PRINTED JBY M) MN EPDOWE8, C © RM « MARKilT* SHREt^ SRlURY. This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties'of ENGLAND and WALKS. Advertisements not exceeding ' Ten Lines, ii serled at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXVIII.— N° 1949.] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1831. [ PRICE SFVENPENCE. CEFN ESTATE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BV CHURTON & SONS, At the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, in Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, on Wednesday, the 22d Day of June, 1831, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon pre- cisely, in the following or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to Conditions to be then produced: LOT I. ADESIRABLE and commodious FA- MILY MANSION, called CEFN, lately the Residence of GEORGE KENTON, Esq. deceased: com- prising an Entrance Hall, Dining Room ( 31 Ft. by 18 Ft.), © rawing Room ( 26 Ft. by 19 Ft.), Library ( 16 Ft. by V6 Ft.), Breakfast Room ( 18 Ft. by 16 Ft.) Upper Drawing Room ( 21 Ft. by 18 Ft.), 16 Bed Rooms, besides Servants' Rooms, 4 Dressing Rooms, Housekeeper's Room, Servants' Hall, Butler's Pantry, excellent Kitthfen with convenient Offices, spacious Cellars, Laundry, double Coach- houses, Stables, Sad- dle Room, Barn, Granary, and Turnery, with all other necessary attached and detached Offices, Hothouse, Pinery, Greenhouse, Icehouse, Walled Gardens, Orna- mental Cottages, Fish Pond, and 2- 47A. 3R. 17P. of excellent LAND, more or less, adjoining the Mansion, in a Ring Fence, and lately occupied therewith; to- gether with a convenient HOUSE and Buildings, called Abenbury Cottage, lately occupied by William Boates, Esq. The Mansion is most beautifully situated., and lies in the Parish and within a Mite of, the Town of Wrexham, near the Road leading to Salop, and commanding most extensive and delightful Views of the surrounding Country. The Gardens are well- stocked with Fruit Trees, and with the Hot- house and Pinery in full Bearing. The Grounds are laid out with great Taste, abound with Game; and lie in a good Sporting Country, where Hotinds are regularly hunted. Lor II. A FARM, called Plasisaf, in the Holding of John Toinlinson, together with three Pieces of Landi called Streety Ciw Lands, in the Holding of Mrs. Marshall. A Cottage, Garden, and Croft, in the Holding of William Williams, and two Pieces of Land, called Einig and Little Emig, Part of Little Erlas Farm, in the Holding of John Whitfield, contain- ing together U5A. 2R. 18P, lying in a Ring Fence, and adjoining Lot 1. LOT III. A FARM, called Cocdabint, containing 155A. 3R. 31P. in the Holding of Edward Taylor, lying in a Ring Fence, and adjoining Lot 2. LOT IV. A FARM, called Caemynoch, containing 66A. 3R. 36P. in the Holding of Benjamin Garner, lying nearly in a Ring Fence, and adjoining Lot 3. Lor V. A FARM, called Little Erlas ( except Emig and Little Emig, Part of Lot 2, and Barn 1- leld, Part ot Lot 6), containing 87A. OR. 31P. in the Holding of John Whitfield and Benjamin Garner, lying in a Ring Fence, and adjoining Lots 2 and 3. LOT VI. A FARM, called Erlas, in the Holding of Peter Nicholas, and a Field adjoining, called Barn Field, Remainder of Little Erlas Farm, m the Holding of John Whitfield, containing together 134A. 2H. 38P. lying in a Ring Fence, adjoining Lot 5. Lor VII. A FIELD, containing 2A. 1R. 21P. in the Holding of John Vaughan or his Undertenants, under a Lease 19 Years of which are unexpired, at the yearly Rent of £ 4, adjoining the Road leading from King's Mills to Cefn. LOT VIII. A COTTAGE and Garden, containing 2R. adjoining the Bridge at King's Mills, in the same Holding and under the same Lease as Lot 7, at the Yearly Rent of £ 8. LOT IX Four Pieces of excellent LAND, called Hollah Foot Road Field. Big Field, Rushy Meadow, and Acton Field containing 29A. OR. 3' 2P. more or less, Oil Hand, adjoining Lot 1. LOT X. A FIELD, called Hill Field, lying near the King's Mills, in the Parish of Wrexham aforesaid, containing 5A. 0R. 20P. more or less, in the Holding of John Williams. LOT XI. Two FIELDS, called Far Field and Barn Field with a Barn, Cowhouse, and Buildings thereon, in the Holding of the said John Williams, and a Garden, in the Holding of Thomas Jones, containing together 10A. 1R. 22P. more or less, adjoining Lot 10. LOT XII. One undivided THIRD PART or Share ( the whole into three equal Parts to be divided) of and in a FARM, at Hafodybwch, in the Parish ot Wrex- ham, containing 24A. 1) R. 27P. in the Holding ot John Giller, and ot and in two Pieces of Land, at Rlios- tuthlan, in the said Parish of Wrexham, containing 4A. OR. 18P. in the Holding of John Price. Proper Persons will attend on the respective Lots to shew them; and Particulars, with Maps of the Estate, niay be had at the Wymislay Arms and the Red Lion Hotels, Wrexham; the Wynnstay Arms, Ruabon; Cross Keys, Oswestry; Swan, Wolverhampton; Jer- ningham Arms, Shiffnal; l. ion, Shrewsbury; Royal and Albion Hotels, Chester; Liverpool Arms, Liver pool; Mosley's Arms, Manchester; the Bush, Bristol Tontine, Sheffield; and from THE AUCTIONEERS, ii Whitchurch; and the same, and any further Particu. lars required, may be obtained by Application at the Office of Messrs. BROSTER and JONES, Solicitors, in Wrexham; Messrs. MII. NE and PARRY, Solicitors, Tem- ple, London; and from Messrs. LEE and SON, Red Brook, and Mr. LAWTON, Birkenhead, Land Surveyors. ^ ales Dp auction. TO IRON MASTERS, Ifc. BY MR. BOWEN, By Order of the Assignees, on Friday, June 10,1831, on the Premises, at Llwynennion Iron Works, near Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh : SEVERAL Blast, Pumping, and Winding Engines, Rail- roads, Whimseys, Pipes^ & c.; comprising one Blast Engine of 28- Horse Power, with three Boilers, Regulator, & c. three Winding and Pump- ing Engines, with Counter Beams, Spur Wheels, & CJ excellent Weighing Machines, several Hundred Tons of Rail- Road and Castings, Pumps, Pipes, Flooring Plates, Ropes, Smiths' and Carpenters' Tools, & c. & c. as partidularised in Catalogues, which may be had from THE AUCTIONEER, Wrexham MR. BACH'S CELEBRATED HORSE, FLEXIBLE, AS now commenced his regular Rounds, and will stop at the same. Pl? ces as last Year, viz.— Westbury, Friday Nights; Talbot, Salop, Saturday; Wenlock, on Mondays; Craven Aritis, Tuesdays, and the Rest of his Time at Home. His Barren Mares at Half- price.— Enquire for JOHN DUDLEY, the Groom. May 18,1831. H In consequence of the Lots being numerous, the Sale will commence at Eleven o'Clock exactly. AT THE ROCK HOUSE, NEAR NEWTOWN. Genteel Household FURNITURE, elegant Cabinet Piano Forte, by Longman and Bates f nearly new), Rich China, Glass, Paintings, and- Books ; tico Hackney Mures, three Slacks of Hay ; 30,000 Bricks, ftc. the Property of Mrs. Jones, who is changing her Residence. MR. HULBERT MOST respectfully announces his Ap- pointment to the SALE BY AUCTION of the above valuable Property. The Days of Sale are fixed for June 15,16, and 17, next ensuing, commencing at Eleven o'Clock each Day. Mr. H. tan with Confidence recommend this Oppor- tunity to the Attention of respectable Families and Individuals, convinced the Furniture will be found of a very superior Class, and in the most perfect and desira- ble condition', the Beds are indeed prime. Catalogues will be printed and forwarded to the principal Inns in the Vicinity, and otherwise distributed. The ROCK HOUSE, one of the most delightful Mansions in the Principality, will be TO LET on the Sale being concluded. Particulars may be known on Application ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to DAVID JONES, Esq. Sutton House, near Montgomery ; or to THE AUCTIONEER, High- Street, Shrewsbury. FREEHOLD HOUSES, IN MARDOL, SHREWSBURY. BY DANIEL BRIGHT, On Saturday, the 18th Day of June, 1831, at the Honourable William Hill's Arms, near the Welsh Bridge, in Shrewsbury, at Six o'Clock in the After- noon ( under the Authority of the Act of Parliament for Relief of Insolvent Debtors), and subject to Con- ditions then to be produced; RPWO substantially- built DWELLING H HOUSES, Bakehouse, Warehouse, Stables, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in Mardol in the Town of Shrewsbury, and now in the Oceupa- tion of Mr. Thomas Clielimck, Baker and Confectioner and Mr. John Hill, Tea Dealer. The Houses are eligibly situated for Business, and command an excellent Frontage with Bow Windows to the Street. That occupied by the said Thomas Chel luick has been for some Years in great Reputation as i Baker and Confectioner's Establishment; and the other, in the Occupation of the said John Hill, is also well calculated for a Retail Business of any Description. Further Particulars may be obtained by applying to Mr. THOMAS HAIILEY KOUUH, Solicitor, Swan Hill; Mr. COOPER, Solicitor; or THE AUCTIONEER, all of Shrewsbury. THE NEAREST POSTING LINE FROM Shrewsbury to Chester, AND MANCHESTER. ^ aiess top auction. T) ES! R ABLE AND VALUABLE PROPERTY, Situate near the Village of Church Aston, AND THE TOWN OF NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE. BY LIDDLE AND POOLE, At tile Union . Hotel, in Newport, in the County of Sal op, on Thursday; the 16th Day of June, 1831 ( unless sooner disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given), between the Hours of Four and Six in the Afternoon; subject to such Conditions as shall be then produced ; ALL that MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, late in the Occupation of the Rev. J Meeke, called ASTON LODGE, situate near the Village of Church Aston, within a short Distance of the Town of Newport, with 2 Pieces or Parcels of Pasture LAND thereunto belonging and adjoining, called the Upper, and Part of a Piece of Land called the Lower Wollans, containing by Admeasurement 6 Acres or thereabouts, be the same more or less. The House is substantially built of Brick and Tile, and consists of two Parlours, Kitchen, Brewhouse, Dairy, and four good Lodging Rooms, and other suit- able Conveniences; the Outbuildings consist of a Stable, Cowhouse, and Piggeries. On the Premises is an excellent Bed of Clay, well calculated for the manu- facturing of Bricks, and a Quarry of Stone of good Quality for building. The Property, which is peculiarly eligible as a Residence for a small Family or for Investment, lies between the Road leading from Chester to London and that leading from Shrewsbury ( by way of Newport) to Stafford. It. is Copyhold of Inheritance, held of the Manor of Church Aston, the Tenure of which is ex- tremely reasonable. For a View of the Premises apply to the Auctioneers, who will appoint a Person to shew the same ; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. WILLIAM PENSON, Lilleshall, Shropshire, or at the Office of Messrs. BROOKES and SMALI. woob, Solicitors, Newport, Salop. rlPHE New Line of Posting' Road from • Shrewsbury to Chester, through Wem and Whitchurch, having met with the decided Preference of several Gentlemen who have lately travelled ill that Direction, the Innkeepers on the Road feel themselves called upon to state the superior Advantages which this Route presents to the travelling Part of the Community. By the New Line all Hills are avoided, and nearly Two Miles saved in the Distance, and such Parts of the Road as remain in the old Direction have u< dergone a ugh Repair; and as no Increase has taken place' thoroug ORDINATION. GENTLEMEN WHO INTEND TO'OFLW themselves as Candidates at the ORDINATION about to be holden by the Bishop of ST. ASAPH, must transmit to me all the requisite Papers complete on or before the 23d Day of June next; when a Time will be appointed for their Examination, and due Notice will be given of the Day of Ordination E. WYATT Secretary. St; Asaph; 15th May, 1831. Extensive and important Sale. Prime Thorough- bred Herefordshire Cattle, superior Young Horses, Brood Mares, Carriage und Waggon Horses, Sheep, Pigs, Cider, Perry, Casks, Utensils, and Implements. And at the Nev> Inn, in Llanidloes, in the County of Montgomery, WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, On Thursday, the 16th of June, 1831, at Five o'Clock in tiie Afternoon, in the following or such other Lots as shall be agreed uponat the Time of Sale, and subject to Conditions to be then produced; LOT XIII. A FARM, called Caevnyfedw. containing 85A. 1R. 25P. more or less, in the Parish of Llangerig, in the County of Montgomery, m the Holding of Richard Rees. This Lot lies within t wo Miles and a Half of the Town of Llanidloes, and there is a good sound Sheep- Walk belonging to it for about 70 Sheep. Lor XIV. Two FARMS, called Deildrefawr and Ty- coch, containing 155A. OR. 27P. more or less, in the Parish of Llanidloes, together with an Allotment of Common adjoining aud belonging thereto, contain- ing 177A. 2R. 4P. in the Holdings of Richard Griffiths and David Reece. The respective Tenants will shew Lots 12,13, and 14; and Particulars with Maps of them may be had at the principal Inns, in Llanidloes, Newtown, Welsh Pool, Montgomery, Aberystxvith, Salop, and Oswestry; and the same, and any further Information required, may be obtained as above, and from Mr. T. E. MARSH, Solicitor, Llanidloes. TO MOTHERS AND NURSES. MRS. JOHNSON, THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY PROPRIETOR OF THE CELEBRATED " Johnsons American Soothing Syrup," FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH, BEGS to inform the Public, and es- pecially lliose Ladies who have honoured lier by using the above Medicine, in Preference lo any other, fur Infants suffering from Denlilion, ( the Pain attending which it lias immediately relieved, during the Experience of the last Twenty- five Years,) that, finding the Fatigue nf preparing the said Medicine jjreaier than her Health will allow her lo cuiitinue, and desirous that the Medicine may he dispensed in all its origi lal Purily and Effect, she has disposed of Ilie Secret for making the said Syrup lo her Friends, Meiiri. BARCLAY AND Sous, of Farringdon Street, London, who will faithfully prepare llie same, under Iter immediate Direction, Mrs. Jnlinson, therefore, earnestly requests nil Purchasers to lake Notice, thut tiie Slump affixed to each Boltle of the genuine " Johnson's American Soothing Svrup" will herenft contain the Names of " Barclay nnd Snns," without which it cnmini lie genuine; and much Evil may arise lo Infants from neglecting tliis Caution, sunie unprincipled Persons having published spurious Imi- tations. Price of the genuine JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SVIIPP, 2 « . 9d. per Buttle, Duty included ; und Sold by all respectable Venders of Medicine, BY JAMES BACH, On the Premises at BROADWARD HALL ( nine Miles from Ludlow and eleven from Bishop'sCastle), on Tuesday and Thursday, the 21st and 23d of June, . 1831 ( being the Day before and the Day after Brampton- Brian Great Fair); rpHE Entire LIVE STOCK, 1MPLE- 1 MENTS, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, Cider, Perry, and Hogsheads, large Casks, & c. late the Pro- perty of CHARLES BAYLEY UNETT, Esq. deceased: comprising 16 prime Hereford Cows and Calves, in- cluding " Grace," ( ihe Prize Cow at Hereford); 4 three- year old Heifers and Calves: 4 fresh young Barrens; capital five- year old BulL bred from the Stock of Mr. Haylon; two- year old Ditto, bred by Mr. Smithies, of the Lynch, out of " Grace;" 8 two- year old Bullocks; 6 two- year old Heifers; 7 yearling Bullocks; 14 yearling Heifers; 42 Couples of strong Ewes and Lambs ( Cross); 25 Dry Ewes; 16 Fat Wethers; 22 Store Ditto. The HORSES consist of a five- year old Grey Blood Stallion, by Snowdon, out of a capital Lismahago Mare; 4 Brood Mares; 12 Colts and Fillies, from 1 to 5 Years old; a Pair of thick active Grey Carriage Horses; 2 Sets of Pair Horse Harness; a grand Bay Carriage Horse or Hunter, out of a Rattler Mare, now seven Years old, quite free from Blemish. The Team consists of 5 Waggon and active Harness- like Horses; 8 Suits of Gearing; a low Phaeton ( untaxed) and single Harness; 5 Saddles and 6 Bridles, 2 Side- Sad- dles, 6 Head Collars, Pad, 2 Harness Collars. The IMPLEMENTS comprise 1 Broad. wheel Wag gon, 2 Narrow Ditto, 2 Broad- wheeled Tumbrels, 1 Narrow- wheeled Cart, 1 Double Plough, 2 Single Ditto, a Pair of large Harrows, I Pair of small Ditto, Land Roll, Turnip Roll and Drill, Winnowing Ma- chine, Lot of Hurdles, & c. & c. The BREWING UTENSILS include a large Brew- ing Apparatus, with moveable Iron Plate Furnace, Steeping and Cooling Vats, also regular Mash Tubs, Coolers, & c. two 500 Gallon Casks, and 38 Hogsheads, several Half- hogsheads, and small (' asks ; with about Two Thousand Gallons of prime Cider and Perry, of superior Quality, and fit for Bottling: also a Washing Machine ; a Hand Corn Mill, and Dressing Ditto, and a very numerous List of sundry Articles. The Live Stock will be Sold the First Day, com- mencing at Ha'f- past Eleven ' exactly. A punctual At- tendance to the Hour will be therefore desirable. Catalogues will be published a Week previous to the Sale; and may be had of the PRINTER, AUCTIONEER, and of Mr. FRANCIS MARSTON, of Aston. EXCELLENT MESSUAGE AND LAND, AT COTTON. In the Parish of Wem, ty County of Salop. ANb ALSO A DWELLING HOUSE Sc GARDEN. En fttalpas, IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER, THE PROPERTY OF MR. WILLIAMS, ( IVho is going to reside in America.) BY CHURTON AND SONS, At Mr, Childlow's, the Chapel House, in Whixall, on Monday, the 20th Day of June, 1831, at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be pro- duced, and in the following or such other Lots as may be agreed upon at the Time of Sale: LOT I. A LL those three Pieces or Parcels of FREEHOLD LAND, called or known by the Name of the Hill Fields, Containing 5 Acres, more or less, situate in Cotton aforesaid, adjoining the Road leading from thence to Wem, in the Possession of Mr. Samuel Williams. LOT It. All that MESSUAGE or Dwelling- IIoiue, containing a Parlour, Kitchen, Dairy, & c. on the Ground Floor, with a large Cellar underneath ; on the first Floor are suitable Bed Rooms; detached Bake- house, Piggeries, Barn, tying for Ten Cows, and other Outbuildings, spacious Yard ( with a Pump), Garden and Orchard ( well stocked with Fruit Trees), together with all those nine Pieces or Parcels of superior Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND ( all of which are in a high State of Cultivation), containing 20 Acres, more or less, situate near to Lot 1, also in the Holding of Mr. Samuel Williams. The Timber growing upon the above Lots to be taken by the Purchasers at a Valuation, to be pro- duced at the Time of Sale. Mr. SAMUEL WILLIAMS will, on Application, appoint Person to shew the above Lots. ^.... ivu^ u in. pct. li , aim an in_ r iuiyicaac nci.- » picll^ C in. the Rate of Tolls, the Expense of the Gates on the New Line is only one Half of the Expense of the Gates by Way of Ellesmere and Wrexham, which is a further Inducement for its Adoption. With these Advantages, the undersigned Innkeepers relying on the Support of the Public, pledge themselves to Post with Promptness ind Expedition, not to be surpassed in the Country. T. GRIFFITHS, White Horse, Wem. HONOR JONES, White Lion. Whitchurch. R. BOURNE, Egerton Arms, Broxton. This Line of Road, by Way of Wem, Whitchurch, Tarporley. and Northwich, to Manchester; is nearer by 16 Miles than through Chester. Wellington District of Watling- Street Roads. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Roads within the Wellington Dis- trict of Watling- Street Roads, in the County of Salop, called or known by the several Names of Watling- Street Gate and Weighing Machine, with the Bar at Bennett's Bank, Burtott Gate and Side Gate, Hartley Gate, Leegomery Gate and Side Gate, Bratton Gate, Longwaste Gate, Shaw- Birch Gate, and Longlane Gate, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bid- ders, at the House of Mr. William Taylor, called the Falcon Inn, Haygate, in the Parish of Wrockwardine, in the said County, on Wednesday, the 15th Day of June next, between the Hours of Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon and Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the Manner directed fly the Acts passed in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of Ins Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads," which Tolls produced the last Year the Sum of £ 2,120, above the Expenses of collecting them. N. B. These Tolls will be let in one or more Lot or Lots, and each Lot will be put up at such Sum as tlie Trustees shall think fit. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must at the same Time pay one Month in advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give Security with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, for Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly. RICHARD EMERY, Clerk to the said Trustees. WANTED immediately., from 70 to - 80 COLLIERS,, and from 10 to 20 WORK- ING LADS, at CHIRK BANK COLLIERY, near Os. westry, where thev will receive from 15 to 18 Shil- lings per Week, and Task- Work, by the Yard or by the Ton, may be had if required. N. B. No one need apply who is any Way con- cerned with the Colliers' Union Clubs. May 26th, 1831. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, |" lOURTIER, by Friend Ned. out of Fanina, by Sir Solomon.— For Particulars apply to Mr. W. JONES, Saddler, 4, High Street, Shrewsbury. Extraordinary Novelty and Quick Conveyance. MESSRS. JOBSON Sc CO. A VING made Arrangements with the Directors of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway to forward Passengers for Manchester, the Public are most respectfully informed, the BANG- UP COACH leaves the TALBOT HOTEL, Shrewsbury, for Manchester, at Half- past Five every Morning, by which Conveyance Passengers will have the Option of Travelling by the Railway without any additional Charge to the already very reduced Fares. N. B. Passengers by this Conveyance arrive in Liverpool at One, and Manchester at Half- past Three the same Day, Two Honrs earlier in Manchester than by any other Conveyance. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE WIDOIV WELCH'S PILLS. WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Red Lion Inn, in Malpas aforesaid, on Saturday, the 18th Day of June, 1831, at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be pro- duced : All that excellent Brick and Slated FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE, containing a Parlour, Kitchens, Pantries, and five airy Bed Rooms, together with a Piggery, and large Garden ( enclosed by a new Stone Wall, situate ill the Well Street, in Malpas aforesaid, and now in the Possession of Mr. Edward Williams, who will shew the same. tg^ T Any further Particulars may be had from Mr. HARPER, Solictor, or THE AUCTIONEERS, Whitchurch, Salop. NEW EDITION OF The Encyclopedia Brilannica. JBST PUBLISHED, Pari XV. price Six Shillings, And Volume III. Part I. price Eighteen Shillings, OF TIIB ENCYCLOPAEDIA BR1TANNICA, GRBATI. Y ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. To be completed in Twenty Volumes Quarto. 