MMMTED BY W. & J. EDDOWES; 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 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1820, VOL. XXXVI Sales bp auction NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT I lip Trustees of the Turnpike Bonds under nil Act punned in the sixlli Year of the Reign of King ( George the Fourth, " For nininttiiiiiug niiii improving " the Roods lending through Ihe Town of SliiH'llul, " and the Ronil lending froin Oaken Gales tn Weston, " in llie Counties oT Salop and Stafford," will MEET nt the House of Isaac Taylor, at ihe Jerninghain Arms lull, ill ShiB'iinl, on the Fifth Day of J miliary next, al Ihe Hour of Eleven in the Forenoon, in Older lo con- sul! nhout erecting a Toll Gate on the Side of ' he said Turnpike Road, at or near a Place called The H< i » ', across a certain Highway there leading lo Stirchley. Dated ihe 16th Day of December, 1829. R. FISHER, Clerk tn the said Trustees. THE Commissoners in a Commission of - fl- Bankrupt, hearing Dale the 29th Day of March, lK2fi, awarded and' is/ ued forth against THOMAS COLEMAN, of" ihe HIGHWood, in liie Parish of Yarpole, iu ihe County of Hereford, nnd EDWARD WELLINGS, « f Ludlow, in the County of Salop, Bankers and Co- partners, intend to MEET on Ihe 4' ti Day of January next, al Five of tile Clock in Ihe Afternoon, al the Crown Inn, iu Ludlow aforesaid, in Or'ler to audit ihe Accounts of ibe Assignees of the separate Estate and Effects of Edward Wellings, one of the said Bankrupts under the said Commission; nuil Ihe said Commissioners also intend lo Meet on ihe Fifth Day of January next, at Two of llie Clock in the Afiemnon, al the same Pliice, in Order lo make a Dividend of the separate Estate and Effects of Edward Wellings, one of the said Bankrupts; when and where Ihe separate Creditors of ihe said Edward Wellings who have not already proved their Debts nr « to come prepared to prove ihe same, or they will he excluded the Benefit of Hie said Dividend, and all Claims not then proveJ will be disallowed. THERE will be an ASSEMBLY at the LION ROOMS, on Tuesday, ihe 51 u Day of niary, 1830. PATROSBSSES, MRS. LLOYD, and MRS. SMYTHE OWEN, Assisted by J. CRESSETT PELHAM, ESQ. TURNPIKE TOLLS. J. R. KYNASTON, ESQ. lies' Tickets 7s.; Gentlemen's 10 « : r included. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT ihe TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates hereunder mentioned, upon Roads in the Second District of the Bishop's Castle and Montgomery Roiwls, in the Conn- j lip* < » f Salop and Montgomeryy will foe LET BY AUCTION, to the lu st Bidder, at the Dragon Inn, in Montgomery, on Thursday,,' the 7lh Day of January next, at fileven o'Cbick in the Forenoon, for one Year from Lady. Day, in the Manner directed by the Act passed io the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George ihe Fourth, 44 For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Toll's are now Let for the respective yearly Sums following-, and will be put tip at those Sums : viz. £. I Stalloe and Sarnybryncaled Gates on the UOHd 1 IO Pool ! ' 284 Montgomery Gate on the Road to Chirbury 86 Weston Gate on the Road io Bishop's Castle, and Cefnycoed Gate on the Road to Kerry 21ft Green Lane Gate on the Road to Newtown ' 26 Brynderwen Gate on the Road to Gunley 37 Aylesford Gale on the Road to Marton... 70 Chnrehstoke Gate on the Road from Bishop's j Castle to Forden, and Chirbury and Rhydy- groes Gates on the same Road 252 The best Bidder for lite Tolls of any or either of the Gates must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for the Payment of the Money monthly. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that the Trus- tees will at their said Meeting elect additional Trustees, and also new Trustees iu jhe Room of j deceased Trustees. FRANCIS ALLEN, Clerk. MONTGOMBRY, Nov. 21, 18* 20. fft I E . Commissioners in a Commission of 1 8 Bankrupt, bearing' Date theSJpth Day of March, ( awarded and issued forth against THOMAS COLEMAN, Inie of the HigHWood, in tin- PnHsb of ' Yaipole, in the County of Hereford, and EDWARD WELLINGS, of LUDLOW, in the County of Salop, Bankers and Co- pan uers, intend lo MEET on the 4th Duv tjfianViary - next, at Nix of the ( lock iu the Evening at Ihe Crown Inn, in Ludlow aforesaid, in Order lo . nu'lit the Accounts of the Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupts under the said Commis- fcion ; and the said Commissioners also intend to Meet on the following Day," at Ten o'CUck in ihe Forenoon, at Ihe same Place, in Order lo make a further Dividend of the Estate and Effects of ihe said Bankrupts, when and where Ihe Creditors of the said Bankrupt* Who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they w ill be excluded ihe Benefit of the said Dividend, and all Claims not then pioved will he disallowed; and the Creditors who have proved their Debts are", at the I Time and Place last aforesaid, to assent to or dissent I from the submitting to the Determination of an Arbi- j trator or Arbitrators all Matters whatsoever in Dif- | ference b^ lWeen the said Assignees and the Persons then to be named, and upon such Terms and Under J • ucli Conditions and wilh such Powers us at such last- j mentioned Meeting shall he agteed and directed, and I t » l(* o to avsput to or dissent from the giving lo Ihe said Assignees some Direction and Authority touching; the J Debts on Mortg- aye due to the Estates of the said Bankrupts, or either of thejw, and in Relation to the J Sale and Disposition of the Messuages, Lands, and j Hereditaments whereupon such Debts are' charged j nnd secured ; and the said Creditors are, ai the Time nud Place last aforesaid, toassent to or dissent from I the said Assignees selling or otherwise disposing of J nil or any Part of the Freehold, Leasehold, and, other j Folates, either Real or Personal, of ihe said, Thomas I Coleman and Edward Wellings, or either of I hem"; or j huy Interest of ihe said Thomas Coleman and Edward j Willing*, or either of lhem, therein,' as well those J Estates and Interests which the said Thomas Coleman 1 and Edward Wellings, or either of them, were le- J orally or equitably possessed of or entitled to at the I Time they became Bankrupts, and which still may remain undisposed of, as also those which have become vested iu the said Thomas Coleman and Edward Wellings, or either of them, or in the said Assignees since ihe said Thomas Coleman and Edward Wellings became Bankrupts, and in such Lots, and either by Public Auction or Private Contract, and for j such Price or Prices, and at such Time and Place, Times and Places, as they the said Assignees shall think proper, and al such Auction and Auctions, and from Time to Time to buy in and re submit to Sale and buy in all and singular such Estates, Interests, and Premises, or either of them, or any Part or Parts thereof respectively, and at such Time and Times nud ill such Manner as tfcey the said Assignees shal think fit, without being answerable or accountable for any Loss or Diminution in Price at any such Re- sale, or for any Expense which may be occasioned by any such buying in and Re- sale, and also lo assent to or dissent from the said Assignees giving such Time or Times, or accepting such Security, for Payment of the Consideration Money for the same respectively as ihey shall think proper, and also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees com- pounding or compromising wilh any Debtor or Debtors to the Estate of Ibe said Thomas Coleman and Edward Wellings, or either of tliem, and taking any Part of ihe Debts or such olher Payment or Satisfaction ill Discharge of the whole, or to their giving Time or taking Security for ihe Payment of any Audi Debt or Debts, and also to assent to or dissent from llie carrying into Effect an Arrangement now pending between ihe said Assignees and certain Ppr* ous then to be named, in Relation to a Debi on Bond and Ihe Arrears and Value ofa certain Annuity: and NOTICE is hereby given, that the Resolution or Resolutions, Order or Orders, which shall be made or f^ iveil in Relation to the said Premises, or any of them, will be afterwards submitted to the Judgment • f the Lord High Chancellor, in Order that ihe same may he confirmed by him and Carried into Effect accordingly. LUDLOW. Under the Patronage of Lady LUCY CLAVE. APUBLIC BALL in Aid of the Funds of the WINTER ClUUiTIKS, " ill be held al ihe MARKET liocsB, on Fill DAY, ihe Isi of January, 1831). Dancing to commence sit Nine o'clock. Tiekeis ( Five Shillings each) lo be had of the different Booksellers. Dec 14TH, 1829. WELSH 1- QOIj. TO BE LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, .4 SMALL com lot table HOUSE and / a Garden, with two Fields attached, situate near the Church. For Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) lo Mr. BOSTOCK, Builder, Welsh Pool. To PLANTERS F. & J. DICKSON 3> EG to acquaint their Customers and 0 Plauters. generally, thai tliry have growing on their several Nursery Grounds, NEAR CHESTER, And NEWTOWN, Montgomeryshire, MANY MILLIONS of FOREST TREES, of all Kinds and Aires; Furl Trees of ihe most esteemed and newest Sorts ; Evergreens, Shrubs, and every olher Article in ihe Nursery Line. F. and J. D. would RSPECIAM. Y call ibe Attention of Planters lo their extensive Stock of FoBtsr TRUES, of which they beg lo invite ao Inspection, and which are selling ai VERY Low PRICES. Hazel, Blackthorn, Privets. Laurel, and oilier Plants used for Game Covers; also Gorse, Broom, and other Seeds, al KEDl'CKn PTLTCRS Where considerable Orders are given, the Goods will he delivered free lo the Pur- chaser at Edsiasloil Wharf, if required. A Quantity of strong Ash, Poplars, Alders, Syca- mores, & c. of large Growth, soiled for Hedge- Row Timber. Plantations done by Contract to any Extent. MONTGOMERYSHIRE PHOENIX ESTABLISHED 1782, rfPiiE Board of Directors of this Office do 1 hereby give NOTICE, that tliev have RE- DUCE!) ihe PREMIUM upon COUNTRY IN- SURANCES, with certain Exceptions; and that the same will henceforward be charged only as follows, viz. I 1st Class IS. 61I. per Cent. 2d Class 2s. fid. per Cent. 3d Class 4s. 6d. per Cent.; And Farming Stock at It. 6d. per Cent. being, upon llie greater Portion of Country Insurances, an Abatement of 25 per Cent, per Annum. * » » Renewal Receipts for Policies falling due nt CHRISTMAS are now iu the Hands of the several Agents. The following Insurance Companies having all re- I linqnished their Fire Insurance Business, viz.— The j Hope Fire Insurance, the Eagle Fire Insurance, the Beacon Fire Insurance, the jEgis Fire Insurance, llie British Commercial, the Surrey, Sussex, and Soiiih- ivark, the Old Bath, and the Gloucesteuhire and Worcestershire, also the Albion, and Easi Kent. NOTICE is hereby given, that Policies ot those Offices, amounting to ±' 3011 and upwards, may he transferred lo this Company, without any Charge ol I Stamps. The Agents for this Company for the County of Salop are Mr. T. Routledge, Dogpole, Shrewsbury. Mr. Benjamin Partridge - - Bridgnorth. I Mr. Richard Price ... Ellesmere. I Mr. James Bach ... Bishop1. Castle Mr. William Lawrence - Ludlow. Mr. Richard Powell ... Oswestry. Mr. Gilbert Browne - Shiinnl, I Messrs. Lakin and Sons . - Whitchurch. Mr. George Clay - - . - Weui. I N. B. Agents are wanted for the other Market Towns of this County. FIRE Sf LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CHIEF OFFICE, EXETER. Office for London, 20, New Bridge Street, Black friars. CAPITAL £ 50,0000. PHKSI DENT. ALEXANDER HAMILTON HAMILTON, Esq. INSURANCES upon Lives, are effected by this Company, al a Reduction of Ten per C# nt. on the usual Rates.— And llie Insured against Fire, in Addition ton Reduced Rale of Premiums, are entitled to a Share of the Prolils every liflh Year. ANNUITIES GRANTED AND PURCHASED. By Order, CHARLES LEWIS, Secretary. Dated 21 » t December, 1829. AGENT. Wm. Cooper, Solicitor, Shrewsbury, rriME Creditors of JOHN TOMPSON, a. late of CAHDISTON, in the Conniy of Salop, an Insolvent Debtor, are desired lo MEET at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Mardol, Shrewsbury, oil Saturday, ihe second Day of January next, al Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to take into Consideration the best Mode of disposing of the sajd Insolvent's Estate and Interest in certain Leasehold Premises, situate iu Carr distou aforesaid ; and other Matters relative to the said Insolvent's Estate, THOS. YATES, Solicitor lo the Assignees. WELSHPOOL, 12TH DEC. 1829. CAPITAL £ 5 5,0000 rjnHE PropRiETOrs of the SALOP H FIRE OFFICE, fully impressed with a Sense of the Patronage and Support given by the Public through this and Ihe adjoining Counties, for nearly Fifty Yearn past, trust that the Liberality of their Tciius of Insurance, together with their prompt Maimer of adjusting and paying the Amount of all Loss and Damages sustained on Property in. lured by them, will continue to obtain for the Salop Fire Office lh » t decided Preference and Sup. porl it has hitherto enjoyed. Reduced Rates of Insurance. Fust Clas Is. 6d. per Cent. Second Class - is. fid. per Cent. Third Class 4s. fid. per Cent. Policies insuring £ 300 and upwards are itsutd free of Expense. The Proprietors of this Office have always uiade good all Loss or Damage oil Properly insured bv litem, which has been set on fire by Lightning. Printed Receipts for Ihe animal Premiums pay. able al Christmas are ready for Delivery at the Office, and by llieir respective Agents; of whom Ihe Proposals of this Office may be had. COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS, & c. 1 BUTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIR. Experience during a very long Period, lins incontestihlv proved the superior Efficacy of this Medi- cine, in all Cases of COLDS, COUGHS, and ASTHMATIC APHICTIONS. By promoting gentle Expectoration, ii very shortly relieves the Palient of a slight or recent Cold, anda few Doses are generally sufficient lo re- move those which Neglect has rendered more con. firmed and obstinate, and w hich are accompanied wilh Cough, Spilling of Blood, and oilier serious Symptoms. Its peculiar Balsamic Powers tend to heal Soreness, add allay the Irritation of the I in Coses of Cough; and in Asthmnlic Affections it assists and gives Freedom to the Breath. Sold in Bottles, at Is. ljd. and 2s. 9d. by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, Corner of St. Paul's London; Sacktille- Street, Dublin; Prinee's- Slreel, Edinburgh; and the principal Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Of whom may be had, BUTLER'S BALSAMIC LOZENGES, used in recent Coi'GHS, HOARSENESS, 61c. and for rendering ihe Voice Clear ami Flexible, nud protecting ils Organs from Ihe Effects of Exertion. In Boxes, Is. IJd. nnd 2s. 9d. N. It. Be careful to ask for BUTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIR. TURNPIKE TOLLS at a Meeting of lite Trustees, to be holilen at the Guildhall, iu Shrewsbury, on Monday, ihe fourth Day of January next, at 11 o'clock in ihe Forenoon, the TOLLS arising III Ihe Gales and Weighing Ma- chines undermentioned, will be LET BY AUCTION, for one or more Years ( commencing al Lady- day next) as may be agreed upon, in Ihe Manner itiricled bv the Act passed in the third Year of His Majesty Kiny George the Fonrili, * 4 For regulating the Turnpike Roads which Tolls ( including ihe Weighing Ma- chines) now produce the following Sums, above tlie Expenses of collecting tliein, and will he put up at such Sums as Ihe Trustees llien present shall agree upon.— Whoever happens lo be Ihe best Bidder, must ut the same Time pay one M, mill's Renl in Advance ( if required) of the Rent al which such Tolls may he Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for the Payment of the Rest of the Money Mou I lily. JOHN JONES, Clerk to the said Trustees, The Tern and Einstrev Gales on the Shrewsbury District of the Walling Slreel Road, with the Bye Gales ol Cioukhill Laue and al Wroxeier £ 1060 The Meole Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to ( hnrch Stretton, and Ihe Check Gate ai the End ot" Sutton Lane and at Hayston Hill 520 The Nobold Gate and Weighing Machine on ihe Road leading lo Longden and Bishop's Castle, together wilh llie live Gales befonging to the said Road .....'. J.- 190 The Gate and Weighing Machine at Shelton, together with a Gale near the eighth Mile Stone on i he Road lo Pool 778 The Trewern and Middletown Gates on ihe New Branch of Road to Pool, also llie Rose and Crown Gates on the Old Road.. 350 The Copthom Gale and Weighing Machine on ihe Road leading to Wesibury 408 The Gates and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Minsterley 448 Tiie Cotton Hill and Prescot Gates on the Road leading to Baschurch 200 SHREWSBURY, DEC. 7TH, 1829. THE CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD fS a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions uf life, and afl'ords decided re- lief to those who, by earlv indulgence, tiave weakened Ihe powers of their system, whose appetite is defective, and Ihe relish of life almost subdued : ami partly from conscious weakness, partly from excessive apprehen- sions, are liable to sink despondingly inlo a premninre grave. For these the late Doctor Solomon particularly designed his Cordial Balm of Gileail, and llie relief which great numbers have experienced from ils re novating efficacy, wafranls Ihe strongest recommenda- tion of a recourse lo it, to those who are similarly MHeeled. Sold L> V Messrs. W & .1. EDOOWES, Sinews- bury, and all Medicine Venders, in bottles at Ils. and 33s. each. CAUTION. — As nianv Imitations of Doctor Solomon's Cordial Balm of Gilead are on Sale, tlie Public wilUie sure to ask for that medicine as ' Doctor Solomon's,' and look at the Stamp affixed lo each liotile, which has ' Si el Solomon, Liverpool,' engraved upon it.— None nlher i* genuine. The Five Pound Cases uiay be had at Gilead- IIJUSC, as heretofore. We learn by the Monthly List of Insolvents, published by the " Metropolitan Society for the Opposition and Prosecution of Fraudulent Insolvent Debtors," that no less than 448 persons have petitioned the court tor relief under the In- olvent Act, between the 4£ h day. of N.„ ivmber ,... ii i. b of December, both inclusive. SALE AT MELVERLEY. BY T. JONES, On the Premise*, at Melverley, in the County ol Salop, on Friday, the ist of January, 1K50, ( without Ueserve) ALL the FARMING STOCK, IM- Pl. EMKNTS in HUSBANDRY. HAY, STRAW, Brewing mni Dairy Utensils, witlk Part of ihe MOUSE HOI. D riJUNITUUF., belonging- io Mr. THOMAS CLEMSON, who is leaving' tlw Farm : comprising; J Cows in- calf, 2 lliree- yciir old Heifers in- calf, 5 two year old Heifers, 4 Yearlings; 3 useful young* Mare: ( one in foal), 2 yearling Colls ; Sow and 8 P » ys, < small Stores, 1 in. pig* Sow, 1 Brawn ; together will llie. w hole of the Fmplf inents in Husbandry , Brewing and f) airy Ulensils, and Part of ihe Household. Fnrni in> e, ' 2 Stacks of Hay, and a Quantity of Straw ( lo in consumed upon the Premises). Sale at 10 o'Clock. DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, In and near Wolverhampton, L » THE COUNTY OP STAFFOKD. BY MR. WALKER, At the Lion Inn, in Wolverhampton aforesaid, o Thursday, ihe 7th Day of January, lb30, at Foil o'Ciock in the Afternoon, subject lo Condition ( unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, i which due Notice will be given) ; SEVERAL- Pieces or Parcels of LANd v now occupied as Gardens, at CHAPeL ASh within Half a Mile of the Town of Wolverbampto aforesaid, adjoining and Part fronting- to ihe Grei London and Holyhead Road, which will be ofi'ere for Sale in various Lots suitable for Building Sites. Also Nine several Messuages or l> WF. LLIN< HOUSES, with Brewhouses, Workshops, and olh< Outbuilding's, situate in Brick- Kiln Sheet, iu ll Town of Wolverhampton aforesaid, iu the Occupatioi of George Fieldhouse, Walter Benton, and others.- Together with several Allotments of Garden i BUILDING GROUND, adjoining the lasu^ ent. oue Premises. Printed Particulars of which said Allotments, wii Plans; annexed, may be had from TUB AUCTIONEER, I from, Mr. TIMMIS, Land Surveyor, Wolverhamplo 1 who will shew the respective Allotments; at ti Place of Sale, and at the piincipal Inns in Wolve hampion and the Neighbourhood ; from CORBI WOODWARD, F,> q 12, Furnival's Inn, London ; from MESSRS BUTTERTON and SON, Solicitors, Mark BY MR. SMOUT, At the Bear's Head Inn, Newtown, on Tuesday, th 12th of January, 1831), between the Hours of Si: and Eight iu the Afternoon, in the following o such oiher Lots, and subject to Conditions the and there lo be produced, ( and not on $ he 5th < J that Mouth as before advertised) ; LOT I. ALI. that very desirable FILEEHOLL MESSUAGE, Tenement, and LANDS, wit suitable Outbuildings, called PANT GWYN, in lb Parish of KKRRY, containing26A . 2R, 13P. of Arablf Pasture, and Meadow Land, be the same more or less IV6T II All those several excellent Pieces of ArabU Meadow, and Pasture LAND, ( adjuining Lot I,) con tain ing 42 A. 3R. 25P. be the same more or less. Lor III. AH that very capital MESSUAGE c Tenement, and LANDS, with convenient Ouihuilt iugs, and good Gardens thereto belonging, calif THE WF. EG. wilh about 9A. 3R. 25P. of very lie Arable, Meadow, and Pasture I, and, he ihe sail more or less, situate iu the said Parish of KERRY, an near to Lot I and 2. The Situation is most desirable, the Quality of ll Laud excellent, and upon a View will be found high eligible lo a Purchaser, eilher as a Place of Resident or for linestment of Money. There are a Quami of thriving Trees upon the Estate, which are to I taken to by the Purchaser at a Valuation. The above Eslote is within two Miles of the pop Ions and flourishing Market Town of New tow n, whe « Lime and Coal are to he had at moderate Prices. For further Particulars apply to Mr, FERRINGTON '! on Hie Premises; or Mr. F. BRANDSTROM, Soliciti " Newtown, wliere Maps of the Estate may be seen. INSURANCES renewable on the 25tl December must be paid on or before the 9th o January, or the Office . Writ cease, to be liable for tin Sums Insured. The public Opinion of the Principles and Condue of this Establishment, may be inferred from the Fact that it now ranks ihe second Office iu the United Kingdom. AGENTS. Shrewsbury . - Mr. J. Birch. Ditto - Mr. James Skidmore. Welsh Pool . - Mr Edward Jones Robert Market Drayton - Mr. William Furber; Oswestry ... Mr. William Roberts Ellesmere - - . Mr. W. E. Menlove. Lloyds and Shiffnal - Mr. W. Smith. Newport - Mr. James Icke. Wellington - - Mr. B. Smith. Whitchurch - - Mr. Welsh. Bridgnorth - - Mr. W. Macmichael. Ludlow - - - Mr. William Felton. MA RSHALL'S UNIVERSALCEIt AJE; This Cerate will be found most efficacious in every Kind of Wound, Sore, Scald, Burn, Bmise, Eruption, Ulcers of every Denomination, especially Sore ami Ulcerated Legs, winch have been healed in so rapid a Manner, that a new Method of Cure has been established by this useful Preparation; Sore Breasts, Inflammation of ihe Eyes, Scorbutic and Cancerous Humours, Erysepilas or St. Anthony's Fire, Ring Worm, Sore Throats, Chops, Chilblains, & c. Sold in Boxes, at Is l* d. and 2 « . 