' nmo. itifT PRINTE © BY W EDDOWES, COBN « MAMOET9 SHREWsBuRY. • Advertisements not exceeding Ten Li ties, inserted at Six Shi Ulngs each. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. VOL. XXXVII.— N° 1875.] HOLYHEAD ROAD. SHROPSHIRE TO THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF SALOPi ^ alejs by auction. TO- MORROW WE, the undersigned, Inhabitants of the * • County of Snlop, being? ilefiiroii. of linMing- a PUBLIC MEETING for ihe Purpose of inking into Cooxiilernlioi) a propoxpil Alteration io ( lie Line of the Road from London lo Holyhead, through Sliropwliire, do hereby request you to appoint a Time und Plnce for holding the same. J. CRESSETT PELHAM Sir ROWLAND HILL, Bart. The Earl of LIVERPOOL R. BURTON J. WINGFIELD F. B. HILL ROBERT A. SLANEY JOS. SUTTON THOMAS DU GARD J. R. KYNASTON S. BUTLER R. CORFIELD PANTON CORBETT JONATHAN PERRY THOMAS KENYON ANDREW V. CORBET THOS. HARRIES ROWLAND HUNT Sir EDWARD J. SMYTHE, Bart. WM. LLOYD Sir EDW. KYNASTON, Bart. WM. CHARLTON Sir ANDREW CORBET, Bart. JOHN A. LLOYD ST. JOHN CHARLTON ROBT. SLANEY EDW. CLUDDE THOS. BULKELEY OWEN WM. WYBERGH HOW W. CLEMENT RICHD. DRINKWATER JOSEPH SHEPPARD. DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, hi and near Wolverhampton, IN THE COUNTY OP STAFFORD. BY MR. WALKER, At the Lion Inn, in Wo! verhampton aforesaid, on Thursday, the 7th Day of January, 1n30, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions ( unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will he given) ; ^ EVERAl, Pieces or Parcels of LAND, now occupied as Gardens, at CHAPFX ASH, within Half a IVlile of the Town of Wolverhartiplou aforesaid, adjoining and Part fronting to the Great London and Holyhead Road, which will he (. fiered for Sale in various Lots suitable for Building Rites. Also Nine several Messuages or fl\ VFXL1NG HOUSES, with Brewhooses, Workshops, and other Outbuildings, situate in Brick- Kilu Street, in the Town of Wolverhampton aforesaid, in the Occupations of George Fieldhouse, Walter Benton, and others.— Together with several Allotments of Garden or BUILDING G110 UN I J, adjoining the last- mentioned Premises. Printed Particulars of winch said Allotments, with Plans annexed,, may he had from THR AI'DTTORRFCRR, or from Mr. TIMMIS, Land Surveyor, Wolverhampton, who will shew the respective Allotments; at the Place of Sale, and at the principal Inns in Wolver- hampton and the Neighbourhood ; from (' ORP. KT WOODWARD, Esq 12, Ftirnival's Inn, London - — i ^ e irwrwr- nTiM-. flihtTiMirt- rwi —.— Superior Food for Children, Invalids, and others. OBINSON'S PATENT B Alt LEY and PATENT GROATS. These highly approved Articles are now to be had of every respect- able Druggist, Grocer, Oilman, & c throughout Eng- land, Ireland* Scotland, and Wales, in Packets at 6d. nnd Is. and in Canisters at 2s.; and Wholesale for Exportation of M. Robinson ami Co. at the Manu- factory, (> 4, Red Lion Street, Holborn, London. The Patent Barley is in Blue Paper, the Patent Groats in Yellow ; and each Packet bear* the King's Arms, and the Signature of" Malts. Robinson." The greatest Caution in purchasing is absolutely necessary, as there are several spurious Imitations in Town and Country. WELSH POQXJ TO BE LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, SMALL comfortable HOUSE and Garden, with two Field* attached, situate near the Church. For Particulars apply ( if t>? T. etter, Po. t- paid) to Mr. BOSTOCK, Builder, Welsh Pool. from Messrs RCTTERTOS and Drayton, Salop. ON, Solicitors, Market MOiXTGOMER YSlllRE. BY MH. SMOUT. At the Beards Head Inn, Newtown, on Tuesday, the 12tb of January, 1830, between the Hours of Six and Eight in the Afternoon, in the following or such oilier Lots, and subject to Conditions then and there to he produced, ( and not on the 5th of that Mouth as before advertised) ; I. OT I. ALL that very desirable FREEHOLD MESSUAGE, Tenement, nnd LANDS, with ^ aiess Dp auction, T'ery superior Underwood. BY MESSRS. TUDOR & LAWRENCE, At the Rnren Inn, in Much Wenlock, on Monday, the 11 ill Day of January next, at Three o'Cluck in the Afternoon, in the following Lots: LOT I. TTUFTEEN ACRES or thereabouts of I ASH, ELM, HAZEL, & c. LOT II Acres or therenhouts of Ditto. LOT III. 135 Acres or thereabouts of Ditto The above Underwood, which consists principally f Ash upwards of 30 Years' Growth, is of very superior Quality, and is frowinir in OXEN ROM) GREAT COPPICE, siiuaie 5 Miles from Wenlock and t> from Bridgnorth, und nearly adjoining good Turnpike Uoads. Mr. Nonms, of Oxenhflld, or Mr. MFAKIX, of Weston, will appoint n Person to shew the Lots; and anv further Particulars inay be had from Messrs BCRI. BY & 8C » RTH,, Shrewsbury ; or from Mr. CHUNK, jun. Coalbiookdale. SHROPSHIRE SUPERIOR TIMBER. A MOST DESIRA RLE RESl DEJYCE. Co fcc art, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, N excellent HOUSE, fit for the Reoep- i A lion of a small ( jentfe! Family, situate in the beautiful Village of OVERTON, with all necessary Out- Oflices, three. stalled Stable, See walled Garden, and about Six Acres of capital Meadow and Pasture LAND, now in the Occupation of John Eyton, Esq.— Apply to the lie?. It IIHTON, Shelhrook Hill, near Overton, Flintshire; if by Letter, Post- paid. MONTGOME R YS HIRE. HMMMLS IT © IBIS IMSttTa fcj* In Compliance with the above Requisition 1 hereby consent! a MEETING of the FREE HOLDERS and INHABITANTS of the County of Salop, to be held at the Shirehall, in Shrewsbury, on FRIDA F, the EIGHTH Day of JANUARY n « xty at Twelve o'Clock. CHAS. KYNASTON MAINWARING, High Sheriff. Oteley Park, Dec. 23, 1829. suitable Outbuildings, cunm . , arish of KBUIIV, containing 26A . ' 2It. I3P. of Arable, ' asture, and Meadow Land, be the same more or less. LOT II All those several excellent Pieces of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, ( adjoining Lot I,) con mining 42A. 3R. 25P. be the same more or less. LOT III. All that very capital MESSUAGE or Tenement, and LANDS, with convenient Outbuild- ings, and good Gardens thereto belonging, called I HE WEF. G, with about 9 A. 311. 25P. .. f very rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, be the same more or less, situate in the said Parish of KERRY, and near to Lot 1 and 2. The Situation is most desirable, the Quality of the . and excellent, and upon a View will be found highly ligible to a Purchaser, either as a Place of Residence or for Investment of Money. There are a Quantity of thriving Trees upon the Estate,, which are to be taken to by the Purchaser at a Valuation. The above Estate is within two Miles of the popti . ous and flourishing Market Town of Newtown, where Lime nnd Coal are to be bud at moderate Prices. For further Particulars apply to Mr. FERRINOTON, on the Premises; or Mr. F. BKANOSTROM, Solicitor, Newtown, where Maps of the Estate may be seen. I riiriiirn i, • » ••>• called PANT- GWYN, in ih. TO BE SOLD, PHAETON, and a 1' APHAETON, I'uir of BAY PONIES about 14 Hands bigb, an excel Unt Match and very temperate. The Phaeton ha. two Dickiis, nnd is » ery complete. For Price and Particular, apply to Mr. COOKE, Angel Inn, Ludlow. TO BUILDERS, & c. ANY Quantity of FRONTAGE LAND commanding a View upon the Sea, may be had on Building Lease, at Leasowe Castle, on the Cheshire Shore.— For further Particulars apply to Mr. DAVIES. Mollington, near Chester. The Proximity to Liverpool and the Manufacturing Districts, the Excellence of the Sands, the Beauty of the SKI View, which comprises the Entrance to the Port, and other Circumstances, render this Spot most attractive for the Formation of a WATERING PLACB, which cannot fail to become popular as soon as it established, LFA80\ VB CASTLE is five Miles from Liverpool an*, twenty from'Chester, and has very good Communica- tions with . both Places, and it is on the nearest Shore to the populous Counties of Salop, Stafford, Derby, and Warwick. LUDLOW. TO BE LET, To tfic highest Bidder, for twenty- one Yearsy At Guildhall, in Ludlow aforesaid, on Tuesday, the , 19th Day of January next, at Twelve o'Clock, sub- ject to Conditions ; \ DWELLING HOUSE, Water Corn / Ik. Grist MILL, Stable, and Garden, called the Upper Part of CASTLE MILL, adjoining the said Town, and now in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Weaver, or his Undertenant. The above Mill is abundantly supplied with Water, being built on the River Teine, and ( exclusive of the Fishery) is, from its being situated in a Corn Country, • principal* Supply of Flour to Bewdley, Kiddermiu- strr, und other Markets, and worthy the Attention of tln » . fir* t Millers nnd Corn Factors in the Kingdom. The ubove Premises belong to the Corporation of Ludlow, and will he set for 21 Years from the 25th Day of February next, at Half Rack Rent nnd Half Fine, which Fine will he four Years* Purchase of the Kent or Sum at which the same shall be taken. There are certain inside Fixtures belonging to the Mill, neceusHrv for working it, which the Tenant will he required to take to at a Valuation to be made by two indifferent Persons ( one to be chosen by the Land,, lords, the other by Hie Tenant), a Particular of which will be produced at the Time of Letting. For further Particulars apply to Mr. SAMUEL ACTON, Corve Street, Ludlow, 20TH DEC. 1829. imme the BY MR. EDWARD JENKINS, At the White Horse Inn, in Wem, in the County of Sulop, on Wednesday, the 10th Day of February, 1830, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as shall be then produced, and in the following Lots : LOT I. ry OAK Tree*, 15 Oak Pollards, 20 Ash Trees, / / 2 Ash Pollards, 14 Alder Trees, 4 Sycamore Trees, and 1 Wi'hy Tree, standing on Part of a Farm at WOLVERLCY", in the Occupation of . Mr. Richard Wilson. LOT II. 46 Oak Trees, 4 Oak Pollards, II Ash Trees, and 1 Withy Tree, staudiug on other Parts of the said Farm. LOT III. 53 Oak Trees, 6 Oak Pollards, 10 Ash Trees, I Ash Pollard, 1 Alder Tree, and 1 Cherry Tree, standing on other Parts of the said Farm. LOT IV. 71 Oak Trees, 14 Oak Pollards, 19 Ash Trees, 1 Ash Pollard, and 4 Alder Trees, also standing on other Parts of the said Farm. LOT V. 20 Oak Trees, 1 Oak Pollard, 2 Ash Trees, 4 Alder Trees, and 3 Sycamore Trees, standing on a Farm at Northwood, in ihe Occupation of Mr. Edward Kynaston. LOT VT 58 Oak frees, 23 Oak Pollards, 3 Ash Trees, 3 Alder Trees, 2 Elm Trees, and 1 Withy Tree, standing on Part of a Farm at Newtown, in the Occupation of Mr. Robert Ebrey. LOT VII. 59 Oak Trees and 13 Oak Pollards, stand- ing on other Parts of the said Farm. LOT VIII. 17 Onk Trees, 2 Oak Pollards, 3 Ash Trees, and 3 Alder Trees, standing on Lands near the Village of Loppingtnu, in the several Occupations of Mr. Robert Ebrey and Mr. John Capp. LOT IX. 32 Onk Trees, 58 Alder Trees, 21 Poplar Trees, 3 Ash Trees, and 3 Sjcamore Trees, standing on Part ofa Farm at the Common Wood, in the Occu- pation of Mr. Robert Williams. LOTX. 89 Alder Trees, 22 Poplar Trees, nnd 2 Ash Trees, standing on other Parts of the said Farm. Lots 1 to 5 inclusive adjoin the Turnpike Road leading from Weill to Ellesmere, about Midway from ' » « :< - 4 LI., If nf th* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising nnd to he collected at the several Toll Gates hereinafter- mentioned, namely, Llanymynecli and New Bridge Gates, Bultington and Leigliton Gates, Llaufair Lower, Pool Upper, Cennant, Pool Church, and Groes Pluan Gates, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Town Hall, in Pool, on Saturday, the 16th Day of January, 1829. between the Honrs of Ten and Twel ve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty George the Fourth, 14 For regulating Turnpike Roads ;" which Tolls produced the last Year the following Sums, viz. Llainmynech and New Rridge Gates £ 530 Bfiltington and Leigh'on Gates 595 Llanfair Lower, Pool Upper, Ceunant, Pool Church, and Groes Pluan Gates 397 ubove the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay one Month in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to tire Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, lor Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly And that the said Trustees will at the same Time appoint new or additional Trustees in the Room of those who may be dead, or who may become incapable, or decline acting. R. GRIFF1THES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. Poor, DEC. 18, 1829. ADVANTAGES OF THE « MARCH OF INTELLECT." " Fine words: I wonder where they stole ' em." A fashion has recently been gaining ground upon us, which we cannot too strongly deprecate. We allude to the absurd practice of bestowing on every thing the most incomprehensible names and circuitous phrases that caprice or pedantry can invent. Our shops are converted into " Emporiums j" our literary journals into " Athenaeums; our long stage- coaches into " Omnibuses;" our coffee- pots have become " Percolators our fire- boxes " Eupyrioiisa cos- metic is called <: Kalydor dried manure is termed " Dcssicated Compost ; 1' a child's toy is christened a " Thaumatrope and a peep- show a " Cosmorama." A large organ is an " Apollonicon; and some wise- acre has on his window- blind in Queen- street, Cheap- side, " Patent Convoluted Refrigerator, and Archi- medes Condenser Office"— we really are at a loss to comprehend this high- sounding title, but believe it is a machine to cool sugar with ; but no, in the ad- vanced stage of intellect, " Sugar Cooler" would not do. A cobbler should write up, from such example, " Crural Appendages renovated and fabricated and a travelling tinker should be termed " A peri patetic Repairer of Culinary Utensils." Instead of " old clothes," the Jews should croak out " Ancient Habiliments." Fish fags have become " Nymphs of Billingsgate;" warming pans are 44 Calefactors;" eye- glasses are 44 Lorguettes j" wig- makers have become 44 Pcrruquiers;" thief- takers " Metropolitan Police;" attorneys, 44 Solicitors ;" puppet- shows are now 44 Fan toccini v" actors are 44 Artistes;" plays are 44 Scenic Representations;" and acting, the 44 Histrionic Art. A fellow who grinds an organ in the street, is digni- fied by the appellation of an 44 Erratic Minstrel.' Instead of ringing the bell, or snuffing the candle, we 44 Agitate the Communicator," and 44 Amputate the Luminary." Surgeons and physicians are the 44 Fa- culty ;" and books now are never published, they 44 issue from the press." We have 44 Outinian Lec- tures," and 44 Utilitarian Systems." Horse- doctors have exalted themselves into 44 Veterinary Surgeons;" and mail- carts are metamorphosed into44 Accelerators." In truth, 44 the age is picked" as well as the phrases. We detest pedantry and assumption as energetically as we do cant and humbug, and although we know that we cannot always call the plain thing by the plain name, but must at times beat about the bush, let us leave all these coinages of the brain, and give to the common utensils and common phrases of every day's use, the plain denominations which will make them universally understood, and let us leave long and abstruse epithets for scientific matters, or to the Professors of Schoolmasterism in the London Uni- versity. FREE TRAD22. DICEY AND C0.1S TRUE DAFFY'S ELIXIR, Superior to every other Medicine for giving m Bowels, as xcell as for alleviating those distress- I ' ing Maladies the Gravel and Stone. AS a General Family Medicine, DICEY'S DAFFY has long become so justly celebrated, from its superior Quality to all other Preparations sold under the Name of Daffy's Elixir, that no Family, particularly in the Country, ought lo he without it,—- but, its effectual Relief is only to be expected by those who ftse the Genuine Medicine, Purchasers are cau- tioned not to rely merely upon the Glass Bottle hearing the Name of Dicey and Co. as there are unprincipled People who buy up Ihe empty Bottles for the Purpose I of filling Hiem with their own counterfeit Preparations, [ and which are thus imposed upon the Public as the True Daily's Elixif— the only certain Criterion is to examine whether the Stamp Label which U affixed over the Cork, has the Words 44 DICEY & Co." printed therein ; and io observe that the Bill of Directions is signed 44 W. Sutton Co. late Dicey & Sutton." Sold at the Original Warehouse, No. 10, Bow Church Yard, London, in Bottles at 2s. and 2s. 9d. each, and by all the principal Country Booksellers and Medicine Venders. Of whom may also be had, DICEY's BATEMAN'S PECTORAL DROPS ( the only Genuine) Is. lid. the Bottle. DICEY'* Anderson's or The TRUE SCOTS PILLS, Price Is |£ d. ihe Box. ( fcjr* Ask particularly for DICKY'S." BETTON'S BRITISH OIL ( the only Genuine) Is 9d. the Bottle. Ellesmere and Chester Canal at Hampton Bank Wharf. Lots 6 and 7 adjoin the Road leading from WoUerley Biidge to Whixall, and are distant 2 Miles from the Canal at Hampton Bank and Edstaston Wharfs. Lot 8 is near Ihe Turnpike Road, and lead- ing from Loppington lo Wem, distant from the latter Place 3 Miles. Lots 9 and 10 are situate near the Village of Nonelev, distant from Wem about 2 Miles, nnd from the Ellesmere and Chester Canal ut Ed st as ton Wharf about 3 Miles. The respective Tenants will shew ihe different Lots, which are all numbered" with a Scribe ; and they " ill also furnish Printed Haudbills more particu- larly describing litem. The Oak is of large Dimensions, suitable for Naval Or other Purposes where good Timber is required. The White Woods are also chiefly of good Dimensions and Quality ; and the whole are well worth the Aiten- iou of Timber Merchants generally. For further Particulars apply to Mr. THOMAS DICKIN BROWN, Solicitor, Wem ; or lo Mr. BROMLBY, Timber Valuer, Ba& church. Preston Brockhurst, Hawkslone, and other / loads, IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP. ^ VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1. N t lie TOLLS arising at the several undermeiition ed Toll Gates upon these Roads, will he LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidders, at the House of Richard Home, known by the Sign of the Turk' Head, in lladnal, in the said County, on Thursday, the 21st Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven and Four, in the Manner directed by the Acts passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of liis Majesty Kiog George the Fourth, 44 For rey nlat- ing Turnpike Roads,** w hich Tolls produced last Year the following Sums : L. S. LOT I.— Old Heath, Harlescott, and Ber- wick Gates 482 0 . LOT 2. — Cotwall and Crudgington Gates... 439 0 0 LOT 3.— Prees Gqte 38 0 0 LOT 4.— Ilolloway Gate 42 10 0 LOT 5.— Prees Lower Heath Gate, and Dar- listou Gate 60 0 0 above the Expenses of collecting them> nnd will he- put up at those Sums, and in those Lots respectively. Whoever happens to he the highest Bidder for any Lot or Lots, must ( respectively) at the same Time pay one Month in Advance, if required, of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, wiili suflicient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the sa'ul Roads, for Payment of the Remainder of the Money monthly.— At this Meeting other Busiuess will be transacted. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. SHRBWSBI'RY, DEC. 1829. THE COLONIAL. TRADE. [ From the Glasgow Courier.] We shortly adverted in our paper of Saturday to the fact that negociations betwixt the American minister and our government were far advanced, and by which the valuable trade just opened between our North American and our tropical colonies was TO BE DISPOSED OF BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, til One or more [. ott, at may- be u^ reed iipnii ; HPHE vntire and valuable STOCK- IN- 3 TRADE of JOHN ASTON, of WELLINGTON, in the County of Salop, Mercer, Hatter, Dealer and Chapman, a Bankrupt; which includes Linen and Woollen Goods, Hosiery, Hats, and a general Assort, inent 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, Upply to Mr. POYNER, of Hadley ; or Mr. MARTIN, of Wellington, the Assignees of the said Bankrupt's Fstaie; or Mr. NOCK, of the latter Place, their Solicitor. All Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt's IT. state are requested forthwith to pay their respective Debts to the said Assignees. Due 28th, 1829. WHEREAS FRANCIS LLOYD BAYLEY, of PRESTON BROCKHURST, Farm er, has, by Indenture of Lease and Release and Alignment, dated respectively the 7th and 8th Day of December inttnot, conveyed and assigned overall Irs Real and Personal Estate unto JOHN PEPLOW, of Shrewsbury, Seedsman, and THOMAS KYNASTON, of Wem, Grocer, IN TRUST for the equal Benefit of his Creditors who shall execute the said Deed of Convey noce and Assignment: NOTICE is hereby given, that the same now lies for Sign it tire at the Office of Messrs. DUKES and SALT, in Shrewsbury, to whom all Creditors of the said Francis Lloyd Bayley are re- q'letfted immediately to send in the Particulars of their Claims. DOGPOLE, Dec. 24th, 1829. PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS, WORMS DESTROYED. EDI CINE never witnessed a more ' VI" important Discovery than in PRITCHETT'S VEGETABLE VERMIFUGE, a Remedy that, eon. trary to all others, neither purges, vomits, nor other- wise affects the Constitution ; requires no Confine- ment, has neither Taste uor Smell, and is so harmless that it may be taken by an Infant of an Hour old ; yet never, in one Inslqnce, failed destroying every Worm iu the Body, of which ample and undoubted Testi- monies are given with it. It is the actual Discovery • if a Medical Practitioner of Eminence, who may be readily referred to, and who Solemnly asserts it con- tains not a Particle of Calomel, Scaminouy, Gamboge, or other drastic Article. PRITCHETT'S VEGETABLE VERMIFUCR is pre. pared by BARCLAY and SONS, No. 95, Fleet Market, ( late D. Pritchett) ; and sold in large Packets, price 2s. 9d. sufficient for a grown Person, or three small Children; or in small Packets, price Is. |£ d. sufficient for ri Child ; sold also by all Medicine Venders in Town, and Country. Observe the Name of BARCLAY and SONS, n the Stamp affixed to each Packet of the Powderr A Medicine prepared b-, a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO AM. THE PREPARAT. ONS IN THE WORLD, Fnr the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the Kin* Evil Suriffnla, Seurfv, Fistula*, and every Dis- order arising from Impurity of . he Blood. OUHie Oilllin; nnn. . _ without which tlvey cannot be genuine. Sold also by W. nnd J. Eonowus, Broxton, Onions and llulbeit, Shrewsbury; Burley, Market Drayton ; Houlston and Smith, Wellington; Smith, lronbridge and Wenlock ; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Roberts, Powell, J. nnd R. Griffiths, O. Jones, and Roberts, Welsh- pool ; Price, Edwards, Mrs. Edwards, Roberts, Small, and Weaver, Oswestry ; Edmonds, Shiffnal ; Silves- ter, Newport; Hassall, Whitchurch ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Bangli, Ellesmere; ~ son, Whitchurch ; Franklin, and Onslow, Wem. WHERE ALSO MAY HP. IIAD, BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY. HAYMAN's MAREDANT's DROPS. DREDGE's HEAL- ALL. BLAINE's POWDERS and BALLS for Distemper in Dogs, See. rrUlE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are si so well known throughout Shropshire, and indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, and without the Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled in their Effects. And thejr Effieacy has been attested in numhcrless Instances; many of them on Oath before ihe Magistrates of Shrewsbury ; thus establishing their Pre- eminence over the Nostrums of ignorant Quacks, and over ihe more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Cases of FEMALE DERILITY, TURN OF LIFE, and any olher Affliction of the Body arising from a changed or vitiated System, the PLOUGH MA N's DROPS may be relied upon for a certain and speedy Cure. » N B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv- ing System of Diet: he allows his Puiients to •' « « " TURNPIKE TOLLS. 