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Date of Article: 14/12/1831
Printer / Publisher: John Eddowes 
Address: Corn-Market, Shrewsbury
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M. PMNTElO BY JOHN EDDOWES, CORN= MAR] K] ET9 SMILJEWSLBUFFCY; This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND andALES Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted ut Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXVIII.-- N° 1970.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 18- 31. [ PRICE SEVEN PENCE, VALUABLE WUMIAMVTBU) , AT WATERS UPTON, JN THE COUNTY OF SALOP. To BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY, ALL that excellent MESSUAGE or _ Dwelling House, with the Outbuildings, Garden, LANDS, and Hereditaments thereto belonging, situate at WATERS UPTON, in the County of Salop, and - now in the Occupation of Mrs. Dickiri, containing in the Whole by a recent Survey 100A. 211. 4P. be the same more or less: that is to say, Messuage, Buildings, & c , Yard at Back Little Yard Meadow Upper Cramnoor Xower Ditto Tattle Fruinley Frumley Bank ; Fart of Fox Furlong " Big Lcasow • River Leasow " Part of No- Bridge Meadow ... Ditto Ditto... Slang High Heath iHarebutt Big Field » He'll Hole 2 • Site!) Meadow 3 • Sand Hole 5 ' Yard before House • » Jackson's Croft 4 Near Esp Leasow 3 Far Ditto 2 Lousley 6 Crab Tree Hill Meadow 4 A. R. P. 0 3 11 3 35 3 25 2 31 2 19 0 4 1 22 3 6 3 14 3 6 0 27 3 10 1 14 0 30 0 2 0 21 1 23 3 5 3 4 1 2 2 10 1 10 1 33 2 27 3 20 3 27 100 2 4 ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD & COPYHOLD Houses and Estates, ALSO, BUILDING LAND, Situate ih and near to the Town of Wellington, IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP", 5To be goto faction, BY MESSRS. POOLE & SON, At the Bull's Head Inn, in Wellington, in the County nf Salop, on Monday, the 19th Day of December, 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the fol- lowing or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to such Conditions of Sale as will then and there be produced. FFLEEILQID. IN THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON. LOT I. 1.1. that eligible Messuage or DWEL- LING HOUSE, now used as a Shop, together with the Out- oflices and Y'ard lying behind the same, as marked out, situate at the Corner of the New Street, and fronting the Market Place, in Wellington afore- said, containing in Frontage to the Market Place 19 Feet and upwards, and to the New Street 39 Feet, and now in the Occupation of Mr. Stephen Reynolds, Seedsman. LOT II. Also, all that other eligible Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, also used as a Shop, fronting the Market Place, in Wellington aforesaid, and adjoin- ing to the last mentioned Lot, together with the Brew- house and Yard lying at the Back thereof, as marked • out, containing in Frontage to the Market Place 14 Feet or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of Mr. John Keay, Shoemaker. In point of Situation these Premises to Persons in Trade stand unequalled in Wellington. These Houses are discharged from Land- Tax, the same having heen redeemed. LOT III Also, all that capacious Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, situate in the Pig Market, in Wellington aforesaid, together with the Brewhouse • ' i r-... !.:. 1.7;— „ i tl,„ n-./. I- no To Capitalists and others. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT. Freehold Property, WEM, SHROPSHIRE. TO BE SOLHTBY AUCTION, BY MR. FRANKLIN, At the White Horse Inn, in Wetri, on Friday, the lGth Day of Deceniber instant, at Four 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 : \ LI. those truly valuable anil extensive FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSES, BUILD- ING GROUND, & c. K- c. comprising the whole of that Part of Wem called " ISLINGTON," the Property of the Rev. WALTER GOUGH, who is leaving the Neigh- bourhood. LOT 1. All that capital modern and well built Brick DWELLING HOUSE, containing Entrance Hall, Drawing and Dining Rooms, Kitchen, Back Ditto, and six Bed Chambers, excellent Garden well stocked with choice Fruit Trees, now in the Occupation of S p" o rtin g^ cluin tty^ near tT^ JcX^ m ad/ oini^. aud Garden ifing at the Back thereof as K^ dfor^ a A^ l^ ZrX^ i^^ Mrs, DICKIN wdl appoint a Person to shew the 1 ro- 0 .- 1 f M T h Griffiths Butcher, perty, and for further Particulars, and to treat tor the that excellent Piece of BUILDING Estate, apply to her'; or Mr. NOCK, Solicitor, Welling- GROUND, adioining to the last- mentioned Lot, as the ton. WIliniPmiE^^ ILILSc lyrOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a Meeting of the Trustees, to be holden at the Guildhall, in Shrewsbury, on Monday, the second Day of January next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, the TOLLS arising at the Gates and Weighing Ma- chines undermentioned, will be LET BY AUCTION, for one Year'Icommencing at Lady- Day next), in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" whicn Tolls ( including the Weigh-: ing Machines) now produce the following Sums, above the Expenses of collecting them, au. d will be put up at such Sums respectively.— Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same time pay one Month's Rent in Advance ( if required); and ike liiddeis are likewise required to come prepared wilh satisfactory Securities for Payment of the Rent to ' he agreed upon monthly, and Performance of the Contract which will be in Readiness for Execution. By Order ofthe Trustees, JOHN JONES, Clerk. The Tern and Em*. trey Gates on the Shrewsbury District of ihe Watfing Street Road 850 Th'c Bye Gate at Crortkhill Lane 50 > Ditto at Frodesley 21S The Meole Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Church Stretton, and the Check Gates at the End of Sutton Lane and at Bayston Hill 4G0 The Nobold Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Longden and Bishop's Castle, together with the Bye Gates belonging lo the said Road... 1G6 670 The Gate and Weighing Machine at Slielton, together with a Gate near the Eighth Mile- Stone on the Road to Pool The Trewern and Middletown Gates on the New Branch of Road to Pool, also the Rose aiid Crown Gates on the Old Road 300 The Copthorn Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road le. ndi gto Westbnry 325 The Gates and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Minstorley 368 The Cotton Hill and PresCot Gates on the Road leading to Baschurch 2G0 Shrewsbury, December 5th, 1831. WUiilPmii^ TOlLILSo -\ TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates hereunder mentioned upon Roads in the Second District of the Bishop's Castle and Montgomery Roads, in the Counties of Salop and Montgomery, will be LET by AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the Dragon Inn, in Montgomery, on Thursday, the 12th Day of January next, at Eleven •' Clock in the Forenoon, for one Year from Lady- Day, 1832, iu tlic Manner directed by the Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls are now let for the respective yearly Sums following, and will be put up at those Sums, viz. •— Stalloe and Sarnybryncaled Gates on the Road to Pool Montgomery Gate on the Road to Chirbury Weston Gate on the Road to Bishop's Castle and Cefyncoed Gate on the Road to Kerry Green- Lane Gate on the Road to Newtown.. Brynyilerwen Gate on the Road to Gunley.. Aylesford Gate on the Road to Marlon Churchstoke Gale on the Road from Bishop's Castle to Forden Chirbury Gate nn the same Road Rhydygroes Gate on the same Road........ The best Bidder for the Tolls of any or either of the Gates must at the same Time give Security, with suffi- cient Sureties to the Satisfaction ofthe Trustees, for the Payment of the Money monthly. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that the Trustees • will at their said Meeting elect additional Trustees, and also new Trustees in the Room of deceased Trustees, FRANCIS ALLEN, Clerk. , adjoining to t same is now staked out, together with the Buildings standing thereon, containing in Frontage towards tlie Pig Market 21 Feet and in Area 202 Square Yards or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of Mr. John Griffiths. LOT V. Also, all that other excellent Piece of BUILDING GROUND, adjoining to the last- men tinned Lot, as the same is now staked out, together with the Buildings standing thereon, conla'ning ill Frontage 24 Feet and in Area 2' il Square Yards nr thereabouts, and noW in the Occupation ofthe said Mr. John Griffiths. LOT VI Also, all that other excellent Piece of BUILDING GROUND, adjoining to the last- men lioned Lot, as the same is liow staked out, together with the Buildings standing thereon, containing in Frontage 24 Feet and in Area 229 Square Yards or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of the said Mr. John Griffiths. LOT VII. Also, all that other excellent Piece of BUILDING GROUND, adjoining to the last- men- tioned Lot, as the same is now staked out, together with the Buildings standing thereon, containing in Frontage 24 Feet and in Area 243 Square Yards or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of the said Mr. John Griffiths. Eligible Piece of Building Land, near to the Town of Wellington. LOT VIII. Also, ail that Piece of ancient MEADOW LAND, situate on the North Side of the Road leading from Wellington to the May Gate, called the Pig- Trough, containing by Admeasurement 1 Acre anil a Quarter or thereabouts, aud now ill the Occupation of the said Mr. John G riffiths. There is a good Bed of Clay under this Piece of Land. The Land- Tax of this Piece of Land has been redeemed. In or near the Village of Horton, but in the Town ship of Horton, in the Parish of Wellington. . LOT IX. Also, all that Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, formerly a Farm House, but now divided into two Dwellings, together with the Barn, Stable, Cowhouse, Fold, Yard, Garden, and Appurtenances to the same adjoining and belonging, situate in ihe plea- sant Village of Horton; and also that excellent Piece of Arable LAND adjoining thereto, formerly in four Pieces, containing by Admeasurement 13A. Oil 32P. or thereabouts, and now iu the Occupation of Mary Vickers or her Undertenants. LOT X. Also, all that valuable Piece of MEADOW LAND, situate near to Hadley Park, containing by Admeasurement 1 A. IR. 22P. or thereabouts, and now n the Occupation of tbe said Mary Vickers. EXCELLENT AND CONVENIENT Family Residence. TO BE LET, Either from Year to Year-, or on Lease, and may be entered upon immediately, t^ H E capital . MANSION HOUSE, called THE GRANGE, near Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, and which contains ou the Ground Floor a Dining Room, Drawing Room, Morning Room, and small Parlour in Front; also on the same Floor the Housekeeper's Room, Servants' Hall and Butler's Pantry, Kitchen, and other Offices. The Chamber Floor contains five Bed Chambers, and two Dressing Rooms. There are also five good Servants' Bed- rooms. The Premises also comprise about seven Acres of excellent Grass Land, a large Garden well stocked with choice Wall aud other Fruit Trees, together with a Green- house and Pleasure Ground, Coach- house, Stables, Outbuildings, & c. The Whole being admir- ably suited for the Residence of a genteel Family. Apply to Mr. How, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. Mr. CHANDLER, of the Bridgewater Arms, Elles- inere, has the Keys, and will appoint a Person to shew the Premises. WELLINGTON Provident Annuity Society. fPHE Persons interested in the Residue E of the Funds of the. above Society ( which was dissolved in the Year 1822) are respectfully informed, that a DIVISION of such Residue will be made. at the Sun Inn, Wellington, on Friday, the twenty- third Day of December instant, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. WILLIAM NOCK. Wellington, Dec.\ st, 1831. N. B. All Persons claiming as Executors, Adminisr trators, or Assignees, must bring with them and produce the Probats of Wills, Letters of Administration, or Deeds, under which they claim. 282 68 200 26 38 70 86 106 68 TURNPIKE TOLLS. SHI/ FNAL DISTRICT OF ROADS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates erected on the Shitfnal District of Roads commonly called by the Names of The Manor, Red Hill, and Pri( ir' « Lee Gates, Aiill be LET ( together or separately) BY AUCTION ( subject to such Orders and Restrictions as shall then be made), to the best Bidder, at the House of Elizabeth Richards, known by the Sign of the Jerningham Arms Inn, in Shiffnal, in the County of Salop, on Tuesday, the Tenth Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven in the Forenoon and One in the Afternoon, for One Year from the Second Day of February next, in Manner directed by the Geneial Turnpike Acts, and by an Act p issed in the Sixth Year of tlie Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Actfor maintaining and improving the Roads leading through the Town of Shiffnal, and the Road leading from Oaken Gates to Weston, in the Counties of Salop and Stafford," and by an Act passed in the Ninth' Year of his said late Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act for further Iinnrovment of the Road from London to Holyhead, and of the Road from London to Liver- pool;"' the Tolls under which Acts produced the last Year, besides the Expence of collecting them, the following Sums:— L. s. n, the Manor Gate 68 0 0 Red Hill Gate 122 0 0 Prior's Lee Gate 1160 0 0 The best Bidder for the Tolls aforesaid will be required to pay a Month's Rent tn Advance, and must give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for Payment of the Rent agreed fnr at such Times as they shall direct; and no Person will be allowed to bid who does not produce his Sureties at the Auctiou. R. FISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. Newport, 6th December, 1931. LOT XL Also, all that desirable Piece of excellent Arable LAND, formerly in two Pieces, called the Trench Meadow, situate near to the Trench Lane, containing by Admeasurement 11A. 3R. 12P. or there- abouts, and now in the Occupation of the said Mary Vickers. Valuable Mines of Coal and Ironstone are sup- posed to exist under this last- mentioned Lot, and ( by no Means improbable) under the two former Lots. COPYHOLD. In or near the Villages and Townships of Wroclc wardinc, Admaston, anil Leighton, but in the Parish of Wrockwardinc. LOT XIL All that Mcssitage or DWEILING HOUSE and Garden, together with a Piece of ancient Pasture LAND, lying at the Back thereof, containing together by Admeasurement 1A. 1R. 25P. or there- abouts, situate in the Village of Wrockwardine, and now in the respective Occupations of GhristopherGieen and the Rev. G. L. Yate. The Prospect from the before- mentioned Piece of Land over the tine and picturesque Part of the North of Shropshire is notorious, and in point of Situation for Building cannot be excelled in the County. LOT XIII. Also, all that Piece of excellent MEA- DOW LAND, situate near to the Township of Adinaston, called the Little Meadow, containing by Admeasurement 1 A. 3R. I ll', or thereabouts, and now m the Occupation of Mr. William Vickers. LOT XIV. Also, all that Piece of Arable LAND, situate neat to the Township of Admaston, called the Over or Upper Field, containing by Admeasurement 5A. 1R. 2 IP. or thereabouts, and now in the Occupa- tion of Mr. Robert Davies. LOT XV. Also, all that other excellent and desirable Piece of Arable LAND, called Atnies's Grass situate between the Villages of Wrockwardine and Admaston, containing by Admeasurement 6A. 0R. 35P. or there- abouts, and lio-. v in the Occupation of Mr. William Vickers. Lor XVI, Also, all that other excellent Piece of Arable LAND, called the Land Furlong, situate at equal Distance from the Villages of Wrockwardine and Admaston, containing by Admeasurement3A. 3R. 31P. or thereabouts, aud now in the Occupation of Mrs. Mary Honlstoii. LOT XVII. Also, all that other excellent Piece of Arable LAND, called the Wyestones, situate not far from the Village of Admaston, containing by Admea- surement 2A. 211. 20P. or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of Mr. Francis Clayton. . Lo r XVIII. Also, all those four several excellent Pieces of Arabic and Pasture LAN D, formerly iu two Pieces, called the Commons, situate near to Wrock- wardine Poor House, containing by Admeasurement 5A. IR. 3P or thereabouts, and now in the Occupation of Mr. William Edwards. Lor XIX. Also, all that other Piece of ancient Pasture LAND, called the Delves Piece, situate between the Villages of Wrockwardine and Leaton, containing by Admeasurement 2A. 3R. 9P. or there- abouts, and now in the Occupation of Mr. William Vickers. Lo r XX. \ nd also all that other Piece of excellent Arable LAND, called t' e Butcher's Piece, situate not far from the Village of Wrockwardine, containing by Admeasurement. 3A. 1R. 10P. or thereabouts, and now inthe Occupation of the said Mr. William Edwards. The last- mentioned 9 Lots are Copyhold of Inherit- ance, and are Parcel of tho Manor of Wrockwardine; in which Manor the Fines payable to the Lord on Alienation and Admittance are very small and certain, ami a Heriot is payable oil the Death of each Copy- holder. For further Particulars apply to THE ACCTIONRRRS, Wellington ; or at the Office of Mr. BBOWN, Solicitor Shiffiia- T. Mrs. Lee. LOT 2. All those two excellent : new- built DWELLING HOUSES, consisting of Entrance Hall. Parlour, Kitchen, Back Ditto, Drawing Room, and five Bed Chambers, also an excellent Siable, Garden, and neat Summer House to each, in the respective Occupations of Mr. T. Dickin Browne and the Rev. Walter Gough. LOT 3. All those two HOUSES, corresponding with Lot 2, aud now in the several Occupations of the Rev. W. Dixon and Mr. Micklewright. LOT 4. All that capital DWELLING HOUSE, not quite finished, consistiligof Entrance Hall, Breakfast Par- lour, Drawing and Dining Room, Kitchen, Back Ditto, six Bed Rooms and two Dressing Rooms, Stable, Coach- house, Garden, &- c. & c. The above four Lots form that Part of Islington called " The Crescent," and Ihe Shrubs planted in Front thereof, together with the Palisading, which extends the whole Length of the Premises, give the Whole an elegant and very attractive Appearance. LOT 5. BRUNSWICK HOUSE. This beautiful Mansion, now nearly completed, will be finished off in a Style of Elegance surpassed by few ; it possesses every Convenience— consisting of a spacious Entrance Hall, with Portico of the Ionic Order, Breakfast Room, Drawing and Dining Rooms, large and lofty Kitchen, Back Ditto, Butler's, Paiitry, large Cellars, &- c. &- c. fonr capital Bed Chambers and two Dressing Rooms, three Servants' Bed Rooms, excellent Coach- house, Stabling for five Horses, Cow- houses, Orchard, and most excellent Garden, well stocked with choice Fruit Trees, now in Perfection. This House is situated at a desirable Distance from the Road, wilh Shrubberies and Coach- drive in Front, tastefully laid out, and the Whole enclosed by very elegant and costly Iron Palisading. LOT 6. All those two genteel HOUSES, consisting nf En- trance Hall, Parlour, Kitchen, Back Ditto, and three Bed Chambers, Garden, Sc. tn each, now in the respective Occupations of Mrs. Dorsett and Mr. Wood. LOT 7. All that desirable HOUSE, with Kitchen, Back Ditto, fonr Bed Chambers, Bakehouse, and Cabine' maker's Shop, now in the Occupation of Mr. Lee. LOT 8. All those, three neat DWELLING HOUSES, with Parlour, Kitchen, Back Ditto, and three Bed Chambers, and Garden tn each. One of these Houses having an excellent Shop Front, will enable a Tenant to carry on ; respectable Trade therein. LOT 9. ISLINGTON HOUSE. This much- admired and- truly desirable Residence consists of Entrance Hall, with Portico of the Corinth- inn Order, Breakfast Parlour, Drawing and Dining Rooms, five Bed Rooms, two Servants' Ditto, Coach- house, excellent Stabling, Cow- house, Hay- bay, also a large Garden and Orchard well stocked with choice Fruit Trees, Fish Pond, Summer House, & c. and now in the Occupation of Mrs. Ililditch, under a Lease four Years of which are unexpired. This House is situate at the same Distance from the Road,. and possesses every Advantage con- nected with Lot 5. LOT- 10 Five neat . and well- built HOUSES, fronting the Street, respectably tenanted. LOT 11. Six neat DWELLING HOUSES, adjoining the Orchard belonging to Islington House, with Gardens in Front, consisting of Parlour, Kitchen, Back Ditto, and two excellent Bed Chambers, occupied by respect- able Tenants. The above Buildings are of the most modern Con- struction, combining all possible Strength with Neatness and Convenience, the Proprietor having spared neither Trouble nor Expense in procuring tile best Materials and good Workmanship, under the Superintendance of skilful aud ex- perienced Architects. LOT 12. , A Piece of BUILDING GROUND, adjoining Lot 5, containing 21 Yards in Front. LOT 13. One £ 50 SHARE in the newly- erected Stone Build- ings, situate in the Centre of the Town of Wem, called " Union Buildings." The Buildings, the Whole of which have been erected within the last three Years, have not failed tn excite the Attention of, and to call forth Expressions of Admiration from, very many,— indeed, without taking into Consideration the superior Order of the Buildings, the Prospect they command is of so transcendent a Nature, that it is only necessary to behold to admire. Hawkstone, with its renowned and far- famed Beauties, presents itself to the admiring Eye from tho Front: i.' i. ilct ( Vrt. n tho Unci- the Stcenorv is so diversified, and E5WTOWN. TO BE SOLO BY AUCTION, BY MR. SMOUT, At the Bear's Head Inn, in Newtown, in the County of Montgomery, on Tuesday, the 27th Day of Decem- ber, 1831, between the Hours of Three and Five o'Clnck in the Afternoon, tby Order ofthe Assignees of Thomas Robert Blayney, a Bankrupt,") subject to the Conditions then to be produced, and in the fol- lowing or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon: LOT I. 4 LL that convenient and substantial f \ newly- erected DWELLING HOUSE, with the Ont- offices and Garden thereto belonging, as now marked out, situate on the West Side of Bridge- Street, in Newtown aforesaid, now in the Occupation of Mr. Gardom. LOT II. All that newly- eredted DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, adjoining the last mentioned l. ot, with the Outbuildings and Gardens ( as now staked out! thereto belonging, now in the Occupation of Mr. Loosemore. LOT III. All those two newly- erected DWELLING HOUSES and SHOPS, adjoining Lot 2, with the Outbuildings and Gardens ( as now staked out) thereto belonging, now in the several Occupations of Mr. Thomas Breeze and Mr. William Jones; together with the DWELLING HOUSE, situate at the Back of the said Premises, in the Occupation of Mr. Richard Gittins. LOT IV. All those Three DWELLING HOUSES and Gardens ( as now staked out), with a Workshop and Skinner's Pits thereto belonging, adjoining Lot .5, now ill the several Occupations of Mr. Richard Francis, John Barber, Richerd Reynolds, and Thomas Gittins. LOT V. All that Plot or Parcel of LAND, situate at the Back of the before- mentioned Lots, containing 1650 square Yards or thereabouts, be the same more or less. LOT VI. All that newly- erected DWELLING HOUSE and spacious SHOP, with the Stable, Bake- house, Yard, and Garden ( as now staked out) thereto belonging, situate close to the Market Hall, on the East Side of Bridge- Street aforesaid, in the Occupation of Mr. Lewis Williams. LOT VII. All that DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, with the Stable, Yard, and Garden ( as now staked out) thereto belonging, and adjoining Lot G, in the Occupation of Edward Edwards. Lor VIII. All that DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, with the Stable, Yard, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, adjoining Lot 7, in the Occupation of Mrs. Mary Corbett. . LOT IX. All those Two DWELLING HOUSES, situate in the Cross- Street, leading from Church-' Street lo Drain- Street, wilh the Gardens ( as now staked out) adjoining Lot 6, in the several Occupations of Jane Pugh and Richard Jones. The above Property is situate in the principal Street of the populous Manufacturing Town of Newtown, near to the Market Hall, and is well adapted for Trade, or any Purpose where extent of Room is required, and affords excellent Building Sites. The Tenants will shew the respective Lots; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. JREIN WILLIAMS, at the late Banking House of Messrs. Tilsley aud Jones Newtown, where a Plan ofthe Premises may be seen and at the Offices of Mr. WOOSNAM, Llanidloes, aim Mr. DM. v. and Messrs. BUANDSTROM and JONES, New town, Solicitors to the Assignees. 