No. 623. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1837. PliXCE 4io. A NEW INVENTION. BHAWKES respectfully solicits the attention of e the Public to his newly invented PATENT PERUKE, which is made in a novel and peculiar manner, dispensing with a hundred and fortv yards of three- corded silk, which is indispensable in other Perukes. This Peruke being much lighter, and the Hair lying easier, looks more natural and allows the perspiration freely to evaporate, con- sequently the net work does not shrink as when the per- spiration is obstructed by thick, close, and flat manufacture, Which, retaining the heat and absorbing perspiration, causes a very uncomfortable pressure. The above is also best adapted for gentlemen who have their heads shaved to thicken the hair. „ _ XT B. HAWKES, Np. 4, CORZON PLACE, NEW- STREET, opposite the Free Grammar School, is the sole manufac- turer, and of all Patent Wigs, also the Gossamer, Zephyr, Euporentic, Ventilating, and Platina- wove Wigs, as made at Ross's, Truefitt's, Fox's, Coley's, and Such and Beck s London. * , N. B. AGENT lor the sale of ROWLANDS KALYDOR, ALSANA EXTRACT, ODONTO, and CSROLJEUM. English and Foreign Genuine Perfumery sold aa at the manu- facturers. Observe— Three doors from New- street, exactly opposite the" Free Grammar School. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. INDIA RUBBER OIL LIQUID AND PASTE BLACKING, manufactured by BRYANT and JAMES, PHmKiNWAY, Sole Consignee, GUINNESS'S PORTER STORES, Crooked- lane, Birmingham. WEDGWOOD'S PATENT* MANIFOLD WRI- TERS Price from 12s. 6d. to 55s. each. By W. Squire. A liberal allowance to the trade. Sold by JSENRY KENWAY, GUINNESS'S PORTER STORES, Crooked- lane, Birmingham. EDINBURGH AND BURTON ALES in bottles. RUGELEY TABLE ALES in casks; DEVON- SHIRE and HEREFORDSHIRE CIDER and PERRY, in bottles. FOREIGN and BRITISH CIGARS supplied whole- sale by H. KENWAY, GUINNESS'S PORTER STORES, Crooked- lane, Birmingham. GUINNESS'S SUPERIOR EXTRA STOUT DUBLIN PORTER, maybe had of HENRY KENWAY, sole appointed agent, Crooked- lane, Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATIONS. 1VTOTICE is hereby given, that the next GENERAL iN MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the Company of Proprietors of this Undertaking will be held at the Com- pany's Office, in Paradise- street, on FRIDAY, the 12th ot May, 1837, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, when all and every the said Proprietors are requested to attend either in person or by proxy. J0HN FREETH, Clerk to the Company. April 27th, 1837. „, , , , , KB. The Chair to be taken at Twelve oclock pre- cisely. ANNUAL STOPPAGE OF THE CANALS. PICKFORD and Co. respectfully inform their Friends and the Public, that the Annual Stoppage of the Canals will take place on MONDAY, 15th MAY, at day- break, and continue for one week. CARAVANS DAILY, to and from London, Man- chester, Liverpool, Macclesfield, Derby, Leicester, Not- tingham, & c. London, April 18371 TO THE GROUND TENANTS OF F. C. COLMORE, ESQ. THE Ground Tenants of F. C. Colmore, Esq., are requested to Pay their Rents, which became due at Lady- day last, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of May next, at our Office, in Ben- xiett's- hill, where attendance will be given from ten o'clock in the morning until five in the evening. BARKER AND SON. Birmingham, April 7, 1837. MAIIQUIS OF HERTFORD'S GROUND TENANTS. THE Ground Tenants of the Most Noble the Mar- quis of Hertford are requested to Pay their Rents, which became due at Lady- day last, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of May next, at cur Office, in Bennett's- hill, where attendance will be given from ten o'clock in the morning until five in the evening. BARKER AND SON. Birmingham, April 7, 1837. MR. F. HOSKINS HAVING now established himself in his new pre- mises, in Lower Temple- street, begs to call the atten- tion of his Friends and the Public, to his Stock of FO- REIGN WINES and SPIRITS, and the orders with which they maybe pleased to favour him it will be his chief study to execute to their satisfaction. Lower Temple- street, April 19, 1837. TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC. ri^ HERE is scarcely a respectable family in the kin^ I dom whose heafth, comfort, and circumstances do not, in some measure, depend upon their attention to, and acting upon, the following plain statement of facts :— Eight years have elapsed since the introduction of BETTS'S PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY ; still in many families JForeign Brandy continues to be used. It is to this anomaly that the Patentees solicit public attention; and their only desire is to stand or fall— to justify their pretensions to universal patronage, or at once to abandon all claim to public support,-— if, on a trial, their Patent Brandy be not found so near in flavour to Cognac as to confound the judg- ment in distinguishing between them; whilst in other re- spects it is decidedly superior. This fact lias, long since, been confirmed by the most eminent chemists of the present dav; and by the faculty, who, from its essential purity, re- commend the Patent Brandy in preference to every other Spirit, as being the most wholesome. Numerous as the • attempts have been to impose similar articles on the Public, it is a fact not to be lost sight of, that no one lias ever dared to publish the result of the analysis of any other Spirit sub- mitted to that test; a circumstance of itself sufficient to convince every impartial mind of the unapproachable merits Of the Patent Brandy. The unparalleled success which has attended the introduc- tion of this article— the triumphant patronage conferred upon it in the Metropolis and throughout the Country, compris- ing every grade from the Palace to the Cottage— and its prodigiously increasing consumption, have