PMNTED BY W, & J. ED © OWE § » COBW « MAMKET, SHREWSBURY, This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXVI.— N0, 1872.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1829. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. GOVERNOR, $ MATRON. ^ ales bp Auction. WANTED, for the ATCHAM HOUSE OF INDUSTRY, a Man qualified to fill lite Silna- tition of GOVERNOR, vacant by Ibe Death of Mr. WLGLEY.— He will be required lo produce Certificates I as to Qualification, and to give Security to Ibe Satis- faction of the Board of Directors. Also a Woman lo fill Ihe Situation of MATRON, | vacant by ibe Resignation of Mrs. Wigjey.— Site will be required to produce satisfactory Testimonials as to Character. A Special MEETING of tlie DIRECTORS will he lieldat THE HOUSE on the 28th nf December instant, when Persons intending to apply for the Situation are required to attend with their Testimonials. lioaid Room, Atcham tlnuse of Industry, Nov. 3( 1, 18- 29. TO BE LET, EITHER SEPARATELY, OR TOGETHER, SUTTON MILL, HOUSE, and MA LTHOUSE, with 33 Acres of valuable LAND, near to Shrewsbury. — The Mill is allowed to he one of the best in the County i works four Pair of French Stones, two Dressing Mills, aud Smut Machine ; there are spa- cious Store Rooms, and a capital Malthouse capable of wetting and drying 80 Bushels every four Days; together with a very commodious Dwelling House, extensive walled Garden planted with choice Fruit Trees iu full Rearing, good COTTAGE, Stabling, aud qtber exceileut Outbuildings. Edward Sinout, at Sutton, will shew the Properly ; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. MBNLOVB, Penlreheylin, near Ellesmere. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, rinwo capital MESSUAGES and Tene- i litems, called TY TAN Y FOEL and GRAIG ERCflEN BACH, in the Parish of Cerrig- y- druidion, Denbighshire, comprising by Admeasurement 47A. 2R. 19P. of good LAND, besides a commodious ex- clusive Right of Sheepwalk, containing 23 A. 2R. IIP. The London and Holyhead . lload runs through Ty tail y Foel Farm, which is most advantageously situ- ated for au Inn, that would secure a great Run of Business; and the River Myrddwr bounds the Land on the North Side. Mr. R. HUMPHRBYS JONES, Attorney- at- Law, I RuUip, will furnish all Particulars on Application, if I by. Letier, Post- paid ; and a Map of the Property lies I in liis Office for Inspection. TO BE LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, PENYRALLT AND CWM ALIS FARM, containing about 70 Acres, situated about three Miles from Llangollen and one Mile from Ponlycysyllle, and adjoining the Holyhead Road. For Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid), to TUB PRINTERS. This Advertisement will not be continued. SHREWSBURY, DBC. 7TH, 1829. COPTHORN ESTATE. FREEHOLD PROPERTY, Coldbatch, Shropshire. BY E. GRIFFITHS, At the Castle Inn, in Bishop's Castle, on Friday, the 18th Day of December next, between the Honrs of Five and Seven o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following* or such other Lots as shall be then declared, subject to Conditions of Sale ( unless Disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given): LOT I. ALL those FOUR several PIECES or Parcels of Arable or Pasture LAND, tog- ether with the Barn, Buildings, Sheds for Cattle, and Walled Fold, situate on Coldbatch Hill, containing by Admeasurement 47A. IR. 32P. be the same more or less. LOT II. All those TWO PIECES or Parcels of Pasture LAND, adjoining Lot 1, called or known by the Name of Craddock's Well Pieces, containing- by Admeasurement 28A. be the same more or less. LOT III. All those THREE several PIECES or Parcels of excellent LAND, called the Smith Blocks, containing by Admeasurement 24A. IR. 5P. be the same more or less. LOT IV. All those FOUR several Pieces or Parcels of excellent Meadow, Arable, and Pasture LAND, called and known by the Names of Lady Meadow, Wheat Ridges, The Urns, and Wheat Ridges, contain- ing by Admeasurement 33A. 2ft. 12P. be the same more or less. LOT V. All that MESSUAGE or Tenement and Garden, Orchard, Barn, and large Range of Building, situate in Coldbatch, in the Parish of Bishop's Castle aforesaid, containing by Admeasurement 1 Acre, be the same more or less. The Land- Tax on Lot 4 is Redeemed. The above Premises are in a good State of Cultiva- tion, the Lands sound and of good Quality, and well supplied with Water.— The Buildings on Lot 1 are nearly new, and well situated for Lots 2 and 3. Mr. THOMAS WATTERS, the Proprietor, will appoint a Person to shew the different Lots.— Further Parti- culars may be known by applying to Mr. GRIFFITHBS. Land Agent, or at the Office of Mr. JOHN GRIFFITHS, Attorney at Law, Bishop's Castle, who have Maps of Ihe Premises. PEA11S EH AY ESTATE. ^ aleg bp auction. THIS DAY. MOST DESIRABLE & VALUABLE WIMl^ l^ UJdJlLliJ EBSSWbQWWv SITUATE AT MAESBROOK, In the Parish of KINNBRLEY, in the County of Salop. BY MR. E. JENKINS, At Osborti's Hotel, in Oswestry, on Wednesday, the 16th Day of December next, at live o'Clock iu the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots, and subject to such Conditions as shall then be de- clared ; LOT 1. ALL that capital MESSUAGE or Farm House, with the Outbuildings, Lands, and oilier Appurtenances thereunto belonging, called ihe FOUR ASHES, situate at MAESBROOK aforesaid, and con- taining together by Admeasurement 47A. 3li. 2P. be the same more or less, and now in the Occupation of Widow Price or . her Undertenants; also a i'EW iu the Aisle in Kinnerley Church, as appurtenant to this Lot. LOT II. All that MESSUAGE or Cottage, with the Garden, Croft, and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate at TUB ARGOED, near to Lot I, and containing by Admeasurement I A. OR. li) P. be the same more or less, and now in the Occupation of Henry Morris or his Undertenants. MAESBROOK joins the. Turnpike Road leading from Knockin to Llanymynech, 2 Miles distant from each of those Places, 6 Miles from Oswestry, and 10 from Welsh Pool ( two good Market Towns], and ill the immediate Vicinity of Lime and Coal. The House and Buildings are in au excellent State of Repair ; the Timber and other Trees nnd Saplings growing on the Estate to be taken by the respective Purchasers at a Valuation which will be produced at the Time of Sale. The present Tenants will shew the Premises; and for further Particulars apply to Mr, THOMAS DICKIN BROWNE, Solicitor, Wem, at whose Office a Map of the Estate may be seen : or to THE AUCTIONEER, El I es me re. WREXHAM, IN THE COUNTY OF DENBIGH. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, rruiE MANOR or LORDSHIP, I reputed Manor or Lordship, of MONKM EOLE ( otherwise CROWMEOLE) and B1CTON, in the County of Salop. And the capital MANSION HOUSE of COPTHORN, with commodious Offices of every kind attached aud detached, Coach- housc, Stables, Gardens, Hoi- house, Woods, Pleasure Grounds, and Pools of Water, late ia the Occupation of Thomas Beale, Esq. but now lland; THREE COTTAGES and Gardens, and sundry Pieces or Parcels of Pasture LAND of th richest Quality, now in the several Holdings of Mr. llenry Newton, Mr. John Jones, Mr. Edward Jones, Mr. George Williams, Mr. John Ruscoe, Mr. James Jackson, William Bowdler, John Barrow, Thomas Bawdier, and Samuel Vuugiiau, containing together 64A. OR. 18P. or thereabout, situate in the several Townships of CroWmeole and Shelton, in the several Parishes nf Saint Chad and Saint Julian, in the County of Salop. Also, sundry oilier MESSUAGES or Dwelling- llouses aud Gardens, and several Pieces or Parcels of LAND ( chiefly Pasture) of excellent Quality, con- taining together 148A. 3R. 26P. or thereabout, situate in the several Townships of Crowmeole and Sheltou aforesaid, in the said several Parishes of Saint Julian and Saint Chad, in Ihe said County of Salop, and now or late in the several Holdings of Mr. James Jackson, Mr. John Junes, Mary Davies, Thomas Mausell, Aune Williams, Mr. John Ruscoe, Samuel Drayton, David Williams, Sarah Phillips, Evan Jones, hi Thomas Tisdale, Mr. David Lateward, Mr. Richard Wilding, and Mr. Francis Aston. And also a valuable COPPICE of thriving youn^ TREES, upw on Hand, called Bickley Coppice, con- taining by Admeasurement 23A. 2R. 28P. or there- about, situate in Ihe Township of Bicton, iu the Parish of Saint Chad aforesaid, on the Banks of the River Severn. This fine Properly adjoins the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury 10 Montgomery, within two Miles of the former Place. The Mansion House of Copthorn, which was chiefly built and enlarged, and BY MR. MORETON, At the House of Mr. Joseph Smith, the Bradford Arms Inn, Ivetsey Bank, iu the County of Stafford, on Friday, the Eighteenth Day of December next, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject lo such COM ditions as shall be then produced ( unless disposed of by private Contract, of which due Notice will be given) : ALL that most desirable and valuable ESTATE, called PEAKSEHAY, situate in the Parish of Brewood, in the Couuty of Stafford,. con- taining 240 Acres or thereabouts, and Right of Com- mon upon Bishop's Wood, with a suitable M ANSION HOUSE, capital Stables, excellent Outbuildiuij- s, Garden*, Orchards, and Plantations, and FOUR COTTAGES thereon, now in the Occupation of Mr. Edward Owen and his Undertenants. The Estates comprise 16 Acres of Plantation, and 60 Acres of rich old Turf Land, and the w hole is in an excellent State of Cultivation, and abounds with Game, being adjoining or near to the Chillington, Boscobel, Tong, and Weston Preserves. The Estate is all Freehold, except a small Part ( which is Copyhold of Inheritance within the Manor of Brewood), and lies compact together; and is well worthy the Attention of the Capitalist or Sportsman, the Country being regularly hunted by several Packs of Fox Hounds. The Purchaser may be accommo- dated with Three- fourths of the Purchase- Money on Security of the Estate. The Land- Tax is redeemed, except Acres which pays 13s. per Annum. Further Particulars may be had at the Office o Messrs. PRICB aud SON, Wolverhampton, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen ; of the AUCTIONEER, Wolverhampton; or of Mr. OWEN, who will appoint a Person to shew the Estate. A SHROPSHIRE FREEHOLD ESTATE. VERY TALUABLB IFIB1ME1DIL1 © IPIBttlPiEIBWo BY MR. E. JENKINS, At the Hand Inn, in Wrexham aforesaid, on Thurs- day, the 17th Day of December inst. between the Hours of three and five in the. Afternoon, subject to Conditions then produced : LOT I. LL that substantial and extensive Mes- suage or DVVFLLING HOUSE, with the old- established Shop and other Appurtenances thereunto l » elonging, situate in Hope Street, Market Place, Wrexham aforesaid, and now and for many Years past in the Possession or Occupation of Mr. Alexandei Wy Idc Thornley, Hat Manufacturer. The Premises consist of two front Shops, Counting House, Entrance Hall, Parlour, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Pantry, and Cellaring, upon the Ground Floor; five good Lodging Rooms and one Sitting Room upon the secoiid Floor ; with good Attics ; Store Rooms, Warehouses, Workshops, Stable, and ther convenient Out- offices, enclosed in a good Yard. The Premises extend from the Corner of Hope Street nearly to the Bottom of Black Chainbre Stieet, and possess many Advantages for carrying- on a very extensive Trade. This Lot will be sold subject to a Lease thereof, granted to the present Tenant, for a Term of Years which will expire at Lady- Day, 1 » 35, at the reserved yearly Rent of £ 40. 18s. LOT II. All that long- established and well- fre. quented PUBLIC HOUSE, now in full Business called and known by the Name and Sign of the HAND INN, and being in one of the most desirable Situation n the populous Town of Wrexham ; together with the Stabling, Out- Offices, and other Appurtenances hereunto belonging, situate, lying, and being i Town Hill and Black Chambre Street, the Stablin adjoining Lot 1, and in the Occupation of Widow Munslow or her Undertenants. The Tenants will shew their respective Premises and further Particulars may be had upon Application to. Mr. THOMAS DICKIN BKOWNB, Solicitor, Wem ; HE AUCTIONEER, Ellesmere. At the Wynnstay Arms Inn, in Oswestry, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 23d Day of December, 1829, at Four o'Clock iu the Afternoon ; \ MOST DESIRABLE FREEHOLD t\. ESTATE, called GARTH- UCHA: comprising a Messuage or Dwelling House, Outbuildings, and sundry Pieces or Parcels of Land of excellent Quality, containing together by an old Admeasurement 137A. 3R. 36P. or thereabout, be the same more or less, situate in the Parish of LL AN YBLODVV ELL, in the County of Salop, now in the Occupatiou of Roberts. . This desirable Property is most beautifully situated near to the Turnpike Road leading from Oswestry to Llanrhaiadr, within 6 Miles of the former Place, and in the immediate Vicinity of Coal and Lime. The Montgomeryshire Canal also passes within 4 Miles of the Estate. It is bounded by the River Tannat, and the Fields on the Banks of that fine Stream are well situated for the Erection of Corn Mills, or for any There are some thriving Cop Kind of Manufactory. d pices of Young Timber on the Estate, and Game of was also occupied by the late John Probert, Esq. is 1 every Description in great Abundance, it being in the well fitted for the Residence and Accommodation of a I immediate Neighbourhood of strict Preserves belong- Gentleman's Family. I ing to Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart, and Lord Osborne. The. whole Estate will be sold to any Person de* sirous of treating for it in one entire Lot, or the Mansion House with the Lands attached to it as before- mentioned, ( with any of the other Lands Addition thereto, if required,) may be separately dis- posed of; in which latter Case, the remaining Lands may be sold in Lots, in the Manner lately advertised, or in any other Manner to be agreed upon. All the Timber and other Trees and Saplings are I to be taken by the Purchaser or Purchasers at Valuation thereof made, and to be produced. Edward Edwards, of Bicton Heath, will shew the Premises, with Plans thereof; and. auy Persons de- sirous of treating: for the Properly, in either of the Modes before- mentioned, are requested to apply for any further Information to Messrs. LONGUBVILLB, Solicitors, Onwestry. SORE THROATS, HOARSENESS, The Tenant will shew the Premises; and Printed Particulars descriptive of them, with any further Information, may be obtained on Application at the Offices of Messrs. LONGUBVILLE and SON, Solicitors, in Oswestry and Chester. TO SPORTSMEN AND OTHERS. ACIDULATED LOZENGES OF CAYENNE- for habitual Sore Throats, Hoarse- | ne^ Relaxation of U vula, and a refreshing Stimulus during Field Sports. These Lozenges have received a WAINWIUGHT'S STAFFORSHIRE CORDIAL And Royal English Medicine for Horses. FROM the various acute Diseases to which Horses are lialde, and by which Numbers are annually lost before Assistance can be procured, i" particularly recommended to Sportsmen, Cone- Deal • patr- uniige almost unprecedented in llie above Cases ; Proprietors, Carriers, Farmers, Innkeeper; . they are also of great UiiTiiy to Persons in tile Habit of in Horses, & c. always lo keep by them a lloltle or .1 fi; o"' I , i.„ 1.: TV .. I . e ' ' J « Public- Speaking; and the highest Testimony in II Musical World lias been advanced i n their Favour, where the Voice has been influenced by a humid Atmosphere, and diminshed in Tone. On this Con. siijeration they are particularly useful to Traveller who are unavoidably exposed to Dump. Sold in Boxes, al 2s. aud 4s fid. by Messrs. BUTI. BR, Chemists, Cheaps'de, Corner of Si. Paul's, London ; Surkville- Streel, Dublin ; Priuce's- Slrrel, Edinburgh; aud ihe principal Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Of whom may he bad, Ihe ANTACID LOZENGES OF QUININE, reunion ( led iu all Affections of the Stomach, such as lndiaeslion, Heartburn, Acidity, Flatulence, and general Weakness of Ihnl Organ. They are found extremely serviceable iu Gontv Attacks, especially when the Stoinuch ia more inline, dialely engaged. N. B, Ask for Butler's Cayenne or Quinine Lozenges. two of WAINWRIOHT'S STAFFO/ IOSUIHK CORDIAI. which has been given wiili unprecedented Success i the most dangerous Stages of the Sleeping or Raj! Staggers, Gripes, Colds, Coughs, Fevers, nod Disorders originating in Cold, or from irrnznii marshy wet Meadows, or after severe Exercise in . Racing, Hunting, Posting, Running in Coaches, D aw. iug iu Waggons, See. and is universally acknowledged to be Ihe greatest Restorative to exhausted Nature nod ihe most valuable Horse Medicine ever known.— During the Hunting Season no Sportsman ought to be unprovided with il, a single Botlle having saved ll ife of many a valuable Hunter, afier a severe Day Chase. By Appointment of the Proprietor it is sold fit th Original Warehouse, No. 10, Bow Church Yard, l. on don; hy Ihe Printers of this Paper; and by all th principal Country Booksellers und Medicine Venders Price js, 0d. per Buttle. This Day is Published, BY W. & J. EDDOWES, PRINTERS OF THIS PAPER, ( And may he had of the Booksellers in the County, and of the Newsmen who distribute the Salopian Journal,) PRICE TWO SHILLINGS, mm Cheshire, North Wales ALMANACK, AND gjfjrftosburi? IntetUjjentcr, FOR THE YEAR 1830, PRINTED IN RED AND BLACK; CONTAINING A general List of Mail and other Coaches, Water Conveyances, and Carriers, to and from Shrewsbury, the neighbouring' Towns, and North Wales; THE FAIRS In Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire : The Ironmasters' Quarterly Meetings ; The Bankers in Shropshire aud Montgomeryshire; a Table, of Stamps, Table of Terms, & c. W. aud J. EDOOWBS have also on Sale THE ROVAI. ENGAGEMENT POCKET ATI. AS, SOUVENIR ( or Pocket Tablet), POLITE REPOSITORY, ROYAL REPOSI- TORY, SOVEREIGN, REGENT, & c. in a Variety of Cases ; COURT KALENDABS; Marshall's and Poole's GILT- EDGED POCKET- BOOKS, IN GREAT VARIETY; LAIUES' and GENTLEMEN'S POCKET BOOKS of all Kinds; TIME'S TELESCOPE ; WHITE'S EPHEMGRIS; and an extensive Assortment of Moore's, Partridge' Clerical, Gilbert's Clergyman's, and every Almanack Published by the Company of Stationers. LIKEWISE THE FOLLOWING § i? Lbmmm diwfFMMLg FOR 1830: THE FORGET HE NOT. THE LITERARY SOUVENIR. FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING AMULET. BIJOU KEEPSAKE. JUVENILE FORGET ME NOT. GEM- NEW- YEAR'S GIFT- IRIS- VERY DESIRABLE COPYHOLD PROPERTY, SITUATE IN WHITCHURCH, Iu ihe County of Salop. BV MR. E. JENKINS, At the White Lion Inn, in Whitchurch aforesaid, on Friday, the 18th Day of December inst. at five o'Cloek in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then produced; ALL that capital MESSUAGE Dwelling House ( formerly in two), with Yard, Garden, Workshop, and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying, and being in Mill Street, and opposite the Lord Hill Public House, in Whitchurch aforesaid, and now in the Occupation of Mary Bishop or her Undertenants. The above Property adjoins the Canal Wharf, and is very eligibly situate for Building Purposes. For furlher Particulars apply to Mr. THOMAS DICKIN BROWNE, Solicitor, Wem; or THE AUCTION- EER, Ellesmere. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, And entered upon immediately, \ LL that commodious DWELLING HOUSE, called THE FLASH, with Coach- house, 4- stalled Stable, and two excellent Walled Gardens, together with a PIECE of GRASS LAND adjoining the River, situate in the Parish of Saint Mary, Shrewsbury, and late iu the Occupation of Mrs. Johnson, deceased. For furlher Particulars apply to Mr. W. EGBRTON JEFFREYS. DEC. 9, 1829. MACBETH. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, \ Compact MESSUAGE and FARM, i. \ called TY DU, situate iu the Parish of Llanead- waladr, iu the Counly of Denbigh : consisting of a substantial Farm House, with suitable and convenient Outbuildings, and about Thirty. five Acres of good Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND ( be the same more or less), capable of great Improvement, and a very extensive Right of Common adjoining, whicb may be inclosed at a moderate Expense. The Premises are situate about five Miles from Llangollen, in a good Sporting Country abounding wilh Game. Further Particulars may be had from Mr. R. HUM- PHREYS JONES, Solicitor, Ruthin ; Applications by Letter to be Post- paid. The following extract illustrative of the histot- y and reign of Macbeth, and which is from the pen of Sir Walter Scott, will be read w ith the deepest interest :— " Malcolm died peaceably In 1033, and was suc- ceeded by ' The Gracious Duncan,' Ibe same who fell by the poniard of Macbeth. On reading these names every reader must feel as if brought from darkness into the blaze of noonday ; so familiar are we with the personages whom we last named, and so clearly and distinctly we recall Ibe events iti which they are interested, in comparison with any doubtful and misty views which we can form of the twilight limes before and after that fortunate period. But we must not be blinded by our poetical en- thusiasm, nor add more than due importance to legends, because they have been woven into the most striking tale of ambition and remorse that ever struck awe into a human bosom. The genius of Shakspeare having found the tale of Macbeth in the Scottish Chronicles of Holinshed, adorned it w ith a lustre similar to that with whicb a level beam of the sun often invests some fragment of glass, which, ( hough shitting at a distance with the lustre of a diamond, is by a near investigation discovered to be of no worth or estimation. " Duncan, by his mother Beatrice, a grandson of Malcolm II. succeeded to the throne 011 his grand- father's death, in 1033 : he reigned only six years. Macbeth, his near relation, also a grandchild of Malcolm II. though by the mother's side, wasstirred up by ambition to contest the throne with the pos- sessor. The lady of Macbeth also, whose real name was Graoch, had deadly injuries to avenge on the reigning prince. She was the granddaughter of Kenneth IV. killed in 1003, fighting against Malcolm IL; and other causes for revenge animated the mind of her who has been since painted as the sternest of women. The old annalists add some instigations of a supernatural kind to the influence of a vindictive woman over an ambitious husband. Three women, of more than human stature and beauty, appeared to Macbeth in a dream or vision, and hailed him successively by the titles of thane of Cromarty, thane of Moray, which the king after- wards bestowed on him, and, finally, by that of king of Scots : this dream, it is said, inspired him with the seductive hopes so well expressed in the drama. Macbeth broke 110 law of hospitality in his attempt on Duncan's life. He attacked and slew the king at a place called Bothgovvan, or the Smith's House, near Elgin, in 1039, and not, as has been supposed, in his own castle of Inverness. The act was bloody, as was the complexion of the times ; but, in very truth, the claim of Macbeth to the throne, according to the rule of Scottish succession, was better than that of Duncan. As a king, the tyrant so much exclaimed against was, in reality, a firm, just, and equitable prince. " Apprehensions of danger from a party which Malcolm, the eldest son of the slaughtered Duncan, had set on foot in Northumberland, aud still main tained in Scotland, seems, in process of time, to have soured the temper of Macbeth, and rendered him formidable to his nobility. Against Macduff, in particular, the powerful Maormor of Fife, lie had uttered some threats which occasioned lhat chief to Hy from the court of Scotland. Urged by this new counsellor, Siward, the Danish Earl of Northumber- land, invaded Scotland in the year 1034, displaying his banner in behalf of the banished Malcolm. Macbeth engaged the foe in the neighbourhood of his celebrated castle of Dunsinane. He was de. feated, but escaped from the battle, aud was slain at Lumphananan in 1056. " Very slight observation will enable us to recol- lect how much this simple statement differs from that of the drama, though the plot of the latter is consistent enough with the inaccurate historians from whom Shakspeare drew his materials. It might be added, that early authorities show us no such persons as Banquo and his son Fleauce, nor have we reason to think that the latter ever fled further from Macbeth than across the Hat scene, according to the stage direction. Neither were Banquo or his son ancestors of the house of Stuart All these things are now known; but the mind re- tains pertinaciously the impression made by the impositions of genius. While the works of Shaks- peare are read, and the English language subsists history may say- what she will, but the general reader will only recollect Macbeth as a sacrilegious usurper, aud Richard as a deformed murtherer." I THE UFFINGTON COAL AND LIME COMPANY NFORM their Friends, their LIME PAY- DAY will beat the RAVEN INN, Shrews- bury, on SATURDAY, the 19th Instant. All Demand* against the said Company are desired to be sent to their Office immediately. fc^ They will not be answerable for any Goods, without a written Order from one of the Partners. DEC. 9,1829. ^ ipilERE is no Medicinal Preparation of I the present Day so valuable as CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, which removes recent Colds,'" obsti- nate Coughs, and the Common Disorders of the Breast and Lungs. In Asthmatic Affections its F. fficacy is held iu high Estimation, even by Professional Gentle- men, who do not hesitate to recommend it. It never disagrees with the Stomach, and common Colds invari- ably yield to its beneficial Effects in a few Hours. CHURCH'S PECTORAL PILLS. When, with the Cough or Cold, there is great Uneasiness and Short- ness of Breath, attended with Wheezing, the Pectoral Pills should be immediately taken, as they will speedily produce Relief. The Drops 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. per Bottle ; the Pills la. l£ d. and 2s. 9d. per Box. Sold by W. and J. EDDOWKS, Shrewsbury, and by all Druggists and Booksellers in IhisTown and Neigh- bourhood. Dr. Boerhaave's Red Pill, ( No. 2,) \ CELEBRATED ANTI VENEREAL and PUUIFIER of the BLOOD.