9d. by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, Corner of St. Paul's London; Sack ville- Slreel, Dublin; Prince's. Street, Edinburgh ; and ihe principal Medicine Venders iu the Kingdom. Of whom may be had, BUTLER'S CAJEPUT OPODELDOC, strongly . e.- ommeuded for CHILBLAINS, CHRONIC RHEUMATISM SPASMODIC AFFECTIONS, P\!> Y. stiftV? s a d Enlargement of the Joints, SPRAINS, BRUISES & c. Ill Bottles, 111 Is. 1-^ 1. ami 2s. yd. *** NOTICE — Observe E. Marshall on the Label of each Box oft be Cerate, and a Government Stamp uith the Words " tiUTLfS, Cheapside ' t u < i thtreon t rtnllERE U no Medicinal Preparation of 9 the present Day so valuable as CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, which removes recent Colds, ohsii- n- ite Coughs, and » he Tomm in Disorders of the Breast | » ud Lungs. In Asthmatic Aft'ections ils Efficacy is held in high Estiumti. m, even by Professional Gentle- men, who do u « « t lusiin'e to recommend it. Iti never disagrees with the Stomach, and common Colds iuvari- 8ttiy yield to its beneficial Effects in a few Hours. CHURCH'S PECTORAL PILLS. When, with the Cough or Cold, th re is great Uneasiness and Short, urn* of Breaih, attended with Wheezing, the Pectoral Pills should he immediately taken, as they will speedily produce belief. Tb* Diopt 2 « . 9d. and 4s. Cd. per Bottle the Pills l^ d. wud 2s. fid. per Box. Sold by W. aiul J. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury, nnd by nil n. ngg'uu mid Booksellers in thisTown and Neigh- bourhood. The following* extraordinary narrative is ex- racted from Captain Dillon's Account of a Voyage < 0 ascertain the fate of La Perouse's Expedition, ma lifter detailing; a variety of conflicts between his the tarty and the savages of the Beetee ( commonly tor ailed the Feejee) islands, in which several of his ere nen were killed, the author thus proceeds:-—" The niserable remnant stationed on the rock beheld the pal cannibals preparing their ovens to bake those ( hey rcr » ad killed ; and this occupation having in some wit legree abated their fury, Captain Dillon reminded An hem that eight of their people were prisoners in aiv heir ship, and that unless he and his companions pr » were safely conveyed on board, they would sol • ertainly be put to death. The high priest's ( In brother being one of the captives, this repre- fla » eniation induced him to consent to a man being oci sent to the ship for therr release. This man pro- on needed as directed, and 1 did not lose sight of him nir from the time he left us until he got on the ship's we ieck. A cessation of arms took place. in the mean tin lime, which might have continued unbroken, had it in? not been for the imprudence of Charles Savage, who ho put a greater temptation in the way of the natives m< than they could withstand. During this interval several native chiefs ascended the hill, and came within a few paces of us, with protestations of no friendship, and proffered us security:, if we would an go down among them. To these promises I would w; not accede, nor allow any of the men to do so, till nj| Charles Savage, who had resided on the islands for ]}, more than five years, and spoke the native dialect fluently, begged of me to permit him to go down Q\ among the natives with the chiefs to whom vye ha were speaking, as he had 110 doubt their promises ag would be kept, and that, if I allowed him to go, he would certainly procure a peace, and enable us i ! l to return to the ship.-— Overcome " by his impor- tunities, I at last gave him my consent, but reminded hitn that I did not wish to do so, and that he must leave his musket and ammunition with me. V1 This he did, and proceeded about two hundred CI yards from the foot of the rock to where Bonasar was seated, surrounded by chiefs happy to receive him, their secret determination being to kill and ^ eat him. They conversed with him, however, for ^ some time, and then called out to rne in the native ^ dialect, 4Come down, Peter, we will not hurt you, you see we do not hurt Charley!' I replied that B I would not go down until the prisoners landed. " During this discussion the Chinaman, Luis, stole w down the opposite side of the hill unknown to me, with his arms, for the purpose of placing himself ^ under the protection of a chief with whom he was a' intimately acquainted,' and to whom he had ren- a' dered important services in former wars. The S islanders, finding* they could not prevail on me to place myself in their power, set up a screech that , r rent the air. At that moment Charles Savage was seized by the legs, and held in that state by six ^ men, with his head placed in a well of fresh water, w until he was suffocated, whilst at the same instant a ^ powerful savage got behind the Chinaman, and with n his huge club knocked the upper part of his skull to pieces. These wretched men were scarcely ^ lifeless when they were cut up and put into ovens, ,! ready prepared for the purpose. We, the three 1 defenders of the hill, were then furiously attacked on j all sides by the cannibals, whom our muskets, how- * ever, kept in great dread, though the chiefs stimu- u lated their men to ascend and bring us down, promising* to confer the greatest honours on the man who should kill me, an4 frequently enquired of their people, if they were afraid of three white men, when they had killed several that day. Thus y encouraged, they pressed close on us. Having four c muskets between three of us, two always remained 5 loaded ; for Wilson being a bad shot, we kept him ( loading the muskets, while Martin Bushart- and I t fired I . hern oft'. Bushart had been a rifleman in his ( own country, and was an excellent marksman. He < shot 27 of the cannibals with 28 charges, only , missing once. I also killed and wounded a few of . them in self- defence. Finding they could not con- • quer us without great sacrifice on their part, they , I kept off and vowed vengeance. Having no more than 16 or 17 cartridges left, we determined, as soon as it was dark, to place the muzzles Of our muskets to our hearts, thus to avoid the danger of falling alive into the hands of these cannibal mon- sters. At this moment the boat put off from the ship, and soon got close to the landing- place, where we counted the eight prisoners landing from her. I could not imagine how the Captain could have I acted in this strange way, as the only hopes pre- sented of our lives being spared was by allowing a part of the prisoners to land, who would, of course, I intercede with their friends on shore to save us, I that we might in return protect their countrymen J when we returned to the ship. But this precaution I not having been attended to, all hopes seemed now fled ; and the only means of relief left consisted in J the dreadful determination of destroying; our lives j iu the mode already mentioned. I " Shortly after the eight prisoners landed, they I were conveyed unarmed up the rock to me, pre- I ceded by the priest, who informed me that Captain Rodson had released the eight men, and sent a chest of cutlery, ironmongery, & c. on shore for the chiefs, with orders that we were to deliver our 1 muskets to them, and that he would see us safe to f the boat. 1 replied, that as long as I lived I would 5 not part with my musket, which was my own pro- perty, as I was certain they would slaughter me t and my companions, as they had done Charles , Savage and Luis. The priest then turned to Martin ' Bushart, and harangued him on the policy of our complying. At this moment the thought entered my head of making the priest a prisoner, and either to destroy him or regain my liberty. 1 li. edCharles Savage's musket with my neck handkerchief to the s belt of my cartridge box, and, presenting my own musket to the priest's head, told him that I would shoot him dead if he attempted to run away, or if any of his countrymen offered to molest me or my companions. I then directed him to proceed before me to the boat, threatening* him with instant death in case of non- compliance. The priest proceeded as directed, an I as we passed along through the multi- tude, he exhorted them to sit down, a. id upon no account to molest Peter or his countrymen, because, if they, attempted to hurt us, he would be shot, and ~ they of course must be aware they would, conse- quently, incur the wrath of the geds in the clou Is, who would be angry at their disob. dieuee of the di- vine orders, and cause the sea to rise and swallow up the island with all its inhabitants. The multitude treated their priest's injunctions with profound respect, and sat down on the grass. The Numbety ( which is the term for priest) proceeded as directed towards the boat, with the muzzles of Martin Bushart's and Wrilson's muskets at each of his ears, while the muzzle of mine was placed between his • shoulders. Finding that night was approaching, and anxious. to prolong life, I had recourse to this • dreadful expedient, being* aware of the influence " and sway which the priests in all b u b. irous nations S have over their votaries. On getting to the boats, • v Numbety made a sudden stop. I ordered him to " proceed. This he refused doing in. the most posi- e tive manner, declaring that he. would go no farther, ,1 and thut 1 might shoot him if I liked. I threatened to do so, and asked him why he would not go to the water's edge? He replied, 4 You want to take me j 011 board alive and put me to tiie torture.' There ; being no time to spare, I told him to stand still, and 1, turned my face to him with my musket presented, u threatening to shoot him if he moved until I got S into the boat. We then walked backwards to the water- side, and up to our breasts in water, where we joined the boat, and had no sooner got into her than the islanders came down and saluted us with a '' shower of arrows and stones from slings. Being thus once more out of danger, we returned thanks ^ to. Divine Providence for our escape, and proceeded towauds the ship, which we reached just as the sun DEMOLITION OF ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH, FLEET- STREET, LONDON. On Wednesday last, the first public sale of the materials of the above ancient church took place in Inquest- room, adjoining the building, prepara- tory to its total demolition, to make room for the erection of a new edifice. The articles sold on Wednesday consisted princi- pally of the filtings up, and do not call for particular remark. A few lot-, consisting of articles coeval with the foundation of the church, were disposed of iron standard, with copper vane, which the auctioneer warranted to be 860 years old, as could be proved by Ihe parish books, after much competition, sold for 12. Is. It weighed three quarters of a hun- dred weight. The turret sold for 10s. only ; and the flag and flag- staff, which had floated on all great, occasions, for many years, on the church, produced only 12s. Next week it is understood the building materials will be disposed Of, and then the two wooden figures placed in the pediment in front of the church, representing savages, and who, by strik- ing a bell 11[ 1 tlielr cliihs, indicate the cjuiirtcrs of Ilia hour, will cease lo be the " striking" wonder of the metropolis. Historical Account of St. Dunstan's Church. The era when SI. Dunstan's church was erected is not precisely known, but from the simple style of its architecture, its embattled parapet and roundheaded windows, we may infer that it was built in the begin- ning of the eleventh Century. It. was dedicated to St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, who died A D. 990. This is the same person who, when a monk of Glastonbury, is staled, in the monkish legends, to have taken by the nose, with red- hot tougs, a person- age whom Hums denominates— " the sootie » lng. Who oner gat into Hi- aVen incog, An aniaist ruiu'd a' and the- cruelties of Dunstan to the beautiful Giva, wife of" Edwy the lair," have displayed more of Ihe vindictiveness of the ascetic than the spirit of the Christian. This church w as anciently rectorial, the patronage . being in the Convent of Westminster. In 1237 I Richard de Barking granted the advowson to King . Henry the Third ; it continued in the Crown until , 1362; it was afterwards in the gift of the Bishop of > London until 138G, when Robert de Braybrook, Ihe I Bishop, granted it to the Abbot and Convent of IVemonstrateures, of Alnwick, in Northumberland, , where the patronage remained until the suppression i of such bouses. Edward VI. granted it to Lord j- Dudley; hut both the rectory and advowson were s afterwards granted to Sir Richard Sackville, until . alienated to George Rivers in 1625. It is now in the B gift of Joseph Taylor, Esq. 3 This edifice narrowly escaped the fire of London I in 1666, which stopped within three bouses of it, as s did another great fire in 1730. The clock and s figures were put up in 1671 ; and in 1701 the church t was thoroughly repaired, and the roof raised consi- u derably; it likewise underwent very considerable I, repairs in 1720, and might, perhaps, with safety have I sheltered its congregation for another century, but y that an alarm of insecurity, along with the spirit of , innovation which characterizes the present age, a caused the condemnation of an ancient and venerable „ building, to males way for some more modern struc. ture that will not offend our " delicate taste" by any i. antique recollections. i, —•—— y PLAN AND DESCRIPTION OF PEKIN, THE CAPITAL OF CHINA. e Pekin forms nn obtong square, and is 7 leagues ls and a half in circumference. Il is divided into two distinct towns, the northern, which is generally " termed the Tartar town, and the southern or Chinese « J town. The fu st includes the imperial palace and 1 Ihe barracks of the troops, but the second is the Is commercial part of the town, and where all the c Chinese inhabitants reside. Pekiu has been the ' y residence of the emperors ever since the vear 1421 ol and is situated in the centre of a large sandy plain. The temples without the walls, the magnificent ' y convents, and the cemeteries of Hie nobles, would le make, by their picturesque situation, beautiful ob- as . jeets for paintimr, if the Chinese did not inclose ur their most beautiful edifices with high walls, which of destroy the appearance of palaces most worthy of admiration. The country in the vicinity is moun- 110 tainous, and affords various prospects during the re harvest pleasing to the eye. The town, whe: ™ seen r- from Ihe distant hills, appears to be situated in the ve midst of a thick forest; this is occasioned by the e- scattered copses belonging to the different ceme- ' a teries, and the avenues of trees leading to the ie> convents, and the villages and hamlets in the , s> neighbourhood. When the traveller approaches e" I'ekin by the north, his attention is arrested by the 0,1 height of the walls. The extraordinary and gigan- > w lie forms of the towers placed above the gates 111 surprise by their novelty ; but when one has penel es trated into the interior of the city, astonishment is excited at not perceiving those beautiful edifices py and those clean and regularly- built streets, which ie- form the principal ornaments of the European >' 11 capitals. Instead of streets, one sees nothing but l a long rows of merchandize; and instead of elegant he mansions and palaces, a mixture of shops, inns, and , UI" convents; one rarely sees, even in Ihe stree'ts of the first order, either a palace or a court of justice- i> d buildings of this kind, as well as Ihe house's of the t'O- inhabitants, are in small streets and narrow pas. me sages; in fact the principal streets, and even the les greater number of the common ones, are rather tin broad and straight, but in several places the houses >" i" are unevenly built, and are dilapidated ; in addition red to this, there are wells in the midst of the streets from which infectious vapours arise. lps Pekin has only to boast of the strength of its lue situation, and the colossal proportions of its walls wn but, on the oilier hand, it can only receive its whole uld means of subsistence from the south- east. The il Imperial canal, by which provisions arrive in my Pekiu, is sometimes dried up, in consequence of ore the great heat; and in times of revolt and civil war ath u easy to shut up the passage to it. In t|, jJ 1 a » last circumstance w as one of the principal causes Iti- of the fall of the Mongol dynasty which reigned no over China, and whose emperors resided in " that lst>> city. The Chinese town is merely the southern Hid suburb of Pekiu, and it is surrounded by a wall in order to inclose the two great temples of Heaven ' ' s> and Earth, and in which the emperor makes sacri di- fites once a year; and it is there where all i| le up merchandize which is sold iu Pekiu and Ihe suburb " de is deposited, and which renders it so populous- it iud always contains an almost incredible number of ety merchants and travellers, but notwithstanding its ted extent, there < re very few remarkable objects In it. • tin The soldiers, as w ell us Ihe clerks belonging to the" us, mnntchnutcs families, are not allowed to ™ reside his there, nor even to pass the night. As the Tartar US', town is considered a fortified place, although it is his converted into a mart tor commerce, the ancient « ce military regulations are rigorously maintained- ons ibis is the reason why all the enjoyments and Jts, luxuries of life, of which the citizens desire lo to partake, are concentrated iu the Chinese town, isi- The places io the vicinity of the Tiisianmen gate ier, and particularly the streets S'an Yu Klianeou and led Ta clia Ian, with their dependenci - s, are looked tile upon as the seats of joy and pleasure. In the first of these streets are the most famous restauraus of ere Pekin, and the Chinese make good cheer there • a iud repast which usually consists of 20 dishes and more ed, costs at least 1500 small brass coins, or about 8s* a- head. I ho ^ ALOTIAM JOURNAL," AMP COUIE1EM OF WALES. roiiMirr. toy DON, Monthly Night, Dec. 28, 1829. I'RICBS OV I'm US AT THI! CLOSE. Ked. 3 nor Cls 94 3 CI. Co- lifc. — 3t per Cents. — 3J per Cts Reif, lf) 0| 4 per Cls. 18-> fi, lllo* 4 per Cents. — Rank Stock 217 l. oiigAifri. liij lull in tlollds 68 India Stock — F. Xtheq Hills 74 Cons . for Ace. M5| COMMISSION OF LUNACY.— A Commission of inquiry was sitting in London every day during the test anil preceding week, to ascertain whether Mr. Edward L'avies ( an eminent and wealthy tea- dealer of Fcnchiirch- street, who is respectably connected in Montgomeryshire, and whose mother married for her second husband a Mr. B\ water,) is of sound mind or not!— The inquiry took place at Gray's inn Coffee House, and was Unexpectedly put an end to on Saturday, during the cross- examination of one of the shopmen of the alleged lunatic. Mr. Orme, the magistrate and foreman of the jury, rose, and said it was Ihe unanimous wish of Ins brother jurors to retire, in order to consider their verdict, and declared flint calling any other witnesses or going further into evidence was totally unnecessary— Sir Charles VVc- therell, for the Commission, addressed Ihe Jury for about three hours, when Ihe Jury retired, and speedily returned with a verdict to the cifcct that Mr. Edward Davics was of sound mind, and capable of taking care of himself and of conducting his affairs— The verdict was received with uniquivocal expressions of appro- bation. There has seldom been, in any case, so warm an expression of joy at the verdict of a Jury. It was participated in by all classes; and the Court was exceedingly crowded by barristers, medical men, gentlemen, tradesmen, and others. The following are the witnesses that were fo have tieen examined to prove the sanity of i\ Jr. Da vies, had not the Jury stopped the case :— Dr. Spurgin, Dr Goocli, Dr Arnot, Dr. Birkbeck, Dr. Clutterbuck, Dr. Campbell, Dr Ramadge, Dr. Stewart, Dr. Allen, Mr. Pearson, Mr White, Mr. King, Mr. Complin, Mr. €| ifton, Mr. Bowie, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Winslow. Donation to St. Alkmorid's Sunday School. R. S liv Miss Colley £ 5 0 0 New Subscriptions to the Sick Man's Friend and Lying- in Charity. General Phillips £| 0 0 Mrs. Phillips 1 0 0 Additional Subscriptions to the Good Samaritan Society, St. John's Chapel. Mrs. and Mrs E Taylor, Mr Johnson, Abbey Fore/ tale Miss Nixon, Cadogan House DONATION. Miss Row lev. Cadouan House , £ 11 10 . 0 8 . 0 5 0 5 0 WALES. IRELAND. FATAL ACCIDENT.— It is with feelings of the most sincere regret, in which we are sure every person who had the pleasure of knowing the gentleman whose lamented decease it is our painful duty fo notice will Qnfeignedly participate, that we record the death, on Saturday evening last, by an accidental fall from his h'orse, of the Rev. John Jones, many years the inspected Curate of Habbcfley,' and Minister of Minsterley, in this county.— On Saturday evening last, the rent- audit of John Mytton, Esq. for his Habbcrley and other estates, was held at the Lion Inn, in this town ; on which occasion Mr. Jones, who is a tenant, having previously left his horse at the fox Inn, where he Was accustomed to put up, attended and paid his rent ; after which- he returned to the Fox Inn, and his horse was got ready for his departure ; he had some conversation with the ostler before getting on his horse, and appeared quite well, and put his coats and handkerchiefs in order pre- paratory to his journey home through the sharp frosty air of that inclement night. The road was extremely slippery ; and it is supposed the horse most have stumbled and thrown Mr. Jones off; for before 8 o'clock he was found lying in the road opposite Severn Hill quite dead, with part of the bridle ( which had broken) in his hand, and on ex- amination a mark vvjs found on his temple, which evidenced that he had fallen forward on his head, and sustained a concussion that had caused instant death. — On infornt. tion being given at Severn Hill House, every assistance was rendered by the Rev. James Craig and his family ; and the body of Mr. Jones was brought to the Fox Inn, in this town; where on Monday last an Inquest was taken before George VVingfield, Gent, and a respectable Jury, who re- lumed a verdict of accidental death under the Circumstances above stated. BIRTH. On Wednesday se'nniglil, the lady of John Reynon, Esq. of Trewern, Carmarthenshire, of a son and heir DIED. On ihe 2Bili inst. at Dolgelley, William, second son of the late Humphrey Williams, Esq. FATAL ACCIDENT.