1VOT1CE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that IN ihe TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates hereunder mentioned, upon the several Roads com prised in the First District of the Bishop's Castle nnd Montgomery Turnpike Act, will he LET BY AUC- TION, to the best Bidders, at the Castle Inn, in Bishop's Caslle, on Tuesday, the 2d Day of February next, at Eleven o'Clock in ihe Forenoon, in such Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and fe One or Two Years from Lady- day, 15S: 30. in tl Manner directed by the Acts passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reigu of His Majesty King George the Fourth, For regulating Turnpik Roads ;" which Tolls are now let for the respective yearly Sums following ( over and above the Expenses of collecting the same), and will be put up at those Sums. L. S O. Bishop's Castle Gates on the Roads lead- ing towards Ludlow, and Gates at Lag. den Lane, Edgton Cross, & Long Lane Bishop's Castle Gate on the Knighton Road, and Gates at Hall Orchard and Acton CI tin, Aston, and Park Lane Gates, on the Road to Newton Green Foul Lane End, Bridges, Pnlverbateh, Honlerley and Eyton, Ridgeway and Witt in gslow Cross Lower llehlnnds Gate on the Road leading to Churchstoke, and Ov\ l's Lane Gale on the Road from Snead to Lydham Knighton Gates and Vlilebrook Win tie Fool, Kerry Lane, Upper He blands, and Bishop's Moat Twitchen Gale The best Bidders for the Tolls of any or either of the Gates must at the same Time give Security, wi « h sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Roads, for Payment of the Money uionth- ly, quarterly, or otherwise, as shall be then required. G. II. DANSF. Y, Clerk to the Trustees. Dated this 28th Day of December, 1829. 210 0 0 106 0 0 420 0 0 430 0 0 98 90 185 40 Evan- while taking Ploil! live liman's klie Englishmen Drops. These Drops are to be had in square Bottles, with these words moulded on each, k' Mr. Smith's Ploiiglimun'' s Drops" ( all others are spurious), at £ 1. ' is. the large, and lis. the smajl, Duty in- eluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. and J. EOOOWES, and Cook- son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Ycates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth; Griffiths, Ludlow; Waidson, Welshpool; Price, Os- westry ; Baugh, Ellesmere ; Evnnson, Whitchurch ; Burley, Drayton ; Silvester, Newport; Holmes. No. I I, Royal Exchan- r'* ' indon; and of all Mtdi.- ine I Venders. Under the Protection of Government, by Royal Letters Patent, RANTED to ROBERT FORD, for If his Medicine, universally known hv the Title of PECTORAL BALSAM OF HOREHOUND, and Great Restorative Medicine; invented and published I y the Patentee in 1794 ; which is patronized by the Nobility, and bv the Faculty generally recommended throughout the United Kingdom nnd on the Continent, as the inost " efficacious and sale Remedy for Cough*, Colds, Asthmas, Hooping Cough, and all Obstructions of the Breast and Lungs. The high Estimation it has obtained over every other Preparation, and the exten- sive Demand, sufficiently proves its Superiority, which may be ascertained at any of the principal Venders of Medicines in the United Kingdom. Prepared only and sold by the Patentee, Canonhury Square, Islington; also by W. and J. EODOWES, Shrewsbury, and all the principal Dealers in Medicine in Town and Country, in Bottles at 10s. Gd. 4s. ( id. •. s. 9d. and Is. 9d each. The Public will please to observe, that each Bottle s enclosed in Wrappers priu ed in Red Ink, and signed in ihe Hand- writing of the Patentee, without which it < anujt be geuniue. again to be placed in the bands of our great naval rival— the United States. It is scarcely possible to conceive anv measure more unwise or more injurious to our great national interests than this. We under- stand that the West India body in London, at a meeting held last week, very properly agreed to apply to government to allow things to remain as they are, declaring they are satisfied that the West India colonies can be as beneficially supplied from our Nortb American possessions as from the United States. VVe hope the example which they have set will be followed by the different West India bodies in the outports. Mr. Maclean is, we learn, in daily con- ference with our ministers upon the subject, and, strange to say, our minister at Washington, Mr. Lamb, and our consul at New York, Mr. Buchanan, have recommended this measure so prejudicial to the interests of the British empire. The history of the business is, we learn, shortly this :— Some months ago the government of the United States applied to our minister at Washington, Mr. Lamb, expressing an earnest wish that the British government would open the West India trade to them, and he, nowise unwil- ing to ingratiate himself with Gen. Jackson, sent the rtccount of this preliminary diplomatic proceeding to bis government, by whom it was considered " before the appointment of Mr. Maclean to his mission. On his appointment he received printed instructions to push the business, and without offering any equi- valent he was instructed to say that if Great Britain took off the restrictions from the trade to the West Indies, the executive government of the United States would endeavour to persuade the congress to modify the tariff. Mr. Maclean, on his arrival, found our ministry, for reasons which we should like to hear them explain, very liberally inclined, and prepared to hear all he could urge; and he coming for the pur- pose, it may readily be believed that he has come plentifully supplied with documents and statements, cut and dry, to answer his purpose. In fact, we are informed that his opinion at present is, that matters are nearly concluded, and that we are to give up the trade in question merely upon the understanding that congress should be urged to alter the tariff. With regard to altering or modifying the tariff in our favour, we believe that we may state that it will not and that it cannot be done. The government of the United States have encouraged the population of these states to embark in manufacturing pursuits, and to a great extent, and in those manufacturing pursuits immense capitals have been invested, and although much individual loss and misery has been brought about by it, still the people say " We have suffered the worst; let us persevere, and we must succeed;" and we are of opinion, derived from no mean inform- ation, that many, perhaps must of them, will succeed, and such being the prospect and the case they will, we may rest assured, continue to be protected. Some of them will, on the other hand, not prosper, and these will be given up, whether we expect to look forward to such a result or not. We advert to these points to show the small prospect that there is ' of the government of the United States modifying their tariff so as to give this country any advantage, and certainly none in comparison to the immense and valuable boon which we are about, by an act which we may characterise as an act of political insanity, to place in their hands. It behoves the whole mercan- tile and shipping interests in this country to bestir themselves, and to take immediate measures to defeat the projected arrangement. The trade of the Clyde is more particularly interested in the matter, because the proposed arrangement while it wounds Canada and our North American colonies deeply, and retards their improvement, must inflict a serious injury upon the trade of the Clyde. Unless the North American provinces can sell their timber, their staves, and their provisions, their lands can neithfr be cleared, nor cultivated, nor improved, and the tropical colonics are the only advantageous and certain markets that they can obtain. From a neat little volume called " Political Frag- ments, by Robert Forsyth, Advocate/' just published by Blackwood. Our forefathers disapproved of freedom of trade. 1. As to foreign manufactured goods. Our forefathers, influenced by sentiments of humanity, endeavoured to give bread to their com- mon people, by narrowing the competition between then and foreigners. As soon as any class of artists or workmen seemed capable of supplying thp market at home, they obtained from government either a monopoly of the home market, or the imposition of such a tax on the foreign commodity as gave a decided advantage to the British work- men.-— There were in our country enough of workmen to prevent an undue rise of wages c^* prices by combination, and there were laws against all such combinations. Our forefathers held it to be of little importance whether a landed man should weiir a coat of cloth a little finer or coarser, or boots and Spurs more or less elegant; but they held it to be extremely important, that the work- men in his neighbourhood, and in our own towns, should get bread. u The effect of this policy was, that, by the pre- mium or encouragement so held out to our own people of a monopoly of the home market, they rapidly improved in the different arts and trades. Other nations allowed freedom of trade, that they might buy, at the cheapest market, all articles sub- servient to utility, luxtiry, or vanity. But our British forefathers, acting under the influence of a principle of humanity, reared a race of artists superior to those of other nations. Truly there U a wisdom from above, which, if patiently followed, leads to better results than are to be obtained from the presumptuous speculations of rash men, how- ever gifted. " 2. Influenced by the same spirit, our forefathers enacted the British navigation laws, which allowed no foreiirn vessel to import into our country any commodities but those of its own growth or manu- facture. Also, to our own vessels was generally granted the exclusive privilege of trading to our own colonies. " The effect was, that our forefathers reared a race of seamen, defenders of our coast « , who have carried the thunder of the British navy to the shores of every continent, and to the remotest isles of the ocean. Thus they had their reward, and were enabled to transmit a most glorious legacy to their descendants. These laws have recently been altered to a considerable extent; and, as to certain natioiis, totally, or nearly totally, departed from. " Let it be remembered, that, in the history of the world, no island was long independent that did not possess the empire of the ocean. In ancient times, Sicily never was long independent, because it never commanded the sea. Rhodes was inde- pendent while it governed the sea, and no longer. The talents of Alfred could not defend England, because he was not master of the sea. A floating army of small numbers may harass and ruin a mighty island. If opposed iu one quarter it em- barks, and, in two days, lands anew, at the distance of three hundred miles, and wastes the country * nrp pffprtool iwaistanee can arrive- before effectual assistance arrive. " 3 Our forefathers acted on the same principle with regard to agriculture. " As they endeavoured to oblige the proprietors of land to be satisfied with the workmanship of our own labourers, weavers, smiths, & c. so they re- quired that these persons, in return, should be content with food the growth of our own lands. They were not tempted by foreign importation to multiply beyond those means of subsistence which their own country could permanently afford. The way to encourage any art is to provide a market for the commodity. Our forefathers, therefore, imposed a tax on foreign corn; and as, in some cases, to encourage manufactures, they granted a bounty on exportation, so they did so with regard to corn in ordinary times, when there was no fear of famine. They were of opinion, that if is of as much importance to improve the soil of our island as to improve our broad cloth, or our hardware. They knew that agriculture is an art, and land a commodity not less improvable than cotton goods, or the art of the weaver. " By thus acting with humanity and justice to all classes of the community, our ancestors reared a mighty empire. The manufacturer, instead of paying ten yards of cotton cloth for the produce of an acre of land, was enabled, by his improvements, to give five hundred yards. By improvement, an acre of poor land, instead of feeding half a sheep, produced forty- eight bushels of wheat; and thus plenty and riches were made to abound. " What is styled free trade in manufactures is just this:— Our own population are to be starved to encourage and reward foreign workmen.— In navigation by free trade, our own ship- carpenters and seamen are to be dismissed, that our merchants may import foreign goods at a cheaper rate, by hiring foreign ships and seamen. Farther, by dis- missing our seamen, our shores are to be exposed to invasion, and our vast colonial empire to be sur- rendered to foreigners— In relation to the produce of the soil, the effect of free trade is this:— The corn of America, Poland, and all other countries having more land, or a more genial climate than ours, is to be imported to the effect of keeping our own second- rate lands unimproved, and of reducing the profits of tenants, and the incomes of proprietors of land, in the proportion of from ten millions to two millions a- year ; whereby the shopkeepers of the towns and villages, the manufacturers and labourers of our country, are to be deprived of the other eight millions at present spent among them. Every shilling taken from the rental of a proprietor of land, is clearly tenpence, if not a shilling, taken from his tradesmen and servants, who must be dismissed. It is better for a poor man to pay two shillings a peck for oatmeal, and to get three shillings a- day of wages, than to get oatmeal for eight pence, if he is to get no employment what- ever, or only wages at five- pence." meul: An Irish Correspondent gives a most agreeable picture of the present state of his country. Every thing, he says, is to be had for half nothing, but those who have not the half of that are nothing the better. The farmer?, and those who provide eatables and drinkables, come off best, as they consume the provisions, for which no price is to be had in the markets. The countryman, who used to sell his pig and pay his rent, now puts the pig into the salting- tub, and leaves the rent to PROVIDENCE and Dan O'Connell. The landlord puts off the shopkeepers until the rents come round. The shopkeepers allow their bills, passed to the wholesale merchants, to be protested. There is little fear of costs upon these accumulating, as creditors cannot advance ready money for stamps; and the attorneys have been so often desired to take the beast for the damage, that they will not proceed without being indemnified by the plaintiff for costs out of packet. In short nobody j pays anybody, and we have the prospect of a very pleasant sort ofa Chri » lma*. FRANKING LETTERS — The followingcircular has been directed to the different Members of Parlia- " General Post- Office, Nov. 30, U29. " Sir— Circumstances having recently occurred which induce the Postmaster- general to believe that houses ofa very questionable character are itt the practice of forwarding letters under cover to members of parliament, for the purpose of being franked to their constituents, iu order to attach some weight of credit to their fraudulent objects, his Grace conceives it due to members of parlia- ment to apprise them of the fact that they may not lend themselves unknowingly to such applications. 1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant. F. FREEHVG, Secretary." A fellow of Market Lavington, commonly known by the name of " the squinting Doctor," applied a few days since to a surgeon in D? viz - s for " six- pen'orth of small- pox matter.'* Although his re- quest was denied, it appears that this pseudo sur- geon has been lately indulging with variolous inoculation such of his Majesty's disaffected IL- jre* as are averse to vaccination. He is by trade a lath- cleaver; and wherever he may have obtained his degree, or whatever relationship may be suppose to exist between lath- cleaving and surgery, it certainly would appear that he possesses a peculiar skill in curtailing the morbid actions of the animal economy, as he says he " noculates ' em with the five day- pox, which brings ' em safe through it, and is never fatal." The operator's terms ure Is. per head ; and, should a patient presume to haggle on the price, the doctor, rather than lose sixpence, takes a hint from his old splits the deal.— l) e i. vs Ga ettc, occupation, and adroitly SALOPIAN JOL fOSTSCRlffT* LO\ D(> N, Monday Night, Jan. 4, 1830. JR. ICI S OF FUNDS AT THE CI. OSE. Bank Slock 217 Bed. 3 per CinU.' 94£ 3 per ( ent. Cons. 3 J per Cent . « » • 3i per Cents. Red 100i 4 per Cents. ( 1. S26) 105$ 4- per Cents. — Long. Ann 19f India Bonds ? 2 India Stock — Exeheq. Bills 79 Consols for Account fl6| The German papers which arrived on Saturday ritnrning, bringing advices from Constantinople to the 27lh nit. ily not convey any news of moment. They communicate the particulars of a grand bull given by the French Ambassador, at which all the Turkish great men and ministers were present. On this occa- sion, however, they did not mix, as at the ball given by our Ambassador, indiscriminately with the other guests, and they were not asked to drink wine; sherbet Was offered to them, and every respect was paid to their customs and prejudice-, as it appears that the Turks who lately visited the British Am- bassador were considered to have made too free with the cheer provided for them. On the present occa- sion, notwithstanding, the Turkish guests were not much disposed to respect the orders of Mahomet, for W hen oft- red sherbet, some of them preferred cham- pagne. ' rile Sultan in his turn is to give a party, at which he is to judge, by the demeanour of his European guests, how far their customs and habits fnay be adopted without endangering the morality of his subjects.- The report of the intention to raise Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg to the throne of Greece seems to Obtain credit, and it is now added that the Emperor Of Russia has abstained from interfering with the election. An article dated Frankfort, the 23d ult. toys—" It is no longer doubtful that Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg has obtained the suffrages of the three powers, parties to the treaty of London, to have the sovereignty of Greece. Prince Leopold, the King, his father- in- law, and the English Cabinet, appear to desire that he chould have the title of King; but France and Russia have not yet given their assert t> this wish, having already expressed, on seveial oc asions, their opinion that the royal title and dignity tiad been lavished with too much ease to certain powers of the fourth order." What the particular form of government is to be is not stated, or whether the gift of a constitution is to accompany that, of a king. Buenos Ayres papers and letters have been received to the Uth of Oct. The forni>: r repeat that the Bepuhlic continues in a convulsed statt?. The Minis- ter of Finance had announced the fact of his having * uspen<' cd payment of the principal treasury bills; hut the most vigorou- means have since beenadoptcd < o e-' ab ish order and res'ore the finances. The private letters from Calcutta, received on Saturday, mention the commencement of a new era in trade : two extensive cotton factories were erecting at Calcutta, one of which was nearly finished ; it was furnished with two steam- engines of 50- horsc power each, and would manufacture the cotton into twist, and complete the fabric of cotton cloth, in the same manner as the most improved of the establishments in the vicinity of Manchester.— Several details are given of forgeries committed at Calcutta ; the amount is now stated at twenty lacs, or £ 200) 000. The forgery was detected at the India House, a bill being drawn for the interest on a bond which did not exist. The fwo native merchants in custody for the forf erv are immensely rich, their income being estimated at ±' 20,000 per annum each. Salopian journal. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1830. MAIUUEI) At Astbnr?, on the3lst ult. Joltn Pick ford, Esq. of Chapt'l l! ou>, e, Cong- letnu, to Helen, second daily liter of Mr. Dinkctord, of Con< rle! ou. At SliiHiuiif on llie 301U ult. by lhfi Rev. Joltn Uardiifg, James Ward, Esq. of Hauyhton, in tins county, to Mary Ann Joke, eldestijdaugbier of the late Mr. James leke, of Newport. DIED. Yesterday, aged 5* 2, at Oukeley, in tliis county, after a short illness, the Rev. Herbert Oakeley, D. JL). Pr « hendary of Worcester. On Sunday last, in Raven- street, in this town, Mrs. Asterley, 61. On 8a fird. iy l; ist, at Cleobury North, in this county, at the threat ; ige of 91 years, highly and deservedly respected, Thomas iVhtton, Esq one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for this county ; in whose decease the poor in that neighbourhood have to regret the loss of a gentleman whose hand vvas always open to iel < v<- th- \: di.- tress. On Wednesday last, aped 47, Mr. William Griffiths, mercer. trud linen- draper, Corn- Market, in this town, I'- aving- a tfidoiv and seven children to mourn the be reave in on>. On the 27: fi ult. aged lamented by a numerous circle, Mrs. Mary Moretori, of Albright Hussey, near this town, itV whom meekness, benevolence, and piety « ere eminently conspicuous. On. the. 3(! imt, \ Viliiatn Henry, infant son of Mr. Wilton j of ' his town. On Wednesday last, at TlarleScott, Miss Watson, formerly of Swan Hill, in this town. On Friday Last, Eleanor, wife of Mr. Thomas na. xton, grocer, of this town, ami third daughter of Mr .. pierce, painter, MardoL On Monday last, Mr. John Griffiths, gardener, of Harmer Hill, much and deservedly respected, aged 77. On Sunday, the 27th ult. at Market Drayton, after few hours illness, aged 41, universally respected, Mr. Robert Wright, auctioneer. On" the 3lst lilt. Esther, the wife of Mr. Harrison, addler, Shoplatch, in this town. Yesterday, Frances, wife of P* lr. HugheSj shoe- maker, Corn- Market, in this town. On the ! si inst. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Elkes, Wrexham, late of this town. On the ' 2*> ih uli. in Cadogan - place, London, Mary Elizabeth, wife of Bemjamin Heywond Bright, Esq and eldest daughter of the Rer. John Rowe, of Bristol. Visiting Clergymafi this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. James Matthews :— House- Visitors, Walter Barley and Thomas Tomlins, Esqrs. On Saturday last, a superb silver Coffee Pot and Stand were presented, at Llwynygroes, by the in- habitants of Llanymynech, to their late respected Minister, the Rev. William Edward Evans, M. A: with an appropriate address, conveying t^ liim senti- ments of their warm attachment, and thanks for his very zealous and exemplary conduct during his Ministry among them, his first congregpJtioh. The customary Christmas bounties of Mrs. Corbet, of Sundorne Castle, and Mrs. Powys, of Berwick House, were distributed to the poor persons in the vicinity of those mansions, during the past and pre- ceding week.