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Printed for ADAM BLACK, Edinburgh ; SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, WHITTAKER, TREACHER, aud Co HAMILTON, ADAMS, and Co. and JENNINGS and CHAPLIN, London ; and JOHN CUMMING, Dublin HIS Medicine is justly celebrated for all Female Complaints, Nervous Disorders, Weakness of the Solids, Loss of Appetite, Impurity of Blood, Relaxation by intense Heat in Warm Climates, Sick Head- ache, Indigestion, Debility, Consumption, Lowuess of Spirits, aud particularly for all Obstruc- tions in the Female System. Mrs. SMITHERS, Grand- Daughter to the late Widow WELCH, recommends Mothers, Guardians, Managers of Schools, and all those who have the Care of Females at an early age, never to be without this usefu) Medicine. It is also necessary to caution Purchasers, that they be not imposed upon by a Preparation said to be by 44 LEWIS, formerly SMITHERS," as Mrs. Smithers, the Proprietor of the above Medicine, has not changed her Name. The following Letter from Mrs. Lewis will place the Matter in its true Light. WALWORTH, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1827. Dear Sister — In Reply to your Enquiries to ascer- tain if I am a Maker of Welch's Pills, or have consented to my Name being used as such, I beg to inform you I have not consented to my Name being used, and that I have not prepared nor sold any Pills lor the last nine- teen Years ; and that any Preparation purporting to be now msde by me is a gross Imposition ; which I am ready to certify in any Way, or Court of Law, which you may require of me. I remain, dear Sister, your's truly, " SARAH LEWIS, late 41 Smithers." Mrs. Smithers' genuine Preparation has her Signa lure on the outside Label. Sold in boxes. Price 2s. 9d by her Agent, Mr. E Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ( whose Name and Address is engraved on the Government Stamp), and by all Booksellers arid Druggists. Sold by John Eddowes, and by the Druggists and Booksellers, Shrewsbury; Reeston, Wellington Silvester, Newport ; Gitton, Nicholas, Bridgnorth Smale, Roberts, Oswestry ; and Jones, Welshpool. THE LORD ADVOCATE. [ From the Glasgow Courier, May 24.] To avoid being teased with impertinent question- ing* about bill, the Lord Advocate has civilly declined attending the reform dinner, whic h wfi » ' Ut have been got up in honour of him, and the recent excitement in Edinburgh and elsewhere. It were uncandid, however, not to mention that his lordship by no means assigns this as his reason for refusing to eat or drink with the Edinburgh reformers, He says he is tired of being ever before the public, in anxious for a little repose, and truly wishes that all this hubbub about the bill, and i^ s adjuncts^ were over. We perfectly agree with his lordship that repostyis necessary for the country; but, we beg to ask, who. first disturbed its tranquillity ? As symp- tomatic of the feelings of the prime actors in this grand political drama,- we give his lordship's letter entire:— " 24, Moray Place, Man 19, 1831. " Dear Sir,— I had the honour, at a lale hour last night, of receiving your obliging letter of that date, with a copy of certain resolutions inclosed, and really do not know in what terms to express the deep sense I have of the great honour the gent, emen of the com- mittee iiave conferred on me, and of the kindness with which they and tlieir constituents are pleased to regard my humble endeavours to be useful. With regard to the invitation which you have, onveyed in such flattering terms in your letter, 1 am sure 1 need not say that such a distinguished mark of their favour cannot he otherwise than gratifying lo me, and that, under any ordinary circumstances, should at any rate hold it a duly to comply with he request of such a body of my fellow citizens. But, situated as I now am, 1 trust the committee ill excuse me, if 1 beg leave respectfully to decline le honour they propose me. " 1 have of late been unavoidably placed in more frequent contact with, popular assemblies than I wished, and I am really anxious to escape into the shelter of a more becoming privacy— and feel that I might be deservedly blamed if I allowed myself to be brought so prominently forward in a public ineetin", which might be said to have no other object than the gratification of my own vanity or ad'ibilion, and which really think is not now called for for any public purpose. " We must all feel, I think, that there has been excitement enough of late in the minds of the people of Scotland generally, and of this city in particular, and that there never was a time when it was less necessary to quicken the political sensibility of the nation by such meetings as your committee have now in contemplation. We shall all be the better for a little repose. " The state of my health and engagements is un- luckily such as might have furnished me with a reasonable excuse for declining this invitation, had I not thought it unworthy of me to dissemble in any degree the more weighty reasons which have led me to this determination. I have, therefore, only to beg that you will have the goodness to explain to the committee the deep feeling 1 have of the obligation under which they have laid me, and the considerations on the strength of which 1 humbly request them to How me to decline the honour they propose. I have the honour to be, dear sir, with everv sentiment of gratitude and respect, your obliged and obedient servant, " F. JEFFREY." PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS. A Medicine prepured by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO AT.!. THE PREPARATIONS IN THE WORLD, For the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the King'i vil, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from Impurity of tUo Blood. T IHE JUNIUS ON REFORM. ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS. DR. JAMES'S POWDER. THIS adopted by physicians; nnd for those who can- not obtain medical advice, with each packet are en- closed full directions for its use. Its efficacy is most certain if freely given on the attack of Fever, Measles, Sore Throat, recent Cold with Cough, and other In- flammatory Disorders. In Uheumatism and Chronic Complaints it has performed the most extraordinary cures, when used with perseverance. Dr, JAMES'S POWDER continues to be prepared by Messrs NEWBERY, from the only Copy of the Process left by Dr. James in his own Handwriting, which was de- posited with their Grandfather in 1746, as Joint Pro- prietor. In Packets 2s. 9d. and 2Js. DR. JAMES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS afford con- slant relief in Indigestion, Bilious and Stomach Com- plaints, Gouty Symptoms, recent Rheumatism, and Cold with slight Fever, and are so mild in their effects as not to require confinement. Dr. JAMES'S ANA- LEPTIC PILLS are prepared by Messrs. NEWHERY, from the only Recipe existing under Dr. James's Hand, and are sold by them in Boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. at 45, St. Paul's Church- Yard ; and their Agents in most Cmin'ry Towns. The name "> F, Newbery" is engraved in each Government Stamp. Stourbridge, 28th September, 1830. CPNTLEMF. N, W'lTH pleasure I send you the following account of a cure performed by your ANTI- SCORBUTIC DROPS upon my Von, aged ten jears. He was dreadfully afflicted with a violent dry Scor- butic Erupiion, almost covering the whole body ; upon his neck there was a place as large as the back of his hand, covered \\ ith scurf the eighth of an inch in thickness. I almost despaired of a cure, it was so bad, when a gentleman called at my house, anil seeing the little boy in so hopeless a condition, recommended me to try Lignum's Antiscorbutic Drops, prepared by Mr. Lignum, Surgeon, Manchester. I purchased one 1 Is. bottle, and gave them according to your directions ; he was much belter before he had finished it ; 1 per- severed, purchased another bottle, and have now the gratification to inform you he is quite cured, and never was so hearty since he was born, for which I return you my sincere thanks, and wish you to make this case public, for the good of otln r « I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, THOMAS PAGETT, Brazier rind Tinman, High/ street, Stourbridge. Witness to ibis cure : JOHN NOCK, Plumber and Glazier, Stourbridge. Those who doubt the truth of the above casp, may apply personally, or by letter ( Post- paid) to Mr. Foulkes, or Mr. Sutton, Bookseller, Nottingham. fcjr* All applications by letter to be post- paid. These Drops are sold in moulded square bottles at 2s. 9d.— 4s. 6d. & lis. each, by John Lignum & Son, Surgeons, & c. 63, Bridge Street, Manchester; also by Eddowes, Shrewsbury ; Smith, Iroubridge ; G. Gitton, Bridgnorth; Pennel, Kidderminster; Coltman, Stour- bridge ; Hinton, Turner, Dudley; Smart and Parke, Wolverhampton; Valentine and Throsby, Walsall Butterworth, T. Sc W. Wood, Hudson, Beilhy an< Knott, Birmingham; Merridew, Itollasou, Coventry Bauglr, Ellesmere; Painter, Wrexham; Poole ant Harding, Monk, Chester; Butterworth, Nantwicl Reeves, Middlewich; I. indop, Sandbach ; Davies, Northwich; Bell, A Itrincham ; Claye, W. & A . Gee, Stockport; Wright, Macclesfield; Lowe, Leek; Hor- de rn, Cheadie ; a" d all respectable Medicine Venders in every Market Town. Of whom also mav be had, Mr. Lignum's Improved VEGETABLE LOTION, forall Scorbutic Eruptions price 2s. 9d, duty included. Mr. Lignnm's'SCURVY OINTMENT may now be had of the above Agents, price ls. 9d. each Pot, duty included. THE BROWN EYE SALVE, JOOR Diseases of the Eye- lids, & c.— Pre- E pared by C. and G JOHNSON, Manufacturing Chemists, Great Totham, Essex.— This incomparable Salve has long been employed with unfailing success, i very extensive neighbourhood in the West el England, and such has been its local reputation, that he original preparers only have been induced to part with the recipe for a very high consideration. Il is totally different from all the usual promises of a Puff, when the proprietors earnestly request thai all those who are aliiieted with diseased Eye- lids, whether pro. eding from eruptions, inflammation, or any oil ause,' will make a trial of this Ointment ; for so assured are they of its efficacy, ( though its application unattended with pain) that they have instructed heir Agents, in any case of failure, after fair trial, to return the price of the Ointment. The preparers earnestly request all persons afflicted with weak Eyes, to make atrial of this Ointment, for il is perfectly harmless; and it is well known lo ihe Medical Profession that the greater number of the iliseases of ihe Eye proceed, though not apparently, from affections of the Eye- lid. PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS ar veil known throughout Shropshire, an indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders, and without the Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of the Blood they are unrivalled iu the Effects. And their Etncaey has been attestea numberless Instances; 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 Cases of FEMALE DEBILITY, TURN OF LIFE, and any oilier Affliction of the Body arising from a changed or vitiated System, the PLOUGHMAN's DUOPS may be relied upon for a . ccrtain and speedy Cure. N. B Doctor SMITH does not recommend a starv- g System of Diet : he allows his Patients to live like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman's Drops. ^ Stubborn Fact of a Cancer in the Breast. Also by the same Chemists, THE COLLEGE PILLS, OR ANTJBII. IOUS PILLS, Of llie Colleges of London and Edinburgh. These Pills are thus spoken of by Dr. Andrew Dun- can, Regius Professor of Medical jurisprudence in ihe University of Edinburgh. " These Pills produce the most ' salutary effects in cases of Indigestion, Flatu- lejice, and Costiveness.' They'are totally different from the compositions usually vended as Autibilious Pills, and are prescribed by Sir H. Hal ford, Bart. M. D. Dr. Pemberton, Sir. A. Cooper, and every other eminent Member of the Medical Pro fession. Not containing any Mercury or other virulent ingredient, they need not interrupt the necessary avocations of any individual, or he withheld from those of the most tender age or constitution. The above may be had, wholesale and retail, of B. G. Wind us, 61, Bislropsgate Without; W. Sutton and Co. Bow Church- yard ; retail by R. Johnston. 68, Corah ill ; J. Sanger, Oxford street, London; John Eddowes, Whitney, Shrewsbury ; Fletcher, Harding, Poole and Bolt, Chester; Saxon, Northwich; Bang?:, EHesmere; Beestou, and Houlslon &, Co. Wellington ; Silvester, Newport; Goodall, Eccleshall ; Hyde and Mori, Newcastle; Rogers, Stafford ; and all Medicine Venders, iu Boxes, at 2s. 9d. aud Is. l£ d. Mr. H. Cline, Mr. Willis, Mr. Aberntthv. Pound Lane, Whitehurst's New Buildings, Slnewsburv, April 20th, 1830. I, JANE JONES, do hereby certify lhat in ihe year 1825, I was taken very ill, with a most excruci a ting and burning pain in my left breast, attended with a dreadful twitching or creeping, which al times induced me to think there was something alive, eating its way in my breast, and it very soon broke out into a running sore. I made application to several Gentle- men of the Faculty of Shrewsbury ; and lo such a state of misery and wretchedness was I reduced, lhat one of ihe above Gentlemen very politely told me, lie had nothing among ihe whole Catalogue of Drugs that could he of the least service, but out of compassion he would give me a Cordial to keep me a litile longer iu existence : thus I was spending my days and nights racked with the most excruciating pains ; til? al length I was advised to apply to Dr. Smith, this was in September, 1829; I have now to bless Almighty God for my happy restoration to health and strength, being free from any pain, and the wounds entirely healed, and though my breast is somewhat disfigured, it is perfectly sound. I must bey to observe I took only 8 small bottles of the Ploughman's Drops. Witness, John Large and Elizabeih Nnnnerley. To Dr. Smith, Upton Magna, Salop, N. B. Lellers addressed as above ( post- paid) will be duly attended to, and ihe most satisfactory inform- ation given on the above Case. These Drops are to be bad in square Bottles, with these words moulded on each, " Mr Smith s Plough man's Drops," ( all others are spurious), £ 1. 2s. the large, and lis. the small, D1M5- eluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S MALI., Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of Jon. v Ennowss, and Cook, son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge ; Partridge, Brill .. north Griffiths, Ludlow ; Waidsnn, Welshpool ; Prfee, Os westry; Bntigli, Ellesinere; Evansnn, Whitchurch: Btrrley, Drayton: Silvester, Newport; Weill Leominster ; Mr. Nix, 1, Roval Exchange, London and of all Medicine fenders. The opinions of this celebrated writer on the subject of Reform in the representation of the people were, perhaps, never of more value than at the present moment; we, therefore, make 110 apology for present- ing our readers with an extract from his letter to Wilkes, which refers to the disfranchisement of rotten boroughs:— As . to cutting away the rotten boroughs, I am as much offended as any man at seeing so many of theni under the direct influence of the Crown, or at the disposal of private persons: yet, I own, I have both doubts and apprehensions iu regard to the remedy you propose. I shall be charged, perhaps, with an unusual want of political intrepidity, when i honestlv confess to you, that I am startled at the idea of so extensive an amputation. In the first place, I ques- tion the power, de jure, of the Legislature to dis- franchise a number of boroughs upon the general ground of improving the Constitution. There cannot be a doctrine more fatal to the liberty and property we arc contending for, than that which confounds the idea of a supreme and au arbitrary Legislature. I need not point out to you the fatal purposes to which it lias been, and may be, applied. If we are sincere in the political creed wc profess, there are many things which we ought to affirm cannot be done by King, Lords, and Commons. Among these 1 reckon the disfranchising of boroughs with a general view of improvement. I consider it as equivalent to robbing the parties concerned of their freehold, of their birthright. I say, that, although this birthright may be forfeited, or the exercise of it suspended in particular cases, it cannot, be taken away hy a general law, for any real or pretended purpose of improving the Constitution. Supposing the attempt made, I am persuaded you cannot mean fhat either King or Lords should take an active part in it. A bill which only touches the representation of fhe people, must originate in the House of Com- mons. In the formation and mode of passing it, the exclusive right of the Commons must be asserted as scrupulously as in the case of a money bill. Now, Sir, I should be glad to know by what kind of reason- ing it can be proved, that there is a power vested iu the representative to destroy his immediate con- stituent. From whence could he possibly derive it ? A courtier, I know, will be ready to maintain the affirmative. The doctrine suits him exactly, because il gives an unlimited operation to the influence of tha Crown. But we, Mr. Wilkes, ought to hold a different language. It is no answer to tne to sav, that the bill, when it passes the House of Commons, is the act of Ihe majority, and not the Representatives of the particular boroughs concerned. If the ma- jority can disfranchise ten boroughs, why not twenty, why not the whole kingdom? Why should not they make their own seats in Parliament for life? When the septennial act passed, the Legislature did what, apparently and palpably, they had 110 power to do : but they did more than people in general were awaro of; they, in effcct, disfranchised the whole kingdom for four years. For argument's sake, I will now snppose that the expediency of the measure and the power of Parlia- ment are unquestionable. Still you will find an un- snrmonntable difficulty in the execution. When all your instruments of amputation are prepared, when the unhappy patient lies bound at your feet, without the possibility of resistance, by what infallible rule will you direct the operation? When you propose lo cut away the rotten parts, can you tell us what parts are perfectly sound! Are there any certain limits, in fact or theory, to inform you at what point you must stop, at what point the mortification ends ? To a man so capable of observation and reflection as yon are, it is necessary to say al! that might he said upon the subject. Besides that I approve highly of Lord Chatham's idea of infusing a portioi of new health into the Constitution, to enable it to bear its in, fir mi ties, ( a brilliant expression, and full of intrinsie wisdom,) other reasons occur in persuading tue ( q adopt it." The Ca-. cttc announces that the King has given permission to Sir. T. S. Champnejs, Bart, of Orchard- ielgh Park, Somerset, to use the surname of Mo< tve, in addition to that of Champneys, nnd to bear tie arms of Mostyn quarterly with his own. The York City magistrates have given the parochial overseers au intimation that, in passing their accounts « all charges for eating and drinking will be dis. allowed.'' M SALOPIAN JOI/ RNAll. AND COURIER OF WALIEBo LONDON— SATURDAY. The recent Papers indicate that France is on the t\ e of another conflict of opinion, to he decided at lire ensuing election ; and the Ministers are Mtfif to he Ixtremely uneasy for the result. Oi « great test of fhe popularity of each candidate will he made, viz.— li s opinion as to the expediency and propriety of con- turn ng Ihe House of Peers in that country. That hoilv has rendered itself particularly obnoxious hy the stand it made against the perpetual exclusion of the family of Charles X.; and tile spirit ofthe present law of property in France, which prescribes an equal distribution of real estates amongst children, is averse to the creation or perpetuation of an organised aristocracy. Dispatches were this morning received from Lisbon, d.. ted Ihe 2. jtli ult. announcing the important fact thai the French squadron off that' port had commenced reprisals against Con Miguel, arid had already cap- lured several Portuguese coasters The English squadron, ifl consequence of orders received by the Canon steamer, sailed from the Tagus 011 Ihe 2Glh, leaving a brig and corvette for the protection of the British interests. THE PITT CLUB MEETING.— The anniml dinner in commemoration of the birth of the late Right Hon. William Pitt, was held on Saturday, in the Great Room at the City of London Tavern. The Earl of Harewood, the President of ihe Society, was in the chair, and among the distinguished persons' present were— The Duke of Gordon, the F. arl of EI'don, the Earl of Verulam, Lords Skehnersdale,- Kenyon, IL/ xlev, Rede- dale, F. ncomhe, M P. Mahon, M. P. Ashley, M P. Grimston, M. P. the Hon. G. It. Trevor, M P. Lloyd Kenyon, Arthur Lascelles, W. DUheombe, Sir G. Rose, M. P. Sir J. OsHortie, Sir J Gibbons, Sir W. Welhy, Sir J. Chetwode, and Sif John Haunter,- Barts. Sir James Urniston, Sir Charles Wetherell, M P. John Capel, Esq. M. P. Walker Ferranil, Esq. M. P. R. A. Dundas, Esq. M. P. G. E. Welhy, Esq M. P. Alderman Sir Charles Flower, 8art. & c. & c. Died a few days since, iii his 74th year, the Right Hon. Wm. Earl o'f Northesk, Baron Rosehill and lng- lismaldie, G. C B. anil LL. D Admiral of the Red, and Rear- Admiral of Great Britain. This venerable and distinguished nobleman was the last surviving Admiral who, with Earl Nelson and Lord Colling- wood, commanded in the ever- momorable victory of Trafalgar. He is succeeded in his titles by his eldest surviving son, Lord Rosehill. BANKRUPTS, FIUOAY, MAV 4— Thomas Greennay, of Walcot, Somersetshire, builder, plasterer, and tiler.— Ceorge Stoddart, of Binnacle, Bowness, Cumberland, timber- merchant.— William Ford, of Stockport, hat manufacturer.— Joseph Skidmore, of Nottingham, bob- bin and carriage maker— William Tapley, of Cateaton- streot, warehouseman.— AaFOH Coles,- ot Great Port- land- street, Mary- le- bone, coach- maker.— John and Samuel Olivers, of Caslle- street, Oxford- street, tailors. — Mary Jones, of Old Complon- strcet, Soho, up- holsterer.— Howell Griffiths, of Newcastle Einlyn, Carmarthenshire, druggist.— Thomas Austin, of Ox- f rd, livery- stable keeper.— HeynWn Levin, of Great St. Helen's, and Great Prescott- street, merchant.— Isaac Cohen, of Hastings, jeweller.— Thomas Hacket of Great Guildford- street, Borough, hat- dyer.— Edward Gudge, of Bristol, woollen- draper and man's mercer.— Charles Bennett, of Vanxhall- walk, Lambeth, smith and farrier.— Alexander Walker, of Dover, stationer. INSOLVENTS.— John Shury, of Charfer- house- street, Charter- house- sqnare, printer.