— These Pills are pecu- liarly useful to those who are obliged to travel, or to take medicine without interruption of business. By mild and safe, operation, tliey strike at the root of disease, and quickly eradicate it ; thereby preventing the fatal effects to which thousands are victims. Copi ous directions are given wilh each box, by which the patient can minister to himself with safety and secrecy A single trial will prove their superior efficacy and power to subdue and expel disease, even when other remedies have totally failed. Sold by Messrs. W. and J. EDDOWES, and all Medi cine Venders, price 4s. ( id. per Box. CHILBLAINS, SORES, BURNS, & c. A RSH ALL's UNIVERSAL CERATE. This Cerate will he found most efficacious in every Kind of Wound, Sore, Scald, Burn, Bruise, Eruption, Ulcers of every Denomination, especially Sore and Ulcerated Legs, which have been healed in so rapid a Manner, that a new Method of Cure li been established by this useful Preparation; So Breasts, Inflammation of the Eves, Scorbutic and Cancerous Humours, Erysepilas or St. Anthony's Fire, Ring Worm, Sore Throats, Chops, Chilblains, he. Sold ill Coxes, al Is. lid. and Qs. 9d. by Messrs. BUTLBH, Chemists, Cheapside, Corner of Si. Paul's, Loudon; Sackviile- Slreet, Dublin; Prince's. Street Edinburgh ; and ibe principal Medicine Venders in the Kins- dniir. Of whom may be had, BUTLER'S CAJEPUT OPODELDOC, strongly recommended for CIIII. RI. A1NS, CHRONIC RHEUMATISM SPASMODIC AFFECTIONS, PALSY, SiiliWss d Enlargement of the Joints, SPRAINS, BRUISES, & c. In Bodies, at Is. 11( 1. and 2s. 9d. *** NOTICB.— Observe F„ Marshall on Ihe Label of each Box of ihe Cerate, and a Government Stamp with the Words " BUTLKB, Cbcapside," engiaved thereon. COINERS. lley, Peopling of the Western Hemisphere. BY THE KING'S PATENT. DU. SIBLY'S RE- ANIMATING SO- I. AR TINCTURE is universally allowed lo be the most pleasant, safe, and efficacious Remedy ever offered to the Public. Its wi^ rm and renovating Quali- ties render it the best Medicine for Debility, Con sumptions, Nervous and Rheumatic Complaints, Spasms, Indigestion, Lowtiess of Spirits, and ail those distressing Affections which harass the Weak, Seden- tary, and Delicate. It requires no Argument to con. vince more than a Trial, after which those who value Health will never choose to be without it. Prepared and sold bv Mr. J. R. Sufl'ell, No. 3ft, Gloucester- street, Queen's. square, Bloomsbury, in Bottles at 6s. 7s. ( id, and lis. each, and in Family Bottles ( by which ( here is a Saving of 7s. J at 22s. each. Also, Dr. Siblv's LUNAR TiNcruas, for Complaints incident to ihe Female Sex, iu Bottles at4s. 6d. and Ills. ( id. each. Observe — none can be genuine unless signed by the Proprietor, J. R. Safi'ell, in his own Hand- writing, on itie Wrapper of each Bottle. Sole Wholesale Agents, Messrs. Barclay and Sons, 95, Fleet. market, London ; mid sold Retail by all Medicine Venders Ihioughout the Kingdom. Some acquittals, on Monday, at the Old Bail _ will excite considerable attention, and, it is feared prove dangerous precedents. On the trial of Jere miah Reading, for having in his possession a mould for making counterfeit shillings, Mr. C. Phillips en- deavoured to show, by his cross- examination of the witnesses, that the mould was so imperfect that shil- lings made from it could not impose upon the gener- ality of persons— a circumstance required by the Act to make good a charge against any one. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. Mary Fitzgerald and Catharine Connolly were next tried for a similar offence. The Judge ( Baron Vaughan), in summing up, read a considerable por- tion of the Statute under whicb the indictment was framed, from which it appeared that the knowingly possessing a mould sufficient to make a counterfeit that would pass current with the generality of the public as good, was enough to support a conviction. Again a verdict of Not Guilty was returned. It had been the intention of Mr. Scarlett, who con- ducted the cases for the Crown, to proceed on another indictment against one of the prisoners; but after these acquittals, Judge and Counsel were both at sea, and a curious parley took place with the Jury. Mr. Baron Vaughan wished to discover what was the difficulty which weighed with the Jury, and led to the acquittals— whether they were not satisfied with ( he goodness of the resemblance, or whether they thought that the evidence was defective as to the mould being in the possession of the prisoners. It certainly, he observed, appeared to him to be suffici- ent that the mould should bear a general impression like, and similitude to, the lawful coin of the realm, without being perfect in all its parts. It appeared from the dialogue, that the Jury were not altogether satisfied with the evidence in the second ease, as the prisoners were not locked in, and they looked with some suspicion on the landlady, as the prisoners did not make any stir till she spoke to them in Irish. However, the part that seemed to weigh most with tbcm in both cases was the imperfection of the moulds. Before leaving the box, they said they wished to acquaint their Lordships that the reason of their acquitting the first prisoner tried was, that , the mould found in his possession was so imperfect that no person using ordinary caution could be deceived by shilling's made in it. Mr. Scarlett felt indignant at the acquittals, and did not proceed with a third indictment, observing that it was impossible to pro- duce stronger evidence. As to the point which led to the acquittal— the imperfection of the mould— it is very favourable, no doubt, to prisoners, as it leaves them time to obtain dexterity in their trade, and only makes them re- sponsible when it begins to be lucrative The Jury thought, and from the wording of the Act it would seem that Parliament also thought, that being a bungler in any trade is alone a sufficient punishment, and that it is hard a man should suffer for a trade at which he makes little or nothing. Upon the same principle, a pickpocket who goes so awkwardly to work that you feel his hand iu your pocket, ought to be acquitted; and a burglar, who alarms by hi! indiscreet noise a whole neighbourhood that secures litm, ought to cscape punishment. The peopling of America is no longer an object of the slightest mystery or difficulty. The north- v. est limit of this continent approaches so close to Asia, that the two are almost in view of each ether, anil small boats can pass between them. Even further south, at Kamschatka, where the distance may be six or seven hundred miles, the Fox and Alusian islands form so continuous a chain, that the passage might lie effected with the greatest facility. The Tschutchi, who inhabit the north- eastern extremity of Asia, are in the regular habit uf passing from one continent to the other. These tribes, then, from the earliest ages; had discovered that mysterious world which was hid- den from the wisest nations of antiquity, and appear' ed so wonderful to modern Europeans. It was not a discovery in their eyes. They knew not that this was Asia and th. it was America; they knew not that they were on one of the great boundaries of the earth ; they knew only that one frozen and dreary shore was opposite to another equally frozen and dreary. However, it is manifest that by this route any amount of people might have passed over into America. The form of the Americans approaching to that of the nations in the north- east of Asia, the comparatively well- peopled state of its north- western districts, and the constant tradition of the Mexicans, that the Az- teks and the Toultecs, who early occupied their territory, came from the north- west, all agree willi the indications afforded by the natural structure of the continent. But it may be said, that although people by this channel undoubtedly passed over front the old world to America, this does not exclude other colonies from finding their way across the Atlantic or the Pacific. Supposing it too much to have crossed the entire breadth at once, they may have taken their departure from some of the numerous islands with which both seas, and especially the Pacific, are inter- spersed : all peopled at their first discovery. If these islands were peopled from the distant continents of Europe and Asia, why not America from them ? We are to observe, however, that the South Sea groups, however distant some of theiri may be from any main- land, range in a continuous line with each other; so that the extremity of one group is seldom far from the extremity of another. It was, therefore, no mighty achievement for men possessing, on a small scale, the maritime enterprize natural to an insular territory, to effect a passage successively to each. But America is everywhere, unless on the north, begirt with an unbroken breadth of at least a thou- sand miles of ocean, without a single insular point which could form a step in the progress of the navi- gator. Combining this circumstance with the observ- ations already made on these immense voyages, whether voluntary or compulsory, the probability appears very great that no such passage ever took place. If any detached individuals ever Were wafted across the ocean, 1 am persuaded that they would not possess or retain any of the civilization of the old world, and lhat they did not contribute in any shape to that measure or form of improvement which was attained in Mexico or Peru. It is vain to urge, that the Mexicans expressed their ideas, and even their history, by paintings, which bore some resemblance to the paintings and hieroglyphics of Egypt. Man, as soon as he merges front total barbarism, must feel the desire of expressing his ideas by some mode more durable than words; and this mode, in the first instance, must inevitably be painting. He must begin with a picture of the object which be wishes to record. This picture, generalised and refined, passes gradu- ally into the symbol, the hieroglyphic, the expressive mark, and finally into the alphabetic character. In these bitter stages, although they depend upon the general principles of human nature, there is much, in point of form, that is arbitrary, and a coincidence in regard to which might indicate very clearly an ancient Connexion. But mere paintings, as they must bear a certain resemblance, so their common use seems to indicate nothing more than the action of the mo- it elementary principles in the human mind. The forms of architecture also, as they are dictated by convenience or the sense of duty, may often exhibit some casual coincidences. I am convinced that ail the civilization which existed in America arose, as it flourished, in the delightful table- lands of Mexico, Quito, Cusco, and Cundinamarca. It is in these happy regions, where men multiply, and the means of subsistence are abundant, that the refined arts first become an object of cultivation. This conclusion is not at all shaken by the fact quoted hy Humboldt, that the Toultec conquerors, who came from the now barbarous regions in the north- west, were the frameis of the most remarkable of the Mexican monuments. Generally, conquerors adopt the arts anil improve- ments of the vanquished nation; and their active and ambitious character impels them to call these into action on a greater scale than the usually supine dynasty which they have overthrown. The grandest monuments of Hindostan and China were erected hy monarchs of Tartar origin; but the art which con- structed them was Hindoo or Chinese.— Murray's Discoveries, Src. FATAL TRICK OF A CONJUROR.— A dreadful accident occurred at Arnstadt on the 10th of November. On that day Liusky, the celebrated legerdemain performer, gave in the presence of the family of Prince Schwartzburgh- Sondershauser, a strand exhibition, in which he wished to distin- guish himself by an extraordinary display of his art. Six soldiers from the garrison were introdu- ced, to fire with ball cartridges at Madame Linsky, the young wife of the conjuror. They were, how- ever, instructed in bitiug the cartridge to bite off the ball and keep it in the mouth, as they had been shown how to do on a rehearsal. Madame Linsky, who had recently lost a child, and, besides, was pregnant, was for a long time unwilling to perform the part allotted to her in this trick ; but, by the persuasion of her husband she was induced to consent. The soldiers, who were drawn up before the company, took aim at Madame Lin- iky and fired. For a moment after the firing she remained stand- ing- upright, but the next moment she sank down, saying, " Dear husband, I am shot." One of the musket- balls, which bad not been bitten off, passed quite through her abdomen. The unfortunate woman never spoke another word, and died on the second day after she had received the wound. Many of the spectators fainted, and the horror of the scene has given a shock to the reason of Linsky. It was indeed a spectacle which might well have unmanned the most firm. It is to be hoped that this event will serve as a warning to all conjurors, as well as to the spectators of their tricks, who usually show too inconsiderate a confidence in the art of the performer, not only with respect to cases of risk of life, but to other practices of a dangerous nature.— Austrian Observer. PERPETUAL MOTION.— It is now confidently reported that the rewards so long offered for the discovery of " a perpetual movement" will shortly be awarded to Mr. James Mouteith, of Dumb!, me. This ingenious old niau is a profound mechanist, and deeply skilled in the whole circle of the arts. He gives out that be has very recently discovered a new principle of electricity, by connecting three batteries together iu a very singular manner, by means of silver cords, by the re- action of which, upon a piece of mechanism of bis own contrivance, a perpetual movement is produced, which, he says, can be applied ou any scale. SCARCITY OF GAME.— A few days since font gentlemen, ( besides the keeper,) went over a manor on the borders of the Axe, consisting of the finest country, and containing the best coverts ; after toiling from morning until evening but one gun was discharged, and the bird brought to the bag au owl. ESBSBBESKS SALOPIAN JOURMAL, AMID COUKIE11 OF WALES. rOSTSORIiPT. layOOff, Monday Night, Dec. 14, 1829. P, RICKS OF FrM I'K AT 1 Ft N Cl. OHK. Red .3 D'- r Ct » 93J 3poi Ct. Cons — 3\ per Cents. — per Cts Red 991 4 per C. ts. I826, _ 4 per Cents. —• ) Ha. nl, Stock 216* I Loii^ A n u . ( 9 9- 16 I India jtcHids 70 India Stuck - Excheq Hills 75 I Cons, for Ace 94J Very afflicting accounts have been received from Alexandria of the great damage done hy the over- flowing of the Nile; it is slated, that not less than 30, Oi 0 persons have perished. tin hearing the disasters, the Viceroy did not leave his room for t hree days'. STATE OF CLARE. This County, ever since the 1at( election, has been in a'stiite of disorder quite unprecedented there, in the dariftg synipti uis of disobedience to the laws, nightly outrage, n. bhcrics of fire arms, houghing of cattle, serving threatening notices, and all the other - manifestations of the turbulent spirit of a semi- barba- rous iind priest- ridden people. liven in the winter of 1821.- 2, when the Roik rebellion raged in Minister, Clare was not, notwithstanding its vicinity to its focus, the adjacent County of Limerick, in a condition of greater resistance to the law than it has been since the period wc have already mentioned ; and in which, we regret to say, it still continues to he. The Magis- trates lia\ e had meetings for the purpose of doing what in them lies to restore tranquillity ; with this view they determined lo appeal to the Irish govern- ment, for aid in their exertions : and at a late meeting of tlie Magisterial Body, held in Ennis, it was deter- mined to augment considerably the Constabulary force stationed throughout the County. The result of their proceedings was communicated to the head of the Iiish Government, by the Chairman, Sir Edward O'Brien. The following is the reply of Lord Lcveson Gower to the Baronet's communication :— " Dublin, Dec. 1, 1829. " Si"— 1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, which I have submitted to the 1 X'nl Lieutenant. 1 am directed to express his Grace's approbation of the proceedings of the Meeting of Magistrates adverted to in your letter, and his particular satisfaction at. the spirit and unanimity with which the Gentlemen have come forward on the occasion. 1 have received his Grace's directions to desire the Licutcnant- General commanding, lo make immediate arrangements for posting detachments, as rtquested by the Magistrates,, at Corofin and Emiistymon ; and his Grace trusts verv confidently, that the co operative exertions of the civil and military authorities will shortly cffict a material change for the better in the present unsutis f< u fort' stf. tf of a portion of your County. 1 have to request that you will convey to the Magistrates, w ith whom you have been acting on the occasion adverted to, the expression of bis Grace's approbation of their proceedings.— 1 have the houottr to he, & c. » F. LEVESON GOYVER." THE APPROACHING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. [ From the Star of Brunswick.'] His Majesty and Council have determined on the dnv when he shall, meet the Estates of the Realm. We confess, that we look forward to the next speech put ittlo our Sovereign's mouth witli feelings ( not of curiosity, though tha t perhaps be among our motives,) but of apprehension, doubt, and dismay. YVe cannot conceal From ourselves— nay, wc dare not deny— » !' •( the measure, which, on the last occasion when . the Son of George the Third spoke to his people, wc w, cre told would bring healing" on its wings, and paci- fication to the troubled waters of this country, has been proved to fail of its promised good effects. We catjnot but remember that, notwithstanding the avowal which was then made, that " the rights and privi- Ifgcs of the Established Church were to be preserved i. iviolntf," an attack has been made on both, covertly, perhaps, and froni quarters whence they were not to be expected; but still the attack HAS BF. F. N marie, and we think will be followed up by Ministers. With these - feelings strong in our minds, we repeat it, we wait for the announcement of what is to be done in the next Session of Parliament with the mingled feelings which we have described. Wc ask of those Members, of both branches of the Legislature, who opposed, the Bill of the last Session, to come forward early in the ensuing one, and, resisting the first attempts of the common enemy of Protestantism and the rights of the Establishment, and adopting the motto of our London contemporary, the Standard, to say, " Hie Statue signum"— Here plant your ensign firmly, and here resist all further advances. Let our readers imagine the novelty which the next Session of Parliament will present: Lord Mount- cashel in one House, and Mr. J. Hume, or perhaps Mr. Spring Rice, in the other, brings forward a motion, grounded on the Cork Lay Synod petition, praying an inquiry ( if they condescend to wait for inquiry) into certain alleged abuses in the Church Establishment Lord Mountcashel's motion is sup- ported by the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Shrews- bury, Lord Petre, and other Popish Peers ;. while, in the other House, we find the Jesuit- reared Member for Clare," and Lord Killecn, or perhaps Mr. Anthony Marmion, the representative for Dundalk, g< tting up . to second the Honourable Member's motion. Thus, while the Holy, Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church denies all right ( out of herself) of inquiry into, or legislation relative to her, we find Papists making laws for the Protestant Church of these realms. My Lord Mountcashcl, forbear : seek not the aid of such auxiliaries. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. Wm. Thomas :— House- Visitors, Wm. Jeffreys and D. Crawford, Esqrs. On the 29th ult. the Bishop of Hereford, at Win- chester College, ordained the following genllemen :— Messrs. W. H. Newbolt, A. B. of New College, Oxford; T. Butler, A. K. of St. John's College, Cambridge; B. T. Williams, A. B. of Clare Hall, Cambridge; J, Bowman, A. B. of Clare Hall, Cam- bridge; t. eacons.— And Rev. Messrs. VV. G. Bayly, A. B. of New College, Oxford ; J. Yardlcy, A. B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Priests. HOLYHEAD ROAD— We beg to refer our readers to the advertising aud other columns of this day's Journal, for a statement of the views both of the opponents and the supporters of the project for diverting the line of Holyhead Road from Shrews- bury.— As residents deeply interested in the welfare of the town, we feel it our duty to advert to the names subscribed in Opposition to the projected change, as evidence of ilie disinterested and liberal support given to the inhabitants of Shrewsbury by so many of the neighbouring1 Gentry : at the same time, we think it right to observe, that although but, few of our townsmen have yet attached their names to the subscription list, yet, we doubt not they will be anxious to give that pecuniary aid which the present position of the case requires, and for which, we are informed they will he personally solicited.— We also understand that a requisition has been already signed by several of the principal landholders of the county, requesting the Sheriff to call a County Meeting; to take the subject of the proposed diversion of the line of road into consideration. COACII ACCIDENTS.