5To Ue £ oia ftp Uritonte © ontract, Upper Casllewright Estate, Three Miles from BISHOP'S CASTLE, in the Parish of Mainstone, and County of Montgomery; € CONSISTING of a FARM HOUSE J and suitable Outbuildings, and about 130 Acres of Arable. Meadow, Pasture LAND, and Plantations; with another HOUSE and Buildings on the Farm, known by the Name of the Dou and DCCK Public House. For a View apply to Mr. JAMES GEORGE, at the Public House; and for Particulars and Terms to Mr. SAMUEL Monnis, Solicitor, Bishop's Castle ; or to Mr. BENJAMIN RF. A, Rock, near Ludlow. Dp auction. Herefordshire and Radnorshire. DESIRABLE PROPERTY. BY THOMAS ROGERS, At the Chandos Arms Inn, in the Town of Knighton, in the County of Radnor, on Friday, the 16th Day of December 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions: LOT I. ALL that compact FREIHOT. H FARM, called the COURT HOUSE, situate at LITTON, in the Parish of Presteign, in the County of Hereford ; comprising a substantial Stone- built Farm House, with sufficient Barns, Stables, Cowhouses, Sheds, and other Outbuildings, in a perfect State of Repair, aud upwards of Eighty Acres of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable LAND, of rich Quality and in an excellent Stale of Cultivation, bounded on or towards the North and East by the River Lugg, in a picturesque Part of the Country abounding with Fish and Game, and con- tiguous to well- supplied Market Towns. This Lot lias also an extensive Common Right ( with a Southern Aspect) on Litton Hill, adjoin- ing Part of the Estate. LOT II. No. 1. AU that capital DWELLING HOUSE, situate at the Extremity of the Town of Knighton; comprising excellent Sitting, Dining.. Drawing, and seven Bed Rooms, besides Servants' Rooms, very roomy Kitchens, and Offices attached, in a complete State of Repair, fit I'or the immediate Reception of a Gentleman's Family, or well adapted for a Professional Man ; with Stables, Coach- house, and a huge produc- tive Garden adjoining, on tile Bank of the River Teine; aud also a good Pew in Knighton Clitirch. No. 2. A Piece of Meadow and Pasture LAND, adjoining the last- mentioned Premises, stocked with choice Fruit Trees, and sheltered by Plantations, con- tai ii( ig about Four Acres, also bounded by the River Teme. LOT III. A rich Piece of Meadow LAND, containing about Four Acres, situate near the Town of Knighton, in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Mead, nearly surrounded by a Plantation. LOT IV. All that TENEMENT and Buildings. Garden, Orchard, and Land, situate close to the 1 own, called OFFA'S DYKE, containing about One and a Half Acre. Applications respecting the same may be made to Mr. GHEF. N, Solicitor, Knighton; Mr. JOSHUA J. PEELR, Solicitor, Shrewsbury ; or Messrs. MEREDITH and REEVE; Solicitors, Lincoln's- Inn, London. Aberyslivulh Cnnrsiwi Meeting, Nov. 29TH, 1831 • ALL- AGED CUP. Mr. J. Hughes's r. d. Mabus 5 ; AGAINST > Hybla Mr. Harries's br. b. Hybla • • 3 Mr. Hunt's w. b. Laura •.••••?. AGAINST \ Laura Mr. Morgan's r. and w. b. Tweed 3 Mr. Parry's blk. d. Rocket > AGAINST > Nollekens Mr. Richardes's r. d. Nollekens 3 Col. Philipps's r. b. Primrose „• « •<•., AGAINST R Welsh Rabbit Mr. Williams's b.& wh. d. Welsh Rabbit 3 Mr. Powell's br. d. Popgun J , AGAINST V Ebony Mr. Evans's blk. d., Ebony. ^ M r. Hughes's blk. and w. d. Magpie.. f AGAINST V Magpie Mr. Morgan's*, d tdris-.. 3 Mr. Powell's br. d. Ploughboy.. AGAINST Mr. Harries's r. d. Honour.... Mr. Evans's blk. d. Phantom.. . AGAINST- Phantom Mr. Williams's b. &. w. d. William Tell 3 FIRST TIES. Ma gpie...... - > Nollekens Nollekens 5 j> Honour Laura. Welsh Rabbit. Phantom Laura t'liantom ) , Honour i Phantom Hybla...... Ebony Laura Nollekens.. Phantom..., Hybla Hybia SECOND TIES." '.'. '. '. . .'.'.'.'. ° \ Nollekcitt £ Hybla FUR BII. IOUS COMPLAINTS, IDieF. STION, AND HABITUAL CQST1 V'EN ESS. whilst from the Back Scenery the Prospect so extensive, that to attempt a Description is utterly useless. The Town of Wem is rapidly rising in Importance, and bids fair to becoms a Place much resorted to by Persons of independent Property— an Opinion arising not merely from the many Advantages connected with the Town, but also from the well- known and oftentimes acknowledged Respectability of its Inhabitants. Further Particulars may be had by Application at the Office of Mr. J. BICKERTON WILLIAMS, Solicitor, The Crescent, Shrewsbury; and also at the Residence of the Rev. WALTER COUGH, and at the Office of Air. T. DICKIN BROWNE, Solicitor, both of Islington, Wem. Children Cutting their Teeth. CONGREVE'S " GOLDEN BALM, or IMPROVED SOOTHING SYRCP.- Tbi- remt- dy possesses superior ndviiiitiiges in counteracting llie dreadful eH'ects arising from painful dentition.. Il cools and comforts the Gums, and assuages the pain consequent oil iheir iofhitmuaitoii ; anil ils demulcent properties so sufleu tiud render elastic those tender parts as to produce the teeth in their regular orilei . villi iucrpilihlc ease nml rapidity, wirhonl constipating tin* bowels ami exciting other baneful effects; by which the necessity of lancing the gums, so pregnant with dangerous results, is entirely superseded, his introduced at ihe lowest possible price by tli^ pro prietor for the purpose of placing it within the reach of all classes. lu bottle* at Is. \{\. uiitl 2s. 9d. Soltl BV Messrs. BUTLL'R, Chemists, Cheapside, • Corner of St. Paul's. So! d by J. R « I( 1O « PS, Printer, Shrewsbury; Jams, Oswestry ; Povev, Rllesinere; Rvanson, Whitchurch; llidjrway, Drayton; Silvester, Newport; ( lonlston, Wellington; ( jitton, Bridgnorth; Smith, I rnnbridge ; Itodeli, Shiffual ; M; » rston, Ludlow ; Morris, Aberyst- with; Richards, Dolgelley ; Briscoe, Wrexham ; Poole, Bookseller, Chester; and the most lespcctable Dealers in Patent Medicines. Of whom may be had, CONGREVF/ S BALSAMIC ELIXIR, Ihe safest and most eH'eetnal remedy in obstinate Colds and Coughs, attended with difficulty of breathing, Hoarse- ness, Asthma, Hooping. Cough, and Incipient Con- sumption, in Bottles, at Is. |£ d.—' 2s. 9d. and 4s. ( id. *#* Observe " BUTLER, Cheapside, on the ( IO- veimneut Stump attached to each Article. DR. J EBB'S ' STOMACHIC APERIENT PILLS, Prepared from a Prescription of the late Sir Bicluird Jubb, M. D. Physician Extraordinary to the King, fg^ HESE very justly celebrated Pills have . aL experienced the flattering Commendations of Families of ihe first Distinction, as a Medicine supe- rior lo all others in removing Complaints of the Stomach arising from Bile, Indigestion, Flatulency, and Habitual CoStiveness.— The beneficial E&' ecls pro duced in all Cases for which they are here recom- mended, render them worthy the Notice of the Public, and to Travelers in particular, ns the most portable, safe, and mild Aperieut Medicine that can possibly be made Use of. They are extremely well calculated for, those Habits of Body thai are subject to be costive, as a continued Use of tbem does not injure bnt invigorates th- i Consti- tution, and will be found lo strengthen D'ges. tion, create Appetite, and remove Giddiness, Head- aches, & c. occasioned bv the Bile in the Stomach, or the ill Effects arising* from Wine, Spirits, or Mali Liquor. Persons of the most delicate Constitution may take them with Safety in al! Seasons ofthe Year. Prepared and sold Wholesale ami Retail, in Boxes Is. lid. 2s. Od. anil 4s, fid. each, by the Sole Proprie- tor, W. RiDGVVAY, Druggist, Market Drayton, Salop To prevent Counterfeits, each Bill of Direction will be signed with his Name in Writing, to imitate which is Felony. Sold Retail by Humphreys, Shrewsbury ; Bradbury, Beeston, Wellington ; Silvester, Newport ; Evaosou, Hassall, Whitchurch ; Franklin, Wem ; Painter, Wiex ham; Bangh, Ellesmere; Roberts, Oswestry; Ed- monds, Sbiffual ; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle ; Jones, Welshpool ; Williams, Carnarvon; Jones, Aberyst- with; Rathbone, Bangor; « '< d by Medicine Venders in every Town iu tbe United Kingdom May be bad Wholesale and Retail of Mr. Edwards, St. Paul's Church Yard, Barclay and SOILS, l-' iee Market, Sutton and Co. Bow Church Yard, and But ler's & C « >. No. 4, Cheapside, London, 73, Princess Street, Edinburgh, and 54, Sackville- Street, Dublin. Soltl Retail by < me or more Medicine Venders in every T » wn in the United Kingdom. Four Unbelting Houses, IN WHITCHURCH, SALOP. BY CHURTON AND SONS, At. the Red Lion Inn, ill Whitchurch aforesaid, on Friday, the 23d Day of December, 1831, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced; ^ LL those FOUR Brick and Tiled t\ Messuages or DWELLING HOUSES, situated in the Green End, in Whitchurch aforesaid, in the several. Holdings of Mr. John Wycherley, Richard Porter, and Thomas Harvey. The House occupied by Mr. Wycherley contaius an excellent Parlour, Kitchen, arid Back- Kitchen on the Ground Floor, two airy Bed Rooms 011 the Second Floor, with Attic above. Also Garden, Brewliouse, Pig- geries. & C. at Back. The two Houses occupied by Richard Porter and Thomas Harvev, each contain a Kitchen with Back- Kitchen and Bed Rooms over the same, with Garden, Piggeries, & c. al Back- The other House at Back of the above, which is at present unoccupied, contains a Kitchen, Pantry, and Bed Room.— Tliere is an excellent Pump and Entry out of the Street to the Back of the said Premises. For further Particulars apply at the Office of Mr. HARPER, Solicitor, Whitchurch, Salop. Under the Protection of Covernntent, by Royal Letters Patent, gp RA NT KD to THOMAS FORD, for his Medicine, universally known bv the title of Improved Pectoral BALSAM of HOREllOUN D, and Great Restorative Medicine— invented and published by tbe patentee — which is patronized by the Nobility, and by the faculty generally recommended throughout ihe United Kingdom and oii the Continent, as the most efficacious and safe remedy for Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Hooping- Congh, and all Obstructions of tbe Breast and Lungs.— Tbe high estimation it has ob- tained over every other preparation, and the extensive demand, sufficiently proves its superiority, which may be ascertained at any of tbe principal Venders of Medicines in the United Kingdom.— Prepared only and sold by the patentee, at Hollowav, in bottles at 10s. 6d. — 4s. ( Jd.— 2s. 9d.— atid Is. 9d. each. The Public will please lo observe, that each bottle is enclosed in wrap- pers printed in Rod Ink, and signed in the hand- writing of the Patentee, without which it cannot be genuine. Sold by Eddowes, Pyefinch, Humphreys, Tompkins, Shrewsbury; Beeston, Wellington; Sil- vester, Newport; Oakley, Broseley; Smith, Iron- bridge ; Jones, Welshpool; Smale, Roberts, Oswestry ; Baugh, Ellesmere; Evaoson, Whitchurch; and Ridg- wa. Y, Market Draiton, CLEOBURY MORTIMER, SHROPSHIRE. MOST DF. Slli. 4BLE FREEHOLD HOUSES & LAND, Situated in a pleasant Part of the Town of CLEOBURY MORTIMER. BY J. BOURN, JUN. At the Talbot Inn. Cleohury Mortimer, on Tuesday, the 20ih Day of December, 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to snch Conditions as will be then produced, and in the following Lots: LOT I. 4 LL that capital well- built Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, with a most convenient CURRIER'S SHOP and Premises, situated in Cleobnry Mortimcr aforesaid; consisting of an Entrance Hall, Kitchen, Parlour, small Sitting Room, large Drawing Room, five large Bed Rooms, Brewhouse, Pantry, very large arched Cellars, Two- stall Stable with Hayloft, Currier's Shop, Warehouse and Appurtenances, a Pump with excellent Water, a good Garden, and Yard, the Whole occupied for many Years by the late Mr. Barker. Land- Tax redeemed.— Burgage Rent Is. LOT II. A good substantial Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, situated near to the last Lot; consisting of a Kitchen, Parlour, Back Kitchen, Pantry, good arched Cellars, three large Bed Rooms, three Garrets; a very excellent Garden and Orchard planted with choice Fruit Trees. Also a small MESSUAGE or Tenement adjacent, with the Appurtenances thereto belonging, containing lit. SOP. or thereabouts, in the respective Occupations of Thomas Holland, Thomas Putter, and John Dean, yearly Tenants. Land- Tax, 6s. LOT III. A MESSUAGE or Tenement, with a large Garden and Appurtenances, situated at the Bottom of the HURST, in Lleobury aforesaid, in tlie Occupation of John Whatmore, a yearly Tenant. Lor IV. A small Piece of very rich Meadow LAND, with two, GARDENS adjoining, situated in the Hurst aforesaid, containing 3R'. 10P. or thereabouts— The Close and one Garden is in the Occupation of Mr. Thomas Williams, the other Garden is in Hand. The ACCTIONEKK begs most respectfully to recom- mend the above Property to the Attention of the Public. The two first Lots are extremely well adapted for the Residence of a genteel Family, and the Premises adjoining the first Lot are most convenient for carrying oil the Business of a Currier. The respective Tenants will svcw the Lots; and for further Particulars apply lo Messrs. Fox and SOCTIIAM, Cleobury Mortimer: or to the AUCTIONEER, Mawley, where a Plan of the Premises may be seen. CONCLUDING COURSE.. Mr. Richardes's Nollekeus won the Cup. Mr. Harries's Hybla won the Sovereigns. Nollekens was bred by Col. Newport Ciiarlott. ~ BTR31INGHATl UNION. The following letter, explanatory of the real nature of this pestiferous association, was addressed to the Editor of an Evening Paper :— Birmingham, Nov. 26. Sir,— We are so much aCcustomcd to the deceitful practices of the London . ministerial press, that we think it scarcely worth our while to attempt any contradiction of their mis statements; hilt tbe audacity of the ' Times is now at such a " height, that it is in some degree iitcumhe- nt on the inhabitants of this town to take some notice of its libels. I am induced re- luctantly to make these remarks from a daily perusal of that journal, a valuable newspaper in many re- spects, arid more particularly from reading the article in yesterday's number relative to the* Political Union. As long a^ the Times, the Chronicle, and the Sun, chose to confine their eulogitims and commentaries on this political club, solely to its political bearings and influence, of which latter quality these journals have misled the public with sad exaggerated notions, we only smiled at the delusions so linblushingly put forth, and surmised how many sensible persons might be gulled into credence of the power ascribed to this club. Influence and power are relative terms, and as these gentlemen editors swear till tbey are black in the face that the country is unanimous on the subject of the Reform Bill, wc, who know how matters stand, cared little about their bravados. I wish to call your attention to the paragraphs in question. Speaking of the maudlin proclamation, coaxing tl.'. s their dear bantling, " the Union," not to take up arms just at present and spoil all, the editor says — " It pa list have been acknowledged by every upright mind, that from the manner in which the parent Union of Birmingham, Comprehending by far the greater proportion of the wealth (!!!) and intelligence of that central seat of British industry," * tc. & c. Who that is at all acquainted wilh the Birmingham L'nion can read this paragraph without laughing, and truly no friend or subscriber to it, but would feel, nettled at the cruel sarcasm. Property embarked iu the Union ! Lord help them ! Their 3000 or 4COO nominal subscribers of pennies, and two pennies per month, paid up regularly,- a case entirely hypotheti- cal,— may boast of some revenue, hut that is all. With the exception of Attwood and three other persons, the leaders ( and sole speechificrs, with the exception nf Edmonds and a Catholic priest of the name of M'Doimel), I would not trust any one of them with £ 50; and you, Mr. Editor, may ask any banker in the town, to whom the property of nio. t persons is tolerably well known, aye, and you may ask Mr. Attwood, their chairman, who is a banker, whether the note for £ 50 of any of these " possessors," according to the Times, " of by far the greater pro- portion of the wealth of this central seat of British industry," would not be r. fused discount at their counters? The Whigs and the reformers of respect- ability keep entirely aloof from this association, and have vainly endeavoured to withdraw Mr. Attwood from the set of ragamuffins he has thought proper to head. The next falsehood, and by far the most injurious to the character of this neighbourhood, is a repetition of the marvellous story of the meeting at Newhall Hill— the memorable meeting of lfj0,000, " which took place some weeks ago at Birmingham, under circumstances of the strongest excitement," & c. & c. Sir John Falstafl' was a fool to the mad writer of this — lie only added units, this liljeral fellow throws in above 100,000. There are many surveyors, and persons, good calculators of the contents of masses of human beings, besides bystanders in abundance, who will on their oath declare that they do not consider above 15,000 persons were prtsent, and full one- third part females. The entire population of the town, with the neighbouring hamlets of Bordcsley, Nechells, Duddeston, and the adjoining parishes of Aston, Handsworth, and Edgebaston, all suburbs of Biriuinr- ham, amounted at the last census to 145 000, in- cluding every person in every house, male, female, adult, or infant. Is not it then wonderful, that in the face of this well known fact, the Times, and other papers, iu the interest of government, have still the wilful hardihood to reprint such impudent lies. This is the fabrication which ministers soenntiingly availed themselves of, to a'arm some tl; nut peers at the commencement of the debate on tbe second read- ing of the Reform Bill in the Ijirds, an'', was dwelt upon so much by the Chancellor, w>\ > presented tUa petition adopted at this meeting, and extolled it for its intelligence and immense le athers. The Sturdaril and Morning Post, I know, tolil the truth boldly, but then they were answered bv abuse and incendiary menaces, the favourite argument of the reformers when jepri. ved of every logical auxiliary, and numbe.- s of credulous well- inea'riing people at this hour oelicve ih -. t 150,000 persons nut on Newhall Hill to petition for reform! The same paper never „ tatfd that that Ncwhall Hill was a sand bank, co vering about an acre and a half of uninclosed grotir-.< i, and that the inequality ofthe ground, cause,! bj rubbish of all kind being shot down there, entirely prevented three or four persons standing close, v together. 1 feel too indignant at the calumnies heaped on all those who conscientiously believe that the bill before parliament will not perform all the wonders promised, to enter into any discussion on its merits, or on the opinion entertained here on it, and I only trouble you with this refutation of the impositions of the Times, because I think the time is now arrived when those who know the truth should endeavour to present it hy the s'de of falsehood, and leave the beholders of both to choose according to their tastes. In severe Colds, Rheumatism, & c. from which numbers suffer so severely, particularly during the winter months, a more salutary remedy cannot be resorted to, or one that has effected more extraor- dinary cures, than tbe Genuine Batemun's Pectoral Drops, which may be had of most respectable Mcdi- cine Venders either in town or country- Like many other valuable Medicines, however, it is very much counterfeited, which renders it the more necessary for purchasers to be particular in enquiring for " DICKY'S Itatemail's Drops," which have the words DICEY and Co iu the Stamp, and arc the only genuine sort fostsci r. oxixjy, Tjtksdag Morning, Dec. 13, 1831 MTCH OF FUNDS AT THE CLOSE. m 89J Bank Stock 192J New Ann. Mil 9- 16 India Bonds 1 dis Irftlia Slock — Exchct}. Bills 7 Consols for Account THE REFORM BILL. HOUSE OF COMMONS- MONDAY. Red. 3 per Cents. 3 p'- r Cent. Cons. New 3' A per Cent. 3' per Cents. Red li' per Cent. Cons. 4 per Cents. 99| We mentioned on Saturday lliat ministers had made a third attempt to obtain an arrangement for the puss tog of a modified hill. They applied on the preceding day to Lords Chandos, Harrowby, and Whafticliffc; and it will he seen by the Court Circular, that an interview took place betw een Ihe Premier and Chancellor, ni. il the noblemen in question, at the Treasury on Saturday As a turn had been given to this affair by a morning journal which would lead to the inference that the negociation originated on ihe sideJof Ihe Tory Lords, we think it necessary lo repeat that such was not the case;— Ihe proposition came, as we have said, from Lord Grey on Friday; and, if we conjecture rightly, was suggested to Lord Grey by the King, as tlife answer to displeasing importunity upon Ihe siibjet of a creation of peers. It is known thai Lords Melbourne, Goderich, ai. d Palmerston, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Grant, are favourable to a very vivch modified bill; and the will of the King being thrown into the scale against Ihe obstinacy of Lords Grey and Durham, the course which we have de- scribed has been taken.— Standard.— [ From what lias since transpired; if appears that on this, as on the former occasions, Lords Chandos, Harrowby, arid VVhnrhcliffo, could not accede to Ihe propositions made by the Ministers: and " the bill, the whole hill, and nothing but ihe bill" is to be again urged upon the consideration of Parliament!! ! J The Albion of yesterday ( Monday) evening says— " Since our Paper went to press on Saturday evening conferences have taken place between Lord Grey ami three distinguished leaders ofthe Conservative Party, Lord Harrowby, Lord Chandos, and Lord Wliarnclitfe The object of these interviews was a modification of ihe Reform Bill, such as might make it possible, for liberal but cons ieiitious men lo give it their support, and thus spare the country from the state of convulsion which the extreme measures on one side, and the necessary opposition ; to tb. em on the other, seem but too likely to bring on. Without being at. liberty to sta'. e at this moment all that may hereafter come to light respecting these negociations, Wc feel it our duty t « itdvert to some particulars, which, while they will account for the conferences not having, up to this morning, resulted in any arrangement, will also show that whatever may occur from the tremendous shock o co iflicting opinion and influence ou the great question of Reform will not be attributable in anv degree to regardless obstinacy of the Conservative" Party, or forgetfulness of the great impoitance of a tranquil adjustment, " To the application of his Majesty's Prime Minister for a consultation dn the. points ol difference m the Reform Bill, accompanied by an intimation that all the leading points of the Bill, save two, were open to discussimi, the Conservative Lords yielded a ready compliance, fully sensible, as they were, of the im- mense importance of coming to some agreement which Would satisfy Ihe country without destroying the Con- stitution, and which would so much ' facilitate the wishes of his Majesty for a speedy and satisfactory settlement of the question. I ', alter having been made aware of Lord Grey's opinion that all the points of the Bill, save two, were open to discussion, they have found that an influence stronger than that of his own judgment, combined with Ihe personal wishes of the King, precluded the consideration of any alteration of what was already in the Bill, it is not the fault of the Conservative leaders that their opposition is not les- sened nor their feelings of respect for his Majesty's present Government increased. Lords Harrowby and Chandos and Wharncliffe did not go to Lord Grey idly to talk over again those objections, which are of too weighty a nature hot to have been well considered, and immutably fixed, before they gave utterance to them in the Legislature. They . went prepared like statesmen fo propose and discuss those alterations which alone would entitle the measure to their support; and if they have not found reciprocal dispositions where, from the invitation they had received, they had a right to expect them, the blame rests with llis Majesty's Ministers of having done what in them lay to Irritate those, whom to conciliate; is the only policy that can bring about a satisfactory settlement of the Reform question. " We should think it is beyond the power even of calumny itself to attribute to the Noble Lords who waited upon Lord Grey any motives different from those of a sincere des're to preserve the country in the peril of the present crisis, without reference either to party or personal ambition l ord Chanilus, it is well known, ipfused a high office, and Lord Harrowby the highest office in the Government, when they were proffeied. Lord Wharncliflfe has never been ambitions of place. For lofty integrity of character Ihey yield to uo men in the country ; they are known to be friendly to Reform, although inimical to headlong and revolu- tionary measures ; if tlieir advice have been rejected, let the liberal and moderate men of the country judge from that circumstance the kind of Government we have, which asks lor confidence in the prosecution of its desperate schemes. Let it le remembered, too, that Lord Grey is struggling with a divided Cabinet, and with an mflueiic$ of a personal description, which, hOwevCr powerful, cannot be more so than it is malig- nant, selfish, and dangerous." The French papers of Monday announce the en trance of Marshal Souk and the Duke of Orlean into Lyons on the preceding day, attended by ; numerous military force. He have received Paris papers of Saturday. By nil accounts which we receive from every quarter, tlie stale of commerce in France is deplorable, and scenes similar to those which have rendered Lyons conspicuous may be expected in many parts of the country. In Lyons itself a sort of tranquillity pre- vails, but il is plainly the tranquillity of fear. If the overwhelming torce of Marshal So it 11 were to be withdrawn for a moment the insurrection would break out agaifl. The Marshal is by no means satisfied with Ihe progress made to disarm the Workmen, and his proclamations are very fierce. Much surprise has been excited, and much dis- satisfacliun expressed, by the announcement fhat a hofise in ( he silk f ade, detected in exten- ive contra- band proceedings, had been allowed to compromise with fhe Treasury for an amount of penalties far below those legally incurred. Lord Althorp, on being questioned in the House of Commons with respect to this extraordinary arrangement, said that the payment of so large a penalty, without the formality of a conviction, was consented to, because the parties were anxious that the circumstance should not become public ; and llie Attorney General added that the penalties were only £ 5" 00" less than those which could have been recovered by a trial, as the scizu. e was valued at £ 5000, and the loss to be suf- fered would have been the forfeiture of the goods themselves, nnd three times the amount Without dwelling On the plea put forth for this arrangement — Which every one must know fo he nn absurdity — we think it is absolutely necessary that some inquiry should take place on the subject,' for the sake of the government and the public. It is rumoured that the real amount of contraband goods was niufh larger than is at present stated; and, in the next place, it is known lhat this smuggling of silk has been car- ru d on to ah almost incredible extent by two or three of the large capitalists of the City. The silk, it should be lecollectcd, was wove, and lis importation, without paying duty, highly injurious, therefore, to our deeply suffering countrymen engaged iu that branch of ihe trade. By lending themselves to any attempt at a concealment of the names of Ihe offend- ers, or by taking any less penalty than the highest which could be exacted, the government have at once inflicted a deep injury on our own silk Irade, and afforded something not far short of an encouragement for rich men to try again the experiment of avoiding tne acts for the protection of Ihe revenue. The matter must, we repeat, be inquired into, and, if but the one- liall of what has reached us comes out in evidence we may promise some curious disclosures.