so alarmed the Dealers in Foreign Brandy, that deputation after deputation are waiting upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, urging the absolute necessity of reducing the duty on Foreign Brandy, to protect their rapidly declining trade. It is, how- ever, naturally to be presumed that the Government will not venture to sacrifice our agricultural and colonial interest for the benefit of a rival power, which, after repeated at- tempts to obtain admission of our principal manufactures on fair and reciprocal duties, has pertinacionsly refused to concede any equivalent. Be this as it may, whilst J. T. BETTS and Co., the Patentees, can produce a purer Spirit than that made in France, at a little more than half the price; and, unlike the French Brandy, one that will, not produce Constipation, Ilead- ache, Nausea, or other injurious effects; and having, also, the confident assurance of numbers, who have been consumers foryears past, that they would give the Patent Brandy the preference, regardless of price, they only solicit atrial; and that opinions formed without examina- tion may not be suffered to sway the judgment in deciding between them; when they have no fear that this pure and wholesome Spirit must eventually annihilate foreign competition. The Distillery, No. 6, SMITHFIELD- BARS, lea ling to St. John- street, is the ONLY ESTABLISHMENT of J T, BETTS and Co. The Agents appointed for this district of country are Mr. John Skelton, 20, Bull- street, Birmingham, Mr. Charles S. Clarke, Wolverhampton, Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle, Stourbridge, Mr. GeOi'^ e Jull, Leamington, f Mr. John Dell, Coventry, Mr. Henry Hands, ——,—.„„. Daventry, Mr. C. E. Morgan, Stafford, Mr. James E. Hiles, Shrewsbury. From whom, respectively, the Patent Brandy maybe ob- tained, either pale or coloured, on the same terms as at the Distillers, viz : for quantities not less than two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal Strength, for Cash on delivery. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND. WE, the undersigned Proprietors of the Northern and Central Bank of England, holding in the ag- gregate, not less than one tenth part in value of the capital of the Company, in pursuance of the power given to us in this behalf, by the Deed of Settlement of the Company, do hereby give Notice, that a Requisition to the Board of Manchester Directois, to call two extraordinary General Meetings of the Company, on Thursday, the twenty- fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, and on Thursday, the twenty- second day of lune, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of each day precisely, at Ladyman's Hotel, in Bridge- street, in Manchester, in the county of Lancas- ter, for the purposes therein and hereinafter particularly mentioned, has been signed by us, and left at the House or Office of the Company, in Manchester aforesaid, upwards of twenty- one days before either of the times named in the Requisition for holding the same; and that the said Board has neglected or refused to call the said two extraordinary General Meetings, within the time and manner prescribed by the said Deed of Settlement. We, the said Proprietors, do therefore, in pursuance of the power given to us in this behalf by the said Deed of Settlement, give notice that the said two extraordinary General Meetings of the Company will be held on Thurs- day, the said twenty- fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, and on Thursday, the said twenty- second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of each day precisely, at Ladyman's Hotel, in Bridge- street, in Manchester, in the said county of Lancaster, for the pur- poses mentioned in the said neglected or refused Requisi- tion, namely: for the purpose of taking into consideration and deciding upon propositions for making and declaring a new law, regulation, and provision for the Company, where- by ; a majority of two- thirds of the votes of qualified persons present atone extraordinary General Meeting of the Com- pany, specially called for the said purpose, and holding in the aggregate not less than one- tenth part in value of the paid up capital of the Company, shall have full power to remove all or any of the present Directors, on proof of wilful negligence, misappropriation of the funds, or other mis- conduct whilst in office, and to appoint other Directors in their place. And also for the purpose of proceeding accordingly to re- move all or any of the present Directors by one week's written notice, signed by the Chairman of the last men- tioned meeting, and delivered to or left at the last known or usual place of abode in England, of each of the said Directors. And to appoint others in their place. Also for making and declaring a new law, regulation, and provision, whereby the like majority of two- thirds of the votes of qualified persons present at one extraordinary General Meeting, specially called for the purpose, and hold- ing not less than one- tenth part in value of the paid up capital of the Company, shall have full power to remove all or any of the future Directors from time to time, on proof of wilful negligence, misappropriation of the funds, or other misconduct whilst in office, and to appoint other Directors in their place. And for proceeding accordingly to remove all or any of such future Directors, by one week's written notice, signed by the Chairman of the last mentioned Meeting, and de- livered to or left at the last known or usual place of abode in England, of each of the said future Directors; and ap- pointing others in their place. And al60 for making and declaring a new law, regulation, and provision, whereby any seventy- five or more Proprie- tors, holding in the aggregate not less than one- tenth part in value of the capital of the Company, and each of