p U F ! rl h \ J No. 615. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1837. PRICE 4JD. BIRMINGHAM FIRE OFFICE. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Office will be held at the Office in Union- street, on Tuesday, the 7th day of March, 1837, at Eleven o'clock in the morning, to elect seven Directors, receive the Annual Statement of the Accounts, and transact other business. By order of the Directors, JOHN SIMMONS, Secretary. *„* The Directors rely on a personal attendance of the Proprietors, as no proxies are admissible, and no dividend can be made unless members holding an aggregate of two hundred shares are present to constitute a meeting. ( Hf The chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. February 21st, 1837. THE superior and fast BEE- HIVE NIGHT COACH to MANCHESTER, will continue to leave the NELSON HOTEL, as usual ( every evening) at eight o'clock; and being a Manchester and Birmingham Night Coach only, applications for places at the above Coach Office will be booked without a risk of any dis- appointments which often ocurred when running between London and Manchester. The REIN- DEER fast DAY COACH to Manchester, Kendall, Carlisle, and Edinburgh, every morning at half- past seven o'clock. Performed by the Public's obliged servants, C. R ADENHURST and Co., Birmingham, W. DEMING and Co., Manchester, Proprietors. TO PRINTERS. WANTED, a Steady, Active Man, as COM- POSITOR, to whom, if a good hand, constant employment would be given. One who has been in a Newspaper- office would be preferred. Address, post paid, with reference, to R. R., Post- office, Worcester. FILE TRADE. " fWTANTED, immediately, a FORGER and some • • CUTTERS of large'Files and Rasps. Enquire at W. HILL'S File and Rasp Manufactory, Cradley, near Stourbridge. DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS. " I care not how I am physicked, so it be not by the adventure of a Quack, but advice of a Physician, who I km sure will prescribe no more for me than may consist with my safety, and need dotli re- quire."— Old Divine. THE Possessor of the Prescription from which those Pills are prepared, solely for him, by Mr. John T. Eddy, a scientific Chemist, obtained it from the late DR. ARMSTRONG, ( Lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and Author of the celebrated Worhs on Typhus and Scarlet Fever, SfC. c.) for his Wife, who in 1827 became the Doctor's patient, when evidently labouring under confirmed Liver complaint, and to all appearance in a deep decline. She had not long taken the Pills, at the prescribed inter- nals, before she was perfectly restored to health ; and has, with the occasional use of them, continued free from pain, and in perfect health and cheerful spirits ever since. The Possessor of this admirable Prescription, ( a gen- tleman of private fortune,) having distributed the Pills with the most extraordinary success amongst the poor in many counties in England, determined in 1835, to offer them at a price, to the public; his personal observation and experi- ence having convinced him, that they would prove a real blessing, if taken according to the Physician's Advice and Directions in the wrapper, to all— both old and young, children as well as adults; women pregnant, and after the month of confinement— who suffered from an inactive Li- ver, and thence all the attendant miseries of Indigestion; BILIOUS Affections ( so called); Flatulence, Jaundice, Dropsy ; Pain in the Sides and under the Shoulder Blades; Difficulty of Breathing; distressing Sensation of Choking; with the Complexion and white of the eyes, yel- low. The very first two pills generally afford such relief- such- ease from every distressing pain— that the patient is at once surprised and delighted. The Medicine is gentle, though certain in its benign effects. The quantity prescribed to be taken is small, and not oftener than alternate nights. The attention of the Public is called to the following statement of facts : — A Cook in a gentleman's family complained to her mistress of such pain in her right side, and such loss of appetite, that she could not do her work, and thought that she must again give up her situation, as she had been obliged to do, for the same cause, in two previous places. Her mistress recommended her to try Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills, as she said all others had failed. The girl bought a box, and the first two pills relieved her from all pain, and she said she felt better than ever she had done in her life. The first two operated briskly— the next two gently— and afterwards only as a pleasant aperient; but the pain never returned. A sailor's wife had only been a fortnight confined, and was suffer- ing agonies iu her back and sides, evidently owing to an inactive liver, her skin being as yellow as saffron. A friend gave her some money to buy a box of Armstrong's Liver Pills. When that " friend in need" called to see the poor woman again, she was surprisingly better— scarce any pain in her side— no choking sensation— skin much clearer— and appetite and general health rapidly improving. A Magistrate, who was much troubled with boils, at the instance of a relative, bought a box of Armstrong's Liver Pills. Before he had taken six pills at the prescribed intervals, he was astonished at his perfect cure, and declared it was the best medicine he ever took in his life. Jaundice and Dropsical cases are immediately relieved. Hundreds of similarly striking cases might benoticed, but for the space they occupy in an advertisement, or handbill; and each bilious person who tries these Pills, ( most expen. sive in their preparation to the Proprietor,) will furnish a most satisfactory and convincing case of cure or relief to himself. To Mr. John T. Eddy, Bishop's Stortford Herts. Medical Hall, Lewes, Sussex, October 4th, 1836. SIR,— It gives me much pleasure to be able to inform you that my eale for Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills, has within these two months, increased to a very considerable extent. I am almost daily receiving fresh testimonials of their efficacy, as au " Autibilious," from persons of respectability, residing in Lewes and its vicinity. Such is their celebrity, that numbers of my friends will not, on any consideration, be without a box in their possession. Will you kindly cause my name to be introduced in the list of venders in your advertisements ; and, at'yOnr earliest convenience, forward to me, through Drew and Co. Great Trinity- lane, some show - cards and handbills headed with my name and address. I am sir, your's respectfully, THOMAS FICG. In Boxes, Is. IJd. and 2s. 9d. each. The large Box con- tains the quantity of three small cnes. Prepared solely by Mr. JOHN T. EDDY, Bishop's Stort- ford, Herts, who is appointed Wholesale Agent to the Proprietor. To prevent imposition, the Hon. the Commissioners of S. amps have directed JOHN T. EDDY, CHEMIST, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, to be engraved in white letters on the Govern- ment Stamp, and each box is also sealed with the Armorial Bearings of the Proprietor. None else is genu- ine. The Public are particularly cautioned against the dishon- est tricks of the inferior class of Druggists, who it has been discovered by the proprietor, will try to impose their own loose, and unboxed compounds upon the ignorant, for Armstrong's Liver Pills, thus disappointing and defraud- ing the Public and the Revenue at the same time. The Pills may be had of all Wholesale Dealers in London, and retail in Birmingham of Hodgetts, Hud- son, Wood, Maher, ShiMitoe, Matthison, Atkins, and Knott; Banbury, Bartlett, Beasley, and Wigg; Bridge- north, Gitton, and Partridge ; Bromsgrove, Maund ; Burton- on- Trent, Thompson, and Wayte ; Coventry, Merridew, Coleman, Wyleys, and Brown; Daventry, Castell; Dudley, Rnnn, Danks, Turner and Hollier; Henley, Hopkins; Hinckley, Morton; Kidderminster, Steward and Pennell ; Leamington, Stanley, and Davey; Leicester, Thompson Teear, Price, Parsons, Iron, Cooper ; Lichfield, Lomax and Morgan ; Nuneaton, Iliffe; Stafford, Rogers and Morgan; Stourbridge, Morris andHeming; Stratford, Smith; Tamworth, Baker and Hawkesworth ; Walsall, Valentine, Beasley, and High way, Warwick, Sharpe, Court, and Bayley; West Brom- wicli, Cowell; Wolverhampton, Parke, arid Simpson; Wor- cester, Deigbton, Lewis, Twinberrow, and Stratford. BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. THE Directors of the Birmingham and Derlry Junc- tion Railway Company will meet at the Office, in Wa- terloo- street, Birmingham, on Wednesday the 29th day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of receiving Tenders for executing that portion of the Railway which lies between a point fifteen chains north of the Brick- yards at Cliff, in the parish of Kingsbury, in the county of Warwick, and a point thirty chains to the south of the pub- lic highway leading from Wigginton to Harleston, in the parish of Tamworth, in the said county of Warwick, the whole length being about five miles and fifty- seven chains. The Contract is to include the Earth- work, Masonry, Bridges, and all other works required to complete this part of the Railway, except the furnishing the materials for the Permanent Way, and the laying the same; and the Con- tractor is to keep the works in repair for twelve months after they are completed. Plans and Specifications of the Works, and a Draft of the Contract to be entered into, will lie for inspection at the office of the Engineer, George Stephenson, Esq., 351^, Great George- street, Westminster, from the 27th of Febru- ary instant till the day on which the Contract is let. Printed forms of tender maybe obtainedat the Company's office in Birmingham, or at the office of the Engineer, and no others will he received. The parties tendering wiil be expected to be in attend- ance. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the low- est tender. By order, THOMAS KELL, Secretary. Waterloo- street, Birmingham, Feb. 10, 1837. SIR, TO E. L. WILLIAMS, ESQ. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. CONTRACTS FOR WORKS. rpHE DIRECTORS of the North Midland Rail- A way Company will meet at the Railway Office, No. 13, George- street, Mansion House, London, on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1837, at one o'clock precisely, to re- ceive Tenders for the undermentioned Contracts: — CONTRACT No. 1 To make the Railway, with all the Excavations, Embankments, Bridges, Culverts, Drains, and Fences complete, including the laying and ballasting of the permanent way, and furnishing the necessary Blocks and Sleepers, ( but exclusive of the Rails, Chairs, Pins, and Oak Trenails,) from a point five chains and a half north of the Turnpike- road from Oakerthorpe to South Wirigfield, in the parish of South Wingfield, and terminating at a point eight chains and a half south of the road from Handley to North Wingfield ( called Clay lane,) in the parish of North Wing- field, and township of Clay Lane, all in the county of Derby, being a distance of four miles and thirty- five chains. And to keep the same in repair for one year after completion. CONTRACT No. 2 To make and maintain the Railway, in like manner, from a point fifty- five chains and a half on the north- east side of the Turnpike- road from Chesterfield to Derby, in the parish of North Wingfield and township of Woodthorpe, and terminating at a road leading to Hasland, from the Chesterfield and Derby Turnpike- road, in the parish of Chesterfield, and township of Hasland, all in the county of Derby, being a distance of three miles and thirty- two chains and a half. Drafts of the Contracts, with Plans and Specifications of the Works, will be ready for inspection, at the Engineer's Office in Chesterfield, on and after Monday, the 27th February instant. Printed Forms of Tender may be had, after the above date, at the Railway- offices in London, Leeds, and Chester- field, and no others will be attended to. The Tenders must be delivered at the Railway- office in London, on or before one o'clock on the said 20th day of March, under a sealed cover, addressed to the Secretary, and indorsed, " Tender for Works," and the parties tender- ing, or persons duly authorised by them, must he in attend- ance at the time of meeting. The parties whose Tenders are accepted, will be re- quired to enter into a Bond, with two sureties, for the due performance of their Contract, in a penalty of 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 themselves to accept the lowest offer. The Contractor ( if he require it) will be furnished by the Company with a counterpart of the Contract, at his own expense. By order, H. PATTESON, Secretary. London, 18th February, 1837. LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED. From one to a complete set, and Decayed Teeth made com- pletely sound, without Pain, Heat, or Pressure. MONS. DE BERRI AND CO., SURGEON- DENTISTS," Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, . Edinburgh; Li- centiate of the Apothecaries' Hall, London; and Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, 17, EASY ROW, BIRMINGHAM, CONTINUE to " restore Decayed Teeth with their celebrated Mineral Siliceuin, 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. d. A single Artificial Tooth , 0 10 0 Acompleteset —. .. 5 5 0 A complete set of Siliceous Teeth on fine gold 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. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. RAMSBOTTOM'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, ami 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's Corn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it has the signature of" S. Ramsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper of every genuine bottle, in addition to the name of the article, anil words sold by Hannay and Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address of the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from Mr. 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 Itamsbottom'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, 1836- JOHN WINFIELD. To Messrs. Hannay and Co. Sold by appointment by M. Maher, 34, Ann. street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parke, Woverliampton ; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle ; Mer- ridew, Coventry^ Dicey, Northampton. fl^ HE question which has been in agitation for the - 1- last month between you and Sir George Chetwynd, and upon which from the outset there was but very little doubt, has, at last, happily come to a conclusion; Sir George Chetwynd having demonstrated, to the satisfaction of even the meanest capacity, that his position of the law was the just one ; that Mr. Bracebridge's motion was peremptorily called for, and that your attack upon his legal knowledge and opinion, your comments upon his ( SirG.' s) edition of Burn's Justice, and your further attempts, by mistaking the con- struction of the acts of Parliament, and the cases upon re- cord, were arrogant, uncalled for, and, as it has been proved, entirely wrong. You have tried, with great perseverance, to bring forward cases in support of your own opinion, cases, which to a com- mon reader, and one who was not a lawyer, would appear conclusive, but which you ought to know would not bear the test of legal investigation ; you forgot you were not addressing a jury; you did not recollect you had a lawyer, of at least as much experience as yourself, to deal with. But, even supposing thmSou were right iri every point, do you pretend to say that ifcis is the proper way to decide upon a question, which arises in Court at the Quarter Sessions ? What right had you to presume to bring Sir G. C.' s opinion before the county, through two or three newspapers? What extraordinary legal superiority have you displayed, that you condescend to partly eulogise Jand partly condemn Sir. G. C.' s edition of Burn's Justice? So far as this edition is con- cerned in this case, everything in it goes to prove that Sir G. C. is right, and YOU cannot prove him to be wrong ! You offer to prove " the fallacy of his opinion as a lawyer." Allow me again to ask, what right you have to presume to write such a sentence to any one ? Again, you attack his temper, and herein I shall venture to say, you are not the person to accuse him upon that point. You " also allude to his authori- tative manner at the Quarter Sessions. He was not autho- ritative to you. I was in Court, and heard the whole of the discussion ; he merely requested the learned Chairman to consider ( which every magistrate has a right to do) whether it was legal to commit to the House of Correc- tion for want of sureties to keep the peace, or not. And now let me enquire, how has all this extraordinary legal question ended ? The poor unfortunate man whom everybody knows lias not a farthing to bless himself with, suddenly has sureties appear for him. What extraordinary benevolence ! the very hint of the case being referred to the Secretary of State makes sureties arise like mushrooms. He is again free, and who lias he to thank for it ? That is a question 1 will leave you to decide. This matter, although for the present apparently settled, cannot be allowed to pass without further notice. In a short time it will appear whether thesejgeneral commitments are according to the law of the land or not. Till then I shall withhold my comments. In conclusion, allow me to tell you, that if you condescend to come to the Quarter Sessions at Warwick, to set the county magistrates right, and teach them law, you had better be cautious whom you attack through a newspaper, or to use a vulgar phrase, you will burn your fingers. I am, sir, yours, & c., A LOOKER- ON. Birmingham, March 1,1837. DUDLEY OLD BREWERY COMPANY. THE Dudley Old Brewery Company beg- to inform the Public, that they have sent in a stock of Ale, Beer, and Porter of the finest quality, to their Vaults, under the New Market Hall, where orders will be most thank- fully received, and immediately executed by their AGENT, MR. RICHARD TELFORD. N. B. Entrance to the Stores from Worcester- street. Birmingham, Feb. l-' jf 1837. THE BIRMINGHAM BREWERY COMPANY, BROAD- STREET, BEG to inform their Friends and Customers that Samuel Grew having left their service, is no longer authorised to act on their account. March 1st, 1837. WANTED, a Person of respectable connexions, to solicit orders and collect accounts in the town and neighbourhood. One who has been accustomed to travel for a Brewery will be preferred. Security will be required. Apply by letter, post paid, addressed H. B., at the Printer's. WHEREAS, a Fiat in Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL' READING and JOHN READING, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, gilt toy makers and hook and eye manufacturers, and partners iri trade, and they being declared Bankrupts, are hereby required to surrender themselves to'the Com missioners in and by the said Fiat, named and authorized, or three of them, on the 10th day of March instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the Swan Hotel, in High- street, in Bir- mingham aforesaid, and make a full discovery and disclo- sure of their estate and effects; at which said time and place the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and the said Bankrupts are required to finish their examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of their certificates. THOS. B. LEFEVRE, Solicitor to the Assignees. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. THE extraordinary efficacy and complete safety of this Medicine, is how so fully established by such tes- timonials, as Ihe 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 owesto the afflicted, to place before them a series of cures recently communica- ted to him, one of which is the following: — Copy of a Jotter from the Neighbourhood of Birmingham. To Mr. Prout, 2- 29, Strand, Loudon. West Broimvich, July fith, 1836. SIR,— Having been for a number of years subject to the Gout and Rheumatism, I have tried every remedy that has been recommended, without the least benefit, until last year a friend of mine can. e to visit me, when in one of my violent attacks. Being himself quite a martyr to the chalky Gout, he told me of the great relief he had ex- perienced from taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. I immedi- ately scut to Mr. Cowell's, of West Brmnwich, for a box, and in twenty- four hours, after taking a few Pills, was quite relieved, and able to attend to my business, and in two days was as well as ever 1 was. It is now more than twelve mouths since ; but a few weeks ago 1 had another attack, and having some Pills by me remaining, took a few, and in a short time was able to attend to my business as usual. I have recommended them to a number of my friends, who have all experienced the same beneficial result as myself, and I will, with the person who named them to me, ( should you choose to make use of this letter) satisfy every enquiry that can be made.— I am, sir, your's, very gratefully, SAML. LLOYD. Near the Old Bell Inn, Spoil. lane, West Bromwich. 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 his appointment, by Maher, Wood, Shiliitoe, Sumner and Por- tal, Collins and Co., Humphries, Smith, Suffield, Flewitt, Ed. wards, Gazette and Advertiser offices; Shillitoe, ( late Cow- ell) Westbromwich; Turner and Hollier, and Morris, Dudley; Valentine and Thorsby, Walsall; Marnier and Co., and Simpson, Wolverhampton; Davis, Atherstone ; Morgan, Lichfield; Harding, Shiffnall; Pennell and Stew- art, Kidderminster; Morris, Bevvdley; Maund, Broms- grove ; Harper, Hodgkinson, Bayley and Roberts, War- wick ; and 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. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM STEAM CAR- RIAGE COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an extraor- dinary General Meeting of the Shareholders in this undertaking, will be holden at the Office of the Company, No. 6, Temple- street, Birmingham, on THURSDAY, the 6th day of April next ensuing, at Twelve o'clock Ut Noon. By order of the Board of Directors. W. R. KETTLE, Secretary. Birmingham, March 3rd, 1837. BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH BANK. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. James Russell, Esq., Handsworth. J. Mellor, Esq,, Willenhall House, near Coventry. 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 from the Board 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 advantageos 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 he 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 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 General. Meeting of the Proprietors shall be con- vened after the allotment of Shares. Application for Shares to be made to the Provisional Committee, undercover, to Mr. WILLIAM GOODE, Bull- street, in the following form. J. W. & G. WHATELEY, 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. N. B. The Shares in the Birmingham Borough Bank are now in the course of being allotted. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is intended to be made to Parliament, in the Session of the year 18.38, for an Act or Acts to alter, amend, explain, enlarge, repeal, and render more effectual some of the pow- ers and provisions of the several Acts relating to the Grand Junction Railway; and also to make and maintain a Rail- way or Railways ( with proper works and conveniences connected therewith), commencing by a junction with the Grand Junction Railway in the Parish of Runcorn, in the County of Chester, and terminating by a junction with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the Parish of Huy ton, in the County of Lancaster, and passing from through or into the several Parishes, Parochial Chapelries, Town- ships, Hamlets, and Places of Runcorn, Aston, Daresbury, Kekewick, Moore, Norton, Acton- Grange, Higher Walton, Lower Walton, Fidler's Ferry, Marshgate, Warford, Stock- ham, Astmore, and Great Budworth, or some of them, all in the County of Chester; West Bank, Cuerdley, Widnes, Upton within Widnes, Upton, Widnes within Appleton, Appleton, Speke, Childwall, Widnes, Penketh, Great San. key, Farnworth, Farnworth within Widnes, Ditton, Little Tarbock, Tarbock, Hale, Halewood, Little Woolton, Much Wooltori, Garston, Allerton, Walton on the Hill, Halsnead, Cronton, llainhill, Bold, Wliiston, Huyton, lloby, Prescot, Warrington, and Winwick, or some of them, all in the County of Lancaster. And further Notice is hereby given, that power will be applied for in the said intended Act or Acts, to deviate ( to the extent „ rone hundred yards on each side) from the line or lines of the said intended Railways respectively, as the same will be defined in the plans thereof to be deposited pursuant to the standing orders of Parliament. CLAY and SWIFT, Solicitors. Liverpool, 1st February, 1837. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. TO CONTRACTORS, EXCAVATORS, S( c. SUCH Persons as may wish to Contract for the requisite Works in the formation of the Railway be- tween Folkestone and Dover, consisting of Excavation of approaches and driving a Tunnel through the Cliff, near the Martello Tower, No. 1, at Folkestone ; making the Cut^ tings and Embankments along the Warren or Undercliff, farming the galleries and side- cuttings for conducting the Railway along and through the face of the Chalk Cliffs; and driving a Tunnel through the Shakespeare Cliff, at Dover, may see the Plans and Specifications, and obtain every requisite information on application to WM. CUEITT, Esq., Chief Engineer to the Company, at his Office, Great Geopge- street, Westminster; or to Mr. JOHN WRIGHT, resident Engineer at the South Eastern Railway- office, No. 7, Clarence- place,'. Dover, on and after the First day of March next. The time and conditions for the delivery of Tenders will be attached to the Specifications, but the Directors of the Company give notice thht they will not be bound to accept the lowest tender. By order, J. S. YEATS, Secretary. South Eastern Railway- office, 10, Colemau- street, ' 2ud February, 1837. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FIRST- RATE and SUPERIOR PACKETS leave the Custom- house ( weather permitting) lor— HAMBURGH ( carrying His Majesty's mails), eyery Wednesday and Saturday, early in the morning. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE ( carrying His Majes- ty's mails), every Wednesday and Saturday morning, at Seven o'clock precisely. ANTWERP and the RHINE ( with a bag of letters from the Post- office), Sundays and Thursdays. OSTEND and the RHINE, Saturday Morning. CALAIS, Sunday. Reduced Fares— Chief Cabin, 5s. BOULOGNE, Wednesday. Reduced Fares, 5s. And from London- bridge Wharf, for— RAMSGATE and MARGATE. EDINBURGH from tlie Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, every Saturday night; and after Saturday, March 11, every Wednesday and Saturday. NEWCASTLE, every Saturday. Berths may be secured at the offices of the Company, 37, Regent- circus, and 69, Lombard- street, and at 61, Charing- cross, and 35, Leadenhall. street. CHARLES BESSELL, Sec. Parcels and small Packages to be brought to the offices of this Company, 37, Regent- circus, and 69, Lombard- street. General Steam Navigation Company, 69, Lombard- street and 37, Regent- circus. TO THE ADMIRERS OF DR. PRIESTLEY. ON Monday, March 13th, 1837, at Mr. J. TAYLOR'S Golden Lion Inn, Aston- street. the ANNIVERSARY of Dr. PRIESTLEY'S BIRTH- D AY will be celebrated. Dinner on the Table at three o'clock. Tickets 2s. 6d. each, to he had at the bar of the Golden Lion, and the Journal- office. An early application for tickets is requested, as none will be disposed of after the 10th of March. A quantity of Early Knapsack Potatoes, for seed, to he sold. 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It is not less valuable to officers of the army, gentlemen of the turf, and all persons interested in the perfect appearance of that, beautiful animal the horse; removing what is tech- nically termed " White Stockings." Sold wholesale by W. DAY and Co., at their old Italian warehouse, the Black Boy, No. 95, Gracechurch- street, and retail by the following Agents:— Mr. Aucott, per- fumer, New- street, Birmingham; Mr. Saunders, Jaet T"- fumer, Warwick; Messrs. Price and Wood, peiWnfts, Leamington ; Messrs. Stephens and Son, perfumers, Alcester; Mr. Vernal), perfumer, Worcester; iJryottles^ at 5s., 10s., and 15s. each, having proper directions how to use the same, with a fac- simile of the sigrfepure of Agid Hassan; also that of W. Day and Co. AJ1 without these are counterfeit, t M flSats; THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. / IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 1837. SOUTH ( MANCHESTER AND TAMWOIITH) UNION RAILWAY.— A number of petitions were presented in favour of this railway. Lord F. EGERTON moved that it be read a second time. Lord STANLEY opposed the motion. His lordship's argument was 1st., that a very large expense had been incurred by the proprietors of the London and Bir- mingham and Birmingham and Liverpool Railways— these expenses, with the liabilities for the completion of this grand line, amounting to not less than eight millions; and that, under such circumstances, it would be contrary to every principle of justice, seeing that so immense a capital had been embarked on the faith of Parliament, to encourage a hostile and com- peting line to come in and cut down the profits, in the prospect of which it had been embarked. 2nd. That the encouragement of the South Union line was not merely a violation of justice and good faith, but that the line of itself had not one recommendation, unless that running through Tamworth it would have the support of Sir Robert Peel, for by the throwing out of the branch from Tamworth to Rugby, for non- observance of the standing orders in giving the notices, the saving of distance, which in no case amounted to more than nine miles, would, in fact, be reduced to one mile. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that the shareholders of the Manchester and Birmingham railway, whose shares were at 124 per cent, premium, had no right to object to competition, and that as little could the proprietors of the London and Birmingham, whose shares were at 48 per cent, premium, object to it. If the House pre- cluded inquiry, he thoug'ht it would establish a very bad precedent. A conversation of some length took place, but no division, Lord Stanley withdrawing his motion of amendment, ( that the second reading should take place that day six months) and allowing the bill to be committed. POOR LAWS.— After some preliminary conversation, Mr. WALTER brought forward his motion for a select committee—" to inquire into the operation of the Poor Law Amendment act, and to report their opinion thereupon to to the House," In support of his mo- tion, Mr. Walter read a long list of cases, as he said, from private letters, but in reality from a pamphlet Jirinted, but not published, on the subject of the poor aw. The cases cited by Mr. Walter were individual cases of great apparent hardship, but unfortunately he gave no names, either of the sufferers or of the narrators. Mr. FIELDEN, of Oldham, seconded the motion. He declared that nothing would satisfy him but the total repeal of the law. If an attempt were made to introduce the law into his happy valley of Todmorden it would be resisted by force, and he would head the resistance. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved by way of amendment that a select committee be appointed, " to inquire into the administration of the Poor- law Amendment act, and to report their opinion to the House." Lord John said lie could make 110 reply to the cases noticed by Mr. Walter, nor could he offer any explanation of them. When the Poor- law Commissioners saw Mr. Walter's notice on the votes, they requested that he would furnish them with his cases, and they would cause an enquiry to be instituted into each. Mr. Walter's answer was, that he would not furnish them with any . note of the cases he meaut to cite, because an enquiry would prejudice his motion. As to Mr. Walter's wish to make himself practically acquainted with the working of the law, Lord John read a state- ment from which it appeared, that in Mr. Walter's own parish, where he was a Guardian, there had been seventy- nine meetings of . Guardians, that Mr. Walter had been present at only ten of these meetings, and that of the ten there were nine that referred merely to general arrangements for the management of the parochial business. Colonel WOOD thought Mr. Fielden's zeal was calculated to do more harm than good to the cause he had espoused. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said the bill had been hurried through the House with more rapidity than a common turhpike- road bill. Appealing to general principles, Mr. Harvey said— He laid it down as a maxim, which was as firm as tlie laws of nature themselves, and which was as ample as it was universal in its application, that every man had aright to relief from the produce of the land on which he lived.' Mr. HUME defended the present law as eminently contributive to the welfare of the poor man. As to individual cases of cruelty, it was notorious that they were frequent before the new act was passed. The difference now was, that investigation was infinitely more prompt and certain than under the old law. Be- sides, the enquiry under the amendment would satisfy every purpose. Mr. HARVEY : Why move an amendment at all ? Mr. HUME— He was asked why move an amendment? ( Hear, hear.) • When he knew that the appointment of the committee was moved and seconded by men who had declared themselves hostile to the measure, when he recollected that ( he hon- ourable gentleman who moved it had done everything in his power to damage the act, when they have in mind the statements he had ' made, the complaints he had brought forward one after another, and over and over again as often as they were refuted, when it was remembered that lie was opposed to the principles and to every regulation which had been enforced, how was it possible to go into com- mittee with the expectation that there would be a fair enquiry? Was it not to be expected that the honourable gentlemen of the committee, men called under his auspices, would do everything in their power to damage the bill ? The seconder of the motion said he had opposed the bill from the commencement, and he ( Mr. Hume) did believe that the honourable gentleman was one of the minority of 20. He said he hail advised resistance to it, and further, that it never should come into his peaceful valley—( hear) he would use force, and do nil he could to prevent the adop- tion of the principle. Now, he would ask of these gentle- men who had the direction of the committee, how was it possible they could go fairly into the inquiry? A. number of gentlemen rising to speak, the debate was adjourned till Monday. MONDAY. RAILWAYS.— Some conversation took place respect- ing the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Glasgow and Ayre bills, in each of which Mr. WAIIBURTON was of opinion the staiiding orders had been neglected, though the contrary was reported by the Sub- com- mittee. PRIVILEGE.— Mr. SEE or. JACKSON complained that in the correspondence of the Morning Chronicle, he had been described as an uncertificated bankrupt till within three weeks of his taking his seat in Parliament; the fact being that he bad early in life been indirectly connected in a house which had become bankrupt from the bad conduct of a partner, but all the debts and lia- bilities of which lie had discharged with interest so far back as 1818. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER condemned the paragraph, but at the same time observed, that if every- such loose assertion were made a subject of dis- cussion in the House, its time would he occupied with nothing else, and that in the present case it was spe- cially unnecessary, as the statement of Mr. Sergeant Jackson presented the most ample refutation of the calumny. The learned Sergeant withdrew bis complaint with an intimation that lie had commenced an action against the Chronicle. CHURCH- RATES.— In answer to a question from Sir Robert Peel, Mr. SPRING RICE stated that he would positively bring oil his moCon respecting Church- rates on Friday. The adjourned debate on the Poor- law Act prevented him from bringing it on that ( Monday) night. MUNICIPAL ACT ( ENGLAND) AMENDMENT BILL.— Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL proposed a clause to regu- late the form of voting for Aldermen, which was agreed to. The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved a clause to declare — that a person entitled to be admitted to the freedom of the Borough at the time of the passing- of the Act, shall be entitled to be admitted on the same conditions as any person who shall have acquired his title after the passing of the Act." Mr. THORNLEY opposed the clause as going- to ex- tend the much abused privileges of freemen. It was carried, on a division, by 218 to 14. Mr. W. HARVEY offered a clause to disqualify Re- corders, Deputy- Recorders, and Assistant Barristers from being eligible as Members of Parliament, or Councillors, or Aldermen. It was lost by 111 to 52. The bill was then passed. POOR- LAW ACT— Mr. BROTHERTON resumed the debate. He said— The professed objects of the bill were to reduce the rates and improve the condition of the poor. He was inclined to think that it would reduce the rates, hut he doubted if it would improve the condition of the poor. But even if it were to produce these two eifects, he doubted if the best means were adopted for the purpose. The measure was founded on the principle of denying all out- door relief— of confining paupers to the workhouses— of separating husband and wife, and parents and children. One great object the advocates of the measure had in view, was to throw a poor man on their own resources. Now, he admitted it was a good principle to discourage idleness, and to induce man- kind to do everything in their power to provide for their own wants ; hut it must, at the same time, be remembered, that most of the evils which befel the manufacturing classes arose, not from any fault of theirs, but from the fluctuations of trade, from the caprice of the money market, and from the speculations of traders, who rather considered their self- interests than the public good. ( Hear.) It was difficult to defend the poor among the rich, but he should like to see some other system adopted. He should like to see those laws repealed which pressed on the lower classes, and taxation in general equalised. One part of the law he especially objected to— that, namely, which prevented the guardians of the poor from granting relief while any little property remained; and he should like to see more discre- tionary power given to that body. Several members having spoken briefly on the one side and on the other— Sir ROBERT PEEL said the difference in words be- tween the motions was exceeding- ly small, the real question was the interpretation that would be put on the motives of the House, were the motion agreed to. Having given to the measure his cordial support, he must say that he had hitherto heard no facts stated of a nature to induce him to repent of that support, or incline him to take any step likely to prejudice the operation of the measure. ( Hear, hear, hear.) It was not in the course of things to expect other than that the alteration in the law, the attempt to do away with abuses so long and firmly established, would have to encounter a vast deal of opposition, not only on the part of the many persons in- terested in the maintenance of the old abuses, but on the part of many well- meaning persons, whose compassionate feelings would be excited by instances of individual hard- ship or suffering. From these different parties a great deal of opposition to the measure was inevitable; and if those who were entrusted with the management of the mea- sure had had reason to believe that the support of one branch of the legislature was taken from them, their dif Acuities would be aggravated in a tenfold degree; and it was, therefore, most essential to avoid doing anything which should excite in the public any suspicion as to the efficacy of the principle, or that the House meditated its retraction. ( Hear, hear, hear.) It was impossible, in the effectual working of this measure, to avoid many cases of individual hardship; and it was most desirable that the nature and extent of these eases should be accurately as- certained, and in order that it might be seen how those cases could be best remedied, and also to ascertain by what mode of mitigating the severities in the operation of the act its general efficacy might be increased. ( Hear, hear.) In reference to the propositions before the House, while he greatly respected the motive which he was sure had operated with his lion urable friend behind him in bringing forward the original motion— a motion which he felt con- vinced owed its origin to a sincere desire on the part of the honourable member to benefit those who were so well entitled to the sympathy and earnest consideration of Par- liament— yet he could not help differing entirely from the honourable gentleman as to the impression which that mo- tion was calculated to produce on the public mind. ( Hear, hear.) He did not hesitate to say, and he was bound to give his frank opinion, whatever unpopularity might attach to it he did not hesitate to say, that being, as he was, un- converted from his original conviction as to the principle of the measure, he felt that it was entitled to a full arid fair trial. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK defended the law, and he defended himself from the imputation of inconsistency in advo- cating- Municipal reform and local government, and at the same time, supporting Poor- law reform and centralization- He had been addressed personally and called on to ex- plain how he could consistently support the principle of self- government and at the same time the principle of cen- tralization, to be found in the measure under discussion. He would reply, that nothing was. easier. He divided the bill into two parts— first, there were the regulations which it provided, and next there was the machinery by which they were to be carried into effect. He was prepared to support the principle on which the regulations were founded. There were two difficulties before them. There was the formidable one of any man being allowed to suffer from want; and there was the great difficulty of making such a provision against want as would not have the effect of de- stroying- the industry of the population. He wished to re- lieve want, and in doing so, to avoid generating idle habits. ( Hear, hear.) He thought they ought to give relief to all who really wanted it, but not in such a way as to induce them to neglect the means of providing, by honest industry, against a state of destitution. With this view he would draw a distinction between the classes receiving relief. There were the old and impotent poor, and the industrious and able- bodied poor. Now, lie had no personal know- ledge of the fact, but he had leeeived some account, from his constituents, of whom he had made enquiries on the subject, in which he found a contradiction of the assertions made this night, and on the former night of the debate, for his constituents told him that in their neighbourhood a large body of the old and impotent poor were maintained out of the house. ( Hear, hear,) He believed that to he the principle of the bill. An honourable gentleman shook his head, but lie asserted it to be the principle of the bill. ( Hear, hear, hear.) And the magistrates who formerly had the power, and who called on the house now to give it to them, they might compel the giving of relief to the old and impotent poor out of the worknouse. He hoped that the poor never would be taken into the workhouse indis- criminately; buthe conceived it to be quite necessary that the able- bodied poor should receive their relief in the workhouse. Sir JAMES GRAHAM spoke in defence of the bill. After some explanations from Mr. Spring Rice, who stated that Government had no desire to limit the en- quiry, and a remark or two from Cant. Boldero, Mr. Wakley, and two or three other members, Mr. Walter withdrew his motion, and the amendment being pro- posed, asa specific motion was agreed to— TlieCommit- tee ( of 21) to consist of Lord John Russell, Mr. Wal- ter, Mr. Fazackerly, Sir James Graham, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. Baiues, Mr. Hume, Sir Thos. Freemantle, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Barnehy, Mr. Eastcourt ( Devizes,) Mr, J. Ponsonby, Mr. Loch, Mr. Wakley, Sir O. Mos- ley, Mr. C. Villiers, Mr. 11. Gordon, Mr. Mills ( Somer- set), Mi'. Harvey, Mr. L. Hodges, Mr. Chichester ( Barnstaple). TUESDAY. TAMWORTH AND RUGBY RAILWAY.