—, Sunduv Pd, < r. J Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose, and moved that that part of his Majesty's speech relating to the Reform Bill lie read, which being done by the Clerk, the Noble Lord addressed the House as follows:—" Sir, this House, in answer to that part of his Majesty's most gracious speech, begged to assure his Majesty that they received with humility and respect his Majesty's recommenda- tion to their most careful consideration of the measures to be proposed for a Reform in the Commons' House of Parliament, and begged to assure his Majesty that they felt confident that a speedy and satisfactory settle mentof that important question became daily of more importance to tne security ofthe State, and to the con- tentment and welfare of the people; and be begged to assure his Majesty, that their most careful consider- ation should be immediately given to that, most impor- tant subject. Sir, in that sentiment in which the House concurred without a division, I think there will be few wlio will not be ready to agree— for whatever may be the merits of the measure that has been proposed in the former session, or ofthe measure now about to be pro- posed to the consideration of the House, I think who- ever has attended to the great questions which have agitated this country from time to time must be con- vinced that the time has now arrived, when a satisfac- tory settlement of the question ought to be come to. Sir, Hon. Members will recollect that at the end of the last Session of Parliament, when the Reform Bill was rejected by the House of Lords, the Noble Lord at the head of his Majesty's Government determined that he would not remain in office unless he could bring forward a measure which was equally efficient with the one rejected. He made that declaration in the face of Parliament; and he had also repealed it to his Sovereign, who had been graciously pleased to desire him to remain in office. By that tie, Sir, he remains in the office which he now holds, and by that he is deter- mined lo stand or fall. 1 have drawn this, Sir, to the attention of the House, because it will save me from entering into topics of general Reform, or of the par- ticular reasoning upon which the principles of the Bill rejected in the. House of Lords during the last year especially rested. This Ho* se declared that in the principles of that Bill, and to its leading provisions, they were mainly attached. Therefore, Sir, the Government resting upon that foundation, the House of Commons having pledged itself to the foundation of that! B 11, it will be unnecessary for me to urge any arguments in favour of the Bill." It will be sufficient for me to say that they are the principles on which the Government alone can propose a Bill of Reform— they are principles alone on which they can propose them to this House, which I must expect would reject any measure that was not conformable with their own settled declarations. It is with a view rather of ex- plaining the alterations made upon the grounds I have statfd lhan with any view of defining or re- arguing th? principles of the Rill themselves, that I addiess to the consideration of it. The great points of the last Bill were the disfranchisement of certain Boroughs, giving Members to large counties and populous towns, and regulating the right of voting, proposed to be introduced into all towns and boroughs. With a view to a better arrangement of the schedules for disfranchising or retaining the boroughs, much information had been sought by government., and they had adopted the houses rather than the population of the boroughs as their present guide, although, as to the schedules A and B, it would be found that those of last year contained, generally speaking, pretty nearly the number of boroughs lhat were to be disfranchised. As the number of 56 comprised the boroughs of schedule A of the Bill proposed during the last session, so 56 in the present Bill were also to be struck out, by this means some boroughs which formerly escaped, in con- sequence of the population of the parish being large, although totally inconsiderable in themselves, would be placed in schedule A, while others, better towns in comparison, would be raised out of the schedule. The boroughs placed in schedule A; ai d which, as we understood, would now be transferred tb schedule B, were Aldborough, in Yorkshire, the borough of Amersbam, the borough of East Grinstead, Okehamp- ton, and Saltash— there was another borough, the last of the 56, with respect to Which, however, still some doubts were entertained as to its proper limits— he meant Ashbourne, whose position in the Schedules would be regulated by tl e determination of that ques- tion. The next boroughs were Petersham, Hyde, Watehnm, Lostwithifel, and Woodstock. Now the next part of the disfranchising change related to sche- dule B, it depended on a different principle to schedule A. The towns in schedule A were disfranchised in consequence of the population being so small that no popular representation could exist— but the boroughs of schedule B are more with a view lo the general'form of representation ; and the object was not to give the small boroughs so large or extensive a share of repre- sentation as they would have if two Members had been retained, while it was also proposed with a view to diminish the Members of the House. With regard to iheir not having two Members, the opinion of the framers ofthe Bill was unchanged. With respect to the other point, namely, as to filling up the Members of the House, it had been a matter of consideration, many having objected to the diminution nf the House, whether it would not be more advantage- ous to conciliate them without violating the general principles of the measure. In considering that question another advantage was perceived, lu filling up the number it had been one of the most constant objections to the manner Government had proposed that many of the very large towns in the kingdom being left with only cue Member, would be in a state of discontent till they obtained a second. Without yielding entirely to tbat argument, because he thought there were many of those places which one Member would have fully sufficed to represent their interests, it would be evi- dent that great advantage was gained by so giving a second Member, as objection might in some degree be obviated; bnt it was evident that the whole number of these vacant places could not be given to the towns in conformity with a motion made by a Noble Friend of Sir CIIARI. ES FORBES disapproved of this Bill as much as he had done of that of last Session. It was nothing more than the old monster with a new face. Sir ROBERT INGLIS concurred in this opinion. It was . then arranged that the Bill should be read a second time on Friday next, and tliat the Committee upon it should be postponed till after Christinas. Salopian ' lotmial. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1831. tj- jT We did not copy the " statement of perverted facts" referred to in the letter from Whitchurch; and we think that in the present stage of the business, it would be better not to make further reference to that statement; otherwise the letter of our correspondent should have appeared. We would have inserted the letters of " T. M. J."—" ANOTHER OF THE DINNER- GIVERS," & C. were it not tiiat by so doing the object sought by the parties on whom our correspondents animadvert would thereby be promoted,— namely, to obtain publicity; for some persons do not care what the public think of them, so that they can only, by some means or other, get people to trouble themselves at all about them. . ijgif The insertion of the letter from Win would open our columns to an unpleasant discussion on topics relative to which we have hitherto taken no part, and as lo which, we are qnite sure, the public feel not the slightest interest. ( gif An. advertisement appeared in a neighbouring print of Friday last, charging us with having falsely- stated that the coachman of L'Hirondelle Coach had been fined £ 5.— Onr readers are well aware that we made no such statement as is here alleged, for . we did not mention L'Hirondelle coach; and vye have now thcauthority ofthe writer ofthe advertisement alluded lo, to express his legret that he should have made such an unfounded charge against us. MARRIED, OIL Thursday last, at Leomin- ter, Mr. J. F. Griffiths, bookseller, pf ibis town, to Ann, only daughter of Mr. Seward, wine- merchant, of the former place. On the 5th inst. at Eaton, in this county, bv the Rev. Mr. Sand'ford, Mr. Isaiah Lindop, of East Wall, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Wbitefoot, of Gretton. At Cardington, on the 8th inst. by the Rev. W. J. Hughes, Mr. James Woolley, of Enchmarsh, to M: ss Maria Rogers, of Cardingtmi. DIED. On the 6th of August, at Coimbatoor, in the Eas- Indies, Richard Clive, Esq. Chief Secretary to Govern ment at the Presidency of Madras, and eldest son or the late William Clive, Esq. of Styche, in this county. At her residence in Ulster- Place, the Dowager Lady Congreve, in her 79th year. On the 3d inst. at Elford Hill, Staffordshire, Frances, wife of Mr Pigg, wtne- nierchant, late of this town. On Saturday last, after a lingering illness, Joseph Warren, Esq. of Morda Cottage, near Oswestry. On the 12th instant, at Ellesmere, Rosa Blelock, daughter and only child of Mr. Charles Edward Hughes, solicitor, aged 8 months. On Thursday last, at Meole Brace, John Howell, aged nine years. On the 1st inst. aged 35, the Rev. George Edmund Oatlev, M. A. late of Jesus College, Oxford, and second son of Thomas Oatley, Esq. of Albrighton Halt, in this county. On the 4th inst. at his father's house, in Bedford- street, Liverpool, after a severe and protracted illness, in his 19th year, William Henry, only son of Mr. Samuel Lacon, iron- merchant. On the5th inst. in Nottingham- Place, G. Meredith, ESq. of Berrington Court, Worcestershire, aged 70. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, Ihe Rev. VV. J. James:— House- Visitors, Mr. Peter Hors- man and Mr. John Poole.— Physician aud Surgeon for tl'. e week, commencing on Saturday next, Dr. Webster anil Mr. Kurd. Additional Subscriber to the Charity. William Piim, Esc. Vie1 i House, Drayton... £ 110 For i/ te Si- k Man's i- riend und Lying- in Charity. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. Thomas Birch, Belmont £ 0 8 0 R'ght Hon. Lord Hill 1 1 0 DONATIONS For liquidating the debt o f £ 15s. 5s. 0< i. due to the Treasurer. A mount before published £ 17 2 6 Mr. Bowman, Belmont 110 Pe". Arcljdeacon Corbett, Languor., 2 0 0 Miss Rogers, Abbey Foregate 0 10 0 THE CHOLERA.— VVe regret to state, that this alarming disease, be its species what it may, has made its'appearance in Newcastle, and that it still continues its ravages in Sunderland.— The Shrewsbury Central Eoard of Health, which has now been formally sanc- tioned by, and received authority from, His Majesty's Privy Council, held a meeting, on Monday last, and the resolutions then adopted will be found advertised in our subsequent columns. CAUTION.— On Sunday last, a boy got up behind a gentleman's carriage when returning from Oswestry church, and by some accident liis leg got entangled in ihe wheel and was bruk n. At the Maidstone Assizes on Wednesday, Richard Dixon, aged thirty- five, a labourer, was convicted of having wilfully and feloniously set fire to a barn at Easfy. Mr. Justice Alderson passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, and held out no hopes of a commutation of punishment. SIR CHARLES WETIIERELI,— The manly and complete justification of his conduct, addressed by Sir Charles to Ihe House of Commons oil Tuesday, will be found in our 4th page;- — and if any thing further were wanting to show the infamy of the attacks directed against Sir Charles by the Radical Press, we shall find it in the following observations, made the same evening, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ;— " The lion, and learned gentleman ( Sir C. Wetherell) had made some remarks for the purpose of exculpating himself from certain accusations which had been made against him, and he ( Lord AUhorp) was ready to confirm all that part of the statement of the hon. and learned gentleman in which he denied that the Government had remonstrated against bis going to Bristol. ( Hear, hear.) The Government, had done no such Ihing, and if it had done so it would have acted most improperly. The government knew that the hon. and learned gentleman being Recorder of Bristol, the Sessions could not legally be held in the city without his presence. It was the duty of the hon. and learned gentleman to attend at those Sessions, and it was the duty of the Government to protect him in doing so. ( I/ ear.) That duty he would contend the Government had performed, but, for reasons already stated, he would not go into that part of the question. THE LEARNED GENTLEMAN WAS THEREFORE QUITE ACQUITTED OF HAVING GONE TO BRISTOL IN SPITE OE THE REMONSTRANCE OF THE GO- VERNMENT, AND HE HAD ONLY DONE HIS DUTY IN ATTENDING AT THAT CITY AS HE HAD DONE." A correspondent of the Bristol Journal states, that just previous to the late riots in that city, one of the liberal plans submitted to the Magistrates, to concili- ate the mob, was to allow them to burn the Recorder in Effigy, in Queen Square! Ellesmere Assembly. AN ASSEMBLY" BALL will Le held at the BRIDGEWATER ARMS HOTEL, on Wednes- day, December 2lst, 1831, under the Patronage and Management of - JOHN ROGER KYNASTON, Esq. : .. A ND CHARLES KYNASTON MAINWARING, Esq. DIOCESE OF HEREFORD. SILK MERCERY. & c. Untie 3 ® ni » StJiciuoDurp. ROGERS & PAGE ILL have : i Vacancy iti a short Time for an APPRENTICE,' with whom a liberal Premium will be expected. N. B. All Letters to be Post- paid. 14th December, 1831. W SHROPSHIRE LIEUTENANCY, TVfOTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN, that IT a General MEETING of Ilis Majesty's Lieu- tenancy of the County of Salop, will be held at the Shireball, in Shrewsbury, on Tuesday, the third Day of January, 1832, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon. • LOXDALE, Clerk ofthe General Meetings. TIIE COLLIERS, Etc. The state of affairs ill the great mining districts of Staffordshire, & c. is accurately detailed in our subse- quent columns : and as the stale of the mining dis- tricts of our own county is in a great measure regulated by the proceedings of the Staffordshire men, we can only say Ijlat up to yesterday evening the workmen had not returned to their employment, although we have the satisfaction of adding, that by the great exertions of the Magistracy, supported by a body of the South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry, and the additional force mentioned in our last, the peace has been preserved, and outrage, where it was attempted, has been repressed.— An endeavour made by a large body of riotous men to prevent the people employed at the Steeravray Lime W'orks proceeding wiih their employment, on Thursday morning, was frustrated by a body of the Yeomanry, who immedi- ately dispersed Ihe rioters, three of whom have since been committed to gaol for trial.— At present, although great anxiety, and some alarm, prevails in the district, no danger is apparent; and we hope that before Ihe publication of our next Journal, the workmen will have returned to their accustomed avocations. MONEY. ij E A DY to be advanced on approved V. Securities, and at a low Rate of Interest, £ 9,000, £ 5,000, £ 1,000, £ 2,000, £ 2,000, £ 1,200, £ 1,000, £ 1000, £ 500, and several smaller Sums.— Apply to THE PRINTER ; if by I. etler, Post- paid. FIVE GUINEAS REWARD. NOTIFICATION— LICENCES. Y the 57th of George III. every Clergy- man, who notifies Exemption from Residence, is required to state, whether the gross Annual Value of the Benefice, on which he is Non- Resident, does or does not AMOUNT TO OR EXCEED THREE HUNDRED POUNDS. And every Clergyman, who either applies for a Non-' Resideut Licence, or who nominates a Curate to officiate during the Incumbent's Non- Residence, must state the GROSS ANNUAL VALUE of the Benefice, from which ho would be absent, mid, on which, he would have a Curate to officiate, during his Non- Residence, by Licence. In each of these two latter Cases, the GROSS ANNUAL VALUE must be staled. TOWN OF SHREWSBURY. ^ WIIEItEAS some Person or Persons ' » ii known did, on the Night of the 12th Instant, BREAK OPEN an OUTHOUSE in the Occupation of Mr. JOHN EDWARDS, of HARLESCOTT, near this Town, and STEAL thereout SIX GEESE, the Pro- perty of the said Mr. John Edwards: this is to give NOTICE, that whosoever will give such Information to SAMUEL FARLOW, Police- Offieer, Shrewsbury, as shall lead tn the Apprehension and Conviction of the Offender or Offenders, shall receive the above- men- tioned Reward, on Application to the said Mr. John Edwards. Shrewsbury, December 13Ih, 1831. FOUR ROUNDS REWARD. Committed to the County Gaol, Thomas Corbet, charged with stealing from the person of John Bray, in the parish of Burford, two sovereigns and two half crowns-; David Bichley, charged with stealing half a peck of horse- coru, the property of William Taylor, of Hay Gale ; Jane Yeomans, charged with stealing from John Til ley, in Welling- ton market, a basket, containing 221bs. of butter; John Lanceit aud Edward Jordan, charged with feloniously cutting down, iu the night- time, about 85 apple, pear, cherry, aud poplar trees, then grow- ing in the garden of John Brown, at Clun ; John Evans, for stealing a fat pig, of llie value of £ 4.10s. Ihe property of Mary Hughes, of Rossall Heath, widow. Also committed to the County Gaol, Isaac Skitt, Emanuel Shepherd, and John Corfietd, charged with unlawfully and riotously ( with nearly two hundred other persons), assembling, on the evening oftheSH) inst. and proceeding to the Steeraway Lime Works, antl compelling tbe workpeople to leave the work and to join the rioters. HERE AS the Granary of the Rev. EDWARD HOMFRAT, of Plealey Villa, in llie Parish of Ponlesbury, in tins County, was feloniously broken into on the Nigln of Tuesday, ihefith, or early in the Morning of Wednesday, the 7th of December instant, and a SINGLE- 1! i RRELLED GUN with Percussion Lock ( Makers' Name, Ryan & Walton, on. ihe Barrel and Lock), was stolen therefrom: The above Reward will be paid, upon Ihe Apprehension and Conviction of ibe Offender or Offenders, either by the ltcv EDWARD HOMFBAV, of Plealey; Mr. WM. CROSS, Uullv Bank ; or bv mvself, TllOS. llARl. EY ROUGH, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. Swan Hill, 13th Dec. 1831. Vf a Meeting, of the Central BO A R D of HEALTH, held in the Grand Jury Room, in the County Hall, 12th December, 1831, the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to :— That the Central Board of Health, formed on the first of December instant, be continued, and that the same consists accordingly of— The Right Honourable the Earl of Powis, the . Recorder, President. THOMAS FARMER DUKES, Esq. the Mayor, Vice* President'. JOSEPH LOXDALE, Jun. Esq. late Mayor J Chairman. Such other Magistrates of the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury as shall be pleased to act. The Reverend JAMES EDWARD COMPSON; Vicar of Saint' Chad's. The Reverend WILLIAM GORSFCH ROWLAND, Minis- ter of St. Mary's. The Reverend- EKBDERICK II IFP, Minister of Saint Jnlian's. The Vicar of Saint Alkmond's-. j Colonel F. K. LBK. HTON, for the Pariish of Saint Chad. THOMAS PANTING, Esq. for the Parish of Saint Mary. ——— for the Parish of Saint Alkmond, Mr. THOMAS BLUNT, for the Parish of Saint Julian. Doctors DARWIN I< The two Senior Resident Physi- and Du GABD, $ cians in the Town. That JOSEPH LOXDAI. E, Jun. Esq. be Chairman of the Board. Thai the Answer from the Privy Council, sanction, ing the Establishment of this Board, be communicated to the several Parishes. That the Chairman be empowered to snmmon a Meeting of the Board whenever he sfialS deem it necessary. That the Resolutions of this Meeting be circulated by Handbills, and inserted in each of the Shrewsbury Papers. JOSEPH LOXDALE, JUN. Chairman. Accounts wc Understand, were received yesterday at Ihe residence of the Duke of Newcastle in Port- n, n- square, iron. Clnmber-' patk, in Nottinghamshire, with intelligence that bis Gcace's health was materi- ally unproved, and that well- founded hopes are entertained of his speedy recovery. It appears that the malady of the noble duke has not exhibited the dangerous symptoms which have been reported a communication in the haud- wriling of his Grace having Leon received by his agent in town on Friday, nor has Dr. A. alon, the medical altondnnt of the duke, been call d in to proceed to ( lumber, where the young Karl of Lincoln and the Lords Clinton arc Msiling their uo- hle parent. rniity with a motion made by his, the Member for Northampton, which would have been giving too much weight to the manufacturing towns, neither would it be proper, to give thein to the great counties; whereas, if given to some of the high- est in schedule B, there was this recommendation, that it took away some of those objections that had been made to the Bill, without in any way injuring the principle of the Bill. It was, therefore, proposed that out of the twenty- three Members that remained in order to fill up the numbers of the House, ten should be given to the more considerable towns in schedule B, that one should be given to Chatham, in order to separate it from Rochester, and one to Monmouth, thus making up 12 of the 23, and the other 11 should be iven to schedule C ; file consequence of which would e that there would be only 30 boroughs in schedule B instead of 41; and instead of 12 in schedule C there would be 23. I have now done with dial pari of the Pill which relates lo disfranchisement, and that part which re- lates lo the enfranchisement of great towns, beyond which there is no other change in lhe schedules. 1 now come lo another port of the Bill, namely, the right nf voting to he given and to be retained according lo the proposed Bill. Willi regard to the proposed right of voting in cities bed boroughs 1 wish il to lie parti- cularly understood by the House, because the great disfranchisement in Schedule A anil the - t Iti enfran- chisement clnti'e, are ibe two pillars on which this measure tests, thai without them this measure will hp useless; that with lbeui ally minor defects .11 the Bill will be amply compensated by the people of th coun- ties, by ihe greal enfranchisement of large towns, hy ihe trreat disfitiiichiseinent of nomination boroughs, a d by ihe a< entity of the right of voting In cuies and boionghs founded oil the ancient coll) in n law of the land, and particular!* adapted to the present slate of Ihe countrv. and w liieh is likely to bring into the con- stituency of towns lhose best qualified by their intelli- gence, by their interest in ibe country, and hy II, e interest it is necessary the Constitution of tl e country should lia've in thein — the very best qualified to form llie Coiisiimenc. of a larye portion of this House. I do not think it necessary at this lime lo go at length into the merits of the ten pound enfranchise- ment clause ; on another day, on the second reading of the Bill, or on any otlier occasion, I will be ready to defend all the provisions of the Bill, and that part now under notice more particularly, especially as some persons suppose that by rising the franchise in large to. wns, and diminishing it in the Smaller ones, we should be making a sort of srotand lot boroughs, and that we shottld be alienating from the Constitution, a large body of intelligent voters. With regard to that part of the Reform Bill, we have never yet entertained anv project which should have the effect of altering the value. We only require that the party shall berated to the poor. With respect to franchises obtained by birth or servitude iu Ihe boroughs to be retained, he should propose that they should remain for ever un- impaired. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL said the present Bill ap- peared to him to be as objectionable as the last, and lie hoped those' who had opposed that would oppose this. Lord CI. IVE, without expressing any opinion or giving any pledge as to the course which he should adopt, was glad to find that some approach towards conciliation had been made by Ministers. A criterion was now given as to what was, to be a £ 10 householder; fixing the extent of boroughs by commissioners was, if brought forward, lie understood, to be a separate Bill; and corporate rights were to be preserved. Graceful f< r these, he hoped they were the prelude to further approaches to an arrangement— satisfied as he was that some Reform must take place. Sir ROBERT PEF. L said there were great improve- ments in tl'. e present Bill as compared with the former one, but no concession whatever. Since writing the above, we have been favoured, from authority on which the public may place reli- ance, with a narrative of the proceedings relative to this important, district; of which, however, in the pre- sent state of the business, we feel ourselves at liberty to avail ourselves of only a portion— the whole, in justice to all parties, shall, at a proper period, appear in our columns. It would, however, be unpardonable in us, possessing, as we do, ample information oil the subject, not to pay the highest compliment to William Charlton, Esq. Edward Cludde, Esq. G. A. Moultrie, Esq. the Rev. C. R. Cameron, and Thomas Eyton, Esq. by whose exertions, with the aid of the South Salopian Yeomanry, to whom it is impossible to give too much praise, lias the peace of this immense district been preserved.. Application has been made for regular troops, in- fantry and cavalry, to relieve Ihe Yeomanry of their present arduous diity, which has been mdst cheerfully aud ably performed, and until the arrival of these troops the Yeomanry, will continue on duty. Of the colliers and other workmen themselves, we wish not to say much : many of these liiunble but mis- guided men are evidently awed by the menaces, of others engaged in this transaction, and there can be no doubt, that the whole business is under a system of organization of which those out of work are not the authors. The original instigators, there is too much reason to fear— " They who stir the strife Stand at safe distance " For all the mobs have been principally formed of young men and boys ; while much of cobland deli- berate calculation must have been used in the formation ofthe plan acted upon by the body of turn- outs taken altogether. A meeting will, we believe, take place this day, at which it will be determined whether the masters in tbe Shropshire district will stop their furnaces or not.— We have undoubted authority for stating, that in one great work, for every Is. lOd. paid in wages, the return received by the'employer has been Is. 8d. in bills at six months' date. The Shropshire Hounds meet Thursday, Dec. 15th Boreatton Friday, Dec. 16th Moutlay, Dec. 19th Wednesday, Dec. 21st.. Friday, Dec. 23d Saturday, Dec. 21th MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY, tn our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 3Jd.— Calf Skins 5d.— Tallow 4d. Whcatf 38qts.) 8s. Od. lo 8 » . 9d l! arley( 38qt » .) is. 6d. to I'm. Od. Old Oats ( 57qts.) fis. Ud. to 6s. 8d. New Oats 5s. Ud. to 6s. Od. CORN- EXCHANGE, DEC. 12. The trade in all kinds of grain is exceedingly dull, and although there are few arrivals, the stock ou hand is very abundant, and a considerable quantity of flour is up. Wheat is about 2s. per qr. cheaper The Barley Trade may be quoted at a decline of ' 2s. per qr. The trade for Beans and Peas is very dull, ami Beans may be quoted at a decline of Is. per qr. White Peas are 2s. to 3s. cheaper than on this day week, on account of the foreign arrivals. Malting fiar'ey is quoted at 38s. per quarter. Current Price of Grain per Qr. as under: ... High Hatton Eaton Mascott Battlefield Cressage Village Ercall Mill At half- past ten. The Albrighton Hounds will meet on Thursday, Dec. 15th Rndge Hall Saturday, Dec. 17th Sutton Tuesday, Dec. 20th Pepper Wood Thursday, Dec. 2' 2d Houghmoor Saturday, Dec. 24th Prestwood Tuesday, Dec. 27th Shareshill Thursday, Dec. ' 29di Patshull Saturday, Dec. 31st . Weston Lodge At half- past ten. Mr. JVicksted's Hounds toil/ meet on Thursday, Dec. 15th Tunstall Saturday, Dec. 17th Heleigh Castle Tuesday, Dec. 20th Hankelow Friday, Dec. 23d Wistaston At half- past ten. Sir Richard Pit lesion's Hounds meet Wednesday, Dec. 14th Althrey Saturday, Dec. 17th Hampton Post At eleven. The Montgomeryshire Fox- Hounds meet Friday, Dec. 16th Cock, Forden Tuesday, Dec. 20th. Dolarddyn Friday, 23d Chirbury Village At fen o'clock. The Cheshire Hounds meet Thursday, Dec. 15th . Witbinglon Saturday, Dec. 17th Minshiul Guide Post THE REFORM BILL!— 1The mountain has been in labour, and has produced— a mouse!— The new Bill is the old Bill revived, with just such a difference as a pack of cards exhibits, after it has been re- shuffled and re- cut. Some of the boroughs dis- franchised by being placed in schedule A of the former Bill, have been put into schedule B, and vice versa— some of those that heretofore figured with one eye in schedule B, are completely blinded and blotted out by being transferred to schedule A.— Again, because democracy had not obtained enough in the fi rmer Bill, some of the manufacturing towns to which one member only had been given, are now to have two ! — The £ 10 renters stand as they did, and so in rciility does the Bill.- The Ministers seem determined to push on Ihe work of Revolution: but, Unless a virtual abrogation of the Constitution should be effected foi fhe sole purpose— for it can have no olher— of keep- ing them in their places, their lenure of office must be very short. It is impossible for those who honestly opposed the former Bill to give their support to this new edition of it.— Either the House of Lords must he swamped by the Ministers, or the Bill and the Ministers must be defeated and sink together. The former course would destroy the Constitution ; the latter occurrence would preserve the Constitution, and save the Country. FATAL ACCIDENT.— It is with feelings of regret that we are called upon to announce the premature death of Birch Harrison, Esq. under circumstances most awful and afflicting. The deceased was a part- ner in the firm of Messrs. Harrisons and Latham, merchants, of this town, and on Tuesday morning last, about eleven o'clock, during the operation of lowering a 58lbs weight, from an upper f, o a lower room in ( lie warehouse which adjoins their office, lo eastward of George's Doclt, he was passing near the wall, when, from some cause that w." have not yet heard frilly explained, the weight fell with its full force upon the back of his neck, and the unfortunate gentleman was killed Upon Ihe spot. A coroner's inquest was held on the body of the deceased, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against O'Hara, the man immediately engaged in the lowering the weight, by which the unfortunate gentle- WALES. MARRIED. On the 6th inst. Mr. Roberts, maltster, Brongain, Llanfechan, to Miss Jameson, eldest daughter of the late Mr. D. Jameson, of Oswestry. DIED. On Thursday last, af. er a few days' illness, Miss Ponsonby, of Plasnewydd, Lla- gollen On the 4th inst. at Aherystwith, Frederick Wilmott, the infant son of Mr. John Davies, druggist, of that town. On the 4th inst. in the 90th year of her age, at. Ruthin, much respected and esteemed for her inoffen- sive manners and kind disposition; Mrs. Jones, relict of John Jones, Esq. of Caeserwyd, and reice of the late Rev. Edward Jones, formerly Warden of the above td-. vn. Ou the 6th of July last, on board the Agnes, at Calabar ( where he had gone in consequence of the Belmont, in which vessel he was second mate, being burnt), Thomas, second son of the late Mr. William Williamson, saddler, Wrexham, aged 22 years, deeply regretted by his relatives and friends. " A POOLONIAN," in reply to the letter of " A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER," ( inserted iii our last), says that arrangements are making by the inhabitants for having the Town well lighted by gas; and, relative to the Bull Bridge improvements, that it is in contemplation to have a beautiful new line of road to enter tbe Town up tbe Severn road and over the Cnnal bridge, and, probably, tbat is the reason why the new approaches from Shrewsbury are not better attended to. A party of " the Supporters of Reform nnd their Friends," stated to be about 60 in number, dined together at Machynlleth on Wednesday last. The workmen of the extensive collieries and iron- works at Merthyr Tydvil have renounced all con- nexion with " Trade Unions," and have returned cheerfully to their. employment. VVe are sorry to bear that, on account of Ihe very great depression of the iron trade, the whole establish- ment of lhat part of the Aberdare Iron Works formerly managed by the Messrs. Scale, is to be discontinued ; the last furnace is now blowing out. The Aberdare Iron Company still keep on that part of their works which they bought of the Assignees of Messrs. Tappenden ( the Abernant Iron Works). This very I considerable reduction of so large an establishment Wheat 58s. Od. to 71s. Od. Hurley 30s. ed. to 30s. Oil, Malt OOs. Od. to ( ins. Od. White Peas ( Boilers) 40s. Od. to 4t! i Od. Ikaiis 40s. Od. to 45s. Od. Hals 2,' U. od. to 28s. Oil. T-' ine Flour ( per sack) 55s. Od. to 60H. Od. Seconds OOs. od. to OOs ud Average Price of Corn in the tt'eek ending Dec. 2, 1831. Wheat Cts 8d. I Oats J3s. Od. Barley 38s. 3il. | Beans 30s. lid SMITHFIELD. The quotation for the finest beef this morning is 4s. to 4=. ' id. per stone; and in mutton, prime young Downs sell at 4s. to 4s. lOd. Veal, for superior young calves, is 5s. to 5s. 4d.; and Pork, for dairy- ted porkers, fetches 5s. to 5s. td. CATTLE AT MARKET. Beasts 3,862 I Sheep 19,420 Calves I2D | Pitrs 150 LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10. The supplies of the week are to a very moderate amount, and, notwithstanding a little accumulation for the last fourteen days, the quantity of fine Wheat in the market is extremely limited. This remark will equally apply to Oats, good parcels of which are scarce. ' I lie trade generally has been dull, and, for secondary parcels of each article, rather lower rates have been accepted. Choice Irish new Wheat has, however, commanded fully previous quotations, 8s. 2d. lo 8s. 3d. per 701bs. has, iu some instances, been re- fused. The best Oats have reached 3s. 2d. English Barley was, on Tuesday, noted 2s. to 3s. per quarter, and Irish, 3d, per GOlbs. lower. Some quantity of the for- mer still remains unsold, but the market is pretty well cleared of Irish, grinding qualities and Indian Corn remain as previously noted. Prices of Beans are also unvaried. Peas are Is. dearer. No transactions re- ported in bonded Wheat. Two to three thousand barrels of sour Flour under lock have been sold at 20s. to 21s. per barrel. Wheat( 701b.) fis. 4( 1. to 9s. 6d Barley ( per bushel) 3s. 7d. lo 4s. 2( 1. Oats( 45lb.) 3s. 3d lo 3s. 4d, Malt ( per bushel) fis. 3d. to 9s. od Fine Flour ( per 2801b.) 41s. Od. to 45s. Od The Irade in Butter seems to be almost at a stand— there are few inquiries and few sales. Our prices this week must, therefore, be considered as nominal. The London market is in a similar state with our own, and in the country the consumption is not more than half of what it was. Belfast 90s. to 91s. ; Banbridge 86s. to 87s.; Sligo 90s. to 92s.; Derry 86s.; Dnndalk 83s lo 84s.; Cork dry thirds 83s. to 81s.; Ditto pickled seconds, 89s. BRISTOL. Sprint- price of Wheat ( 331 lbs )... j 38s Fotei- rn Wheat ( per Imperial bushel)... lis. English Wbeat ( ditto) 7s. halting Barley ( ditto) 4s. Mall ( dilto) 7s. Outs, Poland ( ditto) 2s. Fine Flour fper » ackof2rwt. 2qrs. 5lbs.) 44s ' gMi. E LONDON LITERARY GA- « - ZETTE, and JOURNAL of BELLES LETTRES, ARTS, SCIENCES, SIC., is published every Saturday Morning— containing REVIEWS, with copious Extracts, of all im- portant New Works; the earliest Account of Scientific Voyages and Expeditions; ample Reports ( weekly) of the Proceedings of the Learned and Scientific Bodies, with Abstracts of numerous important and interesting Papers— presenting a complete View of the Pursuits, Labours, Discoveries, and Improvements, of al) those excellent Associations, not only to their absent Mem- bers, but to the World at large ; Criticisms on the Opera, Concerts, every new Drama, Exhibition, and all remarkable Productions iu the Arts aud Music; Biographical Notices; Original Poems, by popular Authors; together with Miscellanies which include tiie whole Circle of Novelties, interspersed with light and amusing Reading, to give Popularity to what is useful. Thus conducted, the LITERARY GAZETTE displays the Progress of Literature and Knowledge, in our busy Time, and is calculated for the Improvement and Enter- tainment of every intelligent Family, and to place its Readers upon a satisfactory Level with the best- informed Persons in Society. W. A. SCRIPPS, Wellington- Street, Strand, and South Molton- Street, London ; and Sold by all Booksellers, Newsmen, & c. fgpH E Commissioners iri a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued against WILLI A M TILSLEY and WYTHEN JONES, of NEWTOWN, in the County of Montgomery, Bankers, Dealers and Chapmen, intend to MEET on the Twenty- minth Day of December next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Charles Salisbury, known by the Sign of the Bear's Head Inn, in Newtown aforesaid, in order to audit ( he Accounts of the Assignees ; and the Cre- ditors who have not already proved- their Debts may then and there come and prove the same. Seconds ( ditto),., Od. to 39s. ( id. to fin. ( id. lo 7s. fid. to .- in. ( Id lo 7s. Ud. to 3s. ( Id. lo 4fis . 30s. Od. to 41s. JOUR DE NCCES, ( The Property of his late Majesty,)' / ILL serve Mares, the ensuing Season, at MUXTON, near Woore. He is 16 Hands high, with immense Power, superior Action, and fine Temper. He is got by BlackloCk, Dam by Governor, Grand- dam by Sir Peter, and Great- granddam Doubtful by Pot- 8- o's. Further Particulars will appear in due Time. . . Shrewsbury District of the Walling Street Road. was killed.— Liverpool Saturday's Advertiser. | will throw many hundreds out of employ, In our Fair yesterday Fat Sheep averaged 6d. per lb.— Fat Pigs sold at from . I. to 5d. per Ih.; strong Stores nt the same price as last Fair, and small ones rather lower. At Oswestry Fair, on Friday and Saturday last, there was a middling shew of Stock, which may be quoted as follows— Store Pigs, 10 per cent, lower than Michaelmas Fair; Fat Pigs about 4' jd. per lb.; Store Cattle were not so much in demand, although at a re- duction in price, and those fit for tile butcher were bought at about 5td.— Fat Sheep averaged about 5d. BANKRUPTS, DECEMBER 9.— James Sharp Thornton, of Griffin- court, Shepherd's Market, May fair, carpenter. — John Honhold, of Gilbert- street, Oxford- street, brazier.— Frederick Benjamin King, of Prince's- square, St. George's- in- the- East, sugar- refiner. Joseph Thwaites, of No. 10, Austin Friars, commission- agent. — Edward Bowring, of Lawrence- lane, Cheapside, mer- chant.— G. Wyatt, and II. Thomson, of Portpool- lane, Gray's Inn- lane, common brewers.— Thomas Parslee Luck, of High- street, Southwark, laceman.— Henry Jeffries, of 26, King- street, Clerkenwcll, brewer.— Geo. Coles, of High- street, St. Mary- le- bone, cheesemonger. — Thomas Read, of Hockliffc, Bedfordshire, victualler. — George Johnstone, of Upper John street, Tottenhain- court- road, carpenter.— William Corlass, of Reediford, Colne, Lancashire, cotton- spinner.— George Baker Billows, of Poole, ironmonger.— Hemy Young, of Dursley, Gloucestershire, common brewer.— John Wilson Anderson, of Bradford, Yorkshire, oil- paint dealer.— Lionel Hepple Brougli, of Neath, Glamorgan- shire, grocer. - Ann Wright and John Woodhead, of Woodroyd, Honley, Yorkshire, dyers.— John Maggs, of Bath, chair- maker — Edward Dickcu Shaw, of Delph, Yorkshire, grocer.— James Marr, of Worksop. Not- tinghamshire, tanner. — John Winram, sen. and George Winram. of Ulverston, Lancashire, timber- merchants. — Samuel Knight and James Knight, of Mold, Flint- shire, bankers. INSOLVENT.— John Nelson, of Rolls'- buildings, Chancery- lane, livery stable keeeper. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that l s a SPECIAL MEETING of the Trustees of the Shrewsbury District of the Watling Street Road is appointed to be held at the Guildhall, in Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 2 fth Day of this Month, at 12 o'Clock, for the Purpose of taking into Consideration the State of the said Itoad, and the Propriety of determining the Contract ( dated March 20th, 1829,) between Mr. ROBERT JONES, the Contractor for the Repair of tha said Road, and the Trustees thereof. JOHN JONES, Clerk to the said Trustees. Shrewsbury, December 9lh, 1831. TOBMPIKE TOLLS. ~~ fVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1/ 1 the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates between Worthen and Westbury, and between Brcckton and Minsterley, known by the N, ames of Westb iry and MinsterleyGates, with'tbe Side Gatesbelongi g thereto, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the WHITE HORSE INN, in Worthen, on Wednesday, the 15th Day of February next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for one Year from Lady- Day, I832y- m the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of tlie Reign of'his Majesty King George tli « Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls are now let for the Sum of £ 402, and will be put up at that Sum. The best Biddermust at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of tbe Trustees^ for, the Payment of the Money monthly. And NOTICE is hereby also given, fhat Ihe Trustees will at their Meeting, to be holden at the Red Lion Inn, in Westbury, on Friday, the 30th Day of December next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, elect two new Trustees in the Room of Trustees who have re- signed, or refused to act. FRANCIS ALLEN, Clerk. MONTGOM ERVSH I R F. ' Freehold Collages Ss Lands. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY GEORGE WILLIAMS, At the Cock Inn, in Forden, on Friday^ the. 23d Day of December, 1831, between the Honrs of Four and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following Lots, and subject to Conditions to be then produced ; r| itF. t'ollowingCOTTAfJES& LAN DS, « situate on KING'S WOOD, in the Parish of Forden: I. OT1 A Cottage and Garden, in the Occu- pation of David Davies King's Wood Field ; Thos. Holloway, Tenant Close; Esther Williams, Tenant.... LOT 2. Cottage, Garden, & Lands; Margaret Edwards, Tenant LOT 3. King's Wood Field; Mr. John Bebb, Tenant LOT- 4; Cottage, Garden, & Lands; Edward Thomas, Tenant LOT5. Cottage, Garden, and Lands; Jolin Bishop, Tenant Cottage, Garden, and Tjnds; Eliza- beth Pngh, Tenant 0 1 22 0 37 3 11 1 33 3 6 1 21 3 38 3 19 1 36 LOT G, Cottage, Garden, & Lands; William Jones, Tenant 5 1 3 Cottage, Garden, & Lands; Widow Morris or Undertenants 6 0 31 11 I 33 T{ ie respective Tenants will shew lite Premises; and the Sale to commence at Four o'Clock precisely. BOARD LODGING. ALAD V or Gentleman'may he accommo- dated with Board and Lodging, in a pleasant and airy Situation in the Town of WELLINGTON, where the Family is small, and every Attention will be paid to fender them comfortable.— For Terms and further Particulars apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Messrs. POOLE aud SON, Auctioneers, Wellington aforesaid. ffi" o fee act, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, PENNANT FARM, otherwise the Farm of Beguildy, about Six Miles from Knighton, in the Parish of Beguildy and County of Radnor; comprising a good Farm House and suilable Outbuildings, iu good Repair, and 230 Acres of Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood LAND, iu a good State of Cultivation, greatest Part of which can be irrigated at Pleasure, with a most extensive and . valuable Sheep Walk adjoining.— For a View, and lo treat for the same, apply to Mr. JAMES REA, at Mauaghty, Blethvangh, near Knighton. This Advertisement will not be continued. ^ ales bp auction. Farm NEWLY- BUILT HOUSES, WITH HARDENS, ORCHARD, STABLE, 4c. BY MR. PERRY, At the Castle Inn, Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 17 th December, 1831, at Six o'Clock in lhe Afternoon, in One Lot; AIJWELL1NG HoUSE, containing Kitchen, three Chambers, Brewhouse, and Pig- stye, in tike Occupation of Mr. John Clay ( Southern Aspect). A DWELLING- HOUSE, containing Kitchen, two Chambers, Brewhouse, and Garden in Front, ill the Occupation of Mr. Richard Poulter ( Eastern Aspect). A DWELLING- HOUSE adjoining, containing Kitchen, two Chambers, Brewhotise, and Cellar, and Portion of Gulden in Front, in the Occupation of Mr. Richard Davies, the Proprietor. , A DWELLING- HOUSE adjoining, ( late a Public- House, wilb good Business,) containing Kitchen, Par- lour, two- Chambers, two Staircases, Brewhouse, and Piggery, with other Part of Garden in Front, in the Occupation of the said Riphard Davies. Also, an ORCHARD, well stpeked wi. li choice Apple Tt « es, with a newly- built . STABLE thereon, two Privies, and Ptlriip supplying the whole Premises with Water. The Premises are Situate on the Road leading from Shrewsbury to Old Heath Turnpike, bounded by the Shrewsbury Canal, and adjoining the second Canal Bridge, extend about 90 Feet in Depth, and 150 Feet in Front.— The Houres are well arranged and sub- stantially built, and the Orchard affords further extent of Building Laud, with good Clay for making Bricks oil tlie Spot. , , Mr. RICHARD DAVIES will shew the Property ; and for further Particulars apply to Me srs. bt; iu EV aud SCASTH, Solicitors, Shrewsbury; or Mr PERRY. Kempster's Terrace— Caleb am. • HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, LINEN; BREWING VESSELS, AND EFFECTS BY MRTTISDALE, On the Premises, Kempster's Terrace, Colehariij on Thursday, the 15th of December, 1831 ; ALL the Household f'TJ KN ITU K E and other Effects, the Property of the late Mr. DANIEL BRIGHT. ijgir Particulars in Handbills. Sale to commence at Half past Ten o'Clock. v OTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that I ^ on the Eighth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty- one, an Order was signed by THOMAS DICKEN, Esquire, anil JAMES HORSEMAN, Clerk, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Salop, for stopping up a certain unnecessary Footway within the Township of Eiirlton, in the Parish of Loppington, in the said County, leading from and out ofthe Highway which leads froni Burlton to Loppington, commencing at or near to a Corner of a Piece of Land called the Near Furlong, in the Occu- pation of Robert Chambre Vaughan, Gentleman, and leading from thence through and over the same and five other Pieces of Land, in the said Township and Parish, adjoining the said Highway, two of which said, five Pieces of Land are in the Occupation of the said Robert Chainbre Vaughan, two other Pieces of Land are ill the Occupation of Thomas Sfanway, and the other Piece of Land in the Occupation of George Wicherley, and ending at a certain Wicket in the Piece of Land last- mentioned, which Wicket leads out of the said laStJmentioned Piece of Land into the said High- way, for the Length of Nine Hundred and Thirty- five Yarns or thereabouts, and of the Breadth of Three Feet or thereabouts ; and that the said' Order will be lodged^, with the Clerk of the Peace for the' said County of Salop, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peaee, fo be lioklen at Shrewsbury, iu and for the said County, on the Second Day of April next, and also that the said Order will at the said Quarter Sessions be confirmed and enrolled, unless npon an Appeal against tbe same to be then made it be otherwise'determined. THF. STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS. IT EREAS by an Order of tie Hi ah Court of Chancery,- made in a Cause ROBERTS r. DAVIES, it is referred to GEORGE BOONE ROLPELL, Esquire, one of the Master's of the said Court, to en- quire whether the several Debts hereinafter mentioned, and stated in a certain Report, dated 1785, due from llie Estate of Sir HUMPHREY IIOWORTH, late of MAESI. OUGIIU, in the County of Radnor, Knight, deceased, who died in the Y'ear 1755, are' still due aud to whom ; therefore, any Person or Persons claiming any such Debts to be due to them, are, on or before tlie llth Day of January, 183' 2, by their Solicitors, to come in and prove their Debts before the said Master, at his Chambers, in Southampton Build- 1 ings, Chancery- Lane, London, or in Default thereof thev will be peremptorily excluded the Benefit of the said Order. The Debts before mentioned are as follows, viz.:— a Debt of £ 510 to Henry Bacon ; a Debt of £ TO due to Nathan Wrighte, of Brooksby, in the County of Leicester, Esquire ; a Debt of £' 221 due to Joan Hughes, of the Parish of Glasbury, in the County of Radnor, Widow : a Debt of £ 96 due to Henry Prince; and a Debt of £ 968 due to Sir Edward Williams, of Llangocd Castle, in the County of Brecon. GEORGE & WILLIAM HELDER, Solicitors, 17, Clement's- Inn. E Creditors who have proved their EL Debts under a Commission of Bankrupt, awarded and issued forth against JOHN LANGFORD, of DORRINGTON GROVE, in the County of Salop, and of Pont. QUAY, in the County of Montgomery, Farmer, Miller, Dealer and Chapman, may receive a FIRST AND FINAL DIVIDEND of FOUR SHILLINGS AND ONE PENNY iu the Pound, upon applying at the Bank of Messrs. Pmc. n, JONES, and EDWARDS, in SHREWSBURY, in the said County, upon or after Thursday, the fifteenth Day of December instant. J. BICKERTON WILLIAMS, Solicitor to the Assignees. The Crescent, Shrewsbury, December 1831. rtpH E CK EDITORS of A PRHC VALUABLE WMMWMVVKW AT HIGH FIELDS NEAH WEi. l. BY MR. T IS DALE, At the Crown Hotel, Wem, on Monday, the 19th of December, 1831, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon; AVEIIY desirable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, consisting of a Dwelling House, with Garden and sundry Pieces of excellent LAND, comprising together 22A. 0R. 9P. which will be sold in Lots as follow : LOT I. A Picce of excellent Pasture Land, being Part of New Meadow, as marked out, containing 3A. 1R. 35P. LOT II. A Piece of good Arable Land, being Part of Well Leasow, as marked out, adjoining Ixit 1, con- taining 2A. 2R. 21'. LOT III. Another Part of Well Leasow, as marked out, containing 4A. OR. 22P. LOT IV. Remaining Part of Well Leasow, as marked out, containing 2A. OR. 13P. LOT V. A Piece of capital Pasture Land, being the other Part of New Meadow, containing 2 i. 0U. 21 P. LOT VI. A Piece of Land, adjoining the public Road, being a Part of WyCherley's Piece, containing 3A. 1R 26P. LOT VII. The olher Part of Wycherley's Piece, adjoining the said public Road, containing 3A. 2R. I. or VIII, All that newly- erected Dwelling House, with Garden thereto belonging, adjoining the aforesaid Subiic Road, opposite ( o Lots VI. and VII. containing A. OR. 29P. The above Properly is pleasantly situated for Build- ing Scites, being ( by the Footway)? within twelve Hundred Yards of the Town of Weni, and by the Carriage Road, on the East passing Creamore, and on the West by Pyms Farm to Wem, about one- Mile and Quarter.