whom shall have been a Proprietor of the Company at least six calendar months, shall have full power to call an extraordi- nary General Meeting, in case the Board of Manchester Directors refuse to call the same, by causing a circular let- ter to he sent to each Proprietor, in the manner and accord- ing to the provisions of the 65th and 66th clauses of the Deed of Settlement, instead of advertising the same in the manner prescribed by the 11th clause of the said Deed of Settlement. And also to ratify and confirm the appointment of the Committee of five Proprietors, with power to add to their number, not exceeding ten, chosen by or on behalf of the Shareholders assembled at a Public Meeting, held at Lady- man's Hotel, in Bridge- street, in Manchester aforesaid, on the 20th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven. And also to ratify and confirm all and every the acts and proceedings of the said Committee. And also to ratify and confirm all and every the payments made by the members of the said committee, or any of them, and the salaries given or engaged to be paid by them, or any of them, on the account, or on the behalf of the said Share- holders, or any number of them. And also to ratify and comfirm all and every the acts, deeds, proceedings, and resolutions, made, done, and passed at the said last mentioned Public Meeting, held on the 20tli day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven. And also at the first of such extraordinary General Meet- ings, to he held on Thursday, the 25th day of May, 1837, as aforesaid, to appoint two Proprietors, being respectively qualified to act as Directors, as Auditors to examine and report on the state of the accounts and affairs of the Com- pany, in the manner and according to the provisions of the 7th clause of the Deed of Settlement. Dated this 27th day of April, one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty- seven. Thomas Greig Shepd. Duckworth J. S. Stubbs John Morley James Watson J. Waddington William Cooke Thomas Bury Miles Crastou Samuel Home A. Phillips Ed. Irving John Abraham Joseph Tawns Thomas Diggles Charles Swallow Edward Hacking Samuel Fletcher Samuel Bowers Edward Hill Samuel Merry Ansell Spier J. Higginbottom John Lea John Goadsby Francis Lewis John Cooke Jno. Mallon Thomas Smith John Greenhough William Marshall John Goodier Frederick ltamsden Samuel Rainford Jno. Machin Christopher Webster H. W. Heurtley Jno. Hall Jno. Whittaker William Taylor Peter Rothwell Jesse Rothwell George Johnston George Smethurst Edwin Stott James Singleton William lioyle U. Cooper Whittingham J. and H. Briddon Ann Sidebotham Robert Johnston George Terry William Acton George Hatton William Houstan Thomas Blinston David Watson Robert Stewart, P. P. J. Watson Jno. Farmer Richard Kay Per. Pro. Catherine Shear- son, John Shearson Joseph Newbold John Windsor W. A. Smith Per. Pro. Thomas Roy, L. H. Macintyre L. H. Macintyre S. Joseph, P. Pro. T. J. Joseph David Cannon John Martin Thomas Bennison Richardson Part Charles Barber. Pr. Pr. R. P. R. II. Wilson Thomas Mortimer, Pr. Pro. of R. H. Wilson Nancy Tidswell, Per. Proc. of Benjamin Kay Tids- well Robert Barker W. S. Stell Anthony Galith Geo. Carlyle Pr. Pro, Thomas Carlyle, Geo. Carlyle Thomas Taylor Per. Pro. James Leslie, Robert Sproat Robert Sproat Sam. Wade Thomas Brown John Fletcher James Sheratt Jno. Dobson James Brown Rowland Roscoe William Stock John Hargraves John Jackson ASTON UNION. COLLECTORS OF HATES. THE Board of Guardians for the Aston Union will, on Tuesday next, May 2nd, proceed to the ELEC- TION of Four competent Persons as COLLECTORS of the POOR- RATES for the Union. The Collectors will be allowed such per- centage as will give a fair remuneration for their labour. Applications and Testimonials, addressed to the Chair- man of tbe Board, at the Erdington Workhouse, to be sent in on or before the day of Election, by ten o'clock in the morning, at which time it is desirable the candidates should be in attendance. Ample security will be required for the due performance of the duties of their office. By older of the Board, ENOCH PEARSON. Clerk to the Guardians. BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH BANK. rriHE above Bank lias commenced Business oil the A Premises lately occupied by the Northern and Central Bank of England. London Bankers, Messrs. PRESCOTT, GROTE, and Co. The first Call of 30s. per share is payable on the 20th of April, and a further call of 30s. per Share on the 30th of May next, making, with the Deposit of £ 2 per Share, £ 5 Der Share. WILLIAM GOODE, Manager. Bull- street, Birmingham, April 3, 1837. BIRMINGHAM AND EOGBASTON PROPRIE- TARY DAY SCHOOL. AT a GENERAL MEETING of tbe PROPRI- ETORS, held at Dee's Royal Hotel, on Tuesday, March 28, 1837, JAMES JAMES, Esq., Low Bailiff, in the Chair, The laws prepared by the Committee having been read, It was resolved, That the laws now read be approved and adopted, and that they be printed under the direction of the Committee. The vacant offices were then supplied, and the list of officers ordered to stand as follows:— President— James James, Esq., Low Bailiff. Treasurer— E. T. Moore, Esq. Honorary Secretary— Mr. J. C. Barlow. COMMITTEE. Mr. Joseph Blakemore Mr. W. Wills Mr. W. Scholefield Mr. Samuel Beale Mr. Alfred Jukes Mr. Robert Martineau TRUSTEES. Mr. John Meredith Mr. Francis Clark Mr. Henry Merly Mr. W. Hawkes Smith Mr. W. Middlemore. R. Webb, Esq., High Bai- liff J. Towers Lawrence, Esq. Mr. S. Allport Mr. Abel Peyton Mr. G. F. Muntz Mr. F. Welch Mr. Thomas Bolton Mr. John Francis Mr. W. Broomhead Mr. Thomas Messenger. AUDITORS. Mr. S. A* Goddard | Mr. W. Elliott. Copies of the laws may now be had, on application to the HONORARY SECRETARY, Bennett's- hill. STATEMENT of Receipts and Payments by the Trustees ( under the act Ist William IV.) of St. Martin's Burial Ground, from April 1836, to March, 1837 : — 1836. RECEIPTS. April 4.