— The Viscountess Feilding- and Miss Gabell, also gave an abundant supply of coals to the poor in the neighbourhood of Berwick House. HOLYHEAD ROAD. Rev. 2 0 New Subscribe? to the. Salop Infirmary. Webster IVtlnliey, Alberliury £ 2 Donation to the Me oh Brace School. R. 8 by Miss Co/ lev £ 5 0 0 Donation* to the Sick Nans Friend and Lying- in Charity. Miss Hill, ffardwick £ 1 1 0 Mrs. Conplaud ( acompauied with Child. bed l. iiieu) 8 10 0 C. T. 11. Clarke, Esq I 1 0 Additional Subscriptions to the flood Samaritan Society, St. John's Chapel. Mr. Johnson, Abbey Foregate £ 0 M r. Thompson ; 0 Mr. Morris, coach- maker 0 DONATIONS. A Lady, by Mr. J. Howell 2 Miss i\\\\, Hardwick t Wtn Hazledbte, Esq.-. 1 The Shropshire Hounds will meet on Wednesday, Jnn. Glh Eaton Mascot:* Friday, Jail. 8th Suudnrne Castle Saturday , Jail. Oil) Woodcott At c'tven. Monday, Jan. llih... VVytheford Wood Wednesday, Jan. I3ll Bnrentton Friday, Jan. 15ih Acton lieynald Al half- past tell. Sir Richard Pulesion's Hovnds will meet Al Emral, the first day fit for hunting, At eleven. The Montgomeryshire Hounds meet Saturday, Jan. 9th Berriew Village Tuesday, Jan. 12th The VVuin , At ten. ,, ; Mr. Wicksled's Hovnds meet Saturday, Jan. fl'l Seighford. Monday, Jan. I ltli Hales. Wednesday, Jan. I3ib.-. Willnwbridge. Saturday, Jan. I6tli Aqualate. Tuesday. Jan. 19lli « Wi* tu>. ton J Friday, Jan. 22d VVoore. Al half. past ieu I . HOLYHEAD ROAD. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— One object of my former letter was to open the eyes of your readers to the system of jobbing under which the Holyhead Road Improvements ap- pear to have been conducted. I have been since informed, that, instead of improvements on the pre- sent line, to obviate the necessity of the £ 70,000 scheme, several plans are in embryo for creating new jobs, by proposing the formation of some other line instead of portions of that now in use. This is really " loo bad." It has been shown, on the authority of the Mail Contractors themselves, that if one hour, or indeed- two, ill the earlier arrival of the mail in Dublin, is the object sought to he accomplished, they will undertake, upon the improvement merely of the present line from Wellington, through Shrewsbury, and Oswestry, to effect that object. Why, then, sliould the public be annoyed by plausible schemes fur laying out new lines, by which instead of going through the whole of Shrewsbury, as at present, the town is to be merely skirted anil touched as if the place were infectious ?. C. D. A meeting took place oil Thursday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern of the members of the chemist and druggist trade, for the purpose of adopting measures for their mutual protection against the prosecutions threatened by the Solicitor to the Excise, for the sale of soda powders and other medicines without stamps, and for the neglecting to take out licenses in proper time, for which offences against the apothecaries' act, it was stated that no less than 1000 writs had been issued against the trade. A committee of nine was formed, for the purpose of convening a general meeting, and of adopting whatever measures might seem advisable for the protection of the trade against Excise prosecutions. THE YEAR 1830. tn commencing a new year, \ Ve are induced, by a Variety of considtrations, to depart from our hilherto Customary practice of permitting one year silently to flow on its course after another without observation. At the present moment we feel that our Country arid all its leading interests are ( to borrow a military phrase) in a false position : and as public Journalists, holding that situation in the centre of an important district, we feel it to be our duty to state firmly, honestly, yet respectfully, our sentiments on what is passing1 around us.- In our public capacity, we have always thought that measures, not parties, should be the objects of Consideration by those who wish well to their country: when, therefore, the present Premier was holding on his military career, we, to the best of our ability, supported the Government in all those measures which were calculated to give tfffecf to the valour of our countrymen : we also supported the Government during all those contentions which Radical feeling- ( as it was termed) afterwards excited throughout the eoOnfry. The Administration subsequently thought tit to surrender various public interests to the assaults of less noisy but more assiduofts adversaries— and the adoption of new theories for the regulation of our agriculture, our trade, our currency, and other lead ing branches, compelled us to withdraw our con- fidence from those persons at the head of affairs that £. ivc countenance to the novel system. It, would be a waste of time to dilate upon the brief history of the Urgent temporary Administrations, of which the pre- sent Prerrtier was the opponent: his opposition we believed to have been sinccre ;-*- all we shall now Say is, that we have, by experience, found how little reli- ance is to be placed in the professions of the most exalted Statesmen ! Since this day twelvemonth the whole face of our establishments and of our public system has been changed ; and the country has passed into the crucible of a silent - but not thereforejihe less to be dreaded— Revolution. All the ancient high- ways of the Whig and the Tory parties have been broken- up : we have an Administration confessedly without the public confidence, and yet without any effectual opposition in either House of Parliament:-^ the whole body of the thinking population of the country execrate the legislation under which the currency has been altered in its value, in its amount, and in its operation j and yet, though all ranks are aufferfng' from the change, no man can venture to say that he has reason' to believe such a representation will be made by the aggrieved parties as shall compel the Ministry to retrace its blighting course:— the Free Trade system has been tried, and found to be ruinous to our interests j and yet we are told it will he persevered in, and that its reputed author is about to resume his place in the Ministerial establishment: — we have orators that can make, speeches by the hour on subjects that are either useless in themselves W the agitation of which is known to be useless ; but when we look around for the legislators that are Independent enough to state candidly the nature and the causes of the existing. distress, and manly enough to call upon the Government to adopt such measures a « shall remedy it, we see a dreary void :- r- in short, the aspect of affairs is, like the season, most chilling. VVe do, however, trust that British spirit is not quite exhausted.; and that the landed interest, as the first leading portion of the community, and principal sufferers by the present course of events, will take is station at the head of public opinion, and demand that the sysiem now in operation shall be abandoned The lesson of the last year must convince all persons < hat every thing now depends upon the moral ener- gies of the people; and if the natural leaders of the community will only place themselves in their true position, we shall have some hope of seeing the country, extricated from its pr sent difficulties. Of one thing we are sure, that unless the Nobility and Gentry of the country do exert their just influence in bringing the Government to a due consideration of the existing state of affairs, the farming and trading- interests must sink under the pressure which is now hearing upon them. In making this assertion we know that we shall be borne out by the opinion of ewrv practical - man ; and we confidently expect that the high and generous feeling of the English aris- tocracy will be evinced by their timely interposition on behalf of the loyal and suffering classes of the community, whose only hope is in their exertions, and who have hitherto been taught to look up to them as their leaders, their patrons, and their benefactors. ( ggf^' We hive received the Rev. W. JONKS'S Letter relative to a portion of the paragraph in our last, as to the lamentable accident which betel his respected father on the 2tJth ult. We beg to assure the Rev. Gentleman the law is such, that its insertion would subject us to an action for libel. IGCG3" PRESTON BROCKIIURM' ROADS.— The additional Notice, that a Gate will be erected on these Roads at Chet- wvud Lane End, near Newport, and that the Tolls to be collected at such Gate from Lady- day next will be let at the next Meeting-, carue too late for insertion this week in their projw place. At their last meeting, the Trustees of St. Chad's Church, in this town, unanimously passed a resolution of thanks to Mr. R. B. Blakemore, of Mardol, ex- pressive of their sense of his indefatigable labours and zealous attention in promoting the interests of the Boys' Sunday School of that extensive Parish ; which resolution has been followed by the presentation of a large paper copy of D'Oyly and Mant's Bible, ele- gantly bound, and inscribed as follows: " Presented by the Trustees of Saint Clwd to R. IV BLAKK. MORB, in testimony of their high approbation of his unre- mitting- attention to the SUNDAY SCHOOL of that Parish, for the space of seventeen years. January 1, 1830 " It may be gratifying to the friends of the Estab- lishment to know, that, under the superintendence of . Mr. Blakemore, upwards of two hundred scholars receive the benefit of weekly instruction in thisSchool. HOLIHEAD ROAD.— The County Meeting on Friday next is expected to be numerously attended ; and we trust such measures will be adopted as will secure to this town the great thoroughfare which it now possesses, and to which it is on every account so justly entitled. We have strong ground for believing that a requi- sition for a County Meeting will shortly be presented to the High Sheriff of Kent; and, moreover, that the gentleman who holds that honourable office will not refuse to convene the meeting. The general dis- tressed state of the country, we understand, is to be the theine for discussion.— Maidstone Gazette. The tenants of Sir F. R. Acton, Bart, on his estate at Aldenham, in this county, received a return often per cent, at the last rent- day, held at Bridgnorth, which, with a return of 10 per cent, previously made since 1825, makes twenty per cent, allowance to the tenantry on that gentleman's estates in this county. CAUTION.— A man was going about this town and vicinity, last week, offering medicine stamps at about half the proper value to druggists, & c.— We believe he was foiled in his object, be what it may, by our respectable townsmen \ and he would have been apprehended, but he contrived to elude pursuit. Sykesy the accomplice of Tommy and Pliirimer, who were convicted at our last assizes for a burglary in the house of Mrs. Deustone, of Frankwell, in this town, has been apprehended at Nottingham, and committed for trial for that offende. Those persons who have been surcharged by the Surveyor of Taxes, whether liable to such charge or not, should give the Surveyor notice in writing, that they assent to, or intend to appeal against it, other- wise the Surveyor may require the Commissioners to confirm the charge in double duty where such notice has been omitted. The Ball for the Benefit of the Oswestry Dispensary was numerously and fashionably attended, and after defraying every expense, a very handsome sum was paid over to the Treasurer of the Institution.— In this Institution, any poor person paying fourpence per month is entitled, when ill, to medicine and the professional assistance of any of the Surgeons belong- ing to the Dispensary and those whose circumstances will not admit of their contributing the above small sum towards their cure, are received as patients upon the recommendation of an Honorary Subscriber j but no one receiving parochial relief is admitted. It is gratifying to know that an Institution, the object of which is to alleviate the sufferings of the poor in sickness, and at the same time to uphold their moral independence, is, through the continued exertions of its Managers, in a successful state ; and it is hoped that those who have not hitherto contributed to its support will be induced to do so from a knowledge of the benefits the surrounding poor are receiving from the establishment. LINES WRITTEN ON THE NIGHT OF THE ASSEMBLY. ON with the dance! and let the Lydian Choir With softly flowing notes the soul inspire. On with the dame ! wlreu youth and beauty meat, T, iie, rosy fingered hours glide doubly sweet. Vef tell mo, Zaida, when I've danced with thee, Why other charms are cold and sad to me! Why beauty's sunny smile, and music's art Wake no responsive chord within my heart? Why heaves my soul near thee in tumults tost, Why fails my voice in faltering silence lost? And when alone I d; eam o'er boyhood's years Why steal the thoughtful and unmanly tears? O Z!> ida, dark- eyed Zaida, if it be The liouris of the east resemble thee, ] f in the bowers of Paradise they move Like the enchanting, like the breathing love; Well may the Moslem deem death but a rest- — A passport to the regions of the blest. O Zaida, for one silent hour with thee I'd spurn this scene of mirth and minstrelsy: I'd spurn ambition, wealth, and beauty's shrine, My dai'k- haired Zaida, for one smile of thine. WALES, DIED. I. nlfly, Mr. John Knberts, nearly 51) years gardene at It0k, Merionethshire. Ou Wednesday Inst, nl her house in Brecon, in the ?( ilh vfr of her ii^ e, Elizabeth, relict of the late Walter Uice, Esq. of i. liv vn> brain, Carmarthenshire Last week, a distribution of coal ffiven by the Viscount Clive, was mU\ i< to the poor in the neigh- bourhood of Powis Castle ; when upwards of six hundred families were supplied, receiving different quantities according to their respective wants. ECCLESIASTIC*!. 1' RKFERMENTS.— On Saturday the 26ih ult. tiie Kev. Robert Williams, of Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, was instituted, bv the Lord Bishop of Bangor, to the Itectory of Aber, Car- narvon- hire, on tin presentation of the Trustees under the will of the late Lord Viscount B-. ilk. eley ; and on the * 2Nth ult. the Rev. Richard Newcome, Warden of Ruthin, was instituted to the Rectory of Clocaenog, in the county of Denbigh, on the collation of the Lord Bishop of Bangor; both benefices having become vacant by the death of the Rev. Owen Reynolds, Clerk, the former Incumbent. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— You will recollect that in my last letter, which you have been pleased to insert in this week's Journal, I proposed to answer the three propositions, or reasons, givrn in the letter of A. B. therein refer- red to, in support of the change in the line of the Holyhead Road— namely, 1st, the advantage tb the mails and travellers; 2< 1, the advantages to propri- etors on the new line ; and, 3d, the advantages. to labourers in making the road. The first of these propositions being much the most important of the three, occupied the whole space of my last letter; and which proposition. 1 answered by shewing— l'stj; t iat the supposed advantages to the mails anil travel- lers, to say the least of them, are extremely doubt ful*^ 2d, that if they were certain, even to the wtloiev extent contended for by the movers pf the chaiige, it would be most monstrous to attempt to obtain them at a cost of £ 100,000; and, 3d, that the evils and inconveniences of the change would more than coun- terbalance its advantages, eren if it could be effected for m tning. I omitted to notice one class of travellers from Dublin to London, for whom, amongst others, A. B. intercedes — namely, Members of Parliament." Mow Sir, " Misther O'Conneil" would tell A. B. that he may make himself perfectly easy on that score; as be, " Atiather, O'Conneil" intends very shortly to have a Parliament of his own at home ; and many persons. I dare say, believe him ; but as 1 am not one of them, I do not intend to oSfer that as an answer, but X shall offer another. Now, let us suppose that out of the 132 Irish members, Lords and Commons, who sit in the English Parliament, one- third of them go by way of Holyhead ( and 1 am greatly inclined to think that this number is rather above thap below the mark); we have then 44 members passing twice a year, wiio would .( sup- posing, for the sake of argument, that there would be any saving in time at all, J thus save half or three quarters of an hour twice a year; and to enable them to do this, the sum of £ 10.1,0 0 is to be expend- ed ! Really, Sir, really this savours too much of the ridiculous to dwell upon. Having, therefore, disposed of the first part of the case, let us return to tiie two remaining rmis& iif for tiie change ; that is to say, the advantages to propri- etors on the new line of road, and the advantages to labourers in making it. Now, really, Sir, there is something upon the very face of these propositions, almost too lufticrous to attempt to argue upon ; but as they are gravely put forth as reasons for the change, we must say a word or two respecting them. A. B. says, " I consider that the possessors of pro- perty on the old road have no exclusive pretensions whatever to the advantages they claim, and are so anxious, to retain ; but that Lords Stafford, Forester, Cleveland, Hill, Uungannon, the Trustees of the Bridgewater property, and Messrs. Charlton, Eyton, Corbets, Gardner, Sparling, cum plurimis aliis, have as much right to be beard and considered as the gentlemen living round the town of Shrewsbury." Why, who ever doubted it? This is a pretty fair admission that it is a matter of private interests And here, again, I say, who ever doubted it? • Now I for one should not have the least objection to sie the purses of my Lords Stafford, Forester, & e. weighed against those of my Lords Tankerville, Clive, & c. & c. in any matter of private interest. But will they who succeed in the experiment have the kind- ness to tell us whether they will muster the £ 100,000 to pay for the road ? Oh no ; John Bull must « pay the piper," of course If they would pay hitn them- selves, or if there was no road at all, and the money must of necessity be laid out somewhere or other, then let them try the strength of their private interests to their hearts' content. But let us remember that the question here is, not whether the line of road shall go through this or that part of the county, but whether £ 100,000 of the public money shall be' laid out at all or not. To bring the question of private interest as a reason for the change, is pretty much the same as to say, that because £ 100,001) could be laid out to the benefit of the property of my Lords Stafford, Forester, & c. & c. therefore £ 100,000 of the public money ihust be applied for that purpose. But if it were not. idle to argue upon so ridiculous a proposition, I might even go so far as to admit its propriety ; and 1 think I should have very little difficulty in showing that, so far from its being for. their benefit, it would, on the contrary, be very much to their loss and disadvan- tage. I do not speak without some experience when I say that, when any public undertaking of this kind is projected, a very powerful impression seizes op the minds of those whose property w ill be interfered with, that they shall make " a good thing of it ;" and I also speak from experience when I say, that never was there any impression more fatal or more false. For- merly, indeed, something of that kind did exist; but in this, as in most other cases, one extreme is followed by another, and jurymen are now become so patrioti- cally liberal in their ideas, that a man would almost be railed at that should talk about his private riglrts at the shrine of the " Public Good." 1 have myself seen many cases where the consequence of submitting questions of this nature to a jury has been most ruinous to the poor deluded owners, who have been seduced to work out tneir own destruction under an idea that, because their property is taken from them or mutilated against their will, they were to get almost what they liked to ask for'it. Are, then, my Lords Stafford and all the others whose names are mentioned, with all the " plurimis aliis," and with A. B. at the head of them— are they, I say, all so weak as to suppose they will get paid, not only for their prtperty, but also for being obliged U> part with it? Are they so weak as to suppose that that argument will avail them in obtaining fictitious prices for their property ? Are they so weak as to make a voluntary surrender of their property, their rights, and even their jfrte will, into- the bands of insolent sur- veyors and ignorant jurymen, puffed up with swelling notions of the conteniptibility of private rights, when brought into comparison with the " Public Good;." and all this, too, under the idea that it is to be for their ADVANTAGE !! Oh, then, let them enjoy their delightful dreams till sad reality convinces them of the contrary — But, Sir, my sheet is again full, and I have the third reason still to notice. 1 really intended to have concluded my observations in this letter, but fear, if 1 have not intruded too much already, that 1 shall be obliged to trouble you with another letter. I remain, your obedient servant, JAN 1, 1830. T. N. LORD EXETER'S STUD. The above nobleman's good fortune in his racing speculations last season is equal to the Duke of Grafton's in his best davs The following abstract of the winnings of his lordship's horses will show an enormous total : — GRERN MANTLE. £ 25U at the Newmarket Craven Meting-, the Oaks slakes at Epsom of £' 2100, £ 750 at Ascot- heath first meeting:, £ 250 at Newmarket first October meeting-, and £ 50 at the second October meeting. VARNA. £ 400 at Newmarket first Spring meeting, £ 100 for being sccond for the Oaks, £ 225 and £ 125 at Ascot- heath first meeting, the Drawing- room stakes of £ 925 at Goodwood, and £ 450 at New. market first October meeting PATLION. The Riddlesworth stakes of £ 1700 at Newmarket Craven mpeting, £ 450 and £ 350 in the $ ame meeting, the 2000 guineas stakes of £ 600 and the Newmarket. stakes of £ 650 at Newmarket first Spring meeting, and £ 600 at Ascot- heath first meetiug. ADA COLT. At Newmarket Craven meeting:.. ......... RNAMKL. At Newmarket Houghton meeting ACACIA. £ 100 at Newmarket first Spring meeting, £ 70 at ' Stamford, and £ 200 and £ 30.0 at Newmarket first October meeting R RIVG AONTLET. £ 200 at Ascot and £ 100 at Newmarket July meeting 300 - MAHMOUD. At Newmarket second October meeting the. Pren. dergast stakes of Fir. LT BY PHANTOM. At Newmarket first Spring meeting - - PRRA'. At Newmarket second October meeting FATHER LONG- LEGS. £ 100 at Newmarket first Spring meeting, £ 50 at the second Spring meeting, and £ 100 at the second October meeting MARY GRIFFITHS, ( Widow of the late William Griffiths J MERCER, CORN MARKET, SHREWSBURY, IN respectfully announcing her Intention ( by the Assistance of kind Friends) to carry 011 the Business of her lale Husband, for the Support of herself and numerous Family, hopes to be honoured with a Continuance of that Patronage so liberally g- iven to the late William Griffiths, and which it will he her most anxious endeavour to deserve by every means in her power— as well by the greatest Care in the Selection and Quality of her Goods, as by the utmost Attention to all Orders with which she may be favoured by benevolent Friends and a liberal Public. CORN- MARKBT, JAN. 5, LB30. A CARD. ALADY wishes to attend as DAILY GOVERNESS u small FIIIIINJ-. She is compe- tent 10 instruct, besides the essential Rrnnches of Education. French, Drawing. Music, and Dancing; has been accustoinr- d to Tuition ; Rnd can give respectable References.