3PMMTEE) IB¥ JOHN EPPOWEB, lun « r> T?< T This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLASI) and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted ut Six Shillings each VOL. XXXVIII.— N° 1977.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1831. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. VMTSMNSM IT ® ililSo 00 "\ TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a Meeting of the Trustees, to be holden at the Guildhall, in Shrewsbury, on Monday, the second Day cf 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 ( commencing 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, and will be put up at such Sums respectively.— Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same time pay one Month's Kent in Advance ( if required); and the Bidden are likewise required to come prepared with satisfactory Securities for Payment of the Kent to he agreed upon monthly, and Performance of the Contract which will fee in f& adiness for Execution. By Order ofthe Trustees, JOHN JONES, Clerk. £. The Tern and Emstrev Gates 011 the Shrewsbury District of the Watling Street Road & 50 The Bye Gate at Cronkhill Lane 50 t Ditto at Frodesley 21 $ 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 Th « Nobold Gate and Weighing Machine 011 the Road leading to Longden and Bishop's Castle, together with the Bye Gates belonging to the said Road — The Gate and Weighing Machine at Shelton, together with a Gate near the Eighth Mile- Stone on the Road to Pool 070 The Trewern and Middletown Gates on the New Branch of Road to Pool, also the Rose and Crown Gates 011 the Old Road 360 The Copthom Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Westbury 325 The Gates and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Minsterley 368 The Cotton Hill and Prescot Gates on the Road leading to Baschurch 260 Shrewsbury, December 5th, 1831. • 160 166 TURNPIKE TOLLS. MONTGOM ERYSH1R E. Freehold, Collages Sf 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 Hours of Four and Six o'Glock in the Afternoon, in the following Lots, and subject to Conditions to be then produced; rB^ iEfollowinGCOTTAGES& LANDS, 1 situate on KING'S WOOD, in the Parish of Forden: LOT 1 A Cottage and Garden, in the Occu- pation of David Davies King's Wood Field; Thos. Holloway, Tenant Close; Esther Williams, Tenant.... A. R. P. 0 1 22 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 LOT 5. Cottage, Garden, and Lands ; John Bishop, Tenant Cottage, Garden, and Lands; Eliza- beth Pugh, Tenant LOT6. Cottage, Garden, & Lands; William Jones, Tenant Cottage, Garden, & Lands; Widow Morris or Undertenants 0 37 3 li 1 33 3 6 1 21 3 a? 3 19 1 36 2 15 1 2 0 31 11 I 33 The respective Tenants will shew the Premises; and the Sale to commence at Four o'Clock precisely. NEWTOWN. THIS DA Y IS PUBLISHED, BY JOHN EBDOWES, PRINTER OF THIS PAPER, ( And maybe had of the Booksellers m the County, and of the Newsmen who distribute the Salopian Journal.) FRIGS TWO SHILLINGS. " SIH^ SANA^ MAAIAISG Cheshire, North Wales SHIFFNAL DISTRICT OF ROADS. XfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates erected 011 the Shiffnal District of Roads commonly called by the Names of The Manor, Red Hill, and Prior's LeeGates, « ill 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 General Turnpike Acts, and by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Aft for maintaining aud 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 Improvment 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 ti The best Bidder for the Tolls aforesaid will be required to pay a Month's Rent In Advance, and must give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for Payment of the Rent agreed for at auch Times as they shall direct; and no Person will be allowed to bid who does not produce his Sureties at tha Auction. R. FISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. Newport, G/ A December, 1831. DIXOS'S IMPROVED ELIXIR PAREGORIC. rpHE Paregoric Elixir is universally JL esteemed an excellent Medicine for Colds aud Coughs, yet at the same Time it has ils Incon. leniencies, unless joined wilh olher Remedies. In ( nine Constitution* it hringa on Cosliveness, hinders Expectoration, and frequently after allaying a Cough leaves a troublesome Hoarseness. Mr. Dixon's Pre- paration, which has hern used during 11 Practice of many Years with moil decided Success, obviates these Inconveniences, and prevent* any uneasy Sensairoi., thereby rendering il a safe and unparalleled Remedy for Coughs and Colds. In spasmodic. Affections of the Face and Gums this Mcdicine lias the most decided beneficial Effect. ( fSe Sold in Boltlefc at 2 « . 9d. and 4s. Gil. Sold by Messrs. Bcrtta, Chemist*, Cheapside, Carner of St. I'aut'*. Sold hy J. Eddowes, Printer, Shrewsbury; Jnrvis, Oswestry,; Poyev, Elle- uneie ; Evanson, Wniichurch; Jtidgway, Drayton; Silvester, Newport; llonl. tnu, Wellington ; Gitlo. ii, Bridgnorth ; Smith, Ironbridge ; Rodcn, Shiffnal; Marston, Ludlow ; Morris, Aberyst. wilh; Richards, Dolgelley; Briscoe, Wrexham ; Poole, Bookseller, Chester; and ihe most te « pectable Dealers in Patent Medicine*. Of whom may be had, DIXON'S ANT1B1LIODS BILLS, which do nnl annum Mercury in any Shape, and have met with more general Approval than aav other Mcdicine. In Boxes, at 2*. 9d 4s. OH. 1 Is. and" 22s. DREDGE'S HEAL- ALL, or tele- hrnted Embrocation, has long been known throughout I lie Went of England, as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism 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'Clock in the Afternoon, ( by Order of the Assignees of Thomas Robert Blayney," a Bankrupt,) subject to the Conditions then to be " produced, and in the fo'- lowing or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon : LOT I. 4LL that convenient and substantial newly- erected DWELLING HOUSE, with the Out. 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. Lor II. All that newly- erected DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, adjoining the last mentioned I ot, with the Outbuildings and Gardens ( as now staked out) thereto belonging, now in the Occupation of Mr. Loosemore. LOT III. AU 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. AU those Three DWELLING HOUSES 4nd Gardens ( as now staked out), with a Workshop and Skinner's Pits thereto belonging, adjoining Lot 3, now in 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. AU 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. AU that DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, with the Stable, Yard, and Garden ( as now staked out) thereto belonging, and adjoining Lot 6, in the Occupation of Edward Edwards. Lor VIII. All that DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, with the Stable, Yard, and Appurteiiances 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 to Drain- Street, with 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 Ihe 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. JOHN WILLIAMS, at the late Banking House of Messrs. Tilsley and Jones, Newtown, where a Plan of the Premises may be seen ; and at the Offices of Mr. WOOSNAM, Llanidloes, and Mr. DREW and Messrs. BHANIISTROM and JONES, New- town, Solicitors to the Assignees. « , f} relBssi& tiri> £ ntclUg? nccr, FOR THE YEAR 1832 PRINTED IN RED'ANO BLACK; CONTAINING A general List of Mail and other Coaches, Water Conveyances, and Carriers, to and from Shrewsbury, the neighbouring Towns, and North Wales; THE FAIRS In Shropshire. Cheshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire. Denbighshire, and Flintshire: The Ironmasters' Quarterly Meetings; The Bankers in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire; a Table of Stamps, Table of Te.- ins, & c. tJgT J. EDDOWES has also on Sale THE ROVAL ENGAGEMENT POCKET ATI. AS, SOUVENIR ( or Pocket Tablet), POLITE REPOSITORY, ROYAL REPOSITORY, SOVEREIGN, REGENT, & C. in a Variety of Cases; COURT KALENDASSi Marshall's and Poole's GILT- EDGED POCKET- BOOKS, IN GREAT VARIETY; Ladies' and Gentlemen's Pocket Books of all Kinds: WHITE'S EPHEMERIS; and an extensive Assortment of Moore's, Partridge's, Clerical, Gilbert's Clergyman s, and every Almanack published by the Company of Stationers. Collins's Memoranda ; Dunn's Remembrancer ; HOUSEKEEPER'S ACCOUNT BOOKS. LIKEWISE THE FOLLOWING Splendid Annuals, FO ® 1832: KEEPSAKE; LANDSCAPE ANNUAL; CONTINENTAL ANNUAL; THE FORGET ME NOT; THE LITERARY SOUVENIR; FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING; AMULET; THE HUMOURIST; COMIC OFFERING; WINTER'S WREATH j JUVENILE FORGET ME NOT; NEW- YEAR'S GIFT; MUSICAL BIJOU; MUSICAL GEM; LOVE'S OFFERING. WELLINGTON Provident Annuity Society. rSPHE Persons interested in the. Residue K of the Funds of the above Society ( which was dissolved in the ' i ear 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 9' Clock in the Forenoon. WILLIAM NOCK. Wellington, Dcc. lst, 1831. N. B. AU Persons claiming as Executors, Adminis- trators, or Assignees, must bring with them and produce the Probats of Wills, Letters of Administration, or Deeds, under which they claim. FOUND, Early on Wednesday Morning, the 26th October, 1831, ( the Day after Hodnet Races,) on the Road leading from Hodnet to Shrewsbury, A SILVER WATCH, with Key and X * Seal.— The Person having lost the same, giving L correct Description thereof, and paying the Expense of Advertising, & c. may be informed in whose Posses- sion it now is, by Application to Mr. EDWARD JONESV Post- Office, Hodnet. December 1831. THE REFORM BILL. The following is a list of the Boroughs fo be wholly disfranchised : — SCHEDULE ( A). MONEY. J5EADY to be advanced on approved Securities, and at a low Rate of Interest, £ 9,000, £ 5,000, £ 4,000, £ 2,000, £ 2,( XX), £ 1,200, .£ 1,000, £ 1000, £ 500, and several smaller Sums.— Apply to THE PRINTER ; if by Letter, Post- paid. EXCELLENT AND CONVENIENT Family Residence. TO BE LET, Either from Year to Year, or on Lease, and may be entered upon immediately, ' SMI E capital MANSION HOUSE, 1 called THE GRANGE, near Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, and which contains on 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 and 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 Bridgewaler Arms, Elles- mere, has the Keys, and will appoint a Person to shew the Premises. ] VT OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1 Tl on the Eighth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty- one, an Order was signed by THOMAS DICKEN, Esquire, aud 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 Btirlton, in the Parisii of Loppington, in the said County, leading from and out of the Highway which leads from 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 Picces 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 Chambre Vaughan, two other Pieces of Land are in the Occupation of Thomas Stanway, 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 last- mentioned Piece of Land into the said High- way, for the Length of Nine Hundred and Thirty- five Yards or thereabouts, and of the Breadth of Three Feet br 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 ofthe Pea. ee, to be holden at Shrewsbury, in 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 upon an Appeal against the same to be then made it be otherwise determined. Fresh Wound* or Cut* Burns and Scalds Spasms and Crump Stiffness of the Joints or Neck Frozen l. iuihs, and Chilblains before lliev arc broken. Rheumatic Gout Lumbago Pains in the Limbs and Numbness Scialicand Paralytic Affec lions Toalh- Ache & Face. Ache Sprains aud Bruises It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous Disorder the Quinsev or Sore Throat, iu which il was never known to fail after a few Hours' Application. ] l is also nn excellent Remedy for Whitlow*, so com- mon 011 Ihe Finger* of Country People who are exposed lo the Cold ; and is confidently recommended to all who may suffer from any of these Complaints. Observe— That none can he Genuine unless the Stamp affixed In each Boltle contains the Name and Address of BARCLAY and SONS, No. 95, Fleet Market, who have purchased the Properly in this valuable Article fram llie Executors of Ihe Inventor, WILLIAM Damics, lale of Wishford, Wilts. Retail price Is. I{ d and 2s. 9d. per Bottle. Sold, by llieir appointment, by J. Eddowes, Brnxlou, Onions, aud Ilulhert, Shrewsbury; Hurley, Market Drayton; Houlsion and Smith, Wellington ; Kiuitli, Iroiibridge mid Wenlock ; Gitinn, Biidg. north ; Roberts, Powell. J. and R. Griflilhs, O. Jones, Roberts, and Thomas Jones, Druggist, Berriew Street, Welshpool; Price, Edwards, Mrs. Edwards, Roberts, Small, and Weaver, Oswestry Edmunds, Shiffnal; Silvester, Newport; IlassuH, Whitchurch; Griffiths, Bishop's Castle ; Griffiths, Ludlow; Baugli, Ellcsinere ; Evaiison, Whitchurch ; Franklin, and Onslow, Wein ; and by all respectable Stationers, Druggists, and Medicine Venders, lioxcs, HI is. iW. liud is. I'd. each, duly inclu led. To ihe Proprietors of Church's Cough Drops. G » STI. E "" O withhold from public knowledge t $ manifest fact of llie utility, and perfect citn effected by your CHURCH'S COUCH DROPS upon me, would lie Ihe greatest ingratitude, as long as il is an incumbent duly of every man, 10 facilitate lhe comfort of hi* afflicted fellow- creatures.- In the year 1797, I caught a most violent cold, which affected my Breast aud bungs so much, lhat 1 « ., 11 Id scarcely speak to be understood, and remained so for the space of two mouths ; at same lime accom- panied willi a great discharge from niv lungs, which continued wilh unabated force until the year 1809 — When, after having recourse to almost every advice aud 10 no purpose, being in conversation wiili gentleman of ihe faculty, I told him I thought there was MO pcrfect cure for au Aslluun, lo which he assented, by replying thai he had one himself, and his only relief was hy taking frequently some medicines keep his lungs open. About this lime n ueighhoii came lo see me, w ho said he had been equally us had n « I was then, aud lie firsl told me' of CHURCH1 CODGII DROPS, being Ihe medicine lhat made him as lie was then in health, and persuaded me lo make trial of a small' Bottle,— 1 seal for one to Shrewsbury, to Mr. Wood's, the Printer, at which lime I bad incessant cough wilh little or no intermission, iaso. much, lhat 1 thought my lungs would be rent from iny breast. In Ihe morning nl breakfast, I look two teaspoonful of the Drops in the Inst cup of tea ; and 110 more wonderful than true, I did not cough for the space of leu minutes afler, which would have taken place twenty or thirty limn before thai lime — In short, and a few hollies more perfectly cured me then, and I have never been without it in iny honse for several years afler, to use il upon any occasion after catcliiu cold. 1 am now a living witness lo the truth uf vvhnl 1 have here said, and completed Ihe bint year of , niy age, ihe 41 h day of June instant, and, blessed he ( foil, I have as good breath as any other man of my uge iu the county of Montgomery. I am, Gentlemen, Your must obedient humble Servant, JOSEPH HOTTER. Guildsfiehl, Montgomeryshire, June 12th, 1821. You are at liberty lo make what use of this you may think proper. Observe Ihe genuine will have 11 EVAS EDWARDS," engraved oil ihe Stamp : the Dmps 2s. 91. and 4s. ( id. per bottle ; ihe Pectoral Pills Is. l^ d. and 2s. p<|. per box. rH E Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued against WILLIAM TILSLEY and WYTHEN JONES, of NEWTOWN, in the County of Montgomery, Bankers, Dealers and Chapmen, intend to MEET on the Twenty- ninth 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 Ihe Accounts of the Assignees; and the Cre- ditors who have not already proved their Debts may then and there come and prove the same. Salop Fire- Office. NNHE PROPRIETORS of the SALOP St FIRE OFFICE, fully impressed with a Sense of the Patronage aud Support given by Ihe Public through this and the adjoining Counties, for nearly Fifty Years past, trust that the Liberality of iheir Terms of Insurance, together wilh iheir prompt Manner of adjusting ami paying the Amount of all Loss and DHniasen sustained on Property in. sored by them, will continue to obtain for the Salop Fire Office that decided Preference and Sup. port it has hitherto enjoyed. Reduced Rales of Insurance. First Class Is. ( id. per Cent. Seeond Class 2s. fid. per Cent. Third Class 4s. 6d. per Cent. rrjp Policies insuring £ 300 and upwards are issued free cf Expense. The Proprietors of this Oflice have aUav made good all Loss or Damage on Property insured by them, which has been set 011 fire by Lightning. Printed Receipts for the annual Premiums pay able at Christmas are ready for Delivery at the Office, and by iheir respective Agents; of whom Ihe Proposals of this Office may he had. PlICENIX Fire- OJJice ESTABLISHED 1/ 82. For Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, POWELL'S COUGH ELECTUARY, Or, Grand Restorer of the right Tone of ihe Lungs, AFFORDS such speedy Relief in dry teasing1 Winter Coughs as will at once please Hid astonish;. it is so admirably calculated to open, cleanse, heal, and comfort the Breast and relieve the \ ungs when painful with coughing or oppressed with hick Phlegm by its balsamic and pectoral Virtues, that many despairing aged Asthmatic Persons, who were strangers to ease or comfort, and conld neither attend to business nor lie down in bed, through j laborious. Cough and difficult Respiration, have, afte taking one Pot of the above Pccto; al Medicine, been perfectly cured. Sold by BARCLAY & SONS, Faringdon Street ( late 95, Fleet. Market), London, sole Wholesale Agen's, and whose Names are engraved on the Siamp, anc Retail by Mr. J. EDDOWBS, Bookseller, Shrewsbury and by the principal Venders of Medicine in th United Kingdom, in Pots at 9( 1. and ls. Ijd. each. Sold likewise by Broxton, Onions, and Hulbert Shrewsbury ; Burley, Market Drayton; Houlstoi and Smith, Wellington ; . Smith, lronbridje Wenlock ; Gitton, Bridgnorth; Roberts, Powell, J. and R. Griffiths, O. Jones, and Roberts, Welsh, pool; Price, Edwards, Mrs. Edwards, Roberts, Small, and Weaver, Oswestry ; Edmonds, Sbiffnal ; Silve.** ter, Newport; Banal i,'' Whitchurch 5 Griffiths, Bishop's Castle; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Bangb, EllesniPrf; Evan, son, Whitchurch ; Franklin, and Onslow, Wem„ Aldborough Aldeburgh A tnersham Appkbv ftrdwinYGreat) Berealston Bishop's Castle Blechingley Bornngh bridge Rossi nev Brack ley B ram her Callington CameJford Casil. p Rising Corfe Castle Down ton Dtinwich Fowey Gal ton Grinstrnd ( East) Hashfnere Hedon H » ? y tesbnrv Higham Ferrers Hindoo llchester East Looe West Lone Lustw ithiel Lndgershrtll Mi I borne Port M inebead Newport ftewion Newtown Oakehampton Or ford Plympton Queenhorough Romney ( Nrw) St. Germain's St. Mawe's M. Michael's, at Midshftll Suliash Old Saiuuj Sea ford Stey riing" . Stoekbridg- e Tregony Wendover WcobJy Whitchurch Winchelnea Woof. on Basset Yarmouth The following are to he partially disfranchised : — ( SCHEDULE ( B). M alinesbury Arnndel A& hhurton Calne Christchurch Cliiheroe Dartmouth Droitw ich Eye Grimsby ( Great) llelsion Horsham Wythe Launcesfon Liakeard. Lyme Regis Manehestf r Birmingham Leeds Greenwich Sheffield Sunderland Devon port Wolverhampton Tower Hamlets Fin* bury Mary- lu- bon ne M idhu rst Morpeth Northallerton Petr rsfield Reigate R ve Si„ Ires Shaftesbury Tlmsk Totness WHrebam West. bury Wilton Woodstock. SCHEDULE ( C.) [ TWO MLMBFR8 EACIJ.] Lambeth Bolton Bradford Blackbqrn Brig h toii Halifax Macclesfield Oldham Stockport Sfoke- npon- Trent St rond. SCHEDULE ( D). Principal places to be Boroughs. Ashton- under- Ly ue Rochdale Bury Sal ford Chatham South Shields Cheltenham Tvnemouth Dudley Wakefield Frome WaUall Gateshead Warrington Hmldersffeld Whitby Kidderminster Whitehaven. Kemlal SCHEDULE ( E). Places sharing in the Election of Members. Amlwch, Holj head, and Llangefni, sharing with Beaumaris. Aberystwith, Lampeter, and Adpar, sharing with Cardigan. Llanelly, sharing vfitlv Caermaribett Pwllheli, Nevirt, Conway, Bangor, Criccieth, shar- ing with Catrnarvtiti. Ruthin, Holt, Wrexham, sharing with Denbigh. Rhyddlan, Overtnn, Caerwy*, Caergwrle, Saint Asapii, Holy well, Mold, sharing wilh Ft'ini. Cowbridge, Merihyr- Tjdvil, Aberdare, Llantria. Bent, sharing Vfith Cardiff. Llanidloes, Welsh Pool, Machynlleth, Llanfyllin, Newtown, sharing with SiontgtfftYery. Nafhertb, Fishguard, sharing with Haverfordwest. Tenby, Wiston, Milford. sharing with Pembroke. Knight on, Rhayader, Kevenleece, Knucklas, Pies ® teigne, sharing with Radnor. SCHEDULE ( F). COUNTIES TO BE DIVIDED. PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS. rS" HE Board of Directors of this Office d I hereby give NOTICE, that RENEW A RECEIPTS for POLICIES fa Hint due at Christmas are now in the Hands of lire several Agents. The Palladium Socielv have relinquished their Fire Insurances in favour ot the I'httnix Company, and any Insurance* discontinued hy thai Sneieiy may be effected with the t'heenix Company's Agenls. The Agents for this Company for the County of Salop nrfi Mr, T. Rout ledge, Dogpole, Shrewsbury. Mr. James Bach - - - Bishop'* Castle Mrs. Charlotte Partridge - - Bridgnorth. Mr. Richard Price - - - Ellesmere. Mr. Win. Stuilh, Jutr. . - Irnnbridge. Mr. William Lawrence - I. ndluw, Mr. Richard Powell - - - Oswestry. Mr. Gilbert Browne .. - Shiffnal. Messrs. I, akin and Sons - - Whitchurch. Mr. George Clay - - - Wein. N. U. Agents nre wanted for the other Market Towns of tliis County. A Medicine prepared by a Shropshire Gentleman Farmer, SUPERIOR TO.' ALL THB PREPARATIONS IN THE WORI. D, For the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the King's F* il, Scrofula, Scurvy, Fistulas, and every Dis- order arising from liopurity of the Bluurt. rg- UIE PLOUGHMAN'S DROPS are IL so well known throughout Shropshire, aud indeed throughout the Kingdom at large, for the Cure of the above Disorders., and wilhout tire Aid of Mercury or of any Surgical Operation, that any Comment, on their Virtues is quite unnecessary. As a Purifier of tiie Blond they are unrivalled in their Effects. And their Etneacy has been attesfeo in numberless Instances; many of them on Oath before the Magistrates of Shrewsbury.; thus establishing their Pre- eminence over the Nostrums of ignorant Quacks, and over the more established Prescriptions of the Regular Faculty. In Cases of FEMALE DKRIMTY, TURX OP LIFE, and any other Affliction of the Body arising from a changed or vitiated System, the PLOUGHMAN\ DROPS may be relied upon for a certain antl speedy Cure. N B. Doctor SsnfH does not recommend a starv- ing System of Diet: he allows his Patients to iive like Englishmen while taking the Ploughman's Drops. These Drops are to be had in square Bottles, with these, words moulded on each, Mr. Smith s Pfoughm& n> s Drops( all others are spurious), at £ 1. 2a. the large, and lis. the small, Duty in. eluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of JOHN EDDOWES, and Cook, son, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Yeate*. Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Waidson, Welshpool; Price, () » westry ; Baugh, Ellesmere; Evanson, Whitchurch; Burley, Drayton; Silvester, Newport; Went, Leominster ; Mr. Nix, I, Royal Exchange, London; and of ull Medicine lenders. Cheshire Northumberland Cornwall Northamptonshire Cumberland Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Shropshire. Devonshire Somersetshire Durham Siattordshire Essex Suffolk Gloucestershire Surrey Kfnt Sussex Hampshire Warwickshire Lancashire Wiltshire L< -' cestershire Worcestershire. Norfolk , SCHEDULE ( D). Cities and Town* and Counties thereof. Caermarthen Lincoln Chester London Core n try Npwcastle- upon- Ty Gloucester Worcester Kingston npofuHnll York andAinsty, Counties at large in which Cities and Town ® end Comities thereof are to lie included. CnermarthenShire Lincolnshire Cheshire Middlesex Warwickshire Northumberland Gloucestershire Worcestershire East Riding of YorksfiirefWth Riding of Yorkshire The Parts of Liudsey Vtt subjoin tfre £ 10 clause:— And be it enacted, that in every city or borougli which shall return a member or members to serve it any future parliament, every male person of full age. and uot subject to any legal incapacity, who shall occupy within such city or borough, or within any place sharing in the election for such city or borough as owner or tenant, any house, warehouse, counting bouse, or shop, being either separately or jointly witli any land within such city, borough, or place, occupied therewith by him as owner, or occupied therewith hv him as tenant under the same landlord, of the clear yearly value of not less than ten pounds, shrtH, if duly registered according to the provisions hereinafter con- tained, be entitled 10 vote in the election of a member or members to serve in any future parliament for such city or borough : provided always, that no such peison shall be so registered in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two, or iu any succeeding year, unless he shall have occupied such premises a's a| oresaid for twelve calendar mouths next previous to tl » e day of , rn the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. two, or next previous to the last day of July in any sne'h respective succeeding year, nor unless such persore, w here such premises are situate in any parish' or township in which there shall be a rate for the relief of the poor, shall have been rated in respect of such premises 10 all rates for the relief of the p= oor, in such p » ri » h or town, ship made during the time of such h'r* occupation as aforesaid, nor unless such person shall have paid, on or before the day of , in the said year otie thousand eight hundred and thirty. two, all the poor's- rales and assessed taxes which* shall have become payable from him iu respect of such premise*, previously lo ihe day of then next preceding, or shall have paid nn or before Ihe twentieth day of July in any such succeed- ing year as aforesaid, ail ihe poor's. rates and assessed taxes which shall have become payable from him in respect of such preinisrs previously lo the respective fixih day of April then nexi preceding. And be it enacted, that the premises, in respect nf tlie occupation of which any person shall be deemed entitled to vote in Ihe election for any city or borough as aforesaid, shall not be required lo be ihe same premises, bill may he different premises occupied in immediate succession by such person during ihe said twelve months : and that where any such premises as aforesaid shall be jointly occupied hy more person* tiian one as owners or tenants, each of such joint occu. pier* shall be entitled to vote in respect thereof, in case Ihe clear yearly value of such premises shall he of an amount which, when divided by Ihe number of such occupiers, shall give a sum of not less than ten pound* for each nnd every such occupier, but not otherwise,— Occupiers may deumnd lu be ruled, PESTILENTIAL DIS EASES. The following is a concise account of some tsf the principal pestilences which have at different periods afflicted Ibis country :— In 1348, a disease, supposed to have originated in China, Ihree years before, advunced through Syria, Egypt, Africa, tuid . Spain, to England, Scot- land, and Ireland; thence to Germany, Hungary^ and Denmark, and is said lo have made incredible! havoc. It raged Iwo years, during which time no Session of Parliament was held, at;; 1 no' Co'tiM of Justice kept open. In Norwich und London 57,001} died, an immense mortality, considering the popu- lation of those cities at that time. It spread into Wales and Ireland, but the infirm, the dirty, and Ihe intemperate were ils principal victims. It wait succeeded by a murrain among cattle, of which great numbers died. In 1477, a pestiienet prevailed Shitli wjja ntf mortal . that the chronicler records that so many persons died in four months,- that fifteen years of the wars of Edward Ihe Fourth, wfao then reigned f consumed uot a third part of the number that died durinsr only foiir months of this distemper. , In 1513, began a great nioriality, of yOiich fnany people died In 1574, London was iu so great alarm respecting the plague, lhat , by order of llle Privy Council, ( he Lord Mayor's feast Was not held, although great preparations hail been made for il, for fear of tli^ spread of infection ; and Ihe. sartie circumstance' occurred the year following, but in the winter of thai year the disease abated. T he sweating sickness, or sudor Anglicw, wa* brought into this couniry by the army of ihe Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry the Seventh^ composed of troops raised from jails and hospitals in France and Italy, in w hich lutler place, particu- larly in Florence and Naples, n contagious fever raged at that time. It appeared in this country five times, viz. in 1485, 1506, 1517, 1528, and 1551, but only in Ihe summer season. It seldom lusted more than 24 hours, mid was accompanied with profuse sweats, to check which was speedily fatal) but if ihe patient was kept warm, and had Suitable cordials, he often recovered. The canse of this disease is unknown, but it is ascribed by some to eating unwholesome meat, as oxen which have died of murrain, and by others, with less probability, to injured grain, or wheat affected wilh the ergot. At Venice, nnimul food was forbidden. Although Ihe disease was brought here by foreigners, it is Baid chiefly to have afflic. ted Englishmen. Dr, AuiKtrong, the poet aud physician says— " Where'er they fled the, iate3 pursued, It seemed the general air From Pole to Pole, from'Atlas to the East, Was then at enmity with English blood ; But for the race of England all were safe Iu foreign climes; nor did this fury taste The foreign blood which England then contained. 1' In 1500, a plague, so tailed,- existed iu Loudon, probably only typhus fever, of which 30,000died. The Black Assize, at Oxford, in 1577, in which the Judges, Jury, and almost every person present in Court, to the amount of 500, died, wag a local disease, and was show n by Lord Bacon fo be a most fatal typhus, generated by the prisoners who were brought into Court to take their trials. Although many believed if to arise from a pestilential air arising from the ground, il did not extend beyond the cily, nor did it prove contagious, us not one person died who was not in Couit, and what l< « more singular, noise of ihe prisoners were affected; The nest disease, and Hie best known, is that denominated the great ptaijuc, which visited thin country the year before the destruction of great part of the city of London by fire, in the reign of ihe second Charles. This fatal disease, the fiist of the Kind,' Ihe particulars of which have been au- thentically recorded, commenced in 1654 at West- minster, and subsided during a hard frost which continued three months, hut ouly to return with redoubled violence. In the spring and summer of ihe next year, the disease prevailed very generally in London; the Court removed to Oxford, and as many of the inhabitants as had the means fled the city. It was observed that the timid and alarmed were the most easy prey. The lower classes, how- ever, the drunkard, the lazy, - and the flaky, were the principal su fferers, and in so great a degree that it was called the poor's plague. About Sepj tember the disease Wus most fatal, und four or five thousand died each wcefc, once eight thousand, and one week twelve thousand, among whom were many medical pructitioners. Fires were burned in the streets as a means of destroying contagion, but were supposed to do more harm lhaii good. The quacks, as at present, were indefatigable in ad- vertising their worthless antidotes, and empty treatises; and impostors of every description at- tempted to turn the public calamity to private gain. At the close of the year Ihe disease greatly abated, and many who had fled the city now returned ; Ihe shops were re- opened, and business was resumed. The disease, however, rc- appeured in the spring of the succeeding year, but assumed a different type, was more manageable, and not generally fatal. By this plague, about one hundred thousand persons were destroyed in London alone. Tlioso shut up in their houses all died, but when permis- sion wa » granted lo leave Ibein, and breathe fresh air, no? one in ten of the sick died, nor one ia twenty of these who Were well fell sick. Iu 1713, a disease prevailed in England, called the Dunkirk fever, which was attended with diarrhcea, vomiting, and heat, and vvas supposed to have orginated at Dantlic and Hamburgh, but was much milder here iban abroad. It eeeuis to have been very similar to the present epidemic, improperly called chorc- ra'. The influenza has frequently visited fhiJ countryj that of 1803, destroyed many old and weakly per- sons— that of the present year, tboftgh very general has been fatal ouly in a very few instances. Typhus fever, which generally succeeds to years of famine, or great scarcity, has often been very destructive to the inhabitants of this country aud Ireland. In 1797— 8—<*, when crain was very dear, fever swept away many, particularly of Ihe poor, and some thousands died in Ireland, in 1823, aud 1524, but be it remembered that neither famine nor. pri- vation have ever been so frequent a cause of pes. tilence, as filth, want of ventilation, drunkenness, and dissipated Habits. Typhus geuerally ceases when the frost sets in, in December. . Since London has been rebuilt, and llie streets Iras fillby mid con- fined, plague has been unknown there. Respiting the present epidemic, called spasmodic cholera, Dr. Gibbs, who w is surgeou to the Naval Hospital, at St. Petershurgb, in July lasl, say. that " parents, nurses, nnd attendants, are uot affected ; and that in 90 cases out nf 100, the common victim, are the irregular, the dissipated, the badly fed and ctothid, hut chiefly those who indulge to excess ia spirits and intoxicating liquors, sour beer, e. ud raw, indigestible regttublis " For several years past a feathered biped, known amongst ornithologists by the name of the Raven, which the less erodile in these mailers have, vulgarised into that of Ihe Corbie, has arrived regularly on or about the same day of the month of November at the shrubbery of Mr. Andrew Wauchope, Newington, where he spends a few of the more dreary winter months, and takes his departure, doubtless for his country seat, early spring. A few days ago be was observed, as usi^ t, to take possession of his accustomed tree, a veecrable wide spreading ash, which has weathered the rude blasts of half a century, during which time it m,, y have been honoured as " the dark taveil's sheltering tree" by visits from many a sable plume. The iden- tity of bis ravenship cannot be doubted from bis being lame of one leg, and it i9 not improbable that he is suffering exile for some unpardonable offence ogniuit the laws of the rouWy — m/ ctfanfua Mcnury, Salopian JOURNAL, AMP CQUIMEM, OF WALES. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY. THE REFORM BILL. fo The °±, r , of the day f0r the second reading of the Reform Bill having heen moved— Lord POUCHF- STER rose to oppose'the motion. How- ever tiie present measure fhight be improved in minor details, it was even more demdcratical than the former. He concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. ' s, r E. B SbcDEN seconded the amendment. If Ministers hsd any settled principle on tile subject, it was that oi Wild and universal change, a desire to elevate the democracy, to abase the landed interest, and to make the Political Unions the masters of the country. 1' or sound and safe legislative principles he looked 111 vain. Lord M* HON also opposed the Bill. Lord AI. THORP, Mr. BOLDER, and Mr. MACAULAY supported the measure. Mr. CROKER would not enter into a comparison of the speech which the hon. and learned gent. ( Mr. Macaulay) had just made with that which he had made 011 the same subject upon a former occasion. He by no means, however, found fault with the change which had taken place in the language of the lion, and learned gentle- man. On the contrary, he hailed it with great satisfac- tion. Undoubtedly, the lion, and learned gentleman had spoken in a very different tone 011 that night from the tone in which lie had addressed the house formerly. He ( Mr. Croker) was glad to hear it; he was willing to receive the alteration as a proof of the better opinions aud sounder sentiments which the hon. and learned gentleman had imbibed during the Fast two months. Ou the last occasion, the honourable and learned gentleman had talked a language utterly subversive of all order in society. From the course lie then pursued he had now retreated; and he ( Mr, Croker) thanked him and hoped that others would benefit by the amendment. The hon. and learned gent'emten had begun by accusing his right hon. friend of haviffg acted in a manner unworthy of himself, in expressing, his gratification at the changes which his Majesty's government had been compelled to make in the measure, and at the same time withholding liis approbation of their measure so changed, That ap- probation would not have been withheld if his Majesty's government had shown any de'sire to conciliate with effect— if they had shown any disposition to give up the obnoxious principles of the measure. Had they changed any of those principles? No. The parallel, therefore, which the hon. and learned gentleman had attempted to draw between the opposition to the pre- sent, and the opposition lo a former government, did not hold. He would tell the hon. and learned gentle- man why the opponents of the measure had a right to reproach the authors of it for their conduct with respect to the former bill. The opponents of the bill brought in in the last session of parliament had objected to the principle of the measure. When that bill was in the committee they said to iis authors, " If you mean to carry your own principle into effect, you are not taking the way to do- so; you are showing partiality, and doing injustice." The antagonists of the bill opposed it in the committee, not on their own principles, but on the principles of its authors. In the committee they opposed it, not on thc general principle of the bill itself, but on the principle of the individual boroughs which It was attempted to despoil of tiieir rights. The opponents of the bill had this great triumph— the triumph of honesty, of integrity, and of constitutional doctrine— that there was not one single question on which they had divided in the committee 111 the last bill, which the noble lord had not adopted in the present. ( Hear, hear, hear.) It had been asked why the House of Lords had not removed what they con- sidered the objectionable parts of the last bill, and sent it back to that House so amended. Bnt was it to be forgotten that the noble lord by whom that bill had been introduced had said that 110 alteration whatever would be allowed to be made in it? O11 the very first case which had been considered in tbe committee, that nf Appleby, the friends of the bill had heen unable to deny that that borough fell under the same rule as Calne; and yet, upon a division, the clause remained unaltered. If in that House they had occupied days and weeks in discussion, and yet had been unable to prevail upon the authors of tlie bill to make a single alteration in it, what benefit could have been expected from discussion in the other House ? Let him recall one circumstance to the memory of the House. Let it be remembered that thc opponents of the bill contended that, according to the principles of the friends of the bill, Aldborough ought not to be in schedule B, but, that it ought to be in schedule A. Ou a division, how- ever, the numbers were— 149 to 61 for retaining it in schedule B. Yet now, Aldborongh was in schedule A. ( Hear, hear, hear.) The same was the ease with Chip- penham, with Cockermouth, & c. On those respective boroughs the opponents of the bill unsuccessfully di- vided ; yet now the noble lord had adopted all ' their recommendations, l ite hon. and learned gentleman said, he did not like the present bill quite so well as the last. He ( Mr. Croker) was not surprised at that; for there was one important diffeience bitween the two measures; namely, that in the present hill, Calne was in schedule B. ( Hear, and a laugh.) The lion, and learned gentleman also contended that any amendment in ihe bill was more than comiteibalancedby the delay in giving the people satisfaction. '• I would rather ( said tbe hon. ami learned gentleman) have had a worse measure, but a measure with which the people were entirely satisfied." Did the hon. and learned gentleman mean to say that the alterations in the bill were merely alterations of expressions; that they were not vital and consequential! When the original bill was lirst intro- duced, one schedule contained 46 names. Would it. be believed, that in lhat schedule alone, 49 changes had been made? In 46 ar ides there had been 49 changes I Some places had been put out, some had been put in, some had been renewed. ( Hear, hear.) If anybody doubted the fact, he was ready to go over the list anil prove it. The hon. and learned gentleman contended, that the present government were not to blame for the extent to which they had gone in their proposition for reform; but that those were to blame who had refused to move the subject at all— that their refusal to walk had compelled the present government to run. When the noble lord introduced the bill, he said, " If I am asked why in this bill 1 introduce a larger amount of reform than on any former occasion I have submitted to paid, and that hereditary rank oitght to be abolished, they regarded the persons by whom those resolutions had been passed, not as . their future plunderers aud butchers, but 4s their friends and admirers — " Pleased to the last, they cropped tiie llowery food, And licked the hands just raised to shed their blond I" —( a laugh.) It appeared, however, that we were blessed with an admimstrati'on, riot ouly possessed of this tender and lamb- like disposition, bnt who had also the spirit to prevent property front being endangered, and to vindicate the authority of violated laws, Such had been the hon. and learned gentleman's praise of hi- Majesty's ministers. A more keen irony— a more bitter satire- Mr. MACAULEY denied having used such words. He had never alluded to the protection of property by his Majesty's ministers. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. CROKEII said, it was clear that the honourable and learned gentleman had been ironical, and had for- gotten what he had said, ( A laugh.) He did not charge the honourable and learned gentleman with using the words " his Majesty's ministers,'' but lie liad said that tile great party would Use all the powers of the state to preserve property, to defend persons, and to restrain the violence of demagogues. Now he ( Mr. Crdkti) would ask whether liis Majesty's ministers had exhibited any spirit or any firmness 011 those points? Let Bristol, let Derby, let Coventry bear witness. ( Hear, hear, hear.) So far from protecting oth- rs, they had not shown even the power of defending then- own dignity. Their privacy had been assailed at mid- night by the delegates of political unions. They had been publicly insulted bv combinations of persons, who declared their resolution to pay, 110 more taxes. Even when his Majesty had been advised to issue a proclamation against the societies to which his Ma- jesty's ministers had previously truckled, the unions were induced by negcciation not to yield obedience to his Majesty's proclamation ; no, that would have been to show deference to authority— that, would have been to set a graceful example ; bill, to dissolve them elves on the evening before the proclamation was issued, and thus to make that which ought to have been a strong and healing measure, fall an absolute dead letter, having nothing 011 which to operate. The hon. and learned gentleman had said, that there was . one subject which had not yet been sufficiently adverted to, and on which he would therefore touch ;" and he hid forthwith pro- ceeded to argue upon it. It was certainly very natural that the hon. and teamed gentleman, who scattered the flowers of his eloquence Wilh so generous a profusion, should occasionally fail to remember his own liberality'; but he ( Mr. Croker) could assure the hon. and learned gentleman, that he had not 011 former occasions for- gotten the topic connected with Ihe eminent persons- Fox, Sheridan, Windham, and last, aud greatest, Burke, who had brofight so mtich power into that house, in consequence of having been elected for popular places. As, however, the hon. and learned gentleman had re- peated the argument, he ( Mr. Croker) weif'd repeat the answer, which was in the month's of all w ho were ac- quainted with the political history of the country, and which ought especially to have been present " to the mind of toe I1011. and learned gent'einan. It was true that the eminent men in question were Chosen for popular pla^ fs. But how did ihey become known to the electors in those popular places? Did they not first sit for nomination boroughs? and was it not by the splendid talents which they displayed while they sat for those nomination boroughs, that they recom- mended themselves to the electors of popular places? ( Hear.) In his opinion, one of the greatest merits of the nomination boroughs was that they afforded a pre- liminary trial, a sort of political apprenticeship, which enabled the electors of large and populous places to ascertain the qualifications of individuals with whom they would otherwise have been wholly Unacquainted. Such being the case, he co'uld net' agree with the hon and learned gentleman in stigmatising as Svcoraxes, as the mothers of all mischief, places which had given a Fox, a Sheridan, a Windham, a Burke, to the House of Commons. ( Hear, hear.) He had said that this answer was in the mouths of all who were familiar with the political history of the country; and he had added, that it ought especially to have" been present to the mind of tbe hou. and learned gentleman. Did not the hon. and learned gentleman owe the honour of an in- vitation to become the representative of the town of Leeds, should the hill pass ( and would to God that only so much of the bill might pass as would enable the hon. and learned gentleman to represent the town of Leeds!), to the existing system? How did the hon. and learned- gentleman become known in. Leeds? How had he in opportunity of showing his great talents ? By sitting for one of the rotten nomination boroughs which he now so loudly condemned. Let him not blush at following the traces of Fox, Sheridan, Wind- ham, and Burke. But if lie nilist blush, let it be at the momentary ingratitude which had induced him to stigmatize places* to which he was indebted for the high station which he held in public opinion. ( Hear, hear, hear.) The hotr.' and learned member, in defending the conduct of large public assemblies, had said that it was the frailty of human nature when great masses were assembled, to follow the direction of the most violent. He ( Mr. Croker) agreed with the lion, and learned gentleman. He objected to placing large and uncon- trolled power in the hands of masses of the people; convinced that such a step would lead to the dissolution not only of that house, but of all civilized society. And if, on the contrary, as the hon. member opposite said, the character of the house would not be changed — the el. iss of persons returned to it would not be altered— he asked, wha' came of all that the honourable gentleman opposite ha! said about a new House of Commons— a reformed House of Commons— and of all the great things if was to do for the country? ( Cheers.) The I1011. member for Paine ( Macaulay) said, they should not look to the h story of other countries— to France, or to Spain; but that tho / should look to the history of the Stuarts— to the year 1640, when the great rebellion began— that year in which a Prince was first forced into the field, then into a dungeon, and at the last to the scaffold. ( Cheers.) He had read that history,. and, with the leave of the house, lie would read some extracts from Mr. Hume's history of that period; He knew that reading extracts was not popular in that house ; but he hoped he won'd be permitted to bring them forth upon the present occasion, when it was con- sidered what powerful use the honourable aud learned proceedings. They represented that delay was as dan- gerous as denial. " They expressed their great grief 011 account of his Majesty's answer to their just and necessary petition. They represented; that any delay, during danger and distractions so great and pressing, was not less unsatisfactory and destructive than an