v/ ** LAZ& L mm $ f AS P14INTED iB¥ W. <& J. EtoDOWESj SMilEWSBUmf. This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at. Six Shillings ear:. h. VOL, XXXVII.— N°- 1889.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1830, [ PRICE SEVEN PENCE; ON PRINTING. *' Behold the Press! from which pure fountain springs Tiie talent that upholds the throne of kings! Whilst lord* and commons guide the helm of state, Law and religion guard the kingly seat." IjTVERY man who is capable of thinking — every man who has suitable notions of the dignity of human nature,— must be duly impressed with the importance of the art of printing-. Every improvement ( however trifling) in that art must be hailed with enthusiasm; and the citizen who de- votes himself to its improvement deserves the thanks of mankind generally. By the invention of printing, knowledge has diffused itself, and has been productive of the most important consequences to society. To that divine invention ( which hands down to posterity every important event) we are indebted for the Reformation; that reformation which gave U. B the liberty of thinking, of correcting and refuting prevailing errors, and the resolution to oppose every encroachment which " crafty men" Blight endeavour to make upon our judgment and understanding. After the establishment of the Reformation, books no longer became the exclusive property of the rich, and, of consequence, it was Unnecessary to spettd either a life or a fortune to obtain learning and knowledge, it may easily be fmagined that the monks and scribes, and other interested persons, endeavoured to check the in- crease of priuted books. When the Bible was first printed in the vulgar tongue, the clergy declaimed from the pulpit that there was a new language discovered, called Greek; and the scribes took uncommop pains with their manuscripts, to excel in point of neatness. Mauy futile attempts were also made by men iu power to destroy this inestimable blessing: Cardinal Wolsey said, " unless we knock down the press, it will knock us down. 1' Cardinal Richelieu was convinced, that if the people bad knowledge given to them, thoy would be as danger- ous ns a beast with a hundred eyes ; u therefore ( he said) the public must be blinded, if you would have them tame and patient drudges; in short, you must treat them like pack- horses, not excepting the bells about their necks, which, by their perpetual Jingling, may be of use to drovyn their cares." Wealth and power, however, were not sufficient to suppress the multiplication of books ; every effort that was made for their suppression only increased , the desire of possession ; consequently, every per- son who attempted to destroy those books under- took the task of no lew than the destruction of the hydra. " The punishment of wits" ( says iVliltop) euhances their authority ; and a forbidden w rit- ing is « certain spaik of truth that flies up in the • faces of those w ho seek to tread it out. 1* lit spite of all the sophisms which were industriously circu- lated, truth of course gained the ascendancy, and Vnowletlge, Virtue, and Ihe arts began to flourish. The liberty of the press became the palladium of the world,— England w as acknowledged lo be " the " mansion- house of liberty.* 1 Huinirerlsof heads were employed in searching for new ideas, trying all things, and assenting to the force of reason and convincement. The people found, that to have liberty, they must be free as thought is free ; that " the issue of the brain ought no more to be stifled than the issue of the womb ;"— they found that walls and buildings did not form the city ; but thai it must be inhabited- by men who were conscious of being in pcsrs- inti of those discriminating faculties which prompted them lo do hoinugo tj God and deal equitably with man. The br* tory of tbe origin of Printing is involved in considerable mystery. Much labour and learn- ing have been spent, in order to ascertain with certainly lo whom wc are indebted for the disco- very; but after all the search, it still remains obscurity, and at this extended period of time, it appears somewhat unnecessary to cuter into a controversy w ith the inhabitants of either Haarlem or Mentz as to their individual claim of the merit of that didcovery. It is allowed, that under Faust and Gnttemherg the process was nearly carried to per- fection ; for, about the year 1450, they printed an edition of the Bible with metal types. According to circumstances, this edition of the Bible was far from, being a profitable speculation, as a dissolution of partnership took place in 145.%, after Faust obtained a verdicl iu a law court for the money which- he had advanced to Gutteiobet'g. After tbe separation of Faust and Guttemberg, Schoeff'er ( a workman of Faust's) privately cut matrices for the whole of the alphabet, which, when he exhibited . theni to hia master, Kaust was so much delighted with, that he gave Schoeffer his daughter in mar- riage. In comparatively a few years after Ihe deaths of Faust, Gottemberg, and Schoeffer, the art may he said to have begun to retrogade. The type which Caxton used was a mixture of Secretary and Gothic. It is uncertain who first used the Itoman letter in F- ngland ; but it is admitted that Pynson wa » possessed of several sizes of type. Towards the lutter part of Ihe sixteenth century, John Day an eminent printer aud bookseller, introduced the Saxon character, and cast a new set of Italian cha- racters, which cost him forty marks from which time till early in the eighteenth century the art of printing continued in a very low state. At this period, William Caslon commenced business as a letter- founder, and made considerable improvement iu the shape of type, particularly in his Gothic letter, ( a specimen of which we have now before lis,) which for symmetry stands unrivalled; this improver of typo caused the English to be an exporter, instead of an importer, of that article, The foundry is now carried on by a descendant of the late W. Caslon, in conjunction with Mr. Liver more ; and it has been truly observed that ( from its origin to fhe present time) no establishment has exerted itself more in endeavouring to improve the shape of type; consequently,, it maybe inferred that whatever bad taste has been introduced, is fairly attributable to the caprice'of tbe printers, book of specimens of Caslon and Liverinore's types bus recently been exhibited to us by their iude t'atigable agent, Mr. Cornish, which contains founts • of every description, varying in size ( to speak definitely uud technically) from diamond to upward • of twenty lines pica; and we fearlessly say that Caslou and I. ivertnore'ft script letter excels every thiug which has hitherto issued from a typ foundry. With the exception of the establishment of scve. ral new foundries, and the gradual improvement in the general appearance of type, nothing occurred worthy of notice till the year 1800, when the lat Lord Stanhope ( with the assistance of Mr. Walker, an eminent machinist,) invented an iron printing press, which considerably increased the means of producjng fine impressions, as well as reduced th labour of the workman : - the first of these inventions was tried at Mr. liulmer's otliee, Cleveland- row, St James's. Lord Stanhope did not avail himself of patent, consequently he gave great advantages lo the constructors of presses on a similar principl In 1804, his Lordship ( in conjunction with Mr Wilson, a printer,) revived the stereotype process, and expended aconsiderablesutn ill the speculation under the impression that stereotyped works could be sold at areduced price; his Lordship's expect tious were far from being realized, as in a few years Mr. Wilson, overstocked himself, and ultimately abandoned hia profession. It is quite uncertain who first iuveuted. the process of stereotype; but we find that, ear. ly in the eighteenth century, an eminent goldsmith of London expended a vast sum of money in useless experiment, and in 1725 the whole of his plates were melted dowti'at the Cliis- wcll- street foundry: indeed, we strongly imagine that stereotype has not been so generally successful as was at firm anticipated by its revivers in If- 04. But the most astonishing of all modern improve, incuts in the typographical art was the cylindrical machine for printing " The Times" newspaper. This machine was made iu obscurity, under tiiie miperinteudauce t> f Mr. Konijj, a Saxon; and after numerous attempts had rendered success nearly hopeless, as well as a considerable sum expended in its construction, the fact was announced iu Novem- ber, 1814, that upwards of two thousand copies of " the leading Journal of Europe" had been thrown off in an hour! At nearly the same time, Mr. T. Bensley had also a cylindrical machine con- structed, at an expense, it is said, of upwards often thousand pounds. These machines were subse- quently simplified and improved by Mr. Cowper, an Englishman, who discarded upwards of forty- three wheels, and rendered the operation still more expeditious. The great success which attended those efforts induced several engineers and others to turn their attention to the subject; so that, in a short time, a variety of steam and hand machines and presses of all descriptions were constructed. Very few hand machines have at all answered the ends of the purchaser ; and, as to the presses, Lord Stanhope's, Clymer's Columbian, and Cope's Albion, are the most reputed ; Ruthven's press, however, is admirably adapted for decorative printing, and may be of service when space is an object. But printing in colours at one operation, by means of machinery, is probably the greatest novelty which has yet appeared. This decidedly original process ( which is presumed to be a complete safeguard against forgery) is supposed to be the invention of Sir W. Congreve; at the same time, if is but justice to say ( if the invention of printing be ceded to Sir VV. C.) that the machinery was invented aud brought to perfection by Mr. Wilks, a partner in the house of Donkin and Co. engineers, of Bermondsey. The worthy Baronet ultimately obtained a patent for his novel mode of printing, and introduced the process " uto sotne of the government offices, as well as per- mitted Messrs. Whiting and Branston to avail themselves of his ingenuity ; and we may safely aver, that the invention has considerably increased n the public favour since its first introduction into Beaufort House, Strand, many very highly- finished specimens of the compound plate process having been issued from that establishment. It ought also to be suid that Sir W. Congreve found an able assistant in Mr. Brauston, as many of the inimitable productions ( we speak advisedly) were certainly executed by that inimitable engraver's own hand. He is now numbered with the dead ; but his whole ife was spent in the improvement in the art of \ vm> d engraving, and was acknow ledged . by its professors to be'one of its greatest ornaments. It would eer- . tainly be considered an act of injustice, if we were to pass over in silence the beautiful imitations of coloured drawings produced at the typo press by Mr, W. Savage: the work in which they were ntroduced was published in 1822, and entitled Practical Hints on Decorative Printing," and the elaborate manner i. n which the imitations are exe- cuted must excite the most delightful feelings in every lover of the typographic art : Mr. Branston also in this work of art rendered his most valuable services.— Subsequently to the erection of the priming machines for The Times journal and Mr. Beusley, Messrs. Applegath aud Cowper commenced business as printers, and constructed several ma- chines of a very superior description ; their print- ing surpassed every thing deemed practicable, and the general results were very satisfactory. When a separation took place between Messrs. Applcgath and Cow per, Mr. A. still further improved Ihe different mechanical presses which were then in use; aud after be withdrew from the printing business, be from time to time made alterations iu The Times machine, till he eventually so simplified and improved its mechanical power, that tire almost incredible number of four thousand impressions were produced in all hour ! This great object never could have been achieved had not the means been fully equal to the end proposed ; it must naturally be considered that the most unceasing exertions were used by the machinist, and a fortune expend- ed by the proprietors of the journal. When this circumstance of the increased powers of the machine were made known, it was considered that printing, both for execution and facility, had reached its zenith ; at least, tbe printing profession was not at all prepared for the " striking appear ance" of The Times of Monday, January 10, 1829, which " surpassed every thing, that ever proceeded out of a mechanical press, or was* taken off,' from a revolving cylinder." " It is a double paper ( says the F- ditor of that journal), consisting of eight pages and forty- eight columns, instead of four pages and twenty- i'our columns, and is the largest sheet of paper ever manufactured." The editor concluded by stating that " The Times will only appear in its present form occasionally during the silting of parliament;" but, judging from the amazing alter- ations and improvements which have so recently taken place in the daily advocate of the rights and privileges of mankind,— as well as knowing that neither exertion or expense is ever considered when its spirited proprietors are determined to give effect to a particular object,— we should not in the least be surprised if the speeches of the most eloquent members were splendidly printed in gold. But, whilst the most considerable improvements were taking place in type, ink, presses, nnd niachin cry, the manufacturers of paper made very slight efforts to improve their art. It is uimost needless to say, that all the labour aud expense of the type- founder ( which are at all times very considerable) will be unavailing, and tbe best efforts of the printer rendered nugatory, if the quality of the paper be overlooked- The precise period of the first manufacture of this article - is extremely unsa tisfactory, neither is the first process sufficiently known to warrant us in hazarding an opinion ; it appears, however, lliat the paper on which Caxton printed hts works was prepared of " very fine and good linen rags." It is useless to inquire as to when or how printing paper was first manufactured as it is an incontrovertible fact that the art has cou siderably retrograded in England. The printing paper which is now used is made of cotton rag and plaster of Paris, and bleached with various acids, in the humble hope of making it comparatively white but paper so prepared retards the printer in the execution uf his work, defies his best abilities, and ultimately injures his reputation : the bad quality of paper alone may account for so few elegantly printed works having emanated from tbe British press. If lias long been admitted that India . pape is the best for tine printing, particularly from wood engravings; that the French plate paper is the next in succession, and the English manufacture th • worst of all.' To endeavour to keep pace with the amazing improvements daily making by the typo graphical artist,— as well as with Ihe laudabli attempt to raise the national manufacture to the highest degree of importance by making the Eng- lish the exporter instead of the importer of fine printing paper,— British talent and capital have been actively engaged for the last few years, t improve the quality of our own fabric, and to obvi ate the necessity of resorting to a foreign market Tlffe inconvenience which must always result from a nation being dependent on a foreign fabric latterly became the more serious, in consequence of the great excellence lo which wood engraving had arrived, and the very considerable preference ant- patronage bestowed on all illustrated works. Just however, as the professors of the typographic art were in despair that British skill would ever accom- plish the long- vvished- for desideratum, Messrs. De La Rue, Cornish, aud Rock, of London ( to the astonishment and delight of the literary world) sent forth their novel preparation of " Porcelai Paper aud Card," the enamel surface of which is at once chaste and elegant, and as reflective and clear as a mirror. It is by no means our intention to enter into the particulars of the sur prising qualities of this unique preparation ; it is sufficient to say- thai it has formed another and a very' important era iu the art of letter- press printing, particularly from wood engravings; that, it is equally adapted lor copper and steel plate printing, as it gives greater effect to the efforts of engraver than uny paper ever yet prepared for the purpose; and hat it may also be satisfactorily used either by the writer or the draughtsman. We have been favoured with some specimens of printing in gold and silver on the porcelain paper and card ( one of which is a faithful representation ofa beautiful Altai- piece), the magnificence of which cannot be duly appreciated ithout an inspection. From these specimens we perceive the facilities of the country printer are now considerably increased; upwards of 250 different borders printed in gold and silver, varying from a full- size royal sheet to the smallest address card, including an infinite variety of subjects, must con- derably expedite the printer's business, as the centre only of the card or bill will now have to be printed ; these borders may be obtained ( beautifully embossed, if required) in large or small quantities, at the most reasonable prices. Iu addition to the preparation of the " Porcelain Paper and Card,'' Messrs. De La Rue and Co. have commenced the usiuess of Printers' Card Makers, aud we beg to bear testimony to the improved surface and manu- facture of that article. On the common printing paper and card the before- mentioned borders are beautifully printed ( with the centre blank) in a great variety of colours and tints, which may also be had in such quantities as may best suit the con- venience of the purchaser. The unexampled accommodation which is thus afforded' must be iewed by the country printer with peculiar satis- faction, not only in a pecuniary way ( which is not trifling), but as to his being enabled to execute his orders with alacrity, and in an equal style with the first houses ill London. Envy, however, has not been idle : a short time ago, Mr. Sturz ( agent for a person at Franefort) obtained an ex parte injunction iu the Court of Chancery, to prevent De La Rue and Co. from proceeding with their preparation of enamelled paper, ou the ground of an infringement of Ihe patent of a Mr. Christ, a German, which was taken out about two years ago; but at the hearing the injunction was dissolved with costs, it having been satisfactorily proved that Mr. De La Rue had prepared some specimens upwards of two years previous to the enrolment of the patent; indeed it was admitted by the Court, that instead of there being any infringement of patent, Mr. Sturz's was a very different and inferior preparation, and certainly bore no affinity to the beautiful manufacture which was sought to be suppressed. " All is Ihe gift of industry ;-.-- wbate'er exalts, " Embellishes, and renders life delightful." From the many improvements which have been recently effected ill type, paper, presses, and machinery, as well as of every article used for printing, it may now be expected that the typo, graphic art will arrive to a high degree of perfec- tion. Literary productions may be decorated with uparalleled elegance; and the printer will find no difficulty in producing sharp and clear impressions either from wood or type. Ill conclusion, we humbly trust that priutiug, which lias produced the best eificts on the human mind, will ultimately be he means of civilizing the whole world, aiPd teach- ing men those moral duties which they owe to others. Stereotype Edition of I. e Bret/ ion's French Grammar. This Day is Published, iu 8vn. Price 12s. iu Canvas Boards, the Fourth Edition, thoroughly revised and corrected, 4 GUIDE TO. THE FRENCH I AN- IJL GUAGE, especially devised for Persons who wish to study ihe Elements, of that Language without he Assistance of a Teacher. By J. J. P. I. E BRET I ION London: printed for Baldwin nhd Cradock. Also, in 8vo. Price 8s. A KEY TO THE" EXEH CI SES iu tlie'abbve Work, hy Means of which any Person of a mature Under- standing' may acquire the Elements - of Vhe French Language practically, as surely as if a professed Teacher was sitting . by his Side ; and, with a. very superficial Knowledge of it, may teaeh . it . to others. Directions are given in the Key to Parent* not nccus- omed to teach La nonages, who wish to instruct their Children with the Assistance of this Book, how they iti. usi proceed. RE " COLLEY. rpiiE. Creditors o(' GEORGE COLLEY, Mi of'Gvvarthlow,. in the Parish of Chr'ureh stoke, n the County of Salop, Parmer, an Insolvent Debtor, are requested to M EET the Assignee- at the House of EDMUND READ, known by the Si"- n of the Drft# on, nt Montgomery, in the County of Montgomery, on Saturday, the Seventeenth. Day . of April . next, at 11 o'Cloek in the Forenoon of that Day, to audit the Accounts of the said Assignee, and for the Purpose of Claring a Dividend. By Order of the Assignee, FRED. BRANDSTROM. NKWJOWN, 28TH MARCH, 1830. Ellesmere and Chester Canal. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the United Company of Proprietors of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, will be held at the Canal Office iu Ellesmere, on Friday, the 23d Day of April next, al Twelve o'Ciock at Noon, for the Purpose of consider- ing the Provisions of a Bill now before Parliament, to enable the said United Company to make an additional Branch and Reservoir, and to amend and enlarge the Powers of the Act relating to the said Canal. By Order of the General Committee of the said Company. HENRY POTTS, Clerk to the Company. CHBSTKR, MARCH 18th, 1830. bp auction;. NEAR WEM. Excellent Dairy Cows, Calving Heifers, Bull, two- years old and yearling Heifers, Pigs, Draught Geldings, Hack, Farming Implements, Furniture, Brewing Dairy Utensils. BY MR. ASHLEY, On the Premises at COM MON WOOD, in the Parish of Loppiogton, in the County of Salop, oil Friday, the Kiih of April, 1830; A LL the LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, . iL Brewing and Dairv Vessels, and Part of the Household FURNITURE", belonging to Mr. ROBERT WILLIAMS. The OUT- STOCK, & C. comprises 24 Cows St Heifers calved nnd in- calf, 5 two- years old Heifers, 5 year- ling Ditto, excellent three- years old Bull; 3 Draught Geldings, Hack Mare ; Sow ill- pig, 10 Store Pigs ; Road Waggon with Harvest Gearing, Road Cart, Harvest Cart, Tnmhrel, Plough, Water- furrow Ditto, 2 Pair of Harrow s. Winnow ing Machine, Wheel harrow, Land Roll, Kibbling Mill, Malt Mill, Straw Cribs, 2 Ladders, large Scales, Beam, and Weights, 36 Corn Sacks, Rakes, Pikels, and various other useful Imple- ments. c The FURNITURE and UTENSILS consist of Feather Beds nnd Bolsters, l-' ourpost Bedsteads and Hangings, Stump Bedsteads, Dining Table and Form, Ironing Table, large Oak Cupboard, Dressing Table, small Tables, Cheese Tubs, Cheese Screw, Churu, Milking Cans and Pails, Bras* Milk Pans, Cheese Vnts, Cheese Presses, Brewing Tubs, Barrels, Cooler, Washing Tubs, and sundry oilier Articles. Sale lo commence at Half past Ten o'Ciock pre- cisely, at which Time the Auctioneer solicits a punc- tual Attendance. WHITTON FARM YARD. BY MR. BROOME, CI A PITA L DA Hi J Cows. Young Cattle, On the Premises in Whiltnn. Farm Yard, near West; bury, iu the County of Salop, on Tuesday aud Wednesday,; the 2l) tli and 21st Days of April, 1830, the Property of the late RICUAHI) TOPI', Esq. ; RV- of COWS, Fat Blood and Cart Horses and Colts, Leicester Sheep, Pigs, ( jig and Harness ( quite new) t Implements in, Husbandry, Implement Timber, Dairy Vessels and Casks, Servants' Bedsteads, Feather Beds an> l Bolsters, Be ! Clothes and Sheets, & c. & c. j consisting of 14 capital Cows with Calves and in- calf, 3 Calving Heifers, 2 Fat Cows, 14 Two- year- olds, 14 Yearlings; 43 prime Leicester Sheep ( by a Ram hired from Mr. Jellicoe) ; ti Store Pig.