— Mr. JOSEPH LEA, of High Fields, will ap- point a Person to shew the Lands; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. J. W. WATSON, Solicitor, or • niE AUCTIONEER, both of Shrewsbury; of whom Erinted Particulars, with Lithographic Maps, may be ad. WILLIAM PRCICTOR; late of OLDBURY, in the Parish of Hiles Owen, in the County of Salop, Linen Draper and Coal Master, formerly carrying on such last men- tioned Business at the Union Colliery, ill Oldbury aforesaid, in Partnership with Joseph Green, under the Firm of GREEN and PROCTOR, and since on his own Account, lately discharged from the Gaol of Shrews- bury, by au, Order of the. Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, are requested to MEET al the Blue Ball, Oldbury, in the Coimtyof Salop, on the 28th Day of December instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, for the Purpose of choosing an Assignee or Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Insolvent. , JOHN TAYLOR, 6, Clement's Inn, For P. SMITH, Birmingham^ THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. rRMlE tl dnles MOST Eligible Building Sites, FOR SUBURBAN VILLAS. BY MR. SMITH, IN LOTS, at the Raven Inn, Shrewsburyy on Friday, the 23d oi' December, 1831,. at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to. be produced; ALL that FSXCELLKNT FHKKHOLI) PROPERTY, in the Parish of HOLY CROSS, known by the Name of THfl PIKQ' 3 HEAD FIELD. near St. Giles's Church. SHREWSBURY, containing by Admeasurement 4 Acre?, 3 Rood*, and 5 Fetches, in Nine commodious Lots, as they are now staked out. As a Building Site, no Property around Shrewsbury can boast superior Advantages to that now offered for Sale. On tne verdant Banks of Rea Brook, it com- mands at once Views the most cheering and pleasing;, encircled by Scenery the most extensive, delightful, and varied, without an Object around to annoy or prove unpleasant, and possessing in itself every Thing that could tend to promote the Health and Longevity of those who may live upon it, being on a fine, rich, dry, gravelly Loom. Its Geographic Situation is such as at once renders it desirable, being- elevated above the Plain of Salop, and having all the healthy Fresh- ness of a clear Country Air, whilst its Proximi y to the Town affords every Opportunity of enjoying those Conveniences peculiar to a Town Residence- The local Objects around it, snch as Lord Hill's Column,. the Botanic Gardens of Messrs Bigg and Son, the p'- cturesciue Depot, are all of a'pleasing Nature. The Bath ana Cheltenham Roads bound the Property on the one Side, and the great London Road is only one Field's Distance; and whilst the « e Objects are close at Hand, the majestic Wrekin,, with all theundu- hted Hills and Mountainous Scenery. of Worcester- shire arid North Wales, are seen in beautiful Panoramic Views around; but to be appreciated the Property must be seen. The Distance from the Centre of the Town is about ljj Minutes' Walk; and whilst the Lots as staked out are such as afford ample Space for Building, and sufficient Ground for Gardens and Pleasure Walks ( each containing upwards of Half an Acre, or 2545 Yards), they are not beyond the Purchase of the retir- ing Tradesman, or the ( Gentleman of small Fortune. Rnck Clay in the adjoining Field may be had by j) yi ig a Royalty; and any Particulars known by Application to Mr. HICKS, Attorney, or to THE AUC- TIONEER, Shrewsbury. SHREWSBURY. Matter? of the Petitions and Sche- ! es of the Prisoners hereinafter named ( the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows : At the Guildhall. Montgomery, in the County of Montgomery, on the Fifth Day of January; 1832, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning precisely. RICHARD BLAYNEY, late of NEWTOWN, in the County of Montgomery, Publican and Machine Maker. JOHN EDWARDS, of CAERNARVON: in the County of Caernarvon, Grocer, Mercer, and Draper; and JOHN NICHOLLS, formerly of NEWTOWN, and late of KERRY, in the Connty of Montgomery, Black- smith. BREMR1DGF, 8, Furnival's Tun, London, Agent for Tims. BOVVDLER, ^. Attorney for the above- named Insolvents,} Shrewsbury. TAKE NOTICE. 1. If any Creditor intends to oppose a Prisoner's Discharge, Notice of such Intention must be given to the said Prisoner, in Writing, three clear Days before the Day of Hearing, exclusive of Sunday, and exclu sive both of ihe Day of giving such Notice, and of the said Day of Ilea ring. 2. But in ihe Cii'se of a Prisoner, whom his Credit- ors have removed, by ivn Order of ihe Court, from, a ( Jaol in or near London lor Hearing in the . Country, such Notice of Opposition will fie sufficient rf given one clear D » v before the Day of Hearing. 3 The Petition and Schedule vvill he produced by the proper Officer for Inspection nnd Examin- ation, at the Office " of the Conn iri London, ou Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the Hours of Ten and Four j and Copies of rhe Petition and Schedule, or such Pari thereof ns shall be req- nir. eil, will he provided by the proper Officer, according t;> the Act 7 Geo IV c 57, s 76, N. B. Entrance to the Oftk- e in- Portugal- Street, Lincoln's- hiu Fields, 4 The Duplicate of tbe Petition nnd Schedule, nnd all Books, Papers, and Writing's f* l « ' d therewith, will be produced for Lisped').> n and Kwiiiiiiutiiiil by the Clerk » . H" ihe P< a « e, uiih whom the same have been directed in be lodged for such Purpose, ut ihe Office of such Clerk ofthe Peace; rn » d < o pies of ilVe Petition and Schedule, or siit- h Pari thereof as shall be re- quired. will be there provided, aecordioo to ihe Act 7 Geo IV. a 57, s 77, or the Act 5 Geo. IV. c. 61, s. 11, as the Case may he. [ From the Birmingham Gazette of Monday last. ] Although we arc unable to announce complete restoration of order among the workmen employed in the neighbouring collieries, we have satisfaction in stating that in many parts of ( he district the men have already returned to work, and confident ex- pectations are cnteitained that early in the ensuing week the whole will have quietly resumed their occupation. Though the men have in many instances obtained the advance of wages they sought, thq great majority are convinced that it would be useless longer to hold, out Our accounts from Billon, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, arid the inter- mediate places, are as recent as yesterday morning, and up to that time every thing had the appearance of returning tranquillity. A letter from Stourbridge, dated Saturday evening;, says— l< A great portion of men on this sfldw Dudley have been m tolerably full work since Wednesday without interruption; and there is every prospect, that our men in- this part of the mining district will be all at work next week." In the course of the early part of last week, ind ca- tions of a disorderly and riotous- disposition exhibited themselves in various parts of the district,' but they were speedily repressed by the appearance of the military, and in no instance did any serious violence ensue. Some particulars of these proceedings are given in extracts inserted in our first page. , On Thursday the Worcestershire Yeomanry sher/ ecF themselves in great strength in Stourbridge, Hales Owen, the Lye Waste, arid around Dudley ; and the demonstration was no doubt attended with the best results. From Bilston we learn " that the town is not. like the same it was a few days'sinCe jVthe market was open as usual on Saturday evening, and ail was per- fectly quiet and orderly. Two ofthe magistrates, the R « v. Messrs. Clare and Leigh, were out five or six hooVs in the course of Saturday, with a detach- ment of cavalry and a company of the 9Ist regiment of infantry, to give protection where it was wanted. They found aH quiet and many pits at work. The same gentlemen were out on the Thursday preceding, aud Hie good effects of their presence and exertions were visible in the incvea- t- d rilrtriber of pits at work withfii the t* o days'. The county is very deeply indebted to the feOriianry, and the town ami neigh- bourhood of Bih? ton iri an esprcial manner to the Walsall troop- under the Command of Sir E. D. Scott, Bart M. P. Had not the whole of the neighbouring district been covered both by a powerful civil aiid military force the consequences before thiS- must have been very dreadful.''-— Wolverfiampton has remained perfectly quiet since Wednesday. A detachment of the 7ii » Hussars, three companies of ihe 91st Foot, and the Wolverhampton and Teddeslev Troop of Staffordshire Yeomanry are on duty there. The Stafford troop also marched into that town on Wed- nesday last, and are still there. — At Walsall are stationed the Tamworth troop of Saffordshire Yeo- manry under Captain. Edmund Peel, i\ I P. and the Lichfield troop, commanded hy Captain Sir Roger Grcsley, Bart, and all is tranquil. Around the immediate vicinity of Dudley the colliers have in great numbers gone to work, and it is I believed that after this day ( Monday) the whole will return to their employment. But few collie?* are now to be seen idling in the streets; ami so altered do circumstances appear within the last few days, that it is hoped the regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry, under the Earl of Plymouth, will be enabled to return to their homes by Thursday. Justly has it been said, that the indefatigable exertions, the intrepidity and firmness, tempered with mercy, which the Earl of Plymouth has displayed, have gained him the admiration and esteem of every individual under his command. The alacrity and zeal displayed during the harassing duty both officers and men have had to encounter— their orderly and soldier- like demeanour in quarters — have likewise received the most marked approbation of their commandant, and called forth the well merited praise of the officers of the line with whom they are stationed. Notwith- standing the forbearance of both officers and men oh several occasions have been severely put to the proof, not a carbine has . been fired, or a sabre wound inflicted, during the whole of these unfortunate pro- ceedings. The inhabitants of Dudley and . Stour- bridge have evinced the obligation they feel for the timely interference of the regiment by the most un- bounded hospitality, aud they have even solicited the Yeomanry to be quartered upon them where the billets were uncomfortably crowded. ^' e fortnight's wages; and, on the other hand, every workman leaving his employment without the cus- tomary warning, is- lia'ale tt) be committed for three months.— This meeting Was succeeded by another of the iron- masters, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the practicability of granting an advance of 6d. a day to the iron- storve getters, who are also standing out for wages. They work from* four to six horn's per day, and receive 2s. 6d. and, one quart of beer, but can perform the work of from one to two days in one, when in full employ. The iron- master's, with every disposition to give a better remunerating price to the stone getters for their labour, were com- pelled to resist the demand on the following grounds: — iron- stone lias hitherto been obtained at an expense of from Ss. to 8s. per ton, and an advance of Gd. a day wages would increase the cost Is. to Is. 6d. per tori on stone iron, and 3s. to 4s. on pig- iron, which is now selling at £ 2.15s to £ 3, not a remunerating price for the capital employed. The determination of tl € men not to work at the present rate of wages, had the effect of causing eighteen blast- furnaces to be blown out on the following day, which has thrown 3000 men out of employ, and will reduce the supply of iron in the market 1000 tons per week. We have no doubt but many of the labourers of every kind engaged in the manufacturing of iron are suffering privations, at the same time it is notorious that the present low prices are ruinous to the masters; but we must also state that many of those who have the least ground of complaint have been the foremost in these disorderly proceedings.- In one field, at least, the wages of the men for the last three weeks before the strike, were in no instance less than 17s. per man per week, and some upwards of 25s. ;• there are, however, some cases in which the payment of tire men is'exceedingly low, and inadequate to support a family. The de- preciation in the price of iron arises from a! too abnridarit supply, biit this evil does not proceed altogether from over speculation-'. The increase of population and the manufacture of gas, has, of late years, gradually increased the demand for coals, which has consequently greatly augmented the num- ber of pits. In the working of a mine a great quarn tity of coals are produced that can be ussed in no other way than the smelting, of iron, and for the purpose of their consumption these blast furnaces are erected. IHS MAJESTY'S SPEECH, [ From the Standard ]- \_ From the Staffordshire Advertiser cf Saturday last ] The Ulloxeler and Blillificld troop arrived in this town ( Stafford) on Wednesday morning, under the command of (' apt. the Hon. W. Bagot. On Thursday morning a division of the troop was sent forward to Penbridge : head quarters are still at Stafford, where there is a strong guard at the militia depot of. arms and at the county gaol. T he Stuff of the Stafford shire Milit'a ( Capt Gardine) returned from Bilston yesterday to the county town, where they are to remain on duty Twenty- six men, cihefiy colliers, have been brought to our connty prison, charged wilb rioting ' Ihe first man committed was James Cheadle, from Dudley, for three months hard labour, for having riotously assembled with others, to deter the colliers from work: he was escorted from Wol verhampton by Lieut. Brierley and a party of Capt. Hordertivs Troop of Staffordshire Yeomanry, on Mon- day last. Samuel Homer, for trial, fur rioting, was cscorted lo the county gaol by a party of the same troop on Tuesday. John A daws, Isaiah Plant, und William Price were brought 011 Wednesday. Yesterday ( Friday) morning Serjeant Hill, of the Lichfield troop, and Serjeant Coxon, of the Tamworth troop, with about fifteen privates, brought in charge from Walsall twenty- one men, who hail been cutting pit ropes, and preventing peaceably disposed men from working at Great Bridge and West Brohiwhh on Thursday. T'liey were safely lodged in theconnty prison, where they will remain to lake their trials at the sessions. ONE HUNDRED ' IV NS OF HAY, STo tic Dispoeea of, ( WITHOUT RESERVE-) BY MR. SMITH, At the Bell Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, 011 Saturday, the 31st Day of December, 1831, precisely at Four o'Clock in tiie Afternoon, subject to Conditions; 100T() NS OK HAY, in Lots, stiuid- AVf vr ij, a piece of Land between Bicton Heath and Shelton Turnpike Cate, in the Occupation of Mrs. Lewis.— Particulars of the Lots in our next. Pursuant lo llie Jet. for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in. England.— 31,91/. fg^ HE Court for Relict' of Insolvent S Debtors.— On the Second Day of December, 1831.— Upon the filing of the Petition and Schedule of RICHARD RUSSK1. L, late of HAI. ES OnF. N, in the Connty of Salop, Licensed Victualler and Farmer, a Prisoner iu the Fleet Prison, in the City of London, it. is ordered and appointed that the Matters of the said Petition and Schedule shall bo heard by the Court, at the Court House, in Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fie ds, 011 the Sixteenth Day of January next, at the Hour of Ten in ihe Morning precisely; of which all Creditors and Persons claiming to be Creditors of the said Insolvent, for the Sum of Five, Pounds or more, shall lia< e Notice by Service of a Copy of this Order, made within sttch'Time and in such Manner as is prescribed by the Rule of Court in that Behalf. By the Court, JOHN DICKINSON, Attorney for the Insolvent, 3, Copthall Buildings, Throgmorton Street, London. TAKF, NOTICE. 1. If any Creditor intends to oppose the said Pri- soner's Discharge, Notice of such Intention must tie given by F. ntry thereof in the proper Page and Column of the Book kept for that Purpose at tile Oliice of the Court, between the Hours of Ten in the Forenoon and Four in the Afternoon, three clcjr Days before the Day of Hearing above mentioned, exclusive of Sunday, and exclusive bojh of tlie Day of entering such Notice and of the said Day of Hearing r— Notice Xo produce at the Hearing any Books or Papers tiled with tlie Schedule, must be given to the Officer having the Custody thereof within the same Hours, 011 any Day previous to the said Day of Hearing. N. B.— Rntrance to the Ofilccin Portugal Street. 2. The Petition and Schedule, and nil Books, Papers, and Writings, filed therewith, will be produced by the proper Officer for Inspection and Examination 011 Mon- days, Wednesdays, ami Fridays, until the last Day for 011 this Notice being exhibited ; and Copies of Ihe Petition and Schedule, or such Part thereof as shall be required, will be provided by the proper Officer, according to'the Act 7 Geo. d, C. 57. Sec. 70. ' eriiig Opposition inclusive, o llihiled ; aud Copies of the Peti cli Part thereof as shall be requi ' the proper Officer, according 57. Sec. 71V. 3. Opposition at the Hearing can only be made by e- Cieiitor in Person., or by Counsel appearing for the him. CFrom the Worcester Herald of Saturday last. J To those of our readers who are not conversant in the mysteries of mining, a brief explanation of ( lit system pursued in working a pit may not prove un- interesting at Ihe present juncture. It is customary foV a proprietor of a mine to employ a charter master, technically called a Butty, w ho contracts to raise the coal at a stipulated sum per ton, and who also engages to find men, horses, and all ( lie necessary implements The labourers employed are divided into three classes, termed holers, or underijoers, cutters, ami loaders ; the two former are employed in excavating coal ill pieces measuring two yards square, called a stint, which a good workman will effect in five or six hours, for which they receive 3s. fid. two quarts of beer, and a basket of coals for t! ioir own consumption, per day. Some will earn from 4s. gd, lo 7s. a day, bv performing one and a half to one and three quarters, and even two days w ork, in one day, exclusive of their allowance of be and coals, ' l he loaders, who convey the coals to tlie mouth of the pit, receive 3s. 6d. per day, but are required to work twelve hours; it is, however, usual for them to change situations occasionally Wilh the excavators. It has b'een ascertained that the wages of these men ( w ho are commonly called thick coal men, from working coal ten yards thick, principally fonnd to the north of Dudley) average 2' Is. to 25' per week, exclusive of the allowance of beer am coal. T he men in the thin coal districts only obtai 3s. a day, as the coal is of an inferior description, and consequently does n it obtain so high a price ; hut then the stint they excavate is only five instead of six feet for the day's work, wh eh is not considered so dangerous, and is generally performed by the Shrop- shire men. A very numerous meeting of tbe coal and iron- masters took place on Friday last, when it w- as resolved to give the / Az'cA- coal men an additional 6- 1. per day, making 4s provided they would go to work 011 Monday next, and give the notice which lias been customary between master and man. These terms the latter ut present refuse to accede to, unless the thin- eoal men, with whom lliey are iu union, receive a similar advance. Up to Ihis period it has been, we believe, the invariable custom in ilie coal and iron frade, for a fortnight's fiotice to be given before u master dismissed his workmen, or the latter left his employ— a custom so consonant to justice, and so full of convenience and benefit to both parties, that, upon reflection, the workmen vvill, we trust, see llie emir they have committed in violating it. A notion has, we believe, got abroad amongst them, that the law- docs not require tlii- s notice, ft is right, therefore, lhat wc should slate, in the most explicit terms, that on tbe one ham) every master dismissing his work- man w ithout su<;! i a noticc is still bound to [ ay him The Speeeb is already before our readers; who, no doubt, have duly digested the schedule of calamitie blunders, and crimes, which it recapitulates. Pes- tilence and famine, sedition, privy conspiracy, and reh. llion, false doctrine, heresy, and schism, 1'— all lhat pious men daily deprecate in their adorations to the throne of mercy— are acknowledged in the text, or illustrated in the notes of the ministerial com- mentators. Besides this litany of terrible visitations, allusion in made to the affairs of Portugal, merely to increase the darkness in which ouY relations with that country are veiled ; to the " impartiality" with which the British government arbitrates in the affairs of the Netlierlanil'r— impartiaiity on which it prides itself— between the rebels aud their lawful Sovereign, be- tween the robbers and the robbed to a treaty between England aud France, the only defect of which is, that it nevtr can be carried inlo execution, as Mr. Croker over abundantly demonstrated, and which, wc will add, would never have been ratified, but that it was known that it never could be carried into execution. The above, with1 a promise of a reform measure, con- ceived in the widest possible terms, make the whole of the speech. Upon such a speech it is manifest tbat no amend- ment could be proposed. The recital of national afflictions was too true to be impugned; the blunders have the respite to which all diplomatic blunders are by courtesy entitled, until documents can be pro- duced ; and the undefined promise of " a reform measure," might mean any thing or nothing. The address in the upper house was moved hy Lord Campei'dnwn, in a speech of little interest or meaning ; Lord l. yttelton, tbe seconder, on the other hand, was quite dashing and excursive; though in truth the stieech which be delivered was plainly but a post ported harangue upon " the bill" of last session. I.' iril Lyttclioti was followed by the venerable and excellent Earl of Eldon, who sharply rebuked the inflammatory speech of the former nobleman ; and complained of the gross misrepresentations and malig- nant slanders promulgated against the members of the opposition, if not by the direction, at least by fhe connivance, of ministers The noble and learned lord particularised the lying and libellous Black List, published at most, if not all, of the Political Union libel shops. Lord Harrovvbv proposed an amendment in the address, which would be necessity to save tlte House of Commons from being entrapped into an approba- tion of the spoliation of the King of Holland without seeing the documents, by which only it w as pretended that spoliation could tie justified. 