absolute denial; they insisted, that it was their duty to see put in execution a measure so necessary for public safety ; and they affirmed that the people in many counties had applied to them for thai purpose, and, in some places, were, of theritselves and by tlieir own au- thority, providing against those urgent dangers with whicli they were threatened." ( Cheers ) The very words adopted by the political unions of the day— they called upon all men to anil themselves, under the pre- tence of securing their personal safety aud public pro- perty, whi'e their main object was to foment the tumults of which they feigned themselves afraid, and to con- summate tile downfall of the House of Lords and ofthe Established Church, and the overthrow of the Throne. ( Cheers.) The hon. and learned membgr tad told thein they were not to look to the: 1iistorybf, t? ratiee or Spam, but that they should look to their own history. Well, concession began in 1640, and lie had begun with il, and had read to the house the history of the year 1640, and of 1642, and as far as Feb. 23, 1645. The cases were precisely parallel. And he found that, perhaps, the parallel might still hold good between the years 1645 and. 1835. ( Hear, hear) He was not without his ap- p: eliensions that Tine reformed parliament would pursue the course which had bem alieady taken by another. They saw that in the period alluded to the popular re- presentatives extorted the first act from the King. He said extorted, because his Majesty knew the purposes for Wh'cli it was intended, and his ministers had given it their strenuous resistance. He had stated to them the first stage of parlinne itary reform - the bill for shorten- ing parliaments. The next parliament to that which passed the measure was distinguished by toe name of the Long Parliament— a parliament which invaded all const tuti > nal rights of the country— and continued sitting, in defiance of that very law which had been passed by its predecessors. ( Cheers.) But did the hon. and lesmed member wish to confine them exclusively to the history of the past— would he not permit them to look to Bristol or to Lyons ? They all knew there had been a glorious revolution in France— a revolution ac ., • , - - ,• , T 1. v 1 00wi ii, ri OSL- u, e iiuiiuurauie auu icaritya t ie consideration of parliament, I have no hesitation 11. member had made of his reference to the history of this saying that it is because we saw that the first move'wis I • • • • the whole question, and that it would be in vain to Ijucauvilr attempt to satisfy the public mind by anything short of that whale." Now the reason why he. ( Mr. Croker) nnd his friends opposed the measure was, that it was the first step of a - areer, Ihe end of which no man could foresee. The hon. and learned gentleman considered with the noble lord that that argument was vain— that there was a dire, necessity for the whole measure— that the legislature had no choice bnt to embark in the desperale adventure.. But did he give the slightest in- timation of what would be the end of tlie career ? Did he look, like a philosopher, to the end of events ? Had he reason to believe that he could foresee the termina- tion nf the course now entered upon? Not at all. Anything more vague, anything more indefinite, than the statements nf the hon. and learned gentleman on that point, had never fallen from human lips. It was true that the hon. and learned, gentleman had advised them to open the' gates of the fortress, lest it should be stormed at the breach. But did he tell them that they could open the gates with safety! Did he tell them that they could open the gates without exposing, their property to plunder, aud their persons to massacre? They were not to attempt to make any terms; but they were at once to throw open the gaies and await the consequences, however fatal. The hon. and learned gentleman did not recommend them to open the gates on conditions; he did not say, " Here are the terms which the invading army is disposed to concede.' 1 And who were at tlie head of this army ? The Whigs The hon. and learned gentleman did not say tfiat they were its leaders, but that they were the foremost of the throng— pressed forward by those who were behind period. The house would si e how just, how apposite were those extracts— how closely,' how wonderfully they applied to the existing stile of things f— " Charles, finding that nothing less would satisfy his parliament and people, at last gave his assent to this bill,- Which produced so great an innovation . in the con- stitution. Solemn thanks were presented him by both houses. Great rejoicings were expressed both in the City and throughout the nation; and mighty pro- fessions were everywhere made of gratitude and mutual returns ot supply and confidence. This concession of the King, it must be owned, was not entirely voluntary ;• it was of a nature too important to be voluntary, The sole inference which his partisans were entitled to draw from the submission so frankly made to present neces- sity, was, that he had certainly adopted a new plan of government, and for the future was resohed, by every indulgence, to acquire the confidence and affections of the people." In the next year, after his Majesty's granting this bill for shortening parliaments, tile King's minister was dragged from his cabinet to the scaffold, and Charles himself was degraded by consenting to the legal murder of Lord Strafford. ( Cheers.) This was the first effect of concession— this was the first stage in the bloody course of Reform. ( Cheers.) Mark how it went on. The Commons were constant in their project of change, and the historian went on to say :— " But, notwithstanding these efforts of the Com- mons, they could not expect the concurrence of the Upper Home, either to this law, or to any other, which they should introduce for ihe further limitation of Royal authority. The majority of the peers adhered | to the King, and plainly foresaw the depression of complisned in the throe great days of July. They had in F. ance a happy reformed constitution — nothing was injured— nothing altered : it hudbeeiiepigrinimatically said^ that there were only three Frenchmen less in the country. They had only got rid of Charles and his son and his grandson they had succeeded ill maintaining tranquillity— they had established liberal institutions upon the ha is of the most extensive reform. ( Hear, lea.) But what was the result ? ( Hear, bear, hear.) Not one month had passe 1 under this reformed consti- tution, which was to allay all animosities, quiet all dis- turbances, and settle every perturbed spirit— not one month had passed in which dangerous seditions were not put down by force of arms, under the auspices of the minister in the very seat of government. ( Continued cheering.) Look, too, to the men who stood forth as the heroes of the three great days— the leaders of the Movement— those who said, we are the persons selected by the people as their leaders ill the day of battle, and as their ministers in the time of peace. Look to those men— watch their elevation— their progress— and mark the consequence— M. de Tracy, one of the ablest, and one ofthe most violent partisans of the Movement, had spoken, and what had he said ?— That the very spirit of fhe Movement was to give to those who had gained by the change, and to take away from those that had lost aj that remained. And yet tills reform— this movement — was the Juggernaut before whom the hon. and learned member would have them, like the votaries of a mad idolatry, fling their dislocated limbs. Then there was M. Laineth, who declared that he was opposed to al 1 movement except that which was for the benefit of the people ; and who remarked, that the government of England, matured and perfected by time, had won the admiration of Montesquieu, and of the . fintire . world. These were the opinions of a man, whose name must be familiar to all who knew anything of France since the revolution— the oldest civil grenadier in France : and he refers you to the constitution of England, asa system brought to perfection, and deserving the admiration of the entire world ; while the noble lord would not only, with an unfilial hand, tear it to pieces, but trample it to the ground, and vilify it with every term of degradation. ( Great cheering.) Next would he call their attention to M. Gnizot: he was carried on the very shoulders of the people into power, by steps made slippery with blood. ( Oontinnedcheers.) But he remained not long. He sa'd, " I left the government because I found myself unequal to stem the torrent of the movement.'' Did the hon. and learned gent, opposite think that he could stem the torrent here ? Did onr English Gnizot fancy that he could stem it? ( Loud laughter.) M. Guizot was a writer of pamphlets, of treatises upon government, and so forth— indeed, he believed he had the honour of translating a production of Lord John Russell's—( con- tinued laughter)— and yet he gave lip in despair, the attempt to check the violence of popular fury. Did Lord John Russell imagine he would be more success- ful ? ( Cheers.) What next ? There was a lawyer- bold, voluble, slippery, enterprising, universal. at every thing in the ring. ( Loud laughter, and great cheering.) He spoke in tlie house— wrote pamphlets— wrote in magazines— wrote in the newspapers. ( Continued 1 nig' ter, an I " oh, oh, oh'.") He considered that those who possessed the power of writing and of speaking were much to be envied; he wished he had that power —( Hear, hear, and laughter, and " 0I1, oh I") — he would not be ashamed of it. (" Oh, oh!") He had rather be a writer, honestly giving forth his sentiments to the people, nnd endeavouring truly to instruct them, through any medium, however humble, than be the signer of some miserable radical letter, writtenby a low reformer. ( Loud cheering.) He had rather speak feebly, as he knew he did deliver himself— and be interrupted, as he had been interrupted by those sitting on the opposite benches— thao be one of the mutes of a despotic go- vernment, v ho could do nothing but attempt to strangle a discussion 0* which their masters were afraid. ( En- thusiastic chcoring,) And now, having expressed this feeling, the min sters might interrupt Ttiin as mnc. h as they pleased. ( Cheers.) But to proceed— this eminent lawyer, under the influence of tlie revolution, after having been with them, as it were, to- day, was made Keeper of the Seals to- morrow. ( Heir, and loud ' anghter.) He spoke of M. Dupin. ( Continued laughter.) His triumphs in the tribune were only equalled hy his literary reputation and excessive popu- larity. Everything was to be subjected by him lo the crucible of innovation, and the popular acclaim attended him wherever he went. ( Cheers and laughter.) Every abuse was, under his auspices, to be reformed ; but he had not been in oflice many weeks, nay, he believed he might say many days, when this Keeper of the Seals entered trie chamber with dishevelled hair, and in the extremity of distress, to complain of the violence and distinctly, for there was a good deal of noise in the house ' and some laughter.) Tbe right honourable gentleman proceeded to say, the noble lord opposite smiled. He would not believe he smiled at the story. ( Hear, hear.) It could only be at his feeble mode o'f telling it. No man of feeling— no man possessing the common attri- butes of humanity, could be other than indignant at such atrocities; but he asked, had government Instituted any inquiry? ( Cheers.) No i and he verily believed, that if proper'steps had been taken at Nottingham and Derby, the rio'ts at Bristol never would have happened. ( Loud cheers) If government had vindicated the dignity of their station— of public justice— of human nature at these places, the lamentable events at Bristol never would have happened. ( Loud cheers.) They talked of a Reform Bill to assuage agitation; and ill due obedience lo order, they summoned parliament on the 6th, to consider a bill that was not ready till the 12th. ( Cheers.) But in Bristol they had as yet done nothing, or worse than nothing. A special commission was to be sent down there on the 6th of January. Now, if parliament had been appointed to nleet 011 the 6th of January, and the special commission sent down ,0 Bristol 011 the 6th of December, it would have been the mnch moie rational and laudable course of proceeding. ( I, oiid cheers.) And who was it that had been attacked? First, his honourable and learned friend, the Recorder of Bristol ( Sir C. Wetherell)— he was abused in all the newspapers, vilified in society is the cause and origin of all the misfortunes which had occurred, and this at least with the acquiescence of the government— a go- vernment which had at length been compelled to render his hon. and learned friend a tardy justice. Tile only person prosecuted with anything like speed in Bristol was Captain Lewis, a special constable ; the Co. oner's Inquest had found him guilty of manslaughter, so that one of the defenders of the law had hitherto been its only victim. What he blamed ministers for was th's, that they had not taken example by the coroner— hot they did not make the same active exertions cn their side that, the Radicals had done on theirs. He com- plained that they did not attempt to visit offences 01 the right head— that they did not instantly send down a special Commission— that Captain Lewis had not had justice, aud that the Recorder had not had justice, who himself should have been made a tfiember of the com- mission. He would venture to say, that the mind of the country was not so much alarmed by the threats of disturbance, or even by the open violence and outrages at Bristol, as by the " death- like apathy of those who ought to be the p; otcctors of persons and property. ( Cheers.) Had tins nothing to do with the Reform? Was it not part of the chain, the first link of wh'. ch was forged, the 1st of . Varc'i— the first debate on the Reform Bill? ( Hear.) An with a dire and Irresistible force It did not need tlie [ nobility", asa'' nwss^ eonseqiTence of poptifar usiirpa- confession of the hon. and learned gentleman to| tior, s on the Crown. The insolence, indeed, of the establish this fact— it was evident in the occurrences of the day. Had they not seen what had taken place at meetings of the people, deceived, according to the hon. and learned gentleman's own admission, by dema- gogues and artful incendiaries ? One of those meetings, consisting of one hundred and fifty thousand persons, assembled somewhere in Birmingham, , c. ame to a reso- lution of approbation of the conduct of the two noble lords opposite. That meeting— he did not know whether at the same time, but a meeting compo ed of the same persons, professed principles that must have stirtlcd, not only his Majesty's government, but thc most violent members of the popular party. They cime. to two resolutions— the one, that the people ought no longer to pay taxes; the other, that hereditary rank WAS an abuse which ought no longer to lie tolerated. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Having passed the e resolutions, they thought they should do honour to the two noble lords opposite by presenting them an address of grati- tude and grahilation. It was certainly somewhat singular that a body of persons who had jiist resolved, that taxes ought no longer to be paid should address his Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer, ami h Majesty's Paymaster of the Forres, ( A laugh.) If the resolutions were to prove effective, those noble lords would find themselves in possession of sinecures. ( A laugh.) It was certainly somewhat singular, that a body of persons who had just resolved that hereditary rink was an intolerable abuse, should address, whom ? Lord John Russell and Lord Althorp. ( Hear, hear.) And those noble lords, seeing nothing extraordinary in a'l these proceedings,— looking at the assembly in question with the sime prophetic eye as the hon. and learned gentleman,— not seeing in them a mob urging them forward, instead of a body of which they were the leaders,- not seeing in them a body of despotic dictators, but a body of adulators and admirers, were fo flattered by their praises snd cajolerv, that, entirely forgetting the resolutions that taxes ought not to be Commons, and their haughty treatment of the Lords, had already arisen to a great height, and gave sufficient warning of their future attempts upon that order. They muttered somewhat of their regret that they should be enforced to sn' c the kingdom alone, and lhat the House of Peers would have 110 part in ( he honour. Nay, they went so far as openly to tell the Lords, ' That they themselves were the representative body of the whole kingdom, ami that the Peers were nothing but indi- viduals, who held their seats in a particular capacity; and, therefore, if their lordships will not consent to the passing of acts necessary for the preservation of the people, the Commons, together with such of the Lords as are more sensible ofthe danger, must join together, and represent the matter to his Majesty.' " They did not say the Peers were a faction— they were modest in tho'e days. ( Cheers and laughter.) T! ey did not call the solemn resolution ofthe House of Lords the whisper of a faction. ( Grea tcheciing.) They spoke of the Peers simply as 199 individual-', who, in their private capacity, were opposed to the representatives of the country.' ( Cheers.) This parallel was sufficiently obvious. " Meanwhile the tumults sti'. l continued, and even increased about Westminster and Whitehall. The cry continually resounded against bishops and rotten- hearted lords" Now the cry was rotten borough lords. ( Loud Cheering.) The history does not say whether the house was dismissed in the latter end of October, to be re- assembled on the 61 h ot December under tl e order of the exciters of tumults, and under the pretence of con- sidering a bill which was not ready— which was not hid on the lable until ihe 12th, nor put into the hands of the members until they entered the house that even- ing. But ministers knew the more time was afforded the people to reflect, the less inclined would they be to suppirl them. ( Loud cheers. I Now see what corse was then pursued, and how they went on to justify their ingratitude of the people. ( Hear, and laughter.) infuriated mob had attacked his house, becaime he had ventured to say that combinations of men were danger- ous to the state, and because he had advised Louis Philippe t. o issue a proclamation to put down assemblies which were inconsistent with all good government. ( Loud cheering.) Because lie had induced the govern- ment to set itself in opposition to those tumults it had at first excited— ( great, cheering) this mob rushed into his hotfse— pillaged it— destroyed his furniture— and spared not even the females of his family. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Here was your man of three weeks' popularity. The tale was disgraceful, but he hoped it would prove instructive. There was another man not so eminent as Dupin, but perhaps next to Dupin— he meant M. Persil, who had likewise borne testimony to the advantages of the glorious revolution. This was the history of what had passed in Paris under the popular government— under the influence of tlie Reform Bill— under the influ- ence of a government that had created Peers to pass their Reform Bill. ( Loud cheers.) This was the his- tory of a popfilar government, who fancied they were leading the movement when they were only hurried on- wards in the torrent's sweep. ( Hear, hear )' But they had two warning voiccs— that of the lion, and learned member for Calne and of M. Persil— who declared that minister? were not the leaders of the movement, but its victims and its dUpes. ( Cheers.) Now as to Lyons— Lyons had its revolution in the, three glorious days of July, though all show of it was lost in the superior blaze of glory that rose on high from the capital. Lyons, however, did go through its ordeal; and afler lite revolution it had every advantage that could be desired for a great, manufacturing town— popular repre- sentation-— reforming ministers— a patriotic King, who. walked about the streets, with an umbrella under his arm ( cheers ami laughter); and yet, stupid, Ungrateful town, in these days of lightsand information, and liberal opinions, it took 50,000 men to establish tranquillity within its walls. ( Cheers.) Next, turning tlieir eyes lo home, they found that in Nottingham a mob, that by the way had given notice of their intentions, assembled aid burned down a castle belonging to a nobleman— not certainly, the one in which he resided, but that which he devoted to the purposes of charity. ( Cheers.) He was a borough- mongering lord, however, and it was not worth government's while to institute any inquiry upon the subject. ( Cheers.) In Derby, too, the gaol was attacked. The courage of one man saved it, but not until a most disgraceful and distressing outrage was perpetrated upon a private family, and not a family of anti- reforming principles or of any strong political opinions. The right noil, member then stated that the mob burst into the house, pillaged it, and destroyed every thing that they could not bear away, and that the lady'of the house and her daughter fled, and concealed, themselves under a laurel bush, where for hours thc daughter, like a second Antigone, supported her aged parent's head upon her bosom. And at length, when the mob had separated, and they were discovered by the servants, the. only place of rest which could be procured for them in their own magnificent mansion was a groom's bed in a loft over the stable. ( This was Ihe substance of the story, but we did not hear the right hon gentleman Pass this bill ( said ministers on that occasion), or dread the consequences your rejection of it would only exasperate— on your heads then be the misery and confusion it will occasion." From the moment the noble lord and the lion, add learned gent, had sounded that trump of dismay— dismay he could not call it, because nobody had believed it— but that trump of excitement, the result had been evident: what seemed the declamation of the senate had proved incen- tives to the democracy, which was only waiting for the application of the first spark to explode. I say ( con- tinned Mr. Croker) that the Reform Bill has been the cause of all this mischief. I charge it upon it; and 1 assert that I can trace it as clearly as the footsteps of an Indian malefactor through the pathless forest. I can trace it from the first insult to our houses and the first breach of the domestic peace of the City, when the Lord Mayor ( Who, I suppose, fancied himself a minister, and certainly acted like one,) excited a disturbance he was unable to allay. This ebullition of party triumph, this illumination of the itlnminati of the wards, not only occasioned the destruction of property in the City, but the ebullition overflowed beyond S': e jurisdiction of the sagacious chief magistrate. I can trace it from that earliest catastrophe to this final— would to God I could call it final'.— discussion. I he hon. and learned member has again treated us with the presence of his imaginary stranger, whom he supposes for the first time to visit our shores nnd to wonder at our institutions. I, too, can fancy his arrival and his entrance into our metro- polis at Hyde Park- corner. What would be his aston- ishment to find that while our dwellings were unfortified, our houses were barricaded! " I had thought," he would exclaim, in the words of the great Chatham, " that an Englishman's house was his castle— that his castle was defended bv the law, and not by boards and buttresses" He would find that the very first edifice he beheld was barricaded, and he would be told, in ex- planation, that in these altered times an Englishman's house, if he meant to live in it, must indeed be a castle. ( Cheers.) Then the stranger would inquire who lived in that eyeless abode - in that house which could not conveniently be turned out at windows? He would naturally suppose that it was some enemy of the poor — some state malefactor who had grown rich on the spoil of the nation— or some minister, who had ground the country under his despotic, sway, and was compelled to take shelter from the just fury of the populace. " Oh, 110!" would be thc reply, " no such obnoxious individual inhabits the first house that meets your eye; but a man to whom I will apply no epithet— the Duke of Wellington ( much cheering)— the Duke of Vittoria - the Prince ot Waterloo." ( Continued cheers.) A few steps farther would lead the stranger to another mansion more carefully barricaded than the former, and guarded with chevaux- de- frize. Of course he would conclude at once that that must be the residence of Sir R. Peel, who had never been separated from the Duke of Wellington- never separated from the affections of the real friends of his country— and happily too, never separated from the hostility of her enemies. iCheers.