded one per Cent, per Annum on the Sums insured, on an Average of the different Ages. The Limits for passing and re- passing, in Time of Pence, in Decked Vessels or Steam Boats, from British I Foreign Ports, have been extended— aud the Pass- age may now be made from the Elbe to Brest, both inclusive, without extra Charge. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Assurances whieh expire at Midsummer should be renewed within Fifteen Davs thereafter, or they become void ; and that the Receipts for snob Renewals are now ready for Delivery at the Head Office, No. 11, Lombard Street; also by the Company's Agent, Mr. SAMS, No. 1, Pall Mall," Corner of St. James's Street, and the Country Agents throughout the Kingdom. GEO. KEYS, Secretary. AGENTS. SHREWSBURY Mr. WILLIAM JEFFREYS; BRIDGNORTH .... Mr. JAMES SHIPMAN ; WELLINGTON.... Mr. WILLIAM NOCK; OSWESTRY Mr. JOHN BENTLEY ; SHIFFNAL........ Mr. AMOS EDMONDS. GELL'S DALBY'S CARMINATIVE ] EFFECTUALLY removes those alarm- ing Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels to which Children of all Ages nre so liable-; in the Cholic and similar Affections of Adults, it often Cures when other Means fail. During Me last fifty Years, this popular Medicine has met with a very extensive Sale; this has. led to its being counterfeited. . Parents are seriously cautioned against these deleterious Preparations, which are now commonly offered for Sale. The onlv Criterion of its being the Original and Genuine "' DALBY'S CARMINATIVE," is its having ihe Name " F. Ncwbery" engraved in the Government Stamp on each Bottle, price ls. 9d. Sold by F. Newhery aud Sous, 45, St. Paul's Church Yard, and the respectable Venders of Medicine in the Country. Ask particularly for " Gell% » Dalby% » Carminative LITERATURE. It is now so ordinary a course to draw public aiten tion to the most subordinate publications, by means of newspaper eulogy, and other adventitious aids, that it is sometimes difficult to separate works whose design, like a monumental edifice, is to perpetuate the greatness and glory of our country, so as to distinguish them from the enhcmerce which are written only for' the market, and which are seen and read one day, and are lost to sight the next. We have now, how- ever, the gratifying task to speak of a work superior to all the customary modes of introduction-— of a work of which the author and the artist seem to have extended their hope of recompence beyond their own times, so as to derive from fame, and the pride of their labours to their country, their chief reward. Lodge's Historical Portraits and Mertioirs, in its larger form, is already known to the more elevated classes of our readers. Its original edition in four magnificent folio volumes, ranks with the enterprises of Boydell and Macklin, and can only be ' placed- on the shelves of the wealthy and the great, in its best state, at a charge of £ 200 per copy. Our object now is to draw attention to a small edition preparing for the public, at a price which will place it within th* reach of almost every individual, a specimen numbei of which has been transmitted to us ; and more requi- site examples of the graphic art never met the eye than are presented to the lovers of such gems in this matchless production. Indeed, it is impossible to see a single number of the work without desiring its pos- session ; and it is gratifying to find that this possession can be secured upon the easy terms of a few shilling: per number, as we are informed by the prospectus. Among the great and learned authorities whose patronage and admiration of Lodge's Portraits and Memoirs form its passport to the public, Sir Wralter Scott stands foremost. " I need not point out/' ( observes Sir Walter, in a letter addressed to the publishers of the work,) " the merit of a collection which at once satisfies the imagination and the under- standing, shewing us by the pencil how the most distinguished of our ancestors looked, moved, ind dressed; and informing us by the pen how. they thought, acted, lived, and died. This valuable series of the portraits of the illustrious dead," ( continues Sir Walter Scott.,) " affords to every private gentle- man, at a moderate expense, the interest attached 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 histori cal, biographical, and antiquarian works. In regard to England, it might deserve the noble motto rendered with such dignity by Dryden :— " ' From hence the line of Alban fathers come, " 4 And the long glories of majestic Rome.' " After so remarkable a commentary from so great man and distinguished a writer as Sir Walter Scott we may safely refer the reader to the gratification which is to be derived from an examination of the work itself; and which, from the advertisement in another part of our paper, it appears may be inspected i at the » hop of every bookseller in the kingdom [ From the Star of Brunsivick.'] The profligacy of our modern statesmen has very nearly reached that climax of depravity from whence the " decline and fall" of empires begins to take its date. They seem bounded in their notion of expedi- ency by no limits of decency, religion, or law— least of all, by the acknowledged will of God. It is with reluctance we lay these charges upon public men, who have full enough to answer tor, on other heads : but when we behold British Ministers giving their sanction to the unnatural intermarriage of a niece with her uucle, vve cannot but tremble for the morals of the country, and doubt of its continued prosperity. The example of the powerful is contagious; their immorality is more Imitable than their excellences, and unfortunately for the empire, the vices of the great are not only more prominent than their virtues, but have required a reputation and a fashionable acceptance, both from the high quarter whence they emanate, and the protection which they meet in courts and cabinets. It appears that Don Pedro, a Papist, relying upon the power of money over the Pope of Rome, for obtaining a dispensation of the la ws of God and nature, as well as of man, proposes that his daughter shall be married to his own brother— the niece to her uncle : and our present Cabinet, as well as the late one, are unanimous in the expediency of the match, and willing to lend their aid to its completion; though with the same breath, they acknowledge its bestial impropriety. Thus speak the Ministers and Statesmen of Great Britain on this abhorrent union :— " That union" the Earl of Aberdeen " could easily imagine would be looked upon by every noble lord in that house with dislike and aversion, and were it a marriage of parties in this country, he should agree with them. But, if the father of Donna Maria were inclined so to dispose of his daughter, not only was it not for us to object to it, but to support ity as a means of restoring peace /" " We know, indeed," quoth the virtuous Lord Holland, " that in Catholic countries, dispensations for such unions may be obtained from the Pope; and indeed it is not ov the ground, of consanguinity that the people of England object to the marriage; they are- averse to it, because the hand which Don Miguel would pledge at the altar is soiled with blood, because he has been guilty of treason and usurpation, because he has shewn contempt for all that is held goody honourable, and sacred among the rest of mankind !" " We are reproached," saith the conscientious Duke of Wellington, " with having intended to effect a marriage between Don Miguel and his niece, the Queen of Portugal, Donna Maria. What we felt on the subject was an anxious desire to reconcile differ- ences between contending branches of the House of Braganza! We saw no chance of concluding them but by some compromise of the rights of both parties. As Ministers of the Crown of England we should not " ave done our duty if we had not concurred with ther powers in endeavours to conciliate; and the marriage having been once proposed, by the father of the Queen of Portugal, it seemed a delicate matter for us to say that, when the father had abandoned the claims of his daughter for the sake of conciliating his brother, the marriage— the means of effecting that object— should not. take place ; under the cir cumstances, v: e should be the last to oppose it, as we should have been the last io propose it." And the Earl of Aberdeen assures us that " Don Pedro, Mr. Canning, and Prince Metternich had simultaneously concurred in thinking it an advisable measure * marry the infant Queen of Portugal to her uncle. Don Miguel, the usurper of her throne'!! Undf'r the sanction of such high authorities, people may speedily be expected to laugh at the Canons of the Church : and if a " man do not. marry his grand- mother," ( though he " may not,") his forbearance must be attributable to far different motives than those of any respect for the laws of nature and of God, which he may be supposed to have learned from the example and authority of Princes and Councillors, Ministers and Plenipotentiaries. BANKRUPTS, JUNB 26.— John Eastman and John Eastman, of Streatham, wheelwrights. William Norton, of Uxhiidge, timber- merchant.—- Job Baiker, of High Holborn, straw- hat- manufacturer. —^ Stephen Eseudier, of Albemarle. street, Piccadilly, hotel- keeper.— William Plenty, of West Sinithfield, irou- founder — James Mahoney, of Wailing- srreet, builder. — William Pape, of Northampton- square, tailor - John Cress well, of Manchester, cabinet- maker.— Benjamin Cantle, of Tilley- street, Tenter- ground, S pi ta I fields, basket, maker. — George Anderson, of Great St. Thomas Apostle, surgeon.— Joseph Banks, of Loth bury, auctioneer.— John Clark, of Eagle- wharf. South wark, coal- merchant — John Simouds, of Wang- fort|?, Suffolk, iniih. ol. der.