— To balance of account as then stated and published £ 18 1837. PAYMENTS. March 23 By annuities £ 11 9 6 By room and advertising 1 12 0 13 5 0 1 6 Balance in hands of Treasurer £ 5 3 6 Principal due to sundry persons—£ 200 0 0 Interest to December 25, 1836— 206 5 4 Annuities unpaid 11 14 0 £ 417 19 4 By order of the Trustees, R. W. GEM, Clerk. All persons who have any outstanding security, claim, or demand against the Trustees, under the act of Parliament passed in the year 1807, for providing an additional Burial Ground for the parish of St. Martin, in Birmingham, for moneys advanced and lent to the 6aid Trust, are requested to send in the amount and particulars of such their respec- tive demands to Mr. R. W. GEM, the Clerk to the said Trustees, on or before the 24 th day of May next. By order of the Trustees, R. W. GEM, Clerk. New- street, April 24, 1837. THE ONE HUNDRED POUNDS SOCIETY, No. 1, A. VV7ILL be re- commenced at the house of Matthias » » Green, 29, Bath- street, corner of Whittal- strect, on Monday next, the first day in May. TIME OF MEETING The first Monday in every month, from lialf- past seven until nine o'clock in the evening. RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION.— Thirty shillings per month for every one hundred pounds share; fifteen shillings per month for fifty pounds, or a half of a share; and seven and sixpence per month, for twenty- five pounds, or a quarter of a share. DISPOSAL OF SHARES.— The money will be put up for sale in 100?. shares. The highest bidder will be the pur- chaser. The purchaser may then take a whole share at the price, or a half of a share at a half of the price, or a quarter of a share at a quarter of the price. SECURITY REQUIRED.— Three bondsmen to join in a pro- missory note for a 1007. share; two for 501, or a half of a share; and two for 251, or a quarter of a share. RATE OF INTEREST.— Two and a half per cent., charged seven days from the time of purchase. BANKERS Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. Those meipbers who received the last several shares from the previous club, paid in but 83/. 0s. 6d. for 100/., and those who took earlier shares of course realised a propor- tionate profit. rpHE DOMAIN OF NAVARRE, so famed in his- JL tory, and so noted for its fine sites and limpid waters, will be SOLD by voluntary AUCTION on MAY the 22nd, including the admirable Zinc Works lately erected. The Waterfall which moves them is of 100 horse power; two other falls, near each other, are one of 100, the other 50 horse power. The proximity of EVREUX, and its short distance from Paris, Rouen, and Havre, add great value to the property. Particulars may be had of M. CHEIIEVILLE, Notary, at Evreux; in Paris, of M. IIOYER, 22, Rue Vivienne ; or M. BERTAUX, 81, Rue Neuve des Petits Champs. 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 tionorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, 17, EASY ROW, BIRMINGHAM, CONTINUE to restore Decaycd Teeth with their celebrated Mineral Siliceum, applied without pain, heat, or pressure, which in a few seconds hardens into en- amel, preventing and curing the Tooth- ache, allaying in one minute the most excruciating pain, and rendering the opera- tion of extraction unnecessary. They also fasten loose Teeth, whether arising from neg- lect, the use of calomel, or disease of the gums. Incorrodible, Artificial, or Natural Teeth of surpassing beauty, fixed, from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, at the following Paris charges: £. s. d. A single Artificial Tooth 0 10 0 Acompleteset 5 5 0 A complete set of Siliceous Teeth on fine gold plate 15 15 0 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 Mast! cation. 17, Easy row, Birmingham. ABOLITION OF CHURCH- RATES. AT a MEETING of the CONGREGATION of the OLD MEETING- HOUSE, Birmingham, held on Sunday, the 23rd instant, for the purpose of petitioning the two Houses of Parliament, in support of the Min'sterial measure for the Abolition of Church- rates, JOHN TOWERS LAWRENCE, Esq., J. P., In the Chair, It was moved by the Rev. HUGH HUTTON, M. A., se- conded by Mr. THOMAS CLARKE, Jun., and Resolved unanimously, That the following Petition be adopted by this Meeting, and he entrusted to the Members for the Borough for pre- sentation to the House of Commons, and to Lord Holland for the House of Lords; and that they be'severally re- quested to support the prayer of the same. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled .- The Petition of the undersigned, the Minister and Mem- bers of the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters assem- bled in the Old Meeting- house, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Humbly Sheweth, That your petitioners consider it opposed to the holy and benevolent principles of Christianity, and a violation of the rights of conscience, to support any particular form of reli- gion, by a compulsory tax levied from persons who consci- entiously dissent from it, and participate in none of the be- nefits which it proposes to administer; that they have beheld, with gratitude and satisfaction, the efforts of His Majesty's Ministers to relieve Dissenters from the unjust and oppressive impost of Church- rates, in the measure now before your Honourable House; that they regard the said measure as admirably adapted to the proposed end, since it removes the grievance under which they have so long suf fered and complained, without increasing the burden of any other portion of the community, or endangering the means of providing for all necessary repairs of the Episcopal Church; and that they therefore pray your Honourable House to pass tbe same into a law. And your Petitioners will ever pray, & c. GUEST'S BIRMINGHAM DIRECTOR; OR, STRANGER'S GUIDE AND TRADESMAN'S COMPANION. Is published this day, price Is. AMAP OF BIRMINGHAM, corrected to the present time, folded in a case for the Waistcoat Pocket. II. THE ABOVE, with the Addition of an ALPHA- BETICAL STREET DIRECTORY, with other in- formation interesting to the Stranger or Tradesman. Price 2s. 6d. HI THE MAP, printed on a large sheet, with STREET DIRECTORY, Is.; on Canvass and Rollers, 3s. " This Map is made for use more than ornament, and is decidedly the most distinct and complete ever published at a small price. To the stranger it should be an inseparable companion, and a fixture in every counting house."