^ Again, the stranger would find himself mistaken when he should be informed that it was the residence of a Prince of the Blood Royal. ( Hear.) " What! ( the stranger would exclaim) with a popular King, who has built up his throne of his people's hearts - whose sceptre is not studded with gems, bnt with the love of liis people — whose crown is not enriched with bloodstones from the Tower, but whose brows are encircled by the glori- ous civic wreath of the Reform Bill? ( Cheers and laughter.) Do they attack," lie would add, " a member of the King's family ?' " Aye," would be the answer; " who has married, besides the daughter of George III and tlie sister of George IV. and of his present Majesty — a princess as amiable as she is blameless?" ( Cheers.) 1 thank the hon. and learned gent, for giving me this stranger. It is a proverb that 110 resident sees London until a friend from the country arrives, to whom he must show the lions; and the hon. and right hon. gen- tlemen might never have seen these signs of the times but for the arrival of this welcome stranger. He still proceeds along Piccadilly, and observes a third house barricaded like the other two. He inquires to whom it belongs? concluding that it was the abode of some haughty aristocrat- some vigorous enemy of reform— perl'ifps the Bishop of Exeter- some overfed lazy drone, who, while the people are starving, is rolling in heredi- tary riches. No ; lie would be astonished to learn that the dwelling belonged to a man as eminent in his way as, perhaps, the hero whose mansion he had first seen— Mr. Baring, a wealthy lfiOrchant, whohad raised a great fortune, and as great a character, by means which used to be the pride and safety of England— irdustry and honour ( hear); who had spent his whole life in advo- cating liberal principles, against whose private worth not a whisper had been heard, and who had extorted applause even from opposing Tories. ( Cheers.) Thus the stringer Would discover that the Blood Royal itself - the hero whose deeds had, perhaps, exceeded even those of Marlbo'rougfi— and the most eminent merchant of dur day— that all ranks and all conditions of society were equally obliged to barricade their dwellings during the auspicious administration of the friends of the Reform Bill. If this Reform Bill be so powerful in its cradle, what strength will it not possess when it reaches its full stature, and when armed with its tremendous club. ( Cheers and laughter) I believe that its first attack will be upon the very authors of its being, and who honestly, perhaps* think it will he useful— against those who in this House ( though I wish they had done it with more alacrity), have ventured to express some sort of desire that violence should be avoided— who rather wished that 110 disturbances should occur, but who thought that the fire, if left to itself, would go out of its own accord. I do not charge them so much with lighting the flame, as with not calling for the engine, and for not working it when it did at length arrive. ( Hear, hear.) As I can track the course of reform, as I said, like the Indiau in the foiest, so I can tiace the gradual terror and truckling of the ministers. Not a word they say- not an act they do, or omit to do, but has regard to'the tlamonr of the unions, against whom, forsooth, they at last ventured to let fly a paper kite. Yet even the proclamation proves their fears, and while they professed to be so ready to meet the Birmingham and olher associations, they sent down intelligence which would prevent a. collision ; and rather solicited the aid of Townshetid and the officers at Bow- street, than trust to their own firmness and resolution. Ministers sharpened their swords, and buckled 011 their armour, at the very moment when they knew their hostile preparations would be needless. Bnt even if they were anxious to rule the tempest they have raised, it is beyond their power— their reach— beyond the scope of their minds; they never foresaw it, and as little can they stop it. Have I not heard, and this very day seen in print, that Ireland may be said to owe her deliverance to the firmness ofa single right honourable gentleman in the Cabinet?— that a person, highly re- spectable I admit, and whom I should be glad to see in any office for which he was fit, would have been made Attorney- General, or have received some other high legal appointment, but for the resist: nee of one member of the government. ( Hear.) Yet this individual was to step into office from the bar where be had recently been indicted for sedition. ( Hear, hear.) Nothing keep his ministers in office an hour if the Radicals were opposed to them? No;— therefore they appear to be the friends of a system to which they are in their hearts hostile. The dangers of the country are, therefore, beyond what even they contemplate: history can afford no parallel, for there is no precedent where the govern- ment has been on the side of the agitation. ( Cheers.) The true secret of our position is this— that the King's name has been abused for a purpose the very reverse of his constitutional duty, which is to protect life, to guard property, and to secure not only freedom of opinion, but freedom of expression. Bnt the wishes of the Sovereign must be unavailing, w hen lie has delegated power to ministers who are neither his servants nor their own masters, but the servants of a faction which they in their hearts detest, and which they are doing their utmost to cajole. The Radicals see, with triumph, that nothing has been done to punish the rascals at Derby, the ruffians at Nottingham, or the rioters at Coventry ; and they see, too, that in the case even of Bristol, jus- tice is lamer than the proverb— that, instead of going by steam, she is limping down to Somersetshire at the rate of. two miles an hour, to arrive three months after the event, and three weeks before the Assizes. ( Much cheering.) The right honourable gentleman concluded by assuring the House that he had urged nothing but from an imperious sense of the danger of the country — a danger lie knew not how to remedy, but whicli he knew he could tremendously increase by the passing of the Reform Bill. ( The cheering at the close of this speech was of very long continuance.) HOUSE OF COMMONS SATURDAY. The House met at twelve o'clock. The order of the day for the resumed debate 011 the Reform Bill was read, and— Sir R. INCUS rose to oppose the motion. He con- tended that after the proposed change in the representa- tion, that House would cease to be the depositary of the various conflicting interests of the State, and would be the single organ of the democracy of the kingdom; t' fe concentrated will of the people would be the will of parliament, and therefore might be destructive of that system which had hitherto reconciled the conflict- ing interests of the State. The debt of the country for instance might be expunged, and many other of the national Institutions overturned. The alterations in the present bill appeared to him entirely of a technical c!: a acter, and, upon the whole, he felt convinced that it was infinitely worse than the former one. He trusted therefore that it would meet with the same fate, aud be rejected as the other had been. Mr. S. WoRTi. F. Y regretted that Ministers had not this time brought forward a measure calculated ill some degree to conciliate the feelings of those who con- scientiously opposed the former bill. Though there were considerable improvements in the details of the bill, as he still objected to some of its leading princi- ples, he could not vote for the second reading. He thought tile Lords had acted most properly in resecting the last bill, and were, in consequence, entitled to the thanks of the country, Colotiel Woon should vote for the second reading of the bill, in the hope that it would be so amended in committee as to secure it a favourable reception with another branch of the legislature. Mr. SLANEY supported the bill, and dwelt at some length upon tbe necessity of giving additional mem- bers to the manufacturing population, which, he said, was ill the proportion of two to one to the agricultural population. Air. GODSON, Sir H. WILT. otT. Hhr, Lord JOHN RUS- SELL, and Mr. STANLEY supported the bill. Colonel SIBTHORP, Colonel CUST, Mr. fi. WALT., Mr. PnAEn, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Colonel LINDSAY, spoke against the measure. Sir C. WRTHF. RELL spoke at great length against the bill, and contended that it would not be final ;— it would, he said, neither please the Radicals nor the Political Unions. With the last bill, it was eqtially a measure of revolution and robbery— a change without necessity or use. Mr. CRESSETT PELHAM also opposed the bill, on the ground that it would reverse the proper order of so- ciety ; for if such a measure were to pass, it would give so much power to the people that they would become dictators to the Government. He conscientiously believed that the bill woilld not be attended with those beneficial results which were anticipated, and therefore he should vote against its second reading ; and he should do so because he thought it destructive of those institutions which were framed by the wisdom of our ancestors, and which saved this country. At half- past twelve at night the House divided— For the second reading 324 Against it 162 On the 9th inst. at the house of Mr. Butterton, solicitor, of Market Drayton, Mrs. Farbeck, in the 99th year of her age, widow of the late Mr. Farbeck, surgeon, of that place, and sister to the late Richard Warren, of Stafford, Esquire. The family of the deceased are remarkable for their longevity: her mother was born in the 9th year of the reign of Queen Anne, and lived to attain the advanced age of 94 years. The deceased was in the full possession of her faculties until within a few weeks previous to her death. On the 28th nit. at the house of her daughter, in Great Portland- street, London, at the advanced age of 88, Elizabeth, relict of Mr. Joseph Stubbs, of Walsall, daughter of the Rev. Robert Felton, formerly Vicar of that place, and grand- daughter, in the maternal line, of Rowland Cotton, Esq. of the ancient family of the Cottons of Erdington, near Bridgnorth. On Thursday last, after a lingering illness, Mr. Stevens, of the Oak Inn, Oswestry. O11 the 13th inst. after a few days' illness, in the 61st year of his a< je, Mr. Samuel Cleeton, farmer and grazier, of Henley, near Bridgnorth. Suddenly, on Thursday morning last, Mr. John Jones, son of Mr. Jones, wine- merchant, of Blidgnorth ; a young man much esteemed. INFIRMARY— Visiting Clergyman this week, fhe Rev. J E. Compson:— House- Visitors, Mr. Kempster and Mr. Durnford.— Physician and Surgeon for the week commencing on Saturday next, Dr. Du Gard aud' Mr. Humphreys. Additional Contribution In the Good Samaritan Society, St. John's Hill. C, B Allnatt, Esq £ 0 10 G Collected in tile parish of Rnyton- of- the- Eleven- Towns, for the Society for promoting Christian Know- ledge, £ 11.15s. 6d — Ditto Berrington parish, £ 4.0s. 3d. — Ditto Sutton parish, £ 0. 7s. 6d.— Ditto in the parish of Baschurch, £ 23. lis. 6d..— Ditto in the cliapelry of Little Ness, £ 2. Os. Od. Ill our Fair , on Tuesday and Wednesday last, Fat Sheep averaged 6d. per lb.— Fat Pigs sold a't from 4Jd. to 6d. per lb.; strong Stores at the same price as the preceding Fair ; and small ones rother lower. Prime Cattle reached 6d. per lb ; Cows and Calves sold well; and Store Bullocks sold at near the prices of the pre- ceding Fair.— Best Cheese sold at from 58s. to 65s. per c . vt. and inferior according lo quality.— Butter, in tubs, 9, d. to lOd. per lb.: in Tlimps to lOJd.— Bacon t'l. to Bel. per lb.— Hams were a short supply. At Bridgnorth Fair, on Thursday last, there was a la ge show of all sorts of cattle;" a few of the best ated cows sold at nearly 6d per lb.; inferior beasts sold at 5d. to 5| 4 per lb.; cows with calves fetched h; gh prices, as did pood barren cows, The show of horses was small, and little business done in the sale of those animals, Fat pigs sold at from 8s. to Ss. 6d. per score. 1 Majority for the second reading.. 162 The House then adjourned until the 17th of January POSTSCRIPT. LOXDt/ N, Tuesday Morning, Dec. 20, 1831 PRICKS OF FUNDS AT TIIE CLOSE. Red. 3 per Cents. 82| 3 per Cent. Cons. — New 31 per Cent. — 31 per Cents. Red 89J 3$ per Cent. Cons. — i per Cents. 99f Bank Stock 192| New Ann. 16 9- 16 India Bonds 2 dis India Stock — Excheq. Bills 9 Consols for Account 83 THE REFORM BILL.— The champions of the Con stitution have " fought flic good tight" with manly energy and spirit; and though overpowered for the moment by the mere numbers of the delegates of faction, their ultimate success is Certain. We do not hesitate to express our belief that the impression produced upon the country by these two days of triumphant debate will be such as to complete the rescue of fhe Constitution from thc danger which hung over it- ' fhe retainers of the Revolutionary Administration, tbe pledged Members of Ihe House of Commons, who have purchased their seats by the sale of freedom, honour, and conscience, may still cling fo Ministers and vote as they command; but their cause, nevertheless, has received a vital blow, from Ihe ( fleets of which it never ran recover. The abatement of energy within tbe walls of Parliament in the cause of Reform is in proportion to the languor which prevails Without — Morning Vost. Ouly one member voted in the majority for the Reform Bill, on Saturday night, that voted against it last Session; while two who voted for it before, on Saturday voted against it.— Afier Christmas, the parties will be regularly in front of each ofher, and it will then be seen that whatever alteration has taken place in the Conservative party since last Sessson, it is not that of diminution. Mr. Slaney and Mr. Wolryche Whiftnore are the only Shropshire Members who voted for the second reading of thc Reform Bill on Saturday night. We regret to state that twenty- eight poor persons lost their lives, last werk, by an explosion of fire damp in one of the deep coal- pits, near Wigan Lancashire. Cl) c Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1831. could have prompted such an appointmeut but the height of timidity and imbecility. Let me ask ,- s the King even the chooser of his ministers now? Could his Majesty, supposing he had the consent ofthe Toties, in their constitutional reverence for the Royal wishes, jgr If " W. II." will favour us with his real name his letter shall appear.— The communication must be authenticated. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst. at Coventry, the Lady of John Bury, Esq. of a son. O11 the 16th insf. Mrs. Richard Ford, St. John's Hill, in this town, ofa daughter. On Saturday evening last, at Plas- Yollin, in this county, the Lady of William Legh Hilton, Esq. of daughter. O11 the 18th inst, the Countess of Harrington ( late Miss Foote), of a son and heir. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. at Cound, by the Rev. E. H. Owen, Mr. J. Roberts, of Llanrhaiadr, near Denbigh, to Martha, second daughter ofthe late Mr. J. Reynolds, of Cressage Park, in this county. DIED. On Tuesday, the 20th inst. Charlotte Emilia, daughter of Joseph Loxdale, Esquire. On the 4th inst. at Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire. Bridget, relict of the late Rev. Edward Hunt, Rector of Banefield and Stoke Doyle. On the 12th inst. at Scarborough, aged seven years. Julia, fourth daughter of the Rev. George Hunt, Rector of Barningham, in the county of Suffolk, and Bough ton, in the county of Norfolk. O11 Wednesday last, in his 4th year, deeply lamented, John, youngest son of Mr. W. Price, of Chilton, near this town. Ou Monday last, aged 3 years, John Thomas Frail, only soil of Mr. Frail, hairdresser, of Shoplatch, in this town. On the 9th inst. in London, aged 27, Mr. James Edwards, son of the late Mr. William Edwards, of Ludlow, draper. O11 the llth inst. at Meole Brace, Jane, eldest daughter ofthe late Rev. John Mayor, M. A. Vicar of Shawbury, in this county. On the llth inst. aged 66, Mr. Trevor, of Whit- church ; a gentleman highly respected and much lamented by his numerous friends: his benevolent and truly- amiable character will long be remembered. On the I Oth inst. much respected, Lydia, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Taylor, Rhoden, aged ii. The Shropshire Colliers, We hare great pleasure iri recording the fulfilment four anticipation of last week, that peace and order would be restored throughout the mining disirict of Shropshire, by the return of the men 10 their work, prior to this day's publication. Our readers are already aware flint on Monday, the 5th instant, the colliers, Stc. left llieir work, being- instigated, and in many jnmiuiees compelled, in do so hy bodies of men from Ilie Staffordshire works, wlirt used not only threats hut violence also to enforce llieir mandate. Hi consequence, ilie Magistrates of the District, namely, Williuih Charlton, Esq. Edward Cludde, Esq. G. A. Moultrie, Esq. the* Rev. C. It. Cameron, and Thomas fiytoii, Esi|. nlnde application for the aid of llie South Salopian Yeomanry, and pro- ceeded 10 swear in special constables; and, as ihc further exigency of ilie case called for il, an address to the colliers was published, representing lo them the error into whicli they had fallen, arid the iniptfssibilily of the masters acceding to iheir demands in the present state of the iron irade, nnd a plan was agreed upon for protecting such ns would continue at work : a handbill was alio published suggesting to the in- habitants of the surrounding country the impropriety of giving money to the bodies of colliers who had left llieir employment, and who Were begging about the country, and all of whom ( availing themselves of the plea thai but a portion were entitled to me) said thejr had been compelled to leave their Work. It is already known to I lie piiblie, that by the exertions of the Magistrates, and ilie prompt and unremitted Services of Ihe South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry, the peace was effectually maintained throughout the dislricl -. wherever on assemblage of colliers took place, or was meditated, the Magistrates, wilti Major Jenkins, aiid the troops, maiie iheir appearance, and by iliese demonstrations, added li> Ihe judicious advice given by the Magistrates when- ever large parties were met wilh, outrage was pre- vented, and pence and property preserved: fnt, however well- disposed the great mnjorlij of the poor men were, it was too evident thai there were nmonf them individuals lhat would bave urged ihein to ex- cesses ofthe most lamentable description, if means had not been adopted lo shliw them that all such attempt* would be promptly met and effectually prevented and punished. Il now became evidenl that a syslcm of orgnn'zatinn prevailed; which prevented ihe hope of any imnirdlutr return to work by Ihe men, anil which, even if they did return to work, wonld render it necessary that a force should he al hand to protect them in illeir em- ployment from the attacks of the ill. disposed ; and application was accordingly made lo Government fof a body of regular troops to be stationed in Ihc disirict : meantime the Yeomanry continued 011 duly, giving- assurance to the inhabitants of that safety which, under oilier circumstances, ihey would have considered themselves not warranted in nnlicipatlng, when the aspect of affairs was taken into consideration r for it cannot be concealed, that a large body of these poor men had, through ihe means of incendiary publica- tions, imbibed a belief that iliere should be- no grada- tions of rank in society, aud lhat there ought lo be an equalization of properly. Oil Monday, ihe 12th inslnnt, thc Lord Lieutenant of the County ( ihe Earl of Pow rs) weni 10 llay Gale, in ihe disturbed district, nnd consulted wilh the assembled Magistrates ; and 011 Wednesday last, a meeting of Ihe Magistrates and Ironmasters « n » lield at the sainfe place, aiid a number of metr, ns n depnla. tion from tbe different works, attcudrd. The Iron- masters heard what Ihey had 10 say, but did not emer into any discussion wilh Ihem. NJr. Forster spoke lo Iheni, and said he bad brought n gieat deal of money into Ihe count}, though he bad taken none out, and did not expect to take any out ol it. The result was, a determination on ihe part of the Ii- onuuisteis that they could not, in the present siato of the trade, rise the wages of tfie men. After ihe meeting, the assembled workmen quietly returned borne ; but information having . been given that ou the next day certain turbulent characters hud threatened to commit outrages 011 the Friday, the Lord l. ieulennut and the Magistrates ndoptea pre- cautionary measures, and the Cavalry, under Mujor Jenkins, paraded through Ihe works at an eaiTy hour on Friday morning; after which a Imrclienir was- pre- pared for them, by Mr. Roilield, in tbe lawn before liis residence at Malinslee. — 1 n the course of thc morn* ing the impropriety of their conduct, in leaving their work without notice, was pointed out to severnl bodies of workmen, by Major Jenkins, and by other gentle- men who addressed them : nnd shortly nfterwaids the Earl of Pow is arrived at Snedsbill, and, from his carriage, addressed a number of persons who weie collected about bin), pointing out to ihein the error of their conduct, nnd exhorting them to return to ibeir work. His Lordship's address WB'S listened lo with great attention, and from its reasoning, added to tbe popularity I, f bis Lordship's character, there cmi be no doubt ii tended to produce the very besi effects-, liis Lordship afterwards gave several sovereigns lo be distributed to the poor women who were piesenl in great numbers, and who were suffering considerable privations in consequence Of the woikmeu llauug left llieir employment. On Saturday, every thing was perfectly quiet ; anil nil assurance having been given thirl such men n » would reiurn lo their employment should be pro- tected, work was commenced » t several of the pits, by clearing the water, Ste. preparatory tu a more general return to employment, which, we'ore hnppy to. say, took place 011 Monday morning; although, we fear, such is the slate of the iron trade, that some of Ihe furnaces now blown out, will not resume work for the present, and that, in consequence, many of tbo- e who have left tlieir work, will noi, until the trade improves, have an opportunity uf resuming employ, mi nt in this conuty. On Monday, two companies of Ihe 8Slh regiment nrrived nt SliiH'ual ; uud, llie colliers, Sic. baring pretty generally gone lo work, the Soulh Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry returned lo head- quarters in ibis town yesterday, where they received the lhankt of their Colonel ( ihe Viscount Clive), who joined them on Monday ; and they were dismissed lo their homes, having', we know, the approbation ofthe Government and of the Couiinnnder- in Chief ( Lord Hill), together with tbe wannest thanks nud approbation of ihe Lord Lieutenant and the Magistrates of the District: und wlien we say ihat these testimonials of their services mid alacrity were merited iu the highest degree, we are quite sure that we speak the sentiments of all who have witnessed ihe zeal and steadiness with which during the past fortnight ihey hnve performed the responsible duties thut they were called upou lo undertake. In concluding this narrative, we feel it an inopera- tive duly 10 express ihe feeling of puhliy ap'proitaiioVj so warmly testified towards the Mn'jjisirirea of the d strict, who have so aMy exerted themselves in making those arrangements by which the peace ofthe county has heen preserved under such serious circuui, saices. SALOPIAN JOURNAL, OOi/ iHllEM, OUT WAiLMei. NEWCASTLB- ON- TYNB, Dec. IB.