*'$ 2 ca'pilal Waggon Mares, Gearing for Ditto, I ihree year old Waggon Filly, 1 Brood Mare in. foal, I four year old Black Gelding by Claudius, 1 four- year old Diuo by Jupiler, Dam by Old Lop, 1 three- year old Ditto hy Ditto, three- year old Fitly by Ditto, a clever Pony, rising seven Years old; a neat Gig and Harness ( quite new) ; Turnip Drill and Roll complete, 2 Lime Barrows, 2 Navigating Ditto, Pikels, Rakes, Bayging Bills, Corn Screens, Draining Tools, Colls' aud oilier Wood Troughs, Winnowing Machine, Sieves and Piddles, Bags ( in Lots), with a Number of small Implements, and a Quantity of Implement Timber, & c. & c. The. Household FURNITURE cOuflist* of Servant*' Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Bolsters, aud Pillows, ex. cellent Home- made Sheets, Blankets and Bed Covers, .&<: & c. ; will; a lull Assortment of excellent Duir'y Ufens) Is and Casks, the whole of which will be found in « - ood Order. The Live Stock nnd Implements will he sold the first Day ; and the Sale to begin precisely at Eleven o'Cloc. k each Morning. M O N T( i OMER VS11 IRE. TOLLS TO BE LET. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising and to be collected at the several Toll Gates hereinafter mentioned, namely, the Llanymynech and New Bridge Gates, will he LET by AUCTION lo the best Bidder, at the Town Hall, in Pool, on Saturday, the 24th Day of April next, be- ween the Hours of Ten and Twelve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Ryads." Whoever hap- pens to be the best Bidder must al the same Time pay one Month in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at hieh such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Suieties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the rest of the Money monthly. And that the said Trustees will at the same Time a'ppoint new or additional Trustees in the Room of those who may be dead, or w ho may become incapable, or decline acting. R GRIFFITH ES, Clerk to the Trustees of ihe said Roads. Poor., 30TH MARCH, 1830 LLVVYNYGO, NEAR KNOCK- IN. Capital Stock of DAIRY COWS, Team of young and active HORSES, Pigs, Sfc. BY T. JONES, On the Premises, at LLVVYNYGO, in the Parish of Kinnerley, in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the 22d of April, 1830 5 "^ VJINETEEN capital Cows and Heifers L ™ calved and in- calf, 1 three- year old Bull , Waggon Horses and Mares; 10 Store Pigs ; 4 Sets'of Gearing, Pair of 5 Horse Harrows, Plough, & c. the Property of WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, who is leaving the Farm. N. B. The Cows are all young and good Milkers, and the Horses are young, adive, and good Workers, and will he sold without Reserve. Sale to commence at Eleven o'Ciock. Notice to Creditors and. Debtors. RICHARD STEEI. E, OF IGHTFIELD, in the County of Salop, Farmer, having con- veyed and assigned all his ical mid personal Estate nail Effects to RORRRT Bntdirr, of The Sly the, in the said County, Gentleman, JAMBS BKKSTON, of Graven- hunger, in the said County, Farmer, and Jons HEWITT, of Ightfteld aforesaid', Yeoman, IN TRUST for the Benefit of all ihe Creditors of the said Richard Steele who shall execute the Trust Deed, on or before Ihe 1st Day of June next ; NOTICE is hereby given, lhat the said Deed now lies at the Office of Mr." PICOT, Solicitor, Market Drayton, for the Signature of those Creditors who choose to take Advantage thereof. And all Persons who nre indebted to llie said Richard Steele are requested to pay th6 Amount of their re- spective Debts to the said Trustees immediately. MARKET DRAYTON, 30th MARCH, 18' JO. Ai- i ^ OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Assignees of the Estate and Effects of JOHN JONES, late of CKPNYORI RIN, in the Parish of Llanfyllin, in the County of Montgomery, Farmer, intend to MEET at the Lower Boar Inn, in the Town of Llanfyllin aforesaid, ou Saturday, the 24th Day of April instant, between the. Hours of Two and Four o'clock in the Afteruoouj for the Purpose of examining the Account of the Cashier, and for declaring and pay- ing a Final DIVIDEND, in Order that the Trust may- be closed. And all Persons to whom the said John Jones stood indebted at the Time of the Execution of the Assignment to the said Assignees are desired to attend the said Meeting, that they may receive their Dividends, and release the Assignees from all further Claim. LLANFYLLIN, 2D APRIL, 1830. COALBROOKDALE AND WELLINGTON TURNPIKE ROADS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that L^ l the TOLLS arising at the Turnpike Gates called ihe Coalbrookdale nnd Arlesfon Gates, on the Turn- pike Road leading from Coalbrookdale to Wellington, in the County of Salop, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, either together or separate, aud for One or Three Years as shall be agreed upon ( to com- mence the First Day of May next), at the Tontine Inn, hear the Ironbridge, in the Parish of Madeley, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the 16th Day of April* next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon^ in the Manner di- rected hy the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign ^> f his present Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled An Act to amend the General Laws now in being, for regulating Turnpike Roads id that Part of Great Britain called England ;". and which Tolls pro- duced last Year the Sum of £ 109, over and above the Expenses of collecting the same, and w ill be put up at that Sum. Whoever happens to he the beat Bidder or Bidders ust at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the ^ atufHction of the Trustee* of the said Turnpike Roads, for Pa\ menl of tiie Rent agreed for at such Times as tliev Shall direct. PIV1T( HARD and SONS, Clei ks to the said Trustees. BROSBLRY, 15th MARCH, 1830. N B. At this Meeting new Trustees will he appoint- ed in ihe Stead of those who are dead, or have declined Or become incapable to act. Turnpike TOLLS to be Let. J OTICE 18 H k'TTeBY GIVEN, that ^ the TOLLS arising at fhe Turnpike Gales called the Cuckoo Oak Gates, near Madeley ; the Gate called the Meadow1 Gate, near Conlbronkdale •$ and tlie Gate called the Law lev G; tte, near Wei lint; ton, aIMn the Coontv of Salop •/ will be 1. ET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, either together or separate, and for One or Three Years as shall be agreed upon ( fo commence the First Day of May next), at the Tontine Inn, near Ihe ! loubridge, in the Parish of Madeley, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the T6th Day of April next, at Twelve o'Ciock at Noon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his pre- sent Majesty King Georoe the Fourth, entitled, u AH Act to amend the '[ General. Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads'in that Part of Great Britain called England;" aiidwhich Toils produced laif Year the following Sums. viz. The Cuckoo Oak Gates £ 353 The Meadow Gate 15 « The Law ley Gate 20 above the Expen* es of coileetin « - the same, and will be put up at those Sums respectively. Whoever happens to he the best . Bidder or Bidders must at ihe name Time give Security, wiih sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of l. be Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of ihe Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct. JOHN PR1TCHARD, Clerk'to the said Trustees. BROSELEY, I5th MARCH, 1830. N. B At this Meeting new Trustees will he appoint- ed in the stead of those who are dead, or have declined or become incapable to act. FLEXIBLE; THIS celebrated Hnrsfc will, for the coiiimodnlion of the Neighbourhood of Shrews, bury and Wenlock, iravel lliroiit; h Chiirchstokej Chirbury, Wort'heu, to Salop, every Week ; unending nt Shrewsbury on Saturdavs, Wetiloek ou Mondays", from ihenc'efdowil Corvetjale) lit the dive's Arms Inn, Bro infield , oii Tliesdnvs, and return Home ( Ky Wily of Craven Arms) on Wednesdays. Talbot Inn, Salop- White Hart, Wenlock. Enquire for ANTHONY BIRCIIAI. L, the Groom. Thorough. bred Mares 7J Sovereigns, olhrf Mares 3 Sovereigns : Groom's Fee included. CASTI. E INN, BISHOP'S CASTLE; MARCH, 1830. rpO COV ER, this. Season, at BURTON, fl near Much Wenlnek, ut Three Guineas each Mare, that well- known Grey Horse TEEASBRER, Hav and Grass (; » . per Week ; Mares ; Corn if ordered. Every Cure will Foaling Mares. with Foals, be laken of 1830a rrO COVER, this Season, ut WEM, CKtAMPIOW, At Ten Guineas ; Half- bred Maies at Three Guineas, and Five Shillings the Groom. - 1830.; Cover, this Season, at WEM, a Blue- 1 Roan Waggon Stallion, at One Pound Five Shillings, and Two Shillings and Sixpence the Groom, HANBURY. He ivas got by Mr. Saunders's old Ilorse, near Bromsgrovc, Worcestershire, which was imported into this Country from South Flanders, his Dam it tllprough. bred Finnders Mare ; he is full Itt Hands, superior Action, great Substance, line Shape, aud H remarkably sure Foal. getter; his Slock are now rising 2 Years old, and superior lo any Thing ever bred in this Country, lie will heat the Bridgewater Arms Inn. Ellesmere, every Tuesday, and Elephant and Castle, Shrewsbury, every Saturday, during the Season — He will pits, through Cockshutt, on his lload to Ellesmere, everv Tuesday Morning ; and through lladnall, on his Roail to Shrewsbury, every Saturday Morning. The Money to be paid at Midsummer, or 5 Shilling* extra will be charged. SHROPSHIRE. MOST VALUABLE OAK COPPICE TIMBER. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. WYLEY, At Build was Bridge Inn, on Friday, the 10th Day of April, 1830, at Five o'clock in the Afternoon • npWO Hundred and Forty very capital fl. OAK TREES, marked with VVhite Vaint, and growing ,0.11 ihe Build- wax Estate, in the County of Salop, in the. follow ing Lots, viz:-— • , LOT 1. Sixty Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 00, growing in Tickwood Coppice. LOT II. Forty Oak Trees, numbered 61 to 100, growing in said Coppice, Lor 111. Fifty Oak Trees, numbered 101 to 150, growing in said Coppice. LOT IV. Fifty , Oak Trees, numbered 151 to 200, growing in said Coppice. Lor V. Twenty Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 20, orow- ing in Garmau's Dingle and Lauds adjoining. LOT VI. Twenty Oak Trees, numbered 21 to 40, growing in Ditto Ditto. The above Timber is chiefly of large Dimensions, clefly, and of superior Quality ; the first four Lots are situate about Half a Mile from the River Severn al Buildwas pridge, and the last two about one Mile from the same Place, aud lour from Wellington. M^,. STKPHKN DAVIKS, of Coalbrookdale, will... n. p- poiut'a Pei; soh to shew ijie Lots, oi' whom further Particulars t » rt » y be'had; and also from DANIEL CLARKK, Ivtq. Bewdley ; or M-. WYLEY, Adinaston, ne ir Wellington. I) ESIRJ B L K RESIDENCE. BY Messrs. CNURTON & SONS, At the Phoenix Inn, in Market Drnyton, in ihe County of Salop, on Friday, Ihe 14th Day of May, 1830, lit Six o'clock iu ihe Afternoon, either together or iu Lots as shall he agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject lo Conditions: A LL that capital MANSION HOUSE l\ called THE GROVE, late the Residence of Lady MAIIKII AM, with Coach. house, excel lent Stabling, and Outbuildings, large Walled Garden, Plauratinns, and Pleasure Grounds, and several Closes of good LAND surrounding the House, containing in the Whole a bout 30 Acres, together with Two COTTAGES and Gardens. The Mansion House stands in a well. tim- hered Lawn of upwards of 10. Acres,• within a short Distance of'the Town of Market Drayton, and contains lofty and spacious Dining Room ( 32 feet by 24), Drawing Room of the same Dimensions, Breakfast Room, Study, Housekeeper's Room, with suitable Bed . Rooms, & c. and is well adapted for the Residence of a large Family. Three Packs of Fox- Hounds are kept within a reasonable Distance. This Property, occupying the principal intervening Space between the Birmingham aud Liverpool Canal and Market Drayton, and lying upon the Turnpike Road from the Town to the Canal, is admirably calculated for building upon, is likely to he materially Hnc'reaSed ' in Value upon the opening of the Canal, and offers such an Opportunity for ihe Investment of Money as does not frequently occur. Possession may be bad on Payment of the Purchase Money. For Permission to view the Place, and for other Information, Application may be made ( if by Letter, Postage- paid) to Mr. PIGOT, Solicitor, Market Drayton. 7owing- Path Tolls lo be Lei. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that ihe TOLLS arising on the Severn Towing- Path, betw een Bew dley- bridge and a place called the Meadow Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, in the County of Salop, will be LET to the best bidder, either together or iu three Lots, namely : those between Bewdley- Bridge and" Bridgnorth- Bridge, in one lot ; those be- tween Bridgnorth. Bridge and the Mile- post next above. Coal port. . Bridge, in another Lot • and the re- sidue in a third Lot, for one or three years, as shall be agreed upon, on Friday the Sixteenth Day of April next, at the Tontine Inn, near the Jron. Bridge, iu the County of Salop, at Twel ve o'clock at noon. Whoever happens to be the Best Bidder or Bidders, must at the same time give. Security; with sufficient Sureties, to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Towing- Path, for. Payment of, the Rent agreed for, at such times us they shall direct JOHN PRITCHARD, Clerk to the said Trustees. Broseley, March 15fh, 1S30. N. B.— At this Meeting new Trustees will be ap- pointed in the stead of those who are dead, or have declined, or become incapable to act. On Monday, ' he 17th" of M: » v, aud the following Days, will be SOLD bv AUCTfpN, the whole ofth FURNITURE, LINEN, CHINA, Cl. YsS, & c. & c. of the late Lady MARKHAM, at' 1 11 E GRt ) VE ; Cata logues of which will be prepared and distributed in due Time. ripO COVER, this Season ( 1830), at Mr. JL RYDER'S, Old Heath, near Shrewsbury, HERBERT kACY, at Three Sovereigns, and a Crown the Groom ; Tho* rough- bred n'l Five Sovereigns, und a ^ Jrowu the Groom. He is five Years old, was bred - by Sir Thonma Stanley. He was got by Sir Oliver, his Dam by Fitz- james, Grnudum Maid of Lorn by Castrel, Great grnn- dam by Richardson's Marske, Rockingham, Butterfly by Eclipse, & e. & c. He will start from the Old Heath mr Monday, through Uffiiigton, Upton Magna, VVroxeter, Cressage, to the White Hart Inn, Wrhlo .' k, remain till Five o'Ciock, proceed to Acton Bi rno: l, where he will remain that Night; Tuesday, through Condover,- Dorringion^ Suirou, Atcham, lo the Old Heathy where he wilt remain till Friday Morning; on Friday, through Middle, Baschurch, Great Ness, and, by Way of Montford Bridge, Home; Saturday, at the Taibot, and the Rest of nis Time at Home. For Performance see Racing Calendar. At three Years old he won the Tat ion Park Staked at Knntsford ; and £ 275 at Shrewsbury ( nine Sub- scribers), healing Olympus, Musqnito, Courtier, & c. — At four Yen rs old, at Chester, , t'G0, beating Mastei4 Watkin, Lord Derby's Filly by Master Henry, & c ; also £ 50,' beating Moor Buzzard, Stapeley, and Pluralist, w ho were. not placed ; and at Knntsford £ 5( 5, beating Taller, Magora, Ultimatum, and Nell Gwyuu, after three severe Heats. 1830. *~ epO COVER, this Sem- on, at Two - iL Guineas, and Five Shillings the Groom, SIR CKABXiSS, The Property of HENRY . W scics. He is got by Sir < hai les by Sorcerer, out of tWowski by Mentor; Waxy's Dam by Herod; his Dam by Gustavux, own Sister to Eleanor; Grandam by Bowd- row by Eclipse, out of a Sweep Mure, her Dam Mr. O* Kelly's Old Tartar Mare; Great grandam by Royal Slave ; Great- great- grandam by Torrisniond, & c. & c. • SIR CHARLES is a Blood Bay, with Black Legs free from White, nearly sixteen Hands high, of very great Bone, excellent Temper, aud beautiful Symmetry ; he is equal to great Weights, and a sure Foal- getter, and his Mock, now. rising three Yearsold, is very,_ promis- ing, and equal to that of any Horse iu the Kingdom. He will start from the Old Heath on Sunday lo the Half- Way House on the Pool Road, where he will remain all Night ; proceed next Morning to the Crown Inn, Pool, and remain alt Night; On Tuesday, through l. lansainiifraid, Llanymyuech, to Aston, remain, till Twelve o'Ciock on Wednesday, then proceed to the George Inn, Oswestry, remain till Six o'clock, and return to Aston the same Night. Every other Thursday he will pass through Ruyton, Baschurch; Middle, Grinshill, and return Home to. the Old Heath by Way of Hadnall ; the following Thurs- day,, through Kinton, F. elton Butler, and Montford Bridge j.. on Fridays, through Ulfiugton, Atchuni, Coitu'd, Acton Burnell, and Coudover. Saturdays, at the Elephant and Castle, Mardol, Shrewsbury, aud every Sunday Morning at- the Old Heath, till Twelve o'Ciock. 1830, SNOWPON. r| PO COVER, this Season ( 1830), at the M. Raven Hotel, Shrewsbury, the celebrated Grey Horse SNOW DON, ThoroiiL'h- b. ed " Mares Five Guineas, other Mures Three Guineas', GVoOm's Fee" ( Five Shillings) to be paid at the Time. SNOWDON was got by Skiddaw ( own Brother to Goluinpus, Medley, and Wanderer,) out Of a Delpini Mare, her Dam Miss Cogden by Phenomenon, Young Marske, Silvio, Daphne, Regulus. . SNOWDON1 is allowed bv>. experienced Judges to pos- sesses fine. Sy in met ry and Strength as any Ilorse in ihe Kingdom, with, excellent Temper and robust Health. For his Performances on the Turf see the Racing Calendar. Good Grass ( and Corn, if required)' for Mares, at Pimlev, two Miles from Shrewsbury, and every Care taken of them. All Demands to be paid at Midsummer, or Half a Guinea extra to be charged. To COVER, this Season, at SIR RE R& COTT THAT CELEBRATED HORSE, JUPITER, Thorough- bred at 5 Guineas and other Marcs at 3 Guineas each, Groom\ Fee 3 Shillings. JUPITER is the Property of Mr. WM. LLOYD HARLFY, and was bred bv the Earl of Stamford. lie is own Brother to. Stella ( Dam of Peter Lely), now a Brood Mare in Mr. Lacey's Stud. — For Performances see Racing Calendar. Jil'TTFR will attend at Wenlock every Monday; pass- through Corvedale to Church Stretton every Tuesday'; al Pugh's Livery Stables nenr the Turf Inn, Shrewsbury, every Saturday and'Fair Day ; nnd the.. Rest itf his Tiuie ift Sibberscott. N. B. Money to be paid at Midsummer next, or Haif- a- Guiuen in Addition will be charged. STREPHON WILL COVER Mares at Hod net; Thorough- bred ot Five Guineas aud a Half each, Hunting Mares at Three Guineas each, and a Crown the Groom ( the Groom's Fee to be paid at ihe Time of Covering). STREPHON was got hy Rubens, the largest and best Thorough- bred Stallion iu England, his DamNyuipb- ina by Gouty, Son of Sir Peter, out of Sir Frank. Standish's Yellow Mare ( Winner of the Oaks), Ma- . dainoiselle by Diomed ( the Winner of the Derby), Belle by Justice, Son of King Herod, Old Marske, the Sire of Eclipse, Susan, by Bajazet, Son of lh « Go. dol phi n Arabian, and his Great- great great- grand- dain. hy R^ guius, also a Son of the Godolphiu Arabian ( w hich, won eight King's Plates; and two other Prizes in one Yeai\ and wa* never beat), out of Lord Ched- wdrills'' famous Mixbury, M. stre. . Sirephon is a Blood Bay with short Blaek Logs, Full lb Hands 3 Inches high, beautiful in his Sym- metry throughout, has very ureal Power, with truly good Constitution, of which he has given ample Proof in his ruhuiug ( seeCalendars 1818, 1819, 1*' 2<>, and 1821), having won 2o Time--, including the Oalland* at Ascot Heath, ibe. Greal Gloucestershire al Chelten- ham when 18 started, the King's Plate at vV'arwjek ( carryiu « r l ist, ( iih.- three 4- mile Heats), beating F. thciindn, Warwick, jnid Fitz- Oi vil le, and w a sal- lowed lo he the best 4- iuile Horse with I2st. iu. the Kingdom. Strephon is the Sire of Shepherdess, winner of the . Woodcol Stake for Two year- olds ; it ' Epsom in 182K, and Mr! PainYer's Filly , winner of the Duke of Devon- shire's Plate of 60 Guineas at Derby, 1S29, beatfug five others ; aiid ihele is no Doubt of his getting- superior Racers from well- bred Mares. STRKPiioN will he nt the King's Head, Newcastle, every Monday; at the Bine Bell, Stone, mi Tuesday ; nt the Maid's Head, Stafford, on Tuesday Niyhr ^ Union Hotel, - New port, on Wednesday1 Night ; Talbot Inn, Wellington, mi Thursdays ; Turf Inn, Shrews- bury, on Thursday. Night ; nnd return Home < 011 Fri- day Morning, where lie will remain till early 011 Monday Morning. fr^ F Good Grass Jor Mares at 7s., per Week ; Uay and Corn if ordered.. . • Mares coming inore than 20 Miles to be paid for before taken away. SALOP1AM JOURNAJLj AMI> . COURIER OF WALES. HOUSE OF COMMONS.— WEDNESDAY. I MALT TRADE. Mr. DAWSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend tbe Malt Duties Aet, the important clauses of which had been agreed to both hy the Maltsters and the Commissioners of Excise. The great object of Ihe new measure was to protect the honest dealer, and place thr trade on a fair footing.? and the most material alterations were— to do away w ith fhe matt book, that in which the quantity Wf barley, malt, & c. is entered, and the time they remain on the premises— to shorten the period for sprinkling from twelve to eight days— and to abolish the certificate system.— These regulations would be productive of great ad vantage lo the trade. There was one other important, alteraiion proposed hy this hill. After the process of sprinkling, under the present Ian, an allowance of 20 per cent was made for the increase. The Excise < omiuissioners had shown to Ihe maltsters that that was too much, and it was now determined to leave it at 171. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to a question, staled, that he did not intend this Session to introduce any bill for consolidating the Assessed Taxes. He had been sc long and laboriously cm ployed upon the Stamps, that he could not at present encumber himself with another long Consolidation Bill.