— William Yewens, of Copthall- court, City, and of Claremont- place, Penton- ville, mine agent and broker, and dealer in mine shares. Sir James South's Observatory. Having read an account of Ihe entertainment given by Sir James South to his friends, who were assembled to witness the moving, for Ihe first time, of Ihe dome of his observatory, it would perhaps be interesting fo our scientific readers to have some account of the Telescope which this observatory was expressly built to receive. This instrument, when completed, will be by fur the finest in the world. The glass is the celebrated twelve- inch objective of Guignaud, Ihe largest and Ihe mosl perfect ever constructed. I- t was for years in Ihe possession of the French government, but on ac- count of the great price demanded, or for some olher reason, they never became its purchasers, and it remained comparatively useless in Ihe observa- tory at Paris, until an Englishman, a private indi- vidual, Mr. ( uow Sir / allies) South, known as well for his talents and industry as for his spirit and infertility in obtaining all that can be found most perfect in astronomical instruments, offered the price demanded, and having obtained possession of it, brought it immediately over to this country. The instrument destined to hold this glass isr novf con- structing at a great expellee by the celebrated franglilon, and il promises lo be the most beauti ful, as it certainly will be the largest, which this veteran of science ever made. The glass is, as before stated,• twelve inches in diameter. The telescope will he twenty feet iu length, and moved by clock- work, so'as to' follow any star or planet iu its motion, and enable the observer to examine it as if it were stationary in the heavens. Planets have been clearly aud distinctly seen by this glass with • A magnifying power of fourteen hundred. Sir James South, with a praiseworthy determination to render the cover of it worthy, if possible, of the instrument, has spared 110 expense in the dome of his observatory, nor avoided any difficulty which expense or ingenuity could overcome. Telescopes called equatorial, mounted in the manner described, require of course a revolving roof. In the present instance the roof or dome is a semisphere, thirty- one feet in diameter, having a perpendicular opening of three feet six inches in width, completely bisecting it. It is constructed chiefly of cedar, as the lightest and most durable material, and it is formed of a skeleton of ribs only half an inch in thickness, springing from a circular frame of wood, which appears lo be about five inches in depth, covered with two layers of wood, nbout a quarterof an inch thick. Notwithstanding, however, these slender dimensions, the whole weight is abort six tons. It rests upon six sets of conical wheels, of a simple and nf rather a novel construction, which run upon a pohslied railway or metal plate bedded upon the wall of the building. The power necessary to put the whole in motion is so small, that although it weighs more than the heaviest coal waggon which shakes the streets of London, yet on the day when it was first tried it was moved with ease, even by the ladies who honoured the company with their presence ; and so noiseless and smooth was the motion, that it was perfectly imperceptible to the parties who stood upon it, wherever a safe station offered itself. Capt. Beaufort and several scientific gentlemen pre- sent, measured accurately with a steelyard the power required to move it, and 16 pounds started it. At some parts of the circumference, either from dirt, or from some other cause, the power required was greater, amounting to twenty or thirty pounds. This, how- ever, is not surprising, when it is considered that this was the first time of turning the wheels, and that there were many parts requiring the utmost accuracy which were then unadjusted, and that the wheels and railway were as yet unprotected from the dust raised by a party of people forty or fifty in number, moving about a workshop. The building of the observatory, the construction of the rotatory roof, with all its con- trivances to fit it for its purposes and to facilitate its movements, is the work of the younger Brunei, and reflects great credit on him. The making the teles- cope, with all its machinery, is entrusted to Mr. Tronehton. The glass is in the hands of Tully, the optician, who undertakes its adjustment to the instru- ment. Sir James South having thus employed some cf the ablest practical men of the day to build and perfect tois ouscrvaiury, it is to be hoped that, with tlicsc advantages, together with the character which he possesses for indefatigable and accurate observa- tion, he may be able to extend Ihe boundaries of science, and may be rewarded as his liberality and en- terprise deserve. LONDON, Monday Evening, June 6, 1831. House of Nassau. We should . think his Royal High- ness will reject such a proposition with scorn. . chice writing the above, we learn that accounts have been received, via Paris, that Prince Leopold has been elected King of Belgium by a majority of 144 out of 186; and the deputies may lie expected here today or tomorrow. Letters from" Antwerp to the 4th of June state they are still in great alarm there, fearing that hostilities will commence again. POLAND.— The Russians have been fairly driven beyond the frontiers of Poland as established in 17115. A despatch of General Skrzynecki, announces this event, so honourable to his military genius, and the heroic devotion of his troops. Oslrolenka, Nur, Cii chanowiec, and Stowiski, are alr aily freed from the enemy. Diebitch crossed Ihe Bug at Granna, and the Guards are retreatuig upon Bialystock. Bag* gage, arins, stores of every le nd to an immense amount, and a military chest with 400,000 rubles, have fallen into the hands of the Poles Tvkocin was fakeu hy storm by the Poles 1 h' the evening of tl; e 21st, affer an obstinate struggle. The Russians are rapidly retreating from Podlachia. O11 the 23d Gen. Unhnski Occupied Siedltc, and' his cavalry is pursuing the enemy. I11 short, not Poland, but Lithuania, is Ihe seat of war at present; and fhe presence of tlie victorious general iii that provider vlill'give fresh strength and energy fo the insurrection already in progress there. It is reported that Biafvsftock has fallen into the hands of the Poles", and that Count' Pahlcn has been made prsoner; hut both rumours want continuation. All accounts agree, however, that thb Rii'ssiuii aimy is- irt a most deplorable condition. Disturbances amour/ st the Iron Manu- facturers iu South W ales. Lord Melbourne received an express yesterday morning from Earl Bute, Lord Lieutenant of Ihe county, communicating the painful intelligence thai . the workmen iu most of fhe iron manufactories in lhat quarter, especially the vast establishments of Thompson, Forman,' and Co. aud M& snr. CraSv-. shay & Co. in Glamorganshirehad struck for an advance of wages. The men had congregated in large bodies, and menaced the superintendents of' the vvorks wilh instant destruction, unless their demands were granted. The danger became so im- minent', that all the military in the district were called out, and Ihe Riot Act was repeatedly read; bul the insurgents so far out- iiuinber'ed Ihe military that they were pelted wilh stones, and driven before them into the town of Merthyr Tydvil, and look shelter within the houses, where the mob continued to assail them. The soldiers, who had thus far conducted themselves with moderation, were af length compelled to retort— they fired into the midst of the mob, when eleven men were killed and a great number wounded. The militia, which were embodied at the time, were also cal'e. l iu fo assist. When the express came away, the mutiny had not subsided. Mr. Alderman Thompson had an inter- view wilh the Secretary of State about one o'clock yesterday ; and, in the evening Ht seven, the worthy Alderman, in Ihe midst of whoge works the riot is most violent, left town for Merthyr Tydvil. SIXTY- TWO PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED. ( From Felix Farley's Bristol Journal. J Saturday afternoon, five o'clock. The most alarming accounts have just reached this city, of a riot at Merthyr Tydvil, accompanied with serious loss of life. From what we can collect from the coachman, guard, and pass rge s of the Welsh mail, we deeply regret to announce, that the slate of disorganization at Merthyr at this moment threatens the most appalling eonscquences. A large body uf workmen out of employ, having proceeded to acts of outrage, a parly of the 92d regiment of Highlanders were sent for, and arrived from Brecon by a forced march. This show of resistance only rendered the mob more desperate; they attacked the military, who were compelled in self defence to fire 011 them, and it is said that twelve of the populai e were killed, and forty- seven desperately wounded. Of the soldiery, two were killed, anil the Major danger ously wounded. When the mail passed through Merthyr this morning, the mob had seized several pieces of cannon, wilh which they kept Ihe military in check, who were too small a body ( only about 100) to make an effectual resistance. The Marquis of Bute, the Lord Lieutenant of fhe county,- vVas on tlie spot, and has sent off despatches to government hy the mail, which are to be imme- diately forwarded fforti this city. The Merthyr miiil was detained there an hour, in order to receive the despatches for the Secretary of State. It seems that the rioters provided themselves with the cannon from a foundry in the neighbourhood. The number of rioters is said to amount to 9,000; and, while the mail coach was on its road, large bodies of men, With flags and banners, were seen on the hills, coming froin Tredegar and other parts to join the rioters'. Two of the ringleaders, who had heen taken into custody, were examined this morning before Ihe magistrates at Cardiff'; and so far from endeavouring to exculpate theirtselvesr, they boldly asserted that the insurrection would not he confined to Wales, hut that arrangements had been made for a simultaneous rising m other manufacturing and mining districts of the kingdom. A very few days will serve to prove the tfufh or falsehood of this assertion. If it should be corroborated by the threatened events, the country will be plaeed'in a most alarming situation; but w'e hope and trust that the object of these men was merely to intimidate the magistrates from the execution of their duty. The baneful operation of the truck svstient is stated to be the ostensible cause of the riotous pro cecdings; but it is impossible not to perceive that the excitement which has recently been caused hy the Reform Bill lias either blown the discontent of the workmen into a blaze, or has accelerated the ex- plosion ; and it will require all the energies of the government, aided by a powerful military force, to allay the popular feeling, which unfortunately threatens such appalling consequences. Every exertion is making to concentrate all Ihe military force of the principality, both regular and volunteer, at fhe scene of disturbance. We write without arrangement of circumstances; nor can we vouch for the correctness of all the par- ticulars we have stated. Happy indeed shall we he to find lhat the reports are exaggerated ; hut that a most alarming and sanguinary conflict lias taken place is beyond a doubt. shortly after this the same man was iii arrears with the Pfiidn ; firf this offence against the rule! of llieir club'my workmen turned him away from my employ, and pltt another man in his place; the next day be paid up his arrears, and they took him into my employ again, without my consent or knowledge; these and other regulations of theirs let. litite for me to do but find money for wages. My son, who had before Ihe direction of the works, not being quite so tractable as servants ought to lie, they threatened many times they would turn him away; they also threatened that they woftfd turn out against the man who weighs the coals, BWituse ( in consequence of their sending less measure) he could not make the coals weigh out, though this man was one of their society. These form a few of the wise regulations of the operative colliers, which require no reasoning upi n to convince any person that no master can bear with tlieni. Last week my colliers presumed lo discharge two men, without acquainting me the reason why. In consequence of this, I gave the men who did so, notice to leave in a fortnight, and immediately all my colliers turned out again." PRICKS OF FUNDS AT TIIE CLOSE. [ led. 3 per Cents. 83J 3 per Cent. Cons. — New 31, pcrCent. — 3' per Cents. Red. 91 j 4 per Cents. 99^ Bank Stock 200* New Ann. — India Bouds 4 India Stock — Excheq'. Bills 16 Consols for Account i rp HE Friends ami Well- wishers of SIR ROWLAND HILL, Baronet, and JOHN CRESSEfT PELHAM, Esquire, intend celebrating their Return to Parliament by DINING together at the WHn'K HORSE INN, in WEM, To- Morrow ( THURSDAY, June 9), at Three o'Clock. J.- HENSHAW WA1. FORD, Esq.) p •, . GEORGE H ARPER, Esq. SPicside » ^- Tbe Belgian Congress continues ( 0 debate on the terms propposcd to them by the five powers; and, ns we always expected, the KOrnish clergy have already started the question of Prince Leopold's religion. It appears that he must be Roman Catholic to please Ihe priests, who have been from the beginning at the bottom of all the discontent and disaffection tu th e This Day is published, PRICE OKE SHILLING, rpHE PRINCIPLE of the R EFORM i BILL, or THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE, CONSIDERED. BY THIS REV. W. SANDFORD. MINISTER OF NKVVL'OILT, SALOP, Shrewsbury: Printed, and Sold by JOHN Ennovvps, Corn- Market. And may be had of Messrs. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster- Row, London. in the Press, and next Week u- i/ l be published, BY JOHN ET) HOWES, CORN MARKET, SHREWSBURY, A correct ALPHABETICAL LIST of the FREEHOLDERS who voted at the recent ELECTION for the' COUNl'Y of SALOP; and of those who terfflered their Votes at the same Election. Also a correct Alphabetical List of'tlip BURGESSES who voted at the recent ELECTION for the BO.' ROUGH of SHREWSBURY; and of those who tr-. i- dereil their Voles at the same Electioh. es to in ? A LADY of Respectability wislii < » engage as Preparatory GOVERNESS Family where Accomplishments may not be required. — A good Recommendation to be obtained from her last Situation.— Enquire ( if by Letter, Post- piiid) of THE PRINTER.- « . " V Clerk of the. Peace's Office, Shrewsbury, ' ith June, 1831. ] VT< YnCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that • A* the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for the COUNTY of SALOP will be held at the SHIREHALL, in SHREWSBURY, on Monday, the 27th Day of June, 18- 31, at 12 o'Clock, at which Time the Grand and Petty Jurors, and all Prosecutors and Witnesses must attend, and be ready to proceed on the Trials of Prisoners. And NOTICE is also hereby gjveii, that the Audit- ing Magistrates . rt'ill' MEET at the Shirehall aforesaid, at Ten o'Clock in tfle Morning of the said 27th of June; aiid all Persons having Business to lay before them miist attend at that Time, otherwise the same will not be. taken into Consideration at the next Session's. LOXDALE, Cldrk of the Peace for the County of Salop. ONE GUINEA REWARD. & 5> SFV ASCOTCH TERRIER BITCH, ofa Fox Colour ; she has a long Back, short Legs, rather a long Nose,- C. rey about the Muzzle, Foxed Ears, her Coat long and hard, and answers to the Name of WASP. She was in Whelp when she was lost. Any Person who will bring hersafe to Gatacre Hall, near Bridgnorth, shall receive the above Reward. € J) e Salopian ' journal. TURN OUT OF COLLIERS. Some of the effects of " Unions," deserving the serious consideration of men as well as of masters, will he found in the following extract of a communi- cation recently addressed to the Bolton Chronicle by Mr. Andrew Knuwles, of Eagley Bank :— " So much having been said on the subject of the advance of coal and colliers' wages, by several editors of newspapers; many false statements having been made, and much odium cast 011 the master colliers, I think it a duty which I owe to myself and the public to give a slab ment of facts. In August last, a demand was made by my colliers of 6d. per load advance 011 fhe prices- then paid, although I was giving more than the other master colliers. This un- reasonable demand 1 complied with, in consequence of my situation with ri gard to my customers, although I got nothing more for my coal. In Se ptember last, Ihe collicrs again turned out, and demanded another advance of 2s. per load, and also a corresponding advance 011 every kind of work : fhey also took on themselves to order every tiling that should be done in the working of the mines— what men should do such and such work, and what 1 must pay for it, without consulting me, either as to price or manner of doing it, which considerably increased the expenses of the colliery : they next ordered what customers I' should serve with coal, and at what price, and gave me notice iu writing, that if I sold at a less price than ltd. per cwt. advance, they would stop working one month for the first offence, and three months for the second. The next turn- out was caused by my son's discharging two men, who had spoiled their work repeatedly, and also absenting themselves three days together, thereby causing great inconvenience to the customers. Two banksmen were also discharged, at the same Dime, fur neglecting their work; they had often done it before, and my son had given them notice in the presence of many of the colliers, that, if they did so again, he would discharge them r the collier* would not work again on any condition but mv re- employing these four men. One of my engineers burned a boiler bottom by neglect, I threatened to discharge him ; but the colliers informed me that if I did tlicv would turn out: SHROPSHIRE REFORM DINNER. The " Friends of Parliamentary Reform, pro- posed by His Majesty's Ministers," dined together at the Talbot Inn, in this town, on Wednesday last.— The dinner was in the OsUal excellent style of that bo'A- se; the company consisted of fhree gentlemen, and about eighty other persons.— Two of the three gentlemen present were Mr. LeChmere Charlton and Mr. Slaney, each of whom made a speech to the company, but neither of whom had recorded their votes during the late contest for fhe county.— Mr. Wolryche Whitmore, Mr. Foster, aind some other gentlemen, who had be'eu adver- tised as presidents of the day, could not make it convenient to attend on this important occasion! SHREWSBURY' SHOW. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1831. BIRTH. On the Gth insl. at Wellington, the Lady of William Nock, Esq. solicitor, ofa son. MARRIED. On the 31st ult. at Hereford, the Rev. E. Bttlmer, Rector of Putley, to Isabella, second daughter of Dr. Clarke Whitfeld, Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge, and Organist of Hereford Cathedral. Yesterday, at St. Chad's, by the Rev. J. E. Compson, Mr. John Pyefinch, chemist, to Miss Forder, both ot' this town. On the 19th ult. at Malpas, George, eldest son of Mr. George Johnson, of Ma pas, to Ann, only daughter of the late Mr. George'Battersbee, of the same place. DIED. On Thursday morning last, aged 21, Richard,, eldest son of Mr. Bayley, of the Bush Inn, Abbey Fbregate, in this town. O11 the 25th nit. in her 89th year, Abigail, relict of the late Mr. Benjamin Pearson, of this town. On the 19th ult. at an advanced age, Mrs. Venables, relict of Mr. Venables, of the White Liou Inn, in Whittington, near Oswestry, whose . death we inserted in our obituary of the 18th ult. On Thursday last, alter a lingering illness, Mr. Edwards, surgeon, Oswestry. O11 Saturday last, at the house of Mr. H. M. Palmer, iii this totyn, in the 49th year of his age, the Rev. John Jones, Baptist Minister, of Newtown, Montgomery- shire. He lived greatly respected, and died universally iatnented, a proof of which was given by the manv who assembled fo attend and witness the departure of his corpse from this town on. Sunday evening, and its passage through Newtown to the burial ground on the following morning. It is supposed that at the latter place there were collected 011 the melancholy occasion from 5000 to 7000 people ; the shops were all closed, a very general mourning prevailed, and the impression left behind is, that" the memory of the just is blessed." Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the llev. John Harding: — House- Visitors, Mr. Joseph Birch and Mr. William Smith. OXFORD, JUNE 2.— The degree of Master of Arls was this day conferred 011 Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Bart of Christ Church, Grand Compounder; and on Francis Knyvctt Leighton, Fellow of All Souls. O11 Friday, the 3d instant, the Rev. John Newlio B. D. C'anon Residentiary, and Prebendary of Hansacre, Armitage, and Freeford, was elected Proctor to re- present the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield at the ensuing Convocation. The Chancellor's Gold Medal in the University of Cambridge, for the best English Poem 011 " The North West Passage," was, on Saturday last, adjudged to George Stovin Venables, Esq. of Jesus College.— This gentleman is the second soil of the Rev. Richard Venables, D. D. of Clyro. In compliance with a circular issued from the Home Department, returns have been made, or are now in progress, from this and other towns of the number of houses, or houses and land, assessed to the poor rates to the amount of £ 10 or upwards, tngether with the circumstances of their occupants. An agent of govern- ment, a Mr. Burgess, we understand, has recently visited Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, and. Birmingham, in pursuit of similar information. hi our Fair yesterday, Fat Sheep sold at from 5jd to 6< l. per lb.— Strong store Pigs sold rather better than at the last Fair, but small Pigs were lower. We regret to state, that at a very early hour yesterday morning, some diabolical incendiary set fire to that well- known fox cover, The Twemlows, in this county.— A poor woman first discovered the fire, about half- past two o'clock, and immedi- ately gave an alarm. A numerons body of persons soon assembled, and by great exertion succeeded in beating down the flames, but not until about an acre of the cover had been destroyed.— Footsteps were traced for about a mile from the cover, and every exertion is making for the apprehension of the incendiary. This annual scene of gaiety and festivity went off 011 Monday last with more than usual eclat.— The day was very fine: and at the usual hour the Master and Apprentice Shoemakers, the Master anil Appren- tice Tailors, the Mister and Apprentice Butchers, the Master and Apprentice Barber- Chirurgeons, the Master and Apprentice Builders, and the Masters and Apprentices of the Coni Brethren- of Saddlers, Painters, & c. & c. went in procession to their several Arbours, and- exhibited a variety of nCiV flags, ban- ners, & c. for the occasion. Tn the afternoon the Mayor, the Recorder ( the Earl of Powis), the two County Members, anil many other Gentlemen' went to Kiugsland, and visited the Masters of the several Companies, partaking of the refreshments bounti- fully provided for fhe occasion, and witnessing and joining in the hilarity of the day.— Among the diverting incidents of the evening, it may be men- tioned that " Kis Majesty the King of fhe Builders," as the representative of the Eighth Harry," conferred the honour of knighthood upon J. C. Pelham, Esq. M. P. with all due ceremony.— The company on Kingsland was very large; the booths for refresh- ment numerous; and the whole passed off in the most gratifying manner. The Company of Barber- Chirurgeons vvas on this occasion preceded to Kingsland by a Queen elegantly attired in the costume of 1461, representing Elizabeth Wood vide, consort of King Edward IV. who con- ferred the Right of Charter upon that company; in the train were appropriate music, flags, and a banner hearing the following inscription : — " This Company chartered by King Edward IV. 1- 161. Incorporated with the Wax and Tallow Chand- lers by Charter of King James II. S C^ tHuWj hardens 1831." Tfre Mayor's visit to their Arbour, at half- past eight o'clock, was announced by a discharge of rockets; the effect of which was good, and much approved; and affer partaking of the elegant dessert provided by the Company, the Mayor returned with fhem to Shrewsbury. We must not omit to mention, that the representa- tive of " Rubens," and the other equipments of the Apprentices of the Com- Brethren of Painters, See. were much admired; and that the Wardens of the Smiths' and Builders1 Companies on this occasion laid aside their antient sable* and proceeded to Kings- kind in goodly robes of blooming crimson. POPULATION. The population returns for this town are in pro- g. ess under the direction of the parochial authorities. — We have been favoured with- fhe following returns from the gentlemen who have taken the census respectively for the parishes of St. Mary ami St. Alkmond ; and we intend publishing those for the other parishes when completed: — ST MAR?.- Inhabited Houses 1045' Families 1231 Houses building 2 Houses uninhabited 33 Families employed in Agriculture 96 in Trade, Manufacture, & c.. 512 All other Families '. 626 Males 3087 Females 3033 Males upwards of 20 years 1562 Agriculture.— Occupiers employing Labourers 14 not employing Labourers 6 Labourers in Agriculture 210 Manufacturers I Retail Trade and Handicraft. 