— Letters addressed J. W. Post office, Shrewsbury. SALE OF MR. WlLDBLOOD'S EFFECTS, AT BUYTON- ' I IIE Sheriff vol having received an Au- thority for the Sale of the above Effects, which have been advertised without his Knowledge, the Public is informed, that no Sale will take place on Thursday next) the 7th Instant. ' SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 5TH JAN. 1830. 3400 2223 4350 300 110 670 750 70 100 J. HUNT, ffioat!) $ c fgarneee fitanufacturcr, WYLE COP, SHREWSBURY, W'lTH Impressions of sincere Gratitude for the unprecedented Encouragement he liai met with since his commencing Business, begs Leave to return Thanks to Ihose Friends who have so kindly conferred their Favours, and trusts, by adhering- to the Principles which lie imbibed by a long Course of Experience in London, of employing none hut talented Workmen, and executing ail Orders in the bfst possible Style, to be honoured with a Continuance of the decided Preference which has been given him. J. II. in soliciting the Support of the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general, takes this Oppor- tunity of assuring those who may favour him with their Commands, that every Attention shall he paid to them, and their Orders shall be executed ill a superior Manner. On Sale, n remarkably handsome and neat modern CHARIOT, with Seats before and behind; n! so a Variety of New and Second- hand PHAETONS, C A ItS, STANHOPES, & c. & c. NE W PORT, SHROPSHIRE. MR. & MISS M^ ST EVENS, respect- fully inform their Friends and the Public, that their ESTABLISHMENT for the Education of young Ladies win be re- ifpened on MONDAY, the ! 25th January. DEC. 31, 1N29. By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. ADAMS' GRADUATED PRESSURE RUPTURE '' gMIE Patentees of this invaluable Instru- 2 ment beg to apprize Medical Gentlemen and th « Public, that they have appointed Messrs. Bti- MT and SON, Chemists, Wjle Cop, Shrewsbury, AGENTS for that Town and Neighbourhood; of whom every Description < » f their Truss may be had. " Adams' Patent Truss is capable of a ffording additional Security to the Wearer when called upon for great Exertion, and of giving him Ease during the Periods of Relaxation from Exercise. Having seen its Effects in a Case of troublesome Rupture, I am enabled to bear Testimony to its Utility.'' J. ASTON KEY, Senior Svrgeonj Guy's Hospitali London. « li. l also by the Patentees, S. T. and C. Adims^ Oldbury, near Birmingham; Messrs Mauder, VVea. ver, and Co. Wolverhampton; and by Mr. J. Rend, 3f>, Regent Circus, Piciiadilly, London. RUNAWAY HUSBAND. HEREAS JOHN WALSH, Come- dian, hath ntn nway and left his Wife and Family ehargeablelo the Parish of St Chad, Shrews- bury : This is to give NOTICE, that whoever will apprehend him, and lodge him in nnv of His Majesty's Gaols, shall receive a Reward of TWO GUINEAS fram the Churchwardens and Overseers of the above Parish. The said John Walsh is about 34 Years old, b Feel 7 Inches high, of thin Make, dark Complexion, daik Eyes and Hair, rather bald in Front; hud on when he absconded a Brown Coat and Black Trowsers ; tad is supposed to be now performing with some Travel- ling Company of Comedians. MONTFORD. ESSRS. CARTWRIGHT & WILD- 1NG respectfully inform their Friends, llrnt their SCHOOL will open again on MONDAY, the IS H Instant. JAN 4, 1830. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. 250 Grand total... £ 12,425 If we take also into consideration his lordship's bets on the various races in which the above horses were engaged, jj j, 110t | o0 much to estimate his winnings altogether at £ 25,000. CLASSICAL AND COMMERCIAL ACADEMY, CANN HALL, BRIDGNORTH, SALOP. YOUNG Gentlemen are duly qualified for Prol'essions or Business, by the Rev. S. BARBER, with competent Assistants.— The Pupils have Access loan extensive Library and select Maga- zines; they regularly take their Meals with the Family, desirable Intercourse is encouraged, no other than parental Discipline is employed, and moral Culture is particularly regarded. — Bridgnorth is dis. tinguished by the Beauties of Nature, and by the Salubrity of its Air. Terms and References of the highest Respectability furnished ou Application. KCf" Studies recommence, D. V. January 21, 1830. MR. LLOYD, DENTIST, OF LIVERPOOL, MOST respectfully announces to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, that he intends to he at Mr Dl'gstOBD's, Upholsterer, See Wyle Cop, on Wednesday Morning, the ' 20th Instant, where be will remain Ten Days. LLOYD'S DENTIFRICE may be had at the usual Places. 59, Bot. n STRKBT, I. IVKSFOCH., • 2D. JAN. 1830. TK1ETM, LEVASON AND JONES, Surgeon- Dentists, 22, WHITE FRIARS, CHESTER, F. SPECTFU LLY announce they are at Mr. WBITV'S, Upholsterer, Wyle Cop, Shrews- bury, and may be consulted on all Cases of Dental Surgery and Mechanism, till Saturday Evening, the 9th lust. Indestructible, Composition, Natural, and Artificial Teeth fixed ou Principles approved by the Faculty, Messrs. L. and J. attend in Shrewsbury the first Monday in every Mouth, and remain till the follow ing Saturday Evening. il MARKET HERALD. SNIIEWSBURY. lit our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 4d. per lb.— Calf Skills 5d - Tallow 3^( 1 Wheat, Old ( 38qts.) 9s. 6d. to !) s. 9d. Ditto, New 8,. 9d. to 9s. 3it Barley ( 38qts.) 4s. Od. to 5s. Od Oats, Old ( 57 qts.) 6s. 6d. to 7s. 8d Ditto, Neur • 4,. 9d. to 5s. 6d' BRIDGNORTH, SATURDAY. Wheat ( per bushel) 8s. Od. to 9s. 3d Barley ( ditto) 5s. Od. to Os. Od Oats ( 120qts.) 0s. Od. to 0s Od. Vetches ( 38qts.) Os. Od. to 0s. od MARKET DRAYTON, Wheat, Old Ditto, New Barley Oats WEDNESDAY. Os. Od. to Os. 9 « . Od. to 9s. 5s. 3d. to 5s. 4s. 6d. to 4s. WOLVERHXMI'TON, WEDNESDAY. [ Wtiyh! 72( 6.] Wheat, Old 0s. Od. to 9s. Ditto, New 9s. Od. to 9s. Bsrley 4s. 2< i. to 5s. Oats ( 10 score) 3s 6d. to 4s. npHE Creditors of JOHN THOMAS, A late of the Town of LI. ASFYI. UK, in the County of Montgomery, Gent, deceased, who have not seut in an Account of their Demands upon his Estate, are re- quested to forward the same ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to our Office, on or before the 1st Day of February next, as the Trustees iinrrrediately afterwards propose making a FINAL DIVIDEND of his Effects, aud closing the Trust. GRIFFITHES & CORRIE, Solicitots to the Trustees. WELSH POOL, JAN. 4, 1830. Notice to Creditors and Debtor*. OVERTON Classical and Commercial Seminary, OVBRTON ( NEAR ELLESM ERB), FLINTSHIRE, BY JAMES PONTON, AND COMPETENT ASSISTANTS. YOUNG Gentlemen are liberally Boarded and carefully Instructed in every Branch of Classical and Mathematical Science, so as to adapt them either for Commercial Pursuits or Learned Pro- fessions. A sedulous Reg- ard is paid to Moral and Uelijrious Culture. The Situation is peculiarly |> lea- unnt and the . Air salubrious. Coaches pass through Overton daily. TERMS. Not exceeding- Ten Years of Age 20 Guineas per Annum. Exceeding- Ten Years of Ag- e 21 Guineas ditto. Dancing-, Drawing, aud Music 4 Guineas each per Annum. Washing, 2 Guineas per Annum. N. B. Payments Half- yearly.— No'Entrance. Q^* J. P. begs most respectfully to inform hi* Friends and the Public, that his SCHOOL will Re. open on MONDAY, the 18th Instant, The most unexceptionable References will be given on Application to THE PRINTBRS, or to Mr. PONTON. WHEREAS THOMAS WILKIN- SON the Elder, of LINEAL, in the Parish of Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, Farmer, hath, bf Indenture duly executed, assigned all his persoual Estate aud Effects lo EDWARD PRICB DICKI>, of Lineal aforesaid, aud THOMAS LKA, of Bagley, it » the Parish of Hordley, in the said County of Stlop, Gentlemen, INTRUST, for the equal Benefit of lu « Creditors : NOTICE is hereby given, that the said Indenture of Assignment now lies at my Office in Ellesmere, fur the Inspection and Execution of the Creditors of th « said Thomas Wilkinson, and all those who shall not" have executed the same, or assented thereto in Writ- ing within two Months from the Date hereof, will ba excluded all Benefit arising therefrom : and all Per- sons indebted to the said Thomas Wilkinson are re- quested forthwith to pay the Amount of their respeetiva Debts to the said Assignees, or to me on their Behalf, otherwise legal Proceedings will be commenced against them for the Recovery thereof. CHARLES EDWARD HUGHES, Solicitor to the Assignees. ELI EMMERR, ,5th Jan. 1830. Beans ( ditto). 17s. Od. to rtto. 6d. 4d fid. 2d. 6d. CORNER SHOP, WELSH POOL. MOSES EVANS, Tea- Dealer, Grocer, and Druggist, BECiS to return his heartfelt Thanks to the Gentry, bis Friendi, and the Public, for the very liberal Support he hits received iilice his Com- mencement in the above Concern, and respectfully requests a Continuance of their Favour*, assuring litem of his unremitted Attention in selecting the best Articles, and selling them ul the lowesl possible Prices. M. li. clears his Tens direct from the Honourable Ejist India Company's Warehouses Through ibis Circumstance, together with his Knowledge of the Tea Trade, obtained by his Residence in some of ihe first Houses in London, he is enabled to sell this lead ing ami important Article of Family Consumption on better Terms than most, and ou equal Terms with any House in the Kingdom. Just arrived, a fresh Supply of real Kensington Mould, Wax, and Dipt CANDLES; as well as of Grapes, Lentous, Oranges, Table aud other Sorts of NEW FRUITS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 4. The navigation being again pietly well open, we have bod a good shew of buyers at market ; hut the advance of Is to 2s. per quarter noticed on Wednesday is not maintained, the prices having gone bark lo the quotation of last Monday, at which we have a fair trade. Wheat sales are chiefly confined to the best patcels. Hurley is also without « ny alteration in price from last Monday's quotations ; ami beans and pens are also steady at the quotations we then gave. In the out Irade there is no alteration in price front ihose quotations we gnve on this day week. In Ihe other articles of grain there is nothing affording matter for comment. Current Price of Grain per Qr. as under:— Wheat ,... 60s. Barley 00s. Malt 54s. White Peas 36s. Beans 34s. Oats 24s. Fine Flour ( per lark) 55s. Seconds 50s. Average Price of Corn in the Week ending Dec. 25, 1S29. Wheat .56s. 5d. I Oats 21i. 4d. Barley 2!) s. 6d. | £! eans 32s 7d. Od. to 73s. Od. to 0US. Od. to 60s. Od. to 38s. Od. to 36s. Od. to 28s. Od. to 60s. Od. to 55s. CROSS STREET, OSWESTRY. JOHN SC JANE ROBERTS ESPECTFULLY inform their Frieiuls, that the Business of their deceased Father, the late Mr. JOHN ROBERTS, Hatter, is continued, and will in future he carried 011 by them at tin- Shop and Factory in CROSS STRBBT. In acknowledging the Kindness, which, for so long a Period, their deceased Father received from his numerous Friends and Connections, JOHN and JANE ROBERTS to express the confident hope they entertain of the same Kindness being- continued to themselves. By the Desire of the Executors of the late Mr Roberts, the Accounts clue to his Estate will be received by Messrs. SABIHB and MBNLOVB, Solicitors, Church Street, Oswestry, to whom all Persons who have any Claim against the said Estate are requested to apply. JANUARY 1, 1830. TURN PS KB TOLLS. IVTOTICF. IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1 v at a Meeting- of the Trustees, to be holden at the Guildhall, io Shrewsbury, on Monday, the first DON of February next, at I! o'Clock in the Forenoon, the TOLLS arising at the Gates and Weijjhinjr Ma- chine* undermentioned, will be LET BY AUCTION, for one or more Years ( commencing- at Lady- day next) as may be agreed upon, in the Manner directed by tha Act parsed in the third Year of His Majesty Kiny Geoijrp the Fourth, " For regulating^ the Turnpike Roads which Tolls ( including the Weighing Ma- chines/ now produce the following Sums, $ ihnve lha Expenses of collecting them, and wilt be put up at such > utn. i a* the. ' 1' rtis'ees then present sfiull uqrte upon. — Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay one Month's R « Mit in Advonca ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, mid give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Tumpika Roads, for the Payment of the Rest of the Money Monthly. JOHN JONES, Clerk to the said Trustees. The Tern and Emstrev Gates on the Shrewsbury District of the Walling Street Road, with the Bye Gates at CroilkhiII Lane and al Wroxcter £ 1060 The Meole Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to ( hurch Strettou, aud the Check Gate ai the End of Sutton Lane and at Ba\ ston Hill 620 TheNobold Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Lougden and Bishop's Castle, together with the Bye Gates belonging to the said Road ISO The Gate and Weighing Machine at Shelton, together with a Gate near Ihe eighth Mile Stone on the Road to Pool 77$ The Trewern and Middietown Gates on the New Branch of Road to Pool, also the Rose aud Crown Gates on the Old Road 350 The Copthorn Gate and Weighing Machine OD the Road leading to Westbury 40( 1 The Gates and Weighing Machine on the Rood leading to Minsterley 446 The Cotton Hill and Prescot Gates on ihe Road leading to Ba^ church S00 SHREWSBURY, JAN 4TH, 1829. TOLLS TO BE LET. N . TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that SMITHFIF. I. D. [ per stone of 81b. sinking offal.] Reef 3s. Od. to 4s. 4d. Mutton 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. • Veal 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. Pork 3s. Od. to 5s. Od. Lamb 0s. Od. to Os. Od. CATTLE AT MARKRT. Reftsls 3,174 I Sbeep 19,110 Calves 87 | Pigs 150 LIVERPOOL. Wheat ( 701b.) 9s 3d. to 10s. od. Itarley rper bushel) 4s. 3d. to 4s. 9d. Oats ( 451b.). 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. Malt ( tier bushel) 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d. Fine Flour ( per 2801b.) 44s. Od. to 49s. Od. BRISTOL. Spring price of Wheat ( 33llbs ) 33s. Foreign Wheat ( per Imperial bushel)... 6s. English Wheat ( ditto) 6s. Mailing Barley ( ditto) 4s. Malt ( ditto) 7s. Oats, Poland ( ditto) 3s. Fine Flour ( per sack of 2cwt. 2qr » . 5lbs.) 46s. Seconds ( ditto) .40s. Od to 44s. Od. to 8s. 3d. lo Ss. 6d. to 4s. Od. to 8s Od. to 3s. Od. to 48s. - Ods Od. to 42s. 0( 1 Od. Od. Od. 9d. Od. 3d. ROYAII BANK. 4 LIMITED Amount of the original t \ Capilul of ibis Establishment will be disposed of, through the medium of the following Parlies, on Terms of the Prospectus ; of which Copies may be hnd at their respective Offices; where also Applications will be received front Persons wishing to subscribe. Joltn Williams, Esq. Solicitor, Shrewsbury• (.'. R. Robinson, Estj. Solicitor, Wellington. Messrs. Anderson and Dotvnes, Solicitors, Ludlow. HAY, TO BE SOLD, At GUILSFIELD, near WELSH POOL, ABOUT SEVENTY TONS. Apply to Mr. JOHN JONKS, at Garth, near Guilsfield 1 TO BE LET, And entered upon immediately, A VERY com pact spacious MALT- £ \ HOUSE, situate in Shrewsbury, capable of wetting 140 Bushels of Barley every Four Days, and drying it off' at once.— By applying to Mr. MILI. INO- TON, Castle Inn, Shrewsbury, any further Iulortuutiou may be bad reipectiug it. Toll Gales upon lite Branch of Turnpike Uuad cotu. meuciug al ll. trmer Iftll, and continuing to the End of Cotton Wood, in the County of Salop, railed or known by Ihe Nnmes of Tilley Gate, Creamore Gal « , nntj Stone and Cross Gate, with lite Side Gates and Bats thereto belonging ; and alio the TOLLS ariting al the nuder. mentioned Toll Gates upon tb* Turtipik. Koad leading from Shawbury through Weni to Saud. ford, in the said County, called or known bv tb* Nantes of Palm's Ilill Gate, Tillev Gate, and Sonllou otherwise Rotindhill Gate, will be LET by AUC- TION, to the best Bidder or Bidders, al Ihe House of Mr. T. Griffiths, of the While Horse Inn, In Weni aforesaid, oti Thursday, the Elevenlh Day of February next, punctually between the Hours of Twelve mil Two o'Clock of the saute Day, in the Maimer directed by Acts passed in the Third aud Fourth Years uf the lieign of His Majesty King Ge. irge the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads," which Tolls were let the last preceding Year, and produced the follow iag Sums, ( videlicet,) 1.. a. D. Tilley Gale, Creamore Gale, and Stone and Cross Gales and Bars 303 0 0 Round Hill Gate - 64 0 o Palm's Hill Ditto 64 0 0 And will be put up to Auction in such Lots, and at such Sums respectively, as the Commissioners ninj think fit, and subject lo such Conditions as shall h* then produced or declared ; and no Persons, bidding for any of the said Tolls, will be accepted tin lit Ins Surely or Sureties are named aud npproved of by lb. Trustees for the said Roads and Tollsand wboevsr happens to be the best Bidder or Bidders, must nl lit* same Time give Security with sufficient Surely to the Satisfaction of the said Trustees, for Payment « f the respective Rents at which the same shall he let, and enter into a proper Agreement for Paimeut thereof at. such Times as uiay be agreed on STEPHEN HASSALL, F. DWD. HANIMER, Clerks to tba TruilMa. WBM, 4TH JAS. 1830. iMKtm SA1LOF1AM JOUKMAIL, AMP COURIER OF WAJLM © ales Dp auctton. ELM, BEECH, ASH, & OTHER T1EES, At Bicton Grove and Rossall. BY MR. PERRY, At the Britannia Inn, in lire Town of Shrewsbury, on Saturday,' l- li « Bill Day of January next, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced ; LOT I. 1 i ELM Trees, 97 BEECH Trees, 47 ASH 1 LJH Trees, 11 SY0AM() RETrees,< 5 Flit Trees, ""• t-/ 1 BIRCH Tree, 1 CHERRY Tree, and 75 CYPHERS, standing near tlie River Severn, in a Wood or Coppice on the BICTON GROVE Esmte, in tire Occupation of Clark, who w ill shew the Trees ; the Whole of litem being numbered with a Seriiie. • LOT II. 13 ASH Trees, 60 BEECH Trees, ahd 8 SCOTCH l'IRS, standing in a Wood or Coppice at ROSSALL, close adjoining to the River Severn, bring Pari of a Farm and Lands in ihe Occupation of , Kicliard Whittiuglium, who will shew the Trees. The Situation of the above Timber is most conveni enlly adapted for Carriage, being about three Miles distant from Shrewsbury, with excellent Roads, and near tu the [ titer. Further Particulars nniy he bad by Applicaliou at • llie Office of Mr. How, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. ( ienteef House. Gardens, Wine Vaults, Stablextensive Premises, and Free- hold Pew, Shrewsbury. BY MK." PERRY, At ihe Lion Inn, Shrewsbury, oil . Saturday, the 16llt of January, 1830, ai 5 o'clock in the Afternoon; . * iLlhtt'tcapital DWELLING HOUSE ( principally of modern Erection), containing, ' on the C< R0csn Ft. ooa— Eniranec Hall, Dining Room 25 • Feet hv lb Feel ; Drawing Room 18 Feet bv 18 Feet; Hienkfiist Parlour 19 Feel 8 Inches by 12. Feet 0 • 1 ui- bes ; Sillily { or Office) 19 Feetfi Inches by 1- 2 Fiei H Inches; with second Stieet Entrance, Lobby, and Closet, Holler's anil Cook's Pant. ies, Kitchen, Brew house, convenient Larder, Yards, mid Offices, with " Entrance into adjoining Court, mill ample Cellaring. CHAMBBK Fl. rios— Five excellent Bed Chambers, two Dressing Rooms, and a Closet. SECOSII FLOOR— Three good Bed Chambers, three " Garrets, and one Servant's Room, and Slore [ loom hier Brewbouse, & c. the Whole in perfect Repair, Papered and Painted, anil fit for immediate Occupa- tion. Attached to the House is a Terrace Garden, 111 Feet by 82 Feet, planted with choice Fruit Trees; also a Garden House, and a Lower Garden, 91 Feel fi Inches by 77 tee!, planted willi Apple and other Standard Fruit Trees in full Bearing; and au excel- lent 3- stalled Stable and Saddle Room. Also the extensive WINE VAULTS, Ware Booms, Oiinting House, fitc. now in Ihe Occupation of Messrs. Peter " Buck and Co under Lease for Five Years. The above Premises are situate in DOGPOLE, Shrewsbury, and were lalelv occupied by Mr. Peele The Garden Front lias a South east Aspect, and com- mands a delightful View of the adjacent Country. The'Street Frontage is 95 Feet; and the Whole forms « very desirable Residence for a large Establishment, or for a Genlleimrn engaged in Professional or Coni- tuercial Pursuits requiring Space. Also au excellent Freehold PEW in St. Julian's • Church, usually occupied w ith ihe above Premises. Further Particulars may be known from Mr I'KRRY, * TR ut the Office of Messrs. DUKBK und SALT, Shrews, " ibury. ' AT OXO N, Two Miles from Shrewsbury, on the Holyhead Road. EIGHTY TONS OF ( ftamwdm BY MR. HULBERT, • At the Britannia Inn, Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 1 till Day of January, 1830, at Six o'clock : rpHE following Stucks of capital HAY : J LOT I About Twenty. five Tons, of the Year 1828. Lot II. About Seventeen Tons, of the Year 1828. . LOT III. About Five and a Half Tons, of Ihe Year 1827. LOT IV. About Eight Tons, of the Year 1828. LOT V. About Twelve Tons, of ihe Year 1827. LOT VI. About Thirteen I ons, of ilie Year 1827. Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS, at Oxon, will shew the Sucks. MONTGOMER YSHIRE. At the Dragon Inn, iu Newtown, on Tuesday, the 12th of liry, 1830, between the Hours of Five mill Seven in the Afternoon, subject to such Con diliolts as shall be then produced : ALL that compact and very desirable FREEHOLD MESSUAGE, Farm, & LANDS, called THE HOLLIES; comprising a convenient Farm House, and all necessary Out- buildings, with Two Labourers' COTTAGES, mid about BO Acres < inore or less) of good Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, situate iu the Parish of NEWTOWN, in the County of Montgomery, now in the Holding of Mr ' Jitine." Huberts, or bis Undertenants. The above Faun is distant a Mile and a Half from ihe excellent Market Town of Newtown, adjoining the Turupjke Road lending from thence to Llatidriudod Wells, Brecon, See. The Houses, Oiil- buildiii'gs, and Cotiages are entirely new, and the Lanils in a good Stale of Cultivation. ' Tliere are a great Number of young Timber nnd other Trees in a very thriving Stale upon the Premises, which the Purchaser will be required lo take at a Valuation. Tire Tenant ( James Roberts) will shew the Premises ; and for Particulars apply to Mr. STIIIIKEY, Highgnle, near Newtown ; or Mr. DREW, Solicitor, Newtown. Quina Brook, Edstaslon, < 5r Waterloo Lime, Coal, Sfc. Works. THE PAY- DAYS for all Articles had from Messrs. J EBB and Co's Works nt the above Places, are fixed for January 28lh, at the White Horse Inn, Weill ; und January 29th, 1830, at the Lion Inn, Ilodnet, belween the Hours of Nine and Two o'Clock. All Articles not paid for on the nbove Days will be charged extra Price under the usual Regulations. EUESMBRB, DEC. 21ST, 1829. SPA HOUSE, ABMASTON, Near Wellington, Shropshire. TO BITLET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, rjni- J E above HOUSE, with two Cold and a four Warm Baihs, good Stabling, Coach- house, Cowsheds, & c. an extensive Garden, liberally slocked Willi choice bearing Fruit Trees, and Twenty Acres of excellent Meadow and Pasture LAND, in a good Stale or Cultivation.