— In reply to another question, the Right Hon Gent, stated that the Post- office Laws were in a Course of consolidation, but that, in consequence of their great number, the progress was necessarily slow. In a Committee 011 the Stamp Duties, fhe CHAN- CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should defer his explanation of the whole system until a future op- portunity. The mode in which the duties were hitherto imposed would be simplified, so as to give greater accommodation to Ihe public and save ex pense. The bill is to he divided into twelve articles, each applicable to a different class of cases; and one hundred anil fifty- two acts are consolidated in it. In a Committee on the Tobacco Duties, tbe CHAN- CELLOR of the EXCHKJUI R intimated the intention of Government to permit the growth of tohaCro in Ireland on payment of a duty of one shilling and eight pence per lb. At present a good deal is grown, and the cultivators enjoy considerable profits at the ex- pense of the revenue, as it pays no duty. HOUSE OF COMMONS— THURSDAY, l. ord CLIVK presented a petition from the High Sheriff and Grand Jurors of the County of Mont gomery, against any alteration in the Welsh Judi- cature. BE. RH THADK. Mr. CAI. cn ATT said, that having been the <? tiaifman Of the committee which had been appointed to exa- mine into the licensing system, it was now his duty, in pursuance of their directions, to move fur leave to bring in a bill to regulate the sale of beer. As neither Ihe report of that committee, nor the evidence which they had collected, hail yet been laid on the table of the house, he thought that it would be unfair for him to enter at present into any points of controversy, further than was necessary to explain the purposes of the bill which he now sought to introduce. The committee had been given to understand, that the principle of a free trade in beer was a principle which had been adopted by the house; and that, in order to give full effect to the repeal of the beer duties, the house was desirous to carry the freedom of that trade to the fullest extent. The committee, adopting the same opinion, had ordered this bill to he brought in, which he conceived would be found plain, simple, intelligible, and effective, for ihe object tor which it was intended. It provided that any person who resided in Londoh should, On applying at the licensing olliee of the excise, receive a licence to sell beer for the next two years, upon payment of the sum of two guinens; and that any person who re- sided in the country, should receive the same licence, 6n the same terms, by applying to the superintendent or other officer of excise for the district. Thus would a complete freedom be established in the beer trade. This would he followed up hy a variety of regulations for the good conduct of the houses licensed under the hill, into which he would not then enter. Having thus- steered clear of the other houses, which would • till Ire licensed under Mr. Estcourt's acl, the com- mittee thought that the regulations which ( boy had provided would insure, in tlie houses licensed under this act, order, regularity, and decency, and certainly punishment, if order, regularity, and decency were not preaerved in them. The only excuse which he had for saying even as much as he had said upon this bdl was, that this was the last day before the recess, and that he wished to get the bill printed, in order that the house might, on its reassembling,, have ' jefore it the collective opinion of the country on the rtierits of a measure w hich was of great importance, not only as regarded the vast capital invested in the Beer trade, but also as regarded the working classes, to whom it held ouf S prospect of a better, a more wholesome, and a cheaper beverage, than any which they had ever before drank under the name of beer. He hoped that gentlemen would not, upon this occa- sion, enter into a discussion of the details of fhe hill, us it would he unfair to those gentlemen who had not been upon the committee, and who were consequently Unacquainted with the evidence. He concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill allowing the general sale of beer by retail in England and Wales. Mr. C. BARCLAY entreated the ministers to read over the evidence taken before tbe committee during the recess, and to consider whether they could not, in consequence of the great importance of Ihe interests affected by this hill, agree to some modification of it. He did not uow speak ill behalf of the London brew- ers; for he had always been of opinion that the bene- fit which their trade would receive from a remission of the beer duties would be greater than the loss which they might suffer from this bill; he spoke in hehalf of country brewers, and of the publicans en- joying bouses of their own, whom this bill, allowing every person without limitation to sell beer in any way he chose, was calculated to injure seriously. He believed that there were 50,000 publicans who annu- ally took out licences, and that of this number ' 23,000 enjoyed houses of their own. Many of these persons h » l mortgaged their houses; and he verily believed that iff the bill passed, the value of their houses would he so materially diminished, as not to be worth the rums I'enf trpon them. He had submitted a mode of relieving these individuals to the committee, but in vain. If no other member should propose the plan to the house— and he admitted that it would cotne with a better grace from any other mehiher than himself— he should move, as an instruction to the committee, that some relief be afforded fo the parties whose claims he was advocatiug. He should follow the example of the Right Hon. Gent, opposite, ami not discuss this question further at present. Mr. C- CALVERT could not agree in all that had fallen from his hon friend who had just addressed the house. " We are so mixed up," said the boh. member, " with the publicans, that whatever affects them will undoubtedly affect us; and it is my opinion, that if this hill pass, the money which wc have advanced to the victuallers will never be repaid to us. If this hill were likely to lie a benefit to us, we might be enabled to act leniently to them; but I cannot lav this flattering unction to my soul. 1 believe that it will be ruinous to the victualler, and very distressing to the manufacturer of beer." He could have wished that only one experiment were made at a time. The taking off the beer duty would . be beneficial to the puhlicr and all the benefit which it would receive from that measure would have been received by it through the old channel, without the aid of the new channel, through which they were now to get beer, In Mr. Carr's evidence, given in 1818, it was stated that all the deleterious beer consumed in London, was brewed by the inferior brewers; and he had no doubt, that as soon as this bill passed, the town wouki be inundated by a deluge of trash, which would not merely be not drinkable, but which would also be most destructive of the health of those who • wallowed it. Mr H. URUMIHOND was glad that this bill was not to extend to Scotland. Indeed, such a bifl would be unnecessary in that country; for the evil of the monopoly, which it was intended to prevent in Eng- land, had never had any existence in Scotland. After a few words from Mr. FI. RGUSSON and Mr. KTBWART, Sir J. SEBRIGHT said, that though he should lament to see any propeity sacrificed by this bill, he must still remind tlie hon. members below him, that the lows under which they had invested their pro- perly in public houses were laws not of property, hut of police. He would not pretend to speak of the Consequences of the present system in town ; but would ( Cppfinp himself to its consequences in the country, which had fallen more particularly under fail own observation. A house was built on specula- tion, of which the intrinsic value was not more than £ 1P » - jrar. A licence was procured first, and, its value rose immediately to £ 20, £ 30, £ 40, or even < 550 a- jreif. Njoiv this rent \ vi: i paid for' by the con- sumers of the beer. Any measure, therefore, which enabled the consumers to get rid of this extra, pay- ment for their beer, must be to them an improvement. He congratulated the house and the country on Ihe liberality with which the present ministry met the spirit of improvement that was now abroad. A de- gree of liberality distinguished this administration beyond every other which had preceded it. He owed them gratitude for their conduct, and hoped that their future measures-' would be conceived and executed in the same spirit as their past. The pre- sent system of licensing inflicted on the lower orders a more oppressive monopoly than any other which could be well imagined, and he was glad to see that it was at last determined to get rid of it altogether. Those who had inVes'ted their money under that system, had no right lo complain of its termination, for they had invested their money in that manner at their own peril. Mr. F. BUXTON said that the brewers of fhe metro- polis had never adopted the monstrous notion that the present laws were enacled for the benefit of the brewers, and not for that of the public. He thought tli& tilhe biewers had met this bill fairly"; for they bad stated that though they should be losers in the first instance, some of llicm to tbe amount of £ i00,000, they w'ere convinced that, they should be ultimately gainers, owing fo the remission of the beer duties. There was, however, another class of persons who must be great sufferers by this new law— he meant the publicans; and their case he really thought to be deserving of consideration. He contended that a remedy for a portion of their loss might be easily pro- vided. Without at all intrenching on the principles of free trade, the house might adopt the amendment of his hon. friend ( Mr. Barclay), restricting the parlies from drinking beer on the premises. Mr, HUME wished to know why, if this measure was good for England, it was not to be extended to Scotland? The evils which it was intended to cure w ere certainly not so great in Scotland as in England; hut still he had heard of many cases of hardship in thai country, which he thought ought to be remedied. He hoped the bill would be extended over the united kingdom. THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no wish to preclude Scotland from the benefit of this measure, should such be the feeling of the house. Leave was then given to bring in the bill, which was read a first time and ordered to be printed. LONDON— SATURDAY. POSTSCRIPT* LOS DON, Monday Sight, Afrit 12, 1830. PRICKS OE FUNDS AT THE CLOSE. Red. 3 per Cents. 93 3 per Cent. Cons. 3* per Cent. — 3 f per Cents. Red 10i> t 4 per Cents. ( 1826) 104^ 4 per Cents. 10'>± Bank Stock 217] Long. Ann. .— India Bonds 83 India Stock — Excheq. Bills 81..:'.' . Consols for Account 63| The last accounts from the Continent relate chiefly to commercial subjects, and lo regulations, promoting freedom in trade. THUS, in Germany,, the adjoining states of Hanover, Oldenburg, Bruns- wick, and Hesse Cassel, have agreed to adopt aii uniform rate of custom duties, and to allow an almost unrestricted freedom in Ihe conveyance of goods from the territories of one to those of the other. Saxony is expected to accede lo a conven- tion to tbe same effect. In Swiliei land, Ihe Canton of Berne having agreed to relinquish a duty ou wines, which produced, what in that country is large sum, £ 12,000 sterling a year, it is expected that several other Cantons will come forward and conclude a convention, by which the general scale of duties in their respective distriits shall be reduced and rendered unifoim. A similar uni- formity is decreed in general lo Ihe police regula- tions of the chief Cantons, so as to enable a trader, manufacturer, or mechanic, to establish himself i, any part of the Confederation at bis choice. This, it is hoped, will be followed by Ihe introduction of uniform weights, measures, aud coins; a regulation that is nowhere more wauled than in Switzerland The Journal du Havre states thai the French governnfent have ordered of MesSrs. Hawks & Co of Newcastle, one hundred iron cables, fur the use of the vessels of the expedition against Algiers. LMlets received from the Mediterranean mention that tbe De. y is straining every nerve lo give the Frcnch a warm reception. The fortresses have been surveyed by European engineers employed by the Dey, aud the batteries ou tbe seaside are deemed impregnable. The Dey's corps of observ- ation amounts to 80,000 men, 30,000 of whom, of tbe new organization ( disciplined after the European manner) have been maintained for the last six months in constant readiness to act. ROSSALL HEATH I.\ CLOSURE. The successive accounts from the Continent have this year shown, in a striking light, the greater ih- tensity of cold in the east of Europe; the return of open weather, and consequent melting of the snow, having taken place in one country after another exactly in proportion to its distance from the Atlantic. — It was later in France than in Ireland or England ; in Germany, later than in France; in Poland, later than in Germany. Orders have this week been received at Ports- mouth from the Lords of the Admiralty, directing that no entry be made of workmen until the number in all the yards is reduced to 6000, which number is considered sufficient to be retained during peace. His Majesty has recently paid £ 2000 to the exe- cutor of the late Sir Thomas Law rence, upon a final adjustment of all accounts between the King and the late President of Ihe Royal Academy, for paint- ing portraits and other professional labours. Melancholy tidings have been received from Fer- nando Po and the coast of Africa. The number of deaths oh board his Majesty's ship Eden alone, Commodore W. T. Owen, during the period she remained 011 that station, amounted to 213. Mr. Baron M'Clelland, one of the Irish Barons of the Exchequer has resigned his seat on the bench, and he is to be succeeded by Mr. Leslie Foster, the Attorney and Solicitor Generals having both declined the appointtnent. Mr. Edward Pcnnefather is to be the new Sergeant. STATE OF PARTY IN FRANCE. If there remains any doubt about the spirit which animates the people of Paris— and, as Paris rules France, we may say, of the country at large— it must he dissipated by the proceedings which took place on Saturday week, at a dinner given by tbe electors of Paris to their ultra- liberal deputies. Seven hundred persons wefe present; and they were all either electors of Paris or deputies invited by the former. The staunch republican Lafayette appears to have been the hero of the day. He was embraced, that is, kissed on both cheeks, by nearly ( he whole company. Conducted through the rooms by a number of his friends, he was received < vith shouts of " Honour to the conqueror1." " Honour to the brave!" " Ho- nour to Lafayette!" But these demonstrations of affection for the champion of republicanism were not all. The speeches of the Vice- President and General Damas were received with shouts of satisfaction; and it will be observed that those parts were most applauded iHiich most positively assert the sove- reignty n f the people. Is Charles X. tired of wearing a crown ?— The addresses delivered upon the occasion were of the most furious and revolutionary character. N' JOTJCE IS HBKBBY GIVEN, that WILLIAM J ELLICOF. i of Beigbterton, in tl. e County of Salop, Gentleman, aud TIMOTHFl'S BUR!), of Cardixfon, in the same County., Gentleman, the Referees or Commissioners, appointed in and hy certain Articles of Agreement f> r dividing and . allot- ting a certain Common or Waste Land called Uf) SVAiI. I. HEATII, situate within the Townships of JUssulf otherwise Down Kossall und Hos « all otherwise Up Hossall otheru i* e the IhIc of Uos. tall, or one of them, iu the Parish of St ( had, Shrewsbury, iu ihe said County, will attend at the Four Crosses lun, in the Township of Bietou, in the said Parish of . St. Chad on Friday Mornings the' 23d Day of April iust for ibi Purpose of such Inelosure \ and, at Eleven « /(' lock of that Morning, they will proceed to perambulate the Boundaries of the said Townships ; and,' on Satuldaf\, the following Day, namely, the 24th. Day of April inst. the said BetVreeu or Comrbissioners will attend nt the Fox Inn, in Shrewsbury aforesaid, hetwi en tbe Hours of Eleven iu the Morning and Three iu the Afternoon, to receive the Claims of thosr Person? who may have a Uight of Common upon the said Waste Lands; which Claim* they request uiay be delivered in Writing, setting forth the Lahd for whijih * neh Claims are made. J BICKFKTON WILLIAMS ) PARISH OFFICERS. The following Gentlemen were yesterday elected CHURCHWARDENS of tbe several Parishes in this Town for the year ensuing :— ST. CHAD. — Robert Burton, junior* Esq. Mr. Charles Nicholls, Mr. John Walton', junior, aud Mr. Charles Lloyd, maltster, Mardol. ST, MARY— Mr. ttoweu, painter, Mr. Deigbton, ( Itose Hitl), Mr. B'ratton, plasterer, aud Mr. Parker ( Canal Wharf). . • St AI. KStONO.~ Mr. John I. Owen, tailor, and Mr. William Jones, shoemaker. -,' ST. JULIAN. — MI:. Francis fteedham & Mr. Thomas Kempster. HOLY CROSS & ST. GILES.— Mr, Powis and Mr. Dams. The Names of the Overseers of . the Poor of the several Parishes and Places within the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop; appointed 31* 7 day of March, 1830, for the year ensuing :— PARISH OF ST. CHAD.— Mr. Benjamin Pool, shoe- maker, Mardol, Mr. Edward Junes, ironmonger, Mar- doi, Mr. Roger Gittins, maltster, Frankwell, uiid Mr. Edward Oliver, . victualler. Princess- street. PARISH OF ST. MARY. — Mr James H& ckuey, bhina- merehant, Pride Ilill, Mr. Thomas Madeley, tailor, Castle Street, Mr. Thomas Wi'kinson, ironmonger, Pride Hill, and Mr. Robert Jones, grocer, P « ide Ilill. PARISH OF ST. ALKMO. NO.— Mr John Legh, butcher, Pride Hill, Mr. John Corbet Hulnie, hair- dresser, Pride Hill, and Mr. Robert llicksou, umbrt lla- maker, Pride Hill. PARISH OF ST. JULIAN — Mr. William Surman, Mr. Benjamin Jones, grocer, Mr Job Hunt, coach- maker, and Mr. Thomas Pugh, joiner. PARISH OF HOLY CROSS & C ST. GII. RS.— Mr Joseph Palmer, Mr. Job Woolridge Ntanway, innkeeper, Mr. Adam Ferrington, and Mr. Edward Duvies. TOWNSHIP OF ACTON REVNALD.— Mr. Wui. Fowler and Mr. Francis Lee. CHAPKLRY OF ASTLKT.— Mr. John Colley nud Mr. John Cox. PARISH OF BATTLEFIELD.— Mr. John Walmsley and Mr. Samuel Salter. PARISH OF BROUGHTON.— Mr. Richard Purr and Mr. John Bate. CHAPELRY OF CUVB.— Mr. Benjamin Deakin and Mr. William Pulevton. PARISH OP GRINSIULL.— Mr. Caleb Buckley and Mr. John Matthews CTIAPELRY OF UAONALL. — Mr. Thomas Jones and Mr. Thomas Heath PARISH OF HANWOOD.— Mr. John Bridgeman and Mr. John Alltrec. PARISH OF MKOLB BRACE.— Mr. George Worner and Mr. Samuel Hiles. PARISH OF PRFSTON GUBRAMS.— Mrs. Rebecca Matthews and Mr. James Kent. A rt port of the proceedings Of the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, held in this town on Thursday last, will be found in our 4th page. The Shropshire Hounds will meet on Wednesday* April 14th., Acton Burnell Friday, April 16th Hay Gate Monday, April Hfth Hurley Village Wednesday, April 21st Pontesfoid Hill The following alteration was not received until the page of our Journal had been printed JUPITER w ill attend ut Acton Burnell every Mon- day; at Wenthurv and Wortheu every Wednesday; at Pugirs Livery Stables, near the Turf Inn, Shrews- bury, every Saturday and Fair Day ; and the Re- mainder of his Time at Sibber& cott. SHROPSHIRE. SALOP INFIRMARY. rptlESDAY, the Fourth Day of May I next, being the General llalf- Yearly Board; Ihe Trustees are desired to attend iu the Board. Rooui of the Temporary Infirmary, at the House of Industry^ at Eleven o'Clock. TUGS. PUGH, Secretary. APRIL 10, LB30. *** To elect a Treasurer for the Year ensuing; and tiS ballot for six new Directors, in Lieu of » ix vf the present Directors, who go out by Rotation. \-() Tf(: k IS llEREBY GJVEN, that 11 the G F. NEHA L QUA IITER SESSIONS of the Peace for the COUNTY of SALOP, will be held at the Shirehall, in Ihe Tou'n of Shrewsbury, on MONDAY, the 19/ A Day of April, 1830; upon which Day all Jurors, Prosecutors, and [ fitnesses, nitI be required to attend at Twelve o'Clock precisely LOXDALE, Clerk qf the Peace of the County of Salop. Shrewsbury, 13th April, lb30. SHREWSBURY FLO LUSTS' SOCIETY. RPIIF. AURICULA & POLYANTHUS 1 SHEW will he held at Mr. . loses'., tbe CrowS Inn, ou MON L) A Y, ihe 3d of May next. *** The Flowers lo be staged at Twelve o'Cloek and lo remain the following Day for Inspection ((>/ Ticket), as uxnal. Apart. I3TII, 1S30. IS' MARY GRIFFITHS, MEITCER AND DRAPER, ( Widow of the late Wit. r. iAM GRIFFITHS,) Corn Market, Shrewsbury, EC. S to offer her grateful Thaiiks to those Friends who Have so generously come forward, and enabled her to commence Business upon her own Account ; and to iufonii them, and the Public at large, that she continues to curry on the Business in the Shop lately occupied by her deceased Husband, and she trusts, by Attention and Care in tbe Selection of her Goods, to merit a Continuance of tbe Favours so liberally bestowed upon him. M G . beg-* Leave respectfully to observe, that owing to her pecuniary Circumstances she will be unable to give Credit; but she hopes that the reasonableness of her Pliers for ready Money will'bean FquivtileiU for the want of it. Funerals completely furnished. Tro PARENTST MARKET SQUARE, Shrewsbury. PADDOCK & GRIFFITHS RESPKCtFt'Li. Y announce to their Frieijfli . and the Public in general, lhal they have Iskeo the PrelniSes now in the Occupation of Mr. T. X COOPSR, Mercer, & c. I' lie G purpose lie- opening the Premi. es the last Week iu ihe present Month, with in entire New Stm- fc of fashions hie WOOLLEN and LIN IN DltAPFRYj SILK MFRCF. ltY, HABERDASHERY, kc. See. APRIL 7, 1831). The collections at the opening of the New BaptUt Chapel, Oistle Foregate, in this town, after Sermons bv the Rev. Messrs. Pewtress ( of London), Kent ( of Shrewsbury), Ashford ( Of Pool), Thomas ( of Broseley), and Francis ( of Pontcsbury), amounted to £ 50. 4s. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Chester, held on Thursday last, it was unanimously resolved to petition Parliament, against those portions of tbe " bill for the more effectual administration of justice in England aud Wales," which go to destroy the jurisdiction of the Palatidatc Courts. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. James Matthews: — House Visitors, Nathaniel Betton, Esq. anil Mr. C. T. Clarke. At the Quarterly Meeting of Ironmasters held at Birmingham, on Thursday, it was determined to continue the prices of iron the same as last quarter. A considerable demand exists in the market, but the heavy stocks in the hands of the Welsh Houses, have operiiled to restrain those of Shropshire and Stafford- shire from an advance in price. WANTED immediately, an Out- Door APPRENTICE to the Millinery nnd Ores Business. — Apply to the Mixes HICKS, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. WM. WYBERGII HOW StiRfcwsnt'nv, APRIL2, 1830. Solicitors. To I'arentu antI Guardians. TANTED, an APPRENTICE to a ' CHEMIST and DRI'GGIST, with whom a Premium will be required. — For Particulsrs and Ad- dress, apply ( if bv Letter, Post- paid) to Messrs BU ST and SON, Chemists, Shrewsbury. 3LACE TRADE J. SMITH & CO. ( from Nottiunhnm,) RESPECTFULLY HE- LEAVE to i.,. form the Inhabitants of SllliF. WSBIUtY nod its Vicipin; Ilia! ihov have OPENED a SHOP i„ PRINCESS SIREKT ( three Door* fu. m ihe Market llall}; where they are uow selling, Wholesale suit Retail, every Description of LACE, at the most aston- ishing LOW PttlOKS. A pan. 12, 1830. MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY. SAMUEL OWEN, tN announcing his Commencement in Business us a WOOLLEN DRAPER, M AN'• MERCER, HAT'lER, GLOVER, and HOSIER; hegs to inform his Friends nml the Public, ihst bavin*- personally selected his Slock from the best MnrketiT he is couiideni the Novelty aud Quality of bis Goods cannot be excelled, nnd hopes hy » trict Atleuliuu to tneril a Share of Public Support. 14th APHIL, 1830. € l) e Salopian ' iountal. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1830. The Verses " To E.. postponed till next week. . are unavoidably ( Ej* The Reverend and Worshipful JAMFS Ttio- MAS LAW, A. M. Chancellor of ibis Diocese, will hold bis PROBAT COURT al NBWPORT, on Wed nesday, the 21st, and nt SHRRWSBCRV on Thursday, the 22d Days of April nexl ; where Persons who have Wills to prove, Letters of Administration or Licences to lake out, mint attend — A penalty nf £ 100 ami 10 per cent, on Ihe duty attaches on Persons taking possession of the effects, if the Will is m. f proved, or Letters of Administration taken out, within. six mouths afler the dealh of the parly. The Commissioners of Stamps require Copies of at! Wills and Grants of Administrations to l » e sent to ilterti by the Registrar, within two months afler they are proved or grnnted ; and the original Affidavits are also required by Ihe last Act of Parliament to be sent therewith. Dated at Lichfield, 21st March, 1830. JOHN FERNYHOUGH, Sworn AppRritor. CHURCHWARDKNS' OFFICES.— VVe regret to find that the cashier to the churchwardens and overseers of Manchester has very lately been proved to he deficient in his accounts to a considerable amount. A thorough investigation into the circumstance is in progress, and as soon as the result can be ascertained it will be laid before the public. It is anticipated, however, from the money already recovered, and the securities which are held by the churchwardens, that there will not be an ultimate toss to the parish.— The cashier has held his office for a great number of yeart. — Manchester Chronicle. LONGEVITY.— There is now living at WinchComb, in the exercise of all his faculties, a man named Thomas Townlcy, formerly a weaver, who has com- pleted his 103d year. In the spring of 1828, at the annual sale of wood belonging to C. H. Tracey, Esq. at Hailes, he purchased a drift weighing above three tons, the whole of which he carried home on his back in the course of the summer, going sometimes twice a day; at other times, intervals of a week elapsed bet ween his journies. Hailes Wood is nearly three miles distant from his habitation. On Wednesday, John Watkin and IVm. Thomp- son, convicted nt the lata Leicester Assizes of robbing nnd maltreating Mr. Carver, on Charnwood Forest, were executed, pursuant to their senteuce, in front of the new Couuty Gaol. There is a boy living at Denny, who was seired with dropsy, for which he underwent the operation of tapping; after which, the water again gathering, the boy was so much swelled that Ihe two doctors who attended him said he must be tapped a second time, in a day or ( wo. It happened, however, that a boy went to see the one affected with dropsy, who men tiorted to fhe other that lie had strong desire to eat some Onions. The boy went and procured some for him, and in a short time after rating them, the swelling abated, the boy discharged a great quantity of water, and continues to do so. He eats onions every day, and is now walking about.