ipwttpfattt mtrn. No. 607. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1837. pit re ; 4 d. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. SECOND CALL OF £ 5 PEK SHARE. THE Directors of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Company have resolved that a second Instalment of Five Pounds per Share, payable on or before the FIRST day of February, 1837, should be called for, Proprietors of Shares in this Company are hereby requited to pay, on or before that day, to any one of the undermen- tioned Bankers, the sum of Five Pounds each on their re- spective Shares. BANKERS. London— Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Bart., and Co., Lom- bard- street. Birmingham— The Birmingham Banking Company. Bank of Birmingham. Manchester— The Manchester and Salford Bank. Derby Messrs. W. W. and S. Evans. Burton- upon- Trent— Messrs. Blurton, Webb, Peel; Co. Sheffield Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co. The Bankers have been severally instructed to charge In- terest at the rate of £ 5 per cent per annum, according to the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, from the first , day of February, on all sums which shall be tendered after that day. HENRY SMITH, Chairman of the Board of Directors. THOMAS KELL, Secretary. January 2, 1837. The and AT a MEETING of the STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE, held at the Swan Hotel, Wolver- hampton, 4th January, 1837, JAMES FOSTER, Esq., in the Chair, Resolved, That this meeting, having heard the explanations of Mr. Rastrick, respecting the intended Manchester, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Railway, agrees to give its cordial and best support to that line, and to sign petitions to both Houses of Parliament in its favour. Signed on behalf, and at the request of the meeting, JAMES FOSTER, Chairman. TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN, AND TRAVELLERS. SPREAD EAGLE INN and MARKET TAVERN, SPICEAL- STREET, BULL- RING, BIRMINGHAM. HENRY BLISS, ( many years Cook at the Royal Hotel,) most respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that he has taken to the above Inn and business, formerly carried on by the late Mr. Gray, and which he has fitted up replete with conveniences for the accommodation of Commercial Gentlemen and Travellers, and hopes, by assiduous attention to their comforts, combined with mode- rate charges, to obtain a share of their patronage and support. GOOD AND WELL AIRED BEDS. Market Dinners every Thursday at Two o'clock.— Soups ready daily. Dinners dressed for large and small parties, on the shortest notice. ggf Good old Wines, Spirits of superior quality, Ales, & c. Stabling for fifty horses. A £ 50 SOCIETY WILL Commence on Thursday, January 12, 1837, at the Britannia, New John- street West, corner of Summer- lane. Any person becoming a member will oblige their humble servant, EDWARD NEWTON. LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED, From one to a complete set, and fixed by Cupillary Attraction, without V. res or other Ligatures. THE TOO 1 H- ACHE Instantaneously Cured, and Decayed Teeth filled with Mi- neral Siliceum, and made completely SOUND, without Pain, Heat, or Pressure. MONS. DE BERRI AND CO., SURGEON- DENTISTS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Li- centiate of the Apothecaries' Hall, London-, and Hono Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, honorary 17, EASY- ROW, BIRMINGHAM, RESPECTFULLY invite the attention of the nobi- lity, gentry, clergy, and Inhabitants of Birmingham, and its vicinity, to their recently discovered Mineral Sili- ceum, for restoring Decayed Teeth, and rendering them completely sound, so universally admired in Paris for its superiority over every other mineral, in consequence of its being exactly the colour of ihe Teeth, so that when a decayed front tooth is filled, it cannot be dis- tinguished from a sound one. The operation of stopping Teeth is performed in a few seconds. The Mineral Siliceum is applied without pain, heat, or pressure, forming a complete tooth out of a stump, and lasting as long as the sound teeth. ARTIFICIAL, SILICIOUS, or NATURAL TEETH, of surpas- sing beauty, to match in colour and shape those left in the mouth, fixed from oneto a completeset, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, the incumbrance of wires or any other ligatures, on a principle yet unrivalled, render- ing it impossible to distinguish the artificial teeth from the natural ones, at the following Paris charges:— £. s. d. A single Artificial Tooth ~ 0 10 0 A complete set 5 0 0 A set of Silicious Teeth, on gold plate 15 0 0 A complete set of Natural Teeth, highly finish- ed, on line gold plate, with gold sockets— 20 0 0 answering most satisfactorily all thepurposes of the original teeth in mastication and articulation, impartingto the coun- tenance a younger and improved appearance, and remain- ing perfectly secure in their places. They may also be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility. MONS. DE BERRI and Co. have discovered an immediate and permanent remedy for the Tooth- ache, by a single ap- plication of their Anodyne Essence, and as there is no complaint more general or distressing in its nature than Tooth- ache, the value of this remedy cannot be sufficiently estimated, when due consideration is given to the number of leeth that are daily extracted, owing to this cause, by • the very prevalent notion that there is no other remedy for this painful affection. The most tender tooth will instan- taneously be relieved from excruciating pain, by a single ap- plication of the Anodyne Essence, which in no instance fails of giving immediate relief in the most severe cases. They also fasten loose Teeth, arising from neglect, the use of calomel, disease of the gums, or any other cause. In cases of defective palate, arising from disease or pre- ternatural formation, Mons. de Berri and Co. beg to in- form the medical profession and the public, that they make Artifical Palates upon an entire new principle, which in every case restores peifect articulation without the slightest inconvenience. At Home from Ten till Six— 17, Easy- row, Birmingham. For the convenience of country patients, MONS. D « BERRI will attend on Sundays, from nine till two o'clock. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST MEDICINES FOR COUGHS, COLDS, AND ASTHMAS. CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, for recent Colds, obstinate Coughs, and confirmed Asthmas, stands unri- valled. Its reputation for years past, and the various testi- monies of its efficacy, are a sufficient proof of the estimation in which it is held or all Asthmatic affections, recent Colds and Coughs, however obstinate, and disorders of the Breast and Lungs. Congealed Phlegm, Acrimony in the Fluids, and Obstructions in the Glands! are gently and safely dis- charged by easy expectoration. It never disagrees with the stomach; a common cold yields to its benign influence in a few hourund when resorted tobefore the complaint is far advanced^ tll danger of consumption is certainly prevented. CHURCH'S PECTORAL PILLS. When, with the Cough or Colds, there is great uneasiness and shortness of Breath, attended with Wheezing, the Pectoral Pills should be immediately taken, as they will speedily produce relief. The Drops 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. per bottle; the Pills I>. lUd. and 2s. 9d. per box. The genuine will have en- graved on the Government Stamp, " EVAN EDWARDS, 67, St. Paul's." Sold by Maher, Wood, Southall and Co., Shillitoe, Churchill, Clarke and Son, Belcher, Butterworth, Edwards, Collins and Co., Johnson, Bagnall and Co., Mar- tin, Adkins, Cope, Smith, Birmingham ; Turner and Hol- lier, Hickman, Dudley; Morris, Berkley, E. and R. Fow- ler, J. Fowler, Stourbridge; Simpson, Fleeming and Seyde, Alexander and Co., Wolverhampton; and by moBt dealers in medicinei. BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH BANK. AT a MEETING of the principal Local Share- holders of the NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK'OF ENGLAND, held at the Branch Bank, in Bull,- street, Bir- mingham, on the 4th dav of January, 1837, A Deputation from the Board of Manchester Directors, having stated to this meeting that it is contemplated to dis- pose of most of the Branches of the Bank, and having com- municated, in confidence, the profits realised by this branch and offered to transfer the good- will to a local proprietary, on very advantageous terms, Resolved, That a Joint Stock Banking Company be formed, to be called " The Birmingham Borough Bank," having a Capital of £ 250.000, in 10,000 Shares of £ 25 each, and that the Company shall be formed as soon as 5,000 Shares shall have been subscribed for. That a deposit of £ 2 per Share shall be paid immediately on the allotment of Shares, and that the business of the Bank shall commence on the 1st day of February next. That a further call of £ 3 per Share shall be paid on or be- fore the 1st day of April next, and that three months' notice be given of any further calls, which shall not exceed £ 5 at any one time. That a Deed of Settlement be prepared without delay, which shall be signed by each Shareholder when required, under penalty of forfeiture of his Shares. That a general meeting of the Proprietors shall be con- vened after the allotment of Shares, which shall have power to vary the terms of this Prospectus, if necessary, to appoint Directors, and to transact other business. Applications for Shares to be made to the Provisional Committee, under cover, to Mr. WILLIAM GOODE, Bank, Bull street, in the following form :— Dated January 4, 1837. FORM OF APPLICATION. I apply for Shares in " The Birmingham Borough Bank," and undertake to pay the calls, and comply in all other respects with the conditions of the Prospectus dated the 4th of January, 1837. ( Name.) ( Residence.) ( Trade or Profession.) ( Date.) To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham Borough Bank, Care of Mr. William Goode, Bull- street, Birmingham. MATTHIAS GREEN respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that his School will be Re- Opened on Monday, the 16th instant. Drawing Master, Mr. Eberiezer Piercy. 29, Bath- street, corner of Whittall- street, January 5th, 1837. EDUCATION. AT WINTON HOUSE ACADEMY, situated near Brough, in one of the most pleasant parts of the healthy County of Westmoreland, and conducted by Mr. ARROW- SMITH and competent Masters, young Gentlemen are boarded and prepared lor Trade or Profession at Eighteen Guineas a year. There are no vacations. Unexceptionable references can bf given ; and parents and guardians are respectfully directed, for the particulars of the School, to Mr. T. B. Robinson, 64, Bull street, Birming- ham, where ari interview may be had with the principal on any day between the 11th and 16th of January. MINIATURE PORTRAITS. MRS. GREIG, late Miss SAUNDERS, continues at her new residence to take Portraits in the same style of correct likeness and beautiful finish that has ob- tained for her such influential patronage. Mrs. G. will resume her instructions to Ladies in Minia- uJe Painting for taking Likenesses anu Drawing, on the 10th of January. 24, Newhall- street, Dec. 28, 1836. ELOCUTION. AT the SCHOOL of ELOCUTION, 24, Newhall street, Birmingham, conducted by Mr. GREIG, pupil of the late Mr. Hazlitt, Private Pupils and Classes will re- sume their studies on Friday, the 6th of January. The system of Tuition adopted at this School affords to the Pupil a careful instruction in READING, RECITATION, ORTHOGRAPHY, ENGLISH GRAMMAR, and the principles and practice of ELOCUTION. Pure enunciation of the English Language, harmonious modulation of the voice, ease and gracefulness of delivery, are made the peculiar objects of at- tention. Two afternoons in the week are devoted exclusively to Ladies. IMPEDIMENTS OF SPEECH, STAMMER- ING, and all kinds of Defective Articulation, are perma- nently removed. CALEDONIA HOUSE, CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MATHE- MATICAL SCHOOL, NEWHALL- STREET, BIRMINGHAM, Conducted by Mr. GREIG and Assistants, on the plan of the Scottish Schools. The Studies will be resumed on Tuesday, January 17, 1837. HPHE Course of Tuition pursued at Caledonia House A qualifies the more advanced Pupil either for the advan- tageous continuance of his studies at the University, for the Learned Professions, or lor Mercantile and Commer- cial pursuits. It comprises all the branches of a polite, liberal, and commercial Education, viz.,— the Classics, the Italian, French, German, and Spanish Languages, ( by natives.) English Grammar, Composition, Elocution, Writing, Arithmetic, Merchants' Accounts, Bookkeeping by Single and Double Entry, History, Chronology, Geo- graphy, Astronomy, the Elements of Euclid, Mensura- tion, and Theology, & c. & c. Music, Drawing, Dancing, Fencing, the Drill, & c., by approved Masters. The Elementary Studies of the Junior Classes will be so directed as to prepare for immediate reception such as may be destined to become Candidates for admission into the Grammar School. Full Prospectuses and Cards of Terms may be had at Caledonia House. WANTED, a CLASSICAL ASSISTANT, and YOUTH, about sixteen, may be received as an AR- TICLED ASSISTANT. This day is published, by J. H. BEILBY, New- street, and CHARLES 1/ EBAS, Snow- hill, price one shilling, THE SCHOLAR'S DIARY AND REWARD BOOK, or Register of the Attendance, Behaviour, Stu- dies, Improvement, & c., of the Pupil, for the use of Schools, by ALEXANDER GREIG, Principal of Caledonia House School. RAE BROTHERS and HUGHES, Chemists, most respectfully apprise the Public, that HUGHES'S QUININE PILLS, so frequently exhibited in cases of Consumption and extreme Debility, will be in future pre- pared at their Establishment, 33, High- street, Birmingham. These Pills have obtained the patronage of an illustrious Member of the Royal Family, and have long been in exten- sivo circulation among the Nobility and Gentry, many autograph lettersfrom whom, returning thanks in the kindest manner, are now in the possession of the firm. Upwards of eight thousand individuals have derived decided benefit from the use of Ihe Quinine Pills, which strengthen the system without occasioning the slightest irritability. The rapidly increasing sale speaks strongly in their favour. Sold in boxes, with ample directions for use, at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each ; family boxes 1/. Is., stamp duty inclusive. Clergymen and others supplied with Medicine Chests for philanthropise purposes, at half the usual charges. Sur- geons supplied with Drugs and Chemicals, of the purest quality, at low prices and in any quantity. Prescriptions prepared with the strictest accuracy. N. B. An elegant octagon Medicine Chest for sale, con- taining upwards of 100 drawers, well calculated for the use of a Clergyman or Medical Man. Price 10/. 10s. All Drugs and Chemicals sold at the Chemical Hall war- ranted of the choicest quality, and at the lowest possible charges. *** Family Boxes of choice Bermuda Arrow Root, con- taining fourteen pounds, for one guinea only; quality unusu- ally beautiful. Chemical Hall, 83, High- street. MECHANIC S' INSTITUTION, CANNON- STREET. ' THE Members and Public are respectfully informed that ROBEJIT ADDA MS, Esq., of London, will commence hi.' Course of Lectures on the STEAM EN- GINE, and its application to RAILWAY COMMUNI- CATION, on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, JANUARY 10, commencing at eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the ensuing Quarter, price THREE SHILLINGS, may be had on application to the Secretary, J. W. WOOD, 17, New Meeriag- street. o BIRMINGHAM PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION. , N MONDAY NEXT, the 9th of January, Mr. R. ADDA MS will deliver at this Institution the First of a COURSE- of SIX LECTURES on tl„. STEAM ENGINE, more especially as applied to Railway Con- veyance. Nan- Subscribe! to the Institution will be admitted to this Course y Tickets, Fifteen Shillings each, and not transferable: . - it the, . Members of a Proprietor's or Sub- scriber's Fa; n:! y .. II'be admitted by Tickets, Seven Shil- lings arid Sixpence each. Tickets, and a Syllabus of the Lectures, will be ready in a few days and may be had on application at the Institution, Cannon- street. A Course of Lectures on the I- inture and Causes of Civi- lisation will '••- delivered by JOHK CORRIE, Esq., F. R. S., President of tire Institution; and in June next, JOHN PHILLIPS, Esq., Professor of Geology in King's College, will commence a Course of Eight Lectures on London, Geology. Cannon- street. GEORGE PARSONS, Secretary. rjlHERE is a VACANCY in a Ladies' School of respectability for a Half- Boarder, whose advantages would be considerable. Apply ( postage free) to Q., at Mr. Sanders's, Hair Dresser, New- street, Birmingham. DISSOLUTION. THE Partnership between BARKE and PUR- BRICK having dissolved by fluxion of time, on the 25th of December. 1836, the trade will in future be carried on by Barke and Son. WOOLLEN DRAPERS, TAILORS, AND HATTERS, Jkc.,& c. BARKE and SON, in carrying on the above business, beg respectfully to solicit a continuance of those favours which their friends and customers have formerly bestowed, and take this opportunity of acknowledging their gratitude for the support given to the late firm. N. B. MACINTOSH'S Waterproof goods of every description direct from the Patentee. 132, New- street, Birmingham. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. In a Room adjoining the Museum, Temple Row, Birmingham. nPHE late Mrs. ABERDEIN'S PAPYREUSEUM, an - B assemblage of Models of Architecture, Statuary, Land- scapes, & c., comprises nearly TWO HUNDRED SPECIMENS; among which are the following Models :— an Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington ; Alexander, Emperor of Russia; Bonaparte; the Don Cossafck. who was in Lon- don in 1813; a Russian Baba; Children's Ice- hill in Rus- sia ; the Russian Queen of the Gypsies ; an English Ballad Singer, well known in London ; a Flower- Girl, in London ; Monks and Nuns, of various orders; Palanquin of Madeira; Chinese Torture; Costumes of Spain, Portugal, Madeira, Switzerland, Russia, Iceland, East Indies, and China; and Costumes of different periods in England. Admission, ls. j Children under ten years of age, 6d Open from II to 4. THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. COMPANY'S LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE FRENCH PERFORMANCES. LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR OF THE ENGAGE- MENT OF MR. W. H. WILLIAMS. ON MONDAY, January 9, 1836, will be performed the Romantic Drama of THE VAMPIRE, OR THE BRIDE OP THE ISLES. Lord Ruthven Mr. ARCHER. Lady Margaret Mrs. HIGGIE. After which, the SPARE BED. Captain Anient Mr. E. MACARTHY. Pigeonwiddy— Mr. W. II. WILLIAMS. A Comic Song by Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS. To conclude with LAS DEUX DIVORCEES. In which the French Company will perform, Lower Boxes 4s.; Upper Boxes 3s. ; Pit 2s. ; Gal- lery Is. Half price to the Boxes only c, it nine o'clock. Children under twelve years of age admitted, from the commencement, to all parts of the Theatre at half- price. * » * A limited number of Season Tickets will be dis- posed of, application to be made at the Box- office. Doors open at half- past Six Performance to com- mence at Seven precisely. The Box- office is • open from eleven till three, where Tickets and places may be had of Mr. C. Mellon. Stage Manager, Mr. EUGENE MACARTHY. NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership here tofore subsisting between the undersigned Frederick William Fiddian and Isaac Newey, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Architects and Surveyors, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to and from the late partnership will be received and paid by Mr. WM. CHAPMAN, Accountant, Moor- street, Birmingham ; and each patty will hereafter carry on the profession on his own separate account. As witness our hands- the 31st day of December, 1836. FREDERICK ' VILLIAM FIDDIAN, ISAAC NEWEY. Witness, WM. HAINES, Solicitor, ) Birmingham. i WINES A Nil SPIRITS. ami IVnign Spirits or ttiff first description, boTft as regards, delicacy of flavour and strength, on equally moderate term at PETERS'S WINE AND SPIRIT WAREHOUSE, 77. BULL- STREET, Corner of Temple- row, Birmingham. * » * Bottles, jars, and packages must either be exchanged or paid for on delivery, allowance being made for them when returned. THE NEW COMIC PERIODICAL WORK, EDITED BY " BOZ," AND ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Now ready, No. 1. ( to be continued Monthly,) Price 2s. 6d. embellished with a portrait of GEORGE COLMAN the younger, engraved by GREATBACH, from a Painting by JACKSON, and humourous Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIK- SHANK and SAMUEL LOVER, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY- Edited by " BOZ." Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. CONTENTS : — Song of the Month, by Father Prout Pro- logue by Dr. Maginn— Opening Cliaunt. — Recollections' of Geoige Colman, by Theodora Hook.— The " Monstre" Balloon Handy Andy, by Samuel Lover.— Legend ol Manor Hall, by the Author of" Headlong Hall "— Terence O'Slaughnessy, by the Author of" Stories of Waterloo."— The Sabine Farmer's Serenade, by Father Prout.— Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, by " Boz."— Ode to Rum Punch, by Father Prout.— The Marine Ghost, by the Author ol " Rattlin the Reefer."— Old Age and Youth, by T. Hayiies Bayly.— An Evening of Visits, by J. Fenimore Cooper, Author of the " Pilot."— Who are you? by Metastasio Fontenelle and Samuel Lover Metropolitan Men of Science.— Kyan's Patent.— The original of " Not a dium was heard," by Father Prout— A Gossip with some old English Poets— C. Oilier.— The Rising Periodical.— Mr. Verdant's account of the last iErial Ascent, by T. Haynes Bayly— An Italian Anecdote, by the Author of " Hajji Baba." Pursuant to the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS, ON the thirtieth day of December, 1836. Upon the filing of the petition and schedule of CHARLES PAGE, formerly of Mereden- street, Birmingham, coach- maker, then of 106, Bradford- street, Birmingham, beer- shop keeper and coachmaker, then of 5, Congreve- street, Birmingham, beer- shop and eating house keeper, coach maker and hackneyman, then of 2 Mort- row. Smithfield, Birmingham, coach maker and hackneyman, and late of 26, Castle street, Oxford- market, Middlesex, coach maker, oirt of business, a prisoner in the debtors' prison for London and Middlesex, in the city of London: — it is ordered and ap- pointed that the matters of the said petition and schedule shall be heard by the Court at the Court house in Portugal- street, Lincoln's- inn- fields, on the thirtieth day of January next, at the hour of ten in the morning precisely ; of which all creditors and persons claiming to be creditors of the said insolvent for the sum of five pounds or more, shall have no- tice by service of a copy of this order, made within such time and in such manner as is prescribed by the rule of Court in that behalf. BY THE COURT. TAKE NOTICE. 1. If any creditor intends to oppose the said prisoner's dischaige, notice ol such intention must be given by entry thereof in the proper page and column of the book kept for that purpose at the office of the Court, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in the afternoon, three clear days before the day of hearing above- mentioned, exclusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the days of entering such notice ami of the said day of hearing: notice to produce at the bearing any books or papers filed with the schedule must be given to the officer having the custody thereof, within the same hours on any day previous to the said day of hearing. N. B. Entrance, to the office in Portugal- street. 2. The petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and wiitings filed therewith, will be produced by tile proper of- ficer for inspection and examination on Monda) s, Wednes- days, and Fridays, until the last day for enteiing opposition inclusive, on this notice being exhibited ; and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be re- quired, will be provided by the proper officer according to the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 76. 3. Opposition at the healing can only be made by the creditor in person, or by counsel appearing for him. EDWARD SPENCER, Attorney for the said Insolvent, 11, Brunswick Parade, Pentonville. THEATRE ROYAL. BIRMINGHAM. MR. W. H. WILLIAMS respectfully announces to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Birmingham and its environs, that his BENEFIT i APPEARANCE AND LAST is fixed for FRIDAY NEXT, JANUARY 13th, on which occasion, he is happy to stafe, he has made an en- gagement with MR. ROBINSON. the celebrated ballad- singer, from the Royal Vauxhall Gar- dens, London, FOR POSITIVELY THIS NIGHT ONLY. The Performances will commence exactly at seven o'clock with a laughable hurletta, entitled THE OMNIBUS, TEN MILES FROM TOWN. OR Pat Rooney,. Mr. E. MACARTHY. In the course of the evening, Mr. ROBINSON will ting, " My Nu live Hills,"—" The Lowland Bride, V-" The Kio- s"—"' i'i.; * ro'iSe - eet," and " My Pretty Jtae." After which, a very amusing piece, called DAMON AND PYTHIAS, OR THE TWO SMITHS. Damon Smith, . , Mr. DRY. Pythias .— Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS. Jane — Miss PINCOTT. Mr. To be followed by the favorite Farce of KILL OR CURE. Brown Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS, Brown, Miss PONSFORD. Mrs. In the course of the evening, Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS will sing SEVEN COMIC SONGS, and give his imitations of the London actors. The whole to conclude with a new Musical Entertainment, called SHORT CUT AND RETURNS, OR THE LIVING STATUES, Shakespeare's Scamp Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS. ~~ Pigtail, Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Simon Chisel„ . Mr. DOBBS. Tickets may be had at the principal hotels, the Box- office of the Theatre, Vauxhall Gardens, Messrs. Turner's, printers, Snowhill, and Mr. Cameron's Music Warehouse, New- street, where may be had Mr. Williams's Comic Songs. BALSAM OF SPERMACETI. COUGHS, Asthma, Shortness of Breath, Weazing, Colds, soreness, tightness, and oppression of the Chest; and most affections of the Chest and Lungs, relieved in ten minutes, by taking one dose of WOODHOUSES'S BAL- SAM OF SPERMACETI, or PECTORAL COUGH DROPS. Per- sons doubting the efficacy of this medicine, may take a dose in the proprietor's Shop before they purchase. The proprietor earnestly recommends, a trial of these Drops to persons afflicted with ihe above complaints, but he does not introduce them as being an infallible cure, ( as many do,) but is warranted in asserting their efficacy from the extensive relief afforded in numerous cases ol the above description. Constitutional Coughs, of three, four, and more years standing, have been cured in the course of a week by the use of these Drops. In the Hooping and Chin Coughs it will be found equally valuable; it will at all times relieve the most violent Consumptive Cough. In Bottles at Is. IJd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, As the following letter recieved Irom Major General SirHenry Wheatley, Keeper of ihe Privy Purse, testifies: " Sir,— I am honoured with the King's commands to express His Majesty's sense of your polite attention in sending the two bottlei of Essence of Ginger His Majesty has been pleased to direct me to forward you ten pounds in payment for it— enclosed you will find that amount. I am, Sir, your's obediently, St. James's Palace, June 25th, 1835. H, WIIEATLEY. To Mr. Decimus Woodhouse. WOODHOUSE'S iETHEREAL ESSENCE of GINGER is recommended to all cold, phlegmatic, weak and nervous consitutions; it is certain in affording instant relief in Cholera Morbus, Spasms, Cramps, Flatulence, Lan- guor, Hysterics, Heartburn, Loss ol Appetite, sensation of Fulness, pain and oppression after Meals; also those pains ot the Stomach and Bowels which arise from Gouty Flatu- lencies; Digestion however much impaired, is restored to its pristine state by the use of this Essence for a s, hort time. The undernamed, and 208 other medical men, have given their certificates of the unqualified approbation of the value of the Essence, as also of its superiority over all other similar preparations. Drs. James Johnson, Phy- sician to His Majesty, D. Davis, Surgeon to their Ma- jesties, J. H. Cuitis, Aurist to His Majesty. 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VI I' Kim? a ' hat ilis Majesty hail » milled to I I him nut •' I alelv arrested him ai id Dukes d'Orlfeans and lull view of his person, i the Na'ional Guards, onveyed him to the tin' i liHtt'iiu, without Ins making uny attempt ve hiinsel hy flight. The leeling excited nil Guards was such, tiiat the sacrificed on ifie spot wiiich tie ion ot nis diabolical purpose. Nemours were both slightly go, In. I to '"-'- I Bin.. i, the troops and Nau. n wieteiieil youth lias neuny 1) 1. selected lor tile exel* IH The Dukes ,, t Orleans and v. . Hilled by • i: e glass of the carriage window, wiiicil the l) iii' '. reeled ignusi His Majesty shivered to atoms. The you g man. mi fiis examination hy the police, was found to liaie cut away the name on his shirr, Irom his anxiety to preserve hi- family arid Ininself from being known. In con- sequence. however, ol tfie published description of ilis peis. iii, he luis been identified i) v ilis uncle. It turns out th in- name is Meunier, and that he is no greater pers'on than a journeyman saddler. The French journals, in proof of his .. em<> , ne ot the lowesi tank, had previously noticed thai ins skin was covered with pustules of the itch ! The att ii. pr at tfie King's life has, at once, given stability to his toitemig . Ministers, whom nmv no one will venture to oppose. . Meunier denies that he had any accomplice. Two men were seized along with him, but one of them has sitice bei II ieleased ROYAL SPEECH.— The most remarkable parts of this do- cument are l hnse that lefer to Sp in, and those in which allusion is made to the attack ot M- uuier. On the former subject the speech says—' The Peninsula is still disturbed by fata! dissensions. Serious events have shaken the insti- tut1 - us . it Madrid and Lisbon, and Spain has been inces- sa. t U desolated by civil war. Still closely united with the King i, I Great B. itain. I continue to cause the treaty ot file Qiiarliiipe Alliance to lie executed with religious fidelity and in con, oi mi y to tfie spirit in which it fias been dictated. I entertain the most sinceie desire for the consolidation of the throne of Isabella the Second; and I trust that the Constitutional Monarchy will ttiumphover tfie perils with Wl. nh it is threatened, liut I congratulate myself on having preserved Fiance troin the sacrifices, the extent of which ca. nint be appreciated, and from the incalculable conse- quences of any armed intervention in the internal affairs of the Peninsula. France reseives the blond of her children for l. ei own cause; and when she is reduced to the painful necessity of summoning them to shed that blood in her de- fence, it is only under our own glorious colours that the sohl ers of France march to battle." The latter is very briefly noticed —" An attack has been made upon my life. Providence has averred the blow directed against me. The testimonies of affection with which France has surrounded me, are the most precious reward for my labours and de- votion." This, and a passage equally brief, respecting the attempted insuirection, were very loudly cheered. THE SNOW STORM— On Friday six English mails were due in Paris. In the absence ot all intelligence from this country, some person thought proper to report that an attack had been iriHde upon the life of William IV! The rumour ftn into the journals. It is formally contradicted in the ' rench papers of Friday. THE ARMY IN A I' K I c A A letter from Toulon mentions the receipt ol a telegraphic dispatch there, ordering prepara- tions to be made for the immediate embarkation of 3,000 men at that port, and that no doubt was entertained that their destination was Algiers. In the Chamber on Saturday M. Dulpin entered upon his office of President, in a short speech, impressing on the Chamber the necessity ot imitating tfie King in throwing off the weight of ten or and prepossession which the attempt at assassination naturally caused, in order lo undertake the task of legislation in a spirit of calmness and independence. ' I'he tumour ol the public in Paris on Friday, and of the pi ess on Saturday, was, that the Government would demand of the Chamber some measure for the prevention of regicide. Tile power ol exiling suspected characters from the capital and other measures of* a similar kind were spoken of. In the meantime the determination has been t ken to execute the laws, especially the provision against the press, • with new rigour. On Friday several journals were stored at the post, pieparatoty to prosecution, not merely the Siecle, but the Courrier Francois the most important of the organsol the dynastic opposition. Its crime is the stating that the King's avowed influence in the Government ex- poses him, rather than his Ministers, to the blow of the as- sassin Chronicle Summary. ESTIMATE OF PARTIES IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. [ From the ItevueDes Deux Mondes.] 34 25 46 50 237 Doctrinaires Legitimists Courtiers and rank Ministerialists Loose fish Minis. eria'ists — Extreme right Extreme left— — Constitutional opposition 62 Tiers Partie or left centre 119 Opposition 222 Ministerial majority 15 22 19 SPAIN. The Parisian Ministerial journals give the following tele- graphic dispatches : —' " BAYONNE, DEC 22. — Gomez arrived at Durango on the 17th. having lett his division, from 4,000 to 5,000 strong, at Orduna : and Cabrera, with another force, on the right hank of the Ebro. « ' Espartero repassed the Nervion on the 18th, where he was followed by Villareal. They now occupy, on the right bank of the river, the same positions which they did from the 1st to the 8th. " The first part of the basis of the Constitution, which establishes two Chambers, was voted at Madrid on the 17th. " BAYONNE, DEC. 23.— M. Pay has written to me, under date of the 22nd, that on the 19th and 20th, Espartero, with 22 pieces of cannon, passed, by a bridge of boats, to the right bank of the river. He has, besides, thrown over a bridge in case of a retreat. A decisive engagement, it is said, will take place on the 24th. " Bilboa still holds out." Letters from Bayonne, dated Dec. 24, say—" News has been received direct from the head- quarters of Espartero, • who, since ( he 21st, lias been on the right bank of the Ner- vion, with between 8.000 and 9,000 men and a numerous train of artillery, while an equal number of men manoeuvre on the left bank. If we may believe report, the soldiers are • well disposed, and Bilboa will be delivered. ' Ihe Carhsts have withdrawn their artillery, which was directed against the place, with a view to oppose that ot Espartero. An action is inevitable, and it is supposed will takeplace to- day- Gomez is at Sodupe, four leagues from Durango. Alaix was, a few days since, at Ona, three leagues from Balmaceda, with 5,000 men." , „ , RAISING OF THE SIEGE A dispatch from Commander Lahidge, of the Saracen, dated Dec. 25, communicates this important event. It says-" By the flood- tide, at four P. M. of yesterday, the General- in- Chief commenced his river movement on Luchana, by launches and two rafts manned by the Spanish marine and the seamen of His . Ma- jesty's vessels, rapidly establishing themselves on Monte Cabras, and carrying the enemy's batteries in front ol that position. A bridge of boats, without the broken arch of Luchana bridge, was constructed by the men of the Saracen, immediately after the first landing of the Queen's army, on the causeway above Luchana, the Queen's army filing over in support of the advance. The Queen's army promptly advanced to the attack, carrying the batteries and capturing every gun of the insurgents along the line, from the left bank of the Asua, to the Augustine gate of Bilboa. The insurgents suffered a complete route, with a severe loss m killed, wounded, and prisoners, and have retired by the Durango road. The Qu en's army entered Bilboa at nine A. M., relieving the brave defenders of that garrison, and, up to this hour, not a single Carlist is to be seen on either bank of the river Nervion. On examining the river, a chain was found across, just above the magazine under Monte Cabras; two bridges of gabaras, between Olaveragaarid San Marries, and piles drove across the river at the ford above the con- vent of San Marnes. The city of Bilboa is greatly dilapi- dated from the effects of bombardment during a siege of jiine weeks, and greatly in want of provisions. The loss of the Queen's army does not exceed 800 in killed and wounded. No casualty has occurred to the consul and families of the British residents." Private accounts state, that such was the honible destitution of the town, that half a cat sold for two shillings, an egg for a shilling, and a fowl for a guinea General Espartero is described as behaving with great per- sonal bravery. . , . FURTHER PARTICULARS— The attack commenced about four o'clock yesterday afternoon with eight picked companies, who were embarked in launches and rafts opposite the Desi- rrto the foremost launches being towed by the crews of the Kingdove and Saracen, Capt. Lapidge and Lieut. Le Hardy leading in their gigs, covered by four Spanish gun- boats, and protected by the fire of the Spanish and British Royal and Marine Artillery, the latter under the command of Major Colquhoun. In this order they pushed on past the enemy's dvanced battery, and landed the troops immediately in its rear, with scarcely any loss; t] te enemy abandoning both it and their entrenchments on the broken bridge of Luchana almost immediately. This point gained, the rafts were moored alongside the bridge, to enable the column that marched along the quay to advance until the engineers could repair the bridge. The enemy appear to have been taken completely hy surprise, not being abie to observe the em- barkation of the troops, in consequence of a heavy fall of snow at the time ; and had it not been for the cheers of the tioops giving them warning of their approach, many pri- soners would have been made here. As soon as the batta- lions passed the bridge, they formed and pushed up the heights ol Cahras, leading to the Banderas, and gained pos- session ol them before the Cai lists could collect force enough to prevent their establishing themselves; about nine o'clock, however, the Carlists made a desperate attack to dislodge them, and partly effected their object, which they repeated three times during the night, but were at length finally re- pulsed after four or five hours'hard fighting; and General Kspartero, placing himself at the head of two battalions, car. t ied the enemy's battery of three heavy gnus, and the height arid fort of Banderas at the point of the bayonet. From this moment the flight of the enemy commenced; the main body by the Durango road, and the rest, who had been left to observe Bilboa, over two bridges of boats they had con- structed opposite the village of Olaveaga, which they had not time to destroy. I cannot yet ascertain the loss on the part of the Queen's troops, but it has been severe ; the two battalions of Guards alone having lost nine officers killed, and twenty- three wounded, and nearly 500 men. Bilhoaappears to have suffered considerably, one of its suburbs being nearly en- tirely in ruins. I believe about 1,000 to 1.200 of its garrison have been killed and wounded.— Colonel Wylde's Dispatch. The Chamber of Deputies at Brussels, on the 23rd, pas- sed the hill fixing the amount of the army for 1837 at 110,000 men. The Alyemeine Zeitung contains a communication from Constantinople, of November 30, which states that the British Government was about to send a vessel to survey the coast of the Black Sea. A letter Irom the frontiers of Poland, iti a Frankfort paper, announces that several arrests have taken place at Warsaw, but not, it is asserted, for political reasons. The Emperor of Austria is recovering, and drove out on the 17th for the first time since his illness. The great failure of the English house of Anderson, said to he lor 100,000 ducats, is the general subject of con- versation. The head of the house alleges, as the cause of his misfortunes, the capture of the two ships freighted at Galaez, and destined for the provinces of the Caucasus, by Russian cruisers.— Letter from Bucharest, dated Decem- ber 6 th The Emperor of Russia is at open war with his brother the Grand Duke Michael. ' I'he wife of the latter, who was preparing to join her husband in Germany, has been ordered not to quit the empire. Nicholas is more than ever favourably disposed towards the old national Russian party. — French Paper. The Munich Gazette states that on the 14th there were not more than five deaths in that city from cholera. The Gibraltar Chronicles mention that official accounts received from Trieste represent the cholera morbus as fast decreasing in that city, as well as in the Lombardo- Venetian and Austrian dominions on the Adriatic shores. Jerome Bonaparte, after a short visit to the court of his brother- in- law, the King of Wurtemberg, proceeds with all his family to Italy, he'liaving announced his Swiss resi- dence for sale, not wishing to reside any longer in the vi- cinage of Arenherg. The children of Madame Letitia have a great difference with Cardinal Fesch for a valuable de- posit of diamonds, left for her family eventually by the mother of Napoleon, but which she forbad them in her will to claim of Cardinal Fesch during his life time, under a penalty of forfeiting their eventual right and share in the succ ssion. In consequence of a convention concluded by Nouri Ef- fendi, the Turkish ambassador to the Court of London, ( who is now iu Paris,) and the English Ministry, besides the ordinary Austrian mail, English couriers are hence- forth to go twice every month to Semlin with letters}; where an English courier must always be ready to receive them. By this means there will be a communication with London and Constantinople six times every month.