1' lie Earl of Aber- deen complained of the course which had been pur- sued in respect to Portugal. Tbe Duke of Bucking- ham asserted the independence of the' opposition peers, in an able and manly speech. And Earl Grey undertook to reply to alt, except to the Earl of Harrow by, whose amendment he conceded, as being necessary verbal correction. How verbal? our readers have seen. It ia beside our intention to follow Lord Grey through bis whole speech ; but we must have one word with him about fhe " Black List." The noble Premier said he certainly knew that such a thing existed. He had seen in the newspapers extracts from it. He ha 1 seen a long listwf . names \ vith sums of money appended to them, arret" he'fiad had tlie curiosity to look at the items which were attached to his family. But these statements were so extravagant and absurd ( hear, hear,) that he really thought them unworthy prosecution ; for no man capableof forming a rational opinion could credit them." Now, this is all very well, but hundred of thousands, we may say perhaps millions, of the Black Lists have heen issued from " the Union's" libel shops aforesaid, d by hawkers in the street. W ho bought them ? Generally they who believed. in them. Who were they ? In three cases out of four, the three shilling and tenpenny sovereigns of this empire, tbat are to he ; Who, teste Lord Grey, are incapable of forming a rational opinion. In the House of Commons, the Address was moved and seconded by Lord Cavendish ami Sir Francis Vincent. These voting gentlemen made speeches generally as innocent of meaning any thing, as the speeches of movers and seconders ought, to be : the latter, how ever, made ( be unlucky slip of praising the King' speech in the whole, instead of confining himself, as I t ought, to the echoing aud approving of all its puts; and, with additional infelicity, he selected as Irs ground of praise, that characteristic in which the document is more particularly deficient; and the want of which was evidently carefully contrived to save it fon animadversion. He praised a document which evades'every thing about which men are inquisitive, ami tells'nothing that they did not know before, for its manliftfess, straightforwardness, & e. Tlte luckless neglect, by Sir I". Vincent, of Lord Chatham s golden rule, to « say nothing when you have nothing to say," called up . Mr. Croker, who with incomparable skill and eloquence, tore to tatters the Royal Speech and the supplementary explanation of its supporters. Before coming to the conclusion, fo which tfe must hasten, we congratulate our countrymen upon the splendid refutation given by Sir Charles Wellien II of tile calumnies heaped Upon him by the ministerial journals ever since the Bristol rebellion. Sir Charles staled distinctly, and . Mr. G. Lamb admitted tin- 1, so far from Wantonly, and in defiance of a ministerial caution, tempting outrage by going to Bristol, lie caused two representations of the danger to be made to the Home Secretary, which representations were as near to remonstrance by the learned Recorder as they could Ire without his utter self abasement, and that Lord Melbourne sent him notwithstanding. After this exposition, we hope that tbe Times, and its associates, iii spreading the Calumny, will, as a com- pendious measure of justice, retract their charges against Sir Charles— reprinting, however, their libels wliiCli contained those charges at length with the words—" Viscount Melbourne," substituted in every case for the name of the learned Recorder of Bristol. THE REFORM BILL. How few Reformers are there that agree in their" expectations'! One likes the Bill because it will do this,— another because it willdo that,— tilings perhaps quite contradictory; while the majority, there can be 110 doubt, are eager for it, because they think it' will be a stepping- stone to far ulterior views; a majority that would be perhaps still greater if the nesv bill should entitle every ten pound renter to n donation of twenty pounds, from the confiscation of the property of the recusant Lords, Temporal and Spiritual; so easy is it to obtain a majority, if the people be appealed to, the people taken numerically, in favour of measures of absolute injustice and tyranny. And the mis- named people are sedulously taught to look to confiscation, first of Church Property, and then of the wealth of the Aristocracy and Fund- holders, and therefore are for the Bill. But- could you remove from the list of Reformers all Ihose who have iniquitous views, which they think will be ac- complished by the Bill, — could you confine the num- ber to those only who think the Reform proposed will preserve the institutions of the country, they would indeed be a small minority. The profligate Pressure perfectly aware of this, and therefore in their accounts of various meetings, magnify beyond all bounds the nBniber of the respectables'. When outrages are committed, they are but by a few wretches; and have nothing to do with Reform, ( ihongh they act in direct Conformity to the threats'of tbe respectaldes); when none are committed, the rabble of a few hundreds are multiplied into lens of thousands of the most intel- ligent of the land. The Area of Reform, like the Tent, in the Arabian Tale, will stretch or shrink to any dimensions, at the command of the wicked magician. Now the Press strains every nerve to enforce a disbe- lief of any connection between the Riots and Reform. But are we such fools as not to know these were the very things vve were threatened with, and by the very people lhat disavow them ? If Reform passed not, we were lo be in a miserable state, the country was to he in a l> la/ e from one end lo the other;" ail who have any thing lo lose were conjured, as they would escapc plunder, lo vote for Reform;— and blowing hot and cold, the same Press asserts, Riots have nothing to do with Reform. If so, taking Iheir argument, what then have we to fear? If riots and burnings only proceed from wretched mobs, and none are more desirous of putting tlieni down than the Reformers, what have we to fear from the rejection Of ( his Bill? Recollect, the Reformers declare them- selves to be friends to law ; if the Bill be rejected, it is rejected legally, by the law of the land; and if the Reformers be not rebels and rioters, what have we to fear, when we are sure of their aid, according to tlieir own account ? They make use of threatening of burnings and massacre, if tbe Bill < U) not passy to intimidate; but advocate the respectability, honesty, and loyalty of Reformers, by a general disclaimer of fellowship with the perpetrators who have been in- stigated to violence. What was, or whence arose, the extravagant heat against Sir Charles Wetherell ? He had made himself odious to the people, say they, by his opposition to Refoi'm, and therefore the danger, and subsequent, attempt at murder. Then these same people would have had his life, and, in failure, would have burned the city. Had they any olher cause of hatred ? None, but his opposition lo Reform — and yet they were not ReformersI But to argue this point is too absurd, there is not a shadow of doubt on any man's mind. Again— the Reformers affect a wonderful fear they must form a Body Guard their Sovereign,— a National Guard to protect themselves and their King. And against whom, or what ? Not mobs, certainly, for they only rise up ainst Sir Charles Wetherell, Lord Londonderry, and Atfti Reformers. Against whom, then, but a few, a handful of Peers, and the poor harmless Bishops? Where then is Ihis Belligerent Hierarchy?— where this armed Aristocracy?— where is tlieir Proclamation of grievances, their rebellious edicts, at a time, too, when the same Pre- s Unit instigates to arm in defence of their attacks, audaciously assures us that they dare not, one of tli^ in, show their faces? The arming is for Revolution, bloody Revolution. Ministers have now thought fit to issue another whimpering Pro clafnation, to entreat the Unions to dissolve; they point to a breach of the law, and argue upon impro- priety ; tliey offer entreaty instead of punishment, "' he leader or' Ihe Birmingham Union says more boldly, " IVoe be to those who break the law against us." Bui do Ministers daresay this to the Birming- ham Union ? They have, it seems, broken the law, but woe is only to those who break it against them. These Unions seem ready enough to break, or set the law at defiance, yet say they will break none. They would sweep the Bishops frora" the House of Lords, seated there by law, and maintained and to be main taincd there in all their privileges by the King's oath ; nor, if the King had ( lie perfidy, which he never will have, to disregard his oath", would the Unc justify his so doing. Nor can they b'e loyal who would urge him to the art, miirt less they whodunit they can dispense wilh bis authority upon this occasion. Some Unions are for doing away with' the House of Peers altogether, and thus show their respect for the laws of the land. And multitudes of Reformers, friends of Civil and Religions Liberty, loudly call for a creation of Peers, virtually the abolition of all law. ( Ill consis( encv, consistency!— Ihe name of Liberty has been uttered by such foul breath, that it has but a bad odour. THE BEFER SHOPS. These specimens of modem liberal legislation are stated to have been greatly conducive to the present disorganised slate of the mining and manufacturing districts, by the additional facilities they have afforded to the poor labourers for making away their hard- earned wages, as also for the multiplied opportunities given to them for assembling in groups to arrange those plans by which the present organized system of preventing the works being carried on, has been carried into effect — Some other evils attending tiiese places arc very well described in the following verses:— RIDLEY WINK. A New SONG to the Old Tune of ' Derry Down,' APPOINTED TO HE SAID ( 111 SUNG IN A I. I. THE MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. YE Topers of England attend to my song, The moral is great, and the matter not long ; It Concerns those new shops for the vending of drink, Which are, by most people, called Kidley Wink. Derry down, down, derry down.• Now, this Kidley Wink is the name of a man, Who in London resides, arid is fond of a Can ; He devised this new method of turning the chitift, And therefore each shop is called Kidley Wink. The law was proposed, it Could not have been better, By the worthy Ex- Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, And he made a long speech on the blessings of drink, But he ne'er took his can in a new Kidley Wink. Now, the consequence is, that every where Tailors, hucksters, and all, take to selling of beer; They pawn their best coats, buy a barrel of drink, Turn landlords, and set up a Kidley Wink. And the cobbler his pegging- awl drops to unloose The peg— while the tailor, forsaking his goose, Makes a goose of his friend— robshis purse—' till the brink Of ruin is found in a Ridley Wink. Then in. country or town, wherever yon gaze, Strange signs of the times stare you full in the face: Griffins grin ill your teeth— Angels tempt you to drink All your money away in a Kidley Wink. The Dog, Cow, and Horse, are each pictured so p< it, That beholders, quite puzzled, ask " What sign is that?" But to some men the Devil, I verilv think. Would be pleasing if hung o'er a Kidley Wink, Now, ' tis plain that those men, with their malting and brewing, Do themselves little good, while the LANDLOUD TIIEV RUIN ! For the profits of sale, and the. strength of the drink, Are together dispersed in each Ridley Wink. Then let each man in future keep to llis own trade, And depend on'l that all things will better be made ; For ' tis vain for our Huckstering Landlords to think A fortune to make in a Ridley Wink. But ' tis avarice make us forget we're all brothers, And we seek our own gains on the ruin of others. Then, ye lovers of justice and hearty good drink, Pray for England's deliverance from Kidley Wink, Mr. Gisbourne, during the few minutes of the meeting of the House of Commons on Thursday, previously to going up with the Address to his Ma- jesty, gave an important notice of motion, though, from the bustle in the house at the time, it was nut heard in the gal'ery— namely, that after the Clir s - ma's recess he si ould move for leave to bring in a llill to repeal the 7tn iw. IV. c. li, and 9th Geo. IV. c. 60, alias " the Small Note Acts." { The distance ofthe two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge from the North of England has long been a serious inconvenience to students whose residences are in that part of the country. The Dean and Chapter of Durham have in consequence determined to set apart a considerable portion of their revenues for the foundation and endowment of a College; and it is understood that Ihe revenues ofthe establishment, at its commencement, are intended to be above £ 111,000 per annum. Prebenda! stalls are lo be held by two of the professors. We have heard that eminent Connsel have been consulted as to the liability of the City to make good tbe losses occasioned in the late riots, and that they have given it as their opinion that the sufferers have 110 legal c\ n\ m.— Briitol Journal. A CJAKG OF SWINDLERS. From the Birmin ham Journal. Within the last ten days . a notorious gang of swindlers, practising as a new firm, have been iortii- uately detected in- this town., Pur fiirmingham ieaders will recollect', that about two years ago, the firm of Addenbrooke and' Co. figured conspicuously in the London police repoTts ' They w ere then stilted to. liave sham concerns iu Birmingham, Liverpool, and London, and were carrying op a most extensive and, as a mattjr of course, very profitable business in swindling.: I'pon that occasion many Birmingham maiiufactii. ers and tradesmen suffered very considerably. Addenbrortke, subsequent to tfiat exposure," came down to Bun i ig- ham, and at the Jnly Quarter Sessions last year was convicted of . ob aining a. quantify of twine, from Mr. Brittou, of the Ilorse Fair, 011 false pretences...,' He represented himself as a warehouseman in tlie employ of. Messrs. Dyer and Walker, of Bartholomew Street, on whose account lie gave anexfensive order for twine. When the porter went to deliver the articles lie was met in the neighbourhood of Bartholomew Square by Addettbrooke, who took him to a house in ah obscure entry, which fo stated to be the warehoi se of Dyer and Walker. On enquiring it was found that. 110 such firm existed. For this fraud Addeubronke was sen- » lenced to six months' imprisonment in Warwick Gaol. Since his liberation, his old acquaintances. of the policer have heard little of him until last week, when it was luckily discovered that lie was following his old avocation in the employ of another fictitions firm,, carrying on business under the name of et .1. 6. Han- cock and Co. general factors and commissibii agents, No. 4, Freeman- street." The house was taken by a gentleman, representing himself as Mr. Haneock, ( but whose real name turns out to be Willii'. ftis,) at Michael-- mas- day ; but the landlord having snuie doubts as to- the character of his tenant, required the rent to be paid monthly. In the course of two or three weeks after the premises were taken the parfii'S commenced busi- ness. The first ortler given was to a Mr. Stevensony brace and bit maker, of Navigatlon- S. treef, to whom, having executed the order, they paid the full amount of his account, about £ it). Hancock having obtained the' invoice and pattern cards of several houses, proceeded to call upon other manufacturers, . to wlinin he intro- duced himself bv shewing invoices as conclusive proof of the respectability of the- house of whieh IT was the- head. By this trick he imposed upon numerous factors, who judging front the extent of business the house was- carrying on, were induced lo execute his- orders to a considerable extent. In one or two instances where- there was some little1 hesitation to sShd'- iii ihe goods, Hane'ock immediately referred the party to Mr. Steven- son, who, on application, 2mld do no less than ac-- Kiiowledue the prompt'tude with which his acbount was discharged. Saturday was invariably named as the general pay day,, and all to Whom orders were given were leqnested to attend for payment Ihe Safur-- day after tha goods- were delivered. By means like these the'firm managed fo delude numerous factors and tradesmen in the town until file lauer end uf last week,, wrhen the warehouse was literally besieged by persons seeking interviews with the principals, a d solic t'ng the payment. of' their accounts. In the course of Friday Hancock was missing, and during the whole of Satur- day the only person 10 be seen on the' premises, except scores of importunate creditors, was a man named Docker,- a porter employed by the Company. The premises were completely destitute of stock, and nothing but 4 high partition, erected to form a counting house,, or rather a place of concealment, was found in the warehouse. Docker, who appears to have been entirely guiltless of any ptrticipatiow : n t': e fra idulent transaction, committed by the swindlers, stales that, although he was witness to numerous packages of goods arriving on the premises, he was never allowed, except'in one instance, to witness or take any part in their removal. Ou one occasion fo carried a hamper of wine to the carriers, directed to some gentleman at Dudley ; but he has entirety forgot the name. Docker was always- dismissed' about five o'clock in the evening, after which hour, recording to the testimony of the neighbours, Addenbrooke came to the warehouse, and was frequently employed to a late hour in removing: heavy packages of every description of manufactured goods. The work of removal appears to have been completed on Friday night; and on Saturday the entire firm had. disappeared. The porter asserts his entire ignorance of their retreat. Hancock's orily assistant in tne warehouse was a notorious swindler named An- drewss whoy we frelieve, has been once convicted of the offence. The company may be said, therefore, to have been constituted of Messrs. Hancock, Andrews, and Addenbrrnke; but the'latter being too well known, only visited the premises at night. Among the many respectable houses duped by these regular trading thieves we may mention Mr. Price, jeweller, Great Hampto 1- stree ; Messrs. Bartleet and Co. St. Paul's Square ; Mr. Bradley, pelicil- case maker, Livery : tr - et ; Mr. Sotifer, tea- urn manufacturer, New Marke't- stieet ; Messrs. Scott and Tomlinson, paper dealers, Bath- street; Mr. Westwood', gun- maker, Great Charles- street; Mr. Wheeler, wine merchant, Upper Temple- street; Mr. Balton, rule- maker, Loveday- street; Mr. Evans, maltster, of Small Brook- street; ' Mr. Sturge* s, Britannia- inetal warehouse; Mr. Perry, watch- maker, & c. Sc. We sincerely hope that every possible exertion will be made to bring to justice this notorious gang. A declaration against Ihe Reform Bill is now cir- culating in this county. The signatures already subscribed to it are of the highest respectability.— Norfolk Chronicle. IMPORTANT TO SHERIFF'S OFFICERS.— Scot v. Marshall and Po'ayid.— This was an action in the Court of Exchequer last week, against the Sheriff of Middlesex, for having demande d and received from'a prisoner in his custody big' er fees than he was entitled to take by law. Tiie action was founded 011 a penal statute, the 23d Henry VI. cap. 9, which allows uo larger fees to be' taken from persons arrested than ' 20,1. for the sheriff, and 4d. for the bailiff, 011 pain of treble the amount nf damages being paid to the party aggriev- ed. The nominal defendant was fhe Sheriff of Middlesex, but the actual defendant was Radford, a bailiff, residing in Carey- street, who. it was proved, had taken £ 3 from the plaintiff for a bail- bond, and Is. for his trouble in smr ' Mtig to see whether any detainers were lodged agai ist the plaintiff It was contended 011 the part of llie defendant, that the statute under which the action was brought was penal, and ought to be construed strictly, and that the sheriff ought n^ t, therefore to be made to suffer for the illegal conduct of the bai iff. Besides, the act declared that 110 higher fees than those mentioned in it should be taken by the sheriff and his officers, for " his own use and profit;" and no evidence had been produced to prove thai the sheriff had in the present instance, derived any use aud profit from the sum received by tlie bail if. li was, moreover, stated that the rale of fees prescribed by the act was so low, that it. could not be acfed upon, and had not in fact been acted upoi'i for a length of time.— The Lord Chief Baron said, that if the fees p escribed by the act of Henry VI. were too small, it was for the Parliament to alter ihem ; but at present that act was the law of the land. He was therefore of opinion that ihe verdict must go against the defendant; but he should leave it to the jfny to say whether they thought tlte sheriff had derived any use and profit from tlie money received by the bailiff.— The iury accordingly gave a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £ 9. 3s.; but stated, that in their opinion the sheriff had derived no use or profit from the money. THE WANDERING PIPER — This genthman, after having piptd through otir principal streets, lodged , his hard earned gains in Ihe hands of Mr. John Taylor, Turk street, to be given to the poor- house, and took his departure for Derry 011 I riday morning. We are now in possesion of all the frets concerning his enterprise, and subjoin the following short history ; The general supposition has been, that the piper was the celebrated Captain R Barclay Alderdyce, of Ury ; hut some as positively asserted that he was Captain Gordon, of ( he 93d; and a few ( here were who de- clared that he was Mr. Alexander Gordon M'Don ihl, from Alienieetr. Now we can st. nte lhat he is neither the one nor tlte other; bis real name isStnart, the decendant of a respectable family, in the county of Argyte. He held a commission in ( lie army during the late war, served under Sir John M'Wne and tlte Duke of Wellington, arid sold his commission after the battle of Waterloo. His opponent is Count Bender, a French Nobleman, who was educated iu Scotland, at the same sellout with Captain Stuart, and between whom an intimacy subsisted. They BWt in London, in the beginning of 18' 28, when a d^ spt- sle arose concerning the hospitality of different lu- itkin.,, which ended in both parties agreeing, f< nr the mini of ±' 5,000, to travel as common musicians for the space of three years— the one in Britain and 1 IT [ VIED, and the olher in France, and whoever skouhl have the most money in the end uras to- gain the prize. Captain Stuart, will conclude his arduous task at Derry, where he is tibfiged to pipe a .' CMHI time, in consequence of a clause in the agreement, which binds him to play twice in tlie streets of every city ill Britain and Ireland, except in London, where be will immediately proceed to compare notca with his antagonist. — Dublin Times. A Correspondent observing the shameless attempts of many persons to vend Iheir various wares under Ihe pretence of their being good against Cholera, begs to inform our younger readers, that such un- principled impudence is not without precedent.— In the year 1750, a mad enthusiast, a private in the Life Guards, predicated that l- oodun would be over- thrown on ( he 8th of April in that year, when an impadent quack sold a large cargo of pills, which be assured the people were " good against earthquakes !" I — Vide Life of Dr. Home, by Jonis, of Nnylund. FOR 1UE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. THE WANDERER. The trees their shadows lengthened^ The birds had ceased their song* The cftrfew loudly tolling* It? dismal warning rung, The waTtd'ier saw before him Tbe happy village stand, /• ml bless'd tiie night that bore him To his own,- his native, land. Thelond and distant greeting Now broke upon his can When, overcome- with gladness, JTe dropp'd the joyous tedr ; hastened quickly onward, To meet the happy band N^ w joined to give-- him welcome To his own, his native, land. J. H. imperial parliament with their opinions in the course of the long discus- sion the bili of last Session produced ; they seemed to have reserved the artillery of their eloquence for tlte present time, after the brittle was over, and the army in the rear of which they hung had been defeated. ( Cheers.) Ibe great object which required the attention of all parties was, not to consider what Reform Bill they should adopt, or whether any ; but to require, in the first place, that his Majesty's govern- ment should render them a free deliberative assembly, which lliey could not be so long as the Political Unions existed. They were, referred, as to the standard of w hat they ought to do, to the Union of Birmingham. This subject must be inquired into. They must know, before they proceeded to legislate upon any subject, upon what footing they stood. In the language of Ihe Speech he fully concurred. It only remained for Ministers to follow it up with the necessary vigour, and they might depend upon the support of Parliament. As to tbe question of reform, he should do bis duty when the subject was before them. He believed the situation anil temper of the country to be greatly altered since the subject last engaged tlieir attention. HOUSE OP LORDS— TUESDAY. Parliament having been summoned to meet Ihis day for Ihe dispatch of business, the King, attended by the Great Officers of the Crown, went in tbe usual Stale lo the House of Lords to open Ihe Ses.