672 Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office Clerks, Professional and other Educated Men........ 88 Labourers, not Agricultural 475 All other Males of 20 years 55 Male Servants upwards of 20 years 41 under 20 years 15 All Female Servants 270 Total Population 6120 Increase since 1821 792 ST. ALKMOND. Inhabited Houses j....... 319 Families 389 Houses building 0 Houses uninhabited. i 7 Families employed in Agriculture 31 iu Trade, Manufacture, & c. 191 All other Families 167 Males 820 Females 9.58 Males upwards of 20 years 466 Agriculture.— Occupiers employing Labourers 9 not employing Labourers 3 Labourers 111 Agriculture 48 Manufacturers 0 Retail Trade and Handicraft 253 Wholesale and Capitalists, Clergy, Office Clerks, Professional, and other Educated Men 31 Labourers, not Agricultural 83 All other Males of 20 years...- 12 Male Servants.— Upwards of 20 years 27 Under 20 years 35 All Female Servants 122 total Population 1778 Increase since 1821.... 66 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. HOLDtNG V. PIGOTT. This was a question as to the custom of the country respecting way- going tenants being en- titled to a customary share of wheat sown the seedness before the expiration of their term. The plaintiff held a farm from year to year uuder George Nay lor, Esq. in the parish of Prees, in this county, and, with the consent of his land- lord, sowed a piece of land with turnips, intended to be followed with a crop of w heat. Previous to the wheat seedncss Mr. Naylor sold the farm, and the plaintiff had notice to quit. In the spring of 1830 he gave up possession of the farm at the usual periods, having sown the said piece of land with wheat, contrary to a written agreement under which he held the farm, but with the consent of the landlord. When the harvest came, the de- fendant ( who had taken the farm from the pur- chaser) carried away by force all the wheat which had grown on the said land, and this action was brought for recovery of the damages sustained thereby. The case came 011 to be argued 011 a demnrrer, and the Lord Chief Justice Tindal de livered the judgment of the Court as follows: — " The point is, whether the terms upon which the plaintiff held are so inconsistent with the custom for the way- going crop as to prevent the plaintiff claiming his right to a share. There is no reserva- tion in the lease applying to the way- going crop The defendant had contended that the plaintiff holding as he did oil the condition that the wheat laud should be summer fallowed, no custom for a way- going crop of wheat sown after a crop of turnips could apply. It is difficult to perceive any principle on which the property in the grow- ing wheat becomes vested in the landlord. Now of this is the conclusion ; in ease the landlord had taken the premises at the expiration of the term, it would be equally so when there is a new- coming tenant. The custom is evidence of an agreement made directly between the out- going und the in- coming tenants. Upon these grounds we think the custom gives the off- going tenant the right to a proportion of the corn sown by him after the turnips; and we are glad to find the law coiucides with the justice and honesty of the case when it gave judgment for the plaintiff. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT.— The Rev. J. Hawkesworth, M. A. to the Perpetual Cuiacy of Woore, in the county of Salop; patron, the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. SfjrrlBBlniri? & ct) ool. The Speeches at Shrewsbury School took place yesterday, and we may venture to say, without undervaluing the performancesof any former years, that wc never witnessed so brilliant an exhibition. Where all the young gentlemen are entitled to high commendation, it is difficult aud invidious to particularize, but we cannot conceive better de- livery and feeling of character than that of Mr. Procter, in the comic part of the Newcastle Apothecary ; Mr. Lowe, in the sublime and mag- nificent poem of Mrs. Hemans, on Belshazzar's Feast; Mr. Hull, in the spirit- stirring lines of Campbell on t ie Fall Of Poland ; and, above all, Mr. Humphry, as King John, in the Dialogue with Hubert, which was given with a degree of taste and feeling impossible to surpass. In selecting those gentlemen as particularly distinguished, We must beg to be understood as by no means insensible to many instances of greit excellence among the rest. We feel the more satisfied in fhe justice of these remarks, from a circumstance which has been com- municated to us from authority. Mr. Pelham, one of our county members, who happened not fo have been before present at one of these meetings, was' so much gratified that he announced his intention of placing two prizes, one of twenty and the other of ten guineas, at the disposal of Archdeacon Bafler, for fhe encouragement of those young gentlemen who aiie about to quit the School for the Universities. The Company afterwards, on the invitation of Archdeacon Butler, partook of a' sumptuous col- lation laid out in the Library. The following is a: list of the Speeches, and the names of the gentlemeu by whom they wefe de- livered :— 1. WITTS 2. E. TBKNEK.. 3. HII. DITCH 4. COORTENAY 5. WII. KINSON 6. COOPER 7. HILDYARD 8. BATESON 9. HOI. DEN Micipsa's Dying Charge to Jugurtha — Sallust Bell. Jug. C. 10. Henry VI. deposed. Shakesp. Henry VI. / Tischines against Demos- thenes — Con'raCtesiph.' Lord Strafford'sDefence.— Hume, Vol. VI. C. 94. Catiline to the Conspira- tors.— Sail. B. C. 20. Marc Antony to the Con- spirators.— Shahsp. Jul. Brutus to the Romans.— Shaltsp. Jul. Cces. Antony to the Romans.— Shahsp Jul. Cces. L' A1 Iegro.— Milton. 10. TEMPLER, Edward... 1 Quarrel between Edward 11. SMITH, H arwich... . S and Warwick.— Brookes' E. of IV. 12. MARSH 13. PROCTER 14. HUMPHRY, King John \ 15. BARBER, Hubert | IS. HARRIS 17. LOWE . 18. HULL. King James and Douglas. — Sir IV. Scott. TheNewcastle Apothecary. — G. Colman. - Shahsp. King John. Cranmcr's Prophecy of Q. Elizabeth.— Shahsp. Hen. VIII. Belshazzar's Feast.— Mrs. Hemans. Fall of Poland.— Pleasures of Hope, Campbell. RANK IN THE SCHOOL. Hildyard Hilditch Courtenay Procter Wilkinson Lowe Holden E. Turner Barber Witts Smith Hull Tcmpler. Harris Batesou Marsh Cooper Humphry COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 25. CORFIELD V. BALLS. This was an action brought by the plain. iff ( a native of Church Stretton, in this county), who is an archifect and surveyor, against the defenelant who is an upholsterer, to recover £ 197- 13s. Od. the balance of a sum claimed as compensation for preparing and drawing certain plans of a number of new houses erected by the defendant in Hyde- park- place, Hyde- park corner. The original contract between ihe parties was that the plaintiff was to be paid £ 400 for planning and executing the drawings, & c. and to receive 25 guineas a week for superintending the progress of the work. The plaintiff accordingly exe- cuted the drawings, and continued to superintend the work until he was obliged by indisposition to go to Shrewsbury, where he placed hiuiself under the care of Dr. Webster of that town ; after which he continued to send up written instructions to town, in accordance with which the work was finished. It was contended, however, on behalf of the defendant, that the plaintiff' was not entitled to the full remuneration contracted for, in consequence of his having discontinued his personal superintendence of the work.— The Jury, however, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the balance claimed. ARCHDEACONRY OF SALOP, Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. rI"' HE ANNUA [^ MEETING of the • Contributors to the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Clergymen of the above Archdeaconry, will be held at the TAIROT, in WELLINGTON, oil WEDNESDAY, the 22d of June instant. tigfi- Dinner at Two o'Clock. ANTED, a Person of respertahle' Connexions to superintend the Bar of an Jfin, who will be required to assist in the Books. If about . 3 0 Y'ears of Age will be preferred. — Apply to THE i PRINTER; if by Letter, Post paid. ANTED, a FOOTMAN, who tin- derstands his Business, and can have a very good Character.— Apply to THE PRINTER ; if by Letter, Post- paid. N. B. A married Man would not be objected to. ANTED, a Situation ns BUTLER. or BUTLER and BAILIFF, or OVERSEER, by a respectable steady Man, who can have au excellent. Character from the Family he now serves.— Apply to THE PRINTER ; if by Letter, Post- paid. WAIJBS. BIRTH. On the 27th nit. at Bryneithin, near Aberystwith, the Lady of William Eardley liichardes, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. O11 the 20th ult. by the Rev. J. E. Hughes, B. A. Mr. John Roberts, ' of Ruabon, to Miss Catharine Morris, of the same place. Wc regret to have to state that the Bank of Messrs. Tilsley and Jones, at Newtown, Montgomery- shire, has suspended its payments.— We believe the public will be no losers by this circumstance, except- ing as far as regards the delay and inconvenience necessarily attendant. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 3 § d— Calf Skins 5d.— Tallow 4d. Wheat, ( 38qts.) lis. Od. to Its. ed- Harley ( 38ql » .) t'd. to 0s. od Oats( 57qts.) G>. Oil. to 78. Od CORN EXCHANGE. JUNE 6. Our supply of English grain this morning is very short, anrl there is ready ' sale for fine parcels at the quotation of this day week. Fine foreign also fully supports our last prices. The inferior grain continues unsaleable. There is nothing to notice in the trade for harley. which remains as on this day week. The oat trade likewise is without alteration, and in beans, peas, and other articles of grain there is nothing doing. Current Price of Grain per Qr. as under:— Wheat. Barley Mall While l'eas . Beans Oats . 70s. Oil. to 74s. Od 34s. Oil. to 36s. Oil 00s. 0( 1. to Oils. 0( 1 "'..'.'... 4.0s. Oil. to 4Ss. 0( 1 40s. Oil. lo 42s. Oil. 28s. Oil. to 3lls. Oil, 55s. Oil. lo Oils. Oil. 00s. Oil. to 00s 0d JUST PUBLISHED, APf. AN for BENEFITTING the AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS, as address- ed in a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Wellington and other Noblemen, wilh Additions; also, AN ANSWER to Mr. WILMOT HORTON on EMI- GRATION; together with a DISSERTATION on the POOR LAWS, TITHES, PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, & c. BY WILLIAM ALLEN, Late of Harley Tower, and All Stretton Hall, in the County of Salop. Published by EFFINOIIAM WILSON, 88, Cornhill, London; sold by the Printer of this Paper, and may be had of all respectable Booksellers 111 Town and Country, price 2s. 38, HIGH- STREET, SHREWSBURY. HENRYTTDCEON, CHEMIST AND PERFUMER, EGS respectfully to inform Iiis Friends and the Public of the Termination of the Partnership between PVF. FINC. II and PIDGEON, as well as to express his grateful Acknowledgments for the kind Patronage received during the same; arid in announcing that he snail in future carry on the Business in the same Premises on his own Account, trusts, by a Determina- tion to keep MEDICINAL Preparations of the best possible Quality, to insure a Continuance of future Favours. *#*. A select aud fashionable Assortment of Per- fumery, in its various and most elegant- Branches. liH" Horse and Gattle Medicines, from approved and valuable Recipes. MR. GRRNVHI. R JONES, SURGEON - DENTIST, 22, White Friars, Chester, RF. SPECTFULI. Y announces to his Patron*, that in Consequence of the Occupation of Mr. White's House by Messrs. Rose and Co. lie has quitted his former Apartments. Mr. J. may ( in future) be consulted ( as usual) in all Cases of Dental Surgery and Mechanism at Mr. HANLEY'S, Glass Warehouse, Mardol Head, where he now is, and will continue till Saturday, the 11th of June. June Gth, 1831. Mr. JONES may be consulted at his Apartments at Mr. HANLEY'S, Glass Warehouse, the Week following the first Monday in every Month. A BANKRUPT'S STOCK Of Hosiery, Gloves, and Haberdashery. C. WILKES, HOSIERY MANUFACTURER, Princess Street, Shrewsbury, HAVING taken to a Bankrupt's Stock, is Selling it Off at very Reduced Prices. The Stock consists of an immense Quantity of Silk, Cotton, Angola, Worsted and Woollen Stockings, Children's Socks of every Description ; all Kinds of Gloves and Haberdashery'; Rug and Knitting Worsted; Knitting Cotton and Angola ; Pins, Needles, Buttons, Tapes, Sewing Cotton, Thread, Laces, & c. & c. Also, upwards of lOOOlhs. of Knitting Worsted and Woollen Yarn, at 2s. per lb. SAMUEL BARKER, Mercer, Draper, Haberdasher, Hosier, Glover, Sfe. 43, HIGH- STREET, HAVING disposed of Ihe < rreater Part of the Stock he purchased of Mr. John Shepherd, he begs gratefully to thank his Friends, the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity; and to inform thein he has received a general Assortment'of Goods from the first Markets, and is determined to offer every Article in his Branch for the lowest possible remunerating Profit, which, with every Care to the Selection of the best Articles, he trusts will ensure him a Share of their future Patronage and Support. It is his Intention very shortly to add a general Assortment of Y'arns, and very much increase his Hosiery, Glove, and Haberdashery Stock, all of which will be sold remarkably cheap for ready Money. Shrewsbury, June & th, 1831. PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING A CHURCH, At Brooinhall, in Cheshire. IN Consequence of some Alterations having been made in the Plans for the Erection of this Church, the Time for receiving Proposals, is extended to Saturday, the 25th Day of June instant, on or before which Day such Persons as may be desirous of contracting for the building thereof, are desired to send in their Proposals in Writing ( sealed up) to Mr. JOHN GREGORY, of Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, Land Surveyor, at whose Office the Plans, with a Specification of the Work, are left for Inspection, and may be seen at any Time previous to the 21st Instant. Whitchurch, June 4th, 1831. A MOST EXCELLENT IPIBIEIMELDLLIi) LESmTTiEo AT IIINSTOCK, SALOP. Fine Flour ( per sack) Seconds Average Price of Corn in the Week ending May 27, 1831. Wheat 659 5d. I Oats 27s. Oil. Barley 40s. 6( 1. I Reims 4Us Ud. SMITHFIELD. Beef for the best Scots is 4s. 4d. per stone: and inferior meat is 3s. to 3s. lOd. Mutton for prime young Downs sells at 4s. to 4s. 6d.; for the best young calves 5s. 6d. to 6s. per stone is given. Dairy fed porkers are 4s. 6d. to 5s per stone, and large hogs 3s. to ' Is. Lamb for the superior meat is 6s. to 6s. 4d. ' CATTLE AT MARKET. Beasts 2,478 I Sheep 24,130 Calves 210 | Pigs 230 LIVERPOOL, JUNE 4. There was a numerous attendance of dealers at last Tuesday's market, and a fair extent of business trans- acted at an advance of 2d. to 3d. per quarter in Wheat; 6( 1. to Is. per quarter in Flour ; and Id. per quarter 111 Oats. This improvement has since been tully sus- tained, with an increased demand for every article of the trade, but more particularly for Spring Grain, prices of which are beginning to be influenced by the long- continued drought. Oats, at this morning's mar- ket, were held for a further advance of Id. to 2d. per 451bs.; for the finest West of Ireland 4s. per 451bs. was realized. Several large parcels of Oatmeal and Indian Corn have been purchased 011 speculation, and for the latter article holders are now demanding Is. to 2s. jier quarter above our previous currency. Some quantity of Barley has been disposed of at very full prices. Iu Beans, Peas, and Rye, no sales of import- ance have occurred. BRISTOL. Spring price of Wheat ( 331 lbs ) 43s. Od. to 45 « Foreign Wheat ( per Imperial bushel)... 8s. Od. to 8s. English Wheat ( ditto) It. Bd. to 8a. Malting Barley ( ditto) 4s. Od. io 5s. Malt ( ditto) 7 « . lid. to 8s. Oals, Poland ( dilto) 3 » - 0d. to 3s. Fine Flour ( per saekof 2c » t. 2qr » . 51bs.) 40s Od. lo 00s. Seconds ( ditto) 43s. Od. to 00 » . TO BE SOLD BY JWCTION, BY R. SMITH, At lhe Cock Inn, iu Ilinstock, at Five o'Clock tn the Afternoon, on Wednesday, the 15th Day of June, 1831; AVERY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, sitnale at IIINSTOCK aforesaid, in the Occupation of George Lightfoot and James Machin, either together or in the following or such other Lots as may be agreed upon at the Time of Sale: A. N. P. LOTI. A PIECE of old Turf LAND, called the Wcv Field 2 1 10 LOT 2. THREE PIECES of Arable and Turf LAND, called Buttland's Head, 4A. 3R. 32P.; Town Field. 2A. 3R. 6P.; the Butt in the Town Field. 30P 7 3 28 LOT3. FIVE PIECES of LAND, called the Near Yelds, 6A. 1R. 2P.; Big Yelds Meadow, 5A. 2R. 30P.; Little Yelds Mea- dow, 1A. 3R. 20P ; Long Yelds, 6A. 1R. 4P.; and Further Yelds Meadow. OA. 3R. 15P.. .. 20 3 31 LOT 4. A Piece of LAND, called The Hcmsted 6 - 3 8 LOTV. The HOUSE and BUILDINGS, with the Yards, Garden, and a PIECE of LAND adioining. containing in the, whole.. 3 2 S8 Lor6. TWO PIECES of LAND, called The Big Brokens, 4A. 2R. 26P. and The Little Brokens, 2A. R3. 18P. with a good Garden adioining the same 7 2 4 LOT 7. A PIECE of LAND, called The HowlLeasow,,,.,....,. 8 3 32 .58 0 31 LOT 8. A PEW in Ilinstock Church. The above Land is of most excellent Quality.— The respective Tenants will shew the different Lots; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. MACIIIN, or THE AUCTIONEER, Stafford. The Venerable EDWARD BATHER, MA. Archdeacon of Salop, intends fo hold his Visitation at Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 20// I June ; and at Newport, on Tuesday, the list Inst. J. FERNYHOUGI1, Apparitor. GENTEEL FURNISHED HOUSE, Suitable to a small genteel Family. TO LET. IF/ 777 IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, rgiHE following APARTMENTS in a I genteel HOUSE, in the Environs of SHREWS- BURY furnished in the best Manner, and suitable for a small Family ( where there is no Children): a Dining Room, 18 Feet by 15 Feet, Drawing Room, same Snace two best Bed Chambers, one Servant s Ditto, and a Dressing Room, also Kitchen, Pantry, Larder and Cellar, with Pleasure and Kitchen Gardens, stocked plentifully with Fruit and Vegetables. The Situation is delightful, and the most eligible ot anv near the Town. . , ... Apply to Mr. PERRY, Auctioneer, Shrewsbury; it by Letter, Post- paid. , This Advertisement will not be repeated. ® To be ILet, An'l entered upon immediately, THREE cpniee! HOUSES, in ABBEY § FOIVEGATE, enjoying all thc Advantages of Town a- d Country. Each' House contains Kitchen, Parlour, Sitting Room, and four Bed Rooms, with Closets, Brewhouse, Pantry, Beer and Coal Cellars, fitted up with every requisite Fixture; also a good Garden, Yard with Pninp. Enquire ol Mr. GROVES, Builder. 7TH JUNE, 1831. SHROPSHIRE. a Purchaser Eligible Investment, to pay 4 per Cent. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, AFREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of a newly- erected substantial House, Offices, and Outbuildings, suitable for the Residence ot a Gen- tleman's Family, with upwards of 128 Acres ot Arable, Meadow, Pasture, Orcharding, and Wood Laud, situ- ate within five Miles of the Town of Ludlow, in the Midst of a strict Preserve of Game, with which it abounds. The Orcharding is now in its prime, the Timber exceedingly thriving, and the Proprietors are willing to'sell at. such a Price that a Purchaser may receive 4 per Cent, for his Money. For further Particulars and to treat for the Estate apply to Messrs. ANDERSON and DOWNES, Solicitors, Ludlow. DUDLEY, STOURBRIDGE, KIDDERMINSTER, AND LUDLOW, TO ABERYSTIVITII, THE ROYAIj WILUAB, NEW POST COACH, LEAVES the Feathers Inn, Ludlow, every Monday and Wednesday Evenings on the Arrival ofthe Birmingham, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, and Worcester Coaches, and arrives at Aberystwith early next Afternoons; Passengers sleep at the C astle Inn Bishop's Castle; where every Attention will be paid to their Comforts, and Charges reasonable. Route on Tuesdays:— Newtown, Llanidloes, Devil s Bridge. Thursdays : Newtown, Llaubrynmair, Machynlleth. , Fares— Ludlow to Aberystwyth. Outside £ 1. Is. 0.1. Inside £ 1 16s. Od. Performed by tlie Public's most obedient Servants, JAMES BACLL & CO. PURSUAN r to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause COBBKTT against SMITH, the Creditors of WILLIAM SMITH, late of the Town of Shrewsbury, in the County ot Salop, Esquire, deceased ( who died in the Mouth of April, 1828), are. by their Solicitors, forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before JAMES TROWER, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his t hampers in Southampton Bnildings, Chancery Lane, London; or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree. j, W, WATSON. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause CORBETT against SMITH, the Heir or Heirs at Law of WILLIAM SMITH, late of the Town of Shrewsbury, ill the County nf Salop, Esquire, deceased (. who died in the Month of April, 1828), living at his Death, are, by their Snlicitors, forthwith to come in aud prove their Kind- red, and make out their Claims, before JAMES TROWER, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, at . ns Chambers in Southampton Bnildings, Chancery Lane London ; or in Default thereof they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree. } ^ WATS0N. TO BE SOLD, a Bargain, A Double- Bodied PHAEION, with '" » Lamps, Apron, Shafts, and Pole", and a Set of Single Harness; the Whole in excellent Condition- May be seen at Mr. WORTH'S,- Coachinaker, St. John's Court, Shrewsbury. MONEY. OEADY to be advanced, on approved JL< b Security, the following Sums of Money: viz. £ 200, £ 400, £ 400, £ 500, £ 600, £ 1000, aud £ l500.- Apply to Mr. S. GWYNN, The Grove, Wem. a*. alc? 3 ti? Auction. TO- MORROW. FURNITURE. BV Mil. PERRY, On the Premises, near the Abbey Church, Shrewsbury, on Thursday next, the 9th June, 1831; ' ipHEnent Household FURNITURE M of the late Mrs. SHEPCARO : comprising Fourpos, and Tent Bedsteads with Hangings, prime Feather Bedst Mattresses, and Bed Clothing, a general Routine of Tables, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, and other Chamber and Sitting Room Furniture, and the usual Assortment of Kitchen and Brewing Requisites, Culinary Vessels, & c. Catalogues are dispersed, and may be had at Mr. PERRY'S Office, Pride Hill. The Sale at Ten (. for Eleven). Established PUB LIC HOUSE, Travellers' and Farmers' Inn, and Tradesmen's IN B1ARDOL. SHREWSBURY. RY MR. PERRY, At the Bell Inn, Mardol, Shrewsbury, on Friday, the 21th of June, 18.71, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, 0i' such other Lots as may be agreed upon at the Time of' Sale, and subject to Conditions then to be produced: LOT T. ALL that vvell- HCCustnnierl Travellers' and Farmers' INN and PUBLIC HOUSE called TIM BULL, situate in Mardol, Shrewsbury, and now in the Occupation of Mr. Samuel Griffiths. The House contains, on the Ground Floor, large Front Parlour and Passage, roomy Kitchen, Bar, Back Par lour, Pantry, and Brewhouse, with ample Cellaring underneath; on the First Floor, spacious Dining Room, two large Chambers, Closet, and Lobby; on the Attic Floor, four large and one small Chambers, Lobby, Closets, & c. The attached Buildings consist of one new- built Stable and Loft, and three other Stables with Lofts, containing Room for 30 Horses, Privy, and Yards extending from Mardol to Roushill with En- trance either Way. Lor IL- All those TWO DWELLING HOUSES, adjoining Lot 1, and now ill the several Occupations of Mrs. Mary Morgan and Mr. Richard Munday. These Houses contain, on the Ground Floor, two Front Shops, two Kitchens, two Pantries, and Cellaring under.; on the First Floor, two Front Sitting Rooms and three Bed Chambers, five Attic Chambers, and Gariet over the Whole. The attached Buildings to t'lis Lot consist of A three- stalled Stable, two Brew- houses, and two Pantries, with two Yards extending from Mardo'l to RoiiSliill with Entrance bothSWays. LOT III.