No. 612. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1837. PRICE biitiVllNGHAM DISPENSARY. RFLHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the' _ L Governors of this Institution will be held at the Dis- pensary', on Friday, February 17th, at twelve o'clock. The Chair to be taken at half- past twelve. JOHN CARTER, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Company, will be held on I RIDAY, the 17th day of February next, at Twelve o clock at noon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, in Birmingham, for the purpose of sanctioning an application to Parliament, in the next ensu- ing Session, for an Act to alter, amend, explain, repeal, en- large, and render more effectual some of the powers and provisions of the Act by which the said Company is incor- porated, and to enable the said Company to make and main- tain a Railway from the present line of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway near Tamwortli to the Lon- don and Birmingham Railway near Rugby; and also to make a deviation in the present line of the said Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, in the county of Warwick, and to abandon the Branch Railway winch the said Com- pany are already authorised to make in the same county; and at such meeting a draft of the proposed bill to be introduced into Parliament for effecting the purposes above mentioned, will be submitted to the proprietors then pre- sent, for their approval. Dated this 7th day of January, 1837. HENRY SMITH, Chairman of the Directors. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, pursuant to the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled " An Act for maKing a Rail- way from the London and Birmingham Railway near Bir- mingham to Derby, to be called the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, with a Branch," the Second GENERAL MEETING of the said Company ( being the first hail- yearly General Meeting) will be held on SATURDAY, the 18th day of February next, at Dee's Royal Hotel, in Bir- mingham, at Twelve o'clock at noon. Dated this 7 th day of January, 1837. HENRY SMITH, Chairman of the Directors. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. TAMWORTH AND RUGBY EXTENSION LINE. AT a MEETING of the Inhabitants of Nuneaton and its Vicinity, held on the 9th day of February 1837, pursuant to public notice, to take into consideration the propriety of Petitioning both Houses of Parliament, ir favour of the new Line of Railway from Tamworth tc Rugby; JOHN TOWLE, Esq. in the Chair; It was moved by Mr. JOHN ROBINSON, seconded bj Mr. WILLIAM BURTON, and Resolved unanimously. That a public Line of Railway between the Metropolis and the important districts of Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire, by way of Rugby, Bulkington, Nuneaton, Atherstone, and Tamworth, would be highly advantageous to the whole of those towns. It was moved by Mr. WILLIAM BULL, seconded by Mr. THOMAS ASTLEY, and Resolved unanimously, That the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Company, which has now a Bill before Parliament lor the accomplishment of tlie above object, is, on public grounds, deserving of the best support of the Inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood. , It was moved by Mr. WILLIAM BUCKNII. L, seconded by Mr. THOMAS ROBINSON, and Resolved unanimously, That it is the determination of this Meeting to support a measure so important to the interests of the town and neighbourhood by every means in its power; that in further- ance thereof, Petitions to both Houses of Parliament in favour of the said line of Railway, be forthwith prepared for the general signature of the inhabitants, and that this Meeting respectfully requests the Members of Parliament for the County to support the prayer thereof. It was moved by Mr. THOMAS ESTLIN, seconded by Mr. ROBERT ARNOLD, and Resolved unanimously, That the proceedings of the Meeting be advertised in the local newspapers. ( Signed,) JOHN TOWLE, Chairman. The Chairman having left the Chair, it was Resolved unanimously, . That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chair- man, for his able conduct in the Chair. ULSTER RAILWAY. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. THE Directors will meet at the Railway Office, Belfast, on Thursday, the 9th day of March, at Eleven o'clock precisely, to receive Tenders for Contracts for the following works;— To make and lay the Railway, finding all the Materials except the permanent Rails, Blocks, Sleepers, Chairs, Pins, Keys, and Treenails, from the Station at the Dublin- road, Belfast, to Antrim- lane, in Lisburn, with all the Excava- tions, Embankments, Bridges, Culverts, Gates, and Fences, complete, and to keep the whole in Repair, for a given time after the completion— Length about Eight Miles. A draft of the Contract, with Plans and Specifications of the Works, are now lying for inspection at the Railway Office, Belfast, where Printed Forms of Tender may be had and no others will be attended to. The Tenders must he delivered, Sealed, on or before Eleven o'clock of the 8th day ot March ; and- parties ten- dering must attend in person, or by some one duly authorised on their behalf, at the time of Meeting. The parties whose Tender is accepted will be required to enter into a Bond, with Sureties, for the due performance of their Contract, in a penalty not less than 10 per cent, on the Gross Sum contracted for; and the Names of the proposed Sureties are to be specified in the Tender. The Directors will not bind themselvts to accept the low. est offer. JAMES GODDARD, Chairman of the Directors. Belfast, 2nd February, 1837. " MANCHESTER AND LONDON RAILWAY, To tile Inhabitants of Birmingham." UNDER this inscription there appeared in the Man Chester Papers of Saturday last, some remarks from an anonymous writer, impugn'ng the statements and mo tives of the Manchester South Union Company in a manner not only uncourteous, but tending to mislead the public. It is there stated that a saving of " fifteen miles" held out to the people of Manchester by tin . autli Union Company, to induce them to support their project i " a wilful and deli- berate misrepresentation." The South Union Company decline to enter into any further exposure of the fallacies of this anonymous adver- tiser, than merely to refer the public to the following extract from the report of their proceedings at their Meeting of Shareholders, held at the York Hotel, Manchester, on the 27th ult. " Mr. John Biooks wished to make a remark upon one part of the Report just read, whhjh stated that the South Union Line would shorten the distance 17 miles from the Potteries, he calculated it at only 9% miles." " . Mr. R. C. Sharp said that the last speaker had misunder- stood the wording of the Report, which stated that there was a saving of 17 miles in distance and power." " Mr. Stephenson rose to explain : He said that for every rise of 20 feet, a mile was lost in power; as the extra power required to take goods up that elevation would impel them a mile on the level; and there were as many elevations of 20 feet by going round to Birmingham as would make up the difference." By order of the Committee, SAMUEL STANWAY, Secretary. 7th February, 1837. CASE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, AS OPPONENTS OF THE SOUTH UNION COMPANY. THE Directors of the Grand Junction Company consider themselves justified in opposing the South Union Company, not only by their general claim to fair pro- tection, but also by the course of proceeding adopted towards them by the South Union Company. They will first attempt to establish their right to consider the South Union as a rival scheme, against which they have a claim to Parliamentary protection. They have embarked a vast capital in a public undertaking of the utmost importance, which, although now nearly com- pleted, has not yet made any return to the projectors for the risk and outlay they have incurred. They have cheer- fully done this in reliance on the justice of the legislature; which, having required the projectors to prove to its satis- faction the advantages of the line, and the probability of a fair revenue from the traffic upon it, allowed their bill to pass. The traffic from Manchester to London, and the revenues to accrue from thence, were principal features of the scheme which obtained the sanction of Parliament. The populous manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire, and the towns of Stafford, Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Birmingham, were considered of so much importance, that the members for Staffordshire and Warwickshire were added to the com- mittee on the bill; and befo/ e it left the committee, the chairman of the Grand Junction Company was required to pledge the Company to carry their line by Birmingham ; it having been suggested to leave that town altogether, and join the London line further east; whereby a shorter route to London would have been obtained. Had the Grand Junc- tion Company applied for the short line, in preference to that which they have taken, leaving out the district and towns in question, for the sole object of a shorter communi- cation between South Lancashire and London, it would certainly have been refused them by Parliament. This, however, is now the main argument adduced by the South Union Company for projecting a line from Stone to Tam- worth and Rugby. The Grand Junction Company were anxious to have car- ried their railway through Macclesfield and the Potteries; but Mr. Stephenson, their engineer, having reported that this route was objectionable for a main line, the design was abandoned. Being now informed that a line can be found from Manchester through Stockport and the Pottery dis- trict, to Stone or Stafford— although it will seriously injure them, they are not disposed to oppose it. The South Union Company, however, not contented with this, are applying for powers to proceed further southwards; with the declared purpose of shortening the distance to London—( a saving which cannot be shown to exceed ten miles in distance, instead of seventeen, as erroneously stated by the South Union Com- pany, and twenty to thirty minutes in time'), and thus abstract- ing from the Grand Junction Company a great portion of their traffic, which they had reason to expect would be se- cured to them, when required by Parliament, on just grounds, to prefer the somewhat longer route, so as to place Birmingham on the main line from Manchester and Liver- pool to London. The Grand Junction Company, therefore, while willing not to contest the establishment of a communication from Manchester and Stockport to tha Pottery and South Staf- fordshire districts, consider themselves called upon strenu- ously to oppose the line from Stone to Rugby, designed solely to compete with theirs, and abandoning Birmingham, to the manifest injury of the Railways from Lancashire and London to that town. When they were informed that projects were in agitation, by avoiding Birmingham, to shorten the distance between Manchester and London, they felt it their duty to order surveys to be taken, and plans deposited, of the district through which the line might be carried:— in order that, if Parliament should consider the object proposed ( a saving of thirty minutes in a journey of ten hours,) worth the expense of making fifty miles of new line at a cost of a million ; and a sufficient motive for the injury to be inflicted on the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham Companies, which had already received their sanction, and had incurred risk and expense in reliance thereupon— in that case the Grand Junction Proprietors might assert their just claim to carry the project into execution. This was the purpose of the Directors in ordering the surveys and Parliamentary notices for the line from Stafford to Tamworth and Rugby. The longer line by Birmingham had in the first instance been approved of by Parliament; the adoption of the shorter line would contradict its former sanction, and abstract the re- venues already appropriated by its authority:— it was, there- fore, only reasonable that if made at all, it should be made by the Grand Junction Company. The Directors now come to the particulars of the South Union Company's proceedings towards them. So far back as the 5th Octo. ber, 1836, there was laid be- fore the board, with the consent of the chairman of the South Union Company, the scheme of a compromise, pro. posing that the latter should join the Manchester and Cheshire Company in a line from Manchester through the •" Potteries to the Grand Junction Railway near Stone;— and that the shortening of their line to the southward of Stafford should b<! left to the Grand Junction Company. No decisive result having ensued from the proposal, the Grand Junction Company proceeded to take such measures, with respect to a Stafford and Rugby line, as might enable them to advance the just claims of their Proprietors;— with the intention of referring the question of the necessity of such a line to the decision of Parliament. While the Di- rectors were engaged in these measures, on the 12th of De- cember, 1836, a communication was made to the chairman, through the medium of a letter to Mr. Edward Cropper, from Mr. Robert Garnett, who stated that he had written it after a conversation with his brother, the chairman of the South Union Company, on the subject of a compromise be- tween the rival projects, and with a view to the prevention of hostilities in Parliament. The Directors must here ob- serve that Mr. Cropper is interested to the extent of five shares only, and the Messrs. Gurnetts have no interest at all in the Grand Junction Company; and that, although this letter declares that it was written on Mr. Robert Gar- nett's authority solely, yet, from the mention in it of a pre- vious conference with " the Chairman of the South Union Company, and from the fact that although a copy of it was shewn to him the day after it was sent, no step was taken by him to contradict or disavow the same,— it was reason- able to conclude that it was virtually authoiised by the South Union Company. The substance of the proposition was as follows: — That the Manchester and Cheshire and South Union Companies should unite to make a line from Manchester through the Potteries to the Grand Junction Railway at Stone. That a clause should be inserted in the act to " be applied for by the combined Companies, pledging them not to pro- ceed to the southward of Stone, either for an indefinite period or a fixed term, say seven or ten years. That the Grand Junction Company should act as media- tors to effect a coalition between the Manchester and Cheshire and South Union Companies on the basis proposed. This proposition was at once, and without any modification, accepted by the chairman of the Grand Junction Company ; and on the same day, the 12th of December, the gentleman through whom the communication had been made, wrote, as it is stated, to the chairman of the South Union Com- pany, informing him of the Grand Junction Company's in- tentions, and inclosing the original letter in which the basis of the arrangement was described. To this an answer, dated December 17th, was returned to Sir. Cropper, then in London ; but the letter being marked " Private and con- fidential," he was restricted from showing it to the Grand Junction Company; and they are still ignorant of its contents. At this period the Grand Junction Company had been in jjJtive negotiation with the Manchester and Cheshire Com- p » ny, with the object of an alliance for mutual protection age list the South Union Company. On the receipt of the conrtfc. imica. tion from Mr. Garnett, the chairman of the Granu' Mliction Company, fully relying on its bona fide nature, at once suspended the measures then in progress,— and inquired from the Manchester and Cheshire Company if they were disposed to accept the Grand Junction Com- pany's mediation; which they at once replied they were: and it may be added that they are now willing to abandon the line down the Trent valley, provided the South Union Company will do the same. No further difficulty, therefore, was supposed to remain, and the official notification from the South Union Company was daily expected. While the affair thus remained in suspense, and all proceedings on the Grand Junction Com- pany's part were stayed in consequence, the South Union Company, it appears, were actively canvassing against them in all quarters; and at a public meeting at Tamworth in- quired why no deputation was present from their opponents ? whereas this Company conceived they would have done wrong in appearing oil that occasion, and offering a line through Tamworth to the inhabitants of that town, while a negotiation for deferring the execution of such a line was actually pending. These circumstances, and the prolonged silence of the South Union Company, induced the Grand Junction Com- pany to press for a reply; and on the 31st December Mr. Garnett, the chairman of the South Union Company, sends, through the same channel that conveyed the origiual pro- posal, an answer in the following words: — " Dear Brother,— I will say at once that we will not listen for one moment to any mediation on the part of the Grand Junction Company, because they are not disinterested parties. I will, therefore, spare Mr. Cropper the trouble of coming up here to- morrow for such an object. This with- out prejudice— Your's truly, Wn. GARNETT. " Lark Hill, 30th December, 1836." The Grand Junction Company consider that they have just grounds for complaint against the South Union Com- pany for their proceedings in this matter ,• which, if not in- tended to mislead, have at least had the full effect in pro- ducing an erroneous impression as to their designs. The preceding statement, which the documents will strictly verify, will prove the Grand Junction Company to have acted throughout with entire good faith and promptitude; and they have a right to inquire why the chairman of the South Union Company, who knew the proposal had been made, and who was at once addressed on the part of the Grand Junction Company so as to show him that they con- sidered the proposal an official one, did not without delay contradict it, if it were not intended to be carried into effect. This is a question which the Directors feel confident will not be overlooked by members of Parliament. Whatever be their views of the general question at issue, they will not approve of a line of conduct apparently at variance with principles of fair and open hostility. In conclusion, the case of the Grand Junction Company against the South Company, rests on the following grounds: That the Grand Junction line was sanctioned by Parlia- ment, after strict examination and proof of the advantages it offered, no less to the public than to the projectors. That'the route to London through Birmingham was pro- perly insisted on by Parliament:— whereas a shorter line which the Grand Junction Company could have taken, if now made, will deprive them of a great part of the income which they were compelled to prove on obtaining the sanc- tion of Parliament. That the line has been executed at a great cost, and will be opened in June next:— and the countenance of Parlia- ment to any rival project, which will so deeply affect its success, may safely, and should in justice, be withheld until time has been allowed to show whether further accommoda- tion be required or no; especially as the proprietors, having been subjected to the condition of proving a certain amount of traffic, have embarked their capital under a just confidence that that traffic would not be interfered with, before the line is opened and tried. That the saving of time by the new line cannot be proved to exceed half an hour in a journey of ten hours; and to ob- tain this will demand an expenditure of a million:— That the object is not sufficient to justify the interference with a district in itself of no commercial importance, and the ab- straction of a large amount of revenue already appropriated to a beneficial and well considered undertaking. That if, notwithstanding these reasons, such a line is deemed necessary by Parliament, the Grand Junction Com- pany, who were formerly required to pass through Birming- ham, should have the prior claim to the project. That, with respect to the South Union Company, the result of their proceedings, as already stated, has been to throw the Grand Junction Company oif their guard ; and to arrest measures, for the due protection of their interests, which might have been taken, had it not been supposed that an arrangement was intended. Having thus submitted the leading features of their cose, the Grand Junction Company leave it with entire confidence in the hands of honourable members of . Parliament. JOHI* Moss, Chairman, Liverpool, January 10th, 1837. The following correspondence has taken place, in conse- quence of the publication of the above " Case." Manchester, January 26, 1837. To John Moss, Esq., Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway Company. Sir,— Having seen a document which is signed by you, entitled " Case of the Grand Junction Railway Company, as opponents of the South Union Company," I am induced to address these few lines to you, in order to correct some parts of the statement which refer to me, and which are certainly erroneous. I might add, that I think the course which I took, on the occasion referred to, is not fairly re- presented. 1st. It is asserted that I made a proposition to the Grand Junction Railway Company. 2d. It is concluded that I was virtually authorised to do so by the South Union Company. As regards the 1st., I have to observe that, as a Director of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, I could not be indifferent to the proceedings of the promoters of the projected rival railways, and I was desirous to see those parties come to more amicable arrangement; and under these feelings, I wrote a letter on the 5th of last month to my colleague, Mr. Edward Cropper, in which I recom- mended that he should use his influence to reconcile the rival Companies, with a view to prevent their entering into a hostile contest in Parliament. My letter was marked private, and Mr. Cropper was authorised only to show it to three other Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company who were then in Liverpool; and having taken these precautions, I never expected ( as I certainly never intended) that it would pass into any other hands. It cannot, therefore, be fairly said that I made any proposition to the Grand Junction Company; in fact, my letter con- tained no proposition at all, but merely my own suggestions, addressed exclusively to my colleagues on a subject highly interesting to the Company we represent. I do not blame my friend Mr. Cropper for allowing my letter to be shown you, as I have no doubt he was actuated by the best inten- tions ; but I repeat that lie did so without any authority from me. As respects the second, I wrote thp letter entirely on my own responsibility, without the knowledge of my brother or the South Union Company; and I had no authority from either of them to make any proposition on their part, which, indeed, I distinctly stated in the letter itself, in the following words :—" In all I have written to you on this subject, you will clearly understand that I have had no official communi- cation from the South Union Company; I have merely spoken to my brother unofficially, and write this entirely of my own notion, under the sincere belief that some good may yet be done by negociation, if properly managed."— I am, sir, your most obedient servant, ( Signed) ROBERT GARNETT, Manchester, 26th. January, 1837. Grand Junction Railway Committee, 27th January, 1837. To Robert Garnett, Esq. Sir,— I should very much regret that any publication, bearing my name, could be considered as not fairly represent, ing what you, or any one, had said. It is on this account that I have examined very carefully your letter of yesterday with our printed statement, one of which I send, and at once reply to your two observations : — No. 1. does not deny the facts stated, but blames Mr. Cropper for having shown your letter. Without under- taking Mr. Cropper's defence, allow me to ask what it was written for, if not to be shown to me? You must have forgotten that on the 26th December you wrote to Mr. Cropper:— " I do not complain of your showing the letter to Mr, Moss ;— quite the contrary,— but I would rather not give a copy of it." Your observation, No. 2. puts a construction on your letter at variance with your first letter; wherein you say you wrote it after some conversation that evening with your brother; and, in a subsequent letter, that " on the following morning, you read to him that part which related to the subject." 1 sincerely lament that you should, after a conversation with the Chairman of the South Union, ( your own brother) write out a plan for settlement, containing every particular, and now call it unauthorised ; and that your brother, when next morning you read him a copy of it, did not at once say, •' this must be corrected." It is rather, hard upon the Company I represent, after we have accepted the terms, to be told the letter was without authority, and that your brother, who knew it was sent, will not " listen" to us. Before my name was attached to the " Case," I got it re, ferred to a gentleman who takes no part in the contest, that ha might see that it was strictly corrected from the docu- ments. I took care that no expression beyoud'what the case required should be inserted. No doubt the whole correspondence will undergo a Par- liamentary investigation. But so desirous am I that nothing but the truth should be stated, that I beg to offer that, if you and your brother will consent, the whole correspondence, without comment, be printed and circulated at the expense of the Grand Junction Company— I am, sir, your most obedient servant, ( Signed) JOHN Moss. George Chetwynd D. Heming Lio. Place J. Roberts C. W. G. Wynne Gerrard Thos. Andrews C. N. Newdigate M. E. Lythall Richard Alkin John Smith Rich. Jee Jos. Miles Thos. Swinnerton Willm. Shilcock Gervase Tibbits Luke Faux William Baker Wm. Henton Thos. Farmer Saml. Mallaby Job Toon William Hull Jno. D. Jackson John Ordish Thomas Freeman J. E. Paul Isftac Hall William Bassett Gilbert Minion John Wood Robert Noon Thomas Noon Thomas Blood Jos. Hall Richd. Peters George Storer Peters Wm. Freeman John Mousley Wm. Weston John Thos. Blood William Blood John Brown M. Satterthwaite C. H. Wilson James Weston Samuel Alcock Ralph Thompson Ann Allsop Thomas Warner Isaac Swinnerton, Survey- or of the Highways of Harts- hill Thomas Hincks Charles Watties Wm. Swinnerton Thomas Gray Jos Cross Reuben Ballard William Blower Charles W John Hill David Marston Thos. Wood William Bacon Thos. Swinnerton, Survey- or of the Highways of Cal- decott Mary Jee Stafford S. Baxter Fanny Bindley William Wright Thos. Garrett, • Thomas Blown Jeremiah Longslovv Wm. Townsend Richard Wright Ann Vernon John Beet John Turner Wm. Cheshire Joseph Whitmore Thos. Wagstaff John Biggs John Webb William Lenton Joseph Merry William Pegg Wm. Swain Joseph Robottom Richard Wood Jos. Taverner Susannah Miles Edward Chandler Robt. Rushton William Tonks William Morewood Charles Wathes, Surveyor of the Highways of Mancet- ter Stafford S. Baxter, Owen's Trusteeship Jas. Pratt John Summers Saml. Roby Thos. Wright George Austin John Shorthose Mary Hopley Maria Richards John Baker James Ilolyoak Thomas Rathbone Thos Felthouse Robert Orton Thomas Hull " 1 J. Dester J Surveyors of the High- ways of Warton John Chilwell Catherine Tyler James Kitchen Thos. Drake Richd. Cotton Thos. Walker R. R. Bloxam, D. D. John Thos. Caldecott Owners and Occupiers who have not already signified their dissent, are requested to forward the same to Mr. BAXTER, Solicitor, Atherstone. TAMWORTH AND RUGBY RAILROAD. E, the undersigned, Owners and Occupiers of Property on the Line of the intended Railway from Tamworth to Rugby, projected by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Company, do hereby express our decided dissent to the said Line of Railway, as being un- called for on public grounds, and an unnecessary interference with, and violation of, private rights and private property ; and we hereby express our determination to oppose such Line of Railway in both Houses of Parliament. — Scott J. W. Boughton Leigh J. T. Parker Richd. Worthington Thos. Norman R. B. Podmore Michael Bray John Wolfe Harry Brierley Richd. Smith William Orton Geo. Jones John Crofts Thomas Arnold Thos. Arnold, jun. Thomas Newcomb Joseph Dand Martha Tuckey John Tuckey > Tho. Walton J Surveyors of the High ways of Little Harboro Thomas Cattle Susannah Eales Tho. Brown Brierley James Mason G. Wolf William Morris John Haley Thomas Boot William Cooper Charles Crosby Thomas Watson Thomas Moore Thomas Moore Ann Barnes James Hand John Ilancox Wm. Hardwick George Orton Thomas Green William Colledge Ruth Hayes John Wright David Harwell Elizabeth Larivost William Frankton Charles Cockrell Thomas Croft Josh. Gilbert J. Jol n on E. Johnson j Surveyors of the High- ways of Shilton Millicent Aldridge William Gilbert John Tew Maria Bolton Daniel Bolton William Atkins Samuel Hinman William Edmunds Wm. Herbert Wm. Brown George Garner Richard Cosby T. Berry \ J. Allibone J Surveyors of the High- ways of Bilton. Charlotte Crosby Joseph Lovitt John Jackson Joseph Orton John Atkins Ann Orton Tho. Orton \ J. Warner J Surveyors of the High- ways of Weston Sarah Orton Richard Warner George Worth Joseph Dafforn T. Newcomb 1 J. Dafforn f 8urveyora of the High, ways of Little Lawford T. Walker \ W. C, Walker / Surveyors of the High- ways of Newboid T. Brown Brierly, Sur- veyor of the Highways of Brinklow William Dewis William Jewis John Jephcott, sen. j Sur- veyor of Marston Jabet William Powers The Suiveyors of Highways of Grendon Robt. Westbury Benj. Weymouth Richard Taylor Wm. Ordish Charles Haywood John Sanders John Hollier James Wood John Bomber, sen. James Gilbert Henry Lees William Bomber John Cox Richd. Fletcher Richard Nixon Thomas Villers John Lurm John Bomber, jun. Richard Mottram Thomas Timbrill B. Richings William Goodman Thomas Wilson Joseph Dowell. BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH BANK. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. James Russell, Esq., Handsworth. J. Mellor, Esq., Willenhall House, near Coventry. William Avery, Esq. John Slater, Esq. G. B. Knowles, Esq. AT a Meeting of the principal Local Shareholders of THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND, held at the Branch Bank, in Bull- street, Birmingham, on the 4th day of January, 1837, A Deputation of Manchester Directors, having stated to this Meeting that it is contemplated to dispose of most of the Branches of the Bank, and having communicated, in confidence,, the Profits realised by this Branch, and offered to transfer the good- will, to the 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 £ 200,000, in 10,000 Shares of £ 20 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. That a further call of £ 3 per Share shall be paid on or before the 1st day of April next, that three months' notice will be given of any further calls, which shall not exceed £ 5 at any one time, and that not less than three months shall elapse between each call becoming due. 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 Genera! Meeting of the Proprietors shall be con- vened after the allotment of Shares. Applications for Shares to be made to the Provisional Committee, under cover, to Mr. WILLIAM GOODE, Bull- street, in the following form. I. W. & G. WIIATELEY, Solicitors. Dated January 4, 1837. FORM OF APPLICATION. I apply for Shares in " THE BIRMINGHAM BO- ROUGH 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 BO- ROUGH BANK, Care of Mr. WILLIAM GOODE, Bull- street, Birmingham. the MACKENZIE'S TREATISE ON PILES AND PROLAPSUS. Fourth Edition— 5s. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, illustrated with additional Cases, showing a safe and efficient mode of Cure, thereby avoiding the painful and dangerous operation by Excision or Ligature. By 8. MACKENZIE, Surgeon, 44, Doughty- street, London. Sold by J. CHURCHILL, 16, Prince's- street, Soho, II RENSHAW, 356, Strand. E. WILSON, Royal Exchange London; and of the Booksellers in the principal provincial towns. A Clergyman whose case and address appear at page 76, has, from motives of benevolence, inserted this Adver- tisement. CROWN AND PENSIONERS PUBLIC HOUSE LONDON PRENTICE- STREET. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by I. ALLEN, on the premises, this day, Saturday, February 11, 1837, commencingat ten o'clock— the Household FURNITURE, Brewing Utensils, Fixtures, STOCK- IN- TRADE, and Effects of the above establishment, as set forth in Catalogues, to be had of the Auctioneer, or at the place of sale. TO EDWARD LLOYD WILLIAMS, ESQ. SIR, FROM the haughty style of your last letteF, you appear to think that I ought to have considered your first attack upon me, instead of a most unwarantable in- trusion, by an almost entire stranger, as a friendly admoni- tion from a person so much more learned, experienced, and skilful than myself. You take away my " reputation as a lawyer!" You have betrayed such want of" knowledge of the laws which you profess to administer— and such a total ignorance of the Historyof Gaols and Houses of Correction, in which you are so much in the habit of imprisoningyour fellow- sub- jects that I ought to rest satisfied with permitting you to enjoy all your erroneous notions until the day arrives when you will be taught knowledge and prudence at your own ex- pense. But I must once more intrude myself upon the pub- lic ( and I beg pardon for doing so,) to protest against the inferences which you have drawn from the case of Willes v. Bridger, premising, that " Until the perusal of your letter, I did not believe that any Attorney's Clerk would, have advanced such a proposition," as that any decision of a Court, can over- rule or counteract the positive provisions of an Act of Parliament passed subsequently! The case of Willes v. Bridger was decided on 23rd Janu- ary, 1819, and the statute 4 Geo. 4, c. 64, for amending the laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating Gaols and Houses of Correctun, and which, by section 10, directs how prisoners " for want of sureties" shall be classified in GAOLS, received the Royal Assent on the 10th of July, 1823. In the case alluded to, the plaintiff, Mr. Willes, brought an action against the defendant to recover damages for an arrest and false imprisonment— not in a House of Correc- tion— for he never arrived there; the question therefore, whether his commitment was void, not being to the Com- mon Gaol did not arise upon— the record— the only point which is established in the case of Willes v. Bridger, is, that a Justice of the Peace, upon due complaint made to him, is authorised, either to take surety from the person com- plained against until the next sessions, or to require surety of the peace for a limited period— ex. gr.— two years. Neither in the Arguments of Counsel,, nor in the very learned judgment of LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ABBOTT is there one syllable which justifies your assertion that, even in the year 1819, a Justice of Peace could legally commit a per- son for want of sureties to keep the peace to a HOUSE OF CORRECTION ! I have carefully read Lord Chief Justice Abbott's judg- ment, and it is remarkable, that every authority to which he refers, is ANTERIOR to the period when Houses of Correc- tion were known in England. The case which I think it a duty to report to the Secre- tary of State for the Home Department, is that of GEORGE EVANS, and the Commitment signed " E. L. WILLIAMS," dated 7th day of April, 1826. I am, Sir, Your humble servant, GEORGE CHETWYND. New Palace Yard, February 9,1837. TO EDWARD LLOYD WILLIAMS, ESQ.. SIR, ALTHOUGH yon have answered Sir George Chet- wynd's letter, you have not condescended to notice mine. But if you forget JOB NOTT, he'll remember you. The question, Sir, which I made bold to ask, was,— In what parish and county your lands, tenements, and heredi- taments, of the clear annual . value of £ 100, so as to qualify you to act as a Justice of the Peace for this county, are situate ? This is a point upon which I ( aye and the public) will be satisfied. Surely there is no disrespect just to ask you, who assist in taxing the county, how much you your- self contribute to the rate ? We have heard of borrowed qualifications, ( like a man borrows ahorse, or a five pound note,) but these won't do for Justices. There is a report ( I can't say how true it may be) that we are to have a Lord Mayor of the Borough, and Aldermen, and a Recorder, and you have a hankering after this last mentioned office, with a good fat salary of £ 500. But you'll never go down ; you are not the man, take my word for't. There is another matter upon which I must have some talk with^ you, and that is respecting George Evans, who has been imprisoned under your mittimus in the House of Correction, at Warwick, since the 7th day of April list, now ten months since, summer and winter— two months for not paying a fine of 10s., and 8s. 6d. costs, and eight months for not finding sureties to keep the peace towards his mother. Not a word mentioned in the mittimus as to the amount of sureties, nor as to the time for which they are to be bound, so that had it not been for C. II. Brace- bridge, Esq., the poor fellow, friendless and forlorn, might have been imprisoned for the remainder of his life. Such a proceeding, I'll venture to say, has not been heard of since the Star Chamber was abolished. The liberties of the sub- jects of His Most Gracious Majesty King William tha Fourth ( whom God long preserve) are not to be trifled with in this way, by you or any person, be he who he may— and so you will soon find out to your cost. I am, Sir, vour's, Sec., Birmingham, February 9, 1837. JOB NOTT. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1837. CHURCH- EATES- Numerouspetitions against Church- rates were presented. BALLOT— WORCESTER PETITION.— Mr. PETER BORTHWICK presented the anti- ballot petition agreed on at the Tory meeting of the 19th. Mr. ROBINSON, professing himself an enemy of ballot, was yet more strongly an enemy of trickery and unfairness. The petition in question was got up at a mock meeting, wliich, it was notorious, had been previously postponed by those who had called it. The petition from the real meeting had been entrusted to him ( Mr. Robinson). When he presented it he would enter fully into the case. WINDOW- TAX.— Motion for the repeal of this tax for the 4th of May; Sir Samuel Whalley. THE ARMY.— Resolution that the army, as now con- ducted, is against all law, first Supply day; Colonel Thompson. THE [[ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.— Mr. GOULBOURN asked Lord John Russell if he concurred in opinion with Lord Melbourne in the regret and concern ex- pressed by that noble lord, on account of the existence of the National Association ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said Mr. Goulbourn would have a full opportunity of learning his ( Lord John's) opinion of the National Association, when he intro- duced, on Tuesday next, his bill for reforming the Irish municipalities. Mr. GOULBOURN thought the answer was an evasion. Mr. HUME : " It is as good an answer as you are entitled to." He did not know if Lord Melbourne had expressed himself as he was described ; if he had, he had acted very indiscreetly. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the Association was not merely legal, it was highly useful. He did not know whether the opinion referred to had been delivered elsewhere or not; hilt he rather thought it had not gone to the extent supposed. The Prime Minister, however, must be much rejoiced to find that he had earned the approbation of the honourable and learned gentleman- tile Nestor, he believed, he might call him, of the opposite party. It was a featurejpeculiar to this Association, that whilst, of the members of the Catholic Association not more than one- fourteenth had been'Protestants, it, on the contrary, had more than one- third of its members Protes- tants, and those, too, men of rank, wealth, and intelligence, whose numbers were daily increasing. Mr. SHAW : In his opinion the Association was incompatible with the peace of Ireland; it assumed all the functions of Parliament, and how could it co- exist with it? Mr. Shaw quoted Mr. O'Connell's ex- pressions, that he would never be content until the union was repealed. How, then, could he talk of the union being supported by the Association ? Mr. O'CONNELL said, he should have had notice of these attacks. Mi'. Shaw had an advantage over him. Mr. O'Connell was a mere agitator; Mr. Shaw was both an agitator and a judge. IRISH GRAND JURIES/— Lord MORPETH introduced his bill for amending the grand jury laws. LAW OF SEDITION— SCOTLAND.— The LORD ADVO- CATE obtained leave to introduce a bill to assimilate the law of sedition in Scotland to the law of sedition in England. By the 60th George III. ( Sidmouth's act) a second conviction for libel might be punished by banishment. The statute, an English one, was re- pealed by the 2nd George IV. and 1st William IV., but no alteration had been made in the law of Scotland by which libel might be punished by banishment, even on a first conviction. Mr. WILKES said, there were points in the law of England that called as loudly for alteration. No man could, under a penalty, accept of an appointment as professor of a college or university unless he signed a declaration that he belonged to the Established Church. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL thought Mr. Wilkes was mistaken in his law; but that honourable gentleman persisted that he was quite correct. SCOTCH COURTS.— Several bills were introduced for the better regulation of these courts, in respect to the recovery of small debts and other matters. A rather lengthened conversation took place on a pro- posal to conjoin two officesof the Scotch Exchequer, and appoint a third party to do the combined duties, while the present occupants were dismissed on a pension. It was contended that either of these gentlemen was equal to the duties required, and willing to undertake them. LATE SITTINGS.