— Raw onions in this case appear to have produced an astonishing result.— Glasgow Chronicle. The Directors of Ihe Liverpool and Manchester Railway have verj lately published their fourth annual report to their shareholders, in which tbey ascribe the delay experienced in completing the work to tbe heavy rains of last summer, and the intense frost of tbe winter. Still the arrangements are in such forwardness that the railway will, they expect, be laid down in Uvo complete lines, all tbe way from Liverpool to Manchester, by the month of July. Tbe expense, as usual in such undertak- ings, ha » greally exceeded the estimate; a further call of £ L0 per share has been made, and will raise enough to complete the road; but Ihe building of warehouses, the purchase of land, the fitting up engines and waggons, will require a further outlay, probably of £ 70,000, making the whole sum ex- pended on the undertaking about £ 820,000. Great as this amount is, the rapidly increasing traffic between Liverpool and Manchester affords a confi- dent expectation ihat the receipts will be such as to atlbrd a satisfactory return to the shareholders. BANKRUPTS, AfRfL 9 — Thomas Clark, of Dover, matter. mariner — Thomas Wilkins, of Wariningloti, Warwickshire, tailor. lohn fve, of Chnlford, Gloucestershire, draper.— Win Timbrel!, of Goswell- stieel, corn- dealer.— Wm Hadgens, of Giwwell street, glass. dealer— Will. Crawford Jones, of Shrewsbury, meieer.- Francis Davis, of New Windsor, Berks, tilk- mercer.— Tlina. Grove., of Chelsea, white lead manu- facturer — James Goldiug, of Eavl stieet, Walworth, bookseller. , . Issoj. VENTS.— Susanna Sampev and Mary Elizabeth Feild, of New Bond- street, milliners — John Jones, of Xj* On SUNDAY NEXT, TWO SERMONS will be Preached at MADELEY CHURCH, by the Venerable Archdeacon BATHER, in Aid of the Funds of the SHROPSHIRE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.— Service to commence in the Morning at Half- past Ten, and in the Evening at Six o'Clock. BIRTH. On the 8tli inst. nt Oxon, near this town, the Lady Of Ihe Rev. Francis Letghtoil, nf a daughter. MARRIED. : Oil Thursday last, at St Mary's, Mr T. Wild grocer, Brorfeley, to Elizabeth, seemi^ dauglik- r., of Mr. Madeley, Castle Street, in this town. .. On Tuesday, the ftili inst. at Slillorgao, hy the Re. v. R. G. Greene, Thomas Dixon, of Mcckleuburgh- squnre, London, Esq to Elizabeth Dorothea, only daughter of Benjamin Ball, of Rirersdale, Stilhirguu, county Dublin, Esq.— And immediately afler, by Ihe Rev. . lames Burnett, Thomas II Ball, eldest son of Benjamin Ball, of Rrver. dule, Stillorgan, Esq. Iu Miss l. alur, of Merville, coyntv Dublin*. Df ED'. Yesterday, at fterwicfe, beloved and respected hy nil who knew liim, Mr. Thomas Hiles, laie of Pulley, near this town: a truly honest nfan, in whom was concentrated all the social virtues tliut adorn1 the human character, nod of whom il may be truly said, he WHS an Israelite indeed, iu whtfni there was gili'e On the 4ih inst. Jane Amelia, itffant daughter n Mr. Thomas Edwards, of Aston, near Wellington, it ihis county. On Sunday, the 2Sth ult. nged 43, Mr. John Dnvies, of Duillestni) Hall, in Ihis county -. a man highly re. specled by nil who knew him, and whose loss will be deeply regretted hy his family and friends. On llie 7th iiist. aged 70, nt the Vicarage, at F. twall, near Derby, the Rev. L. D. II. Cockhurue, LL. B Rector of Norton. in llales, in this county; Vicar of Rlwtill, in the county of Derby ; and Domestic Chap- lain lo ( lis Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. MOSEY W. dM'ED. SEVERAL SUMS from £ 500 to £ 4000 are Wanted on Mortgage of Freehold Properties in tbe County of Salop, for Seven Years certain, at Four p. r Cent. Tbe Interest will be regularly paid Half yearly.— Apply lo Mr MOORR, Solicitor and l aud Agent, Dogpole, Shrewsbury ; if by Letter Post- paid. THE STUDY Ol YEARS It EDUCED TO A FEW HOCUS! The annual sermons in aid of the funds of5the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society were preached in St. John's Chapel, in this town, on Sunday last; on Monday their meetings wej- e held; and yesterday- evening, the concluding sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Raffles.— The collections after the different services amounted to £ 45. 12s. FATAL ACCIOENT.— We lament to state, that as Mr. William Morris, a traveller for the ht> u" se of Rewman and Co. stationers, Leadenhall- str^ et, Lon- don, was returning to Shrewsbury in a gig, from a visit to a friend at Harley, on Sunday night last, the spirited animal that he drove ran the gig up the hedge bank near Cound, in consequence of which it was upset, and Mr. Morris being thrown out, fell upon his head, and was killed 011 the spot.— A respectable Jury assembled yesterday, ( Joseph Dicken, Esq Coroner,) when the evidence being such as to show that tne lamented occurrence was entirely acci- dental, a verdict to that effect was immediately returned. The warehouse of Mr. John Lea, junior, of Files- mere, in this county, was broken open in the night of the 5th instant, and oile person charged as a party in the commission of the offence has been apprehended and committed for trial. DREADFUL THUNDER STORM.— The town and neighbourhood of Knutsford was, on Thursday, visited by one of the most awfuf thunder storms experienced there for a number of years past, accom- panied with a tremendous shower of hail and rain. The electric fluid descended near the Smoker public- house, in Plumbly, where it shattered to picces four valuable oak frees, growing on tbe rood side, and the driver of a cart belonging to Mr. John Long, of Knutsford, had a very narrow e- cape with his life, the electric fluid severing the proveuder btig frt> m the cart which he was driving. WAJLTES, MARRIED. On the 7th inst. ni Llanidloes. Richard, only son of Edward Turner, Esq. of Fronheulog, Mo- jlgomery shire, to Matilda, second daughter uf T. E. Marsh, Esq. Llunidloes, Montgomeryshire. DIED. fill ihe 4th inst. in his 36' h year, nl llafodnelbin, John Williams Gvvynue Ilughes, Esq of Tregih, a Magistiate and Deputy- Lieutenant for Ihe couuty * » f Carmarthen. Ob tile 12lli itist, after n long and severe iudispnsi linn, Mr. Toinliuson, of the Royal Hotel, Chester, in ihe 39th year of his age. ON the 8th inst 111 Lltlilrwsi, deeply lamented, Mr. John Thouias, of JesUs College, Oxford. On Wednesday last, His Majesty held a Privy Council at his Palace at Windsor; on which occasion the Viscount Clive was introduced, and was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of the County of Montgomery, in the room of the Earl of Powis, resigned. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.— A most melancholy circumstance occurred at Hay, Breconshire, on Tues- day, the 30th ult. in consequence of the bursting of a carboy, containing upwards of three gallons of spirit of nitric athet ( sweet Spirits of nitre) doubtless pro- duced by expansion from the heat of fhe weather, and which had been incautiously placed ifi the bed room of a servant girl, and it appears occasioned her death by suffocation An inquest was in consequence held on the body, before C Ekins, Esq. coroner, on Wednesday morning, at the house of Mr Thomas Hooper, druggist, & c. Hay, with whom Elizabeth Stephens, the deceased, lived as servant. It ap- peared from the depositions of the several witnesses, that in consequence of the" girl not rising as ' usual on Tuesday morning, assistance was procured, and 011 the room door being forced openj the deceased Was found hi her bed, With her hands placed across her Chest, aS though she expired during sleep. Mr. Proctor, with Mr. Hathway and Mr. Henry Proctor, surgeons, examined the body, by direction of the coroner. Nothing unusual was discovered in the stomach, but upon examination of the Kings, they Were fovtnd in a high state of congestion, sufficient to prevent the ptfssage of air through their cells, thereby producing death by suffocation. The verdict of Ihe Jury was'that the deceased died in consequence of the effluvia arising from the nitric spirits of a: ther, as described by the evidence.'— There can be no doubt whatever but the above verdict was perfectly correct, and that the poor girl lost her life owing £ 0 an acci- dent. equally singular and melancholy in its conse- quences, and which could scarcely have been foreseen or guarded against. To remove every scruple on the subject, however, the opinions of eminent chemists, including Mr. Wakeley, the able editor of the Lancet, Mr. Alsop, Mr. Faraday, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Howard have been obtained, all of whom concur that most certainly the funics arising from nitric aether spread over a confined room, would destroy the life of a person breathing them fof any length of time, and must be destructive to animal life. At the Denbighshire Great Sessions, Edward Roberts, for an assault upon Mary Jones, of Henllan, With intent to commit a felony, was sentenced to be imprisoned two years to hard labour. At the Flintshire Great Sessions, Thomas Evans alias Pore;/ alias Jack's at Home, for breaking into and robbing the saddle room of F. R. Price, Esq at Bryn- y- pys, was sentenced to be transported for seven years.— John Lloyd, for the manslaughter of his own father, Edward Lloyd, blacksmith, of Mold, under circumstances that gave the unhappy transaction the appearance of accident, was sentenced to be impri- soned seven days.— Thomas Pierce; for breaking into the dwelling house of Edward Hodkinson, of Northop, and stealing thereout several articles of wearing apparel, had judgment of death recorded against him.— Elizabeth Varies, for breaking into the dwelling- house of Edward Humphreys, of Gwasa- ney, and stealing two loaves of bread, was sentenced to he imprisoned one month.— Hugh Hughes, for Stealing two horses from persons resident in Anglesey, had judgment of death recorded against him.— John Jones, for breaking open the dwelling- honse of Mary Williams, of St. Asaph, and stealing thereout two watches and other articles, was sentenced to he transported for seven years; be was also convicted upon another indictment, for breaking into the office of Mr. John Sisson, of Plas- coch, and stealing a box and other property, and sentenced to he transported for the further term of seven years.— James I Vatcrson and Robert Humphreys, persons in the employ of tbe Houghton Colliery Company, w; ere found guilty nf stealing considerable quantities of coal, the property of their employers; and Robert Roberts was found guilty of feloniously receiving the said coals, he well knowing them to have been stolen ; Waterson was sentenced to be transported for seven years; Hum- phreys to be imprisoned 2 years ; and Roberts to be transported for fourteen years.— Edward Foulkes and Edward Roberts, for poaching on lands in the parish of Dremerchion, were sentenced to be imprisoned three months.— Thomas Davies and John I'nrry, for poaching in the preserves of Sir Edward Moslyn, Bait. were sentenced lo be imprisoned three months. PAJPjEIR HAIWIIW^ WILLIAM SMITH, BOOKSELLER, 1RONBRIDGB AND WENLOCK, ^ BSPETTFULLY announces to his Friends and the Public, that he has received the SPUING PATTERNS, in great Variety; aud will be particularly obliged by their Commands. The Papers are all Town- printed, and of the best Workmanship — No Connection with inferior Country or Irish Houses. N B. Booms hung in the neatest Manner. NEW SHOP, Market Place, Wellington. J. B. ADAMS OST respectfully announces to . the Inhabitants of Wellington, his Friends and the Public, that oil Thursday, the 22d Instant, he intends to open a Shop in the Market Place, w ith 1111 ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of Linen and Woollen Drapfery, Mercery, Hosiery, Haberdashery, Sic. lie will then be prepared to submit for Inspection, a general Assortment both of PLAIN and FANCY' GOODS, Which Imve been carefully selected from ihe London, Manchester, Y'orkshire, and other Markets; and he Trusts, that persevering Attention, Punc- tuality, and Integrity, will introduce him lo Public Favour. MARKET PI. ACB, WeLLlSGTOtt, APRIL, 1N30. POONAH PAINTING. MR. LTNESON OST respectfully begs Leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, nnd Inhabitant of SHRRWSBORV nud its Environs, thai lie has arrived st Mr. SAVAGK'S, Watchmaker, Mardol, where he i. leaching the above elegant Art, which he has brought to the gieate. lt Perfection, and yet so ensy, lbal Chil- dren 01 twelve Years of Age, uml Adults who have never cultivated the Tnlenl of Painting, or whose. Time may he too valuable lo go through Ihe usual' tedious Mode of Instruction, will, nfter Five Lesson, he able In produce the most beautiful Groups n'f Fruits, Flowers, Birds, Insects, Shells, Stc. Aud lis most earnestly solicits an Inspection of his Specimens' as the readies! Mode of enabling ihe Public full* to appreciate the Value of this Art ; it being impossible to convey nn adequate Idea nf its Utility and Splen- dour within the Limits of nn Advertisement. TERMS. A Course of Five Lessons, on Bristol Bonrd suit' Velvet, of One Hour each, including Two in Mezzn- tint, on an entire new System, which is sufficient to: perfect any one, however uninformed, £ L Is. MACHINERY FOB SWEEPING CHIMNEYS. H MARKET HERALD. EDWARD DAVIES. AVING been choi- en by the Subscrib- ers lo employ the above MACHINERY, hope* in Ihe Introduction of It lo obtain the Support of ih£ Town and Neighbourhood. Having acquired the proper Mode of using il at Leamington, wheie, as in1 tnany other Parts of England, it has been succetisfnlfv applied for several Years, he doubis not but ihe Machinery will fully answer the benevolent Design for which it was intended. MASOS'S I'ASSAOF, MARDOL, SURRWSDURT. • , SHREWSBURY. In 6ur Market, 011 Saturday last, ihe price of Hides was 4( 1, per lb.— Calf Skills 5d.— Tallow 3d . Wheat, ( 38qts.) .;... 10s. Od. to lis. Od. Barley ( 38ilts.) 4s. ( id. to 04 Oil. Oats( 57qts) 4s. Od. to 6s. 8d. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 12. Tbe samples of new wheat which come to market are rather damp, nnd the importations generully are short. Tbe primesl qualities of wheat may siill be quoted as nn Monday, but the inferior parcels are full Is. cheaper, willi n dull trade. The oat Irude is rather betler, and for the finest parcels there is an improvement of Is. per quarter. Iu the barley Irride we can at present quute no variation, and beans nud peas remain us we last quoted. There is nothing doitlg in bonded wheat, and all other articles of gruiii as well ns flour remain as we last quoted. Cutreiit Price Of Grain per Qr. as unitcr Wheat 58.1. Od. to 80 « Barley 244. Malt 5US. White Peas 42 » . Beans .18s. Oats 2' 2s. Fine Flour [ per sack) 60s. Seconds 55s. A verage Price of Corn in the Week ending April 2,1830. Wheat. ...... 65s; td. I Oats ft. 22s. lid. Barley 3! s Id. | Beans 33s. 5d. SMITHFIELD. [ per stone of 81b. sinking offal.] Reef, for the finest young Scots, continues to feicli 3 » IOd lo 4s per stone, nnd for the larger oxen the price is 3s. 10 3s. 6d. In mflttoh the primesl young Downs have gone off ut 4S. lo 4s. 2d. and coarse woolled sheep ut 3s. lOd ; old ewes, inferior menl, aud all Ihe courser slu ep linve sold at 2s lOd. to 3s 4d. Pork for dairy fed meat is 5s ; and the primes! young veal sells » t 5s. ( id. lo 6s. Lamb for the best meat is 7s. lo 7s. 4d. Od. to 36s. Od. to 56s 0d. to 44s. Oil. to 44s. Od. to 27s. Oil. to 65s. Od. to 60s By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. ADAMS' GRADUATED PRESSURE RUPTURE TIRUSS* rI^ IIIS TRUSS is allowed by nil whiV " have worn it lo he by far the most comfortable alid effectual Support for Hernia of any vet known * il combines Ease with Sectirily, will remain fixe^ during all the Evolutions of the Body, is of but flllle- Eucuiubrailce to the Wearer, and its Pleasure may St any Time be intlunianenusly increased or diminished to any Degree required, without the Removal of the Truss or its Wearer rising from his Seal. Testimonials of iis Merits from the highest Sur « icaf Authorities iu ihe Kingdom may he seen. Sold by Messrs. BI. CNT and SONS, Chemists, Wyie Cop, Shrewsbury; Messrs Mnuiler, Weaver, &. (' o, VVolverbafnp'ton ; and by the Patentees, Oldburv near Birmingham. Beef Mutton Veal Pork Lamb ....... Beasts it Calves 35. . 3s. 4s. CATTLR AT MARKET. Od. fo Od. to Od. to Od. lo Od. to Od. 2d. Od. Oil. 4d. .2,419 92 Sheep Pig' ... 17,220 ... 310 LOST, On Wednesday last, from Meole Rrace, ADARK- RED GREYHOUND t'UPr a boil 1 0 or III Mouths old, wiih Black Miuzli- 1 a While Mark 011 ihe Back of ihe Neck, lour White Feel, and While Tag at Hie End ol his Tail. Whoever bus found ihe nhove, nud will return him fiv" THK PRINTERS of ibis Paper, shall he handsome!? warded. NEXT PRESTATION— SHROPSHIRE. To be Sold by Private Contract, npilE NEXT PRESENTATION* fo I CHURCH PREFERMENT in SIIROINMI|{ of Ihe Yearly Value of £ 350, with 11 Prospect of . fid' Possession. * Apply 10 Messrs. DuKes & SALT, 8olieilort" Shrewsbury. ' COUNTRY RESIDENCE. LIVERPOOL. Wheat ( 701b.) 10s Barley fper bushel) 4s. Oats ( 451b.) 3s. Malt ( per bushel) 6S. Fine Flour ( per 2801b.).. .-. 90s. 6d. to Its. 61I, to 4s. Od. to 3s. 9d. lo 7s. Od. to 54s. 3d. ! ld. lOd. 6d. Od. BRISTOL. Spring price of Wheat ( 33! lbs )..: 4lls Foreign Wheat ( per Imperial bushel)... 7s. English Wheat ( ditto) 7s. Malting Barley ( ditto) j 4s. Malt ( ditto) 6s. Oats, Poland ( ditto) Fine Flour ( per sackof 3cwt. 2qri. 5lbs.) 51s Seconds ( dilto) 48s 0d to 46s Od. to 8s. 9d. lo 8s. 6d. lo yd lo 7s. Od. lo 3s. Od. to 53s. Od. to 50s. In our Fair, yesterday, Fat Sheep fetched 5d. per lb.— Fat Pigs sold at from 3d. to 4d. per lb. and Stores of every description sold at lower prices than at the last Fair. Gloucester Fair on Monday se'nuight exhibited but a short supply of stock, and it was observed that the start which has recently taken place in the euro- market, iu some degree extended its influence to cattle. Fat and meaty beasts sold more freely than of late, at a little improvement in price, averaging rather more than 5d. per lb. and store cattle also went off readily ou comparatively still better terms. Fat sheep were in demand ; all in the market were sold, aud averaged full fid. per lb. There were a great many pigs brought, but in them business was not so brisk. The'horse fair exhibited nothing worth notice. He act, H » ITH IMMEDIATE possrjfios, AMOST eligible RESIDENCE, call*,! GAINS LODGE, situate at BICTq* HEATH, near the Race Course, two Miles from Shrewsbury* on the Welsh Pool Rond : consisting r.' f » ne « li. erecied DWELLING HOUSE, containing, „„ Yi,* Ground Floor, Entrance Hall, Dining lUuni, Suin g Room, Kitchen, Pantry, Brewhouse, with ligliiCeHar. iug under; « n the First Floor, four Bed Chamhii*- aud four gnnd Attic Chambers above. The Outbuildings arc 11 Three. stalled Stable, Coneh House, mid Shed, nnd niiached is sireseelleVi ( inr'- deil ( South Aspect) well stocked aud planted. Or- chard of the choicest Apple, Pear, and oilier kiandanl Fruit Trees ; w ith 12 Acres or thereabouts of excel, lent Grass LAND ; ull iu umple Order, and 41 des rn- ble Residence for n small genteel Family. For Particulars tipi ly in Mr. PeR « v, Sine" sburi ifby Letter, Post- paid * ' N. B. There will lie no Objection | o grmn « Lc » . e for u Term of Years to n desirable T « nnul. ' EpHE Creditors who have proved their a Debts under n Commission of Bankrupt awarded against THOMAS COPLEY, of SHRKWs » mY, in rt, « County of Salop, Hosier, Dealer uud Chapman, iunv receive 11 First nud FINAL DIVIDEND of O. ie Shilling aud Five Pence in the Pound, upon appUit,. at the Bunk of Messrs. IUCK, DODSON, EAI OS » , MI 1 BECK, iu Shrewsbury aforesaid. J. BICKERTON WILI1A MS, Solicitor 10 the Assignee. TIIE CRBSCBKT, SHmtwsBohr, APRIL TT, 1M0. ^ OF • WALES* WANTED a Situation as Gardener, by a Single Young Man 26 Years of Age, who tinderstnnds forcing. Houses, Framing, Flower and Kitchen Gardening; He can he well recommended from the Place he i « about to leave.— Apply by Letter fPost- paid) to U. S. at Mr. POOLER'S, New Street, Wellington. © aleg! by Auction. THIS BAY. SHREWSBURY CANAL SHARES. BY MR. PERRY, At the Raven Inn, Raven Street, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, tfie 14th Day of April next, at Five o'clock in the Evening, ( subject to Conditions to be there aud then produced); rpwo SHARES in the SHREWS- S TJHRY CANAL NAVIGATION. This will be * n excellent Opportunity to invest a small Cnpital to Advautage, owing to tiie Certainty of considerable improvement in the Undertaking, by the Junction with the New Birmingham and Liverpool Canal. Fiirtlier Particulars mat ho had on Application lo Messrs. ACTOH aud PICKIM, Solicitors, Wellington. 29TH MARCH, 1830. Four- wheeled Double- sealed PONY CAR- RIAGE, icilh Harness and HORSE. BY MR " PERRY, In ihe Yard of the Raven Inn, Shrewsbury, on Satur- day next, the 17th Day of April, 1831), ut Half- past Twelve ( for One lo n Minute); ANeat PONY CARRIAGE on Four Wheels, Double Sent, Travelling Conveniences, and Harness to Ditto A IHY GELDING. « '* Years old, near Fourteen Ilauds and a Half high, nccuMnnied to Harness and Saddle, full Condition, und perfectly sound. Genteel and valuable FURNI TURE, C hina, Glass, Home- made Linen, Casks of Ale, & c. & c. BY MR".° TERRY, RNT Direciion of Trustees), ou the Premises al CANNON VAI. K, KINGSLAND, Shrewsbury. OU Monday, the 26th Day of April, 1830; rilH E Entire of the HOUSEHOLD 1 FURNITURE, LINJEN, nnd oilier Effects, of Mr. Wt 1,1.1 AM Woon : comprising Foiirpost ond other Bedsteads with Cllintz and Printed Cotton Hangings, Vxcellent seasoned Goose Beds and Bed Clothes, . Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Bason Siunds^ Glasses, Chairs, and other Chamber Articles; Span- ish Mnhocany Loo Table, Pembroke Ditto, Wine Celleret, Wheel Barometer, a Set of iinitaie Rose. wood rhairs, 8- Day L'loi k ( by Price Evans), Fenders nnd Fire lions, Floor, Stairs, anil Bed Carpi> ls, Passage Oil t'lollr; Tea China, Dinner Service, Glns « , &<• ; Articles of Platp ; Kitchen, Brewing, and Stable Re. qoiiitru ; uud two t'a. k" of excellent Ale. AUn TWF. NTY- 11 \ R PAIRS of excellent Hpme- • « pun fine and eoiirsr SHEETS; fine and ooihiiion Table nnd Breakfast Clntlis, Towels, Pillow Cases, and other Linen. Tbe Whole will be arranged for Viewing by Nine o'Cloc k, and Sale commence nt Ten ( for F. lfien in a Minute), as en- ry Article will be Sold without uny 1 ntermission of Time after negiiiuirig. Calaloj; lies tintV be bad at MR. PUKIIV'S Office, Pride Hill ; anil ( in the Premises. TO BE LET, WITII IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, AHOUSE, suitable for a small srentee] Family, situate in COLLEGE HILL COURT, with Wulled'Garden and Green. bouse ; neat Entrance, Drawing, Dining, and 5 Lodging Rooms, 3 Attics, Kitchen,. Brew house, Larder, Pantry, and Yard, vaulted Beer aud Wine Cellars, with all convenient Offices attached, and the House fined up with everV useful Fixture — Enquire on the Premises. This Advertisement will not be continued. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, AVERY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate within tllrete Miles of the Town , of fellesuiere, Consisting of Farm House with suitable Outbuildings, and f> 84 Acres of Arable, Meadow, uod Pasture LAND, adjoining; together with u Labourer's Collage, nearly new. This Estate will be sold to pay belter than 3J per Cent, on the present Rent; and a considerable Part of the Purchase Money may remain on Mortgage, if required. For farther Particulars, and lo treat for llic Sale, apply lo Messrs. HASSALL and WALMSLBY, Solicitoi Wem __ " TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, THE LODGE, MARKET DRAYTON, SHROPSHIRE; With 11 Acres of Land. r| PHE HOUSE contains Library, Dining B and Drawing Rooms, ten Bed Rooms, with every Convenience for n moderate. sized Family ; Coach house. Stables, Burn, Cowhouses, Uc. See.. Also, u COTTAGE & large Garden nearly adjoining. For Particulars apply tn Ihe Proprietor, JOHN CLAYTON, E. Q. on ihe Premises; or lo Messrs. ('. and L. WARRKN, Solicitors, Drayton.