— All those TWO DWELLING HOUSES and Premises, also adjoinifig Lot 1, in the several Oc- cupations of Mr. James Webster and Mr. Joseph Bromley, or their Undertenants, containing two Front Shops, ' two Kitchens, Parlour, four Bed Chambers, and Cellaring, with extensive Yard and Pigsty, and . Passage to the same. , The whole of the above Premises occupy a Space of 73 Feet of Street Front, and extend from Front into Roushill 156 Feet. Further Particulars, and a Map' descriptive nf Ihe Lots, may be obtained from Mr; JAMES WATKINS, Ironmonger, Mr. THOMAS HARLEY ROUGH, Solicitor, or THE AUCTIONEER, all of Shrewsbury. Swan Hill, 31s< May, 1831. HOTIC5L The Sale of Minsterley Park Estate will tale place on the 25th June instant, ( not on thc lO.'/ i, as already advertised,) as follows. WENLOCK RACES, 1831. J. CRESSETT PELHAM, ESQ. STEWARD. On tlie Morning of Tuesday, 20th July. QWEEPSTAKES of Ten Sovereigns O each, with Twenty Sovereigns added, for Horses, & c. of all Ages. Sir E. Sniythe, Bart, names ch., c. Traveller, 3 yrs. J. C. Pelham, Esq. names br. g. by King of Diamonds. Dam by All Dickey, 1 yrs. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart, names Ijilla, 1 yrs. B. Thompson, Esq. names br. c. Buxton, by Van- loo, Dam by Stamford, 4 yrs. Sir R. Lawlev, Bart, names b. c. The Judge, 3' yrs. F. Lawley, Esq. rianies c' « by Whalebone, Dam by . Stamford, out of Alexina, 3 j'fs. T. W. Grflurd, Esq. b. h. Sampson, aged Sweepstakes of 5 Sovereigns each, for Horses,' not Tliorough- hred. .1 R. Collins, Esq. names b. f. Merrvlegs, 4 yrs. • < Sir E. Smythe, Bait, names br. c. Tom Whittington, by Filho, 4 yrs. II. Smith, Esq names ch. c. Anti- Reformer, by , Rowls'on, Dam by Langolee, 4 yrs. T. Kempson, Esq. names b. m, Miss Oaljie. y, 6 vrs. . F. Wa ford, Esq. names b. m. by Old Orion, Dan'i bv lppolimtis, fi yrs. J. C. Pelliam, Esq. names gr. f. Alice Gray, 4 yrs. Sir R. Lawley, Bart, names b. g. by Sno'wdon, Dam by Lutwyche, 4 yrs. Sir F. R. Acton. Bart, names b. m.- Little Susanna, by Strephon, 5 yrs. Sir H. Edwardes, Bart, names gr. g.- Brinington, bv Bob Logic, 5 yrs. Sir W. W. Wynn, I'art. names b. f. by Pilgarlick, Dam by Alexander B. Thompson, Esq. names. b. g. Alick, by Lory, 4 yrs. F. Lawley, Esq. names b. g. Silver John,- by Master Henry, Dam by Lismahago, 6 yrs. C. Webster, Esq. names br. m. by Don Juan, Dam bv Young Ardrossan, 5 yrs. J. W. Unett, Esq. is a Subscriber, but did not name. All Stakes and Clerk's Fees must be paid before Starting, or not entitled though a Winner. For Particulars as to the Plate, Weights, Distance, See. see Calendar, No. 6. HENRY WADLOW, Clerk of the Races. THE LANDED INTEREST— THE FARMERS— AND THE MILLERS. WHEREAS RICHARD BIRCH, of SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, Grocer, hath, by Indenture bearing Date the third Day of June instant, assigned over all his Household and other Goods and Furniture, Stock in Trade, Book and other Debts, and all other his personal Estate and Effects whatsoever, unto SAMUEL ASTERLEY, of Shrewsbury, Grocer, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, IN TRUST ( after making certain Payments in the said Indenture directed to be made), for the equal Bene'it of all such of the Creditors of the said Richard Birch who shall be willing to accept of the Provision ' thereby made in Discharge of their respective Debts: NOTICE is hereby given, that the said Deed of Assignment is left at my Office for the Signature of the Creditors ot the said Richard Birch ; and all such of the Creditors who shall refuse or neglect to. execute the same on or before the. ' 23d Day of July next, ensuing, will be excluded from all Benefit arising therefrom. And all Persons who stand indebted to the said Richard Birch are required to nay the Amount of their respective Debts to thc said Samuel Asterley, or to me, immedi- J. W. WATSON. Shrewsbury, June 7,1831. To Grocers and others. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, IVY MR. WHITE, Without Reserve, on the Premises, WYLE COP, Shrewsbury, on Thursday, June 10th, 1831 ; TIMIE Whole of the semiine Motisr- 9 iiocn GOODS and FURNITURE, Grocers' and Tea- Dealers' STOCK- IN- TRADE, Shop Fixtures, and other Effects, late the Property of Mr. R BIRCH, a d by Order of his Assignee.- Particulars will appear in Catalogues. The Furniture, & e. will be sold on thc Morning of the Day of Sale; the Stock ( which will be found of the most genuine Description) in the Afternoon, in Lots suitable to the Trade and respectable Families. Sale to commence in the Morning at Eleven o'Clock, and at Half past Two in the Afternoon. ( One Concern.) fiMlE Creditors who have proved their A Debts under a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued forth against JOHN LOWE, of CHETWYNP ASTON, in thc County nf Salop, Maltster, Dealer and Chapman, are requested to meet the Assignee of tlie Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, on the 21th Day of June instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Fore- noon, at the Office of JOHN STANLEY, Gentleman, situate at Newport, in Ihe said County of Salop, in Order to assent to or dissent from the said Assignee continuing in Possession of the Dwelling House, Farm, and Premises, situate at Chetwynd Aston aforesaid, occupied by the Bankrupt, until Lady- Day next, at the Risk of the Estate of the said Bankrupt, nr giving up Possession thereof; and also to assen to or dissent from the said Assignee selling or disposing of all or any Part of the said Bankrupt's Household Goods and Fur- niture, now being in the said Dwelling House occupied bv the said Bankrupt, situate. at Chetwynd Aston aforesaid, and of all or any Part of the Farming Stock, Growing Crops, and Implements, in and upon the said Farm, situate at Chetwynd Aston aforesaid, occupied by tlie said Bankrupt, either to the said Bankrupt or to any olher Person or Persons, eilher by Public Auc- tion or Private Contract, and either in one Lot or in such Lots and with such Credit and upon such Security for the Price or Purchase Money thereof by Cash or in Bills of Exchange, or otherwise as the said Assignee shall deem proper and expedient, and at. the like Risk of the Estate of the said Bankrupt; and also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignee commencing, pro- secuting, or defending any Action or Actions at Law, nr Suit or Suits in Equity, against any Person or Persons whomsoever, for tiie Recovery, Defence, or Prolection of the said Bankrupt's Estate and Effects, and to the said Assignee compounding, submitting to Arbitration, or otherwise settling any Matter or Thing relating therclo ; and on other Special Affairs. ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, SHROPSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, HY MR. PERRY, At the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 25th of June, 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in ONE LOT, subject to Conditions; MINSTERLEY PAKK FARM, con- sisting of a modern FARM HOUSE of the first Class, with Barns, Stables, Cowhouses, Sheds, Piggeries, and other Farming Buildings, Folds, Yards, and Gardens, suitable to an opulent l'armer, together with upwards of TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY- ONE ACRES of rich Pasture, Meadow, and Arable Land, situate in the Township of Miusterley and Parish of Westbury, well studded wilh Ornamental and other Timber, in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Lawrence, distant from Shrewsbury 10 Miles, on the Road to Montgomery. THE HOUSE is of modern Structure, with Portico Entrance, and consists of, on thc Ground Floor, a large and lofty Kitchen, two Parlours, two back Kitchens, two Pan- tries, Dairy, Office; and large Cellars under Kitchen and Parlours; six capital Bed Chambers and five Atticks THE GARDEN & FOREGROUND contains Summer and Garden Houses, Bower, and Shrubberies, and the Garden is well stocked with choice Fruit Trees now in Perfection. THE FARM BUILDINGS comprise appropriate Barns, Stables, Cow Houses, Bays, Sheds, Blacksmith's Shop, Piggeries, Granaries, & c. with excellent Folds and Poultry \ ard. SPORTING. The River Rea funs through the Estate, and abounds with Fish ; five extensive Covers are within 2 Miles of the Estate, occasionally drawn by the Shropshire Fox Hounds; a Pack of Harriers kept in the adjoining Parish; Partridges, Hares, Pheasants, urid Woodcocks on the Estate; and Grouse on'tlie Sfiperstones, a few Miles distant. Other important Advantages attach to this Estate, which will be obvious on Inspect ion, the whole form- ing a most eligible Property for Occupation by a Proprietor or Investment, of Capital. Two Pews in Westbury Church belong to this Property. Printed Particulars, with Maps annexed, may be had at the Auction Mart, London ; Mr. Gore's, Printer, Liverpool; Mr. Willive's, Guardian Office, Manches- ter; Felix Farley's, Journal Office, Bristol; Mr. J. W. WATSON'S, Solicitor, Shrewsbury; and ofthe Proprie- tor, Mr. LAWRENCE, at Pontesbury, ( who will direct a Person to shew the Property,) or Mr. PERRY, Auc- tioneer. ^- aie. 3 Dy auction. BY MESSRS. TUDOR AND LAWRENCE, On the Premises at NOBOLD, near Shrewsbury, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 15th and 16th Days of June, 18- 31, at 11 o'Clock precisely; ALL the HOUSEHOLD GOODS and FURNITURE, FARMING STOCK, small Dairy of CHEESE, about Five Acres of MOWING GRASS, a Quantity of Manure, 3 capital Milking Cows, an excellent Gig and Horse, 2 Store Pigs, Sow and 8 Pigs, with other Effects, of the late WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq.; Catalogues of which will lie prepared and delivered ill due Time, and the Whole may be viewed ou the Morning of Sale. The Live Stock, Gig and Harness, Mowing Grass, Manure, and the Cheese, will be sold the Sccond Day, precisely at 2 o'Clock. The HOUSE, GARDENS, STABLE, and about 3| Acres of GRASS LAND, TO BE LET, with Possession at Midsummer next.— Applications be made, to Messrs. TI DOR and LAWRENCE, or the Agent of the Lime Works at Nobold. When the Corn Bill of I82S came in operation, it was very soon discovered by experienced speculators, and men not particular to a shade or two as to iheir mode of realising gains, that as the new scale of duty was framed,, it would be most beneficial to tlieir foreign dealing' to be the importers of Flour rather than iVheat— a circumstance which was no sooner disclosed than eagerly acled upon in various delusive shapes. 1 he secret was of course soon communicated to other nations, and the United States, with that activity aiid promptitude which invariably charac- terise the commercial movements of the Americans, were boon alive to the golden ad vantages which such an augmentation to their export trade presented. As an illustration of their alacrity, we need only advert to the exportation of Wheat Flour from the United States to Great Britain and Ireland in the very next year— viz. 1829, which amounted to 221,176 barrels, being equal to the aggregate amount of similar ex- ports to the same destination for the whole previous eight in a s ! A trade of such important magnitude, it may be easily supposed, would be perseveringly followed up. The exportation of American Flour was last year still larger; and though we have seen it asserted in mercantile correspondence that America is not likely to furnish this country with more than 300,000 barrels of Flour annually, the Customs returns will a tt f st that in the first, four months of the present year upwards of 150,000 barrels have been imported I Aud in a Corn Circular now before us Ihe Factor says—" Our American letters speak of very extensive contracts made for the shipment of Flour . and Wheat in May and June." Now, ihe reader will naturally ask what, is the practical effect of these importations upon the Eng- lish market ? We will tell them— not in tbe fleeting opinions « hicli are now the common topic at the Exchanges of London and Liverpool; but in the avouched communications between agent and princi- pal :— " Manchester, Feb. 12.— Flour is dull of sale, owing to'the large quantities nf American, which is selling in bond at 34s. to 35s. ( viz. 50s. per sack) under the idea of a speedy release at a low duty. Again under date bf Manchester, Fib. 19.—" The large quantity of barrel Flour which is expected to be released in a week or two, so completely paralyses t'> e minds of purchasers, that English sack Flour is full ' 2s. per bag cheaper." " Manchester, Feb. 28.— Sonic influential and san- guine speculators have gone largely into the market for American Flour at 34s. to 35s. per barrel." 44 Manchester, March 5.— We have had very little business t. ansacted in. the Corn trade in this place during the week, but very large sales of barrel Flour have been effected in Liverpool, which is now released at thc low duty of 7d. per barrel, and our market for a time will be inundated with this article." In a subse- quent part of the same letter, we find it stated, that the barrel Flour being released, has for the present paralysed the sale of English and Irish sack, which may be note I nominally as on this r'ay week." " Manchester, March 19.— We had a moderate at- tendance- of country millers and dealers at market to- day ; but the large quantity of American Flour just released,, at the low duty of 7d. per barrel, has com- pletely paralysed the trade in wheat, as our millers : cannot purchase the article to meet the prices of barrel Flour, evert were they . to give the labour and expense of grinding /" " Liverpool, April 9.— American Flour.— Of this NEWTON RACES, 1831. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1. The Produce Slakes of 25 sovs. each, h. ft.; for three- year- old colts, 8st. 41b.; fillies, Sst. lib— One mile . and a distance. Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Caractaeus, by Conductor.. 1 Sir W. Wynne's ch. c. Conrad, by Randal 1 One- paid. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each' • for two- year old colts. 8st. 5ib.; fillies, 8st. 21b.— Three quarters ofa mile. Mr. A. Bower's b. f. Lady Stafford, by Counts.... 1 Mr. R. Turner's b. c. by 1' igaro % Mr Legh's ch. c. by Sir Oliver, Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Buffoon, Lord ' Grosvenor's ti. c. by Conductor and b'r. f. by Champion also started, but were not placed.— One paid.- A Gold Cnp, value 100 sovereigns, given by the Lord of the Manor, added lo a Handicap Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 sovs. forfeit — Thirty subscribers, nine of Whom have declared off' to pay- oiily 5 sovs. each.— Two miles and a distance. Mr. Clifton's b. h. Fylde,- agfid 1 Mr. Beardsworth's b. h. Halston, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Legh's eh. c. Recovery, Sir .1. Gerard's b. nt. Sarah, Mr. Thompson's br. g. Orthodox, Geneiai Yates'sb. f. I. illa, Mr. Critchley's br. h. Olymp- s, Mr. Hotfdsworth's b. c. Beagle, also started but were not placed.— Thirteen paid. A. Free Handicap Stakes of Ifr sovs. each, 10 sovs. forfeit, with 20 added, for all ages.— Two miles and a distance. Mr. No well's gr. h. Round waist,-' 5 yrs....; I Duke of Leeds's ch. m Jenny Mills, 6 yrs.-....... 2 Mr. E. Yates's b. f. Lilla, 4 yi's,.. 3 One paid. A Maiden Plate of £ 70, for three year olds, 7st.; four, 8st. 41b.; five and upwards, 8st. lOlti.— Mares and geldings allowed 31b.-— Two- mile heats. Mr. Nanney's b. f. Wedlock, 3, yrs 0 11 Mr. Attwood's b. f. Penthesilia, 4 yrs.. 2 2 ' 2 Mr. Turner's b. f. The Nabli, 4 yrs 10 0 - Six not placed ; one drawn. THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added, for thiee- vear old fillies, 8st.— One mile and a half. Sir R. Bulkeley's b. f. Miss Maria 1 Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. Frederiea 2 Two paid. The St. Helen's Stakes of 50 sovs. with 20 sovs. added to a Sw eepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for all ages; three- year olds, 6st. Rib.; four, 8st. 31b.; five, 8st. 111b.; six and aged, 9st.— Mares and geldings allowed 31b. — The winner of a Gold Cnp or Piece of Plate, value 100. sovs. in tile present year, to carry 31b. of two, 51b. extra.— Two miles and a distance. Mr. Hauler's b'r. h. Guido, by Peter T. ely, O'yr's..... 1 Mr. Houldsworth's b. c'. Beagle, by Whalebo e.... 2 Mr. Nanney's hi. f. Georgiana, bv Welbeck, 4 yrs. 3 Mr. Thompson's br. g. Orthodox, by Filho, aged... 4 Five paid. The Borough Gold Cup, value 100 Sovs. added fo a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, for all ages; three- year olds, 6st. 31b.; four, Sst.; five, 8st- 101b.; six and aged, 9st.— Mares and geldings allowed 31b.— The winner of a Gold Cup or Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs. in the present year, to carry 31b. of two, 5! b. extra.— Three miles. Mr. Clifton's br. h. Guido, 5 yrs 1 Mr. Deane's b. g. Independence 2 Mr. Falkner's b. c. Bullet, Mr.' Houldsworth's ch. h. Vanish, and Sir J. Hilton's b. c. Penrh'os, were not pt ced.— Ten paid. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added ; for three- year old colts, Sst. 61b ; fillies, 8st. 31b.— One mile and three quarters. The owner of the second to receive 25 sovs. THE LATE RIOT AT tVIGAN. article the great quantity released at a duty of about | Mr. A. Bower's br. c. Sir John, by Tramp 1 / id per barrel was 180,910 barrels, of which about [ Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. Bradley, by Filho 2 70,000- barrels were sold ; the greater part the beginning | y Turner's b. c. Shrigley, Mr. Nanney'sb. f. Wed- ol the mOiitli, and the reduction in value during the ] ock Mr. Houldsworth's ' b. c. Simon, and Lord month was Is. to Is. 6d. per barrel. The stock was . Grosvenor's br. c. Caractacus, were not placed.— Three computed on the 31st ult. to be about 120,- 000 barrels, I pa; j Excellent BILLIARD TABLE, Ap- pendurjes, &- c. standing in the Billiard Room, CLAREMONT- STREET, SHREWSBURY. RY MRTRSDALE, At Mr. BRYAN.' S, Mermaid Inn, Shrewsbury, on Thursday, the 16th of June, 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon; A Very excellent B1LL1ARDTA RLE, l\ by THURSTON, on massive Columns. 12 ft. 2 in. by 6 ft. 3 in.; Maces, Cues, Markers, Balls, Table Cover, Brush, Box Iron, Heaters, and Appendages. Also the Gas Apparatus, Meter, Glass Lamp, 2 neat Ann Seats, Hat Rail, inside floor and Partition, lined with Green Baize, Step Ladder, 2 Roller Bliiids, eight. Caricatures ( framed), Sc. & c. Mr. BRYAN, Mermaid Inn, or T! IE AUCTIONEER, will direct a Person to shew the Billiard Table, &- e. and from whom any further Information may be obtained, TO LET, the above convenient and spacious BILLIARD ROOM, with Possession at Midsummer next. - Apply as above; BISHOP'S CASTLE. Furnitvre, Bedding, China, Glass, Linen, § c. r, V M N AC IT. Oil the Premises, on Thursday and Friday, the ICth and 17th Days of June, 1831, by Direction of the Trustees of Mr. CHARLES PRICE, Draper aud Grocer, Bishop's Castle; rgMIE I- NTIBH FURNITURE, RED. JL DING, Sc.— Particulars in Handbills. AT WESTON COTTAGE, Near HAWKSTONE, in the County of Salop, late the Residence of the Rev. BRIAN IIILL, deceased. EXTENSIVE SALE Of all the genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ( completing Dining, Braving, Sitting, and numerous Iieil Room Suites J. Brussels and. Kid- derminster Carpets, Pier, Chimney, and Dressing Classes, Hall Lamps, Bracket, Alarum, and oilier Clocks; valuable Library of ROOKS ( ancient and modern fin er try Branch of Litera- ture, by the most esteemed Authors; Pair of Globes ; fine Prints and Paintings; l'LA TE and Plated Goods; several elegant Sets of CHINA, rich Cut and Plain GLASS; Ward- robe of excellent LINEN, Mangle, Butler's Pantry, Kitchen anil, Culinary Requ isites ; Brew- ing Utensils and Ala Cashs ; neat I'll A ETON, PONY und Harness, Set of Pair- horse Harness, Saddles and Bridles, Narrow wheeled Cart, Garden Tools, and all other Effects upon the Premises. ROCK HOUSE. NEAR NEWTOWN, MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Elegant Household FURNITURE, Cabinet Piano Forte, rich ( hina, (. lass, Paint- ings, Prints, Boohs, Hackney Mutes, Slacks of Hay, Bricks, SjC. RY MR. HULRERT, On the Premises, at the ROCK HOUSE, near New- town, Montgomeryshire, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 15th, 16th, and 17th, 1831, the Pro- perty of Mrs. JONES, who is changing her Residence; € COMPRISING, for the First Days J Sale, useful and genteel Chamber Furniture, in handsome Tent and Foiirpost Bedsteads with Dimity, Chintz, and Morine Hangings ( plain and tastefully ornamented), prime Feather Beits, Hair and W ool Mattresses, Bed Linen, Blankets and Counterpanes, Mahogany Wardrobe Bedsteads, Mahogany Wardrobe, Mahogany Chests of Drawers, Dressing Tables aftd Bason Stands, Painted Dilto, Chamber Chairs, Toilette Glasses, etc. & c. The Dining Room, Drawing Room, and Part of the Kitchen Furniture will be soldthe Second Day, includ- ing an elegant Cabinet. Piano Forte ( by Longman and Bates), recently cost 70 Guineas; handsome Mahogany and Rosewood Chairs, Dining, Pembroke, and Sola Tables, Side Board, Grecian Sofas, elegant Pier aud RY CHURTON & SONS, Without fhe least Reserve, ON Monday, the 27th Day of June, 1831, and following Days, each Day precisely at Eleven o'Clock. N B. The Effects may be viewed on thc Saturday preceding the Sale from Ten to Four o'Clock. Descriptive Catalogues are preparing and may be had eight Days prior to the Sale at Ilawkstone Inn; White Horse, Wem; Lion and Raven, Shrewsbury; Lion, Newport; Castle, Tern Hill; Phcenix, Market Drayt& n; Lion, Prees; and from THE AUCTIONEERS, Whitchurch, Salop. NOTICE. All Persons to whom the late Rev. BRIAN HILL stood indebted at the Time of his Decease, are re- quested forthwith to send the Particulars of their Demands to Messrs. IRELAND and WALMSLEY, Wem, Salop. Dinner Service of Blue Ware, & c. Suites of Window Curtain Blinds, & c. Oil the Third Day, the Residue of the Kitchen Furniture, the Brewing Vessels, and various valuable Property, consisting of handsome Oak Kitcheil'DresSer, Walnut Beaufet, Tables, Chairs, Cooking Ltensils, Mashing Tubs, Coolers, Hogsheads, Barrels, & c. And, lastly, Two valuable HACKNEY" MARES, Saddles, Bridles, and Three Stacks of prune HAY.— Thirty Thousand of capital BRICKS, in Lots to suit Customers, See. , „ , , . Catalogues may be had at the Red Lion Inn, New- town; Bear Inn, Welsh Pool; and the New Inn, Llanidloes ; at the Place of Sale ; and at the Ofhce ot THE AUCTIONEER, High Street, Shrewsbury. Sale to commence each Day at Eleven o Clock to a Minute, if possible. noor ironcr ( gar Tile delightful Mansion of the ROCK HOUSE TO LET.— Apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to DAVUI JONES, Esq. Sutton House, near Montgomery; or to the AUCTIONEER. and last year, at this time, there was hardly any. The sale of sack Flour was almost at a stand, on account of the American being relatively cheaper." And Man- chester advices of the same date remark, that " the trade in Wheat is altogether stopped from the interior or from Ireland, by tile large arrivals of American Barrel Flo r, as the millers in this neighbourhood are not Iralf at work." To these evidences we may add another from America herself. Ill one of the last letters received from New York, we are told of" extensive shipments from the late purchases; about 60,000 barrels are now going on board for London, Liverpool, and Bristol." With fhe trade in English wheat asserted fo be " altogether stopped" in one of the largest districts in thc kingdom, and the, millers " not half at work," can we be surprised that a deputation should have lately waited on his Majesty's Ministers, to represent this grievauce, and- to ask' for some protection against these overwhelming importations ?