— The present Tenunl ( who is re- tiring) will shew the Premises; and lo treat for the same apply lo Ihe Proprietor, Mr. LEESE, Park House, Wellington. The present Tenant bus been in Possession of it the la si ten Years, and been liberally supported by a generous Public. FREEHOLD ESTATES, NEWTOWN, MONTGOMERYSHIRE. A T a M EETING of the Inhabitants of SHREWSBURY and iis Neighbourhood, held at ihe Guildhall, on TOESDAV, the 1st ljny of DECEM- BER, 1829, in Pursuance of a Requisition for that Purpose ; The Right Worshipful THE MAYOR, iu ihe Chair: // was unanimously Unsolved, ' Upon Ihe Motion of the Hon. THOMAS KENYOS, seconded by the Rev. Sir EDWARD KYNASTON, Bart I. Thai the proposed Alteration in the Line of the Holyhead Road through Shropshire will he n grcal Injury lo Shrewsbury and its Neighbourhood. Upon the Motion of the Rev. Sir EDWARD KYSAS- TON, Bart, seconded by J. C. PBI. HAM, Esq. II. That it is our Belief considerable Improvements may be made in ihe Line of Itoud ilirollgli Shrewsbury, sous lo shorten the Distance, and give every requisite Accommodation to Travellers. Upon the Motion of JOHN WINOFIELD, Esq. second, ed by JOSEPH SHF. PPARO, Esq. III. That we are willing and anxious lo endeavour, as soon as possible, to effect Ihe said Improvements Upon ihe Motion of WII. I. IAM LI. OYD, Esq. seconded by F. K. LPIGHTON, Esq. IV. That to make Twenty- seven Miles of new Road ( according to ihe proposed Plan), at a Cosl of neur One Hundred Thousand Pounds of Public Money, for Ihe Sake of saving, about Four ' Miles ( not Half an Hour Mail Time), would be unjustifiable Extravagance. Upon the Motion of PANTOS COHBETT, Esq. Se- conded by JOHN EATON, Esq. V. That this Meeting pledge themselves to oppose ( he proposed Diversion of the Road to Ihe Utmost of their Power. Upon the Motion of Ihe Venerable Archdeacon BuTi. PR, seconded by JOHN WIN'GHEI. D, Esq. VI. That a Committee he forthwith appointed, to organize and conduct such Opposition. Upon the Motion of It. A. SI. ANEY, E- q seconded by JOSEPH SUTTON, F. sq, 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. PEI. HAM, Esq. M. P. The CL1VE The Honourable THOMAS KF. NYON Sir ROWLAND HILL, Bart. M. P. Sir F. B. HILL PANTON CORBFTT, Esq. M. P. R. A. SLANEY, Esq M P. JOHN WlNGFIELD, Esq. ROBERT BURTON, Esq. F. K. LE1GHTON, Esq. The 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, Esq. RICHARD DltlNKWATER, Esq. Mr. TOMPKINS, W. CLEMENT, Esq. Dr. DU GAIID, JOSEPH SIIEPPARD, Esq. WALTER HURLEY, Esq. Upon the Motion of J. C. Ptu. HAM, Esq. seconded by R, A. SI. ANRY, Esq. VIII. Thai it be an Instruction to the Committee to consider the best Means of facilitating the Travelling through Shrewsbury, and obviating every unneces- sary Obstruction. Upon the Motion of WII. I. IAM CI. EMBNT, Esq. se- conded by WILLIAM COOPER, Esq. JX. That a Subscription be immediately entered into for defraying the Expenses of the Opposition, and tlial Subscriptions be received for llint Purpose at nil Ihe Biinksin the County ; and that ihe Proceeds be placed al the Disposal of the Committee. Upon the Motion OTSAMIIKL IIARLEY, Esq. seconded by JOHN EATON, JUII. Esq. X. That the above Resolutions be tdvertised ill each of the Shrewsbury Newspapers. R. GRAY, Mayor, Chairman. IMPORTANT SALE OF ABOUT Three Thousand Six Hundred Oak, Ash, and other TIMBER TREES, as they are now growing on the Sidbury Hull Estate, Shropshire. BY MK. TAMPION, At the Ciisile Inn, Bridgnorth, on Thursday, January 21, 1830, und following Day, at Twelve o'Clock each Day : ANY of which ate very superior and of large Dimensions, suited for Naval and oilier Public Works, as well ns for Couch- making, vuripqs Iustrinneuls, and. Exportation.— This is a rare Opportunity fur Timber Dealers, Merchants, mid Manufacturers, and worthy of Public Notice.... The Estates ure situated six Miles Soulll of Bridgnorth, near the Hard Huuil, and within three Miles of the River Severn, Catalogues and Conditions, '> « . ( id each, may lie bail till lite Sale, at the Offices of Mr. STEVENS, 12, llalton Garden ; Messrs. ELLISON and BI. OXHAM, Lincoln's. LNU- Fiekls; Messrs. ARNOLD and HAINES, Birming- ham; at the Lion, Shrewsbury; Star and Garter, Worcester; George, Stafford; and of Mr. CAMPION, Syrvejor und Auctioneer, 170, Bishopsgnte Streel, Loiiiloii ; lite Place of Sale ; and also at the Farm Houses, by the respecliveTeuuuts of which ihe Timber will be shown. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. STANDL\ G TIMBER. BY GEORGE WILLIAMS, At the DRAGON Inn, Montgomery, on Thursday, January ' 28IH, 1830, at Four o'Clock iu tlie Afler- , iioon, subjfet lo Conditions then to be produced : ~ ^ V Oak TR^ es, in 5 Lois; 289 Ash and Elm | JJ ,1 Trees, in 12 Lois Lots Alder, iu 4 Lots : 1(> Pop4 « r, in I Lot ; 40 and 22 Birch Trees, iu 2 GROWING upon llie liiider- menlioned Farms, viz. : l; OWP. » R'IYI ELLINGTON, C. OURT HOUSE, CWM, and I'IKK'FAF'MS, in LITE Parish of Obuichsto. ke, and THE BANK FARM, in the Palish of Mninstone. Tlie Oak, Ash, and Elin Trees are sound nnd of grood Quality,, and a considerable Part of them of large Dimensions, and calculated for superior Pur- poses. The above Timber is GROWING1 on Lands each side THE Turnpike Road from Bishop's Casile to Mont- gomery, AL. about an equal Distance from boili Places; MID distant from 0 to 8 Miles from the Montgomery- shire Canal at ' Garthmill.— Printed Particulars ( de- scribing tlie Nuinbeis in each Lot) are now preparing*, nnd may be had of ihe AUCTIONEER, at Chirbury ; AND at the principal Inns in the Neighbourhood. Also, ready cut, a considerable Quantity of ASH POLES.— A Person is appointed to shew the Timber « L Me4lirtgton Hall. Upon the Motion of II. A. SLANRY, Esq. seconded by PANTON CORBETT, Esq. Resolved, That Ihe Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. MAYOR, for convening the Meeting and his Conduct in the Chair. Upon Ihe Motion of J. R. KYNASTON, Esq. seconded by J. C. PP.(. HAM, Esq. Resolved, That ihe Thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Honourable THOMAS KENYON, for his Exertions and able Assistance. LOXDALE, Town Clerk. Names of Subscribers to the Opposition to the Alteration in the Holyhead Road J. C. Pel ha ni, Esq. M. P I Hon. T. Keuyon John Winy: field, Esq Rev. Sir Edward Kynaslon, Bart. ........... William Llo\ d, Esq . Panton Corbel I, Esq. M P R. A. Slaney, Esq M P Venerable Archdeacon Butler W. CIPmfeut. Esq Rev. F. llitf Messrs. W and R. Taylor Messrs. C. T. Clarke & Co \ V. Jeffreys, Esq Mr. Tompkins Messrs. Rocke, Eytou, & Co. .... Messrs Beck, D ulson, Eatons, & Co. ..... Messrs. Burton, Lloyd, & Co. ................ Messrs. Price, Hughes, & Co Joseph Sheppard, Esq Robert Gray, Esq ( Mayor). M r. Jobsoti Mr. James Harding, George Inn Peler Beck, Esq Messrs. J. and R. Mottram Mr. John Carter, Hen and Chickens. Messrs Brut ton and Bromley Mr. John Walton Mr. Win. Wilson, Wheat Sheaf Mr. Samuel Harley M r. James Watkins W. E. JefFreis, F. « q. Joseph Sutton, £ sq ....;.. Jonathan Perry, Esq. Robert Burton, Esq Richard Drinkwater, Esq Dr. Dip Gord,. Messrs. J. and J. Carline John Bather, Esq Thomas Pembcrton, Esq.. Thomas Harries, Esq Messrs. W. and J. Eddowes Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. M. P Edward Tipton, Esq William Cooper, Esq William Griffith, Esq... The Viscount Clive Thomas K\ nuersley, Esq Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart M r. John Nightingale, High Street The Earl of Liverpool William Charlton, Esq Edward Cludde, Esq Mr. William Taylor, Hay Gate 6 £ 40 0 0 40 t) 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 0 0 21 0 0 is 0 0 5 5 0 5 6 0 5 5 0 6 5 11 5 5 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2ft 0 0 25 0 0 ft 5 0 5 5 0 26 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 0 5 5 t) 2 2 0 5 5 0 . 6 5 ( 1 . 2 2 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 5 0 . 10 0 0 . 10 0 0 . 5 5 0 . 25 0 0 . 7 7 0 . 10 O 0 . 5 5 0 . 5 5 0 . 15 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 5 0 . 40 0 0 .. 5 5 0 .. 5 5 0 .. 5 5 0 . 511 0 0 .. 5 0 0 . 35 0 0 .'. 1 1 0 .. 50 0 II .. 35 0 0 .. 30 1) 0 5 0 TO BE SOLO BY AUCTION, At the Elephant Inn, in the Town of New town, in the. County of Montgomery, on Wednesday, theS, lOVih Day of February, 1830, at Three o'Clock iii the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions, and in the undermentioned or such other Lots, as shall be then declared bv the Vendor ; following desirable FREEHOLD I PROPERTY, consisting of a capital INN, sundry DWELLING HOUSES, excellent LAND, & C. in and surrounding the Town of NEWTOWN aforesaid, where the Manufacture of Welsh Flannels is carried on to a very great Exlent and Advantage. LOT I. A Piece or Parcel of LAND, called Cae Darby, situate on the South Side, of the Town, con. taining by Admeasurement 1 A. OR. 18P. in the Occu- pation of Mr. David Davies. — Along ihe North Side of this Lot a Road is trigged out for the Use of this and oilier Lots, commencing near to Dickson's Ware- house on the Llanidloes Road, and terminating in ibe Kerry Road at Mr. Owen Owen's Ms » lthou « e LOT II. A Piece of LAND, adjoining l ot 1, con- taining by Admeasurement OA. 211. 33P. in the Occupation of the said Mr. David Davies; along which the above Road also passes. Lor III. Two FIELDS, adjoining Lot 2, containing BY'Admeasurement 2A. IR 5P. in the Occupation of Mr. Charles Pugh.— The New Road runs along the North Side . of tins Lot LOT IV. LAND adjoining Lot 3, as now trigged out, fcontaining 3 A 2R. 17P. in the several Occupa- tions of Mrs, Stephens, Mr. Jones, and MR. Charles Pugh — The Said Road passes along the North Side of this Lot. LOT V. LAND adjoining Lots 3 nttd 4, as trigged out, containing 3A 3R. 28P. in the Occupations of Mr. Jones and MR John Powell. Lor VI Two FIELDS, lying on the South Side of the Road. leading out of the Kerry Road to Cefnary, containing 3A 2R 19P. in the Occupations of Mr Samuel Morgans and Mr. Isaac Jones. LOT VII. A Piece of LAND, called Maes. Y- dre, adjoining Lot 6 and the Road leading from Newtown io Brimmon, containing 1 A 3R. 22P. in the Occupa- tion of MR Christopher Hall. LOT VIII. LAND adjoining Lot 4, containing 3A,. OR. 30P. in the Occupations of Mrs. Stephens and the Representatives of ihe late Mr. George Malthews — The said new Road from Dickson's Warehouse to Mr. Owen Owen's Mallhouse passes along the lower I^ ART. of this Lot. LOT IX. LAND lying on the Nofth Side and ad- joining the New R-. ad, containing 3 V. VR. 25P. in • he Occupations of Mr. Edward Turner and IBV Representatives of the'late Mr. George Matthews. LOT X. LAND lying on the North Side and adjoin- ing the said Road, containing 2A. IR 3LP. in the Occupations of Mr. Edward Turner and Mr. Williain Bennett. LOT XI A small FIELD, lying on the South SIIK the Road leading from Neulown to Kerry, C « uila| I{ ING I A. 2R OP. in the Occupation of Mr. Joseph Turiie- r," I. OTXU A small ITELD? adjoining Lot II and THE Iload leading from Newtown to Kerry, containing I A. 2R. 4P. in ihe Occupation of Mr. I'hurles STPW- bury. , LOT XIII. A Piece of GROUND, as now trigged out, Part of Moes- y- gwasled Laud, adjoining THP Rectory Demesne and the Kerrv Road, containing OA. IR. 2P. in the Occupation of Evan Stephens, Esrj. LOT XIV. A Piece of LAND, ns now trigged ONT^ being Part of Maes y • gwnsiyd Land, adjniniug Lot 13, con'ainiug I A. 3R.' 29P. in the Occupation of the said Evan Stephens LOT XV. A Piece of LAND, adjoining the last Lot, being also Part of Maes- y. gwasied, together with a Garden adjoining, containing in the Whole 5A. Ill 2P. in the Occupation of the said Evan Stephens and Mr. G'- orye Green. LOT XVI. A MEADOW, called Little Maes. Y- gwasted, adjoining Lot 15, containing 3A. 2R. IIP. in the Occupation of the. said Evan Stephens. LOT XVII. A Piece of Pasture LAND, adjoining Lots 15 and 16 and the Road leading from Welshpool lo Newtown, containing 3A. LR. 7P. in the Occupa- tion of MR. George Green. LOT X V] II. A small M E A DOW, adjoining the last Lot, containing 1A. 2R. 21 P. in the Occupation of MR. George Green. LOT XIX A MEADOW, also called Mnesvgwasteil- adjoiiiing Lot 10, eoninining 8A. OR, 3T> P. IN the Occupation of Mr. Owen Owens. LOT XX. A Piece or Parcel of LAND, called Nantyrhiew, adjoining the Road leading from New- town lo Kerry, containing | A. 2R. 31 P. iu the Occu- pation of Mr. Thomas Jones. LOT XXI. A MESSUAGE, Outbuildings, FARM and LANDS, called Tynygreen, iu ihe Parishes of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, containing 80A. 2R 39P. in the Occupation of Mr Littleton Williams. LOT XXII. A MESSUAGE, Outbuildings, and LANDS, called Little Brimmon, containing 8A. IR. 31P. in the Occupation of Mr. Moses Jones. LOT XXIII. A FIELD, called Wergloddwr, ad- joining the Road leading from Newtownto Llanidloes containing 3A. 2R. 27P. in the Occupation of Mr George Morgans LOT XXIV. TWO FIELDS, called WergUddwr, adjoining Lot 23 and the Llanidloes Road, containing together 4A. 2R. IP. in the Occupation of MR. Richard Morris. LOTXXV. THREE FIELDS, called Werglwddwr, adjoining the last Lot and the E » id Road, containin together 6A. OR. 22P. in the Occupation of MR William Bennett. LOT XXVI. A FIELD, called Maesyrnndir, ND joining Lot 25 and the said Road, containing 4A. 0R 22P. iu the Occupation of Mr. George Meddius. LOT XXVII. A FIELD, called Maesyrandir^ JTD^ joining Lot 26 and the saiil Road, containing 4A LFCT 5P. iu the Occupation of MR. Thomas Davies. LOT xxvni THREE FIELDS, called Maes: y randirs, adjoining I be last Lot and t he above- named Road, containing together 12A. 3R 20P. in the several Occupations of Mr. Richard Jones, Mr. Samuel Weaver, ami JVLR Nicholas Miles. LTRRXXIX. ELEVEN FIELDS, being also Part of Lands called Maesy randirs, together with a Cot- tage and Buildings, containing. iu the whole 56A. OR. 20P. in the several Occupations of MR. Lew is Williams, Mr. Charles Salisbury, Mr. John Jervis, Mr. Richard Newell Davies, Mr. Nicholas Miles, Mr. Richard Jones, and Mr. Richard Williams. LOT XXX. All that well accustomed INN, called the ELEPHANT AND CASTLE, with excellent Stabling, Coach- houses, Yard, and Manufactory, also FOUR convenient HOUS ES adjoining, with Yards and Stabling to the same, together with 57A . 1R. 14P. of LAND ( THE RACE- GROUND), jn the several Occu- pations . of M'r. James Batten, Mr, James Powell, Mr. George Morgans, Mr. Brandstrom, Mr. Green, and Mrs. Lloyd. LOT XXXI A nev\ ly- erected and convenient HOUSE, nearly opposite the Elephant and Castle Inn, together with a Barn and other Outbuildings, and 1A .2R. 38P. of Land adjoining, in the Occupation of Mr. Ma I the w Powell. LOTXXXII. FIVE FIELDS, called Frnn, adjoining the Road leading'from Newtown to Machynlleth, con- taining together 10A . 1R. 21 P. in the Occupation of MR. James Batten. LOT XXXIII TWO FIELDS, called Brnnyhakf r, containing, as trigged out, together 8A. IR. 1"> P in ihe Occupations of MR. James Powell and MR. Maurice Davies. LOT XXXIV. LAND, as now I rigged out, being Part of the Fields called Cross Lane and ERW. tten, adjoining the Road leading from Newtow n to Llaufair, containing 2A. 3R. 16P. in - the Occupations of Valentine Tilsley, Esq. Mr. Richard Ellis, and Mr. James Baiten. LOT XXXV. LAND, as trigged out, being Part of TWO FIELDS, culled Cross Lane and Erw weu. adjoining the Road from Newtown to Llanfair, con- taining 3A OR. 2P. in ihe Occupations of Valentine Tilslev, Esq and Mr. Richard Ellis. LOT XXXVI. TWO FIELDS, called Coedmnwr, adjoining the Road leading from Newtown to Llan- fair, containing together ISA. 2IT. I3P in the Occu pation of the Repiesenlaiivcsof. be late Mr. Richard Lew S Lor XXXVII. A MESSUAGE or Tenement and LANDS, called Cefnmnwr, containing tog: ether 44A. 1R. 38P. in the Occupation of Mr. John Pugh. LOT XXXVIII. A MESSUAGE or Tenement and LANDS, also called Cefnmawr, containing 30A._ 3. lt'. 2lP. IN the several Occupations of Mr. John Thru r, Mr. Arthur Harris, Mr. Arthur Howells, and Mr, Edward Lewis. The Inn and adjoining Houses ( comprised in Lot 30) have been recently erected, the former filled up- in e\ ery respect as a comfortable Commercial Inn and Posting House. The Shops are commodious, FHE Houses connected, well finished, and fit for the Occip- palioji of respectable Tradesmen. The Lands at- tached to these Premises are upon the Banks of the Severn, contiguous to the Town, are of First- rate Quality, and have most des rable Scites for building upon. Tynygreen Farm is so near to ihe Town of New- town, that il may be held with Advantage by a Resident; and all Ihe other L « » ts, to Lot 37, are admirably suited for Building Scites, OR easily con veried into Meadow, Pasture, Nursery, or Garden Grounds. To the Advantages of a < heap and expeditions' Water Conveyance by the Mo Ugomeryshire Canal lo Liverpool, Chester, & c. whicu the Town of New low II possesses, must also be added most excellent Roads, along which a Mail Coach to London and Coaches to other Parts of the Kingdom pass daily. The Land- Tax on the different Lots is Redeemed, the Poor Rales extremely low, the surrounding Country most beautiful in point of Scenery, and the Neighbourhood highly respectable. Maps of ihe Properly are left with Mr BATTEN, at ihe " Elephant Inn, in Newtown, who will appoint a Person to shew the different Lots; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. WILLIAM LI. OYD, of The Court < Mr. A. D. JONES, of Court Calinore, Mont- gomery ; or at the Offices of Messrs. GUJFHTHES and CORRIB, in Pool and Oswestry. s& alcs bp auction. FORTY- SEVEN TONS OF CAPITAL 80LD " WITHOUT RESERVE, In Consequence of the Proprietor givitig up the Land. BY \ FR7¥ MITII, On Saturday, llie 9lli Day of Jniiuarv, 1S30, nl Four o Clock in the Aftrrnunn, nt the Caslle luu, Top of Cnktle Foregott, Sliifw>) iury : LOT 1. STACK of HAY, containing about 32 Ton*, remarkably well liarvennl, of ihe Growth of 18- 28. LOT U. Stuck of i- xcellent tiAY, of the Growth of 1829, containing about 15 Tons, N B. The abore are stamling on a Piece of I. and nbuut Half a Mile from the Olil llealb Turnpike Gate I'll llie Sunilorlie lioiul.— The Keeper of the said Gate will shew il. e mine; anil . further Particular, maybe had froili the AucrionKKK. Liberal Credit on approved Security. 40 UPWARDS OF TONS OF HAY, FOR POSITIVE SALE. BY MR. WHITE, A! Mr. Woodward's, of ihe Compulses Inn, Frank well, at Four o'Cluek in the Afternoon of Satuiday, January Ollij 18SU, ( under a Dintiess for Rent) : LOT I. 4 STACK of well- harvested HAY, the h^ L Produce of 1828, containing about ' 25 Tons. LOT II. Another Slack of IIA\% ihe Produce of lb- 29, containing about 18 Tons. The above Hay is now standing: upon a Firld now or ate in the Occupation of Mr. G. Oare, and situate * Crow Meole, near Shrewsbury. ABB2SY FORESATB. CAPITAL HAY, OF THE GROWTH OF 1827 AND 1828. ' BY MR. T ™ TISDALT5, At the Dun Cow Inn, Abbey Fore « rnte, on Friday n » xt, the 8th of January, 1830, at live o'Clock in • the A flernoon : LOT I. ^ TACK of mobt capital HAY, of the Growth of 1827, conlaiuing- about Five Tons. LOT II. Slack of exceedingly prime HAY, of the Growth of 1828, containing about Nine Tons. The above Stacks of Hay have been harvested with- out the least Wet, and are standing on Lands at ihe Top of Abbey- Foreoaie, ( at the End of the Lane leading to Sutton, opposite St. Giles's Church,) in the Occupation of iYlr. Hi< rgins. ON THE CLOSE OR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE. Good- nigbt to the Twenties! Good- night 1 For the Ninth is bowled out at last, O Time, what a rush is thy flight! Before we cari note it ' tis passed. It seems but a twelvemonth ago That the Twenties came tumbling in: And now— can it really be sot The Thirties about to begin ! Pray, good Father Time, don't Ton cheat; . Does your glass bold quite what it ought! Do your / lands kfop pace with your feet ? Or have you a . steam . carriage bought? Good- night to. the Twenties!—- they'reout:—. Shall there ever be any again 1 For my part, 1 very much doubt, But don't wish to live on till then ! Some people may say what they like, Time does not go now as of yore; The clock used never to strike, And long days were voted a bore. But now, when ' tis time to get up. Before one can open one's eyes, Some Goths are beginning to suj>, And Charley " a cloudy night !" criea. Good- night to the Twenties!- - the toils, The " ups" and the " downs" we iixve felt, Prosperity—. panics - and broils, And all the strange things chance has dealt. Good- night to the Kings, gone to dustj Of England, and Russia, and France, To the thousands Who. found that they must ; Join hands with Old Death in his dance { Adieu to bid adage and rule, The Globe is divided in five | • And all the world now goes to * rhool, There'll not be a blockhead alive ! Good Night, Twenty- nine! you're just dead, And the next now steps in your shoes- Before you are cold in your bed, • The next will be sung by the Muse, Will London keep growing as nnw ? Will sleeves swell the more or shrink tight? " Will there be more dux lie and row In the streets ?^- less prowling at night? AVill it find me in ' primeitwig' or in tatters t Acting less wrong or less right 1 Or married--- or. buried ?,— what matters To you gentle Reader?- i- Good Night! MODERN MANNERS. DOKRINGTON. DANIEL BRIGHT ESPECTFUM. Y announces that he will SEU, BY AUCTION, at the Spread EaKle. Inn, Sluewsbtirv, on Saturday, tlie I61I1 Day of Janu- ary, 1830, ut four o'clock iu lite Afternoon, the following highly- desirable Freehold and Copyhold I'ltOI'EUTY, belonging to Mr. BBSFORD, siluaied at DOII KINGTON, iu the County of Salop, iu Lottos under. named, he the same more or less : viz> Copyhold of the Manor of Condover. I. OT I A MESSUAGE or Tenement, consisting1 of two Dwelling Houses, with Slahle, and oilier Ollt- Offiies, Gardens, aild MEADOW iheieto adjoining, situate at Dorriugton, containing liy Aduieasoiement 2 A 211. 32P. Lor II. A Piece or Parcel of LAND, known hv Ihe Name of ihe Lower Wnyl'ord I. eusnw, situate at l) nr- riuijtnn aforesaid, containing bv Admeasurement 9A. < Hl ( IP. LOT HI. Two open and undivided Pieces or Parcels of LAND, Called ihe Park Leasows, silunte at Dor- rinjrton aforcsuid, containing by Adnieaiurement 6A. oit. at*. LOT IV. A Piece or Parcel of I. AND, known by the Name of the Long Furlong, situate at Dorrington aforesaid, containing by Admeasurement 2A. 311. 