— Samuel Cook ami Charles Martin Oliver, of Alle- streel, Good man's fields, up- holsterers.— Job n Wheeler, of Pershore, Worcester- hire^ corn- dealer — John Martin, of Waleot, Somer- setshire, st raw- hat- manufacturer. William- Ilenrv Freeman, of Princes- street, St James's, Westminster, composition ornament maker.— James Esdaile, of Manchester, hat manufacturer.— Charles Butcher, of Thorpe. Hesley, Rotherham, Yorkshire, victualler.— Thomas Brattle, of Maidstone, tailor.— Randall Win. Stone and Frederick John Stone, of Ba'h, coach- makers. INSOLVENTS.— George Dixon and Henry Anderson, of Bishop Auckland, Durham, wine and spirit mer- chants.— Lewis Joseph John Noel, of Ilatton- garden, money- scrivener.—— John Gilbert, of High. street, Borough, hosier.— James Whs. te, of Liverpool, tailor. — Joseph Bray, of Devonport, liatter. The Sultan, deriving wisdom from the experience of former wars, from the want of steadiness and firmness in the raw levies of Asia, to cope With the veterans of Russia, had wisely resol ved to avail himself of the natural obstacles of the country, to concentrate his strength On Choumla, and to defend the barrier of the Balkan. The whole amount of the Sultan's forces was not calculated, in the spring of 1828, at more than 100,000 men, while the Russian armies have been computed at the enormous aggregate of 300,000 men ; and the vast military strength of that empire warrants the number so stated as being pos- sibly correct. It was on the T5th of June that the strong fortress of Brailow surrendered, after the ex- plosion of several mines, and a fruitless attempt to carry the fortress by storm. Two particulars, as recorded at the time, evidence a desperate resistance by the Turks. It being granted by virtue of the capitulation, that al! who chose to leave the place with their effects might do so, the whole of the popu- " ation, amounting to 13,500 souls, quitted the city with the" soldiers; the next fact is, that, this siege alone cost the Russian army a loss of at least 15,000 men. Having at length accomplished their object of securing the fortress in their rear, the Russian army advanced upon Bajardjik, while a strong force by the coast of the Euxine proceeded to invest the important fortress of Varna, and a maritime blockade was established by the Russian fleet. Now was dis- cerned the full measure of the i untowardness' of the naval achievement of Navarino, whereby the whole fleet of our valuable and natural ally the Ottoman Porte had been destroyed, so as to give superiority and undue preponderancy to the naval strength of her enemy the Russian government. " In the course of the month of July, as the Turks forbore to oppose any obstacle, the Russian main force safely reached the passes of the Balkan, and took up a position in the hills near Choumla, and the strong fortress of Silistria, on the Danube, was also invested ; still the progress of Russia, however threat- ening her position and formidable her armies, did not certainly correspond to the general expectation of Europe ; no striking event had followed her advance, and the game was jet to be played; she avowedly dared not trust her army in the fastnesses of the Balkan, with the main forces. of the Turks posted at Choumla, and the fortresses of the Danube strongly garrisoned ; so that, the general attention of Europe was attracted to the two sieges then carrying on, as furnishing a pivot for future operations. Up to the month of October, however, no occurrence took place of any decisive nature, and therefore the posi- tive advantages of the campaign rested hitherto with the Ottomans, who had thus resisted the first attacks of their powerful foe, and whose means of defence were improving with every month. The first great disaster which the Turks sustained was the defeat of the Pacha of Widdin, who had entered Little Walla- chia to operate a diversion in favour of Varna; the object of this well- meant effort seems to have been effected ; but an unexpected night assault of General Gcismar ( who doubled back his steps on the Pacha, carelessly encamped in the Turkish mode) threw their forces into complete consternation; a total rout and dispersion followed ; and there is no doubt but this disastrous event, which left the defenders of Varna to their own resources, had a very material influence on its fate; although it is now admitted on all sides, that the fall of this very important place was mainly caused by the treachery of Youssoff Pacha ; and, what seems to establish it beyond a doubt, is the magnificent pension and establishment settled on Youssoff by the Russian government. " Varna was hardly pressed by bombardment, by sap, and by assault, throughout the month of Sep- tember, still it held bravely out. To protract the fall of the place, and to afford opportunities for its relief, the Capitan Pacha had allowed himself to hold several conferences with the Russian com- manders, a finesse which bribery and the treachery of Youssoff turned against him; for a small party of Russians having entered into the place while Hussain was thus occupied, Youssoff Pacha, without con- sulting Hussain Pacha, immediately ordered his troops to lay down their arms, and surrendered the city. The whole garrison in a panic followed his example, excepting the Capitan Pacha, and a few followers, who, on the first intimation of what was passing, fled into the citadel, and continued their resistance until they were permittted to march out with the honours of war, when the Russian army entered the breaches with colours flying and drums beating. The Emperor Nicholas, by a very curious exercise of imperial reminiscence, has since published a rescript addressed to Count Woronzow, " to honour the memory of his renowned predecessor, the King of Poland, who fell at Varna, fighting under the banner of Christ, by a public monument;" but this curious portion of history has been fully given from the Turkish and Christian historians of the reign of Amu rath the First, and as it was an act of treachery on the part of the descendant of Jagellon, most justly punished, so the autocrat would have acted more prudently in forbearing alto- gether from the historical retrospect. The fall of Varna, however, far from intimidating the Sultan, appears to have wrought up fhe Turks to a higher tone of national excitement, which feeling soon changed to exultation, upon the news arriving of tbe, Russian forces, after extraordinary privations and suffering, - having been constrained to raise the siege of Silistria. This event took place on the 10th of November, and from the bulletins of the Russian army, it is manifest that they had to sustain a con- tinued succession of combats, together with the terri- ble consequences of unfavourable elements* The cold and rainy weather setting in remarkably early, the trenches were entirely under water, and the ther- momptric cold eighteen degrees below the freezing point; the Russian camps were therefore broken up, and their troops withdrawn to their winter canton- ments in Moldavia and Wallachia, after a most serious mortality, and attended by great losses of cannon and stores." Dublin, June 24. As this is the engrossing topic of conversation in all circles here, I send you the latest intelligence, which indeed is of importance in many points of view. The following letter from Mr. Wm. S. O'Erien, the member for the town of Ennis, and brother to the fritting member for Clare j is addressed to the freeholders of that county. <% To the Free holders of the County of Clare. It being the intention of the gentry of Clare to oppose to the utmost the re- election of Mr. O'Connell, I take this opportunity of offering to you my reasons for concurring in this opposition, and Of entreating you to pause and consider well, whether you will sacrifice yourselves to the inordinate ambition which has caused many a heart to ache, 1 and which now again threatens to endanger the peace and happiness of our country. " You will remember that, you now stand in a situation wholly different from that in which you have hitherto been placed— that you will no longer be regarded by sympathising milhons aS embarked in the great cause of national freedom, but. simply as the deluded partisans of personal ambition— that you can no longer look for support and relief to a fund which, levied for nobler purposes from the patriotism of the poor, is now, contrary to every principle of good faith, swallowed up to promote the aggrandize- ment of an individual. You will remember that the eyes of all England are upon you to observe how yott will redeem those solemn pledges so often re- peated in your name by the man who now excites to r iticour and anarchy, that upon the concession of equal political right, Catholics would bury their ani- mosities, and that the country should enjoy that repose which it has so long desired. It is now my purpose, at whatever risk to the popularity which I have hitherto enjoyed among you, to unmask the artifices by which he hopes to allure your aid to h s pernicious designs* and to the injtiry of your own best interests, " Mr. O'Connell presents himself to you as an aggrieved person, upon whom alone the vcngearrce of party has fallen, and by this language powerfully excites the sympathy of generous minds. But those who have watched the progress of events must know that he has deprived himself of all such topics of complaint; for at the time that the clause of the Relief Bill by which be vvas excluded was under discussion in the House of Commons, two members rose and declared that they had been commissioned by him to beg; that no alteration might, be made in the bill upon his account, lest it