— We regret to state " that William Dawson, coachman to the Viscount Cfive, met his dealh on Christmas- Day last, under Very melancholy circumstances. The noble family in which lie had been for some years a servant were attending Divine service at Welsh Pool Church, and Dawson had brought Ihe carriage to the gates leading to the edifice, and was waiting to take up some of the family, when ( he horses became suddenly alarmed, and set off at a furious pace, so as to prevent his resuming the controul of them; and in consequence he was thrown from the box and killed. Dawson was formerly in the service of the late Sir John Kynaston Powell, and afterwards drove tbe Holyhead Coach, in each of which situations, as well as by the noble master he last served, he was highly and deservedly esteemed for the careful discharge of the duties of his situation. petent to the task of effecting an object so desirable in itself, and so beneficial to the community at large. The expense would be trifling in comparison to the convenience, and fife mode of reference would then be easy, and give little trouble to the officer iu whose custody they afe deposited. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, CYMRO. 26Wl December, 1829. THE LATE REV. JOHN JENKINS. The high estimation in which lliis gentleman was deservedly held, has been testified in spontaneous tributes paid to his memory by correspondents of this and other Journals.— The following, transmitted to the Chester Covrunt, by a gentleman of Chester, under the signature of foR" WERTH, we copy with much satisfaction: — " I shall feel obliged by your inserting in your valuable paper the following sketch of the life and character of that truly patriotic and generous gentle- man, the late Rev. JOHN JENKINS, Vicar of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, who, when alive, was dearly be loved by his relatives and friends, and greatly re spected by a v ery numerous acquaintance. His loss will be severely and deeply felt by the bards and THE BURR1SOKANE TRIALS. r It must be fresh in the recollection of our reader* that on the recent trials of tbe Burrisokane Police, the Solicitor General, whose duly it was to investigate ( before he called fir punishment) tl e transactions, so Variously represented, out of which those trials arose, produced as a disinterested witness of the affray, Dr. Heisie, of Burrisakane, whose testimony so fully and satisfactorily exculpated the Police that their ac- quittal was the consequence. It will also be remem- bered that Father Spain remonstrated before the public with Mr. Loherty for calling on one whom he termed an adverse witmss, at the same time alleging breach of faith on the part of the Law- Officer. For some time after Dr. Heisie, who enjoyed extensive practice in the town and ils neighbourhood, was, we learn, obliged to travel for his protection from the sanguinary miscreants of Tipperary under guard of a party of Police. But so determine d are I lie " irritated peasantry" on his destruction that he finds it neces- sary to abandon his practice, break up his establish- ment, and leave that part of the country It is noto- rious that Ledger, who was then tried for alleged murder, was obliged immediately after the assizes, and even without returning from Clonmel to Bur risokane to look after a small property lie had there, to quit the county for Dublin. The whole party of police stationed in that village at the time of the • affray, were also removed to a remote part of the county ; w hat became of the oilier witnesses we know- not— lint some of them, we are aware, have been forced to quit their farms and come fo this city, where they have obtained situations as police constables. Who, we ask, with these facls staring them in tl. e face, who will Ire found foolhardy enough to come fljrwardin the vindication of justice? Who will dare assert the authority of the law of the land when certain death must be the result to themselves? And yet such is the state of the country w hich we are told is dailv improving ! from the effect of Ihe Emancipa- tion Bill. ^ Iiton The Shropshire Hounds will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 30th Ilalston Saturday, Jan. 2d Acton Burnell Tuesday, Jan 5th Tbe Fox, Albri. Wednesday, Jan. 6th Eaton Maseott Friday, Jiiu, 8lh Sundurne Castle Saturday, Jan. 9th Woodcott Al half past leu. Mr. Boycott's Hounds meet At The Fox the first day the weather will permit, Al half past ten. The Montgomeryshire Hounds meet Friday, Jan. Ist Brynderweu Bridge At ten. The Cheshire Hounds meet Wednesday. Dec 30ih Appleton Hall Thursday, Dec. 31st . Bartiaglou Heath Saturtfuy, Jan. 2d Mere Al half past ten. TO BE DISPOSED OF BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, In One or more Lots, as may be agreed upon ; rgpHE entire and valuable STOCK- 1N- M TRADE of JOHN ASTON, of WBLI. INCTON, in the County of Salop, Mercer, Hatter, Dealer and Chapman, a Bankrupt ; which includes Linen and Woollen Goods, Hosiery, Hats, and a general Assort- ment of Mercery and Drapery Goods.— And also the Counters, Shelves, and Shop Fittings of the said Bankrupt. For a View of the Goods, and to treat for the same, apply to Mr £ POYNBK, of Hadley ; or Mr. MARTIN, of Wellington, the Assignees of ihe said Bankrupt's Estate; or Mr. NOCK, of the latter Place, their Solicitor. All Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt's Estate are requested forthwith to pay their respective Debts to the said Assignees. DBC. 28th, 1829. HOLYHEAD ROAD. SHROPSHIRE ghmttts flfrtfiw ® HOLYH I'AN ROAD.— We request the attention of our readers to the most respectable Requisition for, and consequent appointment of, a County Meeting, on Friday, the 8th instant; also to a letter on this subject, inserted in our 4th page, from a Correspondent that we hope to hear from again. __ .. . „ We have much pleasure in stating, that on Thurs- friendsof the literature of Cambria, amongst whom day last, Miss Hatchett, with her accustomed bene- volence, gave upwards of two hundred weight of ACCIDENT. — On Saturday last, as Elizabeth Hum- phreys, servant to John Whitehnrst, Esq. of this town, was sitting near the kitchen- fire sewing, a spark from the fire caught her clothes, which became in- flamed, and in consequence the poor girl was so severely burnt, that, notwithstanding immediate medical assistance was obtained, it. was thought ad- visable to eonVey her to the Infirmary, where, we are happy to say, she is now in a fair way of recovering from the effects of fhe accident. Mr. Wright, one of the gamekeepers of the Earl of Puwis, took by mistake for medicine, on Saturday last, a sfrong solution of the superaectate of lead.— Mr. J. Wollastort, of Bishop's Castle, was called in, and with his assistant succeeded in fhe happiest manner, by the use of the stomach- pump, in extract- ing the deleterious drug from the stomach.— Frequent emetics had been previously administered, but the stomach was reduced to such a state of torpor by the lead as to refuse to act— This is the third patient Mr W'ollaston has saved by the use of the stomach- pump. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. tJndcr this head, one become literally frightful since the enactment of the " Pucification- of Ireland," or " Breaking- in upon- the Constitution" Bill, will be found iu our columns of this day atrocities so barbar- ous as to find no parallel in tbe history of the Ashantees. Amongst others it will be seen that two unfortunate brothers, who had been placed for the protrction of a gentleman's property in the County of Clare ( Mr. Westhropp), were dragged from their beds — gunpowder placed upon their bellies, which was ignited by the savages, who, with more than ferocious feeling, conceived and perpetrated this unheard- of cruelty— that the quantity of inflammable matter was accurately proportioned, so as to administer torture without producing death; and that after undergoing Hi is species of suffering, Ihe tongues of the miserable victims were protruded from their mouths, by the vigorous pressure of their assailants upon their throats, and then— shocking to humanity— deliber- ately cut off! We should not be a whit surprised to find the Popish Journals asserting that justice, to a certain extent, has been done— and that the " tongues are safe in the police office"— so, indeed, the story runs. But we do beseech of our brethren of the English Press to bear in mind, that this, even here, unprecedented act of atrocity, was committed by the peasantry of Clare— men who refused to taste a drop of spirits, or touch a glassof beer, in the warm season of the year, politically excited, and standing for hours together under a burning sun— who- appeared with- out weapons, and would not be induced to quarrel, because their Priests forbade, and because the success of Mr. O'Connell required forbearance.' As a cummentary upon the effects produced by the Duke of Wellington's Pacification Bill, we beg to subjoin the following:— There are now double the number of prisoners in the County Gaol of Limerick for trial at next Assizes, than what were in custody for the last four years.— Star of Brunswick. € t) e Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1829. BIRTHS. On the 27ili inst. al the Vineyard, Ihe Lady of St. John C. ( harlton, Esq of a daughter. At Clareiiiont, in ibis town, on ihe 23d inst, Mrs John Eaton, of a daughter. MARRIED. Ou Thursday last, at Albeihury, bv the Rev Mr. Huntley, Mr. Waller 11. Gurlliwaite, of London, to Geotgiiina, second daughter of Mr. William Vuugliaii, of Ey ton, in this county. On Ihe 17th inst. at Kington, Ihe Rev. Francis Merewether, lo Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Wall, Vicar of Kington, aud Prebendary of Hereford. On ihe 17th inst. al Tenbnry, by tbe Rev. George Hall, Vicar, Mr. Thomas Steward ( of tbe firm of Steward aud Company), lo Miss Clutkson, only child of M r. J umes Cluiktun, of Ten bury, DIED. On Thursday last, sincerely nild affectionntely lamented, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. J. Y. Arrow- smith, surgeon, of Ibis low n. Ou the 23d iust. uftcr n sborl illness, Mr. John Niceols, of The Park, near Westhury, On ihe 28th ull ut Wilderley, Fiances, relict of the lute Hugh Jones, Esq. of Ibis town. On the 20th iust. in Berkeley- square, Lord Charles Fitzroy, second son of Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, father. iu law of the Hon. George Rice Trevor, M. P. for Cuiiiiarlliemhiie, and Colonel of the 48th Fool. Ou the 20ih inst. Lieut. Charles Lockhnrt, R. N. aged 38, under peculiarly afflicting circumstances. ' He arrived Willi his wife ami sisier- in law from the North, nl tbe Plume of Feaihers lun, Bristol, on Tuesday evening week, oil Wednesday morning be was seized with a locked jaw ( supposed lo have been produced by excessive cold whilst travelling), under w hich he lingered till half pust nine o'clock on Sunday morning. On the 23d just, at Bishop's Castle, aged 60 veins, of ovarian dropsy, Ann Richards . she had under' gone twelve operations, by Mr J. Wollitston, surgeon, within the short space of nine mouths, the quuutiti averaging' each time from 12 lo 16 quints of water. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. J. E. Compson :— House- Visitors, Peter Beck and J. W. Clement, Esqrs. ASSESSED TAXES. Contrary to our usual practice, we are this week called upon by several of our subscribers to complain of the pressure of taxation— to bring before the pub- lic the fact that, in this town, and in all the surround- ing neighbourhood, the surveyor of taxes and his agents have been giving notices of surcharge by hundreds upon all classes, and particularly upon tradesmen, whose business has enabled them to give that occasional employment, as groom or in some other capacity, to several poor persons who would, but for such occasional employ ment, have been abso- lutely destitute : and by this system the same poor man may in some cases he the ground of six or eight or more surcharges.— Such a mode of levying taxes at any time obnoxious; but in this season of peculiar pressure, when the Gentlemen of this County might, with the greatest propriety ( and we should hope would do so), - when, we say, our County Gen- tlemen might, in justice to themselves, to their help- less tenants, and their declining neighbours, imitate the Grand Jury of Kent ( sec 4th pageJ in laying before the Government the distressed state of the County,— such surcharges are odious. — We are not going here to cry down taxation : we know that taxes must be paid, and those who have known us for manv years will not suppose that we are going to commence a servile lamentation against fhe requisite burthens of the State. We have, indeed, seen paragraphs in various of the provincial and metropolitan prints, Calling upon flic people to petition for a repeal either of the Assessed Taxes or of the Malt and Beer Duties : but vre are quite certain that any such exertions would be useless : meetings may be got up— petitions prepared — and some orator that might wish to throw out a tub to the whale, or to retrieve his character where former parliamentary conduct had placed him in ill odour, might make a speech " full of sound and fury,"— but " signifying nothing;" for we are sure that in the present state of the revenue, and under the free trade and currency system now in operation, there can be no remission of taxes. Our present business is, however, with vexatious surcharges: and we trust the Commissioners, when the day of appeal comes, will put. down the petty system by which every burden would be rendered doulily irksome. One of the persons who has been speaking to us on the sub- ject is a farmer, whose horses are of course exempted from duty, being employed in cultivation : he pur- chased a fall of timber, and therefore, as if timber was not a produce of the soil, he has been surcharged for four of his waggon horses ! If such a system as this is to be countenanced, the Government will require no opponents to bring them into disrepute.— What is thought of similar proceedings by the surveyors of taxes in oilier districts may be gathered from an article in our 4th page, and from the following paragraphs:— [ FROM THE BATH CHRONICLE.] A Government officer, denominated a " superin- tending surveyor," has lately taken up his abode in this city, w here he has commenced an extensive sys- tem of surcharges upon the Assessed Taxes A strong sensation has in consequence been excited among our citizens, who feel indignant that a period of commercial distress like the present should be chosen for the adoption of this vexatious measure. A similar unwelcome visitor has made his appearance at Reading. Frnm the Bath Journal. The chief subject which has this week occupied public attention in this city, has been the vexatious surcharges administered by Mr. Hyde, in ( hat cool and deliberate w ay as though the people had mines of money wherewith to discharge them It was only last Session of Parliament when petitions were laid on the table from every parish in this city, praying for a mitigation of the assessed taxes. These petitions were put by for more important matters,— the Catholic Question, and a variety of other business— plenty of time to add fresh taxes in the shape of turnpike tolls, but no time to think about taking taxes oft'. And now, in reply to the prayers of the Bath people, Mr. Hyde is sent here to increase the taxes, which he has done with a vengeance. We, however, agree with one of our correspondents, that the public odium is unjustly vented towards Mr. Hyde, who is the creature of a system, and only performs his duty fo the satisfaction of his employers: a more active agent, in turning the purses of the people inside out, and throwing their contents into the State treasury, and we suppose, part into his own pockets, according to Act of Parliament agreed to by the representatives of a free people, could not have been selected. We have heard that he has surcharged six trades- men an additional porfer, for employing, unitedly, a poor old man to take down and put up their shop shutters for the sum of sixpence per week Other vexatious charges have been made for occasional porters, clerks, ostlers, & c. & c, Mr. Prilcbard, of the SaiHers' Arms, Stall- street, has been surcharged for keeping a horse. Mr. P. told the Commissioners' agent that he kept no horse, that he had a wife and six children to provide for, and had no time to look after a horse or to use it, " Oh, we must put you down," was the reply, " you can appeal against it." It appears Mr. Pritchurd had a horse accidentally fall into bis possession a short time since, which, having no use for, he got rid of the moment he met with a purchaser; but during the few days it was in his possession, he rode it out once or twice to exercise it. he was known throughout the principality as the " Ivor HaeV' ( or Ivor the Generous) of the age, a name truly characteristic of his peculiar qualities and habits. " His death took place on the 20th of November, 1829, at the vicarage house of Kerry, of which parish he had been the Minister for upwards of twenty years. He was also Prebendary of York and of Brecknock, Rural Dean of Melenith- ultra- Ithon, in the Archdeaconry of Brecknock, one of his Majesty's Justices uf the Peace for the county of Montgomery, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. In the several departments of his official engagements, and in the various duties of social life, he exhibited a pattern of the rtiost exemplary con- duct. " Though his preferments were numerous and re- spectable, in no single instance was one of them ( as hisfriends well know) the result of his own solicitation. " As a husband and father, a son and'a brother, h'e* was uniformly kind and affectionate. In his friend- ship, warm and constant; and to all with whom he had intercourse, he was liberal and conciliating; ever ready to attend to the complaints of the poor and afflicted, lo them he was a kind and compassionate benefactcr. His heart beihg in his clerical profession, lie was ever anxious to conform to its rules, and his attention to its duties was always zealous and unre- mitting. " He was ever forward in promoting the literature and furthering- the interests of his country. Through bis exertions, chiefly, were the great provincial Eisteddfodau revived in 1819; and as the first design was formed under his own roof, he was the more indefatigable in exciting and assisting his friends in their literary pursuits. His liberality was almost unbounded in whatever seemed to have a claim on his public patronage or his private charity. His zeal in his literary pursuits was very great; as a proof of his industry in collecting and transcribing old Welsh MSS. and music, he has left hehind him a collection of Welsh tunes, probably the most extensive extant. " As a gentleman, he was ever courteous in his manners and affable in his demeanour, firm to his purposes and true to his engagements. As a magis- trate, he was intelligent and impartial. And as a pastor, he w. as zealous and conscientious. " In 1822, he married Miss Jones, of Crosswood, a lady of large fortune and considerable literary talents, with a disposition as amiable and charitable a « his own. The union was a source of mutual felicity, and the fruit of it is an only son. Of him may be repeated fhe wish of the chief bard of Manavon on the day of his baptism. Anwyl vo vn ail i'w Vam, Ac ail i'w Dad lieb gilio dim. " Before I conclude, let me hope that some of the bards of Gwynedd will rouse their Awen, and com- pose something deserving of his memory." prime beef, with a suitable quantity of bread, and various other articles most acceptable at this in- clement season, to a number of poor persons, inhabit- ants of Frankwell, in this town. The Brighton Gazette, after giving the names of the Grand Jurymen al Maidstone who sent a copy of their Resolutions to the Duke of Wellington ( see 4th page J says, " This list embraces all parties, but is composed chieflly of old Government men. Mr. Darell is a Catholic, aud so we believe is Mr. Bridger. Mr. Hodges was always a staunch Whig, as well as Mr Plumptre, the latter of whom, how ever, was strongly opposed to Emancipation. Mr. Darell is another stout Whig— we might almost term him a Radical." Committed to our County Gaol, Edwin Williams and Adam Yates, charged with stealing six geese, the property ef Agard Bamford, of the Hook Farm, m- ii'r Bridgnorth ; William Higgins, charged with having obtained under false pretences one half- strike of flour and other articles, the property of John Hughes, of Condover ; ' t'lwmas James, charged with having obtained under false pretences a quantity of laths, the property of Joseph Smith and Son, of the parish of St. Chad! Abraham Davies alias Leighton, anil Mary Shepstone, charged with stealing a parcel containing two sovereigns, the property of Thomas Taylor, of Newport; Samuel Jones, charged with stealing ten sovereigns, five shillings, and sixpence, tire property of Thomas Lewis, of Berrington; llichard Ore and Thomas Deakin, charged with stealing six ducks and one drake, one cock fowl and four ben fowls, and a guinea fowl, the property of Mr. Turner, of Dothill Park; and James Griffiths, charged with having stolen, from the residence of P. Eroughton Strey, Esq. ofTunstall Hall, a variety of trinkets, & c. advertised in our last Journal as being " lund in Griffiths's possession. MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND DENBIGHSHIRE COUNTY RECORDS. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, Through the medium of your Journal, ( whose columns are ever open to communications affecting the interests of society in general,) I am induced to address a few words on a subject which deeply con- cerns ( he principal landed proprietors in these coun- ties, and indeed every other individual whose title to his possessions may hereafter be disputed; namely, the subject of County Records: which are of incal- culable value; and although reference may very rarely be made to them, still they should be treasured with care, and every attention paid to their preserva- tion by the person who is placed in charge over them. If we look through the United Kingdom, we shall generally find, in the proper depositories records of a very ancient dale, in the highest state of preserva- tion, and so easy of reference, that in a few moments all the information required can be obtained, without any unnecessary waste of time or personal inconve- nience ; and this is precisely as it should be. But let us for a few moments turn our attention to the Records of the two Counties above- named; and we shall here find much room for complaint, and not without abundant cause. 