— Yesterday morning, the inhabitants and passengers in High street, in this City, were thrown into the greatest consternation by a stage coach, loaded inside and out, and without a coachman, being dashed along the street with terrific velocity. During its whole course the vehicle was tottering and reeling till it arrived at the corner of Much Park- street, when < t was whirled over with a tremendous crash. The passengers were thrown ill all directions, but although the destruction of all of them seemed to the spectators to be inevitable, yet only two were seriously injured. The coach proved to be the Wonder from Shrewsbury to London, and the passengers consisted wholly of pupils of Dr. Butler, of the former place. It seems that immedi- ately after the horses were changed and started, the coach came in contact with a waggon loaded with lime; the concussion threw the coachman from the box, and the horses, unrestrained and alarmed, started off at the dangerous speed we have described. The invalids are lying at, the City Hotel, under Hie care of Mr. Collins, surgeon. The guard w ith considerable presence of mind let himself down from the back of the coach, so as to avoid danger, and yet so kept, his hold as to enable him to recover his position if his services could be useful in the impending catastrophe. At the turning into Much Park- street, the coach and horses Came in contact with Mr. Worcester's house, andbruketrifhcwindowJframe. Itshould be observed that the street is not 15 feet wide where the coach struck against the waggon, and it is about this widih for the space of 100 yards. This circumstance, wc trust, will be an additional inducement to accelerate the proposed improvement of the Holyhead road through this City.— Coventry It era ' d, Dec.. 11. On Thursday last, Edward Williams, the Guard of the Holyhead Coach, in attempting to get from behind the coach ( which was running at a rapid rate between Corwen and Llangollen) in order to shut ( be door then accidentally open, unfortunately fell, anil the wheel passed over him. The poor fellow was immediately put inside, and conveyed to Llangollen, w here lie lingered in great pain till the following day, when death put a period to his suffering Williams ( who has left a wife and three children) was much teemed by passengers and his employers, for his general attention and civility. HOLYHEAD ROAD. Periods of national distress are always fertile in projects for making the income of the Established Church available for the relief of the necessities of the State. Such projects owe their birth to unprinci- pled men, who, not recognising the necessity of any religion, deem every farthing squandered which is expended for the purpose of diffusing religious know- ledge among the people. For such men the sober, thinking, religious people of England have no sym- pathy : to them and to their schemes they are equally hostile. The Gazette of Tuesday announces that at the Court held at Windsor on Monday, Parliament, which stood prorogued to the 10th instant, was further prorogued to the 4th day of February next, then " to assemble for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs." The Clergyman of a village in Leicestershire desired his clerk to give notice, that there would be no service in the afternoon, as he was going to officiate for another Clergyman. The clerk, immedi ately as the sermon was ended, rising up, called out, " 1 am desired to give notice, that there will he no sarvice this afternoon, as Mr. L is going a fishing with another Clergyman." Mr. L , of course, corrccled the awkward, yet amusing, blunder. €*) e Salopian journal. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1829. gfeg^ 4< A Ho US UK E hp nit" complains of the number of nil eel beggars by which Shrewsbury has of late been infested, and by whom the respectable inhabitants are incessautly an- noyed -- Surely, the beadles of parishes, qv some other of the ' officers of the town, should be employed to abate this glaring- nuisance!; « Hf b^ f The system <> f a tradesman, being a Select Vestryman, . attempting to dispose of an old stock for the use of the Poor, whe- ther shoes or any other article of clothing, at Vestry Meetings, as - complained of by " A R'AT'E- PAYEft," in a neighbouring town in the Principality . deserves to be exposed ;, and we will readily • render our assistance for that purpose, if continued. The writer will objige by a further communication on the subject. We wish he bad given us a particular statement,, as he intended, and we would have inserted it immediately. MARK II- p. ^ On the fith inst. at Bishop's Castle, Mr. John Viekers,. cooper, to Mrs. Hal}, of the Harp luu, both of | hat tov\, n. DIED. On the 13.1b inst. at his seat, Oalton Park, Cheshire, in the'f).' jd yHir of his a^ e, the Itev. fcir Philip Grev Kgerion, Bart, after an illness of only three. days. On the VOlli inst. at the house of ihe Dow ager Lady Kuighiley, in Seymour- si reel, Catherine EislJiic, the wi'e of Daniel Row laud, Esq of Front, Sussex. On Tuesday, the. H h inst. in his b7th year, William Wfise, Esq. of Iron hi id ye', in this county. On the 2d inst. at The dive, in the ; 3fiih year of his n^' C, iu consequence of a wpuiid he received from his own gnu in his fool, nearly erght weeks since, Mr, Jojin Groojiie, sincerely regretted by his numerous friends and acquaintance. On the ; 2< l ilist, aged 43, deserved!) reo- reMed, Mr. George ( lamer, of The Horn Farm, near ilodnel. Ou ihe 4ih inst. Mr. 11.11, of the lUyal Oak Inn, Market Drayton. On Sunday, Nov 20, at Market Drayton, fciizabeth Price, aged 74, housekeeper lo the late .1 « hu Goodall, Gent, of Cjieswunline, upwards t » |' 50 years • a truly honest and upright servant. On the : 3d inst, at Chichester,: in his 88ih year, Gen Nicolls, Colonel of the fifith reg- inrent Gen. Nicolls . w: is perlfaps the oldesi nffief r in his Majesty's, service, his firsl'conimission being signed by George'It On the ' i" d n'iBt. Mr Thomas " Russell; of Brook ' House, iiea'r M iii^ I eilev, nged () 7 years. . Donation to Ihe Society fir Promoting Christian Knowledge. R. 8 by Miss Collev £ 10 0 0 Donation to the National School, Shrewsbury. R.' S. by Miss Col ev ± 5 0 0 St. Mary * National School, Shrewsbury. DONATION. 11. S. by Mi* s Collcy , £ 5 0 0 The Rev. Thomas Parr, of Lythwood Hall, in this county, was lately inducted into the First Portion of the Rectory of YVestbnry, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Oswell, of this town.— Patron, Edward William Smythe Owen, Esq. of Condover Park. The Shropshire Hounds will meet on Thursday, Dec. 17th.... Lee Bridge Friday, bee 18 « h ! The Citadel, Hawkstouc Monday, Dec ' 21st Westbury Village Wednesday, Dec ' 23d Halston * Saturday, Dec. ' 26th Acton Buruell At half past ten. Sir Richard Pulestun's Hounds meet Wednesday, Dec. 16th St. Marlins Friday, Dec. IHtli Alan Sadlers Monday, Dec. 21st Crewe Green Thursday, Dec. 2- 111 b Ha id wick Saturday, Dec. ' 26th . BettUfield At eleven o'clock. Air. Boycott's Hounds meet Thursday, Dec. 17iii Euville Village Saturday, Dec. 19th K\ ton Bridge Monday, Dec. 21st ..... Tuck Mill Thursday, Dee. 24th Brineton At half- past ten. The Montgomeryshire Hounds meet Friday, Dec. 18 h. Dolarddyn Tuesday, Dec. * 22d Berriew* Village Thursday, Dec. 24th . New Bridges, near ( J an v m vnech Tuesday, Dec.' 29th Meifod Village Friday, Jan. 1st Brynderweu Bridge At ten. Mr. IViclcsted's Hounds meet Saturday, Dec. 19th Saighford A t half past ten. The Cheshire Hounds meet Wednesday, Dec. Kith...... ... Booth's Obelisk Frill a v, Dec. 18th : Brereton Green Saturday, Dec. 19th Three Grey Hounds Monday, Dec. 21st Weaver Hall Wed lie- day, Dec. 23d........... Booth l. ane Smithy Thursday, Dec. 24th..* Miushull Guide Pos'l Saturday, Dec. 2t> th Kelsall Toll Bar At half past ten. A Statement, of which the following is a copy, has been drawn up by the Committee for opposing the proposed New Line of the Holyhead Road through Shropshire, and will be forwarded ( by the Chairman) to the respective Landowners on the line of . the projected diversion :— ' " The objections to the diversion of the Holyhead Road rest upon several grounds totally distinct from each other, yet combining to shew the injustice and impolicy of the proposition. " With regard to the injustice of the measure, the Committee have to state,— " FJKST,—' That in 1818, a very numerous body of Gentlemen then acting as Trustees on the Holyhead Road, were induced to resign th^ ir Trusts into the hands of the Parliamen- tary Commissioners ( who now propose the new Line), on the understanding that the line of Road through Shrewsbury was to be continued and " unproved ; and nothing else would have prevented the most strenuous opposition at that time to such unusual powers being given to the Commissioners. Upon this understanding va- rious improvements have been made in the Road since that period, and very high Tolls for the sake of such improvements acquiesced in : grdlat exertions have likewise been made and large sums laid out in improving the Inns for the accommodation of travellers, upon the good faith of the above understanding. " SECONDLY,—^- The Committee have to re- mark, that a large sum of Public Money, amounting to £ 5000, has been recently; laid out in forming a new piece of Road neai\ fxoboVven, which the proposed i ine would exHude; and that a further sum of upwards of £ 2000 has been granted for the completion of. other altern- ations between Shrewsbury and Chirk. These grants were made upon the express ground of the Road through Shrewsbury being the line of communication between London and Holvhead. " THIRDLY,—- Sums of money, amounting to above £ 8,000, are now owing on that part of the Trusts which it is intended to miss, and these sums were advanced on the faith of the line of Road continuing through Shrewsbury, and on a calculation of the Tolls upon it. To divert the travelling, which alone enables those Tolls to be paid, would therefore be a flagrant injustice. The Committee beg to remark, that there is no town between London and Dublin where more exer- tions have lately been made by the Innkeepers and Postmasters to accommodate Travellers than at Shrewsbury. " In pointing out the injury which will be done to Shrewsbury and its vicinity by the proposed change, the Committee beg to observe, that this mjurj^ will be felt by all those who frequent the town, an4? tl^ t it is impossible to take away a great and aegp^ otned Public Road from the County Town; witiaWtijfrheretfy lessening materially the comfort and accommodation of all belonging to the County, and lowering that tone of spirit and activity which a great thoroughfare ap- pears always to excite and support. " The new line of road is intended for the supposed accommodation of the Irish travellers .^ although a great majority of these pass by Liverpool and Bristol); the deviation, however, will not only take, from your County Town these Irish travellers, but also those who visit North Wales from the South and West of England, and also those who now pass through Shrewsbury ( in their way from Liverpool; Chester* and the North) to Cheltenham, Malvern, Bath, and the West of England : thus, for the sake of a fancied slight advantage to one description of travellers, two oiher numerous classes of visitors who have never complained of the accommodations or road will be drawn away from Shrewsbury. - " Whilst the committee thus express themselves as to the loss which would accrue to the Town and County bv the proposed deviation, they avow their opinion, that if any paramount. ; exten* ive advantage were to be derived from it, the loss ought to be patiently borne : but they consider this measure as impolitic as it appears to be unjust. " The new line of road is to be made for twenty- seven miles through a very thinly inhabited country, without passing by a single town,, and scarcely a hamlet or village, and the saving in distance is calcu- lated at near seven miles. " It appears to the Committee, that by judicious improvements on the present line ( to which they are about to turn their immediate and zealous attention), considerable advantage may be gained. Should it, however, be considered an important Object that the Mail should arrive half an hour earlier at Dublin, the Contractors are willing immediately to accelerate its arrival half an hour or even an hour on the pre- sent Line. " The Committee have not at present the means of knowing accurately the cost of the proposed new Line, but from the best information they have ob- tained, it appears likely to be of a far greater amount than in the present distressed state of the country ought to be incurred ; whereas every reasonable ac- commodation for travellers may be afforded in the Line through Shrewsbury, by improvements which will require a very small proportion of the probable expense of the new Road. " In conclusion, the Committee beg to call your at- tention to the probable increase of burthens which will be cast on the owners and occupiers of lands in the proposed line of Road, should it be persevered in. In addition to whatever Road- Duty and Coinposition- Money the Occupiers now have to furnish for the pre- sent Roads, they would have to pay ( in work or money, or both) to the new Road also. And when it is considered that the Tolls arising from the present travelling ( which are enough to support one good Line) would have to be divided between two Roads, and that few coaches would travel the new cut, we shall find there is every probability that by slow de- grees the whole amount of Road- Duty and Highway Rate which the law allows, namely, two shillings in the pound on the rack rent, would be raised out of th? Occupiers of the lands adjacent. " The loss of property arising from an useless road passing across cultivated lands, destroying the usual communications and disturbiog- entirely the connexion and form of the fields, ought not to escape observa- tion ; and there can be no doubt that Catch Gates with high Tolls will be put on all the cross Roads leading from the new Line, which will muc| i augment the burthens of the Land- holders. " Under all these circumstances, the Committee cannot but hope that you will refuse your consent to a measure which ( at a great cost of Public Money) offers no adequate Public advantage, which will inflict an irreparable injury on the Town and County of Salop, and which will much augment the burthens of the Land- owners through whose property it may pass. Should you agree with the Committee in the opinions they have expressed, they hope to have your co- operation in a persevering and united opposition to the intended change." To the Chairman of the Committee for opposing the Irish Road, ^ c. TO THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW, And the Public generally. SIR, fHAVE a great respect for most of tlie Gentlemen, individually, with whom you are con- nected, but as a Committee 1 cannot say that I at all agree wilh them. I think they seem " to be actuated i by too partial a view of the subject, and are alone intent in retaining exclusively the advantages of the present line, and in depriving others who live or have property upon tfie borders of the projected new road, and have equal claims to he considered, of the accom modation it would afford to them, and improvement it would be to their estates, if it were carried into effect. If the old road he capable of being so greatly im. proved and shortened, as has been thrown out, why has not this taken place long ago? The alteration at the Horse Shoe, and the neglect iu making any effectual improvement at Overley Hill, are two strong proofs that on that part of the trust, at least, no great spirit of public principle has been manifested ;— the inconvenient passage through the town of Shrewsbury is another ; — the troing the circuitous road through Oswestry* from tiie Queen's Head, is another. Again, with respect to the expense of the new road, it is easy to talk of its requiring nearly £ 100,000, when, iu reality, it may be more justly described to be nearly half that sum ; for £ 70,000, the sum calculated, is nearer fifty than a hundred thousand ; . and at the present moment I cannot conceive any way in which £ 70,000 could be more usefully or judiciously laid out than in shortening a great public road from the most important part of the empire to the metropolis, and in employing, iu a large agricultural district labouring under heavy distress, a sum of money which iu its ramified expenditure would materially assist every order of its inhabitants : for all, fatineras well as labourer, would be necessarily engaged in the work, and he benefitted in a pecuniary point of view by its operatfon. For these, therefore, and various other reasons, I, for one, shall most gladly give every encouragement and facility iu my power to carry on the projected scheme. I consider that the possessors of property on the old road have no exclusive pretensions whatever to ihe advantages they claim, aud are so anxious to retain ; hut that Lords Stafford, Forester, Cleveland, Hill, and Dungannon, the Trustees of the Bridge- water property, and Messrs. Charlton, Eyton, Cor- bels, Gardner, Spat ling, cum plnrimis aliis, have as much right to he heard and considered as the gentle men, living round the town of Shrewsbury, who constitute your Committee. 1 consider that it is most unreasonable and unjust to oblige the travellers from Ireland to go a much longer road than they ueed go, and at a very considerable additional expense, merely to improve the property and add to the couve nience of a few persons living on the old line, whereas, by assisting in establishing the new one, Members of Parliament and others from Ireland would derive the greatest advantages by a saving of time and monev, the inhabitants'of the country in general be materially benefitted hy new communications and roads being opened to them, and the inhabitants of your own particular county ( at this moment of difficulty and distress) be. most substantially and beneficially re- lieved by the expenditure, among the labouring classes of it, of seventy thousand pounds j if more, so much the better. I am, Sir, ^ ur obedient servant, A. B. DEC. 10, 1829. MR. THOMAS PUGH, ( SECRETARY TO THE SALOP INFIRMARY,) EGS respectfully to announce to his Friends and the Ptililic, that, haviny relin- quislieil Ihe Situation he held in the Office of Messrs. BURI. BY and SCARTH, Solicitors, of this Town, he purposes devoting his spare Time to the Business of a GENERAL ACCOUNTANT & LAW STATIONER, and particularly to the Adjustment of Executors* and Administrators Accounts, aud the winding- up i| le Affairs of deceased Persons, obtaining Returns of Pro- bale and Administration Duties, aud the passing Residuary Accounts with Government ; aud he trusts that his long practical Experience and A-- s; diiily will insure him the Patronage of ihe Public, which it will be his uniform Endeavour to merit. AGENT lo the CROWM LIFE- ASSURABCK OFFICE. ABBRV- FOREGATK, DEC. 10, 18- 29. ® " ljratre, Briftrfe^ lac?, SHREWSBURY. By Permission of the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR. SOW OPEN for a short Time only, ou- ing to other Entjagements, E R I ST li E P HI C or MOVING PANORAM A ( from London), of the BATTI E OF THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, Elegantly bound in rich Crimson Silk, 12s. ripiiE LITERARY SOUVENIR, for £ 1830. Edited by ALA RIC A. WATTS. With Twelve highly- finished Line Engravings, from Paint-* ings hy the First Makers. In Post Svo with Proofs on India Paper. 24s. Proofs on Imperial 4to 30s. in a Portfolio. A very few Proofs before Letters, £ 3. 3s. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, artd Grecu. Of whom may be had, The NEW YEAR'S GIFT, and JUVENILE Stttf- VF. NIR, for 1830 Edited by Mrs. A LARK' WATTS, With numerous Liue- Engravings. Elegantly half- bound in Turkey Morocco, with Gilt Leaves, price 8s. ANTED a respectable Youth, as an APPRENTICE to the general IRONMONG- ERY and CUTLERY Businesses.— Apply to THE PRINTERS; i! by Letter, Post- paid. Fought between the Fleets of England, France, and Russia, combined against those of Turkey and Egypt — together with the latest Struggles of the Greeks at Sea and Land, for their Country, their Religion, and their Laws, under Lord Byron, Lord Cochrane, Gen. Church, and other brave English Officers, who com. maitded amongst the Greeks •, also ate given fi Views of Turkey and Greece, the Cities of Constanti- nople, Athens, and the Town of Maina, the latter represented at the Moment the Greeks hoisted the first Standard of Independence. The Views painted from Drawings taken on the Spot. The Bat- tle of Navarino is faithfully represented, taken from the official Plans, under the immediate Directions of Lord Viscount lugestrie, Captain Smyth, R. N. Hydro- grapher, and Lieut. Finmore, R. N. The Movements are accompanied by a Military Band. The Subjects are executed on Fifteen extensive Views, upon nearly 20,000 square Feet of Canvas, by eminent English Artists. The Ships of War are the largest ever delineated ; the Figures in the Foreground the Size of Life. The Proprietors respectfully call the Attention of the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of this Town and its Vicinity to the above- named Subjects, which they have brought here and fitted up at a great Expense. The Panorama will be exhibited each Day at Twelve o'Cloek ; and every Evening there will be Two Exhibitions, the first to commence at Half- past Six o'Clock, and the last at Eight o'Clock precisely. Brilliantly illuminated with Artificial Lights, giving a Fac- simile of Day Light, by a Method only known to the Proprietors. *#* On Market Days there will be an extra Exhi- bition at Three o'Clock, to accommodate Country Families. Admission— Boxes, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Children, Half- price ; Books, descriptive of the various Views, ( id. For Particulars see Handbills. ' fPHKKE will be an ASSEMBLY at the 8 LION ROOMS, on Tuesday, the 5th Day of January, 1830. PATRONESSES, MRS. LLOYD, and MRS. SMYTHE OWEN, Assisted by J. CltESSETT PELI1AM, ESQ. J. R. KYNASTON, ESQ. Ladies' Tickets 7s.; Gentlemen's 10s.; Tea Hint Supper included. On the First of January, 1830, WILL. BE PUBLISHED, BY SUBSCRIPTION, A VOLUME OR SEKIONS. LOST, On Monday Morning, from The Abbey, Livet- colouied POINTER DOG, an- L swering- to the Name of CARLO, and having a Collar round his Neck w ith " C. P. PETERS" engraved II it. Whoever will bring the same to The Abbey hall receive a handsome Reward. DEC 15, 1829. BY THE REV. JOHN STEDMAN, D. D. Assistant Minister of Margaret's Chapel, Bath. PUICE ONE GCINEA. PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. Lord Bishop of Limerick, 10 Copies. Venerable Archdeacon Moysey. Veuerable Archdeacon Bather, 5 Copies. Rev. Dr. Burton, Regius Professor of Divinity, Sec. Rev. Charles Forster, Chancellor of Ardfert, and Exa. mining Chaplain to the Bishop of Limerick. Rev. Wm. Holt, M. A. Minister of Laura Chapel, Bath. Alexander Mitchell, Esq. Bath, 5 Copies. Thomas Hayes, Esq. Bath. Lewis Hensley, Esr]. Great James Street, London. John Hensley, Esq. Bath. Venerable Archdeacon Butler. Rev. W. G. Rowland. Edward Cludde, Esq. 10 Copies. Mrs. Cludde, Orleton, 5 Copies. Mrs Cludde, Wrockwardine. Miss Cludde, 5 Copies. Miss Jane I'emberton, 10 Copies. Rev. Edward Williams, 10 Copies. Rev. E. P. Owen, Wellington. Rev Richard Scott, Crescent. Mrs. Childe, Kinlet., 5 Copies. Rev. Dr. Gardner, Sansaw, 5 Copies. Colonel Wingfield, Onslow, 2 Copies. Rev. Rowland Wing- field, 2 Copies. Rev Charles Wingfield. Miss Pemberton, Belmont, 5 Copies. MAMIFFIR IOTJBIBAILIDO SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hidei was 4d. per lb.— Calf Skins 5d.