— A petition, presented by Sir Eardley Wilmot, for a revision of the report of this railway, for non- compliance with the standing- orders, was, after some discussion, ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAYS.— The case of these railways was again mentioned by Mr. Warburton, but no division took place. THE MINT.— M. LABOUCIIERE brought forward his motion for a committee, and for leave to bring in a bill to amend the system in operation at the Royal Mint. Mr. Labouchere went into a detailed statement of the manner in which the expenses of the establishment are at present defrayed, and also the alterations which, with a view to responsibility and economy, it was the purpose of Government to propose in a bill which he had prepared. Mr. HUME seconded the motion with great plea- sure. The abolition of fees, and the establishment of fixed salaries in every department, was what he had long called for, and which lie yet hoped to see carried into effect. After a few words from Mr. Clay and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, leave was given to bring in the bill, and the committee was appointed. The remainder of the business of the evening was of no particular interest. WEDNESDAY. BIRMINGHAM EQUITABLY GAS COMPANY.— Sir E. WILMOT presented a petition from Birmingham and its neighbourhood in favour of this bill. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY presented a petition signed by 1,500 gas consumers of the town of Birmingham against the bill. The hon. baronet also presented a petition from Duddeston to the same effect. Mr. DUGDALE presented petitions in favour of the bill. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented petitions against the bill. SIR E. WILMOT having moved the second reading, SIR J. WROTTESLEY opposed it. He did so know- ing that the House had a strong prejudice in favour of going into a committee. A good many years ago a company had been formed for lighting Birmingham. In 1825 a second company, called the Birmingham and Stafford company, was incorporated by an act of Parliament which passed in that year. The provisions of that act extended three or four miles into Stafford- shire, and that company at present lighted not only jiart of Birmingham, but three or four miles on the Staffordshire side of it. In the narrow streets of Bir- mingham there were no less than three lines of pipe laid— those belonging- to the two gas companies, and those of the water company, and the inhabitants of Birmingham, who presented the petition, stated the necessary consequence would be, if three different companies existed at the same time, that the streets would be constantly impeded from the repairs which the gas pipes required. It would be recollected that some years ago there were several competing com- panies iu London for the supply of water, the result was, that all those companies joined in a combination for the purpose of increasing the charge for the sup- ply of water, so that the public did not benefit by the competition. That would likely be the case if the present bill were allowed to pass. At present there was sufficient competition between the two Companies already established ; but if the House established a third Company, the three Companies would combine together for the purpose of raising the price, without which they could not remunerate themselves. He should therefore take the liberty of moving that the bill be read this day six months. Mr. M. PHILLIPS had presented a petition from the shareholders of one of the Companies that had been incorporated, stating that the necessity for an in- creased supply of gas had been done away with by the improvements and alterations of the exist- ing Companies. He thought if the bill had been much wanted, the honourable member for Bir- mingham would not have been backward in coming forward to support the bill. ( Hear and a laugh.) The borough of Birmingham was better lighted, was better supplied with gas, than almost any othc* town ; and there was in reality^ no good reason for putting the inhabitants to the great inconvenience which they must suffer from the breaking up of the streets, which would necessarily be the result of the bill then before the House passing- into a law. The petitioners who had done him the honour of entrusting- him with their petition, had also taken into consideration the state of the money market, and they deprecated the establish- ment of this Company, as it would withdraw more mo- ney from circulation. Besides the profits of the two Companies now in existence had by no means been in- ordinate. ( Hear, hear.) The one which had been first established had never divided more than 8 per cent., while the one established in 1825 had not paid more than six per cent, upon its capital—- and that without any provision for a sinking fund. The new Company held out that they would divide the fourth part of the profits among their customers every four years, but that would prove a delusion. For these reasons, he begged to support the motion of the hon. baronet. After a few words from Mr. Wilks, Mr. Scholefield, Sir E. Wilmot, and Mr. Baiues, strangers were or- dered to withdraw, but no division took place. The bill was then read a second time. , A division, after some conversation, took place on the question of the petition for the Long Eaton and Tupton Railway, when the order ( 17th Feb.) for re- ferring- the petition to the Select Committee on private bills, was discharged by 120 to 16. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT Bin Some conversa- tion took place on the question of giving compensation to the Marshal of the King's Bench and of the Fleet under this bill. Sir J. Campbell thought these and similar cases oug'lit to be considered. The question for going into committee having been read, Mr. Richards opposed the Speaker's leaving the chair. The argument of the honourable member was that the Insolvent Debtor's Court had been productive of the greatest < . Ms, and that the dividends there did not exceed three farthings in the pound. The bill, he said, would destroy all wholesome credit. Mr. Richards having insisted on dividing the House, the numbers were reported, for the motion, 95; against it, 0. [ The votes describe Mr. Wakley and Mr. Wason as " tellers," andMr. Richards himself as voting iu the majority.] On the 24th clause, empowering the plaintiff in certain Cases to sue out a writ of capias, the Attorney General offered an amendment, continuing to members of Parliament their present exemption from the opera- tion of such a capias. Mr. JERVIS opposed the exemption as bad in prin- ciple, and long a subject of complaint. No man who was unable or unwilling to pay his debts ought to sit in Parliament. The amendment was supported on the ground that it was not right to abrogate a long established privi- lege of Parliament in such an indirect way. Sir. G. F. Young, the Solicitor- General, and Mr. Lynch, supported; Lord Sandon,- Mr. Richards, Mr. Sergeant Wilde, and Mr. Tooke opposed the amendment. On a division it was carried by 54 to 51. A division took place on the 25th clause also—" Courts of Requests not to imprison for more than seven days,"— for the clause as amended, ayes 12, noes 53. [ The newspapers say the clause was carried, we should say it was not carried; but there is no part of the forms " of the House more generally unintelligible than the manner of framing questions for division.] The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the re- port ordered to be brought up on Monday. The House was counted out at half- past twelve o'clock on the motion for the second reading of the Hackney Coach bill. THURSDAY. THE CHELTENHAM, & c. UNION RAILWAY.— This bill was read a second time after some opposition on the part of Mr. P. Scrope and others. PUBLIC WALKS.— Mr. Buckingham's " publicwalks bill" was read a first time. POST OFFICE.— Mr. LABOUCHERE obtained leave to bring in four bills to consolidate . the laws respecting the Post Office, one to repeal the existing statutes, one to regulate the criminal law respecting Post Office offences, and more particularly to assimilate the law of England and Ireland in that respect, one to regulate the management of the Post Office, and the fourth to regulate the franking of letters. Mr. WALLACE ( of Greenock) seconded the motion. Mr. HUME thought any laws on the subject of small importance, so long as there was so defective an execu- tive in the Post Office. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Govern- ment meant in a few days to reintroduce the bill of last year for placing the office of Postmaster- General in Commission. Leave was given. In answer to Sir Robert Peel the CHANCELLOR if the EXCHEQUER said he meant to propose his resolu- tions respecting Church- rates in committee of the whole house. He proposed if the house agreed to take the discussion on a future day. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 1837. CHURCH- RATES.— Several petitions against, and a number of petitions for the abolition of Church- rates, were presented. PAROCHIAL NOTICES.— Lord GODOLPHIN presented a hill to put an end to the compulsory reading of paro- chial notices in churches during divine service. TUESDAY. BIRMINGHAM PETITION— CHURCH- RATES.— A num- ber of petitions for and against this impost were pre- sented. Amongst others, Lord Brougham presented the petition agreed to at the late town's meeting in Birmingham. His lordship observed that it was signed by upwards of 19,000 inhabitants and rate- payers; its prayer was that their lordships would give their support to a measure, as speedily as possible, for the total abolition of Church- rates. " Not only was this petition respectable in point of number, and in point of property, but he ( Lord Brougham) would venture to say that he was quite sure it represented the sense of the great majority of the inhabitants of the town. On the last occasion, two years ago, when the ques- tion of a Church- rate was brought into consideration, there was a poll taken, by which it appeared, all the various classes of voters having voted, that was to say, those having one, two, three, four, five, and six votes under the Vestry act, the only classes not in the ma- jority against the rate were classes five and six; and there the majority in favour of a rate was very small. IRISH EDUCATION.— LORD MELBOURNE, after a few introductory remarks, moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the working of the Government plan of education in Ireland. The Bishop of Exeter went at great length into a vindication of his pamphlet on the Government system, against the criticism contained in the remarks of the Commissioners upon it. The learned prelate repeated at length the several charges in the pamphlet against individual schoolmasters connected with the Government establishment. In the conclu- sion of his speech the reverend prelate passed a severe censure upon Mr. O'Connell, and the different speakers at the Carlow dinner. The ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN, who replied to Dr. Phillpotts, mentioned amongst others a pleasant specimen of the credulity of those who were opposed to the Government schools. A person in the neighbourhood of a small town in Ire- land, declared that the Protestant children could not in conscience attend the school, because there was no way to it but by going in at the gate of the Roman Catholic chapel- yard. Now he ( the Archb.) admitted that in some instances the schools had been erected on objectionable sites, but they were prevented in a variety of cases from selecting better sites. He, therefore, said he would see in this instance how far the site was really objectionable, and that he would go and see the place himself. With this view he accom- panied the curate of the parish to the spot. They passed along the street, and saw a board up with the words " Na- tional School." He ( the Archbishop) asked the curate whether that was not the entrance to the school, but he assured him no, it was not, and that they must go through thj chapel- yard. They went accordingly through the yard — went to the back of the school, where there was no en- trance— and at last went to the entrance from the street, which had been the entrance for many years. The parties who had made the complaint in the first instance, no doubt believed it, or- tltey would not have sent the case up for the consideration of the English legislature ; they would never have appealed to him who was on the spot. LORD WICKLOW excused the speech of the Bishop of Exeter, by the position in which he was placed by the reply of the Commissioners. He agreed that a committee of that house was the best tribunal to sift the charges against the system. LORD PLUNKETT went into a long and searching criticism of Dr. Philpotts' pamphlet, which he said really was his speech, save always a little cookery. He commented with severity on the Bishop's charge respecting the Marriage Amendment bill. He begged to ask what right had the right reverend pre- late to say that the majority of the representatives of the people, and the majority also of the Commons of England, were guilty of perjury, or of the subornation of perjury? ( Hear, hear, hear.) The charge was a very grave one. He would say it was an impeachable offence. ( Hear, hear, hear.) He did not wish to involve the right reverend pre- late in any more unpleasant business than he was at present engaged in—( a laugh)— but he would say he had a difficult duty to perform to substantiate his charge that the majority of the Commons of England were peijured. He begned to ask what business had the right reverend prelate, in the dis- charge of his laborious duties in the Church, when he was addressing his clergy, and telling them what were their duties, in the discharge of his apostolic functions— what business had he to introduce politics at all ? ( Cheers.) So doing was desecrating the holy office with which God had entrusted him. ( Hear, hear.) To bring such a charge against the House of Commons, the Government, and the majority of the Commons of England— a charge which was made iu the most unqualified terms— was unexampled in offensiveness iri the history of the country. Such a flagrant act was not to be found recorded in the history either of the State or the Church. ( Cheers.) The debate closed with a few words from the Earl of Fingal and Lord Cloncurry, the Committee was appointed. The Lords did not sit on Wednesday. THURSDAY. CHURCH- RATES.— Amongst other petitions in favour of Church- rates, the Bishop of Bath and Wells pre- sented several from Somerset, which set forth the tax as one against property only, and, therefore, that the rights , of conscience were not interfered with by it, A great many petitions ag- ainst Church- rates were presented by Lord Brougham and others. The Cha- rities Commission Bill was committed. NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN. Advices from St. John's, New Brunswick, to the 28th of January, have come to hand, but they are chiefly filled with remarks in reference to the late calamitous fire in that city. The House of Assembly had voted 1,000?. for the use of the sufferers, and the governor had given 150/. from his own private purse. THE DANCE OP DEATH NO FICTION. — At a ball lately given at Port Louis, near L'Oiient, while a young lady was waltzing, she felt the hand by which she was supported be- come stone cold, and on looking into the face of her partner found his features deadly pale and horribly contracted. She fainted at the sight, and fell to the ground, whilst her cavalier dropped by her side. The lady was taken up and recovered, but the life of the gentleman was extinct. She maintains that he was dead several seconds before she knew it, and that she made one turn round the room with him after he was a corpse. He was a married man with several children, and his wife was at the ball.— Journalde Maine. A Philadelphia paper, in noticing a basso rilievo represen- tation of the Bridge of Sighs, says, " Some well- known scene, perhaps, would be more effective; and the same in- genuity which wrought the little ' Bridge of Sighs' in Venice, might imitate the bridge of larger size in Philadelphia. Keeley and his wife are performing with great success at New Orleans. THE CARNIVAL AT ROME. — The Augsburg Gazette gives the following extract of a letter of the 9th instant from Rome:—" The fete of Muecoli had nearly been attended with the most melancholy results. At nightfall, just as the tapers were lighted, according to the custom at the close of the carnival, the populace displayed great dissatisfaction, and testified their indignation by cries and groans. Those who shouted in favour of the people were warmly applauded; those, on the contrary, who were opposed to them had their houses assailed with stones. In half an hour afterwards the populace began to attack the shops and to demolish the lamps, and retired only after repeated charges of cavalry. The place was left covered, not with killed and wounded, hut with hats and cloaks. The people thought themselves in the right, because the enjoyments of the carnival had been interrupted without any reason, and also because the interruption was not extended to other towns of the pro vinces. The Government had foreseen this event, and had given orders to the troops to interfere only at the lasijex. tremity. It is not yet known what part the Government will take in the affair, but as no arrests have been ef- fected, it is presumed it will be passed over without further notice." Letters of a recent date from Switzerland mention that several of the governments of different cantons have resolved to establish steam vessels upon some of the lakes of the in- terior. The greatest advantages will result from this arrangement for the communications between Zurich, the Grisons, and Italy. When the new steam- packet upon the lake of Geneva is finished, travellers will be able to go in one day from Geneva to Berne. THE FIRE AT NAPLES— All Naples had been on tile Sun. day night to the bal masque at San Carlo. Nothing was ever more splendid than the coup d'ceil in the theatre at two o'clock yesterday morning, when the Royal family were seated in their box at supper, and most of the nobility and foreigners imitating their good example. Soon after three the Royal party retired, and the ball broke up. At five, while the inmates of the Palace were in the profoundest sleep, the alarm was given by a sentinel, who saw the Games ill the Queen Mother's apartment, and such was the rapidity of the fire that the Queen and Princesses had but time to escape in their night dresses, unable to save many valuable effects. The plate and jewels were saved by the butler, who slept where the chest was deposited; but the library and several fine pictures, and other works of art, fell a prey to the flames. * The Gibraltar Chronicle contains a private letter with the particulars of the earthquake which took place at Saffet, destroying the whole of that town, Tiberias, and manyof the surrounding villages. About 500 Israelites, and as many Christians and Mussulmans, fell victims, besides a great many persons who were wounded and maimed. FORGERY AND THEFT BY A YOUNG LADY. — On Saturday the King's Procureur brought Miss Griffiths, of Rock- cottage, Jersey, before the Royal Court, and piayed her committal to the island gaol, on the following charge of forgery and theft. Some time since the postman had two money- letters from the Navy Pay- office, one for Captain Griffiths, the prisoner's father, the other for Mrs. Lydiard, an officer's widow; by mistake he left them both at Hock- cottage, with Miss Griffiths. Mrs. Lydiard not receiving her money as usual, wrote to the Navy Pay- office, and an investigation was set on foot, by which it appears that the prisoner opened the letter, abstracted the Bank post bill, signed Mrs. Lydiard's name to it, and got it cashed through the agency of a dress maker named Quint. The Procureur prayed the Court to hold the prisoner in gaol until the arri- val of the bank bill from England. Advocate Godfray, for the prisoner, contended that the Court were not justified in imprisoning the body of any individual in the absence of the proofs, and demanded the prisoner's release on giving bail. The Court committed the prisoner to gaol until the arrival of the note from London.— Jersey paper. TEE- TOTAL DISCIPLINE Mrs. Torode, wife of Mr. To- rode, ( who is now in jail undergoing the punishment awarded to his misdemeanors,) was brought ( Feb. 17,) by Mr. Arthur, accused of having been found about the streets in a beastly state of intoxication. Several witnesses gave evidence of the woman's intemperance, and described her as a public nuisance. The Court thought the best thing that could be done with her, was to send her to the Country Hospital, to keep her fiom annoying the public in future.— Jersey paper. COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.— Colonel Chesney arrived as passenger by the Hugh Lindsay steamer. The general opinion here is unanimous in acknowledging his amazing and most persevering zeal and energies; but that navigating the Euphrates by steam upwards is next to ari utter im- possibility. I may here remark, that the quickest channel of communication from England to China was effected through me in eighty- five days; so it appears from the Can- ton Register of the 3rd of September last. This quick in- stance of dispatch left Falmouth by the Third- of June steamer to Alexander, via Malta; left Suez on the 29th of that month ; arrived at Bombay on the 17th of July ; was not sent off from thence to China before the 26th of July by the Ardaseer, yet those letters, & c., were received and delivered at Canton on the 27th of August; and this was all effected without steam beyond Alexandria. If it had steam via Pont de Galle it would have, most likely, been effected in sixty days from Falmouth to Canton. Answers to those very letters from China now come to England by this same opportunity— Letter from Mr. IVagliorn. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 11.— We are all here in the midst of cabal, scandal, and movement, in consequence of a pri- vate quarrel, which I should not entertain you with, if such things under a despotic Government were not important. Baron Heckeren is the envoy here from His Majesty the King of Holland. He thought fit some time since to adopt a young Frenchman, named D'Antais, for whom he ob- tained enrolment in the Chevalier- garde of the Imperial Guards. The young Frenchman took the name of Heck- eren, and soon after married a Russian lady, the sister of the wife of the celebrated poet Puschkin. Pmchkin's own his- tory is curious, though not uncommon. He was a Russian patriotic and national poet, but with a certain liberal lean- ing, as is usual, mingled with his genius, which created anxiety and alarm. He was ordered to make choice of a life in Siberia, or the life of court- poet, enriched and honoured by courtiers. He chose the latter, and was happy, until Monsieur d'Antais Heckeren came into the poet's family. The lively young Frenchman, adopted son of the Dutch ambassador, soon came to prefer Madame Puschkiri to his own wife, whose sister she was. Puschkin dis- covered what was past his stomaching. He challenged D'Antais Heckeren, and the brothers- in- law fought near this capital, in the English fashion, with pistols, at ten paces, both firing at the same time. D'Antais Heckeren was wounded slightly, but Pusehkin mortally. He survived long enough, however, to draw. up and dictate, in a written letter, his complaints against the Dutch envoy and his French adopted son mingled with accusations of the most serious kind. After thus giving record and vent to his treat- ment, Puschkin died. The Russians all take part with their favourite poet, loudly expressing their grief at his loss, and at the same time their indignation against the circum- stances and person who caused it. The Czar himself was much affected at the death of Puschkin; and nothing else is thought of, or talked of, for the moment. The last scion of the family of Corneille has just died in Paris without heirs. He was employed in the office of the indirect taxes, and, a short time since, was present at the inauguration of the statue erected by the city of Rouen, in honour of his illustrious ancestor. The Carlist Chief, Gomez, has been shot, by command of Don Carlos. It is generally allowed that Zumalacarreguy was poisoned by order of the same personage. Yet this Carlos is the prime pet of the English Tories 1 DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. ST. MARTIN- IN- THE- FIF. IDS.— On Friday forenoon the rate- payers of the parish of St. Martin- in- the- Fields met in the vestry- room, to make a rate for the maintenance of the poor. A sixpenny rate having been moved by Mr. Bairon, and seconded by Mr. Pugh, the overseer, was agreed to after some observations from Mr. Fenn and Mr. Simpson. MAIIY- LE- BONE.— A second meeting was held on Thurs- day night in the district of St. Pancras, for the purpose of nominating Mr. B. Ha I, the member for the Monmouth boroughs, to till the vacancy expected by the probable ap- proach of a general election. A number of questions were put to the hon. gentleman by electors, relating to his opinions upon great political points now in agitation, and the straight- forward, honest, and manly way in which that gentleman replied, gave every possible assurance that, above all others hitherto thought of, he was the most likely ( o uphold the dignitj and interests of that great and wealthy borough, as well as to carry out those grand views of reform which it was more than ever necessary for the Liberal party to second with all their influence and exeitions. FEES PAYABLE BY A MEMBER ON TAKING HIS SEAT UPON A NEW WKIT. — For the order that Mr. Speaker do issue a war- rant for a new writ— fee to the clerk of the ilouse, 6s. 8d. ; for the warrant signed by Mr. Speakerfor the new writ— fee to Mr. Speaker's secretary, 10s.; forswearing every mem- ber without and within doors upon the clerk of the Crown's return, upon any vacancy after the session begun, filing the certificate, and entering it in the return- book— fee to the clerk of the House, 1/. 5".; for every knight of the shire, when sworn into the House upon the Clerk of the Crown's i eturn, upon any vacancy after thesession is begun— fee to the Sergeant- at- Arms, 10s.; from every burgess on such va- cancy, 5s. ; for every member sworn, upon the clerk of the Crown's return, upon any vacancy after the session begun— fee to door- keepers, 5s. The total fees payable by a knight of a shire upon taking his seat upon a Vacancy are 2?. 16s. 8d.; by a burgess, 21. lis. 8d. These fees are payable under the table of fees settled by the House on the 22d of February, 1701, being the same as those entered in the journals on the 26th of February, 1700. They are now vested by Act of Parliament in the Commissioners for regulating the offices of the House of Commons, and form part of the fund miller their management Parliamentary paper. THE NEW JUDGE Mr. Coltman, the new Judge of the Common Pleas, was educated at Trinity College, Cam- bridge, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1803, as a senior wrangler. He practised for some years as a special pleader before he was called to the bar, where he has been much esteemed hy » his professional brethren, but be has never attained any professional emi- nence. The new judge commences his career where so many clever fellows have ended it, at the Old Bailey; and next week will proceed with Mr. Justice Park to fulfil the duties of the Norfolk circuit. The metropolis was visited on Monday forenoon with a sort of twilight dar. ness, which grew more dense up to three o'clock, when gas become necessary to carry on business. It is at length settled that Prince Esterhazy is to retain the embassy for three years longer. The Princess will re- main, however, it is undeistood, at Vienna. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. / DETERMINED SUICIDE On Friday a Coroner's inquest was held at the White Lion public house, Norwood, before W. Carter, Esq., the Coroner for this division of Surrey, on the body of a fine young man, eighteen years of age, named William Brighton, who destroyed himself on Tuesday last, by nearly severing his head from his body with a razor. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a footman in the service of a gentleman named Anderson, who resides at Norwood, and he had only come into the service on Fri- day last. . . . . IMPRESSMENT Government are, it is said, preparing tor the abolition of this practice. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered flagships to enter thirty first- class boys, of the age of seventeen, for foreign service, at a pay of 14s. 9d. per month. They are not to continue in the class more than three years. Line- of- battle ships are to enter ten; fourth and firth rates, eight; sixth rate and sloops, six; and all smaller vessels, foui, in addition to their present comple- merits. It is believed in well- informed circles that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, the member for Ross- shire, is to be appointed to tile Government of Ceylon, in the room of Sir II. Wilmot Ilorton, who is coming home— Courier. • LYNDHURST AND 1' EEL. — In the debate on Wednesday Mr. Sheil did but allude to that sentiment of the Tory leader, when the representatives, not of Ireland alone, but of the Reformers of Great Britain, rose, and with one ac- claim ratified the sentence of political excommunication as regarded him personally, and of proscription against that party, whose secret motives of action his individual crime it is to have divulged. We searched closely his countenance during the scene, and we saw him, " dura frontis perdita audacice" as he is, quail under the pressure of that honest indignation. He laboured hard to sustain himself, but nature sunk under the effort, and he felt obliged to leave the House, even whilst Sir Robert Peel was speaking. Perhaps we ought, in justice to Lord Lyndhurst, to state what his avowed reason was for leaving the House before the debate had concluded. " It required," said Lord Lyndhurst, ( and this he said in the hearing of many,) " no small patience on my part to listen to Sheil's speech but really no human patience could bear with the dulness of Peel's."— London ^" TH'E DIVISION.— A word with respect to the majority of SO It should have been 82; for two Liberal Irish mem- bers, Mr. Cornelius O'Brien and Mr. Fitzstephen French, left town the very evening of the division, to attend the Grand Juries of their respective counties— Morning ^ OrTsaturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as two young men were walking from Barnet to Lisson Grove, by the new road that leads to St. John's- wood, when within a short distance of the Regent's- park they were stopped by three men, one of whom asked the hour. Mr. Maynard, one of the two, told them as nearly as he could, but said that as neither himself nor his friend had a watch he could not exactly sav. One of the ruffians made answer that if they had no watch no doubt they had some money, which would be of more service to them; adding that if they did not give them some instantly they would have it by force. Mr. Maynard and his friend finding the ruffians resolute, gave up all the money they possessed, amounting to nearly four pounds. The three men, who were stout athletic ex- cavators, instantly got into the fields at the back of Prim- rose- hill London paper. [ The disguise of an excavator will soon be a favourite one. They are getting a name.] On Friday the workmen began to erect iron gates in front of the New Palace. The office of Woods has given instructions for a foot pavement to be laid down from Buck- ingham - gate to George- street. DINNER AT THE MANSION- HOUSE— On Saturday the Right Hon. Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertainment to His Majesty's Ministers and several select friends. CITY IMPROVEMENTS The Improvements' Committee recommend— a new street from the Bank to the General Post- office; a new street fiom the General Post- office to Newgate- street; the improvement of Skinner- street and Holborn- hill; a new street from the Mansion- house to the Southwark- bridge; a new street from St. Paul's cathedral to Blackfriars- bridge; a new street from Farnngdon- street to the Session's house, Cl- rkenwell; a new street from Westminster Abbey to Pimlico; a new street from Oxford- street to Piumtree- street, St. Giles's; a new street Irom Gower- street to Waterloo- bridge; a new street from Fins- bury- square to Whiteclmpel church and the Commercial- road ; a new street from Ho'born to the Strand, and taking down the houses on the north side of the Strand, between the churches of St. Clement Danes and St. Mary- le- Strand; the improvement of the thoroughfare from St. Katherme's Dock% to Eastcheap; the removal of Middle- row, Holborn; a new street from St. George's church, Soutlnvark, to Blackfriar's bridge; a continuation of the proposed new street from St. George's church, Soutlnvark, to Blackfriar's- bridge, Waterloo- bridge, and Westminster- bridge, and to the proposed foot- bridge at Lambeth. It is estimated that these improvements, together with the purchase of the in- terest of the proprietors of Waterloo and Southwark bridges, may be effected for a sum not exceeding 1,200,000/. Two modes of raising the money required are pioposed : — 1st. An additional duty of 6d. per ton upon coal imported into the port of London; 2nd. To raise a sum of money annually by lotteries. We hear it stated that the Bishop of Oxford is to be Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, vacant by the death of the Bishop of Salisbury. — Courier. SUICIDE.— On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, Stanis- laus Sobieski Sorenski, a Polish refugee, who had held a situation of rank during the late disturbances in his unfor- tunate country, put a period to his existence by hanging himself to the bed- post, at his residence, 23, Margaret- street, Somers- town. It was discovered soon after, as the body was quite warm. Surgical assistance was immediately pro- cured, but life was extinct. Mr. Charles Jones, who stopped payment in 1822, and compounded with his creditors for ten shillings in the pound, has recently paid to them the remaining ten shil- lings in the pound. It required 15,000/. to make this pay- ment, the original debts amounting to about 30,000/., and was of course an entiiely spontaneous act. Mr. Jones is, at present, a partner in the house of Martinez, Jones, Gassiot and Co. THE TEA TRADE The delivery last week was 423,7001bs with a more active demand. The East India Company's sale will commence on Monday next. THE MINOR. THEATRES— The seasons of the Olympic, Adelphi, and St. James's Theatres have just been extended, by Royal command, to two months beyond the usual time for which their respective licenses were granted by the Lord Chamberlain. It seems that the minor theatres owe this Royal boon, which they have just received, to the inde. fatigahle exertions of Madame Vestris. Aware of the ruinous consequences to her property of the low prices of admission to Covent- garden and Drury- lane, at the same time that she was compelled by law to shut up her house during the very best part of the year, she took advantage of the day when there was no performance at the theatre, and posted to Brighton. She saw His Majesty, who received her with much kindness and condescension, and although His Majesty would not then promise her anything definitive, he gave her such encouragement as amply repaid her for the trouble she had taken. True to his word, His Majesty not only did not overlook the matter; but after due consultation held, so expedited its progress, that an extension of license was graciously transmitted a few days afterwards to the proprietors of each of the above theatres.— London Jour- nals. ROYAL INSTITUTION. — At the last meeting of the Royal Institution, held on Friday evening, Dr. Farady delivered a lecture, in which he alluded to the recent discoveries of Mr. Crosse, with respect to the formation or revivification of insects in flint, which although doubted by many, he knew to be true, inasmuch as, by a continuous voltaic stream he himself produced, from silica of potass, living animalculse. He also exhibited some insects obtained from hard polished stone, and which were now, like those of Mr. Crosse, enjoying life after a transition of many thousand years. NEW POOR LAWS On Monday a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, to petition for the repeal of the New Poor Law Amendment act. The meeting was called for twelve o'clock, but it was nearly a quarter past one before the Earl of Stanhope, who was to preside, entered the great room, which was not more than half filled during any portion of the day. Amongst those who ap- peared upon the platform were Sir S. Whalley, M. P., Mr. D. W. Harvey, M. P., Dr. Wade, & c. Upon the motion of Mr. Murphy, the chair was taken by the Earl of Stan- hope, who, in a long address, denounced the New Poor Law Amendment Act as a most iniquitous and oppressive mea- sure— violating, as it did, every principle of humanity by separating wife from husband, and child from parent. Mr. Murphy read a series of- resolutions deprecatory of the Poor Law Amendment act, inasmuch as it gave unconstitutional powers to the Commissioners— deprived the rate- payers of the power of controlling the rates which they paid— that it had a tendency to lower the wages of labour— and that it endangered the peace and security of property. Mr. Saul, of Aldersgate parish, Mr. Gough, of Shoreditch parish, spoke in favour of the resolutions, and denounced the illegal injustice of the Poor Law Amendment act. Sir S. Whalley expressed a hope that Parliament would institute a full in- quiry into the operation of the act in question. Mr. Beli opposed the act, and several deputies from different parishes having addressed the meeting, the resolutions were agreed to. Thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meet- ing separated. Some dexterous member of the swell mob contrived to rob Earl Stanhope of a valuable gold snuff- box, while his lordship was addressing the meeting. PROVINCIAL. The electors of Sheffield met on Monday to decide on the claims of the several gentlemen named as candidates on the Liberal interest.' The majority decided in favour of Mr. Ward, the member for St. Albans. There can, therefore, be no doubt of that gentleman's election whenever a va- cancy occurs. THE MATCH FOR FIVE HUNDRED GUINEAS.— The terms of the match were, that the mare ( Mr. Dixon's) should perform the distance of one hundred and twenty miles in ten successive hours, which she accomplished within the time, though much distressed. The match came off on Sunbury- common. THE JANE AND MARGARET— The consignees of the lost vessel state that the total number of passengers who paid for berths to New York by her amounted to 189, 156 of whom were adults, and the remaining thirty- three were children and young persons under fourteen years of age. The only cabin passengers were the Rev. Mr. Clements, a Dissenting minister, from the north of Ireland, and his family, which consisted of his wife, six daughters, ( fine young women from fifteen to twenty- five years of age,) and a female servant. The great majority of the passengers were males, principally from Ireland, labourers and operatives. There were a few who might be ranked as small farmers, but the great bulk were persons in the most humble class in life. The cargo consisted of coal, ( of which there were about 200 tons on board,) iron, casks, and measurement goods. METEOROLOGY On Saturday night something like a S. W. storm was gathering till about ten o'clock. The rain had been heavy and the wind high ; suddenly it ceased, and a beautiful clear sky exhibited a nearly full moon with count- less stars ; a moderate breeze prevailed ; and apparently from the moon diverged a splendid rose- coloured cloud, in a funnel shape, which spread east and west, and for three quarters of an hour lessened and increased, raised and de- pressed itself in a variety of shapes, and eventually disap- peared to the northward. Although we have called it a cloud, it was so transparent that the stars were unobstructed to the vision— Bristol Mercury. SMALL DEBTS.— Petitions to both Houses of Parliament are in the course of signature at Soham, Cambridgeshire, for the better recovery of small debts; we earnestly hope that similar petitions will be got up in other places to the same effect.— Cambridge Press. We were misinfoimed when we stated last week that Sir Wm. Molesworth had accepted the invitation sent to him to attend a public dinner at Leeds, at Easter. A letter has been received from Sir William, which waives the invitation for the present.— Leeds Mercury. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.— On Monday last, as Mrs. Han. nab Ayie, of Houghton- le- Spring, was crossing a railway in the neighbourhood, she fell down, and seven waggons passed over and crushed her legs in a most dreadful manner. One of them had to be immediately amputated. She now lies in a very precarious state. On the day following, a little boy, the son of Mr. T. Buhner, publican, of Hetton- lane, fell on the Seaham Railway, and the waggons passed over his hand, and severed two fingers.— Sunderland Herald.—[ There ought to be no crossings in railways. A very small additional expense would provide wire bridge's to convey foot passengers over them, or tunnels to convey them under them.] RADICAL ASSOCIATION, BARNSLEY.— This Association met on Monday, the 20th, and aftei some able and interesting discussion, a petition to Parliament was adopted, praying for universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual Parliaments, and no property qualification for representatives. Miss MACAULEY.— It is our painful duty this week to record the death of this lady. The event took place on Wednesday night last, in her native city ( York. ) Miss M. had been slightly indisposed for some time, but was so much recovered on Tuesday as to resume her lectures. On Wed- nesday she declared that she felt no inconvenience from the labours of the preceding evening. She was, however, seized with apoplexy, and, after about an hour's illness, expired.— Leeds Times. THE CORN LAWS.