— In our lasl we ex- pressed II hope lhat the dreadful malady, ihe Cholera, hating been confined to Sunderland for so long a period, without extending lo Ihis town or Ihe adjacent district, notwithstanding the constant intercourse be- tween the two places, would pass over ns altogether. In th: » anticipation, however, we regret to say, we have been disappointed. There appears now to he no doubt thai a disease precisely similar in its operation and efl'ecis to the Asiatic Cholera, is now existing iti the town, and lias, since il first made its appearance, continued progressively oti the increase. Up lo yes- terday there have been attacked 61; died 23; recovered 4—• remaining 34. The Board of Health Dittl ihe authorities of the town have been unceasing in iheir exertions— Newcastle. Courant. On Saturday, the 10th inst. William Burroughs, servant in husbandry to Mrs. Adney, of Rowton, was convicted in the penalty of forty shillings and costs, he being in search of game with a greyhound and gun, in the township of Ellerdiue, and parish of High Ercall.— As this is the first conviction under the new Game Act that has come to our knowledge, we think it. advisable to inform some of oumumerous readers that, where the landlord has made a reservation of the Game for himself and . his friends, any person, even the tenant himself, is guilty of a trespass, although on the land he. Occupies, if in search of game, and liable to the above penalty, upon complaint being made by one credible witness before a magistrate; moreover the person trespassing is liable to a further penalty of 20s. a bead for all game killed; and to have the same taken from him. The Birmingham Gazette of Monday last says— " It gives us pleasure to say that the workmen in the neighbouring Collieries have generally returned to their employment, anil that the entire district is now perfectly tranquil. Many of the men resumed work early in the week, and few if any continue idle. For the present it has however been considered expedient that a strorg military force should remain on duty at Wolverhampton." Mr. Brayen, the Reforming thllow chandler, h is resigned the representation of Leominster— The election of a Member to supply the vacancy com- menced on Monday lasl ; when Lord llotham, antl W. Eraser, Esq. ( a Scotch Reformer) were the cantli- dites.— At the close of yesterday's ( Tuesday's) Foil the numbers were— for Lord Hotham 69— Mr. Fraser' 51. The Special Commission for the trial of the Bristol rioters, it is officially announced, will be opened on Monday, the 2d of next month. The Gazette of Friday afternoon announces the Royal licence and authority to the Earl of Lisburne " to use and subscribe the surname of Vaughan before all titles of honour. Last week, a real French fat cow, belonging to Mr. Wier, of the Squirrel Inn, Bridgnorth, was slaugh- tered, after being stall fed for some months, the four quarters of which weighed only 85lbs. each— weight of the hide 46lbs. and tbe rough fat 67lbs. Mr. and Mrs. Wier, with their wonted generosity, gave the largest portion of the beef to tlieir poor neighbours. rgM- IF, OSWESTRY DISPENSARY fa ANNUAL BALL will be held at the WYNN- STAY ARMS INN, upon TUESDAY, December 27th. Ladies Patronesses. Mrs. BULKELEY OWEN, Miss PARKER. Managers. W. OWEN. Esq. Woodhouse, THOS. LOVETT, Esq. UHE next LUDLOW ASSEMBLY l will take place on FRIDAY, the 30th Instant. Mrs. HOLDER, Patroness. Capt. BERKELEY CALCOTT, Steward. fjipH E Sale of Property, advertised to take « place at the Boalhouse, Llandrinio, on Friday, the 23d Instant, is for the present postponed. Fair view Boarding Schoo.', » ELLESMERE, ILL He- open on the d? th of January, 1832.— There is a Vacancy for a Parlour Boarder. The most respectable References will be required. Golden Canister TEA WAREHOUSE, 5, HIGH- STREET. ^ aies tip suction. M! SOLE BHACEi MONEY. EA DY to be advanced, noon approv d Security, the Sums' of £ 2,000, £ 1,000, and smaller Sums.— Apply to THE PRINTER; if by Letter, Post- paid. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shrewsbury, December 10, 1831. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the County of Salop will be held at the Shirehall, in Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 2d Day of January, 1832, at Twelve o'Clock ; at which Time the Grand'and Petty Jurors, and all Prosecutors and Witnesses, must attend, and be ready to proceed on the Trials of Prisoners. And NOTICE is also hereby given, that the Auditing Magistrates will meet at the Shirehall aforesaid at Ten o'Clock in the Morning of the said 2d Day of January; and all Person- having Business to lay before them must attend at that Time, otherwise the same will not be taken into Consideration at the next Sessions. LOXDALE, Clerk of the Peace for the County ot Salop. The Shropshire Hounds meet Wednesday, Dec. 21st Battlefield Friday, Dec. 23d Cressage Village Saturday, Dec. 21th Ercall Mill " Tuesday, Dec. 27th Porkingtou Wednesday, Dec. 28th Montt'ord Bridge Friday, Dec. 30th Shawbury Village Saturday, Dec. 3lst Lee Bridge At half- past ten. The Alhrighlon Hounds will meet on Thursday, Dec. 22d Houghmoor Siturday, Dec. 21th Prestwood Tuesday, Dec. 27th Shareshill Thursday, Dec. 29th Patslmll Saturday, Dec. 31st . Weston Lodge Tuesday, Jan. 3d -. Middleton Gorse Thursday, Jan. 5th Smestall Gate Saturday, Jan. 7th Sheriff hales At half- past ten. Mr. Wicksled's Hounds will meet on Friday, Dec. 23d Wisfaston Tuesday, Dec. 27ih Blackbrook Thursday, Dec. 29th Broughton Saturday, Dec. 31st Woore At half- past ten. Sir Richard Pulcston's Hounds meet Wednesday, Dec. 21st Oteley Park Saturday, Dec. 24th Alan Sadler's Tuesday, Dec. 27th Green Dragon, Fens Moss Friday, Dec. 30th Emral At eleven. The Montgomeryshire Fox- Hounds meet . Friday, 23d Chirbury Village Tuesday, Dec. 27th Llynllys Turnpike " Saturday, Dec. 31st Th'c Garreg Gate At ten o'clock. SALOP INFIRMARY. Directors being desirous of railing H public Attention to an improved Accident- Bed, or Hand- Bearer, which should be stationed in every Parish and Village in the Connly, for conveying Patients to the Infirmary, do hereby give NOTICE, that Mr. JOHN DURNFORD, Upholsterer, Wyle Cop, will furnish the same at £ 1. 2s. Od. each, agreeably to the Pattern which may be seen at the Infirmary. By Order ofthe Weekly Board. THOS. ' PUGH, Secretary. December 17 ih. 1831. To Medical Practitioners. ANTED, by a Young Man, twenlv- one Years of Age, a Silnation as Dispensing, and occasionally Visiting, ASSISTANT.— Apply to Mr. Walton, Printer, Shrewsbury; if by Letter, Post- paid. Middle Friendly Society. rSTMlE Members of this Society are re- ft- quested to attend at the Club House, at the RED LION, in MIDDLE, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th Day of December, 1831, at One o'Clock in the After- noon, to agree as to dividing the Funds of the Society. ' SMIE UFFtNGTON LIME COM- ® PANY beg to inform their Friends, their LIME PA^. DA ( will be on Saturday, the 24th Instant, at the Raven Inn, Shrewsbury. Uffinglon IAmc Works. Dec. 15,1831. The Adrantages of Qualify and Cheapness in alt those substantial and rich flavoured TEAS so much sought after, secured to the Public at the GOLDEN CANISTER Tea Warehouse, High- Slrei i, Shrewsbury. fpil E Proprietors, when first commencing H. this Establishment in Shrewsbury, distinctly avowed OBJECTS and INTENTIONS: these were, to soil TEAS and COFFEESat the very lowest Prices they could be afforded,. when boiight at the best Markets. for REA^ IY MONEY and sold for CASH in Shrewsbury. In bringing down the Prices of these necessaty Arti- cles of Life to their very lowest consistent with Good- ness and Quality, we have done our Duty, & redeemed our Pledge, WHICH WE NOW RENEW, by assuring the Public that the System hitherto adopted shall be STRICTLY ADHERED TO We ask for no Preference but what is amply justified by the superior Quality of our Articles. We, therefore; rest oiir Claims to your con- tinued Support upou the most. convincing & successful Test, namely TRIAL AND COMPARISON. YOU are all Judges " f these Articles. Try and judge lor your- selves. Our Motto is GOOD QUALITY, LOW PRICES, READY MONEY. Our Prices for the present Quarter are :— BLACK TEAS. C ' mmon Black 3s. lid. Good Ditto 4s. Id, to Is. 6d. Strong Breakfast Tea 4s. 8d. to 5s. Oil. Full Souchong- flavoured Ditto.. 5s. 4d. to 5s. 8d. Fine Ditto ( strongest Teas iin ported) Real fine Lapsa'g GREEN TEAS. Common Green 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.- Good Ditto StrongHyson Kind Hyson Tea Fine Hyson Fine Gunpowder ( rare Christmas Tea) 10s. 0d. tol2s. 0d. Also every olher Description of Tea, as fine Orange a'ld Blossom, Pekoe, Padrae, Tetsong, Imperial Sou- chong. Poutizan, and Niozag, OUCIIAIN or YOUNG HYSON, Ac. Superior Mocha and British Plantation COFFEE; Cocoa, Chocolate, Spices, Raw & Refined Sugars, on the lowest Money Terms. fVm. Barclay Co. LATE W. YF. VILY AND CO. 5, HIGH- STREET. Notice lo Debtors und Creditors. Sitctton. PRIME COPPICE 6s. Od. to 6s. 4,1. 7s. Od. to 8s Od. 5s. Od. to 5s. 6d. 6s. Od. to. 7s. 0,1, 7s. Id. to 8s. Od. 8s. 6d. to 0s. Od. Genteel ft nearly new Household Fur- niture, capital Bed and Table Linen, China, Glass, and Effects. BY MR/ TISDALE, On Tuesday, the 27th Day of December, 1831, in the Spacious School Rooms at Meole Brace ( removed ' from Miss Mayor's late Residence in Meole for Con- venience of Sale); ALL the genteel and nearly new House- hold FURNITURE and Effects, the Property of the late Miss MAYOR: which comprises neat Mahogany Tent Bedstead with Dimity Hangings ( new), Oak Wardrobe Bedstead ( new), prime Feather Beds ( bor- dered Ticks), Bolsters and Pillows, 2 excellent Hair Mattrasses ( new), capital Bed and Table Linen, Maho- gany a- d Painted Wash- hand Stands, neat Painted and iV a logany Chests of Drawers, Swing Glasses, Ward- robe ( new), Dressing Tables, Bedside, Stair, & Parlour Carpets ( neatly new), handsome Solid Spanish Maho- gany Bureau and Bookcase, Spanish Mahogany Stand Table, 4 Mahogany Chairs ( Hair Seals), 4 neat Imita- t'o-- Rosewood Chairs ( Cane Seats), excellent Spanish Mahogany Pembroke Table on Pillar and Claw, neat Couch stuffed with Hair, with Hair Squab and Bolsters. Mahogi- iy Lady's Work Tables, Portable Writing Desk, land ome s nail Spanish Mahogany IBookcase ( glazed DO TS), Candle Shade with plated Telescope • stand ( Morocco Case), Mahogany Reading Stand, Barometer, C ock, Mahogany Linen Airers, Table Covers, capital new Kitchen Press, with all tbe excel- lent Kitchen and Culinary Articles, & c.& c. Particulars will appear in Catalogues, which may be had atHhe Auctioneer's Oflice, Shoplaleli, and on the Premises. tiiW Fires will be kept in the School Rooms during the Sale. Sale to commence at Eleven o'Clock. AND OTHER OAK TIMBER, OF ALL DIMENSIONS. TO CONTRACTORS. WELBATCH COLLIBStY. WILLIAM HUGHES NFORMS the Public, that he has a la- ge STQCK of GOOD COAL on Bank, which he is selling at TEN SHIIAIIUGS PER TOW. Persons are always in Attendance at the Pits, so that Teams will be immediately loaded. Welbatch, 19th Dec. 1831. MARRIED. On the 3th inst. at Glasbury Church, by the Rev. \ Villiam Herbert, Charles Stratton, F. sq. ot Cathedine tlouse, Brecknockshire, to Georgiana Frances, young- est daughter of the late and sister to the present Walter Wilkins, of Maeslough Castle, Radnorshire, and niece to Viscount Hereford. Oil Thursday last, at Hangar, hy the Rev. P. Williams, Maurice Powel Jones, Esq. of Plasyn- bonwm, near Corwen, to Aline, second daughter of ' the late Rev. R. Roberts, D. D. Rector of Barnwell, Northamptonshire. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIRV— I find, in the last number of the Shrewsbury • Chronicle, a better from John Edwards, Esquire, of ' Greenfields, and another from his tenant, Mr. Hugh Davies, which are intended to contradict an assertion made by Mr. Wynn at Llanfyllin: viz. that the three freeholders in the hundred of Llanfyllin-, who voted against him at the last election, " had acted under circumstances over which they had no controul." Hugh Davie's, in his Letter, also states, that he voted for Mr. Lyon because in so doing he believed he was . consulting the good of his coilntry! Now, I think it due to Mr. Wynn to state; through the medium of your paper, the authority upon which his assertion, so far as regarded Hugh Davies-, w^ s founded. The authority is that of a ooor farmer, whose acquaintance the gallant Colonel Edwards does not despise; nor does he seem to blush for the beguiled man, whom he thus drags before the public to contradict his own words, in order to corroborate those of his Gallant Leader.— Hugh Davies DID state to myself and others, at and after the late election, that he never would have voted for Mr Lyon had he not been influenced to do so by Colonel Edwards.— I appeal to the public, whether this new Recruit of the Gallant Colonel spoke the truth, when he uttered words from the innocenCy of his heart, or whether the truth is developed in the letter above alluded to, written under the eve and at the instigation of his patron? Can any one dispute the sincerity a: d veracity of the one statement, and the vileness of the other? I am, Sir, Your humble servant, J. WILLIAMS. Potetlog, near Llanfyllin, Dee 19th, 1831. To Ihe Editor qf the Salopian Journal. SIR,— In reply to two Letters, inserted in the last Shrewsbury Chronicle, signed " John Edwards, Green- fields;'' and " Hugh Davies. Dolglynen," I beg leave to make the following remarks. I Conclude that" the single vote,' mentioned by Mr, Edwards in his Letter, as the one which may be sun- posed to be under his Contrdul, is the vote* of the person who placed his name to the other Letter signed r< Hugh Davies." Being present at the Llaufyllin Booth, when Mr. Davies came to tender his vote, I was surprised to see a person entering with Blue Ribbons in his Hat. The ' colour being so unusual there, I exclaimed in Welsh, *' What are yon doing here with that colour in your hat?" lie gave me no answer, but turned to a person, ' whom I conceived to be a friend of his, and said," Y'ou know how it is with me; I am obliged to be on this side." As soon as he had left the booth, the person, whom he had addressed, informed me that he was a | tenant of Colonel Edwards, of Machynlleth.— What Mr. Davies meant by those expressions I leave it to a candid public to judge. I remain, Sir, Your humble servant. ROBERT JONES. Llanfyllin, Dec 17M, l83l. To the Editor qf the Salopian Journal. SIR,— 111 answer to the declaration made bv Mr. ' Hugh Davies, of Dolyglynen, which appeared in the i last Shrewsbury Chronicle, of his having given his vote i to Mr. Lyon, because he believed that in so doing he Iwas consulting the good of his country; I beg to inform the public, that shortly after the late Election I m^ t ht. r. rjugh Davias upon business, ar, d in aeon, tersalioii withriiin'asked. Why he had voted against Mr. Wynn ? when he positively asserted, " thai had he ^ k not been a tenant to Colonel Edwards, lie would ha' e given his vote in favour of'Mr. Wynn :" this, I think, needs no comment. • I am, Sir, Y'our humble servart, WM. JONES. llanfyUin, Dec. 19M, 1831. MARKET HERALD. LL Persons having any Claim unon the Estate and Effects of ) ASPER CLtVELY, late of MUCH WENLOCK, in the County of Salop, Farmer, Maltster, and Limeman. deceased, arc requested imme- diately to deliver a Particular thereof to Mrs. MARY CLIVELY, of Much Wenlock aforesaid, his Widow aud Administratrix, or to Messrs. COI. LINS, HINTON, and JEFFREYS, Solicitors, in Much Wenlock, in Order that the same may be examined and discharged; and al Persons indebted to that Estate are desired to pay the Amount of their Debts forthwith to Mrs. CT. IVF. LV; or to the said Messrs. Cou. tNs, HINTON, and JEFFREYS. Much Wenlock, 19/ A Dec. 1831. URSUAN' I' to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause wherein JOSEPH MOORE and another are Plaintiffs, and WILLIAM PARTON and others are Defendants, whereby an Inquiry isdirecled whether MARG ARET PARTON therein named is living or dead, and if dead who is her Heir- at- Law, and whether she left anv Will, and thereby devised her Real Estates, and to whom; which said Margaret Parton is a Native of . Halston Brook or Arleston, in the Parish of Welling- ton, in the County of Salop, and left that Neighbour- hood several Years since, but visited her Friends and Relatiolis there at different Times afterwards, and for the last Time ( as it is supposed) iu or about the Year 1818, and she is supposed to have been living in or about Clerkenwell, London, in the Year 1821, and probably passing by another Name: Wherefore the said Margaret Parton, if living, is forthwith to come ill and make out and prove her Identity before HKKRY MARTIN, Esquire, one ofthe Masters ofthe said Court, at his Chambers ill Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London; or, if dead, any Person or Persons claiming to be her lleir- at- Law, or Devisee, are forth- with to come in and make out their Claims before the said Master, or in Default thereof she and they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.— Solicitors, Mr. G. BROWN, Shiffnal; Mr. WILLIAMSON, NO. 7, Gray's- Inn Square, London. Tons of excellent HAY, prime young Cows, Pigs, BY MR. TISDALE, On Thursday, the 19th of January, 1832, on Lands adjoining the Piece of Land opposite the Brewery, Colehani; f^ OUR STACKS of excellent HAY. in Lots; two prime yonng Herefordshire COWS in- calf, I capital young Durham COW in- calf; and three Feeding Pigs. The Auctioneer begs to inform the Public, that the Hay was exceedingly well harvested ; and that the Cows will calve early, and are superior Milkers. Sale to commence at Eleven o'Clock. Waggon, Cart, Implements, fyc. BY W. REYNOLDS, In the Market Place, Shrewsbury, on SATURDAY NEXT, December 21; N excellent Broad- wheel Waggon with single Shafts and Iron Arms, a light Covered Cart with Iron Arms, Double- furrow Plough, Single Ditto, Pair of Double Harrows. TimberBlocks, Ropes, Poles, and Timber Chains; also 3 Sets of Horses' Gears, 3 Dozen of new Hurdles, and a Gun. The above Articles are in good Preservation, and nearly new.— Sale at One o'Clock. BY MR. FRANKLIN, At the White Horse Iiinj in Wem, iri the County of Salop, on Thursday, the ' 29lh of December instant, at FivS o'Clock in the Evening; \ Verv compact neat DWELLING HOUSE, with a Butcher's Shop in Front, Slaughter House, and a Cabinetmaker's Workshop be- hind tbe same. The Premises are most eligibly situated in the HIGH STREE I', in WEM aforesaid, and now in the respective Holdings of Mr. William Duckers and Woodall, Tenants from Y'ear to Y'ear. The Tenant, Dtickers, will shew the Premises; and further Particulars may be had by applying at the Office of Messrs. HASSALL & WALMSLEY', Solicitors, in Wem. BY MR. PERRY, At Mr. Thomas's, Goutul Lane lun, on Friday, the 20th Day of January, 1832, at Tlnce o'Clock iti the. Afternooii; PLjkti OAK TIMBER TREES, now growing in several CoppicCs and on Lands ofthe COUND HALL ESTATE, Shropshire, in tlie following Lots: LOT I. THIRTY OAK TREES ( numbered pro- gressively 1 to30), growing on Lands iu the Occupation of Mr. Hazledine, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Roberts, and in Hand. LOTII. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY- SEVEN OAK TREES ( numbered 1 to 167), growing ill Long Dole Coppice. LOT III. TWENTY OAK TREES ( numbered . 1 to 20), growing On Old BriCk- Kiln, Moss Coppice, Land in the Occupation- of Mr. T. L. Meire, and on Land attached to Paper Mill. LOT IV. FORTY- TWO OAK TREES ( numbered 1 to 42), growing on Lands occupied by Mr. John Griffiths and Thomas Hill. LOTV. FORTY- SIX OAK TREES ( numbered 1 to 46), growing in Wormwood Coppice. LOT VI. THIRTY- EIGHT OAK TREES ( num- bered 1 to 38), growing in Cockshutt- and Howbeach Coppices, and on Lands occupied by Mr. Davies and Mr. Wellings. LOT VII. FIFTY- EIGHT OAK TREES ( numbered 1 to 58), growing iti Hill*, Coppice, and Field adjoin- ing, in the Occupation of Mr. Richard Price. LOT VIII. FORTY- EIGHT OAK TREES: viz. Nine Trees ( numbered 1 to 9), growing on Land occupied by Mr. Bromley; Twenty- nine Trees ( num- bered 1 to 29). on Land occupied by Mr. Wood- cock; and Ten Trees ( numbered 1 to 10), oil Lands occupied hy Mr. Grainger and Mr. Woodcock. . LOT IX. TWENTY- NINE OAK TREES; viz. Eight Trees ( numbered 1 to 8), growing on Lands occupied by the Rev. George Burd ; Nineteen Trees ( numbered 1 to 19), iu Yates's Coppice; and Two Trees ( numbered 1 and 2), in Severn Meadow. LOTX. TWENTY- NINE OAK TREES ( numbered 1 to 29), growing in the Hall Fields and Plantation adjoining. LOT XI. ONE OAK TREE, of immense Dimen- sions, called the LADY' OAK, growing on tbe Lawn Land near the Mansion. This Opportunity to Timber Dealers and others vishing to possess Timber for first- rate Purposes of the Navy, House and Barge Builders, Coopers, Ac. & c. is of rare Occurrence, combined with every Facility for falling, converting, and rSmovitlg. Mr. RICHARD PRICE, atCound, will shew the respect- ive Lots ( which will be numbered with Paint cor- respondent with the above); and for further Particulars apply to Mr. PERRY, Auctioneer, Shrewsbury. 4 NEW CHURCH TOWER is about t\ to be erected at LLANSlLlN. near Oswestry, in the County of, Denbigh : all Persons wishing to contract for the building of the same, may see the Plans and Specification of the intended new Tower; at the Vicarage. The Dav fixed for letting the Work is the 3d of January, 1832.— Ntjne need apply who cannot give proper Secnrity to the Parish for the Completion of the Building. . tg3T This Advertisement will not be Continued, NOTICE TO CREDF/' ORSi WHEREAS EVAN IltfGHES the » » Elder, of LLECHWEDD, is the Parish of Garth- beibio, ill the Coilnly of Montgomery, Farmer, hath, bv Indenture, bearing'Da'e. the 15th Day of December, 1831, assigned all his Personal E? tate'and Effects to Ef. ifi 11: T. it-. s the Yoiinger, of the same Place, Yeoman his ExeCiiiors, Administrators, arid Assigns, IN TRJST, for the equal Benefit oi' such of the Creditors of thS said F. vS'i Hlighes the Elder, who shall execute the said Deed of Assignment, on or before the 15th Day of April next ensuing the Date thereof; NOTICE is hereby given, that the Said Deed now lies at my Office in Llanfyllin; in the said County, for the Inspection and Execution of such of the Creditors of the said Evan Hughes the Elder as shall think proper to take the Benefit thereof; and all such of the Cre- ditors of the said Evan Hughes the Elder who shall refuse or neglect td execute the same on or before the Time above appointed will be excluded from all Benefit and Advantage arising therefrom. J. WILLIAMS, Solicitor to the Assignee. Llanfyllin, 15th December, 1831, MON TGOM ERYSHI RE, Freehold Farm & Lands. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 3| J.— Calf Skins 5d.— Tallow 4d. Wlirat; 3Sqts.) 8s. 3d. to fin ( 1,1 ISarley ( 3Kqls.) 5s. ( 111. lo Gs ( lit. Old Oats ( 57qts.) Gs. ( 111. to 6 » 8,1 New Oats 5s. Od. to Us. Od. CORN- EXCHANGE, DEC. 19. Wc had a moderate supply of wheat, and last Mon- day's prices are fully supported for fine qualities, but inferior samples are Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. The continuance of the immense supply of barley has glutted the market, and sales are exceedingly heavy, at a decline of 2s. lo 3s. The oat trade is not brisk, but prices are supported. While Peas are full 4s. lower, in consequence of the arrival of a large quantity from abroad. Grey peas are 2s. cheaper, ana very heavy sales. Beans may also be quoted 2s. cheaper. Current Price of Grain per Qr. as under :— Wheat 60s. Ori. lo 72 » . Harley Ms. ed.' to 40s Malt OOi. White Peas ( Boilers) J0 « . Beans 38s. Oats 24s. Fine Flour ( per sack) 55s. Secotuls 00s. Averaqe Price of Corn in the Week ending Bee. 16, LS31. Wheat 6,1s 9,1. I Oals 23s. Orl. Barley 37s. 0,1. | Beans 00s. Oil. SMITHFIELD. Beef fdr the best Scots is 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6,1. per stone; mutton, for prime young Downs, is 4s. 4d. to 5s. Veal, for prime young calves, is 5s. to 5s. 8d. Dairy- fed porkers are 5s. to 5s. 4d.; aud large hogs 3s. 6d. to Is. 4d. CATTLE AT MARKET. Beasts 3,449 I Sltrtp 16, SR0 Calves | l'igs 160 TO LA XD- SUR VE YORS. \ NY Person de- irons to Contract with the Inhabitants of tho Parish of WIIITTING- TON to make a Survey of the said Palish, for the Purpose of the Re- assessment of the Poor Rate, is re- quested to send a sealed Tender of Terms, free of Postage, on or before the 6tb Day of January, 1832, addressed to the Committee nf the Parishioners to be assembled on that day for the Purpose of receiving and considering the same. By Order of the Committee, J. VENABLES, Vestry Clerk. Whittington, Dec. 12, 1831. BY MR. BACH, On Friday, the 30th Day of December instant, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the Castle Inn, in Bishop's Castle, in Lots; ' pun FARM called BROCKTON, now fl in the Holding of Mr. Thomas Norton, situate in the Parish of Lydbury North, adjoining the Turnpike Road leading fiom Bishop's Castle to Walcot House, within two Miles of the former and one of the latter. LOT I. No. on Map. A. R. p. 1. A Piece of Land. called the Goo^ e Pool, adjoining the Turnpike Road, containing... 