— Letters Post- paid. DESIRABLE HWJMEIBlLi © ! PIB ® IPlS3iinr9 At Little Ness, in the County of Salop. TO BE SOLD, BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, LL that MESSUAGE or Tenement, with the MALTHOUSE, Barn, and Garden thereunto adjoining ; aud alsn all those Three Pieces or Parcels of I. AND thereunto belonging, containing iu ihe Whole by Admeasurement 14A- " 2R. 20P or thereabouts, ami uow in the Occupation of Mr. John Spicer. The Mnlttaouse is fitted up with every requisite Fixture; and Ihe Land of excellent Quality.— There is a valuable Right of Common ultuched to this Pro perty ; and also u considerable Quantity of Young Growing Timber on the Property. Mr. SPICEB will shew the Premises; and further Infnrmation may he obtained from Mr. WATSON, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. Dp auction. BENBOW PLACE. , SHREWSBURY, < The Birth- place of the late yallani A diniral Uenbow. BY TUDOR & LAWRENCE, Sometime in next Month; LL that valuably R ESI DENCE, with every suitable Office, fiig, house, Siable, Cow- house, Piggery, very capital Garden ( Walled iu Part), large Orchard, and Meadow LAND adjoining, form- ing a complete Residence for n genieel Family, being both Towu and - Country,, and within two Minutes' Walk of Ihe Shrewsbury Free Grammar Schools, under Archdeacon Butler. i ; A small Part of the Meadow Land adjoining Ihe Ellesmere Road will be fenced off front ilie principal Lot, and divided into Lots, which will be shortly slaked out, nnd a Map mav he seen next Week, and further Particulars hud ou Application to the A net toM- BBRS, Shrewsbury. N. B. Further Particulars in our next. Miuslerley, Weslhury, Shelton, Pool, and Basthurch Districts. NOTICE- IS. HEREBY GIVEN, thai the tiENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of the Turnpike iioads leading from Shrews, hufy to M insierley, We'sibury, ami Baschurcli, in the County of Salop, and from Siielloo, ill the said County,, tn or tiearto Bnttiogton Hull, in tiie County of . Mont- gomery, is appointed to lie held al the Guildhall, iu Shrewsbury, ou Thursday, ihe 29th Day Of this iVlnuilij. nl FJeveu o'clock in lire Forenoon, pursuant lo iheProvisious' of the General Turnpike Acts. ' '•••'/.- JOHN JONES, '* | ,, - .. Clerk to the said Trustees. - SIIMIIVSBCRY, APRIL 5, Ih30. iSliercUancouo SntcUigntcr. A Congfrd'elire great seal fur the election'of a' Bishop lo Ihe see of Exeter, in ihe room of I) r. Win. Carey', translated to St. Asaph ; and his Majesty lias hceri pleased'to" recommend to the Dean and Chapter the Right Rev. Br. Christopher Bet hell, now Bishop of Gloucester, to he so elected. DITTON PRIORS, near Bridgnorth. A/ BY DANIEL BRIGHT, ON TH K PR FM ISPS, On Monday, the 19th Dav of April, 183( 1; LL the LIVE STOCK, Implements in Husbandry, & C. & c. the Property or Mr, EDWARDS, who has given up the Farm oo thai Estate: comprising 3 Cows uud Calves, 4 Young Fr^ s'll Bar reus, 3 Fal Cows; 3 Waggon Geldings, 2 Dillo Mares, 7 Sets of Gears ; 6 Store I'igs. IMPLEMENTS— 3 narrow- wheel Waggons, 2 broad-' wheel Tumbrels, 2 Double Ploughs, 2 Hand Ditto, 2 Pair of Harrows, Crank and Chains, Land Roller, Twins, Wheelbarrow, Fodder Cribs, Ladders,, Win- ubtving Machine, Sieves, and Riddles; Bags, Scales nnd Weights, Half- Bushel, Slraw Engine, Heel Rakes, small Dillo, Pikels, Scnieb Forks, with. oilier small Implenieuts in llustiuudi y, 4 Hogsheads, Haive. t Bottles. & c. & c. THE AUCTIONEER begs to recommend the Horses os powerful unrl superior Workers, well adapted as a Road Team. Sule lo commence at Eleven o'Cloek. Shrewsbury District of Wat ling Street Road, and Shellon and Lowjden Turnpike Road. • SkTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that life GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of tbe said Turnpike Roads is appointed to he held at the Guildhall, in Shrewsbury, on Friday, the SOtli Day of this Month, ot Eleven o'Cloek in the Forenoon, pursuant to ihe Provisions nf the General Turnpike Acts. JOHN JONES, ; j, Clerk to Ihe Trustees. SHREWSBURY, APRIL 5, 1830. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. Cle5 Don- ntoii, near Ludlow. ELIGIBLE CORNER SHOP, DWELLING HOUSE AND PREMISES, CAS Th E- S TR E E T, SURE WS BUR Y. BY TO BE SG! LD PRIVATE CONTRACT, BY MR. PERRY, At the Fox luu, in Shrewsbury, oo Saturday . tbe Ist Day of May next, at Four o'Cloek in Ihe After, iioali subject lo Condilions lo he then produced, Iniles's previooilv disposed of hy private Contract, ' of which due Notice will be given; ALL that new- erected MESSUAGE or ' Dwelling House, Barn, Stable, Cow. boose, Piggeries, Garden, nod seyerlil Pieces of LAND, situate nt the OLD WOODS, iu llie Township and Parish of Piesion Gohhalls, now iu the Occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. J> nit MOURIS; The Premises adjoin Hie Folates of Sir T J. Tvrwhiit Jones, Bart J A l. l. oyd, Esq aud Joseph Muckles- ion, E » q. and abound willi Game. For Particulars apply lo llie Proprietor on the frremi. es ; or lo Mr. U ACB, Attorney, Shrewsbury. Alto, at the same Time and Place, subject to Condilions • jo be then produced, iu the following or such other Lots as mav be fixed u|> on ; LOT I. All those several Pieces of LAND, with a COTTAGE thereon, called ilie VVOODIIAYES otherwise NBWTON'S WOOD, ill the Parish of Westbury, in ihe County of Salop, containing together about Thirty six Acres, and uow in ihe Occupation of , Mr. Benjamin. Evans, whose Tenuntey expires nl Michaelmas next. This Lot is very conveniently situated, and capa- ble of much Improvement. LOT II All Allotment of LAND on STRRTTON HEATH, in the Parish nf Westhury, cotliuining OA 3R. 4(> „, ( hereabouts, in the Occupation uf Mr. Benjamin ' Evans For Particulars af^ ily lo Mr. Wltll, Solicitor, , Shrewsbury. fj^ HE Fee- Simple and Inheritance of all * those extensive and valuable PREMISES, silunte in CASTLE STREET nud SCHOOL LANE, SHREWSBURY, late in the Occupation of Richard Williams. The Ground Floor consisting of o Corner Shop with small Parlour attached. Front Parlour, Entrance Hall, and Bock Entrances ( with Sheet Frontage of 33 Feet iu Caslle. Street, and same Space in School Lane), Bakehouse, Kitchen, Yard, and Offices, wiih Front ami Back Staircase to ihe Upper Floors. The Chamber Floor contains five comfortable Bed Rooms, and a Room over tiie Bakehouse now- used in ihe Trade. The Upper Floor consists of three tied Rooms aud Store Room ; aud there is Beer aud Wine Cellaring, with Bins, ixe underneath. These Pteuiises have for many Years been es. tublisbed iu the Confectionary Trade, but are adapted to any Business requiring Publicity aud Extent of R oom. For foriher Particulars apply to Mr. JOHN LOX- DAI. E, Solicitor, Shrewsbury — The greatest Part of the Purchase Money may remain ou approved Se- cuiity. If not Sold, the Premises will be LET. BY DANIEL BRIGHT, Ou Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th aud 21st Days of April, 18311;' ALL the valuable STOCK of HERE- FORD CATTLE, HORSES, BLOOD COLTS, fee with the IMPLEMENTS, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, ami Part of the Household GOODS and FURNITURE, ilie Property of Mr. WHITEPOOT, who is retiring from the Farming Business. Consisting of 14 Cows calved and in calf, Stwo- year olils, It) Yearlings, 1 two- year old Bull, 1 yearling Ditto, all ol the Hereford Breed ; 2 Waggon Geldings, 3 Ditto Mares ( two of which are in- foul), 6 Sets of Gears, I Brood Mare by old General, Mare in- foal lo young Vestris ( well known in T. Botfield, Esq.' s Hull I), 1 yearling Colt out of Ditlo, two year, old Ditto out ( if Ditto, three- year old Diito out of Ditto, four- year old Mare out of Ditto, capital Hack, very clever three. year old Brown Coll ( suitable to Harness, and equal lo gical Weight), useful two- year old lluif- bred Colt, by Mr. Giles's Grey Horse ; i Gilt in pig, and 1 Gilt and Pigs. IMPLBMBNTS — Two narrow- wheeled Waggons, 2 broad- wheeled Tumbrels, Market Curt, double Plough, 2 single- wheeled Ploughs, 2 Pair of Harrows, Crank and Chains, Land Roller, Wheelbarrow, Ladders, Hurdles, null all oilier small Implements used in Farming Business. Also, all tbe Dairy and Brewing Vessels, Casks, & c. with Part of the Household Goods and Furniture, consisting of Bedsteads, Bfds, Blan- kets, Tables, Chairs, Clock, 2 Cheese Presses, Milk Tills, Cheese Tubs, Pails, & c. rj^> The AUCTIONEER assures the Public, the Whole will be Sold without the least Reserve, nod three Months' Credit allowed on any Sum exceeding £ 20, on satisfactory Security given to the Proprietor at tlie Time of Sale. Sale to commence each Day nt Eleven o'Clock. FOR POSITIVE SALE. SEVERN HILL. Dp auction. ERCAIX PARK. FARMING STOCK # FURNITURE. BY MlR^ SMitH; On the Premises, ut ERCALL PARK, in tllejCoilnty of Salop, on Friday, the 23d Day of April, 1830; " pHE Besidue of the Farming STOCK, a Part of the genteel FURNITURE, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, belonging to M r EDWARD GITTINS. Particulars in. our nexl. PI CKLES CO TT. BY DANIEL BRIGHT, On Friday, the 23d Day of April, 1830; ALL the LIVE STOCK, Implements in Husbandry, Part of the HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Brewing nud Dairy Vessels, & c & c. the Properly of Mr. BROMLEY. Particulars in Handbills. ALL STRETTON. HERE AS EDWARD HUGHES, of ELLRSMKRE, iu the County of Salop, La- bourer, stands charged with being Guilty uf . Felony : — Whoever will apprehend and lodge him in the Prison of the said Counly, in the Town of Ellestilere aforesaid, where the same Felony was committed, shall, on^ is Conviction, receive a Reward of Twenty Pounds from Mr. JOHN: LEA the younger, or Mr. JOHN M INSMM. 1 , of BUesmere aforesaid. The said Edward Hughes is a stout made Man, abnut 5 Feel 8 Inches in Height, dark lluir, of a swarthy Complexion, rather near sighted, about 27 Years old, lias a snlall Scar or Mark of a Wound on olle Side of his Neck ; had on when he left F. llesillere, a Fustian Jacket uud TrOwsers, and a- Red Plush Waisicolii. ' ' EI LPSMPRB, APRIL 13TH; 1830, ^ jpH E Commissioners'in a Commission of 3 Bankrupt, awarded & issued against GEORGE CORSEIi, GEORGE NAY LOR, and JOSEPH HAS- SALL, of WHITCHURCH, in Ihe Counly of Sulop, Bunkers aud Copartners, Dealers and Chapmen, daied ihe 201 Ii Day of November, 1828, intend to M EET at. ihe White Lion Inn, in Whitchurch afore- said, on' Wednesday, ihe Fifth Day of Mav, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, to audit tbe Accounts of the Assignees; SUd nt Twelve o'clock ut Noon of the same Day, to' declare further Dividends of the joint nnd separaie Estates of the said Bankrupts; when aud where tire Creditors who have not ulready proved their Debis are to cortie- prepared to prove ihe same, or they will he excluded the Benefit of the said Dividends ; niidttll. Claims not then substantiated will he . disallowed.' " I" ' ;-,, BROOKES & LEE, V. .. Solicitors. ; . | ; \ Y H ER EAS a Com mission of Bankrupt * v is awarded and issued forth against THOMAS CRUMI'TON, Of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, Co'rdwainer, Dealer and Chapman, and he being declhr'ed a Bankrupt is hereby required to stir. renitrxhilHself lo the Commissioners in the said Colii- missinn' named, or the major Pari of ibetti, on the 25th an'tl 26rli Days" of March instant, and on 1 lie Kith Dav of April uexr, nt Eleven of the Clock iu Ihe Forenoon on each of Hie said Days, nt the Talbot lull, in Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, and make, a full Discovery aiid Disclosure of his Estate and Effects, when iiud where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove tliror Drills, and at the second Silling to choose Assignee's, iiiitl at the last Silling the said Bankrupt is required lo finish his Examination, aud the Creditors arc til assent lo or dissent from the Allowance Of his Certificate.' All Persons indebted to the said Bntik- rupt, or that. iiave any of bis Effect., are not lo pay or detivey ijie same hut to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, but to give Noiice to Mr. J. BICKRRTON tviI. I. IAMs, Solicitor, the Crescent, Shrewsbury ; or Messrs. CLARKr, RICHARDS, TC MKDCAJP, Solicitors, No 20, Lincoln's. Inu. Fields, Londo... SHREWSBURY, MARCH 19', 1830. THE LATE MAJOR RENIS'EiI. The lives of mep who mark their age ; itiil coiintrj- arc public property the j are the data by which the characters of different nations arid 3ificrent epochs are distinguished ; they arc indeed the noblest bequest we can leave to our successors; tynd, in offering this slight tribute to the Major's memory, we call upon his family to do that memory more elabo- rate justice. Belonging to the corps, of Engineers, during the sanguinary, wars which, led tp the final Conquest of the peninsula of India, his spirit of enter- prise was conspicuous on many occasions, alid his known skill and ever vary ing resources, were well appreciated hy the great l. oril fclive ; but the despe- rate wounds he received fortunately compeiled . him to return to England, where he « ave the yvhole energy of his mind , to literary pursuits. Germany could boast of Clitverius and CVIlarius, and Eranee ot- her D'Anville, but no eminent geographer had yet adorned this country. Rfnnejt amply redeemed us from that reproach. To the industry of the former, and to the acutencss of the latter, lie added a sagacity which reconciled the most discordant passages of history"; a perseverance which ransacked every source of information; and A professional tact, which, in analyzing the military movements of the ancients, not only facilitated his researches, hut sjampod his deci- sions with general conviction of their accuracy. But there was slill another quality which more peculiarly marked his writings, arid which Caiinot. he too muc. ii held up for imitation,-! he ingenuous cAndourwith which he states the difficulty he could not vanquish or acknowledges the happy conjectures of others. Those who have studied his Geography of tlerodotus, and followed under his guidance the retreat of the ten thousand, will have felt how much this quality augments the value of his reasonings ; and they will confess that, in exciting them to use their owii judg- ment, he doubly Contributes to their information. In all his discussions his sole object was the establishment of truth, and not the triumph of victory. Another characteristic of this amiable philosopher was the generous facility with which he imparted his stores of learning in conversation; a memory remarkably tenacious, and so well arranged, as to be equally ready for the reception or for the distribution of knowledge, made him a depositary of facts to which few ever applied in vain : adapting himself to the level of all who consulted him, he had the happy art of correcting their errors without hurting their feel- ings, and of leading them to truth without convicting them of ignorance. He had originally served in the navy, and various papers of great merit evince the interest he continued to fake in nautical science. He Satisfactorily demonstrated that a dangerous, hut unsuspected; curretit sets from the Bay of Biscay towards the Scilly Islands; and many of his liist years were employed in constructing charts of all the principal currents in the Atlantic Ocean. These surprising monuments of critical skill and indefati- gable search, it is understood, were purchased by government. We have not room to pursue the sub- ject further; hut his biographer will find a copious fund of materials in the varied labours of a life which extended to upwards of 87 years, and during which the activity of his highly gifted mind lirieW rio pause. AT ASTON, NEAR WEM, IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP. Capital llAY ( of the Growth of 18- 28 and 18-.!<)), Stone Roller, eleven Iron Hurdles, and a Quantity of Posts and Rails, The Property of Mr. Tiiod. CRUMPTON, n Bankrupt. BV MR. T is DALE, At the Britannia Inn, Mardol, Shrewsbury, ou Sainr. day Next, the 17th Day of April, 1S30, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon ; LOT I. tJTACK of exceedingly prime HAY ( of lo the Growth of I8> 8), got without Wet, containing .• bout 21 Tons. LOT II. STACK of exceedingly prune HAY ( of the Growth of IS29), containing about 11 Tons. Tbe Stacks are standing in a Field on Severn Hill ( three Quarters of a Mile from llie Town of Shrews, bury), adjoining the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury to llanwood. Also a STONE ROLLER, II Iron HURDLES, and a Quantity of POSTS and R AILS, iu Lots. The Auctioneer will appoint lo shew the Hay, & c. FRANKWELL— SHREWSBURY. ' BY CHURTON & SONS; Ou Friday and Saturday, ilie Hiili and 17th Days of April, 1830, ruch Day at Ten o'Clock ; J^ HE Whole of the very valuable STOCK fl of 13 DAIRY TOWS'and HE) FEUS, fresh Barrens, Young- Stock, Waggon Team, three- years old Carl Co| t, yearling Dillo, Pigs, substantial 1 ! V1 PLE- MENTS of HiiKlmiidrv, ilie NVh. de of the useful Dairy aud Brewing' Vt- skels, Hurt of the HOUSEHOLD FUKNITUUE, and other Ett'. ets, the Property of Mr. GKOHGR BROOKES, who is leaving- the Farm. Caialoj> ue8 may be hud upon the Premises, and from the- Auctioneers, Whitchurch, Salop. BY DANIEL BRIGHT, In the Farm- Yard at ALL STRETTON, on Wednes- day, the 28th Day of April, 1830; ALL the LIVE STOCK, & c. belonging to Mr. TOMJ. INS, who has given up the Farm. Particulars in a future Paper. ONE BERWICK, MILE FROM SHREWSBURY. BY DANIEL BRIGHT, On the Premises, on Tuesday anil Wednesday, the 4th und 5th Duys of May, 1830 ; 4 LL the LIVE STOCK, implements in Husbandry, HOUSEHOLD GOODS und Furniture, LIN EN, CHI N A. GLASS, Brewing and Dairy Vessels, See. Ixc. the Property of Mr. St'ltMAN. ( d* Particulars next Week. AT STOKE, Near MARKET 1) RA YTON and HODNET, in the County of Salop. I Household Furniture, Trinkets, § c. Kc. BY MlT'flSDALE, On the Premises, TOP OF FRANKWELL, Shrews- bury, nu Wednesday nud Thursday, the 21st aud S; 2d Days of Ap. il, 1830; ^ uk genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE, of ihe lale Mr. MORI. BY, Maltster: comprising- handsome Mahogany Fourpost nnd other Bedstead, ami Hangings, capilal Feather Beds, Mat. Irasses, Counterpanes, Blankels, Bed and other Liuen, Mahogany and Painied Dressing Tables, Mahogany < bests of Drawers, handsome Mahogany und oilier Wash. baud Stands, painted Wardrobe with Drawers, Kasv Chair ( withSlutf'ed Soul olid Buck, Brass nailed, ou Castors), Mahogany Night Stool, uud oilier Cham- ber At tides ) also handsome large Mahogany Pem- broke Table, Sofa, handsome Pier Glass ( Gilt Frame), Mahogany Celeret, neat painted Bookshelves, Maho- gany t hairs ( Hair Seal.), Venetian and Roller Blinds, CHIN GLASS, PRINTS, BOOKS, capital 8 Day Clock, Oak Bureau De> k, with all the numerous Kitchen and Culinary Arlicles, Casks, nnd Miscel- lanies ; also four Winches, two Plated Tankards, Work nud Cotton Boxes, Plated and Morocco Castors, Spirit Stands, & c ; a Quantity of Black Lead Pencils, Neck- laces, Bracelets, Snaps, Reticules, Watch Chains, • plated Tea Spoons, Telescopes, Waist Buckles and Clasps, Bras. Inkstands, Butchers' Steels, Razor Hones, Glass Lanterns, Smelling Bottles, Bridle Bils, Purses, Pocket Books, and numerous other Articles. Ciilaliigiies will be prepared and distributed, and may be Imd on tbe Premises, und ofThe Auctioneer, N" cw- SirPe1,- Frank well. Sale to commence each Morning at Hulf- past Ten o'Clock precisely, All Persons having any Claims nn the Estate of the ," l* to Mr. CHARLES MORLEY, Maltster, of FRA* NK WBI. L, are desired lo send the Particular* lliereot to . Mr. BAKER, Mlversmith, Coin. Market, Shrewsbury in Order that the same may be examined and dis- - charged ; and all Prisons who stand indebted to III . aid Estate are reqoesied lo pay the Amount of their immediately to Mr. Iluker ufo ' seVeral . mull HOUSES TO LET.- Apply as above ( ONB CONCERN.) BY CHURTON & SONS, Without Reserve, on Monday, the I9ih Day of April, 1830, at Ten o'Clock precisely ; '' H^ HE Whole of the verv superior STOCK fi of long- horned and cms.. bred DAIRY COWS and HEIFERS, calved and in. calf, picked Calvers ( very fiesli). Valuable Slurks, three- years old loug- iinrned Bull, yearling Calves ; capilal Team of young WAGGON HORSES; Flock of SHEEP; PIGS; Implements of Husbandry, DairJ St Brewing Utensils, autl oilier Effects, late the Properly of Mr. GEORGE MKAKIN, deceased. Catalogues may he. bad upon ihe Premises, and from THE AUCTIONEERS, Whitchurch. AEXPORT, IN * HE PARISH OF CHimCHSTOKE, AND NEAR MONTGOMERY. T" AT PEN- Y- BRVN, Near LLANGOLLEN, in the County of Denbigh, BY CHURTON & SONS, Oil Monday, the 10th Day of May, 1830, and following Days, al 10 o'Clock each Day ( without Reserve) ; I^ HE Whole of the valuable und quite 1 modern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, rich Cllimiiev and Dressing Glasses, Brussels anil other Carpeisi CHINA, GLASS, LINEN, Stc. handsome PHAETON wiili Harness and a Pair of beautiful BAY GELDINGS, Man's Suddle, Cart and Gearing, Dairy d Brewing Requisites, uud all other the most excel- lent EH'ecis. lhe Property of HENRY PARRY, Esq. who is going abroad. The Furniture and oilier Effects may be viewed on Saturday pievious to the Sale, from Ten till Foor o'Clock. » ** Descriptive Catalogues will be prepared in due Time. Farming Stock, Implements, Dairy Utensils, 4' C. BY GEO. WILLIAMS, On Monday, the 19th Day of April, 1830, upon the Premises at Allport, ihe I'roperi. y of Mr. THO/ WAS EVANS, who ha* given up the Farm aud taken au HE LIVE STOCK consists of four Cows calved aud in- calf, three Fresh Barrens, Pair of 2- vear old Bullocks, four yearling- Cattle ; four Wag- g- on Horses and Mares with their Geaiing*, useful Bay Pony, aged ( has hern accustomed to cairy heavy Weight); one Road Waggon, one Harvest Dillo, one Timber Carriage, two Tumbrels, and some odd Wheels, two Wheel Ploughs, three Pair of. Har- rows, Land Holler, Winnowing Machine, and all small Farming Implements; Wrought- iron Kiichen Grate, Sway, Ashes Grate, Back Oven, Fender and Fire Irons ; with all the Dairy Utensils which are expressed in Handbills now in Circulation. Sale at One o'Clock. Pursuant to the Act for the ItetieJ oj Insolvent Debtors in Eny/ und. 8^ 11 K Court for Relief of Insolvent Deht- ors, on the 19: h Dav of March, 18&> : upou the Filing of the Peiiti. iu St Schedule of HKNKY WEBB. foimMy of WeUh. po. ol, Mmhj> hmery* h. out ol lUiMii- ess ; ihen of. I; KeuniogftVii Ova! 5 a'fie'rw » u< ls of 11, Bet- moudsey Road ; and lale oi . Clayton- N't reel^ Krnniog ton, Surrey , luif* CUM IS to A WINE Merchant a Prisoner in the iMamluiUea Prison, . in ihe County of Surrey • it is Ordered and Appoiitifd, thai the Mutters of the said - P. eiitiou aiid Schedule shall he heard l>\ the Court, at the Court House in Portugal- Street," Liu- roln's- 111 IV- Fields o. u the fourth Dav ol Mav next," at lite H/( » n of Ten in the Morning precisely ; of which all Cr. e. ditars and Persons claiming to be Creditors « . f the syjtf Insolvent for ll. e Sum of Five Pounds or more shaft have J^ oti^ e, by Service of a Copy of this Order, tuade: Williiii Mich Time and iu such Manner as i » pre- scribed by We Rule of Court in that Behalf. By the Court, y W. G. TUWAiTES, Attorney, .17, Queen- street, Cheapside. TAKE NOTICE. f1'.* ff aTiy 0letHVbr intends to oppose the said Pri- son 17r^ V^ O'i% eIce suc" Intention nnisit lie, given, hy . Eirlry'" thereof in the proper Page and CoTrtuin trf ( lie Uook liept for that Purpose, at the Office of Wie'Court,'- between the Honrs of Ten in the Fore- noon arid/ FoiPr in the Afternoon, three clear Days hefote tire Day nf Hearing aboyementioned, exclusive of Suo? hr^' s and exclusive both of the Days of entering' . supli^ oticd . a% d of the said Day uf Hearing. Notice to prorllire at t'he Hearing any Books or Papers filed with ilie Schedule must he given to the Officer having the Custody thereof, within the same Hours on any Day prfvirtn* to the said Day ! of Hearing. Fj. B, JPutfaHee , M> the. Office in Pol tugal- Slreel. 2 TT^^ eti'iou ai> d Schedule, and all Bo. ks pei- sv^ ud W I- Mi tigs filed therewith, will be produced AT CORRA, In the Parish of Prees, in the County of Salop. BY LAKIN AND SON, On the Premises ( without the least Reserve), on Mondny and Tuesday, ihe lOili aud 20ih Davs of April, 1830, ut Ten o'Clock each Day ; rptlE Whole of the valuable STOCK of X 17 long- horned DAIRY COWS and HEIFERS calved and near culling, YOUNG STOCK, Team of five Waggon HORSES, I two- year* old Gelding (' oil try Alexander, PIGS, IM PLEM ENTS of Husbandry, Dairy mid Brewing Vessels, Household FURNITURE, uud all other Effects, of Mr, JAMBS WOOLHICU, of CO It 11A aforesaid. The Live Slock and Implements to be sold the first Dav.