should obstruct the success of the general measure. The House ap- plauded the generosity which appeared to dictate this request, and the clause, was passed in silence. At. the last election* wheu he was returned by the people upon the belief that, by removing Mr. Fitz- gerald, they were st riking a blow at an administration which was hostile to the Catholic cause, it was per- fectly well known that he could not, under the existing laws, be allowed to take his spat. Upon th • construction of those laws, the House <> f Com non* were called upon as judges to decide, and men of all parties were forced to declare lhat there < va « no foundation for his claim. It is not necessary for me to offer any opinion with respect to the policy of excluding him ; lirut at least there was nothing unfair in the proceeding— nothing which could give him a til. le to the representation of our county,; which he would not, as an ordinary individual, possess. Under these circumstances, it is for you to judge whether Mr. O'Cqnnell, as an individual, his such claims upon you as to induce you, for his sake, to violate all the most valued connexions of life, to risk the peace, and to compromise fhe honour of the county ! That he should not be an acceptable candidate to the gentry is not surprising, who see in him one who, in opposition to their unanimous- wish, enticed the people, BY FAT-. SE PRETENCES!! to displace the man of their choice. They scorn the talents of a person who to- day condemns the opinions which he held yesterday; and they are disgusted with the unprin- cipled rapidity with which he passes, to serve the pur- poses of his private ambition, froth the basest adula- tion to the most, envenomed invective. Apart from these considerations, they would not consent to offer to " a stranger" the highest distinction of their county, but would rather seek for such a person as they have chosen— a gentleman of strict honour— of unimpeached character— of liberal principles— of ancient family— an impartial magistrate— a benevo- lent landlord— one who has ever been foremost in promoting the improvement and defending the in- terests of the county— one whose abilities have been long acknowledged, and who has hitherto only wanted an arena large enough for their dcvelopement and display. Such a choice will do honour to your- selves— such a man will do honour to the county. " Mr. O'Connell endeavours to delude those among you who know little of political matters, by repre- senting himself as the sole author of the emancipation of the Catholics. When you hear these extravagant pretensions, you should be informed, that it has long been a question with the most attentive observers of the progress of that measure, whether his intem- perance has not been the chief cause of its delay; and that of the majorities which have carried it through parliament, more than four- fifths were En- glish representatives, wholly beyond the reach of any influence, except the justice of the cause; and that all were Protestants. Yet Mr. O'Connell taunts them by declaring, that 4 those who have been false to their own party, can never be true to yours.' Will he not, in like manner, when it shall serve his pur- pose, turn round to you, and, mocking his victims, say, ( you have deserted those whom your fathers followed, and to whom your children must look for protection and support: you have been false lo them, you can never be true to me.' " He has attempted to stifle the honest expression of opinion by desiring you to hold no communication with any person who may vote for his opponent. He has endeavoured to revive the worst pas; ions of the late political struggle; to level every distinction by reviling all constituted authority, and all that ?> respectable in society. In the county wl> ich has been the home of our family since the earliest records of Irish history, and the uniform kindly disposition of whose families towards us has been the chief orna- ment of our house, he has, by propagating the grossest falsehoods, attempted to degrade us in your estimation. When a slanderer pleads conscientious scruples as an excuse for cowardice, and uses it as a shelter to save him from the punishment due to his calumnies, it is useless to call upon, him to disavow his words ; but I am much mistaken in the character of my countrymen, if he can promote his ends by aspersing those whom he has not courage to m > et in the field. He. has thought proper,- also, to censure my public conduct. It is true I have but a short period of active life to refer to, but during thut period 1 have yielded to none in zeal for the public, welfare, in an ardent desire to obtain equal rights and privi- leges for every class of the community, to witness an impartial administration of justice, arid to promote the diffusion among my countrymen of intelligence, happiness, and independence. " l am sorry that I have been compelled to speak of my family or myself. I have done so only to shew that, as an individual, I have uo intention of submittting to that insolence, which while it decries by false imputations every thing which opposes it, takes refuge in its own. meanness for the indignation which if excites, and I appeal with confidence to the result of the approaching conflict,. t<> shew that the honour of representing the county of Clare must be won by other acts than those of arrogance and inti midation. « WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN. " Lo idort, Jun* 17,1829." FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. Journal nf a Fishing Excursion into Wales. TAKBN in THE MONTH of MAY, 1S29. MAY 13TH. 11 Fitlselv luxurious ! will not m: in nwnke, " And, ipriugiiiff from his l> ed of sloth, enjov " The cool, the fragrant, nnil the silent hour, " To meditution due, and sacred song ?" THOMSON. sources,— the supplies of exports for Tndia chiefly in stores and other articles of provision, are only ad- vances made by the Hon. Court, and arc amply repaid by India in sugar, cotton, saltpetre, indigo, and various productions too numerous to recapitulate; but surely when several millions of export and import duties are derived by Great Britain from our possession of India, we may add, no man of just discrimination can say that it is a burthen to this country ; but politicians become mystified, and see only one way." We sprang from onr beds in time to quit Llanfair Hi the " cool hour" described. The country, at a short distance from the town, presents some pleasing features, the Vyrnwy on our right; but becomes less interesting as we advance, until Can- Office appears in view; where we arrived to breakfast. Here we were close to the Vanna, a stream which falls into the Vyrnwy ; and in the former determined to commence Operations with the artificial fly. Our fishing tackle was therefore speedily arranged, and sending a person two miles forward, we mounted our gig, and drove that distance up the road, which runs nearly parallel witli the river. On arriving upon its margin, we found the water, to our mortification, exceedingly low, and perfectly transparent; and the sun also darted his rays without the interception of a shadow. Thus, notwithstanding the heavy rains which had so lately visited Shropshire, this river flowed as though ( here had scarcely been a shower in these parts during the past month ; and on reflection t'JO, 1 con- cluded, that a stream like this, so near its source, would rise and fall, become turbid, and crystalline, in a comparatively short" period. We, however, per- severed, and fished down to our quarters, with, as it. may be supposed, very indifferent diversion. Can- Office, at this season, afforded a quiet and an agreeable retreat, and we received every civility and information from the landlord's obliging daughter. We were informed, that fine fish are taken in the neighbouring rivers; and, ( weather and water favour- able,) doubtless the Angler might here enjoy con- siderable pastime, both in the Vyrnwy ( which winds at a short distance) and the Vanna. Weighing anchor, we passed Maesllymestyn, for- merly the seat of Colonel Dallas ( now Governor of St Helena), and sold by him to the Viscount Clive. The surrounding lands appear to have been, at no Very distant period, retrieved from the waste. They exhibit a fertile countenance, reflecting great credit on their late proprietor's exertions. Above a e the grousing hills of Lord Clive, and further up those of Sir W. W. Wynn. On the right, is the solitary church of Garthbeibio, seated on the brow of a hill. A story is related, that in former times the bell of this church was suspended in a tree in the churc h- yard, and when it was necessary for it to be tolled, some hay was attached to the extremity of the rope, and the Parson's cow ( the former probably, like Goldsmith's Curate, " Passing rich with forty pounds a year,") by emisnming the fodder, became the unconscious bell- nuller. Pursuing our route, we entered a perfectly barren country : each side presenting a view of extensive sheepwalks, without a shrub of any description to relieve the sterility. The distant recumbcnt sheep had the appearance of sn many white stones. On the left, near the road, there is a spring, the waters of which divide, part flowing into the Vyrnwy, and thence into the Severn, and consequently reaching the sea at Bristol; and the other part running in the opposite direction into the Dovev, and consequently blending with the ocean at Aberdovey ; a proof that, since leaving Shrewsbury, a distance of about forty miles, we had on the whole been ascending; and that, from this spot, the valleys, at least, of the country, decline to the Welsh coast. If, on gazing at this spring, a fanciful tourist were