— Tallow 3£ d. 10 9 5 5 BEAR HOTEL, WELSH POOL JTo i- t Utt, ( In Consequence of the present Proprietor having other Engagements,) E above desirable Family, Comrner- 1 cial, Posting, and Coach HOUSE, with 11 Acres of Land. The House is capacious and hand- some, has recently been repaired and improved, and is fitted up in a Style equal to any Hotel in Wales. The Outbuildings comprise Stabling for 30 Horses, Lock- up Coach- houses, Granary. Malt Rooms, and every other requisite Convenience; and there is a pacious Yard. The Furniture ( which is nearly new and of the best Quality), Wines, & c. and the Chaises, Horses, and otner Stock, to be taken by the Coming- in Tenant at n Valuation. The Rent is moderate ; and Possession may be had at Lady- day next, or sooner if required. Three Coaches run to aud from the House. Apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Mr. PACKWOOD, at the Hotel; to Mr. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Shrews- bury ; or lo Mr. H. M. GRIFFITHS, Solicitor, Bir- mingham. ALL Persons having any Demand against the Estate of WI LLIA M" HOWELL MARSH, late of LLANIDLOES, iu the County of Montgomery, Esquire, deceased, are required forthwith to send an Account thereof to Mr. T. E. MARSU, Jun. Solicitor, Llanidloes, that the same may be discharged ; and all Persons who stood indebted to the said William Howell Marsh are requested to pay their respective Debts to the said Mr. T. E. Marsh, who is authorised to receive the same. LLANIDLOES, DEC 9, 1829. A1 NOTICE. Persons WALES. MARRIED. On the mill ihst. in Ihe | iii'ri> h church of Mitohels- town, by sp. cial license, by the Lord Bishop of Cloyne, Philip Davies Cooke, Esq of Gwysauey, Flintshire, i. r the amiable aud highly ncciunplished I. ady Helena King, eldest daughter of Ihe Right lion, the Earl of . Kingston* On ihe hi inst, at Strata- Florida, Cardiganshire, hv the Rev. Jiimes IW., Tiis, Mr. Thomas Jones, ot Maeiiachlog. lo Winifred, youngest daughter of Lewis Morrice, E* q. of Aberllolwyn, both in the said county. On the 2il iust. at llulmer, W. Vuughau, Esq. of Brecon, to . loahna, only daughter of ihe late William Archibald, E* q. of White Wull, near l'resteign, iu llie county of Ruduor. DIED. Ou Sunday se'nnigln, at Wattn Ifor, Cardiganshire, after n short illness, which she bore with exemplary pntTi'iici' nitd christian fortitude, Mrs Bouen, w idow of the lute Thoiiias lloweir, Esq. of that place, aged 77, much mid deservedly lamented by her family and a la'ge circle of relatives and friends. Oil ihe 81 ii inst n! his house, in Chester, Mr Raherl Price, formerly of the Willie lldrse, Overton, Flint- shire. It is said not to be the intention of . Government lo adopt implicitly the suggestions of the Common Law Commissioners, which recommended a partition of tile northern anil an addition to the Oxford Circuit; bat that the principality of North anil South Wales, witii the palatinate of Chester, are to constitute a ( list inct circuit, lor which two additional Judges are to be appointed. James Hildyard, Esq of Christ College, Cambridge, was, on Wednesday last, elected to one of Tancrcd's Divinity Studentships in that College. In the Mayor's Court, yesterday, a person who keeps a standing at the Butter Cross, on Market Days, was bound in recognizance for his future good be- haviour, for publicly insulting the Mayor.— Two " bits of blood"/' rom Oxford, and another young man, also made their appearance before the Magistrates; when it was proved that two of them, on Monday night, had insulted the watchmen; the third ( one of the Oxonians) acknowledged that he had, on the same night, taken sundry rappers from ill'' doors of several of his Majesty's lieges: the result was that the young man last referred to was perm it tod to go with the superintendent of the watch to the several parties, to tender his acknowledgments, and make- tompensation ^ the other two were allowed 10 arrange1 their misde- meanors with the Watch Committee. It was stated in Ihe Court yesterday, that the in- tended New Market, at or near the, present Butter Cross, would be commenced forthwith : and that in letting the shops there to be made, the residents of the town would have a preference. A waggoner was fined 20s. and expenses, by the Magistrates of this town, on the 8th inst. for being drunk, whilst proceeding with his waggon on the turnpike- road between this town and Shelton. Committed to our County Gaol, Daniel Binnalt, charged with stealing a quantity of potatoes, the property of Thomas Lloyd, of Bridgnorth; John ' helmitk, William Jones, and Angel Thomas Grosvevor alias Thomas Chetwood, charged on ( he oath of John Almond, with having unlawfully entered certain land known by the name of Almond Park, for the purpose of destroying game. Old Wheat, 38 quarts 9 New Wheal, ditto 9 Old Bailey, 38 quarts 0 New Barley, ditto 4 Old Oals, 57 quarts 0 New Oals, ditto 4 CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 14 We were most plentifully snj | lied this morning with Wheat and Flour from F.-- sex, knit, and Suffolk still fine samples of Wheal fully supported Ihe price of this day week, but the middling and infeiioi qualities were full 2s. per quarter cheaper. Barley was in large supply ; nevertheless Sue making sam- ples, and ihe interior qualities for grinding, fully maintained last Monday's prices; but the middling sorts, from being loo good for grinding purposes, and lint good enough for malting, remained unsold, without beffig able to produce any oli'ers for tlicm. Beans and Peas were dull ¥ ale, nnd rather cheaper. Oals fully supported Monday's currency, the supply being moderate. In other articles there is no altera- tion. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under: LL to whom the late Mr. GEORGE HAMAR, of TUB HORN, near llod- net, stood indebted at the Time of his Decease, are requested to send iu their Accounts to Mr. TAYLOR, of the Oak House, or Mr. EDWARD JONKS, llodnet, iu Order that the same may be examined aud discharged. Aud all Persons indebted to the said Estate ure requested to pay the same immediately. HOONET, Dec 14, 1829. F. & J. DICKSON BEG to acquaint their Customers and Planters generally, tiiat they have growing o; f » their several Nursery Grounds, NEAR CHESTER, And NEWTOWN^ Montgomery shire, MANY MILLIONS of FOREST TREES, of afl Kinds and Ages ; Pruit Trees of the most esteemed and newest Sorts; Erergreeus, Shrubs, aud every other Article iu the Nursery Line. F and J. D. would ESPECIALLY call the Attention of Planters to their extensive Stock of FOREST TRTRFTS, of which they beg toinvitean Inspection, and which are selling at VEIT? Low PRICES. Hazel, Blackthorn, Privets, Laurel, and other Pluntt used for Cranio Covers ; also Gorse,^ Broom, and other Seeds, at REDUCED PRICES Where considerable Orders are given, the Goods will be delivered free to the Pur- chaser at Edslaston Wharf, if re</ uiK » d. A Quantity of strong A » h, Poplars, Alders, Syca- mores, & c. of huge Growth5 suited for Hedge- How Timber. Plantations done by Contract to any Extent. % Ta MEETING of the Inhabitants of r! SHREWSBURY and in Neighbourhood, held at the Guildhall, on Ti'ESDAt, the Ist Day of DfcCBM- BKR, 1829, iu Pursuance uf a Requisition for that Purpose ; The Right Worshipful TIIE MAYOR, iu the Chuir : It was unanimously Itesolred, Upon the Motion of the Hon. THOMAS KKSYOU, seconded by the Rev. Sir EDWARD KYBAUTOK. Hart. ' I. That the proposed Alteration in the Line of the Holyhead Road through Shropshire will be 8 great Injury lo Shrewsbury nnd its Neighbourhood. Upon the Motion of the Rev. Sir EDWARD KYNAS- TOK, Hart, seconded by J, C. Pm. HAM, Esq. II. That it is our Belief considerable Improvements may he made in the Line of Road ihrough Shrewsbury, so as lo shorten the Distance, and give fcrery requisfte Accommodation to Travellers. Upon the Motion of JOHN WIKGFIJJLD, Esq. second- ed by JOSEPH SIIBI'FARD, Esq. III. That we are wilting aud uuxionif to endeavour, as soon as possible, to effect the said Improvement.. Upon ihe Motion of WILLIAM LLOYD, Esq. seconded by P. K. LEIGUTON, E » q. IV. That to make Tw enty. seven Mile « of new Road ( according to Ihe proposed Plan), at a Cost of near One Hundred Thousand Pounds of Public Mnnov, for the Sake of saving about Four Mile, ( not Half an Hour Mail Time), would be unjustifiable Extravagance. Upon the Motion of PAKTON CORIIBTT, Esq. » e- conded bv JOHN EATON, Esq. V. That this Meeting pledge themselves to oppose the proposed Diversion ol the Road to the Utmost of their Power. Upon the Motion of the Venerable Archdeacon BUTI. BR, seconded by JOHN WINGHELD, Esq. VI. That a Committee he forthwith nppoiuted, to organize and conduct such Opposition. Upon the Motion of It. A. SLANBY, Esq. irconded by JOSEPH SUTTON, Esq. VII. That the following Gentlemen be Meu bera of the Committee, with Power to add to their Num- ber : viz. THE MAYOR of Shrewsbury J. C. PELHAM, Esq. M. P. The Viscount CL1VE The Honourable THOMAS KENYON Sir KOWI. ANO HILL, B » « . M. P. Sir F. B. HILL VANTON COR RETT, Esq. M. P. U. A. SI. ANEY, Esq. M P. JOHN WINGFIELD, Esq. ROBERT BURTON, E » q. F. K. LEIGHTON, Esq. The Veuerable Archdeucon BUTLER, ROBERT BURTON. Jun. Esq. JOHN ROGER KYNASTON, Esq. EDWARD CLUDDE, Esq. JOHN EATON, Jun. Esq. JOHN BATHER, Esq. JOSEPH SUTTON, Esq. THOMAS SALT, Esq. WILLIAM COOPER, Esq. WILLIAM BRAYNE, Esq. RICHARD DRINK. WATER, Esq. Mr. TOMPKINS, W. CLEMENT, Esq. Dr. DIJ GARD, JOSEPH SIIEPPAllD, Esq. WALTER BURLEY, Esq. Upon the Motion of J. C. PBLHAM, Esq. seconded by R. A. SLANBY, Esq. VIII. That it he an Instruction to the Committee to consider the best Means of facilitating the Travelling through Shrewsbury, and obviating every uuuticea- sary Obstruction. Upon the Motion of WILLIAM CLEMSNT, Esq. se- conded by WILLIAM COOPER, Fsq. IX. That a Subscription be immediately entered into for defraying the Expenses of the Opposition, and that Subscriptions be received for thai Purpose at all the Ranks iu the County ; aud that the Proceeds be placed at the Disposal of the Committee. Upon the Motion of SAMDBL HABLBY, Esq. seconded by JOHN EATON, Jun. E. q. X. That the above Resolutions be advertised in each of Ihe Shrewsbury Newipapem. R. GRAY, Mayor, Chairman. rjpHE Creditors of JOHN TOMPSON, I late of CARDISTON, in the Comity of Salop, an Insolvent Debtor, are desired to MBRT at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Murdol, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the second Day of January next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to take into Consideration the hesi Mode of disposing ot the said Insolvent's Estate aud Interest in certain Leasehold Premises, situate in Car- disioii aforesaid ; and other Matters relative to the said Insolvent's Estate, TIIOS. YATES, Solicitor to the Assignees. WELSHPOOL, 12TH DEC. 1829. Wheat Barley Malt 40 » to 73s 33s to 35 « 54s to ( ill> While Peas.. Beaus Oats 313s to 38s 34s to 36s 25s to 29s Upon Ihe Motion of R. A. SLANBY, E » q. seconded by PANTON CORIIBTT, Esq. Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr, MAYOR, for convening the Meeting aud hi. Conduct in the Chair. Upon the Motion of J R KYNASTON, Esq. seconded by J. C. PBI. HAM, Esq. Resolved, That Ihe Thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Honourable THOMAS KENYON, for his Exettious nud able Assistance. I. OXDA1. E, Town Clerk. Names of Subscribers to the Opposition to the Alteration in the Holyhead Road. FineFloui 55s lo 60s per sack ; Seconds50s to 55s SMlTHFlRLUfper si. oj 8//; linking oflatj Beef 4s Od to 5s Od I Veal 4s 4d lo 5s Od Mutton... 4s Od to 4s 8d I Pork 4s Oil lo 5s Od Lamb .... 0s Od to 0s Od CATTLE AT MARKBT.— Beasts, 3279; Calves, 130; Sheep. 18,811); Pigs, 2' 20. Average Price of Corn in the Week ending Nov. 27, 1829 :— Wheat b6s. Wd.; Barley 30s. 8d.'; Oats 21s. 9d In our Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday last, there was a good supply of Fat Sheep, the sale of which was very dull; a few prime ones fetched from 5| d. to 5^ d. per 111. but generally the prices were lower.— Fat figs sold at front 3id. to 4d. per lb.; and stores sold better than at late Fairs.— Fat Cattle sold at from 4* d- to 5' d. per lb.; and stores went very low. — Butter, in tubs, sold at from 7! td. to 7' jd per lb.; and in lumps at 7d. Best Cheese from 40s. to 46s. per cwt. and inferior according to quality.— Bacou 5!, d. to 6d. per lb. A new caricature has lately made its appearance, depicting a group of starving operatives, with their wives and children, in tags, carrying a banner, having the inscription on it of " Free Trade." " This is too bad." On Monday a meeling of gentlemen desirous of promoting the construction of a Rail- road between Birmingham and Liverpool, took place at the Globe Tavern", when, we understand, it was resolved to form a company for that purpose, in conjunction with a numerous body of the mercantile interests of Liver- pool. fMJR Creditors who have proved their Debts under a Commission of Bankrupt awarded nnd issued forth against JOHN ASTON. of WELLING- TON, in the County of Salop, Mereer, Hatter, Dealer and Chapman, are requested to MEET ihe Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, ou the Twenty- second Day of December instant, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the Sun I mi, iu Welling- ton aforesaid, lo assent lo or dissent from the said Assignees' selling or disposing of all or any Part of the snid Bankrupt's Stock- in. Trade, Household Goods and Furniture, Fixtures, Effects, and Personal Estate, either by Public Auction or Private Contract, and together or in Lots, or at a Price or Value to be fixed thereon by one, two, or more Person or Persons or otherwise, and for Ready Money or upon Credit; and lo their accepting aud taking such Security or Securities for all or any Part of the Purchase Monies, payable at such Time or Times and in such Manner as they shall think proper; and to their buying in any of the said Stock- in. Trade, Effecls, and Personal Estate, offered for Sale by Auction, without being liable to make good any Deficiency on a Re- sale thereof: And also lo assent to or dissent from the said Assignees' paying, allowing, and discharging Ihe Costs, Charges, and Expenses incurred bv a Gen- tleman then to be named, by Reason of au Assignment made by the said Bankrupt lo him of his Personal Estate and Effects, before the Date and suing forth of the said Commission of Bankrupt, and also Ihe Costs, Charges, and Expenses of keeping Possession of the said Personal Estate and Effects, or some Part thereof, under such Assignment: And also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees' commencing, prose- cuting, or defending any Suit or Suits at Law or iu Equity, or any other Proceedings for the Protection, Recovery, or Defence of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, or any Part or Parts thereof, or lo Ihe compounding, submitting lo Arbitration, or otherwise agreeing any Mailer or Thing relating tlie. elo, aud generally to authorise the said Assignees lo act for the Benefit uf the said Bankrupt's Creditors, iu such Manner as shall seem lo them the said Assiguees most beneficial : And on otlrer Special Affairs. WILLIAM NOCK, Solicitor lo the Assiguees. J. C. Pell, am, Esq. M. P £ 40 0 0 lion. T. Kenyon 40 1) 0 lohn Wingfield, Esq 40 0 tl Rev. Sir Edward Kynastou, Bart 20 0 0 William I. lovd, Esq . 20 0 0 Panton Corbetl, Esq. M P 21 0 0 R. A. Slaney, Esq M. P 21 II 0 Veuerable Archdeacon Butler ... ... | 5 0 0 W. Clement, Esq 5 5 0 Rev. F. lliff 5 5 0 Messrs. W. aud R. Tavlor 5 5 ( t Messrs. O. T. Clarke k Co... 5 5 II W. Jeffreys, Esq 5 5 ( 1 Mr. Tompkins ....... 40 I) 0 Messrs. Rncke, Eyton, Co 25 0 0 Messrs. Beck, Dodson, Ealous, & Co. 25 0 0 Messrs. Burton, Lloyd, & Co 25 0 0 Messrs. Price, Hughes, & Co 25 II t) Joseph Sheppard, Esq 5 5 0 Robert Gray, Esq ( Mayor) 5 5 II M r. Jobson 25 1) tl Mr. James Harding, George Inn 2 2 0 Peter Beck, Esq 5 5 II Messrs. J. and It. Mnttram 5 5 1) Mr. John Curler, Hen and Chic/ cens. 2 2 0 Messrs. Bratton and Bromley - 5 5 0 Mr. John Walton 5 5 !• Mr. Wm. Wilson, Wheat Sheaf 2 2 0 Mr. Samuel llarley 5 5 0 Mr. James Watkins 5 5 0 W. E. Jeffreys, Esq. Ill 0 II Joseph Sutton, Esq 10 0 0 Jonuthan Perry, Esq ........ 5 5 0 Robert Burton, Esq 25 0 0 Richard Drinkvvater, Esq 7 7 0 Dr. Du Gard 10 II 0 Messrs. J. and J. Carline 5 5 0 John Bather, Esq 5 5 0 Thomas Pemherion, Esq 15 1) 0 Thomas Hurries, Esq 5 (> 0 Messrs. W. and J. Eddowes.,.,, 5 r> 0 Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. M. P 40 0 0 Edward Tipton, Esq 5 5 l> William Cooper, Esq. 5 5 II Willinm Griffith, Esq .. 5 5 0 The Viscount Clive 50 0 ( 1 Thomas Kynnersley, Esq. 5 0 1) Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart 35 0 0 SALOPIAN JOUKNALj AN © COURIER OF WALES. GOODS FOUND. i K APerson stating liis Name to be JAMES Griffiths, aired about 18 Years or upwards, Five Feel Eight Inches in Height, dark florid Com- plexion, and dark Hair, was apprehended in Shrews, hiiry on the 15th Instant, on Suspicion of Felony, aud on his Person wore fnnnd n smnil Pen Knife wilh Pearl Handle, a Pair of Scissors with Silver Handles and Sliealii, a Silver Thimble a* d Bodkin, two Pearl Ne< IflaCes nnd a Pearl Wax- case, n small Gold Locket with, dark Hair in it, ulso a Guld Iting; with an Impres- sion on Ivory, and u Silver- Cord Purse wilh Brass Clasps aud Tassels, also un Ivory Bodkin; which Articles will remain in thp Care nf SAMCBI. FABLOW, Police Officer, until further Enquiries are made. BANK OF ENGLAND, DECEMBBB 10, 1829. IE COURT of DlliECTORS ofthe GOVERNOR and COMPANY ofthe BANK of ENGLAND do hereby give Notice : — That all Notes of the said Governor and Company issued ill London, dated on and after the FIRST Day nf JANUARY, 1830, will be made payable to Mr. THOMAS HIPPON, or Bearer. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. N B. No Alteration will he ill present made iu the Notes issued by the Branch Banks. CHEAP AND ELEGANT CUR IS I'M AS I' IIES E NTS. MATV* MCLVS NEW POCKET / Vice- only Gill Edges, being I lie cheapest Poek^ lfjHivik. in the K; n^ d<\ ui. This Book is ^^ jq^ iH- Wttefpte^- to- life U> e of* Ladies and Gentlemen ; it. ca. niaiHjSi a. copious. Set pi iyieinpraodum Pages,, and a Ca* fi Account, useful Tables and Information, Coach iii. i^ vW. aterni. eu- s Eaie^. atnfa Vari(' ty < » f Tables; with S x vfine Enir. um— MARSHALL'* GENTLE- WAN's POCKET BOOK contains the Lists of both tlri'u'sCs of Parliament, Baronets of England, Great Officer& of State;, Army an'd Navy, Public Funds, ami a Variety of useful Information. Price 2s. Gd. Gilt Edges Mav ' be had with an Almanack. MAR SHALL'S COMMERCIAL POCKET BOOK, una i$< ale adapted to the Desk or Pocket, contains a com- pli te Ruled Led ye r, and every Information necessary tn the Man of Business, with Tables of I merest, D s- eouut, Values of Annuities, Leases, c. Hackney Coach pares, aud a List of Postages to all the Post TI. WUK in the Kingdom, forming one of the conipleiest Pocket Books published. Price 4s. May be had with an Almanack — W MARSHALL publishes Twenty different Pocket Books and Almanacks, iu elegant { Morocco Bindings. THE GEM, a Literary Annual for 1830, contains Thirteen splendid Engravings, elegantly bound in Morocco, Price 12s.: the large Paper Copies, w ith Proofs on India Paper, On" Guinea. " The G-' iii has several clever and entertaining Varieties. < The Man and the Lioness,' by Lord Nugent, is a well- told and original Story and the * Tiehborne Dole,' a characteristic Pleasantry, in the ' Style of the ancient Ballad, by the satne noble Writer. The first Glance at the graphic Embellishments shews ' Mrs that,• they maintain a high Rank among their Con- temporaries aud Rivals."— Literary ( jazetle. We have perused. ' The Gem' with very great Pleasure; and we can assure all our book. buying Friends, that it is more than probable that they have • often laid out Twelve Shillings to worse Purpose." -— F/ dinbuigh Lit. Gaz. No Expense seems to have been spared to render * The Gem' what it really is, a Gem of intrinsic Value."— Hell's ,1 Ussenger. Loudon J Published bv W. MARSHALL, 1, Hoi born Bars ; sold also by THORP and BURCH, London ; by W. and J. F. DDOWKS, Shrewsbury ; and by every ' respectable Bookseller in the Kingdom. © ales bp auction. IIOUS EIIOI jETlFu R NITIJ R R, AT THE COLLEGE, SHREWSBURY. . , BY MESSRS. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, On die Premises, at THE COLLEGE, Shrewsbury, on Tuesday aud Wednesday, the 29th und 30tli Days orDeceinber, 1829 ; RAIHK nei. t HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE JL of the late Mrs. HOPKINS, deceased: compris- ing the Furniture of six Chamber., Dining, Breakfast, and Drawing Rooms, wilh appropriate Furniture, Butler's Pantry slid Hull ; nlso the Kitchen Furniture and Brewing Requisites, Garden Implements, tind numerous other Articles; Catalogues of which will lie prepared. Sale in commence each Morning at llnlf- pnst Ten o'Clock. 700,000 FRUIT & FOREST TREES, Shrubs, and Evergreens, Quick, frc. BY J. HARRISON, On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 22, 23, and 24, each Day punctual! v nt Ten, at Mr. E VANS'* Establishment, EDGBASTON, near Birmingham, in Consequence of a Portion of his Nu sery Grounds being let for Building Purposes, und which must be cleared by the 25th of March next: fa FART of Mr. Evans's Stock, con- l\ sis ting of 4 (' 0,000 of fine healthy FOREST TREES, of from 18 Inches to 5 Feet high, of every Description of Alders, Ash, Beech, Spanish and - Horse Ch'esnuts, Elms, Larch,. Scotch, and Spruce Firs ; Hornbeams, JJuies, English and Turkey Oaks ; "."!! nioulb, Piueaster, and Cluster Pines; Poplars, Sycamore, & c. A valuable and choice Assortment of < rah,. Apple, and Cherry Stocks, for grafting ; Hazle and Spanish Nu'tV; Filberts; Standard and Dwarf Apple, Pear, Cherry Trees ; about 100,000 of White- Thorn QtMlt- k^' etlliijgS, of 2 Years' Growth ; about 100,000 of every Kind of Seedling Forest Trees; an extensive Assortment of Flowering Shrubs, Ever- greens, RosCs^& c.- Valuable Plants iu Pots, in great Variety. The Trees and Shrubs may be taken up immediately and forwarded to any Part of the King- dom. Packers will be in attendance. The Whole may be viewed any Day prior to the Sale, by applying at Mr. Evans's Establishment, Church Road, Edglmstou, where he will continue the 1 Ru!? in ess of a Nursery- man as usual. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. ASingle Person, or a Lady & Gentleman, may be accommodated w ith genteel LODGINGS, or Boarded, in a respectable Family in a Village about four Miles from Shrewsbury.— I. ellers ( Post- paid) to A. B. at TUB PRINTERS, with real Name and Address, will he attended to. ^ aieis bp SlucttPP- This Day and To- Morrow. MINSTERLEY PARK. GENTEEL FURNITURE, LINEN, DAIRY AND BREWING UTENSILS. BY MR. SMITH, THIS DAY and TO- MORROW, the 16th and 17th Days of December, 1829 ; ' I^ H E Entire genteel K [ J RN ITU R E and 1 Efleets, on the Premises at MINSTERLF. Y PARK, ill the County of Salop, the Property of Mr. JOHN LAWRENCE, a Bankrupt. Sale at 11 o'Clock to a Minute. ARSCOTT. Valuahle Live Stock ( including several capi- tal Blood lollsfrom two to Jive YearsoldJ, Corn, Barley, Out, and lJeu Slucks, ex- cellent Implements, and Effects. BY MR." SMITH, On the Premises at ARSCOTT, in the Parish of Poolesbury, in ihe County uf Salop, on Monday, the 21st Day of December, 1829; 4 LL the valuable FARMING STOCK, ' LM. belonging to Mr. THOMAS BOOTHBY: com- prising 12 good Cows and Heifers iu- calf. Pair of two. year old Sleers, 6 yeailing Heifers, 2 yearling Steers ; capital six- year old Bay Gelding, by Sir Oliver, Dam Saxe Cohurg; 2 valuable Bay Geldings, 5 Years old, by Jupiter, out of Driver aud Snap Mares; three- year old Filly by Jupiter, in- foal to a Sir Oliver Colt ; hniidsnnw three year old Colt ( entire), by Sir Oliver, Dam Saxe Coburg ( reserved for a Stallion); promising three- year old Iron- grey Colt, by liiiu- craek ; vearling Cllesnu! Colt, by Jupiter; Weanling Filly, by Sir Oliver; 7 Draught Geldings, I Ditto Mare ill foal; 2Sowsnnd Pigs, Gilt ill- pig, 11 Stores. 