— Bir- mingham Journal. IV. Now publishing, to be completed in Eighteen Parts, at Sixpence each, a Re- issue of THE HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM. By W. IIUTTON, F. A. S., with considerable additions. Illustrated with many Engravings, a Map of the Town, & c. & c. Sixth Edition. This Edition contains more than Two Hundred pages of additional matter, including a complete History of the Political Union, compiled, by permission, from docu- ments in the possession of the late Chairman, T. Attwood, Esq. Ask for Guest's Edition. Themost splendid BIRMINGHAM ALMANACK ever published, containing Nine Beautiful Engravings of the Public Buildings. Price only 2d. Birmingham : JAMES GUEST, Steelhouse- iane.. London: sold by Wakelin, 1, Shoe- lane; Berger, Holywell- street; Hetherington, Strand; and all Booksellers. Just published, Price 5s., PILES AND PROLAPSUS. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, with additional Cases, illustrating the important discovery of a safe and efficient mode of cure, avoiding the dangerous operation by excision or ligature xby A. PAUL, Surgeon, ( successor to the late Mr. MACKESSIE,) 44, Doughty- street. London: JOHN CHURCHILL, 16, Prince's- street, Soho, and sold by all booksellers. Just published, price Sixpence, AN ADDRESS to the LICENSED VIC- TUALLERS of Great Britain on the Coercive Bill, prepared and brought into the House of Commons March 2nd, 1837, by Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Tulk, and Mr. Wise, " For the better Regulation of all places at which In- toxicating Drinks are Sold," and Mr. Warburton's Beer- house Bill. BY THE COMMITTEE OF LICENSED VIC- TUALLERS OF BIRMINGHAM. Sold at Mr. MANSELL'S and Mr. COOPER'S Union- street. SEA BATHING. ROYAL WATERLOO HOTEL, CROSBY SEA BANK, Near Liverpool. STOWERS begs leave most respectfully to in- • form his friends and the Public in general, that the above Hotel is now ready for their reception. Waterloo is only six miles from Liverpool, and Omni- buses upon an improved principle go every hour of the day. The Hotel is delightfully situated upon a lawn facing the open sea, and as every vessel going to or from the port of Liverpool, passes within view, the scene is always animated and frequently one of surpassing beauty and activity ! The drive from Liverpool to Waterloo is delightful, being on the sea shore all the way, and commanding a prospect almost unequalled for extent. The town and docks of Li- verpool, the river Mersey, with its endless variety of craft, the Cheshire shores from the Rock Lighthouse to Runcorn, Birkenhead, Woodside, Seacomb, Egremont, the Magazines, and Fort, are some of the most prominent objects, while further off are the verdant hills rising from the river Dee, and in the extreme distance, the Ormsheads and the whole range of the Welsh mountains, including Snowdon and Pen- maen- maur. Three or four hundred vessels of all kinds and of all na- tions, sometimes pass Crosby in a single day ; and as they work their, way through the intricacies of the neighbouring sand banks, present an endless variety of positions and com- binations. At such a time, and with the distant scenery just described, Crosby presents one of the finest marine views in the world. The short distance of Crosby from Liverpool will enable gentlemen to combine the benefit of Sea Bathing for their Families, with their own pursuits in town. The Omnibuses leave Waterloo at eight o'clock in the morning, and con- tinue every hour during the day, to meet the trains for the Manchester Railway; and as the Birmingham Railway will be opened in June, persons residing in the interior of the country, whose leisure has hitherto been insufficient to allow them to enjoy the beauties and benefits of the sea coast, may then reach Waterloo in a few hours. S. T. has now kept the Waterloo Hotel ten years, and begs leave to return his most grateful thanks to the Nobility and Gentry for the extensive patronage he has received at their hands during that period; and as the House has lately undergone a thorough repair, and been newlt/ furnished throughout, he does not hesitate to claim for the future a continuance of their favours. Warm and Cold Salt Water and Vapour Bath are attached to the Bed- rooms, and may be had at any time. Bathing Machines are also in constant readiness, attended by careful male and female servants. The Wines and Spirits are of the choicest kind, and every possible attention is paid to the Culinary department. Sailing Boats at an hour's notice. N. B. The Proprietor of the above Hotel having taken and enteied upon the Angel Hotel, Liverpool, and finding his time insufficient for the due attention to the increasing business of both, would Let the above Crosby Establish, merit to a suitable Tenant. The Hotel contains 60 Bed- rooms, 13 Sitting- rooms, and Stabling for 60 horses; Coach- houses for 30 carriages. Billiard and Ball- rooms, Bowling Green, Garden, See. & c. The Rent is moderate.