inclined to draw a simile, might he not compare these two infant rivulets to a pair of twins, who, being doomed at • their birth to tie wrested by different hands from their parent, were afterwards destined to seek their fortunes in distant countries, unconscious of each other's existence, and never, through life, to meet, again ? The road shortly leads through a romantic little glen, called Nant- vr- hedydd (" lark's Brook"), where a lively stream dances to its own music, down its rocky bed. There was formerly a public- house here with this seducing intimation on the sign- post: " White bread and ale: good entertainment for man and horse.'' Perhaps the humane landlord bad con- sidered the passage —" A merciful man careth for his beast." Nearly opposite to this place, a man and team were engaged in ploughing a remarkably abrupt descent : it was so sleep that it could only be ploughed downwards, and an oblique course was taken to regain the summit ; and so it was ploughed downwards again. Methought— what would a low- land English fanner say to this! The country now assumes a very bold and indented aspect: towering heights and wooded ravines on every hand appear; until at length we descend into the vale of the Dovey, where stands the retired vil- lage of Mallwyd, in a nook in the county of Meri- oneth. We repaired without loss of time to the sparkling Dovey, which flows near, and fished for two hours; but ill- luck still attended us. We enjoyed the charming change of scenery, the music of the waterfalls, and the refreshing breezes expanding over the current; but with respect to fish— a few only were caught. Many rose at our flics, but so " short," as a fisherman would say, as not to be taken. Well, no matter, thought I, with a parody on Hudibras : Fish tliat lise, and dart away, May live to rise another dui ! Retracing our steps to the inn, we lamented the excessive clearness of the water, and the cloudless atmosphere. [ N. B. Not a word about our own con- jecturable want of skill!] Still, however, we did not despair of the morrow ; for " Hope springs eternal in the human breast." With ( bis as onr portion, we retired. It is Thomson, who, with the pencil of a master, paints the proper state of the water for angling : Soon as the fust foul torrent of the hronks, " Swell'd with the vernal rains, is ehh'd away, 11 And, whil'nin^ down their mossy tinettir'd stream, " Descends the billowy foam, then is the lime, 41 IVhite yet the ihtrk hrolvn u- ater aids the guile, " To tempt the trout." This admirable Poet was doubtless an expert Angler. How well does be delineate in his " SPRING" the method of landing a good fish : 11 With yielding hand, 1- Tliut feels him still, yet to his furious course " Gives way, you, now retiring, following now Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage, 41 Til' floating broad upon his breathless side, 11 And to his fate abandon'd, to the shore 11 You gaily drag your unresisting prize." [ TO BE CONTINUED] THE RUSSIAN ARMY. The army is every thing in Russia— it is always on a war footing, and ready for service. The troops are cantoned throughout the empire, which is thus a vast camp, ready for action with its neighbours. It is only in some of the great cities that there are barracks. This army seems, at first sight, likely to cost but little to the state. The low price of provisions, and of the materials nccessary for the dress, may seem to justify the idea, as well as the moderate rate of pay of the officers and of the soldiers. It might, there- fore, be supposed that Russia could easily keep up a considerable military force; but a little refaction would show that this opinion is erroneous. If it be true that the sum paid directly by the state for the support of the troops is less than that which an equal number of men costs other governments, there mast be added to this expenditure the contributions, in kind, made by the inhabitants of the places where the troops are cantoned, and which, joined to the expense of government, makes the cost of the Russian army as great as it would be elsewhere. It is, therefore, a serious question whether Russia will long be able to keep up her present imposing force. The actual state of her finances would appear to forbid her indulging the hope; and her awkward position in this respect is linked to the vices of Iter administration, which, sanctioned in some measure, by time, has become a routine, or rather a system. Many years will pass away before the emperor, not- withstanding bis firmness and energy, will proceed in destroying them; too many are interested in the existence of these abuses, yet the military power of Russia is not the less to be dreaded by her neighbours, whilst she is able to maintain it upon its present footing. This empire has a great interest in a war in the West; there she is not in want of money, and it is a maxim that war supports war. In her relations with the East it is otherwise— Russia must draw the resources for supporting her armies from her own coffers, when she pushes them in that quarter The regular troops are estimated at 500,000 or 600,000, but her irregular auxiliaries, consisting of the hordes subject to her sway, are not to be calcu- lated. The Russians are formed for soldiers ; inured to fatigue by their active life and the severity of the climate, they are able to encounter privations with ease. Sober, without regret, when exigency requires ; intemperate when they can give a loose to their inclination for excess; disdaining the enjoyments of luxury, yet relishing them when they come within their reach ; they can pass from a meagre to a volup- tuous life, which they abandon, when required, with - out repugnance. The Russian soldier serves for twenty- five years ; during this time he never leaves his quarters, except for actual service ; he rarely applies for leave of absence.— His duty is severe, and the discipline of the army is excessively strict There are some circumstances attached to the condition of the soldiers, which show a paternal regard for their welfare. Marriage is encouraged amongst them, and the married soldiers are permitted to live with their wives apart from the rest. Policy, indeed, dictates the measure. The serf, when he becomes a soldier, ceases to be the slave of bis lord, and belongs to the crown, as well as his children. The latter are care- fully educated ; in each regiment there are schools of primary instruction, w hence the children proceed to military institutions ; from amongst the most able of the scholars are chosen the sub- officers of the army, and these sub- officcrs are educated with great attention. atmosphere so is their noise carried. When the weather has been frosty for a time, and a thaw about to ensue, the sound then extends to the greatest distance; which sound, 1 have been told, has been beard at York, the capital of Upper Canada, which must be upwards of fifty miles from the falls in a straight line; and what is a little curious, when the sound is at its loudest, it is beard to the ( vrcatest advantage ( that is to say, on its highest key), about twelve or fifteen miles from the falls. In soft thawing weather the sound is hardly heard at the visiting hotel, situated on the rising ground beside them. It is quite confined to the dreadful gulf in which it is engendered. In frosty weather, too, the smoke- spray rises from them in the greatest clouds, and heuce may be seen at the farthest distance off. As to their power of suction in dragging birds of the air into the vortex, it is not a very correct opinion. 1 think a healthy bird might fly across the falls with the greatest safety, even within a few inches of the stfi'face: but woe to them if they be caught by the cataract! they will never certainly fly more. There is a story told of an old squaw, who came over the falls alive; 1 do not doubt this; the danger does not seem to arise from the percussion of the waters, but from being smothered in the froth and spume of the cauldron, or kept too long beneath the water by the force of the current. There were eight raftsmen once came over the Falls of Chaurliere, Ottawa River, which are about thirty feet high. They were all drowned but one, and he complained more of the froth, that had almost suffocated him, than of any thing else. About a mile from the falls is a singular phos- phorus burning spring, the water of which, if passed' through a gnu- barrel tube, will burn tike a candle. There is also a curious cave in the neighbourhood, in which, if water be laid during the warmest day of summer, I have been told it will turn to ice. This may seem too much for us to believe; how- ever, if others do so— men much to be trusted— why should we be backward in doing so likewise?— Three Years in Canada. BONAPARTE. Extract from De Bourrienne's Memoirs. On the Manner of levying Troops, and forming a Roman Army. NIAGARA. INDIA. Among n variety of important articles, the Naval anil Military Magazine has, we perceive, an inter- esting narrative of several campaigns in India, from the Private Journals of the late Lieutenant- Colonel Richard Scott, brother of the late Jonathan Scott, of Shrewsbury, Esq. To those who feel an interest in warlike affairs, this Magazine must afford a rich fund of information.