1 shall now confine myself to facts, of which you or any other individual may be satisfied, by visiting the Record- Office for eifher of the two counties, leaving fhe public lo judge whether the complaint is ground- less, or a grievance stated which does not exist. There is a ltccord- Oflice at Welsh Pool for the County of Montgomery, and another at Ruthin for the county of Denbigh, in which Fines and Reco- veries, Coroners' Inquests, Crown Processes, Records and Jury Processes, Writs of Assize, Pleadings, tbe Nomina Ministrorum of the County, and all docu- ments connected with the Court of Great Session, are supposed to be filed and arranged in a manner suited for genet al reference. In a cause which lately came before the Court, many of these records were essen- tially necessary as documentary evidence. The Record- Office at Ruthin was searched, and documents found of rather an ancient date; but the plaintiff was satisfied there ought to be documents of a much earlier period, and by mere accident discovered that a number of old records were deposited in a room in Wrexham Church, under the care of no particular individual, having been removed there from the Lion Inn, where the Assizes some years back were held ( as appears from the records themselves), for the purpose of making room for the arms belonging to the Denbighshire Militia In this depository were discovered records of a very ancient dale, the writing of which had been much obliterated, owing to the dampness of Ihe room ; and it appeared on a careful examination, that the Montgomeryshire and Denbigh- shire records were indiscriminately mixed together. The plaintiff selected the Denbighshire records, which were the immediate object of his search, and such as he required were conveyed to the Record- Office at Ruthin, and subsequently the remainder were also removed, but in such a confused and damaged state, that a search for any one document would occupy a very considerable time. The Montgomeryshire Records, I understand, are still in Wrexham Church; — thus deposited in another county, and few persons, except those whom necessity has caused to know the fact; are even acquainted that such documents are in existence. These arc plain truths, and can easily be verified Surely, then, something ought to be done for the public security, and for the preservation of these ancient documents, which may at future periods become important to the interests of many individuals. These documents are in Latin, and written in the old Court hand, and therefore beyond the reach of arrangement of any person unacquainted with the language and the style of hand- writing; but would it not be well if each county employed a person com TO THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP. WE, the undersigned, Inhabitants of the Cotinlv of Salop, being desirous of holding a PUBLIC MEETING for the Purpose of taking into Consideration a proposed Allertrtiou in the Line of tbe Road from Loudon in Holyhead, through Shropshire, do hereby request you to appoint a Time and Place for holding the same. J. CRESSETT PEL!! AM Sir ROWLAND HILL, Rarf. The Farl of I IVERPOOL R. BURTON J WINGIIELD F. B. HILL ROBERT A. SLANET JOS. SUTTON THOMAS DU GARD J. R. KYNASTON S BUTI. EIt R. CORFI ELD PANTON COUBETT JONATHAN PERRY THOMAS KENYON ANDREW V. CORBET TIIOS. HARRIES ROWLAND HUNT Sir EDWARD J. SMYTIIE, Bart. WM. LLOYD Sir EDW. KYNASTON, Bart. WM. CHARLTON Sir ANDREW CORBET, Bart. JOHN A. LLOYD ST. JOHN CHVRLTON HOBT. SLANEY EDW. CHI DDE THOS. BULKELEY OWEN WM. WYBF. RGH HOW W. CLEMENT RICI1D. DRIN'KWATER JOSEPH SIIEPPARD. ( Cj* In Compliance with the above Requisition, hereby convene a MEETING of the FREE- HOLDERS and INHABITANTS of the County of Salop, to be held at the Shirehall, in Shrewsbury, on FRIDA Y, the EIGHTH Day of JANUARY next, at Twelve o'Clock. CHAS. KYNASTON MAINWARING, High Sheriff. Oteley Park, Dee. 23, 1829. [ i TEETH. LEVASOT* A NO JQNES. MR. LEVASON, SURGEON- DENTIST, Of 22, White Friars, Chester, ESPECTFULLY announces to his Patrons, the Nobility, Ladies, and Gentlemen of Salop rid its Vicinity, he will beat Mr. VVMTK's, Uphol- tei^ r, Top oi \ VyIe Cop, Shrewsbury, on Monday Morning n^ xt, ihe 4th of January, and may be eon- ulted till tlie Saturday Evening following, on all ases of Denial Surgery and Mechanism. Indestructible, Composition, Natural, and Artificial Teeth fixed on Principles approved by the Faculty. Mr. LBVASO* attends in Shrewsbury the first M' day in every Mouth, aud remains till the Saturday Evening following. TO BIIIIXJERS. BLACKMORE & CO.' S PATENT BOLTING CLOTHS> WITHOUT SEAMS. rPHE unremitted Attention which in a every Particular B and Co. have paid to the Manufacture of these. Cloths, the long Experience they have had, and the Adoption of every real Im- provement ( some important ones recently), enable them now to oflier the Article as the most perfect In- vention of the Kind, and fully answering every valuable Purpose iu the Dressing of Flour. The Proprietors, gratefully acknowledging the li- beral Support they have received, and respectfully soliciting its Continuance, which they confidently trust their improved Patent Bolting Cloths will ensure, beg Leave to inform their Friends and Gen- tlemen iu the Flour Trade, that they are sold by the following AGENTS: Mr. William Hazledine.., . Shrewsbury ; Mr. Morris Jones. Welsh Pool; Mr. Richard Jones Newtown; Messrs. Jones 4* Powell.., . Oswestry ; Mr. Anthony Myers Liverpool; Mr. William Edwards,... Ludlow ; Messrs. J. H. Meredith, Kington ; Mr. P. Denman Wolverhampton ; Miss 11. Guest Brosehy. © ales Dp aucttoti. ELM, BEECH, ASH, & OTHER TREES, At Bicton Grove and Itossall. BY MR. PERRY, Al the Britannia Inn, in the Town of Shrewsbury, on Saturday, tbe 9th Day of January next, nt four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced ; LOT I 1 AO E'- M Trees, 97 BEECH Trees, 47 ASH i Trees, 11 SYC A MOR ETrees, 6 FIR Trees, 1 BIRCH Tree, 1 CHERRY Tree, and 75 CYPHERS, standing near the River Severn, in Wood or Coppice on the BICTON GROVE Estate, Ihe Occupation of Clark, who will shew the Trees ; ihe Whole of iheui being numbered with a Scribe. I. OT II 13 ASH Trees, 60 BEECH Trees, and 8 SCOTCH l-' IRS, standing in a Wood or Coppice a ROSS ALL, close adjoining lo the River Severn being Part ofa Farm and Lands in the Occupation of Richard Whiilingham, who will shew the Trees. Tbe Situation of the above Timber is most conveni eutly adapted for Carriage, being about three Miles distant from Shrewsbury, with excellent Roads, and near to the River. Further Pnrtieulars may be had by Application at the Office of Mr. How, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. Genteel House, Ghrdens, Wine Vaults. Stable, extensive Premises, and Free hold Pew, Shrewsbury. mAIBlE^ Tr IMIBAlLIIDo SHREWSBURY. In our Market, ou Saturday last, Ihe price of Hides was 4d. per lb.— Calf Skins oil.— Tallow 3Jd. » . d. s. d. Old Wheal, 38 quart 9 6 to 99 New Wheat, ditto 9 0 lo 9 4 Old Barley, 38 quarts 0 0 10 0 0 New Barley, ditto 4 0 to 5 4 Old OHIS, 57 quarts li 8 to 7 8 New Oats, ditto 4 9 to 5 6 CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 28. Tbe severity of the frosl having completely stopped Ihe navigation, vve were at a stand- still this morning, and prices must be nominally quoted as on last Mon- day, for where a needy consumer hud to purchase, thai day's prices were obtained. Cuirent Price 0/ Grain per Quarter, as under: Wheat.. Barlev MALT." 40s to 73s 32s 10 34s 50s to 60s White Peas. Beaus..., Osls 32s to 34s 32s lo 35s 25s 10 29s BY MR. PERRY, At the Lion I1111, Shrewsbury, on Salurdav, the I61I1 of January, 1830, at 5 o'Clock iu the Afternoon; 4 LLthatcapital DWELLING HOUSE ( principally of modern Erection), containing on the Gaociin FLOOR — Entrance Hall, Dining Room 25 Feet bv 18 Feel; Drawing Room 18 Feet by 18 Feet Breakfast Parlour 19 Feet 8 Inches by 12 Feet 6 Inches; Study ( or Office) 19 Feet 6 Inches by 12 Feet 8 Inches ; with second Street Entrance, Lobby, and Closet, Butler's and Cook's Pantries, Kitchen, Brew- linuse, convenient Larder, Yards, and Offices, with Entrance into adjoining Court, and ample Cellaring. CHAMBRH FI. OOK— Five excellent Bed Chambers two Dressing Rooms, and a Closet. SRCONO FLOOR— Three good Bed Chambers, three Garrets, and one Servant's Room, and Store Room over Brew house, & c. the Whole in perfect Repair Papered and Painted, and fit for immediate Occupa lion. Attached to the House is a Terrace Garden, 111 Feel by 82 Feet, planted with choice Fruit Trees also a Garden House, and a Lower Garden, 91 Feet 6 Inches by 77 Feet, planted with Apple and otlie Standard Fruit Trees in full Bearing; and an excel lent 3- stalled Stable and Saddle Room. Also the extensive WINE VAULTS, Ware Rooms Counting House, & c. now iu the Occupation of Messrs Peter Beck and Co. under Lease for Five Years. The ahove Premises are situate in DOGPOLE Shrewsbury, and were lately occupied by Mr. Peele The Garden Front has a South- east Aspect, and com- mands a delightful View of ihe adjacent Country. The Street Frontage is 95 Feet; and the Whole forms a very desirable Residence for a large Establishment, or for a Gentleman engaged in Professional or Com- mercial Pursuits requiring Space. Also an excellent Freehold PEW in St. Julian's Church, usually occupied with the above Premises. Further Particulars inny he known from Mr PERRY, or at the Office of Messrs. DUKES and SALT, Shrews- bury. CYCLE. TPME next CYCLE, which was to be a held at II ALSTON on ihe 4th of January, is unavoidably PUT OFF. HAI. STON, DEC. 28, 1829. T. US- DALE BEGS most respectfully to announce to his Friends and the Public, that he has com- menced Business as an Auctioneer and Appraiser, and trusts that, by a faithful and diligent Discharge of any Commissions with which be may he favoured, to merit and obtain a Share of Public Patronage. ABOUT 100 TONS OF HAY. To be Sold by Private Treaty, About 100 Tons of exceedingly prime Old and New HAY ( as good as any in the County), of tbe Growths of 18- 27, 1828, and 1829, either together or in Lou.— Part of the ahove llay is standing on Lutids within Five Minutes' Walk of Fraukwell ; the Remainder 011 Lands near to Copthorn Gate, a Mile from the Town. To view and treat for the same apply to Mr. THOMAS TiSDAtB, New Street, who will give a liberal Time for Payment of the Purchase Money aud Re. moval of the Hay. ( ONE COKCBBN.) NEW STREET, FRAMKWELL, 24TH DBC. 1829. AT a MEETING of the Inhabitants of SHREWSBURY and ill Neighbourhood, held al the Guildhall, on TDESOAT, the 1st Dny of DBCBji- BER, 1829, in Pursuance of a Requisition for that Purpose ; The Right Worshipful THE MAYOR, in the Chair : It was unanimously Resolved, Upon the Motion of tlie Hon. THOMAS KBKTOK, seconded by tbe Rev. Sir EDWARD KfHASToit. Bart. ' I. Thatnlie proposed Alteration, in the Line of tlie Holyhead Road through Shropshire will be a great Injury lo Shrewsbury and its Neighbourhood. Upon the Motion of the Rev. Sir EDWARD KFTIAI. TON, Bart, seconded by J. C. PELHAM, Esq. II. That it is our Belief considerable Improvements may be made in the Line of Road tlirotigh Shrew sbury, sons to shorten the Distance, and give every requisite Accommodation to Travellers. Upon the Motion of JOHII WIHGFIBLD, Esq. second- ed by JOSEPH SBEPPARD, Esq. III. That we are willing and tinxious to endeavour, as soon as possible, to effect the said Improvements. Upon the Motion of WILLIAM LLOYD, Esq. seconded by F. K. LBIGHTOR, Esq. IV. That to make Twenty- seven Miles of new Road ( according to the proposed Plan), at a Cost of near One Hundred Thousand Pounds of Public Money, for the Sake of saving about Four Miles ( not Half an Hour Mail Time), would be unjustifiable Extravagance. Upon tbe Motion of PANTO* CORBBTT, Esq. le- conded by JOHN EATON, Esq. V. That this Meeting pledge themselves to oppose the proposed Diversion of the Road to the TJtmoil of their Power. Upon the Motion of llie Venerable Archdeacon BUTLER, seconded by JOHN WINGFIELB, Esq. VI. That a Committee be forthwith appointed, t* organize and conduct such Opposition. Upon the Mdioti of It. A. SLANEY, Esq. seconded by JOSBPH SUTTON, Esq. VII. That the following Gentlemen be Members 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 ROWLAND HILL, Bart. M. P. Sir F. B. HILL PANTON CORBETT, Esq. M. P. R. A. SLANEY. Esq. M. P. JOHN WINGFIELD, Esq. ROBERT BURTON, Esq. F. K. LEIGHTON, F. sq. Tbe Venerable Archdeacon 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, F. sq. RICHARD DRINKWATER, Esq. Mr. TOMPKINS, VV. CLEM ENT, Esq. Dr. DU GARD. JOSEPH SHF. PPARD, Esq. WALTER BURLEY, Esq. Upon th* Motion of J. C. PKLMAM, Esq. seconded by R. A. SLANBY, Esq. VIII. That it be an Instruction to Ihe Committee ( o consider tbe best Meant of facilitating the Trofellinjj through Shrewsbury, and obviating every unneces- sary Obstruction. Upon the Molion of WILLIAM CLBMINT, Etq. ie- coiided by WILLIAM COOPER, Etq. IX. That a Subscription be immediately entered into for defraying Ihe Expenses of ihe Opposition, nnd that Subscriptions be received for that Purpose nt all Ihe Banks in tbe County ; and that the Proceeds be placed at the Disposul of the Committee. Upon the Motion of SAMCKL HARLKY, Etq. teconded by JOHN EATON, JIIII. Esq. X. Thai the above Resolution! be advertised in « ach of the Shrewsbury Newspapers. R. GRAY, Mayor, Chairman. Fine Flour 55s lo 60s per sack ; SecondsfrOs lo 55s SMITHFIKI- Ufiiei st. oj 8lb sinking ojalj Beef 4s Oil 10 4s 6d I Veal 4s Oil io 5s Od tlullou... 4s 4d to 4s 8d I Pork 4s Od to 5> Od Lamb ... 0s Od to 0s Od CATTLB AT MARKET.— Beatts, 3020; Calves, 133; Sheep, 16,520 ; Pigs, 140. Average Price of Corn in the Week ending Dec 18,1829:— Wheat 57s. 3d.; Barley 22s. 6d. j Oats 21s. 4 d LIVERPOOL. Wheat Brtrlev Oats..' Malt Fine Flour 9s. 4s. 3s. 7s. 44s. 3d. 3d. 2d. fid. 0.1. 3d. per 701 lis 9d. per bush. 6d. per 451b. 9d. per bush, to 50s. 0d. per280lb to 10s. lo 4t. to 3s. to 7s. BRISTOI Spring price of Wheat, per sock of s. d. s. d. 331 lbs 35 0 to 44 foreign Wheal per Imperial bushel... 6 0 to 8 English Wheal, ditto ti 3 10 8 vlntiiug Bnrfey, dilto 4 6 in 4 '. lull, ditto 7 0 to 8 ' Inls, Poland, ditto 3 0 to 3 Flour, Fine, pet sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbs, 44 0 .10 47 Seconds, ditto. 40 0 lo 42 Very superior Underwood. BY MESSRS. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, At the Raven Inn, in Much Wenlock, 011 Monday, the 11 ill Day of January next, at Three o'Clock iu Ihe Afternoon, in tbe following Lots; LOT I. FIFTEEN ACRES or thereabouts of ASH, ELM, HAZEL, & c. LOT II. 15^ Acres or thereabouts of Ditto. LOT III. 13| Acres or thereabouts of Ditto. The above Underwood, which consists principally of Ash upwaids of 30 Years' Growth, is of very- superior Qualitv, and is growing in OXEN BOLD GREAT COPPICE, siliime 5 Miles from Wenlock mill 6 from Bridgnorth, aud nearly adjoining good Turnpike Roads, Mr. NORRIS, of Oxenbold, or Mr. MBAKIN, OR Weston, will appoint 11 Peison to shew tbe Lots; and any further Particulars may be bad from Messrs BURLBY & SCARTH, Shrewsbury ; or from Mr, CHUNE, JUU. Coalbrookdule. Upon the Motion of R. A. SLANBY, Etq. teeondud by PANTON CORBETT, Esq. * Resolved, That the Thanks of tliit Meeting be given to Mr. MAYOR, for convening the Meeting aud hit Conduct in the Chair. Upon the Motion of J. R KYNASTON, Etq. teconded by J. C. PELHAM, Esq. Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Honourable THOMAS KBKYON, for hit Excrtiont aud able Assistance. LOXDALE, Town Clerk. Names of Subscribers to the Opposition to the Alteration in the Holyhead Road. J. C. Pelbain, Esq. M. P * 40 0 0 Hon, T. Kenvou 40 0 0 John Wingfield, Esq 40 0 t> Rev. Sir Edward Kyiinston, Bart 20 0 0 William Lloyd, Esq 20 0 0 Patiton Corbett, Esq. M P 21 0 0 R. A. Slaney, Esq M. P 21 0 0 Venerable Archdeacon Butler.... 15 0 0 W. Clement, Etq 6 » O Itev. F. Iliff 5 5 0 Messrs. W. and R. Tavlor 5 5 0 Messrs. C. T. Clarke St Co...., 5 5 0 W. Jeffreys, Esq 5 5 0 Mr. Tompkiiu 40 0 0 Messrs. Rocke, Ey Ion, & Co 25 0 0 Mestrs. Beck, Do'dsou, Eulons, &. Co 25 0 0 Messrs. Burton, Lloyd, 5t Co 25 0 0 Messrs. Price, Hughes, & Co 2ft 0 0 Joseph Sheppnrd, Esq 5 5 0 Robert Gray, Esq ( Mayor) 5 8 0 Mr. Jobson 25 0 0 Mr. James Harding, George Inn 2 2 0 Peter Beck, Esq 5 5 0 Messrs. J. and R. Moltram 5 5 0 Mr. John Carter, Hen and Chickens 2 2 0 Messrs. Bratton and Bromley 5 5 0 Mr. John Walton 5 5 0 Mr. Wm. Wilton, Wheat Sheaf. 2 2 0 Mr. Samuel Hurley. 5 5 0 Mr. James Watkins 5 5 0 W. E. Jeffreys, Esq 10 0 0 Joseph Sutton, Esq 10 0 0 Jonathan Perry, Esq 5 5 1) Robert Burton, Esq 25 0 0 Richard Diinkwaler, Esq 7 7 0 Dr. Du Card 10 0 0 Messrs, J. and J. Cnrline 5 5 0 John Bather, Esq 5 5 0 Thomas IVinberton, Esq 15 0 0 Thomas Harries, Esq 5 0 0 Messrs. VV. aud J. Eddowes 5 5 0 Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. M. P 40 I) 0 Edwnrd Tipton, Esq 5 5 0 William Cooper, Esq 5 5 0 William Griffith, Esq 5 5 0 The Viscount Clive 50 0 O Thomas Kvnnersley, Esq 5 0 0 Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart 35 0 0 Mr. John Nightingale, High Street.... 1 1 0 The Earl of Liverpool 50 0 0 William Charlton, Esq. 35 0 0 Edward Cludde, Etq 30 0 0 SAJLOPIAN ' JCMJIRMAL*' AIW C0UMIEIR OIF* WAB TO BE SOLD, APHAETON, and a Pair of BAY PONIES about 14 Hanils high,- an excellent Mutcli and very temperate. The Phuetuu lias two Dickies, and is very complete. For Price nnd Particulars apply to Mr. COOKB, Angel 1 tiri, Ludlow. , T. MOUNTFORD BEGS to inform the Public, that the under. named Articles are now FOR SALE, at his Yard, DOGPOLE, SALOP, wliiclt for Cheapness aud Durability be flatters himself cannot be exceeded : — New and Second- band Phaetons, Gigs, Cars, New nud Second- hand Harness, New aud Second hand Pony Gigs; handsome light Post Chaise, nearly ns good as new ; a very good Second- hand Gig with Head; a 4- Wheel Car wilh a Head; Second- hand Pair. llnrse Coach ; Pair. Horse Fly Van ; two Tax Carts, suitable fur Farmers; several Coach Axletrees and Springs; and a Set of good Pinnies for a llearse. The above Carriages are built upon the best and most fashionable Construction, and aie of the best Materials aud Workmanship, and will be sold at very low Rales. Couch. making carried oil in all its Branches, and Orders received executed with Dispatch aud uu the most reasonable Terms. Good llearse. Mourning Coach, and Gig lo Hire; Gig without Horse at reduced Rates. Second hand Gig and Coach Lamps, old Wheel., & c. f4- f Handsome Second- hand Phaeton, with a Head, hung upon C Springs. New Lace for lining Gigs and Carriages, of the best Quality.— New Springs of every Description, warranted. Sales by Commission. ^ aics auction. THIS DAY. AGENERAL ABSTRACT of the ACCOUNT of EDWARD PEARSON, Treasurer of the Public Stock of tlie Counly of Merioneth, of the RECEIPTS and DISBURSEM ENTS as such Treasurer, for One Year ending 7th April, 1820, conformable lo an Act passed in the Fifty- fifth Year nf King- George the Third, intituled " An Act to amend an Act of His late Majesty King George the Second, 14 for ihe more easy assessing and levyin December 22, 1829. RECEIPTS. Balance of last Year's Account Arrears of Dilto Amount of Assessments £ 1781 3 9 Arrears of Rate not received 3110 4 2 of County Rates;" aud allowed by the Magistrates, at Dolgelley, DISBURSEMENTS. r.. s. 37 tJ 12 163 3 Cash received 1480 19 7 Received of Messrs Williams & Davies, Dolgelley, for I325! h. of old Lead, at lid. per lb 8 5 7| Received of the Dolgelley Turnpike Trust for Stones broken by the Prison- ers iu Gaol... >. 3 18 0 Dilto of the Inspector of Weights aud Measures as Fines 10 0 Ditto of 1 lie Gaoler, being a Fine levied upon hitu by the Magistrates for the Escape of Jonah Williams, a Prisotier 5 0 0 We, the undersigned, having examined these A eeonnts of the Treasurer, and compared them with the Vouchers, do find them correct to the best of our Belief. UNRESERVED SALE OF PAWNBROKERS' PLEDGES. ' BY MU. WHITE, In his Shop, Top of Wvle Cop, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, the 3111 h December, 1829; LL the UNREDEEMED GOODS pledged with Mr. JAMES HITCHINS, Pawn- broker, previous to July. 1828; consisting of a general Assoi i. iueut of Wearing' Apparel, Woollen Cloths, Bed and Table Linen, Stc. t Ihe Wliule lo be sold without the least Reserve. Particulars of which will appear in Catalogues. Sale iu the Forenoon at Eleven, and in the Afternoon at Two o'Clock. A Dated the 22d Dec. 1829. HUGH REVEl. EY. EDWD. OWEN. Paiil for repairing the County Bridges... Ditto for Repairs of the County Gaol, County Halls, &. Houses of Correction Ditto for the Maintenance of Prisoners... Ditto for apprehending and conveying of Prisoners and Criminals.. ..;.....„. Ditto Coroners1 Bills... Dilto Attornies' Bills for the Prosecution of Criminals .. v... Ditto Ditto for other County Business ... Ditto for Coals to the Prisons and Countv Halls Ditto for cleaning and repairing the County Hull (' lock at Bala . Exhibition Money to the Mar& halsea and Fleet Prisons Surgeons* Bills for attending Cormier.... Ditto Stationers' Bills - Ditto Trumpeters and Proclaimed ..- Ditto Magistrates' Clerks Ditto Constables in the Execution of their Office Diito the Hundred of Mowddwy, being a Re payment of Money on . Account of its repairing the Bridges wuhiu the same Salaries: Clerk of the Peace. Ditto Chaplain.......*>..* Dilto Surgeon.. Ditto Keepers of Houses of Correction... Ditto Surveyor of Bridges .... Ditto Inspectors of Weights & Measures ' Ditto ' Gaoler .... ....... Ditto Treasurer Ditto G « en ls. » ac, for she Care of the County Hall, Dolgelley .... Executors of the labe Chaplain, being the Amount of Salary due to him to the Time of his Decease L. 7 « 9 k 55 17 45 0 11 14 21 19 94 37 18 2 0 2 18 0 4 0 1 I II HI 2 in 9 13 1 12 0 £ 2038 18 104 74 3 7 30 tl 0 20 0 0 1( 1 1) 0 25 5 0 65 0 0 29 8' ( 1 70 0 0 34 0 0 5 4 0 15 11 0 1485 Balance due to the County. 553 £ 2038 18 IO3 This L) u/, To- morrow, and following Days. GREAT BARGAINS- West of England Broad Cloths, Kerseys, Cassi- meres, India and French Cashmere Shawls, Cotton Cords, Waistcoating, Silks, Linens, Flan- ne's, Blankets, Marseilles Quilts, BY MR. WHITE. In his Front Shop, Wvle Cop, Shrewsbury, this Day ( Wednesday), Dec. 30, 1829, and following Days ; 4 Lar^ e Assortment of superfine West of England Broad and Narrow Cloths, iu every Variety of Colour, Drab Kersevs aud Cashmeres, about lOtiO Yards of Cotton aud Woollen Cords; a large Quantity of Tollenette, Valencias, Quiltiugs, & c. for Waistcoating; Silk Handkerchiefs, Gros. de- Naples, aud other Silks ; Irish aud Home- made Linens, in Sheetings, Diapers, & c.; Welsh Flannels; Silk, Cotton, and Worsted Shawls; a great Variety of Primed Cottons, Marseilles Quilts, & c.— Also a large Assortment of the best Indian and French Cashmere Shawls. The Stock may be viewed during the Day, and the Sale to commence each Evening at Six o'Clock. The above Goods will be found of the most genuine Quality, and are well deserving the Attention of the Public generally. DORRINGTON. DANIEL BRIGHT RESPECTFULLY announces that he will SELL BY AUCTION, at the Spread Eagles lull, Shrewsbury, oil Saturday, the 16th Duy of Janu- ary, 1830, at Four o'clock iu the Afternoon, all the highly desirable M ESSU AG F. or Tenement, Freehold and Copyhold LANDS, & c belonging to Ihe late Mr. BBSFOHD, situated at DORRINGTON, in the County of Salop. Particulars in our next. TO Tinmen, Braziers, Ironmongers, and others. BY MR. PADDOCK, ( By Order of the Assignee,) on the Premises in the Cross, in the Town of Oswestry, on Monday, the 4th Day of January, 1830, and following Days, until the Whole is disposed of; ri^ HE entire STOCK of BRASS, COP- Jt PER, and TIN GOODS, IRONMONGERY, CUTLERY, Household Goods nud FURNITURE, und all other Ihe Effects uf Mr. WILLIAM BICKERTON, Tinman and Brazier, a Bankrupt. — Also Two Stacks of well harvested HAY. The Sale lo commence each Day at Ten o'Clock precisely, and the Whole will be sold without any % » ej- ye,. . , ,.... . . • TO BUILDERS, & c. ANY Quantity of FRONTAGE LAND, commanding a View upon the Sea, may be had on Building Lease, at Leasowe Castle, ou the Cheshire Shore.