3 Stacks of Corn, 4 Ditto of Barley, Snick of Oats. Bay of Peas, Quantity of Threshed Corn and Peas, 30 Tons of Hay, and 12 Acres of Turnips. Threshing Machine, excellent broad- wheel Wag- gon, 2 narrow, w heel Ditto, Harvest Ditto, 4 broad, wheel Tumbrels, ditto Cait, Ploughs, Harrows, Laud Rollers, Twins, Cultivator, Drills, Slack Frames, Winuowing aud Heaving Machines, Horses' Giars, aud various Implements. *** To ar. oid Disappointment to Purchasers, William Smith pledges himself to the Public to commence this Sale at ELEVEN o'clock to a Minute ; and that ALL his Sales of Stock in future wtll commence at that Hour. PRESTON BROCKHURST. Extensive and valuable Live Stock, Grain, Hay, Turnips, excellent Implements, gen- teel Furniture, Linen, Plate, Glass, ( lima, Dairy of Cheese, Brewing and Dairy Utensils, the Property of Mr. F. L. BAILEY. At the Bear's Head Inn, Npwtown, 011 Tuesday, the 5th Day of January, 1830., at four o'Clc. ck iu the Afternoon, in two or more Lots, as shall he agreed iipon at the Time of Sale, subject to Conditions then to be produced ( if not disposed of by Private Con- tract) ; AVery " valuable and desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, called WREG and PANTGVV'YNN, in the Parish of Keiry, consisting of substantial and Convenient Farm Houses, Barns, Stables, Granary ( nearly new), Outhouses aud Yards, Gardens, and ii'iout 80 Acres ( more or less) of excellent Arable, Meadow, AIM! Pasture LANDS The Situation is most desirable, the Quality of the Laud excellent, and upon a View will he found highly eiigible'lo a Purchaser, either as a Place of Residence o. for Inieatuieiil of Money. There are a great Quantity of thriving Tries upon the Estate, which ure to betaken to by the Purchaser at a Valuation. The above Estate is within two Miles, of the popu- | ous and flourishing Market Town of Newtown, where Lime and Coal are to be had at moderate Prices. For further Paiticulars apply to M r. FERRJNGTON, on the Premises. BY MR. SMITH, Under Distress fur Rent, and Benefit of Creditors, ou 1 lie Premises at PRESTON BROCKHUIIST HALL, near Wem, in the County of Salop, ou Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, aud Monday, the 22d, 23d, 24th, and 28th Days of December," 1829, without the least Reserve: LIVE STOCK. TWENTY- FOUR capital Cows and Heifers in- calf, 3 Fat Cows, four- year old Short horned Bull, 12 two- year old Heifers aud Steers, 14 Year- lings; 7 useful Draught Geldings and Mares, 2 excellent eight- year old well- bred Mares, capital three- year old Bay Draught Colt, Half- bred iwu. year old Filly, 3 yearling Colls ; 10 yearling Ewes, 3 Rams; 4 Sows in- pig, 4 large Fat Pigs, Gilt in- pigf, aud 19 Stores. STACK- YARD, BARN, & c. 3 large Slacks of Corn, 3 Ditto of Barley, 1 Ditto of Oats, I Ditto of Peas, Bay of Corn, Ditto of Barley, about 200 Bushels of Barley threshed, large Stack of excellent Clover, 2 Ditto of good Ilav, lti Acres of capital Turnips ( to be eat nn ihe Premises). The Ilav and Straw to be removed, subject to Condi- tions to be named at the Time of Sale. IMPLEMENTS, & c. Capital Threshing Machine wilh Winnowing Ma- chine nnil Malt Mill attached, 2 Road Waggons, 2 Harvest Ditto, 4 broad . wheel Tumbrels, Bond Carl, Market Ditto, 8 Ploughs, Pair of Twins, 2 Spade Rolls, Land Ditto, 5 Pair of Harrows, Winnowing Machine, 10 Sets of Horses' Gears, 4 large Slack Frames und Timber, Scales mill Weights, Bags, Malt Mill, Drag Rnkcs, Ladders, Wash Cistern, with ail the small Implements, about 200 Bushels of good Polatoes, about a Ton of Factor's Cheese, 10 Bushels of Molt, about 2 of Clover Seed ( present Year's Growth), a Quantity of Implement Timber, and 2 Saddles aud Bridles. FURNITURE: Conipiising Fonrposl and oilier Bedsteads with Fur- niture, excellent Feather Beds, Mattrasses, Counter- panes, Blankets, Quilts, large Wardrobe of capital Bed and Table Liuen, Mahogany Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Bason Stands, Night Stool, Pier and Swing Glasses, Painted Wardrobe, neat Set of Mahogany Dining Tables, Pembroke Ditto, 12 hand- some Mahogany Chairs, 2 Eight- Day Clocks, 10 Seg- bottoni Cliuirs, G Mahogany Ditto, Elin and Oak Tables, handsome Silver Cott'ee Pol, 2 Waiters, Table, Tea, and Salt Spoons, elegant Tea China, Glass in Decanters, Goblets, Ale and Wine Glasses, Liquor Bottles and Stand, Castor Frame, Dinner Services ; Books; capital Gun; Violin; with all the numerous Kilcheu and Culinary Articles, Dairy Utensils, Brew- ing Tubs, 20 Casks, Stone Cheese Presses, aud other Fixtures. The whole are arranged in Catalogues, which may be had at TUB AUCTIONBBR'S Office, Shrewsbury; Bull's Head, Wellington ; White Horse, Wetn ; White Lion, Whitchurch; Phoenix, Drayton; the Inns at Grinshill, Preston Brockhurst, and Shawbury. Mr. SMITH assures the Public that Refreshment will he provided, and pledges himself lo commence the Sale at Eleven o'Clock lo a Minute. £ Ht0ccllancou0 Intelligence. liar Grace the Duchess of Northumberland left Dublin on Friday last for England. Two rare and very fine birds were lately shot in this neighbourhood, and are now in the possession of Mr. Weaver, at the Museum, in New- street. The one, a wild swan, was killed at Speedwell mill- pool, on which it was observed in company with two others of the same species ; it measures nearly seven feet in expanse of wing. The other is a beautiful specimen of the bittern, and was shot in Sutton park.— Bir- mingham Gazett . A little rally partially took place at, some fairs during the course of last month, in the disposal of live stock ; but whether the hasty approach of winter has alarmed the dealers, or they have found the hay crop light, the turnips lighter, and the canvass bag lightest of all, certain it is, that from these or some other causes, the demand has slackened, prices again retrograde, and live stock is as difficult of disposal as ever. The meat market is flat, and in the corn market the same dullness prevails. The few really prime samples of wheat which are offered, readily meet with purchasers, but the middling and inferior qualities are quite a drug. The same may be said of barley, which declines in price. Good oats rather advance, but generally speaking, the trade is slack. Such is the state of the markets, exhibiting a tendency to decline, and threatening the farmer with poverty and embarrassment.— Devizes Gazette. DESTRUCTION OF RAMSCATE THEATRE.— On Monday night, at a late hour, a tire was announced to have broken out in the Theatre, a short time after the performance had closed. In an instant the bells on the pier were set ringing, and the engines put in motion, and, in a short time, the inhabitants had congregated near the scene to the amount of many hundreds. But notwithstanding every exertion, no human aid could subdue the terrific influence of the element; and, long before day light, the whole of this fine property, with all the scen- ry, dresses, decorations, & c. were consumed. The Theatre is the property of Mr. Fawcett Savill, whose company of comedians have lately been performing with great success. The house was insured, but not to an amount sufficient to cover the loss. The conflagra- tion is supposed to have originated from a candle having been incautiously left burning, and a spark flying from it communicating to some of the scenery. The poor comedians are left in a woful plight. The ex- officio informations filed bv his Majesty's Attorney- General against the Morning Journal, the Atlas, and the Age newspapers, for libels on the Lord Chancellor, have been just set down for trial at the Nisi Prius sittings in Middlesex, in the course of the present month. Three of them ( the informations against John Fisher and others, the publisher and proprietors of the Morning Journal) are appointed specially for trial on Tuesday, the 22d inst. The case ofthe « King v. Bell" ( the Editor of the Atlas), is fixed for the following day. This is a criminal information filed under a rule of the Court of King's Bench. There is another information against the new proprietors of the Morning Journal, " the King v. Marsden and others,'* which is appointed for trial on Thursday, the 24th. The case of " the King i: the Age," and a fifth information against the Morning Journal, are to stand over till after Christinas. The special jury list contains also the cases of " Anderdon v. Dr. Burrows and others," " Fair the Hon. Mr. Elpbinstone," the Governor of Bombay, and " the King r. Wiltshire," the late Vice- Consul at Mogadore, for a conspiracy to induce his domestic servant, Delovante, to confess that be had been guilty of robbery.— Times. THE PRESS.— The liberty of the press can never he perfectly pure from licentiousness ; if it were, I should propose calling it the slavery of the press. What sense is there in telling any set of men by all manner of means to speak out boldly about their governors and their grievances, for that such is the birthright of Britons, to open their mouths barn- door wide, and roar aloud to the heavens with lungs of which the machinery is worked by steam, a high pressure engine; and yet, the moment they begin to bawl beyond the birthright of Britons, what justice I., <\ v> lir / v/\ miYciinlino' Hip atnvPMin hiiTn. TO BE SOLD, "( Pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, niad e in a Cause of J RR VIS against BRASIKR, with the Approbation of Sir GIVFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, sometime in or about the Month of March next, of which due Notice will be given) : Jjreil Parts of the URAL ESTATES r5* of HENRY ZACHAR1 All JEKVIS, late of CHRSVVARMNK, in the County of Salop, Esq. deceased, as have not been Sold, or cnuMacted to be Sold, con. # i » ting of n MANSION HOOSE, and several Pieces ' of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, situate at rhesVnrdine aforesaid. Particulars are preparing, and may shortly be had ( giatis) at the said Master's Chambers, in Soiithamp- t in Buildings, Chancery Lane, London ; of Messrs. RIRKHTT, TAYLOR, and Cox, Solicitors, Cloak Lane, London ; Messrs. ALBAN aud BKNBOW, Solicitors, Sioue Buildings, Lincoln's Inn; Messrs. CLARKE, RICHARDS, and M BDCALF. Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn Fields; Messrs. HRMMING and BAXTER, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn Fields ; and Mr. CROSBY, Solicitor, Buckiershiiry, London ; and the Estate may be viewed on Application at Ihe Mansion House, or to Mr. GIBB-^ at Chipnall, near Cbeswardiue. BIRKETT, TAYLOR, and COX, Plaintiff's Solicitors, Cloak Lane, London. 2 DWELLING HOUSES, TWENTY- ONE GARDENS, IN WHITCHURCH, SALOP. BY CHURTON AND SONS, At the Coach and Horses Inn, in Whitchurch afore- said, on Friday, the 18th Day of December, 1829, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Condi- tions then to be produced, and in the following or such other Lots as may be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : LOT I. ALL THOSE TWO DWELLING HOUSES ( one newly erected), with an excellent Pump, spacious Garden, and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated at the Top of St. John's Street, in the Holdings of Robert Overton und George Crosse. LOT II. All those FOUR GARDENS, adjoining Lot 1, as fenced and marked out, in the several Holdings of Thomas Edwards, John Moores, Thomas Overton, and Richard Crosse, und now let for the Yearly Rem of ±' 5. 18. 9d. Lor III. All those FIVE GARDENS, adjoining Ihe last Lot, as now fenced and marked out, mid now iu the several Huldings of Charles Clay, Esq. Thomas lliiyward, Thomas llammersley, Lee, aud James Jarvis, let for the Yearly Rent of £ 6. 3s. 7d. LOT IV. All those SEVEN GARDENS, adjoining the last Lot, fenced and marked out, in the several Holdings of Shone, Williams, . Sunnier, Jones, G. Watson, Esq. Mis Beckett, and Richard Adams, at the Yearly Rent of£ IO tis ( id. Lor V. All those FOUR GARDENS, fenced and marked out, situate 011 the right- hand Side of the Footpath leading from St. John's Street, in the seve- ral Holdings of Mr. Jours, Mr. Newton, and others. The above Properly is Copyhold of Inheritance; the Gardens are very productive, rich in Soil, excel- lent Aspect for eurly Vegetation, and a convenient Distance from the Town, valuable Sites for building upon, and command very delightful Views. This offers au eligible Investment to small Capitalists. Further Purliculais nu. y be had by applying ut the Office of Mr. HAKPEII, b" olici: or; or ftoui THE Atic- TIONEEUS, is there in not only commanding the aforesaid barn- door- wide mouths to be shut, bolted, locked, and the key- hole hermetically sealed, but in punishing the bawling Britons, for having, in the enthusiasm of their vociferation, abused their birthright of crvin aloud to the winds of heaven against their real or imaginary tyrants or oppressors, by fine, imprison- ment, expatriation, or not impossibly, death ?— Millions abhor the great measure ( the Catholic re- lief bill), and in their abhorrence must they be dumb ? No. They will speak; and it may be louder and longer, too, than Buonaparte's batteries. Wellington himself cannot silence their fire. And if their engine, their organ, the press, speak trumpet tongued against the great measure, and the great man who carried it by stealing a march 011 the friends of the constitution so as to take them fatally 011 the flank, and, by bribing its enemies, so as to bring them down in formidable array in front of the army of the faithful, surprised their position, does he hope, powerful as he is in place, in genius, and in fame, to carry by siege, by sap, or by storm, that battery which ere now has played upon thrones till they sunk in ruins, and their crowned Kings fled, eleemosynary pen sioners, into foreign lands.— Blackwood. Loi KSMITHS.— A correspondent informs us, that the locksmiths in Sheffield, have come to a determ: nation for the future not to make any key from pattern, or from, an impression, since the discovery of the false key made from a pattern to the iron chest, at the Betting Rooms, Doncaster. Prior to this determination, a gentleman of Doncastcr, hearing of the facility with which a key may be had, went to a locksmith in Sheffield, and taking with him the key of his portmanteau, he got one made in eight minutes. Upon reference to an Act of Parliament will be seen, that to make a key by any other way than from the lock, and then delivering it at the resilience of a house- keeper, subjects the party to fine and imprisonment.— Doncastcr Gazette. DEATH OP A MISER.— On Monday night last, man was taken to Clerkenwell watch- house, found lying 011 the step of a door. A surgeon attended and blistered and bled him. Having a most wretched appearance, he was sent to Clerkenwell work- house, where he died the following day. Upon being searched, several letters were found upon him, di- rected to « Mr. Saxton, news- vender, No. 7, Evange- list Court, Ludgate- hill." Information was given at his residence of his decease, and it was ascertained that he was a bachelor. The parish- officers took charge of his property till the arrival of his brother from Chatham. Upon examining his room several Bank of England nates were discovered in a pill- box : deeds and leases of houses were also found, together with a book, containing a summary of his property in the bank, savings bank, & c. He was a man of the most niggardly habits, and presented a picture of extreme poverty. It was also his custom to pick up bits of wood in the streets to make his own matches ; and his illness was produced by a want of the com mon necessaries of life. The only times he enjoyed himself was when he could eat free of expense. On the anniversaries of the newsmen's feasts his appetite knew no limits, and he would devour whatever came within his reach most voraciously and to an excess, so that the next day he was unable to leave his bed. To avoid the expense of fuel, he habitually fre- quented a coffee- house in the winter, where he remained all his leisure part of the day. His shirt was scarcely, if ever, washed, and his room wa. v covered wilh filth and dirt, as it had never been cleaned during the time he had occupied it. He was the ridicule of his fellow- news- venders. Yet this man was in possession of about £ 1000 per annum, besides an extensive news- walk. Died, 011 the 22d ult. at Bishop's Stortford, a most eccentric character, named John Allen. He had been many years in the employ of Messrs. Hawkes and Co. and was the continual ridicule of his fellow- workmen, from his singular and niggardly habits. Upon examining his boxes, there were found, among a multiplicity of articles, 105 pocket- knives; a large quantity of hobnails, done up in small parcels; shoe strings, & c. with £ 87 in money. He left likewise p sum in the hands of his employers. The " ruling passion" of the miser was never more finely depicted than in the following ludicrous anecdote of this man: — A few years back, some of the gentlemen of the firm very properly and kindly prevailed upon him to let them put on paper, for his signature, his wishes for the disposal of w hat he might leave behind him. After this was done to his satisfaction, and read to him, he was asked if there was any thing more to put to it, or if there was any part he wished to alter? He said, " No, only what was left he should like to put down for himself!"— Herts Mercury. The Bishop of Bristol has addressed a letter to his clergy, expressing his disapproval of the projected college at Bristol, because it does not provide for the erection of a chapel in which Divine Worship shall be performed for the members of the Church of England, and the appointment of a president, or preceptor in theology, to be a member of the Established Church, and a graduate of one of the Universities. A gentleman returning in a steam- packet from Holyhead to Liverpord, was fined £ 100 last week for bringing over a gallon of whiskey in his trunk.— [ Poor gentleman ! It is hard on him that his attempt to import the " spirit of cordiality" should have cost him so dear.] In front of furnished apartments at Paris is the following:—" English taken in here;" and a notice in a shop- window " English spiked ( spoken) within. 1" On Monday the resignation of Dr. Leander Van Ess. as the Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, was formally received, and accepted by the general committee. A sub- committee bad previously presented a report in the month of September, and it in consequence of the painful circumstances there detailed, that Dr. Van Ess has judged it prudent to reti re.— Record. A young man who resided in Perth, a few days ago unexpectedly found himself heir to a legacy of several hundred pounds, which, unhappily, has proved to him any thing but a blessing. Since the time this money came into his possession he has ndulged lo the greatest excess in rioting and runkenness, and the other morninsr he was found dead, standing upright at the side of the pier ! It was supposed that, in a state of intoxication, during ebb tide, he had taken up his position at that spot, and, beinjr unable to make his exit when it began to flow, he had been arrested on the place till the water overtopped and suffocated him. THE CHASE IS SCOTLAND. The Duke of Buccleuch's Hounds.— The hunting season in this favourite country has had a most brilliant commence- ment, and there has not yet been a blank day. On different occasions the sport has been admirable, particularly on Thursday last, when there was as hard a day's work" as was ever run by the followers of Ihe chase in Scotland. The Hounds met at, Kelso Bridge, and proceeded to Haddon- rigg, where they found directly, and went off at a rattling pace down to Carbarn, on the English border, thence back to " averton Edge, through Bowmont Forest, and down to the covert at Kail Water Foot, where reynard took to earth, and was lost; a remarkably fast run without check. Kail Water Foot was next tried without success; but on reaching Woodenhill, at a short distance, the hounds again found directly, and as gallant a fox as ever broke covert led the way up Oxnam Water, to Ulston Muir, across Jed Water to Bonjedward, where they found a fresh fox, and split; but having been got together again on the old scent, away they went at full cry, crossed the Teviot near to Minto, passed Minto Church, and then right up to the top of Greenhill, where, as it was getting dark, the huntsman flogged off the pack. Of the numerous field of sportsmen, many were left in different quarters, fairly done up, and only the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir David Build, Williamson the huntsman, and a groom of Lord F. lcho's were up with the hounds. Among the distinguished sportsmen already at the Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso, are the Marquis of Tweeddale, Lord Elcho, Sir David Baird, Mr Campbell ofSaddel, Mr. Fletcher of Saltoun, Adam Hay, Esq. M. P. Captain Jeffrey, & c. and many others are expected soon to join in the exhilarating sport. There is also a good turn- out of gentlemen residing in the district, and the gaiety ofthe scene, on hunting days, together with the cash spent, have enlivened in no small degree our neighbourhood— in most other respects, it must be sorrowfully owned, dull enough Kelso Mail. We have to announce, says the Dumfries Courier, rather a novel import, that of ten wild swans, which arrived on Sunday'at Darduffloch, on the farm of Summerfield, parish of Dumfries. Their stay, how- ever, was exceedingly short. In the morning they were seen, by different individuals, sailing about with great majesty, and reconnoitreing every part of their watery domain ; but shortly after noon they either became displeased with the quality of the fish, or startled by the sound of the " church- going bell," and took wing in the direction of Dalscone and Carn- salloch. Their flight was very beautiful, and was regarded with great interest by those who had never seen a wild swan before. Some years ago the sand loch was graced for days together by a considerable number of the same birds. One of them, we under stand, was jet black— a circumstance that almost leads us to infer that the strangers had emigrated from Ihe shores, not of Norway, but New Holland itself. A person of the name of Pool shot at and killed one of the flock— a magnificent bird, which weighed nearly 201hs and measured 10 feet between the extremities of the wings. Though the ancients, in their ignorance, ridiculed the idea of a black swan, it is certain that such bipeds exist in New Holland, and have even been brflught to Britain of late years. I11 August last we had the good fortune to see a pair of them at, Culzean Castle, the charming residence of the Earl of Cassilis. The pond that skirts the park abounds with almost every variety of foreign and British water- fowl, including several score of common swans; but the black ones are kept separate in a common pond, or artificial watery world of their own. Nor is the precaution unnecessary. The native swans of Britain are great sticklers in the matter of colour, and instances have occurred in which they were so enMged at being brought into contact with the negroes of the rare, that they rose en masse, and tore them to pieces. Black swans are rather larger than white ones, but their habits and instincts are precisely the same, and, considering their superb appearance in the water, it is to be regretted they do not breed in Britain. Though the female lays eggs, which are not only large, but possess great specific gravity, she deserts tliem at the end of two or three days, as if aware that her labour would be thrown away. In these circumstances, it might be worth while to try the Egyptian process of hatching, or what would be easier and simpler still, to seize the proper period, and smuggle a brace of them into a goose's nest. On MONDAY, the 4th of January next, will be published, A NEW WEEKLY JOURNAL, THE COUNTRY TIMES, and Agricultural and Com- mercial Advertiser; Price only Seven- Pence ; which will contain fuller aud more accurate Tables of all the Markets in the Kingdom for Corn, Cattle, and Merchandise of every description, than is contained in any other Newspaper, and give the fullest intelli- gence on all Foreign and Domestic subjects. THE COUNTRY TIMES wilt contain 32 closely printed columns in 8 pages, the subjects so arranged and classified as to enable the reader to turn at once to any particular article. It will also be so formed, that it may be separated into two complete sheets, each having its own department of information, and there- fore capable of accommodating two readers at once, and, in fact, answering the purpose of two News- papers. An Index and Title- Page will be annually published; thus enabling the subscribers to bind tip their papers, which will form, at the close of the year, a volume of peculiar interest, from the great variety of topics embraced in its pages. Orders received by all Booksellers, News- Agents, Post- masters, and at the Office, 139, Fleet- street, London. BANKRUPTS, Due II.