- ion. His Majesty entered the House al half past two o'clock, aud having ascended the Throne, delivered the following most gracious Speech :— " My Lords, and Gentlemen, " 1 have called you together lhat you may resume, without further delay, the important dutie s lo which the circumstances of tbe times require your iniiue- diate attention ; and 1 sincerely regret the incon- venience which 1 am well » « are you must experience from so eai ly a renewal of your labours, afler tbe short interval of repose allowed you from the fatigues of tbe lust Session. " I feel it lo le my duty, in the first place, to recomineud to your most careful consideration the measures which will be proposed to you for a lteform in tbe Commons House of Parliament. A speedy and satisfactory settlement of this question becomes daily of more pressing importance to the security of the State, and to the ccntentnient and welfare of my people. " I deeply lament the distress which still prevails in many parts of my dominions, and for which the preservation of peace both at home and abroad will, under tbe blessing of Divine Providence, afford the best aud most effectual i emedy ; 1 leel assured of your disposition to adopt any practicable measures, which you will always find me ready and anxious to assist, both for removing the causes uud initigat. ing Ihe effects of the want of employment, which Ihe embarrassments of commerce and ihe consequent interruption of the pursuits of industry have occasioned. " It is with great concern that 1 have observed the existence of a disease ut Sunderland, similar iu its appearance aud charueler to lhat which has existed in many parts of Europe. Whether it is indigenous, or has been imported from abroad, is a question involved in much uncertainty, but its progress bus neither been so extensive nor so fatal as on Ihe Continent. It is not, however, the less necessary to use every precaution against the further extension of this malady ; aud Ihe measures recommended by those who bave had the best opportunities of observing it, as most effective for this purpose, have been adopted. " In parts of Ireland a systematic opposition has been made lo tbe payment of tithes, attended iu some instances wilh afflicting results; and it will lie one of your first duties to inquire whether it may uot be possible to effect improvements iu the laws respecting this subject w Inch may afford the necessary protection to ihe Established Church, aud at the same time, remove the present causes of complaint. But in this and every other question affecting Ireland, it is above all things necessary to look fo the best means of securing internal peace and order, which nloue seem wanting to raise a country blessed by Providence w ith so many natural advantages to a state of the greatest prosperity. " The conduct of Ihe Portuguese Government, and the repeated injuries to which my subjects have beeu exposed, have prevented a renewal of my diplomatic relations wilh that kingdom. The stale of a country so long united wilh this by the lies of the most intimate alliance must necessarily be to me an object of the deepest Interest, and the return to Europe of the illustrious House of Bragauza, aud llie dangers of a disputed succession, will require my most vigilant attention to events by which nut only the safely of Portugal, but the general interests of Europe may be aficeted. " T he arrangement which I announced to you at Ihe close of Ihe lusl Session, for the separation of Ihe Slates of Holland and Belgium, has been fol- lowed by a treaty between the Five Powers and the King of tbe Belgians, which I have directed to be laid before you us soon as tbe ratifications shall have been exchanged. A similar treaty bus not yet been agreed to by Ibe King of tbe Netherlands; bul I trust the period is not distant when that Sovereign will see the necessity of acceding to an arrangement in which Ihe Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers bave unanimously concurred, and which has been franied with tbe most careful aud impartial attention to all tbe interests concerned I have the satisfac- tion to inform you thai I have concluded with Ihe King of the French a convention, which 1 bave di- rected to be laid before you, Ihe object of which is the effectual suppression of Ihe African slave trade; this convention, having for its basis the concession of reciprocal rights to be mutually exercised in specified latitudes and places, w ill, 1 trust, enable llie naval folccs of tbe Iwo countries to uccomplish, by llieir combined efforts, an object which is felt by both to be so important to the interests of humanity. " Regarding tbe state of Europe generally, the friendly assurances which 1 receive from Foreign Powers, and Ihe union which subsists between me and my Allies, inspire me with a confident hope that peace will not be interrupted. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, fl I lltlve directed the Estimates for Ihe ensuing year lo be prepared, mid they will in due time be laid before you. J will take care lhat they shall be framed with the strictest regard to economy, and I trust to your wisdom and patriotism to make such provision as may be required for the public service. " My Lords, and Gentlemen, " Tbescenes of violence and outrage which have occurred in the eily of Bristol, and iu some other places, have caused me the deepest affliction. Hie authority of the laws must be vindicated by the punishment of offences which have produced BU extensive a destruction of property, and so melan- choly a loss of life. I think it light to direct your attention to Ihe best means of improving the muni- cipal police of the kingdom in the more effectual protection of ihe public peace aguiust the recurrence of similar commotions, " Sincerely attached to our free constitution, I never can sanction any interference with the legiti- mate exercise of those rights which secure to my people tbe privilege uf discussing and making known their grievances: but iu respecting those lights it is also my duty to prevent combinations, under whatever pretext, which in their form and character ure incompatible with alt regular govern- ment, and are equally opposed to the spirit and to the provisions of the law ; and 1 know that 1 shall |) ot appeal iu vaiu to my faithful ." subjects to second Iny determined resolution to repress all illegal pro- ceedings by which the peace aud security of my dominions may be endangered." In the House of Lords, tbe Address to His Majesty in reply to the Speech was moved by the Earl of CAMPKBpoyrN, and seconded by Lord L"\ TTKI/ ION. — The latter nobleman, iu his address, made some allusions to the rejection of the late Reform Bill, for which became iinder Ihe lash of the l^ ikc of llucic- l. fCimJ aud Lord El. DON, who said that Bill was extinct, and tlieir Lordships therefore bad, constitu- tionally speaking, no reason to know any thing about it; aud whenever the pew bill was brought forward they should ileal with it according to its merits.— The Earl of HAUROWUY proposed, as an amendment to the Address, that instead of expressing their hop s, they should thank His Majesty for communicating the hopes be entertains that the period is not distant when the King of tbe Netherlands will agree to the arrangements in Which the Allies have concurred.— This Amendment was assented ( o by Earl Grey, and the Address was unanimously adopted. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM said, he did not recol- lect that the noble lords, the mover and seconder of the Address, bad either of them favoured ( be House In the House of Commons, the Address w as moved by Lord CAVENDISH, and seconded by Sir FRANCIS VINCENT— An amendment similar to lhat proposed by the Earl of Harrowby was suggested and adopted ; and I bus amended the Address was unanimously agreed to. The following were the only interesting Speeches delivered on the occasion :— Mr. CHOKER— I am so reluctant to address the House on Ihe present occasion, that 1 should gladly give way lo any lion, gentleman, for none can be less entitled than I am to its attention. I rise, how- ever, lo enter my protest against some of tbe prin- ciples laid down, or rather, perhaps, to be inferred, from the speeches of those who have preceded me ; such a course is absolutely necessary ou my pari, and, I dure say, on the part of others who now bear ine. We desire to guard ourselves from the suppo- sition, that because we do not move an amendment, we participate in the views and measures of government. The hon. baronet who last addressed tbe bouse told us that the Speech from the throne was manly and straightforward— such as became the constitutional King of a free people. ( Cheers ) If by tbe words « manly and straightforward," it be meant lhat any clear and distinct views of policy are promulgated, 1 will venture to assert that a less manly aud straightforward Speech was, perhaps, never delivered. ( Hear, hear.) I am not about to blame the Speech : it has a great deal of modera- tion, which seems very wisely and properly cal culated to prevent division and debate on tbe first day of a session ; but it is not, therefore, manly and straightforward. For instance, on ihe great question of reform what does it tell ns? Docs it give us the slightest information? Does it let us into tbe secret whether the bill to be introduced by the noble lord on Monday next is to be the same as lhat offered and rejected in the last session ? Are we to have Ihe identical measure which produced so innch inflammation— the bill, Ibe whole bill, and nothing but the bill— or are we to have a more moderate and better- regulated plan, avoiding ad- mitted anomalies, and granting a more limited con- cession ? In this respect is the Speech manly antl straightforward ? Again, 1 say that 1 do not blame ministers for the general terms iu which tbe King's Speech is couched ; but, however manly and straight- forward it may be in principle, it certainly is not so in expression. ( Cheers.) The honourable baronet echoed the sentiments of tbe King's Speech, In which, notwithstanding some ambiguity in the terms, I am most ready to agree. Would to God we could hope for a speedy and satisfactory con- clusion of the reform question! Would to God we could soon nllay the hideous tempest ministers have raised 1 ( Cheers.) In what words do they cover Iheir romantic and Quixotic wish tbat the termina- tion may be speedy aud satisfactory ? I tell ministers now, as I told them before, that whatever may be their speed, satisfaction will lag far behind. ( Hear, hear.) I tell them that the measure Ihey are about to produce, if it in any degree resemble Ihe bill of last session, so far from giving satisfaction, will only be Ihe beginning of trouble. Ministers, and their immediate retainers, may be satisfied, inas. much as it will keep tlieni ministers and retainers; but the great body of the State stands aloof, and of whom does it consist? First, of the large mnss of reformers who, for a moment, and but for moment, arc in alliance with ministers. Secondly, that vast proportion of the thinking community, which is unwilling lhat such a desolating hand should sweep clown and level with the ground our most ancient and sacred institutions. ( Cheers.) will not hesitate to inquire what proportion of Ihe intelligent classes are in the second division ; bnt Ihey constitute a vast and overwhelming majority, and may be almost said to be an universality of the educated people of England. Neither of these two divisions can be satisfied with the bill. Has ihere been a single public meeting which has not coupled approbation of the measure with a much larger and wider reform to be obtained hereafter ? Have We not been told in distinct words that this bill is only a stepping- stone to something else ? Was it not avowed at one of tbe most important of those as- semblies— important from Ihe numbers and weight of the individuals present— that this was not the reform required ? Did tbey not say, " This is not the reform eve want, but it is the first step to it; accept it, therefore, as the means of obtaining all the rest. If yon are foolish enough lo quarrel with ministers in this early stage ofthe subject, yon will defeat Ihe end of ultimate and complete success Take what you can get now, not only without prejudice to your future claims, but with the great advantage of additional power lo enforce them." ( Hear, hear.) This, I say, is ihe language of those who are friendly lo tbe bill out of doors. The hon. baronet asks why no Tories went to these public tneelings to exhibit their hostility ? Does he re collect what occurred at Bristol? I do not accuse the people of England of participating in the spirit which led to the riots there ; but will the hon. baronet tell me, when tbe constitution of society in this country is in such a state tbat a judge, wilh all precaution, and under tbe sanction of his Majesty's government, canot enter a large city— ( cheers)— and when he is censured for tbe obsliuacy and temerity with which be proceeded, shall we blame the Tories for not attending meetings where they could not have a hope of being heard? Had the Tories shown themselves ut such meetings, would they not have been accused of volunteering inflammation on the public mind ; and would not the blaine have been instantly shifted from the shoulders of the malefactors to those of the injured party ? ( Much cheering from the opposition tfoches.) When be will procure for us all we want— a t'lear stage and a fair hearing— I, for one, am ready to lllfcft honourable gentleman and his friends iu any of li. pse ordeals, and to give reasons for Ihe faith that is ill me —( Hear, hear, hear.) But, wilh one breath, he fells IIS that handful! ol" men were uble to destroy utmost the second city of tlie empire, and in Ibe next, lie challenges us to attend public meetings of i eformcrs, and asserts, because we do not attend, that we are ashamed of the state of public feeling which iu so much against us. The next topic of this manly and straightforward Speech is the prevalence of poli- tical unions ; and here I am bound to admit that there are expressions, especially towards the latter end, which bave my entire and cordial approbation ( Cheers,) I agree with ministers tbat tliere can be — or, at least, ought to be— but one government in the country. There ought not to be one government iu Dowuiug- street, another in the Strand, a third at Birmingham, a fourth at Manchester, aud u fifth at Bristol. ( Hear, hear.) The painful experience of the last " few months bus shown us, that such a state of things must cud in the ruiu of any country that submits to it— it must end in the ruiu of any imbecile popularity- hunting cabinet. ( Cheers and laughter.) Although I entirely approve of tbe meeting of parliament, on this day; although tbe stale of the world, and of England in particular, considering that state positively, relatively, offi- cially, aud commercially, and,. above all, politically, requires that the King should be aided by the wisdom of the great council of the nation, yet I believe that wc are not indebted for it to tbe sagacity, to the firmness, or even to the terrors of the ministers. ( Hear, hear.) No, no ; their masters told them that they must meet iu Ihe first week in December. ( Much cheering.) They told them that before the cholera made ils appearance— before the political unions bad attempted organization— before Bristol had been burnt— before the whole frame of society was in a state, if not of dissolution, of precuriousu'css- it was the order of the great leader of Ibe leader of tbe cabinet that parliament was to meet. I really do not know whether the phrase was not tITut it should meet in the first week in December. ( Much cheering.) Tbe plea- sure 1 have derived from some of the constitutional expressions in the Speech, 1 must say, is exceed- ingly diminished when we have the substantial proof that tbe ministry is Itself subservient to the identical associations aud influence which tbey are so naturally anxious, but so powerless to put down. ( Cheers.) 1 Hope it w ill not be necessary to resort to any extraordinary measures. 1 hope lhat timely suggestions upon the subjec t were directed to other places as well as to Birmingham—( hear, hear)— und that the example will be followed. The noble lord ( Cavendish) has appeared to- night, 1 believe, for the first time, as a debater among ns. 1 hope lie will In future have frequent opportunities of thus illustrating the great name that be bears • but I cannot concur with him in tbe comment he has read on one part of the Royal Speech. He tells Us that the mode ministers intend to adopt of putting down unions is by tbe redress of grievances. If grievances exhit, let them be redressed, but first let them be shown. Carry the law into effect, and do not grant to force what you would resist to reason. ( Much cheering.) I am filled with alarm wheu 1 think what may thus become of tbe firmness and consistency of ministers, and this commentary comes wilh peculiar effect iu connexion with the next topic in the Speech — tithes in Ireland. Ministers tell us that there bus been a systematic resistance to the payment Of tithes in Ireland. This is tbe first time 1 have heard of it. I know, indeed, that there were local objections, and lhat two persons of a better rank were convicted of a conspiracy for ex- c- ifing Ihe deluded peasantry. They were convicted, but the punishment was remitted, and if the re. instance were local this lenient course might be likily lo assuage the evil. If, on the other hand, It was a general aud formidable combination to resist ihe payment of tithes, or, in other words, to shake the foundation of property, I should have thought a different course advisable. I suppose tbat the uoble lord would apply to lithes the same argument that he applies to unions—" Put an end ( says he) to unions by conceding all their claims." In the same way he might say, " Put an end to the disputes re- garding tithes, by abolishing them." ( Hear.) De- stroy hereditary rights and equalise property, and the two great points required by tbe reformers will be gained at once. It is complained tbat the pay- ment of lithe is resisted, and what is the remedy ? Not enforce the law, because it is just aud necessary, but change it because it is unpalatable. But in reform as well as in tithes, it is a question of prin- ciple that is involved— no modification will be sufficient, aud you never will be able to satisfy the claimants without an entire destruction of the system. If there be bidden ill the Speech any such design— 1 do net suspect it, above all, from the right honourable Secretary for Ireland, whose sentiments do hiin so much honour and afford so much hope to Ireland— but if such a purpose do lurk under tbe fair- seeming w ords, to destroy tithes and to shake the tenure of all property, 1 shall be most vehemently and determinately opposed to it, not merely for Ihe sake of tbe church, but because I consider it like an assault upon the weaker part of a citadel, in order lhat the besiegers may incon- tinently become masters of tbe whole. Not only Ihe property of the church is aimed at, but all property that has belonged to the church— not merely tithes, but Woburn Abbey. ( Cheers.) I allude to it only as an illustration, for if the noble possessor had sal on Ihis side of the honse, I should have mentioned Woburn Abbey. I say with Mr. Burke, that not only Ihe tithes of the parish, but the Abbey of Woburn itself, must be sacrificed, and with il the properly uf ull the gentry in England. This principle is openly avowed iu some of the unions. They say tbat all properly arising from honest industry ought to be respected. So that property which has not been so derived has no chance of surviving. Against that principle 1 enter my protest: but the noble lord who opened the debate, on the olher hand, tells us not to resist, bul lo tranquillize by concession. He told us that the state of the church in Ireland was exceedingly bad, and that it was proved by the fact that the clergy could not get their rights without going to law— that that system must be bad which required the aid of Ihe strong arm of the law. Is tbe noble lird aware tbat such is the case wilh all fiscal regula- tions? I should like to know who ever voluntarily paid anything ? ( Hear, and laughter.) Could the noble lord get bis rents paid without Ibe intimida- tion of distress, and perhaps distress itself? If so, I should be glad lo know in what happy part of the kingdom he resides. Nothing is paid but either by force or dread of the law. He expressed a hope that tbe ministers of religion would be the last to object to new regulations—- in other words that they would conciliate by giving up their pro- perty. Wc are to satisfy reformers by giving up the constitution, and Ihey by giving up their pro- perly. Will the object then be accomplished ? No, not quite. It is a thirst tbat increases by drinking: " increase of appetite doth grow by what it feeds on." The more you give, the more you will be required to give. Once yield, and you can never yield enough. I will tell the noble lord, from ex- perience somewhat longer than his own, that what- ever concession is made should be distinguished much as possible from submission to terror. ( Cheers.) So far from thinking with him that it ought to be done because it is demaudctl, I say that it ought not lo be done if to do it be to yield to intimidation Upon Ihe next topic I can speak with more satis- faction— 1 mean the convention with France. On a former occasion I said that the only remedy for the ave trade was the concession of the right of search ; but it must not be granted by one nation only. If it stands alone it will be insufficient. Tbe flag of France will not be used, but that of some other nation which has not consented lo the arrangement, and the trade in human flesh alive will be kept up, although as odious and as destestablc as the trade in human flesh dead by the horrible murderers which have re- cently disgraced our metropolis. I have made these observations rather for the purpose of guarding myself from being suspected in concurring in what fell from the noble lord and the hon. gentleman opposite, than wilh a view to raise any opposition to the Speech of his Majesty : nor should I be willing to do anything which might appear to be wanting in respect to the highest person in the realm, unless 1 were called upon to do so in respect for my own honour. ( Hear) Sir C. WETHERELL said he did not rise for the purpose of entering generally into the subject of the Speech from theThrone. There was, however, one part of it ou which he felt extremely anxious to address the house; first, because it was a duty he owed to the public; secondly, a duty he owed to that house, having the honour of a seat there; and thirdly, it was a duly he owed to himself and lo his character. The part of the Speech to which he alluded was that in which reference was made to Ihe late calamitous and disastrous events at Bristol. 