— For further Particulars apply to Mr. DAVIES, Mollington, near Chester. The Proximitx to Liverpool and the Manufacturing Districts, the Excellence of the Sands, the Beauty of the Sea View, which comprises the Entrance to the Port, and oilier Circumstances, render this Spot most attractive for the Formation of a WATERING PLACE, which cannot fail lo become popular as soon as it is established. LEASOWE CASTLE is five Miles from Liverpool and twenty from Chester, and has very good Communica- tions with both Piaces, and it is on the nearest Shore to the populous Counties of Salop, Stafford, Derby, and Warwick. FOUND, On the Evening of Wednesday, the 9th of December instant, in Ihe Lands of MI. IUYLRY, at NORTON, near Atcham, iu the County of Salop, AD A RK- CH ESN uf M A R E:— Who- ever may have lost the saute, by Application to Mr. Bay ley aforesaid, shall, on describing the Marks? &. C. and paying the Expenses, have the Mare restored NORTON, DEC. 19, IB29. FRANCIS LLP YD N MU NTGOME KYSHIRE. TT ® ] LIL © TOTBlfl ILlMTo JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that ihe TOLLS arising aud lo he collected al the several Toll Gates hereiiiufler- menlioned, namely, Llanyniynech aud New Bridge Gales. Bulliugtoii aud Leighion Gates, Llaufair Lower, Pool Upper, Ceuuaiit, Pool Church, and Groes PInan Gates, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Town Hall, iu Pool, ou Saturday, the 16lh Day of January, 1829, between llie llouis of Ten and Twelve ill the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by ihe Act passed in Ihe Third Year of Ihe Reign of His Majesty George the Fourth, 41 For regulating Turnpike Roads ;" which Tolls produced the lust Year the following Sums, viz. Llnnymynecli and New Bridge Gales £ 530 Bilttiugtoa aud Leighion Gates 595 Llaufair Lower, Pool Upper, Ceuuanl, Pool Church, and Groes Pluau Gules 397 ubuve the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at tliuse Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay one Month iu Advance ( if required) nf the Rent at which such Tolls may be lei, and give Security, wilh sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly. And that 1 he said Trustees will at the same Time appoint new or additional Trustees iu the Room of those who may be dead, or who inuy become iucapuble, or decline acting. U. GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. POOL, DEC. 18, 1829. Preston Brochhurst, Haic/ cstone, and other Roads, IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP. SHROPSHIRE SUPERIOR TIMBER. BY MR. EDWARD JENKINS, At the White Horse Inn, in Went, in Ihe County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 10th Day of Fehruury, 1830, al Five o'Clock in the Afternuon, subject to such Conditions as shall be then produced, and iu the following Lots : LOT I. yy/ y OAK Trees, 15 Oak Pollards, 20 Ash Trees, / / 2 Ash Pollards, 14 Alder Trees, 4 Sycamore ' ' Trees, nnd I Withy Tree, standing 011 Purl of H Farm ni WOLVERLEY, iu the Occupation uf Mr. Kichntd Wilson. Lor II. 46 Oak Trees, 4 Oak Pollards, II Ash Trees, and I Withy Tree, standiug oil other Parts of the said Farm. LOT 111 53 Oak Trees, 6 Oak Pollards, 10 Ash Trees. I Ash Pollard, 1 Alder Tree, and 1 Cherry Tree, standing on other Purls of the said Farm. LOT IV. 71 Oak Trees, 14 Oak Pollards, 19 Ash Trees, 1 Ash Pollard, aud 4 Alder Trees, also stunding on other Paris of the « uid Farm. LOT V. 20 Oak Trees, 1 Oak Pollard, 2 Ash Trees, 4 Alder Trees, und 3 Sycamore Trees, standing on a Farm at Nortliwood, in ihe Occupation of Mr. Edward Kviiuslnu. LOT VI 58 Oak Trees, 23 Oak Pollards, 3 Ash Trees, 3 Alder Trees, 2 Elm Trees, aud 1 Withy Tree, standing 011 Part of a Farm at Newtown, in the Occupation of Mr. Robert Ebrcy. LOT VII. 59 Oak Trees and 13 Oak Pollards, stand- ing on other Parts of the said Farm. LOT VIII. 17 Oak Trees, 2 Oak Pollards, 3 Ash Trees, and 3 Alder Trees, standing on Luiiils near the Village of Loppington, iu the severul Occupations of Mr. Robert Ebrey and Mr. John Cup p. LOT IX. 32 Oak Trees, 58 Abler Trees, 21 Pnplnr Trees, 3 Ash Trees, aud 3 Sy camore Trees, standing ou Part nf* Farm at the Common Wood, iu the Occu- patioii of Mr. Robert Williams. 1 orX 89 Alder Trees, 22 Poplar Trees, nnd 2 Ash Trees, . lauding on other Purls of ihe said Farm. Lots I to 5 inclusive adjoin ihe Turnpike Road leading from Wein 10 Ellesmere, about Midway from each Place, and are within a Mile and Half of the Elleiniere nnd Chester Canal at Hampton Bank Wharf. Lois 6 and 7 adjoin the Road leading from VVolveiley Bridge 10 Whixall. nnd are distant 2 Miles fiom Ihe Canal at Hampton Bank and Edstaslon Wharfs. Lot 8 is near ihe Turnpike Road, aud lead- ing from l. oppiiigioir lo Went, distant from the latter place 3 Miles. Lots 9 nnd It) are situate near ihe Village of Nonelev, di. lunl from Wein about 2 Miles mid from the F. llesuiere und Chester Conul at Edstasion Wharf about 3 Miles The respeclive Tenant* will shew the different Lots, which are all numbered wilh a Scribe; and thev " ill also furnish Primed Handbills more pa'rlicu- iurl'y describing ihem. The Oak is of large Dimensions, suitable for Naval or otn. r Purposes where good Timber is required The Wltit. Woods nre also chiefly of good Dimensions and Quality > and the whole nre well worlli the Aiien- lioa of'l itnlw- i Merchants generally, F„ r further Particulars apply lo Mr THOMAS DIATM Bt'ow*,*.|, citor, Wtin; " or lo Mr BROMLEY Timber Valuer, Unchurch, ' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that theTOLLS arising ni the several undermeiitiou ed Toll Gales upon these Rnuds, will be LET BY AUCTION, lo the best Bidders, at Ihe House of Richard Home, known by the Sign of the Turk's lleud, iu lladnal, iu the said County, on Thursday, ihe 21sl Day uf January next, between the Hours of Eleven and Four, iu Ihe Manner directed by the Acts passed in the Third nnd Fourth Years of the Reign of bis Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulat- ing Turnpike Roads," which Tolls produced lust Yeur the following Sums : L. S. D. LOT 1.— Old Henlli, Harlescott, and Ber- wick Gales 482 0 0 LOT 2.— Cotwall and Crudgingtun Gules... 439 0 It LOT 3.— Prees Gate 38 0 0 WHERE AS BAYLEY, nf PRESTON BIIOCKIICKST, Farm er, has, by Indenture of Lease and Release and Assignment, dated respectively the 7lh and Nth Days of December instant, conveyed and assigned ove'r ajl his Real and Personal Estate unto JOHN PrpiovV, of Shrewsbury, Seedsman, and THOMAS KYNASTON, of Weill, Grocer, IN TRUST for Ihe equal Benefit of his Creditors who shall execute the said Deed of Convey! mice aud Assignment: NOTICE is hereby uiven, that Ihe same now lies for Signature lit ihe Office of M essrs. DUKES and SA I. T, iu Shrew slnirj-, In whom all Creditors of the said Francis Lloyd Bayley ure re- quested immediately to send iu the Particulars of llitir Claims. DOGPOLB, Dec. 24th, 1829. itflioceUancous EnteUigcnre. At the Annual December Meeting of the Forest of Dean and Chepstow District Agricultural Society, on the 19th instant, the premium for the best common turnips was awarded to Mr. Rogers, of Ifton Hill; and the cup, given by Colonel Lewis, for the best general crop, to Mr. John Sandford, of Llanmellin Farm, Monmouthshire. ADVICE TO LANDLORDS.— Of all the modes of relieving the rural tenantry, that of the landlords allowing them time for the rents is the most desirable. We are not sure whether, under the peculiar cir- cumstances of the late harvest and of the present season, credit given till March may not be a greater boon than an actual deduction allowed from the rent, if paid between Michaelmas and Christmas. Those acquainted with agricultural affairs must be aware how many reasons there are why farmers should not he compelled to thrash out their corn in haste : how desirable, for instance, it is that small farmers, who must sell, should not have to compete unnecessarily with great ones, as well as that the public should be supplied from the grower, and not from the middle man ; and, above all, how greatly grain of every description, in all. years, but especially after such a harvest as the last, ameliorates both in the mow and in the stack. In the article, too, of foddering cattle, it is most essential that the supply of the straw- yard should be gradual, and above all, not exhausted, or most deficient in the season when it is most wanted. These, and many more, are unanswerable reasons why the greatest boon a good tenant can receive is a liberal allowance of time for the payment of his rent; and we would earnestly press upon landowners this consideration, as one in which their own interests are scarcely less involved than those of the farmer. Indeed, it is this point of mutual advantage which is, very unfortunately but too, much lost sight of; nor would agriculture be suffering, we are fully per- suaded, to the alarming extent it now is, if the land- lord had always been of opinion that the tenants interest was his own. Though the consequences of the mistaken policy of Government cannot be counteracted by the wise forbearance of landlords, yet they may, in some degree, be ameliorated.— English Chronicle. A beautiful specimen of the lesser spotted wood- pecker of Pennant, or picus minor of Linnaeus, so rarely seen in this country, was last week shot in the garden of Mr. G. Harmor, of Ipswich. AN OTHF. R AFRICAN MISSION.— We hear that His Majesty's Government have engaged Messrs. Richard anil John Lander of Falmouth, to proceed forthwith to Africa, for the purpose, we believe, of exploring that interesting but imperfectly know n quarter of the globe. In this every- way perilous undertaking, the young men will be accompanied only by a limited nlimber of the natives; and they will land somewhere on the Western coast. Mr. Richard Lander is the side survivor of the late African mission of exploration under the lamented Clapperton.— Cornwall Gazette. The splendid mansion, together with the estate, of Ppor Pvrk, near this city, has lately been purchased by the Right Rev Dr. Baines, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Western District, as a College for the said district, and as his future residence.— Bath CJtronicle. . Lieutenant Clark, late of the Sussex Coast Guard Blockade, who has saved many lives, and also the property of numerous vessels wrecked on that dan- gerous coast from plunder and utter destruction, has received a massive gold medal, presented to him by the King of the Netherlands— a costly dress sword a pair of superb pistols inlaid with gold— a splendid Silver vase from the Underwriters at Lloyd's— and a handsome gold medal from the Royal National Institution. THE KING— His Majesty arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday week, soon after four o'clock, at- tended by his suite, and took up his residence there for the winter. In order to guard against the accidents so fre- quently occurring from the prevalence of fogs at this season, many of the mail coaches have been fitted up with a lamp placed under the coachman's foot- board, the light from which enables him to command a better view of the horses than is afforded by the side lamps. Five horses have been stolen within the last three or four weeks from the neighbourhood of Nantwic. il: viz. two from Doddington Mill, two from Mr. Thomas Breese's, of Lea Hall, and one from Mr. Cooke's, of Faddiley. We are glad to hear that two out of the five have been recovered. Mr. Breese's son traced his father's horses to a depository in Liverpool, w here they were placed on sale with others. Two out of the three men who took the horses to Liverpool, and owned them there, have been secured. Horse- radish cut into small pieces, and chewed in the mouth, is an excellent remedy for hoarse- ness, coughs, colds, and cases of incipient cou. sumption. Several cases of its successful applica- tion have come within our knowledge.— Manchester Herald. The executors of the lale D. Demi, Esq. of Brandon Hall, Sutfolk, paid last week a legacy of t' 1000 to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, t'lOOii to Norwich Bethel, and £ 500 to Norwich Eye Infirmary— a legacy of £ 680. 14s. lOd also paid to the same Hospital by the executor of tile lale Lady- Graves. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. LUDLOW. TO BE LET, To the highest Bidder, for twenty- one Years, At ( iuildhatl, iu Ludlow aforesaid, on Tuesday, the 19th Day of January next, at Twelve o'Clock, sub- ject to Conditions ; ADWELLING HOUSE, Water Corn Grist MILL, Stable, and Garden, called the Upper Part of CASTLE MILL, adjoining the said Town, aud now in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Weaver, or his Undertenant. The above Mill is abundantly supplied with Water, being built on the River Teme, and ( exclusive of Ihe Fishery) is, from its being situated in a Corn Country, a principal Supply uf Flour lo Bewdlev, Kidderniin. ster, nnd oilier Markets, and worihy the Atteiitiuu of the first Millers and Corn Factor* in the Kingdom. The above Premises belong to the Corporation of Ludlow, and will he set for 21 Years from the 25th Day of February next, nt Half Rack lieul and Half Fine, which Fine will be four Years' Purchase of the Rent or Sum at which Ihe same shall be taken. There nre certain inside Fixtures belonging to Ihe Mill, necessary for working it, which the Tenant will be required to take to at a Valuation 10 be made by two indifferent Persons ( one lo be chosen by the Land- lords, the other by the Tenant), a Particular uf which will be produced at the Time of Letting. For further Particulars apply lo Mr. SAMUEL ACTON, Curve Street, Ludlow. 20TH DEC. 1829. PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS— Mr. Hume intends moving, early in the approaching Session, for « a Return of the number of souls ( Irish) which have been released from Purgatory during the last twelve months— the number of Masses celebrated, or prayers offered up to effect Ihesame, together with the several sums paid to the Bishops, Priests, or Confraternities, on account thereof, with the names of the parties, and the supposed term for wh ch the souls of those, 011 whose behalf their surviving friends sought relief, were condemned to suffer." She Hon. Member means also to move « for an ex** return of the num- ber of gallons of Holy Water consecrated in this country during the same period, with a precise ac- count ofthe quantity of salt used in the composition ofthe same;" with a view, it is said, of bringing in a Bill lo abolish the duty upon I hat article, or entitle the Priests to a drawback upon such portion as may he so consumed. It is said that the idea of Mr. Hume" intended motion originated in the following para- graph, which has been taking its round of the news- papers : PRAYING SOULS OUT IF PURGATORY.— The sacred and royal Monte de Piedad of Madrid has relieved from Purgatory, since its establishment in 1724 till Not ember, 1826, 1,030,395 souls, at an expense of. f 1,720.437 11,402 from Nov. 1,1826, to Nov. 1827 14,276 42 10 LOT 4.— Hollow- ay Gate LOT 5.— Prees Lower Heath Gate, and Dar- liston Gate 60 0 0 above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums, and in those Lots respectively. Whoever happens to he ihe highest Bidder fur any Lol or Lots, must ( respectively) al the same Time pay one Month in Advance, if required, of the Rent at which such Tolls may he Let, mid give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Roads, fur Payment of the Remainder of the Money nionlbly.— At this Meeting other Business will he transacted. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk lu the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. SHREWSBURY, DEC. 1829. FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Wo. 11. LOMBARD- STREET, At the Entrance of ihe Post- Office, London., DIRECTORS. NICHOLAS GAIIKY, Esq. Chairman. JOHN G. RAVENSHAW, Esq. Deputy Chairmnn. TURNPIKE TOLLS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at Ihe several Toll Gates hereunder tueutiuned, upon the several Roads coin- prised in the First District of the Bishop's Caslle nnd Montgomery Turnpike Act, will he LET BY AUC- TION, to the best Bidders, al the Caslle Inn, in Bishop's Caslle, on Tuesday, Ihe 2d Duy of February nexi, ut Eleven o'Clock iu ihe Forenoon, in such Lots as shall be agreed npoo al the Time uf Sale, and fur One or Two Years from Lady- dav, 1830. in lire Milliner directed by the Acts passed in the'Tliird and Fourth Yeurs uf the Reign of His Majesiy King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls nre now lei for the respective yearly Sums fullowing ( over and above the Expenses of collecting the same), and will be put up al those Sums. L. s D. Bishop's Castle Gales 011 the Roads lead- ing towards Lllllluw, und Gales al Lag. den Lune, Edgton Cross, & Long Lane 210 0 0 Bishop's Caslle Ga'e on the Knighton Road, and Gates at Hull Orchard aud Acton CI mi, Aston, and Park Lane Gates, 011 the Road to Newton Green Foul Lane End, Bridges, Pulverbatch, Hnrderley and Eyiun, ltidgeway aud Willillgslow Cross .. Lower llcblauds Gale on Ihe Road leading tu Churchstoke, and Owl's Laue Gate nn the Bund from Sueud lo Lydhuui Knigbloii Gales aud Milebrook *. Win lie Pool, Kerry Lane, Upper Hehliiuds, and Bishop's Moat Twitehen Gale The best Bidders for ihe Tolls of any or eilher of the Gates must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of Ihe Truslees of the suid Roads, for Payment of the Money month- ly, quarterly, or utlierw ise, as shall he then required. G. H. D \ NSEY, Clerk to the Trustee*. Dated llii « 28lli Day of December, 1829. W. C. Brundram, Esq. William Copland, Esq. William 1). Dowson, Esq. SirT. II. Farquhar, Bart. John Giirrntt, Esq. Aid. John Loch, Esq. George Lvull, Esq. S. Murjnrihauks, Esq. M. P Julin Martin, Esq. M. P. Rowland Mitchell; Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. Richard Mee Raikes, Esq Robert Rickards, Esq. John Shore, Esq. Andrew 11. Thomson, Esq. John Thornton. Esq. John Tulluch, Esq. James Ttllluch, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I A. W. Robarts, Esq. M. P. W. Ward,' Esq. M. P. | William Haldimaud, Esq. 106 0 0 420 0 0 430 0 0 98 90 185 40 \ Division of Profits to the Assured on I'M Fiie was made nil ihe 3d of June, when- a Return of Ten per Cent, was declared on the Premiums received on Policies which have been in Force seven Years at Christians, 1828 ; and a Division of Profits to Ihe Assured 011 Life has ulso been made up lo Ihe same Period, when the Bonusses allotted to the different Policies exceeded one per Cent, per Annum on the Sums insured, on an Average of the ( I i fie rent Ages. The Limits fur passing and re- passing, in Time of Peace, iu Decked Vessels or Steam Boats, from Biitisl lo Foreign Ports, have been extended— nud the Puss, age may now he made fioiu Ihe Elbe tu Brest, both inclusive, without extra Charge. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Assurances which expire al Christmas should be renewed wilhin Fifteen Days thereafter, or they become void; and llial Ihe Receipts for snub Renewals are now ready for Delivery at the Head Office, No. I Lombard Street; also by the Company's Cuiumy Agents throughout the Kingdom. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, That the above- mentioned Profits to die Assured ngnjiist Fire may be received al the Office iu Lombard Sireel nnd of Ihe respective Country Agents through whom Ihe Policies entitled thereto were issued, upon Pro- duction nf the Policy or the Number thereof, any Day previous lo the 3d of June next ensuing, w hen all Pro- fits then unclaimed become forfeited. GEO. KEYS, Secretary. AGENTS. SHREWSBURY.. .. Mr. WILLIAM JEFFREYS; BRIDGNORTH Mr. JAMES SIIIPMAN ; WELLINGTON.... Mr. WILLIAM NOCK ; OSWESTRY Mr. JOHV BENTLEY ; SHIFF. NAL Mr. AMO* EDMONDS. EM1.797 1,731,713 The number of Masses celebrated to accomplish this pious work was 2,558,921, consequently every soul cost. 1 9- 10 Masses, or 34s. 4d.— Foreign Quarterly Review. HARE HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY. We have a letter before 11s, dated from Sanquhar, fhe lOlt. current, and written by a person of re- spectability, which contains the following remarkable fact: — A few days ago, Mr. Thomson, gamekeeper to the Duke of Buccleuch, accompanied by a considerable number of persons, went out to enjoy the pleasures of the chase. When a little way from Sanquhar, they slarled a very strong hare, w hich scampered off in a northerly direction, and with a degree of speed not very usual even among the elite of moorland hares. The dogs, however, did their duty well, and though puss still had the best of the race, she made a verv rapid sweep to the left, skirted the lively village of Crawick, and then bounded along the public or water- side road, unscared by the appearance of the old bridge, which, at the moment, was thickly lined with spectators. About this time one of the hounds in his fury thrust his nose between the legs of a boy nearly ten years of age, hoisted him on his back, and not- withstanding his weight and unsteadiness, cleared a dyke said to be more than four feet high, deposited - his burden on the farther side, and then yvent 011 his way rejoicing as if nothing had happened to retard him for a moment. The spectators were astonished, as well they might, and immediately ran to the boy's assistance. When taken up, his head was found to be rut behind and before, with blood streaming eopiously from the wounds; and though he was carried to a house and put to bed, he continued so insensible for three hours, that he could neither tell from whence he came or to whom he belonged. At length, however, bis parentage was discovered, and he was conveyed to Sanquhar the same evening, with his head bound, and a tale to tell, such as, perhaps, was never related before, namely, that a greyhound had treated hint to a ride, and a leap too, and constrained hint to perform, at the risk of his neck, and without regard to the quality of his charger, a feat un- paralleled in the annals of hunting. While the above incident engaged the attention of many spectators, the hare and hounds crossed the new bridge, and, after a short run, the former suddenly wheeled to the north, passed the Wbitehili in gallant style, and finally derned herself in the thriving copsewood of Bridge End Cleuch, to repose once more from the toils of to- day, and prepare for the probable dangers of to- mor- row. Our correspondent, in communicating the above facts, slyly remarks, that the time has been when the hare would have been reputed a witch, and the accident that befell the boy set down as a cantrip, played in sport or spite to bamboozle her long- eared pursuers. . More than this, he threatens us with a iling account of the witches that wonned about Crawick Mill in the days of Yore ; and as a specimen records the following anecdote :—" More than twenty years ago, a collier in this neighbourhood, who is stiil alive, and whose name I could give were there any occasion, quarrelled with a woman who was supposed to be deeply versed ill the art of converting a cockle shell into a bout, and whisking a broomstick ayont the moon. Among other wrathful denunciations, his witch neighbour threatened to send him some morn- ing in a coach and four : and certes, the hag was as good as her word, for on the third or fourth morning fullowing the dispute, the man by some accident broke his leg w hile working in the heuch, and was carried home in a litter, byrne by four men."