— Henry Travis, nf Durham, IRELAND. REPEAL OF THE UNION. surgeon.— Charles Gale, of Hurt street, Bloouishury, plumber.— George Gabriel Girutix, of George's Circus, St. George's- fields, musical- instrument- seller.— Win Coles Hitch, of Hertford, statuary.— James Philpol, of Billericay, Essex, coach. proprietor.— Clias. Malsey, of VVhitecriiss- street, baker.— Fred. Lee, of Aithorue' F'ssex, dealer in horses.— Thomas Ebenezer Gable, of Perseverance- lei race, Belhnal- roud, silk. manufac- turer.— Thomas Sleuth Crow, of Tysoe- street, Clerken- well, slater.— Daniel Foot Tayler, of Mansfield- street, Borough- road, pin- manufacturer —^ Thomas Hill, of Wappuig- wall, ship- chandler.— Charles Wilton, of Lisson. street, Mnryleboue, furniture- broker.— Eliza belli Haines, uf Coventry, dyer.—. John Ellis stud Joseph Sanders, of Bristol, barge- masters —^ Thomas Mnuntsteveii Wright, of Bodmin, Cornwall, lineu- druper.— Thomas Cross Brown, of Manchester, victu- aller.— Jamas Hueker, of Glastouhnry, Somersetshire, stocking- manufacturer.— William Ik- unison, of Liver- pool, merchant.— William Giles, of Ipsden, Oxford- shire, limber- dealer.— Benjamin Jacobs, of Penner, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper.— Joseph Hewitt Ruby, uf Leamington, Warwickshire, victualler.— William Thomas Peurs, of Thorney, Isle uf Ely, fanner.— Edward Russell aud Thomas Webb, of Stourpurl Worcestershire, tiniber- inercliauts. — John Cust, lait of Hipon, Yorkshire, innkeeper.— Win. Emerson, of Alford, Lincolush le, lineii- drap< r.— Josiali Churchill of Portsmouth, mercer. — Samuel Cat. ell, of Coventry, riband- manufacturer.— John Thache, of Cheltenham! grocer.— Henry W . odhnose, of Manchester, colour, dealer.— George H- itdt rson, of Berwick- upon- Tweed, 1 orn- njerchnnt. cAbridged from the Dublin Morning Register.) The annual dinner of the Society of Clondalkin Free Schools took place at Hayes's, on Tuesday even- ing. About 200 persons were present. Mr. O'Cunnell presiding. Mr. Lawless acted as Vice- President. As soon as the cloth was withdrawn, The CHAIRMAN said the first toast he was in the habit of giving at public dinners was, The People. He then gave " The People, the genuine source of legitimate power."—( Applause.) The CHAIRMAN called for a high bumper for the next toast, which was, of course, the King. His Majesty reigned for the good of the people, and it was natural they should precede liitn in the order'of the toasts. " The King " The CHAIRMAN— Gentlemen, you may fill as you please for the next toast. 1 mean to give you the great object to the attainment of which the remainder of my political life shall be devoted. Hitherto one of the darling objects of my fondest hopes, which came upon my thoughts when I retired to rest, and which almost visited my dreams, was, the removal of the brand placed upon the children of my affection in their native land. 1 could not endure it— I did not— and, with your assistance, 1 broke that chain. But I never said that my ambition u- ouUl i. e satisfied bv Emancipation— that when that battle should be gained the people of Ireland should rest contented. I never held out so base a notion lis that the Catholics should struggle to he placed 011 a level with Protest- ants, and then that both should leave their common country in a state of misery and degradation. No— I always avowed that Emancipation was the first step to better our condition, because it would break down the wall of separation between the sects, and ex- tinguish their politico- religious feuds— thus enabling them to coalesce in the struggle for Ireland. ( Cheers.) That was my object, and I own it that my purpose now is to repeal the Union. ( Loud and long con- tinued cheering.) Ireland is too good aud too power- ful to be a province. I saw her an independent nation, and if Providence spare me ten years of life and strength, I shall see her an independent nation again. ( Loud cries of hear, hear.) That a Parliament will sit in Dublin is as sure as to- morrow's sun will rise. ( Cheers.) I know there are obstacles in our way, but they shall be overcome; and, although many who formerly struggled with us have fallen away, yet our object shall most assuredly be achieved. How has that Union been brought about ? What a scene was there of bribery, of corruption, and af- frighting of the people! ( Hear.) My very first speech was one against that Union. ( Cheers.) The leading Catholics had a meeting at Dillon's in Parlia- ment- street. They were bought off either by a delu- sive promise of Emancipation, or of good places and pensions for the lawyers. The honest portion of society— the middle ranks— had a meeting at the Exchange. Mr. Ambrose Moore took the Chair. The aristocracy deserted them, and there was no one to move the resolutions but a young lawyer who was never heard of before— one Daniel O'Connell. ( Long continued cheering.) Accordingly, I got up with all the maiden modesty ofa first appearance — ( Laughter), and while the blush was on my cheek, and the accents yet faltering on my tongue, there was a clash of muskets and of bayonets heard, and Major Sirr step- ped forward. Some persons, who were at the out- skirts, were running off, when we called out to them not to stir—" we are here." Major Sirr asked to see the resolutions; they were shown to him, and he desired the meeting not to proceed until the resolu- tions were returned from the Castle. In a few minutes they were sent back from the Castle, with the ob- servation, there was no treason in them, and we were accordingly allowed to pass them. It was under the bayonets of hirelings that I first spoke for the liberty of my country. Where are the bayonets now?— ( Cheers) They could not crush Ireland at this moment— ( Cheers.) An Irish Parliament can alone manage the affairs of Ireland; the English Parliament has not even time enough to legislate for England. During the last Session I was myself a spectator of the total neglect of Irish affairs but one— that of Emancipation. But how was Emancipation carried? Was it by English means, or with the good will of the English Parliament and people ? No ; u e carried it by the irresistible strength and combination of the Irish people. I have the actual admission of Peel and Wellington for that. But, with the exception of that, no Irish question was attended to. At the com- mencement of the Session it was too . \ rly to attend to them ; at the middle there was time enough ; and at the end it was too late, and Irish matters should be postponed to the next Session. ( Hear) I am now- going to Parliament, and it is only for the purpose of demonstrating the incapacity of England to attend to the affairs of Ireland; and I shall come hack at the end ofthe Session with another powerful reason for a repeal of the Union. ( Hear ) Good God ! are we not as well able to manage ourselves as the English? There is fixed for the 17th of this month a dinner, which will take place in this room. It will be to celebrate the Volunteers of 1782. We will then call to recollection the virtues of those noble patriots who thronged round our country, when the English were unable to protect Ireland. At that time the English withdrew their armies from Ireland, in the vain hope of crushing the liberties of America. The French then threatened Ireland with invasion, and the Volun- teers rose to defend it. It was at the Convention of Dungannon that the delegates of 350 volunteer corps voted for the Catholics of Ireland, and that resolution was carried by a majority, leaving only two in the minority. ( Cheers.) Upon that day, I trust, we shall be able to organise a society for the repeal of the Union. I shall now conclude by giving you this my first public pledge— « The repeal ofthe Union." The toast was received with enthusiastic cheers. Mr. LAWLESS then proposed— " The health of the Chairman." Mr O'CONNELL.— I am extremely sensible of your kindness, and I am grateful for the demonstrations of affection you have manifested towards me. 1 am glad to perceive that the English accent is wearing off the tongue of my friend Mr. Lawless. ( Laughter.) The Birmingham plating is vanishing, and the native brass is appearing in all its genuine purity. ( Laugh- ter.) Mr. Lawless has praised me in company with the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, a trio that has never been praised by one individual before. ( Laughter.) Mr. O'CONNELL next proposed— " The health of the poor man's Magistrate, Lord Cloncurry." This toast was received with enthusiastic cheering. " The independent Electors of the county of Waterford and Counsellor Ronayne." Mr. RONAYNE returned thanks, « The memory of the Forty shilling Freeholders." Mr. LAWLESS returned thanks, and promised to procure a meeting for the purpose of having a petition presented to Parliament for the repeal ofthe law dis- franchising the Forty- shilling Freeholders. " The Marquis of Auglesea." Mr O'CONNELL, previous to his departure, said he wished to add a few reniaiks to those that had been already made by him respecting the repeal of the Union. He had often been told that the Parliament of Ireland was more corrupt than the Parliament of England. He denied the assertion. I11 the course of twelve years the Parliament of Ireland asserted its independence five times He was aware that an Irish Parliament could not be the same as formerly, for all the Boroughs were bought tip at the time of the Union, and they would now have 800 Members, not the nominees of Lords or great men, but the genuine Representatives of the Irish people. Mr. O'Connell then left the Chair, and was suc- ceeded by Mr. Ronayne. The expense of maintaining the Ixnidon Police is said to amount to about £ 207,615 per annum. At a meeting of the Irish Privy Council on Satur- day the attainder for high- treason, in force against the family of ArthurO'Conuorsinee 1798, was ordered to be removed. Mr. Western, M. P. for Else*, has published a long letter to his constituents, freeholders of that county, imputing the distresses of the country to the currency. He proposes the re- issue of small notes, and the adoption of a silver instead of a gold standard, which be asserts would afford some relief ; at all events lie snv* it may be made with safety. Let it not be forgotten ( lie Continues) that Scotland and Ireland are allowed to retain their small note currency, with a penalty upon its circulation in England. An arrangement so at variance with . common sense and justice can never be permanent.- We must legislate again, and we must take a different course fronr what has been pursued, or we shall very soon exhaust the sinews of our strength, and fall into a state of decay, out of which it will be extremely difficult to recover. Mr. Western concludes a- 1 follows :—" In thus addressing you, gentlemen, I have doue what appeared to me to be an in- dispensable duty at this juncture. I feel confident you will give me credit for the motives by which I have been actuated, however you may not agree with nie in the opinions 1 entertain." Currency— State of the Country. A violent altercation arose in the Court of Chancery on Friday, between the Solicitor- General and Sir Charles Wetherell, in the course of which much angry expression and language indicative of hostile intention transpired. The parties took their seats in eourt on Saturday morning as usual, but it was observed that neither of the learned gentlemen took the slightest notice of each other. The Lord Chan cellor, in allusion to the occurrence on the preceding day, said he did not hear the offensive expressions reported, or he should have felt it is duty to interfere at the time. The Solicitor- General evaded the remark by stating that he had not seen any report, and Sir Charles Wetherell was silent.— A meeting, is stated, was arranged for Saturday morning between the parties, but the Solicitor- General was bound over in heavy penalties to keep the peace. In reference to the the letter of Mr. Western, above noticed, the Glasgow Courier has the following remarks:— " Our difficulties, Mr; Western forcibly observes, " noW arise from the. same cause as in 1822 ; they do not arise from any of the commonly alleged causes ; it is neither surplus production nor surplus population, nor is- it the effects of machinery, nor the want o markets, nor corn laws, nor tithes, nor taxes, which have produced them. It is the Violent and sodden change* made by our statesmen upon all our money obligations which has caused the entire evil.- The tremendous effects of legislation upon the currency of a country, the influence derivable therefrom upon the fate of nations, and 011 the property and happiness of individuals, is not at all understood ; but search the history of this, and of every other country closely, and it will be made apparent. It is in the power of a supreme government of a country, by an iiperation upon the currency, to make or to unmake the fortune of thousands by one apparently simple measure ; aud I feel no fears or doubts when I assert that one act of 1819, commonly called " Peel's bill," did so operate upon thousands that it effectually doubled the debt and taxes of the nation, anil of every debtor in it; not, indeed, to the full benefit of the creditor, but to the full loss of the debtor.'' M r\ Western is so far correct, hut he ought to have gone further, and stated, that while the debts of the natron and of individuals were doubled by that rash, uncalled- for, and unstatesmanlike measure, the means both of the nation and of individuals to meet their engagements were at the same time greatly and fear- fully diminished. We differ, however, front Mr, Western so far in not attributing all the evils which at present afflict this country to the effects of " Peel's bill" alone. That measure has most unquestionably created many and increased more of the evils which scourge and appal us, but no small portion of the whole has been created by our equally pernicious free- trade system, which has put foreign labour, foreign capital, foreign bankers, and foreign bank notes into full operation, even in Great Britain, and in every quarter of her extended dominions, instead of employing exclusively, as we formerly did in the days of our undiminished strength and glory, British labour and British capital, British bankers and British bank notes, in the trade, the commerce, and the manufactures, of this country. While a mass of our population of every description, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and colonial, are re- duced iu many instances to a state of beggary and starvation, and in all to the bitterest and most hope- less state of distress and privation, the productions of foreign labour, capital, aud skill, almost unburdened with taxation, fill every market, whether home or colonial, to the glut, or to the exclusion of our own. French silks, French gloves, French shoes, French ribbons, Swiss prints, German wool, and German linens, are profusely introduced into Great Britain, and into every colonial dependency in her empire; and furthermore, Russian iron, cordage and hemp, German biscuit, beef and poik, and Gt rinan linens are introduced into Newfoundland, and our North American and our tropical colonies; and also into the markets of the East Indies, instead of British and Irish produce of similar descriptions. To these facts we challenge a denial; aud, thus, while our own ships sail with half cargoes, foreign ships with cargoes find their way to our ports and to our shores, to which they bring every thing, in which they expend nothing, and from which they take back but little in return. Otir agriculturists, dee|> ly injured by these things, are still further depressed by the introduction of foreign grain*, our miners are ruined by the introduction of foreign lead; our shipping interest, the right arm of our power, and our shield in the day of battle and of war, is driven out of our own trade and our own ports by the shipping of other countries, which, by a departure front the wise policy of our forefathers, we are rearing up at our expense to a pitch of prosperity that will ere long- prove most dangerous, if not overwhelming to our national independence. We curtail and annihilate the most useful part of the currency that any com- mercial country can have, and thereby strike away that confidence and that credit which more than gold and silver bore Great Britain with triumph and with glory through dangers such as no nation ever met or overcame, and without which no commerce in any country can be carried 011; and we do these things at the moment iu which we see every rival foreign nation issuing and extending that species of cur- rency which we despise and condemn, and which will quickly make them our superiors in agriculture, in commerce, and in war. It is melancholy to reflect upon the state to which this country is reduced ; to look at what she is, and to think what she was only ten years ago, before quackery and theory, free trade and metallic heads, got into and gained the ascendancy in her councils. So long as the Marquis of Londonderry lived he commanded or kept them under; but from the period of his death heaven in its anger appears to have let them loose to rage uncontrolled, in order to scourge and to afflict the British Empire for its pride and ingratitude. Since the death of the noble states- man whom we have mentioned we have ceased to have a government. Every office in it has been badgered aud browbeaten by some powerful party or other— this one by theorists, the other by enthusiasts the Board of Trade by free- traders— the Treasury by metallic currency men— the Colonill- office by men who call themselves saints— and the legislature by Papists; Britain stood without a head that could or durst controul or command these jarring, these dangerous, and these destructive elements. And what have Ihe consequences of this state of things been to every interest in the country ? We have only to look around us to answer the question. Our " constitution broken in upon ;" our navigation ": tws abrogated, which made us the mistress of the deep, and the sovereign of the world, abrogated and repealed, amidst the smiles and the derision of thoughtless legislators, and of " degenerate" senators ; > ur agriculturists at. home and abroad left unpro- tected, and reduced to misery and despair; and the finest, and the must extensive, and the most pro. luctive, and the most valuable colonial possessions that this world ever saw established in any age, rumpled in the dust by folly and by ignorance, and ill their vast interests hurried or hurrying to the brink id'destruction in defiance of every remonstrance that can be made, or information that can be given. In one corner of our dominions, the West Indies, not only is a hundred and fifty millions of British capital rendered wholly unproductive, but the whole of that capital itself is boldly and openly threatened to be taken away— to be annihilated - and with iv trade which gives, in exports and imports, to this country, in one way or other, eighteen millions annually, and employment to seventeen thousand seamen, and two hundred aud sixty thousand tons of shipping ! Can that nation be in its right senses wit ch pursues a system like this? And why should our agriculturists, and our manufacturers, and our mechanics feel sur- prise at the distresses which press upon them, or doubts as to the causc of these distresses, which, it is not difficult to conceive, must How from the march of similar insanity on the part of their theoretic rulers, when, leaving for the moment colonial concerns, they dash headlong in the same mad spirit of innovation, amids all the great and stable interests ofthe mother counlry. SALOPIAN JOURNAL ® AND COURIER OP WAALER. FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. BEMINXSCENCES. NO. IX. rebutted, and my assertions Overthrown, in a prac- tical, Argumentative! and conclusive manner, I remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, A TRAVELLER. MORNING ORISONS. " in the nldtning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, will Itfok up."— I'salM V. aud l up. Now Mornhig triumphs in ihe skies, And light commands Ihe world to rise, O Thou ! who omnipresent art, Accept Ihe incense of ihe heart. From chequer'd life's infantile ray Thy constant arm has been ifiy stay ; Ye'i for Thy love, prolcctioh, aid, How have 1 fell, Oh ! what repaid? Yet pardon, for Thy Holy Sou, Each dutv shunli'd, Or coldly done, The wilful faults which Thou hnsi view'd, And sins in ignorance puisu'd. • Where'er throughout this day 1 rove^ Infuse blest influence from above; In every strait, in every sphere, Hid guardian angels hover near. Induce Thy wisdom lo donl'ns, My wants supply, my labours bless : O! may my first ambition be In lailli and hope to walk with Thee, look down with a parental eye On all, and, when life's fount is dry, The long- lost Paradise restore, Receive, to separate 110 more! [ FROM THE NEW YORK ENQUIRER.] MAN is lite proud and lofty pine That frowns on many a wave beat share, Woman's the young and lender vine, Whose cuiling tendrils round it twine. And decks its rough baik sweetly o'er. Man is the rock whose towering crest Nods o'er the mountain's barrru side, Woman's the soft and mossy vest, That loves to cfusp its sterile breast, And wreath its brow in verdant pride. Man is the cloud of coming storm, Dark as the raven's murky plume, Save where the sunbeam light aud warm Of woman's soul— of woman's form, Gleams brightly through the gathering gloom. Yes, ' tis to lovely woman given, To snnthe our griefs, our woes allay- To Iveal the heart by misery riven- Change earth into au embryo heaven — And drive the fiercest of life's cares away. SHREWSBURY CANAL. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, At the meeting which was held at Shrewsbury on the 12th October last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of carrying into effect the proposed Newport Branch of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, I took an opportunity of enquiring whether, supposing the said Branch was completed, the works on the Shrewsbury Canal were of that construction, and in that state of repair, that the Boats which would navigate the proposed new Branch could pass uninterruptedly along the existing Canal to Shrewsbury, so as to secure to the Town all the advantages that were contemplated • As a Subscriber to the proposed Branch, I con- sidered 1 was justified in making the enquiry, more especially as there was an impression 00 my mind that a Canal- Boat of the kind now in general use could not pass through the Locks of the Shrewsbury Canal. I expressed this doubt rather strongly; but was told in reply, that I might make myself quite easy on the subject, as it was one that had been carefully investigated, and no alterations were neces- sary in order to allow common Canal Boats to pass freely from the Newport. Branch to Shrewsbury, excepting the raising of some of the Bridges. Since the meeting alluded to, I have rode along the greater part of the Shrewsbury Canal, and have also had an opportunity of comparing the dimensions of its Locks with those of common narrow Canal- Boats. The result is, that of the Boats which I measured, and which were the three first that I met on the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, not one could pass through the Locks between the termination of the proposed Newport Branch and the Town of Shrewsbury. I should not have pressed these observations on your notice, had 1 not thought it an act of duty to those who are interested iu the proposed line of com- munication, and felt at the same time au anxious desire to remove any imputation of carelessness that might otherwise have attached to the opinion whieh I publickly expressed at the meeting. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, 1 W. A. PROVIS. Dcrcmhtr 8, 1829. HYDROPHOBIA.— Mr. Shearsmith, a surgeon, of Worthing, having read an account of an extraor- dinary cure in the case of a snake bite in India, by the exhibition of hartshorn, has published the follow, ing analogical treatment in a case of hydrophobia :— " On the morning of 19th May, 1809, a dog in a highly rabid state ran through the village of Findon, five miles from Worthing, and in his progress bit a servant of Mr. Tate, then residing there, who sent him to me as soon as possible after the accident. The patient was a youth about 17 years of age, and the 7,011 ml was on the ball part of the thumb, presenting ^ tteceUimeouo EntcUigfitce. To tlie Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, Allow me, through Ihe medium of your Paper, to isk some questions of such of your readers as are acquainted wit- ft the subject, respecting an Act of Parliament passed in June last, intituled « An Act to " consolidate aud amend the laws relating to Fricndlj " Societies;" au extract of which Apt has been sent, by the means of the Savings Banks, throughout the kingdom. Will a Society, formed before tile passing of the above- named Act, and enrolled according to the laws then in force, be obliged to submit its rules to the inspection of the Assistant Barrister, and incur the expense as expressed in the Act, besides cost of carriage to and from London, which, if the Society be at a distance, may be considerable ? And of what use to Friendly Societies are the returns to be made according to the " annexed Form of Return ?" And as these Societies are formed chiefly of the labouring classes, and in country places the ordinary payments are made with difficulty from their earnings, will not any plan that increases the trouble and expense of their management, ( especially of those long in opera- tion,) tend to discourage and finally suppress these very useful institutions? As I have been long intimately acquainted with many Benefit Societies, I feel firmly of opinion that, even under erroneous calculation, they are of much use to their members, and promote the general good, and I shall feel sorry if every oile of this kind should be obliged to submit to the troublesome ordeal of this fresh enactment, as I have no doubt it would end in their abolition rather than in their amendment. I remain, Sir, A CONSTANT READER. LETTER 111. ON THE TRADE AND COLONIZATION OF INDIA. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, To weigh men and nations in the scales of justice, and excite them to mutual co- operation and support, is the statesman's peculiar and honourable character and art, as well as the manly and auspicious feature of the enlightened and generous mind : the moment- ary grasp of winged and undeserved riches, or the applause of eotemporaries at the spoil and dismem- berment of kingdoms, are as far removed from his spirit and councils as the east is from the west, who acts only for the general and common, and not for private, self- interested, or particular good. At one period of otir history, Sir, such men were not rare; and 1 trust the period is near at hand when they will again appear in our land. I have already stated to you, that since our military seizure of India, she hath suffered a loss of revenue, and consequently of production, to the amount of forty millions sterling per annum ; or, m other words, she is forty millions a year loser by her change of masters. Now, Sir, if we also say, that the National Debt of this country hath been increased four hun- dred millions of pounds sterling since that period, or the taxation raised to pay interest from twenty mil- lions to fifty millions per annum ( which 1 presume is under the mark), we may easily get at the gross loss of each country in a given time— the one having lost capital, and the other having become indebted to nearly the annual interest of the amount of the capital so lost: and that man must be blind indeed, who, knowing any thing of the history of each country, caniiot, or will not, in this instance of retri- butive justice, see the operation of a Divine Hand in awarding us, as 1 may well say, double, for our per- fidiousness and spoliation of the East! and that the opening of the trade of the nation so circumstanced will pruve vague and abortive, and only accelerate Hie fall of one so determined and directed. Again, a Free Trade, w lien riches and wealth are annihilated, can ouly exist in theory anil in name— specious and ideal paper hangings are to be found alone : as well may we talk of free representatives, free parsons, free doctors, free duties, free insurances, free schools and theatres, or free and unrullled elements, as a practical aud remunerating Free Trade. Where, then, doth or can it exist, but in the phantasy and imagination of the projector? In practice ( under existing cir- cumstances), I w ill again add, it is as impossible as to unite the East and West. Trade hath received a severe blow from the hands of the theorist, the capitalist, and the free thinker ( or rather I would say the false thinker J, and capital begins to wither iu one and every quarter: customs, duties, and taxation alone endure. The fate which attefldeil; Portugal and Spain, in a mercantile point of v, icw, may recur upon any nation: but before this '. " change. would take place with us, India would revo- lutiomze. Political, national, and intellectual know- ledge and improvement of late years, and in conse- quence of the schooling we have given her, have made rapid and energetic strides on the continent of India ; in military and naval tactics also she is 110 longer in the rear; and to introduce Europeans among her people ( if Europeans would migrate for this purpose) would but hasten her career : but I have already shewn that both free trade and coloniz ution at present are futile aud absurd. A different line of policy would 1 advise- India at this day more fit and competent In be ail ally than a colony, and we want one in that quarter. Under an offensive and defensive and commercial treaty, a basis firm and stable would be seen, and mutual prosperity and advancement may be contemplated— but in 110 other manner. She would then compensate the Company and nation fur the favour conferred, and confidence and security would extend. I might here largely dwell upon Ihe present Colonial System, which entails only beggary and piide on the mother country, and insulation and dis- gust on the colonists ; but as I have already redeemed the pledge made, and have, I trust, sufficiently demonstrated the insufficiency and impracticability of Mr. Whitmore's scheme, until my arguments ar USEFUL HINT TO HOUSEKEEPERS. It is wasteful to wet fuel, because the moisture oil being evaporated carries off a latent, and therefore useless heat, a considerable proportion of what the combustion produce*. It is a very couunon preju- dice, that the tvetting of coal, by making it last longer, is effeetiug a great saviug, but while, in truth, it restrains the combustion, and for a time makes a bad fire, it also wastes the heat.— Dr. Arnott. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.— On Thursday, the 26th ult. a mine burner belonging to the Sirhowy iron works, named William Walter, whilst in the act of emptying his barrow of mine into the colliery kiln, fell into it, and although his fellow workmen were vu the spot, they conld afford him no kind of assist anee, as the clinker broke that was on the surface where he fell, when he was instantly completely hidden by the buruiug materials. A new actress made her appearance at the Adelphi Theatre, ou Thursday night, in the person of a magnificent female elephant, nearly twelve feet high. The animal is remarkably docile, aud in the performance of her part, evinced a degree 0 intelligence almost human. The applause of the audience was unbounded. At the close of Ihe piece, there was a loud call for the elephant's appearance, when the curtain again rose,- aud the animal came slowly forward to the foot lights, and having acknowledged by bows directed to every side of' the theatre, the honour which had been conferred upon her, she uttered a sound which we presume was intended to express her satisfaction, and having knelt on one kuee, she rose up and slowly retired with her face to the company. At the sitting of the Academy of Sciences in Paris, on Monday, a report was read, giving an account ofse'veral experiments performed by order of the Academy, for the purpose of determining the tension of vapours in high temperatures. It was stated, that many of these experiments had been attended with great danger, but that they had produced the important result of the discovery of a new invention for a sucker, by which all accidents in steam engines may be avoided, when the tension becomes greater than is uecessary for the required service. HONOUR.— The only true honour of man is wisdom and virtue, that steadfast virtue which changes not nor fails; which stands firm and strong as the rock of adamant; the same in every vicissitude of life, in every state of mind or body; the same in health and iu sickness, vigour and debility; in the highest momenta of joy and cheer- fulness, as in the gloomy hours of dcjectiou and sorrow ; the same ill tranquillity and serenity, as in fearful apprehension, care, aud anxiety; affluence and ease, in poverty and trouble; iu the crowded assembly and in the sequestered vale in success and hope, disappointment and despair; the same in independence and bonds , in captivity and in freedom; in the lowest and most obscure, in the most exalted and conspicuous state. That virtue which is superior to the soft blandishments of sense or the bewitching alluremeuts of vanity or ambition; superior to the fears of want or of pain, which can despise the outrage of the world, whieh baffles opposition, surmounts danger, which neither flattery nor folly can corrupt; which the united efforts of cunning and violence are unable either to bend or shake. MIRACULOUS CURE OF A DEAF AND DUMB PATH NT.— Ou Thursday last, James Williams alia* Patrick Callaglian, who had been apprehended at the suggestion of Mr George Russell, chief of the police of Cheltenham, 011 a charge of telling fortunes, or rather for causing his necromantic divinations to be interpreted by an astrological and mysterious looking female, who acted as a familiar spirit in the conjuror's den or dwelling in Worcester street, he— the magician, being deaf and dumb. It was stated to the Magistrates that it was his practice to draw chalk lines upon a table with an air of great solemnity, and after an appearance of being buried for some minutes iu profound thought, during which period his female votaries regarded him with reverence, supposing him to be employed in converse with " the spirits of the vasty deep," the female interpreter or familiar spirit, was called in to give utterance to the awful predic- tions of futurity. The outset of the examination proved difficult., indeed, as the accused, James Williams, could neither hear nor speak, and the magisterial interrogatories could neither be heard by the dea f nor answered by the dvmb. The time of the Court was therefore employed in vain, until R. Cupper, Esq. pronounced the alias name Put Callaghun, rather suddenly, when, be- hold a miracle! The deaf man turned round, and the dumb spake! Having thus broken the spell which bound the enchanter, the examination pro- ceeded, and the prisoner stated in his defence " that he bad been much visited by ladies and young women, and finding them extremely liberal, 011 being promised husbands and large families, he propheeied ou all occasions to the extent of their wishes, and having been thus encouraged he thought he was doing no harm iu preserving the extensive practice he had acquired iu his pro- fession." The Magistrates, however, thought differently, and therefore sent him to sojourn for three months at Northleach, in an asylum admimbly adapted for his peculiar use, as there is a certain engine vulgarly called a tread mill, at which he will be required to practice constantly until he is quite cured of bis disorder. On his way back to the watch- house, he told Samuel Oakey, the constable, his fortune, saying— " Ah, Mr. Oakey ! there are a great many con- stables about that office, who are no better than they shojild be, but as for you, Mr. Oakey, you will no longer be called Sam Oakey! I prophecy that you will soon be u gentleman, aud above tlicm all!" the usual ragged edges of bites of that description. I advised him to submit to the excision of the bitten part without loss of tiine, to which he reluctantly assented, and 1 set about it immediately. From the application of the knife, aiid the excitement he was under, he became faint, and I directed a young pupil I had, of only a few months' standing, to take down a bottle ( labelled at that time Aqua Ammonia Puree) for him to smell to ; a disposition, however, to com plete syncope made me desist for a short period, and I desired my youthful assistant to pour some Water into a two- ounce graduated measure on the counter, and give him to drink. Participating in some degree in the situation of the patient, and his eye catching the word Aqua, he instantly poured out nearly the measure full of the volatile solution, instead of water, which the other as instantaneously swallowed. Its effect upon the fauces and cesOphagus may readily be Imagined, and his convulsive start from the chair, and the agony depicted in his face, for a moment asto- nished me ; but casting my eyes upon the counter, I at once saw what had occurred. Real water was now instantly resorted to, of which he drank copiously, to cool the fiery qualities of the previous libation, and I finished the operation. He returned home, and, ex- cept the inconvenience be felt on the score of deglutition, mastication, & c. for a few days", went on well, requiring merely a little aperient medicine; the wound healed kindly and rapidly, and no symptom of hydrophobia was the result. I have detailed the ahove case with a strict regard to truth, and without pretending to account for the modus operandi of the medicine, or venturing to recommend it undiluted, and iu so extraordinary a dose." A SKETCH OF AMERICAN SCENERY.—[ From a Tale in the Token, an American Annual.]— With w> emigrated a band of backwoods- men, who Sought their homes on these fair and uutrodden plains. As friends knit by the ties of common pursuits, and the strong bond of intending to be fellow- dWellers iu the desert, we selected contiguous farms on the open grass plains; and our Cabins rose - under the pet- cans and sugar maples that formed a skirt of deep and beautiful forest on the banks of the stream. We were fresh from the fastidious creations of luxury and art. I well remember the day when our tents were first pitched in the wild. Here all was fresh nature, as in our forsaken home all had been marked with the labour of men. The sky was beautifully blue and cloudless; and the mild south gently rustled the trees, as it bore fragrance in soft whispers along the flowering wilderness. ' The huge straight trees were all moss- covered, and fheir gray trunks rose proudly, like columns. The start ing hares and deers, and the wild denizens of the woods, bounded away from oui1 path. Eagles and carrion vultures soared above our heads. Birds with brilliant plumage of red, green, and gold, sang among the branches. The counties* millions of water- dwellers, awakened from the long sleep of winter, mingled their cries in the surrounding waters. We added to this promiscuous hymn of nature the clarion echoes of our bugles, the baying of our dogs, all the glad domestic sounds of auimals that have joined partnership w ith man,- the hearty blows of the woodcutter's axe, the crash of falling trees, aud the reckless wood- notes of the first songs which these solitudes had heard from the creation THE CHAIN BRIDGE AT PONT KEMEYS.— The bridge, which is situated three miles above Ihe town of Usk, is now completed, and open for the accommodation of the public. When the new line of road is formed, the distance from Abergavenny to Usk will be shortened two miles; and, what will be of still greater advantage, all hills will be avoided, so as greatly to facilitate the intercourse between these towns and the communication with Bristol. There is now an approach to the bridge along a good parish road, enteriug a mile above Usk and coniiug out into the turnpike road above Pontygoitree House. The following is au account of the dimensions of the bridge :— Length of ihe suspension chain 212 feet. Ditto from pier lo pier Iditio. Breadth of driving way 22 ditto. Height of piers above ihe level of the water If) ditto. Weight of iron 40 tons. Monmouth Merlin. Theodore Hunt, an opulent silk- merchant, brother to Thomas Hunt, who recently left£ 200,000 to Guy's Hospital, was 011 one occasion on a visit to his brother at Petersham. During dinner, he happened to stick his fork into a potatoe in the dish, when Thomas broke out into a violent passion, and asked Theodore if he thought himself a public- house. The latter was so greatly offended at the application, that he immediately took his departure, and the brothers were never reconciled to each other afterwards. Theodore died first, and was buried ill Buuhill- fields. His property was estimated at £ 50,000. The legacy bequeathed to Thomas was £ 100. The latter was deeply disappointed, and his will expressed, a wish to be buried at Guy's Hospital, that his remains might not be deposited near his brother. ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 2. MARTIN I). . This was a petition relating to the distribution of the immense property left by the late Martin, Esq. of Calcutta, who left by his will the sum of £ 150,000 to each of his natural sons, Charles Cecil Martin and Francis Mountjoy Martin, boru at Cal- cutta, payable in three equal portions, as such came lo the ages of twenty- one, twenty- five, and thirty, respectively. He also bequeathed the re- mainder of his personal property, al ter the payment of sundry other legacies, to be divided equally between them ; but, if either of them died before the age of thirty, the remainder of the legacies of £ 150,000 was to be given to the other. The will directed that this legacy should be paid out of his stock at the Bank of England, but it did not specify the description of stock out of which it was to be paid. The testator died possessed of £ 200,000 in the three per cent, consols, aud the like sum in three per cent, reduced. The petitioner, Charles Cecil Martin, therefore, having arrived ut the age of twenty- one, prayed that the first portion of the legacy, with the accustomed interest, might be paid in equal moieties out of each of those funds. The legacy duty paid amounted to £ 52,000. His HONOUR allowed the petition. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEC. 5. Richard Badcock, late a warehouseman in Wood- street, Cheapside, was opposed by Mr. Nichols on behalf of Messrs. Spenseley and Lynch. It appeared that the insolvent began business in April, 1818, with only £ 270 capital, which he had borrowed of a Mr. Romney, a carpet- manufacturer, of the Strand. In May last the insolvent was declared a bankrupt, and his opposing creditors were appoint- ed assignees. His debts amounted to between £ 4000 and £ 5000 ; and, it appearing that he had improperly disposed of property, the creditors refused his certifi- cate. It further appeared that the insolvent had obtained goods from various traders to a very large amount, and afterwards sold them, considerably under cost price, for ready money. To Messrs. White and Greenwcll he had sold goods for £ 1194. 14s. 9d. which he had purchased for £ 2463.1 ls. 9d.; toother persons he had sold goods at under cost price. To account for the disposal of them, he entered them as sold at the regular prices to fictitious persons. He admitted that upwards of £ 1000, part of the money he obtained for the goods sold at the reduced prices, he gave to Mr. Romney to invest in the funds for him, and said that he intended to use that money in compromising with his creditors. Mr. Spenseley said that the insolvent never disclosed to the commissioners of bankrupts that he had given the money to Rom- ney, but stated that all he had in the world was £- 15, which was found on him. It was accidentally disco, vcred that he had given the money to Romney, and it was recovered, and also some other property, which had made a small dividend. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, after hearing the above facts stated, said that a clear case of concealment of properly and falsification of books had been made out against the insolvent. He was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. Count Polier, a young Frenchman, married to the Russian Princess Schkaskoi, who has considerable estates in the chain of the Onral mountains, has just discovered that there are diamonds in the iron and silver mines of Siberia, and he has ordered machines to be constructed, that will work them with facility THE SIMPLON.— The following isfrom the letter- press of Ihe last number of a picturesque work, by W. Brockedon, illustrative of the passes of the Alps :—" The early history of the Pass of the Simplon," Mr. Brockedon remarks, " is involved in much obscurity, and nothing certain is known even of the origin of its name. It is supposed to have been frequented in very early ages ; and there is a tradition, that three years before the battle of the consuls Marius and Catullus with the Ciinbri, the consul Q. Servilius Caepio led some Roman legions across this mountain to oppose those northern enemies of Rome, iu Transalpine Gaul. Some have sought the etymology of the Simplon in the consular name of Sempronius; but 110 certain events are recorded which determine the passage of any Roman consul by the Simplon. In many old accounts of the pass it is called Saint Plom; but whether a classical name has thus been vulgarized, or this has been derived from some Catholic saint, is as uncertain and obscure as the dark ageti through which these traditions have desceuded to us. The future importance of the Simplou, how- ever, will be referred to Napoleon only, under whose orders the present road was constructed. The new route of the Siinplon was, in its intention and its execution, a military work. It vvas determined upon immediately after the battle of Marengo, whilst the difficulties of the passage of the Great St. Bernard, and the almost fatal check of Fort Bard, were fresh iu the recollection of Na- poleon. In November, 1800, he directed the minister of war to send two brigades of engineers, under General Turreau, to open a route, practicable for artillery, across the Simplon. The first of these brigades was stationed between Brigg, 011 the Swiss side of the pass, and Algaby ; aud the second between Algaby aud Domo d'Ossola, 011 the side of Italy. Little appears to have beeu done, aud that not iu the most judicious way, until, in the winter of the same year, M. Ceard, who was at that time engineer- iu- chief of the department of Leman, received the orders of the minister of war and the director- general of the ponts et chaussecs, to take churge of the operations on the Simplon, as engineer of the works aud inspector- general. This distinguished engineer arrived at the Simplou on the 22d 6f March, 1801, and immediately surveyed the entire line of road, w hich he varied in many important poiutsfrom that which had been intended by those who preceded him, and became the author of the plan ultimately adopted for the traverse of the mountain, as well as of those additions which rendered this magnificent road complete, from Domo d'Ossola to Arona, on the side of Italy, and from Brigg to Thonon, on the side of Switzerland. The works of the Silnpton were shortly after their commencement transferred to the superintendence of the minister of the interior; but their execution from the beginning had beeu confided to the engineers of the ponts et chaussees. Under each of these authorities M. Ccard continued the chief engineer and superin- tendent of all the works to their completion." STEAM TRAVELLING.