— that some revision of the scale of duties had become highly expedient as regarded the manufactured article of Flour ? — We understand the prayer of the Deputation was by no means graciously entertained ; that the only answer they could ohtaiu was this unsatisfactory one—" That no alteration in Ihe existing laws was at present con- templated ; buteven if any should take place, it would certainly not be in the shape of additional restrictions." We publish these facts, therefore, at, the present moment, that they may, in the interval of the meeting of Parliament, he attentively weighed by those about to enter on their high and responsible functions The allegations contained in the letters we have quoted are too vitally associated with the interests of British Agriculture to be regarded with indifference. The evil is increasing in magnitude, and therefore demands investigation. UPPER CANADA. The proposal made to the Chelsea Pensioners of ad- ran'ciog ttiem a sum of money with a view to en- courage1 tjiem to emigrate to Upper Canada, and a further sum on their arrival out ( as a liquidation of all fqtui'c claim upon the government) has been ac- ceded to bit- upwards of3000 individuals; and above 300 pensioners with their wives and families are now on their piassage to Uiicbec. The following, an ex- tract of a letter from Upper Canada, will he found to disclose some very useful information, and is well calculated to stimulate the emigrating spirit at home: " The ( migration to Quebec last summer amounted to nearly 30,000; one might set the whole number down as (' anadiansettlers, for, to counterbalance those who went, to the States, an equivalent is said to have returned of those who had tried that country, and gave this a preference * » * Wheat now is five and sixpence per bushel, and every thing in pro- portion. English goods are very cheap, much more so than in the States; and whenever friend meets friend for an hour's chat, a mutual congratulation upon having come to this happy land is sure to ensue. Au alteration foi; the better has taken place fo an ex- traordinary degree since your visit iu 1827, so that ( he change> may with confidence be recommended to the better part of the middling classes. The poor- lookiug beings you recollect seeing at the Peter- borough Settlement, near Cobourg, in Upper Canada, have hein transmuted into substantial Yeomanry living in the greatest abundance, and much to spare Upwards nf 8000 bushels of wheat were sent down the river from ' Peterborough last year, lo which of course the other settlers contributed; but the poor emigrants bore a considerable share, and one merchant in Cobourg will receive more than double that quantity from that neighbourhood this year. Mr. Burnham, who possesses llie opposite bank of ' he river to Peterborough, asks £ 20 per annum for build ing lots. There are now three saw mills in operation, and four more in contemplation Several families of great respectability and some property have settled there, forming highly desirable society. All this present and anticipated happiness results from Ihe well planned and benevolent experiment made by the government of the mother country in 1825. The Rideati Canal will be navigable during the summer Our Governor, Sir Jidin Colburne, manages excel- lently : he is beloved by all parties. Any opposition to his measures can be hardly said to exist in the House nf Assembly. The present and anticipated prosperity of the provinces has made the most doubt- ful characters loyal subjects. All are proud of com. paring tiur situation with that of the States. AH are, more or less, cultivators here, and he who has a bushel of grain to sell feels thc fostering care of the Btjtislf'government." 0 I 0 2 t) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 df A Plate of £ 70, given by Thomas Leigh, Esq. M. P. for three- year olds, 6st. 101b.; four, Sst. Sib.— Fillies and geldings allowed 31b.— Two mile heats. Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Thermometer, 4 yrs. 0 0 11 Mr. 1 urner's b. f. The Nabb, 4 yrs. Mr. Attwood's ch. c. Argantes, 4 yrs. Mr. A. Bower's b. f. Tartarina, 4 yrs Mr. Arnold's b. f. Dolly, 4 yrs. Nine drawn.— The first a dead heat. FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added, for all ages; three- year olds, 7st.: four, 8st. 2ib. i live, Sst, 81b.; six and aged, Sst. 121b.— Mares and geld- ings allowed - 31b.— One mile and a distance. Mr. Clifton's b. h. Fylde, aged I Mr. No well's gr. h. Round waist 2 Mr. R. Turner's br. h. Olympus, 6 yrs 3 Mr. NannC'y's ch. c. Conrad, 3 yrs. 4 Three paid. Fifty Pounds, given by the Town of Warrington, with 20sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for all ages; three- year olds, Gst. 61b.; four, 8st. 31b.; five, Sst. 111b.; six and aged, 9> t.— Mares and geld- ings allowed 31b.— Extra weights as for the Borough Gold Cup.— Two mile's and a distance. The owner of the second to receive back his stake. Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Beagle, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Nowell's b. li. by Walton 2 Mr. Johnson's ch. 11. Jupiter, aged 3 Six paid. Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for horses. & c. not thorough. bred; three- year olds, 9st.; four, lOst. 71b.; five, list. 61b.; six and aged 12st.— Mares and geld- ings allowed 31b.— A winner once tn carry 51b.:. twice, 71b.; and thrice,- 12lb. extra.— Two miles and a distance. Mr. Hobson's b. h. brother to Hexgrave, aged. 1 Mr. Mil ward's, b. g. Junior, 5 vrs. 2 Mr. Cooke's br. g. Bhurtpore, 6 yrs 3 Mr. Dalzell's b. g. Prestbury, 5 yrs 4 Three paid. A Plate of £ 70, given by Thomas Houldsworth, Esq. M. P. for all ages; three- year olds to carry 6st. 101b.; four, 8st. 51b.; five, 8st. 111b.; six and aged, 9st.— Mares and geldings allowed 31b.— Extra weights as for Thursday's Plate.— Maiden horses, & c. that never won allowed 41b.— Two- mile heats. Mr. Houldsworth's ch. li. Vanish, 6 yrs Duke of Leeds's ch. in. Jenny Mills. 6 yrs.., [ RKOMTHT MANCHESTER CHEONICLE.] Unt il last Tuesday, no steps were taken against ( he' actors iu the disgraceful tumults at Wigan. On that day; however, a placard was issued by order of the Magistrates, Convening a meeting of " those persons who had been sworn at the time of the election to act as special Constables, but whose services were not r quired by the authorities. It was held in the assembly room at the F- igle and Child Inn on Wed- nesday, at eleven o'clock; when it was agreed that the constables should h'e dii ided info Companies of twenty- live, each having a plain. Oh Thursday at two o'clock they again iisrVinlded,> iih llie intention of proceeding into « the S< hole." to apprehend the principal rioters, but from the absence of ihe Mayor cfntil about five o'clock their intended proceeding^ were of course deferred tifftH thai hour. The con- stables went in procession to the Scholes, followed I, y a company of the Queen's Bays who again were fol- lowed by a body of infantry, and a troop of Hussars brought up the rear. The total military force amounted probably to 300 persons, and theie wcr,' about as many constables. They visited the housi s of the suspected persons without experiencing the s'ighlest interruption in the discharge of their duty. They apprehended five men arid a woman, btrt three persons lo whose houses tlie constable* purposed g iiiig. obtained . information of tlVeir intention in time to make their escape. The prisoner* were taken to the barracks, and the corrstab es and military retnrncd to the same part of the town for the purpose of en- deavouring to apprehend others. We have not how- ever heard what was the result of ( heir search, front which they returned at an advanced period of the evening.— A man and a woman have Ibis week been' taken into custody at Liverpool, on their way 1iy Ireland, with part of the property stolen from Mr. Keiffsfey in their possession. Up to a late hour how- ever on Thursday evening they had not been con- veyed to Wigan.— In addition to the persons whose apprehension we have mentioned, the authorities have issued upwards of forty warrants against individuals who are strongly suspected of having participated in the recent outrage. IRELAND. Mr. Nanney's ch. h. Sir Walter, 5 yrs Mr. Thompson's br. m. Armida, 5 yrs Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Joceline, aged Thirteen drawn. 2 1 1 1 0 2 5 0 3 3 3 1 4 2 d The officers of tiie Customs at Weymouth have re- ceiiT- d orders from government to see that every mark of attention and respect is paid to the Grand Duchess Helen, consort of the Grand Duke Michael, and the numerous train of Russian nobility who are about to take up their residence fhere for the benefit of the sea- bathing. She is to be conveyed hy a Russian man of war and frigate. The Princess Hilen is about 26 years old, highly accomplished, and very beautiful. Arrived at Chester last week, the ship Poppleu- ell from Dublin, Willi a Cargo of Guinness ami C"' s PORTER, for K. JONES, Grocer and Cheese Factor, Shrewsbury. Mr. Thorneley, the resident candidate for the representation of Liverpool, will meet wit ha formidable opponent in Lord Sandon, son of the Earl of Har- riwhy, whose pretensions are supported by the friends and adherents of Mr. Dcnison. Both gentlemen are on the spot, and have attended meetings of the free- men. MUNIFICENT DONATION.— We learn that Provost Haig, of Si. Andrew's, on Thursday last, received a let I er from the Rev. Dr. Bell, the author of what is termed the Madras system of education, and a native of St. Andrew's, enclosing Bank of England transfer receipts for £ 60,0001 hrec per cent, consols, aud £ 60,000 three per cent, reduced, vested in the names of the Provost, Principal Haldane, Dr. Buisi, and Professor Alexander,* as trustees for the pro- motion of education aud endowment of schools iu St. Andrew's. Besides the foregoing magnificent grant, the donor has made over to the same gentle- men a piece of ground he had purchased from the town of St. Andrew's, which he intended ns a site for schools, aud for which he paid £ 1100. This splendid donation reflects the highest credit on the " ev. Dr. Bell, and it is lo be hoped that he will live to see his system in operation iu St. Andrew's, which bus already been of so much benefit to llie human race. By giving the money iu his lifetime, £ 10,000 of legacy money has been saved. — Dundee Courier. PARLIAMENT.— The word Parliament was first used in 1625; and the Commons were admitted at this time, though not regularly represented. The Parliament called at Shrewsbury, in 1283, by Edward I. was the first to which cities and towns were sum- moned to send representatives. It was also the first that granted aids towards the national defence ns nf the three denominations of knights, citizens, and burgesses, as well as by the Lords spiritual and temporal. In Ibis Parliament the representatives sat in a separate chamber from the barons and knights. The Commons consisted of two knights for each county, two repre- sentatives for the city of London, and two for each of the following 20 towns only :— Winchester, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, York, Bristol, Exeter, Lincoln, Canterbury, Carlisle, Northwich, Northampton, Nottingham, Scar- borough, Grimsby, I. ynn, Colchester, Yarmouth, Hereford, Chester, Shrewsbury, Worcester— From this it appears that there were not representatives of any towns in the counties of Westmoreland, Lancaster, Derby, Durham, Stafford, Warwick,, Leicester, Rut- land, Suffolk, Hertford, Bedford, Cambridge, Hun tingdun, Buckingham, Berks, Oxford, Wilts, Somerset, Gloucester, Dorset, Sussex, or Surrey.— The Mirror. On the night ofthe 22il ult. detachments of military from Clare and Galwav made a combined movement lor the purpose of surprising and surrounding the midnight legislators of the county of Gafway; they were so Successful that tbev captured two hundred ar. tl sixty- one Terry Alts! including a man named Connely, a chief leader, who is charged with having directed the attack on Sir J. Bourlie's house. Several others have been identified, as concerned in various outrages. Tire following is extracted from a lefter written hy an officer of rank in command in the county of Lime rick, d- ited fast week :—•' " I should have replied. fo' your lefter long ago hut I have been worked off my legs, and really more fagged than through a Peninsular campaign. This cou ity is iu a sail slate. In the county of Clare, whicli we are only separated from by the Shannon, things are come to that pitch that nothing but martial law can save it; every sort of outrage is committed with impunity. The Terry Alts, with Iheir mother, Lady Clare, stalk about at noon- day committing murders and every species of outrage, disguised iu female attire. 1 have read a leiter from a respectable clergyman, who says he is living in his glebe house in a state of siege, in expectaiiun of attack by night and day— threatened with assassination— his cattle turned off his land— his herdsman threatened wilh death should lie dare to attend fo any of his stock— his labourers drawn from the field by armed men — his soil and himself actually obliged to mend the fences, no one dariug to do it for him. Several houses knock- ed down iri open day— Lady Clare, fully armed, and her attendant armed ruffians traversing the country— serving notices, regulating rates of wages, price of potatoes, land, & c.; and ncilbcr military nor police are able fo prevent them, or bring a man to be tried hy the laws of his country— not from any neglect or fault of theirs, but because the ruffians keep away from the public road*, and are favoured by the country people either through fear or from love of their system, which I believe to be Ihe case, lu fact, there is no law in this Country but that of Terry Alt and his mother, Lady Clare. He adds he cannot visit a parishioner even to afford the last comforts and con- solations of l- eiigion without arms in his hand. There is church militant for you! Last Sunday a colour- sergeant of the 5th regiment was murdered ; two men of that corps and a policeman were badly wounded. I hear seven have been committed for it, and I hope they will he made an example of. We were in a lia I state in this county, but by promptly placing detach- ments in all parfs to support the magistrates, who have acted with more courage than those of Clare, 1 hope wc have for tbe present put down the disturb, erg; but we arc iu a very ticklish state— an immense population— very many of them badly disposed— and if martial law is proclaimed in Clare, we shall be the receptacle of all the ruffians in that country, unless fhey give us the same code— nothing- else will do, I assure you I do not sleep on a bed of roses, and often wish myself in the peaceable mountains of Cambria. Thank God, I have good accounts from my wife and children. 1 did intend to bring them over, but that is impossible in the present state of affairs. I hope they will mend, but 1 fear things are not at the worst yet. We have here the 17th Lancers, head. quarters of fhe 56th & 74th, seven companies ofthe 76th, and a battery of artillery ; and the 9th regiment marches this day from Dublin for Limerick." FIFTY COMIC ENGRAVINGS ( for Sevenpence), dis- tinguished for broad humour,' fun, and poi t, which cost the Proprietors Two Hundred and Fifty Guineas ! will appear in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle of Sunday. Jiine the 12th, 1831, price only Sevenpence. The " COMICALITIES'-' above alluded to, and which will appear in Bell's Life in . London ou Sunday, the 12th ut June, have been selected from the celebrated Series which has appeared in that Journal for the last five Years, and embrace all those which hive not already been presented to its readers in its former " COMIC RECAPITULATIONS," as well as those which have been since published; together with shine novelties in the same popular style. The original cost of the des: gning and engraving of these fifty humorous Gems was five guineas each, making the gross total of Two Hundred and Fifty Guineas, the whole of \\ hic! i engravings may now be obtained for the trilling cost of Sevenpence.' They will occupy seven folio columns, aud fur the Scrap Book or Portfolio will furnish a source of laughter and amusement. TITLES OF THE ENGRAVINGS. PR. AMA'NO SKETCHES. 23. Approaching Dissolu- Love Laughs at Lock- smiths 2. Thc Pilot on Shore 3. Dr. Bolus, or the Last Pill 4. A Great Friend 5. Othello's Occupation gone 6. As You Like it 7. School for Scandal 8 The Rivals 9. Measure for Measure 10. Where shall I Dirie? 11. The Bottle Imp. 12. Quaker in a Quandary 13. Is he jealous? 11. Every Man in his Hu- mour tion 21. Boronghmonger Hall 25. The Dog in Office 28. Music Masters 27. The Siamese Twins 28. A Wision of Wittels 29. The Cruelty Van 30. t: Ise Yorkshire too" 31. Birds ofa Feather 32. " Music hath charms" 31. A Long Debate 3). Greenwich Fair I'. k Rural Pieasuies 33. " I' Nose' a Beik" 37. Domestic Happiness Domestic Misery 39. A Jarvey 40. A Bird of 111 Omen 15. Dennis arid Desdeinona 11. " Kicking up a Dust" 16. Raising the Wind 17. Love, Law, & Physic. FANCY SKETCHES. 18- Aristocracy and Demo eracy 19. Hot and Cool 20. " Rubbing in" 21. Students at. the Bar 22. Swing's Recreation A sp- cial commission has been held at Limerick for the trial of, persons charged, with turning up pasture land with the spade,- aggravated in some instances by force and Intimidation ; and two of the men convicted having employed menaces am : ng the neighbours, have been left for execution. 12 Vite Condic. k Swells 13. Love of Liquor STUUIKS FROM LAVATI- X, 11. A Flat 45. A Sharp 13. " What a bad Hat I" 17. A Tithe Pig IS. Irish Whiskey 19. Scotch Whii key 50. Jamaica Rum. Bell's Life in London awl Sporting Chronic'e is published every Saturday afternoon, at one o'eloek ; and for political integrity, original talent., broad hu- mour, and extent and accuracy of domestic, and foreign, and sporting information, stands unrivalled. It istie same size and price as THE OBSERVER— SevenpeiI.- • The Bell's Life in London of June the 12th will he kept on Sale at the O. T. ce, 169, Strand, London, until the last day of June. Franks may be had gratis to send it into the country. Keepers of Taverns and Public Houses will add to tlieir business by taking i; i this Sporting Paper. The banking firm of Payne and Hope, of Well , l,. n Stopped payment- The failure is attributed to lo ei in the funds. AU the Irish government prosecutions for po'ilk V, offences are stated to have been abandoned by the law authorities, HP FLECTIONS OF A BEAU. I'm weary ol the crowded- hall— I'm weary of the mirth Which never soars afcov e the gross dull things of earth— I'm weary ol the flattering tone— its charm is now no more, And eye and lip may answer not its meaning as before. I'm weary ot the heartless throng— of being doomed as one Whose spirit kindles only in the blaze of Fashion's sun. I speak in very bitterness, for I have deeply felt The mockery of the hollow shrine at which my spirit knelt— Mine is the requiem of years; in reckless folly passed The wail above departed hopes on venturous perd cast— The vain regret,' that lives beyond the wreck of squan- dered hours, . Like the sighing of the Autumn wind abovS the faded flowers. Oh 1 it is worse than mockery to use the flattering tone, To lend a ready, toiigue to thoughts the cheeks must blush to own— To he. ar the red lip whispered of, and the flow ing curl aiid eye . Made constant tjicmes of eulogy, extravagant and high— And the charm of person worshipped, in a homage offered not To the perfect charm of virtue and the majesty of thougl t. Away !— I w'() l not fetter thus the spirit God has given, Nor bend the pinion back to Earth, that beareth up to Heaven— . • i • ., I will not bow a tameless heart to fashion's iron rule, Nor welcome withasmile alike the gifted and the/ op/. No— let the throng pass coldly on— a treasured few may find • . The charm of person doubly dear beneath the light of mind. . . .... THE NSW PARLIAMENT. From Frascr's Magazine. No matter by what means; ho matter whether opeiily or by stratagem ; , no matter whether for good or for evil ; yet certain it is that the Tories have been most unmercifully and most completely beaten, lu county aud iu city, in field Slid itf hall, among farmers aud weavers, among graziers and miners, Ihe Tories have been defeated. Ill the last parliament their strength was fairly ilieasured with the minister, and they beat' film ; but in tbe new parliament they can be nothing but the spectre of a party, a poor fragment of nonce powerful body, a remnant of Ihe only gentlemen in Ibe House of Commons. The revolutionary bill, therefore, may he considered as carried, as far us concerns that House. There will at leaBt be a hundred majority ill favour of the measure, whatever, tbat measure may be, When retlnkefed for the fifty- first time, and presented to the hew chamber of delegates. What may be its fate in the upper House, in the hereditary assembly of the nation, is another ques- tion. Ministers, we understand, ate not a little perplexed as to the ualiite of ( be iuflnence which they should exercise to forcc it through that House. Tbey have already sounded all Ihe depths and shallows of the peerage; but the results are by 110 means satisfactory. There is there a powerful ma- jority against them; and this majority consists of elements which they will have great, if not insur- mountable difficulty in neutralizing. His Majesty, they must be convinced, has already rendered them every reasonable assistance. If it could be carried by the creation of five br six, or even ten new peers, Ibis might be conceded. But the truth is that neither ten, twenty, nor even thirty new creations would suffice. They cannot surely in- dulge Ibe hope lhat his Majesty will degrade the peerage so far as to meet their views by any such unexampled increase iu the ntimbers of the upper House. They might as well call upon him to make every baronet a peer, or sanction the abolition of hereditary privileges altogether. His Majesty, deeply as he interests himself in the question, aud mixious as he is to consult the wishes of his people, is not made of such yielding stuff as to lend his concurrence lo so wild a measure as this. He has done all that can become a king. He lias given lo his ministers every auxiliary which the constitution sanctions, or tbe crown can, consistently with its iliguity, confer. And having done this he must stop, llis Majesty cannot sanction a reform of Ihe Commons House of Parliament by a positive invasion Of the Constitution, by doing tbat which would indeed be a wanton violation of all its forms. It is true tbat the peers themselves, dreading a collision with the lower House, may seethe expe- diency of consenting to a measure, of which they heartily disapprove. But this is exceedingly im- probable. As it is now undeniably a Conflict I etw'eeu the democratic and aristocratic orders— between those who aspire to power, and those who liavp every tiling lo lose by conferring it— tliey will, we Conceive, pause before they become their own executioners, and sign that warrant which is fo level all Ihe distinctions of Society. Before they ^ oncarwithlheConinionSthey will seriouslyconsider the nature of the new powers they are invested with, aud fhe tendency of those measures which they are likely lo propose. In the first place, tliey must see tbat such a reformed parliament as is proposed, bused upon the violation of corporate charters and the rights of property,' would have little scruple in unsettling other rights, not less tenable, but of a fniich more serious kind. They must perceive lhat this reformed Parliament would, before the lapBe of two years, iii vol ve England in a serious struggle VJftfh Ireland, in the revival of religious feuds, in a deadly contest for Popish supremacy' Slid tlie pre- servation of our Protestant establishments. How. evef we may blink the question now, tliiB conflict vVoiild unquestionably take place. However fa- shionable may be the liberal notions of the passing hour, tbe English are a rellgiouS p'eopfp in heart, and, when Ibe day of Strife comes,' all their old prejudiced wilT btVrn c'n the side of Protestantism. Even if the fepeat of fhe union were conceded, all their feelings and sympathies would be Oil the side of their Protestant brethren. Popular indignation would annihilate lhat minister who should dafc to tamper with their predilections in so holy a cause. Here, then, is one source of dissentioti which Ihe Peers of England have to consider before they give their sanction to the revolutionary bill. They can- not fail lo see that the object of Lord Grey and his friends is to place England, bound hand and foot, at Ihe mercy of Ihe Irish demagogues, and the ( host disloyal aud am5itious priesthood on ( he face of t'li'e earth— a priesthood who bate England from relfgfdUs instinct and natural antipathy— who hate out Sdlools, our system of education, our know- ledge, influence, and superiority,' us Protestants.