— Arrangements are in progress for calling a public meeting in Sheffield, for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and in support of Mr. Clay's motion, which is positively fixed for the 16th of March. SINGULAR AND MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—- At the Carlisle assizes on Thursday last, a fellow named Hetherington was tried for an assault with intent to murder Joseph Atkinson, a publican. The following is a description of the assault: — According to the testimony of the prosecutor, who is a pub- lican at Willtown, about ten o'clock on the night of the 1st of June last, he was awakened by a noise at the door of his house; he listened, and heard some one several times call him by name; on rising and raising the window, the person below said lie wished to remain all night, and in reply to Atkinson's inquiries who he was, said that he ( Atkinson) would know him if he saw him. Having partly dressed himself the prosecutor went down stairs and opened the door. The fire in the kitchen was nearly out, but he suc- ceeded in lighting a candle, and then found that the person to whom be had spoken at the door, and who had now en. tered the house, was quite a stranger to him. The party, however, expressed his astonishment at Atkinson not re- cognising him, and mentioned that he had been in the ser- vice of some persons in the neighbourhood, whom he named. He sat about twenty minutes in the kitchen, and had a pint of ale. He had on a green tartan waistcoat and a fustian jacket with white buttons. The prosecutor then showed him to his room, ( which was accessible only through the room occupied by himself and his wife) and went to bed. He was awakened some time afterwards by feeling some- thing at his throat. On attempting to rise he found some one was holding him down, and endeavouring to strangle him. After some attempts he succeeded in partially raising himself up in the bed, and endeavoured to seize his asssilant. He iii the mean time received a stab in the breast. He at last was able to seize the party by the breast of his coat, and exclaimed, " Are you the villain I let in?" No reply was made, but he was again stabbed repeatedly in the arm by which he held the party. His wife, in the meantime, was awakened by the struggle, and, rising, came round the foot of the bed to his assistance. The party then broke from the grasp of the prosecutor and attacked her, drawing some 6harp instrument across her chin, the blow being apparently directed at the throat. She immediately called to her daughter, who slept in the next room, and desired her to go for help to Joseph Borrodale. a neighbour. The daughter rushed down stairs, upon which the party endeavoured to make his escape, and proceeded down stairs closely followed by the wife of the prosecutor, being seen by her when she entered the kitchen to escape by the opposite door, which the daughter had just left open. She also followed her daughter to the house of Joseph Borrodale, and, returning with him immediately, found her husband lying insensible and bleeding in the kitchen. A surgeon was sent for, and the sleeping- room into which the stranger had been shown the night before was immediately examined. There was no one there, and the bed was merely pressed down a little on one side, as if the party had been reclining upon it with- out undressing. On the person of the prosecutor were several wounds made by a cutting instrument; one in the throat and one in the breast especially were of a very serious nature. From some grounds of suspicion the prisoner, who happened to be in custody for another offence, was confronted with Atkinson, who at once recognised him. He was found guilty. — Death. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE— We can state, upon authority, that . Mr. Cookes retires, owing to his continued ill- health ; and that Mr. J. II. H. Foley, the late member for Dioit- wich, will come forward as a candidate on the Liberal in- terest, in conjunction with the present member, Mr. Holland. — Worcester Herald. MURDER NEAR UXBRIDGE.— A murder, under very mys. terious circumstances, was perpetrated near Uxbridge the week before last. The deceased was a young lad, a servant of Mr. Charles Churchill, farmer, of Ruislip Common. The following is a summary of Mr. Churchill's evidence at the inquest held on the body:—" The deceased, who was fifteen years of age, was in my employ. Between nine and ten o'clock on Thursday morning last, I ordered him to go with his cows into the fields, near Youngwood, and to take his bill and cuffs, and to stop the gaps in the fence of the ' Mad Bessy'wood. I also desired him, when he had done so, to cross over the wood, and listen if he could he^ r any one cutting and stealing the underwood, and prevent them. Immediately after starting him I went to Uxbridge market, and having desired him to go to the farm to dinner at one o'clock, I was surprised on my return home about three o'clock, to find he had not been there. I went into the ' Mad Bessy' wood, and enquired of Massy, a man at work there, if he had seen the deceased, but he replied in the ne- gative. I then caused immediate search to be made throughout the wood, which was continued up to Sunday morning without the deceased being found. On Sunday forenoon I was in the wood, about twelve o'clock, when I heard a cry of ' Murder found !' and on running to the spot, saw a man named James Lavender, standing over the body of the deceased, who was lying sprawling on his hack. De- ceased had on a jacket, two waistcoats, one real and the other a flannel one ; they were both unbuttoned and laid back; blood had issued, and was issuing, from the deceased's nose and ear. On asking Lavender how he came to find the bod)', he said he had left home only a quarter of an hour before, by himself, and on entering the wood had come right upon him. Deceased's cuffs were lying near his head, and his hill at his feet. I suppose he was on his return home when he was murdered. He was not found in that part of the wood where he was sent to, but on the road from that part to the farm. In November last I had occa- sion to lay informations against James Bray and Thomas Lavender, for poaching. The deceased was the witness against them, and in consequence of the threats which I heard had been uttered against the deceased, I expected when he was missing to find him in the wood, tied to a tree, with his mouth crammed full. Deceased was a very quiet, steady hoy. The man Bray, and another named Dagnall, are in custody on suspicion. Lavender, who is named in Mr. Churchill's evidence, was also apprehended, but was subsequently discharged. The borough of Gateshead has been during the past week as hotly canvassed as if on the eve of a general election. Mr. Rippon, the present M. P., and Mr. Williamson, ol Whickham, are the candidates.— Tyne Mercury. Mr. Dawson, M. P. for Derby, having declined to tome forward again as a candidate for the representation of Derby, Mr. Duckworth, the Chancery barrister, has consented to come forward on the Reform interest at the next election. Since the 54th regiment went to India they have lost 34 officers, 1,200 men, 51 European women, and 135 children, all from disease, except about 70 who were killed in the field. INCENDIARY FIRES. — A lamentable fire occuired on Saturday morning at a quarter past two o'clock, on Slough Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Isaac Swell, the property of Mr. J. G. Sparrow, of Gosfield; the whole of the farm- ing buildings, except a stable, were destioyed, and a con- siderable quantity of corn and grain in the barns, but the horses and bullocks, of which there were many in the yard and sheds, were fortunately got out. The dwelling house and cottage were in great danger for some time, not being more than ten feet from one of'the buildings which was in flumes; the timely arrival, however, of the principle Hal- stead engine, and the judgment with which it was played, soon removed all apprehension for the house; the whole of the stacks are also saved they being on the opposite side of tiie buildings. The premises being not more than a quarter of a mile from the town, great numbers were pre- sent, and all classes seemed desirous of rendering every assistance. No clue has been discovered as to the perpe- trator of these diabolical outrages, and opinions upon the subject are of course various and conflicting, hut seem to coincide in the belief that one person only has been con- cerned in all the fires in that neighbourhood. On Wednes- day evening the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood were aroused for the sixth time by the cry of " fire," and it was soon ascertained that the premises of Mr. Joseph Nunn, of Parley Beans Farm, were in flames. The whole range of buildings adjoining the road, measuring 230ft. in length, in which the fire first broke out, consisting of two barns, stable, cowhouse, and sheds, were totally consumed ; one sheep, two lambs, and a great number of fowls perished; and a large quantity of corn in the barns, mostly thrashed, was also destroyed.— Maidstone Gazette. AN OUT AND OUTER.— The parish clerk of Steeple Bar- ton, in this county, has held his office nineteen years and a half, and has never yet seen the face of his rector.— Oxford Chronicle. CHURCH RATES— At the annual meeting of the Pottery Auxiliary Association for the protection and extension of religious liberty, held on Friday last, the Rev. W. New- land ( one of the representatives of the dissenting interests at the recent meeting in London) gave the following ac- count- of the recent interviews which he, in conjunction with Mr. Cooke, of Uttoxeter, and Mr. Mather, of Hilston, had with the different representatives of Staffordshire on the subject of Church- rates:—" Thefirst they sought," he said, " was Sir Francis Goodricke, who they found had attended at the opening of Parliament, but had since retired to the country on some sporting excursion, so that they could not see him. Mr. Davenport said he was favourable to the principle of Lord Althorpe's bill, to lay the burden of Church- rates upon the land- tax or the consolidated fund; and that, unless it could be proved to him that there was a surplus property in the Church, he should adhere to his opinion. The views of Colonel Anson, who was next waited upon, perfectly coincided with those of the deputa- tion, and he said that, if Lord John Russell did not go far enough, he must have another whip- up. Mr. Butler was courteous and candid: heat first seemed to consider that it would be better for Government to lay a general rate, and defray the repairs of all places of worship ; but on being told that this was opposed to the principles of the Dissenters, he agreed with them in the propriety of abolishing the rates. Sir John Wrottesley was decidedly in favour of Church- rates. Sir Oswald Mosley heard the deputation with cour- tesy until they touched on the abolition of Church- rates, when he evidently would have been glad to have bowed them out of the room. The members for Wolverhampton frankly promised to vote for the abolition of Church- rates. It would seem that, so far as the northern division is concerned, Sir Oswald will support, and Mr. Buller oppose Church- rates; and the same will happen in the borough with Mr. Daven- port and Colonel Anson. STEAM EXPLOSION On Saturday forenoon last the steam boiler belonging to Mr. Peter Large, spindle and fly manu- facturer, exploded. The engine house was blown to pieces. The top of the boiler, after going up into the air, fell upon the workshop adjoining, going through the roof, in which were several hands at work. The proprietor was so much injured that on Tuesday morning he expired. A boy named Fitzpatrick was so severely scalded that he died in a few hours after the explosion. Another hoy named Welsby lies in a dangerous state. — Liverpool Mercury. TREASURE TROVE— On Wednesday forenoon, as some labourers were digging in a field belonging to Samuel Forster, Esq., of Southend, near Lewisham, they discovered two old blue china jars, in which were about 850 gold coins of the reign of Charles I., value about 1000/. FWGERY— At the Brighton police- office, on Thursday, John Edwards, who recently held the situation of surveyor of taxes at Worthing, was charged with forgery. There were two cases againt him. The first was a charge of having forged the receipt of Mr. Hopkins, of Arundel,' a remitter of taxes, and with uttering the same to Charles Reed, with intent to defraud the latter of 17/. 2s. 7d. The other charge was of having uttered a forged document for 15/. to William Walker, with a view to defraud him. The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes. CAUTION TO IRON FOUNDERS— On Thursday se'nnight, an accident happened at the iron foundry of Mr. William Alackney, of Sandwich, which was likely to he attended with serious consequences. A man named John Admonds, in Mr. Mackney's employ, was about melting metal, when be took up what he considered to be a cannon ball, which had been recently purchased as old iron, and threw it into the melting. In a few minutes an explosion took place, which blew off the roof of the premises, and greatly injured the man. The supposed cannon ball was a bomb shell, charged, or, as we have heard, containing merely air Maidstone Gazette. On Thursday the manufacture of the largest rope on re- cord, in one unspliced piece, was finished in Sunderland. It is upwards of 400 yards long, seven inches in cir- cumference, and twelve tons weight, and will cost about 400/.. It is for the use of the London and Birmingham Railway. FIRE- DAMP.— A dreadful accident happened about seven o'clock on the morning of Friday s'ennight, at a pit be- longing to Messrs. Darby and Co., at Ojdbury, by which four individuals were killed on the spot, and several others severely injured. The improved safety lamp of Roberts was used, and every precaution was taken to render the pit safe before the men began to work. When the pit was con- sidered safe, and free from sulphur, the man who had the lamp unscrewed it, and a dreadful explosion immediately took place. Two men and two boys were killed on the spot, and six others were dreadfully burnt and injured, one of whom is since dead. IRELAND. DEBT It is stated in the Pilot that Lord Kingsborough died last Sunday in the Sheriffs' prison at Dublin, and that this unfortunate debtor makes the fourth victim to the sys- tem of imprisonment for debt within only the last six weeks. SCOTLAND. The atmosphere still continues in a very variable state, with a few symptoms of the approaching spring. On Wed- nesday and Thursday we had a fall of snow, and on Friday the frost was very keen, with a clear sky. In the country the snow continues to cover the ground, and agricultural operations are in a great measure suspended.— Edinburgh Journal. CUPAR A most mischievous attempt was made on Thursday last to set fire to the academy. Some wicked enemies of education had gained admission into the class- rooms by the window, shortly after the doors were shut for the evening, and put burning coals into one of the writing- desks. Before it was observed the flames had gained con- side: able height. The incendiary has not been discovered. — Fifeshire Journal. THE WEATHER.— The terrific storm of Sunday week, described in our last, seems to have been very general over the whole length and breadth of Scotland. Many serious accidents occurred in consequence, and had the gale sprung up on a working, in place of a day of rest, matters, it is to be feared, bad as they were, would have been far worse. At Falkirk two children were killed by the sudden demo- lition of a chimney, attached to a public work, and in Edin- burgh, I. eith, Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and elsewhere, the roofs of churches were tirled, and windows blown in so violently that it required the greatest exertions on the part ol the clergymen to prevent their hearers from rushing to the streets in a state of terror, and even blocking up the passages. In various churches within our own bounds a mere handful of hearers appeared— at Lochmaben some- where about a dozen, and in other places not quite so many. At Torthorwald, although the bell was pulled, not a single parishioner was seen wending his way to church, and although the Rev. Mr. Yorstoun was prepared to discbaige his duty as usual, he never had occasion to leave his manse. The Hev. Mr. Thorburn, on entering the church- yard, was blown against a tomb- stone, and so much stunned that but for the assistance of an Heritor that accompanied him he would have experienced the greatest difficulty in getting to his own pulpit. During the long period of thirty- five years, and when the deepest snows covered the ground, the present incumbent always preached, and uniformly had a fair audi- ence, without exception, up to Sunday week .— Dumfries Courier. MISCELLANEOUS. DESTITUTION IN IRELAND It is stated in the third report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the con- dition of the poorer classes in Ireland, upon the authority of the Parliamentary papers therein referred to. that in Great Britain 1,055,982 agricultural labourers raise produce to the value of 150,000,000/., while in Ireland 1,131,715 agricultural labourers raise produce worth only 36,000,000/. Now, as the natural quality of the last land resorted to in Ireland is superior rather than inferior to the last land resorted to in England, one of two things must necessarily follow, from the different degrees of productive power with which agricultural labour is applied in the two coun- tries, either the interest of money and the general rate of profits, must be very much higher in England than in Ireland, or else the wages of labour must be very much higher. But the interest of money, and the general rate of profit, are lower in England than they are in Ireland, and therefore, even if we had no evidence more direct respecting the condition of the working classes in Ireland, we could infer with unerring certainty, that wages in Ireland must be far more depressed than in England; and that, while the rural labourers in England earn on the average no more than from eight to ten shillings a week, the rural labourers in Ireland must be on the verge of starvation. But the evidence published with the Ileport establishes the frightful fact by the direct testimony of a host of witnesses. In Ireland, the average earnings of the labourer are only from 2s. to 2s. 6d. a week ; and 2,300,000 souls, unable to obtain employment even at these miserable wages, have no means of escaping from famine, except by resorting to vagrancy or plunder. The cause of the low comparative rate of wages in Ireland must be already apparent. It is proved in the statement, that in Ireland four labourers employed upon the soil raise a less quantity of produce than what is raised in England by one labourer so employed. The Irish labourer earns little, because he produces little. In Ireland the productive power of agricultural industry is so low, that the labour applied to that quality of land which pays no rent, yields nothing beyond that minimum of quantity of subsistence which is barely sufficient to keep the family of the labourer alive : while the number of labourers iri relation to this quantity of land is so much in excess, that there are 2,300,000 vagrants without any independent means of support, and kept alive by means of mendicity and theft. The proximate cause of the destitution which prevails in Ireland, is the low effective power of agricultural industry. But what is the ultimate and predisposing cause of the ge- neral malady? Why are the effective powers of agricultural industry lower in Ireland than in England? The last quality of land resorted to in Ireland is not less fertile than the last quality of land resorted to in England. Why, then, does it require four labourers to raise in Ireland that quantity of produce which is raised by one labourer in England? We must obtain a correct solution of these questions before we can acquire an accurate knowledge of the evils of Ireland, or apply an appropriate remedy for their removal. The want of combined labour and capital on the land is the cause of the low effective powers of agricultural industry in Ire- land. Industry performs her miracles only when many hands are employed at the same time upon the same work. In Eng- land, a farmer possessing adequate capital cultivates 500 acres with the combined labour of fifteen hired labourers; and therefore the produce is large 111 proportion to the number of hands employed in raising it. In Ireland, a peasant, nearly destitute of capital, cultivates ten acres by means of his own isolated and unassisted exertions; and therefore the quantity of produce is small, in proportion to the quantity of labour employed in raising it. We have now arrived at the root of the disease. The want of com- bined labour and capital upon the soil, is the cause of the defect- ive agriculture of Ireland: and the defective agriculture is the cause of the poverty of the people. No measure for relieving the distress of the Irish people can have a chance of suc- cess, unless it be calculated to augment the productive powers of agriculture in that country, and to enable a given quantity of labour to extract from the soil a greater quantity of produce. In every country, the general scale of com. fort and accommodation must he mainly determined by the proportion of the whole population which is required to raise food for the whole, if in any country the productive powers of agricultural industry were so low that it required the whole of the people to raise the necessary supply of food, then the whole of the people must remain naked savages. If the labour of nine- tenths of the people were sufficient to produce food for the whole, one- tenth might be employed in pteparing clothing and other secondary neces- saries ; and the nation, instead of consisting of naked, might be composed of half- naked savages. The smaller the pro- portion of the whole population employed in providing food, the larger will be the proportion employed in producing se- condary necessaries and superfluities, and, in any given state of manufacturing skill or of freedom of trade, the more abundantly will the community be supplied with the com- forts and luxuries of life. This principle, while it accounts for the destitution of the peasantry of Ireland, shows that it will he impossible to place them on an equality with the peasantry of England, until, by the combination of labour and capital upon the soil, the productive powers of agricul- ture in Ireland shall be so improved, that a given number of husbandmen, upon a given quality of land, shall he able to raise the same quantity of produce which the same number of husbandmen employed on the same quality of land are able to raise in England. It cannot be too often repeated, that the cause of the degraded and destitute state of the peasantry of Ireland is, the want of that application of com- bined labour to the land, which allows a large produce to be raised by a few hands.— Torrens. REMEDIES FOR IRELAND.— When the cause of the poverty of Ireland is placed in the pfoper point of view, we see at once the nature of the remedy which ought to be applied, and the extent of the difficulty which is opposed to its ap- plication. England and Ireland are so closely connected, steam navigation and railroad communication are bringing the two countries into such immediate contact, that the re- ward of labour throughout the United Kingdom must spee- dily conform to one common level. If Irish wages are not raised to an equality with English wages, English wages must fall to an equality with Irish wages. But the conse- quences of such a fall in English wages we dare not even contemplate. The Celt must be raised to the Saxon, not the Saxon brought down to the Celt. In order to effect this, two objects must be accomplished. In the first place, farms must be consolidated, until the agricultural labour of Ire- land can be performed by two fifths of the labourers now em- ployed in performing it; and in the second place, adequate provision must be made for maintaining the other three- fifths of the present agricultural population, which the con- solidation of farms must displace from their small holdings. The magnitude of the difficulty to be overcome will be more distinctly seen, if we state in figures the number of persons for whom provision must be made. As the present number of agricultural labourers in Ireland is 1,131,000, the con- solidation of farms necessary to place the agriculture of Ireland on the same footing with the agriculture of England and Scotland, would throw three- fifths of that number, or 678,600 adult labourers, out of employment; and as, by the census of 1831, the proportion between the male adults and the whole population is one in four, the amount of the rural population, including the 678,600 adult labourers and their families thrown out of employment by the introduction of the British system of agriculture, would be 2,714,400. But there are already in Ireland, according to the report of the Commissioners of Inquiry, 2,300,000 vagrants, for whom there is no regular employment, and who live by mendicity or plunder. The total number of persons therefore, for whom it would be necessary to provide, would amount to 5,014,400. And now we have the whole case distinctly be- fore us. Wages in Ireland cannot be raised to the level of wages in England, unless agricultural labour in Ireland be rendered as productive as agricultural labour in England.— But agricultural labour in Ireland cannot be rendered as productive as agricultural labour in England, except by means of such a consolidation of farms, and combination of labour and capital upon the land, as will, if unaccompanied by other measures of extensive relief, deprive 2,714,400 souls of the miserable subsistence which they at present derive from the soil, and thus increase the number ot destitute va- grants to 5,014.400. Consequently, some gradual means of providing at least temporary support for 5,014,400, must be made to accompany any really efficient measure for bringing about that improvement in the condition of the labouring classes in Ireland which it has now become imperative on the Legisla- ture to realise. Is the Government plan of a Poor- law for Ireland, which Government has introduced, calculated to realise this necessary improvement, and at the same time to fulfil the no less necessary condition of providing lor the millions who, during the transition from a vicious to a better system, must be deprived of their present means of support ? — Torrens. IRISH PREJUDICES.— Many of the manufacturers of Dub- lin must cross the channel, and return under fictitious names into their native market, before they can conciliate the cus- tom of our own resident gentry. Let us give the history of an English made saddle purchased some time since iri Dublin. The beasts from whose hides the greater part of it is made, were probably reared in Connaught, sold in Ballinasloe, slaughtered and skinned in Cork, and the hides tanned in Dublin. The leather was then sent to England to be dressed, and returned to Dublin to be manufactured ; was again reshipped to England in its manufactured shape, to get a name, and has been a third time sent back to Dublin to command that market under false pretences, which it dared not solicit in its genuine character. If the statement seem too startling, we will corroborate it with another. A fashionable Dublin lady purchased a dress at a high price, as a French or Swiss muslin ; the piece from which it has been cut is the produce of an Irish loom ; the yarn was spun in Belfast, the fabric was woven in Dublin; the pattern was designed and stamped upon it on the banks of the Liffey ; yet the goods have' been regularly consigned from London or Bristol to the retailer. Let us give another anecdote. There is a metal billiard table manufactory in Dublin. The metal platform of the table is planed by machinery, which shaves it as smooth as a plate of glass. The tables are supplied for sale to a London house. Some months ago, a Galway gentleman came to £[ ie ingenious and enterprising proprietor, and priced a table. The sum asked was fifty pounds. The Connaught man demurred, thinking it better to give more money for a superior article in the English market. The manufacturer, who knew his business, made no abatement, and the customer went his way. In less than a month after, the same tabie brought seventy guineas in a London warehouse, and the purchaser was the identical gen- tleman from Gulway. It is thus the country loses credit for the little industry it possesses. It must be plain that every accession to that industry will tend to make the Irish manu- facturers more confident. The character ol being Irish must soon cease to be an objection to any article in the market ; if the article be good enough to pass for French or English now, it will surely be good enough to hold its own when brought into the market in a quantity sufficient to warrant open competition— Dublin University Magazine. A METAPHYSICAL CHARACTER Thus vanished Paynell's long- cherished vision of political importance. That day. dream which, while still in embryo, bore his spirits up, dis- solved when time and opportunity seemed to favour its real- ization. Protracted reflection on any favourite plan wears out the energy to execute it, and the original conception loses its force by a too minute examination of details. This was the case with Paynel'. Constant indulgence of the imagination had giown into a habit, and he loved to escape from the dull reality of life to wander in an ideal world. The visions he saw were too perfect to be realized; and the longer he cherished such illusions, the greater was his dis- appointment when they were dissipated. On him solitude had produced its worst effects. Instead of tempering his mind to patient endurance, it had reduced it> to an over- refined sensibility. His heart once beat high with gene- rous sentiments, but unfavourable circumstances had wrenched it from its natural tendency. The apparent cha- racters of men- are decided by the circumstances under which they are placed, rather than by the original bent of disposition. The mind is so delicate, that the slightest pressure leaves its mark ; and whatever may be its innate tendency, outward objects regulate its growth. It depends upon nature whether the metal is pure or alloyed, but the form and shape are given by the mould into which it is cast— Tiie Disappointed Man. GRAND MATCH FROM LONDON TO HEREFORD.— On Wed- nesday a gentleman, named Burke, residing at Oxford, un- dertook to run his blood mare, Creeping Polly, and his silver- tailed cob, Paddy, against the Mazeppa fast coacli from London to Hereford, about 138 miles. A Mr. Ward- ley, and several other persons of Lambeth, backed the coach at odds, and upwards of a thousand pounds depended on the result of the trial. The terms of the match were to this effect:—" That neither Mr. Burke, nor any other per- son he might appoint, did drive, ride, or iead the horses above named, from the Bolt- in- Tun, Fleet- street, London, to the Swan Inn, or Royal Hotel, Hereford, sooner than the Mazeppa coach travelled the same distance— the horses to go the same line of road as the coach." Ata quarter past six o'clock on Wednesday morning, the Mazeppa left the Bolt- in- Tun, filled inside and out by its backers and their friends, and proceeded on its route to Hereford, fol- lowed by Mr. Burke 011 horseback, leading l'addy and Creeping Polly. The cob, Paddy, looked somewhat lame, but the little mare, Polly, was in famous condition. On leaving the streets of the metropolis, the horses did the fifteen miles to Uxbridge in one hour and ten minutes, where Mr. Burke stopped, hut shortly proceeded on his journey, the coach now having the start. The nags, how- ever, soon overtook the Mazeppa, and got into Wycombe four minutes in advance. From thence they again took the lead, but 011 stopping at Potscombe, the coach came up to them, and at Petsworth was a full mile before them. About a mileonthe Oxford side of Milton Common, Paddy and his companion Polly again went ahead of the coach, and kept the lead to Oxford, leaving the Mazeppa full five minutes in the rear. The coach hail the start from Oxford, but on reaching Witney the little ones were 300 yards in advance. At Burford the nags and the Mazeppa were on more friendly terms, and they left that place together. They, however, did not long keep each other company, for Mr. Burke and his gallant steeds made rapid progress to Gloucester, where they arrived twenty minutes before the coach, which, it was said, lost that time in the distance. Hitherto the various relays of horses for Mr. Burke to ride were brought out with precision; but at Gloucester the postmasters had let,' or said they had let, all their horses, and the son of Erin was thus placed in a situation of pecu* liar hardship. Mr. Burke had now no alternative— delay became every minute more dangerous, and mounting one of the match horses he started off, leading the other towards Hereford, which he reached, after alternately riding his nags, full three minutes before the Mazeppa coach. The distance as we have above stated, is about 138 miles, and it was ac- complished by the winning party in about 15 hours, 46 mi- nutes, and 46 seconds. The horses were not much dis- tressed. COFFEE AND SUGAR. Quantity imported in 1834, 5, 6. COFFEE. London ' 15,901 10,262 Liverpool . 4,150 3,640 Glasgow, , 450 240 Bristol 198 72 12,291 3,370 440 50 Tons . London , Liverpool Glasgow,.— Bristol 20,799 14,214 16,151 SUGAR. .. 127,520 - 47,240 . 22,380 „ 21,667 115,200 50,255 21,643 19,993 122,950 53,722 19,190 18,620 Tons . . 218,877 207,091 214,482 LIST OF NEW PATENTS. [ From the Repertory of Patent Invention*.] Miles Berry, of Chanceiy- lane, Middlesex, patent agent, for certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for making or manufacturing metal screws, part or parts of which are also applicable to shaping metal for other pur- poses Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. James Hellewell, of Springfield- lane, Salford, Lanca- shire, dyer; and Aaron Fearn, Salford, Lancashire, dyer, for certain improvements in the process of dyeing and scour- ing piece goods and other fabrics, and in the machinery or apparatus whereby the same is performed. John Springall, of Oulton, Suffolk, iron- founder, forim. proved shoes for horses and other animals. James Cook, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, gun- maker, for improvements in gas- burners. Michael Linning, of Hill. street, Edinburgh, one of the clerks to the Signet, in Scotland, for a certain improved method of operating for the purpose of converting peat moss and peat turf, or bog, into fuel, and obtaining from it tar gas, and other certain substances or matters. John Gemmell, of Stockwell- street, in the city of Glas- gow, Lanark, merchant, for certain improvements in steam- boats, ships, or other vessels, which are partly applicable to other purposes. William Bearder, of Bradford, Yorkshire, millwright, for certain improvements in steam- engines. John Walker, of Allen- street, Lambeth, Surrey, oven- builder, for an improved method of heating coppers, stills, and boilers. William Stcdman Gillett, of Guildford- street, Middlesex, gentleman, for improvements in harness for draft and saddle horses. Richard Burch, of Heywood, Lancashire, mechanist, for certain improvements in locomotive steam engines, to be used either upon rail or other roads, which improvements are also applicable to marine and stationary steam- engines. Robert Smith, of Manchester, Lancashire, engineer, for certain improvements in the means of connecting metallic plates for the construction of boilers and other purposes, John Isaac Hawkins, of, Chase Cottage, Hampstead- road, Middlesex, civil engineer, for certain improvements in the application of the products of combustion in generating and in aiding of steam for giving motion to steam- engines. Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. Henry Elkington, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, gen- tleman, for improvements iri covering or coating certain metals with platinum, and also improvements ingildingcertain metals, and in apparatus used in such processes. Henry Eikington, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, gen- tleman, for improvements in steam- engines, and in boilers, and furnaces used therein, and for other purposes. John Chanter, of Earl- street, Blaekfriars, London, and Upper Stamford- street, Surrey, Esq.; and John Gray, of Liverpool, Lancashire, engineer, for their improvements in furnaces for locomotive engines and other purposes. Benjamin Bailie, Henry- street, Cumberland- market, Re- gent's Park, Middlesex, metal frame maker, for certain im- provements in regulating the ventilation of buildings which he intends to denominate Baillie's Patent Ventilation. John Hardman, of Bradford, Yorkshire, millwright, for a certain improvement or improvements in steam engines. Jasper Weston, of Dover, Kent, gentleman, for improve- ments in certain wheeled carriages. John Thomas Betts, of Smithfield Bars, London, recti- fier, for improvements in the process of preparing spirituous liquors in the making of brandy. Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. Thomas Bentley, of Ciockheaton, near Leeds, York- shire, dyer, for improvements in fulling woollen cloths. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. / £ 50 CLUB, No. 1. ESTABLISHED Twenty Years, at the SPOTTED DOG, BORDESLEY- STREET, will re- commence in a few weeks, on improved principles. No. 1, £ 50 SOCIETY HAS recommenced ; the first Share will be sold on Thursday, March 9th, when there will be a supper on the table at seven o'clock. Any Gentleman becoming a member will greatly oblige his obedient servant, C. JIIDDLETON. 81, Digbeth, Old Bull's Head. APPRENTICES WANTED. \ VTANTED, an APPRENTICE to the Die- sinking and modelling. Also an Apprentice to the Chasing and Repairing business. Apply, ( if by letter, post- paid,) to Messrs. COLLIS and Co., 28, Church- street, Birmingham. WANTED, AYOUNG PERSON of gentlemanly manners and well educated, as an APPRENTICE to Messrs. COLLIS and Co., Manufacturers and Merchants, Church- street, Birmingham. It is essential that the party should possess a knowledge of the French language, and as the si- tuation offers peculiar advantages for the acquirement of a thorough knowledge of business, a liberal premium will be expected. Apply, by letter, post paid, or personally, to Messrs. COLLIS and Co., 28, Church. street, Birmingham. WINDMILL, PRITCHET STREET. TO be DISPOSED OF by PRIVATE TREATY, the above old established and well- known RETAIL BREWERY, doing a good scope of business, which is likely to be considerably increased on account of the exten- sive Works now erecting in the immediate vicinity. For particulars apply to the Proprietor, on the premises, who is leaving on account of other engagements. A VERY COMPACT PUBLIC- HOUSE, In a most excellent situation for Business, By JOHN RODWAY. TO be DISPOSED OF by PRIVATE TREATY, the Licences, Goodwill, and Possession of an old- established Public- house in full business, situate in Digbeth, Birmingham. The purchaser to take to the effects and stock at a fair valuation, which will not exceed £ 250. For further particulars apply to J. ROOWAY, Appraiser, Auctioneer, and General Agent, Edgbaston- street, who has the letting of several very excellent Public- bouses in the town of Birmingham. Coming's- in from £ 250 to £ 1000. To persons wishing to occupy a Public House and Spirit Shop in a healthy situation. TO be DISPOSED OF by private Contract, the Ale and Spirit Licences, Good- will, and Possession of a very respectable PUBLIC HOUSE at the edge of the town of Birmingham, pleasantly situated, low rented, and secured by an agreement of lease for a long term. There are several clubs ( o the house, and a regular profi- table custom attached. Valuation under £ 200. For particulars and to treat apply to RODERICK, Auction- eer, Appraiser, and General Agent, at his offices, New- street and Bennett's- hill, opposite the Post- office, Birming- ham, who has on sale five Shares in the Or. n BIRMINGHAM GAS COMPANY ; two Shares in the Old Union Mill; also the possession of the Britannia Retail Brewery in York- street, with many others situated near to Oxford- street, Hurst- street, Hospital- street, Queen- street, Sand pits, Newhall- hill, Cardigan- street, Lawley- street, and an ex- cellent Butcher's Shop and Retail Brewery, with extensive stabling, large yard and premises, near to the Railway Sta- tions. THE VALUABLE GOOD- WILL& CONNEXIONS Of a most extensive Porter, Cider, and Perry Trade, in Birmingham. By RODERICK. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, at the Stores, in Berkeley- street, Broad- street, Birmingham, on Wed- nesday the 8th day of March next, at eleven o'clock precisely, subject to conditions then to be produced— the valuable Good- will and Connexions of the above Trades, for many years carried on by the firm of " Messrs. Child and Parkes," and latterly by Mr. Richard Parkes, No. 17, Edmund- street, by whom the business has been considerably augmented both in Birmingham and the towns adjacent, and is now re- linquishing solely in consequence of his time and attention being occupied in the Wine and Spirit Trade, which he has recently commenced. 534 HOGSHEADS of PORTER have been bottled and disposed of during the last season, independent of an exten- sive trade in Draught Porter, Perrv, and Cider, which is sold wholesale to the trade. The pr ofits of this concern in the season are nearly £ 100 per week. To any person of enterprise, who could give up the whole of his time to the business, and having a moderate capital, would ensure a certainty for his investment, and also an ample remuneration for his services. Also will be Sold by Auction, on the premises, on Wed- nesday the 8th day of March, 1837. at eleven o'clock pre- cisely, in lots, upwards of TWO THOUSAND DOZENS of PORTER BOTTLES, a quantity of prime Bottled Indian Beer, about 30 or 40 dozen of Bottled Porter, 500 or 600 gallons of Old Cider, two excellent narrow- wheel Waggons, three light Carts, two strong Draught Horses, useful Gig Horses and Mare, and one Hackney Horse, several sets of Harness and Tackle, four- wheel Phaeton, Pulley, Block and Ropes, Bottle Baskets, and other uten- sils used in the business. Catalogues are now ready, and may be had of the Auc- tioneer. For further particulars, and to treat by Private Con- tract, apply to Mr. PARKES, Edmund- street, or to the Auctioneer. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT OF PROPERTY. CAPITAL BREWERY. rpO be SOLD or LET, for a term of years, a com- - I- plete Brewery, recently erected, in a thriving popu- lous manufacturing county town, having 80,000 persons in it, and within seven miles. It is a substantial fabric, having two coppers of 600 and 400 gallons, with every necessary utensil attached, capable by its convenient machinery of brewing nine quarters of malt at once, with the least pos- sible exertion of manual labour. It has a double access from the adjoining streets, and within the premises is a counting- house, tenement for over- looker, two- stall stable and loft, cooper's shed, yard, and cellarage for a stock of 2,000 gallons, with an unfailing spring of pure water. It is a model of the economy of space, time, labour, and expense, and is offered to the public fot sale or tenure by the present proprietor, ( who has lately lost the acting partner,) merely because he cannot spare time from his other avocations for its necessary superintendence. To treat for the same application ( personally, or by letter, post- paid,) may be made to Mr. HEXTALL, Accountant and General Agent, No. 11, Aldermanhury, London; Mr. PHILLIPS, White Horse Tavern, Friday- street, Cheapside, London; the Proprietor, Mr. JOHN HOULDE. N, cabinet- maker, Leicester; where printed particulars, with plans and elevations of the buildings, may be had. TO CORRESPONDENTS. * 4* We are frequently favoured with poetical pieces, which we cannot insert. We hope, when they don't appear, that their kind authors will suppose that they are for some good reason, excluded. If we do not notice the fact otherwise than by our silence, it is simply because we have no wish to wound the feelings of youthful aspirants for Apollo's notice; which, we know, are for the most part somewhat sensitive- To those who have from time to time favoured us, we may truly say, that we read all they send us, and always try hard to ap- prove, and are perhaps as grieved as they can be when we find approval impossible. We are not very exigent. We do not look for much imagination ; and we can dispense with judgment altogether; but some small attention to accent and sound is desirable; a little knowledge of the meaning of single words is absolutely required; and even a glimmering of their meaning in combination is not amiss. Spelling is but a small matter, only we have observed, that they who have not learned letters, are seldom well acquainted with words. Our correspondents may demur to these truths, but they are truths for all that. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, MARCH 4. THE BALLOT Of all real reforms now demanded by the people, the Ballot is the most mature and attainable; and I am confident that, until the House of Commons represents at least the present constituency, the refusal of any reform will be commensurate with the demand of all at once. No inconsiderable portion of the Radicals repudiate the Ballot until they have an extension of the suffrage; in other words, they insist on having the end before they will eon- descend to accept the sole means by which it is to be at- tained. In one sense, however, with the acquirement ol the Ballot the extension of the suffrage will be identical; for the Ballot will render real the present nominal constituency. Wherever votes are now suborned, the suborner is the only ' real elector; the votes lie suborns are palpably the means whereby he elects. I could name some dozen boroughs where the effective constituency is comprised in not more than six individuals each, and in whom is centered so large an influence that they are enabled to set all opposition at defiance. I can name five persons in a borough with which I have some slight acquaintance, ( called into political existence by the Reform bill,) whose pleasure is potential in the return of both members. It matters not how large the majority in opinion, the five are the majority in votes. This is assuredly much more frequently the case in Tory strong- holds; and on this fact I base my belief, that to the Ballot those Whig fears may be made to minister which confirm opposition to all other popular measures. A well- systemised agitation from Cornwall to Caithness, would, I believe, together with two or three approaching Whig de- feats, settle this matter in less than six months. It may he carried through the fear, but never by thaaffection of a House of Nominees. So long, however as popular agitation is made to carry double, its strength will he divided, and be insufficient to success. The fears which would cede the Ballot when strongly urged, will prove fatal to a double dfcm^ nd on concession,— Correspondent o jSpeetator. The Parliamentary news of the week is scanntv. We expected to have been able in our present number to lay before our readers the particulars of the Minis- terial plan of arranging the Church- rate question, but Mr. WALTER, to whose motion we advert below, inter- posed himself, most unnecessarily, between us and our hopes. The motion comes on to- night [ Friday] ; perhaps the resolutions may reach us in time for a second edition. The rumours of dissolution have died down since the division on Lord FKANCIS EGERTON'S motion. The majority of eighty has scared the Tories of the Lower House, and lowered the tone of the Tories out of the House. What effect will it produce on the Lords? Will they reject the bill " out of the face," as they did before; or will they cut it down to the beggarly dimensions which the Commons, last year, would have been content to accept ? Iti the latter case, we suppose, Ministers will be patient, if not con- tent. What will they do in the former? Will they be patient in that case also ? Shall we be counselled to buy another year's bombarding of the Upper House with good measures; or will Lord MELBOURNE take counsel from'necessity, and, resigning into the hands of His MAJESTY the fruitless crown and barren sceptre, with which he has been in mockery invested, give up to the DUKE and the EX- CHANCELLOR the responsibility along with the power of government ? Three weeks, at most, must decide the question. Abroad there is nothing stirring— for surely dis traeted counsels in Spain are nothing. Indeed, as the Cockneys say, there is " never no" foreign news while Parliament is sitting. The Bank, it will be seen, is again extending its issues in the way of advances on mercantile securities. Stocks continue high, though heavy. Consols closed Thursday at 90, and Exchequer bills 26s. to 28s. pre- mium. Shares are a drug, and yet the good folks of the Exchange tell us that money is abundant— only a general distrust prevails, which is kept up by the newspapers! Oh! rare newspapers! What evil ever happened to modern humanity in which an editor had not his finger! Birmingham Railway shares were done on Thursday at 98 ! They rallied, however, and closed at 101. New York papers of the 10th ult. inclusive, have arrived ; they bring the following account of a modi- fication in the tariff, contained in a bill which has pas- sed the senate. The superfluity of revenue has of ne- cessity led to the diminution of impost duties. Be it enacted, & e. That, from and after the 30th day of June, in the year ofour Lord 1837, in addition to the articles exempted from the payment of duty by the various revenue laws of the United States now existing and in force, the arti- cles hereafter named in this section of this act, imported into any collection district of the United States, shall be admitted free of duty, viz : — Floor matting, usually made of flags, or other materials ; square wire, used for the manufacture of stretchers for um- brellas, and cut in pieces not exceeding the length used for stretchers; aquafortis, Brazil pebble prepared spectacles; crystals for watches, diamonds for glaziers, dressed furs, em broidery, all articles composed wholly or chiefly of gold, jew- ellery, gold and silver laces, muriatic acids, bicromate of potash, cremate of potash, prussiate of potash, chronometers, tartaric acids, barley, straw or grass baskets, compositon, wax or amber beads, all other beads, not otherwise enu- merated in the existing laws, Prussian blue, bolting cloths, button moulds, calomel, carbonate of soda, cashmere of Thibet, corrosive sublimate, down of all kinds, feathers for beds, gold leaf, hair bracelets, hair, not made up for head dresses, lamp black, linen padding, ( if not suitable for cotton bagging.) sulphate of magnesia, mus tard, salad oil, almond paste, perfumes, pickles, perfumed hair powder, tooth- powder, sulphate of quinine, Ro- chelle salts, fossil and crude mineral salt, fancy and per- fumed shaving and other soaps, including Windsor, and washballs, emetic tartar, building tiles, paving tiles, washes, otto of roses, oil of bergamot, oil of lemon, essential oil of rose, oil of carraway, oil of lavender, oil of rosemary, cosme- tics, anticorrosive lithic paints, linen tape, sextants, qua- drants, telescopes, and glasses for sextants, quadrants, telescopes, gold, silver, and precious stones, hair cloth and hair seating, indigo, cotton and thread laces, manufactured and prepared quills, common tinned and japanned saddlery, china and porcelain wares, earthen and stope wares, watches of all kinds, and parts of watches, silver a rid e worsted yarn, blankets, the value not exceeding seventy- five cents each, vinegar, olive oil, teas of all kinds, chocolate, Cayenne pepper, cigars, bristles, corks, copper rods and bolts, copper nails and spikes, books prior to 1775, books in other languages than Greek, Latin, English, glass bottles, demijohns, common salt, anchovies, and sardines, ground and polished looking glass plates, silvered and unsilyered. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June, in the year 1837, the duties now by law chargeable upon all wines and all spirits made of vinous materials imported into the United States, shall be reduced one half, and from and after that day, no more than one half the rates of duty now chargeable upon any wines and spirits made of vinous materials, of any country, shall be assessed or collected. MR. WALTER'S MOTION.— On Friday Mr. WALTER brought forward his motion for a Committee to enquire into the working of the new Poor- law. The debate, it will be seen, was continued till Monday, when it ended iu an amendment, which leaves the enquiry quite as open as could well be desired; and, indeed, as open as it the original notice had been carried. Mi'. FIELDEN, of Oldham was very zealous in his denunciation of the new Law. If it be attempted to be introduced into the peaceful valley of Todmorden, he will, it seems( muster his clan, and, taking the field at their head , drive the Commissioners and assistant Commissioners from its happy boundaries, Mr. WALTER made a long lumbering ineffective speech. Granting all that he said to be true, which is a large admission, he would still make out hut a slen- der case. Mr. WALTER, with the utmost desire to damage the New Law, is, apparently, very ignorant of its weak points. Nothing can be less to the purpose than isolated instances of grievance ; even if the griev- ance were clearly proved. The utmost case that these go to establish is, that some subordinate has come short of, or overstepped the line of his duty. Now, it is the virtue of the system of centralization, and al- most its only virtue, that it can and does apply the pro- per remedy to such errors, with infinitely more prompt- ness and effect, than the old or any localized system could do. When a poor's guardian or an overseer, under the old law, was guilty of an act of oppres- sive cruelty, the sufferer had no redress except in an appeal to the local authorities, and, save only in the power of the magistrate to order relief when denied by the overseer, it may he asserted, that in rural parishes there was no accessible redress at all. Even the ma- gistrates' order might at any time be neutralized by an offer to take the claimant into the workhouse— for un- der the old law, as under the new, the overseers had full power to refuse relief, unless in the house. Under the centralization system, on the contrary, let the poor- est, meanest, and most obscure individual make a com- plaint, and an immediate and searching investigation is the consequence ; and no local sympathies, no local influences can step in to shield the delinquent. To mere individual cases of hardship, therefore, the new system brings relief iu a readier and more effectual manner than the old did. The real defects of the new bill Mr. WALTER either does not see, or he chooses to pass them unnoticed. It is extremely defective in the composition of the Board of Guardians. First, in very many instances, the ex- officio guard- ians are as numerous as are the elective. There ought to be no ex- officio guardians. We might as well have ex- ofjicio Members of Parliament. The people are capable of working the act or they are not. If they are capablc, to give them a set of ex officio coad- jutors is insulting as well as superfluous; if they are not capable, it is an abuse of the franchise to allow it to remain in their hands. The principle of ex- officio guardians is in the very teeth of the general principle of the act. The grand cause why the old act was so badly worked, and so burdensome, was the power pos- sessed by the magistrates to order relief, whether deemed by the overseers, who alone knew the parties and their wants, to be required or not. The sanction- ing of ex- officio guardians goes to perpetuate this so much complained part of the old law ; making men, who are m the nature of things indifferently ac- quainted with the persons to be relieved, and remotely interested in the amount of relief given, in all cases in- fluential, and, in very many, predominant members of the parish board. The mode of choosing- the parish guardians is essen- tially vicious. We don't at all wonder that the prin- ciple ofSTURGES BOURNE'S act should be recommended by the Poor Law Commission; Mr. STURGES BOURNE was one of the Commissioners. But, we confess, we do wonder that the Commissioners should have found, in an enlightened government, men who were not merely willing, but anxious to adopt that principle. We do not allude to Lord GREY'S ministry only, Lord MELBOURNE'S is in the same predicament; for they are determined to bind up the same obnoxious and absurd principle with the Irish Poor Law. It oug'ht to be sufficient, we think, for the condem- nation of Mr. STURGES BOURNE'S act, that its com- plicated and oligarchial provisions are opposed to the entire spirit of our free constitution. If the wealthy man be entitled to more than one vote for a parish Vestry- man, or a Poor Law Guardian, why should he not be entitled to more than one vote for a member of Parliament ? If the rich man is entitled to a plurality of votes, in proportion to his riches, where the imposi- tion of a few hundred pounds is at stake, surely, for a much stronger reason, he ought to have such a plu- rality where the question at issue is the imposition of a great many millions. The argument usually adduced in favour of BOURNE'S act is, that were the poor, in respect of voting-, placed on an equality with the rich, the pro- perty of the rich would be in great danger of being squandered ; because of any levy the rich naturally pay a much larger proportion than the poor. There is a double mistake here. In the first place, it is assumed that if a poor man have the power of assessing himself and his wealthy neighbour at the same time, in the proportion of the means of each, he will incontinently set about assess- ing himself for the satisfaction of assessing his neigh- bour. How a notion so false in fact, and so improbable in theory, ever found its way into any rational being's head we are at a loss to discover. We can only ac- count for its getting into Mr. STURGES BOURNE'S on the hypothesis that, notwithstanding- Sir ROBERT PEEL'S panegyric on that gentleman's fine under- standing and retiring modesty, Mr. STURGES BOURNE is an exceeding- ly small- witted personage. _ Every man who has come into contact or had occa- sion to mingle in business with the poor, must know that where any part of the money to be distributed is drawn from their own resources, no class are so care- fully economical. In the very article of providing for the poor no order in society examine so scarchingly and relieve so sparingly as the poor themselves. To suppose for a moment that a. man who is assessed at £ 10, would insist on a rate which must cost himself 20s., because the same rate would cost the squire £ 10, that is, would, by way of punishing the squire, by substracting- a trifle from his superfluities, punish him- self by subtracting a serious amount from his ne- cessities, argues in the supposer a mind incapable of being reasoned with. Such a one plainly wants the bump ; and a logician would only waste his time and his breath by trying to convince him. To gratify an individual revenge, such a marked aberration from the ordinary course of nature may now and then take place, but commonly or generally never. In the second pluce it is equally a mistake of fact to assert, that the rich pay more than the poor in parochial assessments, or any other tax whatever. In • dividually the rich man contributes a greater absolute amount, but on the aggregate the poor— by which we mean, of course, all those who are not in the ordi- nary sense rich— contribute, out of all proportion, more than do the rich in the aggregate. If any of our readers doubt this, let him take up the rate- book— it matters little what district he turns to— and observe the numbers below and above £ 40— and yet, many of those above £ 40 are far from having any claim to the epithet rich— he will find that, the ag- gregate rents of the rate- payers below £ 40, exceed those of the rate- payers above £ 40, in a deg- ree which, without an actual inspection, he could hardly have believed. The rich are, in fact, much better protected under a system of personal than of property voting. They have a two- fold security— 1st, the poor guardian, if there should be any such, cannot inflict a penalty on the rich, without, at the same time, inflicting a much heavier penalty on himself— 2nd, were he, for the sake of indulging any whim or feeling of revenge against his wealthy neighbours, to impose an unneces- sary rate, he must, by such indulgence, oppress, not only himself, but his poor brethren also ; and, in their indignation, if not in his own reflection, he ; would speedily find his punishment. We look upon the system of official guardians and the narrowing of the popular franchise, by the intro- duction of the principle of STURGES' BOURNE'S, act as the worst features of the Poor- law Amendment act, though there are others that require alteration The dietary, for instance, ought to be regulated by the Guardians of the Union. The object of the di- etary is to make the condition of the able- bodied la- bourer, when iu the workhouse and unemployed, sufficiently undesirble to stimulate him to go out and procure work, if he can procure it. But to fulfil this object, different dietaries are required. What is little better than starvation in one part of the country, will, in others, be looked on as comparative enjoyment. When no general rule can be made generally appli- cable, no undeviating rule ought to be laid down. There seems a disposition in the Commissioners to encourage large Unions— the larger the Union, they argue, the less the cost of management. They omit another maxim of at least equal force— the larger the Union, the more difficult the task of watching. There is an inherent error iu the act, which would require more notice than we can at present give it, were it a permanent error ; but, by limiting the dura- tion of the commission to five years, opportunity and occasion are given for its correction, which will, no doubt, be taken advantage of— we allude to the cen- tralisation principle. It is supposed that the commis- sion will effect great savings; and it has effected savings of no small amount. At the same time, the elements of its success that way have never been fairly taken into account. The centralising system of economy is as much opposed to permanent saving, as the centralising system of policy is to permanent freedom. In the affairs of this world, as in the higher matters of another, men must be content to work out their own salvation. We must not look to be saved, in small things more than in the greatest, by the labours of others. If Unions are to be managed with permanent frugality, they must be managed by the people of the Union, not by a Commission issuing its mandates from Whitehall." We believe the Commission to he composed of very able individuals, and we give them all manner of credit for their purity of zeal. But, still we revert to our plain position— no man can hold the strings of the purse so firm as he that owns it. And, if it were, possible, that a central Commission should manage the affairs of 11,000 parishes more economically than the parishioners themselves could, even then the gain, we should say, would be a loss. Destroy in the people the habit of looking after the expenditure of the parish, and what hope is there, that they will look after the expenditure of the kingdom ? Make puppets of the Guardians, and you will soon make puppets of the Rate- payers. A nation of puppets would be a mighty pretty affair, very regular, very easily ma- naged— still we think a nation of meii, to borrow a phrase from a Birmingham contemporary— would be " more" preferable. THE ASTON GUARDIANS.— A meeting ( a private one) of the Tory party was held at Vauxhall on Wed- nesday, " tofix upon ( so says the circular) and support such persons at the ensuing Election of G uardians, as the meeting may approve." The reason assigned for calling the meeting is, " the undersigned, being fully persuaded that the interests and opinions of the majority of the owners and occupiers of property rated to the poor, are not adequately represented by the Board of Guardians now acting." The " undersigned" are, J. B. PAYNE and JOHN SMALLWOOD, Church- wardens, JOSIAH ROBINS, RICHARD FOWLER, Jun., ISAAC MARSHALL. We offer no comment on the con- duct of the three last; they had a right to invite more or fewer of their fellow- parishioners to meet them as they might see fit. Neither do we object to the language of the assigned cause. Doubtless they think a Board, the majority of which are Reformers, does not adequately represent the interest and opinion, though it may very adequately represent the honesty and judgment of the parish. But we cannot so readily pass over the conduct of Messrs. PAYNE and SMALLWOOD. These gentlemen are, along with the Overseers, the returning officers in respect of the elec- tion of Guardians. Not only this,' they are mixed up with every step of the process. To them is addressed the claim to vote, the appointment of proxy, the ap- plication of the proxy so appointed; the registry of owners and proxies is devoid of authority unless certi- fied by them, they receive the nomination lists, circu- late the voting papers, direct their collection, publish the result of the election, make the return. And what say the regulations to persons so situated ? " No person employed in distributing or collecting the voting papers, or otherwise executing these orders, shall can- vass the voters for any candidate, or do anything bi/ which the return of any candidate or of any class of candidates may be unduly influenced.'" Now it will not do for Messrs. PAYNE and SMALLWOOD to plead that they do not contemplate any undue influence. Their mere appearance at, and much more than sum- moning any such exclusive meeting as that of Wed- nesday, can in the eye of the law have no other inter- pretation. They are the returning officers. To meet in any way or to advise with the electors, is in them an act of undue influence, much more to meet in a secret manner with a section of the electors. Such a disregard of the instructions of the Commissioners, and had there been no instructions, such a violation of the plainest principles of justice and impartiality ought not to pass unrepresented. The centralisation'principle is useful for the repression of such vagaries. THE WORKHOUSE.— ELECTION OF A CHAPLAIN.— A short notice of what passed at the Workhouse on Wednesday will be found in another place. We only advert to it here to mark the strange irregularity — most illegal, as we view it— of the vote for the Chaplain. The vote is taken by Ballot. The ballot- ing papers were deposited, the vote was closed, the papers were examined, counted, and the result reported by the accredited officer. Some interruption having occurred during the counting, the process was agreed to be gone through again. It was being proceeded with when a Guardian of a sudden recollected that the Chair had not voted. The Chair acknowledged the omission, and immediately supplied it by throwing a paper into the box. The result was an equality, which showed the first report to he strictly correct, and then the chair provided to give a casting vote. Now, that any man should, for one moment, think, that when the question had been closed, the vote taken, and a report made, and when the only complaint was, not that the question had been improperly closed, or the vote improperly taken, but simply that the party counting the Dallotting papers had committed an error in his reckoning, that any ohe should think that, under such circumstances, he had the power of re- opening the entire case, by giving- a vote which he had neglected to give at the proper time, is passing strange; but, that any legal gentleman should have sanctioned by his authority so complete a violation of all practice, and we venture to say, all law,| is stranger stiP. We understand that an extraordinary meeting has been called to remedy the error, and certainly, for the Guardians, it cannot be too soon ren elied." If popularly elected bodies tran- sact business after such a fashion, the sooner we revert to exclusiveuess and order the better. Of the parties voted fur, we must add we know nothing ; we never even saw their names till we saw the report Wc suppose their merits to be pretty nearly alike, from the closeness of the vote, and, therefore, that let the case be decided in favour of either, the workhouse will be lie adequately served. We advert to the case on pub- lic grounds only, and because we are anxious that the only really popular body in the town should not dis- grace the popular principle. THE GERMAN TRADE.— Nothing is more common than to hear sciolists in economy talk of the inex- haustible resources of British invention, and British capital, and British facilities, and mock at the notion that any foreign competition can ever seriously inter- fere with the labours of the British manufacturer. How will these wiseacres account for the fact of the German trade having for yeai's been decaying; the demand first slackening, then, for certain articles, ceasing altogether; then, in the same articles, out- selling- the English merchant in the markets, where formerly he was supreme ? How will they account for the fact, that so complete and universal has this decay become in the German market that all but two or three houses have been compelled to abandon it; and that even then, with all their strength aud ramifi- cation and of ancient connection, are gradually pre- paring to follow ? There is a mighty wonder excited amongst simple people when they look to the pitiful amount of our continental exports; but the wonder would cease if they considered that of all the articles that we exported to the continent twenty or thirty years ago, there is hardly one which the continent could not at this moment export to us with a profit. Such are the happy results of our gold standard and our corn laws THE INCORPORATION OF BIRMINGHAM.— We may at length congratulate our fellow- townsmen on the preliminary steps taken for agitating this most im- portant question. We shall be able to go at length into it in our next number. PEARL BUTTONS.— This at the present moment is almost the only article in demand of all the multifarious productions of our busy and ingenious town; and for it the demand is more than ordinarily great. The public at large have but a slender notion of the quantity of this small and eleg- ant ware that is turned out by our manufacturers. What will they think when they are told that one individual, who describes himself as operating in but a small way, finishes weekly not less than eight thousand gross p THE IRISH POOR.— The following is a copy of th » answer to Mr. Evans's letter:— Dublin Castle, 26th Feb., 1837. SIR,— I am directed by the Lord- Lieutenant to acknow- ledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, inclosing an order on Messrs. Latouche for 51/. 3s. 5d., being the amount of a subscription raised at Birmingham for behoof of the Irish poor, and I am desired by his Excellency to request you will be good enough to offer the gentlemen by whom this sum has been subscribed his best thanks for the contribution, and assure them that their wishes shall be attended to, both as regards the distribution and the clergy- men who they suggest should be employed in making it. I have the honour to be, sir, Your most obedient servant, C. YORKE, Private Secretary to the Lord- Lieutenant. Edward Evans, Esq. During the present week theDuke of Palmella, ( late Por- tuguese Ambassador to our Court,) accompanied by his sons, the Marquis of Fryal and Don llodrigo de Souza, and suite, arrived at the Hen and Chickens Hotel. The Duke arid his friends, accompanied by Mr. G. R. Collis, visited some of the most interesting manufactories in the town, and on Thursday, the Duke of Palmella, the Marquis of Fryal, & c., were entertained at dinner by Mr. Collis, when a select party was invited to meet the illustrious visitors. TH « Pao CIHJRCH- UATE PETITION We understand that the second name appended to this document, while it lay for signature at Aston Vestry, was that of the Rev. Mr. Rigg, of Belmont- row Chapel. It is said that the reason which induced the reverend gentleman to sign was the manifest spread of Infidelity. The increase of Infidels is, indeed, an excellent reason why they should share with Churchmen in upholding the Church ; for, in proportion to the increase of the former, it is plain the burden of the latter must increase. No better argument could be thought of for compelling the majority to pay for the minority than the plain fact that, as the majority was daily waxing greater, and the minority diminishing, it daily became more incon- venient for the minority to pay for themselves. The Wardens of the Proof- house have handed to the Governors of the General Hospital 2J. 17s, li^ d., found in the charity- box kept at the Proof- house for the use of the Hospital. It has been decided that, as implements of agriculture, thrashing machines are exempt from toll on passing through any turnpike gate, conveyed by the farmers horses who have bad the same in operation. WARWICK ASSIZES.— The following new arrangements are made for the ensuing assizes for Warwick. The Judges will arrive at Warwick atone o'clock on Thursday, the 23rd of March, and meet the Sheriff at the Shire Hall, instead of at Guy's Cliff, as heretofore, and proceed immediately to open the commission. The Grand Jury will be sworn at two o'clock on that day, and the Judges will proceed to try the prisoners in both Courts in the afternoon. They will attend divine service at St. Mary's church on Friday morn- ing, and commence business immediately after. The Nisi Prius proceedings will not be commenced until after divine service on Friday. BKOMSGROVE UNION At a meeting of the Board " of Guardians of the Bromsgrove Union, held on Monday la'st, the following parsons were appointed Registrars of Births and Deaths :— Mr. Johnson, auctioneer, for the Bromsgrove — Mr. Johnson, schoolmaster, for the Tardebigg— and Mr. Gardner, schoolmaster, for the Belbroughton and Hagley district. The guardians have selected the plan of Messrs. Bateman and Drury, architects, of this town, for the Union Workhouse, and it is intended to proceed with the erection without delay. SUDDEN DEATH— Thursday last an Inquest was held on the body of a girl named Sarah Dav s, who lived with her father in Great Barr- street. A man named Roberts, who resides in the above street, stated that on Tuesday evening last the deceased, who was about sixteen years of age, came to his house and represented to him and " his wife, that her father had turned her out. He believed what the girl told him, because tie had heard a good deal of queer tales about her father, and the general opinion was, that her father had not used her well. He and his wife agreed to give her shelter for the night, and they told her she might remain. She sat down, but was not long sitting when she was seized with a fit. She was conveyed up stairs to bed, and every attention paid to her, but she still continued from one fit to another. In the morning, about four o'clock, they left her apparently comfortable, but on going up again a short time after, they found her quite dead in the bed. Mrs. Roberts corroborated the above, and the father of the deceased was called in and interrogated by the Coroner. He denied the general ill treatment of his daughter, imputed to him by his neighbours, but admitted that he some times got drunk and was a little rough. On the whole, his answers to the questions put to him, and his general demeanor was calcu- lated to produce any thing but a favourable impression of his conduct, and after a suitable advice from the Coroner, he was ordered to leave the room, and the jury on the above evidence, and that of the surgeon who examined the body, returned a verdict that the deceased " Died by the visitation of God." ANOTHER DFATH FROM BURNING On Tuesday last a woman, named Elizabeth Linsey, about thirty- six years of age, was so dreadfully burned in Masshouse- lane. that she lingered only two hours after the accident. It appears that she was a married woman, but had left her husband and was living in the above lane in a state of prostitution ; on the day of her death she went into a house in the neigh- bourhood, the occupiers of which were all out; there she remained for some time by herself, and by some means her clothes caught fire and she fell upon the ground ; in this state she lay until the smell of fii e attracted persons from the adjoining house, who on entering found the unfortunate being in a most deplorable condition ; she was immediately removed to the Hospital, where she died almost- directly. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, and a verdict of " accidental death" returned. AWFUL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION On Wednesday an inquest was held at the White Swan, in Hospital. street, on the body of a man named Jonathan Barnet. The only witness examined was the wife of the deceased, who, on being sworn, gave the following affecting statement of the deceased's death : —" My husband was a jobbing carpenter, and we lived in Fordrough- street. On Tuesday last he left home in the morning to go to work as usual, but in the course of the day I heard he was drinking. In the evening he did not come home to !> is tea, and I went to the shop to look for him, but he was not there. I then went in search of him to various public- houses, but could not find any trace of him and I returned home. Hour after hour passed away, but I heard no sound of him, and in this wretched state I lingered on until five o'clock in the morning. It was not then day- light, but as I could no longer rest in such uncer- tainty, I got up and went to his workshop. I went up the ladder and into the shop, but be was not there, nor should I have suspected he had been there had I not found the door open. I then came down stairs and looked around me, but could see nothing belonging to him. At last I went into a small room under the shop, and there saw something lying on the floor. I was afraid, at first, to go towards it, but I afterwards ventured, and then found that it was my husband who was burnt to a cinder. All his clothes had been burned off his body, and, with the exception of his face, he was a most awful spectacle. I gave an alarm, and upon the arrival of some of the neighbours, all that could be got together of his body was carried home. How he came by his death I cannot tell, but I suppose, that after I left the shop on the evening before, he came to it, and went to the fire, and, in all probability, his clothes caught the flame from the chips, and, being tipsy, he was unable to extinguish it, but ran down stairs into the bottom loom and there ( ell down. He was very unguarded about fire, and whenever he had a drop of dritik extra, I always used to take the fire and candle away from him." The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. / ~ BILLS AND CASH LOST A very valuable parcel was on Friday abstracted from the Bristol Mail. It was directed to Mr. T. M. Sturge, Gloucester, and regularly booked at the Coach- office. Intelligence was forwarded by return of the mail, that the usual parcel had not arrived, and as its contents ware unusually valuable, immediate steps weretaken to discover, if possible, bow and where it cuuld have been abstracted, and also to stop the payment of the Bills, as well as to announce the Nos. of the cash notes and the cheques. No clue, however, was discovered, but on Tuesday evening a parcel directed to " S. M. Sturge, Gloucester," arrived from London by the Mazeppa Day Coach, was duly deli- vered, and opened, and extraordinary as it may appear, the cheque for 30/. 10s. and all the cash notes were enclosed, with the exception of one 51. note of the Birmingham Branch Bank of England, No. 6485. Accompanying these was the following laconic epistle: — " London, February 26. " SIR,— I have returned your notes. 1 hope they will arrive safe. My friend who sent them to me, says they ' where' of too great a sum to keep with safety— so you have them again. He says there ' where'some bills— but he has de stroyed them all Your's, & c., " A FRIEND." From a statement in the London papers, it would appear that the amount of the bills was about 500/. A Whig candidate of Earl Grey's school, is confidently spoken of as coming forward for the representation of Pres- ton at the next general election. The following notice was issued by the Bank of England on Thursday: " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do hereby give notice that on and after the 2nd instant, they will be ready to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of approved bills of exchange, not having more than ninety- five days to run ; such loans to be repaid on or before the 15th of April next, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, and to be for sums of not less than 2,0007. each." . LATEST NEWS. [ Continuation ofThursday's Commons.] Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from the merchant » ship- owners, underwriters, and insurance agents of London, praying for a repeal of the duty on Marine Assurances, and moved " That the gradual diminution of stamp dutyderived from marine policies, during several years of increasing trade, commerce, and navigation, has fully demonstrated the im- policy of this tax, in the discouragement of British in- surances, and the promotion of successful foreign competi- tion ; and that it is the duty of this House to take an early opportunity to repeal the same." The motion was seconded by Sir J. R. REID. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the petitioners had some claim to relief, but he was not prepared to say that claim was greater than could be set forth in re- gard to other taxes. The subject would be taken into the most serious consideration of His Majesty's Government, and when the proper time arrived he would be prepared, if lie assented to the doctrine of his honourable friend, to pro- pose a reduction of this duty, at least in part; or if he did not assent to that proposition, he would state the reasons that induced him to give the preference to reduction in some other bran eh of the revenue. Beyond this he would not go. He objected to the resolution as being vague and indefinite, and upon that ground he would oppose it. After a short discussion the motion was withdrawn. Mr. MACKINNON obtained leave to bring in a bill for the Consolidation of the Acts relating to Turnpike Tolls and Trusts, and for the better management thereof. Mr. WILLIAM ROCHE moved for some returns connected with the late gunpowder explosion at Limerick; but it hav- ing been signified by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that Government were not disposed to succour the sufferers, he withdrew the motion. Mr. DUGDALE obtained leave to bring in a bill to pre- vent the depredations committed by persons employed on i a'lroads, & c. Mr. WALTER, being called upon to bring forward his mo- tion for the appointment of an additional number of Mem- bers to the committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act, said tiiat, seeing the state of the House ( the Ministerial benches being full and those of the Opposition empty,) he would postpone his motion till Monday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entreated the honourable gentleman, if he really wished to do justice to the whole subject , to profit by the present opportunity, when he would have an attentive and respectful auditory, and make his motion. The honourable gentleman, however, declined to do so, and left the House amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh." Mr. HUME postponed his motion relative to the latebre- vettill Monday, and stated that if he were unable to bring it forward then, he should take Wednesday or Friday. Mr. F. BARING brought in the Pluralities Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. O'CONNELL brought in a bill on the law of libel, wlii? h was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday week. The House adjourned at ten o'clock. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. PHRENOLOGY. The brief course of lectures by Mr. Toulmin Smith, on the subject of Phrenology, was concluded on Thursday evening last; the lecturer expressing his regret at the unavoidable shortness of the course, which he was compelled to conclude somewhat abruptly, in consequence of his numerous and unexpected engagements in other quarters, upon the same subject. Mr. S. concluded the detail concerning the situations, functions, modes of manifestation of the several organs; embracing 22, individuality ; 23, form ; 24, size ; 25, weight; 26, colour; 27, locality; 28, number; 29, order; 30, even- tuality ; 31, time ; 32, tune ; 33, language ; 34, comparison ; and 35, causality. The effects, as to intellectual manifesta- tions, of a large or small developement respectively, of per- ceptive or reflective faculties, and of the respective prepon- derance of the one class of organs over the other was ex- plained. The subject of spectral illusions was briefly discus- sed, and it was shown that these phenomena are invariably occasioned by the diseased condition or excessive activity of certain moral and perceptive faculties; the peculiar illusions exhibited varying according to the nature of the organs af- fected. Several pathological cases were cited in illustration of this subject. Mr. S. then entered briefly upon the consi- derations of the deductions from influences of phrenology. The importance of the subject in connection with the sub- ject of Education was pointed out. Allusion was made to the phenomena of Insanity, and it was shown that the me- lancholy exhibitions of this nature originated in the defective modes in which Education is at present pursued. The beautiful results of the application of the principles of Phre- nology to the treatment of the insane was illustrated by re- ference to the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, under the superin- tendence of Sir William Ellis. Mr. Smith concluded the lecture by showing the deep importance of the diffusion of a knowledge of the principles and truths of Phrenology in connection with a general improvement in the civilization of mankind, and a general increase in the happiness of the human race. winner of the first race, left town the same night by the Emerald, and actually rode the winner at the St. Alban's steeple chase the same day; where, by the bye, he had some of the first riders in the kingdom to compete with, and amongst others Captain Beecher. MEETING OF GUARDIANS. THE BIRMINGHAM STEEPLE RACES. These races took place on Monday, at Barr Beacon, on very nearly the same gnund as last vear, but the course was rather longer. The fences generally were easy, and there being no timber or water, and the ground in sound galloping order, the chief difficulty was the long ascent to the Beacon at the run- in. The morning proved anything but tempting, except to out- and- outers; however, about twelve o'clock the rain and mist cleared off, and the attendance in conse- quence was very great. FIRST RACE. Mr. W. J. Godwin's ch. m. Multum- in- Parvo ( Solloway) 1 Mr. Holmes's b. g. Cock Robin 2 Mr. S. Pemberton's br. g. Mulberry 3 Mr. Millward's ch. g. Flatcatcher . 