PMNTED BY W. & J. EDDOWES, SHIiEWSIBUllY* 77M* Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shilling* each. VOL. XXXVIII.— N0, 1932.] WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1831. [ PRICE SEVEN PENCE. SALOP INFIRMARY, Weekly Board, January 29th, 1831. -\ rOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1 that there is now a Vacancy for a HOUSE PUPIL at this Infirmary. Proposals for placing an Apprentice to the House- Surgeon are r'eqnesteil to be sent in Writing, addressed to the Secretary, on or before Saturday, the 12th of February next. By Order ofthe Board, THOS. PUGH, Secretary. SWAN HOTEL, COMMERCIAL INN AND POSTING HOUSE, SStolberfyampton. ^ ales Up Slucttotif MONTGOMERYSHIRE. LUCY AND SARAH FARMER, HAVING taken and entered upon the above Establishment, beg Leave, to announce to their Friends that their HOUSE- WARMING is fixed for MONDAY, tbe 1- lth Day of FEBRUARY next • on which Occasion they most respectfully solicit their, Attendance. WALTER GIFFARD, Esq. President. $ Vice- President, tjgf Dinner on the Tablti at Four o'Clock. fVolverhamptm, 21d January, 1831. TO BE LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day nextj THE CROWN INN, in CHURCH STRETTON, with a MALTHOUSE, and L. AND, if required.— For Particulars apply to Mr: BROOME, Bank House, Church Stretton. Church Stretton, Feb. 1,1831. LOND1NIANA. In 4 Vols. Fool neap, Price £ 1.8s. in Cloth Boiifds, illustrated with 100 Engravings of curious, rare, and interesting Subjects, - T ONDINIANA ; or ANECDOTES, B A TRACTS, aud MEMORIALS of tbe STREETS, BUILDINGS, aud PSRSONAOKS, cunnected with ihe HISTORY OF LO. XDOK in all tiges. By E. VV. BRAY- I. BY, Esq. Mr. Brayley's Londlninnn is indeed a very interest- ing Miscellany, in which the historian, the antiquary, the topographer, and the uian of letter., will find ample and furious sources to gratify encli his peculiar appetite.— Literary Gazette. See also Gentleman's Magazine, Ilie Monthly Review, the New Monthly Magazine, & c. & c. & c. London : Hurst, Chance, Co. 65, St. Paul's Church- yard. TVfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 111 tha TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Road leading from Mnch Wenlock to Church Stretton, and other Roads adjoining thereto, In the County of Salnp, called or known by the Names of Wenlock and VVestwood, Hazlar, and Rushbury Gates, will be LET by AUCTION to the best Bidders for one Year, at the WHITE HART INN, in Much Wen- lock, on Monday, the 28th Day of February next, between the Hours of One and Three in the Afternoon, pursuant to, and in Manner directed by, the Statutes in that Case made and provided: which Tolls produced the last Y'ear the respective Sums set opposite their Names above the Expenses of collecting them, viz.: £. s. D. Wenlock and Westwood Gate 147 0 0 35 5 0 3 0 Hazlar Gate Rushbury Gate 13 These Tolls will be put up and Let in Parcels or Lots, aud each Parcel or Lot will be put up at such Sums as the Trustees shall think fit. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must be provided with Sureties, and sign an Agreement, for Payment of the Rent in such Proportions and at such Times as the Trustees shall direct. N. B. The said Trustees will at the same Time ap- point new or additional Trustees in the Room of those who may be dead, or who may have become incapable of or decline acting. E. JEFFREYS, Clerk to the Trustees of tl\ e said Roads. WEN- LOCK, JAN. 21, 1S31. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. - yrOTlCF. TS HEREBY GIVEN, that JOHN MASON, of the Town of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, hath, hy Indenture daled the 29th Day of January, 1831, assigned over all his Estate and Effects to Trustees therein named, for the Benefit of such of his Creditors as will execute the same on or before the First Day of March next. The Deed lies for Signature at uiy Office And all Persons indebted to the said John Mason are requested forthwith to pay the Amount of their respec- tive Debt? to me, who ain authorised by the Trustees to receive the same, otherwise they will be sued. JOHN EDGERLEY, Solicitor to the Assignees, g/# ewtbi* ry, February, 1831. VALUABLE OAK AND OTHER TIMBER. BY MR. SMOUT, At the House of Mr. T. Pugh, in the Village of Guils- field, on Friday, tbe 11th Day of February, 1831, at the Hour of Five in the Afternoon, subject to Con- ditions, in the following Lots: LOT I. Q ELM and 4 ALDER Timber Trees, growing on Crosswood Farm, numbered with a Scribe. LOT II. 8 SYCAMORE Trees, on Lower Park, Up- [ per Park, and Glyn Farms, numbered from 1 to 8. LOT III. 10 ELM Trees, on Lower and Upper Park Farms, numbered from 1 to 10. J-, OTIV. 50. ASH Trees, on Ditto, numbered from 1 to 50. Lor V. 56 ASH Trees, on Upper Park and Glyn Farms, numbered from 1 to 56. LOT VI. 72 ASH Trees, oil Cefnpoeth, numbered from 57 to 158. LOT VII. 100 OAK Trees, on Lower and Upper Park Farms, numbered from 1 to 100. LOT VIII. Ill OAK Trees, on Upper Park and Glyn Farms, numbered from 1 to 111. LOT IX. 106 OAK Trees, on Cefnpoeth Farm, num- bered from 112 to 217. LOT X. 40 OAK Trees, on Deythur Farm, in the Occupation of John Morgans, numbered from 1 to 40. Lor XI. 51 ASH Trees, numbered from 1 to 51, on Deythur Farm, in the Occupation of Samuel Gittins. LOT XII. 97 OAK Trees, on Ditto, numbered from i to 97. LOT XIII. 127 OAK Trees, in Coed Mawr Wood, and Lands adjoining, numbered from 1 to 127. LOT XIV. 250 OAK Trees, in Coed Mawr Wood, and on Lands adjoining, numbered from 128 to 377. The above will be found worth the Attention of Tim- ber Dealer^ and Merchants, being well adapted for Plank; Cleft( and other valuable Purposes. THOMAS Havre's, at Crosswood,; will. shew, the nine first Lots, which are growing in the Parish of Guilsfield' within a Mile and a Half of the Canal at Tydrlin; and fhe respective Tenants will shew the remaining five Lots, which are growing in the Parish of Llansaint- ffraid, are . situated close to the Turnpike Road, and aiboiit a Quarter of a Mile from the Canal at New Bridge, near Llanymynech. iS- sg" Other Particulars may be had of Mr. RICHARD PRYCE, Kerry ; or THE AUCTIONEER, Abermule, near Newtown. DESIRABLE ESTATE. BY MR. ASH, At the Cock Inn, in Hinstock, near Newport, in the County of Salop, ou Tuesday, the 15th Day of February, 1831, between fhe Hours of Four and Six o'Clock in the Evening, in the following or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to such Conditions as shall then be produced ( unless previously disposed of by private Contract, of which due Notice will be given): LOT I. LL that FREEHOI. D FARM HOUSE, . with commodious Outbuildings and Offices there- to belonging, and also all those several Pieces or Parcels of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND thereto belonging, containing 45 Acres or thereabouts ( more or less), and now or late in the Oc cupation of Mr. S. W. Beeston. The Premises contained in this Lot are eligibly situated at LOCK LE Y, in the Parishes of HINSTOCK and DRAYTON, in the County of Salop, in a fine Sporting Country, within a convenient Distance of several good Markets, and near adjoining to the Turnpike Road from Birmingham through New- port to Whitchurch and Chester. LOT II. All those Three Pieces of LAND, called WYCHERLEY'S CROFT, NEAR COMMON ALLOTMENT, and FAR COMMON ALLOTMENT, containing together 15 Acres ( more or less), situated at HIGH HEATIl, in the Parish of Hinstock aforesaid, in Part adjoining the said Turqpike Road, and now or late in the several Occupations of Thomas Lockley, George Lockley, and J< ho Madders. The whole of the Property is subject, to Land- Tax and Tythes.— The Purchaser of Lot! will be required to take to the Timber at a Valuation which will be pro- duced at the Time of Sale ; and One- half the Purchase Money for this Lot may remain on Security of the same at the Convenience of the Purchaser. Lot 1 mav be viewed by applying to Mr. THOMAS BEESTON, at'Lockley House, and the respective Tenants will shew Lot 2; further Information may be obtained from Mr. BEESTON, Wilbr. ighton, near Newport afore- said ; or at the Offices of Messrs. ACTON and I'ICKIN, Solicitors, Wellington, Salop, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. VALUABLE OAK AND ASH TIMBER. FAMILY LIBRARY. THIS DAY REPUBLISHED, With Eight Portraits, 5s. NO. XIX, of THE FAMILY LI- BRARY, being the Fourth Volume of LIVES of the most Eminent BRITISH PAINTERS, SCULP- TORS, anil ARCHITECTS. Volumes now published, 5 s. each : 1 and 2. Life of Buonaparte. 3. Alexander the Great. 4,10, and 13. British Artists. 5, 6, and 9. History of the Jews, 7. Insects. 8. Court and Camp of Buonaparte. 11. Irving's Columbus. 12. Southey's Nelson. 14. British Physicians. 15. British India. 16. Demonology and Witchcraft, by Sir Walter Scott, 17. Life and Travels of Bruce. 18. Adventures of tlie Companions of Columbus, by Washington Irving. THE FAMILY DRAMATISTS, Nos. I. and II. being Vols. I. and II. of the WORKS of PHILIP MASSINGER, illustrated, - with Explanatory Notes; and adapted to the Use of Families and Young Persons, by the Omission of Exceptionable Passages. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. NATIONAL SONGS AND AIRS. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, Price 10s. 6d. Post Svo. beautifully done up in Ara- besque Binding; lately introduced by De la Rue and Co. BRITISH MELODIES; or. SONGS OF THE PEOPLE. By T. H. CORNISll " — - Perhaps the breath of Music May prove mote eloquent tlwn my poor words." Published by Smith, Elder, and Co. 65, Cornhill. The Author of these Melodies has dedicated them to his country; not so much ( as is evident from the phraseology of his dedication) with a view tti the national character that attaches to them, as ill mani- festation of his affection for that laud whose liberty so frequently becomes the theme of his muse. In a remarkably neat and attractive volume, we are presented with a number of short lyrical pieces, em- bracing subjects of great variety; but for the most part appealing to our patriotism, or some other ennobling or benevolent feeling of our nature. But though the generality of these pieces are of a national character, there are many that may be classed with productions of a more playful or sentimental description, and which touch upon the pathetic chords of local attachment, and of early recollections. We refer our readers to the volume itself, which will, we iloubt not, find its way to the boudoir, as soon as it is known that so acceptable an addition has been made to the lyrical productions ofthe present day. — JANUARY 1,1831. IMPORTANT TO ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS^ STONEMASONS, & c. Tliis Day is Published, a new Edition, in Royal 8vo. Price 18s. with 43 Plates from original Drawings by Mr. Peter Nicholson, A Popular and Practical TREATISE on 1\. MASONRY and STONE- CtJTTlNG. Bv PETER NICHOLSON, Esq. Architect and Engineer, Author of Ihe Architectural Dictionary, tiie Cutpenter's Guide, & c. itc. London : Hurst, Chance, and Co. b'o, St. Puul's Church- yard. TGXjXJS TO BE LET, On the Cleobury North and Ditton Priors District of Roads. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that L T the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates and Side Bars upon the Turnpike Roads Dn the Cleobnry North and Ditton Priors District, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder- or Bidders, at the Town Hall, in Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop, oil Thursday, the 17th Day of February next, between the Honrs of Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon and Oue o'Clock in the Afternoon,' for one Y'ear or more, either together and in one Lot, or by Parcels and in several Lots, as the Trustees then present shall think fit, aud in Manner directed by two Acts of Parliament, the one passed in tile Third and the other in the Fourth Year ofthe Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Y'ear the following Sums, over and above the Expenses of collecting the same: viz. L. s. D. Harpswood Gates, the Townsend Gate, the Side Bars at the Cross Houses, and the Side Bar at or near the Down 220 0 0 Cleobury North Gate 60 0 0 Lightwood and Ditton Priors Gates and Side Bars at or near Lightwood and Neenton.... .. 35 0 0 aud will be put up at those Sums respectively, or at such other Sum or Sums as the Trustees then present shall think fit. Whoever happen to be the best Bidders, must ( respectively) at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rent agreed on in such Proportions and Manner and at such Times as they shall direct. SAMUEL NICHOLLS, Clerk to the Trustees. CATSTREE, near Bridgnorth, 15th January, 1831. BEARS' GREASE. ^ IpHIS Article penetrates much quicker, w nnd retains ils Moisture longer than any other Animal or Vegetable Oil, and utav easily he known hy ils Appeal a nee. JAMES ATKINSON, Perfumer, respectfully informs ihe Public, that he regularly receives a . Supply from a respectable House in Russia, and it is sent out in Pols without the least admixture, • ept the Perfume, anil i: i sold io London by ihe following Peiftimersi — MesSrs. Butler and Sons, Medicine Venders, Chi upside ; aud Messrs. Barclays, Fleet Market, Wholesale Agents; and Retail by Mr.: John Nightingale, Perfumer, Mr. Win. Nightingale, Perfumer; Mr. Samuel Hulme, Perfumer; aud Mr. J. C. Hulme, Perfumer, Shrewsbury ; and by most respectable Perfumers in the Country. N. B. As this Article is very generally counterfeited, nnd sold in the Country under the fictitious Names of ' William Atkinson, Atkills and Son,' & c. llie genuine my be known by observing the Name and Address, distinct on the Label, and nlso a small Address Stamp, printed in Colours, resembling a Patent Medicine Stum p. 39, New Bond Street, and 44, Gerrard Street, January, 1830. FOR BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, AND IUBITUAL COSTIVENESS. DR. J EBB'S STOMACHIC APERIENT PILLS, Prepared from a Prescription of the late Sir Richard Jebb, M. D. Physiciail Extraordinary to the King. HTU1ESE very justly celebrated Pills have - BL experienced the flattering Commendations 0f Families of the first Distinction, as a Medicine supe. rior to all others in removing Complaints of tlif Stomach arising from Bile, Indigestion', Flatulency, and Habitual Costivencss.— The beneficial Effects pro- duced in all Cases for whi. b they ure here recom- mended, render them worthy Ihe Notice of the Public, and lo Travellers in particular, ns the most portable, safe, and mild Aperient Medicine that can possibly be made Use of. They ure extremely well calculated for those Habits of Body that nre subject lo he costive, as a continued Use of litem does uot injure hut invigorates lb - Consli- tiition, aud will he found to strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, and remove Giddiness, Head- aches, & e. occasioned by the Bile iu ihe Stomach, or the ill Effects arising from Wine, Spirits, or Mall Liquor. ,. - - •.,., T„-„„; i- u Head IVm,, I Persons nf Ihe most delicate Constitution may t. ik Thomas Harper, adjoining the Turnpike Koad from . s f|| y Drayton to Newport. The Birmingham and Liverpool » >*'" " " h » » fe, y " 01 " . n ' J - L • — r I Prepared an I sold Wholesale aud Itr- lnll. lu Boxes Is. Hd. 2s. yd. nnd 4s. 6d. each, by the Sole Proprir tor, W. RIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Drayton, Salop. Preston Brockliurst, Ilaickstone, fyo. Turnpike Roads. NOTICE IS H~ EREBY GIVEN, that 1 x the TOLLS arising at the several undermentioned Trtll Gates upon these Roads, will be LET BY AUC- TION to the best Bidders, at an adjourned Meeting of the Commissioners, to be held at the House of Richard Home, known by the Sign ofthe Saracen's Head, in Hadnal, on Tuesday, the- lst Day of March next, between the Hours of Eleven iu the Forenoon and Four in the Afternoon, in the Manner directed by the Acts passed in the Third and Fourth Y'ears of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regu- lating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced last Year the following Sums: Lot 1. Old Heath, Harlescott, and' Berwick ' Gates £ 182 Lot 2. Cotwall, Crudgington, and Roden Gates 463 Lot 3. Prees Lower Heath Gate and Darlis- tonGate 56 Lot 4. Chetwynd Lane End Gate, near New- port 69 above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums, and in those Lots respectively. Whoever happens to be the highest Bidder for any Lot or Lots must ( respectively) al the same Time pay one_ Month in Advance, if required, of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Roads, for Payment of the Remainder of the Money monthly. At this Meeting other Business will be transacted. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. Shrewsbury, 28/ A January, 1831. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY! ^ alcjS Dp auction. VALUABLE OAK AND mimsieiiBo ASII RY JAMES BOURN, Jim. OIL Wednesday, the 16th of February, 1831, at the Herbert Arms, Kerry, near Newtown, between the Honrs of Four and Six in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to be then and there produced,' iu the following Lots: LOT I. QQ ASH TREES, numbered with a Scribe from 1 to 30. LOT II. 35 ASH TREES, ditto from 31 to 65. LOT III. 80 OAK TREES, ditto from 1 to 80. Lor IV. The Whole of the POLES and UNDER- WOOD growing upon, upwards of Four aud a Half Acres, at the North End of the Great Wood, except those to be left as Standards, and which are marked with Red Paint. The Timber is growing on an Estate called CEFN GWYNNE, in the Parish o'f Kerry. The above will be found worthy of Notice, and is well situated for Delivery, within about five Miles of the Montgomeryshire Canal. The Tenant. Mr. BROWNE, will shew the Timber; and for further Particulars apply to THE AUCTIONEER, at Mawley, near CleoTjury Mortimer. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Glynne Arms, in Claverley, on Wednesday, the 23d Day of February, 1831, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon; rfnHE several DWELLING HOUSES, M. LANDS, and TENEMENTS, situate in the Parish of CLAVERLEY, in the County of Salop, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to Conditions then to be produced. LOT I. Three Cottages, in Claverley, held by Win, Harris, John Evans, and James Brazier, and a Garden held by the Rev. Mr. Gabert LOT II, Shop Leasow, in the Holding of Thomas Perry LOT III. Cottage and Garden ( called the Two Gates), in the Holding of Thomas Hughes LOT IV. Near Bull- House Field Part of Middle Ditto Ditto Ditto Far Ditto Garden over Brook A. R. p. A. R. p. 0 1 24 8 3 38 0 0 33 3 33 3 14 0 IS 1 ' 23 0 11 In the Holding of Thomas Onions, LOT V. Field adjoining Withy Bank 3 3 12 Withy Bank 1 0 24 Field adjoining Mill Ford 7 3 25 Field by Mill 6 0 36 36 119 In the Holding of Roljert Onions. LOT VI. House, Garden, Y'ard, and Stack- Y'ard, in the Holding of William Rowley 0 3 22 Butcher's Ground,. 6 3 2 Griffith House Green Piece 3 1 31 19 0 17 In the Holding of Thomas Onions. LOT VII. Cottage and Garden, in the Hold- ing of Edward Clinton LOT VIIL House and Garden, in the Holding of William Haddock . 11 0 15 0 1 29 Ellis Meadow, in the Holding of Thomas Onions LOT IX. Little Meadow, in the Holding of Thomas Onions • LOT X. Lower Bennett's Piece Upper Ditto In the Holding of Mrs.- Fox. LOT XI. House, Buildings, Garden, Y'ard, and Stack- yard 1 Barn Field 8 Wey Piece 6 Upper Wey Piece 5 Cross Piece 5 Upper Leasow 9 0 22 3 12 2 3 34 0 2 38 1 27 1 33 3 3 20 For the Cure of Cancerous, Scrofulous, and Indur- ated Tumours and Ulcers, Scurry, Erit, Riny-_ IVorm, Scald Head, and other invetera Dis- eases of the Skin. BY MR. ASHLEY, At the Corbet Arms Inn, in Market Drayton, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 16lh Day of February, 1831, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions ; IM1E undermentioned Lots of OAK and ASH TIMBER TREES, of large Dimensions and excellent Quality, numbered with White Paint, and growing on an Estate at WOODSEAVES, in the Parish of Drayton aforesaid, in the Occupation of Mr. rrM. TT „ J t „ ;.. I .. ... 4lw » T* ii r- » il- T?<~ iO/ l IrCllTl DR. WRIGHTS PEARL OINTMENT. PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS. A Medicine prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO AT, I. THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WORLD, For the Cure of tbe Venereal Disease, the King's E « il, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from linpnrity of lb © Blood. fTMlE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are SL so well known throughout Shropshire, nnd indeed throughout llie Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, nnd without Ihe Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operalion, tlint any Comment on Iheir Virtues is quite unnecessary. As n Purifier of ihe Wood tbey are unrivalled in theii EH'rcls. And their Efficacy has been attested numberless Instances; many of them on . Oath before tbe Magistrates of Shrewsbury; thus establishing llteir Pre- eminence over llie Nostrums of ignorant Quacks, and titer the mure established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Cases of FKMALB DEBILITY, TORN OF LIFE, nnd any other Affliction of the Body arising frnni a changed nr vitiated System, the PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS may be relied upon for a certain anil peedv Cure. N. B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv- ing System nf Diet: he allows his Patients to live like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman's Drops. These Drops are to be had in square Bottles, with these words moulded on each, " Mr. Smith's Ploughman's Drops," ( all others are spurious), at £ 1. 