— Mr. BROTHERTON moved a reso- lution, that it be a standing order when any member observed that it was twelve o'clock, that the House, without the question being put, should adjourn. It was opposed by Lord John Russell, because it went to deny all discretion to the House, and was negatived by 147 to 61. Mr. HORSEMAN brought forward his motion for a committee to inquire into the fabrication of fictitious votes in Scotland. He described some of the modes in which these paper votes were fabricated— The first plan was by a system of joint tenancy— the father, who paid all the rent, being obliged to take a lease, in which his sons were joined with him as tenants; and this was often done, although the sons did not reside within a hundred miles of the farm, and although they were pursuing some trade or profession totally different from that of cul- tivating the soil. ( Hear, hear.) Instances had been known of persons being registered in the character of joint tenants of a farm, who were actually following the profession of the law, or keeping shops in some distant parts of the country. ( Hear, liear.) Another plan was still more ingenious— An individual, possessed of property worth 100/. a- year, wishing to make a number of votes upon it, proceeded thus:— ten gentlemen were introduced to him by the agent of the candidate to become purchasers at 200/. each. But at the outset two great impediments occurred, for, in the first place it happened that not one of these ten gentlemen had got 200?.,—( laughter)— and in the next, were not in a station of life ever to possess it, for they were sometimes servants in the establishments of gentlemen residing in the neighbourhood ;—( hear, hear, hear)— sometimes they were clerks or dependants in the office of the political agent him- self; aye, and there were some instances, proofs of which lie was ready to adduce, where these gentleman purchasers were as low down in the scale of society as farmers' servants, shepherds, and day labourers,—( loud cries of Hear, hear,) who, so far from possessing 200/. a piece, did not possess two hundred pence amongst them,—( hear, hear,)— and even if they had, the person holding the premises could not part with them. H ere, therefore, the whole transaction would be stopped; but by the interference of the political agent ail difficulties were surmounted. Instead of the purchasers being required to pay 200/. each, it was proposed that each should give his bill for that amount, and pay interest on it at the rate of five per cent, until taken up; while, on the other hand, the seller, instead of being required to evacuate the premises, was to take a lease and continue to hold them as tenant to the buyers. ( Loud cries of hear, hear, and much laughter.) The transaction was thus completed; the seller made over the land to the purchasers, and the pur- chasers immediately granted a lease to the seller; the seller then had to pay 10/. a year rent upon his lease to each of the buyers, and the buyers had to'pay 10/. a year to the seller, for interest on his bill. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Horseman cited numerous instances injvbich, by these and other devices, chiefly by life- rent votings, the original and bona fide constituency had been alto- gether swamped. He admitted that ail the blame did not belong to the Tories, but they had led the way, and the Reformers had followed reluctantly and only in defence. MR. ROEBUCK said, the evil was one which would never be cured, but by . extending the suffrage and in- troducing the ballot. After some discussion, in which Mr. Recorder Shaw and Sir Henry Hardiuge anxiously recommended the proposed enquiry to include Ireland and England, Mr. Horseman's motion, limited to ^ Scotland, was agreed to. The committee was agreed to be named on Monday, Mr. CHARLTON.;?— A letter from this gentleman, dated Fleet Prison, aji< J stating tljatlje had been take. n into custody, was referred to the Committee of Pri- vileges. JOINT STOCK BANKS.— Mr. SPRING RICE stated, that his motion would include Irish Joint Stock Banks. MONDAY. PETITIONS.— A number of petitions on various sub- jects, many of them on Church- rates, were presented by various members. POSTAGE.— Dr. BOWRING, in moving for some re- turns connected with the foreign postage, ^ ave notice that he would, during the session, move for a reduc- tion of the rates of postage in the United Kingdom. PORTUGAL.— Lord PALMERSTON stated, that if the very extravagant tariff recently proposed by the Por- tuguese Government were persisted in, Ministers would be compelled, in defence, to adopt retaliatory duties. THE VIXEN.— The same noble lord stated that the case of the Vixen was under the consideration of His Majesty's Advocate ; until he reported on it. Govern- ment could not, of course, come to any decision. TIMBER DUTIES.— From an answer given by Mr. P. Thompson, it does not appear that there is any intention to bring these duties before Parliament. MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION ACTS.— The bills for suspending these acts were committed. Seme suggestions of amendment were made by Mr. O'Con- nell, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Wilkes, but it is impossible to discover, from the report, whether they were adopted or not. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.— A long conversation took place on a petition from Messrs. Hansard, pray- ing to be relieved from the consequences of an action for libel, to which they were defendants, and which was alleged to be contained in a report published by order of the House. It was agreed that the trial should be allowed to proceed, the defendants pleading the gene- ral issue; and, if they were convicted, that tliey should receive such compensation as was required in the case. MUNICIPAL ACT AMENDMENT.— The second read- ing of this bill was postponed till Wednesday week. FICTITIOUS ( SCOTLAND) VOTES.— The names of the Committee moved by Mr. Horseman were agreed to. IMPRISONMENT FOT DEBT.— Sir J" OHN CAMPBELL introduced tljis bill. It was, he said, no more than a portion of the bill of last year. Part of that bill had been rendered unnecessary in consequence of the im- provements iu the Courts; and part of it, he thought, would be best reserved for a separate bill. He briefly described the present bill— The great and sole object of the bill was to give a direct and immediate remedy against the- property of the debtor, and to take away the improper remedy which the creditor had now against the person of the debtor. It had been stated by the late Sir S. Romilly, and by all who had considered this subject, that the law of England was in a most lament- able condition with respect to the remedy the creditor bad in recovering his debt. He had no direct remedy against a great part of the property that belonged to his debtor. He could not even after judgment seize money, bills of exchange, book debts, funded property, copyhold, or freehold estates. It would be infinitely better that a creditor should have a remedy against the< property of his debtor, than to have the power of securing the person of the debtor. The first great object he had in view was to enable the sheriff, in ca « es where judgment had been given, to seize money, bills, book debts, and likewise copyhold and freehold estates, as well as other descriptions of property. This latter proceeding he proposed should be effected in all cases after judgment hail been sued out twelve months, and the debt had not in the mean time been satisfied ; giving them in cases where judg- ment had been entered up this remedy against the property and estate of tile debtor, he proposed that henceforward there should be no power to seize or detain the person of a debtor either before or after judgment. If they got at the property, it was not proper that the person of the debtor should be liable to seizure ; he therefore proposed, except in cases of fraud, arrest should be got rid of. At present there were not less than 14,000 persons in gaol for debt, and upwards of three> fourtlis of them had no property whatever wherewith to satisfy the demands of their cieditors. It was proper that these persons should be discharged out of prison, provided they had not been guilty of fraudulent conduct, and that they should thus be enabled to support themselves end their families by their honest exertions. He did not propose to allow imprisonment in any but cases of fraud. In all such cases he proposed that the judge should haveautho- rity to order the debtor to be committed to prison. Also in cases where there was evidence that the debtor was about to leave the country and to absent himselffrom his creditors, the same process would be followed as at present to secure the person of the debtor. After judgment the debtor must either pay the debt and satisfy his creditor, or give such an account of his property that it could be taken possession of for the purpose of division amongst his creditors. If the debtor refused to answer, or did not give an honest account of his property, he should also be liable to committal to prison. By commitment he did not mean that a person should be allowed to live in a handsome house like a palace, within the rules of the prison, where he could enjoy every luxury and laugh at his creditors, but that a debtor thus re- manded should be confined within the walls of the prison, safoa et arcta custodia. He proposed but a small addition to the present judicial machinery, in order to carry the law into effect. The Court of Review could manage London and a circuit of forty miles round it; _ and he proposed that they should appoint Commissioners to inquire into the property of the debtor. The bail fees at pre- sent amounted to not less than 300,000/. The whole of this sum would be got rid of. CHANCERY.— Mr. PEMBEP. TON asked if Ministers meant to do anything with this court. Two years ao- o the arrears amounted to between 300 and 400; now they were between 800 and 900. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL said the whole subject would be brought before the House this session, or the next. ADDRESS.— The King-' s answer to the Address was reported. REGISTRATION.— Sir JOHN CAMPBELL obtained leave to introduce his Registration Amendment bill. The important points are the appointment of a revising barristers' court, the members to be named in the bill, and the omission of the third question put to the voter, so that a registration shall hold good for twelvemonths, notwithstanding any removal that may have taken place in the interval. JOINT STOCK BANKS.—' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEUUER moved for his' Committee of Enquiry— As the proposition he was about to make was for the con- tinuation of the committee, it would be highly inexpedient on his part to presume any anticipation of what might be the opinion of the committee on the subject, but he should be greatly misconceived if it were considered that his motion was one made in hostility to the principle of joint- stock banks, or the established system. It was well understood that the act 2 George IV. was rather considered, when it was passed, as an experiment, and it was obviously neces- sary that time should elapse before it would be possible to form a deliberate opinion on the subject. Now, however, a great many facts were before them which would enable them to judge whether the practice under the act in ques- tion, and the act itself, required amendment. The very large majority of the witnesses examined on the part of the banks, while maintaining the decided usefulness of a well- understood system of joint- stock banking, united in the opinion that the law required amendment, for the protection of the banks themselves, of the people, and for the general protection of the credit and currency of the country. ( Hear, hear.) He deprecated any extension of the enquiry to the Bank of England and the currency generally. The subject was of itself sufficiently difficult, without com- plicating it by the addition of any other. Mr. HUME, after alluding to the effects of the clause in the Bank Charter act, which makes Bank of Eng- land notes a legal tender, unless by the Bank itself, pressed for an extension of the enquiry— He agreed with the right honourable gentleman that this was a critical period— he agreed with him that mischief or good would result according as this inquiry was proceeded with— but he must press for inquiry when he saw enact- ments on banking which he believed to be fraught with the sacrifice of millions of capital. He told Mr. Canning and Mr. I- Iuskisson that they were mistaken as to the sources of the mischief when they were attributing the panic of 182S to the country banks, without any proof that it was so. He observed, on that occasion, that the whole issue of the country banks could not possibly produce the least effect on the circulation. The House, he would contend, legislated on wrong information; and let any commercial man look back to the withdrawal of the circulation, and say whether that had not been productive of the most serious and lament- able inconvenience. The right honourable gentleman tlod them that an inquiry into the bank charter would be an in- cidental inquiry; his proposition, however, was not to opeu the question of the bank charter, but only to inquire with a view to ascertain what had been the discretion exercised by the Bank of England. ( Hear, hear.) He felt bound to say that he knew So individuals who were more anxious than were some of the official gentlemen connected with the Bank of England to do justice, and see the duties of their office efficiently performed, yet he had no hesitation in also declaring that he did not think their proceedings had manifested a knowledge of the principles on which they ought to act, and, therefore, whatever changes had taken place in the currency ih the last few years had been owing to the management of the Bank of England, and not to that of the joint- stock banks. ( Hear, hear.) If he could make that out he hoped the House would go with him in adopting his proposition, which was to extend the inquiry to banks in general—( hear, hear)— and to the causes of those changes in the currency which had occurred during the last two years. His object was to show what ought to be the principle of banking; to show what ought to be the system here, and what had been the results from the system adopted here arid elsewhere. The Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed that the bank charter should be the subject of an incidental inquiry ; he would have it the subject oi their principal inquiry. He was pre- pared to show that if evils had resulted from a surplus cur- rency, they were not produced by the joint- stock banks, but by the Bank of England. If he should show that the evils of speculation had arisen which had led to a sudden re- striction of the currency— if he should show that great changes had taken place which had thrown an artificial value of five, ten, or more per cent, on some particular commodi- ties, and in a few months had depressed them to an equal amount— if be should show that anything had occurred which had interfered with the public credit, and placed it, though it had always heretofore been as high, below the credit of a neighbouring country— if he should show that the interest paid on Exchequer bills in England ivas higher than the interest paid on Exchequer bills in FranGe— if he should show that till within the last twelvemonths the credit of England, as regarded Exchequer bills and the funds, was higher than that of France, whereas now it was deteriorated— if he should show the existence of such a state of things, he would ask the House was not that a fit subject for inquiry. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME alluded to Peel's bill, and to the differ- ent systems pursued in France and in England—> He begged to divert the attention of the House to what must have attracted considerable notice during the inquiry of the committee of 1819: he referred to a portion ot the evidence of Mr. Alexander Baring, who was considered one of the best of the authorities examined by the committee. A question was asked of him, the object of which was to ascertain whether greater changes in the currency had taken place in France or in England. Every body knew what changes had taken place in this country from 1797 till the period when the right hon. bart. opposite ( Sir R. Peel) in- troduced his currency bill. He admitted that one of the great- est benefits which had been conferred on this country was that act of the right honourable baronet by which he placed the currency on its present footing. ( Cheers.) Though the sufferings were great through which we arrived at a sound principle, those sufferings could not be fairly attri- buted to the measure of the right honourable baronet, but were the result rather of thejprevious misgovernment. ( Hear, hear.) It appeared from the evidence that there was a paper currency in France, but none below the value of 20/. [ Some honourable gentlemen intimated their dissent from this statement.] He believed it would be found he had stated the value correctly. The circulation in France was essentially metallic. The paper was issued by the Bank, according to the demand, and it was never issued, as it was in this country, for the purpose of making a profit by the issues, or for the encouragement of speculation. It dis- counted at all times at 4 per cent., and was a commercial bank. The reduction of the rate of interest by the Bank of England had been the cau9e of much of the evil of which we had to complain. The reduction of the rate of interest and the amount of surplus money possessed by the bank had in- creased speculation. The bank of England currency had been chiefly paper. Let any one draw this conclusion from the results of the system in France, as compared with the results of the system in this country— let him make that comparison, and reconcile his mind to our system if he could. France had stood the shock of two invasions— she bad to pay immense sums to the allies in the course of a few years— she had to bear up against the importation of corn to an immense amount, in consequence of the failure of her corn crops— she also suffered at another time from the failure of her wine crops, which were equally important to the in- dustry of that country. Surely this would have been enough under other circumstances to have deranged her whole monetary system. Notwithstanding, however, that she had had these large sums to pay, no such changes in her currency, no panics, had occurred in that country as had taken place in England over and over again. The Bank of England availed itself of its assets to derive profits, and in doing so, occasioned that excess in the cuirency which led to a restriction, and, the restriction being suddenly felt, a panic took place. By such management as was seen in 1823, as well as at the present period, the whole commercial community was, as it were, paralyzed. Mr. HUME went into a long argument founded on the returns of the Bank, of which the reporters, as usual, make such a liotch potch, that it is impossible either to understand or abridge it. They make the honourable member describe the bank circulation in one instance as 71 millions! [ Morning Chronicle.'] The conclusion drawn by Mr. HUME from the greatly extended circulation of' the bank, and the small in- crease of the Joint Stock Banks' circulation was, that the former, not the latter, was to blame for the approach- ing crisis. He concluded— Why limit the inquiry when they went about it? ( Hear.) He felt no hesitation in saying that he made out a case of complaint against the Bank of England. He had shown that there had been a loss to the public in the dealings on the Exchequer bills. They paid more as interest now than was paid in France, a thing that never befoie occurred in the history of England, Did they want capital in England ? No. Did they want enterprise ? Did they want prudence in the management of their own affairs? No;, but there was a body over whom they had no controul, that raised and depressed at their will the value of currency, and of course, of every commodity in the country. He wanted to have, then, an extended inquiry, to ascertain whether or not such a state of things was for the advantage of the public. No man could be more happy than he should be, if it were proved that his opinions were erroneous on this subject. As to tile facts upon which his opinions were founded, they could not be disproved, because they were in the returns then before the house. He was quite shre that the public, who were so deeply interested in this subject, would not be satisfied unless they looked at existing evils as they really were. They should front the perils before them— they ought not to leave the danger behind them; to do other- wise was not the way to pilot the vessel in safety. ( Hear, hear.) If the Chancellor of the Exchequer would take his advice, he would ascertain what were the real causes of the difficulties under which they had now been labouring for upwards of a year. He would move, as- an amendment, that there be a general inquiry into the state of banking, and the causes for the changes in the circulation for the last two years. The amendment gave rise to a rather lengthened de- bate, in the course of which, Mr. Williams ( of Coven- try), Mr. Robinson, Mr. Gisborne,, Mr. Villiers, Mr. T. Baring, Mr. Clay, Mr. Pattison, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Crawford, Mr. P. Thompson, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Wakley, addressed the House. Sir ROBERT PEEL thus justified the interference of the House with Joint Stock Banks. Parliament bad already interfered with reference to Joint Stock Banks, and having so interfered it was entitled to carry that interference further. If the persons who were engaged in Joint Stock Banks were to be considered the best judges of the mariner of carrying on their own business, why had Parliament restricted them in various ways ? Why were they prohibited from issuing five shilling or half- crown notes ? The moment that Parliament interfered with them in one respect, it acquired the right or contracted the obli- gation to interfere with them in any other respect in which such interference might be considered advantageous to the public. No one could deny, not only the right, but the sound policy and justice of acting on this principle. For instance, could any man doubt that the recent transactions of the Northern and Central Banking Company justified an inquiry into the nature of those transactions ? Where a company had been invested by the Legislature with the power of coinage, or with the power of issuing money— a power affecting the interest not merely of the share- holders, but of those who took their notes— and when that company was found to have made an application to the Bank of Eng- land, and to have declared that they should be ruined unless the Bank advanced them 100,000/., [ 1 million] surely that was a very different transaction from a speculation in sugar or tobacco. The moment that the Legislature devolved upon any body of men the power of issuing money, ( a power ab- solutely regal in its character) that moment it acquired the right of taking care that the interests of those whom such a proceeding affected should be protected. The honourable gentleman opposite said that no one could doubt the disin- terested and judicious conduct of the directors of the joint- stock banks. He ( Sir Robert Peel) doubted it. He had not so much confidence in their wisdom as the honourable gentleman had. Let the House look at the report of the committee of last year. They would there see an account of a bank, the directors of which had made a large dividend of profits for a course of years, although they knew that there were a great many bad debts on the books of the com- pany. Tliey never deducted those debts from their calcula- tion, but made their annual dividend of profits, as if those debts were bona- fide assets. The facilities enjoyed by the directors of joint- stock banks to act in that manner were facilities granted to them by Act of Parliament, and Parlia- ment was, therefore, entitled to inquire into the manner in which such facilities had been used. The moment that Parliament gave to any body of persons virtually a monopoly, legal or practical, that moment Parliament acquired a right to inquire into the conduct of those by whom that monopoly was enjoyed, and to ascertain theexpediency or inexpediency of its continuance. The original motion was carried by 121 to 42. FICTITIOUS ( IRELAND) VOTES.— Mr. RECORDER SHAW obtained a committee to inquire into the prac- tice of fabricating fictitious votes in Ireland. TUESDAY. PETITIONS A number of petitions were presented, chiefly on the subject of Church- rates. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.— Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to move the introduction of this bill. After a brief introduction he proceeded to notice certain points of difference between it and the corresponding mea- sures for Scotland and England— There were one or two points, as the House knew, in which the English bill differed from the bill which had been previously applied to Scotland, while there were cer. tain alterations made in the Irish bill which were not adopted in the English bill. One of these alterations was with regard to the franchise. Ireland not having the same description of rate- payers which we have in this country, the 10/. and 5/. franchises were taken, the former for Scot- land and the latter for Ireland. Another difference which was made in the bill of last year, though not when it was originally introduced, but after it came into the House, was that the appointment of the sheriffs in Ireland should be in the Crown. Now upon this subject I shall state that it is my opinion generally that in the appointment to many of those offices connected with the administration of justice the Crown has a paramount authority. In the Scotch bill the election of the magistrates is in the town councils. By the English act the magistrates are now appointed by the Crown. * * * In the Irish bill, after it was brought in, we took another step, and we proposed, that in those counties which were towns and counties in themselves the appointment [ of sheriffs] should remain in the Crown. Now, I have somewhat altered this provision in the present bill. The provision which I now propose to introduce is, that the town- council should name three persons to the Lord- Lieutenant, of whom the Lord- Lieutenant may refuse any one or reject all three; that upon that rejection the Council may propose three others; the Lord- Lieutenant may choose one of these, or he may set aside the second three, that is, he may set aside the whole six, and appoint a person solely by his own authority. Lord JOHN stated the purpose of the bill, as well as the principles that should guide Ministers generally in respect to the Government of Ireland. We propose this bill as a remedy for a civil grievance suf- fered by the people of Ireland, with respect to their corpo- rations. We propose it as a bill which, in point of principle, meets no objection, or which only meets that objection, which I have stated before, that in spite of the actot Union and in spite of the act of Emancipation, Irishmen and Roman Catholics are to be placed upon a different footing from their fellow- subjects in the two other portions of the empire. ( Loud cheers.) I feel it necessary upon this oc- casion, especially after some statements that have been made, and some resolutions that have been recently entered into at a certain meeting in Ireland—( immense cheering and much laughter)— I feel it necessary to state the grounds on which the Government of Ireland has proceeded as an executive, and the grounds on which we have proceeded in recommending to the Legislature to act in conformity with the proceeding of that executive authority; and I think it right to state that I consider this is a question of vital im- portance to the present Administration. ( Loud cries of Hear.) I am fully sensible of the evil of bringing forward bills year after year, and suffering them to be defeated and lost, without taking any further step upon the subject. ( Re- newed cries of Hear and loud cheers.) I think it right, at least we consider it right, that Parliament and the country should have full time to consider the nature of the Govern- ment that we have established in Ireland, and to consider the measure and propositions that we have to make; but I do not think that we could permanently go on, or that we could he fairly entitled to ask for the confidence of this House, which hitherto has never been withheld from us, if we, continuing an Administration, suffered principles to be applied with regard to the Government of Ireland against which we decidedly and positively protested. Referring to Mr. Fox's opinion, that Ireland should be regulated according to Irish notions, and that the Government of that country should be the same to all the people of the country, Lord John observed that such had been the rule on which Ministers had acted— Now, sir, I maintain that Lord Mulgrave has acted upon these principles laid down by Mr. Fox. ( Cheers.) He has endeavoured to do that which, I must say, has not been fully done before, to carry into every part of the Irish Government the spirit of impartial justice. ( Cheers.) When I say it has not been done before, much as I admire the cha- racter of Lord Mulgrave, I am not going to place him, nor place those who sit here, above any Governor or above any Ministers who have governed Ireland before, but I will say, that while Lord Mulgrave has governed Ireland with the most upright, with the most impartial, and with the most generous intentions, that he has had this advantage, that his Government has been one and united. ( Loud cheers,) The noble secretary entered at great length, and in detail, into the defence of Lord Mulgrave's Government. In the course of this defence, he noticed a charge re- peatedly brought against Lord Mulgrave, of his pre- ferring Catholics to Protestants in his official appoint- ments— Sir, there is another point with respect to the distribution of patronage on which much observation has been made. You, sir, will observe, that, in the opinion of Mr. Fox, which I have stated, he said, that one of the objects which he wished to see effected in the government of Ireland, was a fair distribution of emoluments among all classes of the people. ( Hear, hear.) That this had taken place befoie the arrival of Lord Mulgrave can hardly be asserted. I hold in my hand the list of the stipendiary magistrates ap- pointed under former Governments, which states the reli- gion of the different persons—( Hear, hear)— and although the number is very considerable, yet there is only one pro- fessing the Roman Catholic faith. ( Cheers, and cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") In considering the number of Ro- man Catholics— men of talent and . education in that coun- try— one can hardly think that this was a fair distribution of patronage. I have, sir, also a list of the stipendiary magis- trates appointed since Lord Mulgrave's going to Ireland, and it appears that six of them were Roman Catholics and nine Jof them Protestants';—( hear, and cheers)— no very unfair distribution, certainly— and showing no wish to pro- mote Roman Catholics in preference to Protestants; but showing that which I think it is right to show, that a man, because he is a Roman Catholic, is not to be excluded from those offices to which, by a solemn act of the Legislature, which you have sanctioned, he is entitled to aspire. ( Loud Cheers.) He noticed the language employed at the reccnt Orange meeting in Dublin, and, more especially, the heavy complaints made there and elsewhere, of the persecution to which Protestantism was subjected— We know what a penal code is; we know how the Irish lost their estates by the effects of a penal code, which sub- jected them to every description of the severest penalty; we know that as one result of penal codes an Irish Roman Catholic formerly could not keep a good horse without its being subject to be taken from him by any Protestant who happened to take a fancy to it. ( Hear, hear.) We know what a penal code is when it is presented to us in these practical shapes. But as to this undefined and imaginary penal code, I know not what to make of it. ( Hear, hear.) It seems to me to resemble nothing so much as the gentle- man who, in a letter to the Spectator, gives an account of his having read all the best medical books, and of the effect which they had on him : who states that having read ail the accounts of asthma, he became for three weeks decidedly asthmatic;—( laughter)— that then having read a good trea- tise on the gout, he became afflicted with all the symptoms of the gout, except, indeed, the pain. ( Great laughter.)— In the same way, Sir, it appears to me that the parties in question have been reading a treatise on the penal code which, in former times, was inflicted on the Roman Catho- lics of Ireland, and imagine themselves suffering under all the symptoms, except the pain—( loud cheers and laughter) — except the practical sufferings, the practical grievances which the Roman Catholics formerly bad to complain of. And thus, in a country almost entirely undisturbed by crime, and rapidly improving in condition, do these parties come before the public with their dismal tale of imaginary malady. It seems as if they are determined to permit no- thing to console them for their loss of exclusive power— ( Hear, hear.) They have made up their minds to be miser- able, reminding one strongly of the lines of an eminent liv- ing author— " Call it madness, call it folly, Yon shall not chase my grief away; There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gray." ( Great laughter.) Lord J ohn next adverted to the National Associa- tion— There was a resolution [ of the Orange meeting] which complains " That a body, styling itself, ' The General As- sociation of Ireland,' has for some time held, and now pub- licly holds its meetings in Dublin, and is actively and seditiously engaged in exciting and organising the people of this country, for the purpose of resisting the just prerogative ot the crown, for the spoliation of the established church, and severing the union between Great Britain and Ireland: and that such proceedings are connived at, and wholly un- restrained by, His Majesty's government in Ireland." Now sir, I must own that if I were to hear there was a General Association of Scotchmen met in Edinburgh, and that their meetings took place from week to week, and that they col- lected various suras of money from week to week, and entered into various resolutions from time to time with respect to the government of that country, I confess that 1 should hear it with great regret; but I should always ask what was the cause of that association ?—( cheers)— and so I say with respect to Ireland. Sir, I very much regret that in Dublin, as I should that in Edinburgh, an association should exist of the nature alluded to ; but I am obliged to inquire into its causes, and when I ask for those causes, I find, as the forcible phrase of Lord Mulgrave expresses it, that it is the spawn of your own wrong. ( Cheers.) Sir, the Government of Ireland has been throughout the whole of its connection with this country a painful subject for an English politician to contemplate. The glories of Eliza- beth, the vigorous protectorate of Cromwell, the deliverance of our liberties by William III., are all connected with cruel wars, with dreadful massacres of the people of that country, with the enactment of penal laws, and with the violation of the treaty of Limerick in the time of William III. ( Hear, hear.) Sir, these are painful subjects, but I had hoped that a time was come when we could'look to these things only as matters of history, and when we could say that the spirit which in other times had governed Eng- lish councils in reference to Ireland was changed for the benefit of both parties, with a spirit of mutual conciliation, into a spirit of indulgence for each other's religious faith, into a spirit of common determination to defend the rights and liberties of the common people of this United King- dom. ( Hear, hear.) Sorry am I, sir, to see that such is not yet the case, and that what Mr. Hume has stated as the spirit animating the English against the Irish in the reign of Elizabeth is not even yet extinct. ( Hear, hear.) The noble lord summed up— As long as this Municipal Corporation bill, which I intend to move to- night, was passing through the House of Com- mons, the people of Ireland confided in the justice of the Legislature. There was no attempt to intimidate, there were no national associations formed by His Majesty's sub- jects there. ( Hear, hear.) It was after the measure had been lost, it was after their prayers had been rejected, and rejected not only with calm reasoning but with insult. ( Cheers.) It was after they had been rejected, I say, with insult, that this association was formed, and its meetings held. Can we wonder at such tilings? Can we wonder that that which had been found successful on former occasions was resorted to on this ? And can I suggest a remedy ? Would it. be, think you, that this Association, composed of several peers of Parliament, composed of many of the members of the House of Commons, composed, I have heard, of one fourth, an honourable gentleman says one third, of Protestants— would it be that this Association, so composed, should be suppressed? ( Hear, hear.) Would that be your remedy? No, sir; your remedy is to treat Ireland as you treat England, and as you treat Scotland. ( Great cheering.) As you have no Association in London, as you have no Association in Edinburgh, depend upon it, that when the fair principle of equality is found to be your rule, the people of Ireland will rely with confidence on the justice of the supreme Legislature, and they will take no other method of redressing their wrongs. While, then, sir, I regret the existence of that Association, I cannot say there has not been a plausible motive for its formation, nor can I say that there is not an easy way for its suppression. ( Cheers.) It is that easy way which I ask you now to take. Mr. SERGEANT JACKSON made a very long speech, in which he attacked Mr. Pigottand several other gen- tlemen, ending with Mr. O'Connell, whom he strongly and personally censured for the resolution respecting Lord Lyndhurst, passed by the Catholic Associa- tion— In the face of this apology, regardless of explanation, still clinging to the distorted and erroneous view in which the expression had at first been received, a motion was framed at the National Association by the honourable and learned gentleman opposite to donounce the noble lord in question. ( Mr. O'Connell: " No, no, Mr. Boyce, of Bannon 1) Oh! it was not moved by the honourable and learned gentleman himself; he was glad to get a scapegoat, was he? and that a Protestant member of the Association. The honourable and learned gentleman, however, prompted him, doubtless, in what he was to do—( hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell)— but he did a little more also; he moved the setting aside of a standing order for the purpose of bringing it forward at a time when it would not otherwise have been done. ( Hear, hear, hear.) This motion denounced the noble lord he referred to as " an enemy to the peace of Ireland, to the stability of the empire, and to the throne of England." Language more atrocious than this, he maintained, had never been heard in that House. ( Opposition cheers.) What had been done, he asked, to warrant such language applied to the truly illustrious individual in question— a man whose family and ancestors are themselves so intimately connected with the Singletons of Limerick, and the county of Clare. It was a disgrace to Irishmen to have taken part in such a proceeding. Rivers of blood were to flow for the insult alleged to have been cast on Irishmen, and yet an atrocity like this was applauded by all the Irishmen who heard it. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON'S speech was the commence- ment of a debate of that kind in which the Irish mem- bers are so prone to indulge. Mr. O'CONNELL congratulated the House on the feelings and sentiments expressed by the learned Sergeant— The coalition sitting on that bench is now undisguised in its features, which announce that there is to be no peace for Ireland but in the extermination of its people. ( Oh, oh! and hear, hear.) What will Irishmen have to expect when he is one of the law officers of the Crown, for he deserves it quite as well as the honourable and learned gentleman sitting at his side, in some points ; as in assurance and cool- ness of assertion he even exceeds him, and in his low jests he beats him hollow. ( Oh, oh! and laughter.) After some further severe comments on the Sergeant's speech, Mr. O'Connell concluded— He was not there to ask mercy and compassion for the people of Ireland. If he were, he knew he should ask in vain. He was there as one of the representatives of the Irish people, to demand justice for thein. The honourable and learned sergeant might sneer; it was a commodity he did not deal in. ( A laugh.) How could any assembly of rational persons taunt the Catholics of Ireland with infe- riority to the Protestants ? Hosv could the honourable and learned sergeant venture to abuse the loyal and patriotic Association which had been established in Ireland, to main- tain the cause of their country, and to oppose bigotry and intolerance? It was true that that Association advocated the claims of the Catholics, for it advocated the welfare of Ireland. The honourable and learned sergeant did not say anything in hostility to the Catholics; but he was a political hypocrite; he did that which he abstained from saying. Let him speak up ; let him at orice declare that the Catholics were not worthy of being placed on a footing with Protest- ants. Let him say, " The law has pronounced them equal to the Protestants, but I pronounce them inferior." Mr. Recorder SIIAW continued the personal argu- ment. In the course of his speech he was called to order by Mr. Roebuck for quoting from an after dinner speech of Mr. O'Connell, but the Speaker decided, as Lord John Russell had introduced the Orange meeting speeches, that Mr. Shaw's quotation was in order. Lord Clements briefly, and Mr. Roebuck at length, strove to bring back the House to the consideration of the question before it. The latter member noticed the way iu which the discussion was conducted— It seemed to him that the object the House hau before them was to consider the general conduct of the Irish Go- vernment; to know whether that conductliad been such as was conducive to the general interests of both countries—. England and Ireland; and he had seen and heard, with some astonishment, that when that was the matter to be discussed— and a more grave and serious one could not be submitted even to that assembly— persons co^ me forward and bring evidence respecting words used, and matters discussed by an individual who had a place in that House, and, be must allow, great power in Ireland; but which words were used upon an occasion not connected with the conduct of the Government, which was the sul jec. they were at present called upon to discuss. Those v, ere matters respecting which it was for the honourable and learned member him- self to decide; it was for his own taste and his own under- standing to determine what was due to his own character, and the character of those whom he addressed. He ( Mr. Itoebuck) was rot called upon in that House to give an : THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. s opinion about those words, if it were true that they were spoken; and, not being called upon to give an opinion about those words, he wanted to know why lie had been compelled to hear them. ( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He asked, what was the valueof the debate to which they had been listening— They had had four long mortal '. hours entirely wasted, ( six') No, he would not say six, because some particular speeches, or parts of speeches, that he had heard, did not fall under the same category. He, however, wanted to know the value of the argument that iiad been addressed to the house? He wished to strip it of all extraneous adjuncts — all rhetorical flourishes— which, however well they might be suited to other audiences, were not proper to be recognised by such an assembly as this. ( Hear, hear.) The honourable and learned sergeant had accused the ho- nourable and learned member for Kilkenny of having used certain expressions, at various times, of a very violent na- ture, and therefore that House was to legislate for Ireland in a manner different from what it did for any other part of the empire. The argument of the learned sergeant was, that because the honourable and learned member for Kil- kenny had been violent, rude, and coarse, in the epithets he had employed in his speeches, they were, therefore to deny to the people of Ireland those municipal rights which they had alreadv given to England and to Scotland. ( Loud cheers.) That was the argument of the honourable gentle- men opposite, and he wanted the world to understand the value of this species of declamation, if, indeed he might give it even that term. Bad as he considered it, what was the value of that declamation? That these said six millions of people, whose happiness, whose government, all that was dear to them, was derived from the good administration of their local affairs, were to be dependent upon the taste and judgment of a single individual. That was the whole and sole substance of the four long hours of dull declamation that they had been doomed to listen to. ( Cheers and laughter.) He remarked on the facility with which charges of inconsistency might be preferred— Suppose, by way of illustration, the right honourable baronet the member for Tamworth had ever changed his opinions—( laughter)— or that the right honourable baronet the member for Cumberland had changed his opinions— ( renewed laughter)— or that the noble lord who sat between these two riirht honourable baronets had changed his opinions—( continued laughter)— suppose all these extraor- dinary things, would that, he asked, after having passed the Reform bill, justify him in saying to the House of Com- mons, " Here are three distinguished men in the Govern- ment of the country, who have most distinctly said ay to- day and no to- morrow, and therefore I call upon you not to give to the people of England the power of governing them- selves in their municipal corporations. ( Loud cries of Hear, hear.) He wanted to know what the people of England would say to that species of argument? He could not tell what the people of Ireland would think. He stated the rule according to which the question before tbe House should be disposed of— He wished to lay it down as a general rule, that the people of Ireland and the people of England, and the people of Scotland, were all equally worthy of the right and of the duty of self- government. ( Cheers.) And he charged the gentle- men opposite, notwithstanding that Englishmen were worthy of self- government, that Scotchmen were worthy of self- go- vernment, that beinglrishmen iliey knew that thelrish people were not fitted to be entrusted with the rights and duties of citizens. The honourable and learned sergeant had said that this was the first time that that argument had been used, and that it was first stated by the noble lord who opened this debate. Why, so far from that being the case, the very same argument was made the ground, and the only ground, of opposition to the measure last year. It was most distinctly stated by the noble lord the member tor Lanca- shire. LORD STANLEY: I never stated anything of the kind. Mr. ROEBUCK begged the noble lord's pardon: he did not wish to impute to the noble lord anything which he had not said, but, as far as his recollection went, he could assert that he had heard the noble lord state distinctly in this House, that the people of Ireland were in that condition, that they were separated into parties by their peculiarly re- ligious feelings, that they could not be entrusted with muni- cipal corporate rights. ( Cheers.) That was the whole tenor of the argumentation of the other side of the House. It was on that ground that they sought to cut down, to spoil and ruin, the measure in this House by peacemeal. They took that course in order to persuade His Majesty's Minis- ters; and in passing he would state that he thought His Majesty's Ministers were too easily persuaded by that side of the House to cut down that bill, on the ground and un- derstanding which was always put forward by them, that there were peculiarities in the Irish people that unfitted them for self- government. ( Cheers.) That was the fair way of stating the argument. ( Hear, hear.) Now he wished to call the attention of both sides of the House, more particularly the attention of the liberal members, to this fact, that the honourable members opposite distinctly stated in opposition to them that the people of Ireland were not worthy of self- government. That was their principle. ( Cries of " No, no!" from the opposition, and " Hear, hear," from the ministerial benches.) Ay, but it was so. He concluded by stating the question as viewed by the two parties— He begged to press it on the minds of Ministers if they wished to continue Ministers, that this great principle of theirs— namely, that the people were worthy of self- govern- ment— was their main stay and support ( hear, hear), and that every step they made in carrying out that great and glorious principle of legislation, was a step to insure and strengthen their own powef, and that every.- single inch which they yielded to false and dangerous suggestions coming. from the opposite bench, weakened their dominion, by destroying the confidence of the people in them. ( Cheers.) He wished them to understand, and he wished the people of England fairly to understand, that the two parties in the State were now at issue with respect to the whole Irish people upon the principle which distinguished that party to which the hon. gentlemen opposite belonged, from what lie would call the real democracy of England. ( Cheers.) The opposite party declared that the people were not wor- thy of self- government; he as firmly declared that they were. After a few words by Colonel Conolly and O'Con- ner Don, the debate was adjourned till Wednesday. WEDNESDAY. Several petitions, chiefly on the subject of Church- rates, were presented. IRISH CORPORATIONS.— The debate on tbe intro- duction of Lord John's bill, was resumed by Mr. R. D. Browne, and continued by Mr. W. Roche, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Hardy, Mr. James Grattan, Mr. Lefroy, Mr. Wakley, Mr. West, member for Dublin, who spoke at length and with considerable point, ag- ainst Lord Mulgrave's Administration, particularly the re- lease of an offender from Sligo jail, who was confined there for an assault with intent to commit a rape. Mr. West read a laughable pardon, in a similar case, granted by King James I. to a certain Sir Eustace Hart, to which, however, the pedant monarch had an- nexed a condition omitted by Lord Mulgrave— that the party should abstain from such attempts in future. Lord MORPETH entered, in reply to Mr. West, into a minute defence of Lord Mulgrave's Government, in the course of which he read a number of documents showing that, in respect to criminal offences, the state of Ireland had been greatly ameliorated under the noble Viceroy's Government. Sir JAMES GRAHAM followed Lord Morpeth. Sir James made a bitter attack upon the motives of the Ministry— Early in the course of the dicussion ( he noble lord oppo- site introduced the authority of Mr. Fox. He contended that the real system of governing Ireland was to meet each succeeding demand of the people of that country by successive concessions, and that while they remained un- weary in demanding we were to be untired in granting. ( Cheers and laughter.) The noble lord, I say, cited the authority of Mr.. Fox, and he appeared to me to cite it as if She'thought it would be treated with disrespect on this side of the House. I speak not for others, I can only answer for myself; but that name can never be cited without de- manding my most profound respect. Mr. Fox, as I humbly conceive, was really a great statesman— his mind was capa- cious, and was able to grasp and comprehend the great first principles of government, and his was the God- like gift of eloquence, with power and perspicuity to enforce them ; hut his WHS also the no less important and necessary gift of applying those great first principles of government to the circumstances of the country, and the times in which lie lived and acted. ( Cheers.) There is a relative of Mr. Fox in the present Administration, Lord Holland, liis nephew. I once was favoured with the friendship of that noble lord. It is impossible ever to have known and not to continue to remember the superior nature and the high intellectual attainments of that noble lord, and to retain for him a permanent attachment. That noble lord has told us, in a pentameter verse of old monastic Latin, what was the policy of the present Adminis- tration:— " Qua; perpetuo sunt agitata raanent." ( Hear, and laughter.) Now I will translate " QUIB per- petuo sunt agitata," thus— we perpetually yield to agita- tion ; but" manent," how shall I translate that? I should say— they remain in Downing- street, and contrive to keep their places. The noble lord opposite talks of all the symp- toms of the gout without the pain. I would ask the noble lord if he ever heard of an Administration with all the symptoms of Government without the power ? ( Loud oppo- sition cheers,) It is vain for him to cite to me the autho- rity of Mr. Fox in defence of such policy and such proceed- ings. I demur to that point. I contend that if Mr. Fox had lived to see the day when the Test and Corporation Acts had been repealed— when Catholic Emancipation had been granted— when a Reform bill had passed, extending the suffrage both in Great Britain and Ireland— when the Protestant hierarchy of Ireland had been greatly reduced, one half of its bishoprics being annihilated— when the church- cess had been cast upon the property of the Church, to the relief of the occupiers of the soil— if he had lived to see these things granted, if also he had lived to see pro- posed on the part of that " exclusive minority" to which the noble lord has referred, the free and complete sur- render of their " exclusive" corporations, attaching only one condition to that proposal," that the power which it proposed to abolish should not be transferred from one body to the other— if he had seen the frank tender made of the settlement of the tithe question upon the principle of remitting 30 per cent, on the total amount, and casting it entirely on Protestant landlords to the relief of the Catholic occupier;— if he bad seen these things granted and these things offered, I will not believe that when the claim, the preposterous claim, was advanced, in addition to all this, that Vote by Ballot should be established, that Household Suffrage should be granted, that Triennial Parliaments should be adopted, that the Bishops should be expelled from the House of Lords, and that the constitution of jtlie House of Lords itself should be revised,— I cannot believe, that on the . prin- ciple of meeting every demand by unwearying concession, Mr. Fox would ever be prepared to assent to any of these things. Sir James concluded by a hit at Mr. O'Connell's theory of instalments—- The honourable and learned member talks of coaxing the Government out of all he demands by instalments. The honourable and learned member in one of his speeches talks of a fable of a man, who having had a favour bestowed 011 him by Satan, makes a bargain— very much such a bargain as that between the honourable and learned gentleman and the Ministry—( hear, cheers, and laughter)— with Satan in re- turn by " way of paying for the favour, and Satan gives him the choice of paying his debt by doing one of three things, namely, either of killing his father, beating his mother, or getting drunk; the man selects the latter alternative and gets drunk, and being drunk proceeds, as Satan clearly fore- saw, to do both the other mentioned matters,— beats his mother and kills his father; the bargain thus turned out a very good one for Satan. ( A laugh.) I trust this fable will be adopted by the noble lord, as a warning to him that he should not suffer himself to be made drunk. ( Great laughter.) Give me, said the honourable and learned gen- tleman, corporation reform, and then I shall beable to make out the rest of the way. Here the secret was told— the truth transpired. ( Hear, hear.) The honourable and learned member for Kilkenny— he who was to be considered as the most competent witness— we have it from him in evi- dence what will be the effect of corporation reform. ( Hear.) I say, sir, that the Protestant establishment in Ireland is on the verge of ruin. ( Hear, hear, from the Opposition mem- bers.) I will now conclude what I have to say, with a few simple words pronounced by Lord Russell, the ancestor of the noble lord opposite, the words of one whose dying pangs would have been increased, if he were told, and could have believed, that, in these latter days, a descendant of his own — one who inherited his courage, who inherited many of his virtues, who was blessed by Providence with a superior talent, who, holding a high place under the Crown, in the last extremity of the Irish Church, should give all his powers, not to rescue her from ruin, but deliberately to per- fect her destruction. ( Cheers.) I refer now to the words used by Lord Iiussell: " I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon this nation; and that those who advance it wili stop at nothing to carry on their design. I am heartily sorry that so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." ( Hear, and long continued cheering fiom tile opposition members.) Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE replied to this attack upon the Ministers— My right honourable friend ( Sir J. Graham) seems to think that it is for some base objects we are now sitting here— that it is for the mere emoluments, the mere power, that office confers, that we condescend to sit here, and to be baited by him every night. ( Hear, and loud cheers from the Ministerial members.) I trust that the right honour- able gentleman has had too much experience of the personal honour, if not of the political conduct of his former friends, to believe that they are capable of acting in a manner so completely incompatible with the honour of English gentle- men. ( Hear, and cheers.) I do not know what pleasure the right honourable gentleman can find in thus perpetually putting forward such charges. But I wish to call this to his recollection, that when a man changes his opinions ( I do not mean to say the right honourable gentleman has done so); but when a man changes to another side of the House, ( and no one has a right to object to that); but this I say, that a man may act magnanimously without carrying into his new position a perpetual bitterness against his ancient allies. ( Hear, and cheers from the Ministerial members.) The right honouiable gentleman has omitted no occasion on which he did not bring forward ( not political) but personal charges against us. ( Hear, and cheers.) Allow me to say, that he has repeated this practice over and over again ; and after having tried to create some division amongst the friends behind me, he now tries to create divisions amongst those who supported the illustrious man who was at the head of the Administration to which that right honourable gentle- man belonged. I have seen his motives; and I have tracked over and over again the right honourable gentle- man. ( Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM rose to order. There was no person less disposed than he was to interrupt the course of the debate; but he apealed to the Speaker whether, when the right honourable gentleman proceeded to impute motives, he did not exceed the order of debate. Sir J. C, HODHOUSE : I do not think I am open to the reprehension of the right honourable baronet. I certainly said I could trace the motives ; perhaps I ought to have said the intention. ( Hear, and cries of Order, from Oppo- sition members.) I do not mean to say anything whatever which can be construed into a want of courtesy to the right honourable gentleman; but what I meant to say was this, that I thought I could trace repeatedly the right honourable gentleman in the attempt to disconnect Lord Grey and those friends of his who form the present Government, and those who happen to think with him. ( Hear,) 1 had not the honour of being a member of the cabinet of Lord Grey; but I had the honour of holding two high official situations under the right honourable gentleman and under the noble lord; and I had the honour of having the office of the Irish Secretaryship handed over to me. ( Hear.) But this I can say, that if the right honourable gentleman thinks to pass over us— to discredit us with some of the followers or friends of Lord Grey who happen not to agree with those now con- nected with the Government— I must tell him this, that I have the best authority for saying that the noble and illus- trious person referred to never has accused the Government of Lord Melbourne, and never had the light to complain, for they never acted in any way that he could complain of. ( Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) I do say, that we are doing nothing more nor less than this, that we have attempted to carry on a great principle. This Administration is but the offspring of the Reform bill. ( Hear, and ironical cheers from the opposition members.) This Administration is but the offspring of that bill, of which the right honourable gentleman was one of the framers, and of which the noble lord opposite was one of the supporters. So far, then, from the right hon. gentleman taunting us for anything we have done, and which could justify him in attacking us— so far from his branding this Administration with the character he has applied to us, I am confident that when the truth comes to be told we will be considered to have fairly carried out the principle upon which the Government of 1830 acted. ( Hear.) The right honourable gentleman brought, 1 think, this question to tbe test, and which ought to be applied to it. It is this— how is Ireland to be governed. ( Hear, and cheers.) That is the test. ( Hear.) I have not heard— I do not exactly know what is— the course that the right honourable gentleman and his colleagues mean to pursue on this occasion. They say they will not oppose tbe bringing in of the bill. They say they do not mean to oppose, as far as I can understand, the second reading of this bill. Am I to understand that they mean to take the same course that they did last session ? Am I to understand that they mean to annihilate the Protestant corporations in Ireland, and say that there are to be no corporations at all, for fear the Catholics should be admitted into them. ( Cheers from the ministerial members.) Now this is the question, and nothing but this,—( hear,)— and now let me come to a point which I do not understand. My noble friend, the Secre- tary for the Home Department, has stated that the Go- vernment intend to pass this bill. ( Hear, and ironical cheers from the opposition members.) They intend to attempt passing this bill. ( Hear.) And when my noble friend says that, I certainly, as one of the Government, stand here in confirmation of that statement, and take its responsibility upon me. And I now ask the right honour- able gentlemen opposite, if we do not pass this bill, do they intend to govern Ireland upon the other principle? ( Hear, and loud cheers from the ministerial members.) Does the right honourable gentleman, supposing the happy day should arrive in which we should be relieved of our thankless ser- vitude here- does he intend to govern Ireland with Orange handkerchiefs and " the Kentish fire,"—( long continued cheering,)— and this, too, with the assistance of a very re- spectable nobleman acting as fugleman? ( Cheers and laughter.) Does the right honourable gentleman mean to do this? I think that the King's Government, and the country too, will consider they have a right to ask the ques- tion, and to have a decided answer to it. ( Hear, hear, hear.) I am here not to force an answer to my question from the right honourable gentleman opposite, but I think the country will put such a question, and also expect an answer to it. The answer they will have to give must he, whether or not do you mean to give a corporation bill to Ire- land— whether do you intend to legislate for Ireland as you legislate for England and Scotland— or whether you distin- guished gentlemen and powerful party opposite mean to govern Ireland on opposite principles? There is no me. dium in the two couises. Sir ROBERT PEEL, after noticing tbe arguments of the preceding- speakers, wound up by defending the party witli which lie was connected, in their opposition to a popularised municipality for Ireland— We are told distinctly that while the Church Establish- ment shall remain unsubverted agitation shall continue, and all these normal schools shall be applied for that purpose. ( Tremendous cheering.) Is it, then, right to say that we imply insult to the feeling of the Irish people, when we have these declarations by which we wished to preserve the union and the Established Church, when we have these persons declaring that Ireland never shall be quiet while the Church Establishment remains. Can we then find no reason for opposing the continuance of these institutions other than a desire to offer insult? What, I ask, was the language of him whom the Roman Catholics themselves selected as their advocate? What was the language of Lord Plunkett, the most powerful and able advocate that the Roman Catholics ever had ? I mean to speak of the ability exhibited upon the Roman Catholic question; he, more than any other man, contributed to the success of that measure. He must have spoken from his instructions; he was the chosen advocate of the Roman Catholics ; he asked the Protestants of England to waive their prejudices, and he told them what were his opinions with respect to the Church. I ask you are they stronger than mine? ( Loud cheers.) Lord Plunkett " is still a member of the Government, has he changed his opinions? These opinions were delivered by him in bringing forward the Roman Catholic question, and the people of England had confidence when the advocate of the Roman Catholics ex- pressed those sentiments. That noble lord said, " if I could believe that in taking any steps for the admission of Roman Catholics into Parliament and office there was any danger to the Protestant establishment in Ireland, although I have supported their claims almost from the first moment I could think, I would abandon my ancient and confirmed opinion— I would change sides, and I would become as determined an opponent to the concession as I have been its most anxious advocate." ( Loud cheers.) But he said more; he said that he looked upon the Protestant establshment in Ireland as a fundamental principle of the imperial constitution. He said that the fate of the Protestant establishment in Ireland was the cement of the union— that it would be found inter- woven with all the relations and institutions of the two kingdoms, and that the connection between England and Ireland would be dissolved and annihilated as soon as they consented to the ruin of the Protestant Church. ( Hear.) 1 think it also proper to advert to the opinion of a great ad vocate for Catholic emancipation— an opinion, too, so lately delivered as the year 1828, by the present Lord Plunkett. That noble lord declared that if he thought the effect of the Emancipation Bill would cause any injury to the Established Church, he would recant his opinions and become as strong an advocate for opposing concession to the Catholics. That was the opinion of Lord Plunkett, and I appeal to the people of England, to that people who have been so often invoked on behalf of justice, and in the sense in which that phrase is usually taken— I appeal in their behalf to the deliberate senti- ments of the first lawofficer in Ireland when I see au associa- tion in existence, declaring that while the Protestant Church exists, agitation shall never cease.' And believing as I do that giving such vast power to the new corporations would endanger that Church, I consider myself bound in duty to oppose the proposition The noble lord, and he was glad to hear it, indicated his intention of sustaining the Established Church ; but I ask on what principles he will sustain it? The noble lord quoted an expres- sion of Mr. F" ox respecting his concession as a means of procuring good and peaceable government in Ireland. If the noble lord agrees in the sentiments of Mr. Fox— if he says, I will concede one thing, and if that is not enough I will concede another, and when he finds that the grant of Municipal Corporations will not satisfy those who call out for justice, what will he next concede? Why," if[ he believes that this last concession will satisfy them, he has more grounds for the belief than I have, when I find, that after battling for four or five years, the foundation is no better than it was before, when the principle of con- cession, advocated by Mr. Fox, virtually commenced. Now, let me ask, if this system of concession is to go on, how the noble lord is to maintain the Church. The noble lord, concurring with Mr. Fox, said he knew no other plan for governing a people, but by allowing them to have their own way. But the noble lord must know, for he has had fair notice, that while the Protestant Church remains, the Na tional Association shall remain. The noble lord, by adop- ting the principle, concedes every thing— for if he acts on the doctrine that the people must have every thing they de- mand, he must not only concede till municipal reform is granted, Shut also until the Protestant Church is destroyed. ( CheerJ.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied, after which leave was granted to introduce the bill in the terms of his motion. GRAND JURY BILL.— This bill was read a second time pro forma. The Hous. e adjourned at half- past two o'clock. There was no House on Thursday. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, FEB. 3. CHURCH- RATES.— The Marquis of Headfort, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord Broug- liam, pre- sented petitions against Church- rates. The petitions presented by Lord Brougham prayed against all Par- liamentary grants for spiritual purposes— the vegium donum and the grant to Maynooth included. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS.— This document, which ran in the usual form, was laid before their lordships. MONDAY. The business of their Lordships on Monday was limited to the presenting of petitions, chiefly on the subject of Church- rates. TUESDAY. Their Lordships sat on Tuesday for a few minutes only. They did not sit on Wednesday at all. NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN. PORTUGAL. On Thursday, Jan. 26th— some days earlier than expected — the Cortes were opened by the Queen. Though the Por- tuguese are not easily seduced from their homes and their avocations, a considerable concourse of spectators assembled to witness the spectacle. The extensive terrace before the palace of the Cortes, and the various avenues leading to it, were filled at an early hour. A division of the Guards was placed in attendance to preserve order outside, and in the passages leading to the galleries. The ringing of bells, bands of music, and the discharge of artillery, gave all the importance and animation to the spectacle which it could derive from noise of every description. It being intended to admit persons to the galleries only by tickets, many alter- cations occurred between the people and the Guards sta- tiune. l in the lobbies, until the latter at length giving way, the galleries were immediately filled by a dense crowd. Much uneasiness prevailed inside until the cause of the con- fusion and disturbance at the various entries to the Chamber was ascertained. About one o'clock the Deputies began to take their seats, some of them dressed in the uniform of the National Guards, others in lawyers'gowns, and more in the habits of ecclesiastics, of which there have been a few elected as Deputies. It would seem to have been the object of the Deputies not only to represent the opinions, but the costumes of the various classes to which they belonged. Even the " Ultras" of Lisbon had their " cloth and colour" to represent them in the legislative crowd, M. Lionel Ta- varis having figured in the assembly with a brown coat and velvet collar of genuine Portuguese manufacture. M. Braamcamp and two secretaries occupied seats to the right of the throne. The private galleries were occupied chiefly by the official representatives of foreign nations, British ollicres,' and a few ladies, who were much less numerous than might have been expected on such an occasion; of the higher classes they were not more than thirty or forty. The United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts, containing 70,000 stand of arms, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 14th ult. The value of the property destroyed was estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. The trial of Meunier is expected to commence in Paris on the 18th or 20th inst. His Majesty's ship Briseis brings advices from Jamaica to the 1st nit., Demerara to Dec. 10, Barbadoes to Dec. 26. The Jamaica House of Assembly was closed for the holi- days. The Demerara papers dwell with satisfaction on the continual increase in the number of emigrants from the other settlements which arrive there, and which furnish an abundant supply of labourers. The accounts from Barbadoes represent the appearance of the country as very promising. DOMESTIC. INFLUENZA.— In consequence of the great extent of this disease in our island ( Guernsey) the Royal Court was un- able to hold its sitting on Monday, almost all its officers being laid up with attacks of the prevalent complaint.— Comet. THE METROPOLIS. PRIVATE BILLS.— By the standing orders of the House of Commons, no petition for private bills will be received after Friday, the 17th day of February. No private bill can be read a first time after Monday, the 20th of March, neither will any report of such private bill be received after Monday, the 5th of June. We regret to hear that Lord Harrowby is seriously in- disposed, at his seat of Sandon. Lord Sandon has been called from bis Parliamentary duties to attend on his father. Mr. Forrest re- appeared at Drury- lane Theatre on Mon- day night. Sunday morning divine service was conducted within the walls of Newgate with pecBliar solemnity, and evidently made a strong impression on the minds of the congregation, who might be considered as representing the criminals of the metropolis. Soon after ten o'clock the schoolmaster and his pupils entered the chapel, then a numerous host of prisoners, and lastly came the wretched Pegsworth [ con- demned last week on his own confession] with his head drooping, and his knees trembling and knocking together. F'or a while, the rev. chaplain addressed himself to the congregation at large, who listened attentively to his obser, various ( except a gang of transports, on whose countenances villain was distinctly written, and whose glance at the preacher told of scorn and defiance); and, after a pause, he turned himself towards the murderer Pegsworth, and spoke of shame, ignominy, sorrows, sufferings, childless parents, widows, broken and contrite hearts, and death. The wretched criminal was dreadfully agitated, and at one time fainted with emotion. He frequently sobbed aloud con vulsively, while the excited congregation was in tears.— Morn- ing Herald. THE ALLEGED EDGEWARE- ROAD MURDER.— On Thursday the lower extremities of a female were found in Coldharbour- lane, Camberwell, which, on being fitted to the bones of the trunk discovered sometime ago in the Edgware- road, were found to correspond so nearly that the medical men had no hesitation in stating that they were portions of the same body. The limbs were tied up in a sack, which has been identified as belonging to a Mr. Moseley, a potato dealer, in Camberwell, and it is of some importance to note, that a part of the same sack was employed to wrap up the trunk of the deceased female. In the sack now found were some shavings of deal; in the sack formerly found were shavings of mahogany, and part of tbe envelope consisted of a couple of carpenter's aprons. The bones had been severed, it is supposed, by what amongst carpenters is called a sash saw, which cuts very clean. No clue to the identity of the body, or to the discovery of the cause of death, and subsequent mutilation, has been found. PROVINCIAL. The influenza prevails in Dorchester to an alarming ex- tent, proving fatal in those eases where a predisposition to pulmonary inflammation existed, and amongst persons pre- viously in a declining state of health. So many persons in mourning we never remembered as the number witnessed atthe churches and chapels on Sunday iast— Dorset County Chronicle. EVESHAM ELECTION At the close of the poll on Saturday the numbers stood thus— Mr. Bowles ( Tory) 165 Lord Marcus Hill ( Whig) 140 Tory majority—. — 25 SCOTLAND. DEATH or THE HON. LORD BALGRAV.— We regret to an- nounce the death of this highly respectable Judge, which took place yesterday ( Friday) morning at his house in St. George's- square. He had been labouring for some time under an attack of influenza, but appeared to be convales- cent ; and was again in court on Friday, last week. He had a severe relapse on his return home, which was more than his exhausted frame could endure, and which proved fatal to him after a week's illness— Edinburgh Courant. [ It is said the Solicitor- Geneial, Mr. Cuningham, will succeed. Lord Balgray was made a Lord of Session in 1811.] MISCELLANEOUS. ECONOMICAL INVENTION— Dr. Arnott, who long since, by his scientific labours, placed his name in the list of bene- factors of mankind, has added to his claims to the gratitude of his countrymen by contriving a stove which saves seven- eighths of the fuel heretofore consumed, keeps the room al- ways in the temperature required without risk of the fire going out, and only requires to be attended to once in twenty- four hours. The coals once placed in the stove re- quire no more looking after than does the oil poured into a lamp. For comfort, safety, and economy, this discovery must rank high in public estimation.—. Druid's Magazine. An intelligent youth once inquired of an old woman vend- ing oranges on the Quay at Bristol, why she called them " Chaney ?" To which she replied with an air of profound knowledge, " Why, young gentleman, it's the short for St. Michael's." BIRMINOHAM POLITICS The following letter appeared in the Times of Monday last: — Birmingham, St. Peter's Place, Jan. 2, 1837. My dear Friend,— Your letter to me is one of the greatest interest; but do not marvel, it is an interest of the most painful character. You are urging me on in a course which I have undeviatingly pursued, which I believe to be the one simple course in which to proceed to the complete regene- ration of the empire. I thoroughly agree with you in all that you state, and all the sentiments you express. I am ready to avail myself of any opening to pour into the British mind the same light which acts upon Ireland— and nothing more cruelly mortifies, vexes, humbles me more than to feel that I am m a position, personal and relative, that would render any exertion of mine not only powerless, but prejudicial. This position has its peculiarities. In the first place, you will be surprised to learn that I long ago applied for admis- sion into that glorious Association which is destined, 1 firmly believe, to work out the real and perfect emancipation of Ireland, before any one clerical name was attached to that body. I wrote to Mr. O'Connell, requesting him to propose me as soon as one such name should be so attached, and even without such name, to do so if he thought it right. He was then engrossed with public and private cases which would easily form a justification of forgetfulness. I could not, indeed, have expected anything else, had not my letter been a reply to one from him. Subsequently I enclosed to Mr. Christopher Fitzsimon an Irish pound note, in a letter somewhat elaborately com- posed, in which I requested the honour of being proposed; and, besides this, entered upon some topics which I had the vanity to think might render it interesting to the Asso- ciation, and of some value in the prosecution of its patriotic objects, ' f his letter was written in the beginning of No- vember, and I think ought to have been received about the time of Mr. O'Connell's appearance in the Association; but I have in vain looked in the Irish papers for any notice of its arrival. I would have enquired about it, but I thought it possible that my letter might possess greater importance in my own eyes than in any others, and that I might have been admitted in the lump with others, and my letter con- signed to some obscure receptacle of obscure stuff, and I kept silence. If you think it worth while, perhaps you will, in the Association, make some inquiry upon the subject, and if you do, I ask, as a personal favour, that you will have the goodness to state that I had the start of the whole clerical body, Irish, English, or Scotch. In the second place, I warmly devoted myself to the in- terests of Ireland in the Catholic Magazine, subsequently called the Catholicon— but I have been labouring for six years, not only without encouragement, but under most dis- heartening discouragement, until I am obliged to retire. My advocacy of Ireland— my execration of the infernal co- ercion bill— my expostulations ( for they deserved no other name) with the English Catholic members of Parliament— and my ever recurring denunciation of British policy towards Ireland, were reasons among my brethren here for consulting their own safety by withdrawing from any responsibility for the part which 1 adopted— but I was not supported in Ireland either, though I solicited contributions, and was anxious to supply contradictions of the atrocious Reformation Society, Hibernian Society, and many another society lies. My solicitations and applications either passed altogether un- heeded, or received merely a general acknowledgment of my claims on Ireland, and an expression of a readiness to co- operate, which was in hardly a single instance realised; add to this the " unremitting" kindness of our Irish agents, who by roguery, or laziness, or indifference, contrived to ruin the little circulation which we possessed in Ireland, and who, with one exception, have religiously abstained from all settlement of account. In speaking of the treatment which I have experienced on this side of the channel, I ought not to omit that while I have had to encounter the opposition of those from whom I might naturally have expected support and co- operation, these have been liberally tendered to an illiterate firebrand, Andrew*, who lives upon the dissensions of the Catholic body, and the calumnies which he scatters right and left upon all who do not minister to his cupidity and vanity. I am placed here at the head of the most important congre- gation in the district, enjoying, therefore, the confidence of my own bishop. I belong to the popular or Radical sec- tion, but I am not a factionist. 1 will not support this section when I see it going wrong, and I am charged with giving in my adhesion to the Whigs. I once joined a body of men containing some Tories, who met to consider of the destitution of the Irish poor, and I was charged with going over to the Tories. You see, my dear friend, that faction is not confined solely to tlie Tories, hut that it will exert its baneful influence even among the advocates anu pnitisanso . a good cause— II acos intra muros peceata * t extra. At the present moment the Liberal party in Birmingham is divided into two sections. Whigs and Radicals, cherish- ing, it appears to me, a fiercer hostility towards each other than either entertains towards the common enemy. I wish them to amalgamate; but all my labours are altogether vain ; though without such an amalgamation I firmly believe that the representation of Birmingham is in jeopardy. The Whigs have money, talent, and what is called respectability; the Radicals have spirit and number, and both might united chaunt— Farewell, a long farewell to all the Tories But I should add, that neither of these sections seem to me to feel any great interest in Irish questions, or to give to them anything like their due importance. Irish municipal reform is lost in the cry for the Ballot, an extended suffrage, short Parliaments, and the jeform of the Peers. Attwood himself does nothing but add to the confusion. He will not act, but he talks ol resigning— without, how- ever, showing the civility of giving his constituents any de- finite idea of when and how, or, in fact, whether he will or no. He does not join the Reformers, but wraps himself up in some mysterious chance that the currency crisis is at hand, and that he may be called in to get to right the dis- jointed times. In the meantime the Tories are relaxing not, and playing the most fantastic and insolent tricks with impunity. They seem to be ready to play the Orange game it we let them. Tiiey do as they like in the registrations; they have their own feuds, and talk treason and impiety, lies and nonsense, without contradiction. They swill the mob with beer, and provide for their reading- rooms gratis. They killed a man the other night, and were not taken into custody; but the Coroner exerted himself to procure a favourable verdict, and he succeeded. I have thus, my dear friend, given you cursory and very hasty sketch of the state of things here. A re u'nioni s ex- pected next week, when I may, but I also may not, be able to do something for the common cause of the common country, which cause, I think, rests on one question of an equal municipal right for Ireland, England, and Scotland, I would leave the tithes of the church to ——, to whom I think they are fast hastening. Ever yours, M. M'DONNELL. John Shea Lalor, Esq. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. ( From the London and Paris Ladies* Magazine of Fashion.) MORNING DRESS Redingote of green poul de soie, the corsage quite plain, and ornamented down the front, con. tinuing on the skirt with leaves of black velvet. Sleeves wide, with epaulets and manchettes of velvet similar to the trimming. Small cap of English point lace worn at the back of the head, with pufiiings of pink satin ribbon. PROMENADE DRESS Cloak of noisette coloured satin, with large sleeves, open at the side, and lined with blue sarsenet, and small round cape, finished with a ruche of satin ribbon and velvet collar, Bonnets of white satin, with bunch lilies of the valley, placed very low. EVENING DRESS.