— The following observations, from the pen of Lord Hastings, which close the narrative of Colonel Scott's campaigns, have much force with regard to the value and importance of India to Great Britain : u The affairs of India are not understood in Eng- land,— the worth of so splendid an appendage to the British Crown is nut adequately estimated in England. Strange as it may seem, I myself remember to have beard the argument vehemently supported, a few- years ago, that India was an injurious drain to this country ; it is difficult to figure to ourselves how so loose a notion bad been adopted. Were one to rest on the advantages of inferior description alone, our footing in India affords several to England, unba- lanced, as far as I can judge, by any inconvenience. An honourable and dignified maintenance is provided for branches of many respectable families, thereby removing a burthen from the patrimonial estates, with a prospect of ultimate wealth to uphold the name; then let advertence be made to the fact, that almost every one of those functionaries renders assist- ance to some connexion or other at home,— the remit- tance from this liberality, which is fully within my knowledge, may seem of little consequence, yet *" in the aggregate of a number of streamlets, constant in their course, be indifferent, especially if the supply from these unobserved channels have an obvious tendency to aid that rapid circulation which is the secret of general opulence in every country. What- ever may be the expenses i, f the India establishment, tb « funds for then) arc all furnished from Indian This wonderful scene I visited on the evening of the 19th March, 1827, and for a couple of days after- wards. I have brought to England specimens of the rocky ledge over which the great river descends — it is a crumbling blue limestone. After severe frosts it is ever detaching itself from the mass which flanks the falls, and somewhat endangers the clambering beneath the projecting brow in the thawing season. A plumb- bob, let down from the limestone shelf at the edge of the surface waters of the falls to the rubbish of crumbled limestone below, was 111 feet, and from thence to the still water below the cauldron the difference of level is 38 feet, which makes in oil 149 feet; and if the in- verted curve of the cauldron, and convexity of the descending cascade, with the variations created by floods, be taken into account, 1 should suspect that the great falls of Niagara, at a medium, are the above- mentioned number of feet, although my friends the Americans will have it five feet less. The weather was bitterly cold, my lingers would not do their duty to work my instruments, or 1 should here settled this dispute to half an inch. Poets see these falls with different eyes from other people— mathematics must be looked to in giving their real dimensions. 1 went full 50 yards beneath the falls, beneath the waters and the lime- stone ledge over which they roll. These enormous falls are evidently working up stream, as the banks of the river beneath them have every appearance to prove they have been acted upon, in times gone by, in the same way as those at present are which are influenced bv the cataract. It also seems clear to me that if they do thus back up stream they must increase in height; as the present rapids between them and Lake Erie make up a height of near sixty- three feet; conse- quently, when the fall begins to affect the smooth bottom of the lake, they will then be two hundred aud twelve feet in height— a circumstance not likely to take place for three thousand years to come; and when this comes to pass, the falls will begin, of course, to decrease in height, Lake Erie to shallow, and the rapids of St. Clair to increase in velocity. In course of time, then, Lake Erie will become annihilated, resolving itself into a part of the river Niagara ; while the great falls will probably change their ancient name to that of St. Clair. From this train of reasoning, then, we may infer, that if the world holds out to a great age, beyond the reach of numeration, the falls will ultimately arrive at St. Mary's: so that science may prophecy that the wonderful lakes of Canada may dwindle into the channel of a river, and the roaring of the huge waterfall be heard no more. The Americans make a great boast of having proposed the daring plan of tapping Lake Erie, as they say, to feed their great canal; but if the time arrives when the Falls of Niagara shall work back in their horse- shoe mode, so as to affect the level of the lake, the water in their canal will likewise become affected, and, as the lake keeps sinking, they must keep re- constructing, until they fine! themselves baffled to tap Lake Erie. Their engineers then will not think of changing the course of the St. Lawrence— a thought which they indulged in, until they lately found it would return to LAke Ontario, by the vale, I suspect, of the Tanawanta; they may, however, continue to tap the Michigan, and even Lake Superior, if they have a mind. T he reason why ull waterfalls grind down their channels in a horse- sltoe form seems quite obvious. In the middle of all rapid running rivers, generally speaking, the water is deepest ; consequently, when it has to roll with fury over a perpendicular ledge of rock, the edges of that ledge will be ground away in proportion to the mass of waters that are thunder- ing over it; and there being more at the middle than there is towards the sides the ledge of rock in the middle grinds faster than the rest, and so the horse- shoe figure is formed. With respect to the noise of the Falls of Niagara I have said somewhere that it is not deafening, nor is it disagreeable ; yet, however difficult to explain, it is not a dashing roar, like that which a stormy ocean emits by its surges on a rocky shore; nor is it at all of a thundery nature, as when electric clouds battle over head in the sky. Could 1 cotn- I are it to any thing but itself that I have ever heard, I would say that if a quantity of large round stones, of from two to four tons each, were tumbled from a huge precipice into waters of profound depth, and t i* hurling trade continued for a time, we should The levies, during the time of the Commonwealth, to which period we chiefly confine ourselves, were commonly made by the Consuls. Every year they issued out an edict, commanding all who had reached the military age to appear in the field of Mars, or in the capitol. Two legions composed a consular army ; and as there were two Consuls, it was usual to raise four legions yearly. The age for serving in the army was from seventeen to forty- five. None but citizens were admitted, and all of that rank, within the age prescribed by law, were obliged to be present on the day prefixed, under pain of a fine. To fail in this respect was long criminal during the Commonwealth. The people being assembled, the Consuls began by nominating the Military Tribunes, twenty- four in number, six to every legion. Of these fourteen were chosen out of the body of knights, and the rest from among the people : the first were required to have served at least five years, and the others ten. They were divided to the four legions in this manner : of the fourteen youngest tribunes, four were assigned to the first legion, three to the second, four to the third, and three to the last. The four- and- twenty tribunes thus chosen and appointed, every tribe was called out by lot, and ordered to divide into its proper centuries. Tour men, as much alike in all circumstances as could be found, being present out of the century on whom the lot fell, the tribunes of the - first legion chose one, then the tribunes of the second another, the tribunes of the third legion a third, and the remaining person fell to the tribunes of the fourth. After this four more were drawn out, and now the right of choosing first belonged to the tribunes of the second legion ; in the next four, to the tribunes of the third legion; then to the tribunes of the fourth legion ; and so continu- ally, those always choosing last in every turn who chose first the time before. From this manner of choosing the soldiers one by one, the several large bodies into which they were formed obtained the name of legions, from the Latin word legcre, to choose, and the levy itself was called delectus, choice. No soldier was admitted under the height of five Roman feet and ten inches, except in an extreme want of troops, which would not allow of choosing. It is observed that the men of the first cohorts of each legion were not under six feet high, which amounts to five feet ten of our measure, the Roman foot making eleven inches and six hundred and four decimal parts of an inch English. The horse were chosen out of a body of equites; into which order, after the institution of the Censors by Serving Tullius, all were admitted who were worth four hundred sestertia. They had a horse and a ring given them at the public charge, and formed a third and middle order between the senate ancl the people. They are known in history under the name of Roman Knights ; and were obliged to appear on horseback as often as the state had occa- sion for their service. Thus, there was always a suffi- cient number of cavalry in readiness, and it belonged to the Censors to review them, and furnish what was necessary to complete the legions. It is indeed bard to conceive that all the Roman horse in the army should be Knights; and therefore many learned men are of opinion that, after the siege of Veir, there were two sorts of cavalry in the Roman armies ; one whom the public supplied with horses, and w ho were said to se rve eqvo publico; the other who furnished themselves, and served equo prixato. The former they allowed to have been of the order of knights; the latter not. But Marius has abundantly demon- strated, by the course of history, that from the begin- ning of the Roman state till the time of Marius, no other horse entered the legions but the true and proper knights, except in the midst of public con- fusion, when order and discipline were neglected. After that period, the military affairs being new modelled, the knights