— Catalogues may be bad ut the Auctioneers' Office, Whitchurch, Salop. try the . proper Officer for Inspection and Examination, 011 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, until the last Day for entering Opposition inclusive, ou tnis Noiice being exhibited :. and Copies of ihe Petition and Schedule, or such Part thereof as shall be required, will be provider! by ihe proper Officer, nccordiug lo the Ac( 7 Geo. IV. c. 57, s. 70. 3. Opposition at the Hearing can only he made bv the Creditor iu Person, or by Counsel appearing for him. I. AW OF SUCCESSION. If we Were called on to point out the most, memor- able instances of human absurdity, we should be strongly inclined to select thein from the works of the law- makers. " By the French law, a father can dispose of hut half his property by will, if he leaves but one child ; of one- third, if he leaves two children ; and of one- fourth, if he leaves three or more children behind him." The consequenccs of this precious law are, that a son may be as profligate as lie will without regard to his father's displeasure, as he must receive the same portion, be he good or had - that a father will not expend afiy tiling, if he tan help it, on the advance- ment of his son in professional life or otherwise, inas- much as no allowance will be marie for that expendi- ture in the grnerol dUfribufion of the property— that the infirm son, who cannot provide for himself, is put on the same footing with the S'III who can— and that the father is deprived of one of the great motives to the increase of Ihe exertion ; by knowing that he labours equally for the ungrateful and the grateful, and that the distribution of the fruit of his labours is taken out of his hands. So much for the iatv of equality. Another, and perhaps a more injurious result, in a public point of view, is tbe breaking down of property into fragments. No right of eldership exists, to mak*- a head of a family. The French peer can leave his eldest soli hut the ma jorat or small property annexed to the title. In England Ihe law by which tlie estate descends to th" elder is productive of the best con- sequences on general society By constituting a nead of the family, families are kept together. The younger members of them have a support in the respect felt for the head, aud I'I the influence which his fortune or rank gives him iii the country. The great establishments, patks, and mansions, of the landholders of England, which are among the highest ornaments of the empire, and ate of still more import- ance as centres of public feeling, of hospitality, of protection to the poor, aud of manly habits and honourable feelings in the upper ranks, are kept bv this heirship: And, what is of higher value still, fife landed interest, in which is the true strength of Eng- land— Ihe peerage, and the general aristocratic branch of the public body,— without which the constitution must be either A despotism or a democracy, altogether originate ih the right of eldership. There may be occasional hardships iu the inequality of an elder and a younger brother's fortune; but the occasional hardship is counterbalanced by a crowd of advan- tages, the posses ion uf which gives England a body of the manliest, and most patriotic landed gentry on earth, and the absence of which is hourly crumbling down the nobility of F ranee, and will, in the course of half a century, turn its whole population into a mob, unless common sense be vindicated, and the State righted by a revolution. — IVhittakcrs Monthly Magazine. AT THE GROVE, Near Market Drayton, in the County of Salop, Late the Residence nf Lady MARKHAM, deceased. - O • RF. SPF. CTFULI. Y beg to announce to tl . Public, that they have received Instruct! ® CHURTON St SONS the nitriietwru. from the Executors of ihe lale Proprietor to dispose of Ihe Whole of Ihe very elegant und superb HOUSE- HOLD FURNITURE, CHINA, GLASS, and all oilier Effects, which thrv will SELL BY AUCTION, without the leasl Reserve, on Monday, the 171b Dai of May, 1830, and following Days. N. B. The Whole of the Effects tnay be viewed on ihe Saturday previous to the Sale, from Ten till. Foni o'Clork. " latalnguei will be distributed iii due Time. AT SOULTON DAIRY- HOUSE, Between Wem and Hawhstone. BY MR. ASHLEY, On the Premises at Soulton Dairy- House, near Weui, on Wednesday, the 21st Dav of April, 1830; rpHE very " superior LIVE STOCK, JL and Part of the FARMING IMPLEMENTS, belonging to Mr. WILKINSON, who is giving up thai Farm : comprising futir choice Cows and Calves, twenty - eight Calving Heifers ( carefully selected from good Slocks), eight excellent Young Barren Cows, Pair of Stirks ; two powerful Diaught Horses, a pro. inisiug 3- years old Hack Colt ( by Sir Charles) ; fifiy Ewes and Lambs; six stiong Store Pigs; broad- wheeled Harvest Waggon, Harvest Carl with broad; Wheels ( nearly ne\>), Tumbrel, 1. Horse Cart, Win- nowing Machine, Double Plough, Water- furrowing Ditto, four Pair of Harrows, two Ladders, huge Scales and Weights, Mall Mill, large Lead Milk Cool, er, new Wheelbarrow, three Stone Cisterns, four Pigtroughs, aud various other Aiticles. Sale to commence precisely at Eleven o'Cluck, COYKK, THIS SEASON ( 1830). JL - the celebrated Grey Horse, ;::. sia eqward. Fifteen Hands Tli ree Inches high, tlie Property of Mr. r- WujjASi BARNRTT, Plough Inn, Wellington, Thorough".!, red Mares at Five Guineas and a Crown, others at Three Guineas arid a Crown. Sir Edward by Friend Ned ; Dam, Sister to Aque- lina, by Eagle; Grand- dam, a Sister to Petworth, by Precipitate. Friend Ned was hy Camillus ; Dam, by Cock fighter; Grand dam, Restless, out of Little Sally, &. C & p. Camillus was by llambletonian ; Dam, Fyilh, by Pacolet. Hambletouian was the b< st Horse in England of his Day. Camillus was one of the best jiotlomed ilorses ever saddled, and was Sire of ihe following celebrated. Bacer* ; namely, Magis- trate, Uhndainauthus, Eacus, Leopold, General Miua, Gielding', and Minna, which were decidedly the best bottomed Horses in the Kingdom of their respective Years. Sir Edward was allowed to be the best Plate Horse in England, having won twenty. three Times, und never walked over for any of them, chiefly at high Weights, and four- mile Heats, beating some of the best Horses of his Day ; and, from his excellent Con- stitution and acknowledged Bottom, has proved him- self equal to any Stallion in the Kingdom. His Stock, now three Years old, and chiefly Greys, possess every Requisite for superior Horses, and are pro- nounced by the best Judges to be most promising. He" will be at the Swan Inn, Ellesmere, every Tues- day | at the Red Lion, Oswestry, every Wednesday! ; through Chirk and Ruabon lo Wrexham, every Thursday ; t,| U » the Bowliuo Grem, Overton, the same Night ; through Coekshott to the Dun Cow, Abbey F'oregate, Shrewsbury, on Friday, where be will re- main until Saturday Evening ; and return Home the same Night, where he will remain until Monday ; and soon every Week, except Sickuess or Lameness pre- vent him.' Good Grass for Mares at the Plough Inn, Welling- ton, at 7s per Week.— Corn,.. if ordered; ami due Attention will be " pa id to the Mares being stinted. The Money to be paid, at Midsummer, or 5' alf- extra wiU be cimV^ ed . fui each Mare. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 5. Richard Phillips was opposed by Mr. Cooke on behalf of creditors, named Col lings and Coates. A creditor also opposed in person. The insolvent came up on a former day, when he underwtMit a long examination relative to the disposi- tion of his property, which was alleged to have been fraudulently disposed of, and also relative to the debt due to Mr. Coates, oho of the opposing creditors The insolvent denied that he owed Mr. Coates above £ 8, but, on the part of Mr. Coates, £ 150 w as claimed. The court adjourned the case, in order to obtain a statement of Mr. Coatees claim. To- day the insolvent came up again, when Mr. Commissioner Law pronounced the judgment of the court. He observed that the insolvent was opposed j by two attorneys, one of whom had sued him, and the other defended the action : aud it appeared that he was also opposed by another creditor, from Bir- mingham, from whom he had got some goods unfairly. The insolvent had, undoubtedly, committed a fraud against the general body of creditors, by the mode in which he had disposed of all his property, having run away with it and sold it. It was also in evidence that within five years the insolvent had been heard upon a former petition at Hereford, and he was then remanded for a period of ten months for making away with property. Mr. Coates had been a creditor prior to that examination to the amount of £ 50, and the disposal of property for which the insolvent was then remanded, was the seizure of it by Mr. Coates under a cognovit, which the insolvent had given him. Since then, according to the insolvent's statement, which was not contradicted, he had only contracted a debt of £ 8 with Mr. Coates, who had, however, n. Sde a claim including- the f ornier doht, tor w hich he had no right to sue the insolvent. The court was anxious to have . such a statement from Mr. Coates as would show the w hole claim of £ 150 was made out;' and " a'state- ment. had consequently been exhibited, but it did not. satisfy the court that the claim was such as entitled Mr. Coates to arrest the insolvent. The conrf, there- fore, could sec nothing in Mr. Coalers opposition to call for a remand ; but. inasmuch aft the deposition ( if property had been a fraud upon the general body of I creditors, the judgment, of the court wasT that th Iinsolvent be remanded for a period of nine calendar months from the date of filing, his petition. Sir John Shelley Sidney, Bart, has presented sj petition. to. the Committee of Privileges of the Hot- ss* of Lords, praying t> » be " heard by counsel against Colonel Berkeley's claim to the Bar buy ( by tenure) • of Berkeley. ' ; . . ! : The Earl of Mar has . presented a peUtioii to hk Majesty, claiming the titles of u. Earl of Kellie, Vis-, count iVntoh, and ! < ird Dulton/' The'petition l. i. a been referred to tWCoinmiitefc of'Privileges. , ^ he paHsh chinch of Hampton. Love- ttj Vv'orceMev- ih5re, was broken into in the nljfht of Sunday week^ -.. and robbed of i- at'rotyk/ article^ mdudiiV^, a Quantity of black cjbth with whith th* ptilpft, & v h. vd jiuUg, in consequence' of the death " of- Sr Johtr < f Pakington. A rrwartP of '£ 20 is ofiere'd for the discovery oHhe offendelv ; ' * "•' ENGLISH POI. IC v-^ The ni^' onal of - s- .. thibgs are English Police Reports— they are truly . John .-. Btiliish— Uie ver^- inirrors, tliat. reflect hi* mi mi s and feelings."' • " A gentleiiiaij tending? ieav - I'linKi Farm applies to Mr. MinshuH at Bow- street . ngain- t the cockney pigeon- shooters, who cja. ily pujt the lives of his Majesty's subjects iii danger iiear Chalk lani^ having recently shot out the eye D? it [) av.? « nger the road, ( VTr. MiUshull says 4tliia, is . a dangerous nuisance, but one of the parties actually aggrieved niust come forward ; n j. e. soine^ u. an, wotuan, or child must lose iin eye, before a map^ strate will put down a " dangerous nuisance , Where is the PUB- LIC in this case J A woman goes into a spirit- shopj takes a glass, and, payment being demanded, breaks five honest Boniface's windows — the magistrate saVs,* if she will not pay for- tlieri^ felie must go. ?( » • prison, if she ban the money idie may depart in pjac- \ — so that anybody may break anybody's windows, it they can afford to pay for them { • The outrage against the ptiblic is nothing ; the Amazoh's notions of law arid justice!" Were nn a': ptft with ^ those of magistrate ; foir, not having the price df impunity in her packet, in revenge for the imprisonment, she - seizes Boniface by the hair, Yer& wt jitdicc, and drag- ging him- about in front of the Bench, " take that; take that!" she exclaimed, aS she drove her tis into his face, " and when I come out, I'M smash every window in your house." There is but one thing which a " public functionary" V" England never thinks'of, and that io— the PtjBt. ic.— Court Journul. POST- OFFICE ROBBEU ™ V.— Thie Magistrates of Worcester h; tve for some days becil engaged hi investigating the circumstances connected with a robbery at the Post- Oflrice^ The following is an outline of the case :— On 25th January,' Mr. IvyleUfe ( who resides near Bath,) put into the Post. Offi'ct there, a letter addressed to Mr. Cooke, o/ JVlorf. imer'^ Cross, near, Leominster, ibclo?. jni>- a Bantc of . England nbte for £ 100. Not hearing that the letter had beeri received, Mr. Ivyleafe, on 20th February Wrote again to Mr. Cooke, who immediately replied, that tiie Bank- note had not come to hand: Mr. Ivyleafe then laid the facts of the case before Sir Fralitis Freeling, wlnl immediately took such measures as were likely to lead to a discovery. The number of the note was sent to the Bank of England, that it might be stopped, if presented for payment. After the lapse of several weeks, the note was presented at the Bank; it was of course stopped, and it being ascertained that it was presented by a Mr. Townsend, a paWn- broker, of Russell- street, Co vent- garden, Ruthven, a Bow- street - officer, obtained from Mr. T. the information that it had been left in his'hands by a, young man named Samuel Houghton Cook, who stated, that he had it from a young man named Bedford, who had given it to him at Worcester to obtain change for it in London. Ruthven accompanied Houghton to Worcester on Thursday last, and, soon after his arrival took Bedford into custody ; upon being questioned, he stated, after some prevarication, that He tooK the iiote out of the letter at the Post- office, where he Was employed, tip to the 15th of February to clean shoes, He said; that upon going into the office one morning, he found the letter upon the floor with the seal partly broken ; that he oj> etied the letter, arid finding a £ 100 note iu it, he Was afraid to return it in its opened state, and gftve the note afterwards to Houghton.. Bedford waS committed for further examination. On Monday, the Magistrates were engaged for several hours, in the investigation; Mr. Peacock,. solicitor to the General Post- office, with Ruthven, and a variety of witnesses* being in attendance. It appeared tl^-. t Mrs St. John, the Postmistress, had given particular directions, that only one servant shotild haVe access to the office for. the purpose of cleaning, it, < Slc. but that this servant had ( on account of her ill health) suffered Bedford to go into the office, unknown to Mrs St.. John. Houghtiln; as a proof that he had no knowledge of1, the note having been stolen, nor any w ish to conceal it, mentioned his having left it hi the hands of Tow ns- end, to whom he was well known. Houghton. was. discharged; but Bedford was committed lor iriaf; lie , is 20 years of age. EMIGRATION — A vessel called the Nevvtori, bourid to New York, sailed from Rye on Saturday with 103 emigrants on board. Efriigration is,, it appears, going on to a niuch greater extent than usual,' to the tJnited I States and a'l parts of North America. LORD A^ dji'S GOLO I) UST J Ans.~(^ n Wedrienj day, being the second day ' of ihe sale of the effects of sir William de Crespigny, at Champion L. odge, Cam- berwell, a Very remarkable lot Was brought to" the. hammer by Mr. M'Thane. It was the vases' tiikeu frotii ifie Manilla galleon by Lord Anson, wljose valuable Contents, it'. has'often been Surmised, were, amorig the sdufces of that fame and houdhr w Hi^ h lie subsequently enjoyed. . They v^ ere filled witli gold dust at the time they were taken. The^ e valuable relics, nliicH celebrated in thCir da, y, are Very beauti- ful specithens of ' rich China— b'liie, . reH, arid gold are the predominant colours; foliage one of the princi- parembeirishments, and varioiH forms arc exhibited which We do riot undefstltnij^ and cannot easily;, describe. . The re . a re ih'ree jars, ,> feet by inches, and three laf^ e bet< ke. r^. Their shape* are not wu common : the jars t: 1pering to the' bottom; swellmg out at the to'p, arid surmounted by Ornamental covers ; the beakeN ate open at the top, and thrir shape somewhat resembles that of a dice- box. It is now about ninety years since Lord Anson took the ship in which these vases were found, but they appear in as good preservation as ever.- Sir William took tfie greatest care of them. They were the ornaments of his drawing- room, two being placed by the sides of the great window, and one to the left of the door. They were placed on strong brackets enclosed with a small brass gallery. The jars wefe inserted in wooden pedestals, which rested on the brackets, and one of the pedestals bore the inscription, " Gold Dust Jars, taken from the Manilla Galleon, by Lord Anson." The lot was knocked down to Mr. Town- ley, a surveyor, of Walworth, for the comparatively trifling sum of 65' guineas. ANIMAL MAGNETISM.— The foflowifig fact, wlrch is so interesting to the history of magnetism, has taken place in the department of Gera, at the resi- dence of the judge of the peace for the Canton of Condon, in the presence of divers respectable per- sons:— John — 1 —, a farmer, aged 23, had an abscess inside' of the upper part of the leg. Hie professional men who attended him prevailed on the patient to submit to a puncture, but the operation requited- the greatest caution and fortitude, as the crural artery, which traversed the tumour, wvas frightfully enlarged; Count de' B — whose magnetieal power is remarkable, proposed to magnet• ise the patient to produce somnolency in the first instance, and then to produce" insensibility in that part of the body where the operation was to be performed, for the purpose of sparing him those sufferings which would'be unavoidable in a waking state. The proposal was accepted . H the end of two minutes the patient was plunged in a magnetic state. Somnolency manifested itself iiinuediutely, but wiihout any particular consciousness. The pati'Cnt replied to his umgiietiser, that he sought him in vain, and that he could neither see the disease nor the cause thereof. Dr. Lar*** performed then Hie surgical operation Which had been deemed requisite with the greatest dexterity. He repeatedly plunged the instrument into the opening made- by the bistoury, in order to give an issue to the purulent matter, when its flow was impeded by albuminous flakes. Tiie j wound was afterwards hound rip-. During the whole operation the patient remaint- d nhVHu'nless like " U statue, without his miigni- t'iVal xleep being in the least ( list u Hie d':; and, on the'physician* proposing that- the magtietical state should be interrupted, VL-' d'e J^. spontaneously awoke the patient/ Dr - K.- approached him, and a< ked , him if hrt' Vvo'ild siiijiTYIt to. - the operation. 1* nitiSt," replied- tlu- patient, " beeau- se if is necess; iTvDr. K. annou^ o-' d then to. him tliat it would be useless to begin aga jnj as, the ojieration had been performed already.; I he astbnislmie^ it of the patient was excessive when - proof* ' of this were exhibited to him. He had fell. nothing, fxprtfcr. ced nothing, and absolutely remirinhered violh'mg but the act of. U: de B. he placed the palm : of Ivia baad <> n li: s forehead to" make him fall aalcep.— Jvm - ; tiLde To. lousv. •„<.--•' , . ; 3SSIESS^ MRM5I2FCR-: 4K^.<^ OMCISM^^^ S^ PS&^ ASR^~ N N • MM IUBMF'I'H ¥ \( J'NF. IIIUMJ. • GJUMUMJ SALOPIAN JOIJLTNJLJL, AMP COUEIEB OF WAJLE&<> STANZAS. THERE'S not n sigh escapes the breast, Or throb of joy, v\ lion peace is won ; There's not a thought, though unexpressM, Hut is observed, and beard by One. There'* not a wish for boundless wealth, Or hope or fear for those we love ; There's not a prajer brcath'd for their health That is not registered above. There's not a tear for those afar That falls from eyes in sorrow dim, Bui is reflected iu u star. The destined one, so ruled by Ilim. Nor yet for those Upon the sea. O'er the wide water's tempest driven, Suspense and fond anxiety, But is responded back from Ilenveu. There's not a leaf that now unfolds It? beauties to the rising sun. But, while His power and might upholds, Tells what His hand each day'hath done. There's not a living thing that breathes, Or moves in ocean, earth, or air, Or stem, the hud and flower unwreathes, But owns the great Creator's care. God of the Universe ! Supreme 1 Each Changing season that we see Awakes our hearts in one glad theme, Our praise and gratitude to Thee !- INSOLVENT DEBTORS. THE ENGLISH PEERAGE. On Thursday last, a Court for the Relief of In- solvent Debtors was held in the Shire Half, Shrews- bury, before W. R. Reynolds, Esq. Chief Commissioner, tvhen 16 Insolvents appeared to be examined on their respective petitions: — Jumcs Price, late nf I. oppington, shoemaker, Joseph Collet/, late of Much Wenlock, turner, and IHIIium Proctor, late of Oldbtiry, Imeii- draper and coal- master, were strictly examined by the Com- missioner, and declared to be entitled to their dis- charge forthwith. William Hatfield, late of Cox- Mill, in the parish of Lydbnry, had been tenant to Edmund Plowden, Esq. of Plowden, for a mill and lands, at an annual rent of £ 90: the rent became dtte, and a person employed as bailiff to Air. Plowden gave the insolvent notice that the rent would be required at an early day. A few days after this, the insolvent disposed of some of his stock to two near relatives, and 011 his landlord distraining, there was not enough to pay the rent.— T he Commissioner adjudged that the Insolvent should be remanded to prison until heliail been there 3 months from the date of filing his petition. Samuel IloUuninj was ordered to be discharged on ft certificate being previously handed to the Court, that a creditor who had not been served with notice had given his consent to the insolvent's discharge, or that, after taking every due menus to find this cre- ditor, it. should he shewn that he could not be found to he served with tiie notice. John Ptigh, late of Minsterley, wheelwright, Samuel Kentish Rhodes, late of Pains Lane, linen draper, & c. Alexander Forties, late of Wellington, hawker, and Moses Smith, late of Oldbury, journey- man brass- founder, were ordered to be discharged forthwith. George Cutler, late of Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, shopkeeper.— In this case, it appeared that within three months previous to the Insolvent being arrested and prtt into confinement, he had assigned over to Messrs. Richards and Cook, grocers, the whole of bis effects, book- debts, & c. antl under that assignment those gentlemen had received about £ 24. The Commissioner said, that by a clause in the Insolvent Act all such assignments made within three mouths of an Insolvent going to prison were void, and the parlies receiving the money under them were liable to he called upon to pay it over to the person who may be appointed assignee of the insolvent's estate 011 his obtaining his discharge.— In the present case Mr. Robert Hussey, the detaining creditor, was ap- pointed assignee, and the insolvent was ordered to be discharged forthwith. George Siemons ( a Jew), late a clothier and jeweller at Wellington, Joseph Smith, late of Bridg- north, baker, John H ood, of Shrewsbury, baker, and Etluard Harper, late of Bridgnorth, attorney, were directed to be discharged forthwith. Thomas Morris, late of Market Drayton, butcher, was ortlcred to be discharged on a certificate being received that the amount of the proceeds of the sale of his effects had been paid into Court. George Harnett, late of Wellington, tin- plate- worker, who had heen remanded al the previous Court, by Mr. Commissioner fcowen, iu order that the Rssignee to whom he had made over his effects should produce the assignment, and also that the detaining ercditor should appear for examination, uow appeared a second time to he heard on his petition. The assignee was in attendance; but on the detaining creditor being culled for, he was not forthcoming, and it appeared that the messenger sent 011 the preceding day to subpeena him, had not succeeded in finding him.