— German papers. ANECDOTE OFTHE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN.— When Cala- trava informed the Queen Regent that the Cortes required the plan of her daughter's education, her Majesty replied in the following terms:—" Iain as much interested in my daughter's education as the Cortes. If they by their vote in the Chamber, confirming me in the appointment of Queen Regent, have reposed all their confidence in me, I am at a loss to understand their present demand. You may state that, although the representatives of the nation had not ex- pressed their confidence in me, I would never submit to the humiliation of laying before them the plan which I have adopted regarding the education of my children. 1 gave them my husband's will, as I wished them to know that I was actuated by no sordid or interested feelings ; but as a mother, and a Queen, I will not suffer a personal insult."— Morning Paper. AMERICA. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. — New York papers to the 8th ult. have been received. They bring the farewell Mes- sage ol General Jackson to Congress. The Message is, as usual, a long and an ably written document. The greater part of it relates to a difficulty peculiar to the Government of the United States— the embarrassment caused by exces- sive wealth. The revenue greatly exceeds the expenditure, and no scheme can be devised for disposing of the surplus which is so pregnant with evils. The receipts into the Treasury for the year 1836 amount to about 47,610,898 dollars, the customs being 22,523,151 dollars and lands 14.000,000. The expenditure is only 22,000,000; and there is a balance in the Treasury of the enormous sum of 41,723,959. This surplus revenue threatens the constitution of the United States and tire constitutions of the separate States. The transference ol the deposits to the State Legislatures would render the people indiffer- ent to the conduct, of those whom they elect, and thus de- stroy the only security for good government. " When there are extravagant and wasteful appropriations there must he a corresponding increase of taxes; and the people, becoming awakened, will necessarily scrutinize the character of measures which thus increase their burdens. By the watchful eye of self interest the agents of the people in the State Governments are repressed and kept within the limits of a just economy. But if the necessity of levying the taxes be taken from those who make the ap- propriations, and thrown upon a moie distant and less re- sponsible set of public agents, who have power to approach the people by an indirect and stealthy taxation, there is reason to fear that prodigality will soon supersede those characteristics which have thus far made us look with so much pride and confidence to the Stale Governments as the main stay to our union and liberties." The deposits, in the different States are mischievous in another way, hy fostering a spirit of wild speculation, and amongst other fruits of this speculation are extensive sales of land, not to settlers, but to land jobbers. The necessary consequence ol extensive purchases of land ou speculation is the creation of absentee proprietory. The President thinks he has struck down this evil by requiring payment for the public lands to be made in specie, with an exception until the 15th of December in favour ol actual settlers. By checking the credit system he has cut off the means of specu- lation, and retarded its progress in monopolizing the most valuable of the public lands, thus saving the new States " from a non- resident proprietorship, one ofthe greatest obstacles to the advancement of a new country, and the prosperity of an old one." General Jack- on recommends an alteration in the mode of electing Presidents, to pre- vent, in any case, the choice of President and Vice- Presi- dent from devolving on the House of Representatives and Senate. lie professes to have acted with the most perfect fairness and impartiality in the affair ol Texas, and repels with indignation the charge that the American Govern- ment entertains ambitions designs, or is actuated by an in- sidious policy Morning Chronicle. DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. SNOW ON RAILWAYS— During the past week the trains on the Greenwich Railway continued running without in- terruption, while the coaches and omnibusses from Green- wich were almost abandoned. VEGETABLES So great has been the influence of the in- clement weather on the prices of kitchen vegetables, tlmt greens which about a fortnight ago sold for 3d. per bunch in the metropolitan markets, now fetch lOd. to Is. 1 ar- ley fetches a price almost unprecedented even in Ihe annuls of Covent- garden. Such is the scarcity of this ar'icle, owing to ihe overlaying of the snow, that last Thursday maiket- handfuls. wli ch are usually sold for a penny, fetched hall- a- crown each! DESTRUCTION OF THE THAMES STEAM BOAT. — About half- past three o'clock on Sunday morning a fiie broke out in the engine- room of the Thames steam- boat, lying off Union- stairs, Wapping. The Thames Police galleys and several officers soon rowed up to render assistance to Ihe captain and the crew, but the fire extended its ravages Irom one end of the vessel to the other, and every effort to save any portion of ihe boat was useless; so the officers and fire- men adopted the plan of scuttling, and she went down in twenty feet of water. HORRIBLE MUTILATION OF A HUMAN BODY — Shortl) after two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, as a la- bouring man, named Robert Bond, residing at No. 45. Edward- street, Dorset- place, Dorset square, Mary. la- bone, was proceeding along the Edgware- road, in the direction ol Kilbui n, he discovered behind a large flag- stone on the side of the road, near the toll- gate, a package enveloped in a coarse sack or bag, tied with cords, which on opening, he to his horror found to contain the trunk ot a body of a female, tb^ head and legs having been severed therefrom. He immediately called for aid, and police constable Pegler, S 104, who was on duty on the opposite side of the road, instantly ran to the spot, and with the assistance of Sergeant Hampton, T 20, and Constable Groundwell T 37, who shortly came up, carried the body to Paddington poor- house. Intelligence of the horrid discovery flew like wild- fire throughout the neighbourhood, and during the after- noon the poor- house was surrounded by hundreds of per- sons anxious to obtain information on the subject. The spot where discovery was made is situated about a mile and a half from Cumberland gate, at the end of Oxford- street, and on the high road to Edgware. On the west side of the road, and within about a hundred and fifty yards of Pine- apple- gate, nine detached villas, called Canterbury Villas, have recently been erected by a gentleman named Biers, re- siding on the spot. Five of them are finished and four of them inhabited, but the remainder are still in an unfinished state, the workmen having on Saturday last suspended their labours on account of the severity ot the weather. An in- quest has since been held on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder returned. The surgeons who examined the the trunk could discover no cause of death in it or on it. They remarked, however, some rather curious anatomical appearances, which the London penny- a- line men rehearse with a mixture of ignorance and grossness of detail, that on any other subject would be amusing. After all, we suspect it will turn out that the supposed murdered body has come from the theatre of some anatomical professor, or perhaps, the chamber of a surgical studeut. FIRES.— That elegant fabric, St. Peter's Church, Eaton- square, Pimlieo, erected about seven years since, under the auspices of the Marquess of Westminster, upon whose ground it was situate, was on Friday night totally destroyed by fire; About half- past six o'clock flames were observed to be issuing from the belfry, and in a short time afterwards one ofthe bellscame with a tremendous crash to the ground. The fire immediately communicated to the body of the church, and in a couple of hours the altar, the pews, and seats, in the aisles, and the pulpit were completely destroyed, fortunately the altar piece, a painting by Hilton, represent- ing the Crucifixion, and presented to the Church by the Mar- quess of Westtninster, was preserved by the exertion of the police and the fire brigade. This painting is said to be worth 1,000 guineas About a quarter before three o'clock iti the morning of New Year's Day, a disastrous fire, accompanied by the destruction of life, broke out in the upper part of No. 4. Chapel. street, West, the house of a lady named Avens. It is understood that the fire originated from the indiscretion of one of the inmates, a gentleman lodging in the house, who sat up reading very late, and his candle by some ac- cident ignited the furniture of his room. The fire was very nearly, if riot entirely, confined to the house in which it broke out. But we have to state the melancholy fact, that a young servant girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, was burnt to death in the house; about half- past ten in the morning Iter body was found among the ruins of the attic floor, which, with the roof and part of the second floor, had fallen in upon the first floor. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. — On Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Duke of Roxburghe was married hy special licence, at St. Mary- le- bone New Church, to the daughter of General Sir Chailes Dalbiac, K. C. B. The Duchess of Northumberland gave Jhe bride away. There are three Ouchesses of Roxburghe now living, viz., Mary, widow of William, the fourth Duke, now married to the Hon. John Tollemaclre; 2, Harriet, widow of James the late, and mother of the present Duke, now married to Colonel O'Reilly; and 3, Susannah Stephania, married on Wednesday. The Earl and Countess of Minto arrived at the Admiralty on Wednesday from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness ot Lansdowne, at Bowood. Lord Melgund, his lordship's eldest son, has arrived at Minto Castle, in Roxburghshire. SII. K TRADE. — This market has assumed a degree of brisk ness during the last few days, and it is expected shortly that extensive transactions will be done, as it is the general opinion that the rates of the different descriptions of the article have seen their lowest point. TEA TRADE— The clearances for tile week current have been very consideiable; the finer descriptions of Bohea and Congou are realizing rather higher quotations than at the last sale. PROVINCIAL. BRIGHTON, SATURDAY— We are happy to state that their Majesties continue in the enjoyment of good health. There has not been a single dinner party at the Palace all the week. Ills Majesty is now sitting to Sir David Wilkie for his portrait. The Duke of Montrose, K G., expired yesterday morning. His Grace was Lord-. L^#* e « Jnt of the counties of Dum- barton mnl Stirling. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are dis. pensing their hospitality to the rich, and their bounty to the poor, at Alnwick Castle, which they will leave this month for town E. S. CAYLFY, ESQ., M. P.— 1The health of the member for the North Riding is rapidly improving, so that we hope he will be at his post at the opening of the session— Hull Observer. On Monday morning se'nnight, the Earl of Lindsey had the misfortune to burn himself severely, in consequence of standing in his dressing- gown with his back lo the fire, at Uffington- house, near Stamford. The gown- tail caught the fire in the grate, and before, his lordship was aware of his danger he was enveloped in flames. We learn that he is now fast recovering— Lincoln Mercury. Mr. Gully, M. P. for Pontefract, gave a dinner on Wed- nesday week, at his seat, to a select number of his constitu- ents ;' after which he informed them of his intention td withdraw from public life, and recommended to them as a candidate at the next election, to fill his place, either Sir Culling E. Smith or Colonel Raphael.— Yorkshireman. THE MURDERS AT KI. ITON LINDSEY.—' Tile magisterial inquiries instituted into this dreadful affair, have resulted in the committal of John Dimpsey, an Irishman apprehended as the suspected murderer. Dimpsey was taken at his house at Mollis Crofts, Sheffield, on Thursday morning, the 15th inst., by Mr. George Travis, son of the constable of Kirton; and by him conveyed to Kirton gaol on Friday. REDCAR, YORKSHIRE. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER, DATED DECEMBER 26.—- Yesterday the Danish brig Caroline, of Aalborg, was observed driving fast t > leeward, notwithstand- ing all her efforts to beat off ( the gale being from K. N. E, the first quarter flood). She struck upon the outer quarter ofthe Saltscar, and the crew ( nine in number) took to the rigging; a heavy sea again II ated the vessel, and she drove over the rocks. At this period, the men took to their boat, in the apparent hope of succour from the shore, as the Red- car life, boat was then on its way to them manned hy the in- trepid pilots and fishermen of the place. The crew of the Danish vessel had not quitted her five minutes before a sea broke over their little boar, and swept away all but two, who were occasionally seen amid the surf, us the boat though filled did not capsize. The life- boat held her gallant course among the breakers, ( notwithstanding it shipped three seas) and when the cry arose " she is alongside, they are saved," a heavy sea broke over both boats, and tiiey were lost lor some tune to the sight of the anxious spectators, and when the life boat was again visible she was at li- ast eighty fa- thoms to leeward and driving fast ashore. Nothing more was seen of the crew of the Danish vessel, and to our still greater regret, William Guv, ( one of the Redcar pilots) who was . standing up to throw a line, was swept away. Not a vestige of the Caroline is left. CHURCH RATES. — Ori ' Thursday last a vestry was called in the National School- room, Great Marlow, for the pur- pose of making a church rate of, fpurpence in the pound. To this proposition an amendment was made— that the making of a church rate be adjourned to this day twelve- month. This amendment was carried by a majority of more than one hundred and fifty. A poll was then de- manded, which finally closed ai seven o'clock on Saturday evening. The result was as follows : Persons against the adjournment ... 51 For the adjournment ... 213 Majority ... ... 162 Votes against the adjournment ... 63 For the adjournment ... 240 Majority ... ... 177 On Wednesday Richard Kirk, of Whitgift, died, the body being opened, a considerable quantity of white arsenic was found. Circumstances throwing suspicion on the wife of the deceased having come to light, she was taken into custody, and at the inque- t a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against her. A somewhat novel exhibition was witnessed in White- haven harbour, on Monday noon, to wit, that of a gentle- man belonging to the theatre sailing in a washing tub drawn by two geese! The well- footed towers did not seem to relish their harness, and even though in their proper element refused to move, save a yard or two immediately after the unsightly vessel was launched. At a meeting held on Wednesday last, at the Guildhall, Worcester, a subscription/ was entered into for the relief of the poor, by opening the soup- hou- e for ihe sale of soup at one penny per quart. It is a remarkable tact, that, owing to the working of the Poor Law Bill, there have been only two nsh settlement appeals brought lorward at three successive sessions for the county of Hereford, and neither of tl e* e was tried. ANGLESEY Sir R. B. W Bulkely, retires, an i Mi. Meyrick, a Tory, is iu the field. The Carnarvon Herald distinctly dee'ares its knowledge of the fact that a staunch Whig and supporter of Lord Melbourne's Government will be announced in a few days. On Wednesday last week, a fire br ke out about seven o'clock in the morning in the farm occupied by Mrs. Jen kins, of Allseott. near Bridgnorth. It commenced in the outbuildings, which, with a considerable quantity of hay and about nine bags of bar! v. were destroyed. On Monday a public dinner, ofthe members and friends of the Liverpool'Total Abstinence Societies rook place at the Queen's Theatre, Christian- street. In the course oftheday about four thousand members of the society paraded the streets of the town in procession, headed by two tumpeters on horseback, and attended by two bands of music, one of which consisted of members of their own bodv A number of flags and banners were displayed, and each member was decorated with a rosette, medal, and sash, de- noting them to be Professors of Total Abstinence from all intoxicating drink-. On Thursday last week, the Sheffield Operative Conser vatives dined at the Albion Hotel. Two hundred sat down to dinner in the room, and fifty more in an adjoining apart- ment, who were admitted into the dining- room immedi- ately after the cloth was drawn. The principal speakers were Mr. J. S. Wortley, Mr. Walker, Mr. Hutton. Mr. Paul, and Mr. Lilly; the sentiments they expressed, which were ol high conservative character, were much ap- plauded. At Sheffield the silk trade is much depressed. For the most part, the mills at Congleton, Sandbach, and Maccles- field, are not at work more than four days in the week. The cause is stated to he the unsettled state of the money market. The extinguishing of the sixty blast furnaces in Stafford shire and Shropshi. e, will cause a diminution in the quantity of iron manufactured in those counties of 4.500 tons per week !— Hereford Journal. A farm, the property of J. Banks. Esq., of Wakefield, which is let for thirty pounds a- year, sold on Friday lor the enormous sum of 20.000/., between sixty and seventy years' purchase— Doncaster Gazette. TEWKESBURY.— Sitice September last there have been four political dinners in this borough—- two of which have ema- nated from the Conservatives, and two from the Whigs: a filth is announced for Monday next by the Conservative operatives! The Rev. Elienezer Elliott, eldest son of the " Corn Law Rhymer," has been ordained to the Curacy of New Mill, near Sheffield, by letters demissory from the Bishop ot Ripon to the Archbishop of York. YORK CHRISTMAS HORSE FAIR This annual horse fair commenced on Monday last, and has been one ot the best ever witnessed. The arrival of horses on Saturday beto- kened a very great fair, and by Monday morning the stabling attached to all the inns in the city were crowded, and it was with difficulty that standings could be procured. We are happy to add that this supply was amply met with a de- mand— dealers from London, the Southern Counties, Not. tinghamshire, and, indeed, from all parts of England at- tended the fair in larger numbers than was ever remembered hy the oldest inhabitants Hunters were looked after with great avidity, the greatest part being sold in the inn yards without ever reaching the fair. Very excellent prices were given ; prime hunters fetching 150 guineas and upwards each, wlrlst those ot an inferior grade were brought up at propor- tionate prices. Good coach- horses were equally prizable, and those who were fortunate to possess any, found ready customers at the best prices; we trust that the prices which have been obtained at our fair this year, will induce our farmers to turn themselves to this lucrative business, and that the breeding of coach- horses will engross more of their attention. Amongst the purchasers was a foreign nobleman, the Master of tiie Horse to the King of Denmark, and he bought fifteen two- year old coaching stallions, lor which he gave very exorbitant prices. DANGEROUS AMUSEMENT At the Queen's Theatre, on Wednesday se'nnight, it was announced thai Signor Gavaldi would exhibit the perfection to which rifle shooting can be brought, by striking, with a bullet from his riflle, an apple placed on his son's head. This feat he accomplished; hul in an attempt to hit an apple which the boy held in his band, he missed his mark, and the'ball passed through the fleshy part of the boy's thumb, and slightly splintered the bone. He was immediately taken to the infirmary, where his Wound was dressed, and he is now doing well Manchester Courier. THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL— It is understood, says the Manchester Guardian, that the two Directors of the Bank of England, Mr. Prescott and Mr. Dobree, with their solicitor, Mr. Freshfield, have been activoly engaged iir in- vestigating the accounts of the Northern and Central Bank, and report says, that they have been engaged iu this work every day, from an early hour in the morning until ten at night. During the week a notice has been issued by the Manager of the Bank, to all persons who have advances on open accounts, requiring them to pay up their balances on or before the first of February, from which day there will he a complete suspension ofthe business of the Bank until their affairs are completely arranged, and the advances made by the Bank of England repaid. ^ "" — Tl. p performance of sacred ... ... I," took place iu the Upper Assembly Rooms on Friday last. The principal singer- were Miss Woodyatt, Miss Pearsall, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Pearsall. Pearsall's debut at Bath was most successful. The audience amounted to upwards of 600 persons. CHELMSFORD CHURCH RATES.— The Dissenters and the Society of Friends, who are assessed to the church- rate in Chelmsford, are determined to lesist payment, on tfie giouud that the poll at the . time the rate was made was not properly taken— Chelmsford Chronicle. The Lord Chief Justice of the fommon Pleas has ap- pointed Mr. Fletcher, of Dudley, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners lor taking the acknowledgments of deeds by married women, under the act for the abolition of fines, & c. DEATH FROM COLD— On Tuesday morning a young man named Joseph Beardmore was found between Haughton and Bradley, near Stafford, in a dying state, having lain out of doors the whole of that inclement night. The deceased was one of a party of morris dancers, and had been out with his companions during the Monday at Bradley and the neighbourhood. In the evening he set out with the party to Haughton, on their way to Gnosall, where they resided; but when he had proceeded a short distance he seemed in- clined to return to the Red Lion, at Bradley. After much entreaty he was induced to go with them towards Haughton. When they got within 100 yards of the latter place, the de- ceased refused to accompany them any further, and he set out to return to Bradley. He was intoxicated at the time. On Christmas Day the overseers ofthe poor of Kidder- minster caused to be distributed among the inmates of the workhouse , as well as the poor out ofthe lioase, a plentiful supply of roast beef, plum- pudding, and ale. About 120 partook ot the liberal entertainment. IRELAND. LONGFORD ELECTION. — After a severe contest, and not without bloodshed, the blame of which is assigned to the Orangemen, Colonel White has curried Longford. On Friday the sheriff stated tfiat there was polled for White that day, 20; for Fox, 19; and that as there were not more than twenty polled in any of the booths, they should be closed; that upon making up the gross poll, the numbers stood— For White 619 For Fox 526 Leaving a majority of . — 93 for White; and that, therefore, he declared Mr. White duly elected. The following numbers from the " Parliamentary Test Book," tor 1835. slow the state of parties at the last elec- tion. ' The reader will see that there were four candidates for Longford, namely, Lord Forbes, Mr. Luke White, Mr. Lefroy, and Colonel Henry White ; at the close of the poll ihe several candidates stood thus : — Lord Forbes 801 ; Mr. Luke White, 428! Mr. Lefroy, 553; Colonel Henry White, 62. DEATH raOM WANT— INQUEST.— Yesterday an inquest was held in Fleet- street watch- house, before Alderman Sir Nicholas Brady, on view of the body of John Rogers, who bad been found dead on the preceding evening, by a watch- man, in ihe hall of the house, 71, Townsend- street, under circumstances that Ie11 no doubt whatever of the poor crea- ture having perished through wantand the inclemency of the weather. A verdict accordingly was returned. This is the second instance of death from want of the nec ssaries of life, that it has been our painful duty to record as having taken place within the last week, in the same street— Dublin paper of Thursday. [ This should be headed" Death from want of a Poor- Law. SCOTLAND. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE On Thursday morning, about three o'clock, afire, the most appalling which has occurred in this city, since the one in 1824 destroyed the old Parliament- square, broke out in the workshop of Mr. George Sande- man, upholsterer. No. 8, Greenside- street. There was a communication between the workshop of Mr. Sandeman and the show- room in front, by means of an arched passage ; and there being a strong draught of air sweeping through it, the fire soon burst into the latter, defying all attempts to arrest its progress. With equal rapidity the houses right and left were attacked, and, the wind blowing from the north- east, sent the flames more particularly to the left, their ravages being only checked in that direction by the small lane between Greenside- street and Calton- street, called Nottingham- place. Several tenements and a wood- yard, lying at the back of Greenside- street, also took fire ; and at about five o'clock in the morning, the appearance which this extensive conflagration presented was awful in the extreme. We need hardly say, that the scene presented by the half- naked and terror- struck inhabitants, was, in no small degree, melancholy and affecting. Here, a mother runirng with her infant in her arms; there, a man carrying on his back his infirm relative; One person forcing his way with his clothes under his arm, or the most valuable piece of property which he could lay hold on at the instant; another pushing through the flames without anything, and glad to escape with hie ! It is some comlort tliat no livei were lost, though some of the firemen have received con- siderable injury ; one of them, named Scott, having lost an eye. The file had exhausted itself by six o'clock, nothing but the walls then remaining,— Edin. Scotsman. A third meeting of creditors ofthe city ot Edinburgh took place on Wednesday last. Additional assents to the com- position offered hy the town clerk, to the amount ofl9,807/. were obtained. Only about 5,000/. more are now required IO sanction the proposed settlement, which will give 15s. in the pound. Our respected Sheriff- Substitute, Mr. Edwards, has been appointed to the office of Receiver. General of Jamaica, wh cli was held by Mr. Macdowall Grant, of Arndiily. The appointment is said to be a lucrative one, worth 4,000/. per annum— Inverness Courier. LEITH — Since the commencement of the present snow- storm, which has been accompanied by a strong north- easterly gale, a complete embargo has been put upon the shipping in this port. The steamers, which should have sailed tor London on Saturday, are still detained, owing to the boisterous state of the weather; a number of vessels for other ports are also waiting for a change of weather. With the exception of a foreign vessel ashore at Portobello, and Hie loss of a pilot boat in the roads, the men being saved hy clinging to the main- chains ol a vessel they were going to board, there has been no casualty, that we have heard of, in this quarter. — Caledonian Mercury, Dec. 29. M « LANCHOLY SHIPWRECK— On Monday lorenoon, the 26ih, about ten o'clock, a brig was descried in the mouth of the Tay, attempting to cross the bar. After making two or three tacks in a tremendous sea, she was thrown on a bank opposite the Tay Lights. Captain Kidd, with the least possible delay, got under weigh and bore down the er. Hie sea was tremendous, but the steam- ship went gallantly through it; but belore he had got to the spot, the vessel had gone to pieces, and no vestige of her or her crevr was to be seen. A family, consisting of four individuals— a father, two daughters, and a mother— went to bed in a room in the Wal- lace Fens, Du dee, on \ onday night, the 26th ult. On Wednesday one of the daughters awoke, but could not awake the other members ol the family. She immediately procured a light, when, shocking to relate, she lound her father and sister dead, and her mother dying. The mother is since dead. The circumstances attending this mysterious affair are undergoing investigation by the proper authorities. — Caledonian Mercury. COUNTY OF RENFREW— Sir John Maxwell and Mr. Houston, the younger, of Johnston Castle, are declared can- didates lot Renfrewshire. — Glasgow Herald. SHORT CHIMNEYS V. TALL A discovery has been made in chimney- building which is likely to put a stop to the building of lotty pillars for the purpose of carrying away engine- smoke from the manufactories. The only, scientific reason assigned fcr building these lofty stacks is, that the increased height gives an amazingly increased draught. But it is found that a chimney ol the ordinary height, or at most 60 or 70 feet, which is so constructed as to have the inside ol the flue narrowest at the bottom, and giadually widening as itascends, has the effect ol increasing til.' draught and burning the smoke in a much gi eater degree than is pro- duced hy a tall flue ou the old principle. A chimney built on the new principle has the appearance outwaids of a tower, as it stands upon a laige base, and carries its width on the outside to the top. The cost is not one- third of that of one of the tallest chimneys, and the danger fiom falling is comparatively small. Messrs. Clarke, cotton- spin- ners, iu Glasgow, have proved the superiority of the new system, having recently built a chimney on that principle, about 70 feet high. THE PEEL BANQUET.— We understand that the Right Hon. Baronet will he accompanied hy one of his brothers or some other telative. Sir Robert will, iu all likelihood, anive ou the Monday previous to the Festival; he in- tends to proceed direct to Blythswood House, which will be his temporary residence during his necessarily short visit to Scotland. MISCELLANEOUS. ARMY PROMOTION AND BREVET This has at length been determined on, and we presume the new commissions will bear date Jauuary 1, 1837. The Generals' list will include the Marquis of Londonderry; the Lieutenant- generals in- clude Sir A. P. Barnard; the Major- generals include Col. Tobin, of the Royal Artillery, of December, 1827; the Colonels include Lieut,- colonel T. W. Robbins, at the close of 1821; the Lieutenant colonels include Major Sir W. Davison, of October, 1821 ; and all the captains to the end of 1821 obtain the brevet of majors.— Hampshire Tele- graph. IRISH IN LONDON— The anonymous warning sent to the Duke of St. Albans, at Brighton', relative to his hawking on the Downs, was signed ivfth the names ot the Her. Mr.' WagncT, J Kemp, ot Kemp Town, Esq., M. P., and several other respectable names.— London Paper. TOUJOURS LE MEME. — A bill embodying a plan for enabling the labouring poor to provide support for themselves in sick- ness and old age, by small weekly savings from their wages, was introduced by Mr. Dowdeswell, and approved ol by the House of Commons, in 1773; but it met with the same fate as another hill framed by the Commons in 1789, and founded on tables computed, at the request of a committee, by Dr. Price. Tiie lords rejected both bills; and thus deprived the labouring poor of the guidance of a legislative act in the for- mation ot friendly societies for half a century.— M'Culloch's Statistics. JUGGERNAUT. — At the quarterly general Court of the Proprietors of India Stock, held on Wednesday se'nniglit, Mr. Poynder brought forward amotion relative to the prevailing idolatrous worshop in India. It was to this effect:—" That adverting to the dispatch of the Court of Directors, dated the 23rd February, 1833, having tor its object the withdrawal of the encouragement affurded by Great Britain to the idolatrous worship of India, and also the relinquishing of the revenue hitherto derived Irom such source, which object does not appear to have been yet ac- complished, the Court deems it necessary to recc . imend to the Court of Directors the adoption of such further mea- sures upon the subject as in their judgment may appear to he most expedient." It was unanimously agreed to. BALLOONING PROSPECTS.— Mr. Monck Mason proposes to go next year to Amei ica in the great balloon. This he judges possible, from the supposition that there are con- trary currents at different altitudes. WOOLLY HEADS AND HAIRY.— It has long been the pre- vailing opinion among naturalists, that the Negro race is in- ferior, both in organisation and intellectual powers, to the European; and that, in all t he points of difference, it ex- hibits tin approach to the monkey tribes. The object ofthe present paper is to institute a rigid inquiry into the validity of this opinion. The authoi has, for tins purpose, examined an immense number ot brains of persons of different sexes, of various ages, and belonging to diffeient varieties of the human race, both by ascertaining their exact weight, and also by accurate measurement of the capacity of the cavity of the cranium, and has arrived at the following conclusions. The weight ot the brain of an adult male European varies from 31b. 3oz. to 41b. lloz. froy weight: that of Ihe female weighs, on an average, from 4oz. to 8oz. less than that ol the male. The brain usually attains its full dimensions at the age of seven or eight; and decreases in size in old age. At the time of birth, Ihe brain bears a larger proportion to the size of the body than at any subsequent period of life, being then as one- sixth of the total weight; at two years of age it is one fourteenth; at three," one eighteenth ; at fifteen one twenty- fourth ; and in the adult period, ( hat is, from the age of twenty lo that of seventy, it isgenetally within the limits of one thirtv- fifth and one forty- filth. In case of adults, however, this proportion is much regulated by the condition of the body as to corpulence; being in thin persons from one twenty- second to one- twenty- sevi ntli. and in fat persons Often only one lirtletJi, or even ono hundredth of the total weight of the body. T e brain has been found to be par- ticularly large in some individuals possessed of extraordinary mental capacity. No perceptible difference exists either in the average weight, or the average size of the brain of the Negro and of the European ; and the nerves are not larger, relatively to the size of the brain, iu the former than in the latter. In the external form of the brain of the negro, a very slight difference only can be traced from that of the European ; but there is absolutely no difference whatsoever in its internal structure, nor does the Negro brain exhibit any greater resemblance to that of the ourang. outang than the bra n of the European, excepting, perhaps, in the more symmetrical " disposition of its convolutions. Many of the results which the author has thus deduced Irom liis re- searches, are at variance with the received opinions relative to the presumed inferiority ot the Negro structure, both in the conformation end relative dimensions of the brain; and he ascribes Ihe erroneous notions, which have been hitherto entertained on these subjects, chiefly to prejudice, created by the circumstance that the facial angle in the Negro is smaller than in the European, and consequently, makes, in this respect, an approach to that of the ape, in which it is still farther diminished. The author denies that there is any innate difference in the intellectual faculties of tlie- e two varieties of the human race; and maintains that the ap- parent inferiority of the Negro is altogether the result of the demoralising influence of slavery, and of the long- continued oppression and cruelty which have been exercised towards this unhappy portion of mankind, by their more civilised, and, consequently, more successful competitors, for the do- minion of the world Tiedeman. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. RAILWAYS THROUGH THE POTTERIES. PUBLIC MEETING A T HAN LEY AND SEEL- TON. The subject of a Railway communication through the Potteries has for some time past excited a degree of interest commensurate with the immense importance of the subject to that populous manulacttiriiig district, and the Pottery Railway Committee have devoted the most unremitting attention to a careful investigation of the relative merits of the lines projected by two rival companies, as far as they, respectively, affected the interests of the Potteries. A Eublic meeting was held at Hanley, on the 20th of Decem- er last, for the purpose of receiving the report o, f the Pot- tery Railway Committee on this subject, at which, as well as at the preliminary meeting of the committee on the pre- vious day, a deputation from the South UnionX^ ompany de- clined to attend, under the impression that their ease had been already prejudged by a resolution of the Pottery Com- mittee. Anxious to convince the South Union Company that such was not the case, and that the Pottery Committee had no object in view but to make choice of the line which, taken on the whole, would afford the best accommodation to the Potterydistrict, the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday Jast,( 3rd inst. ) and both thecompanies invited to attend a pre- liminary meeting of the Pottery committee on Monday to explain their plans, & e. They did attend accordingly, and the committee were now prepared with their report. The meeting was held in the British School, Shelton, and was numerously and most respectably attended, there being up- wards of 500 persons present; consisting of landowners, mineowners, manufacturers, and traders of the district, ex- clusively. In the immediate vicinity of the chair we noticed, John Wood, Esq., W. Davenport, Esq., John Ridgway, Esq., W. Ridgway, Esq., E. Wood. jun. Esq., R. William- son, Esq., Joseph Wood, Esq., II. H. Williamson, Esq., Ed. Wood, Esq., Job Meigh, Esq., R. H. Haywood, Esq., J. R. Marsh, Esq., Dr. Mackenzie, N. P. Wood, Esq., C. Mason, Esq., Joseph Heath, Esq., T. Goodfellow, Esq., G. Phillips, Esq., F. " V. Tomlinson, Esq., T. K. Knight, Esq., John Adams, Esq., W. Parker, Esq., T. Mayer, Esq., & c., & c.,& c. The South Union Company were represented by William Garnett, Esq., their chairman, Henry Toot& l, Esq., one of the committee, Rupert Ingleby, Esq., together with Mr. Stephenson and his assistant engineer, Mr. Bidder. The deputation of the Cheshire Junction Company consisted of John Brooks, Esq., their deputy- chaw man, G. R. Chap- pell, Esq., J. P. Westhead, Esq., James Durham, Esq., and J. G. Frost, Esq., members of the committee, assisted by Mr. Rastrick, their engineer, and Messrs. Wheeler and Marriott, the company's solicitors. On the motion of Job Meigh, Esq., R. E. Heathcote, Esq., was called to the chair, amid the loud acclamations of the meeting. John Ridgway, Esq., read the following report of the committee. Pursuant to the pleasure of the public meeting, the com- mittee have brought about an interview with the deputations from the competing railway companies, who have submitted their plans and sections to them, accompanied with the re- quisite explanations, from which they have derived the fol- lowing information, which they respectfully submit to the meeting. And first, as to the South Union, which pursues a route from Manchester to Stockport, up the high ground and longer line of Macclesfield, thence within a mjle of Congle- ton, by the Red Bull, tunnelling under Kiilsgrove hill, and coming over Harecastle- hill, and across to the west of the canal by Tunstali, along the Pottery Valley, still to the west of the canal past Longport, Etruria, and Sheltun, crossing to the east of the canal by Messrs. Dtmmock's timber- yard, over the road from Shelton to Stoke, thence skirting Win- ton's- wood, and along the east side of the canal, till it crosses the road from Stoke to Fenton, over the site of Stoke Hall, & c., in the direction of Stone, and thence to the southward. Yds. This line opposite Tunstali is 480") Do. Longport 850 | Do. Burslem „ 630 Do. Etruria 1010 | Do. new road to Newcastle 506J From the Cheshire Junction Line. Average 700 yards To get to this line, the traffic will have to cross the canal from 1 unstall, Burslem, Longport, and Etruria. One central station is proposed lor the first class trains of carriages, viz., for passengers ; and two at the extremes, for second class trains, viz., for goods and passengers. To lessen this inconvenience, a parallel lior- e railway is proposed, so as to bringgoods down from the manufactories; also passengers to the stations. '! he greatest gradient or rise, on the entire line, is 20 feet per mile.' This Company consider it an advantage for their line to come down the valley, and to be so far distant from the Pot- teries, because it leaves untouched the avenues to the canal, and interferes considerably less with buildings, at the same time it requires an ascent ol 15 feet per mile from Burslem to the summit over Harecastle Hill; whereas that of the Cheshire Junction Company, over the same ground, is five feet only per mile. Secondly, as to the Cheshire Junction. This line travels from Manchester to Stockport, leaves Macclesfield and its high ground, takes the shorter route to Congleton, close to which it passes; thence tunnelling under Kidsgrove, across Harecastle Hill, and then crosses the canal, taking the east side thereof by Tunstall; crosses the road from Tunstali to Longport; proceeds by the new church; then crosses the road from Burslem to Lonf- port, skirting round the hill, and passing by Burslem wharf, across the Grange Farm, the lower part of the Race- ground, and Etruria road, to the ea6t of the Infirmary; thence crossing Vale Pleasant; it tunnels under the Cauldon canal, and under the new road to Newcastle, crossing the Shelton road at its present level; aud afterwards taking much the same route as the other past Stone, until it joins the Grand Junction Line near Stafford. The advantages of this line are as follows: — The greatest gradient or rise, on this line is 14 feet only per mile, with an uniform easy fall to Manchester. This line is principally on the east side of the canal, and as contiguous as possible to the Potteries. The stations will not require the canal to be crossed at all, nor the present roads to the canal to he interfered with. Four stations will be provided for goods, and two for passengers ; the former on slips off the main line, by which means goods will he loaded on waggons hooked to the train, and away with them. The amount, of extra buildings removed on this line will not be materially more than the other. But the most important consideration to these Potteries is the channel which this line opens, under circumstances amounting to a certainty, of obtaining a branch rail- way to the grand junction line, either at Madeley, or more to the north, ( if a better line can be found in that direction) to Li- verpool, and, ittnay be, to the liiver Weaver, four miles be- low Anderton, the nearest and best place for landing our raw materials and for shipping our goods to Liverpool. In connection with either line a horse railway will have to be laid down, from Lane End, to a station fixed to suit that district. The committee, having given this outline of the direction of the two railways, and also their leading advantages as the same have been brought before them, now leave the ques- tion in the hands of the meeting, which will have an oppor- tunity of hearing the statements ol the gentlemen who at- tend as the representative* of the respective companies, and of receiving every explanation which it may deem desirable. By adopting this course, the meeting will be left perfectly unfettered, and the committee, in their individual capacity, be at liberty each to act agreeably to the best of his judg- ment. Committee- room, January 2, 1837. It was then resolved, On thp motion of R. WILLIAMSON, Esq., seconded by J. It. WAMH, Esq. 1. That this meeting, after a careful consideration of the two lines of railway from Manchester through these Pot- teries to the Grand Junction, near Stafford, assisted by the inspection of the plans of the respective companies, and the explanations of the deputations which have represented them— is of opinion that the Cheshire junction line presents the greatest advantages to the district, and that it ought, therefore, to be supported. On the motion of W. RIDGWAY, Esq., seconded by C. MASON, Esq. 2. That this meeting will support the Cheshire Junction Railway through these Potteries to the utmost of its power, on condition of their committee giving an assurance that the same shall be proceeded with immediately after the passing of the act; and the further condition, that the said committee will usetheirbest influence with the Grand Junc- tion proprietors, to make conjointly with them a branch to connect the said line with the Grand Junction at Madeley ; or if practicable in a more northerly direction, and thus pro- vide a satisfactory railway communication to Liverpool. On the motion of S. Rooms, Esq., seconded by E. WOOD, Jun., Esq. 3. That the Committee be entrusted with watching over the above important business; and also with obtaining peti- tions to both Houses of Parliament That the Duke of Sutherland he requested to present the petition to the House of Lords, and the Members for the Borough that to the House of Commons. On the motion of J. MEIGH, Esq. seconded by W. RIBGWAT, Esq. 4. That Messrs. J. Ridgway, E. Wood, jun., S. Rogers, H. Minton, and R. E. Heathcote, he a deputation to wait on the Duke of Sutherland, to lay these views before his Grace, and to request his support of the same. Also, that application be made to other Noble Peers, to the County and Borough Members, and to other Gentlemen, requesting their countenance of the measure. On the motion of JOHN WOOD. Esq. seconded by 5. That the tlmnks of the Meeting are due, anil are here by given, to the Committee, for their laitliful and valuable services, which the Meeting will not consider completed until both the main and branch Lines in question are carried into effect. On the motion of R. II. HAYWOOD, Esq. seconded by H. MINTON, Esq. 6. That the thanks ot the meeting be presenter! to the Gentlemen composing the Deputation for the favour of their attendance, and for their obliging explanations. On the motion of E. WOOD, Jun., seconded by 7. That these proceedings be advertised in the Stafford- shire Advertiser, Potter1/ Mercury, and such other papers as the Committee shall direct. ( Signed,) R. E. HEATHCOTE, Chairman. The Chairman having left he chair, and Jots MEIGH, Esq. being called thereto, if was moved and seconded, and cairied by acclamation. ' That the cordial thanks of the meeting are due, and hereby presented to the Chairman, for his able, judicious, impartial, and most gentlemanly conduct in the chair." CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE FOR THE YEAR 1836. JANUARY 4, Insurrectionary movement at Barcelona ; the populace murder above 100 Cailist prisoners 9, Accounts received of a great fire at New York on the 16th ult. ; 700 houses destroyed, and a vast quantity ol valuable property. The damage estimated at 3,200,000/. 17, The Spanish General Cordova and General Evans, with 20.000 men, after attempting to penetrate into the pro vinces, toreed back to Vittoria by the Car lists under Eguia. 19, Sir Charles Pepys gazetted Lord Chancellor, as Lorrl Cottenham, and Mr. Bickersteth, Master of the Rolls, as Baron Langdale. 23, French Chamber of Peers closed the proces monstre; seven prisoners were condemned to transportation, and nineteen to various terms of imprisonment; two were ac- quit ted. 25, 27, and 28, Public dinners to Mr. O'Connell, in Dub- lin, Liverpool, and Birmingham. 27, Spanish Cortes dissolved, in consequence of the Men- dizabal Ministry being left ill a minority on the electoral law. 29, Lord Stowell died at his seat, Early Court, Reading, in his 91st year. 31, The Queen of Naples, after giving birth to a son, died of a bilious fever. FKBIIUAUY,— 2, Maria Letitia Bonaparte, mother of Na- poleon, died at Rome, aged 86. 8, Western roads nearly impassable by a heavy fall of snow, which prevented several Members of Parliament reaching London in time lor the opening of the session. 4, Parliament assembled, and the King went irr State to rhe House of Lords. Address in the Lords moved by the Duke of Leinster, seconded by the Earl of Burlington ; in rhe Commons, by Sir John Wrottesley, seconded by Mr. John Parker. — An amendment to the address was carried without a division in the Lords, and lost in the Commons by a majority ot 41, the numbers being 284 and 243. — Sir William Gell dredat Naples, aged 59. — French Doctrinaire Ministry resigned in consequence of a vote in the Chamber of Deputies in favrair of a reduc rion ol the Five per Cents. 6, John Bell, Isq., leading counsel at the Chancery bar, died at his house, in Bedford- square, aged 71. 5, Lord John Russell brought forward a bill for the Com- mutation ot Tithes in England and Wales. — On the motion of Mr. Hume, fees to officers of the House discontinued. 12, A bill for the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, was introduced in the Commons. 14, A fire broke out in a theatrical booth at St. Peters burgh, during the holidays ; 126 persons burnt to death. 15, After a trial of 16 days, the French Chamber of Peers passed sentence of death on Fieschi, Pepin, and Morey, and condemned Boireau to 20 year's' imprisonment. 16, On the motion of Mr. Hardy, a committee was ap- pointed to inquire into the Carlow election. 17, A corps of Russian, Austrian, and Prussian troops; occupy Cracow. 20, I) r. Hampden appointed Regius Professor of Di- vinity, at Oxford. 21, The Bishop of Durham died, aged 71. 22, The list of the new French Cabinet appears; M. Thiers, as Prime Minister. 23, Motion of Lord John Russell agreed to, praying His Majesty to adopt measures for suppressing all Orange Lodges. — Mr. Buckingham's Compensation Bill was rejected by a majority of 125 to 81. 29, The Irish Municipal Bill was read a second time in the Commons. 7, Motion of Lord F. Egerton, for the Abolition of Irish Municipal Corporations. For the motion, 243; against, 307— majority fur M'mistoro, 04. II, The warehouses of the East India Company, in Cutler- street, sold by auction for 164,000/.— Theoriginal cost half a million. 15, The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved resolutions on the Stamp Arts; Mr. Handley moved a reduction of duty on soap. The numbers were 125 and 195, making a majority of 70fcr Ministers. 26, A fire broke out in the Burlington Arcade, which de- stroyed a vast deal of property. 28, Division in the Commons on the Irish Municipal Bill; the numbers 260 and 199 Majority for Ministers, 61. — Dr. Valpy died at Kensington, aged 82. 31, Died, at Hastings, Dr. Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, aged 59. APRIL— I, Mr. Iluthven, M. P. for Dublin, died. 4, Died, at Ely- house, Dover street, Dr. Sparkes, Bishop of Ely, aged 77. 7, Died, at the Exchequer- office, Mr. Goodwin, author of Caleb Williams," and other works, aged 81. 8, The statue of King William, in College- green, Dub- lin, was blown up by gunpowder. 9, The marriage of the Queen of Portugal with Prince Ferdinand of Cohourg. 13, Motion of Major Fancourt for the abolition of flog- ging in the army, was lost by a majority of 212 to 95. — The first anniversary of the London Conservative As- sociation was held at Covent Garden Theatre; 1,000 per- sons sat down to dinner. 14, The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland agreed to dis- solve itself, by a majority of 79 to 59. 19, Motion of Mr. Harvey for a committee to revise the Pension List, was rejected by a majority of 268 to 146. 21, The Carlow Election Committee having reported fa- vourably for Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Hardy again brought the question before the House, and moved that the contract between the parties was a breach of privilege. After two nights' debate, the motion was lost by a majority of 248 to 169% 24, Firmin Didot, the celebrated printer, died at Mesne!, near Dreux. 25, The Irish Tithe Bill was brought forward by Lord Morpeth. 26, Motion of Lord Fitzgerald, similar to that of Lord F. Egerton on the Irish Municipal Bill, when there . were for the motion, 203, against it, 119— majority 84. In the Commons, Mr. C. ltippon made his annual motion for the expulsion of the Bishops from the House of Lords, which was rejected by a majority of 180 to 53. 27, Motion of the Marquis of Chandos, that, in the ap- plication of any surplus revenue, due regard should be had to apply a portion of relief to the agricultural interest. Orr a division the numbers were, for" the motion 172, against it, 208. MAY— 5, General Evans attacked the Carlists in front of St. Sebastian, and drove them from their fortified posi- tion with considerable loss. 6, The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward the Budget, and stated the income of the year at 46,980.000/., and the expenditure at 46,318,000/.- surplus, 662,000/ The proposed reductions to the amount of 351,000/. for the year, arid 520,000/. when they should all come irrto opera- tion. The principal reductions were on stamped paper, South Sea duties, on insurances on farmers' stock, and newspapers. 9, The new Factory Bill, introduced by Mr. P. Thomp- son, was read a second time by a majority of 178 to 176. 13, M. Mendizabal and his colleagues resigned, and M. Isturitz commissioned to form a Ministry. 15, The Dublin Election Committee, after an investiga- tion of unusual length, declared Messrs. West and Hamil- ton duly elected. 18, The Lord's Day Bill, by Sir Andrew Agnew, was thrown out by a majority of 75 to 43. 2a The Duke of Gordon died at his house, in Belgrave- square, aged 66. JUNE.— 1, Debate on the appropriation clause in the Irish Tithe Bill, lasted three nights, anil on a division, the num- bers were 300 and 261, being a majority of 39 for Ministers. — A meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor for the purpose of raising a subscription for Mr. O'Connel). 4, Barry O'Meara died, after a few days'illness. 6, The King of Saxony died at Pilnitz. aged 81. 9, Debate on the Lords' amendment to the Irish Muni, cipal Bill, lasted two rights. On a division the numbers were 324 and 328— majority for Ministers, 86. 20, Resolutions for the reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers were agreed to in the Commons by a majority of 241 to 208. — Abbe Sieyes died at Paris, in the 88th vear of hia age. 22, The case of Norton v. Lord Melbourne, tried in the Court of Coimflon Pleas, when a verdict was returned lor the defendant. — Resolution agreed to for equalising the duty on East anil West India sugar. 23, Motion of Mr. Grote for Election by Ballot; numbers for and against, 139 and 83. _ Mr. Mill, author of " The History of British India," died at Kensington. v 25. Attempt made on the life of Louis Philippe, by a young man named Alibeaud. 27, Amendments made by the Commons to the Irish Corporation Reform Bill, rejected by a majority of 220 to 123. 28, Mr. Madison, ex- President of the United States, died at his residence at Virginia. JULY 4, Debate on the appropriation clause in tile Irish Tithe Bill; on a division !' . miters were 290 and 264, being a majority of 26 for ' rs. In London the the ter in the shade stood at 84- 6; in Paris at 93; and deaux at 102. 10, Sir Francis Freelin, retary to the Post- office, died in his 72nd year. 11. General Evans, with said to amount to 5,000 men, covered by Lord Jotr y's squadron, made an attack on Forrtarabia, but was rcj by the Carlists. 13, Died, at his house in over- square, Viscount Clif- den, in the 76th year of hi' 23, Duel fought at Vine between M. Carrel, editor of Le National, and M. in, editor of La Presse in which the former was mor - minded. 25, Debate on the Irish Bill, when the appropria- tion clause was r.' jected L ajority of 138 to 47 in the Lords. 28, Mr. N. M. Rotlisch" d. at Frankfort, aged 59. AUGUST.— 2, Debate in Commons on the amend- ments made in the Lords'- Irish Tithe Bill; for the amendments, 231— against hem, 260— majority, 29. 11, A " free conference' ' iween the Lords and Com- mons, relative to the Muni Hill.— The only free confer, ence since 1751. 12, The Newspaper St Dunes Bill passed. 15, The constitution of . n proclaimed at Madrid by order ol the Queen Regei 19, The King prorogue!. rent iri person. 21, The Earl of Kerry, r M n ot the Marquis of Lans- dowrre, died, in his 26th yf 22. The Duke of Brans • k ami Mrs. Graham ascended in a Balloon from Bayswi : after proceeding to the neighbourhood of Brentw r-. Gtaham was thrown from the car, and severely : . ; . d. —, The annual meeting i - « " British Association for the advancement of Scienc. umenced at Bristol. 25, The Thiers Ministr nsigned in consequence of a difference between the K • and them respecting the affairs of Spain. Ten day i wards M. Mole was ap- pointed President of the < u.- cil and Minister for Foreign Affairs. 30, Great lire in the prsr- > es of Messrs. Wilson and Co., Tooley- street, which in a.- • - 1 time extended to Fenning's wharf and the adjoining vva . uses— property to the value of between 300,000/. and 800,000/ destroyed. SEPTEMBER.— 1, The Bai ' England raised discounts to 5 per cent. 9, A revolution took plat.' at. Lisbon— the Queen, after some delay, and a vain attempt to put down the commotiou by means of the regular army, took the oath to the Consti- tution of 1820. , The first ascent oft!',; 1 great Vauxhall balloon took place. Nine persons ascetn'eri with it, and, after a voyage of an hour and a half, landed near Rochester. 12, The Russian troops evacuated the fortress ofSilistria. 22, Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada opened by Lord Gosford, the Governor- in- Chief, who shortly after dissolved it, owing to the spirit manifested by the members. 23, Madame Malibran died at Manchester, after an ill. ness of nine days. 26, In consequence Of disputes between the French and Swiss Governments relative to the expulsion of refugees from Switzerland, the French Government published an order suspending all intercourse between the two countries. In the following month conciliatory measures were adopted, and the intercourse between the two countries was renewed. OCTOBER.— 1, An attempt was made by the Carlists on the lines of the British Legion at St. Sebastian, which was repulsed with considerable loss on both sides. 9, Lord de Saumarez died in the island of Guernsey, aged 80. II, The Clarendon West Indiaman was lost off the Isle of Wight in a violent hurricane. There were 16 persons on board, all of whom perished, excepting the mate and two sailors. Sir William Knighton, formerly Private Secretary to Geo. IV., died at his house in Stratford- place. 17, A collision took place, during a dense fog, between the Magnet and Red Rover steamers, off the IS'ore Light, and the latter vessel sank in a few minutes after the shock— the passengers and crew saved. The King of the French issued an order for the release of Messrs. Peyronnet atrd Chantelauze from the Castle of Ham, after an imprisonment of nearly six years. Prince Polignac and M. G. de Ranville were also set at liberty about a month afterwards. 20, A meeting was he'd at the Mansion House, for the purpose of raising a subscription to erect a monument to the Duke of Wellington— six thousand pounds ultimately raised. 21, A tithe affray took place at Dunkerrin, Ireland, in which one peasant was killed, and another wounded. 25, The Luxor obelisk was erected in the Place Louis XV., in the presence of the Royal Family, and about 250,000 spectators, 26, Died, Mr. George Colman, aged 74. 29, An attempt at an insurrection was made at Strasburg by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and some French officers, which was speediiy suppressed. A similar attempt made the following day at Vendome, by an officer and 14 privates had the same result. NOVEMBER 4, An attempt was made at Lisbon to pro- duce a counter revolution, and restore the Charter of Don Pedro. During the distuibance which ensued, a number of persons were killed in the streets, and among the rest, the ex- Minister, M. Freire. The attempt ultimately failed, and the Ministry, who had been dismissed by the Queen, were restored to office after a few hours' negotiation. 6, Charles X. died at Gratz, in Styria, in the 80th year of his age. 7, Mr. Green, accompanied by Messrs. Holland and Mason, ascended from the Vauxhall Gardens, in the Vaux- hall balloon, about- half past one in the afternoon, and landed next morning about seven, at Wielhurg in Nassau; thus accomplishing a voyage of upwards of 600 miles in 17 hours and a half. — John Bannister, the actor, died, aged 77. 15, Sir Robert Peel was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow. 22, Marshal Clause!, with an army of 7,000 men, having made an unsuccessful attempt to take the town of Constan- tine in Africa, was forced to retreat to Bona, with the loss of between 3. C00 and 4,000 men. 26, M'Adam, well- known for his improved system of road- making, died at Moffat, in Scotland, aged 81. DECEMBER — His Majesty granted a charter to the Lon- don University, and appointed'Earl of Burlington Chancel- lor, and Mi. Lubbock Vice- Chancellor. 4, R. Westall, R. A., died, aged 71. 14, The London and Greenwich Railway was opened by the Lord Mayor. 17, Gomez arrived in safety at Durango, leaving his troops, to the number of 4,000, at Orduna. 23, Charles Kemble quitted the stage. 24, A fall of snow commenced, which continued forsome days, and blocked up the roads in many parts of the king- dom. 27, The King of the French, while on his way to open rhe Chambers, was shot at near the Tuileries i. y a young man about 20, who with two others was instantly arrested. ROAD ADVENTURES. A gentleman having the misfortune to be a passenger in the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Mail, has given us the fol- lowing detail of his adventures, during a journey ot fifty- two miles from London to Shrewsbury. He started on Monday night at the usual hour, the mail proceeding under a storm of snow, to within three quarters of a mile of Sr. Allan's, and nearly an hour was lost in going tiiat distance. At St. Albans, the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Mail found several coaches and mails, the passengers by which were de- termined not to proceed, the coaches being covered wiih snow, and tire mail- bags being removed. The guard of the Holyhead mail, however, having ascertained that his pas sengers were not unwilling to risk the journey, set off Irani St. Alban's with six horses, followed closely by " The Bruce," Manchester coach; and having forced tlreir way through several feet of snow, they reached the bottom of the descent from St. Alban's, where they found themselves corn pletely engulphed, the snow being drifted several feet above the mail- bags, piled on the top of the coach. To rerurii to St. Alban's now became impossible, anrl the guards having supplied themselves with all the comforts the passengers could lend from their stores, took up their watch, blun- derbuss in hand, over the mail- bags, till Providence should send them relief. Meantime the passengers were makinu the best of their way, in the mail- track, back to " The Bruce," about a hundred yards behind them, the gentlemen gallantly carrying by turns the hapless ladies, whose head- were eonsideiahly under the snow, when not exalted on their deliverers' shoulders. In this plight they all forced their way ill safety, about one in the morning, to the Pea Hen, at St. Alban's, where they found the passengeis, guards, and coachmen of three mails and four stage coarln s already in possession ol the premises, and were glad to re- ceive the accommodation of a chair by the fire- side in safety, after their toils. Several hundred hands meantime were employed by turns in clearing the road, anil at nooti'on Tin's lay they succeeded in rendering it passable. The threw bury mail with its associates, then started, and with great labour reached Daventry by ten at night, where all further progress was ended by the impassable state of the roads. Next morning at nine, another attempt was made to get onwards with six horses, and a mile and a half was travelled with vast labour. Near the turnpike gate two horses were taken from the Liverpool mail, which ran in rear ol the Shrewsbury mail, and yoked on before the six already dragging our mail, when suddenly the bars of the coach snapped, and the six leading horses bounded into the snow, leaving the mail and the two wheelers in the midst of the drift! In this plight they remained till fresh bars, & e., were brought from the town of Daventry ; and the horses being re- attached, they extricated themselves from their perils, and proceedeil onwards to Coventry, keeping the horses' heads above the drift by riding on tile footpaths, anil having men in eveiy deep spot, scattering the snaw, which in many places reached some feet higher than the roof ol the coach, though ill the adjoinings fields not a foot of snow covered the soil. At Coventry the road became compar- tively clear, and the Shrewsbury and Holyhead mail, which kept the lead of all the other vehicles, was greeted ail along the road by the cheers and welcome of the inhabitants. At nine minutes before midnight on Wednesday this mail- coach arrived at the Lion- yard in this town; having consumed fifty- two hours in the performance of this des perate journey, which the Wonder coach had formerly rattled over in twelve hours Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE AVALANCHES AT LEWES. Entering Lewes, from Southeram corner, there is arange ofprecipitous cliffs. The snow, during Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning had accumulated on the brow to an im- mense extent, and hung over the sides. An old man named Martin, a bargeman, well recollected a similar appearance fifty years ago, and when the snow thawed it came down from tile height with tremendous violence, knocked down buildings, and drove everything before it across to the other side of the river, which runs at the foot of the cHffs. He drew the attention of the people to the subject; but although the sight was fearful in itself, still no one antici- pated danger to the houses immediately beneath: However, as evening approached on the Monday, a small quantity came down, which fell upon a saw- house; this it completely destroyed, and drove some deals to upwards of fifty feet dis- tance. Early next morning a second fall took place, which burst in the windows of a bed- room where two young women were sleeping; and soon after a third fall, which drove in the backdoor of a housej- and filled the yard. Things now assumed an awful appearance; the poor inhabitants of the neighbouring houses, until this time, had made no attempt to get out, although warned by the hye- standers; they instantly began to remove their furniture to some ware- bouses which were kindly offered by Mr. John Holman; but some even laughed at this. Mr. Morris, of Ranecombe, was very urgent in his advice to them to quit, for he saw that the impending mass had slightly moved, and a crack was here anil there to be observed— he saw it coming— he gave the alarm— it moved first gradually— then increasing in velocity— till it fell with unprecedented violence— a com- plete avalanche— and dashed to ruins seven houses, which were instantly covered. The screams of the affrighted inhabitants told the awful tragedy, and means were immediately taken to rescue such of the unfortunate inmates of the overwhelmed houses as might be buried beneath the snow. The magistrates, the neighbours, all flocked to render assistance ; and a force of 150 men was soon organ- ized, and immediately began their melancholy work. The labourers worked incessantly, and up to three o'clock had succeeded ill extricating eieven persons, of whom six un- happily were dead. While this was going on, signal- men were placed on the brow of the cliff to intimate any imme- diately impending danger, and it was anticipated, from the appearance of the snow, that another fall would speedily take place. Planks were placed across the river in front, to enable the people, on the very instant the filarm should be given, to make their escape. As anticipated, another large avalanche fell with an appalling crash, burying beneath it many of the poor workmen who were assiduously labouring to rescue their buried fellow- creatures. Fortunately few of them were hurt, though many of' them had hair- breadth escapes. An extraordinary incident may be mentioned: just before tiro second fall, a labourer had succeeded in get- ting hold of the hand of a female sufferer, from whom he heard, or fancied he heard, a groan, when the signal from above was given, and such as were able made a precipitate flight. The work was resumed as soon as possible, and continued unremittingly until five o'clock, at which hour the last victim was discovered— dead. The names of the unhappy sufferers were William Gear, Joseph Wood, Mary Taylor, Phcebe Barnden, Maria Bridgman, Mary Maiia Bridgman, Jane Brooks, and Susan Haywood: James liooke, aged 15, and John Bridgman, aged 12, had their thighs broken ; they are doing well. Three children and Mrs. Sherlock were slightly bruised. It has been ascer- tained, beyond a doulit, that every person who was buried beneath the ruins had been dug out. — Brighton Gazette. Mrs. Sherlock's account of the accident is truly affecting. She says, " My daughter- in- law and I were sitting by the fire at about a quarter past ten dressing and washing the children, when Mrs. Potter came in arid told us to be quick and dress the baby, for we must go— they expected the snow to fall on the houses every moment. She had been gone about a minute or two, when it came over all at once pitch dark. We were all flung down ; I fell close to the bed, and I could feel part of the bedstead come over me. My daughter- in- law, I think, fell with her head against the che6t- nf- drawers. She moaned very much. After some time the baby moved and cried. I pushed it on to her, and said,' Jane, try and give baby the breast.' She said, ' I've done that for the last time mother.' I after that heard the noise of people over- head; I slipped my hand along and took hold of tier's, and told her to keep up her spirits, for I heard the noise of snades above, and I was sure that they would dig us out. She made no answer, but only squeezed my hand hard, and gave one scream. She was dead. I then lay as still as I could till we were dug out." THE POLITICIAN. LIFE IN LONDON. Miss Anne Maria Clements, a maker and mender of ladies' dresses, residing irr the labyrinth of the Seven Dials, summoned Peter Murphy, late a spalpeen in Kerry, anil now a jontleman at large, before the Westminster Court of Requests, for the formidable sum of three shillings and uinepence, balance of a much larger sum, for professional aid given to the plaintiff. " Where is Peter Murphy," asked the Commissioner? " He is here, sir," answered Mrs. Murphy. Commissioner: Let him come forward then. Mrs Murphy then ascended the steps, and said, if Misther Murphy bean't here, sir, his wife is to the fore to take his part, anil that, I suppose, will do just the same ; for if it's money the madham is looking for, she won't get as much from either of us as would buy a dose of salts for a cock robin; and if she wants law— I'll let her see before she quits the Court that she lias to do with one of the Hayes's. Miss Clemerrts : It is with werry sincere regret, sir, that I feel myself hobligated to come before the Court in corres- pondence with so paltry a transaction, with this here con- temptible creature; but the fact is, sir, I did the work for her and the young uns unbeknown to the father. Sirs. Murphy : You'll never get a farthing from their fa- ther any more than their mother, aud that's myself. My lords, I paid her long ago more than she was worth, and here it is iri writing:—" Due 12s. and I2d. ;" that's twelve bogs, you know, for mending aud making for me and mine. Well, on the right hand side of the paper there is against Miss Clements, By money down, 5s. last Sunday was seven weeks; by more money in pratees, 3s." You see, my lords, that's equal to 8s. Well, then, there's Is. 6d. gone out of my two hands to the gorsoon, which she sent down to me ; there's 2s, more which I wouldn't give her for work that she didn't do, anil the other sixpence I had to pay for althering a gourtd which she sent home to me in such a stare that I couldn't show my face to Tim Frawley the day he was goinir to be buried-, bur I was obliged ' o slay vviilin and do my share ol the cryiri' afther rhe poor boy at home. And what harm if I hail suff red all ib s from a rale manty- maker; but she is only i si< n! l rt. atelier, although * he rri- dayvonrs to persuade u » i<. rlie contiarv by means of trie painted boon! in the wtinh. Commissioner : Praj » » ' » » ; wli. it i- a ' kull- rhatcher ? Mrs. Mutphy: it's a p » „ n. ~' r. ' ml makes NIIIIUW bats anil srhraw bom- el-- foi b<-\ s anil t s anil mends'i m afther, when they're broken. Miss Clements: Now, - i. l* - TI- V ' i!:. HIUI after you have con- iilereil ; ii! 1 lav u, t. naking a < i meniitns:. ami itppintr a; •• • o ' li t- how I UK I've been ' in > u' say • • charge is iiiii'eraii . I'r- ... in i> more wi. rk inr'tli. like-' i ai'vi- e ye get t'emeii. above a1 pi- oph after what ) e mm <•,• ' Mi- Alii pin: ls. il •,. rails I US low Iteopl-? I ll I'HVE III ll u e v% ta king 1 ii y - u : Wur- f • f my i'- t. * nf yi. II, ... v> 1- i .- o disci . . • t. w Tin- ' ml e- ... a,,, net in. e nut- * llavi: n « m • il. » 1. ri. a1 • I- HllliW, it 11, .. . in the - ituie si- MR. O'CONNELL AND MR. BEAUMONT. [ From the Morning Chronicle. 3 Mr. O'Corinell has addressed a letter to Mr. Beaumont, in answ er to that from the honourable member for Northum- berland to him, i. n the influence of religious divisions on the condition of Ireland. Mr. O'Connell declares without hesitation, " that while he lives, Ireland certainly shall not lie fiee from salutary, but peaceful and energetic agitation— that is, until perfect religious equality, without one particle of political, civil, or pecuniary ascendancy, at either or any side, is firmly established." ile next examines the various modes of establishing that equality, and expresses his con- viction that " the pence, tranquillity, and prosperity of Ire- land require the establishment of the voluntary principle ot religion." The answer which Mr. O'Connell gives to another question put by the honourable member lor Nor- thumberland, namely, " whether the sole cause of the un- natural state of Ireland lies in this— that religion is made a point of honour between the Protestants and the Catho- lics?" is not, we apprehend, strictly in accordance with the fact. He say., to Mr. Beaumont, •' You have discovered the true, the great, the gigantic, the all- pervading cause of the unnatural state of Ireland. It is, indeed, the sole cause— for it so exasperates and envenoms every other portion of mis- government, that although without it our evils would be considerable, they are rendered deadly by the admixture of this fatal ingredient of ever- recurring religious rancour." We allow with the hon. and learned gentleman, " that the English would deserve to be despised if they submitted to maintain in England a gorgeous Establishment lor the English Catholics, who bear at present about the same pro- portion to the Protestants of the Establishment irr England as the Protestants of that creed bear irt Ireland to the Catholics." We allow that this badge of inferiority must be a constant source of exasperation to every Catholic who, believing conscientiously his religion to be the true one, can- not conceive why the profession of it should subject Irirn to ignominious distinctions. But with all the explanations given by Mr. O'Cont ell we demur to his affirmative an- swer. Religion is not the sole cause of the unnatural state of Ireland. Ireland was in a diseased state before religious diversity existed in it; and were the voluntary principle to be established to- morrow, Ireland would continue in ail unnatural state for perhaps a generation to come. [ From the Times.] There is now before us a recent manifesto of the scheme of " good government " to be upheld by Daniel O'Connell, sofarasthe Church question is concerned. It comes in the shape of a reply from the Derrynane conspirator to the letter of Mr. Wiseacre Beaumont, published a few days back. The Agitator herein gives a gracious assent to the absur- dities of the obsequious north of England charlatan, touch- ing a certain Protestant arrd Popish " point of honour." As to what is to " tranquillise Ireland," Daniel evinces no small degree of merciless malice towards Lord John Russell and Co., not deigning even to glance with an eye of pity on. their much- vaunted nostrum of the " appropriation clause," but declaring roundly that nothing will satisfy him and his accomplices in revolution, short of the establishment of the " voluntary principle" throughout Ireland—^ first, however, robbing the Protestant Church of her tithe, and turning it over to the Popish priesthood, for the pretended education of Roman Catholic children, but in truth and reality for whatever purposes, be they the most selfish, profligate, and pernicious in the world, that the said priests themselves ap- prove of. " The people of Ireland," . subjoins this audacious mendicant, " the people of Ireland (!) join me in this con- temptuous disclaimer of longer supporting out of our means that ( Protestant established) Church," and " so long as any pecuniary ascendancy, so long as any power remains to a Protestant minister, to put his hands into the pockets of the Catholics, so long dissension, dissatisfaction, and turmoil will reign paramount in Ireland!" Well, my Whig Lords and gentlemen, what say you to this ? Will you dare to put another insult upon us Protestants, by bolstering up your appropriation clause as a means of " pacifying" Ireland? But we are utterly nauseated by such vile chicanery, and it is not the West Kent electors only, but, if we mistake not, all Protestant Britain, that will share our resentment and disgust. Our columns this day contain a cheering proof of the correctness of our opinion. The animated proceedings of the Conservative Associations in South Derbyshire will stimulate even the apathetic, if there be any such; but still we cry— let our friends in Kent and everywhere he vigilant, active, decided, and prepared. LONGFORD ELECTION— TORY DEFEAT. [ From the Morning Chronicle It would have been an auspicious opening of the session for the Tories if they could have introduced a new member of their party from an Irish Catholic county, to take the oaths and his seat immediately after the speech from the throne. It would have, moreover, afforded a line flourish for Mr. Emerson Tennent to adorn one of the speeches that he intends to make at the Glasgow dinner in honour of Sir Robert Peel; and it would have cheered and incited The Standard to repeat its Christmas carol of " Venit liora, Absque mora, Libros depoiiclldi." The spirits of the Carlton faction have been wofully dashed by the " untoward event" of the Longford election. They had been led by the vapouring of the Irish press to anticipate quite a different piece of intelligence. The Dub- lin Evening Mail, that Hibernian fountain of truth, sent ofer day after day the most flattering and illusive accounts of the progress of their candidate. On Monday, the first day of the election, it says—" We are AS CERTAIN AS WE LIVE that Mr. Fox willbe elected, and that by a LARGE and triumphant majority." The letter of its correspondent, written at Longford at half- past nine on Tuesday night, at the close of the seeond day of the election, says—" To- morrow the country gentlemen will be in, and we shall give the priests the go- by. The editorial article of Wednesday is full of confidence, notwithstanding the snow, " which prevented the gentlemen from travelling in their carriages," and Mr. Fox is stated to be " sure of his election." On Thursday " came a frost, a killing frost.'' " The gentlemen" had not yet emerged from the drift. Their chariot wheels were long in coming, while the voters of Mr. White met no material obstruction, and the majority was ninety three! Now The Mail changed its tone, and began to breathe unutterable denunciations against venal traitors aud name- less deserters, as if such could bo found among the pure ranks of Conservatism. Thus were its columns occupied ori Friday. Saturday passed by, a dies non. Sunday the Rector of Skull, whose polemical zeal had broken through the snowy barriers, though the Longford gentlemen were unable to do so, and crossed Kilworth mountain, preached controversy in St. John's Church: every other kind of politics were laid aside for that day, in honour of the oc- casion. But on Monday, just one week alter The Mail had been " as certain as we live of a triumphant majority," it winds up the history of its hopes and fears with the fol- lowing melancholy admission:—" That victory, and, to a certain extent, a great one, has been obtained, we are far from denying. That we are mortified as well as disap- pointed, we are free to admit." RE- ACTION. [ From the Morning Advertiser.] So, then, there is a re- action, is there? The Tories have been constantly saying so for some months past; but un- happily for them, there is a marked discrepancy between their assertions and plain stubborn facts. We have always met their recent bombast mid boastings about a re- action by the remark, thai this re action existed nowhere l ut in their own disordered minds, and at the exhibitions of Conservative joviality, which have of late been so general in the provinces. Were I hey or we right? Whose statements have been first substantiated when the point at issue has been fairly put to the test? Let the result of the Longford elec- ti< in. jrrst concluded, answer the question. How, we should like to know, will the Tories relish that an- - wer? How does the result of that election quadrate with their confident assertions about re- action? A ma- inn. y of 93 for the lielorm candidate! This must be . Inner pill for the Tories; but. they must swallow it. But this, bail as it is, is not all. Worse remains be- hind. It may, it must be unpalatable— but that is no fault .. I ours— to be told that the issue of the Louglord contest is wily an earnest of what is to come. The Tory visions of re in" ion are destined ro vanish, ere long, entirely, and for • 1, r A general e criion is at hand. They will then have ••' H-• bypoihesis, about the return ol the country to Con- sri'vatisin, put to the test on an extensive scale, and with ii'- iif:- winch will appal and/ confound them. They have . iiit. nh. we happen ro know, some rather unpleasant pre- .. t inents oi, tilts head. It is all very well to talk of the n li. iniihs o » Toryi- m <. ver n rapidly ciiculating bottle; then nscvartves are. no iloubr, triumphant— just as Tain rer. a'ter a due devotion to the mountain dew" of ih. m. " oVr a I the ills ol life victorious." But » t e l ories route u> eiiruniiter the Reformers on the in a i enerfil cleriion, mid they have been somewhat > down, - e- u- ti ct then courage will take to itself • IIII! tl . away, precisely H- dirt that ol the said " Tam," he pe- 1 eivt il - '' > ti'lie uiii- hi ilily sights in I he cliurch- i ^ gr erairler on > ill tin ni b some awkward illus- - .1 ih : ii ivnit .