0 0 11 This is a convenient Site for a Cottage, Smithy, or any other small Building. There is a constant Supply of excellent Water in it. LOT II. 2. Upper Slurcli ,3 3 .30 3. Lower Ditto 5 111 TURNPIKE TOLLS iO BE LET. 0( 1. to 00s. 0,1. to 45s Od. lo 40s. Oil. to 2 « s. Olt. to fills. Oil. to 00s Il A Nit lie PTS, DFC. 16.— William BSrnfiefd, jun. of Mark- hue, wiue- nrerehttiU John Hopkins, of flare- street, Wool- wich, grocer--- James Gray, of lilarfi, nan- street, Southwark, victualler.-- Alfred Murray, of Mark lane, flour- factor-. William Snetl, of Totnes, Devonshire, linen draper.—. Thomas Walker Sadler, of Old Bailey, oilman.-. William Snow, of Wandsworth. roait, Vanxhall, coach- nuker.— George Thwaites aud Samuel Toplis, of Cirencester place, Upholder*— lolio Spring,- It, of Linton, Kent, cattle- dealer.— William Bissif, of Uiiorudon, Leicester, bowl manufacturer.- - Samuel Wood head, of Ovenden, Halifax, worsted. manufacturer. -. Andrew Wright, of London, merchant- Robert Wrigley, of Roch- dale, Lancashire, corn- dealer.— Samuel Stott, of Rochdale, corn- dealer -.- Thomas Croshee, of Birmingham, caster.— Thomas Gilling, of Stoke lane, Somerset, paper- maker... Charles Sheffield, of Commercial- terrace, Limehouse, china- man. - John Nelson, of Rolls- buildings, Chancery- lane, livery- stubfe- keeper.-.- James Boardtnan Huldstoek, of Liverpool, commissi, uuageilt.— William Thomas Webb, of Bermondsey, currier.—- Jnsiah Hiatt, of Crown. court, Broad street, wine- merchant John Arnold Martin, , f Earf's Collie, Essex, victualler.- . George Navin, of Bridgwater, Somersetshire, grocer William Jones, of Pwlhmlyn, Flintshire, lead. mer- chant.--. Lambert Ellison, of Kttareshorough, Yorkshire, llax- spimier -- John N. Johnson, Jonathan Foster, and John Walsh, of Liverpool, oilmen. NEW YEAII'S GIFT To REFORMERS.— On Sunday, the 1st, and Monday, the 2d, of January, the Proprie- tors of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH Newspaper will present ( GRATIS) to every Purchaser of that popular Journal, a very beautiful ENGRAVING, consisting of a: i allegorical design, displaying the triumphant Progress of Reform, and containing highly curious but correct Portraits of the King, Lord Brougham, Earl Grey, Lord John Russell, Sir F. Burdelt. the Duke of Wel- lington, and I lenry Hunt. The following affidavit will prove the extraordinary sale of THE DISPATCH:— I' R, CHARD WOOD, Acting Publisher of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH Sundav Newspaper, maketli Oath that the number printed of that Journal for the last Six Weeks, viz from the 8th of October to the 13th of November instant, was One Hundred and Eighty- three Thousand Fight Hundred and Forty- five, thereby averaging a Weekly Sale of 30,640.- Sworn at the Mansion- House • of the City of London, this 14th Day of November, 1831 before me— J. KEY, Mayor." THE WEEKLY DISPATCH i? sent by the Mail ot' Saturday . Night, con- taining the State of the Funds up to Two o'clock on that day, and is delivered on Sunday morning, free of postage, at tho distance of 120 miles; on Sunday after- noon, 170 miles; and on Sunday evening, 240 miles from thp Metropolis. The Monday's Edition contains fuller and more accurate Tables of all the Ma kits in the Kingdom for Corn, Cattle, and Merchandize of every description, than arc to be found in any other Newjtpi per. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury to Much Wenlock, called or known by the Names of Weeping Cross. Creesage. and Harley Gates, will be LET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the House of Mr. Thomas, known by the Name of the Cound- I ane Inn, on the 20th Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven and One o'Clock of that Day, pursuant to and in Manner directed by the Statutes in lhat Case made and provided ; whicli Tolls produced the last Y'ear, above the Expences of collecting fhetn, the respective Stuns following : — Weeping Cross Gate £ 200 Cressage and Harley Gates ' 222 N. B. The Tolls will be put up and Let in Parcels or Lots, and each Parcel or Lot will be put up at such Sum as the Trustees ofthe said Road shall think fit. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must be provided with his Sureties, and sign an Agreement for Payment of the Rents in such Proportions and at such Times as the Trustees shall di rect. WILLIAM COOPER, • Clerk to the Trustees. Shrewsbury, December 20ih, 1831. EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 3 5, OLD JEWRY, And Regent Street { Corner of Jeimyn Street J, London, and St. Margaret's Hill, Southwaik. CAPITA!. £ 5,000,000. HnillS Company is founded upon the S. Principle of ti Division of its Profits; Two- thirds to the Insured, without their incurring, such, any personal Liability for Losses ; and One. third to the Share- holders; the latter receiving autrmillt a fair Rate of Interest upon their advanced Capital. The Interests of the Company for OSVVRSTRY and its Vicinity are under the iintnedinle Snperittleiidatice of the following Committee nf Proprietors : WILLIAM OKMSBY GOKB, Esq Chairman T. N. I'AKKKK, Esq. II P. T. AITBRSY, Esq. Rev. Dr. DOXNS, Mr. C. T. J on RS, Mr. T PRNSON, Architect; hv whom all Claims for Losses will be promptly inves tigated, and the Adjustment made by the Company forthwith, AGENT FOR OSWESTRY. Mr. C. Cooper, ut Messrs. Croxon and Co.' s Bank. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Insurances which expi, e at Christinas uext, should he reneoed within Fifteen Days there after, or thev will become void. Receipts for such Renewals are now ready st the above Offices, and with the respective Agents to the Company throughout the United Kingdom. WiLMER HARRIS, Secretary AGENTS. Shrewsbury, Mr. ./. Moore, Solicitor and I an!- A gent ; Ludlow - Mr. W. Doivnes, Solicitor. 9 1 4 This Lot adjoins the Turnpike Road within Half a Mile of the v'illageof Lydbury North: it is most excellent Land, and one of the " prettiest Situations for a. Residence in Ihe Country. It commands a grand View of the Walcot Grounds, has a fine Southern Aspect, and a good Supply of Waler. LOT III, 4. Town's End 4 0 15 This; Lot is a Piece of Capital Pasture Land, bounded by the Orchard of Richard Savce, Esq. on the Western Side, by other Lands of his on the Eastern Side, by the Turnpike Road on the North, and the Village Road ori the South. A most ad- vantageous Situation for the Erection of a Public House or Mallhouse. LOT IV. 5. Cae Lloyd 9 2 1 6. Cae Lloyd Meadow,. 3 I 8 7. Little Ditto I 3 38 MOST Eligible lluilding Sites, FOR SUBURBAN VILLAS. BY MR. SMITH, IN LOTS, at the Raven Inn, Shrewsbury, on Friday, the 23d of December, 1831, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to be produced; \ LL that EXCELLENT FREEHOLD PROPERTY, in the Parish of HOLY CROSS, known by the Name of THS IPIKEI'S HEAD F2ELJ5. near St. Giles's Church, SHREWSBURY, containing by Admeasurement 4 Acres, .3 Roods, and 5 Petches, 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 the 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 aronnd to annoy or prove unpleasant, and possessing in itself every Thing that coulrl tend to promote tbe 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, such as LoTd Hill's Column, the Botainic Gardehs of Messrs Bigg and Son, the picturesque Depot, are all of a pleasing Nature. The Bath and Cheltenham Roads bound the Property on the one Side, and the great London Road is only one Field's Distance; and whilst these Objects are close at Hand, the majestic Wrekin, with all the undu- lated Hills and Mountainous Scenery of Worcester- shire and 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 15 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. Brick Clay in the adjoining Field may be had by payi'g a Royalty; and any Particulars known by Application to Mr. HICKS, Attorney, or to THE AUC- TIONEER, Shrewsbury. Turnpike Tolls lo be Let* NOTICE IS HEKEBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising and to be collected at the several Toll Gates hereinafter- mentioned will be LET byAUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Town Hall, in Pool, on Saturday, the 7th Day of January next, between the Honrs of Ten and Twelve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year ot the Reign of His Majesty George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Road's;" which Toll Gales produced the last Y'ear the Sums set Opposite to them respectively;— viz. £. >. d. Bnttuigton and Leighton Gates, with the Side Gate or Bar on the Pool Quay Road 565 0 0 Llanymynech and New Bridge Gates, Pool Church and Groes Pluan Gates, Llaiiymynech Bar, and the Arleen Bar oil the Gililsfield Road 505 0 0 Pool Upper, Llatlfalr LoWCr, & Ceunatit Gates 265 0 0 above the Expenses of Collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay . one Month in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give Security; with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction ofthe Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the rest of the Money monthly. R. GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. Pool, 1 si November, 1831. bv miction. FASHIONABLE PAPER HANGINGS- BY MR. WHITE, Without Reserve, on Monday,. December 26th, 1831 \ N extensive valuable and fashionable Assortment of London- manufactured PAPER H ANGINGS and BORDERS.- Particulars and Place ot Sale in Catalogues. The above Property is a Consignment from Liver- pool, and sold under imperious Circumstances. ELEGANT FURNITURE. BY MIL HILL, On Wednesday, the 28th Day of December, 1831, and two following Days; RPH F, Whole nf the elegant HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, iu Diniiig, Drawing, and Bed M - 14 3 7 This Lot consists of strong useful Pasture Lands, lying ou the Western Side of the Turnpike Road, and within Occupation Distance of Bishop's Castle A constant and copious Stream of Water runs through these Lands. LOT V. 1. Building arid Orchard 0 3 30 These Buildings, which may at a trifling Expense be converted into a Malthouse. or Dwellings, are extremely substantial; the Orchard is excellent LOT VI. ). Common Worm Stools 4 Upper Ditto 8 11. Butts 12. Little Butts 13. Far Hay Furlong , 14. Little Ditto 15. Great Ditto. 0 27 0 21 0 32 2 11 2 36 3 32 0 17 Room Suites, and other Effects, on the Premises in WILLOW- STREET, OSWESTRY, the Property of the Rev. GEORGE WHARTON, who is cliauging his Residence. ^ , tgF Catalogues'may be had of the Auctioneer, and of Mr. PRICE, Printer, Oswestry. VALUABLE UNDERWOOD. BY MR. VYLEY, At the Raven & Bell Inn, Shrewsbury, oil Tuesday, the 10th Day of January, 1832, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions to be then produced i rEpHE UNDERWOOD and unmarked i POLES growing in BRIMFORD WOOD ROUGH, in the Parish of Alberbury, and Comity of Montgomery, containing 73 Acres, or thereabouts. The above consists chiefly of lengthy Oak, Ash, arid Alder, and is situate within a Mile of the River Severn. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Brimford, will appoint a Person to shew the same. SHREWSBURY. ONE HUNDRED TONS OFIlAY, So tie DispceeSS of, ( WITHOUT RESERVE.) BY MR. SMITH, At the Bell Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, tbe 31st Day of December, 1831, precisely at Foiir o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions; TONS OF HAY, in Lots, stand- ing in a Piece of Land between Bicton Ileath and Shelton Turnpike Gate, in the Occupation of Mrs. LEWIS.— Particula the Lots in our next. Montgomeryshire Timber. BY MR. DYOS, At the Bear Inn, in Welsh Pool, on Monday, the 9th Day of January, 1832, in the following or other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : LOT I. Qfifi OAK TREES, numbered from to 365. ii'LoT IL— 127 Ash Trees, numbered 1 to 127. ' LOT III.— 28 Fir Trees, ditto 1 to 28. 43 .3 19 These Fields form a compact Tract of Land for Investment, to Let as they are, or to convert into a small Farm by erecting suitable Buildings. LOT VII, 16. Upper Churcliway Side 4 1 35 17. Lower Ditto * 3 0 8 The above. two Pieces are very superior Pasture, 111 a good Southern Aspect, and'close to Brockton LOT VIII. 18. House, Buildings, Yard, Garden, & c... 0 1 27 The principal Part of the Farm House has been recently erected, is in most complete Repair, and tlfe. Buildings are nearly new. LOT tX. 19 Lower. House, Build. ngs, & c 0 1 25 20. Cldse and Bunchiu. 8 117 8 3 2 This Cottage may at. a small Expense be made comfortable ;. the Land is capital Feeding Ground, and a strong Stream runs through it. LOT X. 21. Upper Twing Meadow LOT IV ^ 70 Oak Trees, ditto 1 to 70. i 13 Fir Trees, ditto 1 to 13. 9 Ash Trees'ditto 1 to 9. 2 Birch Trees, ditlo 1 and . 2. ... ) i: LOT V,— 41 Fir Trees, ditto 1 to 41. • , vr s 28 Ash Trees, ditto 1 to 28. Lnr V1' } 2 Poplar Trees, ditto 1 and 2. LOT VII.— 48 Oak Trees, ditto 1 to 48. LOT VIII— 78 Ash Trees, ditto 1 to 78. LOT IX.— 39 Oak Trees, ditto 1 to 39. Lor X.— 37 Ash Trees, ditto 1 to 37. LOT XL— 21 Elm Trees, ditto 1 to 21. LOT XIL— 110 Oak Trees, ditto 1 to 110. LOT Xlll.— 109 Oak Trees, ditto 1 to 109. LOT XIV.— 102 Ash Trees, ditto 1 to 102. LOT XV.— 28 Oak Trees, ditto 1 to 28. LOT XVI — 32 Ash Trees, ditto 1 to 32. T „„ yvtt i 49 Ash Trees, ditto 1 to 49. LOT XVII. j f> Elm Trees; 1 { 0 G LOT XVIII.— 37 Oak Trees, dittn 1 to 37. LOT XIX.— 21 Elm Trees, ditto 1 to 21. LOT XX.— 6 Poplar Trees, ditto 1 to 6. r „- YYT S 12 Beech Trees, ditto 1 to 12. LOT AA1. f x Poplar Tree, marked' 1. 1 127 Oak Trees, ditto 3 to 129,- 1 being reserved CAPITAL OAK AND ASH ( PttHPIPIKglB TTHMIIBMIBo BY MR. WYLEY, At the Raven and Bell Inn, Shrewsbury, on Tuesday, the 10th Day of January, 1832, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon: / RG'IHE following Lots of capital TIMBER, 1 marked wilh a Scribe, and growing on the CHILTON Estate: viz. Lor I. 150 OAK Trees, numbered with a Scribe 1 to 150, growing in the Grove Coppice. LOT 2. 25 ASH and 2 ELM Tree?, numbered with a Scribe, and growing in said Coppice. LOT 3. 10U OAK Trees, numbered with a Scribe I to 100, growing ill the Old Coppice. LOT IV. 100 OAK Trees, numbered wilh a Scribe 101 to 2( X), growing Ditto. LOT V. 50 OAK Trees, numbered with a Scribe 201 to 250, growing Ditlo. Lor VI. 30 ASH Trees, numbered with a Scribe 26 to 55, growing in Old Wood and Lands adjoining. The above Timber is particularly lengthy', clear, and clefty, and is growing within a Mile of the River Severn, al Atcham Bridge. Mr. H,. WELLS, ofthe Fox Farm, will appoint a Person to shew the l ots; and further Particulars may be had of Mr. WYLKY, Admas- ton, near Wellington, Salop. - 1 and 2 22. 1 0 0 18 Lower Ditto . " 9 1 18 These are Water Meadows, laid out upon the most approved Plan for Irrigation, bounded on one Side by the New Road leading from Lydbury to the Down, and near to Walcot Park, tpr A Map descriptive of the Lots will be left with the Auctioneer at the Castle Inn, m Bishop's Castle.— For further Particulars apply at the Offices of Messrs. WILLIAMS aad UIIWICK, Solicitors, in Ludlow or Bishop's Castle; or to Mr. A- Dv JONES, Court CaU more, near Montgomery, DEC. 12,1831, T„, YYTT ' being 1 LOT AXIL ASH TREES DITT(, L TO 75_ ( II Alders and 1 Elm, ditto 1 to 12. The YVhole of the Timber in the Lots to 21 inclusive is growing 011 Trowscoed Demesne and Land adjoin- ing, and Lot 22 011 Kynant Farm, in the Tarish of GUILSFIELD; the Whole within one Mile of the Montgomeryshire Canal at Tvddyn Wharf, four Miles from Pool Quay, where the ftiver Severn is navigable, and three Miles from Welsh Pool, and the Lots are re- spectively numbered wilh a Scribe. The Oak Timber will be found worth the Attention of Timber Dealers and Merchants, being well adapted for Beams, Plank, Cleft, and other valuable Purposes, some of them of large Dimensions. The Ash Timber very clefty, fit for Wheelwrights and Coachmakers. THOMAS JONES, at Trowscoed Hall, will shew the Lots to 21 inclusive, and Mr. LLOYD, of Kynant, Lot 22. Mr. Further Particulars may be known oti Application to r. WIYLIAMS, Solicitor, Market Square, Shrewsbury. ii'iumEiiia At Llangedwin Green, in the County of Denbigh, on Tuesday, the 10th Day of January, 1832, at Four o'Clnck in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced, and in the following Lots;— LOT I. ASH, 13 SYCAMORE, antl 8 AL- DERT rees, now Scribe- marked, aiyl growing upon Golfa Uchaf and Hendfi Farms, in the Parish rif Llansilin, and County of Denbigh, in the Occupation of Mary Roberts. Lor II. 15 ASH, 2 SYCAMORE, and 1 ALDER Trees, Scribe- marked, and growing upon Land's iu Syeharth and Ty- yn- y- Wernl'Vins, in the said Paiish. of Llansilin, in the Occupation of John Edwards LOT III. 16 ASH, and 3SYCAMORE Trees, Scribe- marked, and growing Upon Maestanvglwvden Farm, in - tho said Parish of Llatrsilirt, in the Occupation of William Morris. LOT IV. 39 ASH Trees, Scribe marked, and growing upon Penygraig lsaf Farm, in the Parish of Llausilin, in the Occupation of John Hughes. LOT V, 35 ASH, 1 ALDER, and lOSYCAMORF, Trees, Seribe-' unrked, and growing upon Abercynlleth Farm, in tb. a Parish of Llangedwin, in the said. County of Denbigh, ill the Occupation of Mal tha Evans. LOT vr. 9 ASH and 1 SYCAMORE Trees, growing U; ioh Froii Farm, in the said Parish of L'ansiliu, in thp. Ocenpition of David Lloyd. LOT VII. 40 ASH and 2 SYCAMORE Trees, grow- ing upon Pwilymeirch Farm, in tho said Parish of Llansilin, in the Occupation of John Edwards. LOT VIII. 88 ASH and 9 SYG'AMORETrees, grow, ing upon Glascoed Farm, in the said Parish of Llan, sibn, in the Occupation of William Richards, LOT IX. 32 ASH, 4 SYCAMORE, and 12 ALDER Trees, growing on Tancoedygaer, in the Parish of Llansilin, in the Holding of Edward Richards. Some of the Lots contain valuable Timber, of large Dimensions. The Whole are sound, adjoining good Turnpike Roads, and not more than eight Miles from the Town of Oswestry and the Montgomeryshire Canal. The Tenants will shew the Timber; and further Par- ticulars may be known by Application to Mr. Lav. ITR, at Llangedwin Hall, SALOPIAN JOURNAL. AM © COURIER OF WALES. BfcAR FIGHTING.— BOMBAY, JULY 20, CO—' But ns for our pari vve shall tell The naked truil) of what lirfel, A nit as nn equal friend to liotli T lie Knight and Inur, hut Inoie to trtilli. VV it'll neither faclioi. shall take part, lint give toeiiclt his doe desert. Hvdibrtu, P. i, Can. 2. TO IDE EDITOR Of THK ORIENTAL SPORTING MAGAZINE. Sir— I nm sorry to observe in the advertisement of the forthcoming number of the O S. M. mention made of only twelve original articles, i hope this is lint a Symptom of declining Interest In thc sub. scribeis to its pages : but a fear that it may be so, bn* induced me to add my inite towards the con- tinuance of a publication, in which 1 have always taken un interest, la your previous numbers there are many accounts of desperate doings, and of narrow escapes H encounters between ition and beast,- but iu no instance do I recollect such deter- mined courat e and presence of mind as w ere exhib- ited iii thc encctJiiter of which 1 am now endeavour- ing loeive a correct relation : — Major R - s^-, an oflucr in the Madras ser- vice, who was lately stationed here, bad gone out lately to a junele at srme distance from the cuntou- Inrnts to look I'or a bear, of which there are grent numbers in this neighbourhood. I may bete men- tion, lhat those which have been killed here, have always been found Unusually lurge and savage, and in several instances have commenced the attack without being previously molested. After beating a tiulluh for some time without success, he was suddenly attacked by an enormous bear which rushed from a thick patch of jungle a few paces from hinw He hud just time to raise his rifle and to fire, be- fore the bear was aboard of him ; he fiilssed, the b'atcrs bolted) and the only resistance he could make was to charge with the muzzle of his rifle against the bear's breast as he reared at him. This he did with so much force, as to wrench up the elevation rib from the barrels, ( it was u seVen- bar- relled rifle) and a quantity of the animal's hair was afterwards found sticking lo it. The bear directly seized him by the arm, and he was left without bottle- holder, or second, to mill a brute who was not likely to fight fair, at least according to the rules of modern pugilism. The Major is a man of immense strength, and hits with the impetus of a sledge hammer; with one hand he battered bruin between the eyes, and with his feet kept up a most vigorous cannonade against his bread- basket. The bear constantly shifted his hold frotn one arm to the other, but the iron knuckles of his antagonist prevented him from retaining his gt ipe long enough to break the bones, slid at last both fell together, bruin uppermost. The gallant resistance which the Major had hither- to made, was now getting more feeble; he felt the hot breath of the bear blowing on his face, as his grey muzzle was thrust forward endeavouring Seize him hy the head, which he defended as well us he could by lepeated blows on the brute's nose, lu the scuffle they had both rolled to Ihe edge of the ravine, and the final act of the tragedy seemed approaching, when the Major gathered himself up for one last effort, hit right and left at his friend's head, aud at the same moment drawing his knees to his chin, kickcd out with such strength, that he fairly canted the bear iuto the nullah, and had the satisfaction of seeing him roll to the bottom. Up rising and shaking himself after so extraordinary an engagement, Major R. found that he had escaped With much less damage than lie expected ; his arms were terribly torn, but he was able to walk some distance to his palankeen, uud is now perfectly recovered. As to" brain, although the cross buttock which decided the day might have been rather a rough one, 1 do not suppose that lie suffered much ; at lea t he was never more seen or heard of. Extraordinary and almost incredible as the above statement may appear, there is not the slightest doubt of its truth ; it certainly sounds like a travel Iir'stale, but 1 pledge myself for the veracity of the principal facts, although perhaps 1 may not be perfectly correct iu some of the minor particulars I feel that an apology is clue to Major R. for pub. lishiug this account without his permission ; but it ought to be made public if it be only to show that good heart and a strong arm may save a man's life when a seven- barrelled rifle has failed. ( Jn Parliamentary HeJ'orm, & c. Vdancer, Feb. 7, 1831. D. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. At the Insolvent Debtors' Court, recently held al Warwick, Edward Smith, Henry Pratt, aud John l'ralt, were opposed by Mr. Barlow, solicitor, on behalf of Mr. John Parkes, victualler, Mr. Thomas \ Vilme re, and several other creditors. It appeared lhat the insolvents commenced business in lt25, without auy capital, and continued in partnership until July iu the present year. Their debts amount- ed to £ 2,800, which were chiefly owing upon accommodation bill transactions, in which they had deeply engnged, in connexion with Mr. Howlelte, grocer, Dale- end, Richard Harrison, grocer, Con- ^ reve- street, Mr. Pratt, brushmalier, Horse- fair, Fullwood and Evans, of Church- street, J.& J. II. Parker, and Thomas Hughes, ( all of whom have lately become bankrupts, or have taken the benefit of thc Insolvent Debtor*.' Ad), and w ith Mr. Joseph Clarke, a man icsidiug in Loudon, and who permit- ted them to write his name lo acceptances for their accommodation.