thought not fit to expose them- selves abroad in the legions as they had formerly done, but generally staid at home to enjoy their estates, and to have a hand in the transactions of the city, leaving their places in the army to be supplied by foreign liaise ; or if they ever made campaigns themselves, they held some post of honour and com- mand. Hence, under the Emperors, a man might be a knight, and have the honour of a public horse, without ever engaging in the public cause, or so much as touching arms ; which consideration made some princes lay aside the custom of allowing the knights a horse, and leave them only a gold ring to distin- guish their order, as Pliny the elder affirms to have been clone in his time. When the levies were completed, the tribunes of every legion obliged the soldiers one by one to take the military oath. The form in this case was to choose out a soldier, who repeated the oath aloud. By this oath he engaged to hazard his life for the Commonwealth, to obey his general, and uot to quit the army without leave ; in pronouncing it he held up his right hand, raising the thumb of it upright, after which, all the soldiers of each legion declared that they swore the same thing, but without repeating the form. This was not a mere ceremony, but a very solemn act of religion, and so essential to the military state, that no man was deemed a soldier, nor allowed to strike or kill an enemy, if he bad not taken the customary oath. During the Commonwealth four legions were usual- ly levied every year, and divided between the two Consuls, who were the standing generals of the republic ; every higher order of officers created those next below them, and so in turn continually through all the different steps of the service. The equal distribution of lands was the foundation upon which the Roman armies were levied. For a long time the men were renewed yearly, and they did not keep the field during winter. At the close of the campaign the soldiers were dismissed, every one to his own home, to look after his domestic affairs, and cultivate his inheritance. Magisterial and other dignities were almost always conferred according to the reputation of the candidate for bravery in war. In tfte month of April, 1792, I arrived at Paris, anil renewed those habits of intimacy with Bonaparte which our boyish friendship and college studies had rendered dear to both of us. My circumstances were not at that time particularly fortunate ; the hand of adversity weighed heavily upon him too; his re- sources were often totally exhausted. The reader may form to himself an idea how the time passed with two young men of 23 years of age, who were richer in leisure hours than in worldly wealth ; and of the latter commodity Bonaparte had still less than myself. Each day gave birth to some new project, ancl found us busily engaged in endeavouring to set on foot some profitable speculation. On one occasion Bonaparte, in conjunction with myself, wished to hire some houses then being built in the Rue Montholon, for the purpose of sub- letting them. The demands of the proprietors we found most exorbitant; we could, therefore, do nothing in that way. About the same time, be solicited a commission in the army, ancl I an appointment to a civil station in the foreign department. It will be seen, that for the moment I was more fortunate than he. It was before the 20th of June that, on the occasion of one of our frequent excursions to the environs of Paris, we went to St. Cyr to see Bonaparte's sister Marianne ( Eliza), who was a boarder in the establishment. Whilst we rambled away our time in this manner, arrived the never to be forgotten 20th of June— the sombre herald of the still more memorable 10th of August. Previously to setting out on our daily peregrinations, we had mutually agreed upon a ren- dezvous at the house of a restaurateur in the Rue St. Honore, near the Palais- Royal. On leaving the restaurateur's, we saw a mob ap- proaching, apparently collected from the different markets, ancl amounting, as Bonaparte supposed, to about five or six thousand men, in rags, armed in a manner absolutely burlesque, shouting, vomiting forth oaths and insults, and directing their march with hasty strides towards the palace of the Tutlleries. A more brutal, or more ferocious rabble could uot possibly have been collected from the vilest popula- tion of the vilest faubourg of Paris. " Let us follow this canaille," said Bonaparte. We fortunately ob- tained the advance of them, and took our station on the terrace that borders the river. From that spot Bonaparte bad a full view of the scandalous scenes that took place. It were difficult for me to pourtray the sentiments of surprise and indignation which they excited in his breast. He could scarcely recover from his astonishment at so much patient, I had almost said, so much weak endurance and long suffering. But when the king presented himself at one of the windows that look into the garden, with the red cap, which one of the rabble, more audacious than the rest, had placed upon his Majesty's head, the indignation of Bonaparte mocked all restraint. " Sacre J) ieu .'" cried he aloud, " how came they to let in these ruffians? It would have been much better to broom away four or five hundred of them with cannon, and the rest would at this moment be in full flight." MASSACRE OF THE PRISONERS AT JAFFA. [ 77ie same writer gives the following apologetic narrative as to this atrocious ajfair.] On the arrival of the prisoners, Bcauharnois and Croisier received the most severe reprimands. But the mischief was done, ancl it now became necessary to decide the fate of about four thousand men. The two aides- de- camp alleged in their defence that they bad been surrounded by a host of enemies, and that Bonaparte himself had recommended them to use their exertions to assuage the carnage. A council was held in the tent of the General- in- Chief, to deliberate on the measures proper to be adopted in this emergency. The members remained long in consultation without agreeing upon any final decision. The third day arrived, and no feasible measure, how ardently soever desired, could be suggested for the preservation of the unfortunate prisoners. In- subordination and mutiny were making rapid pro- gress throughout the camp;— the evil was hourly increasing— the remedy seemed impossible ;— the danger was imminent. The fatal sentence of death was pronounced and executed on the 10th of March. The assertion that the Egyptians were separated from the other prisoners is incorrect; there were no other prisoners. Many of the wretched prisoners, composing one of the columns that were marched for execution to the sea side, succeeded in swimming to some rocks whose distance from the shore protected them from the musquetry of the troops. The soldiers grounded their arms upon the sand, ancl, to induce their victims to return, employed the signals of peace and reconcilia- tion in use among the Egyptians. The latter swam towards the shore, which they were destined never to reach with life. 1 confine myself to these details of the dreadful sacrifice which necessity imperiously required, ancl of which I had the misfortune to be an eye witness. Other pens than mine have done more ample justice to the fearful narrative, and have spared me the anguish of pourtraying a scene, the recollection of which, vivid, as when I first beheld it, even at this distant period, paralyzes my faculties. Would to God that a total oblivion of that clay of blood rendered me inadequate to trace even this faint sketch of its horrors! All that the imagination can conceive of misery— of despair— and death— must fall ineffably short of the appalling reality. On this painful subject I have advanced the truth— the whole truth. I was present at all the discussions — at all the conferences— at all the deliberations. It is needless to state that I had no voice on the occasion. But I owe it to truth to declare, that the result of the debates— the position in which the army was placed the scarcity of provisions— the exhausted state of our forces in the midst of a country where each individual was a desperate foe— these considerations would have extorted my consent to the general decision, had I possessed a vote on the question. None but those who witnessed that dreadful clay, can forma just con- ception of the horrible necessity in which we were placed. In the catalogue of the miseries of war, it ought not to be reckoned one of the least, that it gives birth to circumstances of too frequent occurrence, in which a law, that front age to age has existed amongst the nations of the earth, decides that private interests must be sacrificed to the general good, and that humanity itself must sometimes be forgotten. Whether such was the dreadful position in which Bonaparte was placed, posterity must judge. For myself, my opinion, or rather my firm conviction, on this point, has long been formed beyond the possibility of change. Nor could the sanction of Napoleon be obtained till the committee on this question had pronounced their decision without a dissentient voice. It is, moreover, but justice to declare, that a reluctant consent was not wrung from Napoleon till matters were at the last extremity ; and that of the spectators who witnessed the massacre, none perhaps felt a pang that for bitterness could be compared with his. It was after the siege of Jaffa that the plague began to manifest itself with the most intense violence. In the country about Syria we lost by the contagion from seven hundred to eight hundred men. Sir Walter Scott says that divine vengeance, in the shape of the plague, pursued us for the massacrc. Did it never occur to the