•' ii'- artniii. li will do so in i- lac in • an. I, I. here rhe Conservatives at lion. < 1..- ven an at tempt to disturb them, ey .. !'.• > r- s-. tttiuii i, l rtie Carbon Club to- w. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. RE FOR VI DINNER. SIR WILLIAM MOLES WORTH. Til K Members of Council of the Birmingham and Midland Association have invited ' SIR W. MOLESWORTH, BART., M. P., JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK, ESQ., M. P., J. T. LEADER, ESQ., M. P., TOGETHER WITH THE HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM, To DINF, with the Council and the Friends of the As- sociation on the 16th Instant. Aair impossible to accommodate the entire number of Reformers who would be desirous of meeting with these Gentlemen, in any one room, it has been arranged by the Council, that there shall be Simultaneous'Diniier Parties in various quarters of the Borough, and that these shall be visited in the course of the evening, by Deputations from the Central Dinner. The Cemral Dinner will rake place at CRESHULL'S ROOMS, Old Square. P. H. MUNTZ, Esq . Chairman of the Council, will preside Tickets, including a bottle of wine, Twelve and Sixpence each, will be ready for delivery at the Journal Office, on Tuesday mot nine; and a ® thev will be delivered in the precise order of application, and rls the number is neces- sarily limited, the Cv unci! trust that such gentlemen as wish to be present will appy early. REGULATIONS FOR THE REFORM DINNERS OF THE 16th. I^ ACH DINNER must be advertised at the ex- - i pence of the Landlord. The entire management, price of ticket, & c., will be regu- lated by the landlord and local committee. Deputations from the head dinner will visit every house where dinners are advertised to be held. Any additional information may be obtained by applica- tion to tile Centra] Committee, on Monday the 9th inst. at the Journal- office. REFORM DINNER. ADINNER will be provided 011 the 16th inst., at Mr. Whit worth's, Bordesley Arms, Bradford. street. MR. AARON will preside. Tickets for Dinner and De- sert, 5s. each, to be bad at the bai. Chair to be taken at Five o'clock precisely. REFORM. ADINNER, in celebration of Reform principles, - will be given on Monday, the' 16th, at tile BLACK HORSE, PRICE- STREET. Application as to Tickets, & c., may be had at the bar of the tavern, Black Horse, Jan. 6, 1837. THE ROYAL OAK. ADINNER in celebration of REFORM will be givei at the Royal Oak, Littje Charles- street, on Mon- day, the Ifiih insimt. AppMcation foi Tickets maybe made at the bar. Royal Oak. Little Charles- street, Jan. 6. 1837 REFORM DINNEIi. ADINNER in honour of the principles of RE FORM, wll take place at Hie UNICORN, HILL- STREFT, on Monday, the 16th instant. Tickets to be had at the bar of the Unicorn. Jan. 6. 1837. BO 11 DESLEY- STREET. ADINNER will take place, on Monday, the 16th instant, at the SPOT I" ED DOG, in the above street, In celebration of the principles of R « form. Tickets will be supplied on application at the bar. An early application is iequested. Jan. 6, 1837 THE OLD RODNEY, HILL- STREET. AREFORM DINNER will be given in the great room ol the above tavern, pn Monday, January tile 16th. The Friends of Reform may be supplied with tickets on application at the bar of the tavern. Old Rodney, January 6th, 1837. THE NAG'S HEAD, SUMMER- LANE. ADINNER in honour of REFORM will lake place on Monday the 16th inst. at the above tavern. Gentlemen that mean to attend \ vill please to apply at the bar of the tavern. Nag's Head, January 6th, 1837. GOSTA GREEN, THE OLD PEACOCK. at the a An early ap- J^ REFORM DINNER will be given above tavern, on Monday the 16th inst. Tickets may be had on applying at the bar, plication will be desirable. Gosta Green, January 6th, 1837. NEW YEARS' DINNER. GOLDEN LION INN, ASTON- STREET. JOHN TAYLOR begs leave most respectfully to inform his Friends that the„ above Dinner will be held on FRIDAY, the 13th of Januar}, when his New Room, capable of dining one hundred aiyl twenty, will be opened. The company of any gentleman will be esteemed a favour. Tickets 2s. 6d. each. An early application for Tickets is necessary, as none will be issued after Wednesday, the 11th instant. IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS, FACTORS, IRONMONGERS, AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. ELIZ. STURGES and SON, Manufacturers of Britannia Metal and British Plate Wares, have suc- ceeded in inventing and bringing to perfection TEA antl COFFEE SERVICES, which they have denominated " Platina," and which possess the following properties, viz.. 1 They cannot be altered in shape by heat or pressure. 2 They are exquisite in form and finish, at about the same prices as best Britannia Metal Wares. E. S. and Son respectfully invite attention to their Articles, and beg to say, that to wholesale houses they will be willing to furnish patterns free of charges. AN APPRENTICE WANTED. 26, Licbfield- street, January, 1837. EDUCATION. KpHE Rev. T. SHORT, M. A., having found a A difficulty in procuring spacious premises so centrically and respectably situated as he could wish, has provided temporary accommodation for his pupils by engaging part of St. Paul's Sunday Schools, which being large, airy, un- occupied during the week, and- contiguous to bis residence, St. Paul's Parsonage, it is hoped, will supply any deficiency for the present. In this Establishment, it is Mr. Shurt's intention to unite as far as possible tile practical with the ornamental parts of a good general Education, and he earnestly solicits tile con- fidence of Parents in explaining to him what are their real views with regard to the ultimate destination of their children, as the same course of study cannot possibly be necessary for the student of the University, and for the gentleman who is intended to superintend mercantile pur- suits. Great stress will be laid upon the Pupils obtaining an accurate knowledge of the English Language, History, Geography, Practical Mathematics, Engineering, Natural Philosophy, & c., combined with a due attention to the most celebrated Greek and Latin Classics. To these will he added an ample and practical knowledge of Mercantile affairs, including Writing and Arithmetic, as it is actually wanted in business. The School will be opened on THURSDAY, January 19. Cards of Terms# Testimonials, & c., may be seen 011 appli cation to Mr. H. C. LANGBRJDGE, Bull- street, or to Air. DRAKE, New- street, or after the 16th at the Parsonage, St. Paul's- square. THE OLD BRADFORD ARMS PUBLIC- HOUSE, BRADFORD- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. BY J. LATHAM. TO BE DISPOSED OF, by PRIVATE CON- TRACT. the Licences and Possession of the above establishment, where a good in and out- door business has been done by Mr. E. LATHAM, the proprietor, who is about to re- commence the Feather Bed, and Mattress Business at the next house. The fixtures, brewing vessels, stock, & c., to be taken to by the purchaser at a fair valuation. For particulars, and to treat, apply on the premises, or to J. LATHAM, Appraiser and Auctioneer, Bristol- street. TURK'S HEAD, STEELHOUSE- I. ANE. AREFORM DINNER will take place at the above tavern, on Monday the 16th inst. Tickets to be had at the bar. An early application is re- commended. Turk's Head, January 6th, 1837. REFORM. ADINNER for the purpose of celebrating the prin- ciples of REFORM will take place at the RED LION, DERITEND, on Monday the 16th instant. Tickets may be had on application at the bar of the Red Lion. January 6th, 1837. REFORM DINNER. WASDELL, of the GOLDEN EAGLE, SWAL- LOW- STREET, respectfully announces that a REFORM DINNER will take- place at the above tavern, on Monday the 16th inst. Tickets maj be had 011 application at the bar. Golden Eagle, January6th, 1837. THE BELL, PHILIP- STREET. AREFORM DINNER will take place in the great room of the Bell, on Monday the 16th inst. Gentlemen intending to join the party may receive tickets on application at the bar. January 6th, 1837. DINNER. AREFORM DINNER will take place on Monday, the 16th instant, at the SARACEN'S HEAt), HILL- STREET. Gentlemen who mean to favour the Saracen's Head with their presence, may obtain Tickets at the Bar. Hill- stieet, January 6, 1837. THE CROSS GUNS. AREFORM DINNER will take place at the CROSS GUNS, LANCASTER- STREET, on Monday sennight, the 16th instant. Apply lor Tickets at the Bar. January 6, 1837. REFORM. TO be SOLD, with immediate possession, THE BRICKLAYER'S ARMS ( a New Public- house), Garrison- lane, Birmingham ; consisting of excellent Cellar- ing, good Tap- room, Parlour, and Brewhouse. The rent very low. The stock of Ale, and Brewing Utensils, & c., to be taken at fair valuation. Apply to Mr. S. MASSET, on the premises, who is leaving solely on account of ill. health. WANTED, a STEADY MAN, who understands Rolling, Gilding, and Dipping of Metal. Apply, personally, at HARBORNE- MILL. A PACKER. WANTED, in a Merchant's Warehouse, a Packer, who is well experienced in the business, and can pack both light and heavy goods. None need apply who have not been accustomed to pa'cking exclusively, and who under- stands it thoroughly. Apply, by letter, post paid, to 33, BULL- STREET. AN ORPHAN, or other YOUNG LADY, wishing a respectable home, can be received into a SCHOOL, as Parlour Boarder, where she will meet with parental care and domestic comfort, combined with attention to her education. Address M. A. Y., Mrs. MORRIS, Colmore- row, Bir- mingham. AYOUNG LADY, desirous of improving her Education, and acquiring the general accomplish- ments, may enter a School where the French Language is a chief pursuit, on decreased terms, by devoting a portion of her time to the Junior Pupils. Address M. A. W., office of this paper. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. ADINNER in lionourof REFORMJwill takeplace at the LEOPARD, UPPER BREARLEY- STREET, on Monday the 16th inst. Leopard, Upper Brearley- stieet, January 6, 1837. THE GREEN MAN. APARTY of the REFORMERS of DERITEND mean to DINE together at the Green Man, High- street, on Monday, the 16tb inst. Application for Tickets maybe made at the Bar of the Tavern. Green Man, January6, 1837. REFORM. CORBETT, of the JOHNSON'S HEAD, respect- fully announces that a REFORM DINNER will t « ke place in that well known Tavern, on Monday, the 16th instant. Gentlemen who mean to favour him with their presence may obtain Tickets on applying at the Bar. Johnson's Head Congreve- street, January 6, 1837. RED LION, ASTON- STREET. AREFORM DINNER will take place at the above tavern on Monday the 16th inst. Tickets for the Dinner maybe had at the bar. January 6th, 1837. DERITEND AND BORDESLEY REFORM ASSOCIATION. RILHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the I Members, Supporters, and Friends of this Society, will be held at the Green Man Inn, Deritend, on Monday, the 16th day of January instant, when a DINNER will be provided for the occasion. Tickets 8s. 6d. each, Dessert and Wine included. Dinner on the Table at four o'clock precisely. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7. We come before the public this day in a new, an enlarged, and, we trust, improved form. In announcing, some weeks ago, the change that we have now completed, we took occasion to advert to some of those topics to which we intended more particularly to devote our enlarged space. We said then, and we now repeat, that we are most ambitious of ranking as the Family Journal of the great and intelligent community in which we chiefly circulate. A Newspaper is commonly said to be nothing, if not critical; it would be less than nothing if it were not political. But, at the family hearth, the piquancy of party controversy is, for the most part, little de- sired. The lights required there are of a less dazzling kind, and the glow more gentle. While, therefore, we administer to the club- room and the meeting their customary stimulant, we wish to furnish to the quietude of the parlour a nutriment of a milder character. To the parlour, and more especially to the fairer portion of its inmates, our literary labours principally address themselves, and to these, for their sakes, we mean to devote much of our enlarged space. It has been always our care that 110 description or argument should appear in our columns which a mother might not read aloud to her daughters. But our wishes towards the family circle have hitherto been mostly shown in negatives. Circumscribed as we have been, we have had almost no opportunity of catering for its instruction and amusement. Politics and police, with the discussions arising out of them, have nearly engrossed our pages. This will 110 longer be the case. While we profess our desire to minister to the family circle, we must not be understood as if we had the remotest intention of abandoning that wider field which we at present occupy. The old song says— It is good to be off with the old love, Before ye be on with the new— But we have no intention of being off with either. We have room enough for the gratification of both; and it shall go hard if we do not afford both grati- fication. There is another advantage derivable from our en- largement, which we shall not fail to improve. It will frequently happen that some question, general or local, comes under discussion, in which all ranks and conditions take a considerable interest. Parliamentary discussions have occurred, and, we have no doubt, will occur, not once but many times during the ensuing Session, of so important a cha- racter, that those who are most averse from political argument will yet enter into and relish them. To such, by dispensing with our lighter matter for a week, we can now give a scope and verge from which we have been hitherto altogether debarred. Meetings in our Town or vicinage will some- times claim a similar exclusiveness of atten- tion. Such a Meeting may be looked for in a fort- night hence. We have now elbow room ; and can treat them as they require to be treated. Thus, while our extension offers us an opportunity of giving requisite space to subjects of ordinary occur- rence, it enables us to give to extraordinary questions, when they come in our way, that extraordinary atten- tion which the interest of their rarity demands. To our Advertising Friends, looking to the greatly extended sale, which has already been the result of our reduction in price, and to the still greater exten- sion that we confidently look for from our increase of matter, we speak with the confidence that an appeal to their plain and obvious interests naturally carries with it. There are two elements, which tliey chiefly desire in an advertising medium— extensive circulation— ex tensive circulation in influential quarters. We offer them both. In aiming to become the Family Newspaper of Birmingham, it is not to Radical or Whig families alone that we seek access; it is not to such alone that we shall obtain access. Our literature is of no party; our local intelligence is of 110 party. On these we ground our claim to general acceptance; and we have 110 doubt that our claim will be allowed. It is in the family circle that advertisements are perused and pondered over, and are operative. Seeing that it is so plainly advantageous, and we are deter- mined that it shall be so, for all who sell to describe their wishes and their wares through the medium of our columns, we are confident that, in no lengthened time, the sturdiest opponents of our political principles will see fit to accept the advantage that we offer them. In this, the first number of our new series, our ar- rangement is considerably altered, perhaps we may still have occasion to modify it. We have endeavoured to make it as lucid and orderly as possible. Some errors, both of omission and commission, will, we doubt not, be perceived in our to- day's number. We are old in harness; but the vehicle to which we are new- yoked is ponderou?. If any such have crept in, it will be our study to avoid them in future. But it is time that we had closed this personal subject, and we cannot better do so than by wishing all our readers— and we have many of them— a happy new year; and to them and us, many of them! In discussing the Currency question from week to week, we are aware that in many cases, we must be content with a careless if not n hostile audience. Lay- ing aside the abstract nature of the question, which makes it to the light and the trifling somewhat dry and wearisome; and the difficulties that surround it, or, to speak more properly, the difficulties that those who discuss it too generally throw around it, and which are only to be got over by a more intent appli- cation than the greater portion of newspaper readers are willing to bestow — laying aside the great names, the eloquence, the speciousness, if not reali- ties, of logic, that have been arrayed on the side of its enemies, have produced very generally that sort of indisposition to listen, attributed to the deaf adder; of which Conservative creeper, a worthy Scotch clergy- man of our acquaintance was accustomed to say,— " She 1 ays ae lug on the grun,' and she pits her tail on the ither, and pipe as pleasantly as ye like, she winna hear." Again, with that portion of the public that are not unfavourably inclined to the discussion, but, from un- acquaintedness are incapable of duly appreciating its importance, we must win our way by degrees, im- pressing them as tlie water- drop impresses the marble. It is for their sakes, chiefly, but, not without a hope, that we may get at the other and more obdurate class also, by reason of our much importunity, that we recur to the consideration of the monetary laws and of their effects. For the present, we are disposed to ground our appeal on facts, which are plain and ob- vious, without having recourse to the theory of those who are contemptuously denominated " Currency- mongers," for their explanation or proof. Without adverting in particularjo any specific pe- riod, it is known to every one who has noted, with the least attention, our mercantile history, that, repeat- edly during the last twenty years, we have endured the greatest possible suffering in consequence of the violent fluctuations to which our commerce and manu- factures have been subjected. We are not called 011 to ransack works of fiction for tales of change. They are before us and behind and on every side. We can- not walk the streets without meeting men, who have been cast down from a high station of wealth and credit to the lowest level of both.' Everywhere we behold families, whose early days were nurtured in affluence, struggling with penury in their latter. Of exaltation, we admit we see not a few cases; but of depression many. Nor does the rule hold in Birming_ ham alone, it holds everywhere. If we inquire into the causes of these variation s the result is all but uniform. The cases of success we find dependent 011 the peculiar energies of the in- dividual, on some happy combination of circumstances in which chance has placed him— the cases of failure, on the contrary, we find originating in the operation of common and extrinsic causes— or, to use the familiar and well understood expression— in bad times. Now' without venturing 011 the extravagant assertion, that' at'no period antecedent to 1812 was there any case o* depression of trade, we may yet safely affirm, that unless from the interruptions of war or some such plain and obvious cause, there were not previous to that year any such marked and general depressions as those of J816, 1819, and 1826. Now and then, one department of trade may have suffered severely, but never the whole. Here then is a fact, and we ask those who deny the injurious operation of PEEL'S Bill, aiul of the pre- paratory measures that issued in PEEL'S Bill, to ac- count for it 011 any recognised principles. It seems to us to be capable of explanation in one only of the following methods :— 1. Such injurious fluctuations may be of the essence of commerce. 2. They may be a natural result of the ignorance or incautiousness with which British commerce is ma naged. Those who would contend for the first of these hy- potheses are bound to show that previous to 1812, in this country, and previous or since, in other countries, such fluctuations have been of customary occurrence Is there the slightest possible ground for such a show- ing ? Reasoning from the nature of the thing, what can be more illogical than such an hypothesis ? We can readily imagine a continuous progress of com- merce, or a retrogression slow or rapid terminating in its entire destruction; but what is there in nature, any more than in experience, that should make us look for an alternating process of advancing and falling back in commerce or any thing else, unless from the oper- ation of extrinsic causes ? Can it be said of our merchants that they lack wis- dom or perseverance P That in our manufactures there is any deficiency of ingenuity to plan or of skill to apply ? Is there a solitary channel of trade that we have not examined ? Is there one spot of the social world, however distant or obscure, that we have not visited ? The honest weaver, who, after listening gravely to a lengthened account of Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia, boldly declared that there could be no such place; and who, on being asked the gTounds of his assertion, replied, " because if there were some of the Glasgow merchants would have got at it"— uttered 110 more than a plain every day truth touching the acti- vity and zeal of his manufacturing brethren. If there be nothing in the thing itself, and as little in the character of its conductors, to account for these fluctuations, to what then but the hidden workings of injurious laws are we to set them down ? But we shall be told that, though commerce is not oscillatory, albeit to our sorrowful experience we have of late so frequently found it so, and that though our merchants are wise men in their generation, still they are given to speculation. Speculation is the cause of all the evils of which we complain ! We apprehend that those who talk about speculation, mean, in ap- plying it to commerce, that merchants export goods the sale of which is problematical; and in applying it to manufactures, that tradesmen fabricate goods, for which they have no orders. We confess, assuming this as their meaning, we feel some difficulty in retaining our soul in patience when the word speculation comes across us. Of no term is the inapplicability to men who know any thing at all about the matter, so clearly notorious. No truth is better known and established amongst merchants and manufacturers, than this— that speculation is never at so large a discount as when trade is prosperous. It is only when a profitable field for the investment of capi- tal is no longer obtainable in the ordinary way, or by the ordinary means, that speculation is had recourse to. No merchant ever yet consigned goods while he had an opportunity of selling them ; 110 manufacturer ever made goods to stock his warehouse, while an or- der remained unexecuted. It is in bad times that speculation exists, good times are utterly destructive of it. To say that speculation brings on commercial dis- tress is an entire inversion of cause and effect. Specu- lation is the hazardous expedient by which commercial distress is sought to be alleviated, or the period of its arrival postponed. We come to this then— that fluctuations in com- merce arise not from the nature of commerce itself, nor from the misconduct of commercialists. What remains ? BAD LAWS ! Adopt the remedies of the currency- mongers, or reject them; touching the source of the disease, it is altogether idle to contend. We give, in another place, a brief summary of the last Message of G eneral JACKSON to Congress. The General is a sound- hearted and an intelligent man on most subjects, but there are some which we suspect his intellectual training has not fitted him to do much justice to. His quarrel with the National Bank was fully justified by the strenuous and personal opposition of that body; but he needed not, because hostile to that establishment, have declared war on banking at large. There can be no doubt that his foolish attach- ment to a metallic currency has been the source of much evil in America, and, had that country been as commercial as ours, would have been still more deeply injurious. A correspondent expresses himself very strongly on the subject of the Message. He says- It is a puerile, childish affair, a rigmarole of unmeaning sentences, an attempt to explain principles not understood by the writer, to maintain opinions not entertained. It makes a mountain of a mole- lull respecting the surplus revenue, three members of Congress forming a committee will dispose of the surplus advantageously in an hour's sitting. It is throughout an attempt to support views upon those points in which the President has in his career taken a stand, that which has caused so much mischief, and it is a complete failure— the worst written, most unmeaning, pusillanimous message ever written by an American Pre- sident. The view taken of the Currency is entirely erroneous. The message says— the " evils suffered by paper money during the Revolution"— now the people owe their success in the Revolution in a great measure to paper money. Further—" The expansion of money always proves inju- rious to the labouring classes." Now, there has been a greater expansion, regular and continued, in the United States since the Revolution than in any country under the sun, and no where have the labouring classes flourished so much. Again, he says—" Experience lias shown great variableness in Currency, if not founded on a metallic basis." The President has had no experience of money not founded on a metallic basis, excepting during a short period of the Revolution alluded to, and 1796 to 1815 in England ; and with these exceptions, the Currency, both in England and America, has fluctuated most violently, and has been most ruinously variable, solely from being founded on a metallic basis, at any rate from an erroneous metallic foundation. The President is ill, and did not write the message— it is a miserable affair. The country is prospering, and the detail must, necessarily, be encouraging ; the message- writer would make a poor show off under adversity. Of course the President assented to the views of the Message, and so doing is responsible for them. We entirely agree with our correspondent, that nothing can be sillier than the argument about the surplus. Suppose there were no taxes, and, in consequence, no surplus, would the liberties of the people die of re- pletion ? The King of the French has had another narrow escape from the pistol of ail assassin. The only pre- sent result is the confirmation of an imbecile Cabinet. It may probably issue in some further restrictions on the liberties of France, if the ingenuity of Louis PHILIPPE can devise further restrictions on that which is already so entirely shackled. The particulars of the attack will be found in another page. The siege of Bilboa is at length raised. ESPARTERO is described by the Chronicle correspondent as enacting the part of a brave soldier while leading the attack against the Carlists. The latter arc, however, driven back at best; they may rally, and probably will. We direct attention to the numerous advertisements of Reform Dinner Parties for Monday se'nnight. Simultaneous dinners are the only method that the — we believe illegal— certainly unjust and capricious conduct of the Town- hall commissioners, have left to the Reformers of Birmingham, by which to commu- nicate their sentiments to one another. If, indeed, the weather should prove propitious, of which its pre- sent weeping aspect gives but slender promise, we may yet have a meeting 011 Newhall- hill. If possible, we shall. Small thanks, meanwhile, to those who have shut us out from the edifice, which had been so dearly purchased, and at a time of the year when shelter is so necessary. THE REFORM ASSOCIATION.— The Council met on Thursday, as usual. The discussion was almost en- tirely limited to the arrangements for the proposed Dinners 011 Monday. An address 011 the measures re- quisite for carrying the late Declaration of the Coun- cil into practical effect was laid before the meeting, and by the meeting referred to a special committee to report. We learn from a London contemporary, the True Sun, that there has been a very severe trial between twenty or thirty candidates ( men of skill and science) for the situation of organist for the Church of St. Mark's, North Audley- street, Grosvenor- square, which has terminated in the appointment of Mr. William Pole, late organist of Can- s- lane Chapel, in this town, and formerly a fellow pupil with Mr. Hollins, under the instruction of our talented and respected neighbour, Mr. Munden. FURIOUS DRIVING.— The danger to which foot- passengers are daily liable, from the general practice of furious driving and riding through the streets, is a subject of daily complaint. There is scarcely a week passes that some person is not knocked down, or nar- rowly escapes being ran over, particularly by butchers' boys. These fellows gallop through the most public thoroughfares, perfectly regardless of all consequences, and it is almost impossible to pass them without being- ran over, or covered with mud by their horses, if the streets are wet. A few days ago a boy, when crossing Bull- street, narrowly, escaped being trampled down by one of them, and only got clear of the horse by throw- ing himself in the gutter, An information was heard 011 Thursday, at the Police- office, against a man named Collier, who, in galloping up Paradise- street, on the 12th of last month, drove over a little boy, and so severely injured him that the poor child has been ever siijce under medical attendance. Mr. Schole- field, M. P., who saw the transaction, caused the in- formation to be laid, and attended at the office for the purpose of supporting the complaint of the officer. Previous, however, to his arrival, Mr. Spooncr had allowed Collier to settle the complaint, by paying the expenses, and giving the boy a sovereign, rather than, by convicting him, deprive the lad of compen- sation. " It is to he hoped the street- keepers will bring all such offenders before the magistrates, and that some severe examples will be made. I^ EDGBASTON.— The churchwardens and overseers of Edgbaston distributed, on Sunday last, after morning service, by ticket, 180 loaves of bread to the poor, aged, and infirm of that parish, being a half- yearly bequest of the late Mr. Samuel Wbeeley. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. James James, Esq., Low Bailiff, has given a dona- tion of 51, to the Mechanic's Institution Building Fund. The Treasurers of the General Hospital hare re- ceived from the executors of the late Mr. James Walmesley, of the Upper Priory, a legacy of 10/. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.— From the statement sub- mitted to the meeting of Thursday night, it appears that the subscriptions for the first half- year of 1836 amounted to 183/., and the disbursements to 162/. For the second half- year, the receipts amounted to 206/., and the expenditure to 204/. The amount of the Building Fund is now 218/. THE WEATHER.— The snow is gone. It has been a confirmed thaw for several days' past, and last night there was a smart rain. The roads are still heavy, but the delays are no longer lengthened. On Tuesday the half- yearly meeting of the proprie- tors of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was held at their office in Birmingham, when the report stated that the affairs of the company were in a very prosper- ous state ; that during the last half- year the receipts for tonnage, wharfage, and rents, amounted to 23,030/., being an increase of 2,648/., as compared with the cor- responding six months in the preceding year; the increase on the whole year was 5196/.; and there is a prospect that the current year will be still more pro- ductive. A half- yearly dividend of 21. was declared, payable on the 1st of March. THE ATTACK UPON MR. JOHN WHEELER.— There appearing no prospect of the apprehension of the youth who shot at and severely wounded Mr. John Wheeler some weeks ago, near Perry Barr, as he was proceed- ing to Walsall fair, the reward of £ 50, subscribed by the butchers of the town, was on Wednesday paid over to Mr. Wheeler, upon the condition, that should the of- fender be apprehended, the reward should be paid over to the party through whose evidence a conviction was effected. THE PEERAGE.— A week ago we had a noble lord charged with cheating at cards, and this week, we hear, one of our fellow- townsmen has received a notice, informing him that another noble peer, one of his debtors, intends taking the benefit of the Insolvent Act on the 20th instant! What next P CAUTION.— Strangers who frequent Birmingham Horse Market are cautioned against a gang of mis- creants who are leagued together to defraud persons ignorant of their designs. These persons lately in- duced a stranger to buy a horse, when one of them took him aside to communicate a secret to him; while this was done, another cut the inside of the nose of the horse, and the bleeding was immediately pro- nounced to be the " bleeding glanders." The stran- ger, alarmed at the apparent disease, was persuaded to " get out of it" as soon as possible by another of the gang, which he did, re- selling the horse for a mere nothing. This trick, gross as it was, was lately plajed twice in one day with the same horse. It ought to be known, that if such a transaction were proved to the satisfaction of a jury, punishment for felony would follow. The market has lately been relieved from the presence of two of these thieves, by sentence of trans- portation for a similar crime. THE THEATRE.— Monsieur Bernard, the principal of the French Company, now under engagement at the Theatre, took his benefit last night. Owing, we Eresume, to the severity of the weather, a miserable enefit it was. There was not more than one hundred persons in the house. The comedy of " The Poor Gentleman" was performed, and the whole of the cha- racters were well sustained. The French Company performed " The Romantic Man" and " TbefMoney Box," two chaste and simple pieces. The acting, particularly of Madlle. Aline and Madlle. Clemence, was singularly good, and applauded by those whose knowledge of the language enabled them to appre- ciate the performance. It will ue seen from an advertisement in anoth er column, that the worthy host of the Golden Lion, Aston- street, means to open his spacious new room with a New Year's Dinner on the 13th inst MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.— We refer to the adver- tisement of Mr. Addams' Lectures, merely for the pur- pose of directing attention to the fact that the lectures commence on Tuesday, instead of Thursday, as origi- nally announced. PAPYRUSEUM.— The collection of Models by the late Mrs. Alierdein, now exhibiting at the Museum, are among the mostcuiious and interesting works olart extant. They consist principally ot a series of figures, only a few inches in height, most accurately modelled to represent the features, costumes, and customs of the various nations of the earth. The truth and beauty of these little figures is truly surpris- ing, while the freedom of attitude thrown into them arid the lightness of their draperies, is wonderful, and give proof ol powers that are rarely to he met with except in our first sculptors. But the most singular fact connected with these models is the material Irom which they are produced, which is nothing more than simple paper rolled up into the neces- sary forms, and rendered adhesive by the application of gum. With this, and the aid of a small knife, scissors, and pin, which are shown to the visitor, did this lady produce the variety of feature, figure, and costume, that are to be seen in this clever exhibition. Among the best of the models are those of the English and Spanish Costumes. They merit particular attention, and should be carefully examined through a glass, as their composition and charac- ter are by that means better seen. But the whole ex- hibition is well worthy the noticc of the lover of art, who may pass some amusing and instructive hours in viewing its vari ous parts. SIGNOR BERTOI. OTTO'S EXHIBITION.— From the vast pro jections of the wealthy capitalist to the petite beauties of the entertaining exhibitor, ingenuity and contrivance are now pushed to the" utmost verge. We this week witnessed a corps of civilized fleas personifying grand dukes anil ple- beians, astrologers and musicians, the luxuriant and lazy Oriental prince, and the working and industrious subject; a flea lighting the assassin's machine, though his heroism costs him his life ; vindieaiing the " honour of a gentleman" in the rencontre of a duel, and figuring as heroes of the plains of Waterloo; wheeling as a gallant in the giddy cir- cles ot the waltz, or raising the " heaven- bom music of the spheres," from mechanism an inch or two in diameter! The most amusing, perhaps, of these devices, is a sage old flea personating an astrologer bleeding his dupes, arid turning the fairy wheel of fortune— ol course throwing out prizes to every hand. The decorations of the whole are exquisite, and exceed any description that we can give. Our readers will be highly amused by a visit to the exhibition. Walsall, Jan. 5 Our Quarter Sessions, which were to have been hoklen on Thursday last, and again by adjourn- ment on Saturday, were again put off to Saturday next, in consequence ot the non- attendance of the Recorder. A letter, dated London, was received on the Wednesday even ing, the day before the Sessions were first' to have been held in which the learned gentleman informed the Town Clerk of the uncertainty ot his being able to attend on the ap- pointed day, on account, as we understand, of the roads being blocked up by the snow, and, in the event of his non- attendance, desiring that an adjournment might take place until Saturday. On Saturday the Court met again, but no Recorder appeared. Another letter was received dated Nottingham, stating his inability to attend either on that day or on any other day within the period of three weeks, and requesting that an application might be made to Mr. Uoyd Williams, ot Birmingham, to hold the Sessions, and at the same time intimating a wish that the Town Council might be called together to concur in the appointment of that gentleman as Deputy Recorder for the occasion. The court was again adjourned till Saturday next, when it is ex pected Mr. Williams will attend. A very strong feeling has been manifested by all parties having business at the Sessions'. Magistrates, professional gentlemen, jurymen, prosecutors, and witnesses, have been subjected to great inconvenience and loss of time; and what is worse, the prisoners, of whom there are seventeen for trial, all of whom are presumed to be innocent till convicted, and many of whom may ultimately be acquiited by the verdict of a jury, have been compelled to suffer. an unneces sary and vexatious incarceration of many days. The ad ( litiona! expence also consequent upon the delay will be serious, and will have to be paid out ol the borough fund. On Saturday George Frederick Spencer was committed for trial at the sessions on a charge of stealing a pair of plated spurs, the property of Thomas Bould. of the Leathern . Bottle. James Taylor was committed for trial at the Sessionson a charge of putting his hand into the pocket of Wm. Price, and for removing, with intent to steal, the sum of 12s. 6d in silver coin. WALSALI. LITERARY SOCIETY Mr. G. Chapman pur poses giving a lectu. e at the Town- hall on Friday evening, January 14, " On the Uses and Method of learning Language." The public are admitted on these occasions. LATEST NEWS. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1837.