— It appeared from a classification of debts made and produced by Mr. Chapmuu, ac- countant, of Birmingham, lhat Ihey owed upwards of £ 2,000 on bill transactions, nearly £ 300 to clubs, and only £ 200 for trading debts. The money which the Insolvents obtained from clubs furnished them, it appeared, with the means of keeping in operation iheir nefarious system of accommodation bill circu- lation.— The Court sentenced the insolvents to four months' imprisonment from the date of filing their petition. Michael Sloane, formerly of N'ewton- strcet, Bir- mingham, victualler and haberdasher, and late of Aston- street, Birmingham, was opposed by Mr. Col- more, on behalf of the great body of creditors. Mr. Smith conducted the case on the part of the insolvent. Hie facts of the case, as proved by the witnesses, were as follow :— that the insolvent had contracted debts amounting to a very considerable sum, princi- pally within the last twelve months— that he had a very good trade— his profits good— and his losses very trifling,— that in the month of April last the insolvent sold his house, and received the money and decamped, and could not be found for a considerable time. Previous to the sale of the insolvent's house lie had removed n very considerable quantity of property, anil sent it to thc houses of several of his relations and friends,— there were also debts inserted in the schedule due to relations, which there was every reason to believe were not justly due,— that one of the insolvent's creditors, at the Very lime he had the money arising from the sale of his house in his possession, applied to him for payment of his account, when the insolvent stated that he would never pay any of his creditors a shilling,— lhat a short time after the insolvent received the money nbove- mentioned, his Wife, together with Mrs. Bott, the insolvent's mother- in- law, purchased of Mr. Allen, auctioneer, a public- bouse situate in Aston- strcet, Birmingham,— that Mrs. Sloane brought the money, paid it to her mother- in law, who paid for the house with it,- that Mrs. Bott afterwards sold the house again, aud received the money herself.— The Commissioner, after staling that there was little doubt the insolvent was enabled to nastily his creditors in full, hilt that he had fraudulently secreted the money, sentenced him to fifteen months' imprisonment from the time of filing his petition. Yesicrday, at a quarter past two o'clock his Majesty's War- office steam packet Lord Blayney sailed from this port for Bellcisle, having on board 300 volunteers, w ho have gone to assist in the expedition uuder Dou Pedro against Porugal. The business was managed with so much address that very few knew of the movement. The Loid Blayney lay off' Wood side, where she took in coal, and a little before two she dropped down opposite the Clarence Dock, from which a small steamer, crowded with people, soon issued, and got alongside, the passengers quickly passed into the vessel destined- to convey them to the coast of. France, or, as some think, to the Western Islands, where the sovereignty of Donna Maria is already acknowledged. In addition to the small ttiamcr, several boats were employed in conveying thc volunteers to the Loid Blayney, and while the k; ec ators on the pier head were wondering at thc ir flux of passengers, the ardent volunteers gave three c'. i ers, and the packet instantly got uuder weigh.— Etverpcvl Jonntul of s aturda As history and experience arc entirely thrown away upon our Reformers, we have long ago abandoned all hope that, ( hey Would he aw akened lo a sense of the peril of their proceedings, by any thing which occur- red elsewhere, though it was only a few years ago, and within a day's sail of the British shores. Maxims which have been familiar to every man of sense from his childhood— truths repeated from the sages of an- cient wi- doni, hy every boy al school— principles im- pressed by dear bought experience upon the whole of the last generation, are now openly abandoned, not only by the multitude, hut by the rulers of the state. But the danger has at length appeared in its real colours— the conflagration, long smothered, has burst forth willi appalling fury, and all men must now see that the truths we have so long inculcated frum other states, are about to be written in characters of blood among ourselves. Bristol, a city of first- rate commercial importance, has been the theatre of rapine, conflagration, and bloodshed, unparalleled in the memory of man— property to an incalculable amount has been de- stroyed— thc populace, for days together, have been unbridled iu their excesses— all the principal public buildings have become the prey of conflagration— hundreds of persons have been sabred by the military, or burnl in flames. The city hears the appearance of fortified town after being ravaged by a bombard- ment, and devastated by assault. Upon whom are all these deplorable evils chargeable? Upon the Re- formers, and the Reformers alone. In making this heavy charge, vie would be thc last to insinuate that either the administration, or the leading reforming characters in the country, have had the remotest hand in exciting or abetting these ex- cesses. Differing from them as we do in politics, as fat as the poles are asunder, we arc yet convinced that they arc men of honour and gentlemen ; and lhat they would be the last to encourage, and the first to repress, these frightful disorders. We will go farther, and admit that thc respectable Reformers in Political Unions or elsewhere, are guiltless of any intentional design to encourage tht m ; although every one must see ( hat vast bodies of that descrip- tion, embracing such multitudes of the lower orders in great cities, must everywhere contain thousands who consider Reform only as another word for rapine, and are ready, like the members of the Jacobin club, to indulge in every species of revolutionary violence; and il is said that several of them were found among the rioters at Bristol. But admitting all this ; ad- mitting lhat Ministers sent down horse, foot, and cannon, with the utmost celerity, to stop the fires of fhe burning city; supposing it were true that the Political Union at length lent their aid to quench thc flame their principles had raised, still, we say, with not the less confidence, and we are confident history will hear out the assertion, that all these evils are chargeable upon the Reformers, and that they will have to answer to God for all thc suffering that has occurred. The evil they have done was not in encouraging these excesses, or conniving at them, or hesitating to check them ; hut in promulgating principles, and forcing on measures, uhich necessarily led to them. The strength of government, the protection of pro perty, the authority of the law, do not consist merely in the physical force at the command of the executive, hut in the habits of obedience, order, and submission, to which the people have been trained. It is not five hundred representatives of the people iii St. Stephen's, nor four hundred peers in Westminster Hall, nor a single individual with a sceptre iu his hand on the throne, which constitutes the strength of government, and the protection of the lives and properties of the people ; it is the moial awe in w hich the lower classes have been educated, ihe veneration with which they have been accustomed to regard the institutions of their country ; the habit of yielding obedience to the law, in consequence of Ihe sense of the justice with which it is administered. But when these institutions are attacked with relentless severity ; when they are told ill every newspaper and by every orator ou the Ministerial side, that they have been subjected to the most grinding oppress on ; that all their taxes, all their sufferings, all their distresses, flow from the boroughmongeis ; that universal justice, equality, and happiness, will flow from their overthrow ; that the King and his Ministers and the People are engaged in a desperate struggle with a domineering faction, who have so long wrung their hard- earned savings out of the poor; when they are told that 199 Peers alone oppose themselves to the regeneration and hap- piness of the empire ; when they are urged in tbe leading Ministerial journals to receive the Anti- Re- form candidates on the hustings wiih showers of stones, to plaster them with mud, and duck them in horsrponds, and " strike at their faces ;" when they nre stimulated in thc most vehement language to do these things, and told that the success of the great cause of King and People depends on Iheir general adoption ; when elections, carried by such atrocious methods, arc made the subject of universal exulta- tion, and the burnings of castles of Anti- Reform Peers, are referred to with triumph hy the Reformers nt public meetings as at last calculated to overawe and subdue their antagonists; when these things are considered, and the universal liccnse, intemperance, falsehood, and declamation of the reforming press, is taken into consideration, thc surprising thing will appear to be, not that there is so much, but that there has been so little, conflagration and anarchy in tbe country. We always had much confidence in the good sense and pacific dispositions of the better part of the English people) but we never could have an- ticipated that they would so long have withstood the incessant efforts of an incendiary press, and the at- tempted, and, but fot thc firmness of the Peers, com- pleted, destruction of the Constitution. Thc leading Reformers will say that they do not approve of these things; that they injure them more than their enemies ; that the cause of Reform has nothing to fear hut from the violence of its friends; and that they must not be confounded with the impious crew Who range themselves under their banners. This may all be perfectly true, hut it does not in the least meet our argument, which is, that they are answerable for displaying a banner round which ull thc worthless of mankind ever hare and ever wilt rally. This is the part of their conduct for which no apology has or can be offered. We arc not now to learn, for the first time, that the standard of innovation is the one which ever has and ever will Collect all the most abandoned of mankind ; that bankrupts flock to it to restore their fortunes; the ambitious to rise to the head of afiairs; the wicked to engage in plunder; the desperate to fish in a sea of troubles. It was under the standard of freedom that fhe great conspirator [ Catiline] assembled nil the desperate and worthless of the Roman people ; every schoplboy knows that tinder this alluring banner the worthless and profligate of great cities call always be brought together, and that by giving them the least prosprct of victory, they may at any time be launched out into the most atrocious crimes. And yel the Reformer*, who have taken such pains for a twelve- month past to stir up the passions of the populace, and to array all the most restless and daring in the Community under the banners of innovation, now express astonishment at the conflagrations they have raised, and beg it to be understood that they have nothing in common with such wretches! There it nothing can be imagined more perilous than the assertion so earnestly and emphatically pressed both upon the legislature and thc people, by all the Reformers from I » rd Grey downwards, that Reform must be granted, not because it is expedient, but because the people demand it. To what does such a doctrine, promulgated through every alehouse in the kingdom, necessarily lead: At present they demand Reform, nnd as they wish it, like a spoiled child, they must get it Next year, they will de- mand with cqnal vehemence thc confiscation of the Church property, and the abolition of thc Bishops, and for the same reason they must get if. The year after, they will raise an hideous otilcry for the abolition of the national debt; and that dreadful stroke, fraught as it will be with the starvation of many millions of men, must also be conceded. Then will come the division of the estates of the nobility, and the abolition of thc Throne, as the only means of tranquillizing thc minds, and providing for the sub sistcnce, of the starving multitude, and this will follow as a matter of course. How are any of these demands lo be eluded, if the great precedent of yielding to popular clamour is once set? Will they be less ambitious, less elomineering, less elemocratical, after thev have, by Iheir outcry, got a new constitu tion, founded on a highly popular basis? Will ( he £ 10 tenants in all the great law ns enable Government better to withstand the increasing demands of the Ri publican party ? Will the destruction of the boruughs which now return four- fifths of the con servative party, tend to restore tbe balance between . those who support, and those who assail, the reinain- ' ng institutions of Ihe country? The fatal doctrine which Ministers and all their followers, without one single exception, have incessantly promulgated, that the demands of the people cannot be resisted, is the most dangerous principle which ' an possibly be pro- pagated, and though not intended with that view, is of itse If amply sufficient to account for all the violence which has been perpetrated uuder the banners of Reform. When the organs of the Ministry endeavour to lay upon the magistrates of Bristol the blame of the deplorable excesses wdiich have sprung from thc flame that has been lighted up in the country, are they aware of the consequences of the system of submitting to popular clamour, which they have so loudly main- tained to be necessary, anil the example of yielding to popular intimidation, which has been set by the first magistrates in thc realm ? When Cabinet Ministers correspond with Political Union Clubs, and declare that the " whisper of a faction cannot prevail against the voice of the people of England ;" when the Prime Minister urges again and again that Reform mtist be conceded, not because it is in itself beneficial, but be- cause the people demand it— can they be surprised if inferior functionaries shrink from the blast of a tempest, of which they profess themselves unable to withstand the approach ? With the system of yielding to every demand of thc populace, incessantly incul- cated and acted upon by Ministers, is it surprising if private individuals in authority arc unnerved, aud shrink from incurring a responsibility which the most exalted persons in tiie realm decline to undertake? When a general proclaims the necessity of a retreat, and admits his inability to meet the enemy in any en- counter, however trifling, can he ex. pect that his officers and soldiers are to maintain their courage unshaken, and exercise a moral resolution, of which he declares himself incapable? Let Ministers set the example of firmness,— let them face the moral tempest which in- flames the minds of men,— and then they may indeed cull upon the Mayors of cities to combat the physical conflagrations which consume their dwellings; but let them not expect courage in inferior, when surren- der is proclaimed in exalted stations, or require magistrates to nail their Colours lo the mast, when they themselves are preparing to lower the standard Of the Constitution. Government arc not aware nf the extent to which they paralyse the civil authorities of the country, by the liccnse w hich they give to violent clamour on oc- casion of every vigorous exerlion of magisterial au thority. In all such cases the outcry raised by the Ministerial journals is such, that it exposes the ener- getic Magistrate not only to unmeasured obloquy, but to actual danger. Every officer of the law now feels that, in discharging his duty, by ordering military execution against rebels, lie runs far less risk from his adversaries iu the combat, than from the vehement democratic press, which w ill assail him upon its ter- mination. As these mobs are all arrayed in support of the cause nf Ministers, albeit sometimes without their concurrence, it is hardly possible to avoid the conviction, th. it fhe conduct of the Magistrate will be more hardly dealt with, and his measures more se verdly judged, than if, as in ordinary limes, he was combating in front with his rear secure from the throne, unless in case of illegal conduct. Without imputing to Ministers any injustice to an individual, or any wish to weaken thc authority of the law,. it is evident that the unnatural alliance they have formed with the mob, and the extraordinary position they have assumed in conjunction with them, have necci sirily weakened Ibe arm of all inferior functionaries, and reduced them to the condition of soldiers com bating against their general. The disorders which disgrace England, say thc Reformers, are not owing to Reform, but to the fac- tious opposition w hich it has experienced ; and if the Peers would yield to the wishes of the nation, unani- mity and concord would universally prevail, and the people, with grateful hearts, set about the exercise of their sovereign legislative functions. How then do they account for the unparalled ho: rors of the French Revolution ? The Monarch there took the lead iu Reform; the Nobles were outvoted or fled; the States- General speedily became omnipotent ; the Church joined tiie banner of Innovation ; Jacobin clubs were universal; National Guards sprung up, as if by magic, in every parish of the realm. Then the much- wished for, highly- praised, and loudly- demand- ed objects of the English Reformers, w ere all there obtained at onee. No stuidy band of Anti- Reformers checked ( he stream in the Lower House : No cou- rageous Peers stemmed the torrent in the Upper. No patriotic Bishops perilled life and property to save their country. All, high and low, rich and poor, patrician and plebeian, joined heart and hand in the schemes of Reform. From the monarch on the throne to the captive in the dungeon, an unanimity never before witnessed in any country existed on this great question. How then do they account for the atrocities of the French Reformers? With what shew of reason can it he maintained that the present perils of England are owing to the resistance to Reform, when piril tin hundred times greater in France attended its concession ? One great good has already resulted from the Roble stand made by the Peers against the flood of demo- cracy ; that it has made thc mask drop from the faces of thc Radical faction, and piit an end to that boasted union of Reformers in support of the Bill, of which so much use has been made in forcing it upon the legislature. We always said that this union w as mere hypocrisy— that the great body of the Reformers re garded the Bill only as the stepping- stone to some- thing else— lhat the moment it was passed, they would break out into fierce dissension with each other — and that the movement party would prevail against thc moderate Reformers, by the same artifices, and the same vehement outcry, as they had already used with such efl'cct against the Tories. The event has justified our prediction. The firm and able resistance in the Commons, nnd the intrepid stand in the Lords, have unmasked the real motives and designs of the movement men. Their ultimate objects stand con- fessed— they make no attempt to conceal that they take the Bill as part payment only— as seven shillings in the pound— because it will so strengthen their sinews of war as fo render full payment, in a few years, a matter of Certainty. The Political Union, and Conduit Fields Meeting, openly demanded uni- versal suffrage, annual parliaments, vote by ballot, aiid the abolition of all distinctions of birth ; and the same doctrines are held by the Unions at Birming- ham, Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, Sheffield, Preston, Bolton, and elsewhere. It is utterly ludicrous, there fore, lo pretend that the passing of the Reform Bill vv ill prove any settlement of the question, ot any mitigation of the severe distress consequent on Reform. So far from tranquillizing, it will only agitate with gre ater violence the public mind, by the increased in- fluence on elections w hich it will vest in thc populace, and the dearer interests of socicty which will then becotne thc object of atack. From the sickening scene of concession, intimida- tion, und submission, which our Reformers evinced to thc mandates of the rabble, we turn With pleasure and pride to the rfiatily and energetic conduct of Lord VVharncliffe with the Yorkshire yeomanry. A para- graph made the rolind of the reforming papers, staling that the privates of his regiment had required him to resign the command, as his opinions were so adverse to theirs on the great question. Lord Wharn- clift'e assembled his regiment— explained to the re- fractory members, who were thirty- two in number only, aud had been led by a druggist— that they had rendered themselves amenable, by such an act, to military punishment, but that he preferied dismissing them from the regiment, which was immediately done amidst the applause of the corps, and their place sup- plied by an equal number of aetivc young men, of thc true patriotic race. Such is the true way to meet such conduct, Let none who mingle the spirit of faction with military du'y or civil guardianship ever wear the British uniform— let them he stripped of the colours of British glory, and banished from the standards of Azincour and Waterloo— and let none assemble round those venerated ensigns, but such as know how to separate civil division from patriotic duty, and recollect the words of the greatest and best of modem Republicans, Cainot, " the armed force is essentially obedient— it acts, but never deliberates." — Blackwood's Magazine. GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING IN DUBLIN. VERY LIKE A. BULL— The Court Newsman states, that, on Wednesday last," the Lord Chancellor came in slate, in two carriages." Lord Brougham must be like the Irishman's bird, which was iu two places at the same time. A rhinoceros is now on its way to England on board thc Edinburgh Castle from Calcutta, exchanged with a Rajah for a full pack of English hounds: he stands eight feet high, and about eleven long; is insured for £ 1500; and destined for the Surrey Zoological Gardens. There has been no animal of this description in England for many years. A meeting of Protestant noblemen and gentle- men from every province ill Ireland was held last week in Dublin, for the purpose of calmly consider- ing, aud deliberately discussing the present state of the Protestant interest in that country, and laying the result, in a dutiful address, before the TI rone. The meeting, which was ofa strictly private nature, and co isisledof about ninety noblemen and gen- tlemen of the first rank, wealth, and intelligence iu the country, commenced on Wednesday, and was continued by adjournment until Friday, on which day it closed. The chair was taken by the F. arl of Roden, and the Secretary proceeded to read letters from a great number cf noblemen and gentlemen, apologising for their absence ; but pledging them- selves to support any resolutions or plan to he agreed upon at the meeting. In this list were the Marquisses of Ely and Westmeath, Earls Ald- borongh, Carrlck, Enniskillen, Mountcashel, Wick low, Baudon, Ciancarty, and Norbury, Viscount Frankfort, Lord Blayney, General Taylor, Hon. A. Cole, General Archdall, Sir James Stewart, Sir G. G. Aylmer) and many oilier gentlemen, including severul members of the House of Commons now attending their parliamentary duty. These letters breathed throughout a spirit of loyalty aud inde- pendence ; and amongst those that elicited the strongest marks of approbation, was the letter of the Marquis of Westmealh, who, from having been a liberal in politics, has at length become convinced of the mischievous designs of the Agitators. Tlie meeting then proceeded to consider the best plan for promoting the interests of Protestants and of the country. A desultory debate took place upon the advantages aud disadvantages of an open und permanent political association, after which the meeting adjourned. On ' Thursday the adjourned debate was resumed, and, upon a review of the tenets nnd principles of Orangeism, it was dis- covered that it was a society based upon religion, and established for the purposes of advancing the cause of charity, and promoting kindly feelings amongst all good and loyal subjects, and not the ferocious and violent faction its calumniators were accustomed to represent it. It appeared, therefore, to be the universal opinion of the meeting that no plan for the Protestant organization of Ireland could be more effective than lhat already in existence, and almost every individual present declared his intention of joining the Orange Association. It was also agreed that a junction between all classes aud denominations of Irish Protestants should take place, and that a committee should be appointed to prepare resolutions iu accordance with Ihe senti- ments expressed by the meeting. On the next and last day ( Friday), the Earl of Roden again took the chair, and the committee came prepared with the following resolutions, which were introduced and supported successively by many loyul and constitutional speeches, hut of which wc regtet we have not room for but a few extracts:— Proposed from thc chair, and resolved— That now as upon all occasions our inclination and duty equally lead us to express our devoted loyalty to his Majesty the King, and also, to assure llis Ma jesty of our unalterable attachment to the principles which placed his Majesty's illustrious family upon the throne, principles which form the groundwork of our civil and religious liberties, Proposed by the Earl of Longford; seconded by Sir Robert Bateson, Hart. M. P.