— Robe of emerald green satin; the cor- sage plain, with a large number of small folds round the top. The sleeves large, and composed of folds, and a single bouffant forming manchettes. The skirt very long and full, and ornamented with bows of ribbon, and gold arrows through the centre. Hat of white velours epingle, orna- mented with ostrich feathers. BALI. DRESS Robe of striped gauze over pink satin; the corsage drape. The sleeves and skirt looped up with bunches of roses, and a wreath of roses round the bottom of the pink satin skirt.. Head- dress of hair and flowers in very long ringlets. There is a novelty at Puris called the double manchon oc glove muff. They are made of velvet, and lined either with fur or plush. Furs are much worn this winter, and are seen even on shawls and scarfs. Flowers are not much worn en negliyi, but evening dresses are generally ornamented witli flowers, ruches, or bouillons. Skirts are made very full and long, and sleeves small, but rarely quite light, and manchettes are so much worn that they are even made in embroidered velvet, often trimmed with fur. MURDER AT WOLVERHAMPTON. On Wednesday night last, the inhabitants of this town, residing near St. James's- square, were alarmed by a report that a murder had been committed in one of the yards or courts in that neighbourhood; and but a short time trans- pired before the rumour was, unhappily, found to be correct. In the yard in question, which, like many others in this town, has no name, but which is entered from Union- street, a small house was occupied by John Parkes, a screw forger, about thirty- two years of age, who had married a widow named Selvey. They led, it seems, an uncomfortable life, and were frequently quarrelling, more especially when the wife was visited by a son, about nineteen years of age, whom she had by a former husband. Selvey worked under his father- in- law, but did not live in his house. On the Sunday preceding the fatal occurrence they had a quarrel, and the deceased ran towards Selvey in the yard, and, d g his eyes, enquired what he had done with his mother's things. Selvey begged the deceased not to strike him, but he kicked him in the belly; aud Selvey, after standing still for a short time, walked away, saying, with an oath, " I'il murder you, or fetch some one who shall." On Wednesday, it appears from the statement of Selvey's mother to a neighbour, named Martha Smith, Selvey came for some money which Parkes had promised him, and Parkes told his wife to give himia shilling. Selvey grumbled, and the deceased picked up the poker,, but whether he attempted to strike Selvey or not, Selvey's mother, who was the only person present, did not at first mention; but she afterwards said that her husband struck Selvey first, and that she held her husband's legs while they were wrestling on the bed. From this point, it appears, the fatal struggle commenced. Selvey seized the poker, and, according to his own statement to Fenn, the police- officer, when in custody, struck his father- in- law with it two or three times or more. The noise of the struggle was heard in an,. adjoining house, and the deceased repeatedly cried out " murder," and often shouted out for " Joe Smith," his next door neighbour. Smith's wife, in a state of great alarm, went to the front door of the deceased's house, but found it locked, which it appeared it frequently was, as Parkes and his wife lived up stairs, owing to her being ill of the influenza. Mrs. Smith returned and desired her husband to fetch a con- stable, and he went offfor that purpose. Before his return, however, Mrs. Parkes, came into Smith's house, and ex- claiming, " Oh, dear !" fell into Mrs. Smith's arms anil fainted. On her recovery she exclaimed, " Smith, for God's, sake go to him, for he's killed, he's killed!" Mrs. Smith then went into the house, and found the deceased lying upon the bed stretched upon his back. lie was not then dead, but gasping for breath and convulsed. A quantity of blood was in his nostrils, and his face was completely covered with blood, a great quantity of which was also on the wall at the head of the bed. The lower bed- posts and the bottom of the bed were completely on the floor. On Mrs. Smith's return to her own house, the deceased's wife eagerly inquired, " Is he dead? Is he dea&?" and ex- claimed, " I wish, for God's sake, somebody would fetch a doctor." One of the neighbours went for a surgeon, and the deceased's wife and sen continued standing at the house door. She put her arms round her son's neck, ami ex- claimed, " Oil! my lad, my lad, what have yoti done ?" Sel- vey replied—" What did he do at me last Sunday?" and " Well, I told you I would do it, and I meant to do it." She then went into the house and brought out a small basket, which she gave to her son, saying to him, " Now, Ned, you be off," or " cut," or something to that effect, andi he went away. Mrs. Smith and the deceased's wife then went up stairs and loosened the handkerchief from Parkes's throat, and shortly after Mr. Dunn, the surgeon, came, hut the deceased died in about three minutes afterjhis arrival. Mr. Eborall, assistant to Mr. Kutter, also came, but not till the deceased had expired. Information of the melancholy oc- currence having been given to Joseph Sparrow and to Fenn, the constables, the former took the deceased's wife into cus- tody, and an assistant of the latter apprehended Selvey, whose left hand was much bruised and swelled, in Berry- street, in the act of running away. A long investigation into the circumstances of the case took place on Monday before Mr. Smith, the coroner, and a jury, when, the evidence of Mr. Eborall establishing be- yond doubt that Parkes's death was caused by the blows which he received on his head, which, it seems, was almost smashed to pieces, the jury returned a verdict of wilful mur- der against Edward Selvey, who was accordingly commit- ted, on the Coroner's warrant, for trial at the next assizes.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. TO THE HIGH BAILIFF OF THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM. WE, the undersigned, respectfully request'tbat you will, at your earliest convenience, convene a Meet- ing of the Inhabitants of this Town and its Vicinity, to con- sider the propriety of Petitioning Parliament for the IMME- DIATE and TOTAL ABOLITION of CHURC*- RATES ; and to take such other steps on the subject as may be deemed expedient. February 7, 1837. Joshua Scholefield John Angell James William Morgan John W. Win field William Wills Thomas Smith James W. Redfern Thomas Bolton Isaac Aaron Samuel Davis W. R. Hodges Thomas Taylor Caleb Lawden W. B. Lilly John White C. R. Moorsom John W. Showell T. M. M'Donnell William Scholefield William Boultbee Charles Sturge Benjamin Hudson Thomas Clowes William Pare Samuel Wells Isaac Hadley John Rabone Thomas Cox Samuel Bunell . Edward Whitfield H. D. Malins James Hoby Henry Woolfield Charles Hayden John F. Parker Thomas Morgan John Portlock Thomas Buteherd Jonathan Hooper J. H. Shearman William Elliot J. B. Lillington John Green John Hollingworth Thomas Short J. B. Kenwortby W. Sansum Joseph Butler John Richards William Middlemore J. Richards George Edmonds Samuel Timmins G. H. Simpson Henry Pemble William Bean , Joseph Biddle John Sturge Thomas Swan George Cheatle J. Meadows John Butler H. Phillips James Butler J. H. Hopkins H. Morgan W. Hopkins W. Moxon, Lieut.- Col. Thomas Hickling T. P. Buckingham R. H. Taylor William Room Francis Room Thomas Anderson John Britain Henry Tidmarsh George Heathcote John Tye Samuel Moore Stephen Budden Joseph Blakemore F. Luckcock Thomas Gibson Joseph Cutts Thomas Cocks John Green G. V. Blunt Thomas Attwood Samuel Bache Thomas Rvland A. Follett" Osier Thomas Clark, jun. Francis Clark Frederick Ryland Thomas Clark C. M. Evans James Scott Stephen Colmore Hipkiss Thomas Colmore Thomas Beilby Thomas Colmore, jun. William Ingall Samuel Haycock John Swingler John Pierce William Jenkins Edward M. Martin Samuel Beale James Thornton and Son George East William Hawkes John and William Hawkes John Field Edward Nicklin William Gammon and Son Joseph Rawlings Thomas Weston Samuel Hutton W. Flint Daniel Turner Thomas P. Flint P. H. Muntz John Rodway R. K. Douglas W. Hazlewood Smith Wm. Henry Smith Joseph Butterworth James C. Perry Rowland Bourne Thomas Phillips Samuel Birley John Webster John Smith Thomas Hale j J. W. Barnes W. M. Shillitoe W. Hawkes Smith Henry Johnson James Drake J. C. Barlow Wm. Barlow, jun. S. J. Neustadt D. Barnett John Betts Charles Jones Mark Perkins John Greene S. Bray John Bovven Richard Newey J. N. Hopkins Thomas Hadley William Blaxland T. P. Braeg Joseph Abbott Joshua T. Baehe William Hutton William Jennings Charles Truman Thomas and W. F. Beale Hugh Hutton Edward Bristow Thomas Randies John Thomas C. Woodward A. L. Piggot William Hunt William Trow David Johnson Isaac Allen Frederick Ward William Billinge William Smith James Thomas Webster IN compliance with the above Requisition, I hereby appoint a TOWN'S MEETING for the purposes mentioned therein, to be holden at the PUBLIC- OFFICE, in Moor- street, Birmingham, ( in consequence of the altera- tions now in progress in the Town- hall,) ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, THE loth INSTANT, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. ROBERT WEBB, High Bailiff. *„* It is intended to adjourn the Meeting to LIVERY- STREET CHAPEL. TO SHOE DEALERS. BOSTOCK and MATTHEWS, 15, Union- street, Birmingham, Wholesale Boot and Shoe Manufac- turers in Northamptonshire and Staffordshire, respectfully announce that they have opened the above Warehouse with an extensivive assortment of goods for the supply of the Retail Trade in Birmingham and the adjoining Towns. As their terms are for Cash payments only, the Pro- prietors are aware that sufficient inducement must be offered to Buyers, as to price and quality, independently of the ad- vantages of selection from a well assorted Stock, regularly supplied from the Manufacturers. Similar establishments having'been successfully introduced, and well supported, in other principal towns in the kingdom, 33. and M. respectfully invite an inspection of their stock and price list, which they feel convinced will prove satisfac- tory and advantageous to the Trade. 15, UNION- STREET. N. B. By Wholesale only. No connection with any Re- tail House in Birmingham or the neighbourhood. PARISH OF ASTON. , THE Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor request the Rate Payers to meet in the Vestry Room, of Aston Church, on Wednesday, the 15th day of February instant, precisely at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of examining the Accounts of the Overseers of the Poor, for the quarter ending the 31st day of December last, and to assent to or dissent from the allowance thereof. Also to consider and determine upon a proposition from the Board of Guardians of Aston Union to sell to the Union the Freehold right of the Workhouse at Erdington. JOHN BREARLY PAYN, tc, , lwardens JOHN SMALLWOOD, f Churchwardens. JAMES COLLINS,') q JOHM SHORT, / overseers, Aston, February 9th, 1837. FREEHOLD LAND, AT BIRMINGHAM HEATH. TO BE SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, a piece of valuable BUILDING LAND, situate near to All Saint's Church. This property may be purchased either together or in lots. If divided, it would confer, at least, SEVENTEEN VOTES for the NORTHERN DIVISION of the COUNTY OF WARWICK. Apply to Mr. WILLIAM MORGAN, Solicitor, 110, New- street, Birmingham. TO be DISPOSED OF, a compact RETAIL BREWERY, near to St. Paul's Chapel, brewing upwards of 1200 bushels of malt per annum, coming in about £ 100.— Another ditto, near to the General Hospital, Birmingham, doing about the same business, coming in about £ 140. » „ » For particulars apply to RODERICK, Agent, New- street, Birmingham, who has the disposal of many old- established Public Houses in various parts of the town, coming in about from £ 160 to £ 1200. Also the Lease and Possession of an old- established Pro- vision or Pork Shop, in one of the best situations in Bir- mingham. FRST- RATE TAVERN AND MARKET- HOUSE. 7' he Warwick Arms, Bradford- street, near Smithfeld Market- place, Birmingham. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. JOHN RCD WAY, on the Premises, on FRIDAY, the 17th day of Februaryjnstant, at five for six o'clock precisely in the Af- ternoon, subject to the conditions then and there to be pro- duced, the Lease, Licences, Good- will, and immediate possession if required, of the above commodious and well- known Establishment, which, in point of situation, is very much superior to most other Market- houses in the town ; being close to Smithfield Market- place, where business may be done to almost any extent; and the admirable arrange- ment of the Premises affords every facility and convenience for conducting the business on the most respectable scale. It has, perhaps, the largest and best Room for a market dinner in the town of Birmingham, being nearly 60 feet long, and lofty in proportion ; together with two excellent Par- lours, large, handsome, and well fitted- up Bar, commodious Tap- room, numerous Sleeping Rooms, capital Cellaring. Brewhouse, extensive Stabling, Piggeries, large Yard, & e. To persons wishing to enter upon a respectable Establish- ment of the above description, this certainly presents a va- luable opportunity. The lease has about twelve years to run. For further particulars, apply to Mr. CORNELIUS BENSON, Solicitor, Smithfield; or, to the AUCTIONEER, Edgbaston- street, Birmingham ; if by letter, post paid. For Sale in consequence of the Decease of the late Occupiers. A VERY SUPERIOR GOOD ACCUSTOMED PUBLIC HOUSE, Licensed under the New Act, pleasantly situated in Bristol- street* BY JOHN RODWAY. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, without reserve, on Thursdaynext, February 16tli instant, at Five o'clock in the afternoon, the Licenses, Good- will, with Possession of that particularly convenient and good- accustomed PUB LIC HOUSE, which is delightfully situated in Bristol- street, opposite Little Hill- street, Birmingham. The busi- ness has been carried on for many years with great success by the late Mrs. Clare. The usual effects and stock, ' which is low, to be taken to by the purchaser at a fair valuation. For further particulars apply to the Auctioneer, Edgbas- ton- street, Birmingham. IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE DEVIS'S ASSIGNMENT. WHEREAS GEORGE DEVIS, of the Warwick Arms, in Bradford- street, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Innkeeper, having by Indenture bearing date the eighth day of February instant, assigned all his per- sonal estate and effects, whatsoever and wheresoever, unto Richard Miles, of the parish of Aston, juxta Birmingham aforesaid, maltster, and John Hardy, of Stratford- on- Avon. in the said county of Warwick, maltster and corn dealer, upon trust for the equal benefit of themselves and all other the Creditors of the said George Devis, who should execute the same within three calendar months from the date thereof, which Deed of Assignment now lies at my office, in Smithfield, Birmingham aforesaid, for the signature of such of the Creditors of the said George Devis as may be desirous of executing thesSme, and all those Creditors who shall not execute the said Deed, or signify their assent thereto within the aforesaid period of three calendar months, will be excluded from all benefit end advantage to be de- rived therefrom. Dated this 8th day of February, 1837. CORNELIUS BENSON, Solicitor, Birmingham. £ 50 SOCIETY. fl^ IIE Gentlemen, Friends, and Subscribers of the 1 £ 50 Society, held at the house of RICHARD H. GIB- SON, the Britannia Tavern, Warstone- lane, are respect- fully informed that the first General Meeting will take place on Monday, February 20, 1837, and the first Share will be then disposed of. Dinner to be ready precisely at four o'clock. President— Mr. George Grove, Ashted. Vice President— Mr. William Blews, Bartholomew- f Mr. John Capner, Pope- street. IMr. Dixon, Camden- street. - Mr. JVIalone, Old Square. - Mr. Richard H. Gibson. The Books will continue open until June 5,1837. Any Gentleman becoming a member, will much oblige their obedient Servant, RICHARD H. GIBSON. Stewards Secretary- Treasurer- LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED, from one to a complete set, and Decayed Teeth made com- pletely sound, without Pain, Heat, or Pressure, BIONS. DE BERRI AND CO., SURGEON- DENTISTS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Li- centiate of the Apothecaries' Hall, London ; and tionorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, 17, EASY ROW, BIRMINGHAM, CONTINUE to restore Decayed Teeth with their celebrated Mineral Siliceum, applied without pain, heat, or pressure, which in a few seconds hardens into en- amel, preventing and curing the Tooth- ache, allaying in one minute the most excruciating pain, and rendering the opera- tion of extraction unnecessary. They also fasten loose Teeth, whether arising from neg- lect, the use of calomel, or disease of the gums. Incorrodible, Artificial, or Natural Teeth of surpassing beauty, fixed, from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, at the following Paris charges: £. s. A single Artificial Tooth 0 10 0 A complete set —— 5 5 0 A complete set of Siliceous Teeth on fine gold plate ™ . . — 15 15 O An entire set of Natural Teeth, highly finished, in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas 20 0 0 Arranged on the most improved and scientific principles: and in every case restoring perfect Articulation and Masti- cation. 17, Easy row, Birmingham. SALE AT THE PATENT BUTTON SHANK COMPANY. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the Committee and Friends of Benefit Societies, held at the Golden Eagle, Swallow- street, February 8tli, 1837 ; The Secretary having submitted a copy of a Petition, the following Resolutions were passed unanimously, viz: — 1st. That the Petition now read, be adopted by this Meeting, and signed on its behalf by the Chairman. 2nd. That the Petition from this Meeting be put into the hands of our worthy Members Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, and all the Liberal Members be requested to support the same. 3rd. That it is the opinion of this Meeting that a Bill fraught with more benevolent designs, and more congenial to our interests, may be passed into law, so as we may be able to sue and be sued according to the Rules of each respective Society, in any Court of Judicature. And that we need no further legislation than to enforce a strict ad- herence to the Rules we subscribe to. 4th: That these Resolutions be printed in the Birming- ham Journal. Signed, JOS1AH EMES, Chairman. THOMAS MACKAY, Secretary. MASDEU WINE. NEEDHAM and THOMPSON having had several applications for the above Wine, beg to inform their Friends, that they can now supply them with the finest quality, by the dozen or quarter cask. 26, Bull- street. IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO USE STEEL PENS. fJ^ HE Great Desideratum so often wished for, viz : A to cause black Ink to leave the Steel Pen with the same freedom as the Quill, is now completely accom- plished. By merely damping the Pen in the newly- invented CAOUTCHOUC FLUID, called THE FACILITA- TOR, it will be found instantly to become the temper of a Quill, and the Ink will flow with a facility truly surprising. It prevents the Pen corroding, and requires" only to be damped, and that only once a day. ggf One trial will prove its efficacy. Sold in bottles, one shilling each, by the most eminent Pen- makers, Stationers, and Booksellers in the Kingdom ; and by the Manufacturer, W. PRICE, 33, St. Paul's- square, Birmingham. VALUABLE STAMPS, PRESSES, LATHES, AND OTHER SHOP TOOLS, At No. 147, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. BY RODERICK, TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the premises, ( in consequence of the dissolution of partnership), on Tuesday next, the 14th day of February, commencing at Ten o'clock precisely— part of the superior well- manu- factured Shop Tools, consisting of a variety of Presses, four excellent Stamps, four valuable Die- turning Lathes, Vices, Grindstone and Frame, large pair of Scales, with a variety of Tools, brown Paper, Fixtures, His Majesty' Coat of Arms, of large dimensions, and a fine specimen~ of Modern Carving, with other effects. N. B. The Auctioneer can, with confidence, recommend the above tools, as being of the best quality, the principal part of which were manufactured by Messrs. Heatons, of Birmingham, within the last twelve months. Particulars will appear in catalogues, to be had of the Auctioneer; and the whole maybe viewed on Monday next. gg* The Patent Right is to be disposed of, by private contract. There are now numerous orders on hand, with most excellent connection. This would be found, upon enquiry, a very valuable trade for any person who could devote the whole of his attention to the business.— Every information would be given to the purchaser, and one of the firm would feel a pleasure in giving his assistance for a limited period. Ths trade are respectfully informed, that all orders will be executed as usual, at No. 9, Ludgate Hill. 169, Piccadilly, Jan. 30, 1837. THE BRITISH and FOREIGN REVIEW; or EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL, No. VII. is published this day, price four shillings. CONTENTS:—. I. Distresses of Ireland— A Poor Law their remedy. II. Signs of the times in Germany— Austria in 1835. III. Commercial Legislation— British and Foreign Ta- riffs. IV. New School of Poetry in Spain— Saavedra. V. Uupaid Commissioners— Mis- management of the Public Archives. VI. Present condition and hopes of Germany— The German Confederation. VII. The Public and the Trustees of the British Mu- seum. VIII. The Schoolmaster abroad— Russian System of Education. IX. Revolution teaching by example. tfgT Nos 1 to 6, ( forming Vols. I., II., and III.,) are still on sale, 4s. each; or, bound in half- russia, lis. 6d. per Volume. JAMES RIDGWAY and SONS, London; and by order, through every country bookseller. NEW WORKS, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. London. I. rjMIE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. 130. EDUCATION REFORM; or the necessity of a Na- tional System of Education. Vol. I. 8vo. 15s. By THO- MAS WYSE, Esq., M. P. ni. GLENLONELY. 3 vols. " Full of incident worked up with great effect. His story becomes extremely interesting, and this interest is kept up undiminished to the close."— Sun. IV. THE AMERICANS. By FRANCIS J. GRUND. 2vols. 8vo. 24s. " Every person, of every party, ought to do the Author and his work the jastice to read the two clever volumes. — Metropolitan Conservative Journal. " One of the most ably- written books we have had in our hands for a long time. The energy of language, strength of reasoning, and force and originality of remark, entitle it to be ranked among the first literary productions of its class."— Scotsman. v. MEMOIRS of SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE. By the Rt. Hon. T. P. COUIITENAY. 2 vols. 8vo., with Portrait, 28s. VI. LIFE of SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, Bart. By his brother, Dr. JOHN DAVY. 2 vols. 8vo., with Portrait, 28s. " By far the best account that has been published of the labours of the most distinguished chemist of our age and country— Atlas. VII. ENCYCLOPAEDIA of GEOGRAPHY; comprising a complete Description of the Earth ; exhibiting its relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the natural Histoiy of each country, and the Industry, Commerce, Po- litical Institutions, und Civil and Social State of all Nations. By HUGH MURRAY, F. R. S. E , assisted by Professor WAL- LACE; Professor JAMESON ; Sir W. J. HOOKER ; and W. SWAINSON, Esq. With 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Engravings on Wood, one thick volume ( pp. 1567) 8vo. £ 3 half- bound vellum. " The most perfect book on its subject.— Atlas. VIII. A NEW GENERAL ATLAS of FIFTY- THREE MAPS, on Colombier Paper, with the Divisions and Boundaries carefully coloured. Constructed entirely from New Drawings, and engraved by Sidney Hall. Corrected to the present time. ^• s. d. Folded in half, hf- bd. in russia ... ... 9 9 0 In the full extended size of the maps, hf- bd. in russia 10 10 0 Ditto, with Proofs on India Paper, half- bound in russia ... ... ... ... 14 5 0 AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX of all the Names contained in the above Atlas, with References to the num- ber of the Maps, and the Latitude and Longitude in which the Places are to be found. In royal 8vo. 21s. in cloth. In 12mo., Is. 6d. bound, a Corrected Edition of the SCHOLAR'S SPELLING ASSISTANT; wherein the words are arranged on an improved plan ; calculated to familiarise the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to re- move Difficulties, and to facilitate general Improvement. By THOMAS CARPENTER, of IIford. By the same Author, ENGLISH VOCABULARY, in which the words are arranged indiscriminately; designed as a Sequel to the above. New Edition, corrected, 2s. bd. NEW ORTHOGRAPHICAL ASSISTANT; or, English Exercise Book, on an impioved plan ; for the more speedy Instruction of the Young in Spelling, & c. 3rd Edi- tion, 2s. bd. London: LONGMAN and Co.; and WHITTAKER and Co. HARD WOODS, LANCEWOOD SPARS, SPONGE, Shells, Cane, Sfc., meriting the attention of WOOD TURNERS, DEALERS, AND OTHERS, By Order of the Assignees, and FREE FROM AUCTION DUTY. PROMPT and unreserved SALE by AUCTION, al HARRISON'S SALE ROOMS, 95, New- street at street, facing the Post Office, Birmingham, on Wednesday next, February 15, 1837, at Eleven o'clock in the morning, a choice stock of well- seasoned Hard Woods, Lancewood Spars, Turkey Sponge, Pearl Shell, Rattan Cane, & c., in such lots as may best suit the company then present. 80 Cwt. of Bahama Lignum Vitse, in Lots 20 ditto of Jamaica ditto ditto ditto 40 ditto of Zebra Wood ditto 20 ditto of Rosewood ditto 50 ditto of Turkey Box ditto 15 ditto of Angico, or Queen Wood, ditto 40 ditto of Cocus Wood ditto 77 Lancewood Spars ditto 50 lbs. of best Turkey Sponga ditto 450 lbs. of fine Wrest India Sponge, ditto 900 lbs. of excellent Rattan Canes, ditto 13 Cubic Feet of Cedar Wood 15 Cwt. of Pearl Shell ditto Sundries in Ten Lots May be viewed Daily at the Place of Sale. The Public are hereby assured, that the above will be sold without the least reservation, and the sale being under the direction of Assignees, the whole is exempt from King's Duty. The Birmingham Sale and Exhibition Rooms, 95, New- street, facing the Post Office, are open for the disposal of every description of Property, both by Public and Private Sale, upon which liberal advances in cash are made until sold. Single sheet, price Is. CORN, CURRENCY, CONSOLS; their fluctua- tions from 1790 to 1S36. " Exceedingly useful for reference; the engraving is clear and distinct."— The Times. " The picture is very striking; and the illustrations, from the eye to the understanding, perfect."— Literary Gazette. A new edition, comprising a history of the gold standard or panic system, and the Corn- law; both created by Mr. Vansittart, in 1815- 16. London : WYLD, Charing Cross; and EFFINGHAM WIL- SON, Royal Exchange. REMOVAL. ROPE AND TWINE MANUFACTORY. VVILI JAM ROSE, in tendering his sincere thanks for the kind support he has received since his com- mencement in the above business, begs leave to inform the Merchants, Factors, Manufacturers, and the Public gene- rally, that he has REMOVED from No. 40, Graham- street, to No. 29, CONGREVE- STREET, corner of Great Charles- street, where he has OPENED a SHOP in the above business, with a general assortment, and humbly solicits that preference it will ever be his study to deserve. White and Fancy Twines, Chalk Lines, & c., wholesale and for exportation. W. R. begs to recommend particularly his Chain Rope Mats, as being the most suitable for Public- offices, Hotels, Halls, & c. WRIGHT AND BALDWIN, Engravers and Printers, RESPECTFULLY announce to their Friends and the Public, that they intend to commence the above business, in all its departments, on the 14th inst., at the premises No. 90, in DALE- END. In soliciting public sup- port, they trust that a practical knowledge of the business, moderate charges, punctuality, and dispatch, will secure for them that support which they humbly seek to obtain. NOTICE. MR. GEORGE BRAGG informs his Friends and the Public that he has no connection" with the firm of " GEORGE BRAGG and ROBERT TITLEY," Wine and Spirit Merchants. Shakspeare Wine Vaults, New- street. TO MOULDERS. WANTED, as FOREMAN, in an extensive Iron Foundry abroad, an experienced Moulder, who is practically acquainted with both Loam and Green Sand Moulding. A steady married man will find this an eligible offer, as liberal wages will be paid; one who has filled a similar situation will be preferred. Apply personally, or by letter, to Messrs. EVANS, BROTHERS, NO. 8%, Edmund- street, Birmingham. A £ 50 AND £ 25 CLUB WILL Commence at the House of Mr. T. BLADON, CARPENTER'S ARMS, Hospital- street, on Friday, February 17th. Any gentleman beeoming a member will oblige their humble servant, T. BLADON. N. B. Persons purchasing a share will not pay any in- terest. BELL AND CROWN TAVERN AND HOTEL, HOLBORN, LONDON. VRIDDLER ( from Malvern) returns thanks for • the liberal support, which his improvements in the above house have already met with, particularly from Com- mercial and Professional Gentlemen, to whom its locality is peculiarly adapted, being in the widest and best street in the City, adjoining the Inns of Court, and within five minutes' walk of the places of amusement. V. R. has added many excellent bed- rooms to the Hotel, and conducts it with such economy and comfort as will en- sure continued encouragement. Beds, Is. 6d. a night. g* gT Railway and other Parliamentary Committees will find the above Hotel most eligible, SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. HEAD OFFICE, 1, GEORGE- STREET, AND 15, ST. ANDREWS- SQUARE, EDINBURGH. nHHE whole PROFITS belong to the POLICY A HOLDERS. The accounts for the current year fall to be closed on the 1st of March. Assurances effected before that time will have the advantage of one year's standing, over those de- layed till after that date. The great and sudden mortality which prevails, calls, in an especial manner, upon heads of families to avail them- selves of the benefits of Life Assurance. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Accountant in Edinburgh, Manager. ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary. 22nd. Jan. 1837. ROBERT BENTON, Jun., Esq., Solicitor, agent for Bir- mingham. THE NEW COMIC PERIODICAL WORK, EDITED BY " BOZ." Now ready, the Second Number, price Half- a- crown, em- bellished with Three Illustrations, by George Cruikshank, Samuel Lover, and Buss, of BE N T L E Y'S MISCELLANY. Edited by " BOZ." And " illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. With original contributions by the most distinguished humourous writers of the day. Among the contents of No. II. will be found Oliver Twist, the Parish Apprentice, by " Boz;" Handy Andy, No. II., by Samuel Lover; Plun- der Creek, by the Author of " Stories of London;" The Spectre of Tappington; A Lament over the Bannister; Recollections of Childhood, by the Author of" Headlong Hall;" The Abbess and Duchess, by T. Haynes Bayly; Edward Saville, by Charles Whitehead; Jack Richard- son, the Showman, by W. Jerdon; Paddy Blake's Echo, by J. A. Wade; The Wide Awake Club, by Rigdum O'Funnidos; A Gossip with Lady Mary, & c. & c. The demand for this popular periodical work continuing unabated after the sale of five thousand copies of the first number, the Proprietor has been already obliged to reprint another large impression, portions of which have been sent to Dublin, Edinbtugh, and the principal provincial towns of England, where, in consequence of the want of greater supplies, numerous readers had been disappointed in procuring copies. The new impression of the number for January is now ready, and may be obtained of all Booksellers. RICHARD BENILEY, New Burlington- street, London. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH EQUI- TABLE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Edinburgh, December 6, 1836, 1, George- street. GENTLEMEN, r| YHE Directors have great satisfaction in acquain- JL ting you that the Society continues to be in every respect prosperous ; and they have peculiar pleasure in stating that the mortality amongst its members is very far indeed below the tabular calculation. The Directors, therefore, indulge, with the utmost con- fidence, the pleasing anticipation that they will be enabled to report a most satisfactory statement of the Society's affairs to the General Meeting in Maich next. Ill such circumstances, they are desirous to impress upon the members at this time, that, while their own individual interest must be promoted by their exertions in behalf of the Society, they will also confer real benefit on their friends, by inducing them to become members of a most prosperous institution, founded upon a principle, which, in respect of benefit to the assured cannot be surpassed. The whole profits belong to and are divisable amongst the Policy- holders, in proportion to the number of years' standing of each policy; and, therefore, such of your friends as may become members before the end of February, when the Society's year closes, will derive an important advantage over those who delay to do so beyond that period. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. ROBERT BENTON, Jun., Esq., Solicitor, agent for Bir- mingham. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. FEMIE extraordinary efficacy and complete safety of JL this Medicine, is now so fully established by such tes- timonials, as the public can at all times make reference to, either direct or through the medium of the respectable Agents, whose names and residences are given, that any lengthened description of its salutary effects is unnecessary. It is merely requisite to observe that for Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Head and Face, & c., it is a decidedly established remedy. But the Proprietor feels it a duty which he owes to the afflicted, to place before them a series of cures recently communica- ted to him, one of which is the following: — An extraordinary cure of Rheumatism, communicated by Mr. Noble, the agent for Boston, Lincolnshire, to whom all enquiries in that neighbourhood are referred: To the Proprietor of Blair's Gold and Rheumatic Pills. Boston, July 2d, 1836. SIR.— Gratitude for the wonderful cure I have received, and A sense'of duty which I owe to others who may he suffering from the same dreadful malady, prompt me to give you the particulars of my case, which you are lit full liberty to publish, if you think fit. In the month of August, 1835, having recently had the small pox, I was exposed to a heavy rain, which thoroughly wetted me, and brought on a most violent attack of acute Rheumatism, from which my sufferings were intense, and I became w& sted almost to a skele- ton. Several of the most eminent medical men in Boston attended me, but to no purpose; and after dragging on nine months existence, in the most dreadful state of suffering, obtaining no rest either day or night, without using v » ry powerful opiates, I began to despair of ever being cured. One of the bills, descriptive of your celebrated Pills, having been brought to the house, my mother resolved to buy a box, though ( as she told Mr. Noble the agent here, when she ap- plied to him for them) she had not much hope of their doing any good. Strange to say, however, but not more strange than true, the first dose I took procured for me, what I had not enjoyed for months, a comfortable night's sleep, and in forty- ejglit hours my pain was entirely gone. Since that time my health has been gradually improving; I have had no return of my complaint, and am able to attend to my business. Any of my neighbours will attest the truth of my statement.— I remain, sir, your's ever gratefully, ANDREW CREEK. Witness, Josiah Belton, assistant to Mr. Noble, bookseller, Boston These Pills are taken without the least care or attention, by either sex, young or old, and have the peculiar property of entirely removing the disease without debilitating the frame, which is universally left in a stronger and better state than before the malady commenced. And there is another most important effect belonging to this medicine— that it prevents the disease flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable Medicine Venders in . the Kingdom, price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask lor Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills; and attend to the following notice. In consequence of the great and in- creasing demand for this extensively useful medicine, the Proprietor has obtained permission from His Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps to have the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp, affixed to each box of the genuine medicine, ( to counterfeit which is felony) thereby super- seding the signature of " Thomas Prout," as heretofore adopted. To the Trade The usual full allowance to the Trade by having them direct from No. 229, Strand. THEATRE ituYAL, BIRMINGHAM. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF THE COMPANY'S PERFORMANCE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. EUGENE MACARTHY, ( STAGE- MANAGER.) Revival of PAUL PRY, and the WOOD DEMON, FOR THIS NIGHT ONLY. MONDAY, February 13, will be performed, VT ( first time these five years,) the popular and much admired comedy of PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, ( on this particular occasion, and for this night only,) MR. E. MACARTHY. Colonel Hardv, Mr. SIMPSON. Frank Hardy, Mr. DRY. Harry Stanley, Miss PINCOTT. Witherton,— Mr. MERCER. Simon, Mr. FRANCE. Ehza Hardy, Miss USHER. Phcebe,— Miss PONSFORD. Mrs. Subtle, — Mrs. HIGGIE. A COMIC SONG BY MR. DO BBS. A PAS SEUL BY MISS USHER. After which, an Interlude entitled LOVE AND LAW. Tristram . Counsellor DoubIefee_ Doctor Bleed'em Captain Cutaway Hollyhock, a Gardener. Nehemiah Broadbrim, Quaker, Mr. E. MACARTHY! , Mr. E. MACARTHY!! . Mr, E. MACARTHY!!! . Mr. E. MACARTHY" I' . Mr. E. MACARTHY!!!!! . Mr. E. MACARTHY!!!!! i The whole to conclude with, ( for the first and only time this season,) the Grand Romantic Spectacle of the WOOD DEMON. Hardyknute ( Count of Holstein) Mr. ARCHER. Guelpho ( Seneschal of the Castle) Mr. SIMPSON. Wilhkmd ( his son) . Mr. DOBBS. Oswy, Miss DOBBS. Rolf, — Mr. MORGAN, Leolyn,— Miss C; MERCER. Rupert, ™ ., „ Mr. KENNEDY. Giant Hacho Mr. TOMKINS. Aunol ( the Guardian Genius of Holstein) Miss PONSFORD. Clotilda— Mrs. HIGGIE. Una, Miss PINCOTT. Paulina, Mrs. FRANCE. Sangrida ( the Wood Demon) Mr. STANMORE. Ballet of the Seasons,— Spring,— Miss MERCER. Summer, Miss USHER. Autumn, ™ Miss LEWIS. Winter, Mr. AUSTIN. In the course of the Piece A PAS DE TROIS by Mr. and Mrs. FRANCE and Miss USHER. Boxes, 4s— Upper Boxes, 3s— Pit, 2s Gallery, Is. Tickets to be had of Mr. E. MACARTHY, 3, Congreve- street, and at the usual places. WANTED, A STRIP METAL CASTOR. Apply to B. and J. COOK'S, Bradford- street. TO THE PUBLIC. MP HE Committee of the Birmingham Hebrew Philan- A thropic Institution, beg leave to offer their heart- felt acknowledgments to the Inhabitants of Birmingham and its vicinity, for the very kind and liberal support they experi- enced on their first appeal to public sympathy, at the benefit in aid of the Funds of the Society, which took place in the Theatre Royal, on Tuesday tile 7th instant; and in return for the patronage bestowed upon the occasion, they can but tender the only equivalent in their power— to offer their highest respect— their warmest gratitude. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11. We can merely refer to the debates of the week; they are all important. GO FOR GOLD! It is quite surprising what an alarm this little sen- tence is capable of conveying- to quarters where, one would think alarm On such an account was least likely to penetrate. That it should make each particular hair on the wig of each of the four and twenty Bank Di- rectors stand stiff as the quill behind his ear, is not, under present circumstances, very surprising. The Bank, to do the old Lady justice, has never been an advocate for gold. She would have been very well content to jog on during peace as she had during war. The metallic currency was forced upon lien But, by what hypothesis, are we to account for the terror and contortions which the cry occasions in another class ? Listen to our politicians ! Why, ac- cording to them, the advice, Go for Gold, is only in- ferior in criminality to that of Burn rick s, if it be not the more desperate and dangerous of the two. The very Editors get sentimental over it. One apologises for oversight in giving insertion to the portentous words in his advertising columns, another casts up his eyes in pious gratitude, that he was so fortunate as to detect the nefarious announcement before it got into, type, and so to crush it in embryo ! How is this ? Has not every statesman— for why reckon on the trifling exception of the members for Birmingham, and perhaps half- a- dozen more— has not every statesman of name or note for the last forty years— from HUSKIS- SON, the Jacobin, to THOMPSON, the Radical— been, crying up the advantages of gold ! Go for gold ! Why is not this the doctrine for which RICARDO wrote and PEEL legislated? Flood the land with gold !' Let every peasant have a piece of gold in his pocket! Were these the words of needy speculators, or dream- ing theorists in Warwickshire ? Were they not the words of the great Lord LIVERPOOL, and of the still greater Mr. CANNING ? And when we attempt to realise the hopes of these departed oracles, when we attempt to unlock the fountain of that stream which is to flood the land with gladness, when we counsel the peasant to get, if he can, that bit of gold, whose presence in his pocket is to work so many wonders, can anything be more unreasonable, can anything be more unjust, instead of patriots anxious for our country's welfare, and desirous to secure for our fellow citizens the benefit of this grand discovery, to hold us up as incendiaries, or worse ? Why, ye advocates of the standard, ye El Dorado legislators ! is there one epithet of praise that you have not lavished on your specific? The aurum potabile of the alchymists was not a more sovereign cure for the ills of humanity than is your aurum solidum. It is the panacea of a nation's woes, the one thing needful. Give England gold, and with gold you give her all things. And when England, listening to your argu- ments and believing in your promises, presumes to ask for ever so small a portion of this elixir vita, with what front, O ! ye faces of dogs ! can ye presume to scold at her importunity ? Have ye not told us that gold was to chink in every pocket?— that we were to be immersed in it, flooded with it?— that we were to swim, and dive, and squatter, and tumble in it like so many riotous ducks after a six week's drought? And now, O! ye children of Abra- ham— not of Abraham the faithful, but of Abraham Newland— when we are dried, and parched, and THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. burned up, like Dives in the parable, and solicit but one little drop just to cool the tip of our tongue, are we to be told, not only that there is a great and im- passable gulf between us and the elysium you held out to us; but to be treated as no better than robbers and plunderers for merely preferring our humble request? Go for gold! Yea, we say, wrestle for gold! Tight for gold! Obey the behests of your mighty men, dear fellow- citizens! Listen to your PEELS and your POULETTS! They be your gods! Yearn not over one pound notes, look not on the face of fives • Eschew paper, as you would the evil one! Come not anigh it, pass not by it, turn from it and pass away! Go FOR GOLD ! RUSSIAN BLOCKADE.