1 he Speceh went on simply to say that, with respect to these events, the law must tuke its course, and very properly abslained from entering into any history of them, or going into any details connected with these unfortunate proceedings. He should follow the same course. He would not enter into auy of the details, for it would be highly improper to enter into any discussion of events with respect to which an enquiry was now in progress, as well as into the conduct of tlie magistrates of Bristol. He was charged by the public press, particularly and individually, as being the author of all these calamitous aud most deplorable events, { fhe was justly chargeable with any part of the blame no reproach would be too severe for him. He Would deserve all the attacks that were made upon him, aud ought to hide his bead in any place to which the public contempt might consign him. The charge had been put forth againt him by all the newspapers, lie would not say in communication with government, but at least in communication with those who were connected with the govern- ment, aud who supplied those papers from time to time with articles of intelligence. So at least Ihose newspapers informed the public, and be had no reason lo doubt it. He did not mean altogether to censure the practice, if kept within due and proper limits, because it was one to which, perhaps, all governments bad recourse, more or less. The charge against him was, that he went down to Bristol to deliver the gaol against the remonstrances of his Majesty's ministers, and contrary to the recommendations and representations of the magis- trates of Bristol. For this supposed conduct on his part every species of abuse, and every epithet of contempt, was heaped upon him by the press. He was called a selfish, wrong- headed, foolish man, who, to gratify tbe suggestions of political hostility, did not hesitate to draw down such calamities upon a populous city. Now he distinctly asserted that every part of this charge was false, base, scanda- lous, and calumnious. ( Cheers.) If these attacks in Ihe public press were confined merely to remarks on his speeches relative to the Reform Bill, or to any other subject, he should not notice Iheni; for if the day consisted of twenty- five in place of twenty- four hours, it would not be sufficiently long to enable him to draw up even a catalogue of thein. That be should be thus assailed by newspapers in connexion with the government, and which he must presume had the means of obtaining more correct information, was an exercise on the part of the conductors of such papers of a most base and oppressive tyranny. He should not use such lan- guage if he did uot believe that the men who thus attacked him knew well that they were uttering most calumnious falsehoods. ( Cheers ) The facts were these :— A deputation, consisting of one of tbe Sheriffs of Bristol, of an Alderman of the city, and another gentleman, wailed upon him, and ( as we understood) desired to know whether they should make preparation for his public entry into Bristol as Recorder in the usual way. A conversation took place upon the subject, and he asked tiiein whether an adequate constabulary force could be furnished iu the city to secure the public peace ? They informed him not, aud that military force would be necessary besides. He directed the deputation, therefore, to wait upon the Secretary for the Home Department, and as he thought their communica- tions to the noble viscount at the head ofthe Home Department would be made more freely if be was not present, he therefore absented himself, and took no part in the interview, that an oppoitunity might be given for making and answering inquiries more freely. They accordingly waited on the noble viscount, and asked him whether there would be any objection on tbe part of government to afford some military assistance? Before giving an answer, Ihe noble viscount ( Lord Melbourne) desired that they might call again, accompanied by tbe Recorder himself ( Sir C. Wellterell). He, therefore, wilh the deputation, waited on the nohle viscount, and il was in consequence arranged that every thing should go on as usual upon the public entry of the Recorder, and lhat a military force would be In readiness, if necessary, to aid the civil power. Upon neither occasion was Ihere a word said by tbe noble viscount as to the propriety of postponing the sessions. If government thought the gaol delivery, under the circumstances; ought to besnspended for a time, in preference to the risk of endangering the public peace of tbe clty,£ tnd of employing a military force, they bad two opportunities of saying so, oue when the deputation first waited on the noble viscount, when lie ( Sir C. W ) was not present, and tbe second when he was present. If any part of the ceremony of tbe public entry could be dis- pensed with he expressed himself perfectly ready to concur in so dispensing with it. He trusted this flat and decided contradiction to thegross calumnies circulated in the newspapers would be considered by tbe honse and by the country a sufficient refutation of them, and that he wcnld stand acquitted in the minds of all men whose good opinion was of any value. ( Cheers.) For a whole fortnight were these attacks directed against him n the London newspapers; they were then trans- ferred to the country papers, and again re- echoed from Ihe provincial press in that of the metropolis. The attacks upon him were not less violent in Paris than in Loudon, for all Ihe London papers said was repeated iu GalignanVs Messenger. What the morning splendour ofthe Times bronght forth was not obscured by the evening radiance of tho Sun; and the charges aud calumnies and lies of the rest were repeated with still increased acrimony by the Courier. In one of the communications from Paris, under the name of " Private Correspondence," it was said that his conduct had excited universal indignation, and tbat it was as generally condemned in the coteries of the Rue de Richelieu as it was iu London. The violent attacks of the Irish papers kept pace with those of the English. This must be a little provoking to any man, but particularly to one who felt that he was innocent, and that those attacks were totally and entirely destitute of foundation. It would, however, have been un- worthy of his place in society, it would have been unworthy of him as a member of that house, he should have degraded himself as a gentleman, if he entered into any exposition of tbe real circum- stances of tbe case with tbe conductors of those papers. ( Cheers.) Holding his Majesty's commis- sion, and as a member of that house, who sincerely and zealously opposed the Reform Bill in all its stages, he determined nol to enter into the least explanation with the conductors of a press who circulated those calumnies on account of tbe part he took upon that bill. Had he condescended to explanation there was not one conductor ol" the radical or reform press to whom he must not bave been under the necessity of sending a note some- thing to the following effect :—" Pray, Mr. Editor, be so good as IO contradict a statement into which your able and well- conducted journal has inad- vertently fallen with respect to the cause of the late calamitous events at Bristol." He could not condescend lo any such address— to the use of lan- guage in which it would be altogether impossible that truth and civility could be combined. Another charge made against him was; lhat on the day before he enlered Bristol he was remonstrated wilh by the magistrates, and requested not to make a public entry. It was true, indeed, that at Bath two communications were made to him. In one be was informed of tbe plans that had been arranged by the magistracy to prevent disturbance by the employ tnent of the civil force of the city, and in the second that a military force was at hand, if necessary, and would be stationed in covered places where tbey would be invisible to the populace. In point of fact, tbey did not parade the streets during his public entry. Not one soldier was to be seen; and were it not for what subsequently happened the military might have passed completely unseen from tbe town, without its being known that they had been at all called in there. He should not enter into a detail of the lamentable events that followed, hut content him- self with contradicting one circumstance mentioned in some of the numerous reports that were circulated It was Said that he made his escape suddenly from Bristol Ihe moment there was the least ground for ap- prehending danger. Now the truth was he did not fake his depart ure until he saw the carpet taken off the room in which he was for fhe purpose of barri- cading the windows. Seeing that, he thought he had no longer any business to remain there in the character of a judge. What occurred on tbe days subsequent to his departure be knew nettling of, nor would be now allude to matters which were at present tinder investigation. He trusted he had now fully exculpated himself to the satisfaction of the house from the charges made against him. ( Cheers from both sides of the house.) He would not appeal to the liberality of lion, members on cither side of fhe house, bnt he boldly called upon any hon. member, either those with whom he was in the habit of acting, or those with whom he differed in political opinion, to say what other course he could bave pursued. ( Cheers.) If be had not proceeded to Bristol to discharge his public duty there, what terms of reproach, of dis- respect, and vituperation were tliere that would not have been vomited forth against him by the con- ductors of the radical and reform press of England? ( Cheers.) He would be told that he basely deserted bis public duty from a fear of the hatred that his op position fo reform had excited— that he luid knowing ly and falsely represented the people of England as opposed to reform— that he first invented a calumny, and then, like a base coward, took advantage of his own falsehood. In one of these papers, the ink of which was scarcely yet dry, it was asserted that Ihe reason why he was left out of the commission was the dissatisfaction of the government as to his conduct in proceeding to Bristol. He would not sloop to the refutation of such falsehoods. If his explanation was satisfactory to the honse, he cared little whether it satisfied the libellers or not. The allusions made by the mover and seconder of the Address to the events at Bristol rendered it necessary for him to trouble the house witli these observations. The noble lord who moved the Address said the transactions at Bristol did not grow out of the reform question, but were to be attributed lo those who in every large town were always ready to seize upon any opportunity that might present itself for disturbing the public peace and exciting tumult. He would not undertake to say what part of these scandalous disorders were to be attributed to the reformers, and what part not, or what were the views of the various individuals con- cerned. Such an anatomy of men's motives was im- possible, It was said the rioters consisted of the very lowest of tbe populace. He should neither aflirm nor deny that these tumults originated with the reformers; but a document was put into his band which did not allow him lo come to Ihc conclusion that no part of the blame belonged to the reformers. It was a paper dated tbe 25th of Ottober, 1831, in which the Union of Bristol took upon themselves to depose the ma- gistracy and the Recorder of Bristol. The Union of Bristol, in this document, said they heard with sur- prise that the magistrates of Bristol had desired and Obtained the assistance of a military force to convey Sir C. Wetherell into Bristol. This was not true. They then proceeded to say that if the magistrates were incompetent to maintain the public peace with- out the aid of armed troops, they were incompetent to their duties, and others should be elected in their stead who were more competent. They further de- clared that a person wearing the robes of a judge should never be a political character, because he could not have the confidence of the public, and that therefore the present Recorder of Bristol ought to be displaced. If this principle of the Bristol Union was a good one, if it was to be acted upon, Lord Brougham and Vaux—( a laugh)— Lord Vaux, who, as Lord Chancellor of England, was a political as well as a civil officer— Lord Brougham and Vaux— ( a laugh)— must instantly quit his place; be must retire ; he must not hold it twenty- four hours longer. He did not know who were to be magistrates or Re- corder ; but, according to the doctrine laid down in this paper by the Bristol Union, if the employment of military force should at any time become necessary in any place, the magistrates of such place must no longer continue in their places. The Union concluded by recommending peace and submission to the laws as the only means by which tbey could obtain the rights they sought. With such a document as this before him, he could not undertake to say what portion of the excitement which gave rise to the events at Bristol was to be attributed to one party or the other; but, at all events, more of the blame was at- tributable to the Bristol Union than to him. It Was said by the hon. baronet who seconded the Address that great praise was clue to tbe government for the promptitude with which they issued tbe commission for trying the rioters at Bristol. He believed the word promptitude was not used in the Address, be- cause if it was he should feel it his duty to move an amendment. Some weeks back, in alluding to what took place at Nottingham, where the castle of a noble duke was burned down in consequence of the part taken by him in opposition to tiie Reform Bill, he tdok occasion to observe, that when the people acted on principles ' of vengeance in the pursuit of any political object, and in opposition to those who differed from them, the partition walls between tbe houses of reformers and those who differed from tliein would not stand long. Tbe castle of the noble duke was burned down in Nottingham because he was an anti- reformer, and so, in less than a month after, was the Excise- office in Bristol, which was not an anti- reformer, and other public buildings of that city. When a tumult was raised in any place, upon any one political ground, no matter what, or upon any principle, that principle soon came into operation with others, and the first motive of action, whatever it might be, com bined itself wilh others. It was for these reasons he urged the necessity in the last session of parliament of immediately sending clown a commission to Not- tingham. The government shewed no promptitude then, nor did they show any now. There was no commission yet sent to Nottingham. With respect to the Bristol commission, he did not know for what reason the names of the Recorder and of the magis- trates of the city were left out of it. He contended he had a fight to have his name placed in that commission. It was omitted, however though lie put in his claim first to the Secretary of State, and renewed it afterwards to the Lord Chancellor. Though be claimed as Recorder of Bristol the right of being named in the commission, let it not be sup- posed that he was influenced by a desire to try prisoners against whom he could, by possibility, be supposed to be influenced by political bias. No judge could desire to sit in his officii! capacity, at least no judge ought to desire so to sit, and most certainly he did not, if it could be supposed even by speculation that a prejudice existed in his mind against the prisoners whom he was to try. Whatever might be his feelings, he had at all events a right to be on the commission, and put iu the same claim for the magistrates of the corporation. He had had no reason to believe that government by the omission meant to cast any sligma upon him, but they acted unadvisedly and improperly in not inserting in the commission the names of all the persons on whom the duty usually devolved of delivering the gaol. Per haps ministers were apprehensive that if their names were inserted it would be thought they were inserted merely for the purpose of proving that tlie govern- ment was not to be influenced or iutimidalcd by the Bristol Union. But did tbe house forget that some of bis Majesty's cabinet ministers corresponded with these unions: that they wrote letters to the Birmingham Union, which agreed to resolutions that bordered on, if they did not extend to, high treason ? The Bristol Union did, so far as they could, depose the Recorder and the magistrates of Bristol before ministers left tlietn Out of the commission. He did not mean to impute improper or unworthy motives to govern- ment, but be must say that they showed great want of judgment. There was no precedent for leaving out Ihe name of llie Recorder and magistrates such A case, unless, indeed, they went for a pre- cedent to the times of such a judge as Jeft'eries— a precedent that would not be calculated to raise tbe character of Ihe proceeding in his estimation or in that of any constitutional lawyer. If the new municipal law alluded to in the Speech was to be special lo Bristol; and tbe magistrates of that cor- poration were thereby to be. deprived of their offices, he should most decidedly oppose such a step. There was one part of the Speech he heard with pleasure — that which announced Ihe convention with France for putting clown the slave trade. It would go far- iher to effect the object than anything which had been yet done. He should, however, withhold his approbation until he knew what the terms of this convention were. Whatever tbey might be, the end proposed could not be folly accomplished until such time as other states are induced to co operate. This convention, however, could not fail to forward the views of government, and to induce other nations to concur. A wold now with respect to the Poli- tical Unions. It was said that the executive had re- course to the usual constitutional mode of meeting the emergency, and tbat the Sovereign had a right so to do. To this he assented. If, however, it was meant lo be inferred that the Birmingham Union alone, from the nature of the resolutions to which they came, and their appointment of officers of various ranks and gradations— if it was meant that the Birmingham Union alone wus involved ill Ibe proclamation, or that the charge of illegality was applicable to lhat alone, be utterly denied it. lie bad no hesitation in asserting lhat the Manchester and other unions were equally illegal, which de clared hereditary rights unnatural; and also the London Union, which had been lately forsaken by the hon. baronet opposite ( Sir F. Burdett), who withdrew his name from it. Though associations of this kind might, at the commencement, avow that their object was the attainment of a legal and con- stitutional object, if that object should afterwards enter into combination with others of a quite differ- ent character, Ihey became illegal. He could not concur in the pruise bestowed upon the Speech by the noble mover, w ho said it was straightforward. It gave no direct information on any point. Tbey were not told, for instance, what was to be the nature or extent of the new municipal police, or whether it waslo be special to Bristol. Tbey were not told what was the object or nature ofthe altera- tion suggested in ihe tithe system of Ireland. However, as the Address pledged the house to nothing specific, and left their future conduct per. fectly free upon all the topics it embraced, be did not feel himself called upon lo propose any amend- ment. His principal motive for rising was the allusion made in the Speech lo the events which took place at Bristol. He hoped he stood before the house acquitted of those charges which had been so long and so pertinaciously urged against him by the press—( Cheers)— aud which, in duty to the public, to the house, and to himself, he felt himself called upon to advert lo. Sir ROBERT P EEL ( after a review of various topics adverted to in the address from the Throne) said— He had reserved for the last topic of his speech the subject of Reform. He was called upon to assure his Majesty that he would proceed immediately to the most careful consideration of the important ques- tion of a reform in the Commons House of Parliament, and that he deemed a speedy and satisfactory settle- ment of the question essential to the security of the state, and the contentment and welfare of the people Now, as he had the declaration of the Right Honour- able Secretary, that no pledge was intended to be exacted from him by his concurrence in this assur- ance, he had no desire to oppose it. Every man was at liberty to place his own construction on the satisfactoriness of the settlement, and every man, therefore, could express his anxiety to see the question speedily and satisfactorily settled. The outline ofthe intended measure of reform was not even explained to the house. Whether it was to be the same bill with that of last session, or whether there were to be material variations from it, be would not on fhe present occasion pause to inquire ; for many days would not elapse before tbat measure would be form- ally and regularly submitted to their consideration, and the subject was too important to be debated in an incidental discussion. But though his most fervent wish was, that this question should he brought to a speedy and satisfactory settlement, he would candidly avow tbat he despaired of witnessing so desirable a consummation. ( Cheers from the opposition.) He was afraid that, in the different discussions on the Reform Bill, they had agilatcd principles which refused any satisfactory settlement. If he could bring hirtiself to imagine that the passing of this mea- sure would be the conclusion of the agitation to which it had given birth, many of his objections to it would disappear; but it was his conscientious belief tbat the principles of Ihe bill itself were so many impediments to the speedy and satisfactory settlement of the question of reform, which the Ministers them- selves had not the capacity to remove. ( Cheers front fhe opposition.) " We are at issue," continued Sir R. Peel, ' « as to the causes of the unsatisfactory state of the country. Of course the advocates of Reform say that it is attributable to lis, who oppose their favourite bill. On the other band, I tell you that it is to your measures, and to your measures alone, that it is owing ; for you cannot shake the foundations of the ancient institutions of a country without produc- ing discontent, which will long survive the introduc- tion ofthe measure which gave it existence. In the Speech from the Throne what do I read ? The admission of combination against property, of distress, of suspended confidence, of embarrassed commerce, of interrupted and paralyzed industry. ( Hear, hear.) I find in the Speech the admission of a spirit of vio- lence and outrage, which must be controuled by tlie power of the law, but which has hitherto only been repressed by the power of the sword, ( Hear, hear.) Do I hear anything of economy, of reduction of tax- ation, of reduclion of estimates? Nothing like it. Do 1 complain of this ? Am I of opinion lhat the estimates which will shortly be proposed for our consideration are greater than the emergencies of the state require ? No; but I have no hope that true economy will ever spring from reform, or at least from tbat reform which introduces changes into our system, tending to unsettle all the princpies of govern- ment. ( Hear, hear.) 1 hear sarcasms from various quarters, of the past measures of Tory governments. 1 hear invitations to us to attend public meetings, and to express our opinions on the great question which now agitates all bosunis, in the presence, I suppose, of the one hundred and fifty thousand philosophers of Birmingham. Alas, what a mockery of freedom of opinion and discussion is there ! ( Great cheering.) Has there ever been in the whole history of the last century any period in which such effectual practical restrictions were imposed on the freedom of speech, as have been imposed on it since the agitation of the question of reform? ( Immense cheering.) Believe me, Sir, there are other tyrannies than those of indi- vidual despots. ( Cheers.) Who can deny their existence ? Who can doubt their galling and oppres- sive character, w ho lias seen the bitter and unrelent- ing animosity wilh which the populace have pursued many of those great and illustrious characters who acted the part of good subjects and honest men in the House of Lords, without the least suspicion of unworthy motives ? And yet can it be denied that it was not safe for them to travel home to their country seats, after the conscientious votes which they had given in defence of the true interests of the people of England. ( Great cheering.) When the new measure of reform shall come under discussion, I for one promise to give it the most calm and dispas- sionate attention. 1 wish 1 could anticipate from its success the same tranquillizing and satisfactory results which are anticipated by the King's government. X wish that 1 could believe that the spirit of impatience against all restraint, and the reluctance to submit to any controul, which atprescnt pervades and convulses the land, was attributable to such causes as the oppo- sition which we have given to the progress of reform ; arid that the triumph, if triumph should betide, over our opposition, would bring back the halcyon days of peace and contentment, and restore that spirit of obedience which, under Tory governments at least, existed to the laws. ( Hear, hear.) I have attended the progress of great revolutions in other countries, and am not insensible to their symptoms in my own. For a time the disastrous scenes of confusion and bloodshed which were displayed in France to an appalled and astonished world, and the establishment of a reign of terror surpassing in atrocity anything heretofore known in history, exerted an undue influ- ence upon the public mind here, and indisposed us to the consideration even of beneficial changes. But do not confound tbe natural progress of events with such deplorable stenes as we recently saw exhibited at Bristol. Compare the first transactions elsewhere— in France, for instance— with their subsequent results, and see whether they arc not the natural and inevitable consequences of unsettling the minds of men, and of inuring them to projects of change and revolution, I read in tbe blood stained pages of the history of France, that before the days of Marat and Danton, denunciations were levelled against clubs, and against those who proposed agrarian laws. " Death to the proposer of agrarian laws," was the language of the Constitutional Assembly. I read, too, in the same melancholy collection of crime and horror, that when the King of France accepted the constitution of 1791, he began his speech with the terms " La revolution est finie," little dreaming in the exultation of the moment that the revolution was only then begun. The blame of opposing its progress was then thrown on priests and aristocrats. Here it is the boroiigbmongers who are made responsible for the very calamities which they are aiming to avert. What system of government can that be in which you deny to youropponents the free exercise of judgment and of speech? You cannot propose changes exten- sive as those of your Reform Bill, without expecting, if you are reasonable men, that they will encounter opposition. You may denounce that opposition— you may visit it with confiscation, exile, and death ; but so long as honour and courage exist among men — and in English bosoms 1 trust these qualities will find an eternal spring— you will not, you cannot, deter us from the expression of our honest opinions. ( Great cheering.) It is in a spirit of calmness and impartiality that I shall discuss the bill which the noble lord opposite me is about to introduce. 1 trust tbat it will be founded on more moderate principles than the last; but be it founded on what principles it may, I owe it as a duty to the people of England — 1 claim it as a right inherent in me as one of their representatives— to deliver my opinions honestly and boldly upon it; and as Ihe King, in the gracious Speech which we have Ihis day heard delivered from the Throne, admits the right of his subjects, even in confederated unions, publicly to declare their opi- nions and to make known their grievances, so 1, a loyal subject of tbe King, shall expect protection in return for my allegiance, if I should incur odium and unpopularity by protecting that which in my judg- ment I believe to be the real interest of the people of England against Ihcir wishes and temporary delu- sion." 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