7P. Freehold I. and. LOT V. A Piece or Parcel of Freehold LAND, called lite Park Meadow, situate til Dorriugton afore- said; containing by Admeasurement 3A. ( Hi. 7P. Dorriugioi! is siluuie on Ibe Turnpike Itond lending from Shiewsbury to Hereford, 6 Miles from the former, to and from which Ihe Mail Coach passes daily through the Property. The Land is nil Mendntv and Pasture, of the best Quality, and inferior to uoue inilte County. Till' Properly may be viewed any Time piior lo ihe Sale, on Application lo Ihe respective Tenants; And printed Particulars may he had at lite Spread Fagles 11111, Shrewsbury ; Mr. IIROM LKT, Wy le Cop, Shrews, bury; of THK AOCTIOKBKR, Pulverhalch ; and of Messrs. UI. I. ITHORNB and CRAMPTON, Solicitors, 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London . SALE AT HOY I ON LODGE, By Order of the Provisional Assignee. VALUABLE Slock of Cows, Horses, Pigs, Implements in Husbandry, Grain, Malt, Sfc. RY RAGG~& SON, On the Promises of Mr. SAMURL WILDBLOOD, of ; JRu> ton Lodge, in the County of Salop, on Thursday » nvd Friday, the 7th und 8th* D ® y « of January, lb30 ; rpHK LIVE STOCK comprises 14 ca- ll pital in- calf Cows, 1 Barren, a well- bred Bull, ft; superior Waggon Horses, 4 Sows and 30 Pigs, 1 Sow in- pig, 2 Store Pigs, and a capital Brawn. The IMPLEMENTS cousin of 3 strong-, well- built lio, id Waggons, - 2 Hurvt'st Wa> f( fon! » , 2 Tumbrels, Double, Sii » u" lo, itid^ iug, and Scotch Ploughs, Turnip Drills and Hollers, Winnowing Machine, Sieven and Kiddles, Hakes, Scythes, Paling | r0ii » , Screens, Scales and Weights, Ladders, kc. The Grain consists of 2 Stacks of excellent Wheat, 1 Stack of Muucorii, 2 Stacks ef prime Malting KaHej, Quantity of Bailey in the Ra^, and about 70 Measines of Barley in Sacks; likewise about 500 Measures of Malt of excellent Quality, l'- 0 Measures of Mali Dust, a Quantity of Sacks, Malt Mill, Screen, and. other ilequisites for a Malthouse. Also> on 3fonday and Tuesday, the 11th and 12th Days of January, 1830, WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, All the modern HOUSEHOLD IIJUNITURE, Brewing and Dairy ' Utensils, & c. The Furniture, which is excellent, comprises Mahogany and other Dining Tables, Mahogany and other Chairs, capital Eight Day Clock and Case, 14 prime Feather Beds, Fotirpost, Tentj and Stump Bedsteads. Fenders, Fire Irons, Earthenware, Table and other Linen, Glass, China, Carpet, Oak Chests, Looking Glasses, and a Number of other Articles. The UTFNSILS consist of a Barrel Churn, Quantity of Cheese Vats, Milk Pans, Sieves, Coolers, Cheese Fillets-, 2 Stone Cheese Presses, Washing Machine, Mashing Tubs, 4$ ogsheads, Barrels, Coolers, 5tc. Sale wvii commence cach Day precisely at Eleven o'GUeku*^ " And well our Christian sires of old " Loved, when the yar its eours< » had roll'd, " And brought blithe Christmas back again, " With all its hospitable train; " Domestic and religious rite " Gave honour to the holy night. " The fire, with well- dried logs supplied, " Went roaring up the chimney wide; " The hiige hall table's oaKtfn face, " Scrubb'd till it shone, the day . to grate,' 44 Bore then upon its massive board " No mark to part the squire and lord. " While round the merry wasscl bowl, " Garnish'd with ribbons, blithe did trowl, " Then the huge sirloin reek'd; hard by " Plum- porridge stood, ami Christmas pyel ." England was merry England when " Old Christmas brought itis sports again.'* Such wefe we, but w hai are we now ? a sophisticated, artificial race, who, in our oblivion of old customs, have lost the best springs of our nature, and with them our nationality. The " March of Intellect'' has trodden under foot all the flowers of our earliest and happiest thoughts; they are gone and withered, and in their place have sprung up a race of ill- thriven and puny exotics without scent or colour, glaring to the eye, hut revolting to the senses. The « March of Intellect" is over a dusty Mac- adamized road— at the brink of " a bonnie bourne1' it would look for a suspension bridge, it would scorn propulsion, except according to the rules of steam; and the perfume of the violet, and the gay green of the holly and the ivy, are art offence to the nostrils and the eyes.— Whence is this degeneracy ? why are wc so changed ? It is the pestilential introduction of foreign manners that has distorted us; it is the apery of our neigh- bours that will soon, if persevered in, destroy all those habits of thought and action, which, in the very prejudice of their contradiction to those of other countries, made this empire what it should be, what it was, but now almost cedses to be. What has sad- dened our summer- time has saddened our winter — what has taken us from our fields and May- flowers, and suffered them to smile and die alone, as if they were made for nothing else, has " made our Christmas a season of cold formality, instead of one of joy and merriment. Now, the middle classes make the Christmas a sorry business of a pudding or so extra, and a game of cards; the kindly offices of friend- ship and neighbourliness arc nearly forgotten— it is almost blotted from the school- boy's calendar, and " a merry Christmas and a happy new year," the kind and cordial salutation of old, has become almost a byc- word; even your haberdasher's apprentice stammers it forth with the consciousness of commit- ting a solecism in modem manners. Amongst the rich, what is Christmas? they scarcely recogniie it even as the name bf a season. The genial board no longer exists; the guests assemble around or along table loaded with china and plate, but nothing else- it would be profanation lo stain the damask with a dish : to relieve Ihe host from the labour of his hospitable cares, the viands are arranged on the sideboard, the process of carving, which was consi- dered an accomplishment by our barbarous and slupid ancestors, is consigned to a bevy of liveried menials, who, in rotation, dole out the morsels, as lo beggars at the gate. But, this is style, and we must expect, ere long, the abolition of knives and forks, as useless appentlages to the table; wc will yet ascend to chop sticks, and, in fine, in absolute veneration of the adage— that ' fingers were made before forks,' reject all Birmingham- ware, and trust to our thumbs. It used to be said, that one of the best criterion! of a gentleman was his conduct at his own table ; there he had an ample opportunity of displaying his tart and breeding in the varied observance of attention to his guests;—" modern manners" afe only adapting him to be a popular Condnctcur of a Diligence This mode of dining may be fitting for Paris ; but as it is French, so it should not be English, and above all, IRISH. Away, then, with alt these foreign fripperies; it is a monstrous and absurd affectation, in every respect uncongenial and unsuited to us. An attempt by our citizens' wives and daughters to dance quadrilles or gallopades in Stephen's- green, on Saint John's day, would be just ns natural and as national. Even in the details of society, the nuisance is experi- enced to an extent which we shall take pains to expose and reprobate. Amongst the minor evils the first that occurs to us is cigar smoking. Now we are ourselves partial to a real Havannah, hut at a fitting time and season ; for instance, on a hill side, in the grouse season, in a snipe- bog, or solus cum solo in our study over our glass of toddy, when all the woman- kind are out of the way. Not so is your man of fashion, or particularly vour officers; they are not dressed unless they slink of tobacco, and the monsters roll into the drawing room in a worse than drunken state, with faculties stupified, and breaths redolent of the charnel house ; for of all horrors in the way of smells, the most horrid is a tobacco breath.— Vet, this is " doing German ;" they call themselves Gen- tlemen; and the women, our delicate women) tolerate it, and shrink not from the pestiferous, half- idiotic whisper that blights ihe roses of their cheeks. If our fair friends would take a little trouble, and be for one moment conscious of the respect due to them- selves, this beastly habit would he soon corrected ; in tolerating it, they now encourage it; while a few marked indications of well- deserved disgust would put art end to it for ever. We shall return to this subject again; meanw hile we remind our readers that every face they contribute to set sparkling at Christ- mas, is a reflection of that goodness of nature which generosity helps to uncloud ; thai every holly and ivy bough, with which they adorn their houses, is a piece of natural piety, as well as beauty, and will enable thern to relish the green world, of which they shew themselves not forgetful; and that every harm- less pleasure, every innocent mirth, should consecrate the season, not forgetful that A Christmas kindness oft will clieer A poor man's heart through half the year. AGRICULTURE.— At the late rent audit of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart, held at Polesworth, Mn Samuel Mallabey, in expressing the thanks of tl: « tenants for a per centage returned ( in their half year's rent, observed—" On behalf, of myself and of my friends around me, I beg leave to retjlrn ou, r united thanks for Ihe bounty wc have this day received from the hands of our beneficent landlord. It has beeij my lot through life to be principally engaged with ( he agricultural part of the community, 1 cannot there- fore be ignorant of their situation. The very depress d stale of almost every articje of agricultural produce is owing to a multiplicity of causes— a long and ex- pensive harvest, combined with excessive taxation) have brought the majority of the agriculturists to the very brink of ruin ; and almost every day experience too clearly proves the assertion. I have no wish to throw a gloom over tliii meeting, indeed it Would be one ttf the happiest momeiits of my life to see the dark cloud which has been hanging so long ov er our heads, clear away, and the bright and delightful sun of pro- sperity shine amongst us again ; but it is my humble opinion that nothing short of a reduction in rent—' I permanent rtductip i, can accomplish it. I have one observation more to make, and it is a chfcering one. Our excellent landlord, on a former occasion expressed himself " that he did not wish to take from our pockets to put into his what ihe land did not first put into ours," and under this animating assurance wo must rest our future hopes. Once more I beg to return thanks to our worthy president for what he has done, trusting that be will yet do more, and that lie will be a father and a guardian to his most respectable tenantry. With the blessing of Providence, due encouraticmcnt from our landlord, with our own industry and prudence, prosperity and romfort may dwell amongst its the remainder of our days." NEWSPAPKIIB.— We cannot close our review of the Newspaper press in the United Kingdom without remarking upon the silly affectation of indifference tt> newspaper opposition or advocacy, which is displayed by some of the leading persons in and out of Parlia- ment; no hing is more common than to hear this or that great tnuri, with a sneer, exclaim, " Oh, the newspapers say so," or " who pays attention to the newspapers ?" and on the bench or at the bar, persons who, but for the newspapers, would never have risen to eminence, appear to aspire to a notoriety founded upon contempt for the opinions expressed in the public journals. If the indifference pretended to be entertained by these persons were real, we should shudder to see it tolerated as it lately has been ; for if once the newspaper press could be brought into general ionicmpt, there would be aneurl to liberty arid bf the constitutional right of discussing the merits of persons in authority. But it is a mere affectation— an affectation of the most childish and silly description— an assumption of independence over that power, the well- directed influence of which a truly great and good man must acknowledge and respect. Nothing denotes weakness of mind more than this pretended indifference to praise or censure nothing betrays a desire of emancipation from the salutary control of the newspaper press more than the silly and contemptuous defiance thrown out by those who profess to be above newspaper criticism. It is some satisfaction to know, that all this vapouring has its origin in w eakness; that whilst in public speeches and writings the press is defied, private sacrifices are offered, and propitiatory mediations are made, to secure its supportor neutrality. It is in our power to show this in the case of several of the little great men now in office or in the legislature, butwc shall reserve our exposure for a more fitting opportunity. We have noticed the subject because it was due to the numerous body who have been insulted by sneers of the kind alluded to, to do so, but at present we shall go no further.— The subject will be pursued in future articles on the newspaper press of continental Europe and America.— Westminster Review for January. FALL OF . SROUTHS AND Siiowfcit or FISHES Visiting all the chief cities of Anatolia, or Asia Minor, he at length came to Erzeroum. There the king inquired of him one day whether he had ever seen a stone that had fallen from heaven ; he answered in the negative. " Such a stone," continued the king, " has fallen in the environs of ouf city he then ordered some men to bring it in : it was a black, shining, and exceedingly hard substance, not yielding; to the hammer, and weighing above a talent. This is not the only mention of the fall of aerolites which occurs in Arabian writers. They tell of a shower of stones which fell in the province of Africa Proper, and killed all who were beneath it. They also relate that a stone was one dajr brought to the Calif Motawekkel, which had fallen from the air in Tabaristan ; it weighed 840 roll ( OiOlbs. avoirdu- poise); the noise it made in falling was heard at a distance of four parasangs in all directions, and it buried itself in the ground fife cubits deep, Manv other similar instances are mentioned by them j and the observations of modern philosophers leave no f; iortt to doubt the correctness of their accounts. But Jahcdh relates a meteoric phenomenon of a much more extraordinary kind. At A'idhadj, a city between Ispahan and Kutistan, as he narrates it, there was seen a dense black cloud, so close to the earth that it might be almost touched with the head ; there issued from it noises like the cries of a male camel. The cloud at last broke, and there fell from it so terrible a rain, that it seemed as if the earth were about to suffer from a second deluge. After this the cloud threw forth frogs and shabbuts'( a sort of fish) of great size. These were eaten by the people, or laid up in store. It is an incontestable fact that the volcanoes of the Cordilleras throw up im- mense quantities of fish ; and although a shower of fish is not very easily explained without the agency of a volcano, yet nature is so full of wonders, that even in the present enlarged state of knowledge, it would be perhaps presumptuous to deny the fact altogether.— I) r. Lardrer's Cabinet Cyclopcrdia, Vol II.— History of Maritime and Inland Dis- covery, Vol. I. MANKRUPTS, JANTART 1— David Page, of Epsom, Itoise- dealer and stable- keeper.— Tlioi, Raynton, ' ate < tf Spa, Gloucestershire, coach- proprietor.— James Kemltall, bf Haveihill, Suffolk, grocer John Flurt, of Whitbhnrcli, Hants, linen- draper.— Hayter Nath. Scrivener, Palmer's. folly, Hntclifl'e Highway, builder. — William Nitnino, of Callhnrpe. place, Uray'S- lnn. road, baker.— John While, of Dolton- upon- Beame, Yorkshire, victualler— William Murtratrnyd, of Scitl- coates, Yorkshire, grazier.— Joseph Bovvyer, of Kid- derminster, carpet- manufacturer.— Jume. Smiilt, of Nottingham, lace- maiiufacttjrer.-. Philip Marcus Prei » , of Park- terrace, Regent's. park, wine- merchant.—— George Smith, of Noiiiiigliaiu, currier.— John Lloyd, of Liverpool, linen- draper.— James Alsop, of MAN. . chester, grocer and tea. denier. INSOLVENT.- John Haw kes Tatten, Parade- Home, Thiiinet- bauk, Middlesex, Coal- merchant and lighter- man. PALEY ON THE LITURGY. Likewise, will be Sold, At llie House of Mr. 0 « eu Owens, ihe New Inn, N esse tiff, ill Ihe County of Salop, on Tuemhtj, January 12th, 1830, al Four o'clock in the Afler. a turn, s u li. j eel lo such Conditions ofSale as will then lie produced : I. OT 1. A Stack of Parley, alioni 200 Measures. Lor. 2. A Slack of Muncorn, Duio. LOT 3 Pari of a Slack of Barley, about 70 Ditto. LOT 4 Part of a Slack of Hay, about 3 Tons. The above Lois are now standing nil the Premises of Mr Samuel Wiltlliloud, at Brnomhitl und Knockin llealli, near NissclitT. Particulars of each Sale are expressed ill Cata- logues, which urnv tie had on llie Premises ; al Ihe New Inn, Nessclitf; and ut THB Aecnontea « Office, Beatrice Street, Oswestry. i$ liercUanf0tns EntcUiGcnce. In the year 1827, the Rev. C Pawlett, Rector of White Roothing ( since deceased), owing to some disappointment in his receipts, quitted Great Dun- mow, where he resided. At that time necessity obliged him to pay his creditors, at the rate of 10s. in the pound only, which, from his respectability, they readily took, and sympathised with him in his mis- fortunes. Our readers can better conceive than we can relate the feelings of gratitude experienced by the tradesmen in Dunmow at the early part of the past month, when the Rev. Percy Pawlett, the son, visited the town, and not only paid the remaining 10s. hut also interest upon each debt, at the rate of 4 per cent. This is, indeed, one of the best proofs a son can give ttf the affectionate regard he entertained for his father.- r- f h.' my\. id Chronicle. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal- Sim,— The question of the propriety of revising the Liturgy has recently engaged the metropolitan press. There are, doubtless, A nt i- reformers on every sub- ject ; but, Sir, to assert that an attempt at reforma- tion in matters relating either to the Hierarchy or the State would be unwise antl dangerous, is as absurd as to maintain, that a disease is better left to the course of nature, despite the suggestions of the skilful physician The motives of Reformers are fre- quently ( and in many instances perhaps with justice) brought into question, but that oi the above- mention- ed excellent Divine, profound Philosopher, and most admired Writer, will, 1 believe, be admitted to have been the purest, when he penned the following pas- sage : to remind your readers of which it inay not be unseasonable. I am, Sir, your's, & c. SHREWSBURY. B. " The length and repetitions complained of in our Liturgy are not so much the fault of the compters as the effect of uniting into one service what ivas originally, but with very little regard to fhe conve- niency of the people, distributed into three Not- withstanding that dread of innovations in religion, which seems to have become the panic of the age ( 1785), few, I should suppose, would be displeased with such omissions, abridgements, or change in the arrangement, as the combination of separate service* must necessarily require, even supposing each to have been faultless in itself If, together with these altera, tions, the Epistles and Gospels, and Collects which precede them, were composed and selected with more regard to unity of subject and design ; and the Psalms and Lessons either left to the choice of the Minister, or better accommodated to the capacity of the audi- ence, and the edification of modern life; the church of England would be in possession of a Liturgy; in which those who assent to her doctrines would have I: ttle to blame, and the most dissatisfied must acknow- ledge many beauties."— Moral und Political Phi la- st ply, Lock V. SALOPIAN JOURNAL, AM © COURIER OF WALES. FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. HEMINI5CENCES. [ 150. TLltt. THE INFANT'S DEATH- BEI). oom, MARK YONDER form, that statue- like nppears Reclining o'er that couch, her eyeswiUi tears Overflowing-, ttiitl her care- viorn pallid face Shaming the whiteness of. Spring's earl\ rac6. What means that deep '- drawn sigh, this solemn The look t- oliertons, the turiain'd loom ? — Hush ! and soft as breathing he each word, Be not a footstep, not a whisper heuTd. Slow draw the drapery, and see ! where lies The Mother's First- born, panting for the skies. There has he struggled livelong nights and clays, And there the Mother watches, there she prays. ] f chance lie sleep with transitory rest, What hope transporting darts across her breast! But w hen she marks the agonized Boy, % i Father, Thy will he done !•* her lips employ. He wanes, and soon will come the look'd- for hour When the last Foe will pluck the ciierish'd flower. Ah ! vain to hope for health returning bland : Ah ! who would wish avert the Spoiler's hand? Bid tortur'd Innocence a moment stay ? — Speed, tardy Spirit, Angeis point the way f TOASTS OF A FOE- HUN TEH. HERE'S a health to Fox hunters of every sort, Whether welters or feathers, or lanky or short, Or hunting in black, green, or red 1 And when the caieerof a sportsman is past, ( For we all must be laid on the hut die at last,) We will drink to him when he's dead. Here's a health to the Farmer, w ho, paying hrs rent, On gallant fox- hunting is manfully bent, Nor attends to his ploughing the less : He would only be wretched by croaking and swearing ( As a horse that is fretful grows thin as a herring) At Corn Laws and Nation's distress ! Here's a health to the Man, who, not minding a phea- sant— Though on table these birds are assuredly pleasant— Hears foxes upon his domain : And oh J inay tf> 6 traps of the Vulpecides fail ! May the shot from their guns scatter harmless as hail, And the gin close its sharp fangs in vain ! Here's a health to the Woman, with bright sunny smi'e, Who will list to a fox- hunting story aw hile, Nor frown on t- he hard. riding blade : Itiay the star of her beauty shine joyous and brig ht, And illumine our hearts— as Diana the night— With afl'eciion that never shall lade. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. Sxfc, 1 am well aware that tfie Press is to be the instru- ment which will eventually disencumber and remove from this country clanger and dismay. Yes, Sir, this great and powerful engine will at last reduce to order and advantage the whims rind ebullitions of minis- terial and political minds, and hoKV the empire in a due course of eivil, moral, and legislative engage- ments, alike serviceable and friendly to one and all: and can a proof more demonstrable be given, than is already afforded in yoiVr correspondent's late letter on the Holyhead Road. The disinterested and en- lightened observer, through the medium of a free Press, will or rather hath dissolved the fabric of error which interested speculators had prepared to allure an unprepared and unsuspecting audience; but, thanks to the Press, the charm is broken, and the County will ask for proof as well as assertion, and unless amply and well satisfied, will not advance upon assertions alone. Besides, Sir, it is very pro- bable, that as Steam is now applied on roads, the very construction of roads will undergo a change, and the present be superseded and out of use. To make new roads, then, upon the old model or plan, at. such a time, must appear to every man impolitic, infatuated, and extravagant indeed. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, A TRAVELLER. If past experience, and the invariable testimony of ; our own annals, may be any guides to us in conjec- turing the future, it will not be long before some of these consequences will press themselves upon us. \ Ve never yet in any period of our history truckled to popery, never admitted its votaries into our coun- cils, that some signal disgrace did not attend us, at home a, nd abroad. And for this there is good reason, although the believers in the march of mind may not think so. Our natural situation in the world is at the head of the friends of freedom ; if wc take our stand there, as in the days of Elizabeth and William, we place ourselves where w- e ought to be. The natural position of popery is the reverse; let it bluster, as it does now in Ireland, under peculiar circumstances, of its liberal sentiments— it is, and from the very nature of its constitution, must be, twinned with slavery. We have degraded from the rank of bein* the head of the Protestant interest in Europe to become the ally and partner of the jesuits and the results of that alliance will ere long be manifest. But be that as it may, the manner in which the popish bill was passed will mark this year memorable one. Fraud, trick, and stratagem are no longer infamous in high places ; peers and members of parliament feel it no disgrace to wheel round and desert the principles, or pretended principles, of a whole life, at the word of command ; what is lost by a great majority one year may be carried by a still greater in the next, without exciting a blush on the cheeks of those who compose the assembly ill which such unparalleled tergiversation occurs; and con- secrated guardians of the church deem it consistent with their oaths and vows to forward measures which, but a year before, they declared were un christian. It is one of the most fearful things con- nected, with the bill that the aristocracy has lost the confidence of the middle order— that rank. On which depends a country's fate, Which guards the laws established- by the state -^- that a disruption has taken place, the event of which it is impossible for the most pre calculate. We have seen in this year also great strides made towards establishing a military government. Our finances, our Colonies, our Indian possessions, are all in the hands of the military: even civil offices, such as Privy Seal, are bestowed upon general ofiiceis;- we have a gendarmerie commanded by a lieutenant colonel; and the strict discipline of the camp is introduced into afl our public affairs. As freedom of the pre& s would be quite inconsistent with such an order of things, the good old rule of persecuting it is revived, and as success1 has crowned the f fst experiments, it is to be expected that others on a larger scale may follow, and that the police, organized according to the approved fashion of despotic countries, may be employed to take cognizance of inconsiderate speakers, as the Attorney General is let loose upou inconsiderate writers. At alt events,, the expiring year ha* done much in uprooting what we considered to be fixed princi- ples : a different era is before us. One conse- quence of the contempt with which sacred obli- gations and compacts have been treated, we shall give in the words of the little book already quoted, and leave the consideration of it to the liberal cos- mopolites of the Stock Exchange: — ^ National Creditors,— look to yourselves ! You receive interest for money lent to government, on the faith of sundry acts of parliament. Aye, but what parliament can do, parliament can undo ! The Protestant Constitution was established by more than one act or twenty acts of parliament. It incorporated into a solemn treaty of union CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1829. » r 1 [ From the Morning Herald of Dec. 31.] This day ends tl'. c year. We leave to Moralists and Divine** the task of offering to their readers and their hearers such reflections as this important epocha in ( he division of time naturally suggests. In a political point of view, the people of this country may be well justified in parodying, the words of the poet, and lioklly venture on a year unknown—. It cannot use them worse thiol this 1ms dour. The winter of > 825, known as the Bubble era, was productive of prodigious misery and distress, but such as bears no comparison, either in extent or acuteness, with that which nearly the whole com- munity is now experiencing. Never, we believe, was there a period within the memory of any man living, when wretchedness and sorrow— when actual want and starvation, visited so many habitations in England as biting calamity has now reached. And w hat is most extraordinary of all is, that this melan- choly slate of things is not attributable to natural causes. PuovtDENCE has been bountiful to our soil— skill and enterprise were never so rife to turn the riches of nature and of art to our advantage. Hut, by a strange perversity, a new species of " wisdom" has been allowed to break in upon our career of success and good fortune, and turn to our ruin and discomfiture the very elements of our in- dividual and national prosperity— We are in the state of a country in which irrigation has hereto- fore produced fertility, but from which the waters have heeu diverted or stopped up. Can such a Btate of things as the present last? is the question in every one's mouth. It may be asked, with equal reason, why it has been permitted to last so long? We answer both questions by saying that, till the people make themselves heard, very little alteration seem* likely to take place. This year a whole Parliamentary Session was exhausted on one topic; Hud in the next we sadly fear that the tone of post- ponement will be resumed, unless the public voice, in accents ( if firm but peaceable and respectful re- monstrance, sounds in the eurs of the Legislature and the Government the awful truths of our situa- tion, and the necessity of immediate redress. We are ourselves no alarmists. We have no wish to impede or harass those who have the charge of public affairs;, but if they sleep, as they appear to do, we must endeavour to awaken thein, that they nmy not, like Sardauupalus, dream of pleasure upou u " bed of roses" while calamity overshadows all the interests of the empire. between two independent nations. To enforce it, the royal line of succession was set aside. A foreign prince, of a collateral stock, accepted of the throne in reliance on that Protestant Constitution. Under it, and under him and his descendants, the nation prospered, and became great and illustrious. Yet that Protestant Constitution has fallen ! The treaty of union was held of no value when opposed to a measure said to be expedient and important; and it was held to be clear that the legislature of one age cannot bind a future generation. The payment of your claims lias become burdensome; they have hitherto been paid, because it was ex pedient to keep credit, while it was likely, and lioped, that more might be borrowed. Unless you strengthen yourselves very powerfully, remember that the debtors are to a considerable extent the legislators, and from the multitude exactions are daily made on your behalf. If attachment to freedom, and the religion of our fathers, formed no effectual barrier against change, neither may your plea of justice. It was by parliaments exclusively Protestant, that the debt was contracted ; and the first borrowings were made to resist the power of popery, and to support the Protestant Constitution ugainst popery, Irish and foreign. If Irish troubles afforded a reason for assailing the Protestant Constitution, Ireland can be put into agitation anew, and Roman Catholics inay plausibly dispute their liability for your claims. Farther, if the legislature of one age could not fix a Protestant Constitution on a future age, how should former legislatures have power to compel us to labour, aud to deliver the fruits of our industry to you. Would it not now be expedient for this enlightened genera- tion to emancipate their pockets aud persons, from your antiquated claims ?" Farewell, 1829 ! Exeid. it iste annus, qucm sxcwU postera Diris Devoveant! [ From the Stanriurd.] Vie have this day arrived at the end of 1820, a year which will long be memorable in our annals. In this year, a minister of the crown has declared, in his place in parliament, that there is an end of that constitution w hich we had formerly flattered ourselves was the pride, the ornament, and the bulwark of the country ; and the Houses of l- ords and Commons have rendered them their willing assistance in making its demolition complete. The act of settlement, which put the house of Hanover on the throne, was laughed at— the act of union with Scotland, a solemn compact between two independent nations, scouted as a rotten parchment, and that part of its provisions which those who drew it up would have, beyond question, most tenaciously insisted upon, scornfully violated To make use of the eloquent language of Mr. Forsyth, h George IV. descended from the position held by Ills ancestors, and formally gave the royal sanction to the [ popish] measure. He ceased to he the head of a legislature and government exclusively Protestant. He came down from the highest station ever mortal held— that of standing at the head of the community of Protestants— the sacred ami mighty chief of the friends of freedom, and opponents of ignorance, superstition, anil idolatry. No civil war shook the laud,- no enemy was at our gates; pro found peace prevailed, and no astounding- calamity had been suffered; yet the Protestant constitution — so dearly bought, so anxiously guarded and cherished « nd so proudly boasted of— that constitution fell How, and by what preparation, and from what mo- tives did such an event so strange occur ?" Mr. Forsyth's answer to his question is able and ingenious; but it is useless to speculate on such matter now. We must prepare ourselves to meet the consequences of the fatal measure : it is too late to inquire into its causes, except as a matter of histo- rical curiosity. THE EFFFCTS OF VARIATIONS IN THE CURRENCY. [ FROM ULACKWOOO's MAGAZINE.] The various changes which have taken place within the last five- and- thirty years in our mo- netary system, will undoubtedly form one of the darkest pages in the annals of this country, and furnish to all coming generations an imperishable monument of the ignorance of British statesmen, in an age which vaunts itself on the progress which it has made in every species of knowledge, and more especially in what is called the science of Political Economy. The changes in question have spread more ruthless and wider ruin, and created more public inconvenience, as well as private misery, than any public calamity which has ever occurred in the history of any known nation. Had the task of effecting these changes fallen into the hands of intelligent men — of men possessing but even a tyro's knowledge of the general principles on which they ought to have proceeded, means would have been devised to obviate the monstrous and incalculable wrongs, both public and private, which have resulted from the alterations w hich have been made in the stand- ard of value. When wc call to mind the vast number of estates which must have been mortgaged during the depreciation of our currency, we shall the better comprehend the frightful difficulties occasioned by the alteration of the standard in 1819. Of the enormous wrongs which that measure inflicted upon individuals, we could, from our own personal knowledge, adduce a long catalogue of affecting instances: but from want of space, as well as the fear of exhausting the patience of our readers, wc must content oursefves with one or two cases, which may serve to illustrate the injuries inflicted upon a numerous body of private individuals by the operation of " Mr. Peel's bill." A landed proprietor, with whom wc had some, acquaintance, died in 1812. He had seven child- ren, among whom it was his intention that his property should be divided in nearly equal shares. For this purpose, his estate was valued a short time before bis death : it was estimated, by compe- tent individuals, to be, upon a very moderate cal- culation, worth ±' 80,000. To his eldest son he devised his estate, charged with the payment of £ 10,000 to each of his six younger children: believing and intending that under this arrange- ment the eldest son should receive a double por- tion, or £ 20,000. But mark the result. — Instead of selling the family estate on his father's death, the heir was advised to raise £ 60,000, by way of mortgage,- in order to pay off the legacies. From 1812 to 1819, things went on pretty smoothly ; he i continued to pay the interest of the mortgage, aud a remnant was still left for himself. But in 1819 - Mt- ttftaiirit assumed a very different complexion: the alteration in the standard or measure of value having brought about a great fall in the price of agricultural produce, and consequently in the rent1 of land, he was no longer able to pay even the interest of the mortgage. Hence it became neces- sary to sell the estate; and when put up to auction, it did not realize quite enough to satisfy the claims of the mortgagee It is needless to add, that for the unlucky owner himself not one shilling re- mained. Not many years ago, we found this unfortunate victim of the currency bill of 1819, in a little country town, retailing the milk of a few cows, depastured upon a small quantity of meadow land which he rented, not far from the splendid property which once belonged to his ancestors. The misfortunes of this individual arose from no extravagance, from no personal misconduct or indiscretion, but solely from the alteration which had been made in the standard by which his property was valued. This alteration added just tweirty- fivc per cent, to the real claims of the mortgagee, aud left theowner entirely destitute.— If any soi- disant philosopher or economist wishes to see an illustration of his theories with respect to the currency, when reduced to practice, we will point out the man. By a king course of industry and economy, an honest yeoman, on a farm which he reuted, at no great distance from the metropolis, had amassed about £ 10,000. In 1810, his farm was put up to be sold by auction, and he became the purchaser of it, at the price of £ 40,000. He paid down £ 10,000 of the purchase money; and the seller, having no immediate occasion for the remaining £ 30,000, allowed it to remain on mortgage. This relation between the parties subsisted nntil the alteration of the standard in 1810. At this period the mort- gagee chose to call for his money. The estate was again brought to the hammer; and the same individual who had sold it in 1810 for £ 40,000, re purchased it, in the beginning of 1820 for £ 30,000. Thus re- possessing himself of the estate which he had sold about nine years before, and likewise putting into his pocket the £ 10,000 which the old farmer had realised by a life of persevering and successful industry. This pro- perty had in no respect deteriorated since the period of its first sale in 1810 ; on the contrary, it is but fair to presume that its condition must have been rather improved; for it is scarcely to be conceived that the orcupier bestow ed less care and Capital upon the furlfl when it became his own, fhan he had devoted to its tillage while it was the property of another. The reduction in the selling price sprung entirely from the alteration which had been made in the standard of value. In 1810, the pound sterling was w orth about fifteen shillings, and the property sold for about forty thousand such pounds; in 1819, the establishment of a metallic standard raised the value of the pound sterling from fifteen to twenty shillings, and the value of the same property consequently aud necessarily fell to thirty thousand pounds. But fatal and disastrous as the effects of the alteration i'n our standard of value proved to other classes, they fell with peculiar severity upou the cultivators and occupiers of the soil. This un- happy aud devoted class has been not only grievoiVsty injured, but literally ruined and crushed to the ground by this cruel and iniquitous measure. It is well known, that between 1796 and 1815, the agriculture of this country flourished in an extra- ordinary degree; while all our other national interests necessarily participated in this prosperity. During that period, the body of British farmers not only proved excellent customers to the artisans and manufacturers of the kingdom, bnt they were also enabled to save money. In 1812, they were unquestionably much more wealthy, as a class, than they had been at any previous period of our history Encouraged by the vast profits which had been realized in agriculture, they were in- duced to accede to almost any advance of rent which their landlords demanded ; and we have ntf doubt that, in 1819, two- thirds of the whole culti- vated surface of this country was held uuder leases having terms to run of seven, fourteen, or twenty- one years. But the measures which were taken preparatory to the change of the currency in 1819, brought about a tremendous re- action. From the alteration in the currenev, combined with other causes which accidentally came into operation at the same period, the market price of agricultural produce fell thirty, forty, aud some- times even fifty per cent. This enormous and unexpected reduction in the value of his commo- dities, inevitably and irretrievably ruined every farmer who held land under lease, especially where the landlord refused to make any abatement in his rent. It gives us, indeed, much pleasure to state, that the ancient gentry of the country, the great landowners, did promptly consent to make a re- duction in the amount of their rents, and thus saved their tenants from utter destruction. But, unfortunately for the farmers, the change in the currency forced an immense number of the old proprietors to part with their paternal inherit- ances. These, together with the leases under which they were let out, came into the possession of the race of Jews, stock- jobbf rs, and money- lenders, who had realized princely fortunes at the expense of the community, when the standard was altered; and these new possessors of estates from which the ancient owners had been ousted, scouted the notion of abating one jot from the amount set down in the fanner's bond. When a tenant applied to any of these persons for an abatement of rent, they laughed in his face. " What," said they, " is not the number of pounds set down in the lease? that number you shall pay while yon are master of a sovereign." They kept their word, and all their tenants were re- duced to a state of absolute beggary. As we love facts, we will state a case or two of this kind which fell under our own cognizance. A farmer, possessing a capital of about £ 0) 000, hired, in 1814, about 400 acres of land belonging to an ancient family in one of the midland counties: he agreed to pay 40s. per acre as rent, and took it for a term of fourteen years: a wealthy money- lender had a heavy mortgage on the estate to which this farm belonged: about 1820, the owner of this pro- perty, having been compelled to make a great re- duction in his rents, found that he could no longer continue to pay the interest of the mortgage: the mortgagee foreclosed aud entered into possession : against the tenant already mentioned, who fortu- nately was the only one who held under lease, he continued, notwithstanding the fall of prices, to en- force the full rent. The unhappy farmer perceived the fate which inevitably awaited him, and did every thing that industry and rigid economy could do to defer at least, if not altogether avert, the evil. He and his family instantly gave up every superfluity and indulgence to which persons of their station had been accustomed— they all lived and worked like menials— but his money- lending land- lord continued to exact the full rent, which in effect robbed him of £ 200 per annum ; aud when he came to wind up his concerns at the expiration of the lease in 1828, he found, that of the £ 6000 which he possessed when entering upou this farm, he had but a small remnant still left; with this wreck of his property he has taken a small farm, on which with industry and economy he contrives to maintain his family. One other instance of a similar kind we must be permitted to mention. A little farmer, who by dint of hard labour and economy had, in the course of a pretty long life, succeeded in amassipg £ 2000, was tempted to embark in a larger conccrn : in 1812 he took a farm of about 200 acres on a lease of fourteen years; in consequence of the change of the currencj', this farm also passed by foreclosure into the hands of a money- lender, who steadily refused every applica- tion which was made to him for an abatement of the rent: nothing would content him except the " pound" set. down in the bond. The result need scarcely be added: the old man's capital annually diminished. At length his last shilling being gone, he was obliged to relinquish the farm some time before the term of his lease actually expired, and it is not many weeks since we saw this unfortunate individual breaking stones upon the road, for which he received from the parish overseer one shilling per day. We adduce these cases as mere samples of the ruin and misery in which the alteration of the currency involved the farming classes ; we could, from our personal knowledge and experience, swell the Catalogue a thousandfold. But although wc could perhaps calculate the amount of their pecuniary losses, who can adequately paint the mental misery experienced by the individuals while they saw their hard earned savings— the provision which, by a life of industry, frugality, and self- denial, they had fondly laid up for their offspring— thus gradually melting away? During the progress of the crisis resulting from the changes effected in our monetary system, we are convinced that the classes immediately connected with land have suffered distress more extensive and intense than could have befallen them from the combined effects of all the bad measures of the worst ministers that ever were entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the nation. We beg to impress upon the minds of the agri- cultural classes, that their fate rests entirety in their own hands: if they remain quiescent under the unjust pressure which the contraction of the currency has thrown upon their shoulders, their utter ruin is inevitable. Even " the Master" of the Ministry, if he were disposed to assist them, can afford them no relief, if they do not stand boldly forward, aud demand redress. He is beset on one hand by the economists, and on the other by the stock- jobbers and money- lenders; and nothing short of a determined and united move- ment on the part of the agriculturists, can nullify the intrigues and importunities of these perse- vering parties. miscellaneous Intelligence. GAS METER.— In two or three instances during the past week, this useful instrument has been found unavailing, on account of the frost having congealed the water in which the instrument is made to revolve. A ready mode of preventing this in exposed situations, is to substitute diluted spirit for the ordinary fluid. We have tried this simple remedy with perfect success during the most severe frosts.— Atlas. On Thursday, the 24th ult. Joseph Huxley, who kept a provision shop in Manchester, was committed by the Rev. II. H. Gretton, of Nantwich, charged with stealing a dark- brown horse from the stable of Mr. Handle Cooke, of Faddiley. Through the active co- operation of the Manchester police, he was captured in that town, whither he had been traced by a circuitous route, with the horse in his possession. Died, at the Dcrry Infirmary, on the 19th instant, Jane Donnel, aged 106 years. When a girl of 15 years; she crossed the River Foyle on the ice, in 1739 ( the great frost which continued for three months), from Glendermott, where she had purchased a wheel, which was the companion of her journey to America in 1800, from w hence she returned in 1807, with the same wheel, being all her furniture; and in conse- quence of a fall iu 1808, she became an invalid, and was admitted into the Infirmary, whers she has been occasionally an inmate up to the time of her death. She pbss- essrd a1T her faculties to the last. For the last few days considerable excitation has been produced at Hammersmith by the sudden death of Dr. Black, a gentleman Well known in the literary world, which took place under the following pecu liar circumstances.