— For further information, apply to S. TOWERS, Angel Hotel, Dale- street, Liverpool. TO PAPER DEALERS. rpO be DISPOSED' OF, and entered upon imrnedi- s ately, a WHOLESALE and RETAIL PAPERand STATIONERY BUSINESS. The above Trade has been carried on upwards of thirty yeays, under the firm of Charles Grafton and Co., but the last six years by W. BIGGS, who is declining the same through age and infirmity. To any person of industry anc application it may prove a profitable concern, having a very respectable connection attached. Personal application may be made to WM. BIGGS, NO. 26, Upper Temple- street, Birmingham, or if by letter, posC paid. April 29, 1837. THE VALUABLE LEASE Of Premises in Brick- kiln- street and Staniforth- street, Birmingham, producing a clear rental of £ 79 13s. per annum. BY RODERICK, rpo be SOLD by AUCTION, an the premises, oit - 1- FRIDAY, the 5th day of May next, at six o'clock in the evening, subject to conditions then to be produced, the WHITE HOUSE TAVERN and Baker's Shop ad- joining. Also, thirteen Messuages or Dwelling Houses,, with extensive Stabling, Yard, and Premises, let to re- sponsible tenants, producing a rental of £ 144 13s. subject to the payment of £ l 5s. per week, held on lease for a term of thirteen years next June. For further particulars, and to treat, apply to Messrs. PARKER and LOWE, Solicitors, Cherry- street, or to the Auctioneer. rpo be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. JOHN FAL- I- LOWS, THIS DAY, April 29th, ( under an execu- tion from the Sheriff) on the premises, situated in Aston- street, near Holt- street, in the occupation of Mr. Richard Walker, Patent Gun Wadding Manufacturer— the whole of the genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and other Effects; consisting of handsome carved mahogany four- post and tent bedsteads,. feather beds, chests of drawers, ma- hogany side- board, dining tables, chairs, and kitchen and culinary requisites. Also a most splendid PAINTING, by Teniers, in a handsome gilt frame. Catalogues to be had at the office of the Auctioneer, Temple- row, Birmingham. Sale to commence at half- past Ten. Unreserved Sale of very choice old crusted Port and Sherry Wines, the property of a Gentleman leaving Birmingham. rpo be SOLD by AUCTION, by R. MASSEY, on I- Wednesday the 3rd of May, 1837, at his Sale Rooms, 41, Temple. street, commencing at eleven o'clock precisely,, a choice collection of fine old crusted Port and Sherry- Wines of the best description and flavour, consisting of up- wards of 100 dozen, selected with the greatest care from the most celebrated stores, and which will be sold at a great sacrifice. The attention of the public is respectfully re- quested, as this is an opportunity which seldom offers. Catalogues will shortly be published, and for fuither par- ticulars apply to the AUCTIONEER. Temple- street, Birming- ham. SALE OF EXCELLENT FURNITURE AT SUTTON COLDFIELD. rriO be SOLD- by AUCTION, by Mr. WILLIAM .1 WEBB, on Monday the first day of May next, on the premises of the late Mrs. Powell, High- street, Sutton Coldfield— a variety of excellent Household Furniture, comprising mahogany four- post bedsteads and hangings,, feather- beds, and mattresses, mahogany dining and other tables, Spanish mahogany and oak wardrobes, mahogany chests of drawers and chairs, a richly- toned 5^- octave piano- forte, by Muirwood, of Edinburgh, in excellent condi- tion ; a four feet telescope for day or night, two excellent eight- day clocks, and a large assortment of requisite arti- cles of furniture.— The sale to commence at ten o'clock. Catalogues may be had at the office of the Auctioneer, 65, Bull- street; Three Tuns Inn, Sutton Coldfield; and at the place of sale. The Goodwill and Possession of a RETAIL BRE WER Y and GROCERY and PROVISION SHOP in the occupation of Mr. John Lakin, No. 85, Rea- street, near Cheapside, JBirminqham. BY J. LATHAM. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, ( under a deed of assignment,) on the premises, on Friday next, May 5th, the Goodwill and Possession of the above profitable concern. Also the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, SHOP FIXTURES, BREWING VESSELS and UTENSILS, small Stock of Bacon, Hams, Cheese, & c., particulars of which will appear in catalogues, which will be distributed or may be had of the AUCTIONEER, Bristol- street. To commence at eleven. Conditions as usual. N. B. The Possession will be sold the first lot, subject to the purchaser taking to only the fixtures and utensils con- nected with the trade by valuation. This is an excellent situation for ready money business, and the opportunity ought not to be lost— no reserve. TO RETAIL BREWERS AND OTHERS. rg- H) be SOLD by AUCTION, by W. CLARKE, on JL Monday next. May 1st, 1837, upon the premises, No. 23, York- street, Birmingham— the LICENSES, GOOD- WILL, and POSSESSION of that superior RETAIL BREWERY, situated in a densely- populated and manu- facturing district; also, the Brewing Utensils, Beer Ma- chine, Fixtures, and other Effects. The sale will commence at half- past ten, under the usual conditions. For catalogues, apply upon the premises; or to the Auc- tioneer, No. 7, Temple- street. BUILDING LAND AND DWELLING HOUSES, BIRMINGHAM HEATH. ri^ O be SOLD by AUCTION, by E.& C. ROBINS, i on Wednesday, the 10th day of May next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mr. Tookey, the Trees Tavern, at Hockley, the undermentioned Lots of highly valuable FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, likewise Four substantial FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSES, with suitable Garden Ground thereto, situate at Birmingham Heath, near to Shakspeare's Glass House and the grounds of W. C. Alston, Esq., fronting the road leading from the said glass house to Winson Green and to new streets leading therefrom :— square yards LOT 1. A most eligible corner Piece of Land, fronting 20 yds. and 4 in. to the road to Winson Green, and 31 yds. 1 ft. 9 in. to a new laid out road called Mount- place, containing , 65K, LOT 2. Three substantial Freehold Dwelling Houses, with stable, out offices, pump, and garden ground, in tl/ fe occupation of Joseph Parkes, John Wins- ton, and James Green; two whereof front to, Mount- place, and the other is at the back. LOT 3. The well- built three- story Dwelling House ad- joining the above, in the tenure of Mrs. Buyliss, with garden ground thereto. LOT 4. A Plot of Building Land, 11 yards in front of Mount- place, adjoining the last lot 278 LOT 5. Eleven yards in front of Mount- place, ditto . 