— We mentioned 22 miles per hour, or something not much greater, as the limit of what may be practicable. To speak iu I inguage a little more defiuite, ouropinioit s, that 30 miles an hour 01 actual pi- ogress, which, to cover stoppages, will require to be 33 miles, is as gieat a velocity as is likely to be found compatible with a due regard to safely. We speak, of course, with a reference to railways asthey presently exist. Means niiiy be found, hereafter, of obviating some of the sources of danger that now attend them, and then the limit of velocity may be extended to a higher point in the scale. Now, 33 miles an hour are equal to 48 feet per second, and this is the velocity which a body acquires by a descent in free space of 36 feet. A sudden stop in a vehicle moving at this rate would, therefore, expose a passenger to the same violence of concussion as if he had been drop- ped from the third story of a modern house. The risk is too great to be encountered, were the nature of the accidents occurring such as to occasion an instantaneous stop, like that which a falling body experiences when it smites the earth. But the general effect of the overturn or breaking down of a carriage is to project the vehicle and those that are in, or upon it, in au oblique direction betwixt downwards and forwards; and in this way a part of the violence of the shock is lost, by the lateral or sliding motion. It would be the same with the locomotive engine, and without some such circum- stance to lessen the danger, we think sane pel- sous would not easily reconcile themselves to encounter it. O11 the other hand, the more rapid motion of these engines greatly multiplies the chances of concussion. Let us take the case of an eight- horse team, loaded with some vast beams of mahogany or pine, passing along a common road which crosses the railway 011 the same level. The team and its load creeping at a mile and a half in the hour, might probably be 30 yards in length, and during the time iu which it advances over a space equal to its own length, the 50 mile au hour engine, of which some persons talk, would have passed over half a mile! If this happened, therefore, about twilight, or in a hazy day, or near a bend of the road, how great would the chances of concussion be ! Think even of a locomotive machine holding the noiseless teuor of its way at this rate, dashing into the midst of a drove of such sluggish animals as oxen. What a bouleversement, what an overturning, bruising, and smashing of the poor animals would take place! — Scotsman. HERRINGS.— We have the following curious account of a stranding of herrings from The British Naturalist .— These fish, we are told, " prefer the deep water, and generally speaking, avoid the shoal coasts; and when they do get entangled upon one, great uumbers are wrecked. The rocky promon- tory at the east end of the county of Fife, off which there lies an extensive reef or rock, sometimes has that effect; and there have been seas in which, when the difficulties of the place were augmented by a strong wind at south- east, that carried breakers upon the reef and a heavy surf along the shore, the beach for many miles has been covered with a bank of herrings several feet in depth, which, if taken and salted when first left by ttie tide, would have been worth many thousands of pounds, but which au there was not a sufficient supply of salt in the neighbourhood, were allowed to remain putrifying upon the beach, until the farmers found leisure to cart them away as manure. The herring is a re. markably delicate fish, and dies almost the instant that it is out of the water, or gets the slightest injury in it; and these circumstances, while they render the stranded shoals a much more - frequent, abundant, and easy prey than if they were more tenacious of life, cause them to putrify much sooner. One of those strandiugs took place in and around the harbour of the small town of Cruil ouly a few years ago, but before the new regulations were passed with regard to salt. The water appeared at first so full of herrings, that halt- a- dozen could be taken by one dip of a basket. Numbers of people thronged to the water's edge, aud fished with great success; and the public crier was sent through the town, to proclaim that ' callar herriu' — that is, herrings fresh out of the sea— might be had at the rate of forty a- penny. As the water rose the fish accumulated, till numbers were stunned, and the rising tide was bordered with fish, with which baskets could be filled in au instant. The crier was upon this instructed to alter his note, and the people were invited to repair to the shore aud get herrings at one shilling a cart load. But every successive wave of the flood added to the mass of fish, and brought it nearer to the land, which caused a fresh invitation to whoever might be inclined to come and take what herrings they chose gratis. The fish still continued to accumu- late till the height of the flood; and when the water began to ebb, they remained ou the beach. It was rather early in the season, so that warm weather might be expected; and the effluvia of so many putrid fish might occasion disease; therefore Ihe corporation offered a reward of one shilling to every one who would remove a full cart- load of herrings from that part of the shore which was under their jurisdiction :— the fish being immedi- ately from the deep water, were in the highest condition, and barely dead. All the salt from the town and neighbourhood was instautly put in requisition; but it did not suffice for the thousandth part of the mass,— a great proportion of which, not withstanding some not very successful attempts to carry off a few sloop loads, in bulk, was lost." While working a recently. opened mine— copper 1 having been the object of search— there has been discovered a large and regular lode of silver and gold in the Wigford Mine, which is situated not far from Loddiswell, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire. It has excited a good deal of interest amongst the curious in such matters, and of late years the search for precious metals has aroused Ihe curiosity of the scientific, as well as of those whose stimulus was profit. The ore that contains the precious metals discovered in the Wigford Mine may be considered, it is said by those who are conversant in such skill, a new production in this country, it being different both in appearance and produce from any heretofore discovered in England. I11 some particulars it bears great similarity to the copper ore of the Hartz Mountains, in Germany. The ore of the Wigford Mine is of a dark gray colour, approaching to black, with a metallic lustre; and upon analysis it is found to consist of iron, antimony, copper, silver, and gold. The lode is of considerable width, aud the accompanying minerals are a white fluor spar, spatose iron ore, and carbonate of lime.. The Mine has been worked, and the discovery made, by some private individuals. To ascertain the saving which steam carriage may produce, we must first solve the question, " how much money is expended annually in the conveyance of goods and passengers in Britain.' Now, we have data from whieh this may be estimated by approximation. Mr. Mac Adam stated in 1823, that the number of miles of turnpike road in Britain was 24,500, and the annual produce o" the tolls £ 1,280,000. This relates to 1821, aud i we assume that the amount increases at the rate of 2 per cent, annually, the present sum will be about £ 1,450,000, and adding £ 100,000 for toll- keepers' profits, we have the entire produce £ 1,550,000, about one- tenth of which may be deducted for carriages and horses, kept for pleasure, leaving a net amount of £ 1,350,000. Now, we are informed by a practical mail, that tolls amount to nearly one penny a ton per mile, and constitute about one- tenth part of ihe whole expense of cai'riage. In round numbers, therefore, we may assume on pretty good grounds that about £ 11,000,000 is the whole sum paid for carriage of goods and passengers by' land. The dues on canals may amount to £ 1,500,000 more, making in all £ 15,500,000; but we have 110 objection to enlarge our estimate to £ 16,000.000 or £ 19,000,000. It is needless to talk of the corn eateu by horses, or the iron consumed in their shoes, and on the wheels of carts and coaches, for all this must be included in the gross amount drawn. How then we ask, is it possible to save a hundred millions on carriage, when the whole internal carriage of the country costs only sixteen or eighteen millions! It is a pity that speculators before they spin their theories, do not think of enquiring a little into facts. Our own opinion is, that two- thirds of the gross amount, that is ten or twelve millions, is the largest saving which could possibly be effected. But the grand benefit to be derived from the introduction of steam carriage will consist, not in the saving of money now paid; but iu the vast iucrease which is certain to take place in the amount of internal communication, arising from its speed and its cheapness combined.— From the data already given, it follows that the whole amount of internal carriage in Britain, is equal to about 400,000,000 tons carried one mile. This comprises passengers as well as goods, but is exclusive of what is carried by ships in the coasting trade. THE SWIIS HUNTER.— The following curious occurrence is mentioned in the Journal de I'lsere :— " A short time ago a hunter, who was sporting on the banks of the lake of Wallenstad, in Switzerland, discovered the nest of one of those destructive birds the ' lammergayer,' a species of vulture ; he shot the male, and made his way along a projection of the rock with a view of taking the young birds. He had raised his arm and put his hand into the nest, when the female, hovering over his head unperceived by him, pounced down upon him, fixed her talons in his arm and her beak in his side. The sportsman, whom the slightest movement must have precipitated to the bottom of the rock, with that coolness and self- possession so peculiar to the mountain huntsmen of that country, notwithstanding the pain he experienced, remained unmoved. Having his fowling piece in his left hand, he placed it against the face of the rock, pointed to the breast of the bird, and witli his toe, as they always go barefooted, the better to enable them to hold and climb the rocks, lie touched the trigger, and the piece went off and killed his enemy on the nest. Had the bird beeu any where else it must have dragged him down along with it. He procured assistance from the auberge or inn, hard by, and brought the two birds as trophies of his valour away with him. Some of these birds have been known to measure seventeen feet from tip to tip of the wings, and are only equalled in size by the condor of South America." COWPER'S CHAIR.— The chair of Cowper, in which the mind- exhausted frame of the poet of de- mestic sympathies and devotional feeling was sup- ported, has been placed in the Theatre of the Bristol Institution in Park- street, and appropriated to the use of the Chairman of the Philosophical and Liter- ary Society. The chair was presented to the society by Rd. Welford, Esq. of Marlborough. BRISTOL COLLEGE.— A meeting was held at the Institution, Park- street, on Thursday. The sum of £ 15,000 is to be raised in 300 transferable shares of £ 50 each. It is not intended to board or lodge the students in the College, but they are to be accommo- dated in the houses of the tutors or professors; and the institution is to be open to persons of all religious denominations. JOHN BLADES, ESQ.— The will of this gentleman was proved in the Prerogative Conrt of Canterbury, on Friday se'nnight. The personalty is sworn under £ 140,000 ; but his landed estates were very consider- able. Besides the house of business on Ludgate- hill, part of the new houses on St. Bride's- avenue, Fleet- street, and the vault under St. Bride's- passage, Mr. Blades had a considerable property, with two mansion houses, at Brixton, in Surrey, anil was owner of the nondescript tower on Shooter's hill, which was formerly known by the appellation of " Lady James's Folly," and is now called " Saverndroog." The occupation Of his two houses at Brixton, Mr. Blades has left for life to his two daughters,— Elizabeth, wife of Joshua Blackburn, Esq. and Caroline, wife of the Rev. Edward Prodgers, and has cross- entailed his estates on their issue; failing all which, the final remainder is given to the heir- at- law of his late wife, Hannah Blades, formerly Hannah Hobson. The legacies, with the exception of monies left to his daughters, or in trust for them and their issue, consist chiefly of about £ 1500 to his executors and a few relations, as remembrances; about the same sum among his clerks and shopmen, and about £ 1600 in sums of tlOO and £ 200 to the Philanthropic Charity, St Bride's School, the Deaf and Dumb School, the Blind School, the Asylum; Bartholomew's, Beth lehem, and the Lying- in Hospitals; the Maternity Charity, and Brixton National School. The will is dated the 17th of February, and two codicils on the 20th of July and 8th of October, 1829. DIVISIBILITY OF MATTER.—" How many salts are there .'— The precise number is not known, but there are above 2000.''—" The very large number of these compounds now known is naturally calculated to excite surprise in the mind of the youthful student. About forty years ago, only thirty salts in all were known. 1 may with propriety take this opportunity of observing, that there are few subjects in natural philosophy, the contemplation of which is better cal- culated to exalt and improve the understanding than the vast and almost inconceivable divisibility of matter. The vegetable and animal kingdoms afford the most wonderful instances of the attenuation of matter. The Vibrio Undula found in duck- weed is computed to be ten thousand million times smaller than a hemp- seed; and the Monas Gelatinosa, dis covered in ditch- water, appears in the field of a microscope a mere atom endued with vitality, millions of which are seen playing, like the sun beams, in a single drop of liquid. It has been calculated, that the skin is perforated by a thousand holes in the length of an inch; and if we estimate the whole surface of the body of a middle- sized man to be six- teen square feet, it must contain not less than two millions three hundred and four thousand pores. These pores are the mouths of so many excretory vessels, which perform the important function of insensible perspiration. The lungs discharge, evpry minute, six grains, and the surface of the skin from three to twenty grains, the average over the whole body being about fifteen grains of lymph, which con sists of water, with a very minute admixture of salt, acetic acid, and a trace of iron."— Dr. Graham's Chemical Catechism. PIG STEALING.— Our agricultural friends who wish to " save their bacon" this Christmas, would do well to keep a sharp eye upon it, till it is actually on the table. Especial caution seems necessary immediately after its being slaughtered, the instances are " too numerous to mention" which are continually occurring of the carcase being carried off in the course of the following night, by rogues who doubtless have a memorandum of every pig- killing that is to take place for some miles round. The carcase of a pig weighing tweiu ty- three stone was stolen from the premises of Mr. Battersby, of Scothern, in the course of Monday night last, which had been killed on the previous morning.— Lincoln Mercury. The small town of Navarin, so well known to the public during the last two or three years, has been the sceue of a destructive explosion, lightning having fallen on the citadel, set fire to the powder magazine, and blew it up, with all the walls and buildings in the inelosure. The destruction of almost all the wooden huts or cottages of the town would not, in a climate which even at this season is mild, have been a serious misfortune, but the loss of lives among the inmates of the citadel has, we are concerned to add, beeu considerable. Newry was much agitated 011 Saturday by a report that Mr. Roger Dewhurst, a respectable and extensive corn- merchant, was missing, and a search for him was immediately instituted in several districts. It appeared that he had spent the early part of the previous evening, with his wife and other friends, in the house of Captain W. Wheley, near Dublin Bridge; and that, about nine o'clock, he left Captain Wheley's for the purpose of visiting his office and stores 011 the quay, but with the in- tention of soon returning. He did not, however, return— nor was any thing further heard of him either that night or the following morning. In the course of Saturday forenoon the canal was dragged in several places. At length, about two o'clock, p. m. iu consequence of certain marks having been observed on the bank of the canal, indicating that a foot had slipped into the water, the attention of the boatmen was directed to that spot ; and ill a few minutes the lifeless body of Mr. Dewhurst was found, with his clothes, and even his hat undis. turbed, the left hand in his pocket, and in the right he held his gloves— precisely ( it is thought) as he left his friend Captain Wheley's a few seconds only before he was thus unexpectedly summoned into eternity ! We conclude that the ill- fated gen tleman ( who was perfectly sober) had intended to cross the bridge; but that, instead of diverging a iittle to the right, as he ought, he had inadvertently walked forward, in a straight liue, towards the canal ( the bank of which is unprovided with the slightest safeguard or security to the unwary pas- senger), and thus fallen in. Isaac Glcnny, Esq. seneschal and coroner, impanelled a jury. Verdict, that the deceased came by his death by accidental drowning. Mr. Dewhurst was an Englishman— a native, we believe, of Preston. He was one of the most considerable purchasers of grain in this town, and always remarkable for persevering and indus- trious habits. He has left a wife and five children to mourn a casualty, which is to them, indeed, irreparable.— Newry Telegraph. An attempt to land a considerable quantity of contraband goods at Shoreham, on Wednesday night, terminated most disastrously to the partice concerned. The circumstances of the affair are pretty nearly as follow :— It had been arranged that a crop of goods, as the smugglers term it, should be landed at Shereham- bridge, and a large party of the Blue Boys, as they are called, were there assembled to convey the cargo into the country. Meantime a large cutter, it is believed from Flushing, arrived in the offing, and a tub- boat, with 16 hands well armed, having on board 30 loaded muskets and about 600 tubs of spirits and packages of tea and tobacco, was sent from her. From what we can learn their instructions were, in case of meeting any impediment on entering the harbour from the blockade men or the custom- house officers, to keep up a running fight nntil they reached the bridge, when, in conjunction with the party there waiting, they would be able effectually lo repel any attempt to seize the goods or make them prisoners. Providentially these precautions proved useless; for, on the boat entering the har- bour, either owing to the stroug current, to mis- management, or to ignorance as to the proper line of channel, the night being very dark, she rail on the wicker- work, or on some of the piles near the dolphins, and made considerable water. The crew, composed chiefly of Dutchmen, fearful they were sinking, gave an alarm, upon which the blockade man on the pier instautly made signals to his comrades on the adjacent stations. The smug- glers lost no time in getting on shore, leaving their boat, arms, and cargo an easy and valuable prey to the blockade. Soon after a Dutchman, of colossal stature, was taken by the officers, who found bim wandering on the beach, and was brought to this place for examination before tbe magistrates, on suspicion of liaviug been one of the crew. Had the smugglers succeeded in getting fairly iato iho harbour undiscovered, they would, in all pro- bability, have been enabled, by the pitchy darkness of the night, to steal silently up the river, aud effect their illegal purpose. It is feared that one or moro of the boat's crew have been drowned, or suffocated in the mud. The same cutter landed last week at Goring, near Worthing, thrse hundred tubs, which were all worked clear.— Rrighton Herald. BANKRUPTS, DEC. 9 — Francis Dominic Elsora, of Kuttesluud- street, llnxton, Middlesex, timber- mer- chant.— John Fry, of Brixton, coal and cattle- dealer.— William © rieves, of Holhorn Bridge and Middleton- street, Spa- fields, cheese- monger.— Charles Dean, of Nottingham, grocer.— Edward M'Grath, of Regent- street, and Stamford- street, wine- merchant.— William Marshall, of Colchester- street, Whitechapel, engine- boiler- maker. Henry Tristram, of Dunster. court, Mincing- lane, merchant.— Richard Millar, of Gray's, inn- lane, nnd High Holboru, grocer.— W111. Matthews, of Old- street, timber- merchant.— William Godfree, of the Strand, wine nnd spirit- uierehant.— John Archdale Palmer and William Boueh, of Lawrence lane, drapers. — John Sample, of Commercial Wharf, Regent's Canal, timber- merchant.— Charles Harsleban and John G. Anthony, of Long's Yard, Lamb's Conduit street, con- fectioner.— Richard Clark Bladon, of Dorchester- street, and Kiugsland- rnad, grocer.— John Parsons, of Char- lotte terrace, New- cut, Lamlieth, liinber- merchant.— Ebenezer Pelherhridge, of Newton Abbot, Devonshire, and William Petherbridge, of Whilechapel, Middlesex, linen- drapers.— John Heury Emery, of Stockbridge- terraee, Vauxhall- road, victualler.— Samuel Beurima and Daniel Benrima, of Duke- street, Aldgate, London, and Gibraltar, merchants.— Robert Hughes, of Flint, shopkeeper.— Richard Brooks, of Leeds, lineu- draper and silk- mercer.—' Thomas IVoffiuiliu, of New Malton, Yorkshire, corn- merchant.— Henry liny wood, of Rams- gate, innkeeper.— Charles Henry Staveilliageu, of Fenehurch- slreet, merchant.— Henry Edwards, of Brunswick square, surgeon.— Tbos. Candy, of IVlarston Bio- olt, Somersetshire, cattle and sheep- salesman.— Will iam Hardisty, of Liverpool, merchant.— William Parker, jun. of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, grocer.— Anne Lilyinan, of Poulton- cum- Seacombe, Cheshire, innkeeper.— James Grayston, of Bury- Saint- Edmnnds, culler.— John Andrew, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire* grocer. — William Graham, of Bristol, linen- draper.— Walter Brown, of Hyde, Chester, linen- draper. COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS, & c. BUTLER'S PECTORAL ELIX1K. Experience during' a very long- Period, has incontestibly proved the superior Efficacy of this Medi- cine, in all Cases of COLDS, COUGHS, and ASTHMATIC AFFBCTIONS. By promoting gentle Expectoration, it very shortly relieves the Patient of a slight or recent Cold, and a few Doses are generally sufficient to re- move those which Neglect has rendered more con- firmed and obstinate, and which are accompanied with Cough, Spitting of Blood, and other serious Symptoms. 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