— Resolved— That we should be wanting in our duty to his Majesty, and insensible of the obliga- tions which We owe to our Protestant fellow- sub- jects in Ireland, if we failed to lay at the foot of the Throne a statement of the universal feeling of alarm and discontent which prevails, and of the causes which have led to Ihe present perilous crisis of Protestant affairs iu Ireland. Proposed by Lord Farnham ; seconded by Sir Henry Brooke, Bart.: — Resolved— That the general sentiment of anxiety and alarm which prevails among the Protestants of Ireland, is ill our opinion fully justified by the spirit which appears to influence the councils and dictate the measures of his Majesty's advisers. Proposed by Colonel Perceval, M. P. seconded by the Rev. Holt Waring:— Resolved— That while it is Impossible within the limits of a resolution to enumerate all the causes which have led to this general belief, yet among many which may be adduced, we specify the fol lowing as, in themselves, sufficient to establish the justice of the conviction :— lst— The conduct of his Majesty's ministers in permitting the formation and continuance of uncon stitutional and mischievous associations, whose efforts are evidently directed to the usurpation o the powers of the government, and to disturb and undermine the civil and religious institutions of the country. 2( 1 ly— The imbecility of his Majesty's ministers, as displayed by their adoption of measures and distribution of appointments, in compliance with the dictates of the demagogues who lead these as sociations. 3dly— The gross partiality exhibited in the ad ministration of the powers of the government, by the dismissal from yeomanry corps of individuals who, in their capacity as private citizens, engaged in the celebration of events to which the people oi these countries owe their liberties and the King his throne ; while processions of a really objectionable and dangerous description were permitted in the streets of the metropolis, aud the instigators of these processions honoured and promoted. 4thly— The conduct of the government in disre- garding the complaints of the Protestant Clergy during Ihe lale invasion of their property, in neg- lecting to afford them adequate support against the acts of outrage with which they have beeu assailed, and in remitting the sentence pronounced hy a court of law upon those convicted of such outrage. 5thly— The conduct of the government io con- tinuing pecuniary support to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, while they have withdrawn it from societies established for the promotion of Scriptural education, and in abandoning lhat plan of public instruction which has so admirably an- swered the purposes for which it was designed, and committing the superiutcndance of the education of the country into the hands of those who do not possess the confidence of the Protestants of Ireland. Proposed by Viscount Dutilo ; seconded by Lieu- ( enant- Cofonel Blacker :— Resolved— That while our local grievances and the deep and permanent injuries with which we are threatened have led us to dwell upon our own wrongs, we fully sympathize with those steady and resolute men iu Great Britain, who are strusrgling lo preserve the constitution of England, so often and so justly called the admiration of surrounding nations ; lhat we are satisfied lhat such a measure of reform as that proposed during the late session of parliament, instead of introducing into the House of Commons men of more intelligence; more ability, more virtue, or more independence, in place of those who at present compose that assembly, would sub- stitute ignorant and unprincipled demagogues and adventurers— men who would impose ou the bad passions of incompetent electors, and would direct their efforts lo the overthrow of the most valuable institutions of the country. Proposed by Viscount Valentia ; seconded by Edward J. Cooper, Esq. M. P.: — Resolved— That the proposed measure of Irish Reform, while it is without any plea of necessity, inasmuch as a most extensive reform of Irish re- presentation took place at the Union, would ag- gravate in the highest degree the evils of which we complain ; It would enormously augment the power of the Roman Catholic demagogues und priests, and thereby accelerate the downfall of Protestantism in Ireland. Proposed by Viscount Mandeville; seconded by N. D. Crommelin, Esq.:— Resolved— That at Ibis perilous crisis of their affairs, we call upon the Protestants of Ireland to be vigilant and true to their own interests; to rely with confidence npon our utmost exertions in their behalf; our interests are identified with theirs, and we feel the deepest sympathy for their wrongs. The Irish Protestants are no paltry faction, as they have been represented, but a gallant people, possessing a physical and moral energy, which no power can crus i; comprising the vast propoition of the property, education, and industry of Ireland : the descendants of brave men, who won privileges and rights, which their posterity must not lorfeit by iudoleuce and neglec,. We trust lhat the loyal aud resolute body of inen who belong to the Orange Institution of Ireland, who so often and so success- fully have come forward in defence of the laws and coustitution of this country in times of peril, will not now be unmindful of Ihe nohle principles upon which they bave associated ; that they and all other classes of our Protestant brethren will co- operate with us in making the most urgent and decisive statement of our wrongs to our most gracious Sovereign. While we call upon all Irish Protest- ants for their instant and active co- operation, we would, in the strongest language, impress upon them the necessity of the most implicit obedience to the laws, and of avoiding every occasion leading even remotely lo a disturbance of the public peace. To the Protestant clergy of all denominations we need say nothing, but assure them of our anxiety to preserve them in that condition in which they have been so effective in the inculcation of Scriptural truth, and of the knowledge and practice of all the Christian virtues. Upon the Protestant magistracy we would impress the Strong necessity, the imperative duty which devolve upon them not to yield to the feelings of disgust which are so naturally excited by the indignities and insults which may be offered them. They should recollect tliey are not at liberty to desert a position in which they may contribute to protect the properties, privileges, and lives of their fellow- subjects. In fine, to all classes of our Protestant brethren we pledge ourselves to omit no opportunity of serving iheir interests and protecting their rights ; for this end we invite their co- operation, and trust we may still succeed if we be firm, vigilant, and United. Proposed by Lord Longford ; seconded by Mat- thew Fortescue, Esq.: — Resolved— That an humble Address be presented to his Most Gracious Majesty, grounded upon the foregoing resolutions. Proposed by Sir Amyrald Dancer, Bart.; seconded by George Alexander Hamilton, Esq.:— Resolved— That the following noblemen and gentlemen be appointed a committee to prepare the same, with power to add to their numbers: Lieut- Colonel Blacker, Colonel Irwin, Rev. Holt Waring, Rev. C. Boyton. F. T. C. D. Viscount Mandeville Earl of Roden Earl of Longford, Lord Farnham, Hon. Captain Trench, Proposed by the Earl of Rathdowtiej seconded by Colonel Irwin :— Resolved - That the Earl of Roden, the Earl of Longford, Lord Viscount Lorton, aud Lord Farn- liam, be requested to present Ihe address to his Majesty. Proposed by George Moore, Esq.; seconded by William Filgate, Esq.:— Resolved— That this meeting cannot separate without expressing Iheir cordial thanks to the noblemen and gentlemen who have called us together at this most important crisis. ( Signed) RODBN, Chairman. The Earl of Roden having left the chair, and the Earl of Longford having been called thereto, it was Proposed hy Sir Richard St. George, Bart. • seconded by W. P. Smylhe, Esq. and carried by acclamation—• That the thanks of this meeting are cltie and hereby presented to our noble chairman for his conduct in the chair, during three days' delibera- tion, and for the zeal and talent With which his lordship has ever advocated the interests of the Protestants of Ireland. ( Signed) LONGFORD, Chairman. to them by the government of the day, that, a « matters stood before the Union, the Protestants were but a small minority in Ireland, and that therefore a strong argument could he supported, that their religion, as being that of the minority, should not injustice continue to be the established religion of the country, but that when the two separate kingdoms were united, and their population amalgamated, the great preponderance of numbers would be in favour of the Protestants, which con- sequently ought to be and would ever continue to be the established religion of the United Kingdom j that this were the case I can refer with confidence to my noble friend opposite, who recollects the events at that period. ( Hear, bear, hear, from Lord Longford.) Accordingly the faith of the Govern, tnent was pledged upon this point, aud by the 5th article of the Union it received legislative sanction. It was enacted, that the separate churches of Eng- land and Ireland should merge in the united church of Great Britain and Ireland—" That the continu- ance and preservation of the United Church should be deemed and taken as an essential and funda- mental part of the Union." We now see that it is the intention of his Majesty's ministers to introduce measures in direct violation of this national compact, so essential to the integrity of the British empire, aud to deal with the Church of Ireland in a differ- ent manner from what they intend to pursue towards the Church of England. Is this good faith ? Is it honourable, after we have confidently given up our own legislature ? Every measure adopted by the present ministry, every appointment made by the Irish government, indicates their determination to trample on the Protestants of Ireland. If, however, we are united amongst our- selves, we need not fear. With the blessing of God wc shall defeat the machinations of our enemies. From this day's meeting, at which 1 see influential noblemen and gentlemen from every part of Ireland, and from the cordial unanimity and patriotic spirit which prevails, 1 foresee the most happy results. Wiih the majority which the ministers can now command in the House of Commons, t entertain bat little doubt that they will be able to carry any mea- sure they propose through that house; but, thauk God, there is a conservative power elsewhere, which has already shewn itself, able and willing to controul the democratic spirit of the Commons, ( cheei' 6,) aud which, I trust, will extend its proteo lion to our cause, if a ministry shall be found daring enough to introduce measures subversive of thosa principles which the King at his coronation has sworn to maintain. ( Loud cheers.) Lord VAI. ENTIA, in proposing the resolution to which his name is attached, said— « My Lord, one of the resolutions has been just put into my hand with a request that I should propose it to this meeting, anel I need not; I trust, say with what cordiality 1 rise to do so. 1 most fully agree in the objects which the noblemen and gentlemen who convened this meeting had ill view; and I do not think that we can he accused of acting rashly or of not having given time to the government to ascertain what their intentions were with respect to the Protestants of Ireland. For they have now, my lord, been upwards of 12 months in office, and not a single appointment has taken place, from that of my Lord Plunkett down to Mr. Corcoran, lhat has not been hostile to the Protestant feeling of Ireland. There is no act of theirs, from that of permitting Mr. O'Connell to escape from the hands of justice down to the persecutions of the magistrates and yeomanry of Newtowubarrv, that is not characterised by the same anti protestant spirit. In every instance which wc have witnessed of the exercise of power and authority but one spirit appears to have pervaded their actions— but one motive appears to have influenced them, namely, the discovery of thc most insulting means by which the feelings of the Protestants might be wounded, their dearest rights invaded, and, finally, iheir religion exterminated ( Cheers ) My lord, in the recent ap- pointments to the lord lieutenancies of counties, have they not put aside men of station, of rank, and cha- racter, and in the appointments they have made have they not added insult to injury? ( Loud cheering.) I will not trespass upon your time by attempting to pourtray the situation in which the Protestants of Ireland are placed, l cannot, my lord, find language sufficiently strong to impress upon this meeting the necessity that exists of our uniting together, in one firm phalanx, the Protestants of this country of every denomination, and thereby inspiring with confidence that loyal body the Orangeinen of Ireland. ( Cheers.) It must be to them a cause of great pleasure to feel that their services are appreciated and their forbear- ance applauded. 1 anticipate that from this meeting the utmost benefits will arise, and that the cause which is so supported Cannot fail to succeed. My lord, I cannot sit down without referring, very briefly however, to the subject of the resolution put into my hands, as it affects reform in Ireland. It is my chcided opinion that if reform be carried, the repeal of the Union must ensue, and as a necessary consequence of that measure I anticipate the dowtifal of the Protestant aristocracy. Should the Irish Reform Bill pass it will give to the Roman Catholics such an increase of power in parliament as not only to injure the Protestant interest but to obstruct any administration from carrying on the affairs of the state. If reform lie carried we shall be placed in a much Worse situation here than our fellow subjects in England. Here we shall not merely have to con- tend against the democratic encroachment of the mob, but. we shall have to contend against a mob rendered more infuriate by religious bigotry— a mob who are blinded by priests, and led astray by mis- chievous and designing demagogues. Lord FARNHAM— My Lord, and Gentlemen,— before I submit to you the resolution which has been confided to me to propose for your adoption, 1 must offer tny cordial thanks lo the noblemen and gentlemen who signed the requisition convening this meetintr. ( Hear.) The thanks of the Protest- ants of Ireland are justly due, aud 1 am confident will be awarded to those noblemen and gentlemen who called us together at this momentous crisis. ( Hear.) We are here met to discuss the calamitous situation to which the Protestants of Ireland are reduced by thc infatuated policy of His Majesty's present ministers. ( Hear.) 1 am confident that the Protestants of Ireland will respond to the call of this day made on them, and that they will now, as they have ever done, shew their attachment to those principles which placed his Majesty's family on the throne of Ihese realms, and to the civil and religious institutions of the country, which arc at this moment endangered by the conduct of the government. ( Hear.) From the period of the revolution of 1688 to the time of the legislative Union, it had been considered that the interests of England and those of the Protestants of Ireland were identified and imlissolubly united, that this unity of interest was cssenii. il lo the maintenance of the coiincsion be- tween the two countries, and that upon all occasions they would naturally Biippoit each other. Upon this ground the Irish Protestants placed the most implicit confidence on the British government. I lament to say that the latter pari of our history displays a sad reverse— mis friendly policy seems now to be abandoned, and the Irish Protestant is looked upon with jealousy and distrust. Nothing, however, can be mathematically more capable of demonstration than this, that if Protestantism be put down in Ireland the separation of the two countries must follow — ( hear, hear, hear,)— and il requires no great political sagacity to foresee that the downfall of Ihe British empire must be the direct consequence. ( Hear, hear, hear.) I there- fore think that the result of this meeting will not merely tend to the benefit of the Protestants of Ireland, but to Ihe welfare of tbe empire at large. ( Hear, hear.) Now let us for a moment consider what were the inducements held out to the Protest- ants of Ireland at the time of the Union, and which succeeded in gaining for that measure the support of so many most powerful interests which were t ttacbed to the Protestant cause. It was held forth FALLACY OF « UNIVERSAL EQUALITY." It is said, all men are born " free, equal, and independent," and they ought to have equal rights to whatever may be conducive to their happiness. It is, indeed, true, that all men are horn free in Eng.. land, so far as civit liberty is concerned, but it is not true that either in this Country, or in any other, men arc born equal and independent, except in the sense of civil equality and independence ; that is, equal protection from the law. The law does not create and bestow wealth upon any man more than upon another, but il guards the wealth of all, and secures it from spoliation. The law eloes not, and cannot, Controul the circumstances, which, in society, give rise to variety of occupations, and which must, in every large community, produce very considerable varieties in the condition of men. If all were born equally rich, still there would be divisions arising from the preponderance of talent, and activity, and personal character; but there would be no hus- bandmen to cultivate the earth, no tailor to make clothes, no masons to build houses, and we should all starve and go naked, and houseless, — If all be not born equally rich, and who is to blame if they be not?— then the divisions among men must be still more broadly marked ; some must be richcr than others, some must labour in order to acquire wealth, and those who do not succeed must still labour to earn a subsistence. In this respect, therefore, Ihere must be a perpetual inequality amongst mankind. And as lo men being born inde- pendent, it is an absurdity. We are none of us personally independent of our fellow- creatures. The moment we are launched into this world, we are dependent for care, and food, and clothes, and clean- liness, upon our parents or their servants. As we grow up, we are dependent upon our teachers for instruction: in the professions, or trades, or other occupations, when placed in a situation in which we are to earn our own subsistence, we are dependent upon those who give us employment; shopkeepers depend upon their customers; mechanics upon those who pay them their wages. Even the rich cannot be said to be personally independent, for they would be without the luxuries, the comforts, and the common necessaries of life, unless the poorer classes laboured for the money which the rich have at theircommand. There never was yet a state of society iri which men could by possibility live in perfect personal equality and independence; and we may venture to say, there never will be, for the thing is utterly impossi- ble. The failure of all the p ans of co- operative communities, which, erected upon the theory of equality and independence, places this position before Ihe world in the shape of a fact ascertained by actual experiment, independently of the general reasoning by which it can be demonstrated, as clearly as any proposition in mathematics.— Monthly lleview. REMARKABLE ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.— A circumstance occurred a few days ago which is worthy of being recorded, inasmuch as it exhibits a most re- markah'e deliverance from impending death :— Four men in the employ of the Trent Navigation Company were endeavouring to cross the river in a boat, near Sawley, at a time when thc water was very high, for the purpose of mooring the vessel on the opposite side; and in their progress tbe boat unfortunately swamped, When the men were all suddenly immersed in the watery element, and in danger of perishing. T he boat, however, being principally laden with planks antl working tools, one of the men seized hold of a plank, and, getting upon it, contrived to paddle him- self to shore, by means of his hands, aud got out safe at the Trent Lock, about a mile down the river; ano- ther buoyed himself up by means of two wheel- barrows, and was taken up at Thrumpton, a distance of three miles; and the other two, each seizing hold of a plank, were carried down by the stream to below ThrUmpton, where they were overtaken by some men in a small boat, who followed them down the river, and happily succeeded in rescuing them from their perilous situation. The accident happened between seven and eight o'clock at night, and tbe boat was found the next morning at Newark, a distance of between 30 and 40 miles.— Nottingham Journal. THE INTRODUCTION or THE BAYONET.— A wider step towards thc abolition of pikes was taken in the reign of James II. when some of the musketeers were equipped with daggers, so formed as that the handles might be thrust or screwed into the muzzles of thc pieces. The practice was borrowed from the French, who, in thc year 1671, thus equipped a regiment of fusileers; and our countrymen so far adhered to the example set, that they gave thc dag- ger only to one company in each battalion, called, from their being likewise trained to throw the hand grenade, grenadiers. We find this invention noticeel, for thc first time, in a military treatise published in 1686, in w hich the old name of dagger is still retain- ed : in 1690, however, the weapon is ca led a bayonet — a name which it obtained from Bajonne, the place of its original fabrication. Both daggers am) bayonets were at first flat, like huge carving knives; the trian- gular shape w liich they bear at present is a very modern invention. BANKRUPTS, DKC. 13.— John Herbert, of No. 69, llatlon- gnrden, builder.— Susan Saunders, of Great Coram street, Russell- square, boaiding. house- keeper. — Thomas Win. Ward, ol Bishopsg'atc- streei, woollen- draper.— Christopher Fuller, of No. 11, Pariidise- row, Llingtnti, merchant.— William Henfrey, of Nortlimnp- ton, wine merchant.— Michael Molinenx, ol Hertford, cabinet- maker.— James Holman, of Banlzephon- tlreei, Long. lane, Beiinoudsey, millwright.— John Bull, of Mitcham, Surrey, brewer.— Benjamin Glover, of Watling slreet, calico- printer,— John W. Anderson, of Bradford, Yorkshire, oil- paiut- dealer. — llenry Williams, of Droitwich, Worcestershire, builder.— Thomas Benbow, uf Teubury, Worcestershire, mercer. Richard Chapman, of Newport, Monmouthshire, painter.— George Godden, of Enst. siicet, liaiaut, Southampton, chemist.— John Wells, of Kingston- up iii- llull, merchant,— Jonas Bennetts and Nicholas Robins, of Ononis Lake, Catstock, Cornwall, granite- merchauls — Richard Turleton. of Liverpool, hat. manufacturer.— John Guuton, ufCheltenham, Glouces- tershire, confectioner. SHREWSBURYI