romantic historian, that Providence might have found it much more simple to prevent the massacre than to revenge it ? I must observe, besides, that Klcber's division had imbibed at Damietta the poison of this frightful malady, which developed itself and communicated its contagion on the march : it in fact accompanied us into Syria. revolution, called a tumbling motion; and by this we noticed a veneer of a piece of mahogany six feet six inches long by twelve inches wide cut in twenty- five seconds. The quantity of veneer that can by means of these machines be sawed out of a given quantity of timber is astonishing. Those who are reckoned respectable cabinet- makers do not, in general, wish to have more than eight or nine thicknesses out of the inch; but those who manufacture furniture for occasional sale, and are iu consequence indifferent as to the quality of the timber and the durability of their work, often have the inch cut in fifteen or sixteen thicknesses. The extent to which a log cut in this last manner would reach is wonderful. Suppose a log fifteen feet long and three feet in each of its other dimensions cut into fifteen thick- nesses to the inch it would be spread out to the vast expanse of about an acre and three quarters; and, when cut for the more respectable part of the trade, it would cover nearly an acre. Now, when it is considered that the mahogany, or other wood that forms the most beautiful surface, is seldom that which is the best adapted for solid work, it is easy to be conceived bow much advantage must result from this invention. Veneering in fancy woods has sometimes been compared to gilding and plating, but the process does not gain by the comparison, as the covering of one wood with another is a much nearer approach to solidity than the covering of one metal with another. While the cabinet article is kept in such a state as that the glue is not dissolved the covering of beautiful wood does not wear out; aud thus, with a vast saving in the more costly material, there is the same durability as if nothing but that material had been used for the whole. There is another advantage in the use of fancy woods on the surface; the body of the article upon which the fancy wood is laid can be much better put together than if it bad formed the externa! part of the article. Where that is the case dovetails or mortices cannot be wedged without an external seam; but in veneering the body of the article can be put together with every degree of care and strength, and the veneer will hide the whole. The slightest observation of the domestic life of the middle and humbler classes will shew that, within the last thirty years, there has been a mani- fest improvement in the appearance of the house- hold furniture of this country. A century ago, even in the mansions of the rich, though there was occa- sional luxury both in the materials ancl the forms of their furniture, much of it was mean and ill- fashioned. There were, indeed, splendid cabinets to be exhibited at seasons of festivity, filled with rare porcelain and laden with costly plate'; but the table for ordinary use was of rough unpolished oak, and the chairs were equally plain and ornamental. The Windsor chair, made of elm, and a heavy deal table, were generally found in the tradesman's par- lour even up to a somewhat recent period. The general introduction of mahogany, and the compa- rative cheapness of furniture made externally of this beautful material ( principally in consequence of the extreme thinness into which veneers can be cut), have introduced a more elegant description of furniture even into the commonest houses. In this there is a national benefit. A taste for comforts and elegancies, universally diffused throughout society, not only calls into action a great deal of mechanical ingenuity, and employs a considerable capital, but it gives even to the humblest a sort of self- respect, inferior, indeed, to purer motives, but still operating to produce something of iudepend. ence, and a desire to maintain the possession of these comforts and trifling distinctions by honest industry. But the general adoption of articles of luxury, such as well- made furniture, by the bulk of the people, has a natural tendency to make the wealthy desirous of procuring articles uot so accessible to the many, and, in this way, there is a constant demand uot only for new patterns in furniture, but for new materials of which such furniture should be made. Our commerce with all the known world has enabled the dealers in wood constantly to introduce new sorts; and even our native timber, such as oak and elm, by the ingenuity of the workman, has been converted into the most beautiful and the most expensive of the articles of common use by which the rich are surrounded. The large roots of a fine oak have in this manner been rendered extremely valuable; aud, when cut into small veneers, and inlaid with that skill which constitutes the art of the cabinet- maker, have produced very high prices when manufactured into tables. Me chanical skill converts the commonest materials into articles of high price; and this is one of the best directions which can be given to the luxury of au age.— Library of Entertaining Knowledge. A parliamentary paper just published gives the expenses of the Yeomanry corps, from 18i6, to the 28th May, 1829, inclusive, as follows :— £. s. d. I 181 6 112,598 19 9 181 7 138,812 14 5 181 8 118,736 2 2 181 9 123,729 4 3 1820 185,479 14 2 182 1 207,520 4 3 1822 184,317 8 7 18 > 3 142,944 6 4 £. s. ,1. 1824 144,514 17 5' 1825 129,281 9 6 1826 162,480 19 10' 1827.... 151,027 1 f} 1828 58,664 4 1 1829 to the 28th May.. 23,530 0 3 fwiflccuaneous Bntelligciice. MAHOGANY. SUICIDE— A scorpion, when he finds himself en- closed, and no way left him to escape, will bend his tail round and sting himself through the bead. And it is remarkable that tilts is the only animal in the creation, man excepted, that can be made to commit suicide. T he Philadelphia Gazette states that there are about M00 persons in the alms- house of that city, " 700 of whom have, it is believed, been reduced to pauperism by intemperance.'" The busy man, say the Turks, is tormented with hear something like the awful and hollow plunging one devil, but the idle man is tormented with voice of the falls. According to the stale of the thousand Though the bay wood be inferior to the other, both iu value and price, it is often very beautiful, ancl may be obtained in logs as large as six feet square. It is, however, not nearly so compact as the other: the grain is apt to rise in polishing; and if it be not covered by a water- proof varnish it is very easily stained. It also gives to the tool in carving, and is not well adapted for ornaments. Spanish wood cuts well, takes a fine polish, resists scratches, stains, aud fractures much better, and is generally the only sort upon which much or deli- cate workmanship should be expended. The circular saw of eighteen feet diameter, at Messrs. Watson's mill, makes thirty- two revolutions in a minute. We observed a veneer of a log of mahogany, four feet six inches long by thirty- three inches wide, cut in eighty seconds. The smaller saw, at which inferior timber is cut, has a quicker STATE OF TIIE COUNTRY.— That our means are not impaired it would be false and delusive to assert. The lax aud liberal policy of our late and present rulers, and the pernicious principles which they have inculcated in religion, politics, commerce, and finance, have too plainly made inroads in our Constitution, our character, and our resources, which it will require the greatest skill and ability, and honesty and integrity to restore. That our country yet possesses energies sufficient to make her rise superior to all the evils she has endured, and is still suffering, provided those energies are properly and judiciously directed, we firmly believe. " The sun never sets on the British dominions," says a popular writer, ancl fellow labourer with us in the endeavour to get rid of the Anti- British principles now so much in vogue—" In their wide extent they embrace every climate on the globe; we have plentiful fields and abundant materials to give us labour, employment, ancl trade, equal to tile extent of British capital, British machinery, and British skill; and afterwards, from the surplus productions of these, to yield in one way or the other, or in one place or theother, what will always command a portion of profitable trade with the other countries of the world. But to secure this important object, we must abandon our present pernicious system, and drive from our councilsthose statesmen who advocate and support it. We must, in short, have a Pitt or a Chatham, and not a Pope of Rome, or a Pope's Cardinal, or the advocates of e ther, to rule, to guide, to direct, and to protect us ancl our beloved country." The following is an instance of the ruinous operations of the free- trade system. It is an extract from the report of a committee appointed by the hoot and shoe makers of the metropolis, for the purpose of endeavouring to procure relief from the present enormous importation of foreign boots and shoes. " The committee find that there are now in the parish workhouse of St. James, Westminster, no fewer than one hundred and twenty shoemakers, whereas in 1824, the date of the free- trade bill, there were only three. One house in the city of London is in the habit of ordering 1,000 dozens of French shoes at a time, another house sells £ 90 worth a day, and a third has sold not less than 30,000 pairs in six weeks. The entire importation of French shoes into the metropolis alone, during the past year, bad been 800,000 pairs, which would otherwise have been supplied by English workmen These facts are unanswerable, and worth a thousand air- spun theories. There is nothing better than perseverance in a good cause: but, unfortunately, people in general # are as prone to persevere in what is wrong as what is right. To nothing but this can we attribute a notice which we see has been given, by the anthor of the Dead Body Bill, of an intention to renew- that measure in the next Session of Parliament. It used to be said that " when the brains w ere out the man would die;" and if any measure ever met with a Parliamentary death, and the obsequies of which were followed to the grave by public scorn, this was that measure; and yet public decency and common feeling are, it seems, threatened with its revival. The following is the territorial surface of Ireland, according to a return made to Parliament:— arable land, gardens, meadows, pastures, and marshea, 12,125,280 acres; uncultivated lands and bogs capable of improvement, 4,900,000 acres; surface incapable of any kind of improvement, 2,416,664 acres; total, 19,441,944 acres. A trout, weighing 7| lbs. and measuring twenty- nine inches in length, was caught in Emmerdale Lake, near Whitehaven, on Saturday. REMARKABLE INCREASE OF BEES.