- r- The Revenue ac- counts for the quarter exhibit an increase of 16,231/. com- pared with the corresponding quarter of last yea;. There has been a decrease in the Customs of the quarter of 450,477/; which has, however, been more than compensated by the increase of the Excise of 456,001/. The reduction of the duty on newspapers accounts for the diminution in the Stamps of 46,018/. The increase on the year ended 5th January, 1837, as compared with the year ended 10th Jan- uary, 1835, amounts to 2,550,957/. Exchequer bills hare fallen considerably. They were done a few days ago at 25s. On Thursday they went down to 20s. They left off at 20s. to 22s. There is no addition to our foreign funds. DUBLIN, JAN. 3 I understand letters have been received in town, signed by Lord John Russell, urging the attend- ance of the Irish Members in London before the 31st. I feel quite satisfied that no Liberal will be prevented by any- thing short of the direst necessity from being at his post on the occasion. Even if inclined, he dare not be remiss, and earnest indeed will be the eye that will trace the movements of all upon an occasion so urgent. O'Connell isat present in Tralee; he means to be in Lime- rick on Sunday next, to reach Dublin on the following day. On Tuesday he attends the levee, which will excite con- siderable interest. I much wonder he has delayed the adoption of such a course so long. On Tuesday he proceeds to Carlow, where he will sleep, to proceed to Kilkenny on the following day to attend a meeting of his constituents, re- turning again to Dublin so as to be present at the meeting of the General Association on Thursday the 12th, when the poor- law question is to be resumed. Should Wednesday be inconvenient to his constituents, Mr. O'Connell will post- pone bis visit until Mondaythe 16th. MECHANICS'INSTITUTION. On Thursday evening the annual meeting of the above institution was held at the Philosophical Rooms, in Cannon- street. James James, Esq., Low Bailiff, was to have taken the chair, hut owing to severe indisposition was prevented. Francis Lloyd, Esq. presided, and opened the business by observing that he regretted the cause which had led to his filling the situation they had done him the honour to call him to. He regretted it because he believed the cause of education and general information had not a more sincere friend than the Low Bailiff ( hear, hear,) and because that gentleman was better qualified to discharge the duties of chairman than he. ( Mr. Lloyd). He shonld, however, do his best, and would be happy to hear any gentleman who wished to address the meeting. Mr. WOOD, the secretary, then read the accounts of the past year, from which it appeared that a considerable in- crease in the funds had taken place. Mr. SHEARMAN rose to move the first resolution- He said he rejoiced that the Institution was going on so well, but he slionld have been better pleased if he had seen many gentlemenpresent, whom be knew ought to feel interested in promoting knowledge amongst the working'classes. The week before lie met a gentleman who observed to him, in reference to Mecha- nics' Institutions, that he considered they had failed in promoting the objects at first contemplated. To this he ( Mr. S.) replied, that, if they had, it was to be at- tributed to such gentlemen as himself, who, knowing the importance of them, had not come forward and given them that support which it was admitted on all hands they were entitld to. The importance of educating ' he working classes, was a point upon which all parties had agreed; it was one to advance which all could safely unite. ( Hear, hear.) He had already rendered some little assistance to the institution, and he should hereafter feel great pleasure in doing all in his power to promote its interests. Blr. Shearman concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. WILLIAM PARE seconded the resolution. He said, as he had for six years held office in the institution, he had been well acquainted with its wants and interests; and it afforded him great pleasure to be able to say they had now formed a nucleus for a fund, which would eventually raise the society to the importance it so well deserved. He thought by the next annual meeting they would have a building erected for the sole purpose of the institution. ( Applause.) Mr. MURPHY then read the report. He concluded by moving its adoption. Mr. GILES seconded the adoption of the report. He, like Mr. Pare, had been formerly intimately connected with the institution, and the report just read " had afforded him very great pleasure. At the period he alluded to, the institution was in debt, and daily becoming less efficient; it was gratifying to find it was now out of debt, and hourly becoming more efficient. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Shearman had complained that the institution had not received that extensive patronage from the wealthy which it ought to have received, but it appeared to him that an institution which conferred such essential benefits on the working classes, ought not to require such inducements to prevail on those for whom it was established to avail themselves of its advantages. Through this institution, the working men could receive an education, which, heretofore, was beyond their reach; and it would be a great pity if they did not avail themselves of it. Mr. GREAVES said, as allusion was made in the report to the experimental class, he might observe, that it was with regret he must say that class had very great difficulties to encounter, arising from the want of proper apparatus. Perhaps a notice of the fact would be sufficient to induce those who could obviate these difficulties, to come forward and do so. The Rev. Mr. BACHE moved a vote of thanks to the lecturers of the institution. The services they had ren- dered the institution, could not be too highly estimated. At the same time, it was important to consider that the value of the lectures did not so much consist in the mat- ter communicated by them, as in the stimulus they of- fered to the members of the society themselves, to come forward and communicate to others the information they had become possessed of. He considered that unless the public lectures were followed up by profitable reading, little benefit, comparatively speaking, would be derived from them; and hence it was, that he rejoiced to hear that the library of the institution was so rpuch usetl, and that some of the members had delivered lectures, and engaged them- selves in making experiments. It was true, as had been observed, great difficulties had arisen from want of appara- tuses, still they must not be discouraged, but recollect that the greatest improvements in science had been made with the most simple and apparently inefficient means ; and that the greatest discoveries also, had been the result of the most simple applications. The report stated that the members were in the habit of writing upon the various subjects brought before their notice. This was a practice he wished them particularly to follow, as nothing tended more to a proper cultivation of the mind than the practice of commit- ting men's thoughts to writing. Oral discussion was good, but not so beneficial as writing, and hence he always gave the prelerenee to written essays upon any subject. There was a class to which he wished to call their particular at- tention, and that was the mathematical class. Mathematics lay at the bottom of all science, and was sorry to find so few of the members had as yet joined that class. It was ascience which had much to recommend it, and he knew of none betler calculated to promote the object contemplated by such institutions. It sharpened the mind, and in Cam- bridge and other seminaries the study of it bad Deen pro- perly insisted upon as the most excellent discipline lor the mind, and as being best calculated to prepare it for the higher studies. JAMES RUSSELL, Esq., proposed the next resolution, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Bache. Captain BELLEW moved a vote of thanks to the Society of Arts. He said he had merely attended the meeting with his friend Mr. Lloyd, and having been requested to move the resolution he held in his . hand, he did so with great pleasure. Mr. MURPHY, dentist, seconded the resolution. He said he most cheerfully responded to the hope expressed by Mr. Osborne and other speakers, that, ere long, they would have a large building of their own. It was astonishing that an institution calculated to confer such lasting benefits on so- ciety, should be so long allowed to remain in privacy. In fact, it could not be said to be established until they bad a building for their use. He hoped the working classes would contribute towards this object. Many gentlemen had given subscriptions, and it was to be regretted that so great an in- difference had been manifested by the mechanics of Bir- mingham, for whose sole use the institution was founded. Mr. WOOD moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Pemberton and the other coniributors to the institution. In reference, to Mr. Pemberton, he said, the committee had tendered that gentleman twenty guineas for his services at the theatre in the cause of the institution, but, to his great credit, lie de- clined taking any more than his mere expenses. ( Applause.) Mr. OSBORNE seconded the resolution. It was impossible for the institution to do any good until they got a larger building. ( Hear, hear.) It was impossible to expect that they could enlist public attention by holding their annual meeting in a room so small as that in which they were then assembled. If, in place of being assembled in a room ca- pable of holding only three hundred, they could meet in thousands, the consequences would be, that numbers would be induced to join. He hoped they would commence the new year with a determination not to let it pass over without raising money to erect a building suitable to their watits and worthy of their cause. ( Applause.) Mr. SHEARMAN moved a vote of thanks to the Rev. Mr. Bean, for the u « e of his chapel in Livery- street. He hoped the clergy generally would come forward and give their sanction arid support to the institution. They had time and talents, and it was impossible that they could employ them better than in instructing the ignorant; for, in his opinion, morals and religion would progress with education. The other resolutions were moved by Mr. Ashmore, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Russell. After the various resolutions bad been moved and carried, the following prizes were awarded : — To Timothy Morris, a silver medal, for drawing. To William Cope, asilver medal, for drawing. To David White, a book, for drawing. To James Cooper, a book, for drawing. To George Holyoak, a book, for skill in mathematics. On the presentation of this prize, Mr. Pitman asked if Holyoak was the youth referred to in the report, who had evinced so much assiduity, and on being informed that he was, that gentleman said he considered it a pity that such a master- mind as his should be crippled: he should feel great pleasure in presenting him with a set of mathematical in- struments. ( Loud cheers.) HOLYOAK then came forward and modestly returned thanks. He said, he felt extremely grateful for the prize and the present, and he hoped to repay his patrons by re- newed exertions in the cause of science. A book was also presented to Frederick Holyoak for his skill in mathematics. This young man has, also, distin- guished himself in an extraordinary manner, and has pre- sented the institution with some well- executed maps drawn by himself. A vote of thanks to the chairman was then carried, and the meeting broke up, highly pleased at the prospects of the institution. SPRING CIRCUITS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS, 1837. H. R. Reynolds, Esq., Chief Commissioner. Staffordshire— At Stafford, Wednesday, April 5. Shropshire— At Shrewsbury, Saturday, April 8. Warwickshire— At Birmingham, Tuesday, April 11. Shropshire— At Oldbuiy, Wednesday, April 12. Warwickshire— hi Warwick, Thursday, April 13. W. J. Law, Commissioner. Gloucestershire— Pit Gloucester and City, Wednesday, Feb- ruary 22. Worcestershire— At Worcester and City, Saturday, Feb- ruary 25. Herefordshire— fit Hereford, Tuesday, February 28. WARWICKSHIRE EPIPHANY SESSIONS. SHIRE- HALL, WARWICK, JANUARY 3. The Quarter Sessions for this county commenced to day, at ten o'clock, before Sir J. E. E. Wilmot, Bart., M. P., ( Chairman,) and the following magistrates: — Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., M. P., Sir George Chetwynd, Bait., W. S. Dugdale, Esq., M. P., E. B. King, Esq., M P., W. Dickiris, Esq., ( Deputy Chairman,) W. Holbech, Esq., C. H. Bracebridge, Esq., II. C. Adams, Esq., A. F. Gregory, Esq., H. C. Wise, Esq., S. T. Galton, Esq.,— Grove, Esq., H. Holden, Esq., J. M. Boultbee, Esq., II. S. Gibb, Esq., E. Tomes, Esq., W. Collins, Esq.; and the Rev. Messrs. T. C. Adams, Bellairs, J. Boudler, Heming, J. Lucy, and Perkins. The coroners, bailiffs of hundreds, and chief constables, having been called, the following persons were sworn as a GRAND JURY. Joseph Barber, of Birmingham, brassfounder, Foreman. William Beaumont, of Birmingham, banker's- clerk. William Gough, of Aston, factor. Richard Judd Miles, of Warmington, farmer. John Mills, of AshteiT- row, Aston, gun barrel maker. John Taylor Ryley, of Allesley, watch- factor. Edward Sale, of Clifton- on- Dunsmore, farmer. John Hands Townsend, of Church Lawfoid, grazier. Francis Underwood, of Wasperton, farmer. Thomas Wright, of Allesley, farmer. John Crambray, of Warmington, farmer. * William Sutton Crofts, of Church Lawford, grazier. Charles Ryland, of Edgbaston, iron- dealer. Bruecon Gibbins, of Aston, glass- factor. John Ballcny, of Birmingham, factor. Thomas Perm, of Aston, brassfounder. Peter Allen, of Alcester, farmer. The Chairman charged the Grand Jury, briefly observing that he would net detain them with any remarks on the calendar which would be submitted to them, since, on looking over it, he found the cases were all of so ordinary a descrip- tion, that he could not apprehend they would experience any difficulty in the discharge of their duty. If they required, however, any assistance, the Court would be happy to afford it. The jury then retired, and the magistrates pro- reeded with the discussion of COUNTY BUSINESS. GAOL RETORTS— The keepers of the prisons made their usual quarterly reports of the Gaol and | I! ouse of Correc- tion, and delivered in certificates how far the rules of the prisons had been complied with. It was reported there were 217 prisoners in the House of Correction.— The visiters made their quarterly report, and remarked that the state of the prisons was perfectly good.— The Surgeon reported that the number of sick in the Gaol was two, and in the House of Correction four. COUNTY BRIDGES.— The Bridgemaster reported that Atchford Bridge, in the parish of Sheldon, required repairs to the amonnt of 25/. The necessary alterations were ordered to be effected. It is was also stated that Curdworth Bridge would be completed by September next. SOLDIERS' BAGGAGE. — The rate raised for the carriage of soldiers' baggage was ordered to remain as fixed upon at a former Sessions. AUDITORS.— The Rev. H. Bellairs, and W. S. Dugdale, Esq., M. P., weie ordered to audit the Treasurer's accounts for the quarter ending at the last Sessions. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.— The rules of the following be- nefit clubs were laid before the Court, and confirmed, viz.— The Union Gift Society, held at the Bull's Head, Moland- street, Birmingham ; a' Friendly Society, held at the Ply- mouth Arms, Tardebigg; a Female Friendly Society, at Exhall ; also, Articles of Agreement of the Wheeler- street Building Society, Birmingham. TURNKEYS— C. II. Bracebridge, Esq., moved that a committee be appointed to consider and report upon the appointment and discharge of the turnkeys, and the duties arid salaries attached to their respective offices. II. C. Adams, Esq., opposed the motion, and introduced as an amendment, " that no committee be appointed." The amendment was seconded by E. Lloyd Williams, Esq., and carried. PRACTICE OF THE BENCH, — At the last Sessions, Mr. Bracebridge gave notice of the following motion:—" That the practice of committing persons to the House of Correc- tion for refusing to find sureties to keep the peace, without stating in the warrant any term of imprisonment, and with- out inserting ( as heretofore has been the custom) a clause requiring such persons to be brought up to receive thejudg merit of the Court of Quarter Sessions, is highly objec- tionable." Mr. Bracebridge remarked, that since the Mi- chaelmas Sessions he had seen a number of magistrates on the subject, and, having drawn their attention to what he considered a very objectionable practice, he thought it un- necessary to persevere in the motion of which be had given notice. He would, however, propose " that the keepers of the House of Correction and Gaol be required to make a return at each Sessions of the names of persons committed, or remaining on their commitments, for want of sureties, together with the name of the committing magistrate, and the length of time for which the prisoner is committed ; and that the Clerk of the Peace forward a copy to those Petty Sessions from which the persons are committed."— Seconded by E. Lloyd Williams, Esq— This motion gave rise to some discussion, in the course of which Sir George Chetwynd observed, that it was illegal to commit persons to the House of Correction for want of sureties.— Mr. Lloyd Williams had been in the habit of doing so at Birmingham, and had never entertained any doubt as to its legality Mr. Dickins agreed in opinion with Sir George Chetwynd. The persons so committed ought to be sent to the County Gaol, and not to the House of Correction. — Mr. Lloyd Williams - It had been the practice in Birmingham, that, where poor persons sought redress, and the parties charged were committed for want of sureties, to commit them to the House of Correc- tion ; and, in doing so, the magistrates conceived they were best promoting the ends of public justice. The proposition was then put by the chairman and adopted. GENERAL SESSIONS— On the motion of W. Dickins, Esq. a Sessions for the trial of prisoners was fixed for the 14th ot March next. ATPEALS RESPITED FROM THE LAST SESSIONS. Robert Garbett and others v. Aston, Poor- rate— Re- spited. Same v. Same, Ditto— Respited. Wheelwright and others v. Same, Ditto— Respited. Curdworth v. Kingsbury, Settlement— Adjourned by consent. Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company, v. Aston, Poor- rate— Respited. Twycross, Leicestershire v. Bentley, Settlement— Order confirmed, Coventry Canal Company v. Bedwortb, Poor- rate— Re- spited. NEW APPEALS. The Company of Proprietors of Birmingham Canal Navi- gation v. The Commissioners of Birmingham Street Acts, Town Hall Rate— Rate confirmed by consent, subject to a case for the King's Bench. Same v. Same, Highway Rate— Ditto. Stonleigh v. Brinklow, Settlement— Respited. CROWN COURT WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4. The following business was disposed of before Sir EARDLEY WILMOT: — FINANCE COMMITTEE.— The CHAIRMAN stated that this Committee had examined the bills laid before them, amount- ing to £ 1684. 5s. 7£ d., which they recommended should be paid ; they als reported that, as the county had £ 800 to receive from Government, a rate of three farthings in the pound would be sufficient— The Court confirmed the pro- position of the Committee that the rate be paid in Feb- ruary next. PRACTICE OF THE BENCH.— Mr. Lloyd Williams observed, that yesterday it was stated by Sir George Chetwynd, and assented toby Mr. Adams, that the practice common at the Public- office, at Birmingham, of committing persons to the House of Correction for want of sureties, was illegal. He ( Mr. W.) then stated, humbly, but confidently, that the practice was sanctioned by law; and he was sorry he had not then any opportunity of referring to the books for some authority in support of his own opinion. He had since, however, made that reference, and would state, that by the Act of 6th Geo. I. chap. 12, it was enacted, that as the custom of committing persons to the County Gaol only, bad been found to be extremely" prejudicial and expensive," it was lawful for magistiates to commit individuals either to the Gaol or the House of Correction. He had stated this much with the view of removing any erroneous impression that might have been made by the discussion of yesterday, from which some persons might improperly infer the magis- trates in Birmingham had been acting contrary to law. He need hardly add, that the act of Parliament to which he re- ferred, had not been repealed. SPECIAL SESSIONS— The Chairman announced that a Special Sessions was fixed for the 27th of February, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of settling the districts of the new polling places. QUARTER SESSIONS— The Chairman said, an act of Par- liament recently passed, gave the bench authority to appoint any number of justices, to | alter the time of holding the next Quarter Sessions, if they were likely to interfere with the business of the Spring Assizes; and that himself and Mr. Dickens had been appointed. There was nothing in the cases that had not been already detailed in our local police reports. PUBLIC OFFICE. The business of this office during the last week has been devoid of public interest. On Monday Lloyd Williams and Towers Lawrence, Esqrs. presided, and there were only two committals, for offences of a trifling nature. On Thursday Isaac Spooner, Joshua Scholefield, W. Blakeway, and T. Lawrence, E- qrs. were in attendance, and were principally engaged in hearing assault cases. There was but one committed for felony, and that was on the prosecution of Mr. Smith, pearl button manu- facturer. For some time past Mr. Smith had missed buttons from his warehouse, but without being able to find out any clue to the thief. On Tuesday evening a girl named Charlotte Hamlet, who had worked for him for two years, had a quarrel with her mother and left home, upon which a young man who lodged in the house with them searched the place, and found in the chimney of the newhouse belong- ing to the family a quantity of buttons, which he took to Mr. Smith's warehouse, wherethey were immediately identified, and afterwards found to have been taken by the prisoner. Mr. Webster, of the the Town Hall Tavern was fined 20s. and costs tor having his chimney on fire on Sunday last, and refusing admittance to the officers, who required ent- rance to enable them to prove the offence. Several persons were fined 5s- each and upwards for obstructing the foot path, by throwing down coal, & c. after hours allowed by the Street act. An application was made by Mr. Smith, solicitor, to have the prisoners who had been charged before the Coroner on Monday with the death of Styche, but who were not found guilty, admitted to bail and discharged. Mr. George Redfern stated that the prisoners were in his custody, and although they were not found guilty on the in quest, he had not nor could he discharge them. When they were convicted of the assault, they were ordered to enter into sureties to keep the peace, and that they had not as yet done. Exclusive of that, they had been remanded on Mon- day by Mr. Lloyd Williams until next Monday, and that gentleman had said that it was his intention to proceed aeainst the paities if they should be acquitted upon the in- quest. Air. Spooner said he could allow them to enter into bail, but as the case stood he would not take it out of the hands of Mr. Lloyd Williams; he should not, therefore, discharge them, but was willing to receive any bail Mr. Smith wished to tender. Mr. Smith said he considered it rather a hard ease, but as such was the decision of the magistrates he must only wait until Monday. Two boys, Knowles and Amos, were convicted as rogues and vagabonds, haiyuig been found concealed upon the pre- mises of Mr. I- Iumprage, rolling and iron wire manufacturer, Duke- street. For some time past Mr. H. had been in the habit of heaiing at night noises about his premises, as if some persons had entered. He repeatedly searched the manufactory, hut never could see or trace any one. Several articles were missed, and search made for them in various directions. On Monday night he employed a man to stop up and watch the premises, arid in the course of the night the watchman heard a noise as if some person had got in; he searched the place, but could see no one; at last he looked under the ash- hole of the great boiler, and there saw the pri- oners lying at the extremity of the hole, and doubled together in such a manner that they had scarce the appear- ance of human beings. He ordered them out, and on ex- amination found they had entered by an outer door which they had unlocked. They aie two well- known young thieves, and were committed for three months. John Lovett and Josiah Moor, hired servants in the em- ployment of Messrs. Paget and Willoughby, iron founders, of Ashted, were committed to the House of Correction for one month, and to be kept to hard labour, for neglecting their work. Mr. Holland, a waiter, on the complaint of the parish officers of Aston, was ordered to pay 91 due on an order of affiliation, and in default of payment was ordered to be com- mitted for three months. Mr. Spooner allowed the prisoner until Saturday to find bail, or procure the money. BL1CK v. PARKER. SIR,— On looking over your police report in your Journal of Saturday last, I perceive your reporter made a mistake in the case of Blick v. Parker, pawnbroker, ( probably owing to the confusion at the moment in the office), in re- gard to my answer to Mr. Williams, the magistrate. Mr. W. enquired if it was legal to take 6d. interest on 6d. lent for twelve months, I replied " it is legal, but it; is not fre- quently taken." " Indeed," said he, " it is enormous, then tell me how you do take interest in general." I answered, " the law allows us to take one halfpenny per month on any sum lent up to 2s. 6d , that is, at the rate of twenty percent, per annum," whereas, you say in the Journal that I replied and said " we were allowed to take cent, per cent, on any sum under 2s. 6d." Those engaged in the trade well know the statement to be incorrect, but those persons whose minds are prejudiced against pawnbrokers will think indeed this is taking usury with a vengeance. I shall feel particularly obliged by your giving a short correct statement of the facts under your Police report in to morrow's Journal, and I shall remain, sir, yours most respectfully, 2, Warwick street, Bordesley. ROBT. RYLEY. PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THOMAS STYCHE, ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE BODY. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that in con sequence of the Secretary of State having declined issuing an order for the removal of the men from Warwick, who were in custody for the assault on Styclie, a detainer was granted by Lloyd Williams, Esq., the committing magistrate, and accordingly, at the expiration of their imprisonment on Saturday, they were again taken into custody. On Mon- day morning they were conveyed to Birmingham; and at twelve o'clock they were brought up before Mr. Williams. Their names having been called over, Mr. Williams ob- served, that since their committal for the assault on Styche, that poor man had died. Since his death, the Coroner, in the discharge of his duty, had assembled a jury to enquire into its causes. That jury could not proceed in consequence of the absence of the accused, and a difficulty having arisen in obtaining a Government order for their removal to Birmingham, the inquiry had been edjourned. Application was made to the magistrates for a detainer, and he ( Mr. Williams) issued his warrant to bring them before him at the expiration of their imprison- ment, in order that they might be identified, and the seri- ous charge against them might be gone into. He should now remand them for a week, in order that the jury and witnesses might see them, and if the jury should not find sufficient evidence to ^ end them to trial, he should resume the inquiry upon the evidence already given before him, and deal with the case accordingly. He understood that they ( the prisoners) had been advised that they were no longer amenable for the offence with which tliey were charged . it was said that because they had been convicted of the as' sault they could not be again civilly or criminally tried for the offence. They must not, however, flatter themselves that there was a good objection. He was bound to tell them there was nothing in it. The law said that they were not criminally liable for the assault, but the law said, that in such cases, the lesser charge merged into the greater one. They would now be taken before the Coroner, and if the verdict of the jury did not implicate them, they should be brought up on that day week, and then he should proceed as the evidence already before him might require. The prisoners, Benjamin Bromwich, Frederick Pimm, William Whateley, George Pimm, William Griffiths, William Thickbroom, and Thomas Thickbroom, were removed. THE INQUEST. At half- past two o'clock the Coroner and jury met in one of the lower rooms of the Public- office, and the prisoners were brought in and placed standing at the end of the table. The names of the jury having been called over, the Coroner said, he thought, as such a length of time had elapsed since the investigation had commenced, it would be better to ex- amine all the witnesses. Before, however, he commenced, he should order all the witnesses, except him that was to be first examined, out of the room, because it was only fair to all parties to do so. The watchman, Spittle, was then called and his ex- amination proceeded with. He said,— On the morning of the 23rd of October, about half- past one o'clock, as I was coming down Calthorpe- street, towards the Five- ways, I heard a rattle spring. Upon that I went towards Mr. Led- sam's wall, on the Harborne- road ; when I got there I saw Styche leaning on his stick by the wall, and bleeding very much ; he had bis hat on; he said four or five men had been " dropping" on him ; I should think that there was a quart of blood upon the ground ; Walker and Neal, both watch- men, came up ; whilst I was ta king to Styche the five men afterwards " dropped" upon me, and beat me with a stick; they then beat Styche again; they knocked him down witll, a stick ; he cried out, " lor God's sake, spare my lite !" The whole five men were beating him at the same time; they beat him on his head and body, and kicked him after he was down ; I think Thomas Thickbroom was one of them who heat the deceased. Coroner: Have you any doubt ? Witness : I am sure he was one of them. Coroner: What did you see him do? Witness : The deceased had hold of him when I got up to them. Coroner : Now be particular, and tell me exactly all you saw when you got up to the deceased. Witness: I saw the deceased, and be bad hold of this man. ( Thomas Thickbroom.) Coroner : What was he doing when you went up? Witness: He was standing upright, and wrestling with this man. Coroner: Are you sure that Thomas Thickbroom was the man. Witness: Yes; I am sure. Coroner : How long were they wrestling? Witness : Not many minutes. Coroner: Recollect yourself. Did you not say before that the deceased was standing against the wall by himsel. when you got up to him? Witness: Yes; he was. Coroner: You have just said that he and Thomas Thick- broom were wrestling. Witness: And so they were ; and Thickbroom wrestled himself away from Styche. Coroner :' What became of Thickbroom after he wrestled himself away, as you say? Witness :* He joined the other party. Coroner: Where were the other " party, and how many were there of them ? Witness: They were on the Havborne road ; there were four or five of them. Coroner : Was there any person near the deceased when you went up to him ? Witness: There was not. Coroner: You had better begin again and tell all you saw in your own way, and take your time. Witness : When I went up to him fiist, he was leaning on his stick against the wall. Coroner: How could he be standing against the wall, leaning on his stick, if he was wrestling with Tbickbioom? Which do you mean to say was the fact ? Witness: It was exactly as I told you. { Laughter.) Mr. Knight, Foreman : Did you see the deceased and Thickbroom wrestling when you got to the spot, or was it when you were going towards them ? Witness : After 1 got up to them. Coroner: Well, what else did you see Thomas Thick, broom do? Witness : He loosed himself from Styche. Coroner: But did he riot . first get hold of him ? Witness : They beat Stycbe on the head. Coroner : I cannot understand you at all. Mr. Knight: You said you saw him leaning on his stick, now how far were you from him at that time? ^^^ Witness: About forty or fifty yards. __„_ Coroner : Did you see Thickbroom do any thing to the deceased, or the deceased do any thing to him before they began to wrestle ? Witness: Nothing at all. Coroner: Then you did not see any blows struck before they began to wrestle ? Witness: None at all. Coroner : You say they were wrestling when you got up to them. Witness: Yes. Coroner: What else did you see? Witness: I saw blood upon the ground. Coroner: When did you see the blood upon the ground ? Witness: When I came up first, and when Styche was bleeding against the wall. Coroner: Did you see the blood after Thickbroom got away ? Witness: No; not then, there was none then— ( Laughter.) Coroner : Then you mean to say there was no blood on the ground when Thickbroom got away? Witness: Oh, yes; and Styche was bleeding a large quantity of blood. Cor > ner: How many men attacked you? Witness: Five men attacked me and the deceased. Coroner: You said before, that Thickbroom came up by himself, and that he attacked Styche. Is that the case? Witness: He was with the rest. Mr. Knight: The man seems altogether confused. Per- haps we had better try him again from the commencement, and let him tell his own tale quietly. Coroner: Let him do so. Begin now, Spittle, and take your time. Witness began again, but soon became apparently be wildered, and not a soul in the court could understand what be meant to convey. The Coroner, Mr. Knight, and other persons endeavoured to elicit straight- forward an- swers from him, but without success, and he concluded by saying, he could not identify any of the prisoners except Thomas Thickbroom. Mr. Knight: What age are you? Witness : I cannot tell exactly; 1 think about sixty years of age. Mr. Knight: Well, I think it is about time the inhabit- ants of Edgbaston had some better person than you to guard their lives and property. The Coroner said he considered it would be great injustice to the prisoners to retain such evidence as they had just heard upon the depositions, and he should therefore erase it. He defied any mau to reduce what he had said to writ- ing, in such a manner as to render it intelligible. In this opinion the jury unanimously concurred. In a shorttime after he was called in and rigidly examined by the Coroner, with a view to ascertain if his contradic- tions and stupidity were real or only put on. In answer to the questions put to him he said that one or two persons had called at the house the day before, but he did not know who they were. One of . the persons said he was uncle to the prisoner Biomwich, but he did not speak many words to him. The man asked him what he could swear against Bromwich; and told him he hoped he would swear the truth. He told him he intended to say nothing but the truth. He had no drink with any one connected with the prisoners. Bromwich's uncle left word at his house that he was to meet him at the Spread Eagle., but he did not go. Some persons called at his house when he was in bed. They saw his daughter, but he did not ask her what they said. He made no promise directly or indirectly to the friends of the prisoners, and he came to the Court that day to speak the cruth, and he bad done so. The Coroner said he did not know what to make of the witness. He was certainly a very stupid old man to say the least of him. It was high time a better system of watching was adopted. John Walker, watchman of William- street, examined : I was on duty on the 23rd of October last; I was crying half- past one when I heard several rattles spring near Mr. Led- sam's gate ; I went to the spot, and saw two or three men beating Styche. Two of them had sticks or staffs, I can't tell which, in their hands; four men were beating him with sticks; he lay on his back on the ground— I said " D— u your eyes, don't kill him quite." I flashed my lantern in their eyes, and they then ran away. They afterwards flung stones at me and broke my lantern to pieces ; I gathered up Styche, and the men went off with themselves towards Harborne; Benjamin Bromwich was one of the men who was beating Styche, and Frederick Pimm was another; both of them had sticks ; there were fourteen or fifteen of them about the deceased when I got up, but only four of them took an active part; the whole of the party were laughing, and making a row together; I did not see the deceased strike any of them ; I saw a good deal of blood on his coat, and he was bleeding very much. At about one o'clock I THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. saw the prisoner, William Whateley, at the King's Arms public- house; he was very much intoxicated, and there was a party of nine or ten waiting for him in illiam- street; William- street is a quarter of a mile from the Five\ Vays gate; I did not see any more of the party until the row. John Mills, tailor, Harborne: On the morning of the 23rd of October last I was going to Harborne, at half- past one o'clock, when I saw some watchmen and a number of men near to the stables, beyond the gates on the Harborne- road; there might be from ten to fifteen men; they were standing in the road; there were three or four watchmen, and they seemed as if they were talking to the men. I passed on forty or fifty yards, and I then heard an outcry from the party. I stopped to listen, and while I stood one of the party came up— it was the prisoner Whateley. He said, " Ah, Mr. Mills, is it you?" I said, " What is up?" He said, " The b y watchmen, or watchman, lias begun on us." He ha . mil behind his hack, and I asked him what he had i id, and he said it was a staff. He went on a few j I then came back again and gave me the staff, with •:<, that I was not to say any thing about it. Whe i d Styche had been so badly beaten I gave up thes lie constable. I saw George Pimm standing with fli when I first passed them, and I saw Griffiths ori the - tic not near the watchmen. The Coroner ould be convenient for Mr. Hodg- son, the surgeo, : evidence was then taken, and as jt would make no ,<• « in the course of the examination, they had better d with it. Mr. Hodgsot i d as follows: On the 23rd of Oc- tober I saw the i at the General Hospital. He had several cuts and - on the top and back part of his head, none on It n ! :- ad. There were none of them very deep. The par' i I them were swelled. He was hot and feverish. ! applications were ordered, and on Friday, the 28t aid he was quite well, and anxious to LITERATURE.' leave the Hospiiu . • wasstrongiy advised not to go, as the wounds were n en quite healed. He would, however, go, and lie lefi tlmt day. After this he became an out- patient.^ On tb 4ih nt November he was re- admitted to the Hospital; ; av him the following day. He had an extensive erysi, en the head and face, attended with great fever and inn u. lie dailygrew worse; the ery- sipelas extended. : il- o the fever and delirium. He died between six and i o'clock or. the 8th of November. Cross- examine by \ r. Smith: In all probability, if the deceased- had renin ! in the Hospital a few days more he would have reco' '. Excess of drinking, or'excitement t'r. oni any other c . • ould give a disposition to erysipelas. I think drinking in such a case as that of the deceased might cause erysipelas, • aggravate it if it existed. If there was a disposition in tl • . titution of the deceased to erysipelas, it might remain me days after drinking before the effects made their appea oe. In such wounds as the deceased received we should not look for extravasated blood upon the brain. By the Coroner: The death of the deceased was occa- sioned by an infla ' nation of the brain, caused by an exten- sion of the erysip from the head and face to the brain. The erysipelas nuuln have come on if the deceased had re- mained in the Hi rial. Mr. Binley, surgeon, corroborated Mr. Hodgson's evi- dence in every | rticulnr, adding, that he did not perceive during the time the deceased was an out patient at the Hospital, any sy proms that might have been caused by drinking, nor did he suspect the deceased had been indulg- ing in intemperance. John Hughes, a watchman, saw the party in William street: Whateley was the only one of the party that he could identify. Joseph Neale, a watchman, was then called and examin- ed, hut owing to his being almost entirely deaf, it was with difficulty the Coroner could make him understand the ques- tions put to him : he stated that when he first went up to the deceased, lie saw him standing against the wall without his hat, and that there were then no other persons near him except Spittle and Walker. He did not see any one strike or ill treat Styche ; he and Walker then went up the Har- borne road after the party. Coroner: Walker has said that you were there when he came up. Witness : That is not the case. Walker was called and he completely contradicted Ncal's evidence. The Coroner said it appeared to him, as it had no doubt long since to the Jury, that the parish of Edgbaston was pro- tected by a most extraordinary set. One of the constables of Edgbaston said the watchmen were not appointed by the parish officers; they were ap- pointed by the inhabitants, who paid them out of a fund raised by weekly subscriptions. Mary Styche, widow of the deceased, swore positively that after her husband returned from the Hospital he kept him- self quite sober; he was between thirty and forty years ol age. The case having closed for the prosecution, Mr. Smith wished to address the Jury, but the Coroner would not per- mit him ; he said there had not been a sentence offered by any person to the Jury against the prisoners; he could not therefore, permit Mr. Smith to address the Jury in their fa- vour. In the defence a woman named Elizabeth Lees was ex- amined ; the purport of her evidence went to prove an alibi in favour of the prisoner Bromwich. She swore that she lived at Harborne, and on the Saturday night in question she was returning home from Birmingham with her husband and daughter, when Bromwrch came up with them at about one hundred yards from the Five- ways Gate; it was then about one o'clock, about a quarter of an hour afterwards they came up with him near Mr. Bedford's house; he was then going home. Charles Hollis said, that on the night in question, he and Bromwich left Harborne at nine o'clock and came to Bir- mingham ; they went to the Old Crown, in Edgbaston- street, and had some ale ; they left to return home at twelve o'clock. When they got to the Woodman, in Easy- row, he ( Hollis) went in and called for a pint of ale, and whilst he was drinking it Bromwich remained outside the door; they then went towards the Five- ways gate; when they got to the gate, they saw a man lying in a fit, and a gjeat number of persons about; Bromwich and he helped the man into a cart, and then started lor home; Bromwich was not en- gaged in any row during the time he was with him. Elizabeth Bromwich, sister of the prisoner Bromwich, swore, that on the night of the 23rd of October, at a few minutes, or at most, a quarter of an hour after the clock struck one, her brother came home. Henry Stubbs examined : I am a brass founder; I knew the deceased, Styche, for ten years; I > aw him last on the 29th of October, about one o'clock in the day, at the Black Lion, in Smallhrook- street; he remained there from one o'clock that day until eight at night; he was drinking and talking to his friends; when he left the house he was so in- toxicated that he could not find his way out of the kitchen • I was in the house all the day; I went there at half- past eight o'clock in the morning, am! I left at twelve at night; the deceased had a handkerchief tied under his chin ami round his head ; I was at play all that week, hut not since, and I had reason to remember it; there was a man named Dewson in the house, but when he came in, or when he left, I cannot say ; I did not see the deceased have anything to eat on that day ; the deceased sat in ilie corner by tile fire all the time; I should think Styche had about sever, pints of ale; I know he called for six or seven pints, and he shared them with one or two whom he knew ; I took notice of what Styche had, because I thought it was not proper for a man having bruises such as lie had, to drink so much. Thomas Dewson examined: I was at the Binck Lion on the Saturday altei Styche came out of the hospital ; Stulihs was there; 1 believe it was on the 29th of October; 1 stopped there about an hour or an hour and a half; I did not take much notice of Styelie, but svhen I saw him I took him to be rather tipsy; he was giw to drinking ; he hud something hound round his head ; In- hud his hat on ; when I came into the kitchen he was standing up, and then he sat down on the right hand side of the tap- room door; I saw him drinking ale out of a pint pot. but 1 cannot sin how much he drank ; 1 am a master cabinet- maker, and have two men and two boys working lor me. Mrs. Styche was again called, and she swore positively that the statements of Stubbs and Dewson were absolutely false. < The Coroner said, he should send for Mr-. Joiner, the landlady of the Black Lion; and in a short time Mrs. Joiner and her husband came into I be office. Mrs. Joiner being sworn, said, I knew the deceased; I saw him in my house after he came out of the hospital; I do " Ot remember the day ; he came in the morning he. ween breakfast and dinner, and staid about three parts of an hour; he had one half- pint of fourpenny ale, and he paid for it ; I only saw him once, and I do not think he wa- there at am other time ; lam very sehlnm out; never on a Saturday night; I have no particular recollection of the S9rh of Or tober; I do no' think he could have been in my bouse frnm one o'clock nn that day. untii eight o'clock at nit-' ht, without jny knowledge ; 1 never received fw seven pints of ale fiom him at anytime after he was hurt; Stubbs comes lo our hou- e; 1 do not recollect his having been there on the 29 b of October, but he might have been ; it any person was lei' out of my tap- room he must have passed the bar, and I must luive seen him. The Coroner asked if there was any further evidence to ofi'er. ond on being informed that there was not, he summed lip the whole with gieat care. The jury then retired, and after the lapse of an hour, they returned into the office hi two o'clock wi the morninv, having agreed on the following, verdict :—" We find Benjamin Broinwich. Fiederick Pimm, and William Whateley. guilty of Manslaughter, and the rest of the prisoners Not Guilty." With a very few exceptions, the whole evidence. Iron beginning to end, was a mass of wilful or accidental con- tradictions. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, NO. I.— The difference between promise and performance is one of those con- venient topics on which the most silent of men can dilate. Shakespeare, in phraseology worthy of the Sister Isle, speaks of keeping promise to the ear and breaking it to the sense. And your out- and- outers in the say and do way, have an ing- enious simile about promises and pie- crusts, from which they jump to the pleasant conclusion, that the former, like the latter, are not only fragile in their nature, but that they are made for no other purpose than that of breaking. Of the daily recurring exemplifications of this rule, we know none that is more in point than the customary falling off between a book and its advertisement. In the days of our fathers there was some remote analogy between what a volume said and what its publisher said of it. Isaac Watts of pious memory, when pointin out a method by which a man might glean some valu- able knowledge of a work without the exertion of pe- rusing it, refers his scholar to the title page and the table of contents. With us of modern calling, the case is so entirely altered that if we were told when we met with a smart name we must look for a dull book, and that a more than ordinary variety in the index beto- kened a more than ordinary sameness in the work- we should infallibly find our rule of contraries much safer to go by than that of the honest author of the " Improvement of the Mind." It was with a pretty strong perception of the. applicability of the modern rule that we opened Bentley's Micellany. We had no small faith in the ingenious conductor ; but though we knew that " Boz" could not easily write, we had some misgivings that he might edit matter dull enough. Failure seemed to be of necessity included in the de- termination to produce a joint- stock work of wit. It seemed an attempt to compel that which in its very nature " is not strained;" which " droppeth like the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath," and which no apparatus constructed out of the elements of the place beneath can create or successfully imitate. Had the ample promise of amusement in Bentley's Miscellany provsd in the performance as dull as a thrice told tale, we were fully prepared by " wise saws and modern instances" to submit to the disap- pointment in peace and quietness. For once, in our age of infidefity, a miracle has burst upon us. A work has issued from New Burlington- street, which tran- scends even its own puff preliminary. The skill of the advertisement drawer is outrivalled by the ingenu- ity of the author. The deed not only does not fall be- low, it rises above the word. The Miscellany is more than witty, it is full of wit. Its editor resolved, and he has kept his resolution. Such a crowd of good things we may have occasionally observed in some ad- vanced number of a long established periodical; in a first number, never. In a first number we have hither- to invariably found, as well as others for us, great en- deavour and small power. The harness wants the pli- ancy of use; the wheels and axle fret and scold ; the horses rear and wince ; and the entire machine goes off reluctant and grumbling. In the magazine before us there is none of this customary awkwardness. There is nothing to mark its newness but the I. on its front. Every one seems fitted to his place, and every place is fitted; there is neither jostle nor strain. Had the ma- chinery been in play for a hundred years, it could not play more smoothly and sweetly. The list of contri- butors exhibits some of the best esteemed names of mo- dern literature— MAGINN, HOOKE, COOPER, MORIER, the authors of " Headlong Hall," " Rattlin the Reefer," " Stories of Waterloo," FATHER PROUT, SAMUEL LOVER, OLLIER, HAYNES BAYLEY. FATHER PROUT furnishes the song of the month, and MAGINN the prologue; LOVER has a laughable tale of Irish blun- ders ; " Boz" celebrates the mayoralty of Nicholas Tulrumble, Esq.; the historian of " Rattlin " tells an admirable tale about a cow and a ghost; and MORIER retails a laughable Neapolitan anecdote. There are several anonymous contributions, which do not at all yield in excellence to the best of the acknowledged ar- ticles. Altogether there are twenty- two papers, long and short, verse and prose; of which it would be exceedingly difficult to say which is best, though every one seems on perusal better than another. Perhaps, of the pieces in verse, the song of the month is the most pointed; of the prose papers, some parts of Mr. Tulrumble's history are irresistibly laughable, though, as a whole, we rather prefer the " Marine Ghost." There seems to have been something like a dispute, though of what nature or extent we who aspire not to enter the sancta sanctorum of the London bibliopolists presume not to guess, between the pro- prietor of the New Monthly Magazine and the pro- prietor of the Miscellany, touching their several in- terests in some of the contributors. It has been an- nounced, by the former, that Mr. Hooke, who is adver- tised as a contributor to the Miscellany, means to limit his assistance to two articles, which, previous to taking charge of the New Monthly, he had engaged to furnish. Whether it be that Mr. Hooke has re- pented him of his engagement with Mr. Bentley, or been too much pressed to fulfil it adequately, we know not; but, certainly, his article, " Recollections of George Colman," in which nothing is recollected that is not generally known, and which is no more than a string of extracts from the " Random Records," made without any great skill, certainly without any great care, is the only piece that might have been omitted in making up the Miscellany, without diminishing its value. The Miscellany reached us at a very early day, before, indeed, it had been communicated to any of the London critical periodicals, with the exception of the Spectator. It is, therefore, very little poached. In another week or two, to use Boswell's elegant phrase, " the guts will be torn out of it." We are more puzzled by the extent than by the restrictedness of our choice of extracts. We shall give a little bit from the " Tulrumble;" prefacing, by way of explanation,, hat Nicholas is a retired dealer in black diamonds, that has visited London, seen the Lord Mayor's show and, being himself appointed Mayor of Mudfog by the unaccountable decease of a middle- aged gentleman of eighty- five who previously held that honourable station, he is ambitious of livalling, in his own pro- cession, the glories of the 9tli of November. The " feature" in Nicholas' procession is a man in armour, which man in armour is to he performed by a certain Edward Tvvigger, a gentleman " who is drunk, on an average, once a day. and penitent, on an equally fair calculation, once a month; and who, when he is penitent, is invariably in the very last stage of maudlin intoxication." Ned, on the strength of a glass to every piece he fits on, gets gradually accustomed to the ex- traordinary amount of brass in which his worship is so anxious io incase him. , We pass the head of the pro- cession to come at once to Ned. At last Ned Twigger was loudly called for by the proces- sion people; and, having had his helmet fixed on, in a very complicated manner, by the companionable footman, and the kind housemaid, and the friendly cook, he walked gravely forth, and appeared before the multitude. The crowd roared— it was not with wonder, it was not with surprise; it was most decidedly and unquestionably with laughter. " What!'' said Mr. Tulrumble, starting up in the four- wheel . chaise. " Laughing? If they laugh at a man in real brass armour, they'd laugh when their own fathers were dying. Why doesn't he go into his place, Mr. Jennings? What's lie rolling down towardsus for?— he lias no business here!" " I am afraid, sir " faltered Mr. Jennings. " Afraid of what, sir?" said Nicholas Tulrumble, looking up into the secretary's face. " I am afraid he's drunk, sir;" replied Mr. Jennings. Nicholas Tulrumble took one look at the extraordinary figure that was hearing down upon them; and then, clasp- ing his secretary by the arm, uttered an audible groan in anguish of spirit. It is a melancholy fact that Mr. Twigger having full licence to demand a single glass of rum on the putting on of every piece of the armour, got, by some means or other, rather out in his calculation in the hurry and confusion of preparation, and drank about four glasses to a piece instead of one, not to mention the something strong which went on the top of it. Whether the brass armour checked the natural flow of perspiration, and thus prevented the spirit from evaporating, we are not scientific enough to know; but, whatever the cause was, Mr. Twigger no sooner found himself outside the gate of Mudfog Hall, than he also found himself in a very considerable state of intoxication ; and hence his extraordinary style of progressing. This was bad enough, but, as if fate and fortune had conspired against Nicholas Tulrumble, Mr. Twigger, not having been penitent for a- good calendar month, took it into his head to be most especially and particularly sentimental, just when his repent- ance could have been most conveniently dispensed with. Immense tears were rolling down his cheeks, and he was vainly endeavouring to conceal his grief by applying to his eyes a blue cotton pocket- handkerchief with white spots, an article not strictly in keeping with a suit of armour some three hundred years old, or thereabouts. " Twigger, you villain!" said Nicholas Tulrumble, quite forgettinj his dignity, " go back !" " Never," said Ned. " I'm a miserable wretch. I'll never leave you." The by- slanders of course received this declaration with acclamations of " That's right, Ned; don't!" " I don't intend it," said Ned. with all the obstinacy of a very tipsy man. " I'm very unhappy. I'm the wretched father of an unfortunate family; but I am very faithful, sir. I'll never leave you." Having reiterated this obliging pro- mise, Ned proceeded in broken words to harangue the crowd upon the number of years he had lived in Mudfog, the excessive respectability of his character, and other topics of the like nature. " Here '" will anybody lead him away ?" said Nicholas; " if they'll call on me afterwards, I'll reward them well." Two or three men stepped forward, with the view of bear- ing Ned off, when the secretary interposed. Take care! take care!" said Mr. Jennings. " I beg your pardon, sir; but they'd better not go too near him, because, if he falls over, he'll certainly crush somebody." At this hint the crowd retired on all sides to a very re- spectful distance, and left Ned, like the Duke of Devon- shire, in a little circle of his own. " But, Mr. Jennings, said Nicholas Tulrumble, " he'll be suffocated." I'm very sorry for it, sir," replied Mr. Jennings ; " but nobody can get that armour off, without his own assistance. I'm quite certain of it, from the way he put it on." Here Ned wept dolefully, and shook his helmeted head, in a manner that might have touched a heart of stone; but the crowd had not hearts of stone, and they laughed heartily. Dear me, Mr. Jennings," said Nicholas, turning pale at the possibility of Ned's being smothered in his antique cos- tume " Dear me, Mr. Jennings, can nothing be done with him ?" We said the song of the month was excellent— we prefer, however, from the nature of its subject, the " chaunt," by Dr. Maginn:— OUR OPENING CHAUNT. I. Come round and hear, my public dear, Come hear, and judge it gently,— The prose so terse, and flowing verse, Of us, the wits of Bentley. II. We offer not intricate plot To muse upon intently; No tragic word, no bloody sword, Shall stain the page of Bentley. in. The tender song which all day long Resounds so sentiment'ly, Through wood and grove all full of love, Will find^ no place in Bentley. IV. Nor yet the speech which fain would teach All nations eloquently;— ' Tis quite too grand for us the bland And modest men of Bentley. v. For science deep no line we keep, We speak it reverently ;— From sign to sign the sun may shine, Untelescoped by Bentley. IV. Tory and Whig, in accents big, May wrangle violently; Their party rage sba'nt stain the page The neutral page of Bentley. VII. The scribe whose pen is mangling men And women pestilently, May take elsewhere his wicked ware,— He finds no mart in Bentley. VIII. It pains us not to mark the spot Where Dan may find his rent lie; The Glasgow chiel may shout for Peel,' We know them not in Bentley. IX. Those who admire a merry lyre,— Those who would hear attent'ly A tale of wit, or flashing hit,— Are ask'd to come to Bentley. x. Our hunt will be for grace and glee, Where thickest may the scent lie; At slashing pace begins the chase— Now for the burst of Bentley ! These must suffice for this week; perhaps we will venture on a further specimen in our next. We must not omit to observe, that the Miscellany, in addition to its other attractions, is illustrated by two capital comic sketches by Cruikshank, and a fine likeness of the late licenser of plays. The number consists of 104 pages; it is printed on an excellent paper, and in a most com- fortable type. THE PICKWICK CLUB, NO. 10.— The success which has attended this publication would, under ordinary circumstances, and with an ordinary manager, have led to its indefinite prolongation. Even in the very heyday of his glee, and the vigour of his fame, how- ever, Boz takes occasion to remind his readers that half the round of their journey is over, and that under no consideration will it be spun out beyond the period originally fixed. We must, therefore, make much of him while we have him, seeing that the duration of our mutual acquaintance is so limited. The present number, in which we turn the post, is of somewhat, not exactly graver, but, more staid character, than many of its predecessors. No new game is started, and the old characters are engaged in none but homely, house- hold tasks. We are not displeased that it should be so. A pause from side- shaking for one month will only fit us to renew the operation with increased fer- vency the next. Not that the present number does uot furnish matter for " guffaw." There is not a little in it, as will be seen from our extracts. First, however, for the more sober contents. We gave last week an Anacreontic by HUNT such as COWLEY might have written in praise of merry Christmas. The following nervous lines may be perused as a pleasant_ contrast to Mr. HUNT'S playful ones. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. I care not for Spring ; on his fickle wing Let the blossoms and buds he borne : He woos them amain with his treacherous rain, And he scatters them ere the morn. An inconstant elf, he knows not himself, Or his own changing mind an hour, He'll smile in your face, and, with wry grimace, He'll wither your youngest flower. Let the summer sun to his bright home run, He 6hall never be sought by me; When he's dimmed by a cloud I can laugh aloud, And care not how sulky he be ; For his darling child is the madness wild That sports in fierce fever's train ; And when love is too strong, it don't last long, As many have found to their pain. A mild harvest night, by the tranquil light Of the modest and gentle moon, Has a far sweeter sheen for me, I ween, Than the broad and unblushing noon. But every leaf awakens my grief, As it lieth beneath the tree; So let Autumn air be ever so fair, It by no means agrees with me. But my song I troll out, for Christmas stout, The hearty, the true and the bold ; A bumper I drain, and with might and main Give three cheers for this Christmas old. We'll usher him in with a merry din That shall gladden his joyous heart, And we'll keep him up while there's bite or sup, And in fellowship good we'll part. In his fine honest pride, he scorns to hide One jot of his hard- weather scars; They're no disgrace, for there's much the same trace On the cheeks of our bravest tars. Then again I will sing ' till the roof doth ring, And it echoes from wall to wall— To the stout old wight, fair welcome to- night, As the King of the Seasons all! The ingenious Mr. Weller is quite as sparkling as ever. Take a portion of a friendly confabulation be- tween him and Mr. Weller, sen.— The tea- things had been scarcely put away, and the hearth swept up, when the London coach deposited Mr. Weller, senior, at the door, his legs deposited him in the bar, and his eyes showed him his son. " What, Sammy!" exclaimed the father. " What, old Nobs !" ejaculated the son. And they shook hands heartily. " Wery glad to see you, Sammy," said the elder Mr. Weller, " though how you've managed to get over your mother- in- law, is a mystery to me. I only vish you'd write me out the receipt, that's all." " Hush I" said Sam, " she's at home, old fellow." " She ain't vithin hearm'," replied Mr. Weller; " she always goes and blows up, down stairs, for a couple of hours after tea; so we'll just give ourselves a damp, Sammy." Saying this, Mr. Weller mixed two glasses of spirits and water, produced a couple of pipes; and the father and son sitting down opposite each other, Sam on one side the fire, in the high- backed chair, and Mr. Weller, senior, on the other, in an easy ditto, they proceeded to enjoy themselves with all due gravity. " Anybody been here, Sammy?" asked Mr. Weller, senior, drily, after a long silence. Sam nodded an expressive assent. " Red- nosed chap ?" inquired Mr. Weller. Sam nodded again. " Amiable man that ' ere, Sammy," said Mr. Weller, smoking violently. " Seems so," observed Sam. « Good hand at accounts," said Mr. Weller. " Is he?" said Sam. " Borrows eighteenpenee on Monday, and comes on Tues day for a shillin' to make it up half a- crown ; calls again on Vensday for another half- crown to make it five shillin's, and goes on, doubling, till he gets it up to a five pound note in no time, like them sums in the ' rithmetic book ' bout the nails in the horse's shoes, Sammy." Take one scrap more— " Goin', Sammy?" inquired Mr. Weller. " Off at once," replied Sam. " I vish you could muffle that ' ere Stiggins, and take him with you," said Mr. Weller. " I am ashamed o' you, old two- for- his- heels," said Sam, reproachfully, " what do you let him show his red nose in the Markis o' Granby at all, for?" Mr. Weller, the elder, fixed on his son an earnest look, and replied "' Cause I'm a married man, Samivel, ' cause I'm a married man. Ven you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you do'nt under- stand now; but vether it's worth while goin' through 60 much, to learn so little, os the charity- hoy said ven he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o' taste. Jrayther think it isn't." " Well," said Sam, " good bye." " Tar, tar, Simmy," replied his father. " I've only got to say this here," said Sam, stopping short, " that if I was the properiator o' the Markis o' Granby, and that ' ere Stiggins came and made toast in my bar, I'd " " What?" interposed Mr. Weller, with great anxiety. " What?" "— Pison his rum and water," said Sam. " No!" said Mr. Weller, shaking his son eagerly by the hand, " would you raly, Sammy, would you, though?" " I would," said Sam. " I woulil'nt be too hard upon him, at first: I'd just drop him in the water- butt, and put the lid on ; and then if I found he was insensible to kind- ness, I'd try tile other persvasion." MAGAZINE OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY.— Our readers are hardly, we presume, prepared for so much learning on so ordinary a subject as the following dissertation exhibits— If the slice of bread is brought into a close contact with a strong fire, the surface becomes covered with, or rather con- verted into charcoal, before the heat produces any effect on the interior of the slice. This being done, the other side is turned, and has its surface converted into charcoal in the same manner. Charcoal, as everybody knows, is one of the worst conductors, if not the very worst conductor, of heat; and on this account it is used as packing between the double cylinders of steam engines. It is of no consequence whether the said charcoal be formed of wood, of flour, or of any other substance, for its qualities are in every case the same. Now, when the surfaces of the slice of bread are over charred in this manner, there is an end of all toasting, as no action of heat can be communicated to the interior, and not one drop ol water can be evaporated. In this state, the slice of bread may he wholly burnt to charcoal; but, until it is altogether so burned, the unburned part will become always more and more wet and unwholesome. There is an illustration of this in putting an onion, and more especially apotatoe, iu the middle of a strong fire, in order to be roasted. If the fire is but hot enough, a potatoe the size of one's fist may be burned down to a cone not bigger than a marble ; and yet that cone will remain hard, and scarcely even warmed. There are acts which any one can verify, and which have often been demonstrated by us again and again, after we have been previously sickened with reiterated demonstration. Hence we may deduce the great fundamental maxim o£ wholesome toasting—" If you would have a slice of bread so toasted as to be pleasant to the palate, and wholesome and easily digested, never let one particle of the surface be charred. Chesnut- brown is even far too deep for a good toast; and the colour of a fox is rather too deep. The ne .1 it can he kept to a straw- colour, the more delicious to ' taste, and the more wholesome it will be. The mi ! of obtaining this is very obvious. It consists in ke t the bread at the proper distance from the fire, and ex; . i. it to proper heat for a due length of time. Those wb nake the toast," or, more strictly speaking, mangle it, generally too lazy for taking proper time fot this op , in ; and it is worthy of remark in many other cases, as is in this one, that the hurry of laziness is the very wi iorm under which that bane of good housewifery can ap II Hi on lit i " c mtbie!" . charming is divine philosophy! and as poor ., had he lived to peruse this learned tract, all 1 o mysteries of toast and butter, would have said, uli lii she box sio' lips Ed the sha in. slut! for d, ;' HE LIBRARY OF FICTION.— The tales of this number— the tenth— are four. Of these, the " Rival C ilours" is a good comic sketch in red and white chalk— the " One Witness" is founded on fact, and lil all tales so founded, improbable and incredible— the " '. iidshipman's expedients" is what a Northern w id L- rm not bad, and the " Preacher Parrot" is exr edingly good. The " Preacher Parrot" is by Do U. AS JERROLD. We give one scene from " the in- co\ ience of truth"— the Parrot had been educated r the auspices of a noted auctioneer. •' a obeyed, and sang in the finest possible taste. Had ound up for the occasion like a musical snuff- could not have acquitted herself with more preci- witli less vulgar impulse: every note fell from her it were chiselled; and then her execution I Poor i 1* imsyl— his heart was dragged up and down • I until exhausted, when, at the last three minute Hie songstress, it fell into a thousand little pieces, we would not own the heart that could stand that There was a general burst of applause, followed moment by a profound silence. Mrs. Limetwig looked proudly at the young bachelors, but favoured the younger son of the banker with a look entirely for himself. In this pause, a voice cried out, and it seemed as ifaccom. panyng the glances of Mrs. Limetwig—" Does nobody offer?" \ titter, deepening into a laugh, went round the house, and . Mis. I, me twig and Belinda turned to scarlet. " Oh— ah! ah!" observed the mamma, evidently restraining ex- cessive laughter, " that teasing bird, which William's god. father fhiiulit him— how came it here?" and the servanc was immediately ordered to secure the intruder; but the parrot was a sucial parrot, and resolved not to leave the party; hence, after many ineffectual attempts to catch it, for its leg, thoiik'h weak, had been set by some Samaritan, the bird was suffered to remain. " It was downright cruelty to ask, but would,"— thus spoke the banker's younger son,—" would Miss Limetwig sing his favourite song— the " '' Certainly," answered Mrs. Limetwig for her daughter; and the favourite song— we forget its title and words, but its being very popular may account for that— was executed with incomparable power. Your only unmarried daughter?" observed the banker's son, in a low voice, to Mrs. Limetwig. " All married, except my dear Belinda; and it would break my heart, I believe, to part with her. Yes, sir," said the mother, affected even by the probability of a separation, Belinda, sir, is— is—" '• The last lot, gentlemen,— the last lot !" cried the parrot; and the guests burst into uncontrolled laughter. Belinda, with fine presence of mind, immediately struck the keys of the piano, as though quite unconscious of tlie interrup- tion, and in a minute or two was in the midst of a furious battle piece. " If I might aspire to the notice of Miss Limetwig," said the banker's son to the mother, " I hope that—" •' Goinf for a song, gentlemen !" crietl the parrot; and again its words were greeted with a shout. " It was too much; the creature— where could it have learned such words?— should be sent from the house." Such was the sentence pronounced by Mrs. Limetwig, and after some little difficulty, carried into execution. But the charm of the night was broken ; Alts. Limetwig was irritated, Belinda languid, and the banker's son— whether the last declaration of the bird had " given him pause," we know not— not once, for the remainder of the evening, ventured to speak of Belinda. She died a maid, a victim to the intrusion of truth. TAIT'S MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY— Judge Jefferies, in his charge to the jury, who lent hiin their willing help in the judicial murder of the venerable Lady Lisle, dwelt at length and with high encomiums on the security which the law and Constitution of England afforded to its subjects. " Besides, gentle- men," said the merciful and pious Chancellor, " we cannot be sufficiently thankful to our God, for the mercies we enjoyed under that blessed King [ Charles II.] ; for we are to consider, that we lived in all the affluence of peace and plenty; our lives, liberties, and properties inviolably secured; every man sat safe under the shadow of his own vine, and ate the fruit o his own labour." When Lord Braxfield, the Lord Justice Clerk of 1793, was addressing the jury which found Mr. Muir guilty of lending a copy of Paine's Reply to Burke, to a neighbour, a crime which was punished with transportation beyond seas, by the mercies of a Scotch bench, he observed,—" It requires no proof to show that the British Constitution is the best that ever was since the creation of the world,* and it is not possible to make it better ! For is not every man secure ? Does not every man reap the fruits of his own industry ? and sit safely under his own fig- tree?" It is amusing to mark the coincidence of sentiment and language in these two worthies. The " ninety- three," as the people in Scotland call it, was a merry time for the Tories. Now a days they are content, in their harmless meetings, to mangle in- nocent chickens and ducklings and the King's Eng- lish, in pointless panegyrics on one another, and dull abuse of their opponents. In the " ninety- three," they imped a bolder flight. We have our JOB NOTT'S still, but their desires are moderate compared with those of their prototype.-)- Our minds were directed back to those days of Tory splendour, by the first article in Tait for the present month, in which the writer, taking his argument from three recent publica- tions— the Trials of Thomas Mui » , William Skirving, and Joseph Gerrald— gives a suecint and faithful sum- mary of those scenes of iniquity which are yet fresh in the memory of many of the inhabitants of Edin- * The Duke ol Wellington's well known encomium wa « , after all, but a poor piece of plagiarism from old Braxie. f The Birmingham Tory of 1793 thus addresses the Dis- senters,—" Do be off! Think of the New Drop— you may be recorded in the Newgate calendar! Transportation may reform you [ how pointed]— you deserve to be highly exalted— did you ever see the New Drop?"— Job Nott. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. burg- h, and known and estimated, if not remembered, by every Scotchman that feels a throbbing of the perfervidum ingenium of his countryIt is in con- templation to pay a late compliment to the Scottish political martyrs, by the erection of a monument to their memory, and it was on tlii « hint, we rather be- lieve, that the article in Tait was penned. We shall give a single extract from the evidence on the trial of Margarot, another Reformer; it took place a short time previous to that of Muir and hi « ever- honoured com- panions. Margarot was his own counsel, and wisely. No advocate of that day dared to have bearded the bench as he did. The trial had scarcely opened when the following interlocutory took place :— Now, my lord, comes a very delicate matter indeed. I mean to call upon my Lord Justice Clerk, anil I hope that the questions and the answers will be given in the most solemn manner. I have received a piece of information, which I shall lay before the Court in the course of myques- tions: First, my lord, are you upon oath?" Lord Justice Clerk : State your questions, and I will tell you whether I will answer them or not; if they are proper questions, 1 will answer them. Q : Did you dine at Mr. Hocheid's, at Inverleith, in the course of last week ? Lord Justice Clerk: And what have you to do with that, sir? Q.: Did any conversation take place with regard to my trial? Lord Justice Clerk : Go on, sir! Q. : Did you use these words:— 1" What should you think of giving him an hundred lashes, together with Botany Bay?" or words to that purpose? Lord Justice Clerk : Go on ; put your questions, if you have any more. Q: Did any person, did a lady say to you, that the peo- ple would not allow you to whip him? and, my lord, did you not say that the mob would be the better for losing a little blood ? These are the questions, my lord, that I wish to put to you at present, in the presence of the Court; deny them or acknowledge them. Lord Justice Clerk : Do you think 1 should answer ques- tions of that sort, my Lord Henderland? Lord Henderland: No, my lord; they do not relate to this trial. The rest of the judges concurred in this opinion, and so the questions, very properly, were not answered ! Gerrald made the same objection. When the Court met, Mr. Gerrald rose and said—" My lords, I feel myself under the painful necessity of objecting to the Lord Justice Clerk sitting upon that bench— upon this plea, that his lordship has deviated from the strict line of his duty, in prejudging that cause in which my fortune and my fame, which is more preciou- to me than life, are actually concerned. I beg, therefore, that this ( holding a paper in his hand) may be made a minute of this Court." In order to show that this objection was not made at ran- dom, Joseph Gerrald offered to prove, that the Lord Justice Clerk had prejudged the cause of even, person who had been a member of that assembly calling itself the British Conven- tion : inasmuch as he had asserted, in the house of James Kocheid of Inverleith, that the members of the British Convention deserved transportation for fourteen years, and even public whipping; and that, when it was objected, by a person present in company, that the people would not patiently endure the inflicting of that punishment upon the members of the British Convention, tbe said Lord Justice Clerk replied, that the mob would be the better for the spilling of a little blood. " I pray tlmt this may be made a minute of the Court. I desire to have the. matters alleged substantiated by evidence." Lord Eskgrove : My lords, this objection, which comes before your lordships, is a novelty in many respects— and I don't think this pannel, at this bar, is well advised in making it; jvhat could be his motive for it I iMimot perceive. He has the happiness of being tried before one of tbe ablest judges that ever sat in this Court; but he is to do as he thinks fit. I am sure he can obtain no benefit if be gains the end he has in view; and, therefore. I cannot perceive his motive, unless it is an inclination m far as he can, to throw an indignity upon this Court— And. after some fur- ther remarks, his lordship concluded hv saving, that he could ascribe the objection to nothing but malevolence and des- peration. Mr. Gerrald : My Lord, I come here not to be the object of personal abuse, but to meet the justice of my country. Lord Henderland: I desire you will behave as becomes a man before this High Court. I will not suffer this Court to be insulted. Mr. Gerrald: My lord, far be it from me to insult this Court. Lord Henderland : Be silent, sir. Mr. Gerrald : My lord- Lord Henderland : I desire you will he silent, sir. The Henderland here mentioned was father to the present Lord Advocate. Another learned lord, who bore the title of " Swinton," considered the objection as a high insult to the Court, which, however, was " swallowed up in the atrocity of his crime !" It is choice proof of the length and depth and thickness of Tory honour and Tory justice, that Muir and his friends were tried by a judge who had so notoriously prejudged their several cases, and by a jury composed of mem- bers of an association called the " Goldsmith's Hall Association," a Conservative club, who bad actually erased Mr. Muir's name from their list of members as an enemy to Government! A minister of the Esta- blishment named Lapslie, an old bosom friend of Muir's, was one of the most eager in hunting him down. This fellow travelled from Glasgow to Edin- burgh, for the purpose of privately examining the witnesses against Muir, and had the brazen effrontery afterwards to present himself in the jury- box, in order to retail his second hand slanders. But even the Tory lawyers could not stand that, and the Rev. Mr. Lapslie was not examined. Tait asks if the name of Lapslie does not occur on the Pension List? It does. Four daughters of this man figure there in acknowledg- ment of the Christian zeal of their Tory sire. Mr. Harvey should note this. It is a rich specimen of that honourable tenure which the Whig Ministry are so anxious to save from violation. It is pleasant to contrast to this specimen of a Tory parson, the late venerable head of the small but respectable sect de- nominated Bereans, the Reverend Jolm Donaldson. He and the Rev. Neil Douglas, also a Dissenting clergyman, were delegates for the borough of Dundee at the Edinburgh Convention. Of Mr. Donaldson's acquaintance in bis latter years we had the honour to partake, and have sat more than once at his cheerful and frugal table. He was a fine old man when we knew him ; frank, open, full of anecdote, warm hearted, and, like Knox, his celebrated countryman, fearing the face of no man. It is a curious trait of these early Re- formers, and marks the deep intensity of their principle! that all their meetings commenced and terminated with prayer. At the last meeting of the British Convention, as it was latterly called, in Edinburgh which was closed by the strong arm of pretended law Gerrald put up, previous to quitting the room, the following impressive address to the fountain of all true freedom:— O thou Governor of the Universe! we rejoice that, at | When Lord Grey entered Edinburgh, in 1833, amongst the banners that greeted his approach there was one that bore this legend—" To the memory of the martyrs ot 1793- 4, Muir— Skirving— Geirald." all times and in all circumstances, we have liberty to ap- proach thy throne; and that we are assured that no sacrifice is more acceptable to thee, than that which is made for the relief of the oppressed. In this moment of trial and perse- cution, we pray that thou wouldst he our defender, our counsellor, and our guide. Oh, be thou a pillar of fire tous, as thou wast to our fathers ofold, to enlighten and to direct us ; and to our enemies a pillar of cloud, and darkness, and confusion. Thou art thyself the greaPpatron of liberty. Thy service is perfect freedom. Prosper, we beseech thee, every en- deavour which we make to promote thy cause; for we con- sider the cause of truth, of every cause which tends to pro- mote the happiness of thy creatures, as thy cause. O thou merciful Father of mankind, enable us, for thy name's sake, to endure persecution with fortitude; a nd may we believe that all trials and tribulations of life which we endure, shall work together for good to them that love thee; and grant that, the gteater the evil, and the longer it may be continued, the greater good, in thy holy and adorable providence, may he produced therefrom. And this we beg, not for our own merits, but through the merits of Him who is hereafter to judge the world in righteousness and mercy. We must net close this notice without saying, that Tait for January has several excellent articles in ad- dition to' that on which we have been somewhat desul- torily commenting. LONDON REVIEW— JANUARY.