2s. the large, and Ils. the small, Duty in- cluded, nt PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. and J, EIIOOWES, and Cook- ton, Shrewsbury ; Cnpsey, Wellington ; Yeates, Salt Warehouse, iron Bridge ; Partridge, Bridgnorth ; Griffiths, Ludlow; Waidson, Welshpool; Price, Os- westry; Batigh, Ellesmere ; Evaason, Whitchurch ; Burley, Drayton ; Silvester, Newport; Went, Leominster ; Mr. Nix, I, Royal Exchange, Loudon: and of all . Mcdiciae Veuders. Junction Canal Navigation crosses the Estate. LOTI. 35 OAK Trees, numbered 1 to 35, and 14 j ASH Trees, numbered 1 to 14 inclusive, growing on I the Right Hand Side ofthe said Road from Drayton to Newport. LOT II. 122 OAK Trees, numbered 36 to 157, and 41 ASH Trees, numbered 15 to 55 inclusive, growing oil | the Left Hand Side of tile said Road. Mr. JOHN HARPER, of Woodseaves aforesaid, will I shew the Timber ; and further Information may be had Oil Application to Messrs. WAI. FORD and BARKER, Soli- | citors, Wem. BY MR. FRANKLIN, At the White Horse Inn, Wem, in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the 24th Day of February, 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed on at the Time of Sale, subject to Conditions: LOT I. \ LL that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or . DWELLING HOUSE and Garden, with newly- erected MALTKILN adjoining thereto, toge- ther with Two Cottages and Gardens also belonging, iid, in the respective Occupations of M" r. Foi George Hamlet, and William Watkiss, as Tenants situate at CREAMORE BANK, in the Parish of' ' ' * Mr. FouIkes, aforesaid i from Y'ear to Year. The above Premises are within Half a Mile of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, are most advan- tageously situated for the Malting Business, and will be found desirable either for Residence or Investment. LOT II. All those Two Pieces or Parcels of COPY- HOLD LAND or Ground, called the Near Buselv and Middle Busely, in the Occupation of Mr. John Walms- ley, lying a very short Distance from the Town of Wem, adjoining the Turnpike Road from Wem to Whitchurch, arid containing by Admeasurement 9 Acres or there- abouts. This Lot is beautifully situated for budding, com manding extensive Views of Hawkstone and the surrounding Hills. LOT 111, All that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Stable and other Outbuild- ings thereunto belonging, situate near to the Market Hall, in the High Street, in WEM aforesaid, and now in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Walmsley, as a yearly Tenant. The respective Tenants will shew the different Lots; and any further Information may be obtained bv ap- plying at the Offices of Messrs. HASSALL and W. u. vi j LEY, Solicitors, V em. To prevent Counterfeits, eaeh Bill of Directinn will he signed with bis Name iu Writing, to imitate which is Felony. Sold Retail bv Humphreys, Shrewsbury ; Bradbury, Beeston, Wellington ; Silvester, Newport ; Esnuson, HassaU, Whitchurch ; Franklin, Weill ; Painter, Wrex ham ; Baiigh, Ellesmere; Roberts, Oswestry ; Ed- monds, Shiffiial ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle ; Jones Welshpool; Williams, Carnarvon ; Jones, Aberysl- willl ; Rathbone, Bangor ; and by Medicine Veutlfi iu every Town in the United Kingdom. May be had Wholesale and Retail of Mr. Edwards, St. Paul's Church Yard, Barclay and Sons, Flei t Market, Sutton and Co. Bow Church Yard, and Bui- ler's St Co. No. 4, Cheiipside, London, 73, Princes, Street, Edinburgh, nild 54, Sackville- Street, Dublin, Sold Retail hy one or more Medi. citle Venders in every Town in the United Kingdom, For Rheumatism, Colds, Coughs, § c. DICEY'S ORIGINAL AND TI1S ONLY OBSU1NE Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops, ^ ilMIE most valuable Medicine ever dis L covered lor Colds, Coughs, Agues, Fevers, Rheumatism, Pains in the Breast, Limbs, aud Joints, nnd for most Complaints where Colds are Ihe Origin. In Fevers it has always been found particularly effica- cious, and when taken iu an early stage uf liie Com- plaint has, in numberless instances, prevented running ou to Typhus. There are various Imitations nf this excellent Meili cine by different Pretenders, all of them utter Strangers to Ihe true Preparation; Purchasers are therefore requested to be very particular iu asking for " DICEY'S BATSMAN'S DROPS," as all others are Counterfeit. Sold in Buttles at Is. 11( 1. each, at the only True Warehouse, No. 10, Bow Church Yard, Loudon, and hy all the principal Booksellers and Medicine Venders iu the Kingdom. Of whom may also be had, DICEY's Genuine DAFFY's ELIXIR, in Buttles al 2s. and 2s. 9d. each. DICEY's Anderson's TliUE SCOTS PILLS, Is. I^' l. the Box.--!!^ Ask particularly for " DICKY'S." BETTON's BRITISH OIL ( the only Genuine), Is. Oil. the Bottle, THHIS very important Discovery was the « result of great experience. The laic Dr. WRIGHT, an eminent Medical Practitioner at STAF- FORO, applied himself diligently many years iu endeavouring to find an effectual Remedy for the above alarming and ( too frequently) obslioate Dis- eases. Afler a series of experiments, much labour, and perseverance, he at length produced lite PEARL OINTMENT, which, in a lung and very extensive practice, lie found in be almost invariably successful. Tlie present Possessor, the Doctor's Giandson, has been in the habit of preparing and distributing it ( graillitously) lo the afflicted formally years with the same success, until at length the applications fur it became so numerous from different parts ofthe king- dom, that lie was compelled either lo abandon - the preparation of it altogether ( from the great expense which lie incurred) or introduce- it to the Public on sale. At Ihe earnest entreaties of many persons of respectability, who bail witnessed its beneficial ef- fects, aud after the most mature consideration tin his own part, the Possessor has decided upon the littler plan. Ttie extraordinary efficacy of this Ointment inisbeen fully proved for forty years; iu many inve- terate cancerous eases it has effectually cured those who had previously laboured tinder the agonizing apprehensions of surgical operaiiuns, Il is entirely free from offensive smell ; and from Ihe harmless nnlure of the ingredients, it may be applied tn children nf the must tender years, ll is introduced under the sanction aud recouimeodaiiou of Medica Gentlemen of great eminence aud respectability ; and around each Put will be found most satisfactory Testi- monials nf its efficacy, and also a few ( of the many) Affidavits of Persons who have been cured of the most inveterate culanVous and other diseases; which, it is presumed, are ihe surest proofs of its claims to general confidence. In conclusion, the Public are solemn' assured lhat this Ointment is totally unconnected with auy species of quackery. Sold in Pots at 9,1. and 4s. 6d. each ; nnd may be obtained of Messrs BARCLAY and SONS, Fleet Market Loudon, whom the Proprietor bus appointed hi Wholesale Agents; also by MORRIS, Chemist, Dud ley, and within Jll Miles uf that Town ; and Retail by W. and J. EDDOVVES, Blunt nuil Son, Pyefinth and Pidgeon, Whitney and Co. and Wattun, Shrewsbury; Fellon, Procter and Jones, Murston, WhitlaH, Parry, Foster, and Massey & Hughes, Ludloiv ; Huulslon and Son, and Whitfield, Wellington ; Onslow, and Miekte- wriglit, Weill ; Edwards, Price, and Weaver, Oswes- try ; Baugh, Ellesniere ; Beckett, and Evanson, Whit- church; Ridgway, Drayton; Williams, Wedlock; F,. Griffiths, Bishop's Castle; Harding and Co, anil Edmunds, Shift'nal ; Baughani, & Gitlou, Britlguorlh ; Sylvester, and Icke, Newport; Smith, Post. Office, Irunbridge; Griffiths, and It. Evans, Llangollen; and Roberts, Welshpool : aud hy most of the respectable Chemists nud Patent Medicine Venders iu the United Kingdom. None is genuine unless it bears the Pr iprietor's signature, " A, HAIVKES," on the Stamps aud Bills of Directions, 0 33 2 1 0 35 3 ' 22 2 9 0 22 TO- MORROW. TURNPIKE TOLLS. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, iliat - L \ tlio TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates hereunder.! mentioned, upon Roads in the Second District of thfi bishop's Castle and Montgomery Roads, in the Coun. ti( Vr,-?. L, Sl, lnP and Montgomery, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Dragon Inn, in Montgomery, on, Thursday, the. Kith Day of February next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon; for one Year from Lady- Day, 1831, in, the Manner directed by tin! Act passed in the Third Y'ear of the Reign of his late Majesty King, George the Fourth," For regulating turnpike Roads;", which Tolls are now let for the respective Yearly Sums following: viz. Stalloe and Sarnybryne'aled Gates on the Road to Pool - - - . . . £ 300 Montgomery Gate on. the Road to Chirbury - 94 Weston Gate on fhe Road to Bishop's Castle, and > ^ Cetnycoed Gate on the Road to Kerry - - V Green Lane Gate on the Road to Newtown - 26 Churchstoke Gate on the Road from Bishop's Castle to Forden 81 Chirbury Gatfe on the same Road ... 12.1 Rhydygroes Gate on the same Road - - 69 The best Bidder for the Tolls of any or either, of tha Gates, must at the saijie Time give, Security, with suffi- cient, Sureties to ihe Satisfaction of the Trustees, for the Payment of the Money monthly, FRANCIS ALLEN, Clerk. TURNPIKE TOLLS. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates between Worthen and Westbiiry, and between. Brockton and Minsterley, known by the Names of Westbury and Minsterley Gates, with the Side Gates belonging ' hereto, will be LET hy AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the White Horse. Inn; in Worthen, ort Wednesday, the 16th Day of. February next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for one Year from Lady- Day 1831, in the Manner directed by the Act passed'in the Third Year of the Reign of his late Majesty Kiiif George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads- i5 which Tolls are now let for the Sum of £ 390,- and will be put up at that Sum. The best Bidder must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of tlltj Trustees, forthe Payment of the Money monthly. And Notice is hereby also given, that the Trustees will at their said Meeting elect additional Trustees, and also new Trustees in the Room of deceased Trustees. FRANCIS ALLEN, Clerk. In the Holding of Mrs. Perry. LOT XII. The Hurst, in the Holding of Mrs. Nicholls LOT XIII. Lower Harbutt's Shutts 6 2 21 Pow Croft 4 2 38 36 2 2 1 0 18 11 1 22 In the Holding of Mrs. Perry, LOT XIV. Farmer's Orchard 2 1 30 Coppice Meadow 1 ' 2 16 Coppice Piece 7 0 12 II 0 18 In the Holding of Mrs. Perry. Mr. THOMAS ONIONS, of Claverley, will shew the several Lots; and further Particulars may hf: known by applying to J. A. GROVE, Esq. Solicitor, Four Ashes, Ein'ille, Staffordshire ; J. BOYDELL, Esq. Eos- sett, near Chester; or Mr. J. BOYBELL, jun. Hawarden, Flintshire. ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS. — MR. ROBERT PA LEY, of Billing- hay. Carpenter., and Parish Clerk, has gained n restoration of health, by taking J Lignum Ss Sou's Antiscorbutic Drops, and to use his own words, hf " is anxious lo make known to the world and to those that may he in suffering, Ihe benefits conferred by this true medicine for any Scorbutic Disease." Mr, Paley bail a mosl miserable bad leg. nnd nther afflictions arising out of a Scorbutic habit, w bieb con- tinned for twelve months ; and which during lhat time baffled ihe sagacity uf Surgeons and Medical Men. lie sajs, " ! tried every method lo he cured. I ap- plied to nil Ihe celebrated Doctors: 1 Was no heller; and became Kimble to work. I bought some of J. Lignum and Son's Drops, at Mr. Edward B, Drury's shop, near the Stouebow, Lincoln, and in six weeks a very fine cure is made; in short, 1 am as well, or nearly, as ever I have been, aud by sticking six weeks lo J. Lignum und Sou's Drops, I have gained for a few shillings lhat RESTORATION which many pounds could nut procure me in twelve mouths." Signed by ROBERT PALEY. Sept. 24, 180 « . Witness— EDWARD TALT. AT. To Messrs. J. Lignum &. Son, Manchester. These Drops are sold in moulded Square Bullies, nt 2s. 9d. 4s. ( id. and lis each, by Messrs. Lignum & Son, Surgeons,& c. 63, Bridge- sireel, Mnnchesier; W. & Eddnwes, Shrewsbury ; Smith, Ironhridge ; G. Gitton' Bridgnorth; Fennel, Kidderminster; Oilman, Ston.- J bridge; Hiutmi, Turner, Dudley; Smart and Parke Wolverhampton; Valentine aud Thrnsbv, Walsall • Butterworth, T. & W. Wood, Hudson, Beilbv and Knott, Birmingham; Merridew, Rnllason, Coventry- Baugh, Ellesmere-, Pointer, Wrexham ; Poole and Harding, Monk, Chester; Billterwortb, Nantwich • Reeves, Middlewich; Lindop, Sandbach; Davies' North wich ; Bell, Altrinehani; Clave, W. & A. Gee' Stockport; Wright, Macclesfield; Lowe, Leek •' Hor- dern, Chenille; and all respectable Medicine Vender in every Market Town, Of whom also may he had, Mr. Ligntim's Ininroved VEGETABLE LOTION, for nil Scorbutic Eruptions price 2s. 9d. Duly included. ' Mr. Ligntim's SCURVY OINTMENT may now be had of ihe above Agents, price ls. » d. each Pol Duty Included. ' ' APPROVED MEDICINES, Sold by W, and J, EDDOWES, Shrewsbury, Agents to Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, Loudon) aud by all respectable Medicine Venders. Country Dealers supplied at the London Prices. BUTLER'S VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER.— This Dentifrice ( composed of Ve- getables, without tbe admixture of auy Mineral or pernicious Ingredient whatever,) has sot long been in general u « e as an appendage lo the fashionable toilet, lhat it is unnecessary lu offer any further recuimnend- ation in favour of it. In Boxes, at 2s. 9d. DR. JAMES's ANALEPTIC PILLS— are an ex. cellent Alterative in Chronic Diseases nf the Stomach and Bowels, and nre applicable to Bilious aud Dispep. tic Affections, Gout, tec. They are mild iu their Operalion, and require no' restraint or confinement during the use of I hem. lit Boxes nl 4s.( id. and 24s. HICKMAN's PILLS fur GRAVEL, STONE, & c. — This { Medicine has been long approved fur the relief of Affections of fhe Kidneys ami Bladder which are attended with the Formation of Gravel, Calculus, and those Pains of Ihe B- ick aud Loins which accompany these affections; and are found to succeed when most remedies nf ihe kind have altogether failed, lu boxes, at 2s. !) d. and 1 Is. BUTLER's CAJEPUT OPODELDOC, used with much success iu Cases of Rheumatism, Sprains, Bruises, & C. nlso an excellent application lor Chilblains, bv allaying the Irritation, lu Boxes, at Is. lid. and 2s. ( Id. TOWEItS's STOMACHIC F. SSKNCE.- Probably the safest and most certain Sedative and Autispasmodio ever presented to public notice, and most effectual in Nervous Palpitations, Difficulty of Breathing, and. Hysteric Affections. In Bullies, at 2s. 0d. 4s. 6d. and I Is. BUTLER's COMPOUND ESSENCE of CUBF. BS. — This Preparation is recommended for those affec- tions niising from Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, & c. and lhat class of Diseases generally iu which the use of the Cnbohs has been found so serviceable. In Boxes, al 4s. fid (• « . ( id. and 20s. FOT11ERC, 1LI. M TONIC PILLS— applicable to llie Female Constitution, and recommended us a s.-. fe and effectual remedy for strengthening tbe System — also for producing regularity of action in those Func- tions which are impaired by debility, See. In Boxes. Is. I'd. and 2s. 9d. BUTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIR,- strongly re- commended iu Colds, Habitual Coughs, Asthmatic Affections, & c. In Bottles nt Is IJd. and 2s. 9d. TOWERS's TONIC PILLS— These Slomochio Aperient Pills have for many years received Ihe must decisive marks of public approval. They areexpre^ s- lv designed to restore the tone am! energy of the Digestive Organs, and to remove nud correct Indiges- tion, a bad and defective Appetite, Depression of Spirits, Drowsiness, & c. Iu Boxe » , 2s. 0d. 4s. 6d. and 1 Is. MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE, an excel- lent remedy for broken Cllill. tains. Scalds, Burns, Wounds, and Ulcersof every Denomination, especially Sure aud Ulcerated Legs. In Buxes, Is. I^ d. anil 2s. gd. N. B. The aboie Preparation., xl'hen Genuine, will have the Name and Address of Messrs. Hutlar attached to t: em.— Particular Attention to this Caution is requested. DISTEMPER IN DOGS. BLAINE'S celebrated POWDERS for DISTEMPER in DOGS, and nlso the DIS- TEMPER BALLS, for more advanced Stages of the Complaint, continue to ! » • » prepared hy BARCLAY and SONS, NO. 95, Fleet Market, London ; who have pur- chased the property in all Messrs. BLAINE St YOUATT* SI Animal Medicines. The Distemper*' is & o gene* rally known, and its fatjil effects so frequently expe- ienced, hy nil persons possessing that invaluable nniuial the Do£, that it is not necessary particularly lo describe it: it is sufficient to observe, that amoiijf « t all the remedies which have been resorted to for iia removal, Blaine's Disiemper Powders have, for up- wards of Thirty Years held the most distinguished place ; and the Public may be assured, that ( in con, junction with tbe Distemper tttilU) they will ktill maintain their unrivalled tepu'ation. Sold in Packets, suited to ibe aye and slrenijih of the Dotf, Price Is. (> d eucii ; with Distemper Balls at ihe same price, by BARCLAY and SONS, 95, Fleet Market, Loudon ; without uho> e Signature none are g- enuiue. Sold, by their appointment, hy W. and J. Eddowes, Broxion, Onions, and Hulhert, Shrewsbury ; Rurley, Market Dray tun; Houlslon and Smiih, Wellington; Smith, lionbiuljre and Wen loci; ; Gitton, Bridg- north ; Roberts, Powell, J aud l^. Griffiths, O. Jones, and Roberls, Welshpool ; Price, Ed wards, Mrs. E< lwards, Roberts, Small, and Weaver, Oswestry ; Edmunds, ShifTnal ; Silvester, Newport ; llassal|% Whitchurch; Griffiihs, Bishops Castle; Griffiths, Ludlow; Bayo- h, Ellesinere ; Evanson, Whitchurch ; Franklin, and Olislow, Wem ; and bv all respectable S'ationers, Druggists, and Medicine Veuders. WII BR R ALSO MAY 11 E MAD, BARCLAY'S OINTMENT for the ITCH, PR ITCH ETT's WORM POWDERS. BOTT's TOOTH POWDER. TOOTH TINCTURE. CORN SALVE. SAN ATIVE SALVE. LEF. MlNG's ESSENCE lur LAMENESS U plORSF. S. imperial parliament. HOUSE OF. LORDS— THURSDAY. Earl GREY, iti presenting some petition* praying for Reform, tbok occasion to observe, that although ftis opinions picl- not go to the length that some of { hem did on that subject, still in the gr& at principle fer the measure he entirely. and decidedly concurred. Me was glad to say, that though his Majesty's Minis- ters had, since their being cSlled to office,, befcn occupied with matters of great and varied interest, yet they had succeeded in framing a measure which ihey were persuaded would prove efficient, without Exceeding the bounds of that great und wise moder- ation wilh which such a measure should he accom- panied He was also happy tO $*\ y, thai the measure in question had met" with the unanimous consent of the whole of his Majesty1* government, and that it would be produced in the other house as soon as circumstances would admit. He made this statement thus early in the session, in order that their. Lordships tfnigltf. be apptis& d of ' ihe intentions of the govern- ment. • J& H; I BARNLKY expressed his hope that the mea- sures- vf Ministers, would meet . the expectations of the Countr' 5;. He then alluded to the state of Ireland, and intimated his belief that government would take up measures' in earnest f< » i* restoring peace and tran- quillity to those parts of the empire suffering under agitation. Viscount MELBOURNE in reply said, that consider- able progress had been made in those remedial measures necessary for the w elfare of that part of the United kingdom. The actual measures Ministers had fn contemplation were a repeal of the Vestry and ruodification ofthe Sub letting Acts, and a revision of the Gram! Jury system. They had not been able to Approach the important question of Poor Laws as applicable to Ireland; but they had in preparation a rtieasure of melioration. The proposed bills on these subjects would be introduced, with the exception of ihe Sub- letting Act amendment bill, in the other house. Their Lordships almost immediately after- wards rose; HOUSE OF COMMONS— THURSDAY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHI QUKR.— On the part of hisc Majesty's government 1 rise to give notice that we shall be ready to bring on the measure of reform, to which we had pledged ourselves previous to the recess, on Tuesday, the 1st of March next. In the exercise of a discretion, which, perhaps, will not be thought unsound by the friends of the mea- sure, or the house, we have determined to intrust the Introduction of that measure to the noble lord ( John Russell) the Paymaster of the Forces,— not only on account of the ability with which on previous occa- sions he has advocated that cause, but also on account of his perseverance in its pursuit at a time when it was by no means popular, and imagined to be pregnant with a variety of difficulties. It Was con- sidered that it would only be fair the noble lord Should be permitted now-, when the aspect of the Question is changed, and appearances are more prosperous, to fake the lead in opening the views of government on this important measure. Such have been our motives for selecting the noble lord, whose tlaim to. that distinction will be acknowledged by all who recollect how repeatedly he has advocated the 6ame cause in vain upon previous occasions. Sir C. Wi- THERFLL \ vi$ h* » d to know whether the conduct of the question of reform had been confided to the iioble lord as an individual member who had taken a very distinguished part in the advocacy of that measure on former occasions, or as the deputed representative of the cabinet and its sentiments? There was a wide distinction to be drawn between the degree of sanction afforded to the measure by government in the one case and in the other. In deputing this duty to the noble Paymaster of the Forces, he would ask whether that nobleman was in fact a member of the Cabinet ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would answer, certainly he was not a member of the Cabi- net) but, if the honourable and learned gentleman meant to draw from thence, as an inference, that the noble lord ivas not to be considered as acting in that instance by and with the advice, sanction, and con- ! currence of that Cabinet, one and all, he would beg to deny that inference in the most decided manner Nothing could be more unfounded than any such suspicion. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY. Mr. C. \ V. \ V. WytfN moved the order of the day for committing the bill repealing the oaths to be taken by members of parliament. He mentioned ihatj until the fate of the bill for " emancipating the ifews" should be decided upon he would only proceed ivith that part of his own measure which would go to affect oaths to be taken before the Lord Steward. Sir ROBERT INGLE'S objected to the measure, as removing the only remaining security to the existing constitution. At present, Sir Robert said, members enter the house free to overturn all but the Act of Settlement, and they are now advised to reject the Obligation to respcct that act. Sir Robert then, in proof that some might be found who would have no objection to avail themselves of such a license, Quoted a passage from a work of Mr. Charles Butler, in which the fitle of tbe house of Sardinia to the throne of Great Britain is alluded to. Mr. FERGUSON contended that an act of parlia- ment, not an oath, vvas tiie security for the consti- tutional settlement of the country. Mr. BLOUNT, in vindication of Mr. Charles Butler, denied that he had written such a passage as thitt cited by Sir Robert lnglis. Sit- CHARLES WETHERF. LL read the passage film )\ tr. liutler^ s booh. He then remarked upon the arguments dhuVn from the supposed weakness of the l » ou* e of Sardinia, and instanced the anxiety mani- fested by the French government, at the treaty of Amiens, to'get rid of the English ( merely honorary) fcaffri to fh'e drown 6f France, in proof that such thihgs are not necessarily despised by able men. In tefcrfcdce to the extinction of the direct line of James the Second, he ddttiitted that it was not necessary to abjure the title of a line ho longer extant; but the claim of that line occupied but three words of the act, which comprehended all the descendants Of ( Charles 1. who were Roman Catholics, a numerous body, to be found in various parts of Europe. Mr. WYNN, in reply, ridiculed the claims of the house of Sardinia, as all concentrated in the Duchess of Modena; he deprecated the analogy of the treaty of Amiens, the surrender of the title to the throne of France being abandoned, he said, not in submission to tlie demands of the French government, but as a designed consequence of the arrangements made at the Irish Union. Mr. SADLER, Mr. SPF. NCFR PERCEVAL, Sir E. K NATCH BULL, and other members, spoke shortly in recommendation of a circumspect course, and the bill was then committed under a protest that the consent to its going so far gave no pledge that it should be permitted to go farther. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY. CIVIL LIST. • Lord ALTHORP, after a brief allusion to the memorable event connected with the last time that the Civil List had been brought before the House, in which he adverted to the different points on which the division of opinions had then rested, proceeded to xtate, that he had as much as possible endeavoured to follow the course that had been pointed out by the opposition on the former occasion. The former list wai? divided into ten classes; that which he had to propose was ouly divided into five classes. The first, his Majesty's Privy Purse, and provision for her Majesty the Queen ; 2d. the Officers and Servants ofthe Household; 3d, other Officers, the Lord Stew- ard, & c.; 4th, Royal Bounties and Charities ; 5th, Pensions. In the first, class no alteration had been made; it allowed £ 60,000 for his Majesty's privy purse, and £ 50,000 for the Queen. The second class in the former list was £ 140,546. 10s. The present one was £ 130,000. The third class, the Noble Lord said, had been looked into, and considering the rate of expense of living, it had been agreed, that at the present price of articles of consumption, there was no possibility of abridging the allowance, unless a more economic scale was adopted, by abridging the retinue of his Majesty, by which he must alter his style of living ; and his establishment was now much increased, on account of the addition of a Queen Consort. The fourth, Royal Bounties and Charities, was much the S". ir. e as the former list. The greatest alteration was in the fifth class, Pensioners, which by the former list was divided into three items— the lists of England, Ireland, and Scotland individually; but the present list consolidated the three into one. It was proposed t') restrict the pensioners on the civil list to seventy- five thousand pounds, and to consist of the senior pensioners, and the junior pensioners were to be transferred to the Consolidated Fund. His Lordship here pointed out the anticipated advantage of the calculation that tho reservation was sufficient for the purposes of the liberality of the Crown ; and that, with'respfect to" juni'Sr pensioners, they being attached to the Consolidated Fund, as any vacancy might oc^ ur, the death must consequently come before the House, and the amount so relieved be at its disposal. It might be urged by some, that on the pensioh list particularly a great saving might have been effected, of which the Noble Lord was well convinced,, and that all grants of pensions had expired at the demise of the Crown; but although the Government could certainly resume them on a legal right, the^; could not fake them on efcjuftabte right, as all such allowances were granted for life. The pow er of the gradual operation from the transfer Of the junior pensioners to the Consolidated Fund,' would enable the House progressively to Cure the evil. On the whole list there ' lid not appear to be a great saving, but the Noble Lord could assure the House that, from a diligent comparison, there was a diminution in the civil list for all the purposes em- braced in the statement, of £ > 0,000 ; and the most prominent, distinction between the former aud the present list Was, that now only £ 400,000 was left in the power of the Crown, instead of .1910,000 ; so that £ 510,000 would thus be left at the disposal of the House, which would ultimately be a- saving, a^ they would have the controul of the expenditure It had been the custom to allow a grant under, the name of fittings out for a Queen ; the sum of £ 54,000 had been granted as an outfit to Charlotte, Qu; en of George the Third, and a suitable grant was also allowed for Queen Caroline. The Noble Lord ex pressed his gratification in informing the House that his present Majesty had, unsolicited, refused to accept any such grant for the Queen. Sir H. PARNFLL approved of the portion of the expenditure that, had been transferred from the Civil List, and was of opinion that every item of ex- penditure ought to be brought before the House every Session. He would not at present give his j opinion on the several classes, but he cotdd riot refrain from expressing his disappointment that no reduction had been made in the salaries of the Household. Mr. HUMP said that some of the heads had very much exceeded his expectation, especially the fourth and fifth, the Royal bounties and the pensions. The noble lord spoke of charitable grants, Aud made to whom? To poor peers. Let all those who could not support their dignity lay down that dignity. Let them do like humbler individuals, go to their r-.' latives, and not to the public. Those individuals had no legal claim, as the noble lord had admitted, they had no claim of service, their only claim was that of charity. In his opinion the true charity was to relieve the public and poor man who could not pay the taxes. Mr. GORDON said, that no reduction whatever appeared to him to have been made. He thought the noble lord had mystified the house, and that the distinction made between putting the items in the consolidated fund and putting them in the civil list was a distinction without a difference. Mr. HUNT said he was convinced the people who had to pay the taxes would feel greatly disappointed at what, fell from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.. He felt great disappointment himself, and he was certain the people would not feel less. From all that had been said by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer and the late one, it might be thought that, there was no people that had any interest in the subject; that it Was a mere question between the CrOwrt and that house, how much money the mem- bers should pay out of thfcir own pockets to the King for his expenses. He felt proud of the King, who shewed that he felt for the sufferings of his people; and whatever forbearance the peop'e were to receive, it was evident they owed it to his Majesty, and that they had nothing to expect from his ifiinisters. The Chanfcellor of the Exchequer said, the people could receive no relief from any reduction in Uie civil list. In God's name, for what were the late ministers turned out? They were turned out because they would not relieve the people by reducing the civil list. He knew how unable the people were to bear their present burthens. If those who proposed to continue them had gone into their dwellings and seen their sufferings, they would not be surprised at the conflagrations that had taken place. He had visited their miserable dwellings, and witnessed their suffer- ings. The King was so justly popular, that any thing ministers failed to do wiust lie at their own door, and not at his Majesty's. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had given proof of this, when he stated that the lying refused £ 50,000 for the Queen's outfit, which ministers proposed he should receive. Their having made no reduction in the civil list, was certainly no proof they meant to reduce their own salaries. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, he could appeal to all his colleagues that they had given the subject the greatest consideration, and he could not hold out any hope of their being able to change the proposition submitted by his noble friend. It was supposed that ministers had made no reduction in the pension list. He vtfbuld contend that they had proposed a reduc- tion which would amount to more than one- half. The pro'positioh of the late government was that the pension list should be continued at the amount of £ 140,000 — the proposition of his noble friend was, that £ 82,00( » of this amount should IK* placed on the consolidated fund, and that as they fell in the public should enjoy the benefit. Mr. CALCRAFT said it was now evident that all the difference between the Civil List brought forward by the neW Ministers and that on which the late Ministers gave up their situations, did not amount to a reduction of more than from five thousand to ten thousand pounds, but the new Ministry had con- trived to hide the matter iu some degree by dividing the amount, placing one portion on the civil list, and the other on the consolidated fund. HiS Noble Friend opposite had mystified the Pension List most adroitly, for he managed to throw upon the public all the young lives, and by keeping the elder ones alone on the Civil List, give himself a chance, during his own Administration, of having it in his power to advise his Majesty upon the filling up of every one of those. It was said that the late Government refused a Committee— tliey merely said, that at the beginning of a reign there was no precedent for referring to a Committee the Civil List; strch refer- ence wa& never made except in cases where the debts of the Crown were to be provided for. Even if the Ministers wanted to make a reduction in the Civil List, experience showed thai the best way to effect that was by a Committee of Ihe whole House. It was by such Committees that the greatest reductions had always been made. By such a Committee w; ts it that the great reduction in the army was made ; it was by a Committee of the whole House— not by a Committee up stairs, a garbled Committee, one that might be called a Ministerial Committee, prosecuting its inquiries with closed doors, shut out from all pub- licity, a Committee to do as the Ministry bid it; that was certainly not the sort of Committee the late Ministry recommended, but that was the sort of Committee now recommended. Here was to be no publicity— no open inquiry. If the Ministers wanted retrenchment, they would have an open Committee of the whole House, all whose proceedings were public. The Committee they proposed, however, was a Committee up stairs. If his Noble Friendj in appointing such a Committee, was so disposed, he might make it an unfair Committee. ( Hear, hear.) Oh, he understood that the Committee was already appointed, and his Honourable Friend who made the motion for that . Committee, the great leader who turned out the late Government, was sitting at that— the opposition side of the House. His Honourable Friend might exclaim, " Oh, kill your next Percy yourselves—( a laugh)— you are there, and I am here." { Laughter.) He hoped his honourable Friend would soon make a similar motion, and that the House of Commons would give the country the benefit ^> f a similar decision. ( Laughter. J The Ministers gave tbe House the same estimate that they ( the Opposition) had defended ; and if his Honourable Friend would give them the opportunity, the same persons would again defend it. The Ministers, bow- ever, had objected to the estimate that they now inconsistently defended, and had reduced them ( the Opposition) to the dilemma in which they were placed. Then the Ministers said their estimate was irrevocable. That was most extraordinary in them, who prided themselves on their popularity, and looked to the public support to maintain their places. They said they would send the estimate to a Com- mittee; but that appeared of no use, for they said, at the same time, that the estimate was irrevocable. Did they mean that they would allow Parliament to make no alteration in it? He hoped not. The Ministers were fo stand by public opinion— they expected to be upheld by some sort of Utopian ideas of public good— they looked to the House of Com- mons for support, and yet they said their estimate was irrevocable. He hoped he should be able to justify the estimate of the late Goverument should he be restored fo place, and he was delighted t6 see his Honourable Friend, the worthy Baronet, the Member for Queen's County ( Sir Henry Parnell), on that side of the House, and he was also pleased to see there his excellent friend, the Member for Crick lade, with his pleasant satif'C and his disposition) to check extra- vagance, and he hoped, by the exertions of these his friends, and his own, to be speedily restored to the other side of the House. Sir JAMES GRAHAM explained that he had cer- tainly used the word irrevocable, but not in relation to a Commiftee of that House. When the Hon* Member for Preston proposed that Ministers should reconsider the estimate, he had replied that as far as the Ministers' responsibility went, they had fully considered the estimate, and their decision was on that point irrevocable. He did not say, however) that the House was not to revise the decision of the Ministers; he knew, he hoped, his situation and theirs too well. He begged leave to congratulate his Right Hon. Friend on resuming his station on the opposite of the House; for he had just delivered one of flics' speeches to which he was formerly delighted to listen. Mr. CALCRAFT was satisfied with the explanation of the Right Hon Baronet. He wished to ask, how- ever, if the estimates werp cut down in a Committee, would the Ministers resign? ( A laugh.) The motion for referring the estimates to a select committee was then agreed to. German, Belgian, arid French papers, the littlef to the date of Wednesday, arrived on Saturday. The Russian army is on the eve of a movement towards Poland, and General Diebitsch, irt placing himself at its head, has issued two proclamations addressed fo the Polish army and nation respectively. He re- proaches the first for the part which they took in the revolution, and the desertion of lheir colours, and reminds the latter of its ingratitude to the paternal government of their eonntry ; but to neither does he offer any terms but those of unconditional surrender, and the chances of the conqueror's clemency. The Emperor has already seized upon the funds of the Bank of Warsaw at Odessa, and has confiscated the property of the Poles in Russia. Lord Duncannon has been appointed Chief Com- missioner of Woods and Forests, in the room of Mr. Agar Ellis, resigned on account of indisposition. rtpHE ANNUAL COURSING MKF. T- . 8 ING, will be held at the DUNCAN'S HEAD, NEWTOWN BASCHURCH, oil FRIDAY NEXT, February 1111,1831. THE PRESIDENTS, . Mr. WHEELER, | Mr. SHINGLER. Kewtown Baschurch, February 8,1831. HOLYHEAD ROAD. The legal proceedings against Mr. O'Connell, it will be observed ( see 4th page), have prevented his leaving Dublin for the purpose of resuming his seat in parliament. On Tuesday, he appeared with the other defendants in the Court of King's Bench, arid after ineffectually endeavouring to deft r the charges against hint, the Judges fixed Monday, February 7th, to hear and dispose of tbe demurrers. Mr. O'Cotlnell, it appears, has not yet stepped for- ward to exonerate the proprietors of the Freeman's- Journal and Morning Register from publishing his letter to his constituents. All communication with the country has been cut- off by the lieavy fall of snow, and on Wednesday not a single Irish mail had arrived in Dublin for two days. The Dublin Morning Register states that ofie hundred and fifty members of the Irish Bar have signed a public declaration of their hostility to a Re- peal of the Union, and therefore to the professed ob- ject of the present agitation. DUBLIN, FUS. 3.— The King v O'Connell and others.— All the defendants have this day filed alii davits, for the purpose of grounding an application to the Court for leave to withdraw their demurrers, and plead " not guilty" to all the counts. PETITIONS to Parliament against the Droposed Diversion of the Holyhead Road through Shropshire now remain at the Room ( formerly the News Room) adjoining the Shirehall, in Shrews- bury j for the Signatures ofthe following Persons :— 1st. The Inhabitants Of the County of Salop and of the Town of Shrewsbury. 2d. The Owners and Occupiers of Land proposed to be taken for the new Line of Road. 3rd, The Owners and Occupiers of Land adjoining tile present Holyhead Road ; and of 4th. The Creditors upon the Tolls of the present- Road. JOSHUA J. PEELE, Solicitor. SHREWSBURY, 25th JAN. 1831. t « ir A PETITION also remains at the Town Clerk's Office, in OSWESTRY, for Signature. EDMUND TOMPKINS, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, Manufacturer of Soda Water, ALSO A FOUNTAIN FOR DRAUGHT SODA WATER Jr GINGER BEER, Ncto SGstaJjltelmunt FOR GENUINE TEAS AND GROCERY, DEALER IN IMPORTED CIGARS, London- made Pickles, ITALIAN OILMAN, & c. & c. WYLE- CQg. ETOMPKINS |) Pa: s to offer ltis ; j; rate- l » fttl Thanks to his Neighbours and Friends for their flattering Support inhis NEW UNDERTAKING, assuring them he will endeavour to merit the Confidence so liberally given, by Attention to Business, and Selec- tion of Goods of best Quality, and constant Variety at moderate Charges, FEBRUARY, 1831. CIRCUS, SHREWSBURY, MADS PERFECTLY WARM BY POWERFUL STOVES. Not displayed here these Eight Years. IN THE HIGHEST STATE OF IMPROVEMENT. Subscription fowards. the Erection of the New Church in Frank- well. Sir Rowland Hilt; Bart. M. P £ 50 0 0 CIRCUS.— The Orrery.— Mr. Lloyd, this present evening, commences a course of Astronomy on his magnificent Orrety, which cannot be too strongly recommended. Mr. Lloyd's ideas of the works of creation are cleat; his diction, chaste and appro; priate; his manner irftpressive and convincing; and the lucid method in which he unfolds the obscure depths of astronomical science has excited universal interest and admiration — See Advertisement. The most costly, sublime, and intelligible Repre- sentation of the Heavenly Bodies, AND THE ONLY TRANSPARENT ORRERY ever yet offered to the British Public, that is competent to a Scientific Elucidation of Celestial Phenomena. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Wednesday, Feb. 9th... Chetwyn£ Fridav, Feb. 11th Stoke Heath Saturday, Feb. 12th..... Lee Bridge Monday, Feb. 14th .... Rowton Castle Wednesday, Feb. 16th Acton BtirneU Friday, Feb. 18th Twemlows Saturday, Feb. 19th Atcham Bridge At half- past ten o'clock. The Albrighlon Hounds meet on Thursday, Feb. 10th .... Coton Saturday, Feb. l' 2th Moseley Court Monday, Feb. 14th Whittimoore Thursday, Feb. 17th Woodcote Green Saturday, Feb. 19th The Hem Tuesday, Feb. 22d Diidmaston Thursday, Feb. 2- lth Whiston Cross Saturday, Feb. 28th Enville At half past ten. Sir Richard I'll lesion's Hounds meet Wednesday, Feb. 9th Penley Green Friday, Feb. 11th Aldersey At eleven o'clock. Mr. IVicksted's Fox- Hounds meet on Thursday, Feb. 10th ....: Ranton Abbey Saturday, Feb. V2th Swinneiton Tuesday, Feb. 15th Adderley Thursday, Feb. 17th Walkerton Lodge, Dodd'ington Saturday, Feb. 19th Heleigh Castle A t half- past ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds meet Thursday, Feb. 10th' Berrington At ten. The Cheshire Hounds meet Wednesday, Feb. 9th Dutton Hall Thursday, Feb. 10th Appleton Hall Saturday, Feb. 12th Booth Lana Smithy Monday, Feb. 14th Arley Lodge Tuesday,- Feb. 15t. h Withington Fridav, Feb. 18th Darnhall Saturday, Feb. 19th.. Calveley At half- past ten. In consequence of the rapid thaw, and consequent rise of the river Severn, the Welsh Pool Mail Coach' was yesterday unable to cross the bridge at Butting- ton, and the bags to this town were forwarded off horseback. INQUESTS.— On the 31st ult. an Inquest was held at Astley, in the Liberties of this town, before George Wingfield, Gent. Coroner, on the body of . Mr. William Minton, who had met his death the Saturday night preceding, by accidentally falling from his horse, when on his way home from the adjacent, village of Hadnal :— Verdict, Accidental. Death.— And on Thursday last, an inquest was held before the saute gentleman, in this town, on the body of John Jones, who, with a companion, had, on the Sunday morning preceding, gone up Maesbury Brook, in the parish of Kinnerley, in pursuit of some widgeons ; when, wishing to cross the brook, his com- panion being on the on.' side of it and himself on tho other, he asked the former, who carried the gun, to reach the muzzle towards him to assist him in leaping over: this was done, and when in the act of leaping, the gun accidentally went off, the contents lodged in Jones's left thigh, and, being brought to the Salop Infirmary, it was found that surgical assistance was unavailing, and he died the next day :— Verdict, Accidental Death. INCENDIARISM. iPO^ TSCKIPT. ENTIRELY NEW SPLENDID Celestial Views and (.' rand Illustrations, l£ ach Lecture on a Scale of unrivalled Magnitude and Magnificence; oo On TVednesda", Fridav, and Monday Evenings, the Qth, nth, and 14Wt of February, 1831, MR. 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Sub- scriptions are received and Tickets may be had at the Journal and Chronicle Offices. 89 67 35 97 74 21 We have at last the decision of the Belgian Cham- bers on the question of their sovereign, and their choice is the Duke tie Nemours. His royal htghness's election was carried by a small majority; the first division being — Duke de Nemours Duke of Leiichtenberg...... Archduke Charles A five;) ml division gave— The Duke de Nemours The Duke of Leuchtenberg. The Archduke Charles The Belgian Congress consists of 200 members, of whom, in the first instance, only 89 voted for the Duke de Nemours ; and in the er. d hut 97 against 95. As it is highly probable that the eisht who tlid not vote wrre of the Orange party, the Duke is elected hy a minority of the Congress, which itself represents a minority of the nation. The Duke de Nemours is the second son of the present King of France. ' I he King of France is bound by bis own declara- tions, confidential and official; not to accept the throne of Belgium for himself or any of his family, even if it were offered to him upon less questionable authority than 97 votes out of 200 members of an intrusive Congress. Accordingly we are not as- tonished to learn by the express from Paris, that he has already repudiated the gift. We understand that Prince Talleyrand has made an official com- munication to our ministers this morning, staling lhat he is commissioned to acquaint them that a distinct refusal has been sent from Paris to Brussels. It is certain that appointing the Duke de Nemours, who is not yet seventeen years of age, King of Belgium, would be in effect annexing the country to France ; and, therefore, whatever objection the European powers tvould feel to the one arrangement, they must feel towards the other. The Congress must, in this case, make another choice. By the report of the debate, it appears that the utmost disorder prevailed in the Chamber : the galleries evidently control the house, and the free and independent members were obliged to call in a piquet of troops to preserve a semblance of order. A note on one report naively remarks that a certain speaker, whose speech is characteristically suppressed, would have voted ih favour of the Prince of Orange, if he had dared. It is generally considered that the 35 votes given to the Archduke Charles, whose name was used without his permission, were really intended for the Orange dynasty. In all parts of the country the restoralion of tbat house is loudly called for, and Ihe governing party are obliged to have recourse to innumerable arrests and arbitrary measures to keep down the popular feeling. In the mean time M. De Potter has emerged from his obscurity, and addressed a letter to the Congress, vehemently censuring them for not ad< pting his pro- ject for establishing a republic ; and all statements from the Netherlands concnr iu describing national prosperity as having vanished, As for independence, tliev have but one chance to preserve them from being swallowed up in the French empire, and that the Congress will not listen to. Loss OF THE NORTH MAIL.