— Nay, llie friends of Lord Grey do not disguise that the extinction of ( he Irish Church, and the slipeud- itig of Ihe Popish Clergy and tbe probationers of the College of MaynOoth, are among their first objects. Lord Plunkett'S sentiments have been sounded, and they are decidedly favourable to this project. Mr. lteniembrencer Blake has been sent for, and consulted, and he is of a similar opinion. Blake has bitten Lord Grey, and Lord Plunkett has convinced Lord Brougham. The two Chancellors, like two Kings of Brentford, smell at the same rose 011 this subject. The pensioning of Ihe priests, at the expense of the Protestant establishment, is deemed tbe grand specific. Dr. Doyle bus been consulted, and is now a convert for the first time in his life. The priest- magistrate now sees things in a different light. He perceives the ascendancy of his church in the vista, and through clouds which lie could never penetrate before. If the Reform Bill pass, and tbe present ministers remain in office only for two years, IlieS'e projects are certain of being cariietl into effect, whatever may be the contentions or the civil war to which they may lead. Will the Peers of England, there- fore, who cannot be blind to the results, not seriously deliberate before they eouscut to a mea- sure so pregnant wilh national difficulties ? But this is far fro nt being the only or fhe most perplexing difficulty into which tbe measures of such a reformed, or rather revolutionized Parlia- ment would precipitate us. Tbe fuuda! Start not, courteous reader, at the word. Unbend thy brows, dear dowager and most amiable spinster, for they who are forewarned are forearmed. Answer me this question: — Why is the Parliament to be re- formed ? Because, as is alleged, it being a corrupt Parliament, composed of seat- sellers and seat- buyers, it is consequently presumed to be an uncon- stitutional assembly, incompetent to carry on the affairs of this great nation — because, as is alleged, it is so much addicted to all sorts of jobbing, that ils legislative acls are tainted by the venal charac- ter of its members. Is not this Ihe song which you sing! Is not this the burden of every street melody ? Is not this the theme of every piece of newspaper doggrel, of every swelling patriot 011 the hustings, and of every unwashed Radical over liis pots of Buxton and Whitbreail! Is not this Ihe reason w hy you would vote, it' you were allowed lo vote, for the honest Lord Milton and the incorrupt- ible and moral Mr. Long Wellesley? Jest so. Why, then, should the refi hiied Parliament be expected lo sanction the profligate contracts, or recognize tbe unjust and onerous obligations of its ( leI'uill: I and venal predecessors? Is it reasonable to expect the new delegates of the people lo cat of ihe old leaven, or plod iu tbe old track ? Can we expect them to pay tbe interest of debts declared to be dishonestly contracted, and the capital stock of which we have already liquidated by paying au illegal usance of fifteen per cent, for twenty years? Out iipon it! Fye, aunt Martha and cousin Rebecca! We must not continue in evil, that good may abound. Tbe funds, therefore, must go!— your annuities must go !— the laxes must uo!—- the tithes must go!— the corn bill must go ; iu order that our palfrey, in fulfilment of Cade's prophecy, tnay feed upoti tbe grass which shall grow in Cheapsidf ! But seriously — should the'revolutionary bill pass, it is folly to deceive ourselves by imagining that Ibis grand act of settlement, of sponging, of oblivion, would not follow as a matter of course True, there will be weeping in Cornhill, and wailing 011 Clapbam Common, and wringing of hands from Plymouth Dock- yard to North . Shields. What of that ? The few must not continue to revel on the misery of tbe many. Injustice towards those who have any thing to lose is au act of grace in favour of the rabble. So runs Ihe adage of our modern jacobins anil reformers It is not concealed by some of Ihe advocates of this ministerial revolution, that an act of adjustment between the public debtor and creditor is indispens- able, and must be among the first works of the new Parliament. By the term adjustmert tluse gentle, men mean spoliation; by s< ttlemeut Ihey mean abolition ; by the pruning knife they mean the axe which they intend laying to the rout of Ibe tree. Tbe utlcr disregard which tbey evince towards private and chartered rights by this bill, is an indication of their intentions with rcspect to funded and church property. Lord Althorp's propositions lately sub milled to Parliament, 011 the Colonial Question, shew the concern which lie entertains for private property, and explain his principles of conservative policy The fashionable doctrine of the day with these men is, lhat tbe c. wner of a slave is incompetent to form any correct opinion as to what is most conducive lo his own interest. . The political economist and mad philanthropist alone are allowed to chelate and instruct on these subjects, ft is the schoolmaster and not the merchant who is permitted to offer an opinion on commercial policy. The jacobin tailor lays down the principles of international law. Tbe linker teaches the ship- owner how to man and equip his vessels. The cotton- weavcr prescribes for the mining interest. The tallow- chandler preaches to the silk- weaver, and the retailer of cheap and stolen goods directs our foreign policy, and reads lectures upon currency to the country bankers. In fact, those who practically know l£ ast of any given subject, are con- sidered tbe most competent conservators of every branch of trade which tbey presume to discuss, and which it is their interest to destroy. This being the case, and considering who are in power, and the principles of the men who will be supreme in Ihis assembly of delegates, w hat security have we that any one of the institutions of the coun- try, on the maintenance of which depends ( he safety of the crown, will be preserved unimpaired for any length of time? Our dependencies in the West Indies are bordering upon, if not at this moment iny an actual state of rebellion. Martial law has been proclaimed in Antigua. Canada awaits Ihe decision upon the timber duties in a spirit which is tlie very reverse of submissive. Tbe meeting of colonial delegates in Barbadoes, indicates similar feelings. Such is the disgust with which the whole of Ibe resident proprietors and planters of these colonies view the conduct of a certain faction in this country who menace their destruction, and wilh whom bis Majesty's Ministers are by principles closely allied, lhat it only requires a spark ' to light a flame which will blaze over the whole of the Caribbean sea. A few more insolent speeches in Parliament— one false step— another series of threatening resolutions— anil, our colonial empire is at an end ! If we lose the West Indies, Ihe Treasury may shut its doors, for the news of that event will seal the fate of England, and proclaim her bankrupt to the whole world. And yet we are nearer this crisis than most people will believe. The passing of this revolutionary bill will render what may yet be considered doubtful absolutely certain and inevitable. Not that we mean to deny that his Majesty's ministers, or even the faction to which we allude, profess the most anxious desire to protect the colonies, and ameliorate Ihe condition of their labouring population. They pro- fess a great deal. They pretend to foresee the hap piest results following the adoption of the visionary measures they recommend. But this is the worst feature in the case. They tell us that they are doing good when they are only producing evil, and making bad worse. They coolly assure us ( bat they are relieving tbe patient when they are bleeding him to death. They tell us tbat they are producing peace on earth, and good- will among men, when they are fomenting the passions of the deluded negro, encou- raging him lo raise his hand against his master, invoking him to revolt, to trample upon the law, and deluge the earth with blood. What e ® art we expect f6ni these men, the rulers of a reformed Parliament, the majority Of whose memheis cherish similar sentiments, but the annihilation of our colonial trade, civil war, bloodshed in the West Indies, and the ruin of thousands of helpless families ? But Ihcsc reformers assure us that the trade of England wotlld not suffer, nor life industry of her people be impaired, although these trans atlantic possessions were . to- morrow ceded lo the United States. Infatuated fools or despicable hypocrites must the men be who entertain such sentiments. They might as well maintain that, the revenue of England would he as productive if Yorkshire were ceded to the Bclgic provinces, or if no more tea, sugar, and tobacco were imported into England. They might as well contend that the security of thfe fundholdefs would remain unaffected if the people were to' cease paying Ihe taxes. If we lose the colonies, we lose the right arm of England— we lose the best nursery for our seamen— the best market for our manufactures— the sovereignty 6f the occan! Father Murphy's Sermon on the Elec- tions antl Prbspects of Ireland. Well, you know, boys, there's a general election all over the country, and the King's Writs are com- ing down to lis as fast as beast can carry them, and every man that has a vote in ftte place is lo collie forward and vote fdi' the King. Now isn't il the wonder of the world to hear me, Father Murphy, that's teaching you these five- and- twenty years, be Ihe same more or less, that it was lawful aud proper in you all to do w hat you pleased to any King, except the Pope and Dan O'Connell, lhat you happened to catch after nightfall— isn't it wonderful, i say, to hear me telling you to give three cheers for the King ; and what's more than thai, nine cheers for the Queen; and as many as you choose for th'ie Constitution? Isn't it as niuch as to say thai Prince Hohenlo has wrought some blessed miracle upon the country ; and, like Aaron's rod, that made five gallons of rual poteen run down like water from the top of a big rock, when a whole heap of poor Catholics were famishing below$ that I'm after pointing the tip of my little finger at the King, and the Queen, and Ihe Cabinet Council, and making them overflow with plenty and lashins* of Ihe best of every thing? Sure you would'nt be lieve it, only yon see it. Then I'll tell you what it is. Tire Mi lenium's come. May be you don't know what the Millenium is? Hard for yon, my dear children, when beef is fourpence- halfpeuny a pound, and you can't get better vegetables than Ihe tops of the potatoes. How could you tell the Mil- lenium from any other common Sunday in the year? But never mind going too deep into it. It's not for the likes of you lo be bothering yourselves with such abstruse mathematics as lhat. Well, now that tbe General Election's come, and that Ihe Millenium is upon us, Lord save us, before we know where we are$ just like Mrs. Hagarty's clnistenings, every nine months—[ oh ! I see you, Bryan, you needn't be trying to cluck your head behind Tim Fanaliy— are my boots done yet? To be sure they're not. Where do you expect to go when you die? T'o purgatory of course. Troth, if you don't send nie home Ihe same boots before breakfast lo monow morning, I'll write off about you to night, and make them keep llie door barred aud bolfed for your sake.] I say now is the lime for you all, boys honey, to shew yourselves rfieu. Stand up for your lights, and remember that there isn't one of you that may nol, one day or other, have a monument of real marble \ tith your name upon it in letters of gold. Think of tbat, Myles Riellj, with your one eye, and iiould up your head like a pathrio*. I've just got a letter from the Pope, ill w hich his Holiness expressly desires me in Latin to hould a jubilee when the election's over, and to give an ndulgeuce for a year and a day to every on^ of you tbat voles for Reform. And never fear but I'll do it, and w elcome ; and if the bit of paper happens to be worn out in tbe red waistcoats of you before tile year is fairly over, sure if you behave your- selves I might give you another bit of paper lliiit'd carry you 011 through tbe winter after next, so that the world'd be wondering at tbe good luck you'd have. But iu regard to the Reform, I'll tell you what that is before 1 go any further. Come over, Luke Mulloney,' till I have a bit of coster with you. Ytliui do yoii call that dirty looking thing like a shoeing horn, you've got between your finger and thumb, as if you were afraid it'ud burn you ? Spake up that the congre- gation may hear you. Luke. This) your reverence ? Father Murphy. You're mighty ' cute at a guess, Luke :— tbat's exactly what 1 mean. Luke. Muslia 1 Sure it's my ould caubeen, f your reverence. Father Murphy. And what's become of the crown of it, Luke? Luke. Is it the kiver you're meaning? Troth then, your reverence, that's more than myself could till you. It's many a long day since the kiver and I parted company, and never a saw 1 saw it since. Father Murphy. And what's the use of it apon the head of ye, Luke, when it won't keep out the wel ? Luke. Ocli 1 salvation to me, your reyerence, if ever I put it on my head at all. Father Murphy. And what do you do with it, Luke? Luke. Why; then, don't I carry it in my fist on a Suuday to ilie chapel; your reverence, for the dacenoy of il ? , Father Murphy. And you carry ihe brogues ill th'other hand, Luke? Luhe. Not a word of a lie in it, Sir; the brogues wouldn't be worth picking out of the dirt, if 1 was to carry them on iny feet. They'd be like a bit of brown paper in 110 time, your honour, if 1 was to walk upon ihem. Father Murphy. But, Luke, you could get another pair when these would be done with, and you could buy yourself a nice new hat, with wool a foot long, every fair- day ? Luke. It's divarting yourself with me, saving your holy presence, your reverence is this blessed morning. Where would I get tbe means of buying another pair of brogues, since 1 hay n't a. s much money as 1' could cross myself with,. an' what's more, never had. Faix, Ihe King's face is a stranger to me, unless I see it in a turuipr or an apple pi at re. Fulher Murphy. You're a smart fellow, Luke, aud you'll be a great man yet. Now, boys, did you hear what Luke said, that he hasn't the means to buy a liew pair of brogues? Well, that's the very reason why you're to vote for Reform. It's two pair of brogues each, and plenty of blue cloth coats, with yellow buttons, and yellow waistcoats, and buckskin breeches, and bluestockings, and speckled handkerchiefs, and llie mischief and all of things you'll have upon ye when ye get Reform. [ An universal buzz of wonder throughout the chapel, which communicates to the groups outside, and when it lias made Ihe circuit of the multitude grows into one louil, long shout for' his reverence.] Asy, asy, boys— bush ! now that'll do— I haven't done wilh Reform yef. There's Mr. Cabill that keeps the academy over against the slate quarry.—( I see yon, Mr. Cabill, don't be ashamed of your good works, and leave off drawing the nails out of your lingers with your teeth j Now, Mr. Cahill isn't able to put a roof to bis college, where you get the best of learning for little br nothing. But when Ihe Reform is settled, there isn't a slate in the whole quarry that won't be mounted on the top of the place ; and Mr. Cabill himself, and he's deserv- ing of it, will have a garron} for the woman that owns him, and be able to keep a cow, and may be have a little corner in the haggard for a still of his own. That's what Reform will do for yon— but don't shout yet. You remember the time tbat every one of yoii that could stick a spade in flife ground was a free- holder, Well, the time is coming when you'll all have votes again, and more than that, when the child that's coming home shall have a vote,' if you can only swear tbat you're sure it'ill be a buy— ( mind that Mrs. Rorke, and I wish you au asy time of it);. Now, don't you think it's worth while to get enough to eat and drink, without putting your- selves to the trouble of going to sea in the harvent- time to look for work ? To be sure you do, I'll answer for you. Well, when you get Reform, tbe corn will be growing up under your feet, and before you call turn round it'll bfe baked into loaves for you ; there'll be more potatoes in tbe country than you can cat, and you'll be obliged to give them to the pigs, for fear they'd take root over again, and run away with the land from you : and as to the poultry, and the sheep, and Ibe drop of drink, troth I'm thinking its proud and lazy you'll be getting with the plenty that'll be staring . you out of coun- tenance. Never a ' ruction will you have, but amongst yourselves. As to the tithe- proctors, they'll bury themselves with their own tools, and you'll never be put out of your Way again by one of the dirty blackguards. All Ibe Schools that come down from Kildare Street will fall away like dust; and you'll never hear of a bishop except Bishop Doyle and myself, for with a blessing and my health to wear il, I'll be a bishop then. In regard to the police, they'll all gci back to England, for you know they're not natural to us,' even the best of them. As to the matter of rents,- the landlords will all come begging and beseeching of you lo keep your little tenements, and to take as much land as you can ride over in a day's walk, aud they'll leave the price entirely to your own honour, so that you can have your holding as cheap as dirt. Then you'll have ftl) clergy to pay but your own; and you may send your children where you like ; aud you'll consume all yo'iir ortn eggs, and bfiffer; and beef, and pork, instead of sending them out of the coun- try to get money for your rack- rents, and leaving yourselves, like the robin redbreasts, in tbe winter, without a morsel of food to keep the sign of life in ye. But you're wondering all Ibis time why I don't say something about the rapale. If yon weren't a set of gossoons, § you'd know very well lhat the rapale is throtting after Reforni( just like my dog Pincher, that's eternally treading 011 the heels uf my oald horse. Go where 1 will, Pitichet's afler nie— and so is the rapale of the Union afler the Reform. Troth it's as fast upon Reform as if it was its shadow. Do you think Dan O'Connell doesn't know what he's about? Let him alone, and you'll see how shy he'll make ( hem look; just as if they'd lost ( heir ( ails. But, milid what I'm saying to you You're not ( o let out one word about the rapale, until after the elections; for Dan is so deep that he'll first catch the Orangemen iu a trap, and when he has them there, I'll give you leave to go three weeks without mass, and to miss the Easter dues, if he doesn't pin them to the rapale. And won't you do what Dan bids you 7 As certain as the flowers In May, you'll all be gentlemen and ladies when the rapale comes. You'll have your own horses, and your own cattle, and you'll have your own parliament that won't betray ye, but that'll just do whatever yon please, and clap all the logse bauds into the Excise, and the fat of the land will be flowing upon you like new milk. Oii! what a murthering country will Ireland be, when we've got the rapale. I'll be bound there isn't one of you now that won't be goius up to Dublin when the parliament's sitting, and, when you're away, the soil will be running mad with all the crops that'll be breaking their necks growing up so fast for you, against you come back. And may be you won't come home wilh new gowns for tbe wives, and stockings for the children, and tbe world knows what all, of ribbands, and rings, and brooches. ( Don't be tittering, Mary Ryan, it's all in store for you, and the sooner the better. Indeed, you'll be picking yoiir steps, yet, like a kitten in a shower of rain.) You see, boys, the sense of the thing ia this. ^ Ve must first get Reform: we must put out all the Orangemen at the elections. Well, when we have done lhat, Ihe King is to ask Dan what he'll have next, and Dan is lo say, that lie leaves it entirely to himself; bul that's only making pretence, for im- mediately after that Dan is lo make a great speech, — you'll see it at full length in the Register, if you've grace— and then the next news will be that Dau is to have it all his own way, and to get tbe royal command, as it were, lo have a parliament in Dublin, and then all the true gentry'll come forward, and never was such a sight seen in the memory of man as there'll be that day ill Ireland. That's the reason that Dan is keeping himself so quiet, for fear he'd spoil what's coming. (" Three cheers for Dan"— a simultaneous cry from the multitude.) And do you think, when yoft've a parliament of your own, that there'll be such doings at the elections as there was in the ould times? No such thing. Never a man will shew bis face that isn't a friend to the people. There'll be no soldiers to keep you from voting for your own friend, and there'll be 110 landlords to drive you out if you qs^ vote against them. Besides, you're to vote all as 0,1c as if every body's eyes were shut, and nobody could see who you voted for: so that there'll be nothing but fair play, and fair play's a jewil. Then, instead of voting as you do now, every four or five years, you'll hate a fofe every year, or oftener, may be ; for our parliament will be like a bed of onions, it'll last ' till tbe year's out, and then you'll sow the seed again. ( Wheu's the wedding to be, Paddy Farrell ? It isn't clear to me, but you're teasing tbe soul out of the little girl for nothing at all. I'il be after coming down to you to- morrow night, so mind and have the kettle schreeching 011 the hob at eight o'clock, you divil!) Now, boys, after what I've told you, what'll you vote for? For the lives of ye, dou't say, when you're asked the question, tbat you'll vote for the rapale, yet a while— but say tbat you vote for Reform. That's the word. May be there's some of ye never heard of Reform before ? Then the more's your merit for making mticli of it now. Sure it's a token you've Ihe true faith iu yoti. St. Peter voted for Reform, and this is St. Peter's parish, and the chapel you're standing in, for there's 110 seats for ye to sit upon-— all iu good time for Ihe seats any way ; this chapel is built 011 a rock, and so is your church ; and that's another reason why you should vote for Reform. Only it'ud be de- meaning hint, St. Peter would come down among ye, aud vote for Dan just tike one of yourselves, with- out the least pride, for he's 110 upstart; only you see ils mighty busy be is, but he's watching you for all that; and there's never a one of ye that gives a wrong vote that be won't remember it, when you're coming lo him to beg of him to shew you the short cut to purgatory, to