— The Commissioner said lie had conversed with Mr. Commissioner Bowen as to this case ; and lie considered that he should not be doing his duty if he discharged the Insolvent without previously examin- ing the detaining creditor, aud investigating tlie cir- cumstances of his assignment.— The case was therefore ordered to stand over. In the course of examination into the several cases this day before him, the Commissioner took occasion to notice a variety of mis statements that had gone forth relative to the proceedings of the Insolvent Debtors'Court.— It had, he said, been staled in cer- tain quarters, that of the miss of debt brought within the jurisdiction of this Court, the average of the dividends paid to creditors did not exceed one farthing in tlie pound : this, he observed, was a gross fallacy : the anionntof debt here stated and contrasted included an aggregate in numberless instances of debts 011 which considerable dividends had previou- ly been paid under assignments, bankruptcies, as well as a great amount for which the creditors were fully secured the repayment by mortgage, but which, under the mode adopted in drawing out the schedules, did sometimes appear as if they remained altogether unsatisfied— The learned gentleman observed further, that his experience gave him reason to know ( hat. in many instances the proceedings of the Inst Ivcnt Debtors' Court were far more beneficial to Ihe creditors than those of private assignments or bankruptcies, although, as he was aware, they were not so lucrative to the members of the pro- fession. In one instance that bad occurred to- day, the expenses of a private assignment, where the whole property was but about £ 500, had amounted to nearly £ l60, whereas in this Court the expenses would not have exceeded £ 10.— The same would apply to many cases of bankruptcy: for cases had been taken out of the jurisdiction of this Court, and the debtors bad been made bankrupts, for 110 other reason than, as the attorneys had candidly stated lo hint, because there were assets enough to pay the expenses of working . the commission*. The foundation cf great families may, perhaps, be deemed an inquiry more curious than instructive. Hallamsays, that almost all the richest of the English aristocracy derived their vast possessions from the spoils of the Reformation. This is not precisely the case; but is partly true. It is well known to have been the case with the houses of Cavendish and Russell. The latter Burke, in his most indignant letter, provoked by a most ill- timed and cruel sarcasm, has made known to al! the world, in terms of burning and inimitable eloquence. The widow of Sir William Cavendish, Elizabeth Hardwick, if ho afterwards married George Talbot, Earl of Shrews- bury, amassed the greater part of the Cavendish wealth. She set up three sons — Henry Cavendish, William created Ear! of Devonshire, and Sir Charles Cavendish, tlie father of William, Duke of New- castle— all with immense estates. It was not that these estates were always gifts from tbe Crown; but ( hey were cheap purchases: the circulating capital bciug probably in no degree equal to the vast terri- tories which were brought to market. Hut the Devonshire rental received an enormous accession by the Burlington property, made, iti Ireland in the reign of James I. by the great l'arl of Cork : and by the remnants of the Clifford property in Yorkshire. Fhe foundation of the Fitzwilliam estates was, per- haps, by advantageous purchases of abbey lands in tile time of Henry VIII.; but a great increase was made by acquisitions ill Ireland in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; and, lastly, by the Wentworth property, through the present Earl's mother. Tlie Lonsdale wealth has mainly sprung, we presume, from the coal mines 011 the ancient estates of that ancient family. Buccleuch has been an accumulation from heiresses, including here in England almost the whole possessions of fhe Dukes of Montague. The Gower estates have also mainly come by marriage, beginning with the I. evesons; but the grand aug- mentation was the canal property of the late Duke of Biidgewater, to which are now to. lie added the Sutherland estates of tlie present Marchioness— a principality in themselves. The Grosvenor riches coine mainly from an heiress, who brought in mar- riage the London building- land, about two generations hack. The Spcncci estates are the accumulations of old Sarah, Duchess of . Marlborough, a ided to the paternal . Sunderland property. The Northumberland estates are mainly the old feudal property of the Percys. The Rutland estates are chiefly the baronial territory of the ancient house of De Rous; the Port- land are derived from the branch of tlie Cavendishes who were Dukes of Newcastle; and those of the existing duca! family of Newcastle come from the Hollescs. The Hertford were chiefly acquired by old Secretary Conway, whose character makes a figure in fhe early part of Clarendon's History. It will hence appear that Mr. Hallam's assertion ought to be much qualified. The Marquis of Winchester, however, and Lord Pembroke, were great sharers of Abbey lands, as is noticed by Naunton.— Quarterly Review. METEORIC PHENOMENON CONSIDERED MIRACULOUS. AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. A Committee of Commerce in the United States have published a Report, of which the following is an extract:— " We can do much iu this country ( says this report), but we cannot accomplish impossibilities. We cannot make uur merchant of yesterday rival in skill aud economy tbe Englishman, who is a manu- facturer by inheritance! we cannot make one man perform more than Ihe labour of three ; nor can we make one capital equivalent to two. We may, as we have done for fifteen years, i\, rce capital' into particular manufactures, aud drive our people into wild und speculative competition with each other. We may, for a time, crowd our markets, aud sell tbe produce of our labour at less than the cost of the raw material; we may continue to waste our millions iu such experiments; but, when the phrenzy is over, our manufactures are us far as ever from being placed 011 a permanent and pro- sperous foundation. ... #* » *•* Our joint- stock companies, aud our mercantile manufacturers, with all our shoi t- livcd legislative creations, must, under our artificial system, ine- vitably perish, with every re- action in trade, as tliey have done for twelve years past. The mil- lions invested under the act of 1816 Were swept away in 7818 and 1819; those tinder fhe act of i824 by the revulsion of 1825 and 1826; ami the investments under the act of 1S? 8 by the tremen- dous shock of 1829. The oldest cotton- niaini. fdcturer in America,- one who came tYwtl England in 1788, and who had, tinder our ancient free trade system, accumulated a fortune by manufacturing, even that manufacturer trembled for a wevk on the verge of bankruptcy. We can form 110 accurate estimate' of Ihe millions we have lo^ t since the « ar, besides the injury we have done our old manufac- turers, whose skill and economy had enabled them to overcome all the disadvantages 0f capital aud labour; and who wore saved, by their prudence alone, from the ruin in which tlie speculations of our rash adventurers would have involved them. We have always had manufacturers of this charac- ter; they were generally growing up with fhe country,- before we thought of taking them under our own special supefiiitendancc. We shall dis- cover, after all, that they are our only sure reliance. New investments may pass front hand to band ; capital on capital may be sacrificed; but every adventurer will be ruined till the bankrupt concern falls into the hands of a manufacturer of skill and economy. The sooner we discontinue our experi- ments to encourage gambling aud smuggling, the better will it be for the rash adventurer, who not only ruins himself but essentially injures the trade of our substantial manufacturer. * * * * # * * « We must dismiss the unprofitable ambition of rival ling all Europe in manufactures; we must not attei. pt ineffectually to control the natural ten- dency of our industry to commerce and agriculture ; nor should it be our policy to persevere in measures tending to waste our capital and weaken our means of defence." , . . BANKRUPTS, Arnn. 6.— William Cule and Ruben Knight Volley, uf Sufihlk- lauc, Cauttsu sheet, Imp. merchants.— tieurge Junes, of Tenlerden- ilteet, Han. orer. square, livery- stable- keeper.-- James Rogers, nf High- road, Kuighuhridge, victualler. Charles Thompson, of Earl. street, Rlackfrinrs, bookbinder — Thomas Blakelev, nf Bath, haberdasher. — John Clark, nf BHlli, Northumberland, milter. — John Fox, of Mar^ ao*, merchant.— William Prince, of Sunningwetl, Berkshire, ' lime- burner. — John Salmon, of llnrclwick, Oxfordshire, miller. — Hannah Simpson, of Waruifield- enm Heath, Yorkshire, boarding. lion.(. keeper.— Win. Underwood, of Coventry, grocer. INSOLVENT.— George Stodard, of Sinners To « n- terrace, matter- mariner. The premises of Mr. Reading, paper- stainer, at Old- Broinpton, iu which a great quantity ol oil und turpentine were kept for the purpose of bis husi. Less, were destroyed hy fire on Monday uight, nud three children unfortunately perished ! The mother too, who is far advanced ill pregnancy, was so much injured that her recovery is doubtf ul. ' Flic coroner's Jury gave it as their opinion ill their verdict, Ihut a great portion of the property, if not the lives of Ihe children, might have been saved, but for u greul deficiency of water to supply the engines. STATISTICS OF SOUTH AMERICA.— According to the latest inquiries into the amount of the diiTcrcnt populations of tlie South American States, it appears that they contain near 21,650,0110 inhabitants Mexico is t he most populous, containing about 8,000,000. Brazil comes next, and has scarce half that number. It has heen likewise calculated that iu America there are 11,650,000 persons who speak English; 10,5Sll, 000 who speak Spanish; 3,7p0,000 Poituguese; and 1,250,000 speaking French : finally, 7,600,000 speaking lite various indigenous dlalccts — Parts Paper. " The British Magazine" for April contains an article of great interest under the above title. The object of the writer is to account upon natural prin- ciples for many recent occurrences which have been considered miraculous. He first relates the authenti- cated statement of the appearance of a cross in the sky, at Migne in Poictiers He observes, " when the atmospheric fluid is homogeneous and of equal density, the rays of light pass without obstruction or alteration in their shape or direction ; but when they enter from a rarer into a denser medium, they are refracted or bent out of their course ; and this with greater or less effect, according to the different degrees of density in the media or the deviation of the ray from the perpendicular. If the second medium be very dense in proportion, tlie ray will be both refracted and reflected ; and the object from which it proceeds will assume a variety of grotesque and extraordinary shapes, and it will sometimes appear, as in a reflection from a concave mirror, dilated in size and changed in situation. I shall mention a few striking effects, which are known to proceed from this simple cause." The first is tiie mirage seen in tlie deserts of Africa Mr. Mtmge, a member of the National Institute, ac- companied tlie French army into Egypt. In the desert between Alexandria and Cairo the mirage of the blue sky was inverted, and so mingled witii tlie sand below as to give to the desolate and arid wilder- ness an appearance of the most rich and beautiful country. Thcv saw in all directions green islands, surrounded witli extensive lakes of pure, transparent water. Nothing could be conceived more lovely and picturesque than the landscape. In the tranquil surface of the lakes the trees and houses, with which the islands were covered, were strongly reflected with vivid and varied hues, and the party hastened for- ward to enjoy the cool refreshments of shade and stream, which these populous villages proffered to them. When they arrived, the lake on whose bosom they floated, the trees among whose foliage they were embowered, and the people who stood on the shore inviting their approach, had all vanished, and nothing remained hut an uniform and irksome desert of sand and sky, with a few naked huts and ragged Arabs. Had not they been undeceived hy their nearer approach, there was not a man in the French army who would not have sworn that the visionary trees and lakes had a real existence in tlie midst of the desert. But perhaps the most wonderful and apparently preternatural effect arising from this cause is the spectre of the Hartz mountains in Hanover. There is one particular hill called ( he Brockeu, in which he appears, terrifying the credulous and gratifying the curious, in a very high degree. This most distinct and interesting account is given hy M. Hawe, who himself was a witness to it. He had climbed to the top of fhe mountain thirty times, and had been disappointed, but he persevered, and was at length highly gratified. The sun rose about four o'clock, in a serene sky, free from clouds, and its rays passed without obstruction over another mountain called Heinnsclioe. About a quarter past five he looked round to sec if the sky continued clear, and if there was any chance of his witnessing what he so ardently wished, when suddenly he saw at a little distance towards the Achtermanshoe a human figure, of monstrous size, turned towards him and glaring at him. While gazing 011 this gigantic spectre with wonder mixed with an irrepressible feeling of awe and apprehension a sudden gust of wind nearly carried off his own hat, and he clapped his hand to his head to detain it, when to his great delight the colossal spectre did tlie same, lie then changed his body into a variety of attitudes, all which tbe figure exactly imitated, but at length suddenly vanished without any apparent cause, and again as suddenly appeared. He called the landlord of the inn, who had accom- panied him, to stand beside him, and in a little time two correspondent figures, of dilated size, appeared on tlie opposite mountain. They saluted them ill various ways by different movements of their bodies, all which the giants returned with perfect politeness, and then vanished. A traveller now joined HI. Hawe and the innkeeper, and they kept steadily looking for their aerial friends, when they suddenly appeared again, three in number, who all performed exactly the same movements as their correspondent spectators. Having continued thus for some time, appearing . and disappearing alternately, sometimes faintly and sometimes more distinct, they at length faded away not again to return. They proved, however, that the preternatural spectre which had so long filled the country with awe and terror was 110 unreal being, still less an existence whose appearance suspended the ordinary laws of God and nature; that, on the contrary, it was the simple production of a common cause exhibited in an unusual manner, but as regular an effect, and as easy to be accounted for, us the reflection of a face in a looking- glass. COVENTRY. The following memorial, which was signed hy upwards of 1600 individuals, was forwarded lo It. E. Heathcote, Est}, by Mr. Harvey Minster, Secretary and Solicitor to the Coventry Blue Club : " Sir,— We, tiie undersigned freemen and inhabit- ants of the City of Coventry, consider it our duty to express, in the most unqualified terms, our disappro- bation of your conduct as a Member of Parliament. " We do not wish to disturb you in your retire- ment, by entering into a detail of what we expect from a Representative of our ancient City ; but we would remind you, that in a time of such sweeping, acute, and general distress, that the most punctual and persevering attention to Parliamentary duties is imperatively called for. " Willing to make every allowance that a charita- ble and friendly feeling can dictate, for your neglect, we cannot but remember that we owe something to our country ; and as you cannot find time to repre- sent, in the Senate, our sufferings, our wishes, and our wants, we most earnestly request you forthwith to resign the Representation of our City, in order to afford us an opportunity to elcct a Member that is willing, and has time, t- i attend to our interests. " To R. E. Heathcote, Esquire." The following is Mr. Heathcote's reply:— " Longton Hall, April 4,1830. " Sir,— I have no intention of relinquishing my seat for Coventry previously to a dissolution of Par- liament, nor any desire to occupy it one day after- wards. " In the mean time, I shall take leave to exercise my own discretion as to the period when my attend ancc in the House may be most likely to promote the interest of my constituents or the public. " 1 am, Sir, 11 Your obedient and humble servant, « R. E. HEATHCOTE. To Mr. R. Harvey Minster, Coventry." SPARTA, OR WHERE ONCE WAS SPARTA Li a discourse delivered before the Mechanics' aud Free Trades' Societies ut Boston, Colonel Knapp estimates the number of artists, and other workmen, employed in the manufactories of the United Slates, at 480,01) 0; forming a proportion of one ntechatiic to evtry 25 inhabitants, lie computes the lawyers at 0,00ft, or one in every 1,333 ; the medical practi- tioners al 12,000, or one in every 1,000; the clergy of nil creeds, including missionaries, ut 7,000, or one in every 1,700; aud teachers, Including those « ho devote certain months only ill Ihe year to instruction, at 36,000. These enumerations are s iid by a Boston paper to be under the mark as tegurds artists and mechanics, whom the editor states ns nearly onc- foui til of the whole population. " Sparta is now known by the name of Misitra. determined, 1 says M. Chateaubriand,' not to lie down to employ the night in taking notes, to procced the next day to the ruins of Sparta, and then continue 111 journey without returning to Misitra. We pro- ceeded for an hour along a road running dircc south- west, when, at break of day, 1 perceived some ruins and a long wall of antique construction : my heart began to palpitate.— The Janissary turning towards me pointed with his whip to a whitish cot- tage 011 the right, and exclaimed, with a look of satisfaction, * Palaeochori!' I made towards the principal ruin, which I perceived upon an eminence. On turning this eminence by the north- west for the purpose of ascending it, 1 was suddenly struck with the sight of a vast ruin of semicircular form, which 1 instantly recognized as an ancient theatre. 1 am not able to describe the confused feelings which over- powered me. The bill at the foot of which I stood was consequently the hill of the citadel of Sparta, since the theatre was contiguous to the citadel; the ruin which I beheld upon that hill was of course tbe temple of Minerva Chalcicecos, since that temple was in the citadcl, and the fragments of the long wall which 1 had passed lower down must have formed part of the quarter of the Cynosuri, since that quar ter was to the north of the city. Sparta was then before me, antl its theatre, to which my good fortune conducted me on my first arrival, gave me imme- diately tlie positions of all the quarters and edifices. I alighted, and ran all the way up the hill of the citadel. Just as I reached the top, the sun was rising behind the liiils of Menelaion. " What a magnificent spectacle! but how melan- choly ! The solitary stream of the Eurotas running beneath I he remains of the bridge Biihyx; ruins on every side, and not a creature to he seen among them. I stood motionless, in a kind of stupor, at tbe con templation of this scene. A mixture of admiration and grief checked the current of my thoughts, and fixed me to the spot: profound silence reigned around me. Determined, at least, to make echo speak in a spot where the human voice is no longer heard, I shouted with all my might, ' Leonidas! Leonidas!' No ruin repeated this great name, and Sparta herself seemed to have forgotten her hero. The whole site of Uicedaemon is uncultivated; the sun parches it in silence, and is incessantly consuming the marble of the tombs. When I beheld tbis desert, not a plant adorned the ruins, not a bird, not an insect, not a creature enlivened them, save millions of lizards, which crawled without noise up and down the sides of the scorching walls. A dozen half- wild horses were feeding here and there upon the withered grass ; a shepherd was cultivating a few water melons in a corner of the theatre ; and at Magoula, which gives its dismal name to Lacedtemon, I observed a small grove of cypresses. But this Ellagoula, formerly a considerable Turkish village, has also perished in this scene of desolation ; its buildings are overthrown, and tlie index of ruins is itself but a ruin." WEALTH OF RUSSIAN MINES.— Nearly a million I sterling a year is added to the wealth of Russia from the produce of her own mines. This produce has been gradually increasing for several years past. In 1826 the Ural mountains alone produced 232 poods of gold; iu 1827, 282 poods; in 1808, 291 poods. These mines alone, since 1824, have yielded gold to the value of about £ 3,500,0; i0. Some picces of pure gold, of extraordinary size, have been found in the Ural. Among these there were two weighing 131b. one weighing 161b. and one of tlie great weight of 24Jlb. The latter is preserved in the Imperial Museum nf St. Petersburgh, along with a piece of rolled platina, weighing IO5II1. IUMSGATR, MARCH 31.— In dragging in the basin of this harbour, one of the horses stumbled over what was considered a pile, that had been driven and left; a Crane- lighter was employed to remove it, when it was discovered to be the bottom of a vessel, which, by the size of the timbers, is considered to have been upwards of 100 tons ; she was tio doubt loadctl wilh brimstone, as a quantity of that article was found Iu her. This vessel must have been lost before the harbour of Rainsgate was formed, consequently she has been buried several hundred years. She appears to have been foreign built, is of oak, and some of her plunks are 23 inches broad. She is wood fastened. TUB GRAVE OF WHITE MEN.— The annual ex- pense of Sierra Leone amounts to £ 63,880. 15s. exclusive of nearly £ 8,( 100 inore for the minor establishments of Fernando Po, und the forts on the Gobi Coast. The whole cost of our apparatus for putting down tbe slave trade, the only effect of which has been to entail on these wretched victims a " middle passage" of ten- fold horror compared with what they suffered before we interfered to better their condition, is about £ 400,000 per annum ; w hile the prospect of civilizing Africa is as distant us ever. We understand that the building of the King's Colfege, near Somerset Mouse, is so actively proceed- ing 11s to give rise for a pretty confident expectation that the high school, or lower department, will be opened erfrly in the spring of next year ; and the college, or higher department, in the autumn follows ing, though perhaps sooner. ' This information will afford the best refutation to a report circulated by the adversaries of the College, that an undertaking so truly national, was likely to be abandoned.— Court Journal. At Lnunceston Assizes, William Philip was found guilty of having destroyed the sloop Jane, at Pen- zance, by blowing her up with gunpowder, on the 10th of February last, with intent to prejudice two of the owners. Another count charged the intent tu be to prejudice the underwriters. Judgment was post- poned till the next Assizes, as some technical objec- tions raised to the indictment are to be submitted to the twelve Judges. A paragraph has appeared irt the Loudon papers, stating that a clerk of a German house in Broad- street has absconded with money of bis employers o a large amount, aud it is supposed has escaped to America. Tbis statement we are enabled to corro- borate. A young mail, answering the d'/ scriptian, about 21 years of age, who gave bis name as . Mr. Flint, of Craubourne. street, London, accompanied by a female, an infant, and. a man servant, embarked here on Thursday, 011 board the Colombia packet- ship, und sailed for New York. He had with hint, amongst other luggage, a small trunk, which was exceedingly heavy, and no doubt contained a largo 01 in gold. T he servant arrived here 011 Tuesday morning in a post- chaise lo bespeak the passage and make arrangements. The master with tbe female, who is supposed to be a girl of light character, and the child, arrived on Thursday morning iu a post- chaise, and went on board the ship immediately, and as the wind was brisk at E. N. E. be was soon out of the reach of pursuit. Flint is a short stout man, and was genteelly dressed. . Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, arrived here 011 Friday morning in pursuit pf him, but was about 18 hours too late.— Portsmouth Herald. ANotHER AI- FAIR OF HONOUR— Two poulterers fought a duel yesterday about a pair of pigeons. This, we suppose, was to show that they were not rAtcAe/ 1- hearf. ed. One of them nearly escaped a shot in the gizzard, and the other was winged Dublin Morning Register. MONT BLANC.— The Baron de Zaeh has recently calculated that Mont Blanc rises to a height of 15,731 feet above the level of the sea ; whence it results that it is the sire of European mountains. The same astronomer places Mont Rosa next in succession, as he found its elevation to be 15,118 feet, after accu- rately applying the same instrument to its measure- ment. Mont Blanc lies wholly within the dominions, of the King of Sardinia, and looks down upon Savoy in a northerly, and the valley d'Aosta in a southerly direction. On the French side, it is said to have been discovered at a distance of more than one hun- dred and sixty miles in a strait line; and it would be seen from the Isle of Elba, did not an atmospheric range of above 90 leagues exceed the utmost capacity of human vision, even though assisted by the most powerful telescopes. Its summit is styled the " Dro- medary's Hump," in consequence of the shape it assumes on the north eastern side. It is flanked, rather than surrounded, by lofty cliffs, rearing them, selves in the form of cupolas, pyramids, and obelisks, and presides with sovereign dignity over this aggre- gation of granite mountains. Seventeen glaciers spring from its sides ; and some of them sweep down a declivity of twelve or fifteen miles in length, resting themselves iu the very laps of smiling vallies. DESPERATE ATTEMPT OF BUSH- RANGERS IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND TO MURDER A SETTLER.— • Mr. George Hobler, the younger son of Mr. Hoblcr, chief clerk at the Mansion- house, went a few years ago to Van Dieman's Land as a settler, and became an extensive land proprietor. Two burglars, named Reran and Appleby, who had been transported for life some years ago, became bush- rangers, and dis- tinguished themselves by their desperate daring in crime. As Mr. Hob'er was sitting 011 a sofa in his parlour, ill the evening, Appleby entered without his shoes, and with a musket in his hand, and levelling it at Mr. Hobler, said " Not a word, or you are a dead man." He then desired Mr. Hobler to walk before him to the kitchen. The order was not to be dis- obeyed, and Mr. Hobler went towards the kitchen, in doing which he had to pass the door of his bed- room. Mrs. Hobler, who was in the bed- room, came at the moment to the door wilh a child iu her arms, and seeing the musket presented close to her husband, with great presence of mind pushed it aside. Appleby at the instant fired, but happily without effect. Alarmed at his danger he fled, and Bevan, who had been iu the kitchen, ran off also. Mr. Hobler fired after them, but without effect. The two ruffians, it appeared, bad entered the kitchen unpcrceived, where Bevan remained sentinel over a servant of Mr. Hoblcr's, and was there holding a musket to his head, and threatening to shoot him if he stirred, while Appleby went to secure or shoot Mr. Hobler. In the kitchen was found a hat which one of them had dropped, in which was written the name of Campbell, an unfortunate settler, whom they had murdered about twelve months before. Sums of £ 60 were given for individual votes at Cork during the late protraeted election —[ We think tiie pure electors who were able to extract so much money should be called Cork- scrcics.]— Age. The following letter has been received by a gentleman iu Paris from hiscorrespondeutpt Milan : —" I have reached Milan, and even here an exam- ple has just come tinder my notice which exceeds what I should have previously imagined of the dif- fusion of a taste for the fine arts amongst the Italians. Will yon believe it ?— a bootmaker is the possessor of ' a gallery of sculpture, paintings, and engravings,' which contains choice specimens of many of the most eminent masters not only of tbe Italian school, but, what i3 rarer in Italy, of the Flemish, and also several productions of the best chisels. The name of this tasteful fioji of Crispin is Ronehetti; and I can assure you by my own expe- rience his zeal as a Maecenas has not prejudiced his skill ns a professor of the ' last;' on the contrary,! never iu my life wusso well fitted, while the mate- rials and workmanship are admirable. His habit is only to prepare one boot at first, iu order to try; and there is an anecdote of Napoleon and him arising out of the custom. The emperor, w hen at Milan, hearing of the famous bootmaker, ordered a supply. Rmiehetti, according to custom, came iu a day or two with one boot to try on. The emperor was in council, and the fitter of his understandiny had to wait two hours, until his patience was exhausted—" I leave the boot," said he to the servant in waiting, " and bis majesty may try it at his leisure." It fitted to perfection, but never would our Italian Hoby be prevailed ppoti to make a fellow to it. The emperor alternately menaced and cajoled, but the man of leather was proof against both. I wonder never to have seen this singular and ingenious person named by tourists in Italy; be is quite a lion in bis way. The next time you come to Milan go and see him and his fine gallery. His conversation is interesting, and piquant with anecdotes of the arts and . eminent personages whom be has seen in his double capa- city of connoisseur and artist." LONDON SOLITUDE.— In London any thing may be had for money; and one thing may be had there in perfection without it. That one thing is solitude. Take up your abode in the deepest glen, or on tbe wildest heath, in fhe remotest province of the king- dom, where the din of commerce is not heard, and where the wheels of pleasure make no trace, even there humanity will find you, and sympathy, under some of its varied aspects, will creep beneath the humble roof. Travellers' curiosity wilt be excited to gaze upon the recluse, or the village pastor will come to ofter his religious consolations to the heart- chilled solitary, or some kind spinster who is good to the poor will proffer her kindly aid in medicine for sickness, or in some shape of relief for poverty. But in the mighty metropolis, where myriads of hitman hearts are throbbing— where all that is busy in com- merce, all that is elegant in manners, all that is mighty in power, all that is dazzling in splendour, all that is brilliant in genius, all that is benevolent in feeling, is congregated together— there the penny less solitary may feel the depth of his solitude. From morn to night he may pensively pace the streets, envying cvvry equipage that sweeps hy him in its pride,- and coveting the crusts of the unwashed arti- ficer. And there shall pass him in his walks poets that musically sing of human feeling, priests that preach the religion of mercy, the wealthy who pity the sorrows of the poor, the sentimental whose hearts are touched by the tale of woe— and none of these shall heed him ; and he shall retire at night to his bedless garret, and sit cold and hungry by his empty grate; the world may be busy and cheerful and noisy around him, hut no sympathy shall reach him ; his heart shall be dry as Gideon's fleece while the softening dews of humanity are falling around him. TREASURE TROVE.— A discovery of some interest was made a few days since in removing the foundation stones of 1111 old cot- house in the village of Clifton, on the estate of Clifton- hall, near Edinburgh. Imme- diately under tbe foundation the workmen turned lip a small earthen pot, somewhat resembling the penny pigs in use among children, with the aperture care- fully cemented ; and 011 being opened the vessel was found to contain about two hundred silver pieccs, for the most part in excellent preservation. They seem so fur as yet ascertained to be all of one reign, that of Henry VIII. What could be the motive for sneh a deposit is hard to say, whether the pure love of hoarding, or security during a period of danger which the owner himself had not survived. The number and uniformity of the coins are quite exclusive of the idea of their having been placed tinder the foundation of the bouse in the way of memorial. They are in the hands of Sir A. C. M ait land Gibson, Bart. The larger coins have, on the obverse side, around tbe royal head, " Henric VIII. D. Gra. Rex. Agi. N • Fra.," and, on the reverse, the arms of England and France quarterly, with a cross, and inscribed " Posui. Deu Adjiutore Meu." The smaller picces have a similar obverse, and on the reverse " Civitus Cantor," with the same arms and cross. On reference to " Ruding's Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain" they prove to be groats and half groats, and are not improbably connected in some way with the English expedition under the Earl of Hertford, which, in 1514, after disembarking near Leith, pillaged and set fire to Edinburgh, and caused the regent and Cardinal Beaton to betake themselves to Stirling.— Edinburgh Paper. fttisctllattccuo Sntclltgencf. A letter from Rome, dated the 17th ult. states that 011 the previous day the Pope held a Secret Con- sistory in the Vatican, and nominated nineteen Bishops for different parts of the world. On the same day he raised to the dignity of Cardinal, the Rev. Thomas Weld, of Lul worth Castle, and two others " Two FEET OF TAXATION."— The difference in favour of the purchaser of a pair of top- boots, when the leather duty is taken off, will be cxaclly far- pence farthing. WARWICK ASSIZES. George Mcwis, aged 22, for assaulting George Thomas Blogg, at Birmingham, and forcibly taking from him part of a beer- machine; John Kamp, for stealing a watch in the dwelling of John Gohlingay, of Tiddington Turnpike, in the parish of Ilampden- in- Arden, and 011 another indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of William Green, of Bonsall, and stealing a gun; and Edward Calloway, for a similar offence in the house of John Brookes, of Berkeswell, were capitally convicted. The Learned Judge . immediately passed sentence of death upon them without holding out the slightest hopes of mercy. With respect to the first- named prisoner, Mewis, his Lordship remarked, that street robberies attended with violence had bccome so prevalent that it was necessary they should be put an end to by the strong arm of the law. John Wickham was found guilty of stealing the dead body of Mrs. . Mary Oliver from the church- yard of Wooften Wawen, and sentenced to be imprisoned six months iu the gaol, and kept to hard labour. Henry Pegg, Thomas Robinson, and Samuel Bailey, were indicted for being found armed Walker's Spinney, in the parish of Middlelon, 011 the night of the 12tli of January, for the purpose of destroying game. The prisoners were observed in the Spinney by two of the gamekeepers of F. Law- ley Esq. and after a chace of a mile were all three taken, the keepers having never lost sight of them. They were all found guilty. Mr. Lawley recommended them to the lenient judgment of the Court; and Bailey was sentenced lo three, Pegg to four, and Robinson to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. The following fact, as related by the Rev. William Ellis in his Polynesian Researches, vol. 2, page 458, will serve as a pleasing illustration of some of the beneficial effects resulting from the labours of Christ- ian Missionaries amongst the Heathen:— « In the autumn of 1822, the Queen of Tahiti, the widow of Poiuare, visited Huahini Her attendants, who followed in her train from Tahiti, requiring a piece of timber, she directed them to cut down a bread- fruit tree growing ill the garden of a poor man on the opposite side of the bay, near which her own residence stood. Her orders were obeyed, and'the tree was carricd away, Teuhe, the owner of the spot on which it stood, returning in the evening to his cottage, saw the spoiler had been there ; the stump was bleeding, and the boughs lay strewed around, but the stately trunk was gone. Informed by his neigh- bours that the queen's men had cut it down, lie repaired to tbe magistrate of the district, and lodged a complaint against her majesty the queen. ' The magistrate directed him to come to the place of pub- lic justice the following morning at sun- rise, and substantiate his charge: he afterwards sent his serv- ant to the queen, and invited her attendance at the same hour. The next morning, the Missionary re. siding there went down to witness the proceedings; and, as the sun rose above the horizon, Ori, the magistrate, was seen sitting in the open air, beneath the spreading branches of a venerable tree: on a finely woven mat, before liim, sat the queen, attended by her train; beside lier stood the native peasant; and around them all, what may be termed the police- officers. Turning to Teulie, the magistrate inquired for what purpose they had been convened. The poor man said, that in his garden there grew a bread- fruit tree, whose shade was grateful to the inmates of his cottage, and whose fruit, wifh that of those which grew arouud, supported his family for five or seven months in every year; but that, yesterday, some one had cut it down, as he had been informed, by order of the queen. He knew that they had laws; he had thought those laws protected the poor man's property as well as that of kings and chiefs; and he wished to know whether it was right that, without his know- ledge or consent, the tree should have been cut down. " The magistrate, turning to the queen, asked if she had ordered the tree to be cut down. She answered ' Yes.' He then asked if she did not know that they bad laws. She said yes; but she was not aware that they applied to her. The magistrate asked ' If in those laws ( a copy of which lie held in his hand) there were any exceptions in favour of chiefs, or kings, or queens ?' She answered 1 No;' and dispatched one of her attendants to her house, who soon returned with a bag of dollars, which she threw down before the poor man, as a recompense for his loss. 1 Stop,' said the justice, ' we have not done yet.' The queen began to . weep. ' Do you think it right that you should have cut down the tree with- out asking the owner's permission?' continued the magistrate. ' It was not right,' saitl the queen. Then turning to the poor man, be asked ' What remuneration do you require?' Teuhe answered ' If the queen is convinced that it was not right to take a little man's tree without, his permission, I am sure she will not do so again; 1 am satisfied; 1 require no other recompense.' His disinterestedness was ap- plauded ; the assembly dispersed ; and afterwards, 1 think, the queen sent him, privately, a present equal to the value of his tree." The magnificent vase belonging to the tnu. seum of Brunswick, which the Duke of Brunswick hap brought with him to Paris, cut out of an onyx, and is six inches high and two inches aud a half wide, the handle, legs, and ornaments are of gold curiously manufactured. As lo the vase itself, it id of beautiful workmanship, and w ill bear comparison with the niost perfect specimens of the kind in the cabinets of Paris and Vienna. The figures are of tbe most exquisite finish. This vase was taken in 1630, in tbe sacking of Mantua, by the Austrian troops, when it fell into the hands of a private soldier, who sold it for 200 ducats to Duke Albert of Saxe Lanenbourg, by whom it was left to his wife Christina Marguerita, Princess of Mecklen- burgh, who at her death left it to her sister, Sophia Elizabeth, wife of Augustus Duke of Brunswick ; from this time it has always reniaiued in the House of Brunswick. During the war of 1806, it was sent to England with the other valuable effects belonging to the family, and remained there until the Duke returned to his stales. Au idea of its value ( nay lie conceited from the fact that Napoleon offered to forego the whole of tbe contribution which he bad enforced 011 the state of Brunswick, ou condition of receiving this vase, which waa refused.— Dublin Literary Gazette. An advertisement was inserted in sonic. of the news- papers a short time since, stating that a Sir Win. Free- mantle would lend two thousand pounds to any respectable barrister, upon " his personal security," 4 and referred to a house in Half moon- street, Picca- dilly, at which applications were to be made. It is believed that several gentlemen, who were unwise enough to put faith in this person, have been dupeil to a large amount: and the following instance, among others, has been mentioned. A young gentleman, whose connexions are both wealthy and respectable, and who has chambers in an Inn of Court, was in- duced to call at the place mentioned, and was there introduced, by a footman in livery, to a gentleman iu appearance and address, who professed his readiness to serve liini, and told him that if he would give him his acceptance for £ 1,900 at two years' date, he would p « ocure for him £ 1,600. To this proposition tho young gentleman, after some hesitation, at last agreed, and four bills for £ 475 each were drawn, but no drawer's name was attached- To these he put his acceptance. Day after day passed, however, and no cash was forthcoming. At length, as the circuit ap- proached, the necessity for a temporary supply be- came more pressing; the barrister said he must have £ 300 for his immediate wants, and wrote to his gene- rous friend to that effect, who, in reply, declared he could not give him tbe money, but would give him bills011 unexceptionable parties for the sum required. A note was then dispatched, requesting that these bills might be sent immediately, as they were to be dis- counted at a banker's in time to enable the barrister to set off by the mail. They were not sent, however, till after banking hours, and then proved to be drawu and accepted by persons who had already appeared in the Swindler's Gazette, as wine- coopers in the city. In this state of things, the circumstance came to the knowledge of his father, in Devonshire, in conse- quence of inquiries as to the respectability of his son's acceptances. Alarmed at the intelligence, the father sent for his son, who at once explained the whole transaction, and both came to town with the view of taking steps to produce the restoration of the bills. For this purpose a professional man, well acquainted with the tricks of the town, was applied to, and he hit upon the following expedient:— A noie was dispatched from the barrister to his friend in Half- moon- street, stating that he had been unable to procure cash for the £ 300 bills sent him, but that he had found a gen- tlcman who would discount his own acceptances for the £ 1,900, provided they were drawn in a regular way, and who would be at his chambers that after- noon, if the bills were brought. This ruse had tho desired effect. The barrister, his father, and his pro- fessional friend, were in readiness to receive their visitor ; and a knock coming at the door, the fatber rctired into the bed room. Mr. II ( for that is the first letter of this trickster's name) was announced, and being asked whether he would sign the bills which had been accepted by the barrister, lie replied in the affirmative. He was then assured that a gen- tleman was in the next room who would perform his promise of discounting them ; and Mr. II. drawing forth a long black pocket hook, produced the bills for the purpose of putting his name to them. At that instant the professional friend of the barrister snatch- ed the bills from his hand, crammed theiu into his pocket, and seizing Mr. H. by the neck, addressed him in 110 very measured terms upon his rascality. Mr. H. made a desperate effort to regain the bills, and ac- tually tore the professionaCs pantaloons from the waistband to the knee; but it was of no avail— the father came forth, and there being now three to one, Mr. H. was ejcctcd vi et armis. ' The outer door was bolted, and after storming at a great rate, he went off to fetch an officer, but did not venture again to re- turn. It is needless to say there is no such person as Sir Wm. Freemantle in existence. It is said that a certain noble marquis has fallen, amongst others, into the trap to a pretty considerable amount. A DANGEROUS JOKE.— On Saturday last, while the Holderhess fox- hounds were on the alert for sly Reynard near Wiilkington wood, a watr, prob- ably with a view of preventing total disappointment to the lovcrs of the chase, threw down a trail, and after dragging it several miles, conceived the mis- chicvousi idea of carrying it into Beverley Market Place, it being the market day, and leaving it among the cabbage- stalks and pot- cakes. But alas! how fugitive are furtive joys! The full cry of the hounds, which at a distance charmed him much, lost, as it neared, its dulcet sound, aud when, within lialf- a- niile of Beverley, he beheld himself iu the same field with the whole puck, his horror was ineffable, and it was with great difficulty,. his clothes being strongly tinctured with the scent of the trail, that, by ascending a tree, he escaped the danger ho was in of supplying them with a morning repast. Here he remained for some time, till the cracking of whips announced the urrival of the sportsmen. The scene then changed, und lie that had been intending to make sport was made sport of; for » large quantity of eggs being procured from a neighbouring farmer, lie was pelted with them till they were expended, and then left lo absterge hint- ell'.— Hull Rockingham. AMBOYNA POWDER & LOTION. rpHE Or it- from which the AMBOYNA I POWDER. and LOTION aie prepared, possesses peculiar efficacy in cleansing, beautifying, nud [ ire- serving tbe Teeth from decay. There is no Tooth Powder iti the present day which iitainluins so exten- sive a demand as the Anibnyna : it was originally pre. pared by an eminent Deutisi, and its excellent qualities have secured it a preference lo all olher cum| » isitinn. ; it is n powerful as'ringent, and in most cases will lemove all beats, ulcers, aud gntn boils from llie mouth. Those who experience painlul nervous aches in the face, arising from complaints in the gums or teeth, will, iti all probability, be relieved by a liberal use of the Lotion. Both preparations are purely Vegetable. Sold bv E. Edwards, 67, Si. Paul's Church Ynrd, Oil lire Footway, ( whose name nnd address is engraved un ihe Government Stamp); the Powder in Boxes, 2s. 6d. each ; the Lotion 4s. tid. per Botlle. Sold also by all Booksellers and Druggists. CAUTION.— A composition in iinitniion of the nbore powder is sold by a few Druggists, tlie deception is immediately delected by the stamp attached to ttie box not having Ihe above name engraved thereon. HOOPING COUGH CURED WITHOUT INWARD MEDICINE. IN consequence of the beneficial effects of ROCHE'S EMBROCATION for ihe cure ,, f that distressing complaint, tbe HOOPING COl'GH, lli « Majesty's Letters Patent were granted to J. ROCHE, tu secure to him bis valuable eumpositiou. Many thuiij( ai| d » of children are cored annually hy this remedy : mi the first attack, au immediate tippll- cnlmn of Ihe EM BROt'ATION will prevent the com- plaint taking any hold of the constitution, and a tew limes may completely cure. In the most ohstinnie cases, perseverance will produce the desired effect ; and nu remedy qui he so well calculated for children ns this, for ii requires no medicine In be taken inwardly. In 110 case can this medicine be genuine unless signed un Ihe wrapper, " J. ROCIIB." Sold hy E. F. DWARPS, 67, St. Paul's, London ( whose name and nddress is engraved oil the Stamp,) iu bottles, price 4s.; nnd may be purchased of Messis. W. and J. EnnowBS, Shrewsbury, und all Booksellers and Druggists. SHREWSBURY; PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BV WILLIAM EDDOWE9 AND JOHN ED DOW KS, CORN- MARKET.