— The Doctor, who, until within the last few years, practised as a physician, was a man of singularly eccentric habits. He has been a resident of Hammersmith nearly - 40 years, and pos- sessed considerable property iu houses and land. He resided in a house a little distance from the town ; a female named Phoeoe Potts, and a man named Shrimpton, acting as gardener, being his only domestics. It was not known whether he had a. iy relatives, none ever coming to visit him. A few months back the old gentleman sent for a Proctor, for the purpose of making his will. On Friday se'nnight the deceased and Potts had a quar- rel ; aud he went to bed on the Friday night, about ten o'clock, iu his usual health. About five o'clock the next morning, Shrimpton, the gardener, was apprised of his master's death by Potts, whose con- duct on the occasion was marked with the utmost indifference. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased's death was occasioned by suffocation, in being allowed to lie for a considerable time on his face, through the gross negligence of Phcebe Potts, his attendant."— The deceased has left con- siderable property. On Friday, about two o'clock, a destructive accident occurred at the alum manufactory belong- ing to the Earl of Mulgrave at Kettlcness, about six miles north of Whitby. It may be necessary to premise that the different premises used in the process of making the alum, the warehouse for depositing the manufactured article, & c. together with a respectable dwelling occupied by Mr. Truefit, his lordship's agent for superintending the works, and also several cottages built for the ac- commodation of the labourers, are situated near the sea- shore, beneath a very lofty cliff, along the side of which the public road leading down to the works was excavated. On yesterday w- eek some fissures were perceived in the cliff, which gave rise to apprehensions that a considerable part of it was about to fall; and these fears increasing, some of the inhabitants removed part of their furniture and shut up their houses. At last, at the time stated above, the rock began to give way from the bottom, and, gliding forward, forced before it, and ultimately overwhelmed, the whole of the premises connected with the works, the agent's house, and about 14 cottages, reducing the whole to one mass of ruins, and burying the most of them under an immense weight of rock. There were on the premises at the time manufactured alum to the value of £ 3080, aud also a considerable quantity of coals, ashes, & c. made use of in the manufactory, the greatest part of which was buried iu the ruins. Happily no lives were lost, although several families were in their houses in bed at the time the rock began to give way, who, had not the cracking of the fissures alarmed them, would inevitably have been buried in the ruins, aud had only time to escape in a state of nudity. Providentially the s'oop Little Henry, Captain Richardson, was laid on at the works at the time, on board of which the whole of the inhabitants had to be taken. As the rock kept parting the cracking resembled thunder, and issued smoke like a volcano— Hull Packet. ROYAL INCOMES.— The income of the King of England is somewhat more than £ 400,000 per annum; but its amount does not perhaps exceed, in a duplicate ratio, the receipts of some opulent subjects, and may be advantageously compared with the French King's revenue, a civil list of about one million sterling, free from diplomatic, judicial, and, wc believe, from all other extraneous charges. Our late excellent King's regard for economy led him, in the early part of his reign, to approve a new arrangement of the civil list expenditure, by which he accepted of a fixed revenue, in lieu of those improveable funds which had formerly been appropriated to the Crown. On the revision of the civil list, in 1816, it appeared, that had George III. conducted the entire branch of expenditure with those funds which had been provided for his prede- cessors, there would at that period have remained to the Crown a total surplus of £ 6,300,000, which sum the public had gained by the change of provision.— Quarterly Review. IMPORTATION OF TEA INTO LIVERPOOL.— The Dover, packet- ship, Captain Bursley, which ar- rived at this port on Monday, from Boston, after a short passage, brought 12 chests of tea, purchased in America, and shipped by George Manners, Esq. English Consul at Boston, for the Board of Control, or the Commissioners of the Affairs of India. The quantity of tea imported is too small to have been brought to this country for sale, and, as it includes tea of almost every kind, there can be little or no doubt that it has been imported for the purpose of comparison with the teas sold by the company. The importation consists of about 700lbs. As the tea was bought for Government, of course neither the tea nor the ship was seized. IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS— RETAIUKGBRITTSH WINES— On Wednesday week, in Loudon, Mr. J. Dykes, a publican, was summoned by a common informer for having sold a glass of elder wine, which was drauk on the premises. Mr. Harmer contended that the case could not be heard without au information in writing, but this was over- ruled, and the case being proved by two witnesses, the defendant was fined £ 5.— Mr. Johnston, of the Coinmercial- road, was fined the like sum for a similar offcnce. It is most agreeable to find, that the persecution exercised towards Dr. Heisic, of Borrisokane, for his evidence at Clonmel, by an exasperated peasantry, has been met in a proper spirit by Government, as that gentleman has been presented to a valuable situation in Dublin. Mr. Ledger, the other obnoxious person, has got a situation worth £ 150 a year. TURNIP HOAX.— A short time since, a man iu a state of semi- intoxication, went into a public- house at Minchinhampton, and announced that the Rev. —— , who had a fine field of turnips in the neighbourhood, had kindly given the whole of the crop to the poor of the parish. The tidings were received with joy, and the health of the charitable minister was drauk amid the loudest acclamations; and on the following Monday, the field was crowded at break of day by men, women, and children, who worked with wondrous perseverance iu digging up and conveying home the turnips. About ten o'clock the worthy clergyman was observed to approach the field in great haste, followed by his servant, both of them on horseback, armed with harge whips. The poor peasantry wished to receive this minister of charity with a cheer expressive of their gratitude, but no sooner had he arrived than he began storming at his industrious neighbours in no measured terms, and before they could recover from their surprise, both he and his servant com- menced driving them out of the field. The con- fusion which reigned for some time was in- describable, the poor deluded people scrambling over walls and gates to escape. At last the equestrians were left sole possessors of the field of battle, which was literally strewed with hats, koives, and implements of husbandry, used by the flying foe to abstract the turnips from their mother earth. But although victorious, and in possession of the field, they were, alas ! in possession of very few of the turnips, nearly the whole of which remained in the hands of the enemy. As many of the offenders as could be recognised were sum- moned before the Magistrates of the district, when the matter being explained as a hoax, they were dismissed with a fine of one shilling each for the damage done, and the wortlry Clergyman, much to his credit, joined in the laugh which had thus been created at the expense of his turnips.— Cheltenham Chronicle. The French Papers received on Monday contain the outline of a proposed arrangement with the Negro Government of Hayti or St. Domingo, ac- cording to which France will definitively recognise the independence of the latter, and grant certain advantages to their trade, on their pledging them- selves to pay a sum of money towards the relief of the families of the planters who suffered in the general insurrection. It is now nearly forty years since the contagion of the French Revolution extended to St. Domingo, which, in those days, contained as many working negroes, and raised as much produce, as all the English West India Colonies together. The consequences of the in- surrection were lamentable, involving in many cases loss of life to the colonists, and in many more the destruction of property. The efforts of Eng- land in 1796 and 1797, to conquer this fine Colony from the blacks, were unsuccessful, as was the subsequent attempt of Buonaparte in 1802, the climate proving destructive to the finest troops of both nations. The Spanish half of the island alone remained in connection with France; but it has always been comparatively poor and thinly peopled.— The hope of recovering the other part of the island has long been relinquished by the French Government: their only expectation, particularly since the restoration of the Bourbons, has been an arrangement with the existing Negro Government, for a partial indemnity to the former Colonists. Iu the apparently prosperous year, 1825, this ar- rangement had advanced a certain length; so far, at least, as to give to the Saint Domingo Govern- ment the hope, iu those days of loans, of raising iu Paris a sum of about five millions sterling, to be distributed by the French Government among the suffering Planters. The loan, however, was brought forward too late in the year, and succeeded in a very limited degree, while subsequent attempts have been unsuccessful, as well on account of difficulties in the Money Market iu Paris as of the small amount of the public revenue of St. Domingo. At present it is proposed to ask from that Govern- ment little more than £ 100,01) 0 a year, in return for which its coffee, cotton, and other produce ( except sugar) is to be imported for home con- sumption in France at as low duties as the produce of Martinique and Guadaloupe. This will be to a certain extent a substantial concession, the produce of the last mentioned islands being insufficient for the supply of France, and the produce of other parts being subject to a heavy additional duty. A Special Sessions was held on Thursday, at the Town Hall, before Mr. Sergeant Arabiu and a special jury, for the purpose of determining the amount of compensation to be awarded to those whose premises have been sacrificed iu the com- pletion of the New London Bridge. Several cases were disposed of. Iu one, where £ 2033 was de- manded, £ 233 was awarded !!! The will of Lord Charles Fitzroy was proved on Wednesday morning. The personalty is sworn Under £ 100,000. It is written on parchment, and, as Ihc testator declares, in his own hand, partly on the 12th of October, 1829, anil parfly on a following day; and there is a short codicil, dafed the 8th of December* added in a different hand- writing. Lord Charles, it appears by his will, left three sons, not two, as ha* been stated,— viz. by his first marriage with Miss Monday, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Augustus^ Deputy Adjutant- General at the Cape ; and by his second marriage with Lady Frances Stewart, George* Captain 1st Foot Guards, and Robert. The late Earl of Harrington's will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on Monday, by the present Earl and Marquis of Tavistock, two of th* executors. It is dafed 17th April, 1824, and a codicil 19th May, 1828. Both are very long, filling together 18 closely- written brief sheets. They contain, however, nothing but private family arrangements. The personalty is sworn under £ 90,000. Wanted, by his Majesty's State Tinkers, a clever the soldering ( not soldiering) department. hand A hackney coachman who was subpoenaed as a witness in a cause at Westminster Hall, summoned an attorney on Saturday to Bow- street, for waiting thirteen hours with his coach and horses '. He said he never went nowhere without his coach, as he had no one to look arter his orses, and wasn't going for to be done. The Magistrates having no juris- diction, coachee said he would go to law with the lawyer cost what it would. " A retort," any thing than " courteous," was made in the Court of Exchequer on Saturday last. A Mr. Oldis was called as a witness in an action trying before Sir William Smith ; and the moment his name was announced, Mr. O'Connell, in his own peculiar manner, desired the crier to call Richard Radford Roe, Esq. This latter personage, it will be recollected, is under a rule of transportation for subornation of perjury. When Mr. Oldis ascended the table, he turned towards the crier, to whom he deliberately gave the following directions:— " Crier, call the greatest coward, scoundrel, and rascal in court, witli a big O to bis name." The learned judge smiled, but said not one word.— Dublin Evening Mail. THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN CALABRIA IN 1783— The boding terrors exhibited before the earthquake by the animal world were remarkable. Man alone seemed to be exempt from all foreknow- ledge of the approaching calamity, and causes which excited evident distress and panic in the whole brute creation, produced in him neither physical or moral change. The effect upou animals was infinitely diversified. In some the appre- hension was evinccd earlier, and witli vehement and rapidly succeeding emotions; while in others it was later, slower, and less demonstrative. A short time before the first shock, and duriug the whole period of the great shocks, the fishes along the coast of Calabria Ultra appeared on the surface in a state of stupor, and were caught in unusual quantities. Wild birds flew screaming and in obvious alarm through the air, and were caught in traps and nets with increased facility ; while geese, pigeons, and other domestic fowls, exhibited the same degree of terror. Dogs and asses betrayed an earlier and stronger consciousness than any other quadrupeds. They chased about in wild and staring terror, and the air rang with their horrid bowlings and brayings. Horses, oxen, and mules, neighed, roared, and shook ill every limb; pointed their ears forward, and their eyes rolled and glared around with terror and suspicion. When the terrible first shock was felt, they braced every limb, and endeavoured to support themselves by spreading their legs widely asunder; but many- were nevertheless thrown down. Some of them took to flight immediately before the shock, but, soon as they felt the earth heaving under them, paused, and stood motionless and bewildered. Pigs appeared less conscious than any other animal of approaching danger. , Cats although not so early sensible of it as dogs and asses, were more demonstrative; their backs rose aud their fur bristled up in terror; their eyes became blood- shot and watery, and they set up a horrible and doleful screaming. Thus foretold by the brute creation, the first shock was more immediately preceded by a sultry shower ; the wind bowled and the sea rolled fearfirlly ; a subterraneous noise was heard like the rolling of violent thunder ; and then the earth rocked, and immense districts were con- vulsed to their foundations; and lakes aud rivers suddenly appeared amidst rocks and dry places; and towns and villages were overthrown, and the falling ruins crushed the inhabitants, of whom, throughout Calabria, 40,000 were destroyed, and 20,000 more died of the immediately ensuiug- epi- demics— Blackwood's Magazine. who will take upon himself to render the money- till of the Company secure, in such wise as to stop one gap without making two. Brass for the requisite repairs will be found in any quantity by the Society. — Nota bene— No paper- maker need apply. The French are following our example in the erection of suspension bridges of iron. One of great dimensions was lately erected on the Rhone, over which, from its rapid current and large voluma of water, it is very difficult to throw a bridge of stone. Another of less extent was some time ago erected over the Seine at Paris, near La Greve; and so lately as Sunday last, there was opened a new suspension bridge of iron over the Seine, in the fashionable quarter of the Champs Elys6es. Th » length of this bridge is about 360 feet. Mr. Booth, of London, an eminent chemist, who has given much attention to the subject of adulter- ation, has ascertained that in almost every sort of low- priced gin sold in London, the following ingre dients are to be found :— sugar, sulphuric acid, ( oil of vitriol) lime, and sulphate of zinc, ( white vitriol). Other acrid vegetable substances may be readily recognised, \ ry the taste, such as the flavour of capsi- cum berries, and grains of paradise, and also the oil* turpentine and juniper. Inveterate gin- drinkers wiH not be deterred even by such a statement as this* which is applicable, we presume, more or less to other places than London ; but those who have any regard for their own health ami lives, will pause before they take the draught of death. The wretchedness, immorality, diseases, and death, which are the consequences of cheap gin, call loudly for legislative interference. THE LATE FLOOD IN MORAYSHIRE.— There aie now twenty- four parishes, with respectable and active sub committees in each, from whom the afflicting ag- gregate of five hundred cases of suffering families have been given in, amounting to upwards of two thousand individuals. In this fearful roll are very many from whom the devouring clement has torn their alt, leaving, as by miracle, their lives only. The very houses that sheltered them swept away— their furniture— provisions— even " the kist wi' the well hained penny," which was to do such wonders for their comfort through the long dreary winter— gone — no power on earth could snatch it from the horrid strength of the torrent. One singular instance oe. curred to a veteran in perils by flood— John Clyg meal- miller at Tomore, in the parish of Inveravon, aged seventy- six. In the memorable flood of 1778 he was rooted out by the violence of the Avon. Re- covering from this disaster he was again in tolerable circumstanccs, when the deplorable flood of 17S3 swept away his mills, house, furniture, tools, crop, and thirty head of sheep. Forlorn and pennylesa again he renewed his struggle with adversity, and by the year 1799 had got bis head above water once more, when his mortal enemy broke out on him, and, for the third time, swept him from house and hold. Yet strong is the principle of self- preservation. Honest John set about restoring himself once more in the world, and held on passing well until the terrible 4th of August, 1829, when the finishing blow was given to all his hopes by the utter desolation with which he was then eovcrcd and ruined. Broken down thus for the fourth time, on the borders of four- score, there is no re- animating the. mind to struggle more or further. To many such ca9es as this the bounty of the liberal heart and open hand has to be administered.— Caledonian Mercury. CHRISTMAS FARE. So heavy was the " Christmas Fare," and so numerous were the parcels, baskets, and hampers, arriving by the different coaches to be delivered in and about London, that the unloading of the coachcs and the arrangement of the bills of lading, at many of the coach- offices, did not conclude till the approach of Christmas eve. One yard and inn may be men* tinned as a sample of many others, particularly those with which the Norwich, Yarmouth, Bath, Exeter, Hereford, & c. coaches are connected. The White Horse, Fetter- lane, during the whole of Thursday afternoon, presented an extraordinary spectacle. The front office, and several back ofiices and ware- houses, were literally crammed with Christmas Fare baskets. The piles of food in their wicker inclosures were extended into the coach- yard ; and there were also stationed stage- coaches, as well as carts, to carry off, in different directions, the presents At the same time stood in Fetter- lane, and facing the office, unable to get. into the yard, two stage coaches monstrously laden, if the expression may be used where such savoury, delicate, and choice matters were concerned. The sides of the coaches were packed up and hung round with baskets ; thus making a wider roofing for an immense collection of baskets. Then the seats and places usually occupied by the outside passengers and the guard were also crammed with baskets, and to a height even with those affixed above the roof, leaving only a corner for the guard to stand on during the darkest part of the night— seat he had none. The front of the coach behind the coachman, the boot and dickcy, and the inside of the coaches were similarly crammed. Passengers had no chance of conveyance at any price. These coaches, which did not arrive till Thursday afternoon, though the usual time is morning, could not he completely examined in spite of every activity, till two or three hours afterwards; and consequently many deliveries could not and did not take place till Friday morning and affernoon. Some of the coaches which arrived in London on Thursday thus laden inside and out, and which had been drawn on parts of the road by extra horses, were said to have brought several hundred parcels each ; and the " carriage" netted by many of the coaches is mentioned as having amounted to little short of £ 100— to w hich the coaph proprietors had to add the " porterage" ( a thtrd and a fourth more, at least, on the average), for conveying the parcels to their sundry destinations. Thus the proprietors of the coaches will have had some cause to enjoy a " merry" Christmas- day, while many of their contri- butors only received their Christinas dinner presents just about the time when they had made that meal— delay for which the country folks, in leaving maftcra for the last coach, are in reality more blameable than the conch proprietors. The latter, owing to all bring left till the last moment, were literally groaning, after their vehicles had been almost broken down under the burdens crowded upon them, not only at every stage, but at every village and lane- end along the road ; while the " town cousins" found themselves with starving prospects for Christmas- day, although they knew ( sorry comfort when ( he dinner hour approached !) that good country Christmas fare was —" on the road." BANKRUPTS, DacEMUBn 29.— Edward Ilninptcn Nov, of Ciinnon. street, nionpy. icrivener.— Willmin Packman, of Jewry- street, Atilgate, tavern- keeper — • George Hammond, of Piccadilly, draper.— William Morlloek, of Rochester, liupn- Hrnper — John llrn v l. encli, » f Canterbury, draper.— Samuel WiMhh. od. of R ii \ ton, Shropshire, luntlster. — J nines Bow es, of Leeds, flux spinner.— I'homa* Dewliirst, of Sheffield, groci. — Samuel Hmlilleston, of Ardoiek, Manchester, snd. dter.— Thouins Addis, of Hereford, builder.— William Meeklej, of F. nst Retford, lace- mMiufactiirer.— J'dni Walker, of Cielionger, Herefordshire, miller.— John Ta) lnr, of Kirhy Misperton, Yoiksbire, limber. mer- chant. Wei's Fi- lier, of Keswick, Cumberland, jeweller.— Tliiitnas Yeoninn, of . Sutton. upoii- Derwent, Yorkshire, corn. factor.— Wulkrr Watson, and Thomas Yeoman, juti. of Clifte- cum- I. uud, Yorkshire, millers. — Tliointts Walters, jun. of Chenille, Staffordshire, inn- keeper.— Thoinus iliislie, of Whitehaven, merchant. INSOLVENTS.— Jinnes Winch, of Kingsland; ro: id, victualler.— Thonnis Smith, of Maion'i hill Farm, near Bromley, Kent, farmer.