— On the last Thursday of No- vember a British schooner, named the Vixen, from Constantinople, laden with salt, arrived off a bay- called Djouglon Kodos on the Circassian coast. Find- ing it unsafe to anchor there they proceeded northward to the harbour of Sonjoukali, which they entered, and soon after, having landed, made arrangements with the natives for disposing of their cargo. Thirty- six hours after their anchoring at Sonjoukali a Russian brig of war arrived, and cast anchor at the mouth of the har- bour. Sometime after the brig made sail towards the schooner, and firing a gun across her fore- foot ordered her captain to come on board. He did so, and was then told that for violating the blockade, established by the Russian government, his vessel and cargo were forfeited. The captain pled that the blockade had never been recognised by Great Britain, but the Rus- sian officer did not understand the distinction, and the Vixen was accordingly detained, and is still detained. There has been an attempt on the one hand to throw blame on the Ministry for this transaction, and on the other an attempt to j ustify them, in neither of which the impartial will readily concur. It is plain that if blame attach at all to the Ministry, it will be for not demanding explanation and compensation. It is pre- tended that the coast of Cireassia has been ceded to Russia by Turkey. The answer to this is, that Turkey never possessed it, and she could not give what she had noh We believe the fact to be as has been often asserted, and as often denied, that Russia is determined on one pretence or another to exclude every other power from the Black Sea if she can, and that a blockade is as good a pretence as any other. If Ministers submit in the case of the Vixen they will soon have to submit in every case. As to the question of right, it lies in a nutshell. We have not recognised the blockade. It is worse than ridiculous, therefore, to enter into any complicate discussion of international law. Our nou- recognition settles the entire difficulty. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.— Sir JOHN CAMP- BELL has again introduced his bill for abolishing Im- prisonment for Debt. The argument against the present law is its alleged uselessness. To imprison a debtor, who has no means of paying his debt, is, by universal confession, throwing good money after bad ; and unless, here and there, by some singularly atra- bilious, as well as wealthy creditor, hardly ever had recourse to. The case is different when the debtor has the means and wants the will to pay. In that case imprisonment is, in faCt, but a sort of gentle violence, a kind of pressure from without, and exerted for the same purpose— to prevail upon the debtor to be honest. Not having seen Sir JOHN'S bill, we are not exactly aware how he has managed this, the largest and most difficult portion of the law of debtor and creditor, as interpreted by the practice of English commercial society. If he give such additional facilities for getting at the debtor's effects as shall form a suitable off- set against the present powers of the creditor, then his bill will be a satisfactory one. If he do not, we should advise Parliament to pause before it assent to a mea- sure which will only relieve the one- half of the public at the expense of the other. We have great compas- sion for debtors tyrannically oppressed ; but we have greater compassion for creditors fraudulently eluded, for the plain reason— that the fraud is of much more frequent occurrence than the oppression, and that its never- failing effect, in the long run, is to convert the plundered creditor into an unhappy, if not oppressed, debtor, and thus to make him suffer a double purga- tory, while the debtor ab origine has to endure but one. In Scotland the promptitude of the law for the re- covery of debt has enabled the legislature to dispense with preliminary arrests, or arrests on mesne process, as they are called. There all arrests proceed on judg- ment. But, in compensation, there is a universal law of " attachment." For a few shillings, the property of a debtor, wherever lodged, can be stopped there- period of three months being allowed to the creditor to institute his action of " forth- coming," the result of which, if the action be sustained, is to place the goods at his disposal, or such a portion of them as may be necessary to defray the debt. Money, bills, property of every kind held for, debts due to the debtor, are equally liable to " attachment." We do not know that this law of " attachment" exists any where in England, except in the city of London. Bills and promissory notes in Scotland are held to be tantamount to " confessions to judgment." They require merely a form called signetting, in order to have all the force of a judicial award against both the person and the goods of the debtor. In Scotland there is a place of refuge for the person— there is none for the property of the debtor— but there is none of the humbug of " rules," by the day or otherwise. No man can luxu- riate there in nominal confinement, while his creditor is starving in nominal freedom. If a debtor think to escape justice by g'oing abroad, he can be summoned, notwithstanding, and failing to appear, his property can be sold as. readily as if he were present and consent- ing. The infamous distinction between real property and personal property has no existence in Scotland; every debt, it matters not how constituted, is good against all that a man has, be it lands, houses, chattels, money, or anything else. Lands in tail are not sale- able for a plain reason; but every farthing of the rents is seizable during the debtor's life. Mortgages have the preference of personal debts; but this regu- lation produces no harm, as every mortgage is regis- tered, and, for a trifling fee, its existence and amount can be at once ascertained. Lastly, for the more ready recovery of small debts— debts under £ 8. 6s. 8d,— there are courts in every county and every town, and it is proposed, by a bill now before Parliament, to in- crease the number of these courts, and to extend their jurisdiction. In such small debt courts, without agent or barrister, personal debts may and are every week sued for, and judgment obtained, at an expense not exceeding two or three shillings. If similar facilities be given to the creditor under Sir John's bill- r- and, we believe, it is so meant— the trading community will have just reason to congratulate themselves in its introduction. Will the Squires and the Lords pass it? While noticing the law of debtor and creditor, the following paragraph has accidentally fallen in our way, in a Jersey newspaper [ The Times.'] It ex- emplifies a curious and interesting feature in the law of that island. _ Mr. Thomas Binet, carpenter and builder, who is unhap- pily the principal creditor of Mr. S. J. Carrel, having been actioned for a promissory note of 35/., and other demands pressing against him, lodged a statement of his affairs in Court, on Saturday week, shewing that his debts were about 2,134/., while he possessed property to an amount that would leave a balance in liis favour. The Court conse- quently allowed him twelve months to arrange his affairs with his creditors ( the usual time in such case), after which he took the customary oath not to dispose of any of his pro- perty during that time, without the consent of those ap- pointed as guardians over the same. We are not enough acquainted with the law of Jersey •— founded on the old Norman— to describe the precise nature of those provisions under which the applica- tion above described was made. It appears clear, however, that, subject to certain regulations, of which legal administrators, and an oath jj^ agfamst wilfully making away with the property, are part, a debtor who can make out a prima facie case of ultimate payment, may claim a twelvemonths suspension from prosecu- tion. Whether the whole, or any part of such a law, could be safely applied here, is well worth considering. There is no doubt, that, by a much briefer indulgence, many a firm and individual, whom an extraordinary pressure has destroyed, might have been saved for their own and for their neighbour's benefit. Mr. ATTWOOD.— We deeply regret that a letter from our excellent member, addressed to Sir Robert Peel on the subject of the right lion, baronet's speech of Mon- day, reached us at a period when it was impossible to insert it, unless in an abridged form. We ha. ve pre- ferred, under such circumstances, keeping it till next week. Several other articles have been omitted for want of room. CHAPLAIN TO THE WORKHOUSE.— At a meeting of the? Guardians on Wednesday it was resolved, that the salary of the Chaplain should be 150?. a year. CHURCH- RATES.— It will be seen, from an advertise- ment in another column, that a meeting of the inhabi- tants has been called by the High Bailiff for Wednes- day next, to consider of the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the abolition of this most obnoxious impost. A preliminary meeting was held on Thursday at the Public- office, when the leading resolutions to be submitted to the meeting were, after a lengthened con- versation, agreed to; and a committee appointed to make the requisite arrangements. THE POTTERIES.— We are exeedingly glacl to find in the Staffordshire Examiner, a contradiction of its last week's statement, that the managers of the late turn- out had been refused work. No such refusal lias, it seems, taken place. It is computed that one hundred and twenty fune- rals took place in Birmingham on Sunday last. WHITE.— This fellow will be brought before the magistrates on Monday, to enter into sureties to keep the peace towards the midwife who attended his un- fortunate wife. A warrant was granted on Thursday for his apprehension. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD.— At a meet- ing of the London and Birmingham Railway Com- pany, on Thursday, it was announced that an addi- tional million would be required ; so that the , power possessed to raise money is to be increased from three millions and a half to four millions and a half. NORTH WARWICKSHIRE.— An order in Council has appeared in the Gazette, declaring the following ad- ditional polling places:— Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Atherstone, and Polesworth. MR. STURGE.— Additional letters have just been received from our excellent townsman, of which we give a brief summary:— In addition to the inspection of some of the British Colonies, Mr. Sturge has ex- tended his enquiries to the French islands of Marti- nique and Guadaloupe. Speaking of the planters of these islands, he remarks, " that they are tremblingly alive to the progress of the great experiment of eman- cipation in our Colonies. They appear to have given up all idea of preventing abolition in their islands, and are only fearful that the French Government will grant them no compensation. They sent a commission of enquiry to Antigua some time back, ( where emancipa- tion is complete) which had, to their surprise, made a favourable report, and the head of it was immediately dispatched by the Government to France." Mr. S. also observes, that slaves have lately been sold in these islands at less than one third of their average value, from the prevalence of this anticipation. A new organ has lately been opened in the Inde- pendent Chapel, King- street, Dudley, built by Mr. Raudle, of that. town. It gives great satisfaction, both for the neatness of its workmanship and the sweetness of its tone. Competent judges consider it a a very excellent instrument. It contains all the most modern improvements introduced into organ building, and reflects great credit upon Mr. Randle. THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.— We have authority to state, that a plan for the enlargement of the system of education at the school has been for some time under the consideration of the Governors, and is now so nearly completed that we shall be enabled very shortly to lay the details before the public. This important object has, we understand, eng'aged the attention of the Governors since the month of May last. A com- mittee having been appointed to enter into the whole question, they presented a report recommendiug a most liberal scheme of education to be added to the present classical system ; and the report, having met with the unanimous concurrence of the Governors, has been submitted for the advice of the Bishop of Lichfield, as required by the charter. We further learn that his lordship has given the most minute attention to the plan, and it is expected that his view will harmonise generally with that of the Governors. Severe indis- position has, however, delayed the official reply of the right rev. prelate, and is, most probably, the reason that the plan has not yet been promulgated.— Bir- mingham Gazette. BENEFIT SOCIETIES.— In the crowded state of our columns, we ca" muiwy state the substance of a meet- ing on this subject that was held at the Golden Eagle, Swallow- street, on Wednesday evening— Mr. Emes in the chair. Mr- Mackay read several letters from Mr. Wright, of London, and from various Members of Par- liament. He then gave a short history of the legisla- tion respecting Friendly Societies. He concluded by stating the grievances, the removal of which they de- manded. Xst, They complained that they had to pay a fee of one guinea for the revision of their rules, to which they themselves were perfectly competent. 2nd, They complained of the improper interference of the revising Barrister in the substance as well as form of their rules. 3rd, They were compelled to invest their funds in the Savings' Banks, and were not free to choose the security that they themselves approved. 4th, If the regulations of which they complained were considered to be essential, they had a right to demand that the expence of carrying them into effect should be defrayed by the Govern- ment which imposed them. Mr. Sansum spoke strongly of the immense value of such societies, and their great and increasing number— in Bir- mingham alone there were 400— and the policy as well as justice of giving them every encouragement. A series of resolutions, embodying the sentiments of the speakers, were unanimously passed, for which we refer to our advertising columns, and a petition, which was an echo of the resolutions, agreed to, and ordered to be signed, and transmitted for presentation to the House of Commons. DEATH FROM WANT AND COLD.-— On Saturday morn- ing last, about a quarter after five o'clock, as a man named Richard Bishop, who resides in Wharf- street, was going to his stables in Gas- street., he saw a man standing against the wall. He passed him without speaking', and went to his stables. On his return, at seven o'clock, the man was in the same position, and he then looked at him and found he was a poor fellow who went by the name of Bilberry. He spoke to him and said, " Oh! it is you Bilberry; you are in a pretty pickle." Bilberry made no reply, and Bishop passed on without taking particular notice of him. In about an hour after he ag'ain returned the same road, and finding the man in the same situation he went up to him and found he was quite cold and insensible. A car was obtained and he was conveyed to the Work- house, where he was promptly attended to by Mr. Berry. He was still insensible; and, notwithstanding every effort to restore him, he died that night. An There are no latest news from town, nor any nev/ 3 at all. It was expected that the BanK would say something' on Thursday afternoon, but the Bank does not know what to say or do. The funds are rather lower— Consols 89J; Exchequer bills remain 26s. to 28s. pr. The share market continues heavy— London and Birmingham are £ 130., £ 75. paid. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. PHRENOLOGY. On Thursday evening last, the 9th inst., Mr. J. TOULMIN SMITH delivered the first of a short course of lectures on the important and interesting science ol PHRENOLOGY. The theatre of the Philosophical Institution, which seats about 400 individuals, was full in every part; many persons standing in the passages. The audience was exceedingly attentive, and apparently deeply interested. The subject was illustrated by numerous casts and anatomical and other drawings. Mr. Smith commenced his lecture by observing, that it is usual for lecturers to inform their audience at the outset, of the importance and interest of the subject before them ; that such information is indeed frequently necessary, as the audience might otherwise he at a loss to discover wherein the importance and interest of the subject consisted. He would adopt a different course. He would simply state the object for which he then addressed them, and leave them to form their own conclusions as to its importance. He did not, then, come before them to detail any curious theory, or to dogmatise on any set of abstract opinions, whether moral, political, or otherwise. He came to detail to them a train of simple facts', to open to their view one of the fairest pages in nature's history; to exhibit to them the admirable proportions of God's most glorious and noblest work; and to direct their attention to the mode in which man might best fulfil the objects for which a benevolent Creator had destined him. He went on to point out the manner in which the consideration of these subjects had been neglected in this town, more especially by the body of the Philosophi- cal Institution, and that it would hereafter be some honour to the Mechanics' Institution to have been the first to ex- press a wish to obtain an insight into the merits of Phreno- logy. Mr. Smith proceeded to state that the examination of the causes and modes of the motions and impulses of human conduct had ever been a favourite subject with philosophers, but pointed out the fallacy of the mode in which the investigations on this subject have been hitherto conducted. He alluded briefly to the inconsistency dis- played by the Analyst, in advocating, as that journal does, the science of Phrenology, and yet admitting and lauding certain articles by Mr. Langston Parker, which display a total ignorance of Phrenology and mental philosophy, and thereby involve in obscurity a subject which Phrenology could have explained in five lines. Mr. Smith showed the importance of Phrenology as compared with other sciences; the former investigating and explaining the causes and modes of the impulses and actions of men in relation to external ob- jects ; while all othersciences investigate and explain only the modes of existence of those external objects. Mr. Smith stated that an enlarged view of the science of Phrenology embraced three grand divisions or heads of consideration. These were— 1st, With reference to the nature of the material agent, by means of which the mind operates ; 2nd with reference to the nature of several faculties which the first branch of Phrenological investigation has proved to exist; and 3d, and most important, though depending im- mediately upon the two former,— with reference to the necessary consequences or corollaries which must inevitably follow from the demonstration of the truths contained in the two preceding divisions. Mr. S. stated that be would confine himself in the present lecture to a brief reference to the first of these divisions; the demonstrable propositions comprised within which were, 1st, that the brain is the organ of mind; 2nd, that the brain is not one undivided organ, oc- cupied indiscriminately in mental operations, but consists of a congeries or assemblage of organs, each possessing a dis- tinct function from every other; 3d, that the energy or power of manifestation of any faculty, bears a constant rela- tion, cceteris paribus to the size of the organ of that faculty ; and 4th, that it is possible, by careful observation and ma- nipulation of the exterior of the skull, to ascertain the degree in which eacli of these organs is developed in every healthy individual. Mr. S. proceeded to demonstrate the truth of these several propositions by the most conclusive arguments, drawn from indisputable anatomical, physiological, and moral facts, but into which we regret that our space will not allow us to enter. He showed that the facts cceteris paribus, so far from affording any objection to the science of Phrenology, were in themselves of the highest importance, as offering, in the power which man has to effect their modifi- cation, the surest means of advancing the utility of Phreno- logy and the diffusion of human happiness. Mr. Smith concluded his interesting lecture by a brief sketch of the his- tory of Dr. Gall, and of the discovery and early progress of the science of Phrenology. inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when it ap- peared that the deceased had been a cad about the Crown, in Broad- street; that he had been for years past in a state of great destitution— so great that he had not had a regular lodging', but was in the habit of lying in out- houses, and that he died from water in the chest, occasioned by want of food and exposure to cold. The real name of the unfortunate man was William Chatwin, and he was about forty years of age. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with Mr. Berry's evidence. INQUEST ON THE BODY COLLINS. OF GEORGE In the course of Thursday last the case of Collins, de- ceased, was represented to the Coroner, and he immediately granted an order for the exhumation of the body. It was accordingly disinterred on Saturday, and an inquest was held on Monday, at the Anchor" public- house, in Park- street. Mr. Edmonds attended on the part of the widow of the deceased, and Mr. Underbill for Mr. Pimley. The first witness called was Mrs. Collins, who 6tated that her late husband was seventy- seven years of age. On the 21st of January, her husband being then very ill, Mr. Pimley called for his rent. They could not pay it. He said he would bundle the whole of them to the workhouse. In half- an- hour he returned with Mr. Cox, the surgeon who also said they must go to the workhouse. Soon after Mr. Pimley came with a car, and, with the assistance of the driver and of a man named George Reeves, forced her husband out of the house, and, having placed him in the car, drove him to the workhouse. The witness swore that her husband refused repeatedly to go to the workhouse that night. Her calls at the workhouse, and the burying of the body, we noticed last week in our report of the application for the summons. In opposition to this testimony, which was partly corro- borated by the evidence of two women, named Broadhead and Ingram. James Short svvc- re that although Collins in the first in- stance said be would not go till Monday, yet, ultimately, made no resistance; and that when he was about to leave the house his wife fetched his hat and put it on. Mr. Cox, the surgeon, also swore that Collins made no objection when the order for his admission was given ; and that there was no doubt that his removal was a highly charitable act. The removal was attended with no danger. George Reeves, the person mentioned by the first witness, swore that so far from her opposing the removal of her hus band, she very strongly urged it. Mr. Alcock, to whom by the consent of all parties no blame seemed to be attached, explained that Wednesdays and Fridays were the appointed days on which the friends of parties in the Workhouse were permitted to visit them. The interment of Collins on Friday was entirely an over- sight, and caused by the great number of dead ( eighteen) then in the house. Mr. Pimley, after the evidence closed, declared that in advising the removal he had no wish but to benefit the de- ceased and his family. The Jury found a verdict of natural death, and added, that no blame appeared to be due to Mr. Pimley, or any one else. CORONER'S INQUESTS. ALLEGED MURDERS. — On Saturday and Tuesdsy, J. W. Whateley, Esq., Coroner, was engaged in the investigation of the alleged murder of a mother and child by the father. On Wednesday week a poor woman named Ann White, who resided in Vauxhall- road, was brought in a car to the work- house in a dying condition, and having a dead child in her arms, of which she had been delivered on the previous. Saturday. The case called for immediate attention, and the Guardians instituted an inquiry to ascertain the cause of the poor woman's wretched condition, when it appeared that she had actually been removed from her house in order to save her from being murdered by her husband. It was also stated that the child had been still born in consequence of his bru- tality to the mother previous to the delivery, and that he had treated her since in a most cruel manner. In the course of the day the husband came to the workhouse in a state of in- toxication and demanded to see his wife. The Governor having been apprised of his character, interrogated him, ufoi which, the fellow became insolent, said he could get plenty of money to keep his wife, and wished to know how they dared to take her into the house. The Governor caused the fellow to be taken into custody, and at the request of Mr. Knight, and other Guardians, an inquest was held on the child on Saturday. The jury having been sworn, the Coroner said they were met to investigate a case of a very peculiar nature, and one which would require their best attention. He should state the facts as they had been represented to him. The state- ment made to him was, that a woman named White was pregnant, and that during her pregnancy she had been ill- treated by her husband, and that the consequence of that ill- treatment was the death of her child. He was also bound to tell them that that poor woman's life was in evi- dent danger, and they must therefore recollect, that in in- vestigating the cause of the death of the child, they must confine themselves to the conduct of the prisoner prior to th • birth of the child, as it was quite clear from the fact of it being born dead, that nothing which occurred between the prisoner and the mother after birth could affect it. The ill- treatmant of the prisoner after the delivery of the wo- man would constitute an after inquiry, in case the mother of the child died. If all he had heard was true, it was an ex- traordinary case. A woman named Rebecca Tong, a midwife, was then called, and proved that on Wednesday week she was called upon to see the mother of the child; she was not then in labour, but she was very ill and in a dangerous state; she told her husband he had better get a doctor, to which the fellow replied, " That is just the b— y thing! you want to get a doctor to do the work, and then you to get the money;" she then left the house; she saw the husband strike his wife after she was delivered, but not before; she never saw him ill- treat her before she was delivered. The child was still- born on Saturday, and the mother, con- sidering the circumstance, was very well and likely to re- cover with good treatment. Two women named Sarah Ashton and Mary Stanley were next examined as to the conduct of the prisoner towards his wife prior to her confinement, but although they could have no doubt, from all they had heard, he had used her in the most brutal manner, they were unable to prove the offence. Elizabeth Oatley, sister- in- law of the prisoner, proved that about a month before her sister's confinement the pri- soner came home drunk, and sat upon his wife's lap, and got his hands round her waist and squeezed her, she told him to get up, but he swore he would not, and when his wife rose up she looked very pale. Witness also heard him say about two months before her sister was delivered, that as soon as the young one was born, he would cut its head off. Mr. Thomas Green, surgeon, stated that he examined the body of the child; there were no marks of violence upon it; there were no appearances which conld induce him to believe there had been any violence used towards the mother of the child which caused its death. From the evidence given by the midwife and the other women, he believed the death of the child was caused by the excessive flooding of the mother before its birth. The acts of vio- lence detailed by the sister of the woman, might have caused flooding, but flooding would not follow violence, as a matter of course. The Coroner said there was very little doubt that the prisoner had been guilty of gross misconduct, although he did not think they could bring it home to him as regarded the child. It did not appear to him that the jury could come to any other conclusion than that the child died a natural death. As he had said before, whatever violence took place after the birth of the child, would be a subject of future inquiry. The jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict that the child was still- born, but that the evidence was not such as to warrant them in saying death had been caused by the violence of the prisoner. The Coroner then called the prisoner, and addressing him, said although he was acquitted of this charge, he could not discharge him until it was ascertained how far his wife was out of danger. He ordered him to stand committed. Mr. Green, the surgeon, said it was impossible the poor woman could survive many hours. The prisoner was then conveyed to Moor- street. During the Inquest he affected to cry, and repeatedly denied any intention to injure his wife. On Saturday the poor woman died, and on Tuesday the Coroner again sat at the Green Dragon, in Lich- field- street. A respectable Jury having been sworn, the examina- tion of witnesses was proceeded with, and a detail of more inhuman atrocity was perhaps never laid before a jury. Mr. George Edmonds attended on the part of the friends of the deceased. The first witness examined was Rebecca Tong, and she deposed as follows:— lam a midwife and reside in Vauxhall- road; I knew the deceased Ann White. On the 28th of January, 1 was called in to see her about six o'clock in the afternoon ;| she was in the last stage of labour, and I delivered her in about half an hour of a male child ; it was born dead. It was a very natural and good birth, and there was no ap- parent danger; she was in a very weak state. In about ten minutes after the child was born I sent for the prisoner, and he came into the room in a state of intoxication; Mrs. Stanley and Mrs. Ashton were in the room at the time; when he came in Mrs. Stanley said to him, I hope you will he thankful to God for having delivered your wife out of great peril; he replied you have brought me up to see a b y dead thing; he then took out some money and held it in his hand, and said she shan't have a b y screw of it, and he then left the house. I left shortly after and saw him no more that night. On Monday about twelve o'clock 1 went to see her: the front door was shut and I rapped; and the prisoner came and opened it; he said " I thought it was those b rs, ( meaning the neighbours) and if it was they should not come in ;" I tjien went up to see his wife, and observed her left cheek was swelled, and her nose was red. The prisoner followed me up stairs; he was sober but in a bad passion; I begged of him to be quiet, and en- deavoured to pacify him, but he got into a great passion and began to throw his arms about and make gestures at his wife; he got in a great rage and said he would do murder before he had done; he did not strike her nor say any thing more. I observed a great change in her health ; she was cold and had a shiveriug fit upon her; I ordered her some medicine and then left. About six o'clock in the evening I saw her again, and found her very ill, and much worse than in the morning; while I was in the room the prisoner came in still more drunk than he was in the morning; he was in a great passion, and he laid hold of his hat and struck his wife with it twice in the face, and said die- you b r; she replied, " don't Henry, don't;" she was very bad indeed at that time, and in shivering fits. On Tuesday morning I saw her and thought her better; the prisoner was in the house, but nothing particular occurred. On Wednesday morning I saw her, and she trembled very much, like a person terri- fied. At this moment the prisonerwho during the investigation cried very much, became seemingly convulsed. Mr. Green, the surgeon, examined him and ordered him some stimulant. The examination resumed:— I assisted to remove her to the Workhouse, and when she was laid upon the bed she said, " thank God, I am on this bed." On Wednesday, the 25th of January, I went to see the deceased; she was not in labour but very ill, and I told her husband he must get a medical man; he replied, he knew what I meant, that it was my object to get a doctor to do the work, and I to get the money; I told him she was in a dangerous state, and he said " she has slipt it twice, let the b r slip it." During her labour I did not examine her person so as to be able to say whether she had any marks of violence upon her body. Coroner to the prisoner: Do you wish to ask the witness any queston ? Prisoner: I did not say I would murder her or any one; what I did was in liquor; I loved my wife too well to murder her, and she knew it. The prisoner then sat down and trembled in a frightful manner, and in a few minutes after he fell from the chair apparently greatly convulsed. Elizabeth Oatley examined: The deceased was my sister, and I lived in the house with her and the prisoner; on the night of the day on which my sister was delivered, I was in the room with her abouteleven o'clock. The prisoner came into the room and threw himself with violence upon her in the bed, and caught hold of her by the neck of her bed- gown ; he caught hold of her with both his hands, and he pressed her down on the bed with the weight of his body. She was very much agitated and alarmed ; I caught hold " of him and tried to drag him off her, and he grasped her naked neck with both his hands; she cried murder faintly and so did I, and Mrs. Turner and James Kelley ( neighbours) came in; Mrs. Turner and I tried to pull him off, and at that time my sister was half out of the bed and half in ; he was perhaps five minutes lying on her; he then left the room and went into the yard ; he was in liquor, but he could walk and talk and knew what he was about; about one o'clock he came into the room again and went into the bed with her, and I sat up all night to watch my sister; during the^ night he took the clothes off her several times and put them on himself, and I sat by the bed- side and held them down on her as well as I could; she was very ill that night and he did not let her sleep; when she was going to sleep he used to hoot out and make a noise. Prisoner: They are all combined together, and say they will hang me; I did nothing wilfully to hurt her. Two men came to the dungeon to me me to- day and told me they meant to swear against me. Witness: When she took the pillow to rest upon it, he used to pull it from her and say, " d n your eyes, you shan't hEve a bit;" my sister had two children horn alive, but she miscarried of the first. The witness here went on to describe minutely the situa- tion in which her sister was when the prisoner threw him- self upon her in the bed, but the detail is so revolting that we cannot insert it. The Coroner asked him if he wished to ask the witness any questions? He replied, he was unwell and unable to do so; he had neither eaten nor slept during the last three days, and if his wife was present she would not allow a hair of his head to be touched. Sarah, wife of Roland Turner, examined: On the night the wife of the prisoner was delivered, my attention was attracted by a cry of murder from the prisoner's house. I ran across the yard and up into the prisoner's bed room, and as I was going up the stairs I heard him say, d n your b y eyes, I will pitch you through the window; when I entered the room Mrs. Oatley, the prisoner, and the de- ceased were there, and Mrs. Oatley had hold of the prisoner by the collar trying to drag him from his wife; he was on the floor and his wife was half out of the bed, and he had hold of her with his two hands; she was uncovered. His wife said," for God's sake take him away, for he says he will murder me." A man named James Kelly came in and assisted to get him out of the room. Coroner: Now what do you mean when you say he had hold of her ? Witness : He bad hold of her by the night- gown, and here it is all torn. ( Witness produced the gown all in tatters.) Coroner: That is very different from having hold of her flesh; the impression on the mind of every one present was that he had hold of her flesh. Now state exactly how it was. Witness : I meant to say he had hold of the bed- clothes, a blanket, a sheet, and a coverlid; all of which were round her body; the prisoner was drunk; herlegs were uncovered. James Kelly examined : I live in Vauxhall- Iane; on the night the deceased was delivered I heard a cry of murder in her house, and at the request of the neighbours I ran up stairs into the bed room; the deceased was lying in bed, and the prisoner was at the opposite side of the bed, and he was either raising himself up or he was in the act of falling; he had his hand upon the bed side, and one ofthe females in the room had hold of him ; they cried out to me for God's sake to take him away, and I did so; I led him down stairs and he came away quietly. The deceased was in bed, and the clothes were not off her. Coroner to the prisoner: Do you wish me to ask the wit- ness any questions. Prisoner: No, sir. Mary Stanley examined: I was presentwhen the deceased was delivered, and she was very well and lay in bed. The prisoner was called up stairs to see the child, and when he came into the room he said to his wife, " I will cut your b y head of, and throw it and the child out of the win- dow." He also called us b y b rs, and said he would do murder before he had done with it; I have seen him beat her several times before her confinement, perhaps six or eight weeks before. Coroner: Do you wish, prisoner, to ask her any questions ? Prisoner: A great deal has been sworn against me; all are against me, and I hope you will have mercy upon me. Charlotte Smith, a nurse of the Workhouse, examined : The deceased was under my care; she was brought into the house about eleven o'clock on Wednesday the 1st of Feb- ruary; she was very ill, and very weak and exhausted. Mr. Pedley, the house surgeon, saw her that day, but he was taken ill next day, and Mr. Clarke attended her, and Mr. Green, the surgeon, saw her in the evening. I sat up with her until three o'clock in the morning and then I lay down; she; slept very little; on Thursday she slept very little, and used to waken in a fright; she was better on Friday, and died on Saturday night about eleven o'clock; I did not ob- serve any thing more than great weakness and exhaustion. Mr. Thomas Green, surgeon, examined : I first attended the deceased on Tuesday at her own house; she was in a state of great exhaustion, apparently from profuse flooding; I saw no marks of violence about her face ; I think she died from exhaustion produced by flooding. I have heard the evidence of the conduct of the prisoner, and I cannot undertake to say that conduct produced such effects as caused her death; it might accelerate death, but I can't say it did in this case. From the first time I saw her she was in a state of great exhaustion until Friday, and then she so far rallied as to lead to a hope of her recovery : but she sunk soon after. I never saw any marks of violence ab , ut her person; I have since made a postmortem examination and I have no doubt the flooding caused her death. The Coroner then said lie believed there was no other evi- dence ; there was, however, sufficient to shew that the pri- soner had conducted himself towards his unfortunate wife in the . most brutal, cruel, and inhuman manner, and with that want of care which every man was bound to take of his wife, particularly under the circumstances which in this instance caused the death of the deceased. Although, liowever, such was his conduct, the jury must not, however, allow them selves to be carried away by their just sense of his brutality or their own feelings, but confine themselves to the evidence before them ; that evidence he feared, as in the case of the child, would not reach the prisoner. The opinion of Mr. Green, the surgeon, was that the prisoner died from flood- ing, and it did not appear that the flooding was occasioned by his violence ; in fact, it appeared the flooding had all but ceased with her delivery, and consequently at the time when the violence on the part of the prisoner was sworn to. If, however, the jury were of opinion that the violence caused her death, then indeed would the situation of the prisoner ue one of great danger, for he would be guilty of less an offence than that of murder; if, on the otber^ hand, they be- believed the evidence of Mr. Green, that she died from flood- ing before birth, they would return a verdict that the de- ceased died a natural death; if they thought it was occasioned by violence they would find him guilty. The Jury consulted for about a quarter of an hour, and in answer to questions by the Coroner, the Foreman said that thirteen of the jury were of opinion that the deceased died a natural death, and two of them were of a contrary opinion. The Coroner said he could take the verdict. [ Why was the woman herself examined on Saturday?] PUBLIC OFFICE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 9. ( Before E. L. Williams and T. Lawrance, Esqrs.)' ASTON CHURCH KATE.— Thirty rate- payers were sum- moned by the Churchwardens and Overseers for non- pay- ment of church- rates. The first rate- payer called was Mr. Jenkins, his rate for 1835 amounted to four shillings. Mr. Edmonds, the summons having been read, said he should require the case to be proved; it was necessary to prove the making of the rate, the refusal of the defendant to pay it, and the right of the Churchwarden to demand it. Mr. Payne handed in the rate- book, from which it ap. peared that the rate sued for was granted the 6th of October; 1835. Mr. Edmonds required the whole of the case to be proved, and on oath. Mr. Smalhvood considered the book before the court was sufficient. Mr. Edmonds was of a different opinion. Mr. Payne was then sworn, and examined by Mr. Ed- monds : He stated that the assessment which he had handed in was the one for which Mr. Jenkins was liable; that he demanded payment from him before the summons was ap- plied for, and that he refused to pay. The demand was made by a printed notice, which was served at Mr. J.' s house; the notice was served by Mr. Payne's authority; he, Mr. Payne, was Churchwarden in the year 1835, and was re- elected in 1836. He attended the ' last visitation of the Bishop, at Coleshill, and was there sworn into office; he did not " present" Mr. Jenkins or any of the defaulters at that visitation. Brownhill, the constable, was next examined, and he proved that be had been appointed by the Churchwarden to collect the Church - rates; he ( Brownhill) appointed his son to collect part of them for him. Brownhill, the son, proved that he served a printed notice, similar to the one then before the magistrates, at the house of Mr. Jenkins; he left it with the servant; he did not see Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Payne said be had asked Mr. Jenkins at least twenty times if he would pay, and he invariably told him he would not. Mr. Edmonds: Mr. Payne met Mr. Jenkins in the street and asked him ? Mr. Payne: Yes. Mr. Edmonds said his first plea was, that no legal de- mand had ever been made on Mr. Jenkins for payment of the rate. The only evidence was, that Brownhill, jun., left a paper at his house, with his servant, but no opportu- nity was afforded Mr. Jenkins of paying, if he had been so inclined. Mr. Williams thought such a notice sufficient. Mr. Edmonds would next contend that the present Churchwardens bad no authority to sue; the rate was granted in October, 1835, for the current year, which ex- pired at Easter, 1836, or at the furthest, at the visitation in October last, when the present Churchwardens were sworn in. Mr. Edmonds cited Lord Bacon's Abridg- ment, title- Churchwarden, where it was clearly laid down that the Churchwardens have no iegal authority to make or collect a rate after the expiration of their year of office; they can only present the defaulters at the Visitation, when the Ecclesiastical Authorities may punish for contempt in non- payment. The necessary amount of expenses for that year had either been already paid by the Churchwardens oi not. If it had been paid, it was clear this was an attempt by the Wardens to reimburse themselves, which was illegal- It it had not been paid, the Wardens are now out of office, and would have no authority to apply the money, even if it was recovered by them. It was true, Messrs. Smallwood and Payne were' the Wardens for the present year also, but that was immaterial. In point of law, they were different persons now, as Wardens for the year 1836, from what they were as Wardens for 1835. The act 53 Geo. 3, only gave authority to the magistrates to act on the complaint of the Churchwarden, who ought to receive and collect the rate. 1 The Churchwardens ought to receive and collect the rate only during their year of office, and therefore no such Wardens as those described in the act were in existence. Mr. Edmonds' argument finished— the magistrates and their clerks retired into an anti- room, and having consulted for a short time, they returned, and Mr. Williams said, the magistrates were of opinion that the Churchwarden could not recover in the present instance. He ought to have sued during his year of office; not having done so, he could not now enforce the demand. Mr. Smallwood wished the magistrates to go into the other summonses; but they declined, and the parties left the office. There were several other cases, but none of interest. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. POETRY. THE LAIRD OF LANGLEE. A BALLAD. The Laird of Langlee's auld mitlier is guns, His tittie is married, the Laird's left alane! Frae the Tweed to the Tay ye may seek and no see A mair wearied wight than the Laird of Langlee. He drank of the ljrandy, he drank of the wine j But still a' the day he could naetliing but pine, But still a' the day he would grumbie and gaunt— " By ray faith," quoth the Laird, " ' tis a wife that I want! " Ho! saddle the mare i I will oer to the Shiel, •* And e'en try my luck wi' my lung cousin Bell; « * She has waited, I trow, till she's thirty and three ; " She may wait and wale waur"— quo' the Laird of Langlee. The pebbles flashed tiro as the Laird galloped up, The auld aiken door clattered loud to his whip— " Where speed ye so fast 1 Will ye'light f Will ye pree » " " Yes, I'll pree thy red lips," cried the gallant Langleo. " My tittie is married, my mither is gane, " An' I am grown weary o' living my lane— " You have waited, my lass, till you're thirty and three— " You may wait and wale waur than your cousin Langlee." " O! where is the brandy ? O! where is the wine? " That our light headed coz for a partner should pine ? " He's oure fond o' his bowl to have fondness for me— " E'eu gae back as ye cam', honest Itob o' Langlee." " I've reckoned my fauts, Bell, baith fastin' and fou' •• I've aft tried to mend them, and aft I've fa'n through— " With the greatest, the warst, ye maun help me awa'— " The wanting a wife till I'm twa score and twa." « ' But the priest maun be had, and the clerk maun proclaim- " Wi' bruises and bridals— I'd die for mere shame ! " Eide on, dearest Bob— get a dafter than me, •• To sit at the board end of bonnie Langlee." " Let the priest liae his preachin*, the clerk hae his fee; But plague hae them baith if they e'er buckle me. ." Na! mount ye behind me, sweet Bell, and we'll on, " Till we get to the March, as my tittie has done." The maiden looked down to the ground for a while, The maiden looked up to the Laird with a smile— " Put your foot to the stirrup ! your hand gie to me! " Hurrah! she is won !" shouted happy Langlee. Spring, summer, and harvest are come, they have passed! The auld chimney rocks with a Christmas blast- How the twelvemonth had sped no one asked, no one cared— But a brighter, a briefer, Langlee never shared ! And ' tis blithe in that dwellin', ill kitchen, in lia', ' Tis blithe wi' the maids, wi' the men, and wi a'! But, his Bell by his side and his boy on his knee, The blithest heart there is the Laird of Langl.' e! LITERATURE. ORIGINAL. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, OR TRICK FOR TRICK. ( Continued.) ACT II SCENE II. Enter Captain John Smith. CAPT. J. SMITH : Now for the crisis of my fate ! If I can only manage to get through this interview, I may indulge a hope that the future will prove as sunny as my warm imagi- nation has painted it. But still, my heart! here she comes. Enter Miss Montague. Miss M.: Dearest John !— CAPTAIN J. SMITH : My long looked for ! long sighed for! I am so overcome at the present prospect of waking bliss! To hold you thus in my arms, to indulge not in the hope, but in the joyous certainty that you are at length mine and mine only, fills me with emotions that seek in vain for words of sufficient power to give them adequate expression. But I can believe that your heart beats with feelings corres- pondent, and that no interchange of outward signs is required to waken there a responsive sympathy. Miss M.: I will not attempt to deny that the happiness of this meeting repays me for all the sorrow and sufferings I have endured, since I saw you last. CAPTAIN J. SMITH: My dearest Emma sit! You are not yet recovered from the fatigue of your landing, and the agitation of this interview overcomes you. Miss M.: No, no, it is not fatigue— it is not agitation! My mind was travelling back to those who once so fondly contemplated this day— my sainted father! I am now a poor orphan, John! CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Say not 60, while I am left to fulfil every duty of every relation. Miss M. : I am, indeed, ungrateful to you and heaven, to recur at such a moment to these melancholy remembrances! But I will withstand them. You do not ask me for those friends that fate has still spared me. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : I am so taken up with the present that I only live in it. I trust that your dear mother is well, and long to be so ! Miss M. : Oh, John ! You are indeed living in the pre- sent ! How could you forget that it was grief for the loss of my mother that caused, in a great degree, my father's illness. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Pardon me! I was, indeed, strangely oblivious. Miss M.: But there is one who used to speak of you all day long, and sometimes all night too, whom you do not ask for. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : I am at a loss. Miss M.: Well, I did not think you would have remem- bered her so slightly. Can't you guess ? CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Really I cannot. Miss M.: Truly, ' tis well she does not know how small your memory is grown; it would grieve her sorely, dear soul, to think it could not contain her little image. Why, ' tis Sarah I mean ! CRPTAIN J. SMITH : Ah! the little darling that I have dandled so often! Well, I could not have imagined that she still recollected me ! Miss M. : Dandled so often ! In the name of wonder of whom are you speaking ? Dandle aunt Sarah ! She is as like to have - dandled you, I should think. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Ha! ha! ha! Dandled me I meant. Truly, I should have cut an awkward figure ( as I do now) dandling dear old aunt. Miss M. : Nay, now you are running away in the oppo- site direction. She is not old aunt yet, you know she is only a couple of years older than yourself. There is another that would not let me go till I promised twenty times at least to remember her to you— poor Bella. I question if even aunt Sarah loves you better. Very little persuasion would have prevailed on her to come with me. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Upon my soul I regret very much she did not. Miss M.: Oh ! if she could but hear that, how proud she would be. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : But we can send for her by next fleet. If the dear creature were here, with her stock of charms, she might be happily settled in a fortnight. We have half a hundred bachelors, to any of them she would be a prize. Miss M. : Really, John, this is too much. Ha! ha! ha! Old nurse Bella with her palsied head, and her bone, headed cane, poor soul! She would, indeed, be a formid- able rival to the maids and widows of the glittering east! But I see your object; you deem me too thoughtful, and have a mind to make me shake off my gravity. Only for to- night indulge me ; to- morrow I shall be all you used to find me. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : I was indeed willing by a poor jest- as you say— to change the current of your thoughts— and now to speak of present friends, how do you like Lady Dickons ? Miss. M. Very much ! She seems singularly good and kind, only she possesses or affects an air of mystery that is very distressing. When I expressed a wish to see you on my landing, she looked so very curious, and hesitated so much, and made so strange excuses for your necessary ab- Bsnce, that had it not been for the assurances of the gentleman that accompanied her, I should have been con- vinced that something serious had happened to you. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Ah, Lady Dickons, ' tis a way she has. You must bear with it. She is good and kind, as you say, but no philosopher. Miss M.: Why with others I see none of those symptoms of doubt with which she answers all my questions. Really she balances her words as if she were at the Old Bailey, on a charge of felony, and I were counsel for the prosecution. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Why, the truth is, Emma, I told her you were exceedingly witty and learned, and she is afraid of you, that's all. Miss M.: You were very kind, but if that be all there is comfort for me. It will not be long ere she discover that there is small ground for any fears of that kind. But would it not be as well that we should now join the good lady? I fear this twilight, or rather I should say night conversation— for leally were it not for the sound of your voice, I should hardly be able to tell that you were in the ioom— has lasted somewhat too long. Oh here are lights. Lady Dickons is coming to seek us. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : I must bid you adieu, my love— Miss M.: Why, I thought your duties were over? CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Not yet— good bye. Miss M.: Nay, don't run away till you see Lady Dickons ! CAPTAIN J. SMITH : I have not a moment to spare; she'll excuse me. Miss M.: She will not, and if she would I cannot. You must at least stop to thank her for her attentions to me— CAPTAIN J. SMITH : Pray Emma have me excused. You can thank her much better than I can. I'll see her to- morrow. I feel that I act abruptly, but I am compelled to do so. Miss M.: Why but a moment ago you had not even spoken of parting. It must appear so strange, so singular, to run away. It will look as if you sought to shun her. A minute, or less, will suffice. She is here— Enter Patty with Candles. CAPTAIN J. SMITH : And I am gone—( Runs out.) Miss M.: Good God ! Is it possible ? Can I have been deceived? Who is that gentleman ? P.: That gentleman that run away just now Miss, that's Captain Smith ; why lord, Miss, sure you know him as well as I, and better too— Miss M.: Captain Smith— Captain John Smith ? P.: Yes, Miss, to be sure, Captain John Smith. Miss M. : Of the twentieth? P.: La Miss, I never could learn ciphering; I know nothing about twentieth's, or twenty- first's either. Miss M.: I am utterly bewildered— the voice struck me as strange— but time and years do much to alter that— the language too was not of that plain unadorned kind that he prided himself in before he left England, but a larger range of acquaintance would easily account for the difference— but the face! It is impossible I could have so utterly forgot it, or that its lineaments should have so utterly changed. P.: I fear Miss Montague begins to suspect something— shall I call the Captain back Miss? Miss M.: Yes— no— the hair, the eyes, the entire cast of the countenance is different. P.: Shall I tell my Lady you want her, Miss, or would you rather choose to go to her ? « Miss M.: Then the strange half replies of this Lady— her glances of mystery to Mr. Singleton— and this Captain Smith's blunders about my aunt and about nurse— blunders which I attributed to mere pleasantry, but which I now fear originated in ignorance— Patty! P. : Do you want me Miss? Miss M.: Yes, Patty— I have witnessed enough of you to perceive that you are shrewd, and your eyes tell me you are kind. Patty, I am here a lone and unfriended creature. P.: La, Miss, don't say so. Why, there's my Lady; she's as friendly as if you were her sister; and there's Cap- tain Smith, Miss; surely lie is a friend, and more too. Miss M.: Patty, you call that gentleman Captain Smith, and he may be so, but as I am assured of my own existence, I never saw that Captain Smith before this evening— who— what is he? Alas! who— what am I— and where am I? What is the purpose— what is to be the end of this evident deception ? Patty, 1 beseech you, if you know, tell me! P.: La, Miss, don't take on so, there's no harm meant, I assure you. I promised Peter, honour bright, that I would not tell. Miss M.: Whom promised you ? P.: Why, Mister Peter, Miss, Captain Smith's gentle- man that is, but I dare swear if I tell you it will go no far. ther. Well, then, you see, Miss, this Captain S. is Captain S. of the 21st; now, your Captain S. was Captain S. of the 20th. Miss M.: And, in the name of heaven, why substitute a stranger for him I came to see? — Ah, it must be so— Patty, support me! P.: Oh, mercy on my foolish tongue, I've killed her outright. My Lady! Anne! Harriet! Mammee! Girls! Miss Montague is dying. Enter Lady Dickons. LADY DICKONS : Goodness now! Patty, what is the matter? Well, did you ever? Miss Montague, my dearest Miss, what's the matter? P.: Nothing at all, Madam, only Miss was frightened at somewhat. My Lady knows all about it, but don't say I said so. LADY D.: Ah ! ' tis nothing but the fatigue. I told you to keep yourself quiet, but you would not be persuaded. And then your nerves have been shaken by this meeting. Well, goodness now— poor dear, take care, lead her off gently. There, there ! To her bed- room. Well, did you ever? ( To ie continued in our next.) BYRON'S WORKS, VOL. II., MURRAY.— This is the first volume of the tales. It contains " The Giaour," " The Bride of Abydos," " The Corsair," and its sequel " Lara." The print and paper is of the same admi- rable character that we noticed in the first volume, and the vignette— Mount Parnassus— is in an equal, if not a superior, style of art. The edition contains all the notes! We remarked one important peculiarity in this edition in announcing- the first volume of the series— each volume is complete. The second, though but the first of the tales, is, it will be seen, as perfect a tvhole as was the first. What waistcoat pocket luxuries these exquisite little tomes will prove! BIRMINGHAM BOTANIC GARDEN— The conductors, with a correct feeling which does them much credit, having been informed that this title might by possi bility— we confess that to us the possibility appears very remote— interfere with " the Botanic Garden" have changed the title to the " Floral Cabinet." Under that name the fifth number, ( for January) which has only just reached us, has issued. The " Floral Cabinet," as we must now designate it, fully maintains its high character as a work of art and science. The plates, four in number, are finely drawn, and admi- rably tinted, and the papers explanatory of each are, as they have hitherto been, learned and interesting. The plates of No. 5 consist of the " Delphinium Di- varicatum," the " Solanum Campanulatum," the " Pleurothallis Ciliata," and a splendid variety of " Calceolaria," justly named the " Mirabilis." THE NATURALIST, NO. 6.— It is pleasant to see a work progressing. It indicates encouragement and a desire to deserve it. The first five numbers of the Naturalist were entitled to every commendation. The sixth is, if anything, superior to the best of its pre- decessors. The refusal of the conductors to insert an inferior plate in their last number has apparently stimulated the artist to furnish for the present two plates, in which, for beauty and finish, the most fasti- dious would be unable to detect a fault. We thought, in opening the number, that the Kingfisher was the finest specimen of coloured engraving that we had ever seen, till, turning over the leaf, we came to a Golden Oriole, which not only vies with, but, if pos- sible, surpasses, in extreme fidelity, its gay and gor- geous companion. Taken together, there is nothing in any publication of a similar character that comes up to, much more excels, these plates. No. 6 is illustrated, in addition, by a very neat lithograph of the parts of the " Meadow Saffron," which accompanies an essay on the evidence of design in that well known flower. We shall, if we can in our next number, give a short extract from this paper, which, as well as all the rest, and there are no less than nine of them, be- sides notices, is exceedingly well drawn up. COULSON ON THE HIP JONT.-— We can hardly be expected to speak with much authority on this learned work. So far as non- professional critics may be al- lowed to give an opinion, we would say that it is writ- ten with an exact knowledge of the painful and severe disease which it professes to treat, and that the various methods of palliation and of cure are the result of much and correct thought and enquiry. The work is illus- trated by several curious, and for chirurgical readers, interesting plates, coloured, of the disease in various stages of its progress. THE IMPERIAL CLASSICS— SMITH, BOUVERIE ST. The first number of a very handsome serial with this title has just been laid on our table. It forms No. 1 of Burnett's well known History of his own Times. It is embellished with a fine portrait of the celebrated Bishop of Salisbury, and consists of 48 pages, double columns, very handsomely printed on an excellent paper, of the history itself, and 26 pages of introduction, small quarto, for a shilling! The entire work will only occupy sixteen numbers! If this be not a cheap clas- sic, we know not what can be so designated. SI R ROBERT PEEL'S SPEECHES.— Mr. Murray has published the four speeches pronounced by the ex- Premier at Glasgow. Our copy bears to be the fifth edition! It is a pretty little book, and will probably be preserved for its prettiness long after the speeches in any other form would have been forgotten. There is a head of Sir Robert in front. The engraving is good, but he was not over- skilled in craniology who drew the outline of it. We venture to say that he has given the baronet more brains above the ear than any mail born ever possessed. The forehead is, anatomi- cally considered, monstrous. THE PICKWICK CLUB, NO. JLL— We are apt to weary of repeating at each successive number of the " Pickwick Papers" the same epithets of eulogy. As an old friend of ours expresses it, it is " good"—" good*' —" good again!" Merely remarking then, that No. 11 is " good again," we give the following extract to justify our commendation. The scene, we may ob- serve in explanation, is a supper in the lodgings of a bachelor in difficult circumstances. The Pickvvick- ians are mere incidentals. Mr. Robert Sawyer and Mr. Benjamin Allen are students of Guy's, and dear friends in misfortune as well as profession— " Well, it is unlucky that she should have taken it into her head to turn sour, just on this occasion. She might, at least, have waited till to- morrow." " That's her malevolence; that's her malevolence," re- plied Mr. Bob Sawyer, vehemently. " She says that if I can alford to give a party, I ought to be able to afford to pay her confounded ' little bill.' " " How long has it been running?'' inquired Mr. Ben Al- len. A bill, by the bye, is the most extraordinary locomo- tive engine that the genius of man ever produced. It would keep on running during the longest life- time, without ever stopping of its own accord, " Only a quarter, and a month or so," replied Mr. Bob Sawyer. Ben Allen coughed hopelessly, and directed a searching look between the two top bars of the stove. " It'll be a deuced unpleasant thing if she takes it into her head to let out, when those fellows are here, won't it ?" said Mr. Ben Allen, at length. " Horrible," replied Bob Sawyer, " horrible." A low tap was heard at the room door. Mr. Bob Saw- yer looked expressively at his friend, and bade the tapper come in ; whereupon a dirty slipshod girl in black cotton stockings, who might have passed for the neglected daughter of| a superannuated dustman in very reduced circumstances, thrust in her head, and said, " Please, Mister Sawyer, Missis Raddle wants to speak to you." Before Mr. Bob Sawyer could return any answer, the girl suddenly disappeared with a jerk, as if somebody had given her a violent pull behind; this mysterious exit was no sooner accomplished, than there was another tap at the door— a smart pointed tap, which seemed to say, " Here I am, and in I'm coming." Mr. Bob Sawyer glanced at his friend with a look of ab- ject apprehension, and once more cried " Come in." The permission was not at all necessary, for, before Mr. Bob Sawyer had uttered the words, a little fierce woman bounced into the loom, all in a tremble with passion, and pale with rage. " Now, Mr. Sawyer," said the little fierce woman, trying to appear very calm, " if you'll have the kindness to settle that little bill of mine, I'll thank you, because I've my rent to pay this afternoon, and my landlord's a waiting below now." Here the little woman rubbed her hands and looked steadily over Mr. Bob Sawyer's head, at the wall behind him. " I am very sorry to put you to any inconvenience, Mrs. Raddle," said Bob Sawyer, deferentially, " but— " Oh, it isn't any inconvenience," replied the little woman, with a shrill titter. " I didn't want it particular before to. day; leastways, as it has to go to hay landlord directly, it was as well for you to keep it as me. You promised me this afternoon, Mr. Sawyer, and every gentleman as has ever lived here has kept his word, Sir, as of course any one who calls himself a gentleman does." And Mrs. Raddle tossed her head, bit her lips, rubbed her hands harder, and looked at the wall more steadily than ever. It was plain to see, as Mr. Bob Sawyer remarked in a style Of eastern allegory on a subsequent occasion, that she was " getting the steam up." " I am very sorry, Mrs. Raddle," said Bob Sawyer with all imaginable humility, " but the fact is, that I have been disappointed in the City to- day."— Extraordinary place that city. We know a most astonishing number of men who al- ways are getting disappointed there. " Well, Mr. Sawyer," said Mrs. Raddle, planting herself firmly on a purple cauliflower in the Kidderminster carpet, •' and what's that to me, Sir?" " I— I— have no doubt, Mrs. Raddle," said Bob Sawyer, blinking this last question, " that before the middle of next week we shall be able to set ourselves quite square, and go on on a better system afterwards." This was all Mrs. Raddle wanted. She had bustled up to the apartment of the unlucky Bob Sawyer, so bent upon going into a passion, that, in all probability, payment would have rather disappointed her than otherwise. She was in excellent order for a little relaxation of the kind, having just exchanged a few introductory compliments with Mr. R. in the front kitchen. '' Do you suppose, Mr. Sawyer," said Mrs. Raddle, ele- va ting her voice for the information of the neighbours, " do you suppose that I'm a- going day after day to let a fellar occupy my lodgings as never thinks of paying his rent, nor even the very money laid out for the fresh butter and lump sugar that's bought for his breakfast, and the very milk that's took in at the street door ? Do you suppose a hard- working and industrious woman as has lived in this street for twenty years ( ten years over the way, and nine years and three- quarters in this very house) has nothing else to do, but to work lie rself to death after a parcel of lazy idle fellars, that are always smoking and drinking, and lounging, when they ought to be glad to turn their hands to anything that would help ' em to pay their bills ? Do you—" " Mygood soul," interposed Mr. Benjamin Allen. " Have the goodness to keep your observashuns to your- self, Sir, I beg," said Mrs. Raddle, suddenly arresting the rapid torrent of her speech, and addressing the third party with impressive slowness and solemnity. " 1 am not aweer, Sir, that you have any right to address your conversation to me. I don't think I let these apartments to you, Sir." " No, you certainly did not," said Mr. Benjamin Allen. " Very good, Sir," responded Mrs. Raddle, with lofty politeness. " Then p'raps, Sir, you'll confine yourself to breaking the arms and legs of the poor people in the hospi- tals, and keep yourself to yourself, Sir, or there may be some persons here as will make you, Sir." " But you are such an unreasonable woman," remon- strated Mr. Benjamin Allen. " J. beg your parding, young man," said Mrs. Raddle, in a cold perspiration of anger. " But will yon have the good- ness just to call me that again, Sir?'! " I didn't make use of the word in any invidious manner, ma'am," replied Mr. Benjamin Allen, growing somewhat uneasy on his own acconnt. " I beg your parding, young man," demanded Mrs. Raddle in a louder and more imperative tone. " But what do you call a woman ? Did you make that remark to me, Sir? " Why, bless my heart!" said Mr. Benjamin Allen. " Did you apply that name to me, I ask of you, Sir ?" in- terrupted Mrs. Raddle with intense fierceness, throwing the door wide open. " Why of course I did," replied Mr. Benjamin Allen. " Yes, of course you did," said Mrs. Raddle, backing gra dually to the door, and raising her voice to the loudest pitch, for the special behoof of Mr. Raddle in the kitchen. " Yes, of course you did, and everybody knows that you may safely insult me in my own ouse while my husband sits sleeping down stairs, and taking no more notice than if I was a dog in the streets. He ought to be ashamed of him- self ( here Mrs. Raddle sobbed) to allow his wife to be treated in this way by a parcel of young cutters and carvers of live people's bodies, that disgraces the lodgings ( another sob), and leaving her exposed to all manner of abuse, a base, faint- hearted, timorous wretch, that's afraid to come up stairs and face the ruffianly creatures— that's afraid— that's afraid to come." Mrs. Raddle paused to listen whether the repetition of the taunt had roused her better half; and finding that it had not been successful, proceeded to descend the stairs with sobs innumerable, when there came a loud double knock at the street door: whereupon she burst into an hysterical fit of weeping, accompanied with dismal moans, which was prolonged until the knock had been repeated six times, when, in an uncontrollable burst of mental agony, she threw down all the umbrellas, and disappeared into the back parlour, closing the door after her with an awful crash. " Does Mr. Sawyer live here ?" said Mr. Pickwick, when the door was opened. " Yes," said the girl, " first floor. It's the door straight afore you, when you gets to the top of the stairs."— Having given this instruction, the handmaid, who had been brought up among the aboriginal inhabitants of Southwark, disap- peared, with the candle in her hand, down the kitchen stairs, perfectly satisfied that she had done every thing that could possibly be required under the circumstances. Mr. Snodgrass, who entered last, secured the street door, after several ineffectual efforts, by putting up the chain ; and the friends stumbled up stairs, where they were received by Mr. Bob Sawyer, who had been afraid to go down lest he should be waylaid by Mrs. Raddle. " How are you," said the discomfited student—" Glad to see you— take care of the glasses." This caution was ad- dressed to Mr. Pickwick, who had put his hat in the tray. " Dear me," said Mr. Pickwick, " I beg your pardon." " Don't mention it, don't mention it," said Bob Sawyer, " I'm rather confined for room here, but you must put up with all that, when you come to see a young bachelor. Walk in. You've seen this gentleman before I think ?" Mr. Pickwick shook hands with Mr. Benjamin Allen, and his friends followed his example. They had scaicely taken their seats when there was another double knock. " I hope that's Jack Hopkins!" said Mr. Bob Sawyer. " Hush— yes, it is. Come up, Jack, come up." A heavy footstep was heard ', upon the stairs, and Jack Hopkins presented himself. He wore a black velvet waist, coat, with thunder- and- lightningbuttons; and a blue striped shirt, with a white false collar. " You're late, Jack ?" said Mr. Benjamin Allen. " Been detained at Bartholomew's" replied Hopkins. " Anything new?" " No, nothing particular. Rather a good accident brought into the casualty ward. Only a man fallen out of a four pair of stairs' window;— but it's a very fair case— very fair case indeed." " Do you mean that the patient is in a fair way to re- cover?" inquired Mr. Pickwick. " No," replied Hopkins, carelessly. " No, I should rather say he wouldn't. There must be a splendid opera- tion though, to- morrow— magnificent sight if Slasher does it." " Yon consider Mr. Slasher a good operator?" said Mr. Pickwick. " Best alive," replied Hopkins. " Took a boy's leg out of the socket last week— boy ate five apples and a ginger- bread cake— exactly two minutes after it was all over ; boy said he wouldn't lie there to be made game of; and he'd tell his mother if they didn't begin." " Dear me !" said Mr. Pickwick astonished. " Pooh ! that's nothing, that ain't," said Jack Hopkins. « Is it, Bob?" " Nothing at all," replied Mr. Bob Sawyer. " By the bye, Bob," said Hopkins, with scarcely a per- ceptible glance at Mr. Pickwick's attentive face, " we had a curious accident last night. A child was brought in who had swallowed a necklace." " Swallowed what, sir," interrupted Mr. Pickwick. " A necklace," replied Jack Hopkins. " Not all at once, you know, that would be too much— you couldn't swallow that, if the child did— eh, Mr. Pickwick, ha! ha!"— Mr. Hopkins appeared highly gratified with his own pleasantry, and continued—" No, the way was this ;— child's parents were poor people who lived in a court. Child's eldest sister bought a nacklace,— common necklace, made of large black wooden beads. Child being fond of toys, cribbed the neck- lace, hid it, played with it, cut the string, and swallowed a bead. Child thought it capital fun, went back next day, and swallowed another bead." " Bless my heart," said Mr. Pickwick, what a dreadful thing! I beg your paidon, Sir. Go on." " Next day, child swallowed two beads; the day after that he treated himself to three, and so on, till in a week's time he had got through the necklace, five- and- twenty beads in all. The sister, who was an industrious girl, and seldom treated herself to a bit of finery, cried her eyes out at the loss of the necklace; looked high and low for it; but I needn't say didn't find it. A few days afterwards the family were at dinner— baked shoulder of mutton, and potatoes under it— the child, who wasn't hungry, was playing about the room, when suddenly there was heard a devil of a noise, like a small hail storm. " Don't do that, my boy,' said the father. ' I ain't a doin' nothing,' said the child. ' Well don't do it again,' said the father. There was a short si lence, and then the noise began again, worse than ever. ' If you don't mind what I say, my boy,' said the father, ' you'll find yourself in bed, in something less than a pig's whisper.' He gave the child a shake to make him obedient, and such a rattling ensued as nobody ever heard before. ' Why, damme, it's in the child !' said the father,' he's got the croup in the wrong place!' ' No I haven't father, said the child, beginning to cry, ' it's the necklace; I swallowed it, father.'— The father caught the child up, and ran with him to the hospital; the beads in the boy's stomach rattling all the way with the jolting; and the people looking up in the air and down in the cellars, to see where the unusual sound came from. He's in the hospital now," said Jack Hopkins, " and be makes such a devil of a noise when he walks about, that they are obliged to muffle him in a watch- man's coat, for fear he should wake the patients !" The company play cards, dispute, and get reconciled, sipping brandy and water at intervals, all in the usual way. Supper is got over in tolerable comfort, and the termagant landlady having raked out the kitchen fire and locked up the " kittle," the party proceed to finish, as they best can, with a glass of cold grog and a song. The wind up is exceedingly laughable- It was at the end of the chorus to the first verse, that Mr. I ickwick held up his hand in a listening attitude, and said, as soon as silence was restored— " Hush! I beg your pardon. I thought I heard some- body calling from up stairs." A profound silence immediately ensued; and Mr. Bob Sawyer was observed to turn pale. " I think I hear it now," said Mr. Pickwick. '< Have the goodness to open the door." The door was no sooner opened than all doubt on the subject was removea. " Mr. Sawyer- Mr. Sawyer"_ screamed a voice from the two- pair landing. " It's my landlady," said Bob Sawyer, looking round him with great dismay. " Yes, Mrs. Raddle." " What do you mean by this, Mr. Sawyer?" replied the voice, with great shrillness and rapidity of utterance. << Ain't it enough to he swindled out of one's rent, and money lent out of pocket besides, and abused aud insulted by your friends that dares to call themselves men, without having the house turned out of window, and noise enough made to bring the fire- engines here, at two o'clock in the morning? lurn them wretches away." " You ought to be ashamed of yourselves," said the voice of Mr. Raddle, which appeared to proceed from beneath some distant bed- clothes. " Ashamed of themselves!" said Mrs. Raddle, " Why don't you go down, and knock ' em every one down stairs? you would if you was a man." " I should if I was a dozen men, my dear," replied Mr Raddle, pacifically, " but they've rather the advantage of me m numbers, my dear." •' Ugh, you coward!" replied Mrs. Raddle, with supreme contempt. •< Do you mean to turn them wretches out, or not, Mr. Sawyer?" " They're going, Mrs. Raddle, they're going," said the miserable Bob. " I am afraid you'd better go," said Mr Bob Sawyer to his friends. « I thought you were making too much noise." " It's a very unfortunate thing," said the prim man. " Just as we were getting so comfortable too !" The fact was, that the prim man was just beginning to have a dawning recol- lection of the story he had forgotten. " Its hardly to be be borne," said the prim man, looking round. " Hardly to be borne, is it ?" " Not to be endured," replied Jack Hopkins; " let's have the other verse, Bob; come, here goes." " No, no, Jack, don't," interposed Bob Sawyer; it's a capital song, but I am afraid we had better not have the other verse. They are very violent people, the people of the house." " Shall I step up stairs, and pitch into the landlord ?" in- quired Hopkins, « or keep on ringing the bell, or go and groan on the staircase? You may command me, Bob." " I am very much indebted to you for your friendship and good nature, Hopkins," said the wretched Mr. Bob Sawyer, " but I think the best plan to avoid any further dispute is for us to break up at once." " Now, Mr. Sawyer," screamed the shrill voice of Mrs. Raddle, ' fare them brutes going?" " They're only looking for their hats, Mrs. Raddle," said Bob ; " they are going directly." " Going!" said Mrs. Raddle, thrusting her night- cap over the bannisteis just as Mr. Pickwick, followed by Mr. Tup- man, emerged from the sitting- room. " Going! What did they ever come for?" " My dear ma'am," remonstrated Mr. Pickwick, look- ing up." " Get along with you, you old wretch!" replied Mrs. Raddle, hastily withdrawing the night. cap. " Old enough to be his grandfather, you villin! You'ie worse than any any of'em." Now, is not this good again ? BENTLEY, NO. 2.— We content ourselves with say- ing of No. 2, that it is quite as good as No. 1,. and our readers are aware that No. 1 was the very best No. 1 that we ever happened to have lighted on. The illustrations of No. 2 are three in number, by three several artists, George Cruikshanks, Samuel Lover, and Buss. We hardly know which is best. Perhaps we should give the preference to " Oliver asking for more," as we should amongst the literary articles to the tale which it illustrates by a shade, that is. Our extract, however, shall be from " Handy Andy," which we are very reluctantly compelled to cut in two, the lower half will appear in our next. Our readers must be content, in the meanwhile, with the upper. HANDY ANDY.— NO. II. Andy walked out of the room with an air of supreme triumph, having laid the letters on the table, and left the squire staring after him in perfect amazement. " Well, by the holy Paul ! that's the most extraordinary genius I ever came across," was the soliloquy the master utteied as the servant closed the door after him; and the squire broke the seal of the letter that Andy's blundering had so long delayed. It was from his law- agent, on the subject of an expected election in the county which would occur in case of the demise of the then- sitting member;— it ran thus : — " Dublin, Thursday. " My dear squire,— I am making all possible exertions to have every and the earliest information on the subject of the election. I say the election,— because, though the seat for the county is not yet vacant, it is impossible but that it must soon be so. Any other man than the present mem- ber must have died long ago; but Sir Timothy Trimmer has been so undecided all his life that be cannot at present make up his mind to die ; and it is only by Death himself giving the casting vote that the question can be decided. The writ for the vacant county is expected to arrive by every mail, and in the mean time I am on the alert for in- formation. You know we are sure of the barony of Bally- sloughgutthery, and the boys of Killanmaul will murder any one that dares to give a vote against you. We are sure of Knoekdoughty also, and the very pigs in Glanamuck would return you ; but I must put you on your guard in one point where you least expected to be betrayed. You told me you were sure of Neck- or- nothing Hall; but I can tell you you're out there; for the master of the aforesaid is working heaven and earth to send us all to h— 11. He backs the other interest; for he is so over head and years in debt, that he is looking out for a pension, and hopes to get one by giving his interest to the Honourable Sackville Scatter- brain, who sits for the borough of Old Gooseberry at pre- sent, but whose friends think his talents are worthy of a county. If Sack wins, Neck- or- nothing gets a pension,— that's pox. I had it from the best authority. I lodge at a milliner's here:— no matter; more when I see you. But don't be afraid; we'll bag Sack, and distance Neck- or- nothing. But, seriously speaking, it's a d— d good joke that O'Grady should use you in this manner, who have been so kind to him in money matters; but, as the old song says, ' Poverty parts good company;' and be is so cursed poor that he can't afford to know you any longer, now that you have lent him all the money you had, and the pension in prospectu is too much for his feelings. I'll be down with you again as soon as I can, for I hate the diabolical town as I do poison. They have altered Stephen's Green— ruined it I should say. They have taken away the big ditch that was round it, where I used to hunt water- rats when a boy. They are destroying the place with their d— d improvements. All the dogs are well, I ijope, and my favourite bitch. Re- member me to Mrs. Egan, Whom all admire. My dear squire, Your's per quire, MUKTOUGH MDRPHY." " To Edward Egan, Esq., Merevale." Murtough Blurphy was a great character, as may be guessed from his letter. lie was a country attorney of good practice;— good, because he could not help it,— for he was a clever, ready- witted fellow, up to all sorts of trap, and one in whose hands a cause was very safe; therefore he had plenty of clients without his seeking them. For, if Mur- tough's practice had depended on his looking for it, he might have made broth of his own parchment; for though, to all intents and purposes, a good attorney, lie was so Sill THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. of fun and fond of amusement, that it was only by dint of the business being thrust upon him he was so extensive a practitioner. He loved a good bottle, a good hunt, a good joke, and a good song, as well as any fellow in Ireland; and even when he was obliged in the way of business to press a gentleman hard,— to hunt his man to the death,— he did it so good- humouredly that his very victim could not be angry with him. As for those he served, he was their prime fa- vourite; there was nothing they could want to be done in the parchment line that Murtough would not find out some war of doing; and he was so pleasant a fellow, that he shared in the hospitality of all the best tables in the county. H « kept good horses, was on every race- ground within twenty- miles, and a steeple- chase was no steeple- chase without him. Then he betted freely, and, what's more, won his bets very generally; but no one found fault with him for that, and he took your money with such a good grace, and mostly gave you a bon- mot in exchange for it,— BO that, next to winning the money yourself, you were glad it was won by Murtough Murphy. The squire read his letter two or three times, and made his comments as he proceeded. " ' Working heaven and earth to send us to —' So, that's the work O'Grady's at— that's old fiiendship— d— d unfair; and after all the money I lent him, too ;_ he'd better take care- I'll be down on him if he play's foul;— not that I'd like that much either;— but— Let's see who's this is coming down to oppose me ?— Sack Scatterbrain— the biggest fool from this to himself ;— the fellow can't ride a bit,— a pretty member for a sporting county! ' I lodge at a milliner's'— divil doubt you, Mur- tough; I'll engage you do Bad luck to himl- he'd rather be fooling away his time in a back- parlour, behind a bonnet- shop, than minding the interests of the county. ' Pension' — ha!— wants it sure enough ;— take care, O'Grady, or by the powers I'll be at you You may baulk all the bailiffs, and defy any other man to serve you with a writ; but, by jingo I if I take the matter in hand, I'll be bound I'll get it done. ' Stephen's Green— big ditch— where I used to hunt water- rats.'— Divil sweep you, Murphy! you'd rather be hunting water- rats any day than minding your business— He's a clever fellow for all that. ' Favourite bitch— Mrs. Egan.' Ay .'— there's the end of it— with his bit o' po'thry too! The divil 1" The squire threw down the letter, and then his eye caught the other two that Andy had purloined. " More of that stupid blackguard's work!— robbing the mail— no less!