— We have been favoured by a friend with an account furnished by David Royce, of Ripley, Chautauque county, New York, of a remarkable increase of bees, be- longing to him; the correctness of which statement is certified by the postmaster and public officers of the town. In the course of something less than seven years and a half, from a siugle swarm of bees he had taken up 31 swarms, from which he obtained for use 1705lbs. of honey : ten swarms had escaped to the woods and were lost; and eighty- eight swarms remained in their hives, in which there was, by the estimate of intelligent and impartial men, not less than 7664 pounds of honey, making a total of one hundred and thirty- nine swarms of bees, and nine thousand three hundred and sixty- nine pounds of honey. The money, at the price it is usually sold in this vicinity, would amount to mora than fifteen hundred dollars.— American Paper. Loss OF LIFE IN BATTLE— The following is a general estimate of the losses sustained by the English army, under the command of Lord Welling ton, from the time of his appointment to it, in Portugal, until peace. In the campaign of 1808, 69 officers and 1015 men fell; 1809, 243 officers and 4688 men; 1810, 78 officers and 624 men; 1811, 429 officers and 7384 men; 1812, 816 officers and 11,030 men ; 1813, 1025 officers and 14,966 men; 1S14, 400 officers and 4791 men; 1815, 717 officers and 9485 men. Total, 3807 officers and 54,283 men killed or wounded. This total does not iucludetbe Brunswickers, Hanoverians, Portuguese, nor Spaniards. It is remarkable, that at Salamanca the proportion of the killed to the combatants wa » 1 to SO; at Vittoria, 1 to 74; Waterloo, 1 to 40 ; while at the battle of the Nile, the ratio was 1 to 36; at Trafalgar, 1 to 41; at Copenhagen, 1 to 32. BEET- ROOT SUGAR.— The quantity of sugar pro- duced from this root, last year, in France, reached 8,000,000 lbs. or about a 12th part of the consump. tion of France. This is, no doubt, a small quantity compared with the importations of Great Britain from her West India colonies, ( amounting- to about 400,000,000 lbs. annually); but, considering- that it is anew manufacture, it bears a great proportion to the consumption of a country like France, where the use of sugar is not so universally spread among the lower classes. IVor would even the relative quantity appear of great moment unless the manu- facture were new and extending. It is calculated by some of the witnesses, that, if the present system of protection is continued, and if the beet- root manufactory increases at the rate which has been witnessed for the last four years, in five or six years more France will be able to prepare, within her own territory, all the sugar which she consumea. Another witness states, that, if the domestic manu facture continued to receive such improvements as it had done within the last few years, het would state his conviction that in ten years it could support a competition on equal terms with the sugar of the colonies. These facts must excite the surprise, if not the alarm, of the West India colonies connected with both countries. Should the beet- root manu- facture prosper and extend, France may bid farer well to her colonies, to her colonial marine, and to slave- labour. UNIQUE HEBREW MANUSCRIPT.— The literati are likely to be highly interested with an original ancient manuscript, of the Pentateuch, now in the possession of Mr. Sams, of Darlington, Durham. It is of goat- skin leather, in two volumes, and measures two feet wide and sixty- nine feet long. Each sheet or skin is divided into pages, five inches and a half in width. The letters are very large, and not only most beautifully written, but orna- mented with a nmmber of tagin or coronal. The antiquity of this MS. may be inferred by its being written on leather— a circumstance which would hardly have taken place after the invention of vellum was made. It is believed to be 1500 years old, and has been above 800 years in one Jewish family, on the Continent, from whence it has recently been procured under the most interesting circumstances. During the calamities which fol- lowed the train of Bonaparte's wars, a Jewish family of opulence was reduced to utter ruin, and compelled to emigrate. They came to Holland in their exile, and were there so very much reduced as to be obliged to pledge, as their last resource, this precious treasure of their laws, under a limita- tion of a considerable time for its redemption. The time expired, the pledge was not redeemed, and the property was sold in Holland by the person who lent his money on it. it has been preserved with the greatest care, in a rich cover fringed with a fine silk. The rollers on which the MS. runs, are com- posed of beautiful mahogany. It has been seen by a number of Hebrew scholars and Jews, and it is generally thought to be the most ancient copy of the five Books of Moses in existence. BUSINESS.— Business, says a celebrated writer, is the salt of life; which not only gives a grateful smack to it, but dries up those crudities that, would offend, preserves from putrefaction, and drives off all those blowing flies that would corrupt it. Let a man be sure to drive his business, rather than let it drive him. When a man is but once brought to be driven, he becomes a vassal to his affairs. Reason and right give the quickest despatch. All the entanglements that we meet with arise from the irrationality of our- selves or others. With a wise and honest man a business is soon ended ; but with a fool and knave there is uo conclusion, and seldom even a beginning. A NEW FLYING FISH. A very strong sensation was excited a few days ago in the vicinity of Wands worth, by the appearing of an extraordinary animal, which was observed floating slowly through the air nearly over the village. Its appearance, which was that of a fish of about 20 feet in length, and proportionate bulk, excited alarm amongst many, aud astonishment amonsst all, who beheld it. What it was? and how it came there? were questions very eagerly and very naturally asked, but not so easily an- swered. Conjectures were hazarded without num- ber and without result. Nobody could give a satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon, though every body made the attempt. It was a fish— it was a sea serpent,— it was " very like a whale;'" and there were not a few who thought that it was none of these, but something supernatural, por- tentous of strange and awful events. But whatever it was, it seemed to be the general wish that it should if possible be removed from the neighbour- hood. But then came the question— how ? To take a monster of such dimensions alive, was an attempt which might be attended with much danger. It was therefore considered prudent to kill it first, if it could be killed. For this purpose some of the best shots in the neighbourhood were put in requi- sition. Several fowling pieccs were discharged at it, without any other effect than that of adding to the terror of many of the spectators. At last a gentleman brought out a long strand piece, loaded with duck- shot, and took his aim: Ire was success- ful. Some of the shot pierced the animal's side, when, to the terror of crowds who looked on, it changed its form and sunk to the earth, a shrunken and misshapen mass. For a time no person was hardy enough to approach it; but at last, not seeing it move, the gentleman who brought, it down ad vanced, and to his surprise, and the great relief of many present from their alarms, found that it con- sisted of a quantity of silk made in the shape of a fish, and inflated with gas. The phenomenon was now explained. Further inquiry led to the dis- covery of the place from whence it came; and it appeared that it was a " loose fish*' which had escaped from Vauxhall- gardeus. The proprietors, it seemed, had prepared the monster intending that it should rise from the waters of the Hydropyric Temple, and float amidst the fire- works over the heads of the spectators. Having been properly inflated, it was slightly fastened to that part of the temple from which it was to ascend; but, in the course of the night, the strings became loosened, and the monster escaped. Where it passed its night is not known, but early on the following morning it was seen floating over Wandsworth, as we have described. The truant monster has since been restored to its owners. SHREWSBURY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM EDDOWES AND JOHN EDDOWES, CORN- MARKET.