— The circumstances connected wilh this most distressing occurrence, which took place on Thursday last, are at present so imperfectly known that we are unable to enter into minute particulars; but it appears that the coach started from Edinburgh at the usual hour on its way south, and that in tiie course of. the day two of the horses were found amongst the snow, in a state of extreme suffering and exhaustion, ami near them the dead body of tiie guard; that the letter bags were subsequently found hanging Upon the branch of a tree ; and that no trace either of the coach, coach- man, or of the other two horses, was discoverable. This warrants the melancholy supposition, that find- ing it impossible to effect a passage through the snow with thecoaeh, the leaders had been detached and sent, forward under tbe direction of the guard, but that a drift of snow overwhelmed them, and the wretched man was frozen to death. The worst ap- prehensions are also entertained for the fate of the coachman. It is but too probable that he has miserably perished, togetherwitb the horses. We feel great pleasure in adding, however, that it has been ascertained that no passengers were travelling by the coach at the time. Salopian ' iournal. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1831. MARRIED. On the 1st inst. at Alberbury, by the Rev. R. W, Huntley, Mr. Richard Lee, of Woolaston, to Sarah, second'daughter of Mr. T. Hodges, of Wattlesborough Hall, both 111 this county. DIED. On the 5th inst. in the 36th year of his age, the Rev Charles Cow per Cholmondeley, Rector of Hodnet, and Perpetual Curate of Moreton Say, in this county. On the 29th tilt. Harriet Charlotte, the infant daughter of Sir John S. P. Salusbyry. O11 the 1st inst. in the 85th Year of his age, the Rev Robert Hill, of the Hough, Cheshire, fifth son of the late Sir Rowland Hill, Bart, of Hawkstone, in this tC> At Iter residence in Mardol, on Tuesday, the 8th inst it the advanced age of 81, deeply lamented and much esteemed, Mrs. Susannah Jones, relict of the late Mr. Owen Jones, of this town. On the 3d inst. aged 6 years and 8 months, Frank Pawcett, second son of Mr. Thomas Peake, of Pride- Hill, in this town. ' On the 4th inst. aged 30, Sarah, wife of Mr. John Birch, jnn. of Castle- street, and daughter of the late Mr. Richard Williams, jun. of this town. Thedeceased was most sincerely beloved by her relatives; and to all who knew her s'.. e set a constant example in the propri- ety of conduct which becomes a Christian. On Wednesday, at Bridgnorth, in the 75th year of her age, Sarah, relict of the Rev. Thomas Crane John- stone, late RectoT of Aston Botterell. On Monday last, Mr. John Jones, grocer, Wrillow Street, Oswestry. On the 22d ult. John Brayne, Esq. of Tern Hill, in this County. On the 1st inst. in her 75th year, Mrs. Edwards, relict of the late Mr. John Edwards, of Fish- street, in this town. On the 26th ult. at Winchcomb, after a long illness which he bore with christian fortitude and resignation, aged 70, Henry Smith, Esq. late of Greet. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev James Matthews:— House- Visitors, Mr. George Mottram and Mr. John Phillips. Additional Subscriber to that Charity. Mr. Robert Woodward, maltster, Frankwell £ 2 2 0 SPRING CIRCUITS. The Judges have selected their respective Circuits for the approaching Assizes, as follows: Oxford— Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Pater- son. Welsh— Lord Chief Justice Tyndal, Mr. Baron Bolland. Northern-—' Mr. Justice Littledale, Mr. Justice James Parke. Midland— Lord Lyndhurst ( Lord Chief Baron), Mr. Baron Vaughan. Home— Mr. Baron Bay- ley, Mr. Baron Garrow. Western— Mr. Justice j. A. Park, Mr. Justice Taunton. Norfolk— Mr. Justice Gaselee, Mr. Justice Alderson. It will be perceived, that the arrangements include, for the first time, the Welsh Circuit, and that tile ad- dition of the three new Judges relieves the Lord Chief Justice ofthe Court of King's Bench from going Circuit, OXFORD CIRCUIT. Reading Friday, February 25. Oxford Tuesday, March!. Worcester Saturday, March 5. Stafford Friday, March 11. Shrewsbury Friday, March 18. Hereford Wednesday, March 23. Monmouth. Saturday, March 26. Gloucester Wednesday, March 30. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Northampton Monday, Feb. 23. Oakham Friday, March 4. Lincoln Saturday, March 5. Nottingham Saturday, March 12. Derby Wednesday, March 16. Leicester . Monday, March 21. JVarwick and Coventry... Saturday, March 26. HOME CIRCUIT. Hertford Wednesday, March 2. Chelmsford. Monday, March 7. Maidstone Monday, March 14. I, ewes... Monday, March 21. Kingston Monday, March 28. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Winchester ... Saturday, Feb. 26. New Sarum Saturday, March 5. Dorchester Saturday, March 12. Exeter Thursday, March 17. Launceston Thursday, March 24. Taunton Tuesday, March 29. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Durham Saturday, February 19. Appleby Fridav, February 25. Newcastle Saturday,- February 26. Carlisle Monday, February 28. Lancaster Saturday, March 5. York Saturday, March 19. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Aylesbury .. Monday, February 28. Bedford Thursday, March 3. Huntingdon Tuesday, March 8. Cambridge Friday, March 11. Thelford Wednesday, March 16. Bury St. Edmunds Saturday, March 19. We regret to stale, that notwithstanding the exer- cise of the powers of the Wateh and Ward Act, and the utmost vigilance of the inhabitants of the district, a hay- stack belonging to Mr. Huxley, of Darnford Hall, near Whitchurch, was wilfully set on fire at sii early hour 011 Wednesday morning last, and nearly' consumed, despite of every exertion. In consequence uf the larious acts of incendiarism in this vicinity, a watch is also regularly kept in thu adjacent district of the Hundred of Maylor, in Flint- shire; and, previously to his leaving Gredington to give his attendance in Parliament, that patriotic' Nobleman, Lord Kenyon, issued an address to his neighbours, of which the following is a copy: — " Lord Kenyon cannot quit the parish of Hanmer, to attend to. his parliamentary duties, without first ex- pressing the gratification lie has felt at the spirit, oySlty; and energy w! icli that parish and the Hundred of Maylor has manifested, at a time- when so many Saris of the kingdom have suffered themselves to be eluded by the acts of traitors and incendiaries, enemies to the kingdom at large, and enemies in particular to the true interests of the labouring classes. He con- fidently trusts that the parish of Hanmer and its neigh- bouring Townships will continue that degree of watch- fulness to which, under God's mercy, is specially to be attributed their having been free. from the outrages which have occurred around them. He thists the riight- watch will be zealously maintained until every instance of alarm has for some time ceased throughovt' the neighbouring counties. His relation ( Sir John Hanmer) and himself will not be tired of contributing to maintain such watch in every township in the parish. He trusts also activity will continue to prevail in ap- prehending all suspicious vagrants, on the conviction of every one of whom five or ten shillings, at the discre- tion of the Magistrates, may be awarded to those who have been active in apprehending tfiem. Should it un- happily occur that a fire should take place ill tha Hundred, through the wicked devices of aity incendiary, he trusts, confidently, that every exertion will be used to arrest the author of so diabolical an act; thaf no stranger especially, or any person whatever, will be allowed to escape from the neighbourhood of any fire; and he begs to remind every body, that Government has most properly offered a reward of five hundred pounds, on the conviction of any incendiary, to any persons who may lake him aiid bring. him to. justice. The price of the prime necessary of life has already been raised owing to the wicked acts of incendiaries ; and, in the distracted state of Europe, high prices, if not famine, must occur should such crimes continue to prevail. To prevent such miseries, and the de- truction of the blessings derived from God's bounty and good- ness, he earnestly calls on all his neighbours to watch." To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. In our Fair yesterday, the supply of Sheep was very small, and prime animals fetched 6jd. per lb.— Fat Pigs sold at 4d. to 4-' d. per lb.; small pigs, such as would not have sold for more than 10s. at the last Fair fetched 15s andstrongstores, such as would then have sold for 30s were yeslerdey sold at £ 2 each. At Ellcsmere Fair, yesterday, Farming Stock gene- rally was on the advance. Fat Cattle averaged 6d. per lb.; Sheep 5| d. to 6fd.: and Pigs were selling very much better than they have done for some time past. THE ROBBERY AND FIRE AT CRESSAGE. The two men who have been several times in cus- tody, charged with this offence, yesterday underwent a further examination before the Rev. R. Corfield and Charles Powell, Esq. The woman, Elizabeth Williams, repeated her former statement, and posi- tively swore that the younger prisoner was one ofthe men who robbed her house, but could not identify the other. The man, on being called on for his defence, produced Robert Woolstancroft, the keeper of a lodging bouse at Broadstoiie, in Corvedale, 12 miles from Cressage, who as positively swore that the two prisoners slept at his house on the night of the fire : he saw them and a tinker named Jones, who slept in the same bed with them, go to bed, and it was not possible for any of them to leave the house without his knowledge. He was corroborated in his statement by his daughter, a person named Clee, and William Jones, the tinker, who was quite certain that neither of the men wefe out of bed during the night. Mr. Blockley, of Broadstone, informed the magistrates that Woolstancroft was his tenant, and had worked for him above fifteen years, and that lie was a man entitled to credit. Mr. Blockley produced a model ofthe window ofthe bedroom in which the prisoners slept, from which it appeared quite impossible the men could have got through it without bending a certain nail, which Mr. Blockley saitl he could take upon himself to say had not been bent. The merr were remanded till Saturday.— At present, therefore, fhe mystery of this affair remains unravelled. SIR,— There appeared in your paper of the 12th ult. some observations on the Currem- y ( said to be written in haste, which will not be disputed hy any one). The writer enquires—" If trade is capable of an infinite increase?" I atiswer, that it cannot increase beyond the demand ; and which he admits, though in other terms. I dare assert, that no legiti- mate order for goods remains unexecuted for want of a circulating medium, provided the manufacturer or merchant has value wherewith to obtain it; forthe country bankers will find one, if it can be done with little risk; and those in need of more than they are willing to supply, may procure it from the Bank of England, or from a branch of it; therefore, if all the orders for goods ( which at this time are extensive) are executed with the present medium, how can fhis country suffer by w hat is called a confined circulation!? and pray what benefit would arise from a larger one? Is it not chiefly the speculative men of small property who say the most about the Currency ? and why is it so ? Because they wish to become rich in a short time, instead of going on in the safe and slow way, as Well its the more honourable one. How fre- quently have such men dashed off with a large establishment, splendid furniture, & c. & c. which having absorbed their capital, they then carried on their trade on the credulity and folly of others: for when bankers' pound notes were issued, th^ y could draw promissory notes, get them discounted, and go on for a time, lucky or unlucky; if the latter, then the public suffers, not only by losing their money, but also by having the regular trade spoiled by the ruinous prices at which men in difficulties sell, in order to swim as long as possible. But suppose they are fortunate, I would ask, what is the nation bene, fitted? for the speculations do not increase the demand for the goods, as the same quantity will only be wanted; but the regular trader mttst be injured, as well as the nation. Does fhe writer ( of the 12th ult.) know, that we do import to a larger amount than we export; for if he cannot prove that, his argument fails. Suppose the gold is pouring out of tbe country, will a large issue of paper prevent it ? N'o. How can an increased paper medium liberate capital where there is none ; where it is, it. can easily be liberated, as the present, low rate of interest abundantly verifies. I maintain that trade is the mainstay and support of this great commercial country ; when that lan- guishes does agriculture flourish ? Most certainly not: tint so soon as the former revives, the latter follows joyfully in ifs train. But then to be carried on profitably for the nation, it must be on a firm basis, which I think must he admitted. 1 am unable to discover lhat I could buy a pound of bu. lter or a joint of meat cheaper if there was a larger paper circulating medium than 1 now can, nor how the interest of the national debt could be more easily paid, or any individual engagement paid off. Let the writer ( of the 12th ult..) demonstrate this clearly and positively, not theoretically, hut so that all may be convinced by a plain matter- of- fact statement. NO THEORIST. February, 1S31. WALKB. DIED. On the 30th ult. in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, aged 74, Mr. Richard Morris, flannel- manufacturer. WELSH CIRCUIT. NoRTiii- TIN DIVISION. Before the Lord Chief Justice. The Commission will be opened at WELSHPOOL, on Saturday, 5th March, in the evening BALA, Thursday, 10th March, in the evening CARNARVON,. Monday, 14th March, in the morning BEAUMARIS, Thursday, 17th March, in the morning RUTHIN, Saturday, 19th March, in the evening "' MOLD, Wednesday, 23d March, in the evening. SOUTHKIIN DIVISION. Before Mr. Baron Bolland. CARDIFF, Thursday, 21th February CARMARTHEN, Wednesday, 2d March HAVERFORnwest, Tuesday, 8th March CARDIGAN, Tuesday, 14th March BRECON, Saturday, 19th March PRESTEIGN, Thursday, 21th Maffh. Before the Lord Chief Justiie and Mr. Baron Bolland. CHESTER, Saturday, 26th March in'the evening. When the Commission is opened in the morning, the Lord Chief Justice will enter the assize town at ten o'clock, open the Commission and go to church at half- past ten, and immediately after church will charge the Grand Jury. When the commission i » onened on Saturday, in the evening, his Lordship will go to church on Sunday, and charge the Grand Jury on Monday, at eleven o'clock. At Bala and at Mold, bis Lordship will go in church at half- past ten on the day after his arrival, anil will charge the grand jury immediately after church. All causes must be entered by eleven o'clock on fhe day on which the Grand Jury are charged; and the parties must then be prepared to proceed to trial. We recommend otir professional readers particularly to attend to this notice, as no cause will be postponed unless the reason for the delay be satisfactorily explained by affidavit. WREXHAM On Saturday last a detachment of the 53d regiment, consisting of thirty two men, marched into this town from Chester. The- Kfrwd colliers have declined working for the last three or four days, having had a dispute with their employer! respecting wages ; but their conduct has hitherto been orderly and peaceable. A good deal of dis- satisfaction exists on the subject of wages, which i » said to have originated in tbe non- performance of the promises made by several masters to the men on the subject of the lale turn- out. It is difficult to ascer- tain the trnth ; but one fhing is quite certain, that the working classes in fhe northern part of the Princi- pality, are generally in a very distressed condition. COURT OF EXCHIQIIER.— Poe v. W illiams — Mr. Temple, on behalf of the defendant in this ease, moved the Cotart for a rule to show cause why the venue should not be changed for the trial of this cane from Carnarvonshire to Merionethshire. The Learned Counsel grounded his motion upon affidavits, which staled that this was an action of ejectment, for tho purpose of ascertaining a very important right to the parlies, and formed the subject of eotinual con. versation among his Majesty's loyal subjects residing 11 Carnarvonshire. The case had been tried once, and the Jury found for the plaintiff. Th . t verdict had been set aside, and a new trial had been granted. The defendant apprehended, and his motion waa founded on that apprehension, that there would not he a fair trial in Carnarvonshire, on account of the feeling that had been manifested in that county. The affidavit stated that there were only thirty- seven special jurors in the whole county of Carnarvon, eight of whom had been on the former jury, and three were described as slafe merchants. They had been honoured with that appellation, simply because they were employed in carrying slate from the moun- tains to the sea coast. One of these gentlemen was a short time ago a journeyman tailor ; and the ofher two, previous to taking upon themselves tbe honour- able office of slate carrying, bad followed the calling of shoemakers This reduced the number of jurors in this part of the world to twenty- six, of which number one was a material witness iu the cause, and two others were materially interested in it; another was a brother- in- law to the plaintiff's attorney, and twelve more were his clients. Upon the announce, ment of these facts by th, e Learned Counsel, the whole Court was convulsed wilh laughter. Mr. Temple, upon fhis state of facts, trusted the Court would grant fhe rule that was asked for his client.— Lord Lyndhurst— Take a rule to shew cause, Mr. Temple. — Mr. John Jervis trusted their Lordships would order causc to be shewn in the present term, other- wise the case would not lie tried at the next assizes. — Mr. Baron Vatighan — That is impossible, they cannot receive the rule until Sunday at the earliest, and the term ends on Monday.— Tbe Court then allowed causc to be jbewu at chambers. ••. Vs WEM CAKD AND DANCING ASSEMBLIES will be held at the WHITE HORSE INN, on TUESDAY, the 15th Instant, and 16th of March, 1831. MANAGERS. Mrs. WALEORD ; .1. H. WALFORD, F.- n. Mrs. GRIFFITHS; WILLIAM SPEARMAN, Esq. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Ladies, 13s.— Gentlemen, £ 1. Is. NON- SUBSCRIBERS. Ladies, 6s.— Gentlemen, 8s. A COMMERCIAL BALL will be held at the » bove Inn, on TUESDAY, the 22d Instant, conducted hy respectable Managers. MR." jONES, SURG- EON- DENTISTj 0.2, White Friars, Chester, F. SPECTFOI. LY annonnces to his Patrons j. - that he is now in SHREWSBURY, and may be con- sulted in all Cases of Dental Surgery and Mechanism till Saturday, the 12th. at Mr. WHITE'S, Upholsterer, 4c. Wyle- Cop, is usual. FKBRCARV 8, 1831. li w bury. ANTED, a strong active Youth, as PORTER.-- Apply to YEVILY & Co. Shrews- SHREWSBURY. TO LET, With present Entry, or at Lady- Day next, fJAHAT newly- erected DWELLING 1 HOUSE, with'Stable and other Buildings, and front Lawn ornamented with Shrubs, & c. Garden well stocked with standard Fruit Trees, the former Residence of Lady Edwardes, and afterwards occupied by Richard Menlove, Esq. situate at Cadogan Place, in the En- virons of Shrewsbury. The House contains two good Sitting Rooms, five Bed Chambers, and Attic Chamber, with commodious Kitchen, Brewhousc, Cellar, and other Domestic Offices. Apply to the Proprietor, Mr. CARDEN, or Mr. JOSEPH BIRCH, Builder, Shrewsbury. R. HILDITCH, GROCER AND TEA- DEALER, CHEESE, BUTTER, 4" BACON FACTOR, PRIDE HILL, SHREWSBURY, RF. SPKCTFUI. I. Y acquaints his Friends and I the Public that, having had very many Applica- tions for PARMESAN CHEESE, he has been in- duced to procure that Article, whicli he has no Doubt Will give Satisfaction. R. H. also states that he has on Sale prime Single and double Gloucester, North Wiltshire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire, Toasting Chedder, Old and New Cheshire, and a large Assortment of Stiltons; likewise Shropshire and Family Cheese. Also TEAS of the best Flavour, COFFEE, SPICES, Ac. & c. EDGER LEY'S PRINTING OFFICE. And Manufacturing Stationery Warehouse, CASTLE- STREET, SHREWSBURY. WANTED, at the above Address, an APPRENTICE to the Printing, Bookselling j Bookbinding, and Stationery Business, a Youth of good ' Education and respectable Connexions. He will he required to lodge and board in the House. A Premium commensurate with the Term and Character of the Engagement will be necessary. Also, Wanted a sound Second- hand Standing PresSj upon reasonable Terms. N. B. Some LAND TO LET, in an eligible Situa- tion, with » Stable attached.— Apply as above. OSWESTRY. CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL* <$- FRENCII EDUCATION. JBF. NTLEY fcega to announce that, • in Conjunction with a Gentleman of Classical snd Mathematical Distinction, critically versed in the ancient, and some of the modern, Languages, his SCHOOL will, on Monday, the 14th Instant, open for Tuition in the Latin, Greek, French, and Italian Classics. A French and Italian Teacher ( a Parisian) will be resident in the School, and the French Language constantly spoken. Commercial Instruction will be continued with such Improvements as Experience lias sanctioned, and Boarders will be kindly and liberally treated with every domestic Comfort of Home. Terms according to Age. FITORUARYB, 1831. U2jm Wlim 8jri! LiaT~ TO BE SOLD, At the Montgomery and Pool House of Industry, ABOUT TWENTY TONS of excel- lent HAY.— Enquire of Mr. BOWYER, on the Premises. Dated January 19th, 1831. LYTH- HILL COTTAGE. WEM. ffo 6c Set, ANew and well- finished HOUSE, with a good Stable and Garden, in every respect suitable lor a respectahle Family, and situated in that much admired Part of Wem named Islington. Pos- session at Lady- Day, or sooner if desired. Also, by Midsummer an elegantly- finished HOUSE, adapted for a large Family, will be ready for Occu- pation, situated as above. For particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to the Proprietor of Islington, Wem. Co < jc act, For One Year, or for Three Years and a Half, AND MAY BE ENTERED UTON IMMEDIATELY, T YTH- HILL COTTAGE, near tie Town of Shrewsbury: comprising an excellent Front Kitchen, with Back Kitchen, and good Cellar; two Sitting Rooms, and four Bed Rooms. Attached is a good Pump, with a Kitchen Garden and a Flower Garden ; and an Acre and Half of good Land may be held with the House, if desired. Thc House is fitted up with Marble Chimney Pieces, and has recently been painted Inside and Outside.—- The Views from the Premises are delightful, aud almost unrivalled. To the East is the Wrekin and all the Expanse of Country intervening ; to the West the View is only bounded by the Montgomeryshire Hills; while in Front is a large Extent of the finest anil most inte- resting Portion of the County of Salop. It is scarcely necessary to add that the Air is most salubrious. For Particulars apply nn the Premises.-— The most respectable References will be required. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In ear Market, nn Siitordav last, the price of Hides wit* 3id. per lb.— Calf Skim 5d — Tallow 4d N « w Wheat, ( 38qt » .) tin, 4d. lo 12s, Od. B. rtey ( Mqti.) tin. Gil. to 7s Oil. Ost « ( STqt*) 6 « . ud. to 7>. 6d. CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 7. Thc market generally this morning is exceedingly dull, and although attempts are making to keep up the Quotations, wheat cannot be sold for the price of this ay week, although no material change can be quoted. The supply this morning is very small, but the business doing is unimportant. Barley, oats, beans, and peas, may be similarly noticed, as wheat. Flour remains as jast quoted, and in other grain there is nothing to notice. Current Price of Grain per tJr. as under:— When 75s. ltd. to 81s. Oil Barley tin. ( III. to 41> J. Oil. M. ilt Ofti. Od. to ( IDs. Oil. White Pen ; .. 44s. Oil. to 4! » . Oil. ileitis 42 « . Oil. to 45s. Oil 0 » U 2H>. Oil. to 34k. Oil. Fine Flour ( per lack) flits. Od. to ti5s. Oil. Seconds 00 » . Od. to Oils od. Average Price of Corn in the Week ending Feb. 4,1831. mr » t 71B Oil. I Oats 25s. od. Barley 4Is. 6d. [ Iteaiis id. SMI TIIFIEI. D. Beef, for the finest young meat is 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. per stone, and mutton, for prime yonng Downs, sells at 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d. Veal, tor prime young calves, sells at 4s! fid. to 6s.; and dairy- fed porkers are quoted at 4s. 6d. to 5s. CATTI. K AT MARKRT. fteastl 2,576 I Sheep 20,. WO Calves lid I Pigs 140 LIVERPOOL, FEB. 5. An advance of Id. to ' 2d. on Wheat, and nearly as much on Oats, was realized last Tuesday; the trade has since been steady, and the improvement fully sustained. Flour and Oatmeal are also each held at a proportionate increase in value. Barrel Flour, free, has brought 40s. antl Oatmeal 38s. per load. Beans are Is. to 2s. per Suarter higher. In prices of Barley no change; the emand is, at present, barely equal to the supply. No transactions reported in bonded Wheat; but Flour continues in request at previous rates-— 31s. for Vir- ginia, and 35s. for the finer descriptions. Some sales nave also been effected in Barley under lock. The duty on this article is this week reduced to Is. 6d. per quarter, and that on Wheat 3s. per quarter. Wheat( 701b.) 9s. tod. to Us. 4d Barley fper tioshel) 4s. Gil. to 5s. 4d Oatt(' 45ll>.) 3s. till, lo 4s. 2il Malt ( per bushel) 8s. 3d. to its. 2d Fine Floor ( per 2801b.) 49s. Od. to 55 » . lid The dry Butter market has been brisk this week, the demand from the country having increased, and also the very severe weather which we have has caused prices to be from 2s to 4s. per cwt. dearer; in 2d Cork pickled Butter, the sales have not been ex ensil e, a few hundred firkins were purchased on speculation at 89s. • to 91s., but. yesterday holders were asking 92s. to 93s • dry 3ds 88i. to 90s.; Belfast 97s. to 100s.; Colerain 97s. to 98s.; Banbridge 96s. to 97s.; Derrv 95s. to 97s.; Newry 94s. to 95s.; Tralce and Limerick' 95s. to 96s. BRISTOL. Spring price of Wheat ( 331 lbs ) 49s. Oil. to 52s Od Foreign Wheat ( per Imperial bushel).,. 8s. fid. to Da. <> d English Wheat ( dilto) 8s. 9d. to lis. yd Malting Ratley ( ditto) 4s. 9d. to 5s. 9d Malt ( ditto) 7s. ild. to 8s. Ill Oat*, Poland ( ditto) 3s. 3d. to 3s. Hid. Fins Floor ( per sarkof 2cwt. 2qra. 5Ibs.) 57s. Ild. to 59s. Oil. Seconds ( ditlo),,, .,,.!,. its. Od. to 56 » . Oil. E Public are respectfully informed, that a NEW FOUR- HORSE COACH, called 1110 NEW OXONIAN, has commenced running from thc Lion Tnn, Shrews- bury, through Shiffnal, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, S'ratford- upon- Avoo, Oxford, & Wycomb, to Moore's, Green Man and Still, Oxford- street, Western Coach Office, Regent Circus, and Bull and Mouth Inn, City. It will leave the Lion Inn every Night at 11 o'Clock, and positively arrive at the Bull and Mouth the follow- ing Evening at 7. In announcing their new Under taking, the Proprietors beg to state that this Coach is the only Night C6ach out of Salop for London which travels throughout with the same Coach and Guard; thus obviating the Unpleasantness of changing Lug- gage, and other unnecessary Stoppages on the Road. Performed by the Public's most humble Servants, ISAAC TAYLOR, WILLIAM TAYLOR, R. EVANS, N. VYSE, SHERMAN & CO. ^ aictf Dp auction. THIS DAY. VALUABLE LIBRARY OF BOOKS, By the most esteemed Authors, IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE. BY MR." PERRY, In the Great Room at the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, tiie 9th Day of February, 1831; rspHE. following WORKS of sterling H Merit and high Reputation:— Macklin's. splendid Edition of the Holy Bible, 6 Vols. Folio, first Impres- sions ; Miss Edge worth's Works, 14 Vols. Morocco; Inchbald's British Theatre, 25 Vols. Plates; Dodslcy's Collection of Old Plays, 12 Vols.; Perry's English Shells, Folio, beautifully coloured; Modern Encyclo- Eredia, 11 Vols. Plates; The Angerstcin Gallery; logarth's Works, 2 Volumes; Meyricke's Ancient Armour, 3 Volumes, illuminated, Plate.-, & c.; Cabinet Bible, 4 Volumes, Morocco, illustrated with a Multi- tude of Plates; the Stafford Gallery, 2 Volumes, large Pap'er, Proofs; Sir Walter Scott's Poems & c. 33 Volumes, Morocco ; the Shakspeare, British, Dus- seldorf, and Houghton Galleries; Granger's Bio- graphical History of England, 4 Vols Folio,' Russia extra, illustrated at a great Expense with several Hun- dred rare and curious Portraits; Brookshaw's Pomona Jiritannica, largest Paper, Plates, beautifully coloured; Lord Byron's Wovi's, Morocco; the Foreign, Oriental, and British Field Sports, numerous coloured Plates, 3 Vols. Morocco ; Costumes of various Nations, 7 Vols. Folio; Pennant's London, 2 Vols. Folio, Russia illus- trated ; Etchings, after Rembrandt, Claude, Ostade, Ac. & e.; and the Works of Crabbe, Swift, Shake. yicar, Rpllin, Fielding, Hume, Smollett, Blair, Paley, John- son, Smith, Dwight, & c. & c. 4c. t* 35" Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale. Ten Shares in the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, BY MR. PERRY, AT the Raven lintel, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 12th Day of February, 1831, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon. For further Particulars apply to Mr. HARPER, Soli- citor, Whitchurch ; or to THE AUCTIONEER. « > alej3 bp auction. WOODCOT. Dairy of capital Cows, Young Slock, Horses, and Pigs, the Property of Mr. William Matthews, who is removing to a Sheep Farm. BY MR. SMITH, On the Prerfiises at Woodcot, near Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, the 16th February, 1831, at Eleven o'Clock; E Entire of the valuable DAIRY S STOCK, See. belonging to Mr. WM. MATTHISWS, changing his Residence : comprising 20 very capital young Cows, calved and in- calf, which have been selected from the best Dairy Stocks in this County, three excellent 3- year old Heifers in- calf; ten good yearling Heifers; Half- bred Mare ( in- foal to Cotnus), lllack Draught Gelding ( aged), useful Brown Draught Mare, two capital 5- year old Bay Hack Mares, 3- year old Brown Draught Filly; Sow and five Pigs, sixteen Stores, and young Brawn. THE AUCTIONEER most respectfully begs to inform his Friends and the Public, for their Guide, that a Strict Compliance with the Time of commencing will be observed.— Sale at Eleven o'Clock, and the whole sold positively without Reserve. BY MR. PERRY, At the Fox Inn, Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 21st of February, 1831, at. Five in the Evening, subject to Conditions then to be produced ; AMESSUAGE AND PREMISES, in BARKER STREET, Shrewsbury, in the Holding of Mr. Thomas Green. Also THREE MESSUAGES, in the King's Head Shut, in MARDOL, Shrewsbury, in the Holdings of John Corbet, Richard Corfield, and Ann Evans. t^ T For Particulars apply to Mr. WACK, Attorney* Shrewsbury. Farming Stock, Implements in Hus- bandry, 6( c. at Til/ f t/, near Wem. BY MR. FRANKLIN, On Monday and Tuesday, the 2lst and 22d Days of February, 1831 : 4 LL tbe LIVE hTOCK, IMPLE- l\ MENTS in Husbandry, sundry Brewing and Dairy Utensils, and other Effects, of Mr. JOHN SUTTON, of Tilley aforesaid, who ts declining Fanning: com- prising 25 Cows calved and to calve, 4 calving Heifers, 2 three- year old barren Heifers, 9 Stink Heifers, 3 two- year old Bulls, and 11 yearling Calves; 1 Draught Horse, I Draught Mares ( two ot which are in- foabby Young Fox), 1 half- bred Mare ( fit for Saddle or Har- ness), several very promising young Colts and Fillies, B oocl Mare, Waggon Colls, farcy Ponies of noted Speed and Power, and on the whole a very superior S ock. THE IMPLEMENTS, & c. comprise 2 Road Waggons ( good as new), 1 Harvest Trolly Waggon, Road Cart with Harvest Gearing, caving Cart with Ditto, 1 broad- wheel Tumbrel, 1 narrow- wheel Dilto, 2 double Ploughs ( new), 4 Pair of Harrows, 3 single- wheel Ploughs, Waterfurrowing. Plough, La d Roller, Win- nowing Machine, 3 Stack Frames with Pillars and Caps, Malt Mill, and sundry other small Implements in Lots, a complete Set of Blacksmith's Tools, with Bellows, Anvil, Vice, & c. several Cheese Presses, Cheese Screw, 12 Pair of Cheese Vat- , 2 Milk Leads, Barrel Churn, Cheese Tubs, Salting Turnels, Milk- Warmer, Milking Cans, Harvest Bottles, Barrels of various Sizes, two Clocks, 4 Pair of Bedsteads, several useful Cupboards, Parlour and Kitchen Chairs, large Oak Table and Form, Oak Dining Table, Salt Coffer, and various other useful. Articles. Printed Particulars may be had at the Raven Iini, Shrewsbury; at the Red Lion Inn, in Ellesmere; at the White Lion Inn, in Whitchurch; at the Corbet Arms, in Drayton ; or of THE AUCTIONEER, Wem. The Live Stock will be sold on the First Day, and each Day's Sale will commence at 11 o'Clock precisely. CAPITAL STACKS OF WHEAT, liARLp. Y, OATS, HAY, § c. AT LrTTi. E WOLLASCOT AND MKRRINGTON. BY MR. TISDALE. On the Premises, at LITTLE WOLLASTON on Thursday, 17th February, 1831, at Twelve o' Clock precisely: ABOUT 66 Tons of excellent and well- harvested HAY, in small Lots, suitable to pur- chasers; and immediately after, at MKRRINGTON, 3 Stacks of capital WHEAT, BARLEY, and OATS, to go off in the Straw. For further Particulars apply at the Office of the AUCTIONEER, in Shoplatch; or of Messrs. JJEPFREXS and MEEK, Dogpole, Shrewsbury. Also on Sale, by Private Treaty. 5 Stacks of excellent BARK, well harvested in 18&> and 1830; several LARCH and other FIR TREES, and a large Quantity of Oak Posts and Rails, and of Larches, suitable for Rafters, Ladder Poles, Fence Rails,' 4c. To treat for the Bark, 4c. apply to Mr-. W. THOMP- SON, Shan ell Cottage, who will shew the same. DO Rill SG T O N GROVE. BY MRTTTSDALE, ALL the LIVE STOCK, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, several Stacks of capital WHEAT and HAY ( to go off the Premises), Quantity of PEA'S, Household FURNITURE, and other Effects, belonging to Mr. John Langford, a Bankrupt. The Time of Sale and Particulars will appear ill next Week's Paper. AT THE VINNALS, Near Stapleton, in the County of Salop. Farming Stock, Implements, Household Furniture, Thirty- one Acres of Growing Wheat, Sfc. ,; v , BY MR. HULBERT, At the Vinnals Farm, on Monday and Tuesday, February 14th and 15th, l' 83l; rg^ HE Valuable FARMING STOCK o of Mr. EDWARD YATES : comprising 6 Waggon Horses and Mares, 1 excellent Hack Mare, ( five years old,) 2 Brood Mares, 2 one- year old Colts, 1 two- years Dilto, and' 2 three- years Ditto, chiefly of the Hackney kind, 6 Sets of Gears, 8 Cows in- calf, 3 yearling Heifers, 3Ditto Bullocks, 4 two- vearsoldDitto, 1 Bull, ( three years old,) 20 Sheep, 10 Pigs, 4c, 1 Broad and 2 Narrow- wheel Waggons, 3 Tumbrels, 3 Ploughs, 3 Pairs of Harrows, Pair of Twins, Thrashing Machine and Kibbler. Winnowing Machine, and all the smaller Implements; Stack of Wheat, produce' of 14 Acres, Stack of Oats, and about 100 Bushels of Barley, 3 Stack Frames, 4c._— Also the HOUSEHOLD FUR- NITURE, consisting of capital Feather Beds and Bedding, Eour- post and other Bedsteads with and with- out Hangings, Oak Chesls of Drawers, Tables, Basin Stands, Chamber Chairs, & c. Parlour and Kitchen Tables, Chairs, Cupboards, 8- daysand 30- hoursClocks, 12 capital Ale Barrels, with all nc- edful Brewing Uten- sils, Dairy Vessels, Cheese Presses, lots of - Earthen- ware, Cooking Utensils, 4c.— Also the Tenant's Share of 31 Acres of GROWING WHEAT. The Farming Stock, including the Growing Wheat, will be sold the First Day, and the Furniture the Second Day. . . Sale to commence at 11 o'Clock each Day; and as the lots are numerous the Auctioneer requests the early Attendance of Company. . Catalogues may be had at the Office of the AUC- TIONEER, High- street, Shrewsbury. BANKRUPT'S EFFECTS. qaSKBIBIBo To be Sold by Private Contract, N E H und red & Seventy OAKTRE ES, and Fifteen POPLARS. The above Trees are growing upon Lands near WHITCOTT, in the Parish of Norbury, in the County of Salop, are sound and of great Length, and are distant from the Shrewsbury and Bishop's Castle Turn- pike Roads about one Mile. Mr. JAMES WILKES, of Whitcott, will shew the Trees, and will treat for the Sale thereof. This Advertisement will not be continued. WHITCOTT, FEB. 5,1831. F4LUJBLE CORK MILL. TO BE" LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, R[ PH AT old- established WIND and SIEIM M MILL, close to the populous Town of WELLING- TON, in the County of Salop, comprising three iPair of French Stones, with Dressing Mill complete, lying close to the Iron and Coal Works of Ketley, Donning- ton Wood, Suedshill, and Wombridge, and in the Midst ofa very dense Population; with a newly- erected DWELLING HOUSE, good Garden, Stable, Cow- house, Piggeries, and about Five Acres of rich Pasture LAND, with every other Convenience attached thereto. For further Particulars apply to W. LAWLEY, Esq Leegomery House, near Wellington ; or to the present Occupier, who will shew the Premises. FEBRUARY 7TH, 1831. INCONGRUOUS COMPOSITION OF THE PRESENT MINISTRY. NOTICE. 4 LL Persons desirous of contracting for r\ the MAINTENANCE and CLOTHING of the POOR belonging to that Part of the PARISH of WHITCHURCH which lies within the County of Salop, and for Payment of the Removal of Paupers by Magistrates' Orders, are requested to send written Estimates, sealed up, and signed by the Parties, ad- dressed " To the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Poor of the Pat- tell of Whitchurch, Salop," before Twelve o'Clock at Noon of Saturday, the 26th instant; when the approved Candidate will he required to attend, with an approved Surety, to give such Security, aud for sucli Term ( commencing the 25th Day of March next) as the said Directors then and there assembled in Court may require. J'Urther Particulars may be had by applying to Mr. JOSEPH WAI. FORD, Stationer, Whitchurch, Clerk to the said Directors. Whitchurch House nf Industry, February bth, 1& 3I. Effects of James Woodings, late of Ncu borough, und afterwards of Park Gate, in the Parish of Abbots Bromley, in the County of Stafford, Wearer, deceased. ALL Persons having any Claims or De- mands against the Estate or Effects of the abo\ e- namcd Mr. JAMES WOODINGS, are required to transmit the same to the Office of Mr. BLAIR, in Uttoxeter, on or before the 21st Day of February now instant, in Order that they may be examined aud discharged; immediately after which Day his Execu- tors will distribute the Balance of his Effects amongst lus Residuary Legatees. Utioxcier, I st February, 1831. To Creditors and Debtors. HF. REAS SAMUEL SHUKER, of BROSELEY, in the County of Salop, Haulier, hath, by Indenture of Lease and Release, assigned over all ljis personal Estate and Effects, IN TRUST, for the mutual Benefit of his Creditors, unto Mr. B. WILLIAMS, of The Grange, Farmer, and Mr. WALTER, of Iron- bridge, Auctioneer: NOTICE is therefore hereby given, that the said Deed lies at the Office of the. said Mr. Walter, for the Inspection and Signatures of such Creditors who may avail themselves of the Benefit therein reserved, within Two Months from the Date hereof. Jronbridge, February 8,1831. NOTICE. THE CREDITORS of Mr. SAMUEL POOLE, late of LITTLE DRAYTON, in the Parish of Drayton- in- Hales, in the County of Salop, Butcher, deceased, are requested to send in the Particulars of their respective Demands to Messrs. BLTTERTON and SON, Solicitors, Market Drayton; or to Mr. JOHN BURGIS, of the same Place, Surgeon, the Acting- Exe- cutor of the said Deceased: and all Persons indebted to the said Deceased, are desired to pay the Amount of their respective Debts to the said Mr. John Burgis (. forthwith. Drayton, 5th February, 1831. BY Mft. BROOME, At the Talbot Inn, in Church Stretton. on Monday, the 28th Day of February, 1831, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to such Conditions as will then be produced; ALL those TWO MESSUAGES or DWELLING HOUSES, and Gardens thereunto adjoining, situate at SOUDLEY, in the Township of Hope Bowdler, in the County of Salop, now in the several Occupations of John Griffiths and James Sheffield. For Particulars app'y to Mr. EDGERLEY, Attorney, Shrewsbury. BY POOLE & SON, ( Bv Order of the Assignees), On Monday,' the 14th of February, 1831, and following Days till all is sold; rji II K entire STOCK- IN- TRADE, fl genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Plate, Linen, China, and other Effects, of GEORGE EVANS, of KETLEY, Mercer, Grocer, and Chandler, a Bankrupt. The STOCK- IN- TRADE comprises a Variety of Broad and Narrow Cloths, Cassitneres, Woollen and Cotton Cords; Swansdowns, Toiienets, and Quillings, London anil iVianchester Prints, Irish and other Linens, Long Lawns, Cambrics, Stuffs, Ginghams, Muslins, Hollands, Diapers, Moleskins, Fustians, Flannels, Lin- seys, Cheeks, Nankeens, Shawls and Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, and every other ATticle in the Mercery Line ; a Quantity of Grocery, and some Ironmongery, Oils, and Vinegar; with all the Shop- Fixtures^ aud every and Bed)! and fringed Drapery, 10 Feather Beds and Bolsters, Mattrasses, Blankets, and Counterpanes, 13 Pairs of Sheets, ami Suitable Table Linen, Spanish Mahogany Dining, Dressing, Tea, and Cant Tables, Mahogany i.- iin...;... M.. 1,.......... 1 vi- i, „.' i Tongs, rich Cut- glass Decanters, Ale and Wine Glasses, a few good Books on various Subjects, Clock and Case, and a general Assortment of Kitchen Requisites, Brew- ing Vessels and Barrels, 8 Sides of Bacon, and other valuable Articles. The Sale to begin at 11 o'Clock each Day. AT FI A W GREEN, NEAR AND IN THB PARISH OF IIODNET, IN THE COUNTY OP SALOP. BY CHURTON & " SONS, Without thc least Reserve, on Monday and Tuesday, Ihe 7th and 8th Days of March, 1S3I, each Day at Tun o'Clock; f| tHR superior STOCK of Lon'j and 9 Short- homed and Cross- bred DAIRY COWS, FAT and FEEDING CATTLE, YOUNG STOCK, TEAM of HORSES, COLTS, FLOCK, of SHF. F. P. PIGS, valuable IMPLEMENTS of HUSBANDRY, Dairy and BrewingVessels, Household FURNITURE, and other Effects, the Property of Messrs. POWELL and' DALE, who are leaving the Farm. Further Particulars will appear in due Time, MONTGOM LIRYSHIRE. OAK At thc Oak Inn, in Welshpool, on Wednesday, thc 2d Day of March next, at 5 o'clock ; ' pllE following Lots of O A K TIMBER « TREES, subject to Conditions: - LOT I. 190 TREES, standing iu Mathrafal Frydd, numbered with a Scribe 1 to 100. LOT II. 61 TREES, standing in the Pont and Digwtu Coppices, near Mathrafal, numbered i to 6- 1. LOT III. 366 TREES, standing in Moelachles Wood in the Parish of Llangadfan, numbered 221 to 586 inclusive. LOT IV. 133 TREES, standing on Frydd Gowney Farm, near Lol 3, numbered 1 to 133. Most of the Trees in Lots 1, 2, and 4, are of large, Dimensions; those in Lot 3 are chiefly Cleft. The whole of the Timber is of excellent Quality, with a fair Proportion of Cleft. Lots land 2 are near an excellent Road, about 8 Miles from the Canal at Pool. Lots 3 and 4 about 15 Miles, from the said Canal at Pool, and at New Bridge. Edward Jaines, Woodward, at Mathrafal, will shew Lots 1 and 2; and William James, of Pentre, near Llanerfftl, will shew Lots 3 and 4. Reference may be had to Mr. WILDING, at the Dairy, or Mr. GOULD, of Golfi, near Welshpool. TURNPIKE TOLLS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury to Much WenlocK, called or known by the Names of W'eeping Cross. Crcssage, and Harley Gates, will be LET bv AUCTION, to thc best Bidders, at the House of Mr. Thomas, known by the Name of Cound Lane Inn, on Friday, the Eleventh Day of March next, between the Hours of Eleven and One o'Clock, pur- suant to and in Manner directed by the Statutes in that Case made and provided, which Tolls produced the last Year the respective Sums set opposite their Names, above the Expenses of collecting them : viz. I.. s. D. Weeping Cross Gate 200 0 0 Cressage Gate and Harley Gate 222 0 0 N. B. These Tolls will be put up and let in Parcels or Lots, and each Parcel or Lot will be put up at such Sums as the Trustees of the said Road shall think fit. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must be provided with lus Sureties, and sign an Agreement for - Payment of the Rent in such Proportions and at such Times as the Trustees shall direct. WM. COOPER, Clerk to the Trustees, i Shrewsbury, February 8,1831. Worfe Bridge, Sutton Jluddocli, and Kembert on TOLLS TO BE LET. OTICE IS ID5REBY GIVEN, tlv. it the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates and Side Bars upon the Turnpike Road leading from Bridgnorth towards Shiffnal, in the County of Salop, called or known by the Names of the Worfe Bridge, Sutton Maddock, and Kemberton Gates, will be LET BY A UCTlON to the best Bidder, at the House of Richard Allerto", called the Bottle in Hand Inn. in Bridgnorth, on Saturday, the 12th Day of March next, between the Houfs of Twelve o'Clock in the Forenoon and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the Manner dirccled by the Act passed in tile third Year of the. Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls were Let for a Year, from the 29ih Day of September. 1829, to the 29th Dav of September, 1830, at the Sinn of £ 168.10s. above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at that or such other Sum as thc Trustees of the Said Turnpike Road shall think fit, and will be Let from the 25th Day of March next io the 25th Day of March, 1832, for one year. Whoever shall appear to be the best Bidder or Bid- ders must at the Time of letting pay one Month's Pro- portion in Advance ( if required) of the Rent jit which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with suffi- cient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the said Trustees, for Payment of the Rent agreed upon, and at such Times as they shall direct. Dated the 7th Day of February, 1831. WM. HAHDWICK, Clerk to the said Trustees. BY THE KING'S PATENT \\. SIBLV E- AN1MATING SOLAII TINCTURE is universally iill. » % ml to lie the most pleasant, safe, and efficacious lietnetly ever . offered lo the Public. Its wit no and renovating qualities render it the best Medicine for Debility,- Consumptions, Nervous and Rheumatic Complaints, Spasms, Indigestion, Lowness of Spirits, and nlllhose distressing' afl'cctions which harass ihe weak, se- dentary, and delicate. It requires no argument to convince more than n trial, afier which ihose who value health will never choose to he without it Pre- pared and sold bv Mr. J R. Safiell, No. 35, Glotices- ter- sireet,. Queen's- square, Bloomshury, in Bottles at ( is.; 7s. ( id.; and lis each; and in Family Bottles ( hv w hich there is a saving of 7s ) at each. Also, Dr. Sibly's LUNAR TINCTURE, for Com- plaints Incident to the Female Sex, iu Bodies of 4s fid.' and l() s. 6d. each. Observe, none can. be genuine unless signed by the Proprietor, J It. SAFFRI. L, in his own bund- writing1, on - the wrapper of each Bottle. Sole Wholesale Agents, Messrs. Barclay and Sons, 95, Fleet- Market, Loudon; and sold Retail by Messrs \ V. aud J. Eddowes, Bookseller*, Shrewsbury, and hy all Medi- cine. Vender* throughout the Kingdom. Wc have heard it remarked, that every person in this arrangement seems to have been felicitously appointed to the place for which he Was least fitted.- Sir James Graham, because he made the subject of finance his particular study, was made First Lord of the Admiralty ; and Lord Althorpj who, for his father's sake, Would have been a fit and acceptable person at the Admiralty, was selected for Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the House of Commons, because lie has no gift of speaking-.; Lord Palmerston, because lie has committed himself more than any other person upon the affairs of Portugal, must be at the head of the Foreign Department; Mr. Wynn goes to the War Office, because he is accus- tomed to the business of the Board of Control. Two Lambs are sent to the Home Department, because two Watch dogs are wanted there; and because the most conciliatory temper, and the most affable dis-. position were necessary in the person who should manage an administration, of whom scarcely any three were in accord upon any one of the great questions which must perforce come under their deliberation therefore Earl Grey became the Premier, who was to keep them all in good humour! One other appointment must he noticed, that of Lord Brougham and Vaux to the Woolsack ! arid yet this, the excellent unfitness of which was pre- eminentfy apparent, may possibly be that which of all the others may be best justified in the result. The talents of that extraordinary person may be as efficient for good, as tliey have been for evil. ' He has a stirring soul; Whatever it attempts or labours at Would wear out twenty bodies in another.' He is now on the conservative side, and in a position which raises him above the mists of' faction. And let it ever be borne in mind, that change of position always, to a certain degree, brings with it change of view. Men in administration, at this time, whether Whig or Tory? must, we are willing to believe., have the same interest, and aim at the same end that of the public safety and the public good. There is no occasion to suppose in them any extraordinary degree of patriotism or private virtue— as mere men, and public ones, their interest and their duty coincide. Being sane men they can take no other course,— no other is possible for them. The age of jobbing is past; were ministers as profligate as such persons were in the days of Bubb Doddington, they could not act in the same manner, because whatever they do is known and scrutinized ; they are under the public eye,— an eye which is anything rather than indulgent; so far, therefore, as good conduct proceeds from good intentions it is to be presumed on in any ministry, and credit oughtaccordingly to be given them.. The present ministry have to extricate themselves from the nets which they have laid for others, but in which they are now taken ; much is to be unsaid, that they have said ; much to be undone, that they have done, or compelled others to do; much to be done which they would have prevented the former administration from doing.— Their opponents will not seek to render this more unpalatable than it must needs be, neither will they place any embarrassments in their way; and there are no difficulties or dangers before them but what wisdom and courage may remove or over- come. As the right old royalist exhorted his son to stand by the crow n, though it should be hanging upon a bush, so ought the conservative party to stand by the government at this time. They will lend no aid to ruinous reductions, unjust retrenchments, or rash experiments; but theywill not act upon the tactics of a factious opposition; theywill cordially support them in those strong measures which the situation not only of Ireland but of England calls for, and they will not oppose any such alterations in the system of representation as may be made without danger, and with the fair probability of removing some evil, or producing some good.— Quarterly lievieiCy No. 87. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— SIX LIVES LOST. On Monday, about one o'clock, a melancholy accident happened at Foleshill, near Coventry, to six unfortunate young persons, including one female, whilst in the act of sliding on a pit which was frozen. It appears that a number of boys, young men, and two young women, in all amounting to efght, as- sembled at the above hour on a pit, known by the name of Hayes's Pit, in a field about. 300 yards from Birches Bridge, for the purpose of sliding. They bad hot, however, been long engaged in this amusement, when ufthappiW it proved fatal to six of them. The following are the particular^ Connected with this lamentable accident: — Four of the party started from one end of the }> if, with the intention of sliding to t!* » » extremity, and having succeeded in so doing, they stopped where the slide terminated, for a few moments ; the remain- ing five, who were at the place of starting, instantly followed, but had no sooner reached the end where the four were resting, than the ice broke from under them, and they were precipitated into the water. Two young women, who were looking on from the bank of the pit, on seeing the unfortunate occurren{'& immediately ran off and raised an alarm; the first person who came to the spot was a young man, named Perkins, who with much courage, and at great personal risk, succeeded in rescuing two of the un- fortunate party, named Josiah Marriott and Mary Ann North. Marriott, it seems, could swim, and by extraordinary exertion succeeded in raising himself and getting up again on the ice ; having done st), he lay down, and seized the young woman ( North) by the hair of her head ; in this situation Perkins found him, whilst the. others were plunging against one another in the. water without the least possible means of extricating themselves. Perkins now descended th6 side of the pit, with the. intention of getting hold of Marriott; but he no sooner trod on the ice, than it went from under him ; not being, however, far from the bank, the water only reached his middle* he again got on the ice, and succeeded in grasping hold of Marriott's right hand, while Marriott still upheld with his left hand the young woman. Perkins nOw attempted to pull Marriott towards the bank, but the ice prevented the young woman from following ; by this time Marriott's hand became benumbed with the water, and he said he could hold no longer, when, by a desperate effort, Perkins succeeded in dragging him on the ice to thc bank, the young womanfollowing iu the water by his hand. When taken up she appeared lifeless^, but having received the necessary attention from Perking and others who bv this time had arrived, she recovered, and was conveyed home. During Perkins's struggle with Marriott, one of the unfortunate sufferers, named Morris, raised his head above the water, and recognizing Perkins, exclaimed with a shriek of despondency, " Oh ! Joe, help me !*' he instantly went, down, but rame up no more. Drags and ropes were now procured, but the stillness of the water indicated that all exertions had ceased on the part of those that had fallen in. Owing to the ice, and the danger of descen ling on it, it was not until past three o'clock that the bodies were taken out; four of them were taken to the Navigation Inn, and two of them to the Weavers' Anns. Mr. Hume, surgeon, was shortly in attendance, hut in none of them could be found the slightest spark of animation. Their names antl ages are— John Morris, 9 years; John Watson, l!; David Rollason, 13; John Ortpn, 19; Thomas Clulow or Tooiey, 17 ; and Elizabeth Shettlewood, 19; all weavers and natives of Foleshill, except Elizabeth Nheltlewood, who is a native of St re t toil- ti pi » n Fosse. INQUKSTS— On Wednesday, inquisitions were held at the Navigation Inn, and the Weavers' Arms, before John Carter, Esq. coroner, on the respective bodies ; when, after hearing evidence, the jury returned verdicts, in each case, of Accidental Death. — Mr. Hume, as surgeon for the county, was in attendance.— After the inquest, Shettlewood's body was removed to Stretton. Warrants for the interment of the other bodies were issued by the coroner, and by an agreement amongst the parents, they were all buried the following day in one grave, in Foleshill Church- yard. We understand the whole of the Militia regiments will be called out in England, and that, after a month's training, it will be determined whether they shall he permanently kept up. In all probability this will be the case ; and several regiments, as is already known, will be sent to Ireland — Brighton Gazette. The fire by which the nave roof of Blackburn church, built from the design of Mr. Palmer, of Manchester, was de.- droy'^ d, did not arise from the flues by which it was warmed, hut fnm the ignition of a lodgment, of soot in* a smoke flue or chimney. The arrivals of the mails at the Post office has b? en greatly delayed since our hv? t, in consequence of the late heavy fall of snow ; and in many parts of the kingdom the coaches have with great difficulty been dug out of the snow drifts. COVENTRY.- " The difficulty of pleasing the electors df Coventry and at the same time of independently performing; their duties in Parliament, has latterly been sensibly felt by some of the Gentlemen who have represented that city: Still? however fickle the present genera- tion of voters may be, it appears, from the following anecdote, that they have, not degenerated, from their predecessors:— Walter Waring, ( a descendant of Edmund Waring, of Ow. lbury, near Bishop's Castle,) happened to he travelling through Coventry at 1he time of a general election, and enquiring from hi> » barber the news of the dav, was informed that the Citizens were much dissatis fted with their late mem- bers, and would bring in any rival candidates at free cost The barber, who was a leading man with a certain description of electors, undertook the conduct of the affair, and finally succeeded in seating the.- o!) ject of: his protection.— Bhtkeicatfs SJur< Jfs of Shropshire. iBi0Ccllanroii0 tnteUigrncr. A Petition, pray: ng for some amendment in the state of the Representation of the country, is ir* Course of Signature in . Birmingham., It is entitled th « g petition of the Magistrates; Clergy, High ami . Low Bailiff, Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturer*,' and other inhabitants, and it has already received a number of fnost respectable signatures. The petitioners express " the deep interest they feel in the important subject ** of an amended representation of the people Jn " parliament, and of their convic'ion . that this great. " measure will effectually promote the welfare and' u stability of the British fcmpife, provided it be u accompanied by snch regulations as shall secure to " the character* intelligence, an<* I property of the u country, their due infiueUce . in the British Legis- lature.'' And they add, that actuated by llresc; • e itimenls, " they respectfully but earnestly ent< eat 41 that effect may be gfipn to their wishes in such " manner as is consistent With an - inviolable preserva- j. " tion of that relative influence of the three estates uf " the realm, which forms thc basis of the British " ( ( institution." • H s iMajesty has, through Lord Melbourne, con- veyed, in Ihe most flattering terms, hii approbation of the zeal anil alacrity " ith which the Wilts yeomanry have embodied themselves' anil has authorised their b, ing called the " Roval Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry ;" and hy a singular coincidence i has fallen to the lot of Ihe Marquis of Lansdown, a « Lord Lieutenant, tti make known to th? troop hi. Majesty's flattering reception of theit- services, the s une m hie marquis having, when Secretary of State, proposi ti and carried the disbandntent cf all such corps a. s an us less expense. On Friday the following Members Of the House of Commons were appointed a Select Committee " on t ie present state of the affairs of the East India Company ; to inquire into the state of trade between Great Britain, the East Indies, and China, and to report their observations thereupon:" — Mr. Charles Grant, Marquis Graham, Mr. Baring, Mr. Astell* Marquis of Chandos, Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. Arbuthnot, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Mr. Hart Davis, Mr. Williams VVynn, Mr. Cutiar Ferg& sson, Mr. Robert Grant, Sir James Mackintosh, Lord Ashley^ Mr. Littlcfc6nv Mr. Alderftian Thompson, Mr. Hume* Mr. Willianfi Cavendish, Mr. Moore, Mr. Baillie, Mrj George Bank^ s, Mr. Irving, Mr. Coutftenay, Mr. Wolryche Whitmore, Mr. William O'Brien, Mr. Pouleli Thomson, General Gascoyne, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Sir Henry Parnell, Lord Viscount Achesonj Mr. Wrightson, Mr. LaboUchere, Mr. John Woodu Lord Viscount Saridon, Mr. CaUaghan, Mr; Goulburn, Sir Cha'Ies Forbes, Sir George Staunton, Sir James Macdonald, Mr. Fazakerley, aud Mr. Marshall The Norwich Mercury says— The spirit of incen- diarism seems to Ir. ne taken its flight from this part of the country, we l. o > e never to return. We hare heard of no destruction of property by conflagration in this neighbourhood, but on the contrary, every- thing wea^ s the semblance of tjuietude and tran- quillity , > The gentlemen to whom it was referred to investi- gate into the cause of the late destructive fire at St* Peter's Church, Birmingham, after a full examination and consideration of the evidence and circumstances, have come to the conclusion that the fire Was oc- casioned by the flues formed for warmingfthe church having been so imperfectly . constructed, as to be in- capable of encountering tlie very great decree of heat which passed through them, in consequence of which the timber in the walls was ignited, and communicated the fire to the roof; and that, nothing has been elicited to justify art opinion that it was the act of an incendiary. GREAT NORTHERN GASG OF FORGERS — Intel- ligence having been received,' relative tO the riiove- ments of this embodied gang of forgers iri the north, Mr. Gates, solicitor to the bankers, has been actively employed in endeavouring to trace theif steps, in order to their being immediately brought to justice. Five of the wholesale dealers have beeif arrested by fhe Manchester police, and fully committed to York Castle, for having sold £ 5 Arkwright notes for 30*. each, lo the common utterers, 11 of whom are also in custody. After their committal, the officers succeeded in capturing a man named Day, at Salforfl— and ano- ther of the name of Kirkwood, at Liverpool, at whose house complete apparatus were discovered of printing presses, engraving tools, & c. One Stan » field ( who was sup- posed to have furnished the paper), antl four others, were also arrested, and committed to Lancaster gaol for trial When the officers went to Day's house, they found it so powerfully secured that it was impossible to effect an entrance— but, after having reduced a quantity of paper fo ashes, he opened his door, and thus saved the officers any further trouble. He proves to be no less important a personage than the fini^ ief, or filler up, of thc forged instruments; and it was obvious that the paper he had burned was of bank note texture. FARTI NK- TELLING.*— On Wednesday, at the New Bailey, Manchester, two elderly women, one of whom was ushered before , the Magistrates as w a dumb fortune- teller," and the other under the cognomen of Catherii e Williams, were placed at the bar on a charge of fraud. The " dumb woman" wore a faded red cloak and black bonnet, her face was haggard and weather- beaten, and her appearance betrayed in some degree the wildness of the Meg Mhrrilies'* tribe. Iter companion in misery was dressed iu apparel " all tattered and torn," and seemed to have little faith in tfye " dumb woinanV' mystical art. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Evans, a young widow, who keeps a retail heer shop in Rytod- street, and of her servant girl, that on Monday the " dumb woman" came to the house, and signified by signs, which could not be misunderstood, that she was ready to tell the servant her fortune. Chalk and a board were ob! ained, and in legible characters she wrote upon it a sentence to the effect that her charge would be only 7s. Gd. Ti e credulous girl imrried atel}- produced the money and gave it to tbe fortune- teller, who then wrote another sentence on the board, stating that she would call at the house on Tuesday with her interpreter, when she would tell the fortune of every person in the house. She was allowed tu depart, and on Tuesday she re- appeared in company with the ether prisoner. Before the occult mysteries were explained, the " dumb woman" made sundry significant gestures, which seemed to he perfectly understood by her learned interpreter, who intimated to the follv- stricken servant that, her fortune could not be thoroughly told at a lower charge than a guinea. This insolent demand would doubtless have been complied with, had not the " dumb woman's'* good fortune unhappily forsaken her at this trying moment. She and her familiar went into the yard, and were closely watched by Mrs. £ vahs, who dis- tinctly heard the silent dealer in astral wonders talking in plain intelligible English with her com- panion. Suspicion at length flashed on the mind of Airs. Evans, who sei. t for a police- officer, and the women were taken into custody by Marshall.— Th* " dumb woman" enacted her part in the dock with much gravity, and the other prisoner protested that she had never seen the fortune- teller before Tuesday. — They were both committed to the House of Cor- rection for three months as rogues and vagabonds. B.\ NK- m- PTs, Fru. 4.—- George Kicker Lownds, of Ratc'iffe,- highway, ir mmongcr. - Henry Perry, of Old Je yry, baker, and George- street, Be'hnal- cieen. vic- tual- e. r. - Samuel Coe, of Shimpliug. Suffolk, maltster ard farmer.- Christopher Taylor, of Yoik, innkeeper. Thomas Burt, of HV Horn- hill, manufacturer.— Cnas. O'Neill, of Liverpool, joiner.—— John Alhintt, of Chesham, Buckitignamsnne, piper- maker. John Far- re 1, of L v. it- pool, horse- dealer.— Moses' AnseU and J; cob Ansell, of Berkeley- street, Lamhelh- vmlk, dealers in jewellery and watches. — Samuel Mi^ U, late of the King's Anns, Sun Tav& ru- GeldSj St. GcorglMnv the- East, viciua'ler. — Daniel L'esonneaUx, ol' tt s le- racc. White Conduit- field9, cjivniist ami chuggiA: — William Bnmic, ni|)' 35 of Tcj. ness, Devt'o, pUtuiUcY. — JOSS** FOR THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. A RECITATION OFA TALE OF DEATH. THEY said they saw her ere the archfiend shoot His mortal sceptre o'er his victim's head: They said they saw hergive her last wild look, Ere yet her fluctuating breath had fled. They said they saw her as she gasping lay, Striving in vain to hold her parting breath ; They said ' hey saw her livid lips decay, Bearing the foul distinguishmeuts of death 1 They said they saw her eyelids close their spheres, And quench their dying brilliancy—- that shone Faintly bcdim'd with care and sorrow's tears,— Sad totalis of the grief of days by gone. They said they heard her htave a woeful groanj ( lore sad tjiaii all the pangs frail wofiien kndiv,--- Whe • mix'il with sorrows ofthe deepest tone, Or w ith the dull variety of woe. They said they heard her, in a plaintive sound, Utter the name of Father 1— friend '.— farewell'. And as her accents died-— a peace profound Upon her deadly breathless lips did dwelh They said they saw Disease withdraw his hand, Whose foul corruption touch the tlow'r had slain; And she, like some fair tlow'r ill foreign land, Perish'd ill beauty ne'er to bloom again. They said they saw her calm, reclin'd, and dead ; The pulse had died,— the eye had ceas'd to roll,— The blood was motionless,--- the breath had fled,—' Ami the dull corpse remain'd— devoid of soul! FEB. 2D, 165' T. S. OH! FILL THE WINE- CUP HIGH. tfRANCE. Oh', fill the wine- cup high, The sparkling liquor pour; For wc will care and grief d£ fy, They ne'er shall plague us more. And ere the snowy foam . From off the wine departs. The precious draught shall find a home, A dwelling ill o'lir hearts. Though bright may be the beams . That woman's eyes display ; They are not like the ruby gleams That in our goblets play. For though surpassing bright Their brilliancy may lie. Age dims the lustre of their light, But adds more worth to thee. Give me another draught, . The sparliling, and the strong; lie who would learn the poet craft- He who would shine in sotig— Should pledge the flowing bowl With warm and generous wine ; ' Twas wine that warm'd Anacrcon's soul, And made his songs divine. And e'en in tragedy, Who lives that never knew The honey of the Attic Bee Was gather'd from thy dew ? He. of the tragic muse, Whose praises hards rehearse; What power bu thine could e'er diffuse Such sweetness o'er his verse ? Oh! would that I could raise Tlie magic of that tongue ; The spirit of those deathless lays, , The Swan of Teios sung! Each song the bard has given, Its beauty and its worth, Sound sweet as if a voice from heaven Was echoed upon earth. How mighty— how divine,- Thy spirit seemeth when The rich draught of the purple vine Dwelt in these godlike men. It made each glowing page, Its eloquence, and truth, In the glory of their golden age,- Outshine the fire of youth. Joy to the lone heart— joy To the desolate-— oppress'd— For wine can every grief destroy That gathers in the breast. The sorrows, and the care, That in o\ ir hearts abide, ' Twill chase them from their dwellings there, To drown tliem in its tide. And now the heart grows warm, With the feelings undefined, Throwing their deep diffusive charm O'er all the realms of mind. The loveliness of truth Flings out its brightest rays, Clothed in the songs of early youth, Or jpys of other days. We think of her, the young. The beautiful, the bright; We hear the music of her tongue, Breathing its deep delight. We see. again each glance, Each bright and dazzling beam, We feel our throbbing hearts still dance, We live but in a dream. From darkness, and froin woe, A power like lightning darts; A glory cometh down to throw . Its shadow o'er our hearts. And ditnm'd by falling tears, A spirit seems to rise, That shows the friend of other years, Is mirror'd in our eyes. But sorrow, grief, and care, Had diinm'd his setting star ; And we think with tears of those that were. To smile, on those that ft re. Yet though the grassy mouiiJ Sits lightly on his head, We'll pledge, in solemn silence round, THE MKMQUY OF THE DEAD! The sparkling juice now pour, With fond aiid liberal hand ; Oh 1 raise the laughing rim once more, Here's to our FATHER LAND ! Up, every soul that hears, Hurrah ! with three times three ; And shout aloud, with deafening cheers/ The " ISLAND OF THE FREE." Then fill the wine- cup high, The sparkling liquor pour; For we will care and grief defy, They ne'er shall plague us mora. And ere the snowy foam From olf the wine departs, The precious draught shall find a home — A dwelling in onr hearts. IRELAND. MR. O'CONNEI. L.— On Monday several thousands of " the Trades" n( Dublin assembled before the residence of Mr. O'Connell, in Merrion- square, for the purpose of escorting him to Kingstown, on his way to England. He accordingly made a triumphal progress through the city, attended by an immense concourse nf persons, aud arrived in tire course of the afternoon at Kingstown, where lie bade adieu to his disciples aniid deep sighs of regret, the most solemn vows of devotion lo the Cause of Ireland, and the most cheering anticipations of the speedy repeal nf the union. But, alas, for the uncertainty of all human affairs ! Just as the steam was gettirlg rip, all hands piped ahoy, the captain of the packet looking out for squalls, and not too well pleased with the prospect of a stormy night and a rough passage— just at that moment, a" thief- taker" from Dublin made his best bow to the agitator, anil slipped into his hand a piece of paper, intimating to liiui, on the part of the Crown, lhat his attendance in court would be re- fill ired from day to day pending the proceedings.' He was therefore obliged to retrace his steps and return to Dublin.— When the Attorney- General ap. plied to the court on Monday to have an early day fixed for aVguing the demurrers, he slated that lie should require the attendance of Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers who had demurred, on pain of the forfeiture of their recognizances. Some of our contemporaries are predicting that France will subside into quietness, and be a model of good government, and so forth. On this point we are thoroughly sceptical. The matter may go on plausibly for a while; but there are circum- stances in the French position, which, hy the course of nature, must make France revolutionary iu a few years. In the first place, whatever religion the people had is gone. Even the feeble display of it that was to be found among the gew- gaw exhibitions of popery, is gone. The religion of the state is abo- lished The government are no longer pledged to provide any worship for the people; and now every man may worship any whim that comes into his head in any way he likes, and be discharged from any support of any regular place of worship. Of course, iu a few years the buildings for national woiship must go to decay ; and if a few spruce chapels be raised by a few speculators or devotees, they will not contain a thousandth part of the population, even if they were willing to go to church, which they will not be. lu a few years, the young generation will start into manhood ; aud as they have been educated without the decent habits of religious observance, they will not begin to learn them then. Even for the last ten years, scarcely any men went to church: the seats were occupied by women, and the nieu went whistling about Ilie streets, or went to their regular weekly labours, on the Sunday. The preachers Sent by the Government through the provinces to recal the peasantry to their former habits, were generally a mere matter of scoffing and insult, though many of the " missionaries," as they were termed, were able men, and some of singular eloquence.' In the course of a few years, if those feelings continue, France will be a nation of atheists, which, by all uccouuts, it very nearly is already; and as fhe atheist acknowledges no restraint of conscience, and eau have no fear of a superior power, or of a fut ure, the only question will be of force against force: in other words, civil war, tenninatiug in convulsions of ail kinds. Another source of Ihe impending ruin is, the state of property, lu France, the law of primo- geniture is abolished, and every man is compelled lo give an equal portion of his property to each of his children. By this means, the disobedient child is just as much encouraged as the obedient. And, as the money laid out oil a child's education, or advanced for putting him into any peculiar line of life, professional or otherwise, is not allowed iu the distribution of the property, but each demands his equal portion still, it is almost the interest ofa parent to give his children no education or employ- ment that can cost any thing, as it is giving him his portion twice over. But the evil operates inevitably iu a national scale, by utterly destroying ull the higher order of France. In England, by giving the estate to the elder son, that estate is kept together; an aristocracy is formed, by which the peerage is supplied, and a most important branch of the legislature, as a protection between the power of the crown and the rashness of a merely popular assembly, is kept in existence. But even to the younger children of the peer, the existence of a ccrtain rank aud estate iu the family is of the first importance. By having a brother a man of acknowledged rank, the whole family share his distinction in society; they are also supported in their several pursuits by his influence; and they make more honourable con nections; aud as, iu general, the estate is liable to pass from one branch to another, the youngest brother of a great family has his chance of attain- ing the hereditary honours. Thus the great fanil. lies are preserved from being lost, by the preserva- tion of their properties under one head ; and the estate which, frittered uway among a dozen child- ren, would make for each but a pitiful provision— perhaps just enough to keep them in idleness, and thereby preclude them from any honourable exer- tion— becomes a source of present rank nnd assist- ance to every member of the family, und frequently of future possession. But, in France, all the great families must, before a quarter of a century, be extinguished, if the pre- sent law continues. A duke with but £ 1500 a- year, is, in fuel, no duke at all, but a beggar ; aud if he expects and wishes to enjoy his £ 1500 a- yeur, he had better lay down bis title. And, iu fact, all the nobility of France are thus perishing us fast as they can. It happens, oddly enough, that no nobility of Europe have so few children as lie French ; a second child being no common instance in the higher ranks; and thus, by the interdict of nature, the evil of the law may be restrained for a while. But the evil will finally overcome. Even now, all the residences of the nobles in the conulfy are falling into ruin. The proprietors are too poor to live iu tin in, or to repair them, and they fall. In another generation this subdivision will go on, and still proceed uutil every acre is cut into fragments for younger children ; and France, with increasing multitudes, will shew but a great mob, a nation of paupers ; aud of course discontented wilh all order, and mad for change. But the disturbance is not likely to wait even for this. The French themselves tell us, that Paris teems with disaffection, which marshals itself under lire different banners. The old royalist, the old jacobin, the Buona| fartist, the idealist, the poly- technic and school purty. It is true, thai out of this multitude of parties may proceed the security of government; which would doubtless be more endangered by one strong coalition. Still, here is tile material of mischief to any extent, and there is nothing in the character of France to resist the mischief in any shape that it may assume. There is no peerage of any weight whaterer, there is no established religion, and there is no force at the direct command of government; for it would be a burlesque to call the present French king the master of any thing, either military or civil: his dominion is during pleasure, and his kingdom is the Palais Royal.— Monthly Magazine. make ti e Sunday as nnich a day of labour as the t would inevitably exclude every species of personal rest of the week ; thus their religious instruction is ] canvass, and cut off all chance of explanation he- rendered useless. We need not say how this must tweeu the constituent and representative, operate when tbey become heads of families. | But this is the least objectionable part of the Independently of this great cause, the labouring scheme. For should either his neighbour, his land- classes of the metropolis violate the Sabbath in the ] orj, i, is benefactor, or any other individual who has a natural tie on an elector, enquire how he voted, he must either evade the question hypocritically, or be guilty of positive falsehood. In fact, he must— while he expectorates his spleen in the ballot- box— wear a face of smiles to disguise a conduct which he is either afraid or ashamed to own ! And is this the practice, which reformers par excellence,— models of purity anil unblemished virtue— would recommend as con- genial with the manly, open, dispositions of English- men ? Instead of the dauntless look of defiance, which beards the obnoxious candidate, would they inculcate the subtle, sly, skulking, aud most base habit of cowardice and treachery ! " If we must perish," exclaimed a renowned war- rior of antiquity, " we submit to the decisions of destiny ; but let us perish in the face of day .'" most appalling manner. The lower of them, who cannot follow their respective callings on it, spend it iu drunkenness, which they commence before, or immediately after, breakfast. A man cannot go to divine service in the morning, without seeing numbers of them reeling about the streets in the different stages of intoxication. Mechanics and artisans work as regularly at their respective trades', on at least great part of the Sunday, as llley do ou any other day; their master's shops are closed, but they do it at their lodgings. Their wives are of course made to share the guilt, and their clrtldren are reared in it. Let this be looked at also, with reference to the religious instruction of youth. If the children of these classes be put to charitable schools, what they see, hear, and are made to do at home, renders the instruction they receive almost ineffectual. If they be put to labour in the lower callings, as apprentices, or otherwise, they are incited to abandon their religious principles. Young men just out of their apprenticeship, labourers, & c whose morals in the country have been well protected, continually pour into Loudon iu searcli of employment; and as soon as they enter it, they are not only led hy example, but almost compelled by their brother workmen, to muke the Sabbath a day of vice or labour. Thus the religious in- struction of youth is in general deprived of value by the irreligion of adults, Speaking merely as men of the world, and as infidels would speak, what flows from tills conduct in the labouring classes? Those who spend the Sabbath iu drinking, spend it in qualifying both themselves and their families for every kind of vice and crime; they make themselves brutal husbands, unnatural fathers, rioters, and robbers; they starve their wives into prostitution, aud their children into begging aijd stealing. Those who spend it in labour do the same, more effectually. Nature,, as we have said, requires a seventh day of rest, and because they work ou Sunday, they do nothing ou Monday. The latter is their day of drunkeuness, when there is no religious restraint, and when. the stimulants to general profligacy are the most numer- ous aud powerful. Because these classes, as a whole, do not employ the Sabbath iu acquiring moral principles and habits, they employ it in acquiring the contrary; to the use they make of it, may be clearly traced their general bad morals; aud Ihe latter form the great cause of their hatred of the better part of society, hostility to public institutions, love of deiuagogaes, insubordination, and disaffection. With regard to remedy, the great, at any rate, are not above the reach of reproof. If one prelate be insufficient for giving it, let ull unite ; and if this will not do, let tile paro- chial clergy combine with them. Every prelate has a deep interest in supporting the morals of London. If a strong rentoustrauce, signed by every prelate, and the whole Loudon clergy, were pre- sented, not generally, but to every offender, without sparing the Legislature, the Cabinet, or. theThrppje, it would have the best effects: The great, botll in authority and out of it, have now nielaucholy proof before them, that none have so deep a stake iu the preservation of morals as themselves. No valid reason can be urged why gin and beer shops should be open on the Sutiday before one o'clock. If they were closed until that hour, it would narrow Sunday drunkenness greatly. At present, they are compelled toclose at eleven, and during divine service; aud iu consequence, tiie better part of society, in proceeding to the latter, has its religious feelings shocked at every step, by the sight of individuals and groups half drunk, or wholly so, just turued out of them. If, iu addition, these places were prohibited from selling any liquor on the Sunday, to be drank ill them, it would operate mightily against drunkeuness, without en- croaching on the just needs of society. Exceptions might be made on proper grounds. MOST EXTRAORDINARY CONVERSION. ( From an Irish Paper. J The following authentic circular, which has been put into our hands, points to a splendid denoue- ment of the late political occurrences in France. 32, Sackville- street. DEAR SIR,— The subjoined extract, of a letter, just received from Paris, I am sure will be read by you with great pleasure :—> " A remarkable circumstance has just occurred; a large body of reformed priests have applied for means to separate themselves from the church of Rome-— they affirm that there are 2j5O0 priests of their body affiliated with them throughout France ; they have just drawn up a confession of faith almost analogous with English episcopacy; application has been made to the English bishops-— already many parishes have sent for priests of this body , one has been sent to Montaign. This day the celebrated Dnpin has applied for c ne for Nevers ( a place of 30,000 inhabitants), where the National Guard have taken possession of the church, declaring that they will have no Jesuits for cures. The confession of the reformed body of priests is this :— No Pope, no infallible church, no Latin mass, two sacra- ments, no celibacy ai priests, no injunction to regular confession, but the word of God as the only rule of faith. " This day a royal ordinance has appeared, sup- pressing the Catholic missions, and taking its funds, and abolishing all holydays, but those of Easter, Christmas, and Pentecost. You see that the highway is politically opening for the grand march of Gospel truth. " R. E. RHIND." " Paris, 9th January, 1831." THE CORN TRADE IN 1830. ON EDUCATION. ON SABBATH BREAKING. [ From Blackuocd's Magazine.] COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 31. THE KINO V. O'CONNELI. AND OTflFRS. The Attorney- General rose and slated to the court that, in the ease of the King against. O'Connell and others, he had to inform the court that Redmond had pleaded not guilty to ( he entire of the counts. Steele had pleaded " mil tiel record''' to the proclamation staled in the first 21 counts, and not guilty to the residue; he had filed a demurrer to the plea of Steele, and that demurrer is now at issue. The remaining six traversers had demurred to the first 14 counts of the indictment, and on the 30th and 31st counts; and he had joined in demurrer on that part of the case with those six traversers, who have pleaded not guilty - to the remaining counts. The Attorney- iieneral concluded by praying their lordships to name an early day for arguing the demurrers The Court did not consider the notice of this mom. ing as sufficient, ami desired further notice to he served this day, and to mention the case at the sitting of the Court to- morrow. With regard to morals, they are pre- eminently bad ill the metropolis. In looking first at the great source— violation of the Sabbath— we will observe, that, putting a future state wholly out of the question, there is nothing in the social system of more valoe to the body oi" the people, tliau a due observance of this day. Neither body nor mind can bear continual toil, and both require a seventh day of rest to keep them in health and vigour : the abolition of it would considerably reduce the demand for labour, and a vast portion of the working classes would have to labour seven days Instead of six for the wages they now receive; to this must be added, the loss these classes would sustain, in respect of cleanliness, intercourse wilh friends, and the means of instruction. Looking beyond its religious objects the Sabbath may be regarded as a merciful concession to human nature, an invaluable boon to the poor— a divine inter- position to give that protection to the health, comforts, and privileges of the mass of mankind, which, perhaps, nothing else could bestow. The workman who establishes the precedent for making it a day of labour, attacks the best temporal in- terests of himself and his brethren. The violation of the Sabbath begins with the great. Giving to Royalty its due precedence, il, in times much too recent, has given its magnificent Sunday dinners. Ministers have given theirs, aud besides, have had their Sunday Cabinet Meetings — and to these must be added, the Sunday enter- tainments of the nobility iu general. This in rulers— in Ihe official guardians of religion and morals— in those who stand at the head of society, as models of conduct, is bad enough in the way of example, but this is not the whole of its evil operatiou. If the King gives a grand Sunday dinner, it may only cause Iriin and his guests to feast, but it compels his domestics and tradesmen to toil. Thus these Sunday entertainments of the great, collectively, bind a vast portion of the trading and labouring orders to regular Sunday trade and labour. Much is justly said in favour of giving religious instruction to the young. Let the children, who ul charity schools rpceive it, and are taught to keep the Sabbath sacred, enter the service of the great, or their tradesmen, and what follows? It is made their duty lo disregard what they have been taught ; they are in a large degree prohibited from attending diviue worship, and compelled to life following extract from the works of Burns are worthy of great attention:— " There is at present one great reason why we ought to endeavour to enlighten the minds of the common people. Their morals have hitherto been guarded by a sort of dim religious awe, which, froin a variety of causes, seems wearing off. Whenever vulgar minds begin to shake off the dogmas of the religion in which they have been educated, the progress is quick and immediate to downright infi- delity ; and nothing but refinement of mind can enable them to distinguish between the pure essence of religion and the gross systems which men have heen perpetually connecting it with. In addition to the schools, I would have established iu every parish a small circulating library, consisting of hooks which are calculated tu refine the mind, improve the moral feelings, recommend the practice of virtue, and com- municate such know ledge ns might be useful and suit- able to the labouring classes. If once such education were become general, the low delights of the public- house, and otiier scenes of riot and depravity, would be contemned and neglected ; while industry, order, cleanliness, and every virtue which taste and inde. pendenceofmind could recommend, would prevail and flourish. Thus possessed of a virtuous and enlight- ened populace, with high delight 1 should consider my native country as at Ihe head of all the nations of the earth, ancient or modern. " I wish the education of the lower classes to he promoted and directed to their improvement as men, ns the means of increasing their virtue, and opening to thein new and dignified sources of pleasure and happiness. " Those hours which are now devoted to sloth would then be employed iu the acquisition of a love of independence, s » l of industry ; they would learn to cultivate economy and temperance, virtues be- coming their situation and neccssary to their liappi- fiess; ami would partake of the pleasures to he derived from the perusal of books calculated to im- prove the mind and refine the taste, without any danger of becoming more unhappy in their situation, Or discontented with it." Admonished ns we have been by recent facts that there exist certain classes in England, the first of nations, who in moral degradation are surpassed by the inhabitants of no heathen nation, let us hasten to apply a remedy. Let parochial libraries be formed. A subscription of a few shillings will afford each member innocent sources of gratification for life, and inducements to cultivate every virtue. The lot of the labourer is a hard one, and might he made much easier, if Ihey who arc benefitted by his labour would afford hiiu the means to educate himself. ...... Howsoever degraded an individual may be, his mind is of the same mould, and as capable of intellect- ual gratification, as that of Newton, Bacon, Locke, or Addison. FIDOS. The transactions of the corn trade in the year which has just concluded possessed an interest which has not existed for many years past. Owing to the very extensive speculations entered into by capitalists and others for advanced prices in nearly every description of grain early in last spring, and during the summer, in anticipation of a scanty harvest at home, the importations of foreign wheat, & c. were on a more extensive scale than on any previous occasion. lu the Continental ports, as well as in those further northward, graiu of all kinds was bought up with so much rapidity, and such high prices given, that it was feared by some of the governments abroad, that the drain would be so great as to occasion a scarcity, and the exportation from more than one port was prohibited. The harvest at home, however, proved more abundant than was expected, though deficient, and to use a vulgar phrase, the speculators, in many instances, severely " burnt their fingers." From the accounts made out of the importation of foreign com, grain, meal, and flour in the last year, some extraordinary results are exhibited. The declared official value of such imports into Great Britain was not less than three millions and a half sterling. In the previous year the value of the arrivals was under millions sterling; iu 1828, under 2 millions sterling ; in 1827, about 2 millions sterling; and in 1826 the arrivals of corn, grain, ineal, and flour, were not valued ( officially) at much above £ 1,100,000. The export trade in foreign corn, & c. somewhat increased last year, and shipments were made to foreign ports of the value of upwards of £ 200,000, in greater amount by £ 100,000 than in 1828. In 1827, Ihe value of the exports was under £ 42,000, and in 1826, rather above £ 77,000. The carrying trade in corn, therefore, last year, increased rapidly. The exportation of grain, the growth of the United Kingdom, to foreign ports, were on a more limited scale than formerly. The