— that fellow will be hanged some time or other. ' Egad, maybe they'll hang him for this! What's best to be done?— Maybe it will be the safest way to see who they are for, and send them to the parties, and request they will say nothing: that's it.' The squire here took up the letters that lay before him, to read their superscriptions; and the first he turned over was directed to Gustavus Granby O'Grady, Esq., Neck- or- nothing Hall, Knockbotherum. This was what is called a curious coincidence. Just as he had been reading all about O'Grady's intended treachery to him, here was a letter to that individual, and with the Dublin post- mark too, and a very grand seal. The squire examined the arms, and, though not versed in the mysteries of heraldry, he thought he remembered enough of most of the arms he had seen to say that this ar- morial bearing was a strange one to him. He turned the letter over and over again, and looked at it back and front, with an expression in his face that said, as plain as counte- nance could speak, " I'd give a trifle to know what is inside of this." He looked at the seal again : " Here's a— goose, I think it is, sitting in a bowl, with cross- bars on it, and a spoon in its mouth; like the fellow that owns it, maybe. A goose with a silver spoon in his mouth ! Well, here's the gable- end of a house, and a bird sitting on the top of it. Could it be Sparrow? There's a fellow called Sparrow that's under- secretary at the Castle. D— n it! I wish I knew what it's about." The squire threw down the letter as he said « d— nit," but took it up again in a few seconds, and, catching it edge- wise between his fore- finger and thumb, gave a gentle pres- sure that made the letter gape at its extremities; and the squire, exercising that sidelong glance which is peculiar to post- masters, waiting- maids, and magpies who inspect mar- row- bones, peeped into the interior of the epistle, saying to himself as he did so, " All's fair in war, and why riot in electioneering ?" His face, which was screwed up to the scrutinising pucker, gradually lengthened as he caught some words that were on the last turn- over of the sheet, and so • could be read thoroughly, and his brow darkened into the deepest frown as lie scanned these lines: " As you very properly and pungently remark, poor Egan is a bladder- mete bladder." " Am I a bladdher ? by Jasus!" said the squire, tearing the letter into pieces and throwing it into the fire, " And so, Mistlier O'Grady, you say I'm b' ddlier!" and the blood of the Egans rose as the head of that pugnacious family strided up and down the room " I'll bladdher you, my buck,— I'll settle your hash !" Here he took up the poker, and made a very angry lunge at the fire, that did not want stirring, and there he beheld the letter b'azing merrily away. He dropped the poker as .. he had caught it by the hot end, as he exclaimed, " What the d— 1 shall I do? I've burnt the letter!" This threw the squire into a fit of what he was wont to call his " con- sidering cap;" and he sat with his feet on the fender for some minutes, occasionally muttering to himself what he began with,—" What the d— 1 shall I do ? It's all owing to that infernal Andy— I'll murder that fellow some time or other. If he hadn't brought it, I shouldn't have seen it- to be sure, if I hadn't looked; but then the temptation— a saint couldn't have withstood it. Confound it ! what stupid trick to burn it. Another here, too— must burn that as well, and say nothing about either of tliern ;" and he took up the second letter, and, merely looking at the address, threw it into the fire. He then rang the bell, and desired Andy to be sent to him. As soon as that ingenious indivi- dual made his appearance, the squire desired him with pe culiar emphasis to shut the door, an then opened upon him with, " You unfortunate rascal!" " Yis, your honour." " '' to you know that you might be hanged for what you did j- day?' " What did I do, sir?" " You robbed the post- office." " How did 1 rob it, sir ?" " You took two letters you had no right to." " 1 s no robbery for a man to get the worth of his money." " Will you hold your tongue, you stupid villain! I'm not joking; you absolutely might be hanged for robbing the post- office." " Sure I did'nt know there was any harm in what I done; and for that matther, sure, if they're sitch wondherful value, ca'nt I go back again wid ' em ? " No, you thief. I hope you have not said a word to any one about it." " Not the sign of a word passed my lips about it." " You're sure ?" " Sartin." " Take care, then, that you never open your mouth to mortal about it, or you'll be hanged, as sure as your name is Andy Rooney." " Oh, at that rate I never will. But maybe your honour thinks I ought to be hanged ?" " No,— because you did not intend to do a wrong thing; but, only I have pity on you, I could hang you to- morrow for what you've done." " Thank you, sir?" " I've burnt the letters, so no one can know anything about the business unless you tell on yourself: so remember, — not a ward." " Faith,; I'll be as dumb as the dumb baste." " Go, now; and, once for all, remember you'll be hanged so sure as. you ever mention one word about this affair." Andy made a bow and a scrape, and left the squire, who hopec1 th^, - Secret was safe. He then took a ruminating walk round, the pleasure- grounds, revolving plans of retaliation upon fits false friend O'Grady; and having determined to put the most severe and sudden measure of the law in force against him for the moneys in which he was indebted to him, he only awaited the arrival of Murtough Murphy from Dublin to execute his vengeance. Having settled this in his own mind, he became more contented, and said, with a self- satisfied nod of the head, " We'll see who's the bladdher." ( To be concluded in our next. J BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, NO. 7.— The first article is a temperate and well written disquisition on the question of Poor- laws for Ireland. The Reviewer, as might be expected, concludes strongly for such a law; and if any doubt of its propriety had ever hung upon our own mind, his plain, straight- forward argu- ment, not less than the convincing quotations which he gives from Mr. REVAN'S clever pamphlet, would certainly have served effectually to remove it. On the general question, after a pretty long induction of particulars, the Reviewer observes— So great is the magnitude of the present evils, and so per- fectly adequate to remove them does a well- ordered poor law appear to us tobe, that we are perfectly willing that the expense of the trial should be borne by this country. Three years, at the furthest, would be sufficient to place success beyond a doubt, at which time the Irish- landlords would, unquestionably, be willing to take the expense upon them- selves, by means of a rate. With this view, we sre of opinion that the initiatory measure should only extend to three years, so that on renewal the changes necessary to transfer the expense to the country chiefly benefitted, might be made. The landowners, having had experience of a period of tranquillity, would scarcely be inclined to return to the old horrors. He thus notices and disposes of the objection from the number, or alleged number, rather, of the unem- ployed poor, as described in the Commissioners' report—• The commissioners assume ( report, page 5), that as 585,000 persons are out of work during thirty weeks in the year, having 1,800,000 dependent on them for subsistence, it would be necessarv to relieve no less than 2,355,€ 30 per- sons. Now this is precisely the sort of objection that was urged against the English Poor Law Amendment act. In the southern counties the custom of paying wages out of the rates, brought nearly the whole population on the parish books, hence it was inferred that it would be necessary to provide workhouses for all. The effect, however, of pro- viding workhouses for a few was to re- convert relief into wages, and the mass of the population ceased to be paupers. As this fallacy has lately been adopted from the commis- sioners' report by Mr. O'Connell, in his speeches before the National Association, it may be necessary to place its ex- posure in a clearer light. There are, it is alleged, 2,300,000 destitute persons in Ireland. It is proposed to confer upon them the right to relief, and give that relief in houses of refuge only; ther fore, it is illogically argued, it will be necessary to build houses for 2,300,000. But, inasmuch as this would swallow up the whole rental of Ireland, it is wholly impracticable. This conclusion, to say nothing of the falseness of the premises, we altogether deny, and we think we can de- monstrate its fallaciousness to the satisfaction of every honest mind. Let us suppose a parish containing 1,000 able- bodied labourers, with their families, all fully empjoyed at remu- nerating wages. Let us next suppose that 100 additional labourers, with their families, are suddenly introduced, - what would be the result? The demand for labourers would remain unchanged, whilst there would be an in- creased number of competitors for employment. In short, there would be 1,100 hungry mouths to devour that which was only just suflicient for 1,000, and the condition of the whole population would be deteriorated. In a word, all would be distressed. The cost of a judicious and practical system would be greatly less than the exaggerated statements of those who are hostile to it would lead us to believe— The commissioners assume that those who are " out of work" are in distress. They who cultivate their own hold- ings must be perpetually out of work, without being nece:- sarily in distress. In Canada, which is half the year under snow, the . population are more than thirty weeks out of farm work, but there is no distress in Canada. We can- not conceive the Commissioners could be ignorant of this distinction. But supposing it were necessary, in defiance of what we have shown in a former part of this article, to relieve the whole 2,385,000 persons during thirty weeks in the year, the commissioners have assuredly made a gross mistake in car- rying out the calculation. They say the expense would be " something more than 5,000,000^. a- year." Now we have seen that 26s. a- year would be ample to provide food at least equal to ( it would provide much better than) that which the peasant now enjoys. 2,385,000 for thirty weeks are just equal to 1,376,000 for one year; and at 26s. each, the sum required would be 1,788,800^. instead ot 5,000,00/. The following is the closing remark. We have not seen Mr. REVAN'S book; but from the quotations we have perused, wo have 110 doubt it deserves all the commendation here given of it:— The British public are not much less interested in the question than the Irish, and it will be disgraceful to the Government, if another session be permitted to pass with- out an enactment on the subject. The people of this country have been accused of apathy towards Ireland • let the number of petitions in favour of a poor- law for Ireland, show that this accusation is unmerited. The proposals of the commissioners touching emigration, improvements, em- ployment, & c., are so many absurdities which would only lead to interminable jobbing; in short, no one can give any attention to the state of Ireland, without being con vinced that Mr. Revans's admirable book ought to have been " the Report." We pass over the second article, which is dedicated to a certain Dr. Gros Hoffiuger, who, from a young Radical, has become an old Tory— a very common transition. The third is dedicated to a statistical abrege of the British and Foreign tariffs. It is curi- ous and minute, and would be exceedingly useful if circulated in a cheap form. The fourth article is de- voted to a certain Don ANGEL DE SAAVEDRA'S " Moorish Foundling." The poem, which consists of twelve ballads, is given as a specimen— we can say very little for its value, if the translations are fair ones— of the modern Spanish school. The fifth article is somewhat lengthy, and of a nature that carries small recommendation to the general reader. It is devoted to the examination of the Record commission. Amongst the Parliamentary notices, it is strange that none has been given on the disgraceful state of our public archives, and the careless, wantonly careless maimer, in which the most valuable of them are kept. We can merely enumerate the remaining articles ; the " Political character and influence of the German Confederation," " The management of the British Museum," j/' Education in Russia," " Reflections on the French Revolution of 1789." The character of the Review is utility— perhaps there is a little too much of it. A lig'ht article or two serves to give zest. Still it is a sound and valuable number. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. LETTER TO AETOS. SIR,— Permit me to point out an erratum in printing my last communication to Aetos; the word Aphorisms should have been Sophisms, as you will perceive oil looking to my paper. I accuse myself of tautology in the words " such" and " vast." I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, HAUD RIXOSUS. TO HAUD RIXOSUS. " Rest! perturbed Wrangler, rest!— HAMLET" Thou hast let the sun go down seven times upon thy wrath, Rixosus, and hast set up the press in the same mood. Anger cannot assist a had cause, and a good one needs it not. I had no intention of scratch- ing thee so deeply, as thy writings manifest that I have. It Is true thou endeavourest to put a Spartan face upon the matter, and in the very crisis of thine agony exclaimest that thou carest not for such scratches as I can g'ive thee. I am not insensible to that deli- cacy of feeling which prompts thee to hide from thy " brother" that he has inadvertently hurt thee, and in return, I will mollify with ointment the gashes which " peep through the blanket of thy" concealment. Thou accusest me of " misrepresentation and of dis- guising the truth," in saying that the sum of thy de- fence for thy schismatic proteges, was, that they were " the creatures of habit, and attached to the mode of worshipping their Maker to which they have been ac- customed ;" and thou flatterest thyself that I omitted thy principal reasons because it might have been in- convenient to quote them. My dear wrangler, don't mention it. I assure thee it would have been quite con- venient, for to me, who am but a fifth or sixth rate wrangler, it still appears to be the sum of thy defence even after the repetition of thy " principal reasons." But thou sayest it ( the sum) is in a minor position. With all my heart, and if thou shouldst hereafter say it is in a major position, or in no position at all, it shall be even as thou sayest. In the mean time, let us see wherein thy " principal reasons" differ from my " sum," or thy " minor position." Principal reason 1st. " Their having been nurtured by metliodism from tlieir cradles." Pap- spoons and go- carts ! Why what is this but a repetition in other words, of what I called the sum of thy defence ? As Mr. Heeley has declared that no cause for dissent now exists, and has repudiated the very name of a Dis- senter, in what can Methodism have " nurtured" him, but in the habit of going to Cherry- street instead of to St. Philip's, and in " worshipping his Maker in a mode to which he has been accustomed?" In strug- gling to be free, like a limed bird, thou art more en- gaged. If " habits," & c. be thy minor position, it now includes its major. The greater is contained in the lesser. What next? Principal reason 2nd. " Arrived at the maturity of judgment, at which time it is reasonable to presume, they would carefully examine the grounds of their dissent." This presumption of thine, Rixosus, is not so reasonable as thou thinkest, unless thou can'st show unto us how they can examine that which has no ex- istence ; for to prevent wrangling, I again repeat that Mr. Heely denies, not only the existence of the grounds of their present dissent, but he denies the fact of their dissent. But suppose they could examine these unsubstantial grounds, these " airy nothings," what would be the result? According to Mr. H. their grounds of dissent would now be, " Doctrines of which they cordially approve,— a sublime liturgy, a zealous and indefatigable ministry, and a spiritual people." If these justify dissent, what would justify conformity ? Principal reason 3rd. Also thinking their own re- ligion excellent, and not perceiving a more excellent way in the Church." " Words, words, words," all in- cluded in thy " minor position." To justify dissent they should show that the " way of the Church" is a less excellent way than that of the Conventicle. But they admit that the excellence of the Church is now- equal to their own; why then do they not merge these separate excellencies, and restore that peace and unity to the Church which were broken only because the way of the Church was sometime ago not excellent ? Why, Rixosus? Why? Because " they have been nurtured by Methodism from their cradles" in the habit of going to Belmont- row instead of to St. James's. Because " being arrived at maturity of judgment, they have examined the grounds of their dissent," and have found them to be grounds for conformity. Verily, Rixosus, it would have been well for thee not to have cavilled at my " sum" of thy defence. The '' sum," albeit, illogical, and unscriptural, was not in- consistent with itself, which is something for thee. But thy " principal reasons, while they amount to no more than my sum, are illogical, unscriptural, and wrangling among themselves. If thou wilt wrangle thus, thou must take the consequences, even if they include the reductio ad absurdum, that duties should conform to habits, not habits to duties; for, from this absurdity thy " principal reasons" have by no means rescued thee. This absurdity thou tryest to avoid, by saying that thou never associatedst such a word as habits with the phrase " grow with our growth, and strengthen witli our strength." " The phrase," thou sayest, " was quoted in reference to those devout elevated affections of nature, which fill the mind with reverence in ap- proaching the Creator in any accustomed mode of worship. " What's in a name ?" By whatever name thou ealledst it, whether " habits" or " affections of nature," thou interidest to designate something which perpetuated schism, and before thou cavilledst at " habits" thou shouldst have been quite assured that " affections of nature" do not also grow with our growth, & c.; and now I change the word and repeat the question,— to " affections of nature," which are already strong enough to keep the Wesleyans from thy Zion,— how much more growth and strength wilt thou allow, as a preparation for their " abundant en- trance" hereafter? Why, Rixa! Rixosus! dash the prefix from thy name, and stand confessed the merest wrangler that ever clutched a pen. What a controversial Hotspur ar thou! Thou wouldst quarrel over not the " ninth" or the ninetieth, but the nine hundredth " part of a hair." " Fie on't; oh, fie !" see where thou com'st again ! Thou sayest, " it is also an inference of my own in stating that tliou admittest their duty deferred, by looking forward to the time when an over- ruling Pro violence shall so ordain it, that they may have an abundant entrance into our Zion." Why wouldst thou have it inferred that " when an over- ruling Pro- vidence shall have ordained," & c., that even then the " affections of nature" will justify the Wesleyans in keeping out of thy Zion ? So it should seem, for thou plungest farther into mischief and declarest, that " if the Wesleyans never enter the Church thou wilt not accuse them;" " thou judgest no man," & c. Even when an over- ruling Providence shall so ordain it ( o: decree— Walker) that they may have an " abundant entrance into thy Zion," they will be the " best judges1 whether it will " be a duty" to conform to the decrees of Providence, or to resist them. Admirable Theolo gian! Henceforth let thy discretion equal thy charity As thou " judgest no man," defend no man; at least no causeless schismatic. And seest thou not! oh, Rixosus ! if this old defence with a new name be sound, that whenever thou readest or echoest the prayer of thy Church against schism, thou must do it with a mental reservation, in favour of those who are Schismatics, through " the affection of nature,"— who have " been nurtured by Methodism from tlieir cradles,"— who, being arrived at maturity of judgment, and having carefully examined the grounds of their dissent, find them to be grounds which would justify conformity,— and who, when Providence shall have ordained tlieir " abundant en trance into your Zion," will be the '' best judges1 whether they shall obey the decrees of Providence, or cling " to the affections of nature." Every paragraph of thy letter teems with absurdities, but I am weary of exposing them. I am tired of thy bush- fighting style of argument, if words so strangely put together deserve the name of argument. If it be, indeed, truth that thou seekest, it will be found either in the affirmation or denial of my twice repeated pro position, and which I will again repeat in an interro gative form. Is dissent per se an evil? Have all the causes which made dissent necessary disappeared ? Is it the duty of Christians to " keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace ?" Once thou hadst mustered a logical battering train and madest preparations for battering in breach, hut as The King of France, with fifty thousand men, March'd up a hill and then march'd down again, so didst thou wheel round thine artillery of " irrefra- gable bases,"— of " syllogistic deductions,"— of dag- gers drawing inferences and propositions,"— of " error springing from error,"— without firing a single shot at my position. If thou wishest " the impartial" to be with thee, answer the questions. Thou mayst spirt thine ink at me for ever, but until thou canst show that my inference is unfairly drawn from its proposi- tions, or that the propositions themselves are false, thou canst no more shelter thy schismatic proteges from the application than thou couldst move the world before thou hadst whereon to stand. Finally, Rixosus, fare thee well! I stir thy wrath no more! AETOS. P. S.— Thou askest a questioH on a supposition, and answerest it without reference to the supposition. Thy supposition is, that " if in Wesley's time the Church had been assimilated to his own views of perfection," it is extremely problematical whether he ever would have returned. Thy question is " Did Weslev ever discover any symptoms of returning to the Church, and bringing with him that flock which regarded him with such veneration?" I will answer thee with ano- ther question which includes thy supposition. Did Wesley ever profess to have discovered those symptoms of perfection which the Church is now said to exhibit p Alas! for thee, my brother! If he And professed this, I think it far more likely that " he would have re- turned" to her, than that he would have proclaimed himself, a causeless and an eternal schismatic. If I, a suppositious Churchman, am " so glaringly inconsistent" in trying to drive a few stray sheen back to that fold which they say is now so worthy of them, what art thou, oh, Rixosus, ( an avowed Churchman, if not a Shepherd) in straining thy controversial pow- ers, such as they are, to justify the endless wander- ings of those sheep upon the mountains ? I willingly pardon thy " pedantry," it is so applicable to thy con- dition. Why, with a beam full in thine own eye, art thou casting about to find a moth in mine ? I think I have now noticed the " timber," the " bricks," and the " stones" of thy literary " building." am sorry to say the rubbish exceeds them all; but I am " Haud" Scavenger. [ AETOS calls for answers to his questions. So far the controversy may proceed. With these answers it must close.— E. B. X] THE BIRMINGHAM PHILOSOPHICAL IN- STITUTION- ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND POS- SIBLE ACTION. ( Concluded from our last.) If, then, statistical and economical enquiries be worth prosecuting, it is because their legitimate effect is to promote the wish to improve the condition of those who, after all our boasted inventions for the abbreviation of human labour, are shown tobe still obliged to look to full work, hard work, and over work, as their sole means of earning a bare sub- sistence; to hail it as their chief good, although its cost be the depression of tlieir faculties and powers, both mental and physical. Now, there is a science which is calculated to be the active leader in " Politico- economics— for it is political eco nomy ;— the illustrater of physiological science,— for it is physiology;— the coadjutor of all those who advocate the diffusion of knowledge as the engine of civilization, and also to call attention to merit and moral science, as the ground- work of every improvement— for it is mental science; — it is the interpreter of the hand- writing of the Deity, visibly displayed for the instruction of his moral creation. It is essentially the education and the civilisation of AH, or its action is checked; it is misunderstood; it is rendered partial, and comparatively of little value. It proclaims that every human being is created with certain faculties, capa cities, moral sentiments, and animal propensities; and that, according to this constitution of man, the harmonious de- velopment of all these is the right of every intelligent being. This science is PHRENOLOGY, and taking its stand on en- quiry, observation, and laborious deduction, it assumes the right of laying its conclusions before economists, educators, and eivilisers, and saying, " Where are the real problems of your sciences? Work them out according to my unerring canons, or fall back into my train as insignificant and value- less pretenders." " GLORIOUS SCIENCE," as it is well, and wisely, and boldly termed by the editor of the Analyst*— glorious science !— Yet, how is it, that after forty years of ceaseless investiga- tion, presenting the most absolute and satisfactory con- clusions, on the part of some of the most eminent metaphysicians, anatomists, physicians, and moralists,— a society or institution, claiming the appellation of philoso- phical, and assuming the attitude of independent research, can persist in avoiding all allusion to the existence of such a science— can sedulously, as it appears, decline all enquiry into its validity. Here is a menial science, whose teachings are decided and positive on the most important questions which affect the well- being of the human race, taken as a mighty whole; a mental science, based on no vague theory, but appealing to facts,— physical facts, of which a large portion are open to the observation of all; and which every one, possessed of moderate capacity may usefully apply, and yet it is appa- rently unknown in Birmingham; at least the members of the only ostensible scientific circle have as yet refrained from declaring, individually or collectively, their opinions con- cerning its value and authority. I use the terms " decline" and " refrain" with delibera- tion. The attention of the Institution has been, at different times, called to the subject. It is not many years since Spurzheim lectured at the theatre in Cannon- street. " His lectures were delightful and abounding in interest," was the expression lately used by an active member of the In- stitution. Is then the INTEREST excited by such an im- mensely influential subject to evaporate in a vague appro- bating reminiscence ? Well may Hewitt Watson, in his " Statistics of Phreno- logy," wonder that no Phrenological society has been founded here. f It is singular, especially as at Warwick, and at many other smaller places, such societies have been formed and flourish. But I should be much better pleased to see a Phrenological SECTION, attached to the Philosophi- cal Institution; and its communications forming a part ol the Annual Report. It may, however, be asked, " What right has any one to dictate to an institution the course it should pursue? What right to expect from any persons such an adaptation of valuable time as the proposed arrangement would demand?" It is not necessary to assumo the tone of dictation, but we may be permitted to regret, that the science in question has been avoided; and to suggest the propriety of commencing the examination of it; the value of time is indeed a serious consideration; but at the same time we do see, and we rejoice to see that gentlemen of known and well appreciated talents, careless of the opinion of the sordid and the greedy, find or make time for pursuits, which are not directly profitable, as tending to money in- come. The whole history of the adult life of the late valued secretary of the institution, presented a most instructive commentary on the often repeated text— that the most liberal, most effective, and most publicly beneficial adapta- tion of time, has been made by those who, apparently, had in their individual pursuits, the greatest calls on their ener- gies and on their hours. The list of subjects of Lectures and of papers, in pages 9 and 11 of the report, also shows, that the intellectual benefactors of the Institution, already, are not men of leisure, but those who, in the course of ac- tive life, are taught fully to perceive the value of every passing moment, and who, by means of order, method, and industry, almost seem to arrest the course of time, in order to acquire and to diffuse knowledge which they deem im- portant. Nor would the practical application of the science of Phrenology, be unuseful to those who are thus willing to impart freely stores. The gentleman who lectured on " the mental phenomena connected with the imagination," would have found in the true science of mind, a key and a complete elucidation of many extraordinary statements, which, with- out the aid of such instructor, are merely curious, but de- tached and unexplained facts, and oil! what valuable addi- tions might be made to the approaching Lectures " On the progress of Civisilation," were they founded on phrenologi- cal data! " The working population of our mining district have the frontal and coronal division of their heads, gene- rally, very low and narrow, and they are, as a population, both intellectually and morally debased." This, or some- thing like it, was the statement made not long ago, in the course of some lectures on Physiology. Is it true? Does it state only a casual coincidence, a whimsical caprice of nature ? Or does it in truth refer to a series of causes and effects— unerring and invariable in their action and their manifestations. The passage is itself a whole volume of lectures on civilisation— its state and progress; on educa- tion— its value and necessity; on human beings, their rights and their wrongs! Grave philosophers skipped like lambs, at the detail of Mr. Crosse's experiments; on hearing that he had caught nature in the fact of applying the subtle agency of the elec tric fluid to the work of crystallisation. I half suspect that there was a shrewd wish lurking in their minds, that diamonds and rubies might become articles of " British ma- nufacture." Surely, however, the knowledge of man, is of more value than the discovery of the cause of crystallisa- tion ; and yet here shall a person of talent, and enjoying long opportunities of observations, declare that he has caught nature in the fact of making the heads of a whole commu- nity after a particular pattern— while their habits and dispo- sitions of the wearers were also surprisingly similar, and yet neither he nor any one else was excited to explain the track of enquiry thus opened. To have examined the external indications of the central developments in the cause of imaginative vagaries ;— to have endeavoured to decipher the inscriptions impressed on the heads of the Staffordshire mummies, would have been to study Phrenology. " To have proved," as O'Connolly somewhere observes, " that the enquirers were phrenologists without knowing it; and that the postulate of the science is, that the brain is not useless." What, then, would be the duties or functions of a Phreno- logical section of our institution? First To ascertain facts. With the exception of one or two fanciful philosophers! who have placed the seat of intelligence in one or other o the viscera of the trunk, the brain has been commonly re- ceived as " the organ of mind." So far, then, there would scarcely be a dispute. But certain close observers hare moreover declared— first, that particular portions of tha brain are the especial organs of particular faculties or pro- pensities. Secondly That the bony covering of the brain ( with a few exceptions that may be allowed for) is nicely adapted to the form of the brain which it encloses, and consequently, that a careful examination of the head of the living subject may, to a great extent, give a key to the disposition and capacity of the individual. Thirdly That the several organs of the mind, like the other portions of the human frame, are capable of being strengthened and enlarged by constant and active use; and that they dwindle and become reduced in size, if suffered to remain long inactive— consequently, that examination of the head may be eminently useful in discerning what might re- quire months or even years of unassisted observation, namely, the existing state of the individual as an intellectual being, his wants and his capabilities, and in pointing out, definitely, the course of moral, mental and physical education requisite. It will not do to say of Phrenology, " There is probably something in it, but you go too far for me." This is the way in which indolence and indifference escape the labour of thought and research. There is no middle way. There is in it, " everything, or nothing, because the brain either does or does not divide itself into separately acting mental organs— does or does not affect the form of the skull— is or is not itself affected by action or inusitation. The facts being ascertained, the declaration of opinion should be full, firm, and energetic, and the corollaries to which the science leads, should also be met fearlessly, anil freely asserted. Reasoning on the dataof this " Glorious Science," George Combe has arranged his splendid and admirable work on " the Constitution of Man," in which he educes a series of canons, intellectual, ethical, and politico- economical, un- equalled among the unassisted efforts of the human mind. This work is the true and efficient handmaid and ally of revelation; and the conquering advocate of the education and universal improvement of the human race. It is to forward this great work, or to show the entire fallacy of the pretensions of Phrenology, that I earnestly desire to see the Philosophical Institution turn its attention to this alleged " Science of Mind." This work, as I think, should, by such an Association, be zealously pursued, while enquiry into physical and statistical facts, and researches into the wonders of Natural History should, by no means, be disregarded, or slightly considered. Birmingham, Feb. 1, 1837. H. * Jan. 1837, page 341. + Birmingham. Dr. Spurzheim lectured here in 1829. In so large a town it might have been expected that a Phrenological Society would have been formed long ago. Are there no phrenologists her ei— Statistics of Phrenology, page 118, ( I2mo. Longman and Co., 1836, pp. 242.) BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Com Market^ February 9. A moderate supply of Wheat, with a good supply of all other kinds of Grain. Wheat of good dry quality nearly supported the terras of last week, while soft inferior sorts could be bought at less money.— Barley, both malting and grinding, a very dull sale at a reduction of Is. to 3s. per quarter.-— Oats in good condition found buyers at nearly the terms of last week, but other descriptions were unsaleable.— Beans, both old and new, were a flat sale at 6d. to Is. per bag lower. — Peas without enquiry. WHEAT— PER 62M*. s. d. s. d. Old 7 6- 7 9 New 7 0 — 7 6 Irish 6 0 — 6 6 BARLEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 38 0 — 41 0 For Grinding, per49lbs 4 2 — 4 6 M A LT— per Imperial Bushel. Old and new OATS- per39Ms. Old New Irish 8 0 — 9 0 6 — 39 6 — 3 10 9 — 33 BEANS— perbag, lOscoregross. 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 FOB. GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 18 0 — 20 ( » New 17 0— 18 6 FLOUR— per sacJc of280lbs. net. Fine 48 0 — 50 0 Seconds.... 42 0 — 45 0 Hay Market, February 7.' Hay and Straw in good supply at nearly the terms of this day se'nnight.— Hay, £ 6 5s. to £ 7 per ton; Straw, 4s. to 4s. 3d. per cwt. TOWN INFIRMARY, FEBRUARY 10 — Surgeon of the week, Mr. Green. Patients admitted, 18; discharged, 24; in the house, 138; Out- patients visited and in attendance, 1047. Midwifery cases, 0. GENERAL HOSPITAL, FEBRUARY 10.— Physician andSurgeonof the Patients of the week, Dr. Male and Mr. Hodgson. Visitors, Mr. William Harrold and Mr. J. James. In- patients admitted, 33; out, 106. In- patients discharged, 28; out, 04. Remaining in the house, 174. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO FEB. ' In the House .. Admitted since Born in the House Diachgd, absconded, and dead* Total of each . Men. Wo-, men.! Boys. Girls. INF Male. ANTS. Fern. Total 162 14 171 11 7 1 16 6 9 4 12 1 377 37 17( 5 12 182 16 8 1 22 2 13 5 13 2 414 38 164 166 7 20 ! 8 11 376 Number of Cases relieved last week 2,590 NumberofChildrenin the Asylum... 195 * Of whom 6 men and 5 women died. MARRIAGES. On the 9th inst., at Leamington, by the Rev. Mr. I- Iuthersall, Charles Greatrex, Esq., of Walsall, to Anne Sophia, eldest daughter of the late Robert Blick, Esq., of Warwick. On Thursday last, at Aston, by ( lie Rev. G. O. Fenwick, Mr. George Wall, of Solihull, to Miss Saunderson, of Bloomsbury- place, Ashted. On Tuesday last, at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhamp- ton, Mr. John Frost, of this town, to Miss Mary Wiley, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Wiley, of Wolver- hampton. On Monday last, at Edgbaston, Mr. Joseph Russell, to Miss Ann Weston. On the 6th inst., at the Catholic Chapel, Sutton Coldfleld, by the Rev. J. Moore, and legalised by the Rev. — Pack- wood, Mr. J. Head, of this town, to Miss E. M. Button, of Sutton Park. Oil Monday last, at Aston, Mr. Samuel Clarrone, to Miss Gemima Yardley, of Bordesley- street. DEATHS. On the 6th inst., in her sixteenth year, Alice, second daughter of Mr. Charles Hopkins, of Blakesleigh Hall Yard ley. On the 1st ult., at Dudley, aged 74, Mr. John Wood, formerly of Holt- street, in this town. On the 30tli ult., aged 74, Ann, widow of the late Mr. Ivnowles, of Lionel- street, in this town. On the 3rd inst., Mr. John James, of Love- lane, Aston- road, in the 66th year of his age. On the 30tli ult., aged 61, Harriet, wife of Mr. James Smith, of Church- street. On the 5th inst., after a long illness, aged 64, Rachael, wife of Mr. Edward Hooper, of Lilly Cottage, Boughton- street, St. John's, Worcester. On the 3rd inst., in Willis- street, Bloomsbury, in her40th year, Mary, wife of Thomas Bottrell, of the Red Lion Inn, Digbeth. On the 5th inst., at Bloomsbury, in his 64th year, Mr. Joseph Wadams, late of Stonnall, Staffordshire. On the 31st ult., Mr. John Payton, of Hurst- street, aged 91. On the 3rd inst., of influenza, at Miss Mallet's, Broad- street, aged 76, Hannah, relict of Captain Reding, of Bath. On the 23rd ult., Mr. William Days, of King Alfred's- place, aged 63. On the 8th inst., Susannah, wife of Mr. John Davis, of Coventry- street, aged 53. On Tuesday, Edward Rogers, the infant son of Mr. John Bishop, of Clierry- street. On the 4th inst., George, fourth son of Henry Hall, of Great Hampton- street. On Sunday week, Ann Oliver, relict of the late Mr".' Richard Oliver, of this town. On Wednesday last, aged 57, Mr. Samuel Boughton, of Howard- place, Suffolk- street. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY3. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. FEB. 1.— JOSEPH JOHNSTONE, Lyncorabe and Wydcombe, Somersetshire, draper. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOSEPH HUDSON and THOMAS BUSHER, White Lion- street, Spifcalfields, silk- manufacturers. JAMES WALKER, Leeds, cloth- merchant. BANKRUPTS. £ The Bankrupts to surrender at the Court of Commissioners, Basing. hall- street, when not otherwise expressed. ] JOHN BURKE, Golden- lane, St. Luke's, and Camden- row, Bethnal- green, soap- maker, February 13 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Lake and Cnrtis, 11, Basinghall- street. Pet. Cr, Benjamin Hawes and Thomas Hawes, Old Broad- street, merchants. Seal. January 31. EDWARD BURN, St. Helen's- place, City, merchant, February 8 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and JOhnson, Great Winchester- street. Pet. Cr. Charles Bladen Carruthers and David Carruthers Budd, Coptliall- court, insurance brokers. Seal. February 2. JAMES WILLIAM SPRADBROW, Newington, Kent, linen- draper, February 9 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Hard wick and Davidson, 19, Lawrence- lane, Cheapside. Pet. Cr. Thomas Wat- son, James Rixon Oliver, and James Dear, Aldermanbury, ware- housemen. Seal. January 27. JOHN JAMES COLE, late of the Anchor Brewery, Britton- street, Chelsea, February 10 and March 17. Sol. Mr. Madox, 16, Austin- friars. Pet. Cr. Mary Ann Cole, 88, Sloane- street, Chelsea, spinster. Seal. February 2. HARRY PEGG, Royal Hotel; Tunbridge Wells, hotel- keeper, February 14 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Trehern and White, 134, Leadenhall- street. Pet. Cr. William Gale Pike, Valentine Mor- ris, and Valentine Morris, jun., 9, St. Mary- at- Hill, wine and brandy merchants. Seal. February 6. WILLIAM MEDLEY and ARTHUR OUVRY MEDLEY, Ayles- bury, Uxbridge, and Windsor, bankers, February 11 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Jones and Ward, 1, John- street, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. Abraham King, Aylesbury, farmer. Seal. January 31. CHARLES STODDART, Bank- chambers, Tokenhouse- yard, City, and Wilson- street, Finsbury- square, and Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, money- scrivener, February 10 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Thompson and Hewett, 15, Great James- street, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. Alexander Robinson, 14, Canterbury- place, Old Kent- road, gent. Seal. January 26. WILLIAM DE BURGH, Bisliopsgate- street- without, City, li- cenced victualler, February 11 and March 17. Sol. Mr. Dimmock, 3, Bond^ court, Walbrook. Pet. Cr. John and William Nicholson, St. John. street, Clerkenwell, distillers. Seal. February 2. CHARLES WHITE, Willingale Spain, Essex, goose- feeder, February 11 and March 17, Sols. Messrs. Carter and Gregory, Lord Mayor's- court. Pet. Cr. George Brooke and Richard Dyson, Leadenhall- market. poultry salesmen. Seal. January 31. JOHN CRAM, Northfleet and Dartfort, Kent, and Whitefriars, New- wharf, City, coal- merchant, February 10 and March 17. Sol. Mr. Toulmin, 13, Old Jewry. Pet. Cr. Joseph Bishop, White- friars New- wharf, gent. Seal. January 31. GEORGE MORE and JAMES WOOLLY, 86, Basinghall- street, City, wholesale woollen drapers, February 10 and March 17. Sols. Messrs. Fox and Meeke, Basinghall. street. Pet. Cr. Henry Houston and Richard Brittain, Frome, Somersetshire, clothiers. Seal. February 2. WILLIAM IREDALE, Ranskill, Nottinghamshire, horse dealer, February 8 and March 17, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford, Nottinghamshire. Sols. Mr. Charles Bell, 36, Bedford. row, Lon- don ; and Mr. Frederick Hawkesley Cartwright, Bawtry, York- shire. Pet. Cr. William Martin, East Retford, gent. Seal. January 26. HORATIO RAINES and JOHN SAVAGE, Dukinfield, Cheshire, steam boiler makers, February 17 and March 17, at the Commis- sioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Mr. Sale, 61, Spring. gardens, Manchester; and Messrs. R. W. and C. Baxter, 48, Lineoln's- inn- fields, London. Pet. Cr. William and Thomas Prickett, Manchester, iron merchants. Seal. January 27. WILLIAM SPLAINE, Liverpool, coal merchant, February 17 and and March 17, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Taylor, Turner, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford- row, London ; and Messrs. Lowndes and Robinson, Brunswick. street, Liverpool. Pet. Cr. Joseph Greenough, Prescot, Lancashire, coal proprietor. Seal. January 19. THOMAS PIERPOINT, now or late of Warrington, Lancashire draper, February 13 and March 17, at the Commissioners'- rooms Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Johnson and Weatherall, 7, King's Bench. walk, Temple, London; and Mr. Edward Carver, jun., Nautwich, Cheshire. Pet. Cr. Robert Titiimins, Shapeley, Che- shire, gent. Seal. January 9. HENRY HOLDSWORTH, Halifax, Yorkshire, and ALFRED KNIGHT, London- wall, Middlesex, worsted spinners, February 17 and March 17, at the Magistrates'- office, Halifax. Sols. Messrs. L. and G. N. Alexander, Halifax; and Mr. G. N. Emmett, 8, New- inn, London. Pet. Cr. John Holdsworth, Shaw- hill, Shir- coat, Halifax, worsted spinner. Seal. January 21. RICHARD WILSON, late of Scotland- road, Liverpool, tallow chandler, February 17 and March 17, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Mr. R. B. Armstrong, Staple inn, London; and Mr. John George VandenhofF, Church- street, Liverpool. Pet. Cr. Jane Leigh, spinster, Mary Leigh, Sarah Leigh, and Elizabeth de Zouza, Liverpool, soap boilers, under the firm of James Leigh and Co. Seal. January 14. JOSEPH HARTLEY, Stickney, Lincolnshire* victualler, February 16 and March 17, at the Peacock Inn, Boston. Sols. Messrs. Walker and Sons, Spilsby, Lincolnshire; and Messrs. WKinsley, Keightley, and Parkin, 43, Chancery- lane, London. Pet. Cr. William Simpson, Spilsby, maltster. Seal. January 21. JOHN WILMOT, Lenton and Nottingham, coach proprietor, February 16 and March 17, at the Poultry Hotel, Nottingham. Sols. Mr. Samuel Payne, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Taylor and Collisson, 28, Great James- street, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. Thomas North, Nottingham, gent. Seal. January 28. JAMES HARTLEY, Colne, Lancashire, draper, March 9 and 17, at the Swan Inn, Bolton. Sols. Messrs. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London; and Messrs. Crossley and Sudlow, Man- chester. Pet. Cr. James Lay cock, Colne, Lancashire, draper. Seal. January 24. JOHN STAFFORD, late of Haigh- bar, near New- mill, Glossop, Derbyshire, victualler, February 14 and March 17, at the Com- missioners'- rooms, Manchester. So's. Messrs. Clark and Medcalf, 20, Lincoln's- inn- fields, London ; and Messrs. Higginbottom and Buckley, Ashton- under- Lyne, Lancashire. Pet. Cr. Joseph Hig. ginbottom, Ashton- under- Lyne, gent. Seal. January 14. WILLIAM BOULTER, High- street, Worcester, tobacconist, February 11 and March 17, at the Unicorn Inn, Worcester. Sols, Messrs. Douglass and Cragg, 1, Verulam- bn" JUngs, Gray's- inn, London; and Messrs. Jones and Smith, Leubury, Herefordshire' Pet. Cr. Robert Philps, Tewkesbury, gent. Seal. January 6. ALEXANDER FLETCHER, Redbridge, Hampshire, auctioneer February 15 and March 17, at the Dolphin Inn, Southampton. Sols. Messrs. Randall and Eldridge, Southampton ; and Messrs. Makin. son and Sanders, 3, Elm- court, Temple, London. Pet. Cr. James Whitchurch, Southampton, gent. Seal. January 4. THOMAS LADYMAN, Liverpool, ironmonger, February 16 and March 17, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs, Avison and Son, Cook- street, Liverpool; and Messrs. Adlington Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. Samuel and Thomas Messenger, Birmingham, lamp manufacturers. Seal, January 14. JOSEPH BUTCHER, Birmingham, chemist, February 17 and March 17, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Sols. Messrs. Battye: Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery- lane, London; Messrs. J. and G. Cradock, Nuneaton ; and Mr. J. B. Hebbert, Colemore- row, Bir. mingham. Pet. Cr. Ann Butcher, Birmingham, widow, Seal. January 17. DIVIDENDS. William Henry Alexander and Charles Bolton Richards, Upper Clifton. street, Finsbury, hardwaremen, February 25— John Webb Collison and George Webb Collison, Quadrant, linen- drapers, February 28— Thomas Stephens, late of Chaxhill, Gloucestershire, maltster, February 27, at the Lower George Inn, Gloucester— Wil- liam Murray Clapp, Exeter, ironmonger, March 2, at the George Inn, North- street, Exeter— Robert Hides, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, grocer, February 27, at the house of Mr. George Saxton, Matlock Bath— Charles Wright, Dover, innkeeper, March 29, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich— William Dixon, Scarborough, Yorkshire, draper, Feb- ruary 27, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manchester— Richard Woods, Cambridge, builder, March 1, at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge— William Young, Bridge- street, Bath, pawnbroker, March 6, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath— Robert Pickmore Corran, Liverpool, cooper, March 1, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— John Colbourne, Sturminster, Newton Castle, Dorsetshire, and Poole, merchant, February 28, at the Old Antelope Inn, Poole— Mynhard Retemeyer, Liverpool, salt dealer, February 25, at the Clarondon. rooms, Liverpool. cheesemongers— Lewis Woolf and Humphrey Jonas, 78, Wapping wall, potters— Justinian Allen, George Frise, and John Fowle, Rye, Sussex, merchants— John Meyer, sen., John Meyer, jun., and James Meyer, Conduit- street, Hanover- square, tailors ( so far as concerns John Meyer, sen.— William Stevens and Ebenezer Spencer, 9, Little Dean- street, Soho- square, cloth workers— Jasper Gripper and Joseph Gripper, jun., Hertford^ wine and spirit merchants— Joseph Gripper, sen., and John Jasper Gripper, Hertford, maltsters— John ChadwicK, Samuel Radcliffe, jun., and Josiah Radcliffe, Manchester, dealers in fu6tians— John Codling and Thomas Bainbridge Coulson, Grantham, Lincolnshire, house painters. ASSIGNMENTS. Benjamin Evens, Old Brentford, grocer and cheesemonger. Edward Keysell, Shrewsburj, mercer and draper. John Radcliffe, Brinksway Banks, Cheshire, calico printer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James M'Leish, Auchtergaven merchant. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. WORCESTER, FEBRUARY 4.— Wheat, old, per bushel, Imperial Measure, 6s 8d to 7s 2d. New ditto, 6s 8d to 7s 2d. Foreign ditto, Os Od toOsOd. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to 5s Od. * Grinding ditto, 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Beans, old, 6s Od to 6s Sd. New ditto, 5s 6d to 6s Od. Oats, English new, Os Od to Os Od. Old ditto, 3s 6d to 4s Od. Irish, ditto new, 39lb. a bushel, Os t) d to Os Od. Old ditto, 391b. a bushel, Os Od to Os Od. Peas, white, boiling, 6s Od to s 6d. Grey ditto, 5s 6d to 6s Od. Grey Hog ditto, Os Od to Os Od. Vetches, winter, Os Od to Os Od. Spring ditto, 5s Od to 5s 6d. GLOUCESTER, FEBRUARY 4.— Wheat, per bushel, 7s 9d to 8s Od. Barley, per Imperial quarter, 38s Od to 42s Od. Beans, per Im- perial bushel, 6s 4d to 6s 6d. Oats, per Imperial quarter, 25s Od to 30s Od. Peas, per Imperial quarter, 46s Od to 54s Od. Malt, per Imperial quarter, Os Od to Os Od. Fine Flour, 49s Od to 51s Od. HEREFORD, FEB. 4. — Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 7s 9d to 7s lOd. Ditto, 801bs. per bushel, Os Od toOs Od. Barley, 4s 9d to 5s Od. Beans, 6s 8d to 7s Od. Peas, 5s 9d to Os Od. Vetches, Os Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 6d to 4s Od. CHELTENHAM, FEB. 2.— New Wheat, 6s 9d to 7s Od per bushel, Old Wheat, 7s Od to 7s 6d. Barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od. Oats, 3s Od to 4s 3d. Beans, 5s 6d to 6s 9d. CERTIFICATES, FEBUARY 24. Benjamin Hogg, jun., Armley, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer- John. Bush and Neast Grevile Prideaux, Bristol, scriveners— Thomas Taylor, Topping's- wharf, Tooley- street, cheesefactor— James Loader, Hungerford- street, Strand, furnishing ironmonger— Francis Hutchin- son, Heyworth Chemical Works, Durham, Epsom salt and alkali manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Hyacinthe Mars Rimmel, Louis Jean Baptiste Vaudeau, and Pierre Joseph Gabriel Augustin Bessas, 210, Regent- street— James Danby and Philip Taylor, Banbury, carpenters and builders— George Sperling and James Moss Sperling, Halsted, Essex, attorneys— John Makin and Richard Balsliaw, Little Bolton, musliri manufacturers- Morgan Rees, Eleanor Waldron, and Joshua Morgan Thomas, Car- digan, linen drapers ( so far as regards Morgan Rees)— Edward Staveley and William Dudley, jun., Nottingham, architects— John Squire and Russell Jeffrey, Great St. Helen's and St. Mary Axe. City, papsr stainors— Charles Neve and Stephen Milsted, Hastings, plumbers— Joseph Cornell and Martin Cornell, Thaxted, Essex, corn dealers— John Yates and Edward Brodribb, Liverpool, tea brokers George Harding and George Priehard, Chester, booksellers— Thomas Bate, William Walter Yeld, and William Bower Dawes, Rugeley, Staffordshire, brewers— John Goody and John Richardson, Chester, field, drapers— George Hitchcock, Frederick Rogers, and Roger Peeke, Ludgate- street, woollen drapers— John Stripling, Thomas Bland, and Peter Chaloner, Liverpool, rope makers— Mary Fletcher and Miles Fletcher, Bolton- le- Moors, tallow chandlers— Charles Strange and Henry Strange, 2, Bishopsgate- street, wholesale DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. FEB 7.— GEORGE MERCER, Tonbridge Wells, Kent, blacksmith. FEB. 7.— DAVID CROW, Sheffield, tanner. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. CHARLES EVERSHED, Gosport, Hants, soap manufacturer. CHARLES HOWE, Crickhowell, Breconshire, linen draper. WILLIAM ROWE, Truro, Cornwall, grocer. BANKRUPTS. JOHN RICHARDS and JOSEPH RICHARDS, 8, Morris's- walk, Bridge- street, Southwark, corn and coal measure makers, February 16 and March 21. Sol. Mr. Samuel Neal, 37, Threadneedle- street. Pet. Cr. William Love, Stoke Newington, corn dealer. Seal. February 3. THOMAS DELL, jun., Chingford- green and Sewardstone, Essex, butcher, February 16 and March 21. Sols. Messrs. Dawes ajid Fraser, 15, Sergeant's. inn, Fleet- street. Pet. Cr. George Thomp- son, Newgate New Market, meat salesmen. Seal. February 3. SAMUEL MANTON BRIGGS, Barnet, Heitfordshire, painter, February 16 and March 21. Sols. Messrs. Vandercom, Comyn, Cree, and Law, Bush- lane, Cannon street. Vet. Cr. William Thompson, Allhallow's- lane, merchant. Seal. February6. THOMAS KILVINGTON, Brough, Westmoreland, innkeeper, March 6 and 21, at the Bush Inn, Carlisle. Sols. Mr. George Capes, 5, Raymond's. buildings, Gray's. iun, London ; and Messrs. G. and S. Saul, Carlisle, Pet. Cr. John Brown, Carlisle, iron- monger, Thomas Hudson, Thomas Stordy, John Slater, and William Stordy, assignees of Joseph Forster, John Forster, and William Forster, bankrupts. Seal. January 25. THOMAS BEESLY, Faringdon, Berkshire, grocer, February 10 and March 21, at the Three Cups Inn, Oxford. Sols. Mr. Hester, Oxford; and Messrs. Baxter, 4S, Lincoln's- inn. fields, London. Pet. Cr. Thomas Lee, Ducklington, Oxfordshire, gent. Seal. January 31. HUGH SWAN, jun., Little Hampton, Sussex, grocer, February 15 and March 21, at the Dolphin Inn, Chichester. Sols. Mr. Richard Holmes, Arundel, Sussex ; and Messrs. Hillier, Lewis, and Hillier, 6, Raymond's- buildings, Gray's- inn, London. Vet. Cr. George Monk, Arundel, grocer. Seal. January 25. WILLIAM BARMBY, Pudsey, Yorkshire, tallow chandler, Fe- bruary 18 and Morch 21, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. L. and E. N. Alexander, Halifax; and Mr. G. N. Emmett, 8, New. inn, London; Pet. Cr. Thomas Newell, Pudsey, near Leeds, innkeeper. Seal. January 21. WILLIAM HART EVERETT, Manchester, commission agent, February 28 and March 21, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Man- chester. Sols. Messrs. Abbott and Arney, Charlotte- street, Bed- ford- square, London; and Mr. Edward Bennett, Princes- street, Manchester. Pet. Cr. Edward Bennett, Manchester, gent. Seal. January 21. JOHN SHILTON, Walsall, Staffordshire, carpenter, February 21 and March 21, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhampton. Sols. Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's- inn- fields, London ; and Mr. William Thomas, jun., Walsall. Pet. Cr. John Brewer, Walsall, builder and timber merchant. Seal. January 31. THOMAS WESTCOTT, Trews Weir Mills; St. Leonard, Devon- shire, paper maker, February 28 and March 21, at the Half- Moon Inn, Exeter. Sols. Mr. Hull Terrell, 30, Basinghall- street, Lon- don ; and Mr. John Hull Terrell, Cathedral- yard, Exeter. Pet. Cr. John Cooke, Exeter, common carrier. Seal. January 24. THOMAS CARRICK PERRITT, Kingston- upon- Hull, money scrivener, February 21 and March 21, at the Kingston Hotel Kingston- upon. Hull. Sols. Mr. John Colver, 2, Exchange- alley, Kingston- upon- Hull; and Messrs. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, 43, Chancery- lane, London. Pet. Cr. William Perritt, Ry- hilJ, Holderness, farmer. Seal. January 30. JOHN CROSSLEY and JONATHAN CROSSLEY, Farnley Tyas, Almondbury, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturers, February 21 and March 21, at the Ramsden Arms Inn, Huddersfield, Sols. Messrs, Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, 20, Chancery- lane, London j and Mr. Martin Kidd, Holmfirth. Vet. Cr. James Hobson Farrar and George Farrar, Kirkburton, scribbling millers. Seal. January 27. GEORGE MILLER, Bath, victualler, February 23 and March 21, at the Three Cups Inn, Bath. Sols. Mr. William Jones, Crosby square, Bishopsgate- street, London; and Mr. R. H. Hellings, Bath. Vet. Cr. John Taylor, Bath, painter. Seal. January 10. JOHN SEED, late of Batteral, Lancashire, spindle and fly maker, February 22 and March 21, at the Town- hall, Preston. Sols. Mr. Fidley, Sergeants'- inn, Fleet- street, London; and Mr. Gardner, Sion- hill, Garstang. Vet. Cr. John Gardner, Barnacre with Bonds, Lancashire, gent. Seal. January 28. DIVIDENDS. William Benfield, Saint Mary- at. hill, City, perfumer, March 2— Herman Jacob Cohen, Great Prescott- street, Goodman's- fields, mer- chant, March 6— Richard Blackwell and Samuel Needham, late of the Crescent, Minories, City, merchants, March 6— Thomas Edmonds, Fleet- street, City, victualler, March 2— Laurent Lewis De Coushy, New Bond- street, bookseller, March 4— John Newson, Rising Sun Brewery, Davies. place, Chelsea, brewer, March 2— Samuel Bates, Derby, grocer, March 2— Thomas Scott, 45, Watling. street, City, wine merchant, March 1— John Ellitt, Finsbury. place, Finsburj'- square, livery stable keeper, March 2— William Atkinson, Austin- friars. City, merchant, March 7— James Southgate Stevens, Duke- street, Grosvenor- square, plumber, March 1— Robert Back and John Bateman, Compton street, Clerkenwell, back makers, March i— John Looker, Oxford, scrivener, April 27, at the Roebuck Inn, Ox- ford— John Heap, Manchester, machine maker, March 10, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— John Bush and Neast Grevile Prideaux, Bristol, scriveners, March 10, at the Commercial- rooms, Corn- street, Bristol— William Walker Jenkins, Birmingham, brass founder, February 28, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Birmingham — David Logan, Quebec, merchant, March 2, at the office of Messrs. Crump and Hassall, Liverpool— Thomas Bowdler, Shrewsbury, per- fumer, March 1, at the Temporary Shire- hall, Shrewsbury. CERTIFICATES, FEBRUARY 28. William Oxendale, Scorton, Yorkshire, cattle jobber— George Cussons, Manchester, cotton spinner— Joseph Hayton, Wigton, Cumberland, ship owner— Tnomas Linney, Arnewood, Hants, cattle dealer— William Goulden, sen., Leeds, tobacco manufacturer — William Pollard, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, printer— John Newson, late of the Rising Sun Brewery, Davies- place, Chelsea, brewer— William Henry Abercrombie, Goodge- street, Tottenham- court- road, brass founder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Sharp, Thomas Jones Wilkinson, Robert Chapman Sharp, and John Sharp, Manchester, iron merchants ( so far as regards Thomas Jones Wilkinson and Robert Chapman Sharp) - Thomas Sharp, Thomas Jones Wilkinson, Robert Chapman Sharp, John Sharp, and Richard Roberts, Manchester, engineers ( so far as re- gards Thomas Jones Wilkinson and Robert Chapman Sharp)— Mary Tatlock and Isabella Frances Lakin, Blackheath- park, school- mistresses— George Wagner and George Crook, Southampton- street, Covent- garden, liuen drapers— Thomas Higgs and William JSvans, Portsea, linen drapers— James Room and John Room, Birmingham, japanners— Thomas Birley and John Dixon, Saint Bees, Cumber- land, common brewers— Charles Bleaden, Richard Thomas Peters, William Potts Bathe, and Benjamin Badman Breach, White Con. duit- house, Pentonville— Robert Addison and Samuel Worrall, Man- chester, calico printers— Henry Scorer, Forest- house, Nottingham, gentleman, and J. Carnell, Basford, Nottingham, lace dealer— John Prichard, Glendrid, St. Martin', Salop, gentleman, and M. Edwards, Bronygarth, yeoman, lime burners— Esther King and Jane Agnes Macintyre, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, proprietors of a ladies' school— Thomas Hodgson, Joseph Rushforth, and George Geskell, Kendal, Westmorland, bobbin manufacturers ( so far as regards Joseph Rushforth)— Richard Garlick and Anthony Forster, Bridge- street, Gateshead, Durham, cheesefactors— Thomas Bury the elder ( now deceased) and Thomas Buiy the younger ( his son), Salford, Lancashire, silk dyers— Thomas Bury the elder ( deceased), Thomas Bury the younger ( his son), and William Slater, Salford, cotton dyers— John Blew and John Henry Chapman, Cockspur- street, Charing- cross, perfumers— W. Hallett and D. Norton, Garford- street, Limehouse, custom- house agents— William Millies Millington and Samuel Youle Bailey, Manchester, calico printers— John Carden and William Preston, Liverpool, silk mercers— Smith Jackson and James Hamilton. Manchester, brewers— Thomas Higginbottom and Henry Hargreaves, Manchester, print finishers— Thomas Layfield and William Layfield, Beak- street, Regent- street, tailors. ASSIGNMENTS. John Fowler, Leicester, hosier and cordwainer. Henry Jordan, Cradley- heath, Stafford, chainmaker. Thomas Lewis, Llangirrig, Montgomery, farmer. Joseph Popplewell, Silkstone, coal merchant. Henry Hebb Preston, Derby, laceman and hosier. Henry Thomas, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydvil, draper and shop- keeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Alexander Drysdale, York- place, Edinburgh, grocer. FAIRS TO BE Hol^ s.— Warwickshire— February 11, Warwick; 17, Coventry, Rugby; 18, Nuneaton.— Northamptonshire— February20, Northampton; 24, Oundle.— Leicestershire— February 14, Lough- borough ; 16, Market Harborough ; 18, Kegworth ; 23, Lutterworth. — Worcestershire— February 14, Shipston- on- Stour.— Staffordshire— February 13, Fazeley; 14, Lane- end, Tntbury; 24, Walsall.— Oxford- shire— Febrn^ ry 16, Banbury; 17, Charlbury. HEREFORD CANDLEMAS FAIR.— The exhibition of cattle at this fair on Tuesday, both as to quality and numbers, equalled that of any similar mart we have ever witnessed ; there was a large show of fat things, and the lean stock was very good.— The supply of sheep was excellent in all respects, and fat pigs were likewise plentiful. The demand for fat cattle was very slack, and stores were also in little request, owing to few graziers and dealers having attended the mart. Fat cattle sold from 5| d. to 6d. per lb.; sheep from ; 6| d. to 7d.; and fat pigs, from 5d. to 5| d. per lb. The show of horses as usual was indifferent, but good animals were sought after, and commanded their value. THE CHASE.— The Warwickshire Hounds will meet on Saturday ( this day) at Foxcote, at a quarter before eleven.— Mr. Chandler's Fox Hounds will meet on Monday ( Feb. 13) atCliffey; Wednesday, at Bourne's Dingle; Saturday, at Bredon Hill, at half- past ten.— Sir Thomas Boughey's Hounds will meet on Monday ( Feb. 13) at Hilton; Wednesday, at Ranton; Friday, at Weston, at half. past ten The Tenbury Hounds will meet on Saturday ( this day) at Stanford Park; Wednesday, at Church House, near Bromyard; Saturday at Woodson, at ten.— The Herefordshire Hounds will meet on Tuesday ( Feb. 14) at Cornet's Bridge; Friday, at Bacho Hill, at ten.— The Ludlow Hounds will meet on Saturday ( this day) at Stanton Lacy; Thursday, at Bitterly Court; Saturday, at Horse- shoesBrown Clee Hill, at ten. GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, * From February 2 to February 9. IMPORTS : The Swinemunde Packet, from Stettin, with 87 lasts of barley, consigned to J. and C. Sturg- e— Johanna, Lubeck, 55 lasts of barley, Hentig and Howell— Die Elbe, Callundborg, 650 quarters of barley, Pillpotts, Baker, and Lloyds— Maria Brown's Mind, Callund- borg, 2500 quarters of barley, Phillpotts, Baker, and Lloyds— For- tuna, Altona, 40 lasts of peas, II. Brown and Co— Peter and Jane, Dunkirk, 104 tons of oil cake, Hentig and Howell— Magnet Packet, Cork, 588 barrels of oats, 150 firkins of butter, and 40 bales of bacon, Joseph Morris; 70 firkins of butter, and 70 firkins of lard, Henry Hooper; 20 bales of bacon, Samuel Fisher; 20 tons of potatoes, J. » and C. Sturge— Lizzie, New Ross, 622 barrels of oats, Wait, James, and Co.— Carnation, Plymouth, 296 quarters of barley, Phillpotts, Baker, and Lloyds- Fanny, Ufracombe, 1520 bushels of oats, and 200 bushels of barley, Fox, Sons, and Co Picton, Bangor, 55 tons of slates, Ward— Sarah, Swansea, 42^ tons of pig iron, copper, and coals, H. Southan; 15 casks of butter, H. Ballenger— Jane, Cardiff, 111^ 2 tons of rail road plates, J. G. Francillon— John George, Cardiff, 61| tons of rail road plates, J. G. Francillon— Gleaner, Cardiff, 30| tons of rail road plates, J. G, Francillon— Newport Trader, New- port, 56 tons of pig iron, and 20 boxes of tin plates, H. Southan— William and Mary, Bridgwater, general cargo, Stuckey and Co. EXPORTS : The John and William, for Dublin, with oak bark and currants, from Phillpotts, Baker, and Lloyds ; stone, Thomas Da- vies— Gleaner, Dublin, stone, Thomas Davies j" oak bark, T. Slatter — Ann and Elizabeth, Cork, hoop and plate, & c., iron, W. Kendall and Son— Phoebe, Galway, 131 tons of salt, Gopsill Brown— Edward, Kinsale, iron castings, clay, and bricks, J. R. Heane— Hibernia, Newry, oak bark, Phillpotts and Co.; hoop, & c., iron, W. Kendall and Son— Betsey, London, 116 tons of salt, Gopsill Brown— Amity, Barnstable, 94 tons of salt, H. Southan— Aurora, Bideford, soda, salt, and bricks, H. Southan— Sarah, Swansea, general cargo, H. Southan— Fanny, Cardiff, salt and pig iron, H. Southan— Harriet, Cardiff, 20 tons of salt, and sundries, Gopsill Brown— Bristol Packet, Newport, 20 tons of salt, and sundries, H. Southan— Traveller, Newport, general cargo, H. Soutlian— Cygnet, Bridgwater, general cargo, Stuckey and Co. LONDON MARKETS. A TREATISE IS PUBLISHED Bu Messrs. PERRY and Co., SURGEONS, ON VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC DISEASES, AND GIVEN WITH EACH BOX OF PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS, OX TAIN IN G plain and practical directions for the V- V effectual cure of all degrees of the above complaints; with observations on Seminal weakness, 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. PERKY and Co., Surgeons, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham, and 43, Faulkner- street, Manchester; who continue to di- rect their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affec- tions, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecili- ties of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, in- difference 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 ne- cessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, are the fluc- tuating ideas of those who have given way to this delusive and destructive habit. In that depressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of such baneful practices, excessive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of the constitution 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 of sight, noies in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head 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 gonorrhcsas 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 a remit- tance for medicine, will be immediately answered. ROBINSON'S PECTORAL OR COUGH PILLS For Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, and Shortness of Breath, ARE with confidence recommended as an excellent Medicine, and in most cases a certain specific. A single box will be a sufficient trial to prove their good effects. Also, ROBINSON'S ANTIBILIOUS and FAMILY PILLS, an invaluable Medicine for all who suffer from In- digestion, Heartburn, deranged state of the Liver and of the Biliary and Digestive Organs. Persons of sedentary habits, and who suffer from Head- aches and Constipation, will do well to have these Pills constantly in the house. Prepared and sold wholesale and retail at 35, Colmore- row, Birmingham, in boxes at Is. ljd. and 2s. 9d. each, or a family box, containing four small boxes, at 3s. 6d. Sold wholesale by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London ; and re- tail by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and country. N. B.— None are genuine unless the Proprietor's signature is attached to the Government stamp. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, FEB. fi— Wheat, Essex Red, new, 488 to 50s; fine, 53s to 55s ; old, 56s to 53s; whit?, new, 52s to 55s; fine, 50s to 58s; superfine, 58s to SOs ; old, 00s to 62s— Rye, 30s to 38 « .— Barley, 28s to 32s; fine, — s to — s j superfine, 36s to 33s — Malt, 54s to 58s ; fine, 58s to 60s Peas, Hog, SOs to 37s ; Maple, 37s to 38s ; white, 36s to 38s ; Boilers, 38s to 40s— Beans, small, 40s to 41s; old, 44a to 48s; Ticks, 32s to 38s; old, 40s to 44s ; Harrow,— s to — Oats, feed, 22s to 24s ; fine, 25s to 27s ; Poland, 243 to 27s; fine, 28s to 29s; Potatoe, 29s to 30s; fine, 31s to 32s Bran, per quarter, 9s Od to 10s 0d.— Pollard, fine, per ditto, 148.20s. PRICE OP SEEDS, FEB. 6.— Per Cwt.— Red Clover, English, SOs to 05s ; fine, 70s to SOs; Foreign, 56s to 04s; flue, 70s to 75s— White Clover', 60s to 70s; fine, 75s to 84s— Trefoil, new, 16s to 18s; fine, 20s to 21s ; old, 12s to 183— Trefolium, 12s to 18s; fine, 20s'to— 3.— Caraway, English, new, 43s to 473 ; Foreign, 50s to 52s— Coriander, 14s Od to 10s Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin, 36s to 88s ; fine, 40s to 42s; Rye Grass, 28s to 35s; new, 35s to 45s ; Pac. ey Grasa, 40s to 45s; Linseed for feeding, 52s to 56s; fine, 60s to 64s ; ditto for crushing, 48s to 50s.— Canary, 44s to 48s— Hemp, 40s to 50s. Per Bushel White Mustard Seed, 7s Od to 9s Od ; brown ditto, 9s Od to 12s ; Tares, 5s Od to 5s 3d : fine new Spring, 5s 6d to 6s Od. Per Last.— Rape Seed, English, 32/ to 34/; Foreign, 80/ to 32?. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2,1836— Wheat, 59s Od ; Barley, 35s 9d ; Oats, 24s7d; Rye, 42s Od ; Beans, 41s 9d ; Peas, 40s 5d. DOTY ON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK— Wheat, 27s 8d ; Barley, 9s 4d; Oats, 10s 9d ; Rye, 6s 6ii; Beans, 8s Od ; Peas, 9s 0d. HAY AND STRAW Smithfieti— Hay, 80s Od to 92s 6d ; Inferior, sto— s; Clover, 95s to 115s; Inferior — s to — s; Straw, 42s to 50s. Whitechapel.— Clover, 100s to 120s ; new ditto, — s to — s ; second cut, 84s to 95s; Hay, 80 to 90s ; new ditto, — s to — s ; Wheat Straw, 42s to 48s; Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 90s to 95s; inferior ditto, 85s to 90s; superior Clover, 110s to } 20s; Straw, 45s to 48s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— sto — s; new Meadow Hay, — s to — s ; old ditto, S4s to 95s ; useful ditto, — sto s. New Clover ditto,— s to— s; old ditto, 110s to 118s; Wheat Straw, 40s to 48s per load of 36 trusses. OILS— Rape Oil, brown, £ 47 10s per ton ; Refined, £ 49 10s; Linseed Oil, £ 36 0s ; and Rape Cake, £ 6 0s— Linseed Oil Cake, £ 13 0s per thousand. SMITHFIELD, FEB. 6— TO sink the offal— per 81b— Beef, 4s Od to 4s 4d; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 0s Od to 5s Od; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb. Os Od to 0s Od. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL— By the Carcase — Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. WARWICK, SATURDAY, FEB. 4— Wheat, per bag, old 20s Od to 21s 6d ; new, 19s 6d to 20s 6d ; Barley per quarter, 33s Od to 40s Od; new, 32s 0d to 3Ss Od; Oats, 0s Od to 0s Od; New, 28s Od to 36s Od; Peas, per bag, 18s Od to 20s 0d ; Beans, 19s Od to 19s Od; new, 14s Od to 16s Od j Vetches, 0a Od to 0s Od; Malt, 63s Od to 72s Od per quarter. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. RAMSP. OTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL- VENT. By the use of this 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. ljd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attempted to be im- posed upon the public in lieu of this invaluable remedy, render it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom'sCorn 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 Hannay and 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. Maher, Ann- street, a bottle of Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion 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, 1830. JOHN WINFIELD. To Messrs. Hannay and Co. Sold by appointment by M. Maher, 34, Ann- street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parke, Woverhampton ; Rogers, Stafford ; Mort, Newcastle; Mer- ridevv, Coventry^ Dicey, Northampton. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of > Jul- 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. Dear Sir,— The cough medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago 1 was 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 worsuit was, and it, in 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 me 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 sell it to the public, and if any one should doubt its efficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you iu a few days, when T 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 I am what the world styles an idle man, you may eniist me in your service iu any way that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to place the management in the hands of one of the great medicine houses iu London. Haunay's, in Oxford. street, are being advertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Corn Solvent, which, by the bye, my gir) 3 all say is really a cure, and many other medicines. I should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All joiu mo 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 lhad not seen for many years, and still more so was I when, finding that I 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 I also took, and iu the course of twenty- four hours I found myself quite free from even any tendency towards coughing; he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; I, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head. quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail on you to let me have half, or a whole pint of 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, I am at your command. T. W. BUCHANAN. Master of the 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 the sensation it used previous to taking your medicine; it used formerly to nip me on going out, and I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and '. he breast and backbones 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 iu 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 he 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 past, during the winter mouths, and always 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,> nd have taken twelve bottles. After I had taken three, I 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 I 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 is that you may be lugged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundless 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 goodness 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, Esij. W. HUGIIES. Chester, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thou hast my sincere thanksfor thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou wilt let me have a quantity in a large bottle, I will, in return, enter thy name te any charitable institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB ROBERTS. 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 fecommendation. 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. l^ d. each. ggp Purchasers should observe Miat 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 I- Iannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l% d. and 4s. 6( 1 Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63, Co., Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent 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 perfumers, with an allowance on taking six or more of any other article at the same time. Orders, by 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; and Merridew, Coventry. Dr. DE SANCTIS'S RHEUMATIC AND GOUT PILLS. Prepared by Bartholomew de Sanctis, M. D., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London. THE unfailing efficacy of Dr. De Sanctis's Pills for the cure of Gout and Rheumatism, has been tried in an extensive practice, and their uniform success fully warrants Dr. De Sanctis in offering them for general use, as a specific, and the only one for the cure of GOUT, RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATIC GOUT, LUMBAGO, PAINS IN THE FACE, & c. Dr. De Sanctis is determined not to confine the use of these invaluable pills any longer to the sphere of his ac- quaintance, but has caused it to be laid before the public in the form of a Patent Medicine, but he trusts that his long tried, and he hopes, well merited medical reputation, will secure him from any charge of empiricism, and not allow this most invaluable remedy ( in the discovery of which he has devoted the greater part of his life and a large for- tune) to be classed among quack medicines. Suffice it to say, that these pills do not contain Colchi- cuin or any other deleterious drug, they are perfectly inno- cent, and may be administered to the most delicate indi- viduals. The dose is one pill every eight hours until cured, the first dose will begin to mitigate the most violent attack within four of its administration ; and a patient writhing under the most malignant attack of Gout or Rheumatism, may rely on its removal within forty- eight hours. Dr. De Sanctis lays before the public the following letters from some of his patients, which speak a higher eu- logium on the efficacy of the medecine than any represen- tation he could make himself. Brighton. Sir,— The wonderful efficacy of your wonder working medicine is almost incredible; fifteen years ago I was attacked with acute Rheumatism, from having slept in a damp btd while travelling in F landers, the torture arising from which has been of the most ago- nizing description, for although at intervals I have been free from pain ( had it been incessant 1 must have put an end to my existence) I have been more or less subject to it ever since, and when the at- tacks came on I felt as though I was being torn asunder. In fifteen hours from the first dose of your Pills ( but mind I took two of them) 1 was materially relieved, and at the expiration of a week I had not the slightest trace of my enemy left; as you decline to let mo have the prescription in consequence of your iutention of introducing it as a Patent Medicine, you are free to publish this communication if you think proper, for the Pills deserve to be generally known. I am, sir, your obedient servant W. WEST. To Dr. De Sanctis. Miss Wilkins has been entirely cured of a Rheumatic affection in the hip, which Miss W. has long been a snfferer from, by the use of Dr. De Sanctis's Pills, after several other remedies she tried had failed. Sir,— I think that without a single exception I have suffered more from Gout than any other individual ever endured, the pain has been so intense ( without the slightest diminution) for three and four weeks at a time, that I have frequently been obliged to have a nurse by me day and night, striking my foot with a stick, to mode- rate the pain by inflicting another, until I have sometimes had my foot so black that it has not recovered its colour for months ; at the commencement of the last attack I procured some of your Pills, and to my very greqt satisfaction they immediately relieved me and pre- vented its further inroad, and I have now been free from it for eighteen months. I am, yours very truly, To Dr. De Sanctis. FRANCIS HEATH. Mr. Smith's compliments to Dr. De Sanctis, and begs to communi- cate to him that lie found the most speedy relief from the use of his Pills, and was entirely cured in three days. Dublin. , Sir,— Your Rheumatic and Gout Pills are certainly a most effica- cious Medicine; I have been a severe sufferer from" Cold Rheuma- tism, which the Faculty have toid me was always difficult of cure, it certainly has been difficult Willi me, for, for fifteen years I have fluctuated from bad toworseand worse to better, I have placed my- self in the hands of twenty. five Medical Men who pursued as many different modes fo treatment without any permanent effect, a fortu- nate circumstance introduced some of your Pills to me, a few months since, which entirely cured me, and thank God have not had a re- lapse since, I therefore think it but justice to you, to offer you my testimony of their efficacy, and 1 recommend all Gouty and Rheu- matic subjects never to be without them— Your's& c. To Dr. De Sanctis. JACOB JOHNSON. Cheltenham. Dear Sir,— When your name was mentioned to me by a friend, I certainly was sceptical of your being able to afford me any more relief than such as I had before obtained ; but your most invaluable Pills have certainly cured me, and had I not obtained them, I as certainly should have been before this a corpse. I have been for five and forty years a martyr to the horrid complaint of Gout, which in sufferings must be equal to the torments of hell, and during this long period I have tried every Remedy that money could procure or the most eminent Medical talent could suggest. I have taken Colchicum iu every form, and in very large doses, both with and without Opium, but unfortunately found the more Medicine 1 took, themore fre- quently the attacksreturned, increasing in violence every time, and each attack becoming of longer duration, frequently of late from six weeks to two months, the most powerful remedies having at last failed to exert any influence on the complaint, the delay that occurred in consequence of my having to write to you ere I could ob- tain the Pills, allowed the complaint to increase more than it had ever done before, for both my legs, which of late years have been attackedsimultaneously, and swelled to the size of my head, on the last occasiouswelled up ray thighs, and but for the timely arrival of your Piils no doubt would have got into my stomach and then as our immortal poet says, " In a coffin I'd pop'd off" instead of being here to return you my most gratefil, sincere, and heartfelt thanks; the effect produced by your most inestimable Pills was wonderful; in a short time after taking the first dose I fancied my- self easier, but made up my mind to refer it only to a false confi- dence ; but my astonishment was excessive when at the end of six hours 1 found the swelling begin to diminish, and in five days I found myself completely cured, and without any of those symptoms of lassitude and debility being left behind, which have always lasted for many days after every previous attack for the last ten years. I enclose you a draft for fifty pounds, and feel it the most useful fee I ever paid for Medical assistance ; Itru- t that if you ever visit this neighbourhood you will not fail to spond a l ew days with me, and neither means or disposition will be absent '' rum every en- deavour to minister to your enjoyment. Let me hope that many years will elapse ere the Grim Tyrant shall seize you with his icy hand, when if your Patients render that justice thatisdueto your invaluable discovery, your remains must be laid among the most eminent of British Worthies— I am, dear sir, your most sincere well- wisher, and resuscitated patient, WU. LAMBERT; To Dr. De Sanctis. Mr. Wentworth presents his compliments to Dr. De Sanctis, and writes to say that he considers liis Pills a harmless but most effica- cious remedy, and shall have great pleasure in recommending them to the notice of his friends; the particular complaint Mr. Went worth took them for was Rheumatic Gout in the right hand, which he is very subject to, hut which he finds Dr. De Sanctis's Pills im- mediately remove. Dr. De Sanctis's Pills are sold by appointment, in boxes at 2s. 9d. each, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford street, the corner of Wells- street, London; by whom dealers in the country are supplied on liberal terms ; where may also be had HANNAY AND CO.' s INVALUABLE HORSE BLISTER. This most important improvement in the method of blis- tering cattle is prepared by Messrs. Hannay and Co., for and under the immediate inspection of the principal Veteri- nary Surgeon of one of His Majesty's cavalry regiments, who has used it during a period of many years with the most favourable results. Messrs. Hannay and Co begto recom- mend it to the use of their sporting friends and the owners of horses generally, as far superior to any other blister in present use. It has the peculiar properties of not destroy- ing the hair, and never blemishes the part to which it is applied, however frequently it may be used to the youngest foal; and no horse, however high his courage, will ever gnaw it; and the horse on which it has been applied may be immediately turned out to grass without a cradle. It has the invaluable property ( not possessed by any other article) of removing the blemish of a broken knee" by re- storing the hair. It has received the most unqualified approbation of some of the most extensive owners of cattle, and only requires to be tried to convince the observer of its invaluable properties. Sold in pots at Is. 6d., containing one dressing; pots, 2s. 9( 1. two dressings; 5s. four dressings. *** The great celebrity of this blister has caused un- principled dealers to counterfeit it. Purchasers must there- fore be particular in seeing that it bears the name and address of " HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street," on the label on each pot. The above articles are sold by one or more respectable medicine venders in every town in the kingdom, and any shop that has not got either of them will procure it from London if ordered Without any additional change. Sold by special appointment by M. Maher, 34, Ann- street, Birmingham; Meridew, Coventry; Parke, Wolverhamp- ton ; Welchman, Northampton; Price and Co., Journal- office, Leicester; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Stratford, Worcester. 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