— Dumfries Ccuricr. On Tuesday, John Matthew Gutch, John Fisher, arid Robert Alexander, the proprietors and publisher of the Morning Journal newspaper, were tried on an information filed by his Majesty's Attorney- General, for a libel on the Lord Chancellor. The information contained four counts, each slightly vary- ing the nature of the libel. In substance, it charged the defendants with publishing, on the 30th of May last, a false, scandalous, and malicious libel 011 his Majesty, with the intent of bringing his Majesty's Government into contempt; with also publishing a false, scandalous, and malicious libel on the Lord Chancellor, by imputing that be had, frutn corrupt motives, and in consideration of receiving £ 30,000 from Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, procured the said Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden to be promoted to the office of his Majesty's Solicitor- General. The information further charged the defendants with intending to defame and traduce the Lord Chancellor, by imputing to him that he had caused Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden to be promoted to the office of Solicitor General, not from any regard to his merit or fitness for that office, but solely from corrupt mo- tives. After a trial, which occupied ( he whole of the day, the defendants were all found guilty. On Wednesday, the same defendants were tried on another information, charging them with having published, on the J- lth of May last, in the Morning Journal, a certain false, scandalous, malicious, and wicked libel on his Majesty and his Government, with intent to defame and degrade his Majesty, and to bring him into contempt with his subjects. The jury retired at twenty- five minutes past twelve to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of three hours, returned into Court, and returned the follow- ing verdict:—" We find the defendants guilty of a libel 011 his Majesty, but we. do not. find them guilty ofa libel 011 his Ministers. We also beg to state it is our opinion that the article in question was written under feelings of very great excitation, occasioned by the unprecedented agitation of the time: we there- fore most earnestly beg to recommend all the defend- ants to the mercy of the Court." Another jury was then sworn to try a third case of libel. The information charged them with having published, in the Morning Journal of the 16th of June last, a libel, which had a tendency to degrade his Majesty and both Houses of Parliament; it stated that the House of Commons was bloated with cor- ruption, and the House of Lords was not better ; and that his Majesty was a weak and imbecile Monarch, unable to uphold the dignity of his station. A ver- dict of guilty was also returned in this case. A fourth indictment was tried on Thursday— the King v. Marsden, Isaacson, and Alexander— charg- ing them with having published, on Ihe 30th of July last, in the same paper, a certain false, scandalous, and defamatory libel, of and concerning the Most Noble Arthur Duke of Wellington, First Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury, and a member of his Privy Council. The indictment charged that this libel was intended to traduce, defame, and vilify the said Arthur Duke of Wellington, by imputing to him certain disloyal designs or projects against our Sove- reign Lord the King, and Ihe succession to the Throne of these realms. The defendants were all found guilty. On each trial Mr. Alexander defended himself in person. Another case of Libel was then called on— The King v. Bell— charging the defendant with the fol- lowing publication, which appeared in the Atlas newspaper on the 14th of June last: — u There were rumours iu the highest political circles last night, that a certain Noble Lord, holding a station of vast responsibility, and who is said to lie on terms of disagreement wilh another of his Majesty's advisers, has been charged with bartering ecclesi- astical livino- S. Hk I / irHukm'e fpipnite no nnt nnlini/ n On Tuesday last, Captain Ross's horses were put up by auction at Melton Mowbray, but only two were sold— Clinker, which lately ran in the steeple chase in Leicestershire, was purchased for 350 guineas, for Lord Willotighhy; aud Polecat made 250 guinea or L'ird A'ison. s PIG- KILLING F- XTRAORDIVARV — frCderic G reen governor of the poor house at Brewood, in this county, la< t week made a wager of £ 10, that lie would kill, scald, and well and completely dress, open, & c. eiaht pigs in tour honrs, without any other assistance whatsoever during the process, than flint of having the hot water conveyed to the scalding tub lis he wanted it. He performed his task in tl/ e extra- ordinarily short time of three hours and fifty six minutes,, to the admiration of all present. One of the above pigs weighed SSOIbs-. and none were of less weight than 2401bs.— They were all killed in a butcher's slaughter- house, and Green had the advan- tage of the wind arid windlass, to get the pigs out of the scalding- tub. THE BITI RS BITTEN.— On the Saturday preced- ing Christmas Day, it is riot customary in1 Sheffield for masters to pay wages to their workmen, and a poor man, who had borrowed twelve shillings of his employer until the reckoning day, was proceeding home towards Crookes, on Saturday evening, when he was stopped by two men, w ho robbed him of the money. He related to them his circumstances, and begged they would at least retnni him two shillings. To this request fhey at length acceded,, but instead of giving him two shillings, the poor man found to his astonishment, 011 reaching home, that he hail received two sovereigns.— Skeff ' etd Courant. JUUGKS AND JURIES IN AMERICA.— It was N rtnurk of the late Judge Dooley, of Georgia, That'if any thing surpassed the fore- knowledge of Got) it was one of their petty juries" And- well might his Honour ina^ e grttch a declaration. In Montgomery county, in jliat Stale, a Jury, 0.1 returning to their box, was asked for their verdict; the Foreman informed the Court lliat liiere was not one ftho fou'd write It's name /.' Let not this be publicly denied, or a list of their names will be furnished for publication. No State iu the Union enact* better paper laws, aud none have them worse executed, than Georgia. There is now dile to ti e Slate by swindlers more money than would educate the rising generation ; and yet there are other States farther iu the back ground ! In the district inTenessee, represented by the Honourable David Crockett., at one of their Courts wa, s to be seen a Judge sitting on a three- legged block, Willi a fence- rail 011 the top, to prevent Intrusion. His Honour was trimming his toe- uaiisaud paring his corns w hen the Sheriff entered, of whom heenquired if the Jury was got,. aud was informed that he hud eight he could depend upon, three tied, and the dots were after another I '' Make haste,^ says the Judge," aa I want to go to the shooting match .'" " And so do I," said the Sheriff— Independent Balance. THE LATE DREADFUL CIRCUMSTANCE AT HULL. HAMBURGH, DEC. 15.— The arrival of the English papers of the 4th instant on Friday last greatly shocked us, particularly as there are many persons here to whom the late unfortunate Hentig, of Huli, was personally known. " In the Globe of the 3d was an article expressing apprehension lest some cakes, prepared by Mr Hcntig with his own hands for his two sons, should have been poisoned. 1 have much pleasure in informing you that this apprehension proves to be entirely unfounded ; the cakes were received, and not only the boys themselves, but every individual in the house partook of them without experiencing any ill effect. Immediately on the receipt of the information the editor of the Hamburgh Repoitcr ( an English paper published here) informed the police of the article in the Globe of the 3d, in order that, if there was still time, steps might be taken to prevent the calamity apprehended. The same evening one of our senators sent off an estafette to the place where the children are at school ( about forty miles from Hamburgh), and this morning an answer was received from the schoolmaster: I have seen his letter, from which the following is an extract:—* Returning you many thanks for the interest you have so kindly expressed, 1 can assure you that the young Hentigs have eaten the cakes sent them by their father without their health being in any way affected. As every individual upon my establishment has partaken of the cakes in question without any unfavourable consequences, it is extremely improbable that there should have been any poison mixed with them ; on the contrary, the circumstance of Mr. Henlig having assisted iu preparing them was more probably owing to a feeling of paternal affcction, the more sons in the box in which the cakes were contained was also found a letter addressed to me full of the warmest ex- pressions of genuine affection and paternal anxiety. Do you not think it advisable to contradict these horrible surmises through the medium of the public press? The dreadful intelligence reached me on the 5th instant in a letter from Mr. R. Hentig, just as a little piece of festivity had been prepared for my pupils, which induced me to delay till the following morning the communicating the horrid tidings to the boys. The youngest, a fine, generous, intelligent child, was the most affected ; hut at present they are both tolerably composed, and both wrote by the last post to their two grandfathers.*" livings. His Lordship's friends do not believe the imputation, and repel it strongly; while they Ultimate that the dealings in the wages of clerical advancement have been transacted by his Lady, without his Lordship's knowledge. By slow and painful degrees the secrets of State come out. Such is the nature of the human disposition, that differ- ences and quarrels are much sooner reported abroad than the causes of them. The disgrace of office is known at least a week before the reason of the dis- missal can be ascertained."— The case for the prose- cution having closed, Mr. Bell addressed the jury in his defence. His address was gentlemanly, tem perate, and manly, and at its conclusion Ihe Attorney- General declared himself so well satisfied with it, that he should waive his right of reply. Lord Tenterden briefly charged the jury. The jnry retired for 15 minutes, when they returned the following verdict: — " We find the defendant guilty ; but, in consequence ofa doubt being on our minds as to the existence of a malicious intention on the part of the defendant, we beg to recommend him to mercy." The Attorney- General said that he should have great pleasure in forwarding the recommendation to the Lord Chan- cellor, who he was sure would give ithis consideration. CRIM. CON.— Musket v. Gi rnei/.— This, was an action for compensation in damages for criminal conversation bad by the defendant with the wife of the plaintiff. The latter is a gentleman of considera- ble property in Norfolk, and the defendant is one of the representatives of, and a banker in, Norwich. An action had been brought by the plaintiff some years since at Thetford, when a verdict was found for the defendant. The present action, however, was brought in consequence of the commission of another act of adultery since the former trial. The act of adultery was fuliv substantiated by evidence, which is unfit for publication, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages £ 2,000. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. THURSDAY.— CRIM. CON.— Sir Thomas Crofl, Bart. v. Colonel Lister.— Mr. Sergeant Wilde ( with whom was Mr. Tbessiger) stated that this was nn action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at £ 10,000. The defendant admitted the criminal conversation; and witnesses were called to prove the manner in w hich the plaintiff treated his wife, to mitigate damages. It was stated that Lady Croft passed under the name of Mrs. Lister. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with £ 2,500 damages. BANKRUPTS, DEC 25.— James Bowles, of Balshnm, Cambridgeshire, grocer.— Charles Price, of Strand, umbrella. manufacturer.— James Neve. it, of George. void, Lombard- street, broker. Edward Rix, of Biijfhlhelinstone, Sussex, linen- draper. Thomas Vundercom, of Charles- street, Hunipstead. rnnd, plas lerer — William Meares, of C apel- street, May- fair, baker— Robert Haward, of High Holboru, baker — Charles Jinlson, jun. of Ripoti, Yorkshire, npholsierer — William Williams, of Brisiol, irnn. fi Joseph Mi lies Hloxhani, ol Hales Owea, Shropshire, apolhe. enry.— N eliolas Thompson, of Darlmnulll, noisier, mariner. — Anthony Gov, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, money. scrivener. John Wil iauisoii aud Thomas Rish worth, of Keighlev, Yorkshire, w orst, d- spinners. — Dorothy llairersley, of Biltou wilii Harrogate, r oi- Uhire, innkeeper. THE HIDDEN TREASURE. When the Cossacks were expected in Paris, the people of the city and the suburbs exerted them- selves to conceal their most valuable effects from these northern pillagers. The Curate of Livry was anxious to remove the Church plate as well as hi* own ; and his friend and relation, M. Senart, a jeweller of Paris, who happened at that time to be at the parsonage, resolved to„ take advantage of the Curate's caution, and conceal about 100.00 ) crowns worth of precious stones. Moirellet, who exercised the triple functions of cooper, chanter, and sexton, was intrusted by the two friends tu conceal the treasure ; for he had a great reputation in the neighbourhood for piety, sagacity, and prudence. Ill spite of all his art, however, the treasure vanished, and Moirellet one morning appeared before the Cure, pale and distracted, to announce that the Cossacks had certainly passed through the wood, and dug up the precious deposit. The honest Cure, with Moirellet and the servants, vented their maledictions on the Cossacks; but when the fatal news was brought ( o M. Senart, he had his suspicions, and repairing to the police, as he could not bring the Cossacks within llis jurisdiction, he boldly accused Moirellet of tho robbery. " Moirellet may possibly be guilty," re- plied M. Henry, the Prefect; " but if he keep his own council, it will be " impossible to convict him." M. Senart exclaimed that he would give 100,000 francs for the recoveiy of the property ; but tipori the police replying that they would set every engine to work to discover the thief,, he gradually decreased his reward to fifty thousand, and, finally, to 10,000 francs. Vidocq closed with these terms. Moirellet was thrown into prison ; and Vido- q, in the disguise of a soldier, was billeted at the house of his wife, where he made love to her, and used every pos lble artifice to get at the secret, but the lady was faithful and cunning, and, foiling him at all points, Vidocq was obliged to decamp with his lost tiiue and lost expenses for his pains, lie now disguised himself as a German servant, and was imprisoned for travelling wiihouta passport; liut. it was in vain that lie tried to get into the confidence of his fellow prisoner, . Moi- rellet. At last, however, Vidocq and he were drink- ing together, when the former stated he was the servant of a Prussian officer, and had robbed his master, aud concealed his portmanteau in the Forest of Bondi. Moirellet, in his turn, confessed his having robbed the honest Cure of Livry, and Vidocq artfully procured his liberation, 011 the promise nf h'. s giving him some of the spoil. As soon as they had repaired to the place of concealment, and Moircllet had un- covered the treasure, Vidocq pounced upon liini, avowed his being an officer of police, and declared him his prisoner. The poor Moirellet piieouslv exclaimed, " Good God! who would have thought it, you looked so clownish." The Culprit was sentenced to six years' close confinement. M. Senart could not contain himself for joy, 011 recovering his lost treasure ; and he overloaded Vidoci^ with com- pliments, with praises, and with gratituoe ; but the 10,000 francs he never thought, of. Vidocq w: s obliged to remind him of his engagement, when M. Sen art replied, " Oh dear me, I beg your pardon. I had quite forgotten the reward ; but. now you men tion it, I do remember that I promised" yuu five thousand francs." I11 vain did Vidoeq assure him it was ten thousand; the jeweller had an excel ent memory ; he had never forgotten any thing in his life. Vidocq was obliged to put up wilh the moiety of the promised reward, foe five thousand franc* was all he could ever rec vcr.— Court rkat. SALOPIAN JOURNAL, AND COURIER OF WALE? FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. REMINISCENCES. • FT) A BAD SINGER. No rarllily sounds, ' us said, can cheer, Like mortal notes, so liquid clear ; That birds, who in the graves cemplaiu, Must jield to man's diviner strain : lint me, ye Gods! to woods c.' iisigii, If that's the human voice dii ioe 1 Lo 1 how the jereeehimls crowd around, Attracted hv ihe mimic sound : tlark ! how" the croaking frni: » rejoice, Eniiuumr'd of the rival voice ! " I'is fabled, round the hoitcv'd tongue Ot Piudur,* bees to banquet hung ; linl bees, if chance llie j hear thee siliff, Would scorn to sip and use a sting I Thou like Deinoslhenest dust roar, Willi pebbled mouth upon the shore. ( Jo, where rough Ocean rends the rocks, Go, w here the rumbling earthquake shocks Or w here the storm anil thumb r blend, < jr ilie huge calumets descend : Oil ! none can doubt hut you'll agree Wilh Nature's rudest harmony! • It was fancifully said of Pindar, that as he lay in bin cradle, bees swarmed about liis mouth. , It is related of this transcendent Orator of antiquity, that having in bis youth all inarticulate pronunciation, lie was accustomed, in order to correct it, to frequent tile sea. sliore, and to dcclaira to the winds aud waves with pebbles in li aiouth. So. XII. TO A SCLEIVTNR CP. ITIC. It vvas the Owl that sliiiek d "-- MACBETH, flail, moping Bird of nigln ! whose hollow strains Float on Ihe gale, till Echo's self complains ; Whose voice strikes terror to ilie maiden', ear; Whose mansion never Mirth may venture near, Willi, when guv Nature gladdens, dost repose, Aud scarcely wak'at when Night her mantle throws : Alas! that notes of mine should give offence, And would ' si thou terrify with impotence? Indignant Bird, exert thy ulmnsl skill, I neither dread thy claw, nor fear thy quill.' FAREWELL TO THE YEAR. ( From Che Spanish of Luis IJaylo. T. J HARK, friends', it strikes: lite year', last hour ; A solemn sound to hear : C„ me, till the cup, mid let us pour Our blessing on llic parting venrf The year, thai were, the dim, the gray, deceive this night, with choral liyuiu, A sister sltude us lost us they, \ :<<) soon lo lie us giay aud dim. Fill high : she brought us both of weal and woe, And nearer lies the land to which we go. On, oil, in one unwearied round Old Time pursues his nay : Groves bud and blossom, and the ground Expects in peace her yellow prey : The oak's broad leaf, tlie rose's bloom, Together fall, together lie; .. i ... ;..! is £ 70,000. Now, Sir, I take this to he quite enough, not only in amount but in argument also; for those who know anything of " calculations" of this sort will not have much difficulty in concluding, that if £ 70,000 be the sum " calculated," they who will have to pay for it may think themselves pretty well off if they get clear for £ 100,000, as the sum to be pair/. But to return to the argument about the mail., which I have not quite done With yet. Now we must recollect that the proposed new line of road runs through a tract of country where there is, pro- bably, scarcely a general post letter Sent once in a week; comparatively speaking; whilst by far the greater pari of the letters now sent to and from the whole county of Salop are to and from the very towns through which the mails now pass, and which would be left several miies from the new road. The conse- quence of this would he twofold: First, the neces- sity of establishing branch posts to take the letters to and from the mails; and Second, and principally, the delay that would he thus occasioned in the delivery of them. Then, as tcr travellers. It should lie remembered that a very grfat number of those who travel between London and Dublin by this route ( which, by the bv, is perhaps not a third of the whole J, have frt Cftiently business to transact in the ( owns through which they pass, particularly ill a county town. In all such cases, therefore, these thirty or forty minutes saved would cost them nearly as many hours delay, and perhaps as much money as their whole fare from Dublin to London. We should bear in mind, loo, the difficulties that would be thus occasioni d to the inhabitants of the county and others, in getting to ( heir county town, if the high road were thus diverted from it;— a town, too, let it be remembered, perhaps five times as large as any other town in the county. Assizes, sessions, fairs, elections, county meeting-, and all the other import- ant business which can be transacted there only, would be thus put almost out of the reach of hun- dreds whose business or duty it is lo attend them.