253 LOT 6. Twenty- four yards ditto ditto. .442 I. OT 7. Forty- three yards ditto ditto 311 LOT 8. A valuable corner lot, 24 yards in front of Win- son Green- road, and 31 yds. 1 ft. in front of Mount- place . , „„ ( 593 LOT 9. Eleven yards fronting Mount- place, adjoining the last lot „„ ^^ 221 ditto ditto 209 ditto ditto 197 ditto ditto 185 ditto ditte 173 ditto ditto 16Q LOT 15. A very desirable Piece of Land, fronting 28 yards and 4 inches to Winson Green- road, and 30 yards and I foot to a spacious newly- laid out street called Talbot- street 333 LOT 16. Eleven yards in front of Talbot- street, adjoin- ingjo the last lot — — _ 30a ditto ditto 308 ditto ditto 308 ditto ditto 308 ditto ditto 308 > di'to ditto 308 The property is situate in a populous neighbourhood, and, immediately in the vicinity of Soho and many extensive ma- nufacturing Establishments. The Lots are staked out. Plans and particulars, with any other information, tiiay he had of Mr. W. S. HARDING, Solicitor, Waterloo- street, or the the Auctioneers, New- street, Birmingham, / 1 LOT 10. Eleven yards LOT 11. Eleven ditto LOT 12. Eleven ditto I. OT 13. Eleven ditto LOT 14. Eleven ditto LOT 17. Eleven yards LOT 18. Eleven ditto LOT 19. Eleven ditto LOT 20. Eleven ditto LOL21. Eleven ditto \ ( 1 2 THE BIRMINGHAM JO URN A L. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, APRIL 31. PRIVILEGE.— A lengthened discussion took place on a resolution offered by Lord John Russell, that it was a breach of privilege for any one, whether a member of Parliament or not, to publish evidence taken before the House, or a committee of the House. The motion had reference to the conduct of the True Sun, noticed in our last week's report of the debates. Mr. HARVEY opposed the motion, and contended that the people had a right to know what was done, whether in. the House or its committees. He particu- larly reprobated any attempt at concealment in such a case as the present:— If all other committees of the House had been secret committees, lie maintained that this Poor- law committee ought for the first time to be an open and public committee. See how it worked. Who were now before it? There was before that committee, day by day, one of the most active and vigilant bodies of men— the authors, framers, and exe- cutioners of the act; there were the Poor- law Commis- sioners— there were the Poor- law Commissioner's assistants — there was the whole establishment of Somerset- house— there was the active and intelligent secretary— all sitting day by day; and beyond these the committee had every resource it could require for the purpose of effecting its object. The commissioners and their assistants sat there day by day taking minutes of what passed, and adapting the inquiry and the evidence they produced upon it to what they heard stated. What was the condition of the other class— the unprotected and oppressed million? Evidence was given before the committee affecting not only their little fortunes, but everything that belonged to their cha- racter and history. ( Hear, hear.) The names of men were brought before the committee, of whom it was said that so far from being prejudiced by the operation of the Poor- law bill, they had been greatly benefitted by it, and were in a state of perfect contentment. There were 123 men whose names had been so brought forward. How were they to know what had been stated of them ? IIow were to know anything of the proceedings in which their interests were so deeply affected, except by frequent and repeated publica- tions. ( Hear, hear.) It was a mockery to say that the poor man might consult the printed reports of that House. ( Hear.) What time had the man who, to earn 8s. or 9s. a week, was compelled to work from sunrise to sunset— what time had such a man to wade through printed re- ports of many thousands of pages? ( Hear, hear.) Look- ing, indeed, at the evidence that had been given, he almost doubted whether many of them would be sufficiently strong to bear home such bulky volumes, even if they £ ver had the means of getting them into their possession. ( Hear, heai.) How then was he to become acquainted with what took place except through the newspapers? It was to be observed that there was no imputation that the reports published in the present instance had been garbled. The only imputation was, that they had been published some short time before the committee in the House thought fit to authorise their publication. It was the more necessary that immediate publicity should be given to these proceedings, because ten out of the eighteen members were opposed to the interests of the poor man, or at all events were strong supporters of the law as it now stood. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN took the same view of the question of publication as Mr. Harvey had done. Mr. O'CONNELL said the publication of the debates was a breach of privilege. Were they prepared to say that it should be suppressed in consequence? The publication of evidence op trials at law had been al- luded to. True it had sometimes been prohibited, but that was altogether a modern practice. It only began in 1794, and originated in a trial of certain Reformers, when the publication of the evidence had, in the first instance led to the production of witnesses of whom the Crown would have very much liked to get rid. He differed from Mr. Harvey in one respect; he thought the supporters of the law bad as good a right'to be called friends of the poor man as its opponents :— It had been said that this was a packed committee. But was that true ? He believed there were no members oil that committee, who would either cause improper evidence to be given, or proper evidence to be suppressed. The Poor- law bill was not a party measure, but was supported by gen- tlemen on both sides of the House ; and none had ever yet shrunk from the avowal that they gave it their support; therefore it was just that kind of measure which the House itself was concerned in having the fairest, fullest, most ^ mple, and m6st unobjectionable investigation with respect to it. The question had already been the subject of so much misrepresentation. It had been made a topic at elections. They all knew what had recently occurred at Warwick. It was the principal war- cry of one gentleman who went to Warwick avowedly to sustain the principles of a party, the leaders of which had actually supported the bill in this house. Therefore it was absolutely necessary that the public should have an accurate knowledge on that subject. Let the advocates of the New Poor- law challenge investigation, let them take a lofty stand upon this— that the more there was of inquiry, the more there was of in- vestigation, the more would the truth appear; and if the truth were against them, let them at once repeal or modify the law; but if the truth were with them, then the measure, no matter how distorted and misrepresented in its pro- gress, in its ultimate results would and must be triumphant. ( Cheers.) The debate was continued by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who argued against publicity ; Mr. HUME, who con- tended lor it, and several others. After some time, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the adjournment of the question for six months. This motion was seconded by Mr. ROEBUCK ; but lost in a division by 131 to 88. Lord Johu Russell's resolution was then agreed to, it being arranged that Mr. Harvey's, for the publi- cation of the evidence in this case, should be submit- ted to the House as a distinct proposition on Monday night. CANADA.— The sixth resolution, after a debate in which Mr. Leader, Mr. Hume, Sir George Grey, Mr. O'Connell, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Roebuck, took the chief part, was agreed to. Amotion of Mr. Leader, postponing- the resolutions with a view to obtain con- clusive information on the subject of Mr. Roebuck's proposal, was negatived by 182 to 29. Sir GEORGE GREY referred triumphantly to the dwindling minority in respect of these resolutions, and attributed it to the sense of honour remaining- in the House of Commons. Mr. ROEBUCK asked Sir Georg'E if he thought the Irish Municipal bill was any less defensible because it was supported by a dwindling majority. A second amendment, having for its object the re peal of the Canada Land Company act, was lost by 166 to 6. MONDAY. BIRMINGHAM BILLS.— The Plate and Crown Glass bill was reported, and ordered to be engrossed. The Birmingham and Derby Railway bill was read a second time. LOANHEAD AND STIRLING CANAL BILLS.— These two bills, the one for a canal from Loanhead to Stirling, the other for a canal from Stirling to Loanhead, both bills being for an identical purpose, were rejected without a division, on the ground that they were an imposition on the House. CHURCH- RATES.— About 150 petitions were pre- sented for, and about 100 against the Ministerial plan. CANADA.— The remaining resolutions were con- sidered in committee; and after an unavailing opposi- tion from Mr. Giote, Mr. Hume, Mr. Roebuck, and others, carried by very large majorities. The following- were the divisions :— 7th resolution— for 73 ; against 14. 8th resolution— for 116; against 32. On the 9th and 10th resolutions no division took place. CRIMINAL LAW.— Lord John Russell's Criminal Law Reform bills were severally read a second time. The Irish Poor Law bill was deferred till Friday. TUESDAY. CARLOW ELECTION.— Considerable discussion, but with closed doors, as usual, took place in balloting for a committee to try the validity of Mr. Vigor's return. It was submitted by the counsel for the returning officer that he ( the returning officer) ought to be permitted to appear as a separate party, on account of tl^ serious charges preferred against liim in the petition. A motion was accordingly put, " that the Returning officer be permitted to appear as a separate party.' On this an amendment was moved to the effect that there was not more than one petition presented on dis- tincts interests, or complaining of th£ election and return on different grounds. This amendment was lost by 128 to 118; but on the main question being- put it also was lost by 131 to 115! This singular result was produced, it is alleged, by a strong opinion of the Speaker being pronounced against the return- ing officer's claim. The committee, when reduced, consisted of the following parties:— Mr. Thorneley, Mr. Butler, Mr. R. Walker, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Balfour, Mr. F. T. Baring, Mr. Boldero, Mr. Martin, Mr. B. Wilbraham, Mr. P. Howard, Sir Charles Adam. The Birmingham Plate and Glass Company bill was, after a short discussion rejected, chicfly on the plea that the object contemplated by the bill might be obtained by letters patent. It was stated that Tetters patent would cost 450?., whereas a bill would only cost 300/., but this was denied by Mr. P. Thomson and others, who asserted the former method to be the cheaper of the two. The Manchester and Sheffield, Birmingham and Gloucester, and Lancaster and Preston Railway bills were virtually passed into law, the Lords' amendments in each case being agreed to without remark. The House was counted out on a motion of Dr. Bowring, for a committee to inspