PRINTED BY. JOHN EDPOWES, oiiriuit 4 ••• Jt i » • : » -.•• » • COllN- MAftKfcT, ^ HllEW& IMJiRY:' This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALKS Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shilliiins each. VOL. XXXVIII.— N° 1945.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1831. [ PRICE SEVKNPENCK. CHESTElt RACES. [ CONCLUDED.] TUESDAY. MAY 3. His Majesty's Plate of lOOps.; for four- year olils, fet.' ilb.; five, 8st. 10lb.; six and aged, 9st.; thrice round. Sir G. Pilot's cli. c. Cupid, 4 yrs ( AuTiun) 1 Mr. Houldsworth's l). f. Christiana, 4 yrs. ' 2 Mr. O. Gore's b. h. Porkington, 5 yrs 3 6 to 4 against the winner, * 2 to I against Christiana, and 1 to 1 against Porkingtotr. Porkinglon took the ^ „ . . lead and inaile all the running ; a beautiful race from Picturesque Antiquities are unrivalled in this or any the distance home, and won by half a length. other country. Tne whole series may be said to con- A Sweepstakes of 21) sovs. each, for three- year old . stitute a Cucloptedia of the Architectural! Antiquities fillies, 8st 41b. each; once round and a distance. | pJlEpglfttul. Some ot the large_ paper copies are out ' 2 3 Sir G. Pigot's b. f. Fairy". .'. 4 Lady Olivia against tile field, and in running ' 2 to 1. — Won very easy. Sixty G uincas ( clear), the gift of the Members for the City; for three- year old colts to carry Ost. 8b.; fillies 6st. Gib.; four- year old colts, 8st. lib.; fillies, 8st. lib.; two- mile heats. Mr. O. Gore's b. c. Jasper, 4 yts. ( DARLING) Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Thermometer. Sir T. Stanley's b. f. Lady Constance Mr. Hobson's br. f. Miss Gcorgiana Mr. Cooke's b. f. by Catton, 3 yrs Lady Constance the favourite.— A very good racc. WEDNESDAY. The Dee Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for three- year olds; Derby weights; once round and a distance- Sir R. Bulkeley's ch. f. lleseda ( QHAPPLK) Mr. Hoyle's b. f. bv Wanderer ,.... Sir T. Stanley's b. t. Lady Olivia BRIXTON'S ARCHITECTURAL WORKS. rpllR Publishers of the following splendid 1 and truly interesting works solicit the attention of AMIQI AHI I:-, AKCHITECTS, and all classes of CON- Noissmts, to their contents, and to the peculiarly faith- ful and beautiful style in which every department has been executed. In archaeological information, drawing, engraving, paper, aud printing, the Cathedral and of print, and will never be reworked ; and of the small paper only a very limited edition has been printed : whence the purchasers may be certain of good impres- sions. The most eminent draftsmen and engravers have been engaged in the different works, and all the publish- ed critiques both of our own and foreign countries have uniformly praised them for fidelity, beauty, and varied information. 0 2 11 0 I ' 2 2 1 3 dr 2 dr 3 dr A DICTIONARY of the ARCHITECTURE anil ARCHAEOLOGY of Ihe MIDDLE AGES; including the Words used by Old and Modern Authors in treating of Architectural and oilier Antiquities, & c. The Volume will contain at least Forty Engravings by J. LE KEUX, and be completed, in Four Paris, in the vear 1831. Price, royal 8vo. 12s. each; medium 4to. ' 21s.; imperial Ito. 31s. Gd. PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES of the ENGLISH CITIES; containing sty Engravings by Li: KF. UX, the owner of tile second horse to receive back his & c. and Twenty- four Woodcuts, of Ancient Buildings, stakes; if twelve, 100 sovereigns. Lord Derby's ch. c. by Tramp ( JOHNSON) 1 Sir T. Stanley's ch. f. Mima 2 Mr. Clifton's b. c. Tile Screw. 3 Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Con'est 0 Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Master of the Ceremonies... 0 Mr. F. R. Price's br. c. Birkenhead 0 Sir II. W. Bulkeley's br. f. Cat's Meat 0 Sir W. Wynne's br. c. Belmont 0 Mr. Giffard's ch. c. Marston 0 4 to 1 against Cat's Meat, 4 to 1 against Contest, 4 to 1 against Mima, 5 and G to I against The Screw, and 10 to 1 against the winner.-- After seven false starts they all got oft' well together, The Screw taking the lead for nalf- a- mile, when Master of the Ceremonies headed liiin, tile pace being very good. A most beautiful race ensued with the whole, and was won by only half a head; Mima beat The Screw by a head for second. The Stand Cup, value 100 sovs. the gift of the Stand Committee, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for all ages; twite round and a distance ; three- year olds 6st 101b.; four, 8st. 21b.; five, 8st. 101b.; six and aged ' Jst.; mares and geldings allowcd'ilb. Mr. Bcardswoith's br. c. Birmingham, 4 yrs. ( CHAPI'LR) 1 Mr. Clifton's b. h. Fylde, aged 2 Mr. Ormsby Gore's [>. c. Oldport, 4 yrs 3 2 to 1 oil Birmingham, 2 to 1 against Oldport, and 4 to 1 against Fylde.— Oldport took the lead, at a low pace, for half a mile, when Fylde headed him, and made strong running. At the Castle- pole Birmingham raine up, and after a sharp run the crack won by a n^ ck cleverly. Match— for 50 sovs. cacli, p. p — Two miles. Mr. Bailey's ch. g. by Sherwood, 3 yrs.( CnAi- i'i. n) 1 Mr. Cooke's br. g. by Monarch, 3 yrs 2 Even betting.— Won easy. Hunters'Stakes of 15 sovs. cach, 10 sovs. forfeit, for horses not thorough- bred: three- ycac olds, ' Jst.' T fotir, I() st. 101b.; five, list.' 51b.; six, list. 121b.; aged, 12st. Any horse having won a match, plate, or sweepstakes before the day of running, to carry 5lbs.; two, 7lbs.; three, lOlbs. extra. Two miles. Mr. J. Morris's b. c. Grumio ( SITING) 1 Mr. Cooke's br. g. Bhurtpore, 0 yrs 2 Two paid. 6 and 7 to 4 on Bhurtpore, who took the lead and maide the running. At the distance Grumio chal- lenged and won easy. Iu running 8 and 10 to 1 was freely bet on Blmrtpore. The Annual City Plate of 60 Guineas, given by the Corporation; for three- year olds, fist. 51b.; four, 8st.; five, 8st. I2lb.; six and aged Ost. 21b.; marcs and geldings allowed 21b.; heats, thric. c round. Mr. R. Turner's h. h. Navarino, 5 yrs...( SPUING) I 1 Mi". O. Gore's b. h. Porkiiigton, 5 yrs 2 dr 6 to 4 on Navarino.— Won easy. THURSDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three- year old colts, 8st. Gib.; fillies, 8st. 31b.; once ronrid and a distance. Mr. Turner's br. r. Shrlgley, 3 yrs ( SPUING) 1 Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. Tiberius, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Stephen Matthew's b. c. Walcot 3 6 to 4 against Shrigley; Sltrigley against the field; 2 to 1 against Tiberius ; an excellent start. 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Morda, iti the Parish of Oswestry, and are now in the Occupation of Mr. Joseph Warren and his Undertenants. BRYN MORDA is very pleasantly situated 3 Quarters of a Mile from Oswestry, on the itoad from that Town to Welsh Pool. The House contains two Parlours* Store Room, Nursery, Kitchen. and Back Kitchen, 5 good Lodging Rooms on the second Story, and 4 on the third, and good Cellars and Otit- ofli'ces. In Front a Garden slopes from the House towards the South, which renders it a very pleasant and agreeable Situation. Mr. WARREN will appoint a Person to shew tliq Premises; and for further Particulars apply to him, or to Mr. MINSHALL, Solicitor, Oswestry. took the lead at a great pace, with Shrigley well laid pr00fs and Etchings of'the Plates. in, and pulling hard. Spring let Shrigley out between the distance and the coming- in cliair, and won cleverly. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for two- year old col s, 8st. 31b. ; fillies, 8st.; three quarters of a mile. Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Chester, by Filho da Puta ( DARLING) 1 Mr. F. R. Price's b. f. Zorilda, by Truffle 2 Mr^ Giffard's b. c. by Brutaiulorf 3 1' lve not placed. 12 to 5 against Beardsworth's c. by Filho; 4 to 1 against Mr. Legh's ch. c. by Blacklock; 5 to 1 against Mr. Giffard's b. c. by Brutandorff. Mr. Giffard's took the lead at a rattling pace, and Zorilda wns a long way behind at starting. Prom the Castle Pole home a beautiful race ensued, Mr. Beardsworlh's colt winning cleverly. Zorilda was a good second. A finer field of two- year olds was never seen, A Free Handicap of 30 sovs. 10 sovs. forfeit, for live, six years, and aged horses, Two miles. Mr. Appletliwaite's b, in. Dandina, 5 yrs. ( ARTHUR) Mr. Toines's b. h. The Burgess, 5 yrs M r. Clifton's li. g. Lcly, 5 yrs 3 ' s b. li. Joceline, aged Sir T. Stanley's It. 4 A Cup value £ 70, in specie, the gift of the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor; heats, thrice round. Mr. Nanney's b. c. Penrhos, 4 yrs. ( CALLAWAY) 1 0 1 Mr. Turner's b. h. Navariuo 2 0 2 Mr. O. Gore's b. h. Porkinglon 3 dr Four drawn. 5 to 2 against Penrhos, and 3 to 1 against Navarino Hie first heat was well contested between Penrhos and Navarino and was won with difficulty. For the second beat, the two horses walked a considerable distance) when Spring began to trot Navarino, for the first time round, the other cantering in the rear. A fine display of jockcyship look place bet ween both of them when near home. Penrhos, no doubt, would have won the second heat, had he not been closely locked as the inside horse. For the third heat the horses went as slow as possible till they came to the last time round at the Castle- Pole, when Penrhos headed Navarino, and stole away from him, winning easy. FRIDAY. The Palatine Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for three- year old colts, Rst. 71b.; fillies, Rst. 21b.; the second horse to receive back his stake; if twelve, 100 sovs. Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Warwick, by Filho da Puta ( CHAPPLE) 1 Mr. Giflard's ch, c. Traveller, by Tramp 2 Mr. Clifton's b. c. Teetotum, by Lottery 3 Two not placed. Ten paid. 2 to 1 against Speculator; 3 to 1 against Traveller; 3 to 1 against Warwick ; 2 to 1 against Teetotum. A nrettv race, Warwick winning easily The Cheshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each; 15 forfeit, only 5 if declared, & c. Two miles ; the second horse to • save his stake. Mr. Beardsworth's b. h. Halston ( DARLING) I Mr. F. K. Price's b. h. Fag .. 2 ' I wo not placed. Three declared forfeit. Four paid. 4 to 1 against Fag; ' 2 lo 1 on Halston. Halston started last, and continued so till he came within the rails, he lay seven or eight lengths out of his ground, and came up to his horses half- way between the distance, and won by half a head. The Roodee Stakes of 10 sovs, each, h. ft. with 50 added; for three- year olds that have run during the week. Sir R.* W. Bulkeley's b. f. Miss Maria .. ( CHAPPLB) 1 Mr. Nanney's b. f. Wedlock 2 Three not placed, 2 to 1 against Lady Olivia; 5 to 4 against Miss Maria ( late Cat's Moat), who won easy. The Ladies' Purse, value £ 50, for bealen horses Heats; the second horse to receive £ 10. Mr. Nanney'i hi. f. Gcorgiana ...( CALLAWAY) 1 1 Mr. E. Hobson's br. f. Miss Georgiana 2 0 Three not placed. COCKING.- - Earl of Derby, 22m. 5b.; Henry Bold Houghton, Esq. 12m. 4b. The HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of BATH ABBEY CHURCH, with 10 Engravings, by J. & H. LE KEI X. Royal8vo. £ 1; medium 4to. £ 1. Us. Gd.: imperial 4to. £ 2. 2s. THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN; consisting of 278 Engravings of Castles, Churches, Old Mansions, Crosses, & c.; with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Subject. 4 Vols, medium lto. £ 21.; large paper, £ 32half- bound. THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF NORMANDY; consisting of 80 Plates, engraved by J. and 11. 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Taylor, STALLION FOR THE SEASON, 1831. i T the CASTLE INN, Bishop's Cas- a. tie, Salop, Thorough- bred Mares at Ten and a Half Sovereigns ; Half- bred Ditto, Three Guineas, Grooms included : the celebrated Horse, FLEXIBLE, ( Bred by the Right Hon. the Earl of Egrefhont,) by Whalebone, Dam Themis, by Sorcerer, purchased by Mr. Weatherby, of the Earl ofEgreniont, for the Breed- ing Stud of his Majesty the King of Prussia, her Dam Ilanna, by Gohauna, Humming Bird, ( Sister to Catherine, Colibri, and Young Camilla, the Dam of Mandaneand Allegretta,) by Woodpccker, < amilla, by Trentham, Coquette, by the Comptori Barb, Sister to Regulus, the Sire of the Dam of Eclipse, by the Godolphin Arabian. Whalebone, Brother to Whisker, Wofnl, and Web, liy Waxy,' Dam Penelope, by Trumpator, Prunella, by Highflyer, Promise by Snap, Spectator's Dam by Partner, Bonny Lass by Bay Bolton, Darley's Ara bian,( the Sire of the Flying Childers,) Byerley Turk Taftblet Barb, Place's White Turk, Natural Barb Mare Waxy by Pot- 8- o's, by Eclipse, out of Maria, by Herod. Sorcerer by Trnmpator, by Conductor, by Matchem, Dam Young Giantess, the Dain of Eleanor, the only Winner of both Derby and Oaks ever produced ' In Flexible are thus united the Blood of Matchem Herod, and Eclipse, without an unfashionable t^ oss Flexible is one of the best Sons of Whalebone, and as always; remarkable for his hard,' ' unflinching Honesty. He won eleven Times before he was 5 Y'ears old, frequently with very disadvantageous Weights. Gentlemen Breeders are requested to view his Stock, which arc very large, muscular, and proportionate. Amongst others, Thorough- bred, are Mr. Painter's, Stafford, Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart.' s, Mr. Ball's, New port, Herefordshire, all engaged at Stourbridge, 1832, Mr. Thomas: Bodenham's, Mr. Glee's ( yearling), also engaged at Stourbridge, 1833, H. Montgomery Camp- bell's, Jisq. & c. & c. Apply to the Proprietor, Mr. JAMES BACH, Bishop's Castle, who has Hovels and Foaling Boxes, and every other C HEE LEY'S UlIADloailAPllIC PENS. fg^ H ESF. Fens are so manufactured as to « answer all the Purposes of Pens made from the best Quills, without subjecting the Writer to the Inconvenience of mending. They are used in most of the Public Offices, Banks, & c. and can be confidently recommended as superior to any Metallic Pen hitherto produced. Sold on Cards, containing Six Pens, at Is. or in a Box Is. 3d.: on Cards containing Twelve Pens at Is. 6d. or iu a Box with a Handle 2s. 3d ; Heeley's Port- able Pens for the Pockel, Price Gd. each ; Mosaic Gold Sliders, Is. each. 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Light Post Coach, every Morn ing at Half- past Eight, through Birmingham and Coventry, arrives at the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, London, punctually at Seven o'Clock the following Morning. Inside Fare, £ 2. 2s. 0d.— Outside, £ 1. Is. Od. The ROCKET, very fast Post Coach to London, every Morning at Eleven o'Clock, by Way of Ox- ford, calls at the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, and arrives at the Spread Eagle, Gracechnrch- street, pre- cisely at Half- past Eight the following Morning. Inside Fare, £ 2. ' 2s. 0d.— Outside, £ 1. Is. Od. The TRIUMPH, Post Coach, to London every Evening at Ten o'Clock, to the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, Blossoms Inn, Lawrence Lane, and White Horse, Fetter Lane, London, where it arrives the following Evening at Seven o'Clock. Inside Fare, £ 2. 2s. 0d.— Outside, £ 1. Is. Od. N. B.— Reduced Fares have taken Place bv all the Coaches which leave the TALBOT OFFICE to different Parts of the Kingdom.— All Parcels for- warded by the above Coaches for Loudon, will be left at the Office nearest to the Address, by which an im- mense Saving will be effected in Time and Porterage. Performed by tile Public's very obedient Servants, JOHN JOBSON & Co. convenience. A FALSE ALARM. Rees, Orme, ; .1. Brilton, Architectural Library, High llolborn. PLOUGHM AN'S DROPS. A quarrelsome Cat, of a foe ill pursuit, One mornini? encountered a reflecting- Hoot, From 30, Ihe Strain!, and preciiujf lier back, Commenced on the Jet a most furious attack, Her shadow an enemy seeming ; And hideously squalling, she placed oil the rack The family, of jeopnrdy deeming; But known when the cause of Ihe tumult, not lacking- Was laughter— the incident teeminir. With proof of tlie merits of WARREN'S Jt- t Blacking! A Mcdicinr prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmery SUPERIOR TO ALIL THE PREPARATIONS I N THE WORLD, For tho Cure of the Venereal Disease, the Kin « 1i Evil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arisin< » ; from Impurity of tho Blood. This easy- shinino- and brilliant tracking, PIIKPA 11 ED CY ROBE III' WARREN, 30, STRAND, LONDON; And SOLD in EVERY TOWN in the KINGDOM. Liquid, in Bottles, nnd Paste Blacking, in l'ots, nt 6< l — U2il. and I8cl. each. Dc particular to enquir e fo « • VYARRKN'S, .' 30, STRAND. ALL OTHERS ARE COUNTERFEIT. ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS. Copy of a Ixiter from Mr. Ton I hex, linker, of But well) near Nottingham, to Messrs. John Lignum and Son, Manchester. HUE PLOUGHMAN'* DROPS are L so well known throughout Shropshire, and indeed throughout the Kingdom at I'irge, for the Cure of the nhove Disorder*, and without the Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled iu theij Effects. And their Ktncacy has been attesten in numberless lustanee*; many of them on Oath before the Magistrates of Shrewsbury ; thus establishing their Pre- eminence over the Nostrums of ignorant Quacks, and over the more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Case* of FKMAI. B DKBILITY, TURN OP LIFR, nnd m » v other AlHiciion of the Body arising from a changed or vitiated Sy « tem, the PLOU( iHMAN" DUOPS may be relied upon for a certain and speedv Cure. N. B. Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv- ing System of 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'} Ploughman's Drops" ( all others are spurious), £ 1. ' 2s. the large, and lis. the small. Duty in. eluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of JOHN KDDOWBS, and Cook- ton, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeate* Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth; Griffiths, Ludlow; Wuidson, Welshpool; Price, Os westry ; Bangh, Ellesmere ; Bvanson, Whitchurch ; Hurley, Dravton; Silvester, Newport; Went, Leominster ; i\ Ir. Nix, I, Itoyal Exchange, London; and of all Medicine Vende*: May be had of ihe following Agents:— SHREWSBURY— Eddowes, Corn Market. Aster ley, Frank well. Bratton and Co. Wyle Cop. Whittle, Ditto. IM ot tram, Mar dpi. Hudson, Ditto. Humphreys, Ditto. Richards and Cook, Ditto. Evans, Ditto. Roberts, Castle Foregate. Ward, High Street. Morris, Milk Street, i, JoneSj Cast le Gates. OB WE BT R Y— Pr IE E ( CRB** Street), Jones, Edwards, Lloyd, and Bickerton and Williams. ELLKSMKUK— l'ovey, Furmstoue, Turner, Baugh. WEM— Franklin, Onslow. NEWPORT— B R i 11 a i n, H a R11 e Y. LUDLOW— Hodson. Tyler, Ash croft, Harding. WENLOCK— Cliveley, Trevor. IRON BRIDGE— Glazehrook. COALBROOKDALE— Fletcher. BRIDGNORTH— Morris, Williams, Nicholas. STOURBRIDGE— Mansell& Webb, Pagett, Richards, Bradshaw, Heming. BISHOP'S CASTLE— Powell, Bright. NEWTOWN— Goodwin, Williams, Jones. MONTGOMERY— Brown, Bostock. WELSHPOOL— Griffiths, Evans, Jones, Dax, Davie?,* Roberts. LLANYMYNF. CH— Griffith, Broughton. LLANSAINTFFRAID— Griffiths. BALA— Charles, Jones. Bui well, near Nottingham, Sept. 27, 1828. GENTLEMEN, IHAVE frequently regretted that 1 have not in times past made that acknowledgment which is justly due for the benefit my family has derived from vour excellent medicine, the ANTI- SCOIUUJTJC DROPS. My son Willju..., Avhen about year old, was afffieted with the Measles, which left a spot on his leg. This soon ulcera ed and spread, forming a large wound. The surgeon to Whom we applied succeeded in healing the ulcer, hut almost immediately afterwards an ulcer appeared upon his face, and the bov was dreadfully afflicted with running sores upon his neck and body ; the discharge of mat- ter WIIS so great, that we weie obliged daily to change his linen. The physicians aud surgeons in the neigh- bourhood were applied to, but their skill was iu vain; several other remedies we resorted to proved equally ineffectual, and the sufferer continued a poor and miserable object, almost bent double for near 20 vears. At tiiis lime I heard of the virtues of your inotiniah! medicine, and after taking six bottles, which I pur- chased from Mr. Sutton, of Nottingham, an amend- ment began lo lake place, and perseverance in taking four bottles more effected a perfect cure. It is now six years since this was accomplished, for which 1 re turn von my unfeigned thanks, and wish you to make it public, for the benefit of those who may be simi- larly afflicted. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOHN FOUI. KES To Messrs. John f/ ignum & Sou, Surgeons, Manchester. N. B. I know several other instances of extrarirdi. narv cures, performed by your Antiscorbutic Drops in this village. Those who doubt the truth of the above case, may apply personally, or by letter ( Post- paid) to Mr l- oulkes, or Mr. Sutton, Bookseller^ Nottingham. ' All applications by letter to be post- paid. These Drops are sold in moulded square bottles at •? s 9< l.— 4s. ( id. & lis. each, by John Lignum & Sou, 1 .1T; I. ..... I BEARS' GREASE. r|" HIIS Article penetrates much quicker, fi mid letiiitia ils Moislure longer lluui any olltrr Aninnll or Vegeliilile Oil, HIID intiv ensilv lie known bv ils AppeiwMtce. JAMES ATKINSON, Perfumer, re « | ie « n'ully informs tlie Public, llint lie _ regularly rect- iveii n Supply from a respeelnble House in Itussia, anil it is sent out in Pols without tlie least admixture, except llie Perfume, anil ia sold in London liy llie following Perfumers : — Messrs. Holler and Sons, Medicine Venders, Clicapnide ; and Messrs. Barclays, I'leet Market, Wholesale Agents; nod llelnil liy Mr. John Nightingale, Perfumer, Mr. Win. Niglningiile, Perfumer; Mr. Samuel Holme, Perfumer; and Mr. J O. Holme, Perfumer, Shrewsbury ; and by most respectable Perfumers in Ihe Country. N. B. A* ' lli » Article is yerv generally counterfeited, nnd sold in the Country under the tict it ions Names of ' William Atkinson, Alkius and Son,' Sic. ihe genuine may he known by observing ihe Name nod Address, islinct on the Label, and also a small Address Stamp printed in Colours, resembling n Puient Medicine Stamp 39, New Bond Street, and 41, Gerrard Street, January, 1830. Jt -'., . •; i To the Freeholders of England. If you reflect, ynn will discover, before it is loo late, the pr cipice toward* wliitli you are being blindly pushed. The ministers know this full well. Why el> e their furious baste to dissolve parliament ? Why the fudgeil- up prelencc that the Supplies weie stopped; Why! bo* because they knew that if lliey- give you time, if they honestly appeal lo public opinion, their blunders, their mischief, their contra* dictions will be exposed to every eye. They know that the delusions of the periodicals cannot last long — they trust lo the excitement of the moment for n parliament, which will render llom all- powerful: I will, if possible, open your eyes. I will lose 110 opportunity of appealing from passion ( o reason— ami of laving before you such facts and arguments as may induce you to pause. I call upon you to consult history anil experience. From the hour that the popular portion of the French legislature were placed in a position which brought them into conflict wilh what were called llie privileged orders— the first thing they did was to wrest from those orders their privileges. The latter immediately were annihilated— the weight of mcro numbers prevailed— and in consequence what was called the balance of the constitution was destroyed. llut the power of numbers extended beyond I IK' house of representatives. The people nt iargc be- came, in fact, the deliberative and legislative body. The government was without power or stability. Sometimes noisy declaimers — sometimes clubs ami associations— and sometimes armed mobs, dictated to the National Assembly, or changed the administra- tion, till bankruptcy anil poverty, anarchy and civil war, atheism and lust, and desolation became abso- lute, and involved even the purest naan iu horrors and miseries of which he bad no conception. I know you are told this was an extraordinary: case. But this is mere assertion. I appeal to fact";. When our own House of Commons did tluensftmc thing, and overthrew the balance, by assuming all the powers of the state, did not the same thing fallow > Did not all the tyranny and the w hims of the w ildest theorists and democrats vex this kingdom till, split into factions and worn with misery, it becamc th4 prey of an artful and. daring usurper; " For when they caineto shape the model, Not one could til another's noddle; While ev'cy individual brother Strove hand to fi? t against another; And still the maddest and most crack'd, Were found the busiest to transact." Will not this always lie the case? I put it to your own common sense. Do not be cheated with the cry that we are more enlightened now. Human i ature is not altered. If you can have a doubt upon the subject, look at facts again— look at lJelgitini— look at France. What do they exhibit; a population like a dark ocean, never still — swelling and threatening at every breeze— raised in fury and destruction by every blast. Look at the government of these people, changing every month— every week almost obliged to call out one half its popunlation in order to keep down the other. Look nt them, with their funds down— their national credit lost— their internal trade stagnating— their commerce tailing— their workmen unemployed — ( 1,000 bankrupts since the glorious re- volution of July last— every thing about them exhi- biting, in awful contrast, the prosperity of theirfornier state, wilh the empty wretchedness of the fruits of popular ascendancy ! Pause, 1 entreat you. Ta|; c the tiouhle to under- stand the meaning of the word reform. I- ook into the ground- work of its premises. The deceitful * r" r- rp*> nf the desert often exhibits to the deluded visions of wcarv and thirsty pilgrims the fairy appearances of refreshing verdure and pellucid waters, but the tu glit, beauteous scene vanishes upon closer inspection. • The specious haze twinkles over those fatal sands, which tlie next moment may rise in their cnuntlrss multitude, to swell the pestilential vapour of the simoom, and overwhelm, with indiscriminate destruction, t' e miserable travellers, whose steps had just be lure been cheered by its fantastic and imaginary blessings. I am for reform. Hut I deny that this bill is reform. I contend that it is au imposture, a mirage, in almost every part of it. It promises wealth, but leads to poverty. II promises a fair representation, but it practices an unfair one.— It pretends to liberality, but it is enforced by tyranny. It pretends to appeal to reason, but it is supported by threats. It pretends to rest upon public opinion, but it dares not wait for 111" formation of public opinion It is-' forced forward lest the delusion and excitement of Ihe public mind should subside— lest argument and sound examination shool I show the people its baseless and empty fabric. It U a mirage. It assumes the appearance of reform, but it is in reality revolution. TO MOTHERS AND NCKSES. Surgeons, ( 53, Bridge Street, Manchester ; also by liddovves, Shrewsbury ; Smith, Irouhridge ; G. Gittoll, Bridgnorth; Petinel, Kidderminster; Colliuan, Stour- bridge ; Minion, Turnet, Dudley; Smart and Parke, Wolverhampton; Valentine and Throsbv, Walsall; Biitterworth, T. & W. Wood, Hudson, Beilby mid Knoll, Birmingham ; Merridew, Uolhisou, Coventry' Baagh, Ellesilieie ; Piiiliier, Wrexham ; Poole and Harding, Monk, Chester; Diilterworth, Nantwich j Iteeves, Middlevticli; Liiidop, Smidbach; Davirs, Noiiliwicli; Bell, Aliriitchnm; Claye, W. 4c A. Gee, Stockport; Wright, Macclesfield; Lowe, l. eek ; Hor- deru, Cheadle ; nud all respectable Medicine Venders in every Markel Town. Of whom also mav be had, Mr. Ligntlm's Improved VEGETABLE LOTION, lor all Scorbutic Eruption., price 9d. duly included. Mr. Lignum's SCURVY OINTMENT may now be had of the above Agents, price ls. Ud. each Pot, duly included. MRS. JOHNSON, THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY PKOPK1ETOR OF THE Cfcl. EBUATED " Johnson's American Soothing Syrup,' FOR CltlLDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH, BEGS to inform the Public* and es pecially those Lndies who have honoured her by using the above Medicine, in Preference to any other, for Infants suflering from Dentition, ( the Pain attending which it has immediately relieved^ during the Experience of the last Twenty- five Years,) that, finding the Fatigue of preparing the said Medicine greater than her Health will allow her to continue, and desirous that the Medicine IIiav be dispensed in all its origi tal Purity and Effect, she has disposed of the Secret for making the MI id Syrup to her Friends, Messrs. BARCLAY AND SONS, of Farringrunn Street, London, who will faithfully prepare the s-. iiiie, under her immediate Direction. Mrs. Johnson, therefore, earnestly requests all Purchasers to take Notice, that the Stamp affixed to each Bottle of the genuine Johnson's American Soothing Syrup" will hereafter contain the Names of " Barclay and Sous," without which it cannot he genuine; and much Evil may arise to Infants from neglecting- this Caution j some unprincipled Persons having published spurious Imi- tations. Price of llie genuine JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SVRUP, 2s. 0d. per Bottle, Duty included j und Sold by all respectable Venders of Medicine. TWENTY GUINEAS REWARD. TO SHOPKEEPERS OTHERS. WHEREAS, an Injunction lias been obtained in the Court of Chancery, to restrain THOMASBIU. ING, Printer, Bermondsey Street, Borough, under the Penalty of £ 1WX), from printing or vending Labels, being Copies or Colourable Imitations of those affixed to the Bottles containing " Real Japan Blacking prepared by DAY aud MARTIN, 97, High llolborn." This Caution is to prevent any Person incurring the like Peiuilty, by purchasing or using? Such Labels, and to offer the above Reward for sufficient Evidence of any. Printer committing a similar Otfence. Mar " BANKHUPTS, Arnn. 20.—. John Bourlco RicVelts, of tjeadeniiall- street, merchant.—- Wm. Smith, of Fli^ b^ field- street, Liverpool, grocer.— Beniafttin nerthoii, of Kingsland- road, coal- nrerchant. lohn Finney, of Charlotte- street, Portla- id- plnre.—* John Paxton, ifln, of Berwick- upon- Tweed, linen- draper.-—- Benj. Geo, Tophain, of New. road, Marylebone, victualler.—. Thomas Tatchell, of Snow- hill, taverii- kee( C - — Christian William Tittfriisof, of Little Lovc- lauo, City, button- seller.— William Cairipalti, of Oeverell- strect, Dover- road, linen- draper.—- Hugh . Tones, V. f New Samui, Willshiie, waggon- proprii t > r. - - Win. W iklcy, of Laugport, Somersetshire, ironmonger.- - Thomas Bush, ol Bceston, Nottinghamshire, larc- mumfaelurer. [ ostfph . Snialley, ot Arnold, Noltiuglmmshire, builder.--- Francis Sanderson, of Great Ayton. York- shire, shoemaker.— Wi lam Clark BroinliV) of Se. ul- cUii'cs, Yorkshire, wharfinger.— Janics Sbeplieid, of Liverpool, stonemason.— William Westrnp, of Bred- field, Suffolk, miller.— Solomon l. ycln, i f P. yt o ' lit, silversmith.— John Mather Crisdi'v, of Manchester, upholsterer.— Ilenry tirowirug, of Cambridge, inu- k- eper.--- Thomas Hooper, of H uelhury Bryan, Dor- setshire) baker.— John Rlackall and Mi es Bilfeld Filby, of Langbourne Chamber-, FiMichuro'i- stroet, ship- brokers — Christopl c We. bsier, Jun. of Man- chester, currier.--- George Elwell Jackson, nf Birming- liam, dealer iu iron.—- John Kerby and John Ruldms Kerby, of Leices'er, hosiers. INSOI. VF. NTS.-'- John Touts, of Kensington, grocer.—, Joseph Barlierj of Matiches er, manufacturer. BA. vmtcers, MAT O.— Charles Frederick Rurlnii. of High llolbcrii, glass. culler. — Alt- sunder Mount Greilf, of Crew kerne, Somerset, wine merchant. Rowland Jones, or Cornhill, busier and irloier_,| n_ seplius Ueddoniej of Mauchestei t dry sailer.— Willium Conllhnrd Broeklehank. of CuniOerlllllll, callle- deater. — Michael 0" ve, of Maidstone, Kenl, ji rneer & cheese- inongrr.— William llenton, of Nottingham, urneer.— John Johnson and Thomas Hannah, of Leeds, drapers, — John Osborne, jun. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire, Surgeon.— Charles Pulfrex man, of Manchester, ealic - printer.— John Poller, of Charlton row, Mancbesler, and William Maude, of Ditrwen, Lancaster, caticn- printers.— Charles Poller and Edmond Poller, and Samuel Roberts, of Manchester, mid Dinliutr, Itcrhv- shire, calico printers.— Joseph Sanders, of Ltiiinees. ton, tallow- chandler.— John While, of Hicham, Der- by , chandler. * I fisoi. vF. NTS -.- Edward Raj ly and Robert Smart, of Basiiiglmll- sircel, warehousemen— J. din King, of St. John's Place, Bnili, vicinuller.--. James Walter Lyon, of Dalhy- ter ace, City- road, hiewer.—. George Itich- ardaon, of Derby, whaifinger. SALOPIAN JOmWAE, AMW COURIER OF WALE^ m LONDON, Monday Evening, May 9, 1831. PRICTS OF FUNDS AT TTLK CLOSE. lt" d. 3 per Cents. 3 j » er tint. Com. 82 § New 3' jlerCent. 31 pel- Cents lied, ^ yj 4 per Cents. 97J Hunk Stock 2QQ± New Ann. — India Bonds 1 jlii. 1 pm. India Stock - 20? Exchcq tiillk G Consols t'di' Account 82j T| ie intelligewe fhitn Poland for tl: o last two days is rather contradictory. ' Ihe Poles have certainly sustained tv defeat under the command of General Sierawsfei, of which both the Russian and Polish ac rotthls haie been received. ' I hey agree in Ihe result bf the battle, hut, as may be expected, differ very considerably i . tfie details, the loss of the Poles, in their own aceohtit l « ' inj> 2001); in the'Hnssian aciount tiOOO. On the v. hole, howevt r, taking it in any point of view, it does not seem to he of great importance as regards ihe ultimate fate of the campaign. The Russian armies are n » » ery active motion, and a general impression prevails that a great battle has ttf- en already fought between the main armies under the command of Diehitseh and Skrzynecki. Lettcs from France maintain that the Innuer has been utterly iltfealed- With Ihe loss of 11,000 men, hut there does Uot seem to I e any secure foundation for this report. Anolher week, however, cannot elapse without our receiving decisive intelligence one way or other. Bombay papers lutre reached this country fo the date of Cor. 21. The Earl of Clare, the lieiv go- vernor, had not then arrived. It is » ported that news has reached the India House, that serious in- Sorrections had broken out iu the north- western pro- vinces, aud that liunjeet Sing was in the field wiih fit), 000 men, It is believed there is some foundation for the rumour, hut lo what extent lias not trans- pired. It is with much regret ( says the l. ihr'ary Gazette) we learn by letters w tiieh w e received on Thursday, the untimely fate of Captain Foster, of his Majesty's ship Chanticleer, who has been employed for the last three years on a scientific expedition iu various parts of the globe, and was about to return to Ih country. Captain Foster had left his ship, for the purpose of making a series of rocket observations on the Isthmus of Panama ; aud ou his return down u small and shallow river iu a canoe, lie is said to liave lulled overboard, nnd to liutfe been drowned. But strong suspicions exist lor believing that this Jofing, gifted, mid meritorious officer was most Ireacherously murdered. € tje Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1831. COUNTY ft LEG 1 ION. Ou LOUIS'S DA Y NEXT, May ihe 15//*, TYVO SERMONS it- ill be preached ai SWAN HILL VHAPEL, in this Town, on Behalf of tM. Sunday Schools connected with that 1' lace, by the Rev. WILLIAM JAY, of BATH. Service to com- mence in the Morning at. Half- past Ten, and in the JSvening at a Quarter- past Six o'Clock. BIRTHS. On thfi Gtji inst. at Adderley Hall, the Lady of Ritfoard Corbet, Esq. of a daughter. On the 5th inst. ftJrs. Uvedale Corbett, of a son. MARRIED. On the f> th inst. at St. Mary % Bridgnorth, t> y the Rev. J. Pnrton, Thomas Pardoe Purton, Esq. eldest son of William Purton, Esq. of Faintree, i this county, to Caroline Frances, daughter of the lale Lionel Lam- pet, Esq. of Bridgnorth. On Monday last, at Oswestry, by the Rev. T. Sal- wey, Vicar, the Rev. George Wharton, to Ellen, only child of John Hunt, Esq. On the 28th ult. at Harpsden, Oxford, Vincent Vaughan, Esq of the Grove House, Caversham, to Mary Anne, only daughter of the late T. Hussey, Esq. of Pinkney House, near Maidenhead. On the 27$ ult. at St. Philip's, Liverpool, Charles Wilding Jones, Esq. second son of Charles Jones^ Esq. of Oswestry, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Win. Preston, Esq. of this town. DIED. On the 2Sth ult. at Bettws, Denbighshire, Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. John Fleming Stanley, and daugh- ter of the late Rev. Thomas Sampson, of Bosham, Sussex. On the 4th inst. aged 88, Alice, relict of Mr. Richard Cotton, of Rushton, in this county. On ' the 7th inst. at the Hill Farm, near Baschurch, in this county, much respected by all who knew him, Mr. Joseph ( hums, ill his 7£ 2d year. Pa tlie 3d inst. Margaret, widoAv of the late Mr.' Samuel Davusy of Ch^ lwall Lawn, in this county. On the ' 2ist ult, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. J'. Hyde, of Stottesden, in this county. On Saturday last, Robert, infant Soft of Mr Price, of Chilton, near this town. On Sunday last, in the 69th year of her age, Catha- rine, wife of Mr. W. Griffiths, painter, St. John's Hill, after a severe affliction of many years, which she bore with exemplary fortitude. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infifmarv, the Rev. J. E. Compson :— House- Visitors, John Eaton and Rk'bard Drinkwater, E. sqrs. Additional Subscribers from Mid summer next. Messrs. George and Edward Adney, Much pf'irriCoCft £ 2 2 0 George Compson, Esq. Cleobury 42 0 Donation and Subscriptions to Saint Chad's Girts' School. DONATION. Rev. Richard Scott £ 1 10 SUBSCRIPTIONS. Jonathan Scarth, Esq 0 10 0 Miss Titdor, College Hill 0 5 0 Mr. Smith, Claremont Bank ....!. 0 5 0 The proceedings of our county election will be found accurately detailed in our Columns this day ; nnd the feeling of this important county is, we think pretty accurately shown by the state of the poll. It i « always with regret that we animadvert upon the sentiments and expressions of men of respectability, and to whose situation in life it is our duty as it is our wish to pay every deference. Mr. Tayleur is a very young man, and we think knows little of human na- ture, and still less of what is doe to his own station and the honour of his country, or he would never have ventured to have spok- n as he did with reference to the physical strength of the people: if such a doctrine were to gain proselytes, there would be an end of all law and all government. If, however, Mr. Tayleur may be excused as a vert, young man, not so Sir John Wrottesley, whose idle and heartless remarks- wc had almost said buffoonery— did any thing but reflect credit upon his rank and experience. We refer with pleasure to the triumphant reply that was made to him by Mr, Pelhum, and to the catechising that he got at the hands of a honest and respectable farmer who, with the great body of his equally valuable class in this county, are not so blind to their own interests and the interests of their country as not to perceive that, if the parties who now want to carry ( he Reform BiiJ once effect their object, they will soon blot out every law from the statute book that now gives pro tiction to the British agriculturist If any other proof were wanting that the cry for Reform i, merely a steppping stone of the free- traders aud political economists, we had it on Monday ; for who should be among the warmest opponents of our late Members but that mo* t assured friend of the foreign corn' grower, Mr. Wolryche Whitmore! An incident that occurred in one of the polling booths on Monday, will illustrate this point better than any other argu- ment. A miller went up to poll, and gave his vote for Mr. Lloyd j turning from the place on which he bad stood to give his vote, he saw a worthy farmer whom he well knew, and to whom he * aid, " If Vo » want to vote for a liberal man, vote for Mr. Lloyd." To which the honest freeholder replied—" i\ o! I shall vote for Hill and Pelham: you may get as niucjj by fir hiding ' FOREIGN corn as by grinding English ; but when the Libera la aud Heformcn have abolished the corn laws, ai what price am 1 lo grow English corn?" ' I he miller walked off, and the freeholder gave his hearty su. Tragc lo our late worthy representatives. The Viscount Clive and the Hon. R. II. Cljvc have been returned for Ludlow, without opposition— W. Wolryi he Whitmore, Esq. and James l o tcr, FMJ, ( of Stourhridg. ) have been returned for Bridgnorth with- out'opposition. Sir Wat kin Williams Wynn, Bail, was, on Friday last, re- elected for the County of Denbigh without jop position. in our Fair, yesterday, Fat Sheep sold at 6d. per lb.— Strong Store Pigs * 0ld at the prices of last Fair, bql small ones were ratlin lower. The election of Representatives to serve in Purlia- trienl for the County of Salop commenced on Monday morning last.— Sir Rowland Hill, Bart, and J Cress'tt Pelham, Esq. were each accompanied into town by a most numerous cavalcade of highly- respectable free- holders.— William Lloyd, Esq. was also attended by a numerous body of friends. At ten o'clock the High Sheriff ( SiVE. J. Smythe, Bart ) opened his Court in the usual'form at the Shire Hall, and then adjourned to the Castle Yard, as usual on such occasions, where a large body of freeholders and others were assembled JOHN M\ TTON, Esq. said, before the Candidates were proposed for ttie suffrage's of the Electors, he begged to claim their notice for the purpose of ob- serving, that as they were then in the , Court Yard of one of the Candidates, he should move that they now adjourn to the Quarry, in order that they might not trespass on the hospitality of that candidate fur- ther than was necessary. J. CfcfcfeSF. TT PELIIAM, Esq. said, as he had declar- ed it publicly in writing, so he would now do it by words, that he considered his pretensions to represent the county to be good. Mr. Mytton had certainly a right to come forward, and he only regretted that that gentleman had not. sooner made his appearance. For himself he always had exerted himself, and always should do so to the best of his ability, to main- tain old- established customs. Before he became a candidate, he asked the noble proprietor of the Castle whether he was to give admittance to the Castle Yard on these ( ccasions; and that noble lord had acqui- esced in his doing so. He would therefore leave the question in the hands of the freeholders. The HIGH SHI- RIFF said, that as they had ad- journed to the Castle Y'ard, the business must, be transacted there. Sir ANDREW CORBET, Bart, said, the Candidate he had the honour to propose to them had been too long known to them to require any comment from him relative either to his conduct as a Member of Parliament or his character as an individual. He would appeal to the freeholders of this impoitant county, whether they would not best consult the interests of their King aud their Country, and shew their attachment to Old England, by sending up Members who would stand by her establishments. He felt satisfied he was about to name one who would do so— one who would admit the necessity of the pruning knife to lop off the excrescences from the venerable tree of our Constitution, but who would with his life defend ii from the axe. CGreat cheering.) He had the honour of proposing Sir Rowland Hill as a Candidate for the honour of representing Shropshire in Parliament. JOHN COTES, Esq. most ccrdi. liy seconded the nomination, nuide by Sir Andrew Corbet, of Sir Rowland Hill as a proper person to represent this county in Parliament, and seeing, as he did, such a numerous attendance of the freeholders of this county, he Was quite satisfied that he had nothing to1 do but to leave the cause of Sir Rowland Hilt in their hands. ( Cheers J The Hon. and Rev. RICHARD NOEL HILL, being- satisfied that the conduct of Mr. Cressett Pelhain had been such as to merit the support of the free- holders of this county, begged leave to propose him as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Salop in Parliament. ( Cheers ) ROBERT BURTON, jun. Esq. seconded the nomina- of Mr. Pelham, well knowing that a more upright, more honest, or more independent man could not be ft und to represent the freeholders of Shropshire. ( Chects.) WILLIAM OWEN, Esq. ( of Woodhouse) said he had now the honour to propose William Lloyd, Es- q. as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Salop in Parliament. He did so* because Mr. Lloyd had pledged himself to support the Bill brought forward for a Reform of the House of Commons. If he were to look to men only, there were no two men to whom he would sooner give his support than their late members, because there were no men that. be respected more; but he felt himself imperatively called upon to look to measures. ( Cheers.) Since he had last the honour of addressing them, in every county that had been contested, the cause of Reform had triumph- ed. [ Cries of " No! No!"] There was Liverpool, which had turned out General Gascoyne j Newark had turned out Sadier and Wetherell. [ Cries of Look at Cambridge!"] " Aye/' said Mr Owen, Cambridge as acted differently$ and I am sorry for it." ( Much laughter.) WILLIAM TAYLEUR, Esq. of Buntingsdale, in seconding the nomination of Mr. Lloyd, did so because, he was supporting thereby the cause of Reform, and because the interests of this great county would by that measure be more efficiently advanced and supported. They had heard much of the Bill for Reform : by some it had been termed a Revolutionary measure. He cared not if it were, if the result were good : for there had been good as well as bad revolutions. If after the passing of the measure the interests of the country should be better protected, and her energies more powerfully exerted— if those who were now dissatisfied should become quiet and contented— what matter the name by which the measure should be designated ( Cheers.) There had been many Reforms that were not Revolutions. Those who looked to history must be well acquainted with the glorious Revolu- tion that placed William the Third on the Throne : and io future times, he trusted Englishmen would have to refer with unmiugled pleasure to, aud to speak iu the highest terms of praise of, the Revolu- tion effected by William the Fourth. ( Cheers.) They hud been told of a variety of evils that the passing of the Reform Rill would bring on the country, arid that it would fill the Parliament so full of wild and democratical persons that confi- dence would be destroyed, property rendered un- safe, and the establishments of the country over- turned; some people might believe this: and if those who had made these assertions had said the Bill would introduce the plague or the yellow fever, they would have found believers. ( Mitch laugh- ter ) Though he saw no danger iu conceding to the demands of the people, he saw great danger in refusing to concede to them. Let them look to the multitudes congregated in no large space of ground, who were now gt; bent upon obtaining a decision of the great question before the country, that they lobked to Reform as { or their daily biead ; and he would say, that the bravest man must tremble at the consequences of refusing lo them what they knew was iu their grasp; for the bulk of the people had weir weighed and measured, and perfectly knew in these days, their own strength. As there were one or two circumstances connected with Mr. Lloyd, which he could not himself so well advert to, he ( Mr. T.) would just mention that w hen M r. Pelluun first offered himself to the county, Mr. Lloyd proposed him. [ Mr. Tayleur was here informed that lie was in error.] Mr. Lloyd had at any rate supported Mr. Pelham ; but he, with many others, had since thought that Mr. Pelham's conduct was at variance with his former pro- fessions : and a proof of this might be seen in the fact that many of Mr. Pelham's former opponents were novt' his " firm adherents : and from a reference to this fact, Mr. Pelhain could not complain tliut his former supporters were now his opponents. It was not necessary that he should descant upon the private qualities and personal character of Mr. Lloyd: with his family and his habits they were well acquainted. One merit Mr. Lloyd had, which, iu a public view, was to him a recommenda- tion above all others— that was, if they elected him, they would return a man pledged to support the Reform Bill brought forward by his Majesty's Ministers, and a man from whose private character they had the best assurance of a proper attention to t- heir and the public interests. ( Cheers.) Mr. CHARLES HUGHES, of Ellesmere, said, they had been told through the medium of His Majesty's proclamation, that the late Parliament had been dis- solved for good and wise reasons, and he thought there had been very good reasons for that course being adopted, because it had been packed by cor- ruption. [ Cries of " No ! No !"] It had been packed with men opposed to their rights and privileges. [ Much disapprobation.'] That House of Commons had been brought together by corrupt means to sup- port corrupt measures ( disapprobation]', yet His Majesty, with a British heart and true British feel ings, had, in his generosity, thought fit to refer the question of Reform to that corrupt Parliament : they had rejected the measure; and in consequence His Majesty had sent the question to them, that they m ght on this and the following days decide whetl er they would be the slaves of a tyrannical aristocracy, or whether they would be a free people. A worthy Baronet had told them they would act wisely in sup porting the King aud the ancient constitution of the country ; and if they did that, they would not return either of their late Members. The one, he would say again and again, had voted for every profligate and wasteful expenditure of their money : wherever cor- ruption had on behalf of any question raised its head i:> the House of Commons, there Rowland Hill was to be found voting for that question. With the private character of their late Members he had not hing to do, nor had he any thing to say agamst tWir private character. In 1822 he had stepped forward to sup- port INI r; Pelham, and be had, in his humble situation, done, more on his behalf than his aristocratiral friends. [ Much laughter-] He biid then stepped forward to support a man that he thought would have been a constitutional member and a man of the people : but now, being certain that Mr. Pelham had falsified his professions, lie came, forward to oppose hini* and had not only spoken but written his displeasure at his conduct. [ Much lauglder.] Not only England, but the whole world was looking at them this day [ Great laughter] ; they were looking at them to see whether they would support their King and; Country, and tiieir own fights and privileges, or whether thev would be trampled under foot and be the slaves of the aristocracy and the boroijghmongors. [ Disap- probation.] He knew the county of Salop would neither be the slaves of the one or the other, but would give their Votes to men that would serve them honestly and faithfully. The gentleman he should propose as a fit person to represent them would sup- port the King and theCon^ titution : he would support the- Ministers when they were right, and oppose them when they were wrong ; he would vote against all unnecessary expense—[ Laughter]— vote for every retrenchment—[ Continued laughter]— and honestly and faithfully serve the county of Salop. n He begged leave to propose John Mytton, Esq. as a lit and pro- per person to represent them in Parliament. Mf. SAMUEL BlCKERTON, of Sandford, near Os- westry, seconded the nomination of John Mytton, Esq because that gentleman was a firm supporter of Lord John Russell's Bill.— Mr. Bickerton retired from the platform, but again stepped forward to say that Mr. Mytton was a decided opponent to the East India Monopoly, and a friend to the Emancipation of the Slaves in our West India Colonies.—[ Much laughter.] Sir ROWLAND HILL then stepped forward, and was received with loud cheers.— He said that when he had the honour, on Tuesday, of being nominated as a candidate, he had stated that the measure brought forward by His Majesty's Ministers was revolutionary in its tendency and unjust and dangerous in its prin- ciple, and from the testimony he had received in as asurances of support from al! parts of the county, he was satisfied that the majority of the freeholders of Shropshire were of his opinion. ( Great cheering.) If, therefore, he should again have the honour of be- ing elected their representative, he would assure them that he would support, the honour and dignity of the Crown, the interests of the country, and the welfare of ihe constitution ; and he trusted that the freeholders of the county uf Salop would never he driven into any measure of Reform or aught else by a reference to rabble opinions or popular force, but that, on the contrary, they would at all times support such men as their Representatives as would stand up for that Constitution under which the country had hitherto flourished, and which, lie trusted, would be handed down triumphantly to the latest posterity. ( Enthusi- astic cheering.) JOHN CRV SSI. TT PELIIAM, Esq. said the meeting he had now the honour to address was the most respect- able he had ever seen assembled, and he well knew that it was impossible for the hearts of Englishmen not to have party feelings : yet he trusted that justice would induce all parties to give to every man on this occasion a fair and impartial hearing. ( Cheers.) His private feelings . at. that moment beat too high for him to suppose that any thing addressed to him per- sonally was meant other than as fair argument— ( Cheers)— and therefore, as he trusted that he should this day be heard, he hoped what he might say would not be less Considered than the observations of younger men, who certainly did not want talent, but who as certainly were unaccustomed to public business, and to much that involved the highest considerations rela- tive to the subjects on which they spoke. ( Great cheering ) To attain a knowledge of the Constitu- tion, and to support that Constitution, had uot been dearer to his heart than the glory of the county of Salop. ( Cheers.) A question had, however, been brought before them, of which they ought to know as much as he did ; and an assertion had been put for- ward that he had not been so uniform in his conduct on that question as he ought, to have been, and as he himself thought he had been. He would now speak of " the Bill:" that Bill was one which would take away from the county, in the centre of which he stood, the ttf'O members who now represented 250,000 persons, and the county would be split iiito fotir parts at the will of the Menials of the Ministry. ( Cheers.) They had been told that he stood there the instru- ment of the aristocracy. Did not the walls of that castle, in whose precincts they were, cry out against such an assertion? ( Cheers.) He wished for nothing that was not fair and correct: but lie would stand up for himself. He had opposed the Bill because he thought it was a measure that would be injurious to the country. ( Cries of " No! fro/") To those gentlemen fhat cried " No! No!" he would feijf that he hoped they would take time to consider, and then they would think better of it. ( Cheers ) He coul tell them on his word, as an honest man, tbat. his life was spent in endeavours to atone for errors that he had committed—(( treat cheering) — and no/ man was more sensible than himself that if he did not go to Parliament with an intention to redress the Wrongs of the people, he should not. perform his duty: he had uniformly lent liis aid to redress every wrong and every abuse that had been brought before Parlia- ment —( Cheers)— but then he was told that he had not voted for the measure of Reform. Why the town in which they stood was a reformed tqwn : it had been reformed by Sir William Pulteney : and was he to vote for a m; a sure that would go to disfranchise it? ( Great cheering.) He was not aware of any other public topic that called for his observation : but he trusted that whatever arguments were adduced, they would, on all sides, be weighed as by men going to a contest not as- enemies, but with honest judg- ments and good intentions. ( Cheers.) An allusion had been made by the gentleman who seconded Mr. Mr. Llovd, to the circumstance of Mr. Lloyd having first proposed him to the consideration of the county : that, however, was an error : he had afflicting reasons for saying this, because his old and valued friend, fhe late Mr. Henry Burton, who had done him that, ho- hour, was of the number of those whose absence he had this day to lament: and the nomination made by Mr. Henrv Burton on that occasion, at. the Quarry, was seconded hy another esteemed friend, Mr. Hilt, who had this day proposed him. Some allusions had been made to gentlemen now coming forward to sup- port him, who had, when he first, came forward, opposed him. The question at that time was merely one of preference as regarded Mr. Cbildeand himself: he had never been a party man : he was as independ- ent now as w hen he first offered himself to the county, and so he would continue to his dying day. ( Great cheering.) He would not pledge himself to he per- fect : nor could he now say what votes would be given for or against him : but this he could say, that, as far as he had gone, he had the greatest reason to be satisfied, and though he was anxious not to lose a single friend, he found he had got so many friends that fhe decision of thequestiou must now rest with the body of the county : that county he had served between 8 and 9 years, and it had been, as it ever should be, whatever might be the fate of the present proceeding, his anxious wish to promote the honour and prosperity of the county of Salop. ( Great cheering.) WILLIAM LLOYD, Esq. said he had come forward in consequence of numerous solicitations from differ- ent parts of the county. As he had already declared himself a firm supporter of His Majesty's Ministers* so now he pledged himself to support the hill of Reform that 1 hey had brought forward. He had becrr edu- cated with some of those Ministers, and it gave him great pleasure to support them now that they were in power. ( Laughter, and cheers.) The agriculturists of this county knew that he had always been a sup- porter of agriculture, that he had supported every endeavour made for fhe reduction of taxation, and he now pledged himself that he always would do so to the utmost of his power. It was his intention to eon- tnue the contest as he had begun it, and that was in such a w ay as not to bring ruin on his family : and in this he was assured of support, because such was the opinion and the spirit of fhe people, and so strong were their sentiments in favour of Reform, that he was sure they would go on freely to the end of the poll. His object was lo support the King and Constitution, ar. d for those who differed in opinion from him, and perhaps he might be wrong, he should continue to en- ertain every personal respect; the issue of the election he should aW'ait wiih confidence, and he hoped the County of Salop would not differ from the examples of other great counties on this occasion. JOHN MYTTON, Esq. said it was not. without some diffidence, and with still more difficulty on account of ill health, that hfe addressed the meeting. He was neither the nominee of a Petr, nor the instru- ment of a party, but he came forward as the sup- porter of the. bill of Lord John Russell, which had met with the approbation of his Sovereign and of the present Ministry. Economy— was a word which perhaps ii did not become him to make much use of but, at least, though he had suffered personally for Want of that quality, the public had never suffered by him : — for all measures of public economy he would vote: and if they sent him to fhe House of Commons, he would support ail such measures, come from what party they \ Vould, as appeared to him conducive to the best interests of the country. He should not however, support the extreme Measures of those who were termed Radical Reformers; he would not take from the Ministers the means of paying the Navy and the Army— of maintaining the honour and dignify of the nation,— of supporting those fleets and armies which had carried the glory of this great, nation to its highest pitch. He had not asked for a single vote, r Would he do so; if they elected him, it should be freely, and. he would serve them honestly and faith- fully.—( Cheers.) W. WOLRYCME WHITMORE, Esq. then offered himself to the notice of the meeting; but in vain did he attempt to obtain a hearing, until the High Sheriff, With that gentlemanly firmness which has characterized all his proceedings daring: this con- test, appealed to the meeting, and called upon them to hear every freeholder fairly and impartially.— Mr. Wolryche Whitmore then proceeded, and observed, how strong the feeling was which now prevailed throusrhout the kingdom, and said that the interests of the county would be best con- sulted by promoting, and not by stifling discussion : and he thought that if they had more frequently held public meetings, and had ofteuer appealed to the sense of the county, its interests would have been better guarded and protected than they had been. He felt bound to say why he should not vote for either of their late Representatives : he wished to say nothing against them as private individuals: but he felt it his duty to say-— aud there were many freeholders of his opinion— that this great county had not been adequately repre- sented. The system of elections that had pre- vailed for this county were any thing but what they ought to have been : it had been said that county meetings were " farces," with what truth he should uot say ; but this he would say, that for the last 100 years ihe elections for this county had been little better than farces: it was therefore time the system should be altered,- and that the freeholders should know who were fo be their Representatives. Mr. Lloyd had very properly said he should not contest this county in a way that would be ruinous, to his family : aud he would say that if gentlemen were to spend £ 20,000 or £ 30,000 in an election, could they believe that their interests would be as effectually represented as if they were not driven to such expense, but were supported throughout on principle? It was from considera- tions of principle that he now came forward to give a single vote to Mr. Lloyd ; and if they would support Mr. Lloyd, an effectual change would take place in this county, their interests would be better attended to than they had been, and they would take, away the reflection that had been cast on their great county. That Bill which they had beCn told would split up their county info divisions would, if he read it rightly, do no such thing : it would give them four county members, and their interests w ould be more efficiently represented. ( Cheers.) They had been told the Bill would split their county into four parts : but it would only divide it into two parts, and that regulation would tend to remove the great evils arising from the expenses now attending a contest for acounty. Ha ving thus stated his opinions without wishing to give an- noyance or offence to any gentleman, he would fur- ther say, that if he thought, with Sir Rowland Hill, that the Reform measure was calculated to endanger the property or the order of the country, or to put in jeopardy that form of government of King, Lords, and Commons, under which they now lived, reformer — strong reformer— as he was, he would be the last to give a vote for it. ( Cheers.) He might be wrong in his opinion, but he thought that measure would give strength and stability to the institutions of the country; for, by admitting to the privileges proposed the middle classes of the community, who formed a great body of the people, they would enlist all the intelli- gence and all the property of fhe country in support of its institutions. He called upon them not to be deluded by the cry of " Revolution !" The time had arrived when the system of representation must be altered, for no man who looked at the present state of society could say tbat the representation of a century ago would do now, and that they could continue fo exclude the great mass of the nation from voting for representatives. He was sorry that he had trespassed so long on fheir attention ; but as an individual devoted to the interests and anxious to preserve the credit of his native county, he would not refrain from offering a few words on this occasion ; and as a representative of the people he was happy in endeavouring to promote their interests and the welfare of the country. ( Cheers.) Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY, Bart, said he felt a de- gree of diffidence in presuming to address the meeting on this occasion, because he had so very trifling a freehold in the county, although his vole w ould in fhe issue fell as much as that of the greatest landed pro- prietor in the county. The last time that he had come forward to address them was in 1822, at the instance of Mr. Lloydr when the agriculture of the country groaned under the pressure of public distress, The advantage of public discussion was proved at that period ; for the Minister had come forward and told them it was quite impossible to remit any of the taxa- tion that pressed so heavily on the people : this county then met, as did many others; and the effect of their meetings was, that Lord Castlereagh came down to the House of Commons, and found some means of meeting the wishes of the people, by the re- mission of part of the malt- tax, and in the next ses- sion they took off half the assessed taxes. He could assure Ihem that county meeting was got up at the instance of Mr. Lloyd. They were now again met, and in no ordinary times : fhe whole of England was alive asfo one of the greatest measures ever brought before Parliament; and the town of Liverpool, the cities of Bristol and Norwich, and every other great, place where a contest had taken place, had rejected those who had opposed the measure of reform : not one place had returned a man that had voted against the Bill. Some minor places and smaller countics had returned men opposed to reform, but no great county had done so, and therefore he trusted Shropshire would nut be singular, would not be a solitary instance of objection to. that Bill which in every other instance had met with approbation. If fhe freeholders of Shropshire were thus singular, and wanted a gentle- man that would suit them, he could mention one that would do for them ;— one who, if a Committee were sitting and nine were of one opinion, he being the fenih would be sure to differ in opinion from them— ( Laughter) one so impartial, that he would vote one night for a measure, and the next against it. ( Continued laughter.) They would pardon him naming the gentleman, as he thought they could find him out without, that direction. The gentleman to whom he alluded had asked them to try him : he had been tried— he ( Sir J. W.) meant no personal disre- spect— but that gentleman had been tried, and had been found wanting. They did not want such repre- sentatives in Parliament: the freeholders of the county should at least • require that if in their name a vote was given, it should be given with some reason and judgment; and they should also require that their business should be attended to. One whole session had in one parliament passed away without Mr. Pel- ham's attendance. [ Sir John was here interrupted by several gentle- men who explained to him that severe Illness had been the sole cause of Mr. Pelhani's ab sence.] Sir John proceeded— if want of health had been the cause, he was extremely sorry for it, for God knew- that they were all subject to enough of infirmities, ahd he regretted Ihat he had not before known the reason of Mr. PelhamVabsence. What, however, would they think of a man who during another sitting of Parliament should, as Mr. Pel- ham had done, take a voyage to the West Indies? before he himself should go there, he should try to insure a stock of health, in order that he may bear the vicissitudes of the voyage: but he should not be surprised if, in the month of July, dating the dog-- days, and when Parliament should find it in- conveniently hot, Mr. Pelham were to take a voyage to the North Pole, to cool himself, and to look after the unfortunate Captain Ross, of whom no account had been received. [ These persohallUeis of the Hon. Bart, now called forth the most marked disapprobation from a great number of gentlemen present— Colonel KNY" YETT LEIGHTON observed to the Baronet, " " I think, Sir Johiij by your personalities you are doing your own cause harm :" to which Sir John replied," Never mind : I shall go on !" J Sir John proceeded, and said* he had not been personal : he had been talking of the performance of public duties ; and he had been telling them how Mr. Pelham had performed them hitherto, in order that they may know how he was likely to perform them again. He should now go into the subject of the Reform Bill, and would endeavour to confine himself to one or two leading features. Some said if was a revo- lutionary measure: aud his honourable friend, Mr. Tayleur, had told them truly that there were good revolutions and bad revolutions. Some had told them it would overthrow Ihe funds, and destroy the stability of other descriptions of property : but he was firmly Convinced to the contrary. A respectable freeholder and farmer ( whose name we regret that, we do not know) here interrupted Sir John by asking—" What, will fhe bill do for the farmer?" ( Great cheering, and cries of " Answer that!") Sir John Wroftesley.—" Why I'll tell you what it will do for fhe farmer: every farmer that has a lease of 14 years, or a copyhold of £ 10 a year, will have a vote. The same Freeholder.—" That's no answer to my question: there are no such leases: and I again ask, What will the Reform Bill do for the Farmer? You know that if I rent £ 1000 a year, it will uot give me vote; and your Bill disfranchises me, by depriving me of a vote that I now possess.*—( Cheers.) Sir JOHN WROTTFSLEY.—" Yon must know very- well, that if a man rents to the amount of £ 1000 a. year, he must have a capital of £ 3000 or £ 4000, and he has nothing to do but buy a cottage worth 40s. a- year, and then he'll have a vote." The same Freeholder.—" Why I can do that now : again I say, give me an answer to my question— What will the Bill do for the Farmer ?" —( Great cheering, and cries of " Answer the question ?") Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY—( after a pause)— Well, I shall not answer such questions: it. will give a right to vote to 500,000 men who do not now possess that privilege. [ Here Sir John was again interrupted by many voices crying out—" Give us an answer to Ihe question, What will the Bill do fir fhe Farmer?"— Another voice said —" The Bill will destroy one close borough in Shropshire, and make two."] Sir John then concluded by observing, that if the Bill passed, the country would derive great benefit from it, fhey would get rid of the corrupt Boroughs and the Boroughmongers; and many other benefits Would follow. [ Several voices again cried—" You have not answered the question yet: you have not told us what the Bill will do for the Farmer!" J. CRESSETT PELIIAM, Esq. then said, he hoped he should be allowed to stand before them a second time, to explain some points which he thought had been very unnecessarily brought before them by the Hon. Bart. He must say, that, accustomed as the Hon. Bart, was to public business, it did not become him to drag out the petty details of what had occurred in committees of nines and tens; and by which, if he had proved any thing, it was, that however singular he ( Mr. P.) might be, he had at least some character, even though it were marked by singularity. The hon. baronet had charged him with having voted for the Bill one day and against it the next : if however, that hon. baronet could have looked at so humble an individual as himself, he might have seen him endeavouring to erive to the House a reason for his second vote. With all his zeal for new and newly- formed Parliaments, the hon. baronet knew full well that there were now plenty of speakers, a set of whom so managed to obtain one after another a hearing, as to exclude almost every one else. If, however, the hon. bart. had looked at the humble individual who now ad- dressed the meeting, instead of endeavouring to pick out trivial faults, he might have seen him rise fourteen times in the hope of being permitted to state the reasons that induced him to vote as he had done. ( Cheers ) Something had dropped'from the hon. baronet as to his absence during^ one session of Parliament: and as the hon. baronet had declared his ignorance of the cause of that absence, which, had he known, he ( Mr P) thought the hon. bart. would have been the last man to have endeavoured to ground a charge upon it, he would say no more upon it: but as to the charge of having gone to the West Indies, he could stand up and challenge the hon. baronet upon that before the freeholders of Shropshire : he had not neglected his parliamentary duties: he had gone when the real business of the session was over : he had come back in time to attend at the Assizes in Shropshire: and he wished all other Members of Parliament would take the same voyage for the same purpose that he had done, and not be led to believe that Englishmen were cruel, without having ocular demonstration of the fact, [ This triumphant answer to the sarcasms of the hon. Baronet was received with the greatest appro- bation.] The High Sheriff then called for a show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Sir Rowland Hill and William Lloyd, Esq.— Robert Burton, jun. Esq. then demanded a poll on behalf of J. Cressett Pelham, Esq. and Mr. Charles Hughes made a similar demand on behalf of John Myf. ton, Esq. The Sheriff then adjourned to the Town Hall* and declared that the polling would commence Among the many painful scenes enacting in different parts of the kingdom, that which has just terminated in our neighbouring county of M ontgomery has given us the greatest pain. Here as in other places the cry of Reform has been used to sever the oldest connexions. In vain has the late Member assured his constituents, over and over again, that his views uot only had been, but certainly ivorda, be invariably directed to the cor- rection of abuses in tlie representation. The absurd cry of Schedule A and Schedule B was raised-* and, as most of our Readers must be aware, several persons totally unconnected with the county werein succession invited to offer themselves as candidates for tile repre- sentation. We need not add that these offers were declined, persons thus invited knowing, it appears, better than those who invited them, that Welsh associa- tions wore not to be thus easily severed, and that the blood of the Ancient Britons would boil, with indigna- tion at seeing a Saxon, however celebrated his name might be, presumptuously offer to represent them. At length a gentleman of property in Montgomeryshire was prevailed upon to be put in nomination. This was all as it should be ; and the contest was expected to terminate, as we were happy to see it begin, in perfect good humour. The first and second day's poll- ing was such as to convince every one acquainted with the proceedings of Elections, that no contingency could prevent the return of the old member, Mr. Williams Wynn. Day after day professions were made to him ( and of their sincerity we have no right to imply a doubt) that the contest was a contest of prm- ciplesj and not Continued with any other view titan to present a fair Opportunity to the Freeholders to register the opinion of the county. 1 • •'' When we present our Readers with the state of the Poll during the; successive days of the Election, we are sure they will agree with us, that the decision come to. by Mr. Lyon and his friends to protract the contest was, to say the least of it., a novel - fray of proving the sincerity of these professions. The county of Montgo- me y has not been contested since the year 1774, and the m-^ st charitable construction we can put upon the course pursued is, that, the gentlemen who advised it were not aware that it has been the invariable practice in other counties to allow the Poll to be closed when- ever the majority was so overwhelming as to raise no doubt on whom the choice of the Freeholders must follow. An attempt was made to account for the daily minority by attributing it to the panic created in the minds of the freeholders in and near NeVtown by the appearance of a number of special constables on the day of nomination., The admirable arrangement made by the Sheriff on Friday last, and continued during the election, is the best refutation of this argument. It may not be amiss, however, to inform those of our Readers who may not be acquainted with the circumstances, and to remind those who are, that the election for the coimty is held in the town in which the county gaol stands, and that not six months have elapsed since prisoners were rescued from that very gaol by the persons who were expected to grace the approach of Mr. Lyon to the hustings. With a knowledge of this we think we are not assuming too much in saying that the magistrates of ttie V& lnty would have subjected themselves to a fearful responsi- bi ity if they had not taken eyery possible precaution to prevent the recurrence of a similar outrage. The scene which occurred in Montgomery- on Thurp- day is the best comment we can offer on the necessity of the precaution taken; and we trust we shall hear no more on a subject which cannot fail to revive recollec- tions painful to every friend of order and justice, what- ever his political opinions may be. WALTER ~ BIRTH. On the 17th ult. at the Golfa, near Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire, the Lady of the Rev. Richard Pugbe, A. B. Rector of I. lanfiliangel, in that county, of a son and heir. MARRIED. On the 2d lilt, at Llanvairwaterdine, Thomas . Tones, Esq. of the Brook House, near Knighton, to Miss C. Davies, of Managhtv. DIED. On Sundny week, Walter Wilkins, Es< j. of^ Maeslongh Castle, Radnorshire. He is succeeded in his vast pos- sessions and great property by his only son, Walter Wilkins, Esq. who also succeeds his late father as lead- ing partner in the old established bank of Wilkins and Co. at Brecon and Merthyr. MONTGOMERYSHIRE ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. [ For Ihe preliminary proceedings, see 4Ih page.} At the opening of the Court yesterday ( Tuesday) morning the Chairman of Mr. Wynn's Comniiltee ( D. Pugb, Esq. of Llanerchydol,) handed a letter to the Sheriff, of which the following is a copy :— Blh May, 1831. SIR, -- T am directed to inform you, that Mr. Lyun lias with- drawn himself as a Candidate for * tie representation of tlii* County, X am, Sir, 8cc. HARVIJY B. JONES. To the Chairman of Mr. Wynn's Committee. When the Sheriff made the announcement to the court, H was received with tremendous cheering.— The poll clerks haviiig then delivered up their respective books, the Sheriff declared the state of the poll at its final close to be--- Mr. Wynn 703 Mr. Lyon 302 leaving a majority in favour of Mr. Wynn 401. The Rev. (*. T. C. Lnxmoore immediately after said that Mr. Wynn got a majority of 400 and icon!.'! ( Cheers.) Mr. WYNN then rose, but was for some time inaudi- ble, owing to the deafening cheers with which he was hailed ; he said that he was quite unable sufficiently to thank his friends for the steady, unflinching, and warm support which had been manifested ill electing him for the twelfth time to the high situation of representing so respectable a county in Parliament; while he. lived he should reflect with grateful feeling upon this additional mark of their kindness and confidence—- kindness which., their fathers, he was proud to say, had manifested to- . wards him. ( Cheers.) This had been the first time the honour of representing the coimty had been Coil- tested with him, and he had to thank them for the sup- port, the zeal, and the kindness which had ensured him a glorious victory, and had proved that he was the ob- in the jeet of [ their choice. Quarry, where the polling- boths, & c. were erected for that purpose, at half- past one o'clock. The poll com- menced at lhat time accordingly, and at the close ou Monday evening, the numbers stood thus:— For Sir Rowland Hill, Bart 4P9 John Cressett Pelham, Fsq... 387 William l. loyd, Esq 151 John Mytton, Esq 3fi Yesterday morni. g the polling was resumed at ten o'clock, and at the close yesterday evening the numbers were— For Sir Rowland Hill, Bart 1141 John Cre- sselt Pelham, Esq .. 849 William Lloyd, Esq 553 John Mytton, Esq 237 The polling will again he resumed at ten o'clock this morning. SHROPSHIRE ELECTION.— By a decision of the Assessor yesterday, all parish clerks that derive an income of 40s. per annum from the parish rate, are entitled to vole. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was ; » d. P<"' II).— Calf Skins 5d.— Tnllow 4d. Wheat, ( 38i| ts.) lis. Cd. to 12s. Oil- Barley ( 38qts.) fis. ( id. to 7s ! kf Oats( 57qts.) 0a. Od. to 7s. lid' CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 9. We have an immense supply of foreign wheat; in fact, the market is completely overdone with this grain, and prices have given way full Is. for the finest, and ' 2s. for the inferior, with very little business doing. In English wheat, though Ihe market is heavy, not more than Is. per quarter decline can at present be noticed. Barley is dull sale, and this grain may be quoted Is. per quarter lower, and the oat trade is depressed, and may lie called full Is. lower than on this day week. Beans and peas have not altered, and other articles of grain remain as before. Current l'rice of Grain per Qr. as under:— Wheat Barley Malt White Peas Beans Oats . ,73s. 34 « . 00s. 458. 40s. 2< Js. ( Id. to 758. fid. to- - 30s. Od. to DOS. Od. to 48s. lid. to 42s. ( Id. to 31s. Od. to fi5s. Oit. to 00s Fine Flour ( per sack) CDs. Seconds 00s. Average Price of Corn in the H'cek ending April 29, 1S81. Wheat 7l> s 5d. I Oats 27s. tel. Barley 42s. 4d. | Beam 39s 9d. SMITH FIE I, I). Beef, for the finest, young meat., is 4s. Cd. to 4s. 8d. per stone ; and mutton, for prime young Downs, sells at 5s. to os. Gd. In veal, the quotation for the finest young calves is 5s. 2d. to 5s. 8d.; and dairy fed pork- ers are ' Is. Gd. to 5s. Lamb is at & s. to Gs. 6d. CATTI. E AT MARKET, Beasts 2,256 I Sheep 16,330 Calves 138 | l> i|[ » 140 He would repeat his warmest thanks and acknow ledgments to those friends who had laboured with such success in his cause ;— to those who remembered the almost hereditary ties which had existed between their families and his, and united their families, from the highest to the lowest, to his in the bonds of social affection. The numerous friends who had crowded there from the most distant parts of the county lo support him claimed his warmest thanks, for the disregard to their own convenience and the sacrifice to themselves; and lie was eqUally grateful to those who would have at- tended if tbe majority had not been already so great as to render their assistance unnecessary. ( Cheers.) He had to acknowledge the kind exertions of his profes- sional friends and agents. Never was a cause moro ably, more zealously, or more successfully conducted, ( Cheers.) He could not but advert to those Ladies who had adorned his cause, and whose sacred ami con- stitutional influence had been so warmly and power fully exerted in his favour— an influence which the sturdiest reformer oould not resist. The only return which he could make for such kindness was to request the distinguished honour of their company to a ball ( Cheers) ; but as there were those ( Mr. W.' s family) absent in London to whom it would be exceedingly gratifying to receive his fair friends, he thought it would be better to put it off till summer. He was a bankrupt in gratitude for this favour so generously con- ferred. Their thanks were due to the Sheriff who had given to them his time, and for tbat propriety of. con- duct which he had shewn during the contest. ( Cheers.) Once more be requested them . to accept his grateful thanks, and devoutly did he pray that the blessing of Heaven may be vouchsafed to them all. Col. DAVIES then moved a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his upright and impartial conduct upon this occasion. The Rev. C. T. ('. LI. XMOOUE, in seconding the mo- tion of his gallant friend, Col. Davies, said he felt con- fident they wou'd agree with ' tint, lhat with their thanks they ought to offer to the High Sheriff the expression of their deep regret that the inexplicable course adopted bv Mr. Lyon and his friends had entailed upon him the additional inconvenience of attending there to- day. ( Cheers.) • - ';" ' The High Sheriff was happy and proud to receive the approbation that had been bestowed on the line of con- duct he had pursued on this occasion ; lie had only wished to do his duty fairly and impartially ( Cheers), . and their profession of approbation was to him a suffi- cient warranty that that object had been accomplished! ( Cheeis) The chairing immediately afterwards took place; fhe procession moved from tne Town Hall, preceded by tbe band of the Montgomeryshire Cavalry 5 and tl:' e whole town was one scene of joy and festivity. STATE OF THE POLL. FIRST DAY. Wynn ... 212 1 Lyon .. 02 SECOND DAY. Wynn ... 432 I Lyon .. 154 THIRD DAY. Wynn ... 541 | Lyon ... 223 FOURTH DAY. Wynn ... ..... 692 1 Lyon ... 302 FIFTH AND FINAL. Wynn ... 703 | Lyou ... 302 On Monday Sir R. II. Inglis, Bart, anil T. G. B. Estcourt, Esq" were unanimously re- elected burgesses for tiie University of Oxford. For tlie University of Cambridge, Mr. Goulbourn and Mr. William Peel have been returned. At lbs final close of the poll on Friday, the numbers were— for Mr. Goulbourn 800— Mr. Peel 805— Mr. Caven- dish 029— Lord Palmerston 001. To Noblemen nnd Gentlemen. rrMJE Advertiser wishes to engage as a J. GARDENER or BAIT. IFF, having. been en- paged in similar Situations with several Noblemen and Gentlemen for the last 17 Years. For Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to the Printer of this Paper. TO THE IVortliy and Independent Freeholders OF TI1R COUNTY OF SALOP. GENTLEMEN, '/' HE proud situation in which your zeal ' iii my behalf has this Day placed me on the Poll demands my most grateful acknowledgements. Let me entreat you not to relax in your K cerlions until you have secured beyond doubt the Success of that Cause which you have so warmly and actively espoused. I have the Honour to le, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant and grateful Friend, ROW LAS D HILL. Shrewsbury, 10/ A May, 1831. Shropshire Election. jLjOTWITHSTAN MSG Mr. Put, HAM • I * stands so high on Ihe Poll, the Members of his Committee feel ii incumbent upon them earnestly to solicit the immediate Attendance of his Friends at the Hustings. Committee Rooms, Shrewsbury, May 10,1831. TO THE Loyal and Independent Freeholders OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP. MR. LLOYD, DENTIST, OF LIVERPOOL, OST respectfully announces to the Ladies and Gentlemen of SHREWSBURY and its Vicinity, that he. intends to be at Mr. DURN- FoRD's, Upholsterer, & c.. Wyle Cop, on Thursday Morning, the 19 h instant, where he will remain till Saturday Evening, the 28th. LLOYD'S DENTIFRICE may be had at the usuuf Places. 59, Hold Street, Liverpool, 1th May, 1831. . TO BE SOLD, ASET of PLLETON HARNESS ( hy Whippy), nearly new); also, a light CAR, nearly new.— Apply to Mrs. JONF. S, Saddler, 4, High Street, Shrewsbury. SALOP INFIRMARY. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that ! T pursuant to the Directions of the Half- Yearly General Board, held on the 3d instant, the proposed Alterations in the existing Statutes of this Institution, with the Prefatory Observations of the Committee appointed at a former General Board for revising the same, now lie on the Table of the Board Room, aud will there remain until the ensuing Anniversary Meet- ing, for the Inspection ofthe Trustees and Subscribers, whose Attention thereto is particularly requested. By Order of the Board, THOMAS PUGH, Secretary. May 1th, 1831. B G ENTLF. MF. N, Y your Exertions litis day you have laid fresh claims upon my gratitude. The tidings of every hour give new encouragement to our progress.' Only let the promptitude and vigour displayed to- datt be continued, and the Cause is iron. I am more determined than ever to continue at the Poll so long as a Freeholder will record his Vote; and I remain. Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful humble Servant, ' WILLIAM LLOYD. Tuesday Evening, May 10,1831. Present Result in Favour of Ministers: From the Government Returns, received in Loudon on Saturday last, of the Elections in England, it appears that already the Votes, in the next House of Com- mons, stand as follows :— VOTES. Additional Votes for Reform up to 7th May 130 Votes against Reform, up to 7th May 38 Balance of Votes already won in the next Parlia- ment, in Favour of the Ministers' Plan for Reform 92 WANTED, RENT FREE, I^ OR the TERM of the two next Hunt- ing Seasons, a House ( a Castle would be pre- ferred) furnished, with the Use of a well- stocked Cellar, and supplied with every requisite for a genteel Family. N. B. Should the l. 5roprietot be a Member of Parlia- ment, enjoying the Confidence of his Constituents, and justly proud of their Suffrages, the Advertiser will have no Objection to supplant him in the Possession of the same, as an honourable and grateful Return for the Convenience required. POST!!! The Key ef a Cellar ! Whoever shall produce the same on t'he first rainy Day on which the Hounds meet at the Queen's Head, shall receive no Thanks from the Owner. N-. B. The said Key is rather rusty from want of use. When last heard of, it was carefully mix- laid in the pocket of the Proprietor, though asserted by him to be 111 . tile Custody of the rame- keeper. Various con- jectures have been hazarded upon the Subject of this mysterious Loss. Some think that the Proprietor (- vho is a Wag) never lost the key, but merely meant to make game of his keeper; others imagine, that it has been seduced into Essex, and the Key of the Essex Cellar unaccountably conjured into Shropshire to supply its Place. However this may be, the Loss is most vexatious, as the Owner, in Opposition to his own high Sense ( if gentlemanly Feeling and Independence, has been necessarily compelled to draw largely upon the. Castle Tap ever since, to the great Detriment of the said Tap, and of his own Credit. For Explanations, and further Particulars, don't inquire at Aston Hall. .... TO THE Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders OP THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY. GENTLEMEN, rpllE Contest which hits been protracted lo J- f/ le fifth day is nl length brought to that tri- umphant conclusion which your assurances before its commencement had led me confidently to anticipate. To those Friends who hnve zealously laboured to prombte my Cause, to the Freeholders who have sacri- ficed their own convenience to attend in my behalf, to those who held themselves in readiness to repair to Montgomery, if the majority in my favour had not been already too large ' to require their assistance, to all and every one of you, my warmest acknowledge- ments are due. I hope I may not prove an unprofitable, but I am sure f am not an ungrateful, Servant to the County which has sO long and so frequently distinguished me bu its favour and approbation. I remain, Gentlemen, Your inosl grateful anil attached Servant, CHARLES WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN. Montgomery, lOi/ i May, 1831. Atienci) Office, 8,- c. Hit/ li Street, ' SHREWSBURY. Millinery, Dresses, 3$ c. rjpiiE MISSES PHOTO HARDS' Spring I and Summer FASHIONS will be ready for the Inspection of their Friends ou SATURDAY'NEXT. BELMONT, 10TH MAY, 1831. MRS. ELLIS ESPECTFor. I. Y informs her Friends that she is now in London selecting a Fashionable Assortment of MILLINERY, DRESSES, and BABY LINEN, which will be ready for Inspection on Monday", the 16th instant. Market Place, May 11,1831. MISS BROWNE RESPECTFULLY acquaints her Friends . that her fashionable MILLINERY, &- c. will be ready for the Favour of tlieir Approval, on THURS- DAY, the 12th Instant. COLLEGE HILL, MAY 10TH, 1831. E. HARRIS OST respectfully informs her Friends and the Public, that her FASHIONS fir the present Season will be ready for Inspection on WED- NESDAY, the 18th Inst. Castle Street, MayUth, 1831. E. MORRIS OST respectfully informs her Friends and the Public, " that her MILLINERY, DRESSES, & c. suitable for the present Season, will be for Inspection on TUESDAY", tlie 17th Instant, when she humbly solicits the Favour ofa Call. E. M. embraces this Opportunity of returning her grateful Thanks for the liberal Support she has experienced since her commencement in Bnsines; and, al the same Time, earnestly solicits a Continuance of the same, for the Support of herself and Child. May 10 Ih, 1831. A. THOMAS, ( Late Miss Thornton,) MILLINER AND DHKS8 MAKER, DOGPOLE, SHREWSBURY, FEEL"~> Pleasure in having the present Opportunity to return her most grateful Thanks to those Ladies wno have so kindly pat ronised her since her commencement iu Business; and trusts that, by an assiduous Allefition, she shall continue to merit their future Favours and Support. A. T. begs to inform her Friends and the Public in general, tiiat she is just returned from London, where she has been selecting her Summer FASHIONS, which will be ready for Inspection on TUESDAY NEXT, the 17th Inst*. Mai, 10 th, 1831. In and Out- Door APPRENTICES wanted. M. & A. HEATH RES P ECT F UI. L Y annou nee that tlieir ' FASHIONS for the Season will be ready for Inspection on MONDAY NEXT, May 16th. CI. ABEMONT HILL, MAY 11TH, 1831. MISS CROSS RESPECTFULLY informs her Friends . and the Public, that her fashionable MILLIN- ERY, DRESSES, TUSCANS, 4c. Sc. selected in London, will be ready for Inspection on MONDAY, the IGth Instant, when the Favour of a Call will be highly esteemed. MAHOOT. HEAD, MAY 10TH, 1831. An In- door and an Out- door APPRENTICE wanted immediately. J. LEAKE ESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, that she is returned. from T^ ondon, with a fashionable Assortment of MILLINERY and DRESSES, which will be ready for Inspection on MONDAY, the 16th Inst. WYI. E COP, MAY 10TH, 1831. WINE, ESTATES, Sc. C. I1ULBERT ESPF. CTFU LLY acquaints the Pnb- IV lie that he has still ON SALE prime SHERRY \ VINE in Bottles aud Cask, which he will dispose of on very reasonable Terms, to close an Account. ^ He is also cor valuable jroineryshir various other Freehold and Leasehold Property, Par- ticulars of which may be known on A pphe ation. l-' tnmo readv to be advanced on eligible Freehold Security, in Sums not less than £" 2000 at 4J per Cent At the above Establishment, elegant PAPER HANGINGS with suitable Borders, nt. very reduced Prices Books, Stationery, Patent Medicines, Senate instantly on Sale. Letter- Press, and Copper- Plate Printing and Engraving executed in the best Style, on the shortest Notice. . Auction Sales and Appraisements conducted with Economy, Care, and Despatch. May ill', 1831. T^ TORICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Pj Application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for making Turnpike and taking Tolls iS the present Highway or Road leading from ni Oil? bf the Watlink Street Tnriipike RoacT at a pace . the Parish of f ong, in the ( Wy of Sal oDDOsite End tire I urnpike Road le r,„) from the Bottom of Pafrish of Tet tenhalI, in Stafford Watline Street Turnpike Road, and extending from slid Wat ling Parish of To- ur. and MISS RAWLINS, Corset Maker, BEGS to inform the l. adies of Shrews- bury and its Vicinity, that she is returned from London, where she has made every fashionable Im- provement in the above Business. Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, May 10///, 1831. WELSHPOOL. THE MISSES BOWEN f> ESPECTFULLY announce to the Ladies of Welshpool and its Vicinity, that their fashionable MILLINERY and DRESSES ( which E. BOWF. N has been selecting in London) will bo for Inspection on SATURDAY, the 14th Inst. to which they solicit the Attention of tlieir Friends. An Assortment ol" BONNETS, fashionable BROAD SILKS, PAT, MURINES, & c. Sc. May \ tith, 1831. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, K CF. LEBRATRD BAY HOUSE. I COURTIER, got by Friend Ned, out of Fauiin. — Apply to W. JONES, 8addler, 4, High Street,. Shrewsbury. BRACE MEOLE. Co fce flit, And may le entered upon immediately, or at Midsummer next, AGENTEEL RESIDENCE, suited in every Respect for a genteel Family, with Garden and Stable attached; and a Pew iu Meole Church.— Rent moderate. Apply to Mr. Hcfiims, Meole Mill. Turnpike Tolls lo be Let. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 11 the TOLLS arising at. the Turnpike Gates call.-, I or known by tlie Names of Wenlock Gale, Pose'nall Gate. Wille'y. Gate, Linley Gate, Bnildwas Gate, Burton Gate,' Beambridge Gate, and Shineton Gate, all iii the County of . Salop, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, either together or Separate, and to- one or three Y'ears as shall be then agieed upon ( to commence the 21t. h Day of June next), at. the Red Lion Iun, iu Broselev, iii the said County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 1st'Day of June next), between the Hours of Three and Six o'Olock in t>- e Afternoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year nf thc Reign of his present Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled " An Act to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Tump, ike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England;" and which Tolls produced last Year the following Sums : viz. Wenlock Gale Posenall Gate Willey Ga'e Linley Gate Buildvvas Gate Burton Gale Beambridge Gate Shineton Gate . 215 ? 121 wo 210 91 36 29 WELLINGTON. THE MISSES JONES BEG most respectfully to announce that their FASHIONS ( personally selected in Lon- don) will be ready for Inspection on FRIDAY, the 13th Inst. Ctiuncn STREET, MAY 10,1831. GLOVE M. 4JYUFACTOR Y. HIGH- STREET, SHREWSBURY. THOMAS HANLEY fRETURNS Thinks to the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants nf this Town and County, for tbe Favours conferred on his late Father, upwards of thirty Years; and begs to inform them that he has taken lo the above Business, where he intends carrying it on in all its Branches, and that from an Experience of eight Years in some of the first manu- facturing and commercial Houses, he is enabled tD manufacture and offer such Articles, which for Quality, Durability, a d Price, cannot be excelled, if equalled, by any House in the ' trade. P. S. The only Glove Manufactory in Shrewsbury. * » * Funerals Furnished. opposite to the find of the present Turnpike Road lead- " PPf." . i.. Kntlom o Kiugwood Common, in the itfsa the County of Stafford, into the W'atline Street f ™ '" t'icnce ( through Part of'the said Parish of W, the Parishes of Sheriffhales and Weston- nnder- Cii • Conntv ol' Stafford, into the 1 urnpike I lei dim? fromletky Bank and Weston- under- Lizard S? NeWpIrt, iu_ tl, e_ County ot Salop, at \ Veston Heath, near to a certain Highway leading to Sheriffhales aforesaid; and that su£ h Purpose is m- 1 ended to be effected by putting the same tighway or under the Care and Management of . the Trustees of the Turnpike Roads leading ! o and from the Town Of Wolve hamnton, in the County of Stafford, denomi- nated" The Wolverhampton District of Roads," ma BUI brought into Parliament in the last Ses- ion ( and of vvhich Notices have been duly given), and intended " gain applied for in thee- isuuigSession. Dated the seventh Day of M; v, V? ^^ Solicitor to the Trustees. above the Expenses of collecting the same, and will be put up at those Sums respectively. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder or Bidders must at the same Time give Security, wilh sufficient Sureties to. the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct. Persons' Willing to become Sure'ies are requested personally to attend at the Time of the Biddings. HIRAM IIAR. TSHORNF,; Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. Broseley, 9th May, 1831. N. B. At this Meeting new Trustees will be ap pointed, in the Stead or Place of those who are dead, or have declined or become incapable to act. ^ rale^ Dp auction. BANKRUP'I ' S PROPERTY. Genteel FURNI TURE and Effects. P, Y MR." SMITH. On the Premises, in Mardol, Shrewsbury, about the Middle of the present Month, of which Notice will be given in a future Paper; r B" Ml E entire of the neat Household Goods 9 and FURNITURE, LINEN, Sc. belonging to Mr. ANDREW, a Bankrupt: comprising handsome Fourpnsl and Tent Bedsteads with Morine arid Dimity Furniture, Mattresses, Feather Beds, Blankets, and Counterpanes, Servants' Bedsteads and Bedding, Ma- hogany Bedsteps Dressing Tables, Chests of Drawers and Bason Stands, Painted Wardrobe, Dressing aud Wash Tables Swing Glasses, Night Chair, Child's Crib and Bedding, Mahogany Side- board Table, hand- some Set of Spanish Mahogany Patient Dining Tables, Set of eight neat Mahogany Chairs, Mahogany Pem- broke Table, Carpets and'Rug, Window Curtains, Child's Chair, Brass Fenders and Fire Irons, Japanned Chairs and Siained Ditto; Quantity of Linen; Glass, China, and Books; Eight- day Clock, Kitchen Ward- robe, with all the customary [ Requisites for a Kitchen, Earthenware, Brewing Utensils, Casks, and numerous other Articles. Also, will be SOLD BY AUCTION, on a future Day, of which due Notice will be given, the whole of the large and genuine STOCK- IN- TRADE of Mr. Andrew; comprising Woollen and Linen Drapery, Haberdashery, and Hosiery. Sale Postponed in Consequence of the County Election. ALBRIGHTON HALL, THREE MILES FROM SHREWSBURY. LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Sc. BY MRTFISDALE, On the Premises at Albrighton Hall, near Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, on a Day that will be an- nounced on the Termination ofthe County Election, 4EL the LIVE STOCK, Implements iu Husbandry, Brewing and Dairy Vessels, Part of ilie Household Goods and EURNI l) RE, and other Effects, of Mrs. ELSMORK, who is leaving the Farm. DESIRABLE F R E E HOE I) P HO PE RTI ES, SI'I'UATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF TRF. WF. 1tN, In the Parish of Buttington, and in Ihe County of Montgomery. BY SAMUEL DAVIES, At the Royal Oak Inn, in Welch Pool, nn Monday, the 26th Day of May. 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the " toilowing, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the lime of Sale: LOT I. CCONSISTS of a MESSUAGE or J Tenement with OUTBUILDINGS, and the following Pieces of fertile Arable and Pasture LAND, called bythe Names, and containing by Admeasurement the several Quantities under- mentioned, viz. Tlie House, Buildings, and Fold.. Field below Ditto and Patch over Road Big Wheat Field ( now Wheat) Part of Moel Golla Ilempyard, Kelnhoody Leasow, and Upper Cow Pasture Cow Pasture, below the Road ( now Wheat). Kelnhoody Ditto.. A. R. 0 2 : 2 1!) 3 28 0 28 3 15 2 30 0 31 28 0 ' 23 Clteap Hosiery, Haberdashery, Warehouse, 14, HIGH- STREET, SHREWSBURY, ( Next Door to the Cross Keys Inn.) J. TOWN!) ROW, BEGS to inform the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, that he has com- menced Business in the above Line, with a large and general Assortment of Hosiery, consisting nf plain and tancy Silk, white, coloured, and printed Cotton, black and coloured Worsted, white and coloured Lambs' Wool, Sc.'; also, Gentlemen's Black Silk, Velvet, Satin, and white and colmned Muslin Stocks, Shirt Collars, K- e. which he intends offering at the lowest possible Prices. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who will favour him with a Call, will find his Goods upon Inspection equally cheap, if not cheaper than any House in thc Trade, having purchased the same for Cash. LOT II. Consists of a MESSUAGE, now occupied as two Dwellings, with GARDENS, and a Piece of excellent Arable LAND adjoining thereto, anil to Part of Lot 1, and containing together ( with the Scites ofthe Build- ings) about 3 Acres ( more or less.) All the above Land is of an e:; « , ellent Quality, most desirably situated for Building Scitcs, being near to good Slone Quarries, anil adjoins the Turnpike Road from Shrewsbury to Welsh Pool. The Timber lo be taken to by the Purchasers at Valuations. Lot I is now in the Occupation of Mr. John Meredith and his Undertenant, William Harries, and of which Possession may be had at Michaelmas next. Lot 2 is now in the Occupation of Mr. William Meredith ( the Proprietor) and his Tenants, William Prilchard and John Pool, and of which Possession may be had at Lady- day next. The Tenants will shew the Lots; and further Parti- culars may be had by applying to Mr. JOHN SMITH, of The Ileldre; Mr. WILLIAM MEREDITH, of Uppington; or THE AUCTIONEER, Welch Pool; and of Mr. MOORE, Solicitor and Land Agent, Shrewsbury, at whose Oifice Maps may be seen. Proposals for Building a Church. ^ NY Persons desirous of contracting for /" » ,, t! io Building of a Church at Bronmhall, in the Pmisljof Wrenbnry, . in the County of. Chester, a re teijjjlfed to send in their Proposals, in Writing, seated up, to Mr. JOHN GREGORY," of Whitchurch, in the Coiipty of Salop, Land Surveyor, oil or before Mon- day, the 23d Day nf May instant, at whose Office Plans and Specifications of the intended Building are left for Inspection, and further Particulars may be had. Whitchurch, May 9M, 1831. TO TH E Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders OR THE COUNTY OF DENBIGH. GENTLEMEN, At'CFRV ivy wdriitest Thanhs for the * honour which you have done me by again elect- ing your Representative iii Parliament. The zeal and kindness with which you have flocked from every part ofthe County hi support your old and tried Re- presentative have prevented all the evils of a contest with which ire. were menaced, and. have added to the main/ and great obligations which the County of Denbigh have conferred upon my ancestors and my- self. It remains only fir me to assure you, that so hnig as you are pleased to honour me with your con- fidmce, I will endeavour to du my duty to you honestly and uprightly. I have the honour to bp, Gentlemen, IVcih f u' highest sentiments of regard and gratitude, Your obliged humble Servant, WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN. Wynnstny, May 7th, 1831. TO THE , Loyal and Independent Burgesses OF THE BOROUGH OF BRIDGNORTH. Gentlemen, A IAA) IV me to offer you my most sincere ^ thanks for the distinguished honour you hare litis day conferred, upon me by Electing me one of your Representatives in Parliament, an honour however to which, at thc present crisis, I cannot but feel that a more than ordinary degree of responsi- bility attaches. In endeavouring to discharge the arduous duties thus imposed upon me, I trust / shall not be un- mindful of the Pledge under which I first presented mi/ self'to you. It was as the avou- ed advocate of that ' measure, of Re form, io decide on fhe adoption of which has been the object of our gracious Sore- reign in. Dissolving the laic Parliament, that 1 presumed to claim your Suffrages ; and I feel con- vinced that to tlie almost universal concurrence of / ipinitm- amongst yon, in . favour of this ( peat men- sure, the event of this Election is lo be entirely attributed.. It is vol my Irish to make unmeaning professions of regard or promises of future usefulness ; but this I will say, that when the'Trust this day committed to me shall he again resigned into your hands, I hope that I shall be enabled lo look back on my public conduct with the honest conviction, that so far as my ability extended, my best endeavours at feast shall not have been wanting in the support of every sound measure which had for its object the Extension of our Commerce, thc Reduction of our National Burdens, and the Promotion of our Country's most important Interests. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Wilh sincere Gratitude and Respect, Your most faithful and obedient Servant, JAMES FOSTER. Bridgnorth, 3d May, 1831. ABERYSTWXTH HACES. Will be 01 WE DN ESI) A Y and THURSDAY, tie 24th and 25/ A of August, 1831. | f UNTERS' S'l AKE of 5 Sovereigns d a each, with Twenty Pounds added from the Fund, for Horses not. Thorough- bred, that have limited six. Times the preceding Season between the 1st of November, 1830, and the 1st of April, 1831, King's Plate Weights; Heats, Two Miles, to be ridden by Gentlemen i Members of a Fox- hunting or Racing Club). ' I he Winner of the Bilsden, Coplovv, Bosworlh, Pillerlon, or Oakley Pfirk Stakes, to carry 101b. extra. Certificates to the Satisfaction of the Steward fo be produced previous to starting. To close and name to Mr. Weijflierbv, or tlie Clerk of the Course, on or before the 1st Day of July, 1831, PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS, Atfielli's an Corbet, Thomas Lloyd, - JoJui/ Attree, W." E. Powell • Pryse Pryse, Edward Williames, John Edwards, Charles Longcroft. J. W. Lewis, Particulars of the other Stakes in a future Advertise- ment. Considerable Alterations and Improvements have been - made in the Course to meet the Wishes of the Sporting Gentlemen. Aberyslniith, May 1th, 1831. FOR BIOTON ASSOCIATION THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS. IKE Ell OLD r ROPE HI Y IN LUDLOW. In the ensuing Month,' unless. sooner disposed of by Private Contract: LOT I. \ Spacious IIOU^ E and SHOP, situate in King Street, in the Occupation of Mr. Owen, and one of the best Situations for Trade in the Town. LOT IF. Three- eighth SHARES of an excellent HOUSE, with Garden, Stables, Stc. together with Glove Warehouse and other Buildings, situated in Broad Street and Raven Lane, ill the Occupation of Mr. R. N. Sankoy, no. w used as the Post and Stamp Offices ; and Three- eighths of another MESSUAGE, in the Occupation of vtr. Bromley. I/ IT III. TWO MESSUAGES, with Gardens at- tached, situate in Old Gate Fee, in the.. Occupation of Ann (" oilier and Sarah Pope.— This Lot. contains sufficient Land to build six more Messuages. To treat for the same apply to the Proprietor, Mr. JOHN I: OWEN, Shrewsbury; or RICHARD WACE, Esq. Attorney, Shrewsbury. J F,, whose Names are hereunder written, having formed ourselves into a Society, and entered into Articles of Agreement to prosecute, at our joint Expense, all Felons, Rogues, and Depredators of every Description, who shall commit any Felony, Burglary, Grand or Petit Larceny, or any other Depre- dations upon any nf our Persons in anv Place what- ever, or upon anv of our Properties within the. Town- ships of Bid an, The Isle, Rossall, Shelton. Oxon, Crow Meole, Woodeott, O islow, Dinthill, and Preston Mont- ford, in the several Parishes of Saint Chad, Saint Atk- mond, Sainf Julian, and Pontesbiirv, in the County of Salop, for the more effectual Discovery of every Offender. Anv Person or Persons, through whose Information or Evidence ^ Ufy Felon or Felons shall be convicted, shall be entitled to receive of the Treasurer of this Association the. Rewards heieafter- inentioned, that is to say: £. s. D. For breaking open any House, Bam, Stable, or Outhouse, and stealing any Articles t'nereout '..... 3 3 0 For stealing or maiming any Horse, Sc 3 3 0 For stealing or maiming any Horned Cattle, Sheep, or Pigs. '. 3 3 0 For stealing Poultry of any Ki d. 110 For stealing Implements of Husbandry or any Parts thereof. ' ... 2 2 0 For cutting Or'destroying Timber Trees, Sap- lings, whether iu Hodge Rows, Cop- pices. Plantations, or Nurseries 2 2 0 For breaking or injuring Gates, Hedges, or Sliles or wilfully and maliciously throwing open Gates in the Night- time 1 1 0 For robbing ( gardens or Orchards, stealing Wheat,- Barley, Rye, Oats, Pea*, Potatoes, Turnips, Cabbages, Sc. Hay, Clover; or any Sorts of Fodder, either during the Time of making or when stacked in the Field or elsewhere...., 1 I 0 R'CTON^ I CROW MEOLE, SC. Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Boyee, Executors of the late Wm. Mr. Barrett, Smith, Esq. .. THE asJ- PT.'- i James'Parry, Esq, Mr. Hetily, Mr. Broome, SHEI. TON AND oxbx. John Whitehnrst, Esq. Mr: Richard Simon, Mr. John Jones, dec; Mr. John M. axonj Mr. . Tames Martin, • Mr. Thomas Lewis, dec. Mr. Saye WOOPCOTT. Mr. William Mathews, Mr. John Dixon, ONSLOW. John Wingfield, Esq. Mr. Vanghan, Mr. Wood, DINTHILL. John Bather, Esq. PRESTON MONTFORD, Sc. Sir Francis Hill, Kilt. V! r. Vandepoel, Mr. William Cotton. REFORM. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. Sir,— To a reflecting, impartial Bbserver, the preseni stale- of things iu Britain must appear ominous. There is pervading the whole country a mmvemevl, as the French term it, which, although it may be quieted for a. time, it is to be feared cannot be suppressed Until it arrives at. its crisis, which will probably be a Revolu- tion., Perusing the history- of a Tour through Italy, which was written about two years ago, I met" the following sensible and just remarks. They were spoken more particularly respecting that counjry,- but are decidedly applicable to our own, circumstanced as it now is. They may perhaps ' be edifying to some of your readers. " If the road be not left open for industry and talent to acquire property and rank, the lower orders must sink into abiect pauperism, or ferment into dangerous rebellion. They have taken the former channel in most parts of fair Italy, but, with the ' march of intel- lect,' they will probably run the latter and more fear- ful course in some other parts of the world. It' wealth" and power accumulate beyond all reasonable propor- tion in one class, and that, the least numerous of society, KNOWLEDGE, which is truly said to be power, will ulti- mately impel the larger arid destitu'e class to organise physical force for the destruction of monopqly, and the more e. p. ial distribution of wealth. This, it is true, will be ROBBERY, attended by bloodshed and all kinds . of crimes. But if Providence permit t^ e hurricane lo restore the equilibrium of the atmosphere, while it sweeps whole cities, with all their inhabitants, to de- struction, it mav sanction the storm of revolution, which subverts the foundations of society, to cure evils that have been growing for ages, fostered by the blind cupidity and the avarice ot the human race. The his- tory of the world and of human nature leaches us that example, or even experience, nas little or no influence- on man when his selfish passions are concerned. He will risk all rather than lose a part. When Cato informed Ptolemy, " King of Cyprus, that he might retire with a certain pari of his p.- operty, he refused. He went out to sea in a ship with his treasures, deter- mined to sink himself aud them in one common watery grave. His courage amounted, to the destruction of himself, but it could not be wound. up to the immersion of his riches in the ocean. He sailed back, deposited his money and jewals in safety for his enemies, and then committed suicide I The application of this his- torical fact to existing circumstances is not difficult. Our great depositaries of wealth and power will not concede to measures that may sacrifice a part to pie- serve the remainder. Theywill obstinately retain all, like Ptolemy, till the moment when they must lose all !" 3 " Q. iem Dens vult perdere prius dementat," " Hitherto the heads of a few have guided the hands of the many, and one channel of thought lias fed and set in motion ten thousand springs of action. Ere long each brain will think for itself, and plan for the com- mon weal. If, in such case, there be any lack of . wis dom, it certainly will not. be from want of multiplicity of counsellors I Such a state of tilings is rapidly approaching, nor can it be prevented, even on this oppressed soil, by the Austrian bayonet, or Papal crosier. Human wisdom may do much to mitigate the evil, if it be one, by meeting it Half way, and lessening the impetus of the revolution. Obstinacy may render the collision of two extremes most awful and destruc- tive." That the public mind throughout this kingdom is greatly excited, is true. That grievous abuses exist, and that reform is highly requisite, are positions equally tree. But, it may be asked, will the Reform Bill now discussed, if it become a law, effect the desired objects and satisfy the country in general ? I am confident that it will not. It will do for tjie coun- try what Catholic Emancipation did for Ireland. It may do some good, but undoubtedly a great deal of mischief. It may pacify the people for a while, under the deluded hope of having their wants and sufferings removed, but when they find that they were disappointed, and that what they called for had been conceded to them principally through fear, their demands will then be ten- fold more exorbitant than ever. Our King and Ministers are now, in fact in a very awkward dilemma. They are convinced that Reform is necessary— that if it be denied, we are daily in danger of being overwhelmed by civil war; yet I cannot be persuaded to believe but that they are con- vinced of the projected system of Reform being a most dangerous expedient, even admitting that it, may be productive of many advantages to the country. ' I here is a spirit abroad of- radicalism, of innovation, and impatie'nee of controul, which, under the assumed callings for Liberty and Reform, w: ants nothing less than the throwing off of all government and laws. If this spirit be fostered, by having its desires assented to, it will ultimaiely upset our King and his throne— our Ministers, Lords, and Commons. After the Reform Bill has become a law, the next thing required will be, not to pay tithes; then the poor rates, land tax, the duty on malt, hops, candles, soap, Sc. . willall be objected to in the same manner; and, fur Ihe salte of peace, the voice of the people, however unreasonable, must lie complied with. By and by our l berty will become so great, that we must pay neither tithes, taxes, nor rents. Our Kings, Queens, Dukes Earls, Lords, Bishops, Parsons, et ccelera, must exist, like other men, by the sweat of their own brows. Britain will be once more visited by the '" golden age." We shall again letrri to the path designed for us by Nature. We shall live free as the lord of the forest, having no laws to obey, and no superiors to fear. We shall think as we like, say what we like, and do what w e like. Civi- l zation, with all its damnable attendants, shell- be hurled out of the country. Let every one who wishes this glorious period to arrive exert all his might in. S3T The ANNUAL MEETING will be held at fhe GRAPES INN, Bicton Heaili, on Monday, the 16th Instant, when all the Members or their Representatives are requested to attend, at Half- past One o'Clock, to examine the Treasuier's- Accounts, and also to admit Person's who wish to become Members of the Associa- tion. Dinner at Two. o'Clock. JOHN W1IITEHURST, Treasurer. Mount House, May 7,1831. . support of Lord, John Russell's scheme of Reform. I am. Sir, - ^ our obedient servant, MACHAON. G y Llanfair, Mnn'gomeryshire, 9i/< May, 1831. Worcester County Election commenced on Friday morning. The candidates, attended by a considera- ble number of their friends, arrived at the place of meeting by ten o'clock, soon after which the business commenced. Col. Lygtin was proposed by J S. Packington, Esq. seconded by John Phillips, Esq.; the Hon. T. II Foley was proposed by T T. Vernon, E- q seconded by T. C. Hornyhold, Esq.; and Capt. the Hon. I". Spencer hy Sir C. S. Smith; Bart, seconded by Robert Berkeley, Esq. The candidates having severally addressed the freeholders on being proposed, Capt. Spencer, on the requirement of Dr. Beale Cooper, exhibited his qualification, in amount of pro peitv, to sit fora county. A shew of hands then took place, nnd was declared to be in favour i f Mr. Foley and Capt. Spencer. Capt. Martin hating de- manded a poll on behalf of Col. Lygon, the prepara- tions were immediately completed, and polling enni- menced at twelve o'clock. It closed at five, and the numbers were announced— for Col. Lygon 200, Mr. Foley 191, Capt. Spencer 131. The candidates then addressed their friends,- thanking them for their ex- ertions; the freeholders were also addressed by Mr. Sergeant Russell and other gentlemen. The polling was resumed. on Saturday morning, and at its close in the evening the numbers were announced' for Mr Foley 501 to I. Lvgon 4SI4 Capt. Spencer 432 Numbers of voters remained in Worcester unpolled on Saturday evening. The election is conducted with great order, and without the least tumult. The election for the city of Worcester took place on Monday, and Colonel Duviesand Mr. Robinson' were re elected without opposition, the Hon. H Fitzrov not aitempting to contest the matter wi'li thrm.— For the borough of Droilwich, Mr J. H. H. Foley and Sir T homas Wimiinglon, Bart, have been refurned.— For Evesham, Sir Charles Cockerell and Mr. Hudson have been declared elected. At the final close of the poll the numbers were — for Sir C. Cockerell 21) 8, Mr. Mud- s' n 157, Lord Kennedy 130. The Lord Advocate of Scotland has been defeated in his struggle to represent the city of Edinburgh. In Buckinghamshire, the Marquis of ChandOs continues to head the poll. Lord Henry Cholmondeley con- tests fhe county of Chester with Mr. Wilbrahain, and a severe struggle is looked for. Sir Edward Knatchbull has declined contesting tlie county of Kent.— Mr. Wilson Putteit luis ulso declined contesting Lancashire,— After a contest of three days, General Gascoyne resigned, and Messrs Ewart aud Deuison have been elected for Liver- pool. The election for the borough of New castle closed on Monday, when Mr. Edmund Peel ahd Mr. Miller were declared duly elected At the final close of the poll the votes were— for Mr. Peel 740— Mr. Miller 403 — Mr. Wedgwood 374. Stafford County Election took place on Friday. The re- election of Mr. Littleton was proposed by T. S. Kinnersley, Esq. seconded by Captain Chetwynd ; and of Sir John Wrottcsley, Bart, by Sir Oswald Mosley, seconded by Mr E Butler. No other candi- date being proposed,- the High Sheriff declared the two Hon. Gentlemen duly elected After the return had been signed, both the ncwlv chosen mem hers re- turned thanks to the electors, and they were carried in decorated chairs from thc Hall to the Swan Hotel. " THE BILL." The following extracts from ihe address of H. Driiminoinl, 1- sq. an old reformer, to the freeholders of Surrey, are'worth perusing at this season of excite, mi nt " 1 have ever advocated a reform of ibe House of Commons, because abuses had crept into that body, ' and: thc sale of seats was ^ notorious 1 lamented tjie systematic refusal of the government fur Vie fast thirty years to rectify this abuse, because a tremendous re- action was siire to be the result whenever Hie people, finding the pressure of the public debt past further endurance, aggravated by being compelled to dis- charge, in gold, debts that were ci fitracted in paper, should lie reailv to ad,> pt any scheme, however des- perate, which might speciously, tint deceitfully, offer them the prospect of" relief. 1 was not eentent with vague terms, but 1 specified, as the essential details of reform, first, the extension of the riglit of voting from some otie place to all • resident persons of pro- perly, let that property consist in what if may ( a point, hy the way, which is lint indifferently managed by the bill); secondly, the disfranchisement- iif non- resident voters; thirdly, the reduction of expense of elections, by taking votes simultaneously in parishes ( arranged by tbe bill in a less efficient mode); fourthly, Hie shortening the duration of parliaments from seven to three years, agreeably to the constitu- tion of. 1088. " It is obvious, thorofore, flial I entertained a strong pr disposition to receive favourably the plan which has been propounded by the ministers, the greater part of which is unexceptionable; and that I bad no w ish to cavil at trifling faults, lint since they have resolved to compel in to take ' the bill, the whole hill, and nothing but the bill,' without any modifica- tion, it. becomes us to pause before we submit. to this dictation; for to seize upon the charters of unoffend- ing towns, as they propose, is a violation of ull law ami equity, w hich like any other act of tyranny may indeed tie effected by brute force, hut which leaves no deed, nor title, nor privilege, nor property, in fhe kingdom, secured on any durable basis ; and, hence- forth, all wc possess is held on thc precarious tepure of popular sufferance, ready to be sacrificed whenever a ministry, sufficiently profligate, shall lie willing to retain power hy pandering to the passions of the . mob, and to perpetrate an act of spoliation under the ' ever ready guise of public expediency. Nor does the in- tegrity of some, and the experience of others, of the present ministry, afford a rational hope of even a tran- sient respite from a speedy repetition of such acts, since they have suffered themselves to be hurried by colleagues, famed no less for the unsoundness of their judgment, and the recklessness of tlieir principles, than the brilliancy' of their talents, into a desperate plunge,' hy a false representation to their sovereign, fhatt. be Commons had refused thesupplies, ora'com plicated proposition, novel even to themselves, which least of all, required haste, if il did not peremptorily demand the most cautious deliberation, and who, instead of calming the violence of a suffering anil irritated people, the only conduct ot" wise rulers, have rather fomented, for the sake of taking advantage of, their delirium, in order to delude their ignorance into the acceptance ofa new constitution. " According to the ' whole bill,' Ihe House of Com- mons will no longer consist of representatives of inter- ests, but of delegates from mobs Nature arid law both admitting of inequality of property, the bill will confer equality of power. According lo 4 the whole bill,' whose issues are unforeseen, it is impossi- ble to rctrace our steps, if any error should be subse- quently discovered in its Working; so that the folly of taking an irretrievable step into an unknown re- gion, can only be denied by the assumption of infalli- bility. Every hope of relief to the productive classes, except, from a liquidation of the debt, is fallacious; and although this burden may be got rid of by wise . neusures, with perfect justice, there is as little proba- bility of such wisdom appearing1 under the new con- stitution as under the old ; while the chance of justice being observed is much diminished, since the, pretext of expediency, which shall have sanctioned the plun- der of the corporations, will apply with aggravated power to the robbery of the public creditor; and the advantage of so doing will be far more apparent to vulgar apprehension. The harvest is richer, and the morality the same. " When I avowed myself an advocate for reform, I was no hypocrite, and did not, under the mask of; re- novation, secretly intend revolution; 1 did not, under the pretext of repairing the popular branch of the , constitution, mean fo give it a new power incompati- ble with tbe existence of the other branches; I did not, under tlie mockery of loyal attachment to tjie monarchy, intend to set up a republic. If, however, this bill passes without modification, all the ^ ower of the state is transferred from the hitherto the lower classes, and an ignominious abdication of his right is the only peaceable alternative for the King. There cannot* henceforward, be sufficient unity and energy in the government fo cause the country to he re- spected or feared abroad ; nor will the executive pos- sess sufficient power at home to prevent us from the heaviest curse that can befal a country— far heavier than that of uiilitary despotism— the savage brutality, ofa lawless mob, goaded by a malignant and anony- mous press. " No sound reason whatever can be assigned for diminishing the number of English members, and upon this the people of England should make a decided stand. The effect of the bill in Ireland will be to give us a great influx of Irish Papists; not a class of persons peculiarly remarkable for being dispassionate, nor for their caution iri the management of a nationV affairs ; while the treatment of the lower orders there, may shew the lower orders here how little the sympa- thy of their rulers is Irkelv to be increased by such a change. u It is not fo be denied that, many excellent men are iii favOur of this bill; but neither is it to be de- nied that amongst its most clamorous supporters is . every wretch who is bankrupt alike iu fortunes and in morals— every daring blasphemer— every anar- chist— every desperado in the kingdom. Such patron- age, at all events, is not to its credit; while their approbation may be owing to the acuteness of their: penetration." Tarn worth election took place on Monday. Lord Charles- Tovvnshend was proposed by the Rev. Francis Blick, seconded by Mr. Parson*; and Sir Robert Peel, Barti by Mr! Tyl< cote, seconded by - Mr. \ V. Robinson. The candidates having addressed tlie electors, and no other appearing, they were declared duly returned, amidst the cheers of their Respective - adherents. The remains of the late Duchess of Wellington were removed on Sunday morning, from Apsloy House, previous to interment at Strathfieldsay. Lord Maryborough, as chief'mourner, and other. relatives of the deceased, followed in four carriages apd four. The carnage of the deceased, the King's carriage, with a set of horses, the Queen's arid the Duke of Cumberland's cari'iages, the carriages of the Puke of Northumberland arid upwards of thirty of Tie rela- tions and friends of ihe deceased Duchess followed. Lord Clifford d « e<( on Friday, at. his seat in Devonshire. His lordship, was one of the Cdliiolie Peers whom trie bill of. 182'.) allowed to. take their hereditary seats jo the l^ vrislMiijje. wa « in bis 72d year,' and litib' known by any share he took io politics. l\ e married the youngest , vdaus> hter of the late Lord Arundel, by whoiri be had a lar< » e family. The ' present4 Lord • Clifford i « in his 40lh year, and is married to t'he daughter of Cardinal Weld, who, since tiie'. deutli of his lady, has entered the Catholic Church. BANKRUPTS, M- AV'- O.^ Thomas I WOLL - Lansdmvn, of : Clutton, Somersetshire,. .. victualler. Hugh Leyland, now or late . of Silitoti, Lane. ashite, maltster. Jaineti Knib. b, ot' St. Ilelen, Worcester, bookseller. John Sans a m; of 0 ravel - 1 a e, S n n 111 wa i k, vie. to al 1 e r Ri > be 11 Sharp'(\ of Bri^ ge- fow;' Ci't'/, ironmonger. ; John Sea- . gel 1 •, of iVckenjiam, Kent, victualler Marinadtike • William- Dearie, late . of George- streev, Riehmoed, teai • dealer. . Robert D'aviev of Little PuMeoey- street, broker. William Hast* of Vine- street, Minories, mer- chant. Charles. King, . of Ipswich, innkeeper. John Fuller, of Swansea,.. Glamorganshire, tailor. John Williams,, of Ship pnV> Uc- hou> e, Stepney, victualler. . John Frederick Meyer, late of the I phohlerV^ Aiirt*, ' Poland- street, Oxford- street, victualler. Thos. Hobni- son, of Anchor and Hope- alley, St. Georgev. n- tf). e- East, tallow- chandler and nie! t. er. WiUiam Harrison, of Pickering- Marshes, Yorkshire, horse- dealer. Orlando Eli Read, of Kingstnn- njxm- Hull, draper. Alexander Christie, of Sheffield, engineer. INSOLVENTS.- John Maclaehlan aud Donald Macm- tvrc, of Sun- conr*, Cornhill, merchants. Joseph Vandersteen, late of London- road, Suncy3 tinman. Montgomeryshire Election. On Thursday last, the Election of a Knight to serve iu Parliament for the County of Montgomery, came on in tiie town of Montgomery; the candidates being the Right lion. C. \ Y. W. Wynn, and . loseph Hayes Lyon, Est}. The friends of the respective Candidates mustered in considerable numbers at an eariy hour in tbe morning; and about ten o'clock, a very large cavalcade of freeholders accompanied Mr. Wynii into the town.— Mr Lyon's friends also then Came in great force, aided hy a large body of the working spinners and weavers from Newtow- h',- in any of whom wore mOtliiCs and blue favours.— VIt W\ no's friends were distinguished by wearing a laurel leaf and no favour: his band wore green and red cockades. Convenient hustings were erected in front of tbe Town Hall; and tbe High Sheriff ( It. iM. Bonnor Maurice, Esq ) having opened the business 6f the day in the Town Halt, adjourned to tbe hustings, anil called fipbn the gentlemen who had candidates to propose to put them iu nomination. The Viscount CLIVE said he felt proud to answer the call that had been made by tbe High Sheriff to nominate a proper person to represent the county of Montgomery in Parliament. He Should have the satisfaction of propo ing to tbe freeholders a gentle- loan well known to them, who had served them honestly hud faithfully tor many years— uho had served them honestly and faithfully to the period of the dissolution of tbe late Parliament: and, more- over, one who had voted for that Question about which so much interest was felt at the present mo- ment. Mr. Williams Wynn, whom he bad the honour to propose as their Representative, was no enemy to { tint for which those whom he now addressed seemed so anxious— he meant Refbrni: be ( Mr. W.) had been a supporter of useful, efficient, and proper reforms— indeed more so than many who bad said more, but done less for that purpose. Though Mr. Wymi had been a supporter of Reform, he bad required at the same time that the House of Commons and the coun- try should fully Understand the merits of the Rill lately introduced? and he liad asserted that he would not receive orders as to his Conduct from any set of men in the situation of His Majesty's Ministers, who had called upon him to receive aud support the Bill, tbe whole Bill, and nothing but fhe Bill. What, ifi fact, had been Mr. Wynn's conduct ? He had told Ihe Ministers he was member for Montgo- meryshire, that he hail a right to form his own opinion on the Bill, and to consider whether the measure proposed was a giWid and proper oue : he would be satisfied that the Bill about to he proposed was a good one: and in this he had acted right, he had acted cautiously, iu a manner worthy of his high character, aud as became tiieir Representative: for no gentleman in the House of Commons— not even those who proposed the Bill, nor any other person fhat had rend it,- could tell what its working would be. It was full ot contradictions. At one time it vlas preti nded that property was the ground off which il bad been framed ; at another time it was said fo have been based on population. In neither of these was it correct: and no person could read the Bill without being satisfied of its want of correctness. - At one time they were told that a population of 20,000 persons was to be tbe title to representatives; and yet in Montgomeryshire 50,000 would not obtain for them any addition. The county of Durham, Aith but 200,000 inhabitants, was to have 10 repre- sentatives: while the county palatine of Lancaster, with 1,050,000, was to have but 20.—[ The interrup- tion here given to his Lordship by the crowd that had mustered from Newtown, & c. compelled his Lordship to wait for the restoration of something like order.] Viscount Clive proceeded— aud observed, that if they did not like an English story he would tell them a Welsh one. The trainers of fhe Bill had been no more fortunate in their regulations relative to Wales than iu those that related to England. Several of fhe Welsh counties had a population greater than Rutlandshire and other counties that returned two members, and yet; with Ibe exception of Glamorganshire, no county in Wales was to return au additional representative: every other part of the kingdom was included in the proposed advantages of Ihe Bill; but Wales, with the ex- ception of Glamorganshire, was excluded. Why were not Denbighshire, Carmarthenshire, & c. to reap some benefits from Ibis Bill: iu what respect were they inferior to Bedfordshire, Rutlandshire, and other English counties. At all events, it was clear, that population was not the ground- work ou vMeti rhe Bill hstd been framed. He was equally satisfied that property was not tbe hasis on which Ihe Bill hud been erected. If any gentleman that he addressed happened to have a house worth i ll) a year in af borough, and 116 other freehold, his tenant would, under tfrfc pro- posed bill, be entitled 1o vote in that borough, while the landlord would be left without any vote what- ever, aud be totally deprived of his franchise. They were bound, too, by the Bill to bave the Counties divided aud dissected by tbe Privy Coun- cil— a body dependent ou the Ministry— and yet against w hose decision there was to be no appeal. Such a proposition as tbis was never before sub- mitted by auy Government to a free people. If, therefore, they valued their privileges, if they valu. ed their property, if they valued their rights as freeholders, he called upon them to resist the measure. Again, all persons occupying houses In boroughs, of tbe value of £ 10 per aniiutn, were to bave the right of voting; conferred upon theni; yef, if a man ocenpied a farm of £ 50 per annum, he was to have no vote: in short, tbe bill was altogether in favour of the population of tovfns, while the interests of the fanners were totally neglected: indeed, a man occupying £ 20t) or i' 300 a year wonld have no vole under the Bill, a copy of which lie held in his hand, although a pauper, if he lived in a bouse uf £ 10 per annum within a Borough, might be enabled lo vote. Another point in tbe bill was equally unfair: a copyholder of £ 10 per annum was to have a vote, while a man who held property under a lease of the elear yearly value of £ 50 would have no vote; and yet where was the substantial difference in the tenure? He bad, he thought, said enough to satisfy them of Ihe inconsistency and unfairness of the Reform Bill; aud to show that his right hon. friend had iloue right not to give up his own opinion at the dictation of any set of men. His honourable friend had ut all times done the best he could for his country, and would continue to do so fearlessly, honestly, and impartially, if Ihey returned him. [ A voice from the crowd said—" We never Will."] « ' We shall see that," said his Lordship, who continued — They could not doubt either the honesty or the in- tegrity of Mr. Williams Wynu : he had given a proof of this, from which there was no man that did not wilfully shut his eyes to the fact, but mint in a moment draw a conclusion of Mr. Wynn's most high minded sense of independence. He was in a remarkably good situation under the Government , and every body connectcd with the Government was desirous that he should continue to hold it; but. be preferred doing his duty to hi* constituents honestly and fearlessly rather than retaining office, and to preserve his independcnci as Iheir Representative, he had resigned his situation under Ihe Crown. Another fact there was, which was but little known, aud which he fell it his duty to state to the freeholders now assembled. By two specin Acts of Parliament, Mr. Wynu was entitled to a pen- sion of £ 3,000 per annum on account of the situations that lie had held ; yet he bad not accepted that pen- sion, but had retired as poor, ; M honest, and as inde- pendent as be was before be accepted office. If, then, they would have a man lo light their battles thirty and Imnestlv in the senate— a man who would not he dic- tated to by any set of Ministers— a man who would look to their interests and the interests of the nation at large— a man who would support such Reform'as should preserve their rights, and not make all the concessions on one side - that man was Mr. Wynti. Mr. Wynn wus no party man, and, with one exception only, there was no man of whom the House of Commons thought more: his great learn- ing, his knowledge of the privileges of the House, and of the constitution of Ihe kingdom, bis acquaint- ance with public business, and Ihe perfection of his j udgmeut iu all measures brought forward,, by which he was enabled to asceitain and to secure to Ihe country aud il » institutions all the benefits that could be derived from them, was such,- as to place him in the first rank as a senator, and was the strongest assurance fhat he would do all that was in his power to preserve the country in that high and gloi ions situation to which il had attained. [ Here there was again much interruption.] His Lordship continued.— Although be ( Lord C.) had the hoitoi to be a Welshman, he perceived that it was necessary for a Welshman to keep his temper, and they would not find it easy to take away his: be should, with their permission, soon conclude, aud . they could then give their attention to such gentlemen as it was their pleasure to hear: it was not, however, to their noise, but to the votes upOn the poll, and to those voles alone, that he would fearlessly appeal. He knew the Freeholders of Montgomeryshire too well to suppose for a moment thai ( hey would reject so wise, so valua- ble, aud so efficient a public servant as Mr. Wynn, who had served them honestly and independently for thirty- lwo yeurs. Under these circumstances, he bud the honour of recommending—( and he earnestly hoped his recommendation would be atr tended lo)— lie had, he repeated, the honour of re- commending to them, as a fit and proper person lo serve them iu Parliament, tbe Right Hon. C. W. Williams Wynn, not doubting: but they would re- turn that gentleman as their Representative. DAVID PUGH, Esq. of Llanerchydol, said, that the task of coming forward at this time to s- cond Ihe nomination of his right honourable friend had de- volved upon him, although he regretted that it had not been placed in the hands of one more accus- tomed to public affairs, and more competent to do justice fo Mr. Wynn's merits: he was, however, relieved from much anxiety on that point, when he recollected Mr. Wynn's long and faithful services and great talents, which had placed him so high in the oninion of the senate ; and the consideration of which satisfied him that lie was best consulting the interests of the county in supporting the nomination that had just been made by tbe Noble Lord. He begged also to assure the meeting he was the last man to have come forward, if he had not been tirmiy convinced that his right honourable friend was as anxious for every reasonable and just reform as any man could be: and therefore he begged leave to second the nomination of the Right Hon. Charles Wutkin Williams Wynn as a fit and proper person to represent tbe county of . Montgomery in Parliament. WILLIAM- OWEN, Esq. of Glanseveru, said he should have been more happy lo address the nieet- for auy other purpose than that for w hich Ihey had assembled. During the great number of years that he had lived in the county, he had never addressed public meetings but ou two occasions: aud lie now came forward solely from a deep consideration of public duly. The question at issue— the question on which they were to decide was, not whether they would have this gentleman or that gentleman to represent them, but whether they would have Reform, or No Reform : that was tbe question. In coining forward to support the proposed measure of Reform, he was forgetting and setting aside the strongest feelings that one man could entertain for another— the strongest feelings of social intercourse and private friendship: and nothing but an im- perious sense of public duty should bave induced liim lo come forw ard. He had for many years been honoured with the friendship of the right hon. gentleman now before Ihem as a candidate, and of whose honesty and honour he had as high an opinion as any man living : that, however, was not the question now before them. He himself should have been as happy as any man to support the right hon. gentleman as far as he could have done it consistently ; but when a question of vital importance to the country had been brought forward, and he found his right lion friend had mis- taken, as he thought, the course lie ought fo have adopted,— and he was firmly convinced that he had so mistaken his course,— nothing, he would say, buta firm conviction, that in the course he had adopted the right lion, gentleman had been an opponent of reform would have induced him to come forward on this occasion. He had no private views to promote in urging upon them the great importance of Reform : it was a measure absolutely necessary for their happiness, prosperity, and welfare. As far back as the year 1780, the question of Reform bad beeu submitted to Parliament, and all the first statesmen of tbe nation bad, at one period or olher, fought the battle of Reform. Year after year Ihe question had been brought forward ; and as often had the Government and their supporters defeated it, although the miseries of the people bad been daily and hourly increasing from that time to the present. At the period he bad first mentioned, lie resided at the University, where he bad tbe honour of some degree of acquaintance with Earl Grey, who then enter- tained tbe same opinions that he now supported. He had now advanced iu years, and the spirit of Reform had advanced and increased : but he had frotfl Close observation been fully convinced that Reform would never succeed, unless supported by the Administration : it was now supported by the Government, and unless flVey were supported by the public, Reform would never be obtained. The issue the King had sent Ihem to try that day, was, whether Ihey would have Reform, off no Reform; and he iulreated them to bear that iu miud. What- ever might be their determination, either for or against Reform, il was substantial Reform alone, be was convinced, that could benefit the uatitfn.- II was not enough for their Rep'rcsentritiVe to srfy, that if a proper Bill was brought forward Jfe would support it. They had been fold that the right hon. gentleman before them bail been in Parliament aboilt thirty years: and bis talents, his learning, and his honour, no one would dispute; Vitt during Ihe whole of those thirty years he had neglected the question of Reform— he had not shown that attention to the interests of Reform that he ought to have ( lone, and which his constituents bad had a right to expect. He thanked God tbe pr- sent Administration1 had brought forward the question of Reform in a manly ifTailner: ami therefore the gentlemen with whom be acted had resolved to give their support to the cause of the people in this its most auspicious stage. It was known to all that be had the honour to address that a requisition had beep signed by gentlemen of the first rank to call a meeting of the county of Mont- gomery in favout of Reform : they had done him the honour to placc his name at the head of it: that meeting took place : resolutions were there proposed am) carried in favour of Reform : and who appeared there to oppose those resolutions? Why the right lion, gentleman, and those by wlibin he was now pro- posed- and seconded. He then gave tlieni no idea of any reform at all, beyond the statement that he would support the disfrutichiseirtent of corrupt Boroughs, aid that he had hitherto done so: in fact, the only reform he proposed was one that would take two or three hundred years to effect the purpose intended : the right hon. gentleman having plainly declared that he would not touch the close boroughs. His noble friend ( Lord Clive) had spoken lunch lo them about the details of the Reform Bill; but he had said nothing about its principle: he had laid hold of some trifling particulars, which any honest numbers could set right in a committee • and it was not enough now to come forward and say We do not oppose re- form, but Ihe Bill is incorrect: every honest trfemher would do his utmost to assist the cause by endeavour- ing to correct the details. Their cry, however, was 11 Give me a perfect Bill, and 1 will support it; but if you give me one with the slightest flaw in it, I will oppose it." Their real object was plain, it was to turn out the present Administration. He would not him- self say that the H it was perfect; but tbis he would say, that if they got this Bill passed, ail the good, ami all the improvements desired, would speedily follow. He would ask his right bou. friend, as a lawyer and a statesman, if ev « r he knew a bill of three sheets introduced into Parliament that did not re- quire amendment?—. if the Bills he bad himself in- troduced had not required amendment? One strong objection that had beeu [ nude to the Bill was that il gave such power to the Privy Council as had never before been delegated to such a body : if that was wrong, could it not be altered ? [ Lord Clive observed, il was urged upon the Parl ament that they must have " the whole Bill,"] Mr. Owen resumed— Still, tbe opponents of the bill did not object to' ifs principle : their objections were to the details, which, as he had before ob- served, could be rectified in a Committee. Tbe intention of these persons was, by collateral attacks upon the details of the Bill, to prevent any Reform taking place. The King, however, had referred it to the people lo say whether they would bave a Reform or no Reform : und those who opposed the Bill wished by their objections to set Reform aside until all who now supported it were no longer living. lie was prepared lo demonstrate ( hat ihe Bill was right in principle, but they would not attend to him : iu fact, the opponents of the Bill admitted jts principle was right, but they wanted- to get rid of it by trifling objections to ifs details. Let them look how Peers were represented in Parliament. By the constitution of England peers of the realm had no right to inter- fer with tf Haoue of Commons: yet as things were. peers of the realm sat there by proxy. It was noto- rious that the Duke of Newcastle sat there for a borough in the name of Sir Charles Wetherell: and that if the nominee were to vote against the Duke's wishes he would be unseated : but that was not all, the same Duke was represented there by 4 or 5 other members ; and be was only one of several Peers aud borough proprietors that sat there in the same manner Sir James Scarlett bad been the nominee of- one of these per- ons, and when he voted against his patron he had to turn out. Then there was the borough of Weoblv, where the Marquis of Bath put in two mem- bers, who would cease to sit if they voted against his views: and in that borough, the marquis's tenants, the voters for that place, lived rent- free, besides having plenty lo eat and drink at elections, and per- haps something in their pockets beside. Such was the close borough system: and he could show them 30 other boroughs whose members were sitting there as the representatives of some noble lords who bad no right to be there, nor to interfere in the representation. The next point to which he would advert was the rotten boroughs : and of 100 borough members, there were at least 80 who may lie said to ride to order— that was, as their patrons told them. But what tbe people wanted was that every Member sitting as their Representative in the House of Commons should be a free agent, aud not under the controul of any man. In the House of Commons, as now constituted, there were at least 100 that were not free agents, but who were the mere puppets of noble lords or other pro- prietors of boroughs: and it was one great object of the bill lo remove such members from the House of Commons, aud to transfer the franchise from those rotten boroughs to tbe large unrepresented towns. Much had been said against the Reform Bill; be- cause it proposed to give Ireland five additional mem- bers, and to take from England and Wales 50. He would contend, however, that the bill, in reality, added to the representation of the people, and did not diminish it. The members that were to be taken away were in reality no members at all— they were worse than none at all, for they were traitors to the people: and if the bill did thus reduce the number of members by 50, still it would, in fact, be an addition of 30 sound and really good representatives as com- pared with the numbers now sent, and which eluded those from the rotten boroughs about to be swept an ay: the 3l> new members would sit for counties or districts, instead of the useless supporters of profligate expenditure that now filled the rotten boroughs. And as to giving five members to Ire- land, why should they look upon it with so much antipathy ? Had not the two greatest statesmen of recent years been Irishmen? had not Irishmen led ou armies to victory, filled our ranks with valour, and freely shed their blood in defence of England and English interests? He wonld now advert to what had been said by Lord Clive ns to the representation of Wales. It had been said that Ihe bill gave no additional members to Montgomeryshire and other counties: it did not; but it restored to several towns in Montgomeryshire rights that had been taken away by oue of the most tyrannical aud iniquitous decisions that had ever beeu adopted in the House of Commons. The bill, there- fore, deprived no man of his rights, but it restored those that, had been unjustly taken away. Look at the state of Montgomeryshire as compared with the other counties of Wales. In Denbighshire, Flintshire, Cardiganshire, & c. the members were returned by contributory boroughs; and in consequence the members were always men well known in the county from which they were returned: but in Montgomery- shire, where there were no contributory boroughs, the only borough ( that in which they now stood) returned a man scarcely known to the electors even by name, and who sat for it by nomination. It had been diligently circulated that the honour, able friends with whom he acted were about lo propose as a candidate for the representation of Ihe county a gentleman who was an utter stranger to ils inhabitants : and in consequence the freeholders of Welsh Pool had issued a violent philippic against them. He would just ask the parties who had thus appealed to the county, why, if a stranger ought not to sit for the county, oue should be allowed to sit as the representative of its only borough. The gentleman who stood at the head of that protest, and who bore the same name as the noble lord that had addressed the meeting, was one of Ihe most amiable aud most respected gentlemen he knew : he also bore the name of the member for the borough, and of him by whose nomination that member sat as its representative. One observation he wished to add— he had re- ceived a letter from one of the most eminent law- yers of whom tbe country could boast: in that tetter, the writer expresses his opinion that * nothing ' but Parliamentary Reform could save this country ' from destruction ; and that he thought the cant of ' those who now declared themselves moderate Re- ' formers was worse than the impudent assertions of ' those who declared that no Reform was necessary: * such waft his opinion, because he thought hypocrisy ' worse than barefaced falsehood.* He cautioned the meeting ( hat unless Reform was carried by those who had now brought it forward, it never would be carried. He wished to conclude iu a way not dis- pleasing to Ihe right hon. gentleman now before them: he begged to say that he did not know one person that would not have wished to have seen that right hon. gentleman sit as their representa- tive, if they could bave hoped and trusted that he would give his support to the great question uow before ( lie country. Unfortunately they could not thus rely ou his right hon. friend, and therefore he begg- ed to propose to them a gentleman who had no olher object iu view but that of serving the interests of the public, unbiassed by any private views or selfish feelings : he begged lo propose Joseph Hayes Lyon, Esq. as a fit and proper person lo represent them in Parliament: Mr. l. you had pledged himself to support their rights and ihe great measure of Reform; and on that ground he trusted lie would receive the support of the freeholders of Mont- gomeryshire. WILLIAM PCGII, Esq of Bryn- Llywarch said — the question before Ihe county of Montgomi ry was iu a very small compass ; it was shortly this—" Will you support the King, or will you not?" [ Mr. Pugh had scarcely uttered this sentence, when cries of " Shame, shame ! Order, order'." re- sounded from a great number of the gentry and principal freeholders of the county: and RICE WYNNE, Esq. of Shrewsbury, who s| ioke from the midst of the crowd below the hustings, said he denied that what the gentleman ( Mr. Pugh) had asserted was the fair and constitutional question, and it was a disgrace to any party to use the sacred name of the King for any Suehi purposes. He and Ibe parties attached to the cause that he had espoused would not yield in loyalty to the King to any other set of men in existence. He would ask the gentleman ( Mr. Pugh) who had just addressed the meeting what he or his party would do to secure the honour and prosperity of the King, and for the protection and prosperity of his throne, that he ( Mr. Wynne) and those with whom he had acted would not? He thought their loyalty would, perhaps, at the present mo- moment be best evinced by three hearty cheers, in token of | their sincerest wishes for the health, long- life, and happiness of our gracious Sovereign. [ A round of enthusiastic cheers from the sup- porters of Mr. Wynn immediately followed] — Rice Wynne, Esq. then said—" Mr. Pugh will now perhaps favour us with his further observa- tions and opinions."] Mr. PUGH resumed—" 1 repeat, the question is, Will you or will you not support the King?" [ Again was the speaker interrupted hy cries of " Shame, shame," " Order, order?" " Who doiibts our loyally ?" See. & c ] Mr. Pugh continued— At a county meeting, the in- habitants of Montgomeryshire had adopted resolutions in favour of reform. Those resolutions were in ac- cordance with the Bill that the Parliament had rejected; and the King having dissolveiffhat Parlia- ment, and appealed to them, it was for them to say whether they would go on as they had hitherto done, or whether they would support an efficient Reform: it was for the freeholders of Montgomeryshire to say whether they would return a member to support Par- mcntary Reform or not. It had been, he doubled not, from the most honest and conscientious motives that their late member had opposed the Bill: his honesty was not doubted: but then the freeholders of Montgo- meryshire had the same right to exercise their judg- ment as the hon. member. The noble lord had spoken of the right hon. gentleman's integrity and ability: there was not a gentleman in the county or in the kingdom that doubted his integrity ot his ability: but fhe question which the freeholders had to decide was, not whether Mr. Wynn or Mr. Lynn had most ability, but whether they would or would not have Reform. No one had a greater respect for their late member than he had, and he gave him every credit for consci- entious motives : but he had told him that unless he adopted a different line of conduct he could not sup- port him. His Majesty's Ministers had presented a Bill to the Parliament, tbe details of which he would give to the winds, if its principle were preserved: and that principle was to be found in the schedules A and Bi by which the rotten boroughs were to be disfran- chised, and the representation conferred upon the great towns. The plain questiou was, whether they would send members to represent the people in Par- liament w ho did any thing but represent the people. Did they wish to pay taxes without having the least voice in imposing those taxes? Did they wish all patronage, all situations in the church or government, to be given to parliamentary interest ? Did they wish that his Majesty's Ministers should he entirely under the cuntroul of a few wealthy Peers and Commoners ? He would tell them that nnder the present system they were so ; and lie had the authority of one of the greatest statesmen this country had ever produced ( Mr. Pitt) for saying that under such circumstances no man could be a honest Minister. Was it not noto- rious, that when the Minister had any preferment to give, it was bestowed in exchange for parliamentary interest, however much it might be his inclination to bestow it on a more deserving individual: they all knew this: they all felt it: and members of noble and wealthy families were in consequence holding s tua- tions for which they were utterly unfit: and unless he had been convinced that Parliamentary Reform would be a remedy for those evils, he would never have sup- ported it. If, however, the people of England did not now do their duty, he was sure they would have to witness greater horrors than any that had been yet experienced. It had been said the Bill was too sweeping, and that by the rotten boroughs, now proposed to be dis franchised, the most talented men had been sent to Parliament: noth ng had been said, however, of the talent that these boroughs had excluded, nor of the useless and profligate members that they had re- turned : the argument was, in fact, like that of sowing a million of crabs in the hope of obtaining one apple. He had been told, and he believed the statement to be true, that threats had been used on the other side to obtain votes on this occasion. [ Cries of " No! no'."] He had no doubt, from the quarter he per ceived the denial came from, that those gentlemen knew nothing about it: still he would say it was true. [ Mr. Pugh was here stopped by shouts of " Name! Name !" and he mentioned two per. sons resident in Llanfair as having threatened a freeholder whom he named. Some gentle- men on the hustings immediately said the party named as having been threatened left the case of Mr. Pugh without foundation : for the party said to be a freeholder was actually a pauper.] Mr. Pugh proceeded— Whoever used such threats was au enemy to his country, and ought to be made an example of. The right of voting was the most solemn, the most important, that could be exercised and all that could be wished was, that every free- holder should give his unbiassed suffrage; all re- membering the solemn account that they must here after give, and for that reason acting and voting con- scientiously : and therefore he would say that any person that used intimidation should do so at his peril. They had assembled together on a most important subject, and all who camc there would, he hoped, cxercise their right with temperance, fortitude, and moderation : for himself and his friends he would say nothing should deter them from that course. Those gentlemen who had previously signed the petition to Parliament for Reform, were now called upon to shew themselves consist, nt hy supporting the man that would support Reform. His Majesty had been advised to dissolve the late Parliament, iu order to see whether the people would support a measure of Reform : he therefore now asked them whether they would support His Majesty and his Ministcss in this great measure or not ? and having said this, he should beg leave to second the nomination of Joseph Hayes Lyon, Esq. as a proper person to represent the county of Montgomery in Parliament. RICE WYNNE, Esq. ( of Shrewsbury) now ad- dressed the Sheriff and the meeting. He said that, with reference to threats having been used, he had just heard of one instance in which a freeholder in the interest of Mr. Wynn had been threatened, although he was quite sure such occurrences were not sanctioned by either of the candidates er their best friends. He would now, with permission of the sheriff, address himself to Mr. Pugh before he retired from Ihe hustings, which he perceived lie was about to do : and he would first beg leave to apologise for thus trespassing on their time; but as he came there to exercise his franchise as an independent freeholder of the county of Montgomery, he was satisfied he should be heard, and that he should be excused for introducing himself to the notice of the meeting. He was bound to say that he was almost personally unknown to either of the gentlemen who were candi- dates on this occasion. With Mr. Lyon he was per- haps best acquainted, and he was most happy to bear his humble testimony to the universal acknowledg- ment of his amiable, valuable, and irreproachable character and conduct. Being, therefore, almost a stranger to both, he could not be suspected of being devoted to either, nor of coming there for any other purpose but to support the canse iu which he had embarked, and which lie would support at any time, if. required, with the hazard of his life. lie was as much inclined as anv other man living to a practicable and temperate reform, and he was a friend to the disfranchisement of any boroughs con victed of illegal practices : hut it was impossible not to foresee the dangers and desolating consequences of adopting the theoretical and visionary measures pro- posed to the country by His Majesty's Ministers, by whom they and the country had been thrown into their present disorder and alarming difficulties— those Ministers had become the derision not only of their own country, but of the whole world, for their unex ampled failures and ignorance i. i their financial arrangements, and on account of their total unfitness and incapacity for the high and responsible situations to which it had pleased our most gracious Sovereign to appoint Ihem. He would now beg to ask Mr. Pugh to point out what practical benefit His Majesty's Ministers had rendered to their country since they had come into office. Mr. PUGH said he did not understand the question Mr. WYNNE said— then he would put il in another point of view. Had they not had sufficient time to bring forward some practicable measure for the good of the country, and had they done so ? Mr. OWEN, of Glausevern, here offered to reply and observed, that the Ministers had not had time but Ihey had done as much as a corrupt Parliament would permit them to do. Mr. WYNNE ( to Mr. Owen)—" Allow Mr. Pugli Sir, to answer for himself." Mr. PUGH on this came forward and reiterated Mr. Owen's observation. Mr. WYNNE then said that the financial arrange ments of the Ministry, to which he had referred bad nothing to do with reference to the conduct of the Members of Parliament that had opposed the Ministry. The Right Hon. C. W. WILLIAMS WYNN said he much feared that the wetting he had, in common with his friends, got on his way to the hustings that morn ing, would prevent him being able to address them so as to receive that attention which lie was the more anxious to be honoured with, because he had, to his great surprise, heard that the question they were met that dav to determine was, whether they would or would not support the King? Was that, he would say, a question to be asked of any body of men in Montgomeryshire ? [ Cries of « No! No !"] Was it a question to be asked of those who came forward as volunteers to support the King and Constitution w hen the country had been threatened by a foreign enemy? Did the Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Pugh) who had thus addressed them, pretend to greater loyalty, to greater love for his King, or had he done more to serve him than he ( Mr. W.) had. [ Great cheering] He had had the honour of serving George the Third, George the Fourth, and William the Fourth : he bad been honoured bv each of those monarchs with the geatest approbation', and he was proud to say by none more so, by none so much as by his gracious master his present . Majesty, who had over- appreciated the value of any poor services that it had been in his power to render. His Majesty had further expressed himself most graciously as to the motives which had led him to relinquish the honour of serving him in the high office to which it had pleased his Majesty to appoint him. That office he hail relinquished because he would hold nothing which should be supposed to bias him ill the performance of his public duties. [ The disgraceful noises and interruptions which from the commencement of the - proceedings had been directed ( by a crowd of persons not freeholders) against Mr. Wynn and his sup- porters, now became so overwhelming, that the High Sheriff was obliged to interfere, in order to obtain for Mr. Wynn a hearing.] Mr. WYNN resumed, and after observing how much more it would be for their own convenience to permit him to finish his address, saiij they had been told the question to- day was not whetliei- Mr. Lyon or himself was the most proper person to represent them, but whether they would have Reform or No Reform. He denied that the case involved any such question. He had been a supporter of constitutional Reform all his life, and he challenged any man to contradict that assertion. They had just been told that the Reform Bill was thrown out by the House of Commons, and that in consequence the Parliament was dissolved. That assertion had been made in ignorance : he was sure it was not said wilfully to mislead ; but it was not the fact that the Bill had been thrown out. Oil the contrary the second reading of the Reform Bill had been carrried by his ( Mr. W.' s) vote. Had he wishedjto have thrown out the Bill, his vote against it would have made the difference, and the Bill would have beecn thrown out. He had done what Mr. Owen had said it was the duty of their representative to do: lie had endea- voured to amend aud improve the Bill : he had wished it to go into the Committee, there to be made as perfect as it could be. With that view he had voted against members being taken from England & Wales to be given to Ireland. Mr. Owen had asked why they would not permit more members to be given to Ireland: bis objection was, because lie thought Wales better entitled to the addition. The propor- tion of members between England and Ireland had been settled only thirty years ago, and he saw no reason at present for making any change. Mr. Owen had told them that their members ought to go to Parliament, not fettered and bound, but as free as air, and that was his own feeling: if they re- elected him, he would do his duty honestly and to the best of his power. He was willing to support Reform: he had supported Reform : be had, in Parliament and out of it, declared his willingness lo vote for the ex- tension of the right of sending Members to Parliament to the great unrepresented towns of this kingdom. He was willing to support a proposition for diminish- ing the number of small boroughs in proportion as the members for large towns were increased. He had stated his willingness to do tbis, by throwing the small boroughs into districts, and permitting them to return two members, or by permitting one member only to be returned by some of the boroughs that now returned two. But he was not willing to deprive bodies of men of their franchises unless it could be shown that they had abused them. Because these alterations could have been made in the Bill he had voted for its going into a Committee. If he should be a member of the next Parliament, and the Bill of Reform was again brought before Ihe House, he would propose these alterations, and do every thing that in him lay to render the Bill safe and honourable to the country, and consistent with the British Constitution— that constitution which they, with him, had taken up arms to defend, and which while he had a drop of blood in bis veins he would he ready with them to Bhed it in defence of that Consti- tution. He would not detain the meeting longer; he was anxious that the question now before the county should come to a decision, and he would appeal witii confidence to the poll. The freeholders, and their county, had, as regarded their representation, been offered over and over again to a stranger, and re- fused : as an individual belonging to the county of Montgomery he was proud of having represented it for 32 years; anil believing that they would again repose their confidence in him, he should wait the issue without the slightest fear as to the result. JOSEPH HAYES LYON, Esq. said, in offering himself to their attention, he did not pretend to any personal qualifications that could recommend him to their notice. He had been selected by a number of respectable friends as a proper person to re- present their feelings iu support of Parliamentary Reform oil the principle proposed by His Majesty's Ministers; and he would pledge himself, that if they did him the honour to return him as their representative, he would support that measure. He should at the same time consider that he went to Parliament perfectly unfettered, because he be- lieved thai the measure of Parliamentary Reform was one that would be in the highest degree con ducive lo the happiness and prosperity of the country. He could not conceive such a thing was possible, but if any thing should induce a change in his opinion, he would resign rather than give a vote contrarv to their intentions.— He had little more to say: the King had called upon them to declare whether they wished for Reform or not, hy the return of such repre- sentatives as should express their sentiments: let those who were for Reform support him, and let those who were against it vote for the right hon. gentle- man : that was the plain, the important issue they had to try, and let them give their verdict, as an honest jury should do, without being biassed by feelings of private interest, affection, or friendship. The right hon. gentleman had intimated that if they returned him to Parliament he would bring in a Bill for moderate and constitutional Reform: but would that Bill contain the same clauses as that proposed by the present Ministers? would it con- tain the two importaut schedules A and B, or auy thing like them. Little more than a year had now elapsed since the right hon. gentleman had voted against the transfer uf the elective franchise from a rotten borough to another place. [ Here Mr. Williams Wynn interrupted Mr. X. yon, and assured him he was in error. Mr. Lyon referred to a paper he held in his hand, ac- knowledged that he was wrong, and apologised to the right honourable gentleman for the mistake he had made, at the same time an- nouncing to the meeting that the charge he had made was erroneous.] Mr. LYON resumed— He said that he had lost some votes on account of tbe Bill proposing a reduc- tion in the number of English members; but they were not assembled there as a committee upon the Bill ; the principle of that bill was to take away the franchise from corrupt, decayed, and close boroughs, and to extend it to populous places and districts not now represented. Oil this he rested : and he w ould not detain them long; as he was very desirous that his friends should go as soon as possible to the poll: himself and his friends had done their duty, in making every requisite preparation, so that every freeholder of the county should have an opportunity of recording his opinion on the great question at issue fairly, honestly, and fearlessly. TIIE POPULAR MINISTRY. The High Sheriff ( who acted throughout with the most gentlemanly impartiality) then took the show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Mr. Lyon ; and no doubt he was correct, although it was equally clear, the majority of freeholders was as decidedly in favour of Mr. Wynn.— A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Wynn; and the assembly- was adjourned for a short time preparatory to that proceeding. One of the principles on which Ihe fteform Bilj has been framed is tbis— that every ministry ough^ to be popular, and thnt an unpopular ministry must occasion mischief to the country. It will not re, quire much argument to prove the fallacy aiiu absurdity of such a principle when reduced to prac- tice. , Take examples from the various ministries,' whether Whig or Tory, which have ruled this country, and it will be invariably found that their popularity only lasted so long as it was purchased by concession; that whilst they were willing to reduce taxation, and break down the influence of wealth, by increasing the power of the lower orders, so long would they continue lo possess the confidence of what is emphatically called " the people"— but the very moment it becomes necessary lo raise - a. new tax,' or to repress the factious overbearing spirit of a turbulent mob, farewell to a minister's short- lived popularity. Mr. Fox, in oue of his speeches on this subject, has said— " If we were never to pass a law till it obtained the sanction of popular approbation, we. shohld never have a settled revenue to support either life establishment of our domestic policy, or to defend us against the invasions of a foreign enemy. Tho uninformed zealots who seem animated with mi enthusiastic love for their country, generally charge the House of Commons with having sold them ti> the ministry; aud the members of that house arb accused of venality, for imposing burthens which they know to be absolutely necessary, and lo which they themselves ( as the House of Commons is sup- posed to be an assembly of the first property in the state) must always bo the largest contributors. H< j ( Mr. F.) did not suspect the people of auy design against their own happiness, but lie suspected their capacity tu judge of their own happiness. He knew they were generally credulous, and generally unin- formed— captivated by appearances, while Ihey neg- lect the most important essentials, and always ridi- culously ready to believe that those men who have the greatest reason, from their extensive property, to be anxious for the public safety, are always con- certing measures for the oppression of their own prosperity." • Such was the opinion, in 1781, of this great cham- pion of Ihe people's liberty, than whom no one better understood how to appreciate public clamour. We will now turn to the other side of the page, and view what benefits may be anticipated from a popular ministry ; in doing which, we do not think we can produce any better example than the present government, whose very creation aud existence, depended on Iheir popularity. We propose, there- fore, shortly to review the immortal acts which they have performed since taking office, and lo allow our readers to draw their own conclusions of the benefits which the nation will derive from their intelligence, and above all their popularity. Previous to the Wellington Administration quit- ting office the excitement which the revolutions in France and Belgium bad produced thronghout the continent, found its way into England, and was seized with avidity by those demagogues who are always on the watch for anything wherewith to embarrass or subvert the settled order of affairs— the cry of reform, which had long been hushed, was by their exertions suddenly raised as if refreshed from its slumbers, and retrenchment was loudly called for as the only means by which the agri- culturist could make up for bad seasons, or the distressed manufacturer obtain possession of his former trade. These cries were loud, and daunted the hearts of those who ought to have stood firm against them— they mainly tended to the resignation of the Wellington administration after their defeat on the Civil List. Under these circumstances Ihe present ministry was formed, from amongst the fiercest opponents of the late administration, and came into office on three distinct pledges, viz.— Non- intervention in foreign affairs— retrenchment — and reform. The first of these they broke with- in a month after taking office, ill a manner that would have rendered them the laughing stocks of Europe, if it were. not that ridicule was suppressed by the throbs of apprehension. Their second pledge — retrenchment— has been a more decided breach' of faith, for the very first proposition of these re. trenching ministers, was the increase in the Estu mates of the Army and Navy, and for the Ord- nance; those very estimates, the extravagance of which had been for 15 years the objects of their incessant denunciations. Then came the Civil List ( the lever by which they had displaced the former ministry), in which they were not only unable to make any retrenchment themselves, but refused even to sanction the reductions recommended by their own committee. Had they been able to keep any portion of their first two pledges, they might have maintained some degree of reason in the per- formance of their last, for reform was now the only leg: they had to stand upon. Feeling that their boasted popularity began to fail them, and munnnra both loud and deep were heard from their deluded friends, they were driven to one final and desperate effort— like Ihe traveller in Ihe desert; two of their three camels had died, and they were obliged to heap alt their baggage on the miserable survivor. To the House of Cununons they became the otyecta of contempt and alarm— contempt, for their ig- norance and incapacity ; and alarm, at the precipice to which that ignorance and incapacity had led them. It was evident as a ministry they could not stand; thwarted, exposed, ridiculed, out- argued, out- spoken, out- numbered, they found It necessary to bring to their uid desperate auxiliaries, and de- termined at once on their extravagant proposition for reform ; but it was only again to give proof of ienorancc and incapacity so gross, that the annals of government will scarcely furnish us with a parallel. A measure which may involve in ils consequences the total destruction of tliis great kingdom, was undertaken ( if we are to judge it by its allowed errors) without that consideration which prudent men would give to the ordinary affairs of life, and based upon materials which at the time they must have known were both incorrect and de- ficient. All this the ministers themselves have been compelled to acknowledge, by the great and im- portant alterations which they have now made in their bill. Such are the immortal acts of this popular ministry, who, driven from step to step, for the sake of popu- larity, have at length made one desperate and in- considerate plunge, which, if it does not destroy themselves as ministers, will Involve in one inevita- ble ruin all classes and interests in society— our consideration abroad— our security at home— our laws— our riches— and our glory ; it will over- throw the beautiful constitution under which our fathers and ourselves have flourished ; it will level with the earth the cathedra! aud the castle, and will bury the cottagc of the peasant under the ruins of the palace. The King of Sardinia died on the 10th ult. at Turin. The exact numbers hitherto returned to Parlia- ment, distinguished by their principles on tbe Reform Question, are, Reformers, one hundred and seventy- two ; Anti- reformers, one hundred and sixty- five. This calculation, accurately and dispassionately made, and with a perfect knowledge of the subject, is the best answer to the ridiculously exaggerated statements of the Government Papers. Albion, Thursday. The colleague of the brother of the Lord High Chancellor has within the last week extolled the Reform Bill, because under it we shall have no corn laws !— The Lord Chancellor has himself prepared the public mind to anticipate such a declaration. For the last ten years he has written paper upon paper in the Edinburgh Review to prove that Corn Laws are a great iniquity. Can you do without tlicni ? Are you prepared to compete with the Pomeranian growers, whose rent is sixpence per acre, who live on fermented cabbage leaves, who wear no shirts, who pay no tithes nor taxes, and who could at this moment import mil- lions of quarters of corn at 25s.? It is not alone Mr. Calvert among the town representatives, or Lord Brougham among the ministry, that would reduce you to this miserable and ruinous condition; refer to the speeches of Lord Althorp, his adviser and leader Mr. C. P. Thompson, and nearly all the other component parts of the Cabinet, and you will find them head long and insatiable advocates of free trade in corn.— Suffolk Herald. MONEY LETTEBS WITHOUT DIRECTIONS.— The Duke of Richmond, in evidence recently printed, respecting Post- office salaries, makes this extraordi- nary statement. Speaking of the salaries, his Grace says, " All will recollect the responsible situation of those men who sort the letters, and the power they have of secreting letters, and converting the contents to their own use, which is very much facilitated by the negligence of the public. In the last year, in England alone, there were 9- 10 letters ( on an average upwards of three a day), containing property to the amount of £ 6645, put into the office without anv direction at all! In addition, several bankers' letters were misdirected to the wrong town, five of that number alone containing property to the amount, of £ 13,833'." His Grace afterwards remarks that " the amount of money sent through the Post- ofiice is verv large indeed, tin one of the days of the severe fail of snow, last winter, the Glasgow hag was brought into the Inland Office, and there were £ 12,000 for one banker alone, loose in the bag— the letters had got wet, and the money had dropped out!" It is also a curious fact, though not stated in this evidence, that there are daily many newspapers, sometimes hundreds, put into the office without any direction ; besides many, many letters without addresses, as well with as without money. At Stafford, at the final close of the poll, on Satur- day, the numbers stood, for Mr. Campbell 550 Mr. Gisborne 522 Mr. Hawkes 41C Mr. Campbell and Mr. Gisborne were consequently declared duly elected.