— But, perhaps, I am " reckoning without mine host" again. Who knows but the supporters of the measure may intend to build a new county town upon their new road !! with corporation, mayor, aldermen, and all the et ceteras ( hereto belonging I'. But as they have not told us this, we are justified in presuming ( hat shell is not their intention; and then the evils last enumerated will be the necessary result. Thus, then, as it appears to me, all the supposed benefits are reduced ( o a mere colourable pretence, far too fiinisy to deceive any one who will give him- self the trouble to think twice on the subject; antl that the whole resolves itself into a question of self- interest, and self- inlerest only. Indeed A. B. candidly admits the fact t. i a great extent, and sets forth a long list of noblemen and gentlemen who would be benefitted thereby ; which 1, therefore, judged proper to be considered as Ihe second reason on behalf of the measure, and which 1 now coine lo consider accordingly ; but, unfortunately, I am come to the end of my letter, and probably you will think quite tar enough for the present I nnist, therefore, re- sume the subject on another occasion, should you think it worth your notice. I remain, Sir, your's truly, DEC. 19,1S29. ' ' T. N. in his countenance, begging my pardon for ( he in( rusion. " The fact is, ( he said,) we have ordered boiled fowls for our dinner; but none of the party can tell what is French for parsley and butter." I gave the requisite information ( for I had then been some time in France), not a little amused with ( he idea, ( iuit ' f my new acquaintance was at a loss for ( he word, the cook would not he less puzzled with the thing, and wondering what sort of a compound the parsley and butter of a Norman kitchen wou'd prove. French dishes, 1 have remarked, are twice disguised ( disguised in nature and in name), and. the last dis- guise is, of ( he two, the most puzzling and distressing. There is not a more disagreeable thing in the world than being set down for the first time before a restau- rateurs carte with the appetite in p* ime order, and the head full of pleasing anticipations of the resources of a Very or a Hurdi. Dining d la carle, to one thus circumstanced, is a complete game of hlindman's buff, and so much the worse, in as far as it is the stomach, : rr> d not merely the shins, which suffer in the process. I shall never forget the first attempt we made in this unknown geography. On taking up the mystical sheet ime felt very much, as it may be supposed Adam did, when he had spread before him Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and New South Wales, for the selection of a residence. The labyrinth of Crete was as plain sailing as the road to Brentford, when com- pared with the intricacies of the mute from oysters to liqueurs. Without an almost supernatural intelli- gence, sharp as the intuition of a Kantist, one may order twenty times as much as one wants, and yet get nothing to eat: or if, by a happy accident, 1 one stum- bles upon something not absolutely abhorrent to one's nature, it is sure to come too late or too early for its customary place among the strata of the stomach— fruit pie is the first course, or fish after blanc manger. Every thing in the vocabulary of the restaurateur is calculated to mystify or deceive. Very rarely indeed is the distinguishing " 41 la something" attached fa DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The following letter to the Duke of Wellington, on the distress of the country, was unanimously agreed to, and signed by all the Grand Jury, and forwarded to his Grace, on the 16th instant: — " Grand Jury Room, Maidstone, Dec. 16, 1829. " My Lonn,— We,( he Grand Jury of the County of Kent, assembled from all parts of the county in discharge of our public duties, feel that, in justice to our respective neighbours, we ought not to separate without communicating to your Grace, for the in- formation of his Majesty's Ministers, the deep and unprecedented distress which, from our personal and local knowledge, we are enabled to state prevails among all classes throughout this county, to a degree that must not only be ruinous to ( he interesls of individuals, but must also, at no distant period, be attended with serious consequences to the national prosperity- " In making this communication to your Grace, it is our only object to call the attention of his Majesty's Ministers to the real state of the country, in Ihe hope I that speedy and effectual measures may he taken to alleviate those distresses which press so severely on ( he several classes of society. Marsham ( Foreman) Hon. J W! Stratford SirE. Knatchbull, Bart. Sir B W. Bridges, Bart. Sir W Cos way, Knt. Joseph Berens, Esq. VV. Bridger, Esq. J. K. Sliaw, Esq. F. dward Darell, Esq. T. I.. Hodges, Esq. N. R. Toke, Esq. W. A. Norland, Esq. George Gipps, Esq. J. B. Wildinan, Esq. Isaac Minet, Esq. C. Milner, Esq. VV. G. D. Tyssen, Esq R. VV. Forbes, Esq. Edward Rice, Esq. T. Fairfax Best, Esq. M. D. D. Dalison, Esq. T. A. Douce, Esq. J. P. Pluinptree, Esq." THE MYSTERIOUS NUREMBERG BOY.— A Ger- man paper of ( he 4tll inst. contains the following:— It is said that every thing relative to the early fortunes of Caspar Hauser have now been discovered, through an old midwife in the neighbourhood of Nuremberg. It is said that he is the son of a Bava- rian officer, who was killed in the late war; that his uncle took liim under his care after ( tie death of his father, and when he was a year old gave out that he was dead. This uncle has taken possession of the whole property of the youth, amounting to above a million of florins. He is supposed to be the person who about six weeks ago attempted to murder Hauser in Nuremberg. T he young man is now per- fectly recovered. A superintending surveyor of taxes is now in ants of that said that he I.,. : . ,. A I ... .,.,-, .. I. U- NI iiijirurus oi IUV nonces to ue served on which give vou about as good a notion ot the dish „.. i . . , ... .. ;, ,,. , h , , e , , I every description of persons for non returns to the Assessors of their metallic springs, servants, waiters, a dish, really distinctive of its qualities or ingredients f , Aylesbury making charges on the inhabitants more commonly it ts purely honor, fic- as " « I, \ ,„,„ and » the , ur£, ond£ WI1 „ •„ sai( 1 Soubise, " it hi Mamtenon, or " a la Marengo, |); ls c. luM( j „ pwarjs Df . yoo n() tiCes to be se • cbii'h i. i,'.' v- v. i : ikm-. t •.. ... w.. i mtlim, nt ihe ni- ii in i . ' . . ' And undistinguished in the tomb, Howe'er they liv'tl, are till that die. Gold, beauty, knightly sword, niul rojal crown, To tiie snaie'sleep go shorn and wither'd down. How short the rapid months appear, Since round lliis hoard we met To welcome in the infant year, Whose slur lialll now for ever set ! A'lus, as roil ml I lie board 1 look, I think on more limn I behold. For glossv curls is gladness shook ' Hint night, that now are damp and cold. For us nil more these lovely eyes shall shine. Peace lo her slumbers ! drow n your tears iu wine. Thank heaven, no seer uublest um I, Before the time lo lell; When unions as brief once more go by, For whom litis cup again sluil! swell. The hoary mower strides apace, Nor crops alone the ripened ear; And we may inius I lie merriest face Among us, ' gainst another year. Whoe'er survive, be kind ns we have been. And think of friends that sleep beneath the jfreen Nay, droop not : being is not breath j ' l is tale that friends si part, But God will bless ill life, in death, The noble soul, ihe gentle heart. So deeds tie just, and words be true, We need not shrink liuin Nature's rule ( The tonill so dark lo mortal view. Is heaven's own blessed vestibule ; Ami solemn, lull uot sad, this cup should How, •| hough ueurei lies ihe land to which we go. HOLYHEAD UOAD. To ihe Editor of the Salopian Journal. yIR — Your last week's Journal affords an instance of that sense of justice which ought ever to actuate those who conduct any branch of that mighty engine, the public press. Although a struggle of no ordinary nature is about to take place between dittcrent inte- rests in different parts of your county, on an import- ant public question ; and although you, together with your fe I low townsmen, must be deeply interested on one side of that question ; yet with that sense ol mstice to which I have alluded, you open the columns of vour respectable Journal to the observations of those who are opposed, as well as those who are favorable, to that side of the question t thus recall- ing to'one's recollection that famous parenthesis of an ancient philosopher-" Justitia ( ex qui una v. rtule boni viri appellant. ir)," & c. Tilts is as it should be. You will readily anticipate that the subject to which I allude is, the proposed change in the line of the Holyhead Road. 11 would he idle to pretend that letf- interest will not be the mainspring ot the con- test In making this observation, 1 beg leave, how- ever to oiler myself as an exception to that rule ; as 1 neither have, nor expect to have, a foot of property in the whole county; though I certainly feel an interest in its prosperity, nevertheless. 1 have been looking and listening with a kind of anxious curiosity ever since this subject was mooted, for Ihe reasons and arguments by which the support- ers of the measure expect to carry their point; hut the first That I have been able to discover are those contained in a letter signed A. ft. In your last number, and which does not appear to be the production of a novice It is principally in answer to the reasons I. ETT! R IV. ON THE FREE TRADE AND COLONIZATION OF INDIA. To the Editor of the Salopiun Journal. Sin,— A month is now fully elapsed since I first addressed you on Mr. Whitniore's Indian project wherein I deprecated his plan as chimerical, impolitic, and mischievous; and the w ide circulation which your Journal commands has doubtless presented my remarks to the projector, his advocates; and friends, and yet without reply: and why, Sir? but because experience is preferable to hypothesis, facts to theory, antl home to a foreign clime. At Sunderland, indeed, an association is formed for carrying the Free Trade to India, & c. into effect, which in its rodomontade advertisement even imposeth it as " a solemn duty every Christian siiould promote by every means in his power." But, Sir, as 1 must here presume " Ship- owners, Merchants and other inhabitants of Sunder- land," are the sort of" Christians and Philanthropists" lo whom " the object is of the deepest interest," or that ihe craft will suffer, these and all such inte- rested jokers, like ( lie Fox in the pit, may still solicit the Stag to descend ( for the use of his horns) ; but, Sir, wiil ( he Stag be again inveigled and ensnared ? No: the past has been a lesson to the most unwary, antl so wiil remain. The mania also for making Gentoos and Mahometans Christians by trading, carried on solely for the purpose of making riches, is so much like serving two masters, that neither can this magical and insane expedient any longer allure, while we have within our own borders hun- dreds, thousands, and millions of acres uncultivated, three . times more valuable ( to British subjects at least) than a similar quantity of waste lands in India, Africa, or America; though Mr. Whitmore hath signified that our last antl only hope lies in extending Trade and Colonization, anil that we are a lost people if his proposal be resisted or deferred. The contrary, I trust, hath and will appear. The coun- try, Sir, is not in want of riches, but ( he proper, wholesome, anil necessary use, dis( ribu( ion, and employment ( hereof; nor are capability and strength deficient, but their due application to sound and solid objects ; consequently sound and sober legislation and direction are the only panacea for the stabs and sores which political theory and imposture have made. " Public riches without tost., " No labour taxed, and no labour lost," is still and ever will be the axiom to act upon. Nor have the theorists, economists, Sec. as yet come so much to their senses as to be aware that trade may he carried on without profit, except to the public revenue, or that as it gets into many hands and chan- nels, profits must he carried oft' and decrease ; and that, unless a corresponding abatement is then made in the government demands, trade and revenue will both begin and continue to decline; which, Sir, is, I believe, the precise state we are now in, and likely so to be, until an Administration more discriminating, practical, and enlightened, shall foster and direct our internal and physical resources. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A TRAVELLER. TROUBLES OF TRAVELLING. offered in that letter in support of Ihe proposed change, that 1 shall, for ihe present, venture a few observations. In order to do the most, effectual justice to the writer of that letter, it seems to me that I, is reasons may be divided into three: viz. First the advantages to the mails, and passengers to and from Ireland; Second, the advantages which would be derived by proprietors on the new line of road, many of wluwe names he mentions, or, in one word, self- interest : and Third, the advantages that would be derived lo the " labouring classes," from the expend- iture of so large a sum of money. I assure you, Sir. |, | [, avp m, t done justice to your correspondent's |. Iter iu thus abstracting his reasons, it is my mis- fortune, and not my fan t ; for 1 am anxious to put it in the most favourable light, and I think 1 have done so. Let us, then, consider each of these reasons a little, ill it. turn. First, ( hen, as to the supposed advantage to the mails and travellers. Now let us, for the sake of argument, admit, that by the new road the mails would arrive a! their destination half an hour, or an hour ( if vou like), sooner than nt present ( a fact which however, is very doubtful, if a very small slice of the £ 100,000 were to be laid out upon the nresort road), would the letters be actually delivered liny sooner to the persons they are sent to ? From all that I can barn, 1 am of opinion that, it would not make the s'i-. htcst alteration in the actual delivery of the letters. If this be so, what, then, conies of tjiis main crtMrdwtrrk of the supporters of the measure? But i- Bt I should be charged with reasoning from hvp'othcsiw let us go a little further, and admit that it would make half or three quarters of an hour difference in Ihe aelual delivery: is there, let me ask any man out of Bedlam who will for one moment seriously contend that such an advantage as ( his should be purchased at ( he enormous sum of £ 100 000 ' 1 to say nothing of the injustice w hich will be done to others thereby ( of which, perhaps, a word bv and by). But her., again, 1 am called upon to do iustice to A. B. I have just assumed that the.;. h will cost £ 100,000. A. B. joins issue with this, anj, with something like an appearance of triumph, asserts that it wiil cost £ 70,000!— no, 1 beg his pardon ; I perceive his assertion is, that « the sum culculated" Of all Ihe troubles of travelling, and heaven knows they are many, there is not one falls heavier on a genuine John Bull than the difficulties he finds abroad of" gelling any ( liing he can eat." Of all his affections his appetite is Ihe most unmalleahlc and homespun. " Cceluni non stoinnchnm mutant qui trans mare currunt," which means, iu plain English, crossing the Channel in a steam- boat will not give a relish for frogs and fricasees, or to translate the Latin more poetically, " Where'er 1 roam, whatever climes 1 see, My heart, untravelk'd, still returns to .., the roast beef of Oltl England, plum pudding, and heavy wet. Every thing in this world is r lative, and stomachs which have been long used to half- raw, half- burnt cookery, like those which are accustomed to train oil, are not easily brought to make up their minds to a more wholesome and nutritious diet. In these march of intellect times, however, prejudice is very much at a discount. Fashion is despotic, and folks must affect a virtue if they have it not. The carnivorous propensities ( I had well nigh said canni- bal) must he placed in abeyance ; and French cookery must he relished, under pain of passing for a nobody, which is worse than a swindler. There are, it must be confessed, plenty of good things in Paris, that city of epicurism; and, the Rubicon once passed, the most ferocious stomachs may be tamed under the civilizing tuition of a first- rate restaurateur. But there, again, " is another simple sin." Ignorance lies like a plum- met on a debutant in French eating; and every fresh step is, to the uninitiated, a new difficulty. Every .. ' . ti. i r* n P.... i question as the blind man hail of colours, when he said that red is like the sound of a trumpet. Then who is to guess the fine distinctions between entrees and cr. tremet.'. P' ami wha', in the name of patience, are hors- ii'ieuvres ? 1 am rather fond of a basin of mock turtle, a habit acquired by a daily passage through Ihe steam which evaporates from the kettles of Mr. tlirch, ofCornbill. The first thing, therefore, fiiat 1 look fur, on taking up tile carte, was the category of soups Every body in England has heard of the French predilection for this article of consump- tion ; not to mention the sarcasms on sotipe which forniM part of our national education Judge, therefore, of my surprise, on finding no mention of the word in the bill of t. re! By di. it, however, of some puuhng, and cross- examination of the gartun, 1 discovered that la soup is school French, and that the proper appellation of the sorbite esculents upctage, " Est qnoddain prodire tenus"— this was one step in the progress of instruction. We had what the botanists' call the generic appellation ; but still the specific names remained, and were mysteries not more easy of solution. There were " potage printanuiere," " potage a la Julienne,'* " potage mix cro'ites," and a dozen other potages in a goodly row, like a tile of infantry, all, doubtless, very good, but to the inexperienced eye, all perfectly alike. " How happy couitl I be with either, were t'other dear charmer1*'. vay :" but to make a selection where the claims of all were so perfectly alike, would put Solomon himself at his wits' end, lilt' ass who had only ( wo bundles of hay to choose from, was not in haif Ihe metaphysical impossibility of movement that we were. Several of the parly were of opinion that " polage au vermicelli" looked the prettiest on paper ; but a gentleman who had seen a dish bearing that identical name at the Crown and Anchor, in London, declared it was only a parcel of worms boiled in gravy, anil it was " rejected accord- ingly. The " potage { i la Julienne" was next taken into consideration ; ami the configuration of letters it presented found favour in our sight, till some one suggested that " a I. i Julienne1* must mean Juty soup; and as we were only in the month of May, it was voted out of season, and was passed over without any fur ther discUssion. After a full half hour's pros anil cons, the ladies pitched ' in " potage au taii" as promising something delicate, afier tiie manner of an English white sotip, and we were accordingly served with a magnificent tureen of— bread antl milk ! Dreary, however, as this may all appear, let nothing tempt a stranger to try after a home dish, or strive to teach a French cook " our English ways." It hap- pened, most unfortunately, that my birth- day came round while we were at Paris, ar. d my wife, to do honour lo the day, & sk* d half a dozen friends to din- ner, and set her silly heart upon surprising ( hem with an English dinner. The profjrummc ( as the French call it) was excellent; boiled turkey, roast beef, a pair of ducks, and a plum pudding. For three days before Ihe feast we were employed in giving directions to the cook, in choosing the viands, antl in disposing all things, as far as depended on ourselves, for com- plete success. But man may propose—' tis Providence ever disposes, and Providence that day was not well disposed to the honour of Old England. T he covers were removed, and on the first application of Ihe knife, it was hut too evident that the turkey had been stnft'cd with sage and onions, and the two ducks with ( lie forcemeat, which all the laws of Ihe Medes and Persians have ever assigned lo the hero of Christmas festivities'. Both were literally done to rags. The beef, however, the beef, the main prop of our dinner, the tender object of our especial care ( I went to the kitchen myself three times to baste it) had escaped unscathed from the hands of the Frenchman. By- close watching, it was done to a turn, and'might have served as an ambassador from the kitchens of Eng- land, so well did it represent the honours of the national dietary. Already was the knife plunged deep into the Sunday side, and its own natural gravy flowing in a full stream, when, horresco referens7 in rushed the cook with " Eh ! bun IJien ! j'ai oublie la sauce!" and before you could say " Jack Robinson,' deluged the devoted joint wilh a compound of oil and garlick, and twenty other terrible ingredients known to no human stomach north of Toulouse. The pud- ding remained; it was our last stake. How to describe its appearance I know not; it was like no- thing in heaven above Or earth beneath ; or if it bore a resemblance to " any compound of earth's mould," it was more like a cataplasm than any thing else in the round of comparisons. The cook was sent for; every particular of the most particular direction pre- viously given was interrogatively gone through seriatim, to detail the cause of failure. There was much dodging and prevarication in the replies, till at last the rascal, driven into a comer, confessed that, after two or three trials, he had given up the matter in despair; and not knowing how ( o proceed, lie had throw n away ( he ingredients, and sent the receipt to be made up at— the apothecary's '.— New Monthly Magazine. dogs, windows, grooms, malt grinders, & c. kc. We know one poor pauper, who now and then picks up a sixpence for harnessing a horse, that is charged as occasional groom on six tradesmen '. Surely this is not the time to irritate the public with vexatious imposts. The day of appeal is fixed for the 28th of January, at the Town Hall, when a pretty scene is expected to take place.— County Chronicle. • The several individuals forming the Court of Inquiry for the northern district, ( collected by special commission) namely, Major- Gen. Sir Henry Bouverie, K. C. B. Lieut. Col. Ramsay, and Major Wood, witli F. H. Talman, Esq, and W. Anderson, Esq. from London, lately arrived here. This Court has been actively engaged in investigating the books and records of the respective regiments now stationed among Our northern neighbours, including those at Aberdeen, Inverness, and Fort George. It has like- wise been on a similar duty at the sister kingdom. The result of its recent labours, and indeed that of the forrher investigation, redound alike to the charac- ter of the British army, and to the parties severally and individually concerned.— Hull Packet. IMPROVED PAVEMENT.