total declared value of the shipments last year, was uuder £ 13,000, while in the previous year it was about £ 14,000, ill 1828, about £ 2S, 000, and ill 1827, nearly £ 20,0U0. The arrivals of foreign wheat last year into the port of London were 656,000 quarters, in the previous year they were about 680,000 quarters, in 1828 about 4J 0,000, and in 1827 not higher than 54,000 quarters. The arrivals of foreign barley into the port of London last year, were a trifle above 38,000 quarters, in the previous year above 121,000, anil in 1628 con- siderably less. The arrivals of foreign oats last year, were nearly 210,000 quarters, and in 1820 above 340,000 quarters. Of foreign flour imported into the port of London last year, there were about 92,800 barrels, and in the previous year only about 47,000 barrels, lu other descriptions of grain, the iucrease or decrease of the arrivals was not remark- able. The total quantity of wheat which entered the port of London, from various ports of England, Scotland Ireland, and abroad, last year, was 878,000 quarters, while in the previous year there arrived 1,040,800 quarters; and in 1828 only 491,000 quarters of Barley, the total of the arrivals last year was 338,000 quarters; in 1829, 356,000 quarters; and in 1828, 384,300 quarters ; of Oats, the whole arrivals last year were 902,000 quarters, iu the previous year i, 140,000 quarters, and in 1828, 1,144,000 quarters of Flour ; the whole arrivals of last year were nearly 93,000 barrels and 413,000 sacks, and in the previous year, 369,000 sacks and 77,000 barrels. Of Rye, Beans, Peas, Tares, and Linseed, their arrivals last year were much less than in the previous year; but of Malt and Rapcsceil the arrivals were above those ill 1828. The stocks of grain are generally estimated at less than at this period last year. The amount of foreign Wheat in bond in the kingdom is calculated at less than 100,000 quarters, and of foreign Flour under 75,000 barrels. The highest average price of Wheat in the last year was in the month of August, when it was at 72s. 8d.; the lowest average was in February, when it was at 56s. 2d. per quarter. THE SNOW STORM— The depth aud severity of the snow storm on Monday night cannot be ade- quately imagined by persons comfortably seated by their firesides. Owing to the wind blowing about the snow a good deal, the labours of the coachmen wilh the western coaches from London were ren- dered annoying and difficult; but, by the time they reached Marlborough, proceeding farther on the journey becaifie alarmingly difficult. A species of council was held at Marlborough as to the pro- priety of proceeding ; however, it was stated at the inns aud coach offices, though the drift some miles nearer Bath was kiidwn to be great, that as the " Blue" coach ( a Bristol affair that leaves London at one o'clock in the day, the others not leaving till five, six, and eight), had not come back, it must have gone forward, and that as yet the roads were passable. " Pickering's coach" was the second, or the one next after the " Blue;" and it was the first that had to try to pass along, in spite of the great drifts that were known to have col- lected since" the Blue" had passed. It was soon afterwards followed by what is known on the road by the name of the " Company's coach;" it had, however, got extra horses at Marlborough. Pick- ering's coach was stopped when it had got a few miles out of Marlborough, and on the rise of the hill which is a short distance from Kennet. The coachman there found that he had unfortunately driven Ihe coach into a snow- drift thai reached the body of the coach, and the horses were nearly buried in it. They couid not move; the coach was stuck as fast as a rock : every effort made by men and horses was unavailing. The moon had afforded no light; luckily, daybreak came to the assistance of Ihe travellers. The " Company's coach" next became similarly circumstanccd ; it made a grand struggle with its additional horses to pass the stuck- fast" Blue," an attempt lhat was nearly fatal to both coaches; but it became fixed, beyond the power of its six horses to move it. A waggon passed at the time, and negociatious were opened to procure the loan of some of its strong horses to drag the coaches out of this terrible snow- drift, but ihey ended in nothing, and the Loudon wag- goner passed ou, but not without imminent danger to the coaches. The coaches then lent each other their horses, but with their eight horses were unable to extricate them. Soon afterwards the Regent, Bristol coach, and the Bath and Bristol mails, & c. arrived at this spot, and all these stuck fast. Iu their efforts to get free, traces, splinter bais, & e. were broken, and it was not till these were repaired, some strong plough horses obtained from a farmer's, and men got to remove some of the snow, and " dig up" the coaches thus cougregated in the drift, that they could be drawn from their fastness. Then they had to remain at ICennett while harness and coaches were restored to travel- ling order, and while some score of labourers were engaged in clearing the road so that fee coaches might get along— a clearance that they were obliged to make, with slight exceptions, for nearly two miles! It was not till near nine o'clock that the coaches could proceed, though by that time many of them should have been at their journey's end. GENTLEMANLINESS.— If I were asked to define what this, gent I cman liness is, I should say that it is ouly to be defined by examples— of those who have it, and those who have it not. In life, I should say that most military men have it, aud few naval; that several men of rank have it, and few lawyers ; that it is more frequeut among authors than divines ( when they are not pedants); that / enein</- niasters have more of it than dancing- masters, and singers than players ; and that ( if it be not an Irishism to say so) it is far more generally diffused among women than among men. Iu poetry, as well as writing in geueral, it will never make entirely a poet or a poem ; but neither poet nor poem will ever be good for any thing without it. It is the salt of society, and the seasouing of composition. Vulgarity is far worse than downright black- guardism ; for the latter comprehends wit, humour, aud strong sense at times; while the former is a sad abortive attempt at all things ' signifying nothing.' It does uot depend upon low theincsor eveu upon low language, for Fielding revels in both ;— but is lie ever vulgar f No. Y'ou see the man of education, the gentleman, aud the scholar, sporting with his subject,— ils master, not its slave. Your vulgar writer is always most vulgar the higher his subject; as the man who showed the menagerie at Pidcock's was wont to say, " This, gentlemen, is the Eagle of the Sun, from Archangel in Russia : the otterer it i » , the ighercr he flies."— Byron. SINGULAR DEPOSITION OF CARBONATE OF LIME. — A very strong leaden pipe which conveyed water into a basin, in the garden of the Palace of the Conservative Senate, the ci- devant Luxemburg, and which bad been used for thirty or forty years paBt, was discovered in the year 1800 at Paris. This pipe, when opened, was found to contain a sediment deposited by the water, which, hardeued by time, had become a sort of free stone, sufficiently close to strike fire with steel; the lead with which this was in contact, had undergone no change. Had the workmen taken the precaution to remove the lead, without touching the matter, they would h* ve pre- served a curiosity, unique iu its kind; a natural pipe from 2500 to 3000 feet long, of the most com- pact free stone, and an inch and a half in thickness In its whole diameter, there were counted about fifty concentric strata or coats. SH E RIFFS Appointed by his Majesty fur the year 1831. VOTING BY BALLOT. In reply to some ultra observations by the Member for Waterford, on the subject of voting by ballot, Sir Robert Wilson is reported to have characterised it as " an un- English practice; a lying, a fallacious, a deceptive system ; which enabled anil induced a man to sell himself and his country with impunity. In those states of America where the ballot was intro- duced, lie was informed by the Americans themselves, that there was far more dissipation, fraud, and in- justice, than in those states where votes were given openly. And in Mexico, where the new constitution was formed with every possible attention to liberty, the ballot scticme was decidedly rejected!" These remarks will assuredly find an echo in the great majority of the nation. What is the professed object of the ballot? To protect the voter from the vengeance of the person who has a natural claim to influence his suffrag*. He must then give strt- h suffrage without apprising the favourite candidate of Iiis friendly intentions ; and he must enjoy the grati- fication of'this discharge of a public duty, in solitary self applause ! None of the usual motives which actuate human conduct, can lie admitted to influence him. In the event of success, he can receive no congratulations from those who also supported the object of his choice; nor can lie feel his regret diminished by sharing wilh them his disappointment, in the alter- native of defeat. Thus this project, if adopted SHROPSHIRE— Sir Edward Joseph Sinjthe, of Acton Burnell Park, Bnrl. CHESHIRE - Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley, of Hooton, Bait. II BR EFOR DSHIRn— John Arkwright, of Hampton Court, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE— Thomas Fitzherbert, of Swinnerton Park, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE— Osman Ricardo, of Bromsberrow Place, Esq. NORTH WALES. ANGLESEY — Owen Owen, of Llanfignel, Esq. CARNARVONSHIRE— Rice Thomas, of Coedhelen, Esq. MERIONETHSHIRE — Hugh Lloyd, of Cefuhndig, Esq MONTGOMERYSHIRE— Robert Maurice Bounor, nf Bod- ynfol, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE — Wilson Jone « , of Gelligynnn, Esq. FLINTSHIBE — Sir Stephen Richard Glyiine, of Hawar- den Castle, Bnrt. SOUTH WALES. CARMARTHENSHI BE — Edward Hanily n A dams, of Mid- dleton ilall, Efq. PEMBROKESHIRE-- JnhiiMirehouse. of Rrownslnde. Esq CARDIGANSHIRE— John Palmer Bruce Chichester, uf Llaiihadnrn- fawr, Esq. GLAMORGANSHIRE— Richard Hoare Jenkins, of Llan- hnrrau, Esq. RRECONSUIRE— Fuller Mniiland, of Garth, Esq. KADSORSHIBE — Richard Dnppa, of L. tansiiay, Esq. fKteccllancous intelligence. PENSIONS.— The Manchester Chronicle says,— " Scotland squanders four and a half times as great a proportion of her revenue in pensions as England does; and in Ireland, where corruption always rises to the hrroic, the amount of this. species of waste is eightfold when compared with that of England.. ROOF OF TIIE THEATRE, OXFORD.— This build ing is famous for a roof, constructed out of small pieces of timber on the truest geometrical priaci pies. The space which this celebrated piece of workmanship covers, without the aid of columns, is eighty feet long and seventy broad, aud as beams could not be obtained sufficiently long to go the whole extent, the horizontal portion is composed of two tier of pieces, four above and three below, curiously dovetailed into each other, and then strapped close with bolts and bands of iron into the perpendicular posts which rise up, three in number, to join the sloping timber of the roof, The level line of wood below, which forms the flat ceiling, is supported by the construction of the diagonal spars, which have all the effect of an arch. Fifty years after its erection, a great weight of books having been injudiciously attached to this singular ceiling, some of the timbers yielded, and the rumour ran that it was falling : but experienced men were then employed to examine it, and they pronounced it sound and good, though it was sunk down in the middle eleven inches.— Family Library. INTERESTING STATISTICAL FACTS The Annuaire for 1831, which lias just been presented to the King of France by the members of the French Board of Longitude, contains some curious doc- umeuts rela- tive to the mortality and the population of France, and particularly relative to the progress of the population in the city of Paris, during the year 1829. It appears, by the calculation of M. Mathieu, that there arc in France 520,728 in- dividuals of from 20 to 21 years of age. Allowing the half of this number to be women, there would remain 260,364 men. This calculation supposes the population to be 30,000,000, which is about lhat of the kingdom. After alluding to the pro- gressive augmentation of the population from 1827 to lfc28, the author remarks, that the number of boys exceeds lhat of the girls, and observes, that if the total increase ( which is one out of 162) should continue in Ihe same ratio, the population would be augmented a tenth in 15 years, two- tenths in 29 years, half in 64 years, and lhat it would require 110 years lor it to be double what it is at present. The table of M. Duvillard gave only 28 years and three- quarters as the average duration of life before the revolution; but, according to M. Mathieu, its average duration is now 31 years and a half, which makes au increase of nearly three years, and indubitably is lo be attributed to vaccination, and the extension of the comforts of life among the lower classes of society. The births which took place, in Paris, iu 1829, amounts to 28,721, of which 14,860 were boys, and 13,961 girls. Of this number 18,568 were born in wedlock, and 10.153 were illegitimate. There were but 2,103 natural children of known parents. The marriages were in the following proportions:— Bachelors and spinsters 5,873, bachelors and widows 191; total, 7,123. During the same year, the number of deaths in private bouses were 15,268; in the civil and military hospitals and the prisons, 10,047 ; 270 bodies were found in the Morgue ; total, 25,591. Thus, in 1829, the births exceeded the deaths by 3,130. During Ihe year 1828 there were in France 128 persons who had attained their 100th year. IN the department of Dordogue 11, Gironde 13, and iu the Basses Pyrenees 10. There were but two iu the department ofthe Seine. It appears from the official returns, last made up, that the number of insolvent debtors discharged un- der the present Act, up to the end of 1829, amounted to 51,000; their debts, four millions sterling; assets averaged one farthing in the pound, and the expense of discharge £ 25 each prisoner. Not more than 61k out of every 1200 " estates" produced any assets at all! The annual salaries of the four commissioners amount to £ 11,254. Their travelling expenses ( which are necessarily great) are not included in this sum. We have been informed that the female part of Mr. O'ConnellV family have lately withdrawn from this country. France, we understand, is for the present to be their place of residence. This is an excellent comment on Mr. O'Connell's lectures on absenteeism! A pretty example this— and so soon, too, after the tribute !— Dublin Warder. ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.— This scheme of equal representation is usually accompanied with tha proposal for short periods of delegation, and other methods to mate tfie delegate speak the sense of his representatives. But, under this system, the great majority of representatives being persons without property, the security 6f property to those who had it would depend on the virtue of those who had none. If, on the other hand, it be supposed ( what I am inclined to admit) that among a people cousiderably informed, and capable of fixed habits, such as our countrymen, the inviolability of property may be safely trusted to the sense of right, a danger presents itself of an opposite nature. Property being secured to the individual, however largely it may have ac- cumulated, would probably operate with irresistible influence on the great mass of the labouring poor, pf which three- fourths of the electors would consist; and the union of two or three meii of large fortune, in every county Or district, would bear down every opposition from talents, activity, or virtue.— Memoirt of Dr. Currie. SPORTING ANECDOTE.— A few days ago, a gentleman residing iu tlie neighbourhood of Taun. ton, who is notorious for the strictness wilh which he guards his preserves, was visiting at the house of a friend, where he was introduced to a third gentleman, who was an utter stranger to him. In the couise of conversation, this latter personage, who affected con- siderable effeminacy and dandyism, intimated that he was very desirous of enjoying a day's shooting, at which sport, however, he was a mere tyro. The man of preserves looked at the querist, and in an unusual fit of generosity promised a day's pleasure. Ac- cordingly it was agreed that ou the next morning he should breakfast with liiin at his seat, and thence he would accompany him to the covers. Morning came, and with it our sportsman dressed, not in the usual shooting gear, but in a full ball dress, with dancing shoes instead of boots. His host stared, though rejoiced that nothing more formidable was about to be introduced into bis preserves. The meal con- cluded, he takes him to the window, " There is the cover ; I regret that I cannot accompany you." ( Had he been an evident sportsman, he would hare followed him like one of his own pointers.) The dandy went, and lo i proved to be an unfailipg marksman; the birds rose, and fell as quickly, until the keeper spied him— demanded his name— rushed to his master.—" He has my permission, John ; the pumps and silk stockings will only frighten the birds a little, aha!" " Why lord bless me, Sir, he's a knocking ' em down right and left— he's killed a bushel." Away runs the astonished owner— the stranger had already killed five hares, twenty phea- sants, and two woodcocks. Enraged, the owner eyes his martyred friends— an explanation ensues— the never- missing shot is warned off the manor— pumps, silk stockings and all.— It was Captain M——, a. celebrated sporting character. AN IRISH SECRETARY.— We give the following original and curious letters verbatim. It is necessa'ry to explain that the writer of the first communication is the identical Mr. Patt Connally, the writer of (. he second. This person, it appears, had been requested by a dying comrade to inform his friends ( when he should be no more) of the particulars of his death, but feeling some scruple at addressing a party uf whom he knew but little, Mr. Patt Connally penned the following letter to the mother, and actually signed it with the name of the deceased, as if it had been written by her departed son :— , " Seeumterhad, ? ept 30,1824.— My dear Mother,'— Y'our last letter that I received when I was in Ports- mouth left me in the greatest joy imaginable, hearing that you were in good health, but I was very sorry to hear that my brother Michael is not getting better at all; but thanks be to the Almighty God that he does expect for to get better some time or other, but it is not so with me. Dear mother, I was nine months in the hospital with the liver complaint, bnt glory be to God I am no more. I departed this life on the 9th of September, 1821. Dear mother,— It is my loving comrade that has wrote this my letter to you, and to let you know that I am no more. Dear mother,— Let this not frighten you, because the will of God mtist be done, for when the Almighty calls upon we must go, as he sent us into the w orld, therefore when he sends for us we must go. Give my last love to my brothers and sisters, and to all friends and relations, ana to all my acquaintances. Give jny last love to Mr. Bowen and his family, and to John Mordey, let them all know I am no more. Yours loveing son, " PETER MTLKTT." " My dear Friend,-— During the time your son was in hospital I could do no more than I did for him, I at- tended him during the whole time, night and day, as a comrade would do. " Y'our sincere friend, " PATT CONS A LIT." " Son to Andrew Connally, " Asgraph, county of Galway, Ireland.'" FIRE ENGINES.— Mr. John Ruthven has intro- duced some improvements into the construction of these engines which promise to be useful. In the first place, he has converted the up and down motion of the handles into a horizontal motion, which is a much more advantageous application of human power. Two sets of men, as numerous as is desired, a hundred for instance, might work at an engine which two or three could carry, by attaching two ropes to the handle on the opposite side, and pulling alternately. Hence an immense improvement in the portableness of the machine. The reciprocal hori- zontal motion is converted into a vertical one for the pumps, by a new and ingenious piece of mechanism for which Mr. Riithven has taken a patent. It con- sists of two friction rollers attached to the pump rod, playing within an opening against two cycloidal surfaces, but its nature could not be easily made intelligible without a diagram The friction is small, and the most perfect parallelism is preserved in the motion of the pump rods. It is easy for two persons to work the engine with one hand, and to hold directors, or spouting pipes in the other, and govern them perfectly. By simplifying all the apparatus to the utmost, Mr. Ruthven has greatly reduced the • tee, weight, and expense of these machines. One of his, which threw a strong jet of water in our pre- sence to the distance of nearly fifty feet, weighs Only from 35 to 40 pounds. It holds ten gallons. Mr. Ruthvcn's contrivance for working the engine hori- zontally can be applied to pumps of any construction, Including those of ships.— Scotsman. In Hilary Term last, a case of some im- portance was decided by the Court of King'* Bench, in the cause ff atts v. Friend, that au agreement for the sale of goods by the Winchester measure ( such agreement not specifically statinu what proportion such measure bears to the Imperial or Standard measure) is void by the 5th Geo. IV. beeause that act directs that all borgains, whercthere is no special agreement lolhccontrary, shall be taken to be made according to the Stand- ard measure, and where any special agreement shall be made with reference to any weight or measure established by local custom, the ratio or proportion which every such local weight or measure shall bear to the Standard weights and measures shall be expressed in such agreement, or otherwise such agreement shall be void. RANKIH> PTS, FEB. 1.— James Ralph Anghlerlony, of Great Ormond slreet, dyer Joseph Coulilock, of Reigale, Surrey, miller.— John Jackson, of Shnil Thames, Ilorsleydown, coal- merchant James Kidd, of Brook Green Terrace, Hammersmith, linker.— Strafford Spnrr, of Warnfnril Court, Tliroj; morion- street, merchant.— Rnht. Bond, of Plymouth, piinler. — . William tinnier, of Wignn, Lancashire, conch- niaker— Edward Hawksnnrlh. of Upper Bridge, Upper Thong, A linnndhiirv, Yorkshire, grorer Robert Hnskin, of Manchester, silk. mercer I'rniicis William Pnd. dnn, of Plymouth, printer John Penme of Sid bu ry, Devonshire, victualler.— Robert Thomson,' of Liverpool and Eurnstnn, Lancashire, merchant. Richard Tipton, of Gloucester, scrivener Williiini White, of Leamington Piiors, Warwickshire, initio!. • sterer. INSOLVENTS— George Insole, of Cardiff, Glamor- ganshire, brick- merchant.— Thomas Stevenson, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, joiner. SHltl-. WSBCKY PRINTED AND PUIILISHED BY WILLIAM RDBOWM AND JOHN ElinoWEt, COR. N- JLARKET.