— We have had leisure to peruse no more than the first article of this able periodical. We have merely looked to the titles of the others. We shall return to them. The " Terms of alliance between Radicals and Whigs" is by Sir WIL- LIAM MOLESWORTH. It is peculiar to this review, we may remind our readers, that the various contributors affix their signatures to their contributions. At this moment we have not leisure, and if we had we should hardly be tempted into criticism. We shall, therefore without further preface, give a few extracts from Sir WILLIAM'S moderate and able paper, leaving them, as we doubt not they will do as well without our assist- ance as with it, to work their own vork. The follow- ing is Sir WILLIAM'S description of tbe Ministerial measures during the last session :— Almost every measure which Ministers proposed to the House of Commons was carefully framed so that it might contain the semblance of a Liberal principle with the small- est possible application of that principle ( for instance, the Irish Church bill), atid might thus be as little obnoxious as possible to the House of Lords. It is not to be supposed that they induced their followers to assent to these timid proceedings without the greatest difficulty. Generally, first, a meeting was held at the Foreign Office, at which Mi- nisters stated the principle in broad and general terms, amongst the cheers of those assembled. Silence and astonishment succeeded, too often, when the meeting learned the manner inwhich that principle was to be applied. Then, geneially, some Radical member remonstrated. Im- mediately one of those respectable gentlemen, whose years and constant devotion to the Whig party commanded respect amongst a certain class of members, rose and talked about unioTi amongst Reformers— about the glorious results ( in the reinstatement of the Whigs in office) of that union ; and asked whether the meeting would destroy its own great work, and allow the Tories to return to power ? at which there was generally aery of' No, no!' from his friends. He frequently concluded by stating, that a little was better than nothing; and if the Lords refused to grant that little, why they would be ' put utterly in the wrong,' and then the meeting would see what Ministers would do : which gene- rally was, to call another meeting, and to ask for still further concessions. In private, every species of sophistry, flattery, entreaty, and menace, was employed by the minions of the Ministry to obtain the consent of the more liberal members to these degrading concessions, and generally with success. It was painfully amusing, at times, to read the speeches of popular candidates at the meetings of their constituents, arid then a few days afterwards to see their votes in the House of Commons. Such influence has a mere party cry, oft- repeated, over the conduct of the most honest and con- scientious men. The result of these conciliatory attempts are correctly stated— The Peers, however, so far from being touched by this conduct of Ministers, have either rejected the measures at once, or struck out or altered tbe clauses which they con sidered most objectionable. The Commons but too fre- quently consented to receive and adopt these mutilations. In thus acting, tbe House of Lords calculated upon the timidity and irresolution of Ministers; for though the latter were sometimes irritated into the using of harsh language, they were never desirous, as the Peers were well aware, to do anything willingly to diminish, or to set at defiance, the power of the Upper House. It was frequently amusing to hear Sir Robert Peel, whilst blaming the expressions of the Ministers, at the same time complimenting them on the prudence of their conduct in conceding, and not listening to the counsels of their more determined followers. The Peers have likewise relied upon the circumstance that one- half of tl^ e English representatives are Tories; that at almost every election the latter party has gained ground; and they believe that the people of England are indifferent to the Whigs. All these facts are undoubtedly true, not excepting the latter one ; and as that indifference is each day augmenting, in the event of a dissolution there is much reason for believing that the number of Reformers ( that is, the aggregate of Whigs and Radicals) who will be returned for England will be diminished ; for we think, for reasons which we shall state hereafter, that unless the Whigs adopt a very different line of conduct, their party will be diminished to a still greater extent than that of the Radicals will be augmented. Incidentally some good has followed— it is an ill wind— as the proverb goes. The bringing of the Lords into disrepute was certainly not an object aimed at by the Ministers— It is undoubtedly true, that by their line of conduct, Mi- nisters have produced a stronger feeling against the Lords than could otherwise have been excited: for, if they had been a popular Ministry, and had acted up to their prin- ciples, the House of Peers might have yielded. If the object of the union between Whigs and Radicals had been to create the greatest possible odium against the House of Peers, and to demonstrate by facts the evils of hereditary legislation, undoubtedly that object is attained, and the Liberals would have nothing to complain of. But this was not tbe object of the union ; this effect is a mere accidental and unintended result of the policy of the Whigs, a god- send, for which the Radicals owe gratitude to no man, and which is most improperly assigned as an inducement to the Radicals for continuing to support the Ministerial party. The evil of hereditary legislation has been demonstrated uninten- tionally by the Whigs; the next step is to take the means of remedying that evil. For this purpose, the power of the People over the House of Commons must be augmented, and the House of Lords reformed. To declare themselves in favour of such measures, is a course which no one can expect the Whigs at present to adopt; nor as yet will they permit any person connected with their Government to vote for snch measures, even if he approve of them. As such conduct can lead to nothing but their complete discomfiture, by the loss of all popular support, it is therefore for the Radicals to consider how they may avoid sharing in the disgrace of the Whigs— how they may cause the people to regard them no longer with indifference. Their line of con- duct is clear and straightforward : they have no aristocratic feelings to combat with; they have only to act in accordance with their principles and inclinations. A simple cry has delivered them over, bound hand and foot, to the Whigs : let them set that cry at defiance, and act; let tbem attempt, by amendments, to change the half- measures of the Whigs into real measures of Reform ; let them bring forward good measures themselves, and prove, by dividing the House, that they are in earnest; let them, on every opportunity, seek to prove the fallacy of the notion which has degraded them in the eyes of the nation, by making them appear to be the subservient tools of the Whigs. Again and again they will be defeated by the combined forces of the Whigs arid Tories. Whichever way they act, nothing will be done lor the present : but by adopting the course recommended, they will gain the confidence of tbe nation ; by adopting any other course, the indifference and mistrust of the people will increase. By acting in the one way, the period of doing nothing will be short; by acting in the other, that period will indefinitely be prolonged. If the Radicals will show confidence and decision, the people will recognise them as their readers— will trust them— will exert themselves in their favour, and return to the House of Commons men who will follow out their principles. By pursuing this line of conduct, the Liberals would not, of necessity, insure tbe destruction of the present Adminis- tration. Ministers would have exactly tbe same majority against the Tories as they now have; because any alliance with the Tories, similar to that which has been so of! n made with them by the Whigs, in ooposition to Liberal principles, is Impossible on the part of the Radicals; and the Radicals would likewise feel it their duty to give their support to such measures of Ministers as were of a Liberal description. The only difference therefore, would be, that, instead of being the servile supporters of the Whigs, the Liberals would hold an independent station ; instead of consenting to give up their measures to please the Ad- ministration, they would persevere in them, and call upon the House to decide. The terms on which the broken union may be again pieced are thus plain— the Radicals must assume an in- dependent attitude, and so compel a more independent conduct in the Ministers. If the Ministers won't bring forward good measures, the Radicals must themselves bring them forward. They must furnish the House with opportunity of expressing its opinions, and no lontrer, on the hollow pretence of not creating embar- rassment to the party in power, allow the liberties of the people to be tacitly bartered away by those who have been chosen specially for their defence. To make the Union lasting or worthy, it must be founded on j ust principles— The union must be a fair one, and founded upon equal terms. The fairest play should be given to the principles of both parties. The Liberals should not withdraw their support from the Administration because the measures of the latter are not of so popular a nature as they ought to be; rior ought the administration to take umbrage when the popular members bring their principles under discussion, by moving Radical amendments upon Whig propositions, for instance, by changing the appropriation clause into an abolition of the dominant church, either by paying no clergy, or the clergy of all sects in proportion to their num- bers. All the great questions at issue between the two parties ought to be made open questions. The Liberals ought not to expect that the Government should use its in- fluence in their favour on those questions ; but they cannot honestly consent that their influence shall be employed against them. Every member of the administration ought to be at liberty to vote as he pleases upon the questions of the Ballot, Triennial Parliaments, Household Suffrage, Reform of the Houseof Lords, Electoral Districts, abolition of Corn- laws, of the qualification for members of Parlia- ment, of church- rates and of the Irish Church, Reform in the Army and in the Universities ; for if any one of these questions is to be stigmatised by a cabinet opposition, or to be considered as a test of exclusion from the government ol the country, then tbe union ceases to be an equal one; and the holders of the prohibited opinion, who are the majority of tbe Liberal party, are reduced to a state of political sub- serviency. Such are a few of the leading points in Sir WIL- LIAM'S " Terms of Alliance." Will the Ministry close with them ? If they mean to treat as Ministers with the Radicals, we rather think they will, for one reason out of many— they will speedily cease to be Ministers if they refuse. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE INDIGENT BLIND. We have still on our table undisposed of a " Treatise on the Eye," by Mr. Curtis, a " Treatise on the Ear," by Mr. Webster, both very important subjects for a newspaper Editor; the " Architectural Magazine," No. 35, which, as it has been so long on its journey to Birmingham, may well wait our leisure ; the " Ana- lyst" for the present quarter, a very excellent number ; " Friendship's Offering- and Winter's Wreathe," which has been by some means delayed till it is truly a win- ter's wreathe. To these and to one or two literary odds and ends, we shall devote our attention next week. THE BLENHEIM PICTURE GALLERY.— The Rubens col- lection ranks next to that of Munich : a " Rape of Proser- pine,'' with prodigious facility of composition and pencilling ; a fine Magi Offering; a Catherine of Medici, admirable : Rubens' Wife and Child, seldom equalled even by himself; the " Three Graces," Flemish Graces, videlicet, his wives— nevertheless beautifully ideal and gorgeously coloured ; a splendid " Venus and Adonis;" a Bacchanalian grossly poetical; are among the more remarkable. On one Van- dyck's miracle- portraits here : " Charles the First on Horse- back," or rather a Warhorse bearing King Charles, as the King is a nobody in comparison with this monarch of steeds. The fine sombre- toned " Strafford and his Secre- tary," and a pretty " Lady Chesterfield" are likewise by this master. His " Buckingham," family picture, is scarce a rival for the " Marlborough" one, by Reynolds, in spite ol the bewitched frizzles, and stomacher- like waistcoats, that disfigure the persons represented. Lady C. Spencer as a gipsy, and Lord II. ditto as dupe; both children, a master- piece of Sir Joshua's in expression and effect. Two Hol- beins, always capital. A Carlo Dulce, seldom so. The altar piece from Perugia, by ltaffael, in his earlier and more exquisite style; a Virgin and Child enthroned between two Saints. This picture i. ot only loes honour to the palace, but to the other paintings by it presence. Nothing can be finer than the two saintly faces; other Madonna laces by llaffael alone exceed the one here, which is somewhat small - eyed and unmeaning. This work has never been engraved! In a bye- room the the " Loves of the Gods" are painted on leather; it is said by Titian, whose taste was lubricious enough for the subject. They are without doubt of his school, and of a superior disciple at least, in design they much un- resemble him, for though he could draw well, he rarely did so, and never in figures so luxurious as these. Being probably meant for a private bagnion, they are what is called decorative, which may account for their back grounds being trellis- work. As for who but Titian the artist could be, I should not wish to give a dilettante guess at what has perplexed the connoiseurs Athenaeum. RirssrAN SKOTAUIKS— The Samohreshchennikee or self- baptists, administer to themselves the sacrament of bap- tism, usually by diving repeatedly into some river. The more rigid, however, use only rain water, maintaining that every other is possessed by Antichrist. An inhabitant of Moscow, was indeed so particular in this reject, that he considered that rain water collected at a great distance from eveiy heretical habitation, could alone answer his purpose; and therefore retired into a forest, where he built himself a hut, and made a kind of cistern for collecting it. Having succeded, and performed the ceremony of immersion, be imagined that he had become a saint, and was capable ol working miracles. Impressed with this idea, he returned to Mosco, where, having assembled a number of his fellow sectarians, he tried to persuade them in a raving speech, of his sanctity, offering, at the same time, to prove it by a miracle. His auditory, however, were rather hard ofbelief, and one of them proposed that he should give a test of his power to work miracles by resuscitating a dead fly. This lie declined as unworthy of his dignity, but offered to swal- low poison without being injured by it. Some of the listeners were on the point of presenting vitrol to him, when one of them, somewhat more rea- onable, gave him a glass of brandy, which he readily swallowed, firmly believ- ing that it was poison, as he had never before tasted any strong liquor. Observing that, instead of pain, it pro- duced rather an exhilarating effect, he began to exult, and exclaimed loudly, " Give me more poison and I will swal- low it !" " Well." said tbe man who administered the brandy to him, " we shall have a test of your sanctity, if you re- main erect in drinking this poison ; but if you are an im- postor you will bow down and grovel on the earth." The challenge was accepted, and the saint drank until lie dropped senseless ; and there he remained, the half- believers having dispersed themselves, until he awoke exhausted in body and spirit, but entirely free from bis visions of holiness. Sin,— Your attention has been directed to some " Sug gestions for establishing a - cliool for the indigent blind," and I am of opinion, your influence will be directed to the as- sistance of so praiseworthy an undertaking, towards which neither opposition nor prejudice can frame an obstacle ; but, sir, the projector of this benevalent object informs us that times ago, when he had hoped to have carried it into force, lie had every satisfaction of universal approbation for the principles, hut that all'shrunk from the duties the valuable institution would impose. Now the matter is again revived and before the public, let me remind you, and the benevolently disposed, that to endow it is not the first step ; the first step is to put it into a form of action; like active sailors on a shoaly sea put forth their canvas and point their road to make majestic sail upon the expected tide, so they, foreseeing a good result, should, with the like accord, suit their exertions to the practice. I am, sir, your humble servant, A WILLING SUPPOUTER. Birmingham, December 29, 1836. CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. SIR,— Having read in the Papers that the Church people have raised 90,000/, for the erectipn of churches, and the Dissenters 60,000/., I would wish to follow their example. Tliey raised that sum in the course of six weeks only, others can raise a similar one in six months ; and to every 1.000/. that is got, / will give 1/. And, Oh! that we mav be enabled to follow Jacob's example, by all of us giving our ten per cent. There are many Places of' Worship still wanting, and In- fant Schools, and others to instruct tbe ignorant. If we feel as Jacob felt, we shall soon raise all the money we want, and with very little trouble Your obedient servant, JOHN POKTLOCK. 80, Moland s reet, December 26, 1836. THE BUNDLE OF STICKS. SIR,— Already are the inveterate enemies of Reform, tbe Tor ies, chuckling at the prospect of a split among the Iie- loimers in this borough, and like good tacticians, they lire making preparations to profit by the division. Let the Re- formers beware! The money of the Cart/ on Club tvill flow, like water to secure a Tory Member for . Birmingham. The disgrace attendant upon such an event, would be the least part of the evil, deep and lasting though it would be. The injury inflicted upon the cause of Reform would far exceed the mere personal degradation of its advocates, should they, while attentive only to their internal disputes, leave the gate of the citadel unguaided, and allow the enemy to take them by surprise. That su< h a consummation may be averted is the earnest prayer ot one whose heart and soul is in the cause! I trust, sir, that full of peril, and pregnant with most important events, as are the times, Mr. Attwood may lie prevailed upon to retain his post, at least, until the danger is past. 1 believe, I speak the feelings of the Radi- cal Reformers of the Borough, when I say that they would consider his resignation at this juncture, as a national calamity. He who so « bly led the Reformers of the king- dom fiom 1829 to 1833, through times as trying as could well be conceived, should not now shrink, when his fellow- countrymen are again so likely to need his guidance. I know that the sacrifices he is compelled to make are enor- mous, still * l trust that he will yet see the immense im- portance of keeping the Reformers of this great town and country together, by remaining their Representative. I say their Representative, for it would be absurd to look upon him merely as tlie Member for Birmingham ; he is the Representative of the industry of the country. I trust, there- fore, that he will not flinch Irom the arduous duties yet before him ; unless, indeed,— and this is a most important con- sideration— unless he is of opinion that he could serve the cause of Reform EETTKU out of the House than in it. I mean by organising, and again directing the energies of the POLITI- CAL UNION. I shall not offer any opinion of my own upon this delicate and important point, knowing as 1 do, that lie has about him friends fully capable of solving any doifbts he may possibly have upon it. Should, however, in any case, a vacancy occur in'the re- presentation ol this borough, it behoves the' Reformers to iook the difficulty fairly in the face, in order that the cause of Reform may not suffer injury by their short- sightedness. " The force of folly could no further go" than for the lte- formersof Birmingham| to send any man to Parliament whose mind was not fully made up on those great principles ol Reform, of which they were such stanch and unflinching advocates in time past. 1 shall not now enter into a con- sideiation of the merits of those individuals who have been lately before the public as actual or probable candidates. I shall merely offer a few observations upon an opinion I have heard expressed by some well informed and well meaning persons, that we ought not to go out of our own neighbour- hood to seek a member to represent us. Now, sir, I will not deny that there are individuals ( not many though) in Birmingham, whose mental and moial qualifications are un- deniable, but who are either unwilling or unable, in the pre- sent state of things, to incur those expenses and make those sacrifices inevitable upon their acceptance qf the trust. Until the property qualification is abolished, and we are prepared to pay our representatives the wages of attendance on their duties in Parliament, we have no right to expect any man of only moderate fortune to make such enormous, and possibly ruinoHS sacrifices for our advantage. What then are we to do? Are we to sit down quietly and suhmii to be misrepresented by a Tory ? Heaven forefend ! No! But lie persons I have alluded to will say that a stranger cannot understand, and, therefore, cannot adequately repre- sent and advocate the peculiar interests of his constituents . It is high time, sir, that more enlarged views were taken ol the duties of a member of Parliament than are compatible witli the existence ot this prejudice. In the old times of lory mi- rule, when every constituency was endeavouring to secure to itself some exclusive advantage or exemption, some monopoly in short; and when almost the only duty ol a member of Parliament was considered to be to use all and every means to obtain this advantage for the place for which he sat, ( I will not say, which he represented,) this ob- jection would have been seized with every probability of success; but such an argument, if argument it be, will not now, I trust, gain many converts. A member of Parliament ought to represent the opinions of the majority of his con- stituents, and inasmuch as principles, and riot party opi- nions ought to he tbe subject of bis advocacy, and inasmuch as principles, if just, are of general application, those which are good for one place must of necessity be good for another; and inasmuch as the opinions of the great majority of this country, even under the present restricted franchise, are most decidedly Radical, in the fullest sense of the term, there is no necessity lor confining ourselves within the nar- row range of our own walls and streets, in our search for a candidate fit to represent us in Parliament. Want of time and a fear of trespassing too much on your valuable space, prevents me from pursuing the subject at present. I shall probably resume it next week, in the mean time, I am, sir, yours, K- c. A BIHMINGHAM RADICAL. TO MR. EDMUND HEELEY —( WESLIYAH.) » " He that is not with me, is : gninst me, and he that gathereth not with me scattcreth abroad.— Matt. xii. 33. SIR,— Dissent, considered abstractedly, and without re- ference to the circumstances under which it may have arisen, is unquestionably an evil: its tendency is anti- social, and too often in matters non- essential, it creates a sectarian zeal, and a bigotted impatience ot opposition; the first of which is frequently mistaken for the fervour of devotion, and the latter. cloaks itself under a conscientious desire for the maintenance of propriety in all that appertains to the sanctuary. Therefore, when an Established Church is scriptural in her doctrine and sublime in her liturgy; when her people are spiritual, and her ministers zealous in the discharge < jf their duties,— when we can partake of her ordinances, and join in her ritual, it is the imperative duty ot every Chris- tian to " keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace." So strongly did Wesley feel this obligation, that it was not until the Establishment had closed her doors against him, that it had virtually cast out him and his doctrine, that being convinced, to conform would he a greater evil than to dissent, he went lorth into the highways and the hedges, and compelling those to come in to the marriage supper, whom his rev. brethren had not condescended to iltvite. lie founded the sect commonly called Methodists. Permit me, sir, now, to enquire how the present condi- tion of the Established Church justifies your position as a sectarian; and to avoid the possibility of disagreement as to that condition, you, yourself, shall give her a character. " 1 am not disposed to be second in zeal to any Church- man present, for the pieservation of tbe Established Church * * * * our separation arose from circumstances rather than design ; and as loi her diictiines, there is not one which I do not most cordially believe. » * * » Are the sublime truths of the liturgy of the Church ot England, and the doctrines preached from its pulpits by its zealous and indefatigable ministry * * * It is to tile ministers of that Church, that I am indebted for what I know upon religious subjects. * * * I feel no hesitation in saying, that, had that Church in the commencement oj Wesley's career, been in the same stale of spirituality as in the present day, and had its ministers been as zealous in thedis charge of their duties as they now are, the XVesleyans, as a distinct body, would not now have existed." All other Dissenters can give a reason for their difference from the Church, but you, sir, can give none for yours, yours appears to be a distinction without a difference, that is, a difference for the sake of a difference. Instead of keep- ing the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, this is " preaching Christ of envy and pride." it is rending tbe veil of the temple with no other object than to look at the rent. I believe that others dissent conscientiously; but you, sir, and those of the Wesleyans, who think with you, are the most unconscientious Dissenters that ever groaned in a Conventicle. The Liturgy of the Church is sublime, yet you reject it from your worship; she has not a doctrine which you do not cordially believe, and they are expounded and enforced by a " zealous and indefatigable ministry," yet you withdraw from that ministry her people are in a high state of " spirituality," yet yon refuse to be of their com- munion ! Tr uly did you speak, sir, when you denied that you were a Dissenter. Dissent is much t o reasonable and respectable a name by which such conduct ought to be designated. You, sir, and tbo^ e of " that ilk," ought to be called Discordants, and in justice both to the Dissenters and those who disclaim such folly, and to the Established Church, whose unity it destroys by an unnecessary schism, 1 trust that is the name by which you will henceforth be distinguished. " I feel no hesitation in saying, that hud that Church in the commencement of Wesley's career, bren in the same slate of spirituality as in the present day. and had its ministers been as zealous in the discharge of their duties as they now are, the Wesleyans, as a distinct body, would not now have existed." Indeed, then has the Church great reason to lament that I he Discordants ever lost their head. Now, sir, as you cin^ so u ihesitatingly affirm what Wesley would not have done, had the circumstances of the Church been as they now are, sure. y you might with equal boldness affirm, what, as those circumstances now are, Wesley would now do, were he yet in the flesh. Was Wesley ever so illogi- cal as to contend for an effect when its cause had ceased? Would he now act so inconsequentially as to continue a pain- ful separation from the Church, when all the circumstances which made it necessary have disappeared, and every page of tbe Gospels and Epistles teems witli exhortations to peace and unity? No, sir ! So surety as tbe Discordants would not have existed as a distinct body, if in the commencement of Wesley's career tbe Church had been what she now is, so surely as a distinct body would they now cease to exist, were he not with them. He would not incur the reproach of " scattering abroad ;" nor the responsibility of being a causeless schismatic, but leading back his flock to the " sub- lime Liturgy," to the " spiritual people," and to the " zea- lous and indefatigable ministers" ol the Established Church, he would thank God that they had become worthy of each other, and closing the unsightly gashes of christian dis- union, would earnestly pray that they might never be re- opened. And, sir. until you shall imitate what, from your own premises, Wesley were he alive would do, all your exhor- tations to the " Loyal and Constitutional" to " abide by their Church," appear like the coarsest burlesque, the most insulting sarcasm. To show this, with your permission, I will paraphrase your speeches, but with this preliminary remark.— The inevitable inferences which will appear, are not of my d ducting; they arise necessarily out of the false position you have taken up. 1 doubt not either the sincerity of your christian profession, or of your patriotic declarations, but cheefully give your heart absolution, while I condemn your head to purgatory. AETOS. I We must keep the Paraphrase for a future number.— E. B. J. l B1 It MIN G11A M M A R K E T. Com Market, January 5. A good supply of all kinds of Griiin to this day's market. Wheat, of good quality, was a ready sale at an advance of 2d. to 3d. per bushel, while inferior sorts made the terms of last week.— Malting Barley sold readily at Is. per quarter higher, while Grinding Barley supported the rates of this day se'nnight.— Oats were difficult to quit, unless at a reduction in price.— Beans and Peas were a trifia lower. WHEAT— PER fSZlbs. s. d. s. d. Old 7 6- 7 9 New 7 0- 7 G Irish > 6 0 — 6 6 3 A R LEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 38 0 — 41 0 For Grinding, perWlbs 4 2 — 4 6 M ALT— per Imperial Bushel. Old and new 8 0- 90 OATS— per 39fbs. Old 3 6 — 3 9 New 3 6 — 3 10 Irish ii 9 — 3 3 BEANS — perbag, 10 scoregrost. s. d. s. d. Old 19 0 — 21 0 New 17 0— 18 0 PEAS— per bag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOR BOILING. White 20 0 — 21 0 Grey 17 0— 19 0 FOR GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 18 0 — 20 6 New 17 0— 18 6 FLOUIt— per saclc ofWQlbs. net. Fine 48 0 — 50 0 Seconds.... 42 0 — 45 0 Hay Market, January 3. A very large supply of Hay, a great deal more than was wanted— the quantity has uOt been surpassed since June— the price at first asked and bid was £ 7 7s., but before the day tvas over good Hay was to be had at £ b 10s. per ton — Straw was also in good quantities, and sold from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per cwt. TOWN INFIRMARY, JANUARY 6 — Surgeon of the week, Mr. Green. Patients admitted, 17; discharged, 7; in the house, 147; Out- patients visited and in attendance, 542. Midwifery cases, 0. GENERAL HOSPITAL, JANUARY 6.— Physician and Surgeon of the Patients of the week, Dr. J. Johnstone and Mr. Vaux. Visitors, Mr. J. Moore and Mr. William Harrold. In- patients admitted, 30; out, 99. In- patients discharged, 27; out, 75. Remaining in the house, 155. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO JAN. 3. Men. Wo. men. Boys. Girls. INFANTS. Male. Fem. Total. In the House Admitted since .... Born in the House 163 19 167 8 15 3 • 15 I 7 ' 11 4 378 36 Discligd, absconded, and deads 18-' N 8 175 7 18 4 16 8 1 15 414 22 Total of each 174 168 14 18 7 13 392 Number of Cases relieved last week 2,625 Numberof Children in the Asylum... 187 * Of whom 2 men and 4 women died. MARRIAGES. On the 28th ult., at Aston, Mr. E. Hargrove, ot Bath- street, to Marianne, third daughter of Mr. William Tornp- son, of Bloomsbury. On Saturday last, Mr. P. Osborn, of Bennett's- hill, to Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Baggaly, of Sheffield. On the 31st ult., at King's Noiton, by the Rev. J. Am- phlett, Mr. John Dunderdale, of this town, to Emma East, seventh daughter of Mr. Richard Holt, of the former place. < 3n Friday last, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. J. W. Dowries, Mr. Henry Kirby, to Miss Maria Wilson. On Thursday last, ut Bromfield, by the Rev. T. Wel- lings, Vicar, Mr. Joshua Cooper, ironmonger, of I. udlow, to Jessev, daughter of the late Mr. Timothy Blick, of Lower llayton, near Ludlow. At St. Mary's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. George Kelly,, for the second time, Henry Smith, Esq., to Mary, eldest daughter of Edward Ampblete, Esq., of Broom, Stafford, shire. On the26th ult., at Claverley, by the Rev. J. Gabert, the Rev. W. Moore, of St. Leonard's, Bridgnorth, to Elizabeth Nason, second daughter of the late John Harris, Esq., of the Five ways, in this town. On the 27th ult., at Maiden, by the Rev. Matthew Hill, Mr. W. Lloyd, of Bodenham, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Mr. J, Newman, of the Vauld, Marden. DEATHS. Yesterday, suddenly, Mr. Scuddamore, gun- maker, of Edgbaston- street. On the 5th inst.,, at his sister's, Islington- row, after a lingering illness, Mr. Thomas Baker, aged 28, son of Mr. William Baker, late of Snitterfield, in this county. On the 2nd instant, aged 71, sincerely regretted by her family and friends, Mrs. B. Phillips, relict of the late Rev. Isaiah Phillips. On Saturday last, aged 36, Sarah, wife of Mr. Edward Sherriff, of Upper Gough- street. On Sunday last, at Solihull, after a few hours' illness, aged 37, IMr.' J. T. Sansome, of Moseley. On the 1st inst., in the 3flth year of his age, Mr. William Wood, maltster, of Ablewell- street, Walsall. On the 28th ult., in the 80th year of his age, Mr. Richard Preest, of Allesley, near Coventry. On Saturday last, Mr. Richard Baddeley Tabberner, aged 23. On Saturday last, at the residence of her brother J, Farmer, Esq., W'ildemarsh- street, Hereford, Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Richard Farmer, Esq., of Bacheldree, Montgomeryshire. At his residence, in North- place, Cheltenham, aged 48, George Jackson, Esq., Colonel of the North Mayo Militia. On Thursday week, aged 48, Ann, wife of Mr. W. Guest, of Hockley- hill, deeply lamented by her family. On the 22nd ult., aged 69, Mr. Thomas Beale, late of Digbeth. On Tuesday last, in the fifth year of her age, Catherine Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. George Painter, of Exeter- row. On Thursday week, in Church- street, Hereford, after a long illness, aged 66, Mrs. Catherine Beavmi, lamented by all who knew her. t • Km-. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. LONDON GAZETTES. talto Ham THO^ IXIPN< Seal. CHAR To ( Cr. JA5 Li maKer Jarma Jami. Jauua Januai maktu- court, ianca casti* con* —" Wi'- i cattle. — G Thor Asto in j cotto and i FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. DBC. 30— SIMON PETER RICE and PHILIP RICE, Addle- Btreet, and the Pavement, Finsbury, City, warehousemen. BANKRUPTS. [ The Bankrupts to surrender at the Court of Commissioners, Basing- halLstreett when not otherwise expressed. 3 GEORGE GREEN, Eagle- street, Red Lion- square, coach- broker, January 13 and February 10. Sol Mr. Samuel George Rawlins, 15, Salisbury- street, Strand. Pet. Cr. William Walter Rawlinge, 15, Salisbury- street, Strand, corn- dealer. Seal. December 23. SAMUKl. THOMPSON, Upper Rathbone- place, Oxford. street, • chandler, January 11 and February 10. Sol. Mr. Ross, a. Tsrnith. Pet. Cr. Beaumont Marshall and Stephen Mar- is!. High Holborn, tallow- chandlers. Seal December 28 H- UtGREAVES, Manchester, innkeeper*, January 16 A!! d " bruary 10, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. M.- < i\ s. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford- row, ^ ii; and Mr. William Christopher Chew, 14, Swan- street, Hter. Pet. Cr. Abraham Avrill, Manchester, innkeeper. 1 December 23. MILSON, Full- Moon Inn, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, <•< d victualler, January 14 and February 10, at the Commercial- ly Bristol. Sols. Messrs. Makinson and Sanders, Middle plf. London; and Mr. John Kerle Haberfield, Bristol. Pet Alfred George Jacob Ricketts, Frederick Ricketts, Richard ban, and Samuel Walton, all of Bristol, porter brewers. December 13. , s ST UT, Liverpool, boot and shoemaker, January 11 and !; try 10, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Mr. , South John- street, Liverpool; Mr. Toulmin, Park- lane, . > 1 , and Messrs Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chan- iuie, London. Pet. Cr. William Nicholas, currier, John k son and John Hartley Cartmel, woollen- drapers, Anne : fi, spinster, and Watkin Samuel and John Samuel, curriers, all i erpool, executors of Edward Samuel, late of Liverpool, ier. diseased. Seal. November 23. DIVIDENDS. was Matthews, Margaret- street, Cavendish- square, coach- Jiuiuairy 20— Mylea Priest, Reading, Berkshire, nurseryman, ry James Wiuwood Coster, Bursted, Essex, colourman, i ', 23 - Charles Adera, Crutched- friars, City, merchant, ry 21- James Anthony Molteno, Pall- mall, print- seller, i y 21 - i'homaa Joseph Titterton, 84, Gray's- inn- lane, coach. J - a nary 20- Samuel Mills, sen., and Benjamin Jowitt, Bolt- • t- street, City, printers, January 20— Edmund Garnet, , coal- merchant, January 26, at the Commercial Inn, Lau (. odman Francis and Thomas Francis, jun., Cambridge, al- merchant8, January 30, at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge Robinson, St. Helens, Auckland, Durham, horse and r, January 30, at the Castle and Anchor Inn, Stockton. CERTIFICATES, JANUARY 20. Vernon Blyth and Charl s Aylett Kell, Birmingham, factors Strutton, Chester, hotel and tavern keeper— William . Henry Leonard, and Richard Brookholding, Dawes, eta- Birmingham, factors— Lewis Hyman, Plymouth, dealer ry- Robert Hovvarth, Laneside, Spotland, Rochdale, .-; er— John Mathews, Long- acre, and High Holborn, wax v'. chandler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Josiah Towne and Robert W. Crowther, 37, Old Broad- street, City Arthur Bensley Warmoll and Robert Henry Waist, 25, Mon- tague- i net, Whitechapel, soap- manufacturers— William Oaks, Tho u- Dodson, and John Blindell, Haydon- square, Minories, cop- persmwh- ( so far as regards John Blindell)— Stephen Mounsey and Charles Jardine, 29, Basinghall- street, City, wholesale woollen, drapers— Charles Francis, John Bazley White, Charles Larkin Francis, and Alfred Francis, Nine Elms, Battersea, Roman cement- mauuiaftur rs— Richard Charles Vaughan and Edward Charles Vaughan, Liverpool, brokers— Arthur Redford and William Robins, 96, London. road, Southwark, printers— Claude Scott Steuart, James Alexander, and Alexander S. Finlay^ Bombay— Thomas Richard Batso , Hugh Lee Pattinson, and George Atley Brumell, Newcastle- • opon- Tyne, soap- manufacturers— Joseph Wftyman and Joseph Smith, 2. Vere- street, Oxford. street, perfumers— John Chirm and " William Thomas, jun., Broad- street, Birmingham, manufacturers of « oda- water — John Chalklen and Thomas Bonham, Oxford- street, engineers— William Sykes, New Catharine- wheel Inn, Bishopsgate- itreet, City, and Frederick Cook, Bury St. Edmunds, carriers- Robert Ward, George Augustus Ward, and Henry William Ward, " Wiabeach, Cambridgeshire, merchauts ( so far as regards Robert WardThomas Bold and George Russell, Liverpool, ship- brokers — Isaac Davidson and Lazarus Repheles, Falmouth, wholesale jewellers— James Fisher and Edmund Fisher, Hertford, curriers- George Robinson ( deceased) and William Haywood Morris, Don- caster, timber- merchants - William Gray, Archibald G. Laing, James T. Brown, and William Gordon, Havanna. ASSIGNMENTS. George Biaxland, Bernard- heath, near St. Alban's, engineer. John Butcher, sen., Ipswich, hatter. William Milliard, Birmingham, button- maker. George Mundon, Poole, saddler. William Read, Duke- street, Manchester- square, atraw- hat. manu- facturer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Arthur Connell and James Connell, Glasgow, merchants. TUESDAY, JANUARY3. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS NICHOLS, Dowgate- hill, covvkeeper. BANKRUPTS. JAMES BRAGG, Sharp's Wharf, High- street, Wapping, builder. January 12 and February 14. Sols. Messrs. Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchell, 6, Queen- street, Cheapside. Pet. Cr. Lawaon Holmes, Ratcliff- higlnvay, grocer, and Christopher Wenn, Shad- well, timber- merchant. Seal. December 30. CHARLES COLES, sen., and CHARLES COLES, jun., Great Tower- street, West India brokers, January 12 and February 14 Sol. Mr. Peile, 34, Old Broad- street. Pet. Cr. Thomas Stokea Threadneedle- street, merchant. Seal. December 31. EDWARD DEVLIN and JAMES PEOPLES, Liverpool, woollen- draper6, January 16 and February 14, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Francis and Dodge, 31, Church- street, Liverpool; and Mr. Edward Bridger, Finsbury- circus, London, Pet. Cr. Robert Cawood, Armley, near Leeds, woollen- cloth manufacturer. Seal. December 6. BENJAMIN BROWN, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, grocer, January 20 and February 14, at the Commercial. rooms, Corn- street, Bristol, Sols. Messrs. Jenkins and Abbott, 8, New Inn, Loudon ; Messrs. Clarke and Sons, Bristol; and Mr Bush, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Pet. Cr. William P| ummer, John Hurle, Chailes Morgan, and Joseph Cooke, Bristol, linen- merchants. Seal. December 24. R. EES JONES, late of Pontvane, Carmarthenshire, farmer, January 13 and February 14, at the White Lion Royal Hotel, Queen- atreet Carmarthen. Sots Mr. Henry Charles Chilton, 7, Chancery- lane London ; and Mr. William Rogers, Carmarthen. Pet. Cr. John Jones, Couwille, Carmarthenshire, farmer. Seal. December 24. HENRY JOHN WEST, Bath, music- seller, January 17 and Feb 14, at the Christopher Inn, Bath. Sol. Mr. Fisher, 3, Guildford- street, London. Pet. Cr. James Noble, sen., Bath, hair- dresser. December 24. ELIZABETH HILL, Bnrslem, Staffordshire, mercer and draper January 24 and February 14, at the Crown Inn, Stone, Stafford shire. Sols. Mr. Thomas Jones, Hanley, Staffordshire- potteries ; and Meesrs. Dax and Bicknell, 51, Lincoln's inn- fields, London. Pet. Cr. Mary Hardy, Matlock, Derbyshire, but now of Shelton Staffordshire, widow. Seal. December 17 SAMUEL HILEY, Liverpool, soap- manufacturer, January 16 and February 14, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool Thomas Rogeison, Doran's- lane, Liverpool. Harrison and Thomas Rogerson, Liverpool December 23. ROBERT ROSE, Devizes, Wilts, cheese- factor, January 10 and February 14, at the Black Bear Inn, Devizes. Sols. Messrs. Nethersole and Barron, 15, Essex street, Strand, London; and Mr. William Tanner, Devizes. Pet Cr. Henry Saunders and William Hughes, Devizes, bankera. Seal. December 24. DIVIDENDS. Samuel Needham, Crescent, Minories, merchant, January 30— John Phillimore Hicka and Charles Edward Hicks, Eaatington, Gloucestershire, clothiers, January 26— Josiah Taylor, Pall- mall, Middlesex, picture- dealer, January 26- John Wright, jun,, and George Lockwood, Trinity square, London, coal- factors, January 26 — Frederick Charles Burton, High Holborn, glass- cutter, January 26 — Robert Pease, Leeds, timber- merchant, January 26— John Oliver Kettle, Southampton- street, Strand, tailor, January 26— David Clark New Broad- street, merchant, January 26— Nathaniel Tayn- ton Lincoln's. inn, law- stationer, January 26~ Bernard Angle, Moorfields, licensed victualler, January 26— Thomas Ecles, Hounds- ditch, woollen. draper, January 26- Henry Lemon Taylor, High, • worth, Wiltshire, saddler and harneas- maker, February 17, at the Bell Inn, Swindon— George Nicholson, Rotherhara, Yorkshire, grocer, January 26, at the Town hall, Sheffield- Martin c harlea Grafton, Alceeter, Warwickshire, tanner, January 26, at the Red Horse Inn, Stratford- upon- Avon— John William Deacon, Barnock, " Northamptonshire, maltster, farmer, and grazier, January 26, at the office of Messrs. Hopkinson and French, Stamford— Robert Meaden, Manchester, innkeeper, February 1, at the Commissioners', rooms, Manchester— William Toplis and Thomas Toplis, Notting- fcam, drapers, January 24, at the Poultry Hotel, Nottingham— John Carter, Newark- upon- Trent, Nottinghamshire, hosier, January 23, at Wilstrap's Hotel, Newark- upon- Trent— John Whiting, Birming- ham, stationer, January 24, at Radenhurst'e New Royal Hotel, New- street, Birmingham— William Maiben, 12, Princes- street, Brighton, coach- maker, March 11, at the Town. hall, Brighton— Daniel Lloyd, Brccon, tanner, February 4, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol- Margaret Brierley and Peter Arrive, Manchester, machine. makers, January 31, at the Commisaioners'- rooms, Manchester— James Gleadhill, Oldham, cotton- spinner, January 20, at the Coinmia- * ionerB'- rooma, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, JANUARY 34. William Murray Clapp, Exeter, ironmonger— Joseph Appleton, Three Crown- square, Southwark, hop- merchant— Richard Owen, Carnarvon, Wales, draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED William Chappall and Thomas Cbappell, Appledore, Deyon, rope- makers— Samuel Flint and James Flint, Cliff, near Lewes, Sus6ex< coal and corn merchants— John Flintoft and Donald M'Donald, Wardour- street, Soho, cabinet and upholstery manufacturers- William Jenkinson and William Bow, Salford, Lancashire, machine makers— Harry Bentley, William Jenkinson, and William Bow, Salford, roller and spindle manufacturers ( so far as regards William Bow)— Edward Briggs, sen., and Edward Briggs, jun,, Maidstone, hatters— John Christian and John Foster Sephton, Liverpool, share- brokers— William Edward Acraman and James Stitt, Liverpool- Henry Barton, jun., and Edward Heath, Liverpool, ship- brokers- John Greaves, Francis Newton, Edward Greaves, and Samuel Sikes, Sheffield, merchants— John Baynea and Joseph Cocklin Hoat- son, Leeds, woollen- cloth manufacturers— C. Moore and Henry Haes, 39, St. James's- street, Piccadilly, hatters— Charles Boucher William Jecks, and Charles Jecks, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, com- mon brewers— Charles Cockett, A. Cockett, and Elizabeth Black- burn, Dover, linen- drapeis— William Graham, George Henry Broderick Darby, and Company, Hamburg ( so far as regards George Henry Broderick Darby)— Francis Boydell and Charles Townsend, Chester, attorneys— Elizabeth Roberts and Mary Panniers, Ton bridge, dress- makers— James Simpson and George Thompson, Eecle- ston- street, Pimlico, engine- makers— William Parkes and Joseph Parkes, Birmingham, gilt- toy makers— John Johnson and William French, Newbiggin- by- the- Sea, brewers— Frances Bromwich Tom- kies and Jemima Warren, Coventry, milliners— Henry Ashworth and William Sunderland, 22, Lawrence- lane, Cheapside, City, blanket warehousemen- Charles Moreing and Thomas Wright, 20, Great Marlborough. street, builders— G. M. Von Dadelzen and William Preller, Mincing- lane, City, merchants— Thomas Baitson and William Hinch, Liverpool, boat- builders— Alexander Mlynski and W. Underwood, 49, Newman- street, Oxford- street, tailors- John Newbald, Robert Owst, and C. Newhald, Bermondsey- wall hoop- benders— William Kember and William Timmins Grove, Bra- bant- court, Philpot. lane, City, wholesale sugar- dealers— Robert Hutchinson, Samuel Wise, and Robert Clark, City, and Leeds merchants ( so far as regards Robert Clark)— James Fletcher, 32, Hart- street, Bloomsbury, and George Aldridge, 16, Fisher- street, Rod Lion- square, plumbers— Benjamin George, Richard Rolfe, and John Everett, Salisbury, brewers— R. Boscow and Jonathan Rigg, Liverpool, brokers— John Newton arid Richard Wilson, Nottingham, maltsters— Samuel Mitchell and Charles Muff, Littletown, Liver- edge, Yorkshire, wire- manufacturers— Benjamin Bloomer, Joshua Bloomer, and Boaz Bloomer, Holly- hall, near Dudley, nail iron, mongers— Daniel Ilorton and Richard Ashton, New Park street, Southwark, iron boiler manufacturers— Cornelius Charles Souchay Martin Schunck, Henry Mylus, Joh; i Daniel Souchay, Charles Isaac Souchay, and Frederick William Benecke, City, Manchester, and Leeds ( so far as regards Henry Mylus)— Ellis John Troughton and John Ashton, St. Michael's- alley, City, merchants— William Mawer and Joseph Collingham, Lincoln, mercers— William Brown, Edward Alexander, and William Alexander, Speenhamland, Berkshire, ironmongers— Charles Frederick Bielefeld,' sen., and William Hasel- den, Edgivare- road, manufacturers of ground paper ornaments- Abraham Wreyford and Abraham Norrish, Crediton, Devonshire, tallow- chandlers— Sarah Worledge and Thomas Worledge, 50, Mor- timer- street, and 300, Regent- street, stay and corset makers— T. Lamb, W. Buddie, sen , anck W. Buddie, jun., Edmonscote and Stockton, Warwickshire, lime and coal dealers— A. Brown, Alex Croll, and Peter Spence, manufacturing chemists— George Pate Cooper and Thomas Creer, 6, Suffolk- street, Pall- mall East, tailors Will iam Butler Simpson and Frederick Godwin Simpson, 456, West Strand, and 84, Newman- street, Oxford- street, painters— Christo- pher Smith, John Purchon, and William Smith Purchon, Leeds, cloth- merchants— Richard Bird and John Atcherley, Liverpool, chemists— William Huntley and Richard Lucas, Chipping Wycombe Buckinghamshire, common brewers— W. E. Hardman, C. F. Hard, man, Joshua Edwards, and William Danson, Liverpool, brokers- John Rohson, sen., John Robson, jun , and John Robinson, 19, South- street, Grosvenor square, coach- makers— David Curtis, Ste- phen Kitching West, an< J William Slade, Manchester, and Chorlton- upon- Medlock, plasterers ( so far as regards David Curtis)— Ebenezer Taylor and Robert Kimpton, Jewin- crescerit, City, wholesale jewellers— George Meadows and Enoc Benfield, 8, Mary la- bonne- street, tailors— William Wood, sen., and William Wood, jun., Red cliff- street, Bristol, cabinet- makers— James Jackson and John Jack- son, Kersley, Lancashire, timber. dealers— Harriet Daniels and Henry Glover, Great Bolton, drapers— Robert Lucas Chance, Wil- liam Chance, James Hartley, and John Hartley, SmethwicK, Har- borne, Staffordshire, glass and alkali manufacturers— Thomas Hogg Benjamin Hogg, Leeds, woollen cloth merchants— James Kdighley and Michael Dowling, Tyersal, Yorkshire, worsted- manu. facturers— Elizabeth Caroline Radford, Joshua Radford, Joseph Radford, and James Radford, Manchester, ironmongers ( so far as regards James Radford)— Frederick Pamphilon and Shepherd Simu- 18. Newgate- market, City, and 302, Oxford- street, cheese. mongers— F. A. Edlmann, G. A. Doormann, and F. A. Edlmann, Marseilles and Genoa ( so far as regards G. A. Doormann)- The Scottish Uuion Insurance Company ( so far as regards James W, Alston— Thomas Christie and Charles Christie, Newtown, Abbots, hall, by Kirkcaldy, manufacturers. ASSIGNMENT. John Avery, Mincing- lane, sugar. broker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Murison, Newtyle, Forfarshire, merchant. Sols. Mr Pet. Cr. Thomas merchants. Seal. SNOOK'S APERIENT FAMILY PILLS, a most excellent medicine tor Bile, Indigestion, Giddiress of the Head, Piles, and Dropsical Complaints. Their composition is truly excellent; they do not con- tain any antimonial or mercurial preparation whatever, and do not require the least confinement or alteration of diet; moderate exercise promotes their gcod effects ; they sel- dom operate until ten or twelve hours after taken, and then very gently; they destroy worms, purify the hu- mours, and evacuate all foul corruptions, whereby so many diseases are produced ; by removing obstructions, they cause the food to pass to its respective parts, becoming a good restorative and preservative of health to both sexes, and to those of a costive habit, a truly valuable treasure. — Also SNOOK'S PECTORAL or COUGH PILLS, for Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, and Shortness of Breath. It is well known that Coughs and Colds, if not soon removed, are, in many cases, attended with considerable danger; for the removal of which the Pectoral or Cough Pills are with confidence recommended as an excellent medicine, and in most cases a certain specific. A single box will be a suffi- cient trial to prove their good effects. SNOOK'S DENTIFRICE for the TEETH and GUMS. The Pills are now prepared by Messrs. BARCLAY and SONS, who have purchased the recipe from Mr. SNOOK, whose names are engraved on the Government Stamp af- fixed to each box ; without which they cannot be genuine. The Pills are sold in boxes, at Is. 1%- d. and 2s. 9d. each. The Dentifrice in boxes, at Is. lgd. : COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. WARWICK, SATURDAY, DEC. 31 Wheat, per bag, old 21B 6d to 23s Od ; new, 21s Od to 22s Od ; Barley per quarter, 38s Od to • 42s Odj old, 34B Od to 36s Od j Oats, 34s Od to 37s Od; New 30s Od to 34s Od; Peas, per bag, 20s Od to 21s Od ; Beans, 19s Od to 21s Od; new, 15s Od to I7s 6d; Vetches, 18s Od to 20s Od; Malt 58s Od to 62s Od per quarter. WORCESTER, DECEMRER 31. — Wheat, old, per bushel, Imperial Measure, 7s 8d to 8s 4d. New ditto, 7s 8d to 8s 4d. Foreign ditto, 0s Od toOsOd. Barley, malting, 5s 6d to 6s Od. Grinding ditto 4s 3d to 5s Od. Beans, old, 7s Od to 7s Od. New ditto, 6s 4d to 6s 8d. Oats, English new, 0s Od to 0s Od. Old ditto, 3s 6d to 4s0d. Irish, ditto new, 391b. a bushel, 0s 01 to Os 0d. Old ditto 3!) lb. a bushel, 0s Od to 0s Od. Peas, white, boiling 6s 8d 8s Od. Grey ditto, 6a 4d to 6s 6d. Grey Hog ditto', 0s Od to 0s Od. Vetches, winter, 7s Od to 8s Od. Spring ditto. 0 » Od 0s Od. GLOUCESTER, DECEMRERSI — Wheat, per bushel, 7s 9d to 8s 2d Barley, per Imperial quarter, 39s Od to 42s Od. Beans, per Im perial bushel, 6s 4d to 6s 6d. Oats, per Imperial quarter, 26s 6d 34s 6d. Peas, per Imperial quarter, 46s Od to 54s Od. Malt per Imperial quarter, 46s Od to 62s Od. Fine Flour, 50s Od to52s0d. HEREFORD, DEC. 31._ Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure 7s 9d to 7s lOd. Ditto, 80lbs. per bushel, 0s Od to 0s Od. Barley 4s 9d to 5s Od. Beans, 6s 8d to 7s Od. Peas, 5s 9d to Os Vetches, Os Od to Da Od. Oats, 3s 6d to 4s Od. CHELTENHAM, DEC. 29— New Wheat, 7s 9d to 8s 8d per bushel Old Wheat, 8s 6d to 9s Od. Barley, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Oats, to 4s Od. Beans, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Od FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN.— Warwickshire— January 10, Dunchurch 16. Warwick— Worcestershire— January 9, Stourbridge, Kidder minster.— Staffordshire— Jauuary 9, Fazeley; 11, Lichfield Oxford. j/ iire— January 19, Banbury; 25, Chipping Norton.— Northampton shire— January 30, Daventry. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, JAN. 2— Wheat, Essex Red, new 48s to 50s ; fine, 53s to 56s ; old, 60s to 61s ; white, now, 52s 55s, fine, 58s to 60s; superfine, 62s to 04s ; old, 64s to 68s Rye 34s to 38 » — Barley, 30s to 34s; fine, 36s to 33s; superfine, — i to— 8— Malt, 56s to58s; fine, 586 to 62s Peas, Hog, 36s to 38s Maple, 40s to 41s ; white, 38B to 40s; Hollers, 42s to 44s Beans small. 40s to 43s; old, 48s to 50s, Ticks, 34s to 38s. old, 42s to 46s ; Harrow, — s to — s— Oats, feed, 23s to 26s ; fine, 25s to 27a Poland, 253 to 27s; tine, 28s to 30s; Potatoe, 29s to 30s; fine 31s to 32.— Brari, per quarter, 9s Od to 10s Od Pollard, line, per ditto, 14s. 20s. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. RAMSBOTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL- VENT. By the use of tilis valuable remedy imme- diate relief from pain is obtained, and by its successive application for a short period, the most obstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourse to the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietor pledges himself that it does not contain caustic or any other article that will inflame the skin;. being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani- fest, and fully appreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by every individual that has used it testifies. Price Is. 1 Jd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attempted to he im- posed upon the public in lieu of this invaluable remedy, render it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it has the signature of " S. Ramsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper of every genuine bottle, in addition to the name of the article, and words sold by Hannayand Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address of the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from MI. John Winfield, of Bir- mingham, is one of many hundreds of the same tenor; — Gentlemen,— Having read an advertisement in a Birmingham paper, I was induced to purchase from your agent, Mr. Mailer, Ann- street, a bottle of Raimbottom's Corn and Buuion Solvent;— after a week's application I found it had the desired effect. I have since re. commended it to many of my friends. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication— Your obedient servant, Birmingham, August 6, 1836. JOHN WINFIELD. To Messrs. Hannay and Co. Sold by appointment by M. Maher, 34, Ann- street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Ptirke, Wolverhampton ; Rogers. Stafford ; Mort, Newcastle; Mer- ridew, Coventry; Dicey, Northampton. PARKER BOTT, of Nottingham, DENTIST, begs leave to inform his Friends, and the Public in general, that he has disposed of the entire property in the following well- known arid valuable Articles, to Messrs, BARCLAY and SONS, Farringdon- street, London, whose names will, in future, be affixed to each bottle or box of the genuine Pre- parations, viz. BOTT'S TOOTH POWDER, price Is. and ' 2s. fid. ' BOTT'S TINCTURE for Scurvy in the Gums, price Is. 9d. BOTT'S CORN SALVE, price Is lUd. BOTT'S SANATIVE SALVE for the Relief and Cure of Disorders incident to the Breast, particularly in all kinds of Sores; and in attenuating, softening, and dissi- pating all Hardness and Kuottiness therein, price Is. l^ d. per packet. BOTT'S NANKEEN DYE, warranted to stn d w •. sit- ing, price Is. per bottle. BOTT'S CLOTH POWDER, for taking Grease Spots, Paint, & c. out of Silks, Stuffs, and Woollens, without dis- charging the Colour, price Is. per bottle. Prepared by BARCLAY and SONS, Farringdon- street, Lon- don, and sold by all Venders of Medicine. A SUBSTITUTE FOR SARSAPARILLA AND COLCHICUM. DR. CHANDLER'S APONIAN PILLS erne all painful maladies in an unprecedented]^' skort time, with imperceptible operation, particularly Gout, titicu- matism, lAimbago, Sciatica, & c., likewise Tic- Doulou- reux, Paralysis, Hysteria, Epilepsy, and other Nervous Affections. This Medicine is also proved to be superior to Sarsapa- ri 1 la, & c., & c. in the removal of Mercurial Pains and Eruptions, Scurvy, Scrofula, Indigestion, Debility, & c., and as a general restorative it stands unrivalled, correct- ing the Morbid Secretions, and imparting tone and vi- gour to the whole system, without interruption to busi- ness or alteration of diet. November I2th, 1830. Sir,— I am happy to inform you that accidentally heurii ,< of the great benefit derived by a late servant of mine, from the n . our Aponian IJil/ s," ill a severe case of Rheumatism, I was li •<•'•([ to maue trial of them, and have received so much benefit, tl. ' ' ball be delighted to satisfy any inquiries respecting the advantage iuve derived as regards my general health, as well as in a painful itlieu- matic. affection ; and also my father, a man of eighty yeat . I age. I am, sir, your very grateful, and truly benefitted, and obliged i cr. vant, ( Signed) J. iiiNNs. No. 16, Mornington- place, Kegel t t Park. To Dr. Chandler, & c. Sold in Boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. ( id., and iIs. ; his Agents, Chandler, 76, Oxtord- street, Barclay am' Soils, Farringdon- street, Edwards, St. Paul's Church- yaic Lon- don ; Mawhood, Liverpool; J. and R. Hairnet- din- burgh; and by all respectable Patent Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom Iggr Dr. Chandler, removed to 14, Maddox- sfrcc Re- gent- street, may be consulted every day, ( Sundays except- ed,) from ten till two o'clock. Sold by appointment, by M. Maher, 34, Ann- street, and Wood, bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Mer- ridew, Coventry ; Owen and Gerdes, Liverpool; Bow- man and Law, Manchester; and Deighton and Co. Bet- terby, York. INFALLIBLE HAIR DYE. AMONGST the number of compositions, advertised under various names as Hair Dyes, the only one that lias stood the test of experience and proved as infalli- ble as it is efficacious, is AG ID HASSAN'S celebrated, simple, and unerring CIRCASSIAN HAIR DYE, which will, in a few hours, change light, red, or grey hair, eye- brows, lashes, whiskers, and mnstachios, to a rich auburn, or jet black, or any shade between; giving a fine glossy appearance, without injuring the hair, discolouring the skin or linen, also being free from the purple hue ( even in the rays of the sun) which the other dyes impart. It is not less valuable to officers of the army, gentlemen of the turf, and all persons interested in the perfect appeal ance of that beautiful animal the horse; removing what is tech- nically termed " White Stockings." Sold wholesale by W. DAY and Co., at their old Italian warehouse, the Black Boy, No. 05, Gracechurch- street, and retail by the following Agents: — Mr. Aucott, per- fumer, New- street, Birmingham; Mr. Saunders, per- fumer, Warwick; Messrs. Price and Wood, perfumers, Leamington ; Messrs. Stephens and Son, perlumers, Alcester ; Mr. Vernall, perfumer, Worcester; in bottles, at 5s., 10s., and 15s. each, having proper directions how to use the same, with a fac- simile ot the signature of Agid Hassan; also that of W. Day and Co. All without these are counterfeit. TO PARENTS. IT is pleasing to observe the immediate relief afford- ed to suffering Infants by that " Blessing to Mothers," Mrs. JOHNSON S AMERICAN SOOTHING SY- RUP, the efficacy of which is daily adding to the great number of children relieved Irom the extreme pains of Dentition. — As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child will be relieved, the gums cooled, and the inflam- mation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the teeth with ease; and to pleasant, that no child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the syrup should be rubbed on the gums ; and patents should never be without the syrup in the nursery where there are young children; for if a child wakes in the night with pains in tile gums, th<- syrup immediately gives ease; thereby preventing convul- sions, fevers, & c.— The great success of this medicine dur- ing the last twenty- five years has induced unprincipled per- sons to imitate it under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's bills, Sic. Pa- rents will, therefore, be very particular to ask for JOHN- SON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYBUP, and to no- tice that the name of BARCLAY and SONS, 05, Farringdon- street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the re- cipe,) is on the stamp affixed lo each bottle. PRICE OF SEEDS, JAN. 2— HerCwt— Red Clover, English, 56s 65s fine, 70s to 80s; Foreign, 56s to 64s; fine, 70s to 75s. White Clover, 60s to 70s ; fine, 75s to 84s.— Trefoil, new, 16s 18s ; fine, 20s to 21s ; old, I2s to 18s— Trefolium, I7s to 19s ; fine, 20s to — a. — Caraway, English, new, 43s to 473 ; Foreign, 50s to 52s— Coriander, 8s Od to 10s Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin,— sto— s; fine,— s to — s; Rye GraBS, 20a to 28s; new, 30s to 34s ; Pacey Grass, — s to— B; Linseed for feeding, 52s to 56a ; line, 60s to 64s ; ditto for crushing, 46s to 50s Caiary, 50s to 54s.— Hemp, 46B to 50s. Per Bushel White Mustard Seed, 7e Od to 9s Od ; brown ditto, 9s Od to 12s ; Tares, 4s 9d to 5s Od ; fine new Spring, 5s 3u to 6s Od. Per Last Rape Seed, English, 35? to 38/; Foreign, 34/ to 36f. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMRER 29,1836.— Wheat, 60s 3d ; Barley, 37s 9d ; Oats, 26s 4d ; Rye, 42s 5d ; Beans, 45a lid ; Peas, 44s 2d. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 26s 8d ; Barley, 6s 4d; Oata, 7s 9d ; Rye, 6s 6d ; Beans, 2s Od ; Peas, 3 « 6d. HAY AND STRAW.— Smithfietd— Hay, 84s Od to I05s Od ; Inferior, — s to — sf Clover, 100s to 126s; Inferior — s to — s; Straw, 36s to 40s. Whitechapel Clover, 100s to 1308; new ditto, — s to — s ; second cut, — s to — s; Hay, 90 to 100s ; new ditto, — s to — 8 ; Wheat Straw, 30s to 40s. Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 100s to 115a; inferior ditto, 90a to 95a; superior Clover, 115s to 125s; Straw, 40s to 42s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarse heavy Lowland Hay, — 8 to — s ; new Meadow Hay,.— s to — s ; old ditto, 80s to 96s ; useful ditto, — s to — s ; New Clover ditto, — s to — s ; old ditto, 95a to I15s ; Wheat Straw, 368 to 42s per load of 36 trusses. OILS Rape Oil, brown, .£ 47 10s per ton ; Refined, £ 49 10s; Linseed Oil, .£ 37 10s ; and Rape Cake, £ 6 Os— Linseed Oil Calte, £ 1S 10s per thousand. SMITHFIELD, JAN. 2 — To sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 48 Od to 4s 8d; Best l) owu and Polled Mutton, 0s Od to 5s Od; Veal, 08 Od to5- s 4 ; Pork, 48 8d to 5a 2d ; Lamb. Os Od to 0s Od. NEWGATE AND LHADENHALL.— By the Carcase — Uee., 2i 8d to 4s 2d ; M'ltton, 2s lOd to 4s 2d ; Veal, 38 4d to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3 » 8d to 5a 4d; Lamb, 08 rid to 0s od. DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS. I care not how I am physicked, so it be not by the adventure of a Quack, but advice of a Physician, who I am sure will prescribe no more for ine than may consist with my safety, and need doth re- quire."— Old Divine. THE Possessor of the Prescription from which those Pills are prepared, solely tor him, by Mr. John T. Eddy, a scientific Chemist, obtained it from the late DR. ARMSTRONG, ( Lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and Author of the celebrated Works on Typhus and Scarlet Fever, Sfc. fyc.) for bis Wife, who in J827 became the Doctor's patient, when evidently labouring under confirmed Liver complaint, and- to all - appearance in a deep decline. She had not long taken the Pills, at the prescribed inter- vals, before she was perfectly- restored to health ; and has, with the occasional use of them, continued free from pain, and in perfect health and cheerful spirits ever since. The Possessor of this admirable Prescription, ( a gen- tlemau of private fortune,) having distributed the Pills with the most extraordinary success amongst the poor in many counties in England, determined in 1835, to offer them at a price, to the public; his personal observation and experi- ence having convinced him, that they would prove a real blessing, if taken according to the Physician's'Advice and Directions in the wrapper, to all— both old and young, children as well as adults; women pregnant, and after the month ot confinement— who suffered from an inactive Li- ver, and ihenceall the attendant miseries of Indigestion; BILIOUS Affections ( so called); Flatulence, Jaundice, Dropsy ; Pain in the Sides and under the Shoulder Blades; Difficulty of Breathing; distressing Sensation of Choking; with the Complexion and white of the eyes, yel- low. The very first two pills generally afford such relief- such ease Irom every distressing pain— that the patient is at once surprised and delighted. The Medicine is gentle, though certain in its benign effects. The quantity prescribed to be taken is small, and not oftener than alternate nights. The attention of the Public is called to the following statement of facts : — A Cook in a gentleman's family complained to her mistress of sucli pain in her right side, and such loss of appetite, that she could not do lier work, and thought that she must again give up her situation, as she had been obliged to do, for the same cause, in two previous places. Her mistress recommended her to try Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills, as she said all others liad failed. The girl bought a box, and the first two pills relieved her from all pain, and she said she felt better than ever she had done in her life. The first two operated briskly— the next two gently— and afterwards only as a pleasant aperient; but the pain never returned. A sailor's wife had only been a fortnight confined, and was suffer- ing agonies in her back and sides, evidently owing to an inactive liver, her skin being as yellow as saffron. A friend gave her some money to buy a box of Armstrong's Liver Pills. When that " friend ill need" called to see the poor woman again, 8he was surprisingly better— scarce any pain in her side— no choking sensation— skin much clearer— and appetite and general health rapidly improving. A Magistrate, who was much trouhled with boils, at the instance of a relative, bought a box of Armstrong's Liver Pille. Before he had tak>- n 6ix pills at the prescribed intervals, he was astonished at his perfect cure, and declared it was the best mcdiciue he ever took in his life. Jaundice and Dropsical cases are immediately relieved. Hundreds of similarly striking eases might be noticed, hut for the space they occupy in an advertisement, or handbill; and each bilious person who tries these Pills, ( most expen- sive in their preparation to the Proprietor,) will furnish a most satisfactory and convincing case of cure or relief to himself. To Mr. John T. Eddy, Bishop's Stortford Herts. Medical Hall, Lewes, Sussex, October 4th, 1836. SIR,— It gives me much pleasure to be able to inform you that my sale for Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills, has within theBe two months, increased to avery considerable extent. I am almost daily receiving fresh testimonials of their efficacy, as an " Antibilioua," from persons of re- pectability, residing in Levvei and its vicinity. Such is their celebrity, that numbers of my friends will not, on any consideration, be without a box in their possession. Will you kindly cause my name to be introduced in the list of venders in your advertisements ; and, at your earliest convenience, forward to me, through Drew and Co. " Great Trinity. lane, some show cards and handbills headed with my name and address I am sir, your's respectfully, THOMAS FIGI?. In Boxes, Is. 1 Jd. and 2s. Od. ench. The large Box con- tains the quantity of three small ones. Prepared solely by Mr. JOHN T. EDDY, Bishop's Stort- ford, I- lerte, who is appointed Wholesale Agent to the Proprietor. To prevent imposition, the Hon. the Commissioners of S. ampB have directed JOHN T. EDDY, CHEMIST, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, to be engraved in white letters on the Govern- ment Stamp, and each box is also sealed with the Armorial Bearings of the Proprietor. None else is genu- ine. The Public are particularly cautioned against the dishon- est tricks of the inferior class of Druggisti, who it has been discovered by the proprietor, will try to impose their own loose, and unboxed compounds upon the ignorant, for Armstrong's Liver Pills, thus disappointing and defraud- ing the Public and the Revenue at the same time. The Pills may be had of all Wholesale Dealers in London, and retail in Birmingham of Hodgetts, Hud- son, Wood, Maher, Shillitoe, Mattbison, Atkins, and Knott; Banbury, Bartlett, Beaeley, and Wigg; Bridge- north, Gitton, and Partridge; Bromsgrove, Maund; Burton- on- Trent, Thompson, and Wayte ; Coventry, Merridew, Coleman, Wyleys, and Brown,; Daventry, Castell ; Dudley, Rann, Danks, Turner and Hollier; Henley, Hopkins; Hinckley, Morton; Kidderminster, Steward, and Pennell ; Leamington, Stanley, and Davey; Leicester, Thompson, Teear, Price, Parsons, Iron, Cooper; Lichfield, Lomax and Morgan; Nuneaton, Uiffe; Stafford, Rogers and Morgan; Stourbridge, Morrit and Heming; Stratford, Smith; Tamwortli, Baker and Hawkesworth ; Walsall, Valentine, Beasley, and High- way ; Warwick, Sharpe, Court, and Bayley; W « « t Brom- wich, Cowell; Wolverhampton, Parke, and Simpson; Wor- cester, Deighton, Lewis, Twinberrow, and Stratford. ASHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years' experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicians and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain reificdy tor Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forms of Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, % y one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require the slightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicines in us$ for these complaints^ and alter a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party willnot experieenc any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merely suppressed the complaint for a time, without eradicating it from the con- stitution, and the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds all the symptoms return, and that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at fiist, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a most efficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Captains of vessels should make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled effi • cacy in curing Scurvy being known throughout the world. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- fessional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that emineni. surgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, ike. & e. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim. street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in numerous instances, and my candid opinion is that they are a most improved system of treat- ment for those peculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, and with a certainty that I had never before witnessed; but what I consider their most invaluable property is, that they entirely eradicate the complaint, and never leave those dis- tressing secondary symptoms ( that harass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them. Believe'me, youri; very truly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can be supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers- Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the older. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Pills aie sold by one or more respectable venders in every town in the kingdom, and any shop that has not got them will obtain them from London without any extra charge. Countiy shops can obtain them through any of the London booksellers. Sold by appointment by M. Mallei, 34, Ann- street, and Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parker, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Merridew, Coventry. A TREATISE IS PUBLISHED By Messrs. PERRY and CO., SURGEONS, ON VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC DISEASES, AND GIVEN WITH EACH BOX OF PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS, CONTAIN ING plain and practical directions for'the effectual cure of all degrees of the above complaints ; with observations on Seminal weaknesses, arising from early abuses, and the deplorable consequences resulting from the use of Mercury ; the whole intended for the instruc- tion of general readers, so that all persons can obtain an im- mediate cure with secrecy and safety. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and lis., per Box, a never- failing cure for every symptom of a certain disease, without confinement, loss of time, or hin- drance from business, are prepared and sold only by Messrs. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham, and 48, Faulkner- street, Manchester; who continue to di- rect their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from t^ ie too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the pas- sions, which not only occasion a numerous train of ner- vous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but weaken arid destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all pleasures, the idea of their own unhappiness and despair, which arises from considering themselves as the authors of their own misery, and the necessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, are the fluctuating ideas of those who have given way to this delusive and destructive habit. In that dis- tressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the con- sequence of such baneful practices, excessive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of the constitu- tion become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illite- rate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, mer- cury, ruin the constitution, and cause ulcerations, blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness ot sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the bead and limbs, till at length a general debi- lity and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melan- choly death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. Perry's Vegetable Pills are universally resorted to for their efficacy in all impurities of the blood, and are parti- cularly recommended as an infallible cure for the vene- real disease, however complicated the disorder, or dread- ful the system. They have effected many surprising cures, not only in recent gonorrhtsas and simple cases, but when salivation, antimonials, and the decoction of the woods, have been tried to little or no purpose. Messrs. Perry may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their prepara- tions, without a fee. Attendance on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, four doors from Easy- row, Birming- ham ; and at 48, Faulkner- street, Manchester, where their Vegetable Pills can only be obtained, as no Book- seller, Druggist, or any other Medicine Vendor is sup. plied with them. Letters from the country, post- paid, containing t remit- tance for medicine, will be immediately answered. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty of breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night cough, with pain on the chest. & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure of the above complaints, only requires to be known to prove the passport to its being, ere long, universally made use of for the cure of every description of Pulmonary Affection. To those who are unacquainted with the invaluable pro- perties of Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, the following letters will exhibit its efficacy: — Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1835. D^ ar Sir,— The cough medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago I waB unable to breathe, unless with great difficulty, attended with much coughing, which always kept my soft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, and the more I coughed the worseit was, and it, it- its own turn, produced a constant excitement of coughing. I am now about, to the wonder of my friends and neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable medicine, ten years back, would have saved ine not less than £ 3,000 in medical fees, but it would have done more— it would have saved my having had to swallow, from time to time, upwards of a hogshead of their nauseous, and, as they all proved, useless drugs. The agreeable flavour of the medicine is a great recommendation: I think you ought to put it up and Bell it to the public, and if any one should doubt its efficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you in a few days, when I shall press on your consideration the propriety of making it up for sale ; it would prove an enormous fortune to your grand- children. If you make up your mind to do so, as 1 am what the world styles an idle man, you may enlist me in your service iu any way that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to place the management ill the hands of one of the great medicine houses in London. Hannay's, in Oxford. street, are being advertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Coru Solvent, which, by the bye, my girls all say is really a cure, and many other medieiues. I should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All join ine ill kind remembrance to yourself and Mrs. M. Believe me, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. * ROBERT GRANT. Golden Lion Hotel, Liverpool. Sir— To my astonishment, the other day, I had a visit from my old and esteemed friend, Mr. Hughes, whom I had not seen for many- years, and still more so was I when, finding that 1 had a severe cough, he drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the cou- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing instanter, and left me the remainder, which 1 also took, and iu the course of tweuty- four hours I found myself quite free from even any tendency towards coughing; he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; 1, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head- quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail oil you to let me have half, or a whole pint ot the medicine to stow in my sea- chest, as I sail again for America in about ten days, and if 1 can, in return, afford, you any service on the other side of the Atlantic, 1 am at your command. T W. BUCHANAN. Master of tho Brig Nancy, of Orleans. T. Mulreaddy, Esq. Birkenhead, Jan., 1835. Dear Sir,— The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing i have been so long subject to; and I do not now find the cold produce tho sensation it used previous to taking your medicine; it used formerly to nip me on going out, and I seetned as though 1 had a string run through my body, and ' he breast and back bones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give me another bottle, I am sure it will work a perfect cure. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. NICHOLAS BROWN. Dear Sir,— The effect of your medicine, in curing our children of the Hooping Cough, has been like magic, for which I, and Mrs. Wilson in particular, return our grateful acknowledgments, and the little W's shall not fail, ere long, to thank you in person. Rely on it, in our family you will be styled doctor in future. Believe me, yours very sincerely, J. WILSON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve the thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs For years paat, during the winter mouths, and aiways on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner in my library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to join in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that I have been in constant dread of sudden dissolution, by bursting of a blood- vessel. At the commencement of the present season, by your kind liberality, I com- menced taking the medicine you sent, and have taken twelve bottles. Alter I had taken three, 1 could respire as vigourously as in the early partof my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until 1 had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, butit must and shall be done, and if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish ia that you may be lugged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundlesa waters; and you may rely upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, will spare neither time nor trouble to promulgate its efficacy, until you will find your cottage attacked by myriads of my former fellow- sufferers, for a share of your bounty, and I myself now apply for the first, trusting that your gooduess will not suffer you to refuse me a pretty considerable quantity, and I promise to distribute it most usefully. Whenever you have made up for sale, send me one thou- sand bottles. Ever your sincere well wisher, T. Mulreaddy, ESII. W. HUGHES. Chester, 12ino., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thou hast my eincero thanks for thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou writ let me have a quantity iu a large bottle, I will, iu return, enter thy name te any charitable institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB KOBERTI. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies of the whole of the letters he has received of the above tenor, would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented he considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, that upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the best recommendation. It will be sold by his appointment, whole- sale and retail, by his agents, Messrs. HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble vender of medicines in bottles at Is. each. Igg" Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white letters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold by his ap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l^ d. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford street, London, wholesale Paient Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the Royal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine of repute; and also with the perfumes of all the respectable London perlumers, with an allowance on taking six or more of any other article at the same time. Orders, bv post, enclosing a remittance, punctually at- tended to, and the change returned in the parcel, or sent to any partol London without extra charge., Sold by appointment by Maher, 34, Ann- street, and Wood, bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle j and Merridew, Coventry. Printed and published by FRANCIS BASSET SHENSTONB FLINBILL, of 128,' Bromsgrove- street, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor may be ad- dressed, and where Advertisements and Orders will be re- ceived. ( All descriptions olJobbingcarefully. and expedi- tiously executed.) Agents in London : Me> srs. N'EWTOW and Co., 5, Warwick- square; Mr. BARKER, 33, Fleet- street; Mr. REYNEI. I., Chancery- lane; Mr. DEACON, 3, Walbrook ; and Mr HAMMOND. 27, Lombard- street,— Saturday, January 7,1887.