— Lieut. Browne, of the Royal Navy, has improved upon Mr. Macadam's plan of a carriage- pavement in the metropolis. Mr. Browne's plan is, after the foundation has been formed in the necessary shape, and the surface rolled or rammed hard, that the paving stones, dressed so as to fit close together, should be laid in a thick coat of good mortar, and tiie joints covered with cement; the whole mass would then become a solid body, and the rain prevented from penetrating to the foundation, by which all the present pavements are destroyed. To prevent horses slipping, the stones might be grooved on the surface, and this process might be renewed when worn out. By the sides of the pave- ment he would construct culverts large enough for the passage of broad water- pipes and gas- pipes, so that the pavement never need be disturbed till worn out. He observes that some pavements have been lately made on a plan nearly similar; but the found- ation being of broken stones, cannot be equally firm and durable. There was a sporting bunt at Killala, County Clare, last Tuesday; but the most extraordinary feature in the day's amusement was towards the wind up, when the buck, hard pressed by the hounds and horses, made riaht for Magitl- lane- housc, the residence of the late Bishop O'Sbang- nessy, where a sumptuous/• epust was laid out for the members of the Hunt by the present hospitable occupier, Mr. Francis Healy. The noble animal dashed head. foremost into the very room, carrying oil his wide- spreading antlers, the double wintloW- fratne, all the panes being shivered to atoms in the leap. Tables, dishes, glasses, and decanters, were upset iu the greatest disorder, and in an instant al! became a mere wreck. The author of this un- expected calamity was taken in a corner of ilie parlour, crouching before his enemies, and looking wilh surprise at the destruction he had effected.— Cork Southern Reporter. thing eatable in. France is a perfect mystification, alike to the intellect and the palate, and is involved in a double disguise, of language and of external appearance. Tiie great object in culinary science is amalgamation; and the simple elements of nourish- ment are so sophisticated and transmogrified in stew- pans and digesters, that their nature and origin arc as difficult to determine as those of a bottle of London Champagne. Finding it, as I have said, fashionable ( o understand . these things, we made a virtue of necessity, tried every thing not too monstrous that fell in our way, and endeavoured to forget boiled chi< ki; u « and bacon, and the cliffs uf Dover. Apropos toi boiled chickens! I was once standing at an inn- door i: i Normandy, when a very genteel- looking Englishman, in a parsonic suit, of black, came up to me n ith a slight motion of hi* hat, aud a sort of saaile £ Ki0ceUancoii0 JtntelUgcnce. Between the night of Wednesday aud morning of Thursday some daring thieves effected an entrance into the counting- house attached to the works of the Imperial Gas Company; situate iu Hackney- fields, and having picked an iron box, carried off cash to the amount of between £ 500 and £ 600. It appears that Mr. Vickers, the superintendent of the works, after having discharged the whole of the workmen oil Wednesday evening, retired to the counting. house to transact some money affairs, and arrange other matters. Before be left the office he fastened the iron box in which was Heposited notes and gold amounting to upwards of £ 500. Ou Ihe following morning, on going to the counting house, lie discovered that the door had been forced open, and on entering, bis first object was to ascertain whether the cash- box was safe. He found the lock of it picked, and the contents taken out. With the exception of the door being forced open, no violence w as apparent about the premises ; the thieves must have climbed some high walls, ill doing which great caution was necessary, on account of theclOse vicinity of Mr. Vickers's dwelling. No suspicion as yet is attached to any quarter, and information of. the robbery has been forwarded to the police ; but from the nature of the booty obtained, it is feared that pursuit will be ineffectual. A member of a certain club- house in St. James's street, asking, the other day, for some sprats, was informed that the proprietor allowed no smaller fish to hi" taken in than gudgeons. The Scotch Papers contain an official announce- ment. that the chief office ot excise in Edinburgh is to be discontinued, and that the entire superintendence and management of the excise revenue in Scotland is to he placed under the board in Loudon. AN AMERICAN STORY.— An Irishman arrived at Boston last summer, and sought employment as a labourer, and finally obtained au eiinaoemeut ou one of the islands in our harbour. Pat bad never seen a duck iu his life. Shortly after his entering upon the discharge of his new duties, a brood of chickens and another of ducks were hatched, both by hens. The owner put both broods to one hen, in or'der to save the services of the other, and told Pat, as be was short of meal, to be particularly sparing in his allowance in feeding them. Pat made a small dish of dough, and commenced feeding bis mixed flock, when he was struck with the fact that about half hud broad shovels for beaks, and shovelled up the dough very fast, while the othefs had very small sharp beaks, and srot but little of the allowance. " Arrah! my darlings," says Pat, " fair play is a jewel; I'll just be after putting you upon aqual luting." He started for the bouse, got a pair of shears, caught them of the shovel beak, and sheared them down to the calibre of those of the sharp beak: put them down and said, " wag away7, you spalpeens; I am told this is a free country, where every man, baist, and bird, are aqual; no exclusive privileges, my darlings, if you p I ease."— Providence Advertiser. DECREASING TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH.— Of one fact there can be no doubt, namely, that the present temperature of the earth is much lower than the temperature iu remote past time. The rocks called primitive, as granite and gneiss, con- stituting the interiors of our great mountain masses and Ihe substrata of our plains, bear evident marks of having been at one period in, a molten state, from which they have been solidified by a very gradual cooling; and even the whole mass of the earth at some time must have been so fluid, or soft, as, in obedience to gravity, to have assumed its rounded form, and, in obedience to the centrifugal force of its whirling, to have bulged out, at its great circumference or equator, the seventeen miles which its equatorial diameter exceeds the polar; the same, by the by, in degrees corresponding to the various speed'of rotation, being true of all the other planets belonging to the solar system. Again, while iu excavating below the surface of the globe, or in examining its structure as exposed to view by volcanic or other convulsions, men encounter in very many situations a thickness of more than a mile ol the wreck and remains of former states of the world— as, ou digging eighty I'eet uuder vine, yards near Mount Vesuvius, they encounter the buried cities of Herculaueum aud Pompeii; they further discover that the animal and vegetable remain buried, without number, in the present cold climates of the earth, and evidently resting near where the creatures lived, areall kinds now inhabit- ing only the warmer or tropical regions. Lastly, in the operations of mining, the deeper men go the higher they find the temperature to be, at the rate of a' degree for about 200 feet of descent; which fact', as heat tends to equable diffusion, proves both that the central beat of our earth must have had another source than a radiation from the sun of the present intensity; and that the surface of the earth is now radiating away more beat than it receives I'rotn the sun. The conclusion then follows, that the temperature of tlie world is still falling, altho' perhaps so slowly that a change may not be detected even within centuries. Possibly in very remote antiquity that may have been true which the early Greeks erroneously thought true in their day; namely, that the equator of the earth, by reason of its great heat, was a barrier impassable by man between the northern and southern hemi- spheres,— Dr. Arnott's Elements of Physics. BLACK SWAN*—- A correspondent informs us, that iu reading an article beaded " black swans,'* extracted from the Dumfries Couritr, the writer expresses his regret that these majestic birds can- not be got to breed in this country Though the female lays ogsrs, he says that she cannot be persuaded to batch them. Now, as our correspond- ent has, In common with most of his countrymen, the highest respect for the talents and general information of the Editor of that newspaper, and more particularly for llis admiration of every thing rare and curious in ornithology, he is anxious that Mr. M'Diarinid shonltl be s^ t rii^ lit in the present instance. He states that in the month of August, 1827, lie observed two black swans, accompanied by two of their yonny, sailing- in all their stately pride, in the beautiful artificial pond at the back of Hopetonn House; and that he was then informed that they had bred there repeatedly.— Stirling Journal. THR EYE.— And who could at first believe, that, in describing the camera obscura, as we have now done, we had in reality been describing that most interesting of the objects of creation, the living eye itself, the great inlet of man's knowledge, that which may be called the visible dwelling of the soul, or at least the window of that dwelling— that from which all the fire of passion darts, through which the languor of exhaustion is perceived, in which life and thought seem concenlrated ! Yet the eye is nothing but a simple camera obscura, formed of the parts described above as essential to the camera obscura : but in its simplicity it is so perfect, so unspeakably perfect, that the searchers after tangible evidence of the existence of au all- wise and good Creator have declared their, willing- ness to be limited to it alone in the midst of millions, as their one triumphant proof. The nature of the eye a camera obscura is beautifully exhibited by taking the eye of a recently killed bullock, aud after carefully cutting away or thinning the outer coat behind, by going" with it to a dark place and directing the pupil towards any brightly. illuminated objects; then, through the semi- transparent retina left at the back of the eye may be seen a minute but perfect picture of all such objects — a picture, therefore, formed on the back of the little apart- ment or camera obsenra, by the agency of the convex cornea and lens in front. Understanding from all this, that when a man is engaged in what is called looking at an object, his mind is iu truth only taking cognisance of the picture or impression made on his retina, it excites admiration in us to think of the exquisite delicacy of texture and of sensibility which the retina must posses, that there may be the perfec t perception which really occurs of even the separate parts of the minute images there formed. A whole printed sheet of newspaper, for instance, may be represented on the retina in less surface than that of a finger- nail, and yet not only shall every word and letter be separately perceivable, but even any imperfection of a single letter. Or, more wonderful still, when at night any eye is turned up to the blue vault of heaven, there is portrayed on the little concave of the retina the boundless concave of the sky, with every object in its just proportions. There a moon in beautiful miniature may be sailing among her white- edged clouds, and surrounded by a thousand twinkling stars, so that to an animalcule supposed to be within and near the pupil, the retina might appear another starry firmament wilh all its glory. If the images iu the human eye be thus minute, what nsust they be in the eye of a canary bird, or of another bird smaller still ! How wonderful are the works of nature!— Arnoifs Klemenis of Physic. RAIL ROAD.— It would appear, from statements which have been published iu the United States Gazette, that the wooden viaducts constructed on the line of the Delaware and Hudson Rail- road have, on the first experiment made on them with a lo omotive engine, totally tailed. The result estab- lishes conclusively the propriety of the plan adopted by the Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road Company, in substituting earthen embank- ments and stone bridges for the wooden structures at first proposed to the formation of our work. The writer alluded to gives the following statement of the effects produced on one of these viaducts, when traversed by a locomotive engine :— Though no load was attached to the engine, and therefore the weig ht to be sustained was only six and a half tons, the rails were observed to beud under the pressure, and to rebound, as it was removed, like saplings; the screws which fastened down the iron plates flew out, and oft' came those plates; the vibration of the upright parts was such as to be distinctly perceptible at the distance of a hundred feet ; and it became obvious, in five minutes, that two days continuance of the same exercise must lay the whole work iu ruins." In the conclusion' of aseiiesof essays on the construction of the Dela- ware aud Hudson Road the same writer remarks:— " At the end of this season, however, it must be obvious, that uot one ton of coal has or can be got over the Rail- way— that 300,000 dollars, expended up to the 1st of August in making that work, and 50,000 dollars subsequently in repairs, have been all thrown away— that, it is radically ruinous in plan, and utterly worthless iu practice, and only to be improved by tearing it down." It is said that none of these viaducts are more than twenty- Jive to thirty feet high, and that they have been constructed of heavy timber at least one foot square. If such be the facts, it is easy to imagine what would have been the fate of wooden structures across the valleys between Gwiuu's Falls aud the Patapsco, some of which must have been more ( WAW forty feet, and others but little if any less than sixty feet high. — Baltimore A merican. HFRCUF. ANEUM.— The following are some of the results of the researches recently made by the Go- vernment of Naples in the ruins of Herculaneum : — They have discovered the most splendid private house of the ancients ever seen by modern eyes. It has a suite of chambers with a court in the centre. There is a part, of the mansion allotted to the females, a garden surrounded by arcades and columns; and a grand saloon, which probably served for a meeting of the family. Another house was very remarkable, from the quantity and nature of the provisions found in it, none of which had been disturbed for eighteen centuries. The family was, in all likelihood, laying in provisions for the winter when the ci'y was over- whelmed. The provisions consisit of dates, chesnuts, large walnuts, dried figs, almonds, prunes, corn, oil, peas, lintels, pies, and hams. The internal arrange- ments of the house announced that it had belonged to a rich family, and to admirers of the arts; for there were discovered many pictures, representing Polyphemus and Galatea, Hercules and the three Hesperides, Cupid and a Bacchante, Mercury and lo, Perseus killing Medusa; also vases, and articles in glass, bronze, and terra cotta, as well as medallions in silver, representing, in relief, Apollo and Diana. DISTRESSING EVENT.— It has seldom fallen to our lot to record a more awful and afflicting occur- rence than the death of Mr. John M'Cormiek, son of the late Rev. Joseph M'Cormiek, of Loughbrick- land. This young gentleman, whose family have, for some years, resided in the vicinity of Rostrevor, went, on Monday last, accompanied by his cousin, Mr. Jebb ( son of the Hon. Judge Jebb), iu pursuit of water- fowl. For the purpose of shooting, he had procured a small swivel- gun, which was made fast in the bow of the boat. The boat was steered by Mr. M'C'ormick; and on approaching a ball of widgeon, uuder the Wood- house, the gun having been brought to bear on the fowl, Mr. M'C. gaVe the order to fire, which was instantly obeyed by a seaman named Fearin. The sad result it is most painful to us to relate. The gun was fired, but, in consequence of the breech being either imperfect, or not properly screwed homp, it burst out and was actually driven through the body of Mr. JVJ'Cor- mickl— The unfortunate young gentleman expired without uttering a single word. Mr. Jebb and a little boy ( the son of Mr. William Clark, of Belfast,) escaped, but Fearin had his hand shattered by the expUsiou,— Dublin Evening Post. About 16 years ago, Thomas Wilson, feuar, in Langholm, who is now a man of threescore and twelve, felt a dimness of vision creeping over him$ aud in a short time became, as it is called, stone blind. To a person who had always ted au active life, the affliction was heavy— the privation most severe; but still he was cheerful and resigned, and though he seldom moved far from the fire- side, Ivig general health had suffered but little, when the sense of seeing was restored in a manner which is* truly wonderful, if not miraculous. On Thursday^ the 28th ult. he was seized with a violent pain in his head and temples, accompanied with a copiousr discharge from his eyes; but at the end of two days the pain and running both ceased, and then the film was gradually removed that had so long1 shut out the external world. Wrhile seated in hit dwelling, on Saturday, the 28th of November, he, to his utter astonishment, perceived the cheerful light of day, and, in a few moments, distinctly observed " a tall, dark man" passing the window. This individual was his own son, who, during the long and dreary blank in his father's existence, bad been transformed from " a white- beaded callaut" to a brawny and u black- a- vised men." The feel- ings of the parties were pleasurable in the extreme ; the father knew his son by his voice, and perused and re- perused his features with an anxiety which beggars all description. His wife next engaged his attention, and then every member of the family, from a daughter- in- law, whose appearance he had fancied rather thau known, to her healthy offspring1 that ran ramping about, fit emblems of their father when he had seen him before. For some days the » ' old man was actually half delirious with joy, and even yet his wife complains that it is totally impos- sible to keep him in the house. His great delight is to wander about the streets and lanes of Lang- holm, reading the signs, a id threading his way without the aid of either spectacles or a guide. At other times he explores the fairy nooks of the Ewe* and the Esk, laving his palms and eye- lids in streams which he never expected to behold again, and whose murmurs are as the sweetest melody to his ear. The lapse of sixteen years produces " divers strange mutations," even in a quiet country village, and many early friends and neighbours have gone to the grave since Thomas Wilson became unable to distinguish day from night, or even one season from another, excepting as they were intimated to him by different degrees of heat and cold. Still he meets with a few old acquaint- ances, and with these he takes every opportunity of comparing notes, and talking the " days of lang- syne." But, amidst all his enjoyments, a feeling of melancholy occasionally steals over him, and he finds it difficult to subdue the conviction that his latter end is near at hand, seeing that PROVIDENCE has worked out for him so merciful a deliverance. Still he is abundantly thankful and resigned, aud so long as memory holds her seat, will rejoi. e in the restoration of that faculty, which, next to reason, is the most precious gift which Heaven in its wis- dom vouchsafes to man. A case so remarkable, and which we have learnt from the mo9t undoubted authority, should not be overlooked by the faculty; and our own opinion is, that if medical treatment had been resorted to at first, the dreary blank in the old man's existence might hare been greatly shortened, if not averted altogether.— Dumfries Courier. RICHARD II.— There is a story told by Bower, or Bowmaker, the continuator of Fordun's Chronicle, which has hitherto been treated as fabulous by the more modern historians. This story bears that Richard II generally supposed to have been murdered at Pontefract Castle, either by the " fierce hand of Sir Piers, of Eaton," or by the slower and more cruel hand of famine, did in reality make his escape, by snbtilty, from his place of confinement; that he fled in disguise to the Scottish isles, and was recognized in the dominions of the Lord of the Isles, by a certain fool or jester, who had been familiar in the court of England, as being no other than the dethroned king of that kingdom. Bower proceeds to state, that the person of Richard II., thus discovered, was delivered up by the Lord of the Isles to the Lord Montgomery, and by him presented to Robert III, by whom he was honourably and beseemingly maintained during all the years of that prince's life. After the death of Robert III. this Richard is stated to have been supported in magnificence, and even in royal state, by the Duke of Albany, to have at. length died in the Castle of Stirling, and to have been interred in the church of the friars there, at the north angle of the altar. This singular legend is also attested by another contemporary historian, Winton, the Prior of Loch- leven. He tells the story with some slight differences, particularly that the fugitive and deposed monarch was recognized by an Irish lady, the wife of a brother of the Lord of the Isles, that had seen him in Ireland — that being charged with being King Richard, he denied it— that he was placed in custody of the Lord of Montgomery, and afterwards of the Lord of Cumbernauld— and, finally, that he was long under the care of the Regent Duke of Albany.—" But,, whether he was king or not, few," said the chronicler of Lochlevcn, knew wilh certainty. The mysterious personage exhibited little devotion, would seldom incline to hear mass, and bore himself like one half- wild or distracted."— Serle also, Yeoman of the robes to Richard, was executed," because, coming from Scotland to England, he reported that Richard wai alive in the latter country. This legend, of so much importance to the history of both North and South Britain, has been hitherto treated as fabulous. But the researches and industry of the late historian of Scotland ( Mr. FraserTytler), have curiously illustrated this point, and shown, from evidence collected in the origina' records, that this captive, called Richard II. actually lived many years in Scotland, and was sup- ported at the expense of that country. The evidence of this very interesting fact will appear in the third volume of his History of Scotland, which will probably be before the public ere these sheets go through the press. Like the tenor of the work in general, it reflects the highest honour on Mr. Tytler' « talents and industry.— vi'r Walter Scott's History cf Scoilandyin Dr. Lardner's Cyclopcedia. BANKRUPTS, DKC. ' 23 — Msrtihew Waller, of Lnd- lane, warehouseman.— George Campbell, late of Half Moon- street, Piccadilly, coal- merchant.— John Winter- iiottnm, now or late of Waterhesid Mill, near Oldham, Lancashire, cotton- spinner.— Win. Ellison Wormald, of Leeds, manufacturer.— John Thompson, sen. of Mowden, Yorkshire, and Robert Thompson and Win. 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