save you going round. Aud now, boys, disperse yourselves quietly, and keep the tongue in tbe mouths of ye, in regard to what I told you this d. iy. The mother of all the saints be wilh you this night. It's myself that mortifies myself day and night for your sakes; but my kingdom's before me, and Ihe trouble's a plea- sure when we get our reward for it. Vote for Reform, boys. It'll be as good as board and lodging for nothing for you. It'll put the clothes on your back, and the bread in your mouths, and it'll make ould Ireland as free as if she was nothing but a butterfly flying for the bare life for ever and ever through the air. Three cheers for Reform, boys, and then go your ways as I bid you. ( Three cheers accordingly J. Come back, you spalpeens, is that the way you're slinking off with yourselves? It's lately come to ye to forget Dan ! ( A roar, and a multitudinous number of cheers for Dan J. Hullabaloo! and you're off again like a shot out of a shovel. Come back again, 1 tell you, and look at me. Oh ! I suppose there's nobody else that's deserving of a cheer. Now, I'm burned, but 1 believe you think you're all Reformers complete, and that the world wide couldn't match you for the laming. But who enlightened you upon it? who told you that the millenium was come, and ( The idea is caught up by the grateful auditory, and before the Priest can finish the sentence, an in- describable tumult of voices transmits the name of leather Murphy to the astonished welkin J. A straw thrown up will she\ V the course of the wind ! cany, and Placentia; eighteen in Portugal, twenty three in Poland, seven in Russia, and forty- six in Turkey in Europe. To tbe preceding must be added 50, or more, bishops in pcirtibus, whose mission is that of Vicars Apostolic; of these there is about a score in the " celestial empire." In this class are likew ise com- prised 82 titular bishops and archbishops, the greater part of whom, by the title of suffragans or coadjutors, are attached to the effective bishops or vicars apostolic. This catalogue would be incomplete if we did not include an indefinite army of bishops in pariibus in- fidelium, whose diocese is to all intents a castle in the air, situate in those infidel countries where the natives do not allow them to reside. They are endowed, however, with all the character and authority of episcopacy, and are entitled to take their seats in every general council. Though the establishment was considerably reduced by the operation of the reformation, and other " schisms and heresies," there has been no lack of industry 011 the part of the pontiffs in grad. ually repairing the breach. The most diligent of these rebuilders was Pins the Sixth, who created no fewer than twenty- four episcopal sees, during the twenty years of his pontificate, from Mohilow in Muscovy, to Baltimore in the United Slates. THE CONVERSION AND CIVILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. From the article America, Encyclopedia Britdn- nica, new edition. From the monlent that Ihe Europeans landed in the new world, benevolence lias been at work to instruct some portions of these tribes in religion and the arts; and flattering accounts have been published from lime to time of the success of those humane persons who dedicated their lives to tbe task. But, afler three centuries of incessant exer- tion, what is tbe result? Is there one tribe that exhibits the steady industry, the provident habits, the spirit of improvement, and the rational views of religion, which are to be fbund in any parish of England ? We cannot find lhat there is. Many tribes, living near the whites, have adopted their habits and ideas ( o a certain ex( en(, but merely un- der the influence of imitation. While missionaries and teachers are among them, every thing wears a favourable aspect; but their civilization is never selfsustained. It is created by the agency of men of higher natural endowments; and when this is removed it moulders away, because it has 110 found- ation iu their character. Many parties of Indians, remnants of tribes once powerful, have lived peace- ably on reserves of I mid, inclosed amidst tbe popul- ation of the United States, for more than a century. No s'tuation call be imagined better fitted to pro. mote their improvement; but in no one instance, so far us we know, have they melted into the Bia « s of the white population, or risen to any thing near tbeir level in know ledge and the useful arts. They live iu huts in no material degree better than the wigwams of their wandering brethren. They are generally honest, but drunken, indolent; and ignor- ant, though teachers and missionaries are employed by the government to instruct them. Basket- making is almost the only trade they ply, and in their habits and character they may be aptly com- pared to tbe gypsies of Europe, who exist in the midst of civilization, without partaking of its spirit or its benefits. fHiscellancouss Intelligence, STATESMEN. The fathers and forefathers of British statesmen look care to have their lisping infants taught, after their first prayer, to love and reverence the Constitution of England ;— that their childhood should be spent in schools of discipline, and the rudiments of learning;— their youfh in every liberal and classical aquirement, both at our public schools and Universities;— that they might send them ill manhood inlo the world with minds adorned by taste and enlarged by know- ledge. They then sent them oh foreign travels, wilh the pages of history in their hands, to learn from ex- perience and observation the superiority of their own country's Constitution, that they might be zealous to preserve it for themselves and children as delivered to them. Hence were there giants 111 those days.— And that was the old liberal education. Modern liberal education is of another cast: for now the incipient politician is rocked ih his cradle lo the lullaby of Reform,— is dandled into self- sufficiency, and quits his infant school more than a half- grown legislator; advancing, for discipline and restraint he attends frothy lectures on Freedom,— for knowledge he is crammed with the flashy and easily acquired dogmas of Political Economists,— history is discarded as an " old almanack,"— classical literature is as dull as a twice- told tale,— his rhetoric is learnt at Mechanical Institutes and resorts of Universal Knowledge,— bis oratory comes hy instinct,— he starts upon bis legs and cries u knowledge is power," and fancies himself it great captain, as he struts in the march of intellect. If he travels, it is that he may bring back some lawdry novelties wherewith to patchwork the glorious labours of our forefathers— the Constitution of England ; and returns to finish his liberal education, as the flattering and flatteree proficient, at radical lectures and com- mittee- rooms. THE H1ERARCHS OF TIIE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. * The liypeibole of abundance, f llat. J Horse. 5 An Irish equivalent for garcon, conveying, in addition, as occasion may require, the reproach of foolishness. The number of episcopal sees acknowledged by Ibis church, is no less llian eight hundred and three, which are scattered over tbe four quarters of the globe. They are divided into 13 patriarchates, 104 archbishoprics, 6S6 bishoprics. At the head of the w hole array, and especially of the patriarchates, stands the see of Rome, Ihe " Mother and Mistress of Churches," as Bossuet has it; its possessor being styled Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, and Archbishop of the Province of Rome, and eke par excellence, and somewhat irreligiously, " LaSanlitd del nostra Signore." (!) The title and rights of the " Holy See" are not confined to the locality of Rome, but rather are part and parcel of tbe person of its bishop ; ubi Papa, ibi Roma. The remaining 12 patriarchates are those of Constantinople, Alexan- dria, Antiocli, Jerusalem, Venice, the Indies, Lisbon, Babylonia, and Cilicia ; besides three distinct dig- nities of this name at Autioch, for the Melchite- Greeks, Syrians, and Maronites. Tbe number of episcopal sees actually occupied, is 658 ; namely, six in Africa, which are those of Angola, Barbary, Cape de Verd, Fez, Malta, and St. Thomas's; fifty- three ill the New World, namely, one in Canada, one in St. Domingo, forty in what WES Spanish America, four in the United States, and seven in tbe Brazils and what were Ihe Portuguese possessions; nineteen in Asia, namely, one each in Armenia, Canaan, Diarbel, or Turkish Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia ; two in Syria, three in China, four in the Portuguese, and five in the Spanish East Indies ; aud in Europe, forty- eight in Germany, fifty. three in Spain, fifty- one in France, thirty- seven in Northern Italy, eleven in what were the Austrian Netherlands, twenty- one in Hungary, Croatia, and Transylvania, twenty- five in Ireland, four in Eng- land ( for the metropolitan, central, western, and nor- thern districts), two ( one in each) for the Highlands and Lowlands; 177 in Italy, of which sixty five in the Papal Stales, one in Lucca, nine in the M ilanese, two in Modena, nine in Sardinia, nineteen in the Ve- netian States ( inclusive of Corfu and Cepbalonia), aud thirty iu Hie two Sicilies, Parma, Genoa, Tus. MUSICAL MACADAMIZATION.— London is the great theatre for the display ofevery species of useful, elegant, and ingenious talent, anil llie English are be- yond compare the most indulgent, coufiding people in the world ; witness the fire eater, the Bohemian minstrels, chin chopper, & c. ; why, then does not the newly heaven- descended German artist come here at once, instead of being content to pick up aj few florins at Cassel — I mean M. Backstein, who has, happily for himself and mankind in general, discovered a method of so striking flints together as to produce agreeable sounds. This never- 9ufficiently- to- be- lauded invention he calls by a word corresponding in grandeur to the magnitude of his discovery. The languages of modern Europe were too poor to furnish a term sufficiently dignified for the purpose ; but by an erudite union of ancient tongues— of the tongues in which Homer and Demosthenes, Virgil and Cicero, wrote and spoke, an equivalent word at length was fortunately found— SAXAMEI. ODICON ! Let this great man come to us: in our metropolis he could not only enrich himself, and speedily too, by his striking talents, but by a new application of his science, might con- vert into excellent musicians the multitudes who now pass tbeir time, drearily for themselves and danger- ously for passengers, in the mean work of breaking stones on the roads. If harmony can be extracted from two flints, why not from the collision of so sonor- ous a metal as iron with masses of sparkling granite? Let M. Backstein but reduce his valuable art lo a few simple rules let him harmonize our hard- working labourers, and make our public ways melodious, and a grateful nation will not fail to reward him in a man- ner commensurate to the importance of his services. — Dilettante, in Harmoniconfor June 1. A swarm of Bees, passing over Bridgewater, on Thursday, alighted on the sign of the Globe Hotel. This sign is a large hollow globe, made of tin. The busy insects found a small hole in it which they entered, and have actually taken possession of the inside of the sphere. CONFESSION OF GIBBS TIIE PIRATE.— This ex- traordinary man, whose execution for murder was fixed for the 23d ult. at New York, appears to have been the most bloody and remorseless pirate of whom we have any record. When under sentence of death — by way, we presume, of disburdening his conscience of some portion of the intolerable pressure with which it must have been tormented— he voluntarily made a full confession of his crimes, which is publish- ed at length in the New York Morning Inquirer of the 8th of April, and occupies two closely- printed long columns of that Journal. He was concerned in the plunder and destruction of upwards of forty vessels; and, as" dead men tell no tales," he and his ferocious crew, with one or two exceptions, murdered every soul 011 board. He admits that about 400 were thus dispatched. It appears that Gibbs was in Liver- pool for several weeks, cutting a great dash ; but as he probably went then under an assumed name, he could tiol be identified. " His frame ( says the ac- count) is some what enfeebled since his trial; his face paler, and eyes more sunken ; but the air of his bold, enterprising, and desperate mind still remains. In his cell he seems more like an object of pity than vengeance; is affable and communicative; and when he smiles exhibits so mild and gentle countenance that 110 one would take him to be a villain." IMPOSTOR.— On Wednesday last, an Irishman named Robert Hudson, aged about 35, son of the late Captain Hudson, of the 96th Regiment of Foot, was apprehended in this city, under the following cir- cumstances of gross imposition. He stated that he had arrived at Bristol, from Cork, absolutely penny- less, and was labouring under such an affection of the sight as to threaten him with the total loss of that valuable sense, and being on bis route to London, was desirous of raising a small sum to defray his charges thither, where he might be enabled to consult tbe cele- brated Mr. Alexander. He had a petition drawn up, which he had presented at the bouses of a great num- ber of the clergy and gentry of this city. Among others he had called upon a gentleman living in Queen square, representing his utterly destitute con dition, and obtained five shillings. Mean time infor- mant n had reached the police that he required looking after, strong suspicions being entertained of llie truth of his story, and the statement of his circumstances : 011 his being apprehended by I. itman and brought before the Magistrates, his person was searched, and he was found to be in possession of no less than seven and twenty sox- creigns, besides silver, all obtained by the above representations, and the gold procured at different shops as fast as the public commiseration put him in possession of twenty shillings. He had a young wife with him, a simple ariless woman, who stated that he had formerly been in business in the soft trade .' which she explained as meaning cottons, silks, and haberdashery. The fellow acknowledged that he had been married before, and left two children in Dublin, and " could not say whether or not they were starving!" He was committed to the tread mill for 3 months, and the expences of his conveyance thither, his maintenance for that period, together with an al- lowance often shillings a week, for his wife, will be deducted out of the unlawful profits of his imposture. TBalk Herald. Mr. Grayson, the very extraordinary cultivator of asparagus, in his garden, at Mortlake, and who has obtained distinguished honours from the Horticultu- ral Socicty, for repeated exhibitions of Ibis delicious luxury, has this season improved even upon the size and colour of the last wonderful specimen. Tuesday Mr. Grayson presented to the Duchess of Bedford a bundle of asparagus consisting of 110 heads, and weighing 29 pounds. Tbe number of Roman Catholics in the late Parliament was fourteen— eight Irish county Mem- bers, one Irish city Member, and five for English boroughs. The number in ( he present Parliament will be— from Ireland, county Members ten, towns, & c. two ; from England, one county Member, and six from boroughs— giving a total of nineteen. A ludicrous scene occurred 011 the Thursday of Epsom Races. In the line of vehicles of all descriptions irhich drew up in the vicinty of the grand stand, a stage- coach, full inside and outside was also amongst Ihe number. A few minutes previously to tbe starting of the horses for the Derby slakes, a young man, dressed out in the very pink of fashion, desirous of viewing the race from an eminence, endeavoured to get on the roof of tbe Stage, an attempt which was resisted by a farmland a fat dame, his wife, who were otftside passengers, and who, if ( lie gentleman hail succeeded in his attempt, would have been rendered extremely Uncomfortable. The intruder, al- though strongly advised to desist, made the most vigorous exertions to obtain a footing on ( he roof, and in the scuffle he struck the farmer a sharp blow on the nose, which made it bleed. The instant liis wife saw the pnrple streafh flowing from the promi- nent feature of her better half, she went to work in right earnest, and being a woman possessed not only of considerable strength, but also of some share of pugilistic science, she gave her husband's assailant such a teaser on the side of the log, while he stood on the hind wheel, making efforts to raise himself still higher, as to stun him for some moments. En- raged at this attack; the young man redoubled his efforts to gain his point, and in the contest between him and his female assailant, her gown, which was of pink silk, gave way at the back part and under tbe arms, by which mishap the tattered garment, nearly separated from her person, floated in the breeze, to the great amusement of the gazers. Nothing daunted, however, by the accident, she continued to " leather away" at the unfortunate wight, whom she at length succeeded in beating down off the vehicle. The whole of Ibis extraordinary rencontre was witnessed by the Duchess of Kent and some other members of the Royal Family, whose carriages were drawn up near ( he spot, and none appeared to enjoy the scene more than they did. The farmer's wife was loudly cheered for the bravery and prowess she displayed on the oc- casiou, and after having arranged her dress in some measure, she was placed in her husband's cart, which was near the scene of action, and driven off the Course, but not until she enjoyed the race, to view which she had made such sacrifices. In the disastrous battle of Culloden, the heroism of Gillies Mac Bane was most eminently displayed, and worthy of a better fate. This gentleman was major of the regiment of Clan Mac Intosh ; and when the Argyll militia broke down the park wall, which en- abled them to attack the Highlanders in flank, the brave Gillies stationed himself at. the gap, and as the enemy entered, they severely suffered from the ir- resistible strokes of his claymore. As John Breac Mac Donald, who stood beside him, expressed it, " he mowed them down like dockins." At last, finding himself op- posed singly to a whole troop, he set his back to the wall, and defended himself with the fierceness of desperation, keeping the enemy at bay, and killing an almost incredible number. Some officers, admiring bis valour, endeavoured to save his life, but poor Gillies fell, when he had slain thirteen of his foes. According to some acconnts, the number was much greater. A descendant of this brave man, who has lost a leg, resides at Chelsea, and is remarkable for bis fine stature and proportion.—( Logan's Scottish Gael.) POLITICAL REFUGEES IN TANGIER.— Tangier, from its vicinity to Spain, forms a ready asylum to those who are so frequently obliged to seek their safety from tyranny and oppression, by self- banish- ment. Many of these unfor( una( e exiles take refuge here, and linger out Iheir existence, in the hope of better times, in sight of their native shores. It is only just to say that ihe Sultan of Morocco, in their regard, has acted with a humanity worthy of a more civilized s( a( e ; and when pressed, as he has been at different times by the Spanish government, to give up these unhappy persons, backed by an offer the most tempt- ing in the present crippled state of the Moorish navy, namely, the present of a frigate, he has uniformly refused to deliver them up, and, rejected the prof- fered bribe, and has observed that he would not sell their blood.— Sketches in Spain and Morocco. EXTRAORDINARY MISTAKE OF AN IRISH PA- TIF. NT— A few days since a labouring Irishman, employed on the works of the King's Collge, ap- plied for advice to Mr. B. Kenny, a very skilful practitioner of the respectable firm of Stanton and Kenny, surgeons, No. 337, Strand, respecting an in- flamation in the bowels, under which lie was suffer- ing much pain. Mr. Kenny prescribed for the patient, and gave him a draught which afforded him great relief, and on leaving presented him with a box of pills, on which was written the usual direc- tion, " one to be taken every night," and the man was particularly desired not lo exceed tbat quantity. He did as he was directed for four nights, when Pat found himself so much better that he concluded lhat the only way of effecting a cure was to swal- low the remainder of the dose, observing to his spouse " sure now if one does so much good what will eight do?" The good wife agreed with her husband in opinion, and the Irishman instantly gulp- ed down the remainder of ( he pills, eigh( in num- ber, and wen( ( o bed. The effecf of this powerful dose was far differen( from wha( ( he poor Irishman expec( ed. He passed a nigh( of inlense agony, aud nex( morning he was in a most alarming situation, his neck and face having swollen in a most frightful manner. In this dilemma his wife boiled half a dozen pound of potatoes to make a poultice ( a favourite nostrum with the Irish) placed it lo her husbands worsted stocking aud tied it round his neck and face. Ill her hurry she, unfortunately, placed the potatoe poultice so hot lo his skin as lo burn him severely, and Pat roared out a thousand curses 011 her head. He continued the whole day iu great pain, and at night was so much worse that he was conveyed to Messrs Stanton and Kenny's surgery, with bis head enveloped in the poaltice and a bundle of rags, presenting a most ludicrous spectacle of human misery. Poor Pat intimated what he had done, fo Ihe great astonishment of Mr. Kenny, who exclaimed " Why, you surely have not swallowed eight pills at one time." " Faith but I have though," replied the patient, " didn't I want to cure myself quickly and go to work again." " And what is tbat placed round your neck" in- quired tbe surgeon. " Mashed pratecs" answered the F. meralder. Mr. K. could scarely refrain from laughing at the ridiculous figure which Ihe Irishman presented, and the blunder he had committed and told him he had taken a dose sufficient for a dray horse. The polatoe poultice was quickly dislodged but in consequence of the awkward manner in' which it had been applied, it brought away part of the Irishman's skin and sadly disfigured his frontis- piece. On examination the salival glands were found to be greatly extended, and proper remedies having been applied by Mr. Kenny, ibe Irishman was sent home with the directions not lo exceed the advice of his doctor again, and be is now in a fair way of recovery. BANKRUPTS, MAV 30.— Tlioman Samuel Dell, of Barnet, horse- dealer John Reynolds Elwyli, of Cambridge- Heath- Wharf, llacknev", coabinetchaiit,— Edward Hale, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, innkeeper — Richard Snngburst, of Budge, row, Watliug- slreel. box and pnckilig- catp. maker.— liobrrl William Whit, field, of Oxford- siret I, ironmonger.— James Wuolley. of DiiLton, Middlesex, broker and commission- agent. — James Booth, of New Mallon, York, millwright and iron founder.— Thomas Onrlon, of Bmniham, Yoik- sliire, shoe maker.— James Gibson, of Norlliwich, Cheshire, wharfinger.— Hugh Gill, of South Motion, Devonshire, liinebuiner.— Peter Hodges, of Brecon, ironmonger.— James Ouzninn, of New Sleaford, Lin- colnshire, victualler.-. - Thomas Jackson Stuer, of Beccles, Suffolk, linen draper.— Daniel Soloman, of Birmingham, dealer iu jewellery.— Fdward Young, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, beer- brewer.— Thus. Young, of Lane End, Staffordshire, innkeeper. INSOLVENTS.— George Richard Noverre, of Cle- inent's- lane, ship anil insurance- broker.— William aud Samuel Willows, of Strand, fishmongers. ELLLLOIVFI,