3 There were four others— Mr. Busby's Tomtit; Mr. Bate's Lady Jane; Mr. W. Taylor's Stafford, not placed; and Mr. T. Pemberton's Viscount, drawn. The weight for each race was 1 Ist. 71b. This was a beautiful race; the horses, seven in number, all going off well together, and keeping so nearly the whole distance, and taking their leaps in excellent style. Cock Robin was first over the last fence, but Godwin's mare, which was close behind him, was evidently fresher, and passed him in the struggle up the Manorial, winning the race in good style. Tomtit fell at the last fence, and was out of time in consequence. The others were so well up that it could not be ascertained which was third ; some saying Mulberry, others Flatcatcher. Previous to start- ing Cock Robin and Multum- in- Parvo were rather the favourites. SECOND RACE. Mr. J. E. Beally's b. g. Wood ley f owner J 1 Mr. T. Pratt's b. b. Flatcatcher 2 Mr. Stanley's!), m. Crazy Jane 3 Mr. E. A. Friend's br. g. by Comet fell This was also an excellent race, the horses going off Well, and keeping in close company all round, ejicept the Comet gelding, which was eclipsed somewhere in the low ground, and did not re- appear. Woodley was first in the Manorial, and Flatcatcher close behind him ; the former, however managed to keep the lead, arid by his winning proved that in these races a straightforward good- leaping horse will fre- quently beat those that would leave him behind at a mere gallop. Before starting Comet was in request amongst the betting men, from his superior size and galloping appear- ance. It is worthy of remark, that Mr. Solloway, who rode the On Wednesday evening a Special General Meeting of Guardians of the Poor was held in the Chapel, at the Workhouse, " to elect a Chaplain to the Workhouse and Asylum, to elect a resident House Surgeon, in the room of the late Mr. J. L. Pedley, and to receive a Deputation and Memorial from the Cemetery Company, relative to giving them the immediate possession of the remaining part of the land at Key- hill. As is usual on occasions when officers are to be elected, tfiere was a numerous attendance of Guardians. JAMES JAMES, having been called to the chair, votes of thanks to the Revs. D. A. Walton and E. Burns, the late Chap- lains, were proposed and seconded by Mr. Knight, Mr. Tildesley, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Ilyland, and carried unanimously. Mr. KNIGHT proposed the Rev. J. W. Sanders, who had been more than eighteen months curate of St. George's Church, and assured the meeting that before doing so he had taken much pains to ascertain the fitness of that gentle- man to be appointed to so important a situation, and he felt assured that the rev. gentleman was every way qualified. Mr. Knight read testimonials in favour of Mr. Sanders from the Rev. Mr. Garbett, Rector of St. George's, from the Rev. Mr. Kennedy, the Rev. Mr. Crane, the Rev. Mr. Harrison, Archdeacon Wrangham, and, in addition to some others, one numtro isly signed by persons frequenting St. George's Church, wherein his attention to the spiritual wants of the poor was especiailly noticed. Mr. Knight said that as Mr. Sam ers was well known to many of them he would abstain fiom unnecessary eulogium, but would assure them of his conviction that Mr. Sanders expressed himself with sincerity, when at the close of his circular, addressed to the Guardianf, he stated—" If elected, I shall endeavour, with God's a sistirice, faithfully to preach the Gospel to the poor, and I shall devote myself to the other duties which would devolve upon me with earnestness and regularity; sensible of the responsibility of the trust reposed in me, and of the strict and solemn account which I must one day give before the Judge of the living and the dead."— Mr. Westall seconded the nomination, and Mr. Lane and Mr. Evans supported it. Mr. BROWN proposed the Rev. C. Haden as a fit and proper person. He was a gentleman of decided piety, and had a family of ten children.* Mr. FUI. FORD seconded the nomination; it was supported by Mr. Salt, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Heeley, Mr. Samuel Allport, and Mr. C. Robins. A ballot then took place, and the ballot papers having been examined and the votes counted, Mr. Bynner, the vestry clerk, announced the numbers to be for Mr. San- ders 41, for Mr. Haden 40. A doubt being suggested of the accuracy of these numbers, the meeting directed the ballot papers to be re- counted. Mr. Bynner proceeded to count again, arid when he had gone on for some time, Mr. Edmonds asked the Chairman if he had voted as a guardian. Mr. James said he had not. He then put his ballot paper into the hat. Mr. Bynner continued to count, and having finished, announced the numbers to be, for Mr. Sanders 41, for Mr. Haden 41. The chairman having given his casting- vote in favour of Mr. Haden, that gentleman was declared elected at a salary of 150/. a year. Mr. Hayden is a native of Ireland. He was recom- mended by the Rev. Mr. Moseley, Rector of St. Marin's, the Rev. Josiah Allport, and by a number of the Irish Clergy. Mr. Sanders has lately been officiating at St. George's Church as Curate. There were four other candidates for the situation, viz:— the Rev. R. W. Stoddart, Rev. E. W. Oldacres, Rev. T. Shurt, and the Rev. J. Bray. The two gentlemen ballotted for were the only candidates who were formally proposed. The election of a House Surgeon next took place. Mr. Edwards nominated Mr. Nouise, and Mr. Cook seconded the nomination. Mr. Edmonds moved, and Mr. Mason seconded the nomination of Mr. Allday. The sense of the meeting was taken by a show of hands, and Mr. Nourse was declared unanimously elected. The other business of the meeting was adjourned. As the meeting was about to separate, Mr. Malins proposed the following resolution in reference to the late Mr. Pedley, the House Surgeon: — " That this Meeting sincerely deplore the loss this Esta- blishment has sustained by the premature death of the late House Surgeon and Apothecary, Mr. Joseph Lyndon Pedley. He was exact and faithful in the fulfilment of those obligations which devolved upon him in his official station, and he uniformly and deservedly enjoyed the approbation and the confidence of the Guardians of the Poor. He laboured to mitigate the sufferings of the sick poor, by all the means which human care and active diligence could sup- ply, and he received the reward of their respect and grati- tude. He rarely sought relaxation from his arduous duties during the period of the seven vears the parish had the bene- fit of his services. He possessed in a high degree the esteem of his professional brethren attached to this Institution, and died lamented by all. The Guardians record these, his many excellent qualities as a tribute due to his memory, and as an example eminently worthy of the imitation of his successor." Mr. C. ROBINS seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. * This has been denied. Mr. Haden, it is said, has only four children, and of these, two only reside with him. THE IRISH SOCIETY. Monday last, a meeting was held in Dee's Hotel fot the purpose of aiding the Irish Society in London for promo- ting the education and religious instruction of the native Irish, through the medium of their own language. The meeting was very thinly attended. Archdeacon Spooner, who took the chair, was certain, the more the nature and operations of the Irish Society were made known, the more deserving of support would they be deemed by those who knew how properly to appreciate the value and im- portance of a Bible education. If lie was well informed on the state of Ireland, there was a great destitution of relgi. ous instruction amongst the poor, and particularly of Bible instruction. Those humane individuals who had exerted themselves in the cause of Christianity in Ireland, had de- clared that they had been unable to make any considerable progress in the way of Bible education, owing to the fact that a vast number of the population of that country did not understand the English language. There was another great difficulty experienced in imparting Scriptural knowledge in the English language, and that arose from the prejudice of the native Irish against the English language. They con- sidered it the language of heretics, and that as such it ought not to be learned or read, and that nothing good could be conveyed to them through the medium of it. They . were, at the same time, particularly fond of their own language— more, perhaps, than the people of any other country in the world. From this, it was evident, that in order to gain ac- cess to them, it was necessary to meet them on their own ground to submit the word of God to them in their own tongue, and thus induce them to become acquainted with the words Of eternal life. The Rev. Mr. MOSELEY said that a meeting had been held in that room, in the year 1835, for the purpose of con- sidering the propriety of establishing an Auxiliary Society. It was not established, but he was appointed Treasurer for such casual subscriptions as might he made, and the amount of money he had received in consequence was fifty- three pounds, thirteen shillings, and two- pence. Of the many excellent institutions in this country for the promotion of religion in Ireland, he knew of none more deserving of support than the Irish society. Its main object was to save the souls of those poor in Ireland who were as ignorant of God or Christianity as the heathen. The people of England had done much for the heathen, and they ought to recollect that the poor Irish had a still stronger claim upon their sym- pathies. They were closely united with them. They were their fellow- subjects, so that they might say of the poor Irish Catholics, that they were part of the great family, not only of mankind, but of Great Britain in parti- cular. The people of England were, therefore, bound by every tie to endeavour all in their power to remove the great and lamentable ignorance and superstition which pre- vailed amonest them, and by no means could they accom- plish that object more effectually than by circulating the Holy Scriptures amongst them, in their own native lan- guage. As Mr. Daly, the rector of Powerscourt, in Ire- land, who was present,- and would go fully into the nature and objects of the society, he would not trespass fiuther on the time of the meeting. The Rev. Mr. DALY then came forward, and in a speech of great length advocated the cause of the society. He said the ground upon which he rested the claim of the so- ciety to support, was the almost incredible fact, that in the nineteenth century not less than between two and three millions of people were still speaking the Irish language. He was sure that was a fact which tile people of England had seldom, if ever, thought of, or they must have given the Irish Society far greater support than they had. The great majority of the people of Ireland spoke the English language, but a larger number than the population of Scot- land, and four times the number of Wales, spoke the Irish language, arid if he was to come before them and say that two millions of Scotchmen, or six hundred thousand Welch- men were destitute of God and the Bible, what would he their feelings? Why they would feel ashamed of their apathy, and orders would be immediately issued from the various Societies to send Bibles to the benighted people in their own language. But it would seem as if there was to be always some blundering work with respect to Ireland. Whep advocates of the Irish Society came before the Bri- tish public, some of the most zealous, pious christians, and men who would do every thing in their power for the con- version of souls, opposed the printing of the Bible in the Irish language. They said " let the Irish learn the English language." " Why g'ive them Irish Scriptures, when we know it will be their interest to learn the English language.'' Thus the people of Ireland were kept in ignorance in order to induce them to learn English. Now there itever was a a more false theory than this. They never could eradicate a language from amongst a people by keeping them in ignor- ance. The people would speak it, and hand it down from father to son. But if the people were instructed in their own language— if they were taught to read it, then infor- mation which would be useful to them might be communi- cated, and if it could be shown that it was their interest and advantage to learn another language tiiey would do so. It had been said that by giving the poor Irish Bibles and Testaments to read in the Irish language, that they were perpetuating the Irish language and preventing them from learning the English. Than this reasoning nothing could be more false, for he could prove it had just precisely the opposite effect. In the first place, the native Irish could not speak a word of English, and, in the second place, they had a most warm attachment to their own tongue. They believed it was the language spoken by Adam and Eve in Paradise, that it was the only language which the devil did not understand, and the only one in which heresy could not be communicated. Hence, in order to get at these people it was absolutely necessary to give them some- thing in the Irish language, because they would either re- fuse reading any religious work in English, or read it with great suspicion. The Irish Society had, accordingly, given them the word of truth in the Irish language; they read it and listened to it with attention, and the result was, that they became desirous of having bibles in the English lan- guage, and in place of the Irish bibles perpetuating the Irish language, it had only the effect of inducing the poor to read, and, of necessity, to learn the English language. But, again, it had been said, if you ' print Irish bibles they could not find twenty persons who could read thern. This was not the case; and even suppose it was, did it follow that they ought not to teach them to read the scriptures in that language in which alone they could, at first, be induced to read them ? Why, he would ask, had not this line of argu- ment been adopted by the Bible Society in reference to other nations, when the wants of the heathen were laid before this Society, they did not hesitate translating the scriptures into their native language. Oh, no ! bibles were sent to the heathens in their own languages, without wait- ing until they were taught the English language, and why not do the same towards the Irish people? The rev. gen- tleman then went on to enumerate the great benefits already conferred on the native Irish by the circulation of the bible, and in conclusion, called upon those present to support a society from which so much good had resulted. No other gentleman offering to address the meeting, a vote of thanks was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Moseley to the Rev. Mr. Daly, for his attendance, and advocacy of the cause of the society, after which the meeting broke up. FORGERY. APPREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF THE GANG. For several weeks past, through the medium of lumour, it was pretty generally known that forged notes on the Coventry Banking Company were in circulation, and efforts were daily being made to discover the forgers. Information was sent to the London police officers, and in the course of last week Leadbetter, Goddard, and Forrester, apprehended, at a house near the Angel Inn, Islington, tlnee men, named George Williams, George Monck, Frederick Armond, or Elmer, on suspicion of being concerned in the forgery. They were brought before Sir F. Roe, and underwent an examination, when it was ascertained that they were the parties,- but the principal of their frauds having been com- mitted in Warwickshire, it was considered proper to send them to Birmingham. The above officers accordingly con- veyed them down, and they were brought before Lloyd Williams, Esq., on Monday last. The following con- fession, by Monck, contains a full account of the whole transaction. The following statement was made by Monck :— In some part of August last I knew Frederick Elmer from his com- ing to the King's Bench, where I was at that time confined, to visit a friend of his; I was discharged by the Insolvent Court on the 11th of that month, without any opposition. Between that time and the month of November following, I met him casually, and I then began to know him more intimately, and he mentioned to me that he should have something by and bye very good; in tile beginning of January [ December?] he came to my house frequently to dinner, and it was then he said that he had got the tilings he had alluded to, and that Charley ( meaning Williams) would be up some evening; Williams came up one evening two or three days before New Year's- day, and then pro- duced a roll of notes, he examined thern, and found them to be of the Coventry and Warwickshire Bank, and the Harborough and Gloucestershire Banking Company; El- mer said that before any thing more could be done, it would be necessary to procure genuine notes of the same amount, to ascertain the signature; he said he should get one hun- dred pounds for the purpose of getting those notes, viz: a fifty, a twenty, a ten, and a five; this was on Sunday even- ing ; on the following Tuesday he came to my house in the morning, and said he had a hundred pound note, which he showed me, and that he should go to the Bank and get sovereigns for it, before he went down to Coventry; on the Sunday following, which I think would be the 8th of Janu- ary, Elmer came to my house again, he said he had been to Coventry, and produced to me a fifty pound, a twenty, a ten, and two five pound notes on the Coventry Bank; he said he had had a difficulty in getting them from the Bank, and that he was asked whether they were going up to Lon- don, and that he replied they were not, but as he was going to stop in the neighbourhood he preferred having Coventry notes; the clerk, he said, wanted to give him notes of the Bank of England ; this wae as near as I recollect, about a fortnight before we left town to pass the notes, when the conversation I have just stated took place ; Williams was with us during the time, and also when the notes were pro- duced, and we ail compared them with the blank notes, which Williams produced from a paper parcel, and agreed that they were the same ; Williams said they were from the same plates, and that they came from the man direct, mean- ing the printer's man ; we did not meet again until the fol- lowing Tuesday, when Elmer came to my house, and pro- duced a sheet of letter paper bearing a great number of sig- natures, of the name of " James Beck," I. or F. or T. Lawrence and Mountford ; on the following day he came again, and brought a bottle of fresh ink, and commenced filling the blank notes up with the names to correspond with the genuine ones which he had ; he filled a portion of them up that day; the following day at eleven o'clock in the morning he came again, and I sent Mrs. Monck out, to re- turn at five o'clock in the evening, and Elmer finished the remainder, about half- past three Williams came in, and I saw Elmer complete the notes about four o'clock, and then we all compared tliern with the genuine ones, and Williams said he should not mind running them into the jug, by which I understood he meant presenting them to the Bank of Jones, Lloyd, and Co. ; I said it would be folly to at- tempt it there; Elmer took the whole of the notes into his possession, and he and Williams went away together; after Elmer had taken the whole of the notes, he gave Williams and myself five each to wear in our pockets for the purpose of making them appear like old ; we then agreed Williams should start on the same Thursday after- noon for Dunchurch, and I and Elmer were to meet him at the Cock at Holloway, with a horse and gig, which I hired at Walker's livery stables, Hanover- street lor seven days ; we met him there but the plan was altered, and we agreed to proceed the following day in two gigs, and for me to travel by myself; we parted that night, and the following day I hired another gig for myself. Elmer came down to me at my house the following morning, and after hiring the gig at the stables in Great Windmill- street, I proceeded by ap- pointment to meet Elmer and Williams, at Holloway, and 1 found them there; we all proceeded to St. Albans and stopped at the Turf Hotel all night; the next day we left about eleven o'clock, and went on to Woburn, where we slept that night at an inn nearly opposite the church ; the following morning we went to Newport, and ther e we agreed to part and proceed as strangers to Northampton ; I went to " the Peacock and they went to the Angel. The next day ( Monday) we ail went to Daventry; they stopped at a house on the left hand side, and 1 went up to a house on the same side but further on; I walked on after feeding my horse and met Williams; he followed me down a street where the bank is, without speaking, and into the church- yard, there lie addressed me by name, and said, " Fred thinks you funk it, and seems very much vexed about it, that you did not think of this before;]' I told him, I con- fessed I did not like it, for if there was the least trouble there was no chance of getting away with a horse and gig ; he said he did not wish any man to do a thing if he did not fancy it, and that he and Fred \ vould come and see me where I was stopping, and talk to me upon the subject ; they came down about half- past four o'clock, and when an opportunity offered, they introduced the subject, and an angry conversation took place between me and lilmer that I had not made up my mind before such an expense had been gone into; I told him I thought a man had better re- pent at the eleventh hour than be cast on the twelfth ; this discussion lasted about an hour, and then I said that If I did pass any of the notes, I would go to Birmingham and post from there to town ; it was then agreed that we should re- turn to Northampton; we did so and all went to the Angel On the following day Williams was sent to town. That afternoon Elmer and myself left the Angel and went to dinner at the Peacock, where we stopped till the following Thursday; on that day Elmer delivered to me a twenty, a ten, and a five pound note, all for^ e 1 upon the Coventry Banking Company; he also gave me a good ten pound Bank of England note to pay my expenses on the road; the same afternoon I went in a fly to Weedon, and stopped there all night, and in the morning I pai l my bill with a ten pound forged note on the Coventry Bank, and I received the difference. On the Friday I went by the Tally- ho to Birmingham, and took my carpet bag . to tile Stork Hotel, where 1 had agreed with Elmer to go"; I slept there, and the next morning on my coming down Elmer was wait- ing in the coffee room, but we did not then speak ; I went out after breakfast and he followed me; we went in the di- rection of New- street; I met Elmer at a shop window and he said, where wii| you meet me at [ half- past five o'clock; I said at this corner, and we parted, I met Elmer at the time and place agreed upon ; I then told him some conver- sation I had with a jeweller whom I had met with at a tripe shop, and with whom I could pass a twenty pound note, as 1 thought; he told me he lived at No. 72, Caroline- street; at half- past five o'clock we'proceeded to the jeweller, sin question; I purchased a pair of gold ear- rings, a ring w ith pearls in it, three small gold pencil cases, for which I gave a forged twenty pound note on the Coventry Bank; the amount of the articles I bought was about 4/. 8s., and I received the difference; 1 went back to the Stork Hotel, and found Elmer there; afterwards I walked out, and he followed me, he gave me a twenty, two tens, and a five pound forged notes upon the same Banking Company, and I gave him nearly all the cash 1 had received for the others; on the same night I paid away one of the forged ten pound notes at a hosier's, for a shawl, and received the change ; Elmer was waiting for me, and I gave him the cash ; I then went to another hosier's and purchased another shawl, for which I paid another forged ten pound note, and gave Elmer the difference; I went to a third hosier's, and bought some braces and stocks, and passed a five pound forged note; I then went to different coach- offices and passed away five other ten pound forged notes, all the same sort, by booking places which I did not want, and sacrificing about one pound on each, for places to Manchester and elsewhere; about nine o'clock that night, I thought a man was watch- ing Elmer; Elmer followed me, and led me to a quiet place, where he gave me the remaining forged notes, con- sisting of three fifty pounds, one or two twenties, and the remainder in tens and fives; I did not see Elmer again un- til I arrived in London ; the next day, Sunday, I break- fasted at the Stork, paid my bill with a forged five pound note, and ordered a chaise for the first stage towards Lea- mington ; on arriving there, I lunched at the Royal Hotel, and paid my bill with a forged fifty pound note, and from thence went to Daventry, to a white house on the left hand side of the road, at the top of the hill, I paid my bill with a forged fifty pound note ; I then went into Northampton, and in payment of my bill I passed another forged fifty pound note ; I offered another at Newport Pagnell, but it was declined, there being no change; 1 went on to Dunsta- ble, where I got on to the Manchester Telegraph, and went up to London, where I arrived between two and three o'clock next morning; on the next evening Elmer came to my house, and we went from thence to a public- house in Seymours- street, where a fire was lighted in a room up stairs, and Elmer, myself, and Williams went in, and divided the money equally between us; Elmer charged sixty pounds expenses, and we received 51/. Is. 4d. each ; the next morning we all three met at a coffee- shop near the Monurmn", and Williams then determined to run 90/. into the Bank; Elmer and I remonstrated with him, he said he would chance it; it was then agreed that Elmer should go to Jones, Lloyd, und Co.' s house with a genuine five pound note of some Country Bank payable there, and he was to go and present that note at the same time that the porter was to be employed to present the 90/. in notes; Williams and I then went towaids Doctor's Commons, I was turning under the archway in Doctor's Commons, when Williams stopped an old man with a brown great coat and apron on, and who had the appearance of a porter, and I saw him with a quantity of notes in his hand as if counting them over. He gave them to the porter. I followed the porter down Cheapside, where I observed him stop a stout man and produce the parcel to him, as if to show him what his errand was. From that I proceeded on towards the place where Elmer had promised to be, and told him the ciicumstance. He was standing at a picture shop in Loth • bury, and he immediately knew the man from description ( as he said), and refused to go to the banking- house, but turned up towards Tokenhouse- yard, and I returned to ap- prise Williams of what had happened. Previous lo this Williams told me he had directed the porter to bring the money to the Bell Sauvage. I saw Williams in about three quarters of an hour afterwaids at a house in Newgate- market. Elmer was also there, and we waited there about an hour. Before entering into this scheme, after I had left the bench, I had no money, and no resources whatever. Elmer supplied me with money from the beginning to the end. Upon my return to town after dividing the money, as 1 have stated, and p'aced the remaining forged notes, to the value of about £ 300, on the chimneypiece, and I saw Williams take possession of them. Mr. Ja- nes Beck, Mr. Prime,' and Mr. Walker, of the Coventiy Bank; Miss Smith, of the Stork Hotel, Birming- ham; Henry Smith, clerk to Mr. Purton, the jeweller; Thomas Watts, ostler at the Peacock, Northampton, and several other wi nesses, corroboratedMonck'sstatement, and the prisoners were committed to the Assizes, Armond, ( his real name^ is Elmer) is a young man of gen- tlemanly exterior, most respectably connected, and is by pro- fession an attorney. It is said that he had formed improper connections by associating with the flash men of London as their professional adviser.— Monck is also a good lookiug, genteelly habited man, and of agreeable address. He was formerly unsuccessful in business, and the projector of the celebrated Metropolitan Steam Washing Company. Urg( d on by distress, it is said he became the ready tool and active associate of Mr. John Minter Hart; and when that cele- brated cheat was convicted and transported to the back settlements of New South Wales, being entirely destitute of any means of support, he unfortunately attached himself to his present, or rather his late companions.—- Williams has been long known to the London police as a flash thief. There is little doubt that Monck gave the information to the officers which led to their apprehension ; he will be ad- mitted evidence against the others. PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27th. ( Before E. L. Williams, J. Webster, and J. T. Lawrence, Esqrs.) STEALING LINEN Mary Hope was charged with stealing a shirt, the property of Mrs. Shepherd, in Bull- street. Ann Powers deposed that she lived in the Bell- barn- road, and took in washing. On Saturday, the 25th inst., the prisoner came to her house for the purpose of enquiring after a collar, which she ( witness) had to wash for the pri- soner's sister. As soon as she was gone she missed a shirt, and knowing from her own statement where the prisoner resided, she followed her to her house. The witness then observed the prisoner in possession of a pawn ticket, which she ( witness) was unable to takefrom her, until she obtained the assistance of Palmer the officer, who succeeded in get- ting possession of it. Upon examining the duplicate, the shirt was found to have been pledged at the shop ol Mr. Norwich, Moor. street, and being now produced and identi- fied by Mrs. Shepherd, the prisoner was committed to take her trial. SACRILEGE.— Ann Perry was charged with stealing two books, the property of Mr. William Harper, from St- Bar tholomew's chapel. On Sunday fortnight Mr. Harper saw and used the books duiing divine service, and on Sunday week they were missing. On Thursday last Mrs. Harper observed them exposed for sale on the stall of Maria Wilkes, in the Market- hall. Mrs. Wilkes stated that she had purchased them from the prisoner, from whom she had previously made purchases of books, but did not for a mo- ment supppse that they were stolen. The woman Perry was accordingly apprehended, and the above facts being proved, she was committed to take her trial. It appears that St. Bartholomew's chapel is daily exposed to similar depredations, owing to the indiscriminate admission of the public during the performance of the rites of burial. SHOP BREAKING Thomas Boyer was placed at the bar, charged with breaking into the shop of David Trevor, a shopkeeper at Gosta- green. The prosecutor left the shop safe on Saturday night last, and on Monday morning found that it had been forcibly entered, and two and a half bushels ol peas, a sack, and a quarter measure stolen therefrom. He communicated the robbery to the police. On the same Monday morning the prisoner called at the house of Mr. Cook, licensed victualler. Bartholomew- row, and asked permission to leave the bag and peas a short time in his yard. Mr. Cook, suspecting that the property had been stolen, called in Lewis, the street- keeper, and gave the prisoner into custody, and upon enquiry the suspicions of the landlord proved to be perfectly correct. Mr. Trevor fully identified the sack, measure, and peas as his property, and the prisoner was accordingly committed for trial. FRIDAY, MARCH 3. ( Brfore Lloyd Williams and Towers Lawrence, Esqs.) Mr. Samuel Lambert, Great Hampton- row, was fined 10s. 6d., including the costs, for having had his chimney on fire. The magistrates in this case observed that the local act was imperative, and they must fine when the offence was proved. It was, therefore, great folly for the sake of the trifling expense incurred in keeping chimneys clean, for per- sons to risk their taking fire. Mr. Sinclair, pawn- broker, appeared on summons, to show cause why he received in pledge, a barometer which had been stolen, without apprehending the person who pledged it. Evans, the street- keeper, stated that having received in- formation that Mrs. Duddle, of Smallbrook street, had lost a barometer, he went to the defendant's house, and told him and his wife not to receive the article, unless he de- tained the person who might offer it. This was on the 25th of January ; on the following day the barometer was taken in pledge by Mrs. Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair in his defence said he had only just com- menced business, and his wife actually did not know what a barometer was. The moment he found it had been taken in, he gave information. The magistrates ordered him to give up the article; his wife's ignorance was no excuse. John Russell, an apprentice, belonging to Mr. Bagrtall, whip- maker, Suffolk- street, was charged with general mis- conduct in his master's service ; waste of time, and other misdemeanors being proved, he was ordered to be com- mitted for one month. Richard Cook was charged with stealing a pair of trow- sers, the property of Mr. Nicholas, clothes- dealer, of Staf- ford- street. A young man, named William Cotton, who lives opposite Mr. Nicholas's house, stated that on Thursday he ob served the prisoner loitering about the street, and saw the other man go over to Mr. Nicholas's shop front, take down a pair of trowsers, and give them to the prisoner. He pur- sued thein and took the prisoner into custody with the article in his apron. The prisoner was committed. John Parker was charged with robbing under the follow- ing circumstances: — Mrs. Elizabeth Grundy, wife of Mr. James Grundy, brass tap maker, York- street, stated that on Tuesday evert- ing, the 28th of February, about eight o'clock she left home; in about ten minutes she returned and found the door un- locked, and saw there was alight up stairs; she shut the dooc again and gave an alarm, and a man rushed down stairs and out of the door, and made his escape; as he was running away he dropped a coat belonging to her husband ; pre- sently another man came down stairs with a light in his hand and clothes under his arm; be also rushed out at the door, and as he was passing her, he gave her a blow on the mouth; he then ran away, and he also, in his flight, dropped some articles of wearing apparel. A man named Haynes who came up at the time pursued the thieves, and overtook the prisoner in Staniforth- street, and brought him back. Mrs. Grundy and another woman identified the prisoner as one of the men who was in the house. He was committed to the assizes. Air. Joseph Davenport appeared on an information laid against him for selling ale on a Sunday morning, before one o'clock. A man named Josiah Horton proved the offence. He stated that he lived in William- street, and was a painter by trade; he knew the defendant, who was a retail brewer; on Sunday morning last at five minutes to twelve, he went to the house on business; the house was opened for him, and when he got in he saw two persons purchase ale at the bar. Cross- examined by Mr. Edmonds: lam not obliged to say what took me to Mr. Davenport's. Mr. Edmonds: I beg to state this witness has been ac- tuated by improper motives; he was set up in business by the defendant, and there was a balance due to the defendant; the defendant put him into court to recover the money, and the complainant went to his house for the express purpose of laying the information. The magistrates said the motive had nothing to do witEi the charge, and ordered Mr. Davenport to pay 40s. and costs. Mr. Williams, however, said he considered Horton's conduct in going to the house improper. Sarah Bennett and Mary Keeling, two well known shop lifters, were charged with stealing a coat of the value of 3t the property of Mr. Oldridge, tailor, of Moor- street; it appeared from the evidence that about ten o'clock on Wed- nesday morning, the prisoner went into the prosecutor's shop, and during the absence of the family contrived to steal the coat from off the counter; information was given to the police, and in about two hours after James, the street keeper, met the prisoners, and followed them to the shop of Mr. Coton, pawnbroker, of Stafford- street, where they offered the coat in pledge; he took them into custody, anil the c at was identified by Mr. Oldridge. The prisoners were tommitted. Frederick Bannister was committed to the sessions fot stealing five rattles, the property of Mr. Joseph Moses Levi, of Congreve- street; on Wednesday evening the pri- soner w nt into Mr. Levi's warehouse and stole the rattles frum a heap of other articles; Charles Evans, the street keeper, was passing the door as the prisoner came out, and k owing him to be a bad character, he took him into cus- tody, and found the property upon him. Edward Price, on the complaint of Hipkiss, the police officer, was committed as a rogue and vagabond for three months, for picking pockets in the Market Hall on Thurs- ay. lh'aryanne Porter was committed for robbing her mistress, Mrs. Ann Douglas, Warstone- lane ; the prisoner was only th ee weeks in Mrs. D.' s service; on Wednesday week she got up in the morning before the family, and went away with a quantity ot: wearing apparel; she was apprehended on Monday last, in a house of ill- fame in Colmore- street, and some of the property in her possession. Richard Cook, an urchin about ten years of age, was charged with attempting to steal a piece of silk from the shop of Mr. Tidmarsh, draper, Bull- ring. Spittle, the officer, said Mr. Tidmarsh was unwilling to appear against the prisoner, because there were prisoners in Warwick Gaol, against whom he and some of his servants would have to appear at the next Sessions; and if he appeared in this case, his shop would be left unattended to during the entire ses- sions. Spittle further said the prisoner was a regular young thief; he had been committed lor other robberies, and be was altogether, in his line, a nonpareil. The magistrates committed him for three months as a rogue and vagabond. ROBBERY AT THE CASTLE HOTEL. — A young fellow of bad character, named Painter, was charged with stealing a coat from the Castle Hotel, on Wednesday last. Hughes, a street- keeper, said that as he was passing along St. Philip's Church- yard on Wednesday evening, he met the prisoner encased in an excellent top coat, buttoned to the teeth, and so respectably disguised that he did not recognise him. He, however, observed Painter to shy, as it is called, and endeavour to avoid him, this induced flint to look more narrowly at the prisoner, who, thinking he was discovered, " took to his heels," and relieved himself of the great coat, which he threw down in Little Charles- street. He was eventually secured. On making enquiries, it was discovered that the coat had been stolen from the traveller's room in the Castle Hotel, but the owner could not remain in town to prosecute, and the prisoner having received a caution from the magistrate, was ordered to be discharged. Mr. George Redfern said that four top coats had been stolen from the Castle on Wednesday, belonging to differ- ent gentlemen, and that the prisoner, who was one of Mr- Lewis Abraham's " gatherers," had been seen running out of the Hotel with some of thern. Mr. George Evans was charged with keeping his house open for the sale of beer on Sunday, the 26th of February. Thomas Brett, in the employment of Martin, the informer, proved the offence. Mr. Evans's defence was, that Bvett had represented himself as a " way- worn traveller," but, having no witnesses to support this statement, he was fined in the lowest penalty, 40s. and costs. John Carpenter, retail brewer, of Brearley. street West, was charged with selling ale on Sunday, the5th of February. Eaves proved the charge. Another information was laid against the same person for a similar offence on the follow- ing Sunday. The defendant did not appear, although the officer swore that he. had summoned him personally. He was fined in 40s. and costs, for each offence. John Williams, of St. Martin- street, was summoned foaa similar offence. Edward Harwood, of Cheapside, who repre- sented himself as a " warehouse- man," ( also in Martin's service) said that he called there on Sunday last, and had half a pint of ale. He saw no person drinking in the house. Fined 40s. and c sts. John Jones, Lewis Price, Samuel Spragg, William Preston, Thomas Back, William Thompson, William Fox, anil William Jones, against whom similar informations were laid, pleaded guilty, and were severally fined in the penalty of 40s. and costs. Two informations against other individuals were with- drawn on the payment of the costs of the information. The greater number of the above informations were laid by Martin the informer. Charles Griffiths, an^ articledjservant, was charged with ab- sconding from his master, Mr. Marks, tailor, for the space of three months. Mr. Marks said lie had been treated shame- fully by Griffiths. When he gave him cloth to make up he stole the half of it, and spoiled the articles. Ashe employed a number of men, and was liable to similar impositions, lie pressed for punishment. The defendant pleaded that his master did not keep him in work according to his agree- ment, but this the complainant denied, ' file magistrates ordered him to be committed to the House of Correction k and kept to hard labour for one month. Ephraim Cooper and Joseph Dunmore were eommitted for stealing a cart- horse saddle and bridle from the stables of Mr. Jones of Belmont- row. HOUSE BREAKING.— Monday night the bouse of Thomas Green of Smethwick, was broken open and robbed of two cloaks, a frock, and a fiddle. The thieves broke open the front door during the night, and stole the aiticles from the bottom part of the house. On Tuesday, as Spittle, the officer, was crossing the waste ground at St. Thomas's Church, lie met a suspicious looking character, named Bar- ton, carrying a bundle. He took him into custody, and, on enquiry, found a portion of the property belonged to Thos. Green. THE BIRMINGHAM JO tJRN A. POETRY. SONG. My sailor lad is o'er the main, And many a moon must wax and wane, Ere I shall hear his voice again Declare how well he loves me. Oh ! can I e'er forget the hour! The wild wood path, the summer shower, The scented birch that formed our bower, When first he told he loved me! He spoke— and none could speak so well— Of bliss that's found in lowly cell— " And ah J in such could'st thou but dwell, " With him that truly loves thee ! " No treasured heaps of gold are mine ; tc No gems that light the Indian mine ; " But, Mary, all I have is thine! " A heart that fondly loves thee1" The sun looked out more bright and clear; The silver streamlet lingered near ; The laverock stooped from Heaven to hear, While William told he loved me! My sailor lad is o'er the main ; Ye breezes speed him back again! And plighted hand and holy chain Shall tell how well he loved me. T. LITERATURE. ORIGINAL. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, OR TRICK FOR TRICK. ACT III.— SCENE I. ( Continued.) SINGLETON: Well, Neville, how are you? Welcome Smith. Just seen your mistress— fine girl, but gravity and sentimentality! zounds, man, what tempted you to think she had either, if you did so ? Why she is as lively a lass as has been imported into India for tlie last dozen years, I'll uphold her. CAPT. J. S.: You are pleased to jest Singletou. Miss Montague is one of the most quiet, modest, and delicate minded of women. SINGLETON : Oh Lord! Why, only this moment, she declared that parties were her delight, and as for dancing, she never tired of it. CAPT. J. S.: Get on Jack, you improve wonderfully— parties and dancing truly. N.: Both very good things in their way. I can see no rea- son why Miss Montague should be averse from them. But Singleton and you have beheld the lady with different eyes, Smith. SINGLETON : Truly have we, and heard her with different ears too, I know mine are aching. CAPT. J. S.: What do you mean? SINGLETON : Mean, why, damn it, I mean that your Miss Montague, in addition to other attractions, has a tongue that discourses music like a hand- bell. N.: Goodness, now! Well, did you ever! CAPT. J. S.: Ha! ha! ha! Well, Singleton, it would be a pity to interrupt your jestj it is the second I ever heard you attempt to perpetrate. The lady will be here in a few minutes, and Neville will then be able to judge for him- self. SINGLETON : And, as I have already had an opportunity of doing so, I'll bid you good morning. CAPT. J. S.: You are afraid that your capital joke will too speedily evaporate, eh, Jack ? SINGLETON : Be it so! You will find out, by and bye, that there are no jokes like true ones. ( Exit.) CAPT. J. S.: I am at a loss to comprehend Mister Sin- gleton to- day. His facetiousness is singularly ill- directed. N.: You know you rallied him rather severely yesterday on his sudden change, from railing against matrimony to courting it; and he is taking his revenge, after his own ashion. CAPT. J. S. T You have hit it, I have no doubt. He is, for the most part, so plain a matter of fact animal, that he startled me. Oh, my dear Lady Dickons, how is your charge and mine? Enter Lady Dickons. LADY D.: Goodness now ! Why she could not be bet- ter; and in such charming spirits. Ah, Captain S., she'll keep you alive. Such a romping, laughing, chatting, dear girl. N.: Romping, laughing, chatting— why, Lady Dickons, I thought Miss Montague was rather a grave, silent, young lady. LADY D.: Did you ever! Grave, silent! Why, she is one of the sweetest, liveliest, frolicksomest creatures— Now, what do you think she was about only five minutes ago ? guess? N. : Indeed Lady D,, I cannot. LADY D. ; Why she had been rummaging all about, and, n a closet of her bed- room she finds a suit of my poor de- parted Sir Malachi's uniform— you know he was a colonel of militia— and what does she do, but slipt them on, and out she marches to me in full costume ! N. : I say Smith, this is a somewhat singular specimen of modest diffidence— CAPTAIN J. S.: Pooh; a mere outbreaking of innocent playfulness to accommodate herself to Lady Dickon's tastes. And how did she look in the Colonel's cloak Lady? But I need not ask. LADY D.; Cloak! Oh, I don't know how she would look in the cloak ; but she looked very smart in the coat. CAPTAIN J. S. : Coat! Lady D. Why you don't say Miss Montague dressed herself in a man's coat? LADY D.: Well, ( fid you ever ? Coat, aye, coat and waist- coat; and— and— everything else. But step this way, and you'll see; there she is, as I protest, buckling on the dear old soul's sword! But I have excellent news for you, Captain Smith, you are quite safe. She has no manner of recollection of the features of the other Captain John— not in the least. So, after all, I think it will be best to say nothing on the subject. I declare I don't think she remem- bers whether he belonged to the 20th or the 21st. Oh, mercy on its giddy head! if it is not here. ( Enter Miss Montague in uniform.) LADY D.: Well, did you ever! Ah! you dear little romp, here is Captain S., so impatient to see you— and Mr. Neville, too. Miss M. : Oh! Lady D.; I was not aware you had com- pany. My dear S., how do you do? What do you think ofme? Delightful, is itnot? Very solemn looking gentle- man, that friend of your's. Is he a parson ? Why, how he stares? . And, by the bye, S., what is the matter with you ? You don't compliment me on my dress? I'm sure you must like it. They say you have balls here every night. I hope you have masked balls some times. I should like hugely to go to one in my present garb. No matter what part you choose— act well your part, there all the virtue lies, as Miss P. used to say. N.: Upon my soul, Smith, this is an exhibition for which I was not at all prepared. I am wholly at a loss how to treat it. ' CAPTAIN J. S.: You are not more astonished than I am. The change is miraculous. I can hardly believe my eyes; that it is real. Miss M.: Apropos des bottes, my dear Lady Dickons, what is the general cast of establishments here? Your mansion is a very pleasant one, vastly comfortable, but— pardon my plainness, my dear Lady Dickons— not quite so exquise as is altogether desirable; and then it is so ridicu- lously small. LADY D.: Small! my house small! goodness now! Why it is larger than any I visit at. Captain Smith, what do you think? Miss Montague says my house is ridiculously small. Did you ever? CAPTAIN J. S.: I am afraid, my lady, that if Miss Mon- tague considers your mansion a small one, she will not be easily satisfied with those of Calcutta in general. It will not be easy to find one that is roomier. Bliss M.: Roomier— ah, that is having more rooms, I suppose. I can dispense with number if you give me size. To be sure number and size combined is the thing. But then the arrangement here— think of that. No fine suc- cession of apartments, no delightful long drawn vista of doors. A suite of rooms is worth all the other sweets in nature, as Miss P. used to say. Remember, Smith, I insist on a suite of four at least. The first for the mob, the second for the fellows, the third for myself, and the fourth for you and the old women, my dear— ten, knave, queen, and king, as Miss P. used to say. NEVILLE: And pray, Miss Montague, when you have got your suite what do you mean to do with them ? Miss M. : Do with them! Good gracious, what a question? I throw them open to the world, to be sure. Let me see, we can have a select dinner party— say fifty, not more— twice a week— yes, twice a week will do— a nice little private dance twice a week— that's four days disposed of— 011 two nights, I suppo- e, we must make shift to yawn and look delighted abroad; and the seventh will be our " at home." A crush once a week, I must positively stipulate for. N.: But, my dear young lady, does it not strike you as somewhat possible, that rooms en suite so employed, will, very soon, bring bills, en suite; and that so many persons squeezing in at the door, from week's end to week's end, may chance to squeeze your husband's fortune out at the window ? Miss M.: Husband's fortune ! and what has a wife to do with her husband's fortune but to spend it? He to gather and she to scatter— collection and distribution— the true political economy— a just division of labour, as Miss P. used to say. CAPTAIN J. S. : My dearest Emma, this Miss P., whom you are so fond of quoting, seems to have been a very silly person— Miss M.: Miss P., my dear Miss P., my guide, instruc- tor, friend ! Miss P. a silly person ! Lady Dickons, Mr. Wbat's- your- name, how can you hold your tongues, while 1 am so outraged ? CAPTAIN J. S.: My dearest Emma! I beg your pardon, I really did not mean to offend you. I own the words were hasty. Miss M.: Don't speak to me, sir! Lady Dickons will you summon Patty ? LADY D. : Goodness now! Did you ever? Captain Smith, Mr. Neville, support her ! Patty ! Oh ! here she is. Enter Patty. Miss M.: Patty! call the girls, call them all; call the blacks, a dozen of'them— but first wheel the sofa here— place me on it— now ! NEVILLE : Smith get a glass of water. Miss M.: Get nothing for me, sir, I am determined ; I will not resist my disposition to be indisposed. Enter Patty, three or four servant maids, and half a do ten blacks. Miss M.: Now, Patty, come hither; range the blacks on each side of the sofa! put two of the girls before, and go you behind with the other two. And listen, Patty ! PATTY : Yes, Miss— Miss M.: This Captain S. has told me to my face, openly, in presence of Lady Dickons and Mr. What's- his- name, that my poor, dear, delightful friend, Miss P., was a silly person ! CAPTAIN^ J. S.: My dear Emma how can you dwell thus on a mere casual word ? Miss M. -. Now, Patty, was not this most atrocious ? PATTY : Indeed it was abominable Miss. Miss M. : Most rancorous? PATTY : Vastly calamkerous Miss. Miss M. : Treasonable ? PATTY : High treason and petty treason Miss. Miss M. : And vastly unpolite? PATTY : The very pink of ill- breeding Miss, surely. Mils M. : Patty, I am about to take a fit PATTY : Oh lord ! I hope not Miss. Miss M. : Girl don't contradict me, or I'll drive the whole house into fits. I tell you I am about to take a fit, and I will not be thwarted. PATTY: I'm mum, Miss. Miss M.: I'll scream, Patty, that you might hear me at Madras. PATTY : Goodness now ! What will become of our ears ? NEVILLE : Egad, my lady, that will beat the roar of a tiger all to nothing. I wish Singleton were here. But he'll hear, if he do not see. Smith is dumb- foundeied by anticipation. Miss M.: When I have done screaming, Patty, carry me out. PATTY : Yes, Miss. Miss M.: Are you all ready you black wretches ? BLACKS : Yes, Missee— ready Missee. Miss M.: Now then. [ SAe screams very loud, then leans back on the sofa. The blacks carry her out— Patty and the women accompanying. ] LADY D.;: Goodnessnow! Well, did you ever? This quite beats Sir Malachi, and he had his fits too ! [ Exit. following. ] ( To be continued in our next.) by Lord Walpole, and kept in a room opening into the House, which he held as Auditor of the Exchequer. Some Opposition Members getting information of this, stuffed the key- hole of the door with sand. At the critical moment the key was found useless, and three votes were thus lost. Upon the division, the defection of two Tory members turned the scale, giving, Walpole the majority of two, which would, otherwise, have been against him— History cf Party. CIVILISATION But civilisation has also its vices and abuses. The extraordinary activity which it gives to thought is not always fertile in benefit; it impresses at times direc- tions on opinion and action injurious to both the moral and intellectual man. In certain points of view, it exhibits the seeds even of decay and deterioration. The very arts, which seem most to raise and embellish life, introduce also in their train habits of effeminacy and self- indulgence. They create new wants, which become, in turn, from servants, masters. They concentrate the entire being within self; they render self- sacrifice an absurdity, duty a difficulty; they fix all enjoyments ill the material world ; they add to riches a fictitious value, measured by the lowest passions of our nature. The political economy, and much also of the moral philosophy of the day, harmonising too closely with this sensualism,— estimating as nothing in the social scale what cannot be reduced to some material utility,— substi- tuting, too often, calculation for conscience, and measuring virtues by what they will fetch in the market,— has contri- buted not only to disenchant existence, hut in many in- stances to lower it; to dry the heart, to deaden the under- standing, and to wither the noble and the generous in every department of life. To this general influence, arising out of general circumstances, others of a more special nature may be added. While tiie diffusion of knowledge tends, on one side, to enlarge, on the other, the division and subdivision of labour, mental and physical, tends not less to restrict the free exercise of our faculties. Even the highest professions are not exempt from this defect. Prejudices innumerable, contracted habits, little ideas, a disproportion, bordering oil distortion, in their mental organisation, disturbing all in- tellectual and often all moral" beauty, dispositions fatal to independence both of thought and action, are the frequent consequences of this vaunted improvement of modern times. In the prison of a single occupation, bow few can breathe the free air and gaze on the broad sky of intellectual or moral speculation ! how cramped their corporeal and mental vigour! how stunted and curtailed all the original move- ments and energies of their nalure ! True it is, that society out of this partial evil educes common good ; this very sub- division is the creator of all the magnificent and gigantic marvels in which our modern civilisation glories as her pe- culiar boast. But it may still be doubted, whether, with all this, there is not, in the infection which individual misery, ignorance, and depravity, arising out of these causes, must more or less communicate to the mass, a heavy balance of evil, which, in the mind of the moralist, is scarcely compen- sated by all the seeming power and wealth by which it is " concealed. Nor is this evil confined to professions: it is BYRON, VOL. III.— The pocket Byron, as in form and destination it is properly designated, proceeds, in its career of publication, rapidly and regularly. We have little doubt, notwithstanding-, that, long ere it reach its termination, the demand of thepublic will have gained upon it, and the types must be again set, and the press again put in action. This should operate as a hint, by the way, to our readers to purchase early, for first editions of whatever kind, are always best. The present volume contains the Siege of Corinth ; Parisina; the Prisoner ofChillon; the germ of Don Juan, Beppo, the first reading of which we shall never forget; the wild true of Mazeppa ; and the somewhat tame one of the Island. The vignette presents a deli- cious view of the Acrocorinthus. THE FLOKAL CABINET, No. VII.— The plates of this number are three, two single and one double. The single are the Linaria triornithophora, one of the finest specimens of the genus Linaria; the larg- e flowered Begonia— Begonia grandiflora, or octopetala— and the double, the Cattleya Labiata, an orchideous flower. The beauty of this plate, to be duly estimated, must really be seen, for no description can do justice to the exquisite character of the tinting-. A correspondent, we see, speaks of these plates generally as equal to finished drawings. If he had said they were greatly superior to the mass of finished drawings, he would not have overpraised them. We observe that the ingenious editors are making arrangements for the insertion of original communications on practical gardening, along with the customary letter- press. This will be an additional recommendation to the work, though really none was required. We have not seen the sixth num- ber of the Cabinet; neither did the third ever reach us. WALPOLE'S CLOSING STKUGGLE— On the 21st, the Go- vernment Members were startled upon entering the House of Commons, to find the Opposition benches crowded with the whole strength of the party. It was evident that no effort had been spared to bring up every vote at their com- mand; cripples had been brought in upon their crutches, and sick men, enveloped in bandages and nightcaps, pro- claimed the importance of an occasion which had drawn them from their beds. Meanwhile, so well had the secret been kept, that the Government benches were empty, and no business of importance had been expected. The ap- pearance of the House was explained, when Pulteney rose, and in a speech of great power, arraigned the conduct of the Minister in the prosecution of the war. He concluded with a motion, to refer those papers relating to the subject, which had been produced, to a Secret Committee. Upon this demonstration messengers were, of course, despatched in all directions. As the debate was industriously drawn out, the Ministerial retainers were gradually arrived, and although sojcompletelyout- manceuvred in the first instance, Walpole compensated by his diligence for his want of pre- paration. When each party had ready every vote they could hope to muster, the debate was concluded, and the most extraordinary artifices were adopted to influence the division. The Prince of Wales, who was present, asto- nished at the number of invalids who were carried into the House, exclaimed to General Churchill, who sat near him, " They have got together the lame, and the halt, and the blind." " Yes, the lame on our side, the blind on yours," was the reply. Two of these invalids, and a gentleman who had recently lost a relation, and could not appear with decency for want of a suit of mourning, had been impressed the characteristic, in a minor degree, of all modern civilisa- tion— if the principle of the perfection, the principle also of the feebleness of our whole modern system. The very se- curity and facility which it produces, the little demand upon individual powers, and the dead reliance upon combined ones, have gone far to extinguish that personal energy, that sense of soul, that will of iron, allied to the higher qualities of our nature and the glory and the strength of ancient and barbarous time. Our crimes, for the most part, are weak- ness— want of virtue more than vice; we omit rather than commit: we dwell in decencies; we allow evil; we would not take the trouble to injure our neighbour; but neither would we walk a single step to save him. < This negative virtue, this passive vice, has, however, produced as much corruption and far less heroism than the fierce but generous passions, the vice and virtue, the half- god and half- daemon spirit of barbarism. It has let down the whole scale of our social existence imperceptibly ; in comparing with each other, we do not perceive the alteration— so exactly are pro- portions preserved ; it is only by looking to the points which we have passed in our voyage onward to civilisation, that we at last become sensible of the humiliating change Wyse 07i Education. AN IGNORANT RUSTIC.— There are few villages in the country which do not present us specimens of the unedu- cated : we meet him in the gin- shop and in the street: be is an idler, a drunkard, a quarreller; we hear of him in every riot, he is an aider and abettor in eveiy outrage. His family are slovenly, reckless, debased, wretched. He is a quarreller, because a drunkard; and he is a drunkard because he is idle. But why is he idle ? Because he has never felt the value of labour, the pleasure of thinking, the joy of a good conscience. He has never been habituated to form judgments of these tilings. The powers necessary to form such judgments have been neglected. He has never been taught to examine, to inquire, to attend. He has become passive. He feels the pressure of want brought on by his own habits; but liovv does he try to remedy it? All his life he has been taught to spare, as much as possible, his own exertions, and to hang, beggar- like, as much as possible on those of others. He is the slave, from laziness, of autho- rity. It is not in a sudden emergency he is likely to throw it off. All his life he has sacrificed, with the shortsighted selfishness of ignorance, the future to the present, and every interest, public and private, to his otvn. He is turbulent, but not independent: he talks of freedom, and is a slave to every man and thing around. But indolence is not a merely passis- e vice. Better to " wear out" than to " rust out" has been truly said; but he who " rusts out" " wears out" too. No gteater burden than slotii; no greater consumer of the spirit and body of man than doing nothing and having nothing to do. Every day spent in inactivity renders action more difficult; every hour which does not add steals away some instrument of virtue and happiness, and leaves the sluggard more at the mercy of those visitations of sickness or want to which even the industrious are exposed. Nor is this all. Omission of duty soon becomes commission of crime. Painful reflections now beset him. They are sought to be extinguished, but not by reform. Conscience drives him to fresh vice. This goes on for a time; but health, means, companions, must at last fail. Then it is that he sees, for the first time, how bootlessly he has squandered away the healthy morning- tide, the working hours of life. He has paid down existence, and all that makes existence a glory and a good, in advance. Body and soul are spent. He becomes sullen and sour. Disappointments thicken on him, arid they are all of his own causing. His farm is Co- vered with weeds, his shop deserted, his children profligates and rebels, his household a hell. He gradually becomes an enemy to all social ordinance, to law, justice, truth, good faith— to all that makes community to man. He envies and hates the good and happy: he looks on every check as a wrong, on every prosperous man as a foe. Whither is he to rush for rescue from these encompassing evils? The Gospel he never understood, and therefore never practised. His religion is an lij pocrisy or a superstition. It affords him now r. o direction in bis errors, no consolation in his afflictions. He finds in it neither warmth nor light. The religion he learnt never penetrated to the spirit; it was a tinkling cymbal, a jargon of meaningless and profitless words. But crime, which had long been rpe in thought, is at last on the point of bursting into act. He is at last ready for every desperate attempt. Education has been held up as the great principle of all modern restlessness and disorder ? Is this the case? Let facts answer. Here are men un- educated enough, ignorant enough, to produce the most perfect quiet, if ignorance and absence of education could produce it. Yet is it from materials like these you are to expect the tranquillity and prosperity of a great nation ? Is it in the nature of things, that out of elements so utterly evil, peace and happiness should emanate ? Private vice has but to make a few steps and a few proselytes, and it becomes public corruption : individual discontent wants only time and circumstance to spread out into general dis order. Such, indeed, are ( he real revolutionists ; men bad and blind— blind because they are bad— a huge Polyphemus, sightless and strong, waiting only some crafty guide to. lead the monster on against society. Nor is such want likely to remain long misapplied.— Wyse. DEAD LANGUAGES.— The learned languages are still con- sidered by many, emphatically, education. To teach them, and to teach little else, was a portion of the wisdom of our ancestors : but though wisdom in them, it does not follow it is such in us. With them it was knowledge, not for or- nament hut use. It was the instrument of action as well as of thought. Law, diplomacy, medicine, religion, all was Latin: a man who was no " Latiner" was a mere " villein" in education; he was deemed unfit in civil life for any situa- tion destined for the " ingenuous" and free. But to insist on it at present, but above all as the only thing necessary, and to the sacrifice of many other things really so, is a folly of which our ancestors couid not have been guilty : they did not require Hebrew to prescribe for a patient, nor was it in Greek trochaies they negotiated loans or ratified treaties of peace. Our social existence has been multiplied and spread out by recent discovery and extensive and rapid communi- cation to an extraordinary degree. We require means and instruments corresponding with this diversity and extent; and we are still to be limited to one little manageable, and, as we are taught to manage it, of little use. Of what ad- vantage to a merchant, to the head of a manufactory, to a military man, or to any of the numerous classes dependent on our public offices, the most complete knowledge of the ancient languages ? It is a luxury, but luxuries are but poor substitutes for necessaries. Men cannot live on cakes, neither will erudition conduct through life. If they will read the ancient authors, let tliein read them in translations. It is not the best, but the best is attainable at too dear a rate. We live too fast in the present age to spend so much time ill words. Things press upon us at every step; and an education dealing with things— a real or reality education, as the Germans term it— is the education best fitted for the practical, the reality- men— for the active classes of the com- munity.— Wyse. ANTIQUITIES or SALISBURY. — From time immemorial, the remains of an ancient mansion, forming a portion of certain premises situate on the New Canal, in the city of Salisbury, were known to exist; and they were, ever and anon, visited by the antiquary or the virtuoso. A large hall or refectory ( divided and subdivided into many small upper and lower rooms), was evidently developed to the curious investigator of antiquities ; but its origin and its owner were veiled in the mists of time. When these premises were recently purchased by Mr. Sampson Payne, chinaman, the present owner and occupier of this ancient mansion, he, at consider- able expense, removed the modern partitions, and renovated this curious hall, which is now to be seen in its original size and proportions. Its richly- storied windows, its antique chimneypiece, its massive and elegant roof, framed of oak or chestnut, did suggest that this was an ancient refectory ; but whether that of a religious or mercantile fraternity, or of an affluent citizen of the olden time, was utterly unknown. Ages had passed away— the building remained, but the memory of its master was lost. Many of the armorial shields were recognised by the heraldist; yet one coat of arms ( impaled with a merchant's mark) remained as a puz- zle unto all inquirers— its owner could not be discovered. The arms displayed on this shield and the merchant's mark, but on separate scutcheons, were again seen to ornament the transome stone of the chimneypiece, showing thereby that their honoured owner was also the builder of this interesting ancient hall. Alter much research, the author did, by chance, discover that the arms alluded to were those of Halle of Salisbury. The name met his eye ( where he should least have expected ( o have found it) amongst the " Additions and Emendations," at the very close of Edmondson's Complete Body of Heraldry. On taking down the description of the arms as given in that work, and com- paring it on the spot with those depicted on the then un- known shield, he agreeably found them to correspond."— Prolusiones Historica. ORGANS— The adding a great number of unison reed and diapason stops, without adding an equal proportion of octaves and harmonies, oversets the balance of tone, and leads to an apparent want of power. Take the diapasons of the York, Birmingham, or Christchurch organs, and calcu- late the strength of the chorus stops against such a great body of unison pipes, it will be found that the balance of tone adopted by Schmidt, Silbermann, Schnitker, Burkard, Casparini, Gabler, Ilildebrand Roder, Engler, Wagner. Migent Snetzler and Marx, has been completely overturned. — Musical World. BISHOPS AND CANONS— And now, reader, for a treat— a choice bit from an old Duich chronicle, appropriately pre- served, no doubt, in the classic library of Holland House, which this clerical smiterof episcopal dignities has extracted for the purpose of showing tile system of self- appropriation adopted by Charles James, of London:—" I met the other day, in an old Dutch chronicle, with a passage so apposite to the subject, that though it is somewhat too light for the occasion, I cannot abstain from quoting it. There was a great meeting of all the ciergy at Dordrecht, and the chroni- cle thus describes it, which I give in the language of the translation:—' And there was great store of bishops in the town, in their robes goodly to behold, and all the great men of the state were there, and folks poured in in boats on the Meuse, the Merve, the Rhine, and the Linge, coming from the Isle of Bevtrlandt and Iselmondt, and from all quarters in the bailiwick of Dort; Arminians and Gomarists, with the friends ol John Barrieveldt and of Hugh Grote. And before my lords the bishops, Simon of Gloucester, who was a bishop in those parts, disputed with Vorstius and Leoline the monk, and many texts of Scripture were bandied to and fro; and when this was done, and many propositions made, and it waxed towards twelve of the clock, my lords the bishops prepared to set them to a fair repast, in which was great store of good things, and among the rest a roasted peacock, having, iri lieu of a tail, the arms and banners of the archbishop, which was a goodly sight to all who favoured the Church ; and then the archbishop would say a grace, as was seemly to do, he being a very holy man ; but ere he had finished, a great mob of townspeople, and folks from the country, who were gathered under the window," cried out ' bread ! bread!' for there was a great famine, and wheat rose to three times the ordinary price of the sleich; and when they had done crying ' bread ! bread !' they called out ' no bishops!' and began to cast up stones at the windows. Whereat my lords the bishops were in a great fright, and cast their dinner out of the window to appease the mob; so the men of that town were well pleased, and did devour the meats with a great appetite; and then you might have seen my lords standing with empty plates, and looking wistfully at each other, till Simon of Gloucester, be who disputed with Leoline the monk, stood up among them and said ' Good my lords, is it your pleasure to stand here fasting, and that those who count lower in the Church than you do should feast and fluster ? Let us order to us the dinner of the deans and canons, which is making ready for them in the chamber btlow.' And this speech of Simon of Glouiester pleased the bishops much ; and so they sent for the host, one Wil- liam of Ypres, and be, much fearing the bishops, brought them the dinner of the deans and canons; and so the deans and canons went without their dinner, and were pelted by the men of the town, because they had not put any meat out of the window like the bishops; and when the count came to hear of it he said it was a pleasant conceit, and that the bishops were right cunning men, and had ding'd the canons well." This story is so good and so apposite, that I longed to know the author, and I felt that it would be an act of injustice both to his memory and to the readers of this amusing pamphlet, should his light be suffered to remain hidden any longer under a bushel. I have searched out who he was, and found out not only that, but also why his name and that of bis chronicle have been so carefully sup- pressed. In the first place, then, lie who tells the tale is a namesake of our facetious pamphleteer, Andreas de Smit, the chronicler of Brabant; in the next, his name is omitted, seeing that the writer cared not that it should be known that there existed such another merry Andrew Smith in by- gone times; and seeing also that it would have been im- politic to quote the finish of the story, which tells quite as much against the deans Hnd chapters, as its commencement tells against the bishops. Let the reader judge:—" And when the famine had ceased, and plenty reigned once more over the land, several worthy citizens repented them grievously that they had so despitefully used the deans and canons, for that they bad not put any meat out of the win- dows in the time of famine, like as the bishops had done. And tliey held converse together how they might best make amends to our holy mother the church for these their mis- deeds. And while they pondered in their minds how they might most fitly bring this to pass, one Heinric van Delft, a discreet man and a shrewd, counselled his brethren, saying —' Cudgel your brains no more about it; for there is not in the whole barrel one herring better than another; seeing that if the bishops ding'd the canons out of the fair repast prepared for them, where got the deans and canons that same? Were not the beeves fatted in Saint Nicholas' pasture, and the goodly capons in the croft of Saint Martin?' And when he had thus spoken, the good men of the city re- membered them, one and all, how that Saint Nicholas's pasture and the croft of St. Martin, bad been given in the old time to maintain the singing men, and how, that being goodly and profitable, that the canons had possessed them- selves of them, and given unto the singing- men a small sti- pend in lieu thereof— whereupon the citizens departed quietly, no man saying aught more upon the matter unto his neighbour."— Musical World. LIFE ABROAD. — Perhaps the following caseofgluttony may be rather bard to beat. It occurred a few years back at Boulogne- sur- Mer, and I can vouch for the truth of it. Two gentlemen, one a D. D., and the other a half- pay Captain in the army, both cursed with " a palate," and stomachs well calculated to the indulgence of it, chanced to reside in that town at the same time. Their means being rather slender, they were unable to appear often at first- rate tables d'hote, but were in the habit of now and then meeting at a certain restaurateur's, where they would sit down, tcte- a- tete, to en- joy themselves. On one luckless day, just as the master of it had placed on their table two smoking hot oyster patties, for which he was famous, down dropped the doctor in an epileptic. The usual means of restoration being at hand, Richard was himself again in about a quarter of an hour, when, casting his eyes towards the table, lie missed his oyster patty. " What's become of my patty?" said he, so soon as he was raised, " You have eaten it, sir," bellowed he lo the captain, with a look of much anger and mortifica- tion. He was right: the captain had eaten it whilst his friend lay on the ground. Now, what price would not stomachs like these fetch, if such things could be bought in the market? I shall noiv touch a lighter string, and relate an amusing tale of the two Boulogne bon vivans of whom I have been speaking. The doctor took a bouse about four miles from town, where his kind and sympathising friend was in the habit of now arid then visiting him ; and the pleasure of the table being exhausted, the game of backgammon suc- ceeded, at which they were also sturdy competitors, or rather, equally matched. It, however, one night happened that a dispute arose between them as to a particular throw of the dice called size ace, which the captain claimed, but the doctor would not allow. On being called out of the room in the middle of it, the doctor returned with these words in his mo- tb :—" Now, sir, do you say you threw size ace?" " 1 do say so, sir," replied the captain, little dreaming of the price he was about to pay for his pertina- city. " Just step to the front door," said the doctor, greatly modifying his tone ; " you never beheld such a night in your life." It was raining and blowing most awfully at the moment. The ruse succeeded; the captain stood upon the threshhold, nearly aghast at the raging of the elements, when the question was again put to him, and the same answer returned. " Now," said the doctor, " do you say you threw size ace?" " Yes, I do," responded the captain. " Then," exclaimed the doctor, " get about your business, for I'll have nothing more to say to you!" and giving him a push, slammed the door in his face, and locked it.— Fruser's Magazine for March. DISTINCTIONS OF GENIUS— In art there are two species of eminent genius,— the genius for imitation, and the genius lor invention. The genius for imitation must form a compo- nent part of the genius of invention, but it does not follow that the genius of invention is a necessary part of the genius tor imitation. I. awrence, ltomney, and Chantrey, are dis- tinguished examples of the genius for imitation ; but, at the same time, eminent proofs of deficiency in the genius for in- vention. Sir Francis Chantrey is the greatest bust- maker since the Greeks ; and I do not think they exceeded the ex- quisite felicity with which he chisels the dewlap of the double chin of old age, or the pulpy innocence of smiling childhood. Gifted, like Lawrence, with the most wonder- ful power of seeing, seizing, and transferring the most agree- able characteristic of an agreeable character, he vanquished at once the vanity of the human heart. But these men are never content with doing to perfection what Nature has given them the power to do. They are haunted with the consciousness ot the higher rank given by the world to in- vention, and they are always deluding themselves and their Iriends with vain promises of the great things in art they mean to do at some more auspicious moment than the pre- sent within their reach. They talk of genius as if it could be buttoned up m the waistcoat- pocket, and let out when wanted. First, they swear they will begin their grand con- ception in the fine mornings of the approaching summer; then, It is to he in the long winter evenings-, at last, they ac- knowledge they had better wait till they are independent, till they can retire to a more secluded spot, where their ima- ginations will not be disturbed by the postman's rap or the dustman's bell— where the frost will not chill, or snow dazzle — where pain and sorrow, gout and fever, are rooted out— where babies cease to give symptoms of abdominal twangs, and Daffy s Elixir is no longer wanted : then, what immortal works they will execute! then, how fertile will be their in- ventions ! then will come forth from their chisels their long expected Satan ! But in the midst of these delicious anti- cipations upstarts a great genius from obscurity, who, haunted by genius like a night mare, paints a great picture or models a grand statue, in spite of postman's raps, and baby's squallings, in sorrow and in want, in persecution and in sickness ; proving the folly of those who defer invention, supposing they possess it, and the impossibility of resisting its impulses, under any circumstances, in those that do Haydon. LOUGH— If ever there was a case which ought to have excited even the sympathy of a Northern bear, it was the case of Lough : he, like Chantrey, worked in the fields. Ills father's landlord, returning from hunting, saw in the garden a quantity of clay models ; he alighted and found the house full. Lough was brought forth as the culprit, from thrashing corn. The landlord was so interested, he invited him to his house, brought him to town, and allowed him an income. Lough, in a miserable back- room, modelled the " Milo,"— as fine as any thing since the Greeks,— spending his allowance in clay and tools, and living three months without meat; lying down as the time for dinner came on, till the faintness went off. In this state he finished the sta- tue— Haydon. IMPOSSIBILITIES— A characteristic trait of Colonel Wal- lace is recollected by those who served in the Deccan. At the seige of Gawilghur he had been charged with the exe- cution ol certain details necessary to the capture of that place. A heavy gun had been directed to be conveyed by night to an important point, and its transportation over the most rugged mountain so long baffled all endeavours, that the artillery officers, in despair, reported the accomplishment of it to be impossible. Impossible, sir /" exclaimed Colo - nel Wallace, who had all his life maintained the most rigid adherence to obedience, " impossible ! let us see." He then called for a light, pulled the instructions from his pocket, and having read them, said, " Oh, no! not impossible, the order is positive." The result evinced the efficacy of the order— Quarterly Review. A PORTRAIT.— Since the accession of George the First, Marlborough had been treated with great outward courtesy and real neglect. While levelling the colossal power of Louis the Fourteenth, and scattering and pursuing his a mies, Marlborough had been so unreasonable as to post- tone to the interests of Europe the peculiar interests of the electorate of Hanover. This want of deference to the Elector the King of England could never forgive. It was necessary to respect the national admiration, and to retain him in public employment, but he was allowed no particle of influence. So little was he consulted, even upon sub- jects supposed to be immediately under his contlou], that he was unable to nominate to a vacant lieutenancy. If he wished to obtain for another a favour from the Crown, he was compelled to make the application through a private friend^ having less distinction and more influence; but " Don't say it is for me, or you are sure to be refused," was his invariable and necessary injunction. As a political chief, we have seen Marlborough the leader and mainstay of each party alternately. In this character we must record his acts, but it would be vain to attempt to trace them to any principles of government. The early part of his life was spent in working out the fortune of a courtier; so long as he strove only to attain this object, or to preserve it when attained, he continued a Tory. His manhood was spent in building the fame of a soldier. War— the prostra- tion of France— was his object; and, as the Whigs alone were heartily inclined to second him in this, Marlborough became a Whig. I believe it was the bitter hatred he con- ceived for Oxford, the persecution he received from the Tories, and the controlling influence of the masculine mind of his duchess, strong, even when yoked with that of a hero, that preserved his party consistency. I can remember no proof that he was ever governed by any theoretical pre- ference for a peculiar principle of government History of Party. AN AFRICAN DESPOT.— King Chaka at first heat his aged and infirm mother with inconceivable cruelty, and to the astonishment of all, as be had ever manifested towards his parent a strong filial affection. When all the poor un- offending creatures [ his family, of whom he pretended to be jealous] were collected in the cattle kraal, or village, many of them being sick, their number amounted to one hundred and seventy girls and boys, a great many of whom were his servants and girls from liis seraglios. Nothing could equal the horror and consternation which pervaded these poor creatures, who, surrounded, and without hope of escapc, knew they were collected to sate some revengeful feeling of their tyrant, but were, nevertheless, ignorant of the cause, for they felt that they were innocent. Every thing being ready for the bloody scene, to complete this sanguinary massacre, Chaka called his warriors that had surrounded the village, and told them that his heart was sore, arid that he had been beating his mother Umnante, be- cause " she had not taken proper care of his girls." He then ordered the victims intended for destruction to be brought to him, and those whom he selected bis execu- tioners immediately dispatched. He began by taking out several fine lads, and ordering their own brothers to twist their necks; their bodies were afterwards carried away, and beaten with sticks until life was extinct. After this refined act of cruelty, the remainder of the victims were indiscri- minately butchered Quarterly Review. A DEAD. ALIVE— I have just witnessed a singular circum- stance, of which I had heard during our stay at this place, hut said nothing about it before, the time for its accom- plishment not being completed; this morning, however, the full month was over, and a man, who had been buried all that time, on the bank of a tank near our camp, was dug out. alive, in the presence of Esur Lai, one of the ministers of the Muhar wul of Jaisulmer, on whose account this sin- gular individual was voluntarily interred a month ago. The man is said, by long practice, to have acquired the art of holding his breath by shutting the mouth, and stopping the interior opening of his nostrils with his tongue; he also abstains from solid food for some days previous to his inter- ment, so that he may not be inconvenienced by the contents of his stomach, while put up in his narrow grave ; and more- over he is sewn up in a bag of cloth, and the cell is lined with masonry, and floored with cloth, that the white ants and other insects may not easily be able to molest him. The place in which he was buried at Jaisulmer, is a small building about twelve feet by eight feet, built of stone ; and in the floor was a bole about three feet long, two and a- half feet wide, and the same depth, or perhaps a yard deep, in which he was placed in a sitting posture, sewed up in his shroud, with his feet turned inwards towards the stomach, and his hands also pointed inwards towards the chest. Two heavy slabs of stone, five or six feet long, several inches thick, and broad enough to cover the mouth of the grave, so that he could not escape, were then placed over hiin, and I believe a little earth was plaistered over the whole, so as to make the surface of the grave smooth and compact. The door of the house was also built up, and people placed outside, that no tricks might be played, nor deception prac- tised. At the expiration of a full month, that is to say, this morning, the walling of the door was broken, and the bu- ried man dug out of the grave; Trevelyan's moonshee only running there in time to see the ripping open of the bag in which the man had been enclosed. He was taken out in a perfectly senseless state, his eyes closed, his hands cramped and powerless, his stomach shrunk # ery much, and his teeth jammed so fast together, that they were forced to open his mouth with an iron instrument, to pour a little water down his throat. He gradually recovered bis senses and the use of his limbs; and when we went to see him, was sitting up supported by two men, and conversed with us in a low gentle tone of voice, saying that we might bury him for a twelvemonth if we pleased. He told Major Spiers at Am- jeer of his powers, and was laughed at as an impostor; but Cornet Macnaghten put his abstinence to the test at Pok- hur, by suspending him for thirteen days shut up in a wooden chest, which, he says, is better than being buried under ground, because the box, when hung from the ceiling, is open to inspection 011 all sides, and the white ants, & c., can be easier prevented from getting at his body, while he thus remains in a state of insensibility. His powers of absti- nence must be wonderful, to enable him to do without food for so long a time, nor does his hair grow during the time he remains buried.— Oriental Magazine. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. / EDUCATION or THE SENSES Of the influence of this edu- cation of the senses on intellectual progress, it is almost needless to speak. Clearness of idea, accuracy of language, justice of reasoning, knowledge, invention, application— all the utilities, in fine, of intellectual culture, are obviously de- rived from this single source. The effect even on organiza- tion, on the senses themselves, is remarkable. The hunter tribes of the Indians have the muscles of the ear much more developed than Europeans. The same peculiarity may also be traced in the eye. Compare sailors and shepherds with students. Here even organisation seems the result of early and constant exercise— of education. The ancient statues are deficient in these characteristics. Already the hunter and pastoral characteristics of the early races had disap- peared. The ommata memykota of the Egyptians, on the contrary, are given with great truth in all their painting and sculpture. The glare of a strong sun, drifts of sand, white rocks, and constant exposure to the effects of the Libyan and Arabian deserts, had produced this defect. On the same principle might not the myopism, or short- sightedness, at present so prevalent amongst the inhabitants of these countries, be in great part ascribed to the candlelight read- ing, late hours, microscopic trades, ( such as walch- making and seal- cutting,) and the early and immoderate use of small print and ill- adapted glasses? I once heard a distin- guished lecturer attribute to a want of this early education a more serious defect,— the difficulty he constantly experi- enced in distinguishing the nicer shades of colours from each other. Gothe states, as an instance of the delicacy and dis- crimination to which this sense maj » be brought, that the mosaic artists of Rome employ 16,000 varieties, and 50 shades of each colour— 750,000 in all. This sounds marvel- lous; but it is less, perhaps, than what every painter of or- dinary skill is habituated to in the course of his profession. The Gobelin manufacturers go still further; they must not only apply these shades, but under great disadvantages. They work their tapestry on the wrong side, and carry on as it were a running calculation of the effect. So also the painters on china. Their colours, when just put on, differ materially from their after- appearance when burnt in. It is a sort of constant algebraic operation; they take colours as they would expressions, work them apparently in the dark, but always with an acute observance of their several rela- tions; and, the work finished, convert them by a single operation to their real value. The ear is still more in need of education than the eye. A jeweller sees a thousand dif- ferences between two diamonds to the uneducated eye per- fectly alike ; but then, they are before him ; he can repeat and correct his observations. Not so a musician: a note heard is lost, yet must he appreciate its truth or falsehood in the very moment of passing, and in the midst of all the apparent chaos of an orchestra. Few ears, indeed, out of many millions, are thus trained; and many differ very little from the Turk, who mistook the tuning for the overture: yet between two extremes there surely is a medium, easily attainable by the majority; and to that medium at least every ear should be taught to tend. — Wyse. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE NEW POOR LAW. No 5. There is no subject on which, in prose and in verse, but especially in verse that we have more melancholy descriptions than the condition of the poor under the old law. And the condition of the poor iu the work- house seems by general consent then, as now, to have been the ne plus ultra of everything that was de- grading and oppressive. It is somewhat singular that the investigations of the Poor- law Commission brought out, with hardly an exception, a case, not only different from that which poets and novelists had painted, but wholly opposite. The case which the Commission goes everywhere to establish, is one of thoug- htless and extravagant expense, not of griping and pinching; instead of a prison full of fearful shapes of tyranny, the workhouse of the Commission is a veiy Castle of Indolence, where the happy in- mates had nothing to do but eat, drink, and be merry, and the really pinched and oppressed are not the in- closed inmates, but those unfortunates at large, who are compelled by law to minister to their enjoyments. Amidst such conflicting statements there is little diffi- culty in choosing which to believe. There seems no doubt but that, in the greater number of cases, the work- houses under the old system were managed witli anythiug rather than a rigorous economy. There is an inference, however, which I feel compelled to draw from the glaring distinction between the reality when coolly and deliberately examined into by practical men," and the fanciful theory of political dreamers and story- tellers, and it is this— that if the latter and their dupes, the public, wandered so far astray from the fact, in reference to the law which has been abolished, it is very likely that those who talk so fast of the evils of the new law, which for the most part they have ex- amined but slightly, if at all, are quite as far from the fact. The old law was condemned upon the faith of isolated cases, the truth of which was seldom in- Jiuired into, the new law is condemned in the same asliion. And as in the one law so in the other, in the zeal to correct incidental abuses, the essential defects, not less than the essential virtues of the system are wholly overlooked. I now proceed to give a few specimens of work- house treatment of the poor under the old law, and first a few where a pretty rigid economy seems to have prevailed. The workhouse poor of the parish of Sliere, in Surrey, were farmed at 2s. 4- Vd. pcr week a head. They consisted of 11 ' " i.'... als, almost all old persons and children. The new law diet has been calculated to cost 16d., and a great deal of in- dignation has been poured on the heads of men who could condemn men and women to subsist on 16d. per week. But if we allow the farmer of the work- house poor of Sbere to pocket no more than a shilling for each pauper, and for 21 paupers, a shilling a head is surely not too much, we shall have the poor of Shere maintained at Kid. each, with this evident draw- back, that their food being necessarily purchased in very small quantities, compared with the contract of a Union, must have cost proportionably higher. Of the dietary of the new law I shall speak in another ar- ticle. At Wisborough- green, Sussex, the rate at which the poor was farmed was 2s. 9d.; this was a little better than Shere. At Cranbourne, in Dorset, the cost — the poor of Dorset were not farmed— was 3s. lOd. The workhouse poor were, however, old and in- firm, with the exception of a few children. It is right to observe, that, under the new law, there is no dietary, for the old and infirm, and for children under nine years of age. Besides the cost at Cranbourne inclu- ded not only food, but betiding, clothes, and medical advice. The workhouse is described as admirably ma- naged, yet, even in that parish, the old bastardy law seems to have baffled every attempt at management. The amount of bastardy orders in 1833 is set down at £' 114, of which the overseers were able to recover no more than £ 23. The expense a head in the workhouse of Poole, Dorset, was the same as at Cranbourne— 3s. lOd. The number of inmates was 130. I notice Poole chiefly for one circumstance. " The men and the women," says the assistant commissioner, " are se- iiarated, except in the case of an old married couple !" ! shall give the next case somewhat at length. It is so graphic, that it wants only the quality of not being' true to make it as pleasant as a scene iu a comedy,— It is the case oi St. Lawrence, Reading. The re- porter of this case is the learned Secretary of the Commission— I began my enquiries of the governor by asking him what quantity of food he gave to those under his charge?-— " Quantity! why a bellyful. We never stint them. 1 stand by the children myself, and see that they have a belly- ful three times a day." " What descriptions of food do you give them?— Good wholesome victuals as any one would wish to taste. You shall taste it yourself. We give them all meat three times a week. The working men have a bellyful. We never weigh anything, and there is no stint, so as they do not waste any- thing. Then they have good table beer and good ale." " How many paupers have you generally in your work- house?— From forty to fifty." " And what is the quantity of meat usually consumed weekly by that number ?— Seldom less than 150 pounds of meat. " Do you find them in tobacco or snuff?— No, sir; but if they get a few pence, or if their friends choose to give it them, we do not debar them from anything, so long as they do notmake beasts of themselves." I requested to be shown the house. Everything ap- peared remarkably cleanly and in good order. He requested my particular attention to the goodness and cleanliness of the sheets and bedding, and the general comfort. He di- lated on the quality of the bread, which he showed me, He also gave me some of the table beer and ale to taste. I must do him the justice to state that it was excellent. The table beer was such as in the metropolis is called table ale. But besides these liquors for the use ot the paupers, he pro- duced a third specimen, still superior, of which 1 tasted. This was a most potent beverage. It was two years old ; and he said he generally reserved it for the overseers after the performance of a " dry day's work." The paupers themselves appeared to be very strong and healthy, and the children the most so of any that I had observed in the dis- trict. He pointed out to me one pauper, a remarkable hale- looking man, of 63, who had, with his wife, been on the parish more than 40 years, and in all probability would live more than half that time longer on their charge. The go- vernor, it appeared, had been a farmer many years ago. I asked him— " Do you think the condition of these paupers better or worse than the condition of the agricultural labourers thirty or forty years ago?— A great deal better off than the la- bourers forty years ago." " Than the agricultural labourers of any class?— Yes, sir, I know they are a great deal better off." " And what is the present condition of the independent labourers, as compared with that of the labourers at the time you mention. I think they are not quite so well off. Tobe'sure they got less wages, and clothing was dearer: they only got 7s. a week. But then, on the other band, they only paid 8d. for the gallon loaf. I think they were better off. There are too many labourers now, and labour is more precarious than it was then." " I may say, then, that not only is the condition of those under your care better, as regards food, clothing, lodging, and comfort, than the labourers who toil out of doors; but that they are under no uncertainty, and have no anxiety about providing for themselves ?— Yes, sir, you may say that. You may say too, that they are better off than one half of the rate- payers out of the house. I know the rate- payers; I know what it is to be a rate- payer; and I know that a great many of them are worse off." In the course of my inspection of the workhouse, I ob- served that the men's rooms were all locked. I inquired the cause of this— that they may not come in and lie down before bed time. " That is, I suppose, that they may not escape from their work ?— No, sir, we have no work here, even for those that might work: it is that they may not come up here and lollop about, and roll about in their beds after dinner, or when they are tired of doing nothing." How does this sort of life agree with them on their first entrance ?— Wonderfully well, in general. Sometimes, when they come in very low, and on the brink of starvation, the great change in the way of living is too much for them ; but when they get over the change they go on surprisingly. Their friends, when they have any, come in to see them, and have been sometimes surprised at the change, and hardly knew them again, they were looking so well. We had an old woman brought in not long ago ; she was so very low and feeble, that you would have thought it impossible she could live long; but now she is one of the most active women of her age, and will live, I dare say, a great many years more; they will say themselves they were never so well off before. There are some, it is trtie, that cannot bear even our regularity, and prefer the dog's life of hunger and liberty; but, in general, they never leave us." Mr. Chadwickadds— The governor " could not make it out," but the poor's- rates were increasing: they were 3s. 6d. in the pound the last half year, and a 4s. fid. rate must be called for the next half year, and the parish was already 200/. jn debt.—" Some- thing," he said, " must be done." This is pleasant—" they are better off than one half of the rate- payers out of the house." The enemies of the new law seldom think of the rate- payers. S. ASTON UNION— THE NEW POOR LAWS. SIR,— Allow me, through the medium of your paper, to give a proof of the excellency of the New Poor Law, as exemplified in the parish of Aston. A person, aged 73, ( who had formerly been a respectable rate- payer,) and himself incapable of labour, having a wife whose death was daily expected, was recommended by three respectable rate- payers as a proper object for parochial relief, to the Guardians of the Poor of the aforesaid parish, to whom he applied on the 15th ultimo. A visitor was sent to see if the statement of distress was correct, which it was proved to be. He applied ag- ain on the 22nd, but was refused any relief except in the Workhouse. This is now the actual state of the poor man— he must either cause the instant death of his wife by her removal, or thejr must both suffer a more lingering death by starvation. And this is called the working well of the New Poor I, aw! Your humble servant, WILLIAM ARROWSMITH. Trafalgar Cottage, Lawley- street. PHRENOLOGY. the truth of this principle:— Magendie, Bell, Gordon^ Cowan, Barlow, Drummond, Browne, Sir W. Ellis, Willis, Wardrop, Macnish, Evanson, Gregory, Dr. A. Combe, Edwards, Hare, Weir, Hunter, Mackintosh, Elliotson, Otto, James Johnson, Broussais, Bessieres, Richard, Casimir Broussais, Roberton, Fossati, Bouil- laud, Cloquet, Sanson, Peltier, Ferrus, Vimont, Gau- bert, Dumoutier, Voisin, Andral, Schwartz, Hoppe, Hirschfield, Harrison, Kieser, Montgomery, Warren, Stedman, Hayward, Dunglison, Cohen, Ducatel, Ged- dings, Dickson, Mott, Caldwell, Conolly, & c.,& c., & c. What names of any eminence in physiological science can Mr. Mainwariug produce in addition to his own, as opposing, by their opinion, the truth of this Phre- nological fact. It was necessary for me thus to justify the observa- tions which I was imperatively called upon to make ; but I beg to observe, that I shall take no further noticc of any remarks which may be made on this or any similar topic, either in public or private. Yours, respectfully, J. TOULMIN SMITH. Birmingham, 28th February, 1837. * It must be sufficiently obvious, that when I was treating of the anatomy of the head alone, any allusion to the ignorance could only refer to ignorance in this particular, and could affect, in no way, his knowledge of the anatomy of the other portions of the body. That ignorance of the anatomy of the head is very common among anatomists and physiolo- gists in general, is a well known fact. A recent writer on the anatomy of the human brain observes:—" The anatomy and physiology of the human brain are subjects not generally pursued with the interest and attention which their import- ance deserves." And again—" I do not hesitate to affirm that this circumstance ( the mode in which the subject has been taught) has contributed essentially to retard the dif- fusion of sound knowledge in regard to the anatomy and phy- siology of this most important system in the body."— Solly on the Brain. Introd. f I have been gratified to perceive that a few medical men, of the highest respectability, are attending my private course of lectures at the rooms of the Philosophical Insti- tution. | These three are Antiphrenologists. I, therefore, give their own words. Magendie, who seems to consider his discovery of the cerebro- rachidian fluid as the most import- ant circumstance in the history of physiology, states that <£ the only way of estimating the volume of the brain in a living person is to measure the dimensions oj the skull." . Sir C. Bell states that the bones of the head are moulded to the brain, and the peculiar shapes of the bones of the head are determined by the original peculiarity in the shape of the brain." Dr. Gordon, in the celebrated article in the 49th No. of the Edinburgh Review, ( the most severe attack that ever appeared against Phrenology,) never dreams of dis- puting this point, but says, " we will acquiesce implicitly for the present in the proposition ( FAMILIAR TO PHYSIOLO- GISTS long before the age of Gall and Spurzheim) that there is, in most instances, a general correspondence between the size of the cranium and the quantity of the cerebrum." fancy he would deem an anonymous censure of the words of the libeller as a very gentle mode of reply.— E. B. J.] THE MEETING— CHURCH AND STATE. SIR,— When an individual conies forward to an- nounce or support truths hitherto unregarded and un investigated, he is always sure to he assailed by the voice of ignorance, interest, and prejudice. I have found this to be in no slight degree the case during my endeavour, within the last few weeks, to introduce to the attention of the inhabitants of Birmingham a science, acknowledged by all who have investigated its principles to be of the utmost importance to the promotion of the welfare and happiness of mankind. Nothing has excited greater indignation than the cir- cumstance of my having ventured, iu the course of my lectures, to oppose, in several instances, positive facts to particular assertions. I am called upon to notice one of these instances in special, from the circumstance of its having immediate connection with an important principle in Phrenology. I have been informed, then, that the friends of Mr. Mainwaring have experienced particular annoyance at the demonstration which I showed of the incorrectness of the statement made by that gentleman, in reference to the condition of the skull. The facts of the case were these. In a lecture recently delivered to the Mechauics' Institute, on the subject of animal mechanics ( a subject upon which, having heard Mr. M. lecture, I believe ho is well qualified to instruct) Mr. M. aimed a blow at the science of Phrenology, by stating that there always exists a diversity in the thickness of the skull, which must render the phrenological examination impossible. Of this circumstance I was not informed till the close of my first lecture oft Phrenology, in which I pointed out the fact of the g- eneral coincidence of the exterior form of the skull with that of the interior contained brain. At the close of that lecture several individuals called my attention to the circumstance of Mr. Main- waring's assertion, noticing its inconsistency with the facts I had exhibited, hut at the same time intimating that such a statement made by a medical man had of course had considerable influence. One individual used the following language, " Mr. M. said that this diversity always exists, but I see, indeed," continued he, taking up a divided skull lying on the table, " that it is not present in the specimen. It is unfortunate, Mr. Editor, that there should exist a disposition in some minds to believe obvious facts rather than mere assertions. This individual of course saw at once that Mr. M.' s assertion was incorrect, but it was plainly my duty as advocating- a science which I knew, from personal investigations, to be founded on truth, publicly to refute in my next lecture, a statement which had been made to the same audience in opposition to obvious fact, and therefore to Phrenology. I did so. I ob- served that such a statement could only arise from ig- norance of anatomy,* or of the principles of Phrenology. Ignorance of the principles of Phrenology is proved by the very mode in which the statement was made, and is an ignorance which is probably shared by Mr. Mainwaring with by far the larger majority of medical men in Birmingham.-[• Ignorance of this point in ana- toHij/ orratherin ostcoloyi/ j is proved by simple reference to fact. The person who took up the skull lying on the lecture- table saw at once that Mr. Mw's statement was contrary to fact. The same may be equally ob- vious to any one who chooses to examine half- a- dozen healthy skulls. Since, however, authority is generally considered as of some weight, I will place below the position, with respect to authority, of the Phrenolo- gical principle that the exterior of the skull correctly represents the form of the enclosed brain. The testi- mony of the following individuals ( the majority being public Professors of Anatomy or Phrenology ; ALL of them men of science, and whose names are or ought to be known to every medical man,) stands recorded to FORMS. MR. EDITOR,— Having lately been called upon to attend the funeral of a deceased friend to the Church of St. Philip's, aiid proceeded in the customary form to the Church, and, after having heard part of that matchless and impressive form of the Church service usual on the burial of the dead, read with an emphasis antl feeling by the officiating clergyman, which power- fully affected my feelings, the procession was directed to proceed to the place of interment, the rain at the same time falling in torrents, and the wind almost rude enough to wrest the pall from our grasp. In these circumstances, after arriving at the grave, we found it necessary, in accordance to the tyrant custom, to take oft'our hats and listen, amid the war of elements, for fifteen or twenty minutes, to the concluding part of the funeral service. The proper effect of this last portion of the ceremony must, I think, have been en- tirely lost on men holding their hats iu one hand, each with an umbrella in the other, struggling with the rude wind. But my attention, Mr. Editor, was es- pecially engaged in the appearance of one man who I knew had been, by racking pain, in the course of the last two months, confined for the space of six weeks to his bed, and whom nothing but the painful occasion on which we were met, would have induced, in his debilitated condition, to leave his comfortable home on such a morning. I saw him absorbed in those feelings which are natural to man in this final duty to departed parents. But, although his emotion seemed to render him unconscious of the risk of his health, and ruin of the hopes of a rising family, as I saw the rain fall on his bare head, I felt indignant at the continuance of a custom fraught with such inconvenience and danger. Why, thought I, should not the pastor have finished his part of the ceremony where, with unbroken atten- tion, it might probably have had its due and iutended effect ? Why should not the Euglish people, as the Scotch people have generally done, abolish this unne- cessary annoyance to the clergyman and the mourners ? Perhaps, Mr. Editor, it is difficult to tell why! A DESPISER OF USELESS FORMS. KESIIAW'S LETTER. SIR,'— As you have thought proper to admit into your columns last Saturday, a most wanton and outrageous attack on my character, I call upon you for the real name of the writer of the letter signed KESHAW. I challenge him to unveil himself, and throw off the dis- guise of his anagram, that I may answer the charges he has brought against me. We shall then see what sort of a Churchman lie is, and whether he merits a denial of the groundless and base imputations his letter contains. If a Churchman, he must know that he was framing falsehoods at the time he penned that calum- nious epistle. If he be a Dissenter, as I rather sus- pect, although he claims Churchmansbip, I hope he will allow me an opportunity of undeceiving some of his persuasion, if not himself, as to matters about which lie evidently labours under lamentable mistakes; and notwithstanding the " round abuse" that is bandied about, and the " keen hate" that is fomented, still, as individuals, " in the intercourse of life, let us meet on equal social terms, as countrymen, fellow- subjects, and neighbours." This, as " Falkland" says in the Philan- thropist, " is our duty as Christians, and our in- terest as men, by such mutual decorums to soften the rancour of party spirit." Waiting anxiously, then, for the name, I am, sir, yours, & c. J. ALLPORT, Ashted, March 2, 1837. Minister of St. James's. [ W, e hope that to this invocation " Keshaw" will reply. At the same time, we think Mr. Allport is mis- taken altogether in the drift of the letter of which he complains. It is not an attack on Mr. Allport's cha- racter. It is simply a criticitm on Mr. Allport's pasto- ral charge. Mr. Allport's opinions on most things differ very widely from ours ; but be may rely on it, that, had we for a moment regarded Keshaw's re- marks in any other light than a reply to the address— " To the Inhabitants of the Hamlets of Duddeston and Nechells, and others in the adjacent districts whom it may concern"— a title which Mr. Allport will not fail to observe, includes the inhabitants of Birmingham, whether of the Church or Dissenters— it would not have received insertion in our columns. We shall al- ways, we hope, be able to mark the line of distinction which separates the political and private character of our opponents. But when Mr. Allport invokes the aid of the press to describe an act of the Legislature as passed " through the intriguing of Popish Jesuits and the clamours of Socinians and Infidels ;" when he charges, indirectly indeed, but not less distinctly on that account, all females, who may see fit to take ad- vantage yf that act, as " corrupted by the contamina- tion of associating- with loose characters"— he must not look for much respective lenity at the hands of those on whom he scatters accusations so rcgardlessly. What would Mr. Allport say, were he a Dissenter, and did he hear his daughter described as the corrupt associate of women of the town, because she happened to be married iu her own place of worship, and agree- ably to the forms of the law of the land ? We rather SIR,— I must say I felt great pleasure in attending the town's meeting, held in the Old- square, on the sub- ject of Church- rates; at the same time I felt disap- pointed that no allusion was made, in the petition, to that unholy, unnatural, and adulterous connexion now existing between Church and State. If I take a view of the first commencement of the State religion of Judea, and trace it down to the present day, whether it be Jews, Catholics, or Protestants, I find the same fruits emanate from them all— murder, robbery, tyranny, and oppression. Yes, sir, it was a State religion of the Jews that put our Lord and his Apostles to death ; it was a State religion of the Catholics that brought our forefathers to the rack, the g- ibbet, and the stake; and it is a State religion of the Protestants which, since the Reformation, has murdered its tens of thousands in collecting tithes in Ireland. I felt surprised at seeing a paper posted against the walls on Tuesday last, stating that notice had been given at various Churches on the previous Sabbath of a political meeting- to be held on the Wednesday following ; and, as it appears, the Wesleyan Methodists take the same view of the subject, for, if you introduce the Abolition of Church- rates Society, or the Voluntary Church Society, or mention the separation of the Church from the State, they immediately reply that their ministers never have any thing to do with political subjects. This must arise from gross ignorance or something worse. For, iu looking over a paper which is edited by the Tory party of the Methodists, I mean the Watchman, you will find that a meeting similar to that of Wednesday is called wicked and political agitation ! Good hea- ven ! is Britain the land of Bibles, of Tracts, and of Sunday Schools— a land that can boast of seven mil- lions of members within the pale of her Church— a land where Christianity has sprung up like a green bay tree— not content with calling sinners from darkness to light, and the power of Satan unto God at home, but, extending its branches from east to west and from north to south— have the Apostles laid the foundation of the Christian Church, have hundreds of martyrs died in its cause, have hundred of thousands good and holy men been raised up in succession to build up the walls of Jerusalem— has all this labour, all this living, all this dying, all this praying been going on for eight hundred years, and is the Church advanced no farther yet than a political question? But I should like to know how long our Wesleyan preachers have been so particular in handling what they call political ques- tions ? Perhaps Mr. Hceley, the champion of the Church of England, can inform ine. I remember a few years ago a great meeting being held in Man- chester of some thousands of right headed and true hearted Englishmen, to petition Parliament for redress of a certain grievance under which they laboured; I remember the yeomanry cavalry galloping among- stthe unarmed multitude and cutting them down like g- rass of the field, and, as long as I live, I never can forget a reverend gentleman connected with the Wcsleyan Methodists preaching a sermon at Salford, near Man- chester, in which he applauded the conduct of the yeomanry. I should not have noticed this circum- stance now, knowing that a large body like the Wes- leyans cannot be responsible for every one of its preachers, but, as though this was not sufficient in- sult to the people of Manchester, and the world at large, at the very next conference that was held an unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the rev. gentle- man for so doing. They were not afraid of interfering in that wicked and diabolical political transaction; but when all classes of professing Christians are join- ing heart and hand to renovate the Church and remove her fox- hunting parsons, and to bring- in none but the meek and lowly followers of the cross of Christ, the Wesleyan Methodist preachers skulk from their duty, and fancy they can persuade the people that the whole affair is a political question! I am glad to find the majority of the English people have not so learned Christ. No, they consider the prosper ty of the Church one of the greatest importance, next to their own per- sonal salvation. Therefore have they united, in order, by all lawful and constitutional means in their power, to remove those abuses that have so long been con- demned by the great and g- ood. And the greatest of all these evils is the union of the Church and State. Let this be cut asunder, and, I venture to say, ( hat if the members of the Establishment choose and pay their own ministers, like the Dissenters, the columns of the English newspapers will not be disgraced in finding the Rev. Mr. So and So meeting the fox- hounds; or the Rev. Mr. So and So being steward at a fancy ball; or the Rev. Mr. So and So presenting a valuable dia- mond ring as a token of his approbation of an actor. But enough has been said on the subject. I hope the people of Birmingham will join with one heart and one hand against this union of Church and State ; and the time will soon arrive, I have no doubt, when a great and universal cry will be heard in Britain— Babylon the great is fallen! HENRY SANSUM. . Birmingham, February 16, 1837. THE MEETING. rounded, as he was, by gentlemen differing from him, ought not, as I have reason to know it has, to have been forced into a construction unfavourable to the strength of my denial. You state that you introduced the words to which I object on the authority of an " eye and ear witness," " upon whose authority you have the most absolute reliance." My statement was made with my signature attached. Did it not, there- fore, become you in re- asserting what I had so posi- tively denied, to have accompanied your repetition of it with the name of your informant? It is not necessary for me to allude further to your remarks of Saturday, as I do not observe, that in any- thing you have stated, you have invalidated what I adduced. It is only necessary that the real facts rela- tive to the town's meeting should be fairly before the public, and a correct judgment will no doubt be attained when it is desired. I remain, sir, your obedient servant JOHN M. KNOTT. Moseley- road, March 2nd, 1837. [ Mr. Knott is incorrect in describing us as re- assert- ing what he positively denied. We distinctly stated that Mr. Knott must know better than any ' one else what he himself said. We have not the slightest wish to impugn his statement so far. With respect to what was said by others, we deem the evidence of our in- formant as good as that of Mr. Knott. We think the publication of the letter alluded to by Mr. Knott would be more satisfactory than any verbal evidence oh the subject. E. B. J.] Sir,— After the comments you made in your last publication upon my letter, which appeared in Aris's Gazette, of February the 20th, and the personal appeal you then made tome, I claim it as an act of justice that you w ill insert in your next number of the Jour- nal the following- reply to some of those remarks. I perceive that you justify the introduction into the report borrowed from a contemporary, of words which I confidently declared I did not utter, and which, to describe correctly, I distinguished by italic letters. You " profess not to understand me ; I there- fore, furnish you with the paragraph from your paper, in which the words I complain of your having intro- duced, are rendered in italic letters, and I now repeat that all the words so rendered, were interpolated, both verbally and substantially. Mr. Knott said, it was most distinctly understood at the meeting to which the High Bailiff had referred, that no con- versation which then occurred was to be considered as com- mitting their friends, and in that sense only, he had consented to the holding of the preliminary meeting in front of the Public- office ; he believed that anything which the High Bailiff stated so strongly, was the result of misconception, and not of wilful misrepresentation, but, certainly, there was no un- derstanding that he and Mr. Armfield consented to the holding ot the meeting, for any other purpose but that of adjournment, in front of tlie Public- office. I used the term " substitute" because other remarks besides those reported fell from me ; for after the close of the paragraph, as given in the Advertiser, I pro- ceeded to say that I saw the inconvenience of trusting to conversations, and that I was happy to state I was in possession of a letter from the High Bailiff, which fully justified the objections Mr. Armfield and I had taken, and I concluded by referring to a conversation when Mr. Gutteridge was present, in which the High Bailiff promised to furnish me, iu writing, with the points which Mr. Armfield and I were to submit to a meeting of our friends on the evening of the same day, and which he did in that letter. ' The two only points on which Mr. Armfield and I were called upon by the High Bailiff to pronounce our individual opinions, were, first, as to Bindley's Re- pository being a suitable place of adjournment, and secondly, as to the expenses. On these points the High Bailiff was entitled publicly to refer to the opinions we expressed, but no other conversation that took place ought to have been used by the High Bai- liff, as having committed us or our mends, as I took the liberty of telling that gentleman, courteously, it is true, but the courteous manner in which, for reasons apparent to all who were present at the time, I ad- dressed the High Bailiff, under the painful and diffi- cult circumstances in which he was placed, and sur- PUBLIC WORKS IN THE PARISH OF ASTON. Sir,— Will you allow me a corner in your Journal, to inquire what is the reason the narrow and very in- convenient bridge, over the River Rea, near to the London and Birmingham Railway Viaduct, in Lawley- street, has not beeii replaced by a more commodious structure, for which purpose a sum of £ 400 was ob- tained from the county rates, by a vote of the Quarter Sessions, sonic two years ago ? We may expect that when the Grand Junction Railway is opened, in June next, a vast concourse of spectators will be attracted to this spot, and if the present dirty little bridge is suffered to remain, some serious accident may be ap- prehended. May I ask, too, how the talented engineer of the Grand Junction Railway could bring- himself to pro- ject so mean an arch to carry the Railway over Law- ley- street ? The engineer of the other Railway has managed matters better than to occupy the whole of the footpath, on both sides of the street, for the abut- ments of the arch. Will the Aston Street Act Com- missioners suffer this nuisance to remain ? And if they will, there remains one other question— will the in- habitants!' Yours, & c., A RATE- PAYER. March 3, 1837. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Com Market, March 2. A ( food supply of all kinds of Grain to this day's market, with a very dull sale for every article except flue dry Wheat, which readily made an advance of Id. to2d. per bushel, while inferior qualities were no better sold— Barley, both maltiBg and grinding, full 2a. per quarter lower.— Oats, which are generally in bad condition, were la. per quarter below the rates of last week,— Beans aud Peas barely supported the terms of this day se'nnight. WHEAT— per 62lb*. „ s. d. s. d. Old 7 G _ 7 9 New 7 0— 76 Irish o 0— 6 B A11 LEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 34 0 — 37 0 For Grinding, per 49tbs 3 6 — 3 9 MALT— per Imperial Bushel. Old and new 8 U — 9 0 OATS— per Stilts. Old 3 6 — 3 9 New 3 6 — 3 10 Irish 2 9 — 3 3 BEANS— perbag, 10 tcoregross. s. d. s. d. Old 17 6 — 19 0 New 16 0— 18 0 PEAS— per bag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOR ROILING. White 18 0 — 19 0 Grey 16 6— 18 0 FOR GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 16 0 — 16 6 New 17 6— 18 0 FLOUR— per sack of 28011s. net. Fino 45 0 — 46 0 Seconds 40 0 — 42 0 Hay Market, February 28. A good supply of Hay, which fetched from £ 6 5s. to £ 7 per ton ; Straw came sparingly, and readily made 43. 9d. to 5a per cwt. TOWN INFIRMARY, MARCH 3.— Surgeon of the week, Mr. Berry. Patients admitted, 7; discharged, 10; iu the house, 126; Out- patients visited and in attendance, 738. Midwifery cases, 2. GENERAL HOSPITAL, MARCH 3 Physician and Surgeon of the Patients of the week, Dr. J. Johnstone and Mr. Vaux. Visitors, Mr. James James and Mr. Piercy. In- patients admitted, 32; out, 84. In- patients discharged, 34; out, 48. Remaining in the house, 172. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, MARCH 3.— Sick patients relieved, 337; midwifery cases, 13. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO FEB. 28. [ n the House Admitted since .... Born iu the House Oischgd, absconded, aud dead* ... Total of each . VVo- Men. 1 men.! Boys. 174 t 171 2 i 8 INFANTS. Male. Fern. Total. 10 388 14 I 403 30 373 Number of Cases relieved last week 2,564 NumberofGhildren in the Asylum 194 * Of whom 3 men died. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY. FCJTTNISHEJ) BY MR. WOLLI5K, ET) G BAST ON- STREET. Barometer at noon. Ex- treme during night. Ther- mome- ters morn. Extreme heat during day. Ther- mome- ter at noon. State of Wind at noon. Remarks at uoou. Feb. , 25 29 80 34 0 44 0 48 0 44 0 WbyN Rain 20 29 85 35 0 42 0 48 0 46 0 N ltain 27 29 95 36 0 44. 0 49 0 47 0 NE Rain 28 30 0 34 0 42 0 46 0 44 0 NE. Rain Mar. 1 30 5 32 0 40 0 44 0 44 0 NE Rain 2 30 5 33 0 42 0 45 0 41 0 N ltain 3 30 10 40 0 42 0 46 0 46 0 N Rwill MARRIAGES. On tlie I5tli ult., at the Friends' Meeting House, in this town, Mr. John Head Seeking*, late of " Newcastle upon- Tyne, but now of the Five- ways, Edgbaston, to Sophia, widow of the late Alexander Wheeler, of Edgbaston, . On Wednesday, at St. Mary's, Nottingham, by the Rev. G. Cottam, the Rev. J. Moby, O. I)., to Elizabeth, daughter of the late William Wilson, Esq., of Plumptree House, Nottingham. On the 38th ult.. at St. George's, Mr. Henry Anderton, baker, of Stafford- street, to Hephzibah, second daughter of Mr. John Parker, of Lennh- street. On Monday last, at St. Mary's, Warwick, by the Rev. C. Carles, Mr. Charles Parker, of Leamington, to Miss Harriet Bickley, of the former place. DEATHS. On the 26th ult., at Lee Crescent, Edgbaston, Mrs. Hannah Lee, relict of the late Mr. Richard Lee, of Shef- field. On the 24th ult., aged 61, Mr. Jonathan Brown, of Livery- street. On Saturday, after a short illness, in the 31st year of his age, Mr. George Bennett, of Calthorpe street, Edgbaston, On the 2fith ult., in his eleventh year, John Grace, eldest son of Mr. John Hobday, of this town. On the 22nd ult., aged 62, Phoebe, wife of Mr. George Collins, of Mill- street, Five- ways, Edgbaston. On Saturday last, at Leamington, Eliza Catharine, second daughter of 1. B. Robinson, Esq., of Kirby Frith, Lei- cestershire, On Saturday last, aged 22, Mr. Benjamin Shepheard, grocer, of Leamington. On Saturday last, of influenza, John, infant son of Mr. Beatty, of Church- street, Warwick. On Saturday last, aged 28, at Charwelton, Northampton- shire, Mary, wife ol Jonas Payne, and daughter of the late Kir. John Hiorns, of Ashorne, in this county. On the 25th ult., aged 68, Mary, wife of. Edward Wood- house, Esq., of Leominster, Herefordshire. On the 25th ult., at Kidderminster, aged 13. Thomas, son of Mr. Humphries, glazier and painter, of that place. On the 26th ult., Mrs. Insull, of New- street, Worcester) aged 76, On the 28th ult., aged 71, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. T. J. Newson, of Church- street, Kidderminster. On the 28th ult., Mr. Thomas Busby, ironmonger, of Stourport, aged 66. THE BIRMINGAM JOURNAL LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. TEB, 23.— THOMAS PRESTON, Cateatou. street, City, warehouse, man. BANKRUPTS. \ Thc Bankrupts to surrender at the Court of Commissioners, Basing- hull- street, when not otherwise expressed.] GEORGE FRANCIS BLYTHER, Rochester, grocer, March 10and April 7. Sols. Messrs. Wood and Ellis, Corbet- court, Grace- church- street. Pet. Cr. John Smith, sen., John Smith, jun., and Edward Cross, Minories, wholesale grocers. Seal. February 21. DIGHTON MOTT, Leadenliall. raarket, City, poulterer, March 2 and April 7. Sol. Mr. Sturmy, 8, Wellington- street, London, bridge. Pet. Cr. William Henry Living, Leadenhall- market, poultry salesman. Seal. February 22. THOMAS CANEY SMITH, GreatSt. Helen's, Bishopsgate. street. within, City, provision. merchant, March 7 and April 7. Sols. Messrs. Bush aud Master, Saint Mildred's- court, Poultry. Pet. Cr. Samuel George Smith, John Smith, Abel Smith, George Robert Smith, John Abel Smith, and Oswald Smith, Lombard- street, bankers. Seal. February22. THOMAS LA WES, Lombard- street, City, bill- broker, March 3 and April 7. Sol. Mr. Jones, 11, Gray's- inn- square. Pet. Cr. John Dyer, 61, Mark- lane, wine- raercliant. Seal. February 21. " WILLIAM' ROBERTSON, Crutched. friars, City, ship- broker, March 3 and April 7. Sol. Mr. Langley, 3, South. square, Gray's- jun. Pet. Cr. Hewson Dutchman, Park- road, Liverpool, mer. chant. Seal. February 20. CHARLES HARBER, Croydon, innkeeper, March 7andApril7. Sols. Messrs. C. and N. Martin, Vinters'- hall, Upper. Thames- street. Pet. Cr. Robert Hall, Mincing- lane, eoffee. dealer. Seal. February 21. JOHN LANGFORD BRICKELL, formerly of the Anchor Tavern, St. Mary at Hill, City, licensed victualler, afterwards of Totteu- ham. conrt. road, pawnbroker, and late of Hackney. road, oil- manufacturer, March 3 and April 7. Sol. Mr. G. K. Pollock, 11, Ked Lion. square. Vet. Cr. Joseph Carter Wood and Mary Wood, Artillery Brewery, Artillery- place, Westminster, common brewers. Seal. February 18. JOHN EDMONDS TOZER, Milk- Street, Cheapside, City, whole, sale hosier, March 2 and April 7. Sols. Messrs. Bartlett and Bed- dome, Nicholas- lane. Pet. Cr. John Rogers, White Hart. court, shin and insurance broker. Seal. February 21. ALLAN FRANCIS O'NEILL, JOHN O'NEILL, and FRANCIS O'NEILL, Liverpool, merchants, March 6 and April 7, at the Ctarendonlrooms, Liverpool. Sols. Mr. Mawdsley, Liverpool; and Messrs. Adliugton and Co., Bedford- iow. Pet. Cr. Samuel Perrott and Francis Perrott, Liverpool, merchants. Seal. Fe- bruary 18. WILLIAM PERRY, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, tea- dealer, March 4 and April 7, at the Vine Inn, Stourbridge. Sols. Messrs. Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench- walk, Temple, London j and Mr. Collis, Stourbridge. Pet. Cr. Elizabeth Perry, Stourbridge, widow. Seal. February 20. JAMES BANKS, Preston, Lancashire, bookseller, March 20 and April 7, at the Town- hall, Preston. Sols. Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedford- row, London; and Messrs. R. and W. Ascroft, Preston. Pet. Cr. Benjamin Hawes and Thomas Hawes, Broad- street, City, merchants. Seal. January 30. OCT AVI US SCOTT, Margate, board and lodging house keeper, March 10 and April 7, at the London Hotel, Margate. Sols. Mr. T J Selby, Margate; and Mr. J. Nicliolls, Cook's. court, Lin. <- i> ln's. inn, London. Pet. Cr. Frances Greaves, Margate, widow. Seal. February 6. MATTHIAS FOWLER, Lymington, Hampshire, wine- merchant, March 10 and April 7, at the Angel Hotel, Lymington. Sols. Mr. J. S. Thomson, Rolls'- chambers, Chancery- lane, London , and Mr. J. Brown, Lymington. Vet. Cr. Rachael King, Lymington, spinster. Seal. February 14. JAMES LEA, the younger, of the Shambles, St. Switliin, Wor- cester, butchcr, March 3 and April 7, at the Crown Inn, Wor. cester. Sols. Messrs. White and Whitinore, Bedford- row, Lon- don • and Messrs. Holdsworth and Finch, Worcester. Pet. Cr. Jonathan Jackson, St. Michael, Worcester, butcher. Seal. Fe- bruary 16. WILLIAM HARTLEY, now or late of Colne, Lancashire, grocer, March 14, at the Ball Inn, within Burnley, Lancashire, and April 7 at the Town- hall, Preston. Sols. Messrs. Aicock and Dixon, B'urnley ; and Messrs. Douglass and Cragg, Gray's. inn, London. Vet. Cr. Thomas Bland, Burnley, grocer. Seal. February 13. WILLIAM MASTERS, Bath, victualler, March 11 and April 7, at the Greyhound Inn, Bath. Sols. Mr. H. S. Westwacott, South- square, Gray's- inn, London; and Mr. W. H. Dore, Bath. Vet. Cr. James Masters, Bath, dairyman. Seal. February 20. WILLIAM SCA1FE, Halifax, Yorkshire, linen- draper and silk- mercer, March 17 and April 7, at the Magistrates'- office, Halifax. Sols. Messrs. Jacques ami Co., Ely. place, Holborn, London; and Mr. J. H. Mitchell, Halifax. Vet. Cr. George Edward Browne, Halifax, bookkeeper and accountant. Seal. January 24. DIVIDENDS. Richard John Brassey, Lombard. street, banker, March 17— Fuller jfarr, Lombard. street, banker, March 17— George Lee, Lombard- street, banker- John Maberly, Bread- street, Cheapside, bank ' r, March 17— John Stevens, Abchurch. lane, City, merchant, March 21 — Elizabeth Cockett, Blackheatli. road, Greenwich, grocer, March 17 — Robert Shaw, Lynu Regis, Norfolk; March 17— John Jones, Tywynn, and Griffith Jones, Llandegwning, Carnarvonshire, cattle- dealers ' March 18, at the Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon— Robert James M'Intyre, Belfast, Ireland, merchant, March 21, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES, MARCH 17. Richard Turner, OUerton, Nottinghamshire, farmer— John Ling- ford, Nottingham, iron- founder— James Smith, Curzon- street, May. fair,' furnishing ironmonger— Charles Orrah, Huddersfield, York- shire, draper— John Cousens, Prinsted, Sussex, merchant— James Hooper, Upper Thames. street, cheese- factor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Pratt and Samuel Stanger, Aylesbury, tailors— John Hunter and John Andrews, Hart- street, Bloomsbury, surgeons- James Booth and James Rudge, 69, Mark- laue, wine- merchauts— William Gawtlirop aud Thomas Gawthrop, Ambleside, Westmore- land, schoolmasters— Henry Morgan and William Green, Lombard- street, Birmingham, fender- manufacturers— Robert Jones and William Patrickson, Scales, Lancashire, maltsters— George Calthrop and Isaac Dods, Spalding, Lincolnshire, general merchants— James Poole the elder and James Poole the younger, Bristol, eoal. mer. chants W. Birtwhistle aud Thomas Aslnvorth, Halifax and Leeds, booksellers— John Choriton and Joseph Newton, Manchester, dealers in foreign fancy merchandise— Thotnas Hackwoo. 1. ...< d Samuel Keeling, Hanley, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers- William Garside and John Garside, earthenware manufacturers— John and Ann daubert, 51, Berwick. street, Soho, jewellers— Robert Wheeler and Thomas Wheeler, Aylesbury, grocers— John Webb Fielder and George Ogilvy Speare, 3, Thavie's. inn, Holborn, lace- men— John Durrant and William Oliver the younger, Portsea, iron, mongers— William Leaf, James Crofts, and John Buchanan, Fre- derick's- place, Old Jewry, merchants ( so far as regards John Bu- chanan). ** ASSIGNMENTS. John Ninham, Norwich, plumber, & c. Daniel Saunders, Manchester, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Joseph Revel Pennington, Glasgow, tailor. TOES:) AY, FEB; UARY28. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. FEB. 24.— JOHN AUSTIN, St. Mary Magdalen, near Hastings, builder. FEB. 27.— JOHN HAMILTON, Liverpool, merchant. FEB. 28— EDWARD ALL WRIGHT, Little Newjiort. street, New- port- market, cheesemonger. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. FDMUND DOWLING, King. street, Tower. bill, and Castle. Btreet, Shoreditch, grocer. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. HENRY CHARD, Liverpool, merchant, Mareh IS, at the Clarendon, rooms, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM O'CONNOR, late of 36, Tliomas. street, Dublin, but now of 10, Arundel. street, tallow chandler, March 6 and April 11. Sol. Mr. Thorubury, Chancery- lane. Pet. Cr. William Bradshaw, 65, James. street, Dublin, chemist. Seal. February 24. JOHN SAYRE, 79, High- street, Shadwell, cheesemonger, March 7 anil April 11. Sol. Mr. Horsley, Auction- mart, City, and Berners- street, Commercial- road East. Vet. Cr. Thomas Clarke and Samuel Page, Jeffery's. square, St. Mary Axe, provision brokers. Seal. February 21. JOHN VINEY, 18, Cornhill, City, tailor, March 7 and April 11. Sols. Messrs. Aston and Wallis, 2, New Broad. street. Pet. Cr. Roger Dawson and Thomas Williams, Cloth- fair, woollen- drapers. Seal. February 25. DANIEL BURGESS, 9, Duke- street, Grosvenor. square, jeweller, March 10 and April 11. Sol. Mr. Ambrose Haynes, 35, Gloucester- street, Queen- square. Pet. Cr. Samuel Sparrow aud John Thomas Sparrow, 11, New North. street, Red Lion. square, pearl workers. Seal. February 21. XOBERT WILLIAM WARNER, Wreken Tavern, Broad- court, Drury- lane, tavern- keeper, March II and April 11. Sols. Mr. James Foster Groom, 12, Abcliurch- lane; and Mr. Flower, 10, Austin- friars. Vet. Cr. Alphonse Lequeutre, Chingford, Essex, gent. Seal. February 25. WILLIAM HENRY FLETCHER, Portsea, Southampton, grocer, March 10 and April II. Sol. Mr. Sturiny, 8, Wellington. street, London- bridge. Vet. Cr. Johu Cock, William Hicks, and Joseph Baylis, High- street, Southwark, grocers. Seal. February 23. THOMAS PREEDY aud WILLIAM PREEDY, Oxford, grocers, March 10 and April 11, at the Three Cups Inn, Oxford. Sols Messrs. Litchfield and Owen, Chancery- lane, London; and Mr. Lee, Ducklington, Witney, Oxon. Pet. Cr. James Plummer, 3Cnsfiara, Oxfordshire, residing at the Old Bell Inn, Holborn, Mid. dieses. Seal February 24. SAMtjEG i?( Jl5fIFEX and WILLIAM FARR, Upper St. Martin's- lane, . coppej- smiths, March 7 and April 11. Sol. Mr. Dodd, 16, New Broad- street. Pet. Cr. Russell Pontifex, sen,, Edmonton, gent. Seal, February 14. JOSEPH BALM and JOHN ROTH WELL, Nottingham, and Quoriidon, Leicestershire, tatting and lace manufacturers, March 16 and April 11, at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham. Sols. Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; and Messrs. Cursham and Campbell, Nottingham. Pet. Cr. George Morrison, Nottingham, tatting- manufacturer. Seal. February 25. CHARLES ROBBINS, Digbetli, Birmingham, currier and leather- cutter, March 11 and April 11, at the Clarendon Hotel, Birming. ham. Sols. Messrs. Blackstock and Co., Paper. buildings, Inner Temple; London ; and Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson, Cherry. strect, Birmingham. Pet. Cr. Joseph Bosward, Birmingham, carrier. Seal. February 21. DAVID CROW, Sheffield, tanner and fellmonger, March 22 and April 11, at the Town- hall, Sheffield. Sols. Messrs. Battyo and Co., Chancery- lane, London; and Mr. J. W. Smith, Sheffield. Pet. Cr. Joseph Pickford, Sheffield, saw grinder. Seal. Feb. 17. THOMAS BROWN, Hulme, Manchester, fancy waistcoating manufacturer, March 16 and April 11, at the Comraissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Milne and Co., Temple, Lon- don ; and Mr. W. Casson, Manchester. Vet. Cr. Edmund Good- win and Edward Kirby, Manchester, fustian manufacturers. Seal. February 10. JOSEPH ZANETTI, Manchester, carver and gilder, March 13 and April 11, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; and Messrs Seddon and Mawson, Manchester. Vet. Cr. George Hall, Man- chester, one of the public officers of the Northern and Central Bank of England. Seal. February 22. RALPH HARPER, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, coach proprietor, March 17 and April 11, at the Commissiouers'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Mr. J. Tyler, Staple- inn, London ; and Mr. W. Vaughan, Stockport. Vet. Cr. Benjamin Clark, Rochdale, coacli- maker. Seal. February 21. WILLIAM HEAP, late of Dukinfield, Cheshire, builder, March 14 and April 11, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's. inn, London ; and Messrs. Higginbottom and Buckley, Ashton- under- Lyne, Lancashire. Pet. Cr. Edward Gregory, Ashton. under. Lyne, plumber and glazier. Seal. February23. GEORGE BOYS, Rodley, Leeds, innkeeper, March 21 aud April 11, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Few and Co., Henrietta- street, Covent garden, London ; and Mr. Booth, Leeds. Vet. Cr. Richard Wilson and Benjamin Wilson, Braroley, wine and spirit merchants, Isaac Ellis, Armley, maltster, Thomas Walker, Kirk, stall, common brewer, and Joshua Tetley, Leeds, common brewer, all of Leeds. Seal. February 27. SAMUEL HILL, Leicester, worsted. spinner, March 9 and April 11, at the Castle of Leicester, Leicester. Sols. Mr. R. Luck, Lei- cester ; and Messrs. Taylor and Son, John. street, Bedford- row, London. Pet. Cr. Joseph Whitmore, Leicester, woolstapler, and Samuel Stephen Bankart, Leicester, as assignees of William Alston, Leicester, a bankrupt. Seal. February 22. WILLIAM DAKIN, Manchester, glass. manufacturer and paper- dealer, March 13and April 11, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Man. Chester. Sols. Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; and Messrs. Seddon and Mawson, Manchester. Pet. Cr. George Hall, Manchester, one of the public officers of the Northern and Central Bank of England. Seal February 21. RICHARD CUNLIFF, late of Over Darwen, Lancashire, cotton, manufacturer, March 14 and April II, at the Hotel, Blackburn. Sols. Messrs. Makinson aud Sanders, Elm. court, Middle Temple, London ; and Mr. J. Makinson, Blackburn. Pet. Cr. Giles Cun. liff, Blackburn, cotton. manufacturer. Seal. February 15. THOMAS ELLIOTT, Nottingham and Beeston, lace- manufac- tnrer, March 8and April 11, at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham. Sols. Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; and Messrs. Cui- sham and Campbell, Nottingham. Pet. Cr. James Cropper, Nottingham, bobbin and carriage- maker. Seal, Feb. 24. REES THOMAS, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, tailor, March 9 and April 21, at the Commercial. rooms* Bristol. Sols. Messrs. a'Beckett and Simpson, Lincolu's. inn- fields, London; and Mr. Timbrell, Bradford, Wilts. Pet. Cr. William Byers and Sarah Taylor, 24, Bow street, Covent- garden, Middlesex, clothiers and warehouse- men. Seal. February 13. DIVIDENDS. Thomas Woll6, Mincing- lane, sugar- broker, March 4— Benjamin Brissenden, Tonbridge- wells, innkeeper, March 23— Horatio Nelson Harris, Uxbridge, oilman, March 21— losiah Morris, Brighton, silk- mercer, March 22— William Brooks, Hatton. garden, jeweller, March 22— Thomas Sharpies, Liverpool, ironmonger, March 25, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liverpool— William Bruorton the younger, Glou- cester, auctioneer, March 20, at the King's Head Inn, Gloucester— John Lashmar, Brighthelrastone, Sussex, merchant, at the Town- hall, Brighthelmstone— John Clark, Crooks, Yorkshire, builder, March 29, at the Town- liall, Sheffield— James Bastian, Truro, mer. chant, April 4, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro— Samuel Standidge Slater, Kingston- upon. Hull, corn. merchant, March 29, at the George luu, Kingston- 6pon- Hull— John York, Thome, Yorkshire, tanner, March 29, at the Guildhall, Doncaster— William Shorthose, Leamington- priors, Warwickshire, jeweller, March 28, at the Lansdown Hotel, Leamington- priors— Horatio Skerrett, Manchester, cabinet- maker, March 21, at the Coinmiesioners- rooms, Manchester— Thomas Hoi. croft, Thomas Challinor, George Holcroft, and Peter Farnworth, all of Salford, Lancashire, millwrights, April 4, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, MARCH 21. Joseph Drewe, Keynsliam, Somersetshire, scrivener— John Berry, now or late of Birmingham, glass- manufacturer— Richard Clark Rout, Southampton- buildings, Holborn, tailor— Octavus Thomson, London- wharf, Hackney, coal- merchant— Thomas Turner, New Bond- street, upholsterer— Sarah Herd, Appleby, Westmoreland, licensed- victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Wallen and William Wallen, Spital- squarc, architects- Charles Christopher Badcock and Richard Allen Sprigg, 274, High Holborn, leather. sellers— John Brown and George Berrey, jun., Nottingham, lace- manufacturers— Charles Butterworth and Joseph Holt Butterworth, both of Rochdale, woolstaples— George Heron, Edward Wilkinson, and Richard Taylor, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, steam- engine builders— William Smith, Leicester, and Johu N^ w. ton, Nottingham, cheese- factors— Hugh Atherstone and Edward Damant, Brewliouse. yard, Nottingham, dyers— Thomas Smedley and Joseph Smedley, Nottingham, lace- mrnufacturers— Edward Brown- ing and Samuel Balden, Redditch, Worcestershire, aud Birmingham, solicitors— John Shaw, John Pearson Shaw, and John Shaw the younger, Attercliffe, Yorkshire, surgeons— John Viggor and John Alexander Phipps, Liverpool, paper- stainers— Benjamin Longman and Jacob Mason, 121, Mount. street, Grosvonor- squaro, bakers- Edward Whitworth aud Peter Headen, Huddersfield, livery. stable keepers- Joseph Mills, Huddersfield, and James Clowes, Longroyd- bridge, silk- throwsters— John Pearson aud Joseph Williams, Bilston, Staffordshire, builders— Robert Palgrave, Thomas Creed, and Thomas Edwards, 10, Fore- street, Cripplegate, haberdashers— James Edwards and James Edwards, jun., Lyme, Dorsetshire, linen- drapers— John Tinsley and Samuel Harrison, deceased, Manchester, pork. dealers— Robert Baylis and Thomas Radford, Liverpool, share- brokers— Robert Hellings and Robert Slater Winton, Taunton, whitesmiths— Joseph Balm and John Rothwell, Nottingham, lace- manufacturers - Robert Cockrane and Andrew Haunali, St. Austell, Cornwall, drapers— Richard Ellis and James Ellis, 144, Hounds, ditch, brass- founders— Charles Wilson, Edward Jones, and Alfred Norton, Fore- street, linen- drapers— John Fowden and John Worth, ington, Stockport, linen- drapers— William Croft and William Shef- field, Richmond, Yorkshire, mercers— Mark Richardson and John Ber. tley, Leeds, machine manufacturers— Robert Alexander aud Charles Ingram, Liverpool, printers— Thomas Turner, Christopher Johnson, and Henry Johnson, Sheffield, manufacturers of steel- James Hislop and Alexander Macintosh, Dadkeith, Scotland, liat- manufacturers— D. Walkinshaw, John Skinner, Charles Binny Skinner, Henri Veruede, and C. B. Adam, Batavia and Glasgow ( so far as regards C. B. Adam)— John Graham and William Graham, Edinburgh, manufacturing jewellers. ASSIGNMENTS. Walter Biddell Frost, Bury St. Edmonds, printer. Joshua Gibson aud Joseph M'Glasson, Liverpool, drapers. Catherine Hallln, Sussex- villa, Regent's. park, schoolmistress. David Holdforth, Leather- lane, victualler. Richard Horton, Strood, linen- draper. John Howell, Plymouth, draper. Horatio Latreille, King. street, Cheapside, factor and warehouse- man. Charles Matthew Lowe, Wardivick, Derby, brewer and maltster. William Page, Napton- on- the- Hili, Warwickshire, farmer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Daniel M'Intyre, Edinburgh, clothier.- Staffordshire— March 6, Tamworth.— Gloucestershire— March 12, Tewkesbury— Oxfordshire— March 7, Chipping Norton, Henley ; 16, Banbury. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. THE CHASE— The Warwickshire Hounds will meet on Saturday ( this day), at Famborough, at a quarter before eleven — Mr. Chandler's Fox Hounds will meet on Saturday ( ftiisday; at Bredon Hill, at half- past ten.— Sir Thomas Boughey's Hounds will meet on Mondav ( March 6) at Knighton; Wednesday, at the Summer House; Friday, at Betloy, at half- past ten The Ludlow Hounds will meet on Tuesday ( March 7) at Milsom's Wood; Friday, at Mariknoil, at ten.— The Atherstone Fox Hounds will meet on Saturday ( this day; at Nailstone Village, at a quarter before eleven., — Mr. Meynell's Hounds will meet on Saturday ( this day) at Chartley at half- past ten. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONOAY, FEB. 27— Wheat, Essex Red, new 40s to 52s ; fine, 54s to 57s ; old, 56s to 5Ss; white, new, 52s to 55s i fine, 56s to 58s; superfine, 58s to 61s; old, 62s to 65s Rye, 30s to 368.— Barley, 28s to 82s; fine, — s to — s; superfine, 36s to 37s — Malt, 54s to 58s ; fine, 58s to 60s.— Peas, Hog, 34s to 35s ; Maple, 35s to 36s; white, 34s to 36s ; Boilers, 36s to 38s.— Beans, small, 38s to 40s; old, 44s to 48s; Ticks, 32a to 36s; old, 40s to 43s; Harrow,— s to— s.— Oats, feed, 21s to 23s ; fine, 25s to 27s; Poland, 24s to 27s; fine, 28s to 30s; Potatoe, 29s to 30s; fine, 30s to 31s.— Bran, per quarter, 9s Od to 10s 0d.— Pollard, fine, per ditto, I4s. 20s. WARWICK, SAi- uitnAY, FEB. 25— Wheat, per bag, old 21s Od to 22s Od ; new, 19s 6d to 21s Od ; Barley per quarter, 38s Od to 40s Od ; new, 30s Od to 37s Od ; Oats, 2fls Od to 34s Od; New, 25s Od to 32s Od; Peas, per bag, 17s 6d to I9s Od ; Beans, 18s 6d to 19s Od ; new, 14s Od to 16s Od; Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od; Malt 64s Od to 72s Od per quarter. WORCESTER, FEBRUARY 25.— Wheat, old, per bushel, Imperial Measure, 6s 8d to 7s 2d. New ditto, 6s 8d to 7s 2d. Foreign dUto, 0s Od toOsOd. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to 5s Od. Grinding ditto, 3s 4d to 4s Od. Beans, old, 5s 8d to 6s 4d. New ditto, 5s 4d to 5s 8d. Oats, English new, Os Od to 0s Od. Old ditto, 3s 6d to 3s9d. Irish, ditto new, 391b. a bushel, 0s Od to 0s Od. Old ditto, 391b. a bushel, 0s Od to Os Od. Peas, white, boiling, 5s 8d to 6s Od. Grey ditto, 5s Od to 5s 4d. Grey Hog ditto, 0s Od to 0s Od. Vetches, winter, 6s 4d to 0s Od. Spring ditto, 0s Od to 0s Od. GLOUCESTER, FEBRUARY 25.— Wheat, per bushel, 7s 3d to 7s lOd. Barley, per Imperial quarter, 36s Od to 41s Oil. ISeans, per Im- perial bushel, 6s 4d to 6s 6d. Oats, per Imperial quarter, 22s Od to 32s Od. Peas, per Imperial quarter, 46s Od to 54s 4d. Malt, per Imperial quarter, 0s Od to 0s Od. Fine Flour, 49s Od to 51s Od. HEREFORD, FEB. 25— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 6s lOd to 7s 6d. Ditto, 801bs. per bushel, 0s Od toOs Od. Barley, 3s 8d to 4s Od. Beans, 5s 8d to 6s 6d. Peas, 4s 9d to 5s 9d. Vetches, 0s Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. CHELTENHAM, FEB. 23.— 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. PRICE OFSEEDS. FEB. 2T— Per Civt— Red Clover, English, 60s to 85s; fine, 90s to 100s; Foreign, 63s to 70s; fine, 75s to 85s White Clover, 60s to 70s ; fine, 75s to 80s.— Trefoil, new, 14s to 18s; fine, 19s to 22s ;' old, 12s to 16s Trefolium, 16s to 18s; fine, 20s to 22s.— Caraway, English, new, 43s to 47s ; Foreign, 50s to 52s— Coriander, 14s Od to 16s Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin,? 5^. to38s ; fine, 40s to 42s; Rye Grass, 28s to 35s; new, 35s to 45s ; Pacey Grass, 40s to45s; Linseed for feeding, 52s to 56s ; fine, 60s to 64s ; ditto for crushing, 48s to 50s.— Canary, 44s to 48s.— Hemp, 46s to 50s. Per Bushel.— White Mustard Seed, 7s Od to 9s Od ; brown ditto, 9s Od to 12s ; Tares, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; fine new Spring, 6s Od to 6s 6d. Per Last.— Rape Seed, English, 321 to 34<; Foreign, 30i to 32?. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 23,1836.— Wheat, 57s Ud ; Barley, 35s 2d ; Oats, 24sld; Rye, 40s 6d; Beans, 40s 2d; Peas, 38s lid. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 29s 8d ; Barley, 9s 4d; Oats, 10s 9d; Rye, 9s 6d ; Beans, 9s 6d ; Peas, 12s 6d. HAY AND STRAW Smithfield.— Hay, 80s Od to 95s Od ; Inferior, - s to— s; Clover, 95s to 115s; Inferior— s to— s; Straw, 42s to 8s. IVhiteehapel.— Clover, 110s to 126s ; new ditto, — s to — s ; second cut, 95s to 110s; Hay, 84 to 90s; new ditto, — s to — s ; Wheat Straw, 42s to 50s: Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 95s to 100s; inferior ditto, 80s to 90s; superior Clover, 135s to I18s; Straw, 44s to 52s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— s to s; new Meadow Hay, — s to— s ; old ditto, 84s to 98s ; useful ditto, — s to s; New Clover ditto,— s to— s; old ditto, 110stoll8s; Wheat Straw, 47s to 53s per load of 36 trusses. OILS Rape Oil, brown, £ 46 10s per ton ; Refined, £ 48 Os; Linseed Oil, £ 33 0s ; and Rape Cake, £ 6 6s Linseed Oil Cake, £ 13 Os per thousand. SMITHFIELO, FEB. 27.— To sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 4s lOd to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Pork, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. NEWGATF. AND I. EADENHALT..— By the CareaBe — Beer, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. MACKENZIE'S TREATISE ON PILES AND PROLAPSUS. Fourth Edition 5s. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, illustrated with additional Cases, showing a safe anil efficient mode of Cure, thereby avoiding the painful and dangerous operation by Excision or Ligature. By S. MACKENZIE, Surgeon, 44, Douglity- 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. IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO HAVE THE CARE OF CHILDREN. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, for CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. The great success of this Medicine during the last Twenty- five Years has induced unprincipled persons to imitate it, under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's bills, & c. Parents will, therefore, be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the name of BARCLAY and SONS, 95, Farringdon- street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe) is on the Stamp affixed to each bottle. This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of children when thought past re- covery from Convulsions arising from painful dentition. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child will be relieved, the gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced, ( t is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the teeth with ease; and so pleasant, that no child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the Syrup should he rubbed on the gums; and Parents should never be without the Syrup in the nursery, where there are young children; for if a child wakes in the night with pains in the gums, the Syrup im- mediately gives ease; thereby preventing convulsions, fevers, & c. FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN.— Warwickshire— March 6, Allesley; 13, Sutton, Warwick.— Northamptonshire— March 7, Higham Ferrers— Leicestershire— March 7, Market Harborougli; 13, Melton Mowbray; 16, Lutterworth.— Worcestershire— March 7, Tonbury; 9, Upton.— PATRONS. HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF BELGIUM. And most of the Royal Family. James Johnson, Physician Ex'raordinary to His Majesty. Arthur T. Holroyd, Physician to theSt. Marylebone Dispensary. T. Hodgkin, M. D., Lecturer on Morbid Anatomyat Guy's Hospital, R. Rowley, M. D., Physician to the Aldersgate- street Dispensary. G. H. We'atherhead, Lecturer on Materia Medica and Therapeutics. T. Castle, Physician to St. Mary's Hall and to the Brighton Dis- pensary. Amos Middleton, Senior Physician to the Leamington Hospital. Cliarles. Loudon, Physician to the Leamington Bathing Institution. D. Davies, Surgeon to their Majesties. Jonathan Pereira, F. L S. Lecturer on Materia Medica. F. Tyrrell, 17, New Bridge. street, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital. George Pilcher, M. R. C. S. L , Lecturer on Anatomy, Webb. street. F. Salmon, Consulting Surgeon to St. John's Hospital. Jarratt Dashwood Surgeon to the Royal Humane Institution. C. Millard, Demomstrator of Anatomy at the School of Webb- street. J. Harrison Curtis, Aurist to His Majesty. r j^ HE above, and 208 other Medical Gentlemen, A have given the most flattering certificates of the great value and superiority of WOODHOUSE'S jETHERI AL ESSENCE of JAMAICA GINGER, which is particu- larly recommended to all Cold, Phlegmatic, Weak and Ner- vous constitutions. It is certain in affording instant relief in Cholera Morbus, Spasms, Cramps, Flatulence, Hysterics, Heartburn, Hiccup, Loss of Appetite, Sensation of Fulness, Pain and oppression after meals; also those pains of the Stomach and Bowels which arise from Gouty Flatulencies; Digestion however much impaired, is restored to its pristine state by the use of this Essence for a short time. In bottles, 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. each. N. B. As a restorative after an attack of the Influenza, this Essence will be found most beneficial by giving tone to the stomach, and vigour to the whole frame. BALSAM OF SPERMACETI. INFLUENZA— This Balsam is invaluable for this pecu- liar epidemic; it invariably relieves the Cough and other distressing symptoms attending it, also in soothing and allaying the irritation of the stomach, & c. Coughs, Asthma, Shortness of Breath, Weazing, Colds, soreness, tightness and oppression of the Chest, and most affections of the Chest and Lungs, telieved in ten minutes, by taking one dose of WOODHOUSE'S BALSAM OF SBERAIACETI, OR PECTORAL COUGH DROPS. Persons doubting the efficacy of this medicine, may take a dose in the Proprietor's shop before they purchase. The Proprie- tor earnestly recommends a trial of these Drops to persons afflicted with the above complaints, but he does not intro- duce them as being an infallible cure ( as many do), but is warranted in asserting their efficacy from the extensive relief afforded in numerous cases of the above description. Con- stitutional Coughs of three, four, and more years standing, have been cured ill the course of a week by the use of these Drops. In the Hooping and Chin Coughs it will be found equally valuable; it will at all times relieve the most violent Consumptive Cough. In bottles, Is. l^ d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and 10s, 6( 1., each. These Preparations are prepared only by DECIMUS WOOD- HOUSE, Operative Chemist Extraordinary to His Majesty, 18, King William- street, New London Bridge, and sold by him wholesale and retail; and to be had of all medicine ven- ders in town and country. Country venders may be sup- plied through their town agents. Sold in bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s., each. CAUTION— To prevent imposition, be sure to see the name of DECIMUS WOODHOUSE, 18, King William- street, London Bridge, is engraved on the Government Stamp, otherwise cannot be genuine. BY THE KING'S PATENT. DR. SIBLY'S REANIMATING SOLAR TINC- TURE. The warm and renovating qualities of this Tincture render it the best Medicine for Debility, Con- sumptions, Nervous and Rheumatic Complaints, Spasms, Indigestion, Lowness of Spirits, and all those distressing affections which harass the weak, sedentary, and delicate. During a period of forty years, in which it has been in most extensive use, it has never once been found to fail in its ef- fects. It is pleasant to the taste, grateful to the stomach, revives the spirits, and strengthens the whole frame. Pre- pared and sold by Mr. J. R. SAB- FELL, NO. 34, Newington- erescent, Kennington- road, in bottles, at 6s., 7s. 6d., Us., and 22s. each. Wholesale Agents, BARCLAY and SONS, 95, Farringdon- street, London, and sold retail by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom. Also, Dr. SIBLY'S LUNAR TINCTURE, for com- plaints incident to the Female Sex. In bottles, at 4s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. each ; which may be had as above. DR. FISCHELBERG, ( formerly of the Prussian Army,) wishes to remind those who may be in want of his professional aid, that he still continues to give advice at his Medical Establishment, No. 3, Christ Church Pas- sage. The Doctor's successful treatment of many com- plicated cases of Venereal disorders, renders him confident that a single application will convince his patients that a speedy relief from suffering may be obtained by attention to his advice and prescriptions. The Doctor also treats Piles successfully, both external and internal, by internal medicines only. During his resi- dence in Birmingham, a period of more than four years, he has met with much success in his professional career, and flatters himself that the public who may need his assist- ance will not fail to patronise him. Dr. FISCHELBEUG is sole Proprietor of the justly cele- brated Royal Prussian Herb Pills, for the cure of the Venereal diseases. Sold in boxes at 3s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, duty included, with proper directions for use, at the Doc- tor's residence; and also at the tinder- mentioned agents : — Caldicott, bookseller, Wolverhampton; Walters, book- seller, Dudley; and Merridew, Herald- office, Coventry. Attendance from nine in the morning till ten at night, except Sundays, on which day he cannot be consulted later than two in the afternoon. Letters from the country, post- paid, containing a remittance, punctually attended to. *„* Private entrance to the Surgery through the first entry in New- street. Igj" Observe, No. 3, Christ Church- passage. A TREATISE IS PUBLISHED By Messrs. PERRY and Co., SURGEONS, ON VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC DISEASES, AND GIVEN WITH EACH BOX OF PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS, /" CONTAINING plain and practical directions forthe 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. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham, and 48, Faulkner- street, Manchester; who continue to di- rect their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from 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, arid 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 bead, face, and body, dimness ol 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 gonorrhieas 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 til] 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. ASHLEY COOPERS BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years' experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicians and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhosa, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forms of Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, arid safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require the slightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicines in use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party willuotexperieenc any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the complaint for a time, without eradicating it from the con- stitution, and the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds all the symptoms retur n, and that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at first, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a most efficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Captains of vessels should make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled effi- cacy in curing Scurvy being known throughout the world. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- fessional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that eminent, surgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim. street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in numerous instances, and my candid opinion is that they are a most improved system of treat- ment for those peculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, and with a certainty that I had never before witnessed; but what I consider their most invaluable property is, that they entirely eradicate the complaint, and never leave those dis- tressing secondary symptoms ( that harass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them. Believe me, yours, very truly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9( 1. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can be supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the oider. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Pills are sold by one or more respectable venders in every town in the kingdom, and any shop that has not got them will obtain them from London without any extra charge. Country shops can obtain them through any of the London booksellers. Sold by appointment by M. Maher, 34, Ann- street, and Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parker, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Merridew, Coventry. WORMS DESTROYED. MEDICINE never witnessed a more important discovery than in PRITCHE'I'T'S VEGETA- BLE VERMIFUGE, a remedy that, contrary to all others, neither purges, vomits, nor otherwise affects the constitution; requires no confinement, has neither taste nor smell, and is so harmless that it may be taken by an infant of an hour old; yet never, in one instance, failed destroying every worm in the body, of which ample and undoubted testimonies are given with it. It is the actual discovery of a medical practitioner of eminence, who may be readily re- ferred to, and who solemnly asserts it contains riot a particle of calomel, scammony, gamboge, or other drastic article. P.- itchett's Vegetable Vermifuge is prepared by Barclay and Sons, No. 95, Farringdon- street, ( late I). Pritchett) ; and sold in large packets, price 2s. 9d., sufficient for a grown person, or three small children; or in small packets, price Is. lid., sufficient for a child; sold also by all Medicine Venders in town and country. ( gp Observe the name of Barclay and Sons, on the stamp affixed to each jacket of the powders, without which they cannot be genuine. SNOOK'S APERIENT FAMILY PILLS, a most excellent medicine for Bile, Indigestion, Giddiress of the Head, Piles, and Dropsical Complaints. Their composition is truly excellent; they do not con- tain any antimonial or mercurial preparation whatever, and do not require the least confinement or alteration of diet; modevate exercise promotes their good effects ; they sel- dom operate until ten or twelve hours after taken, and then very gently; they destroy worms, purify the hu- mours, and evacuate all foul corruptions, whereby so many diseases are produced ; by removing obstructions, they cause the food to pass to its respective parts, becoming a good restorative and preservative of health to both sexes, and to those of a costive habit, a truly valuable treasure. — Also SNOOK'S PECTORAL or COUGH PILLS, for Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, and Shortness of Breath. It is well known that Coughs and Colds, if not soon removed, are, in many cases, attended with considerable danger; for the removal of which the Pectoral or Cough Pills are with confidence recommended as an excellent medicine, and in most cases a certain specific. A single box will be a suffi- cient trial to prove their good effects. SNOOK'S DENTIFRICE for the TEETH and GUMS. The Pills are now prepared by Messrs. BARCLAY and SONS, who have purchased the recipe from Mr. SNOOK, whose names are engraved on the Government Stamp af- fixed to each box ; without which they cannot be genuine. The Pills are sold in boxes, at Is. and 2s. 9d. each. The Dentifrice in boxes, at Is. ljd. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty of breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night cough, with pain on the chest, & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure of the above complaints, only requires to be known to prove the passport to its being, ere long, universally made use of for the cure of every description of Pulmonary Affection. To those who are unacquainted with the invaluable pro- perties of Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, the following letteis 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 I 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 worseit . was, and it, iu 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 yon 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 in a few days, when I shall press on your consideration the propriety of making it up for sale ; it would prove an enormous fortune to your grand- children. If you make up your mind to do so, as I am what the world styles an idle man, you may enlist me in your service in 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 in London. Hannay'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 girls all say is really a cure, aud many other medicines. 1 should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All join me ill kind remembrance to yourself and Mrs. M. Believe me, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. ' ROBERT GRANT. Golden Lion Hotel, Liverpool. Sir— To my astonishment, the other day, I had a visit from my old and esteemed friend, Mr. Hughes, whom I had notseen 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, nnd left me the remainder, which 1 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 ill about ten days, and if 1 can, in return, afford you any service 011 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 w heezing 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 Iseemedas though I had a string run through my body, and the breast and back bones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give me another bottle, I am sure it will work a perfect cure. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. NICHOLAS BROWN. Dear Sir,— The effect of your medicine, in curing our children of the Hooping Cough, has been like inagic, for which I, and. Mrs. Wilson in particular, return our grateful acknowledgments, and the little W's shall not fail, ere long, to thank you in person. Rely on it, in our family you will be styled doctor in future. Believe me, yours very sincerely, J. WILSON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve the thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years 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, and have taken twelve bottles. After I had taken three, I could respire a* 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, but it 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, Esq. W. HUGHES. Chester, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thou hast my sincere thanks for thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou wilt let ine have a quantity iu a large bottle, I will, in return, enter thy name te any charitable institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB ROBRRTS. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies of he whole of the letters he has rece ived of the above tenor, would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented he considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, that upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the best recommendation. It will be sold by his appointment, whole- sale and retail, by his agents, Messrs. HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble vender of medicines in bottles at Is. l^ d. each. Ifgf Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white letters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold by his ap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine" Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l^ d. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY aud Co., 63, 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 tbeparcel, 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. Printed and published by FRANCIS BASSET SHENSTONE FLINDELL, of 128, Bromsgrove- street, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor may bead- dressed, and where Advertisements and Orders will be re- ceived. ( All descriptions of Jobbingcarefully, and expedi- tiously executed.) Agents in London : Messrs. NEWTON and Co., 5, Warwick- square; Mr. BARKER, 33, Fleet- street; Mr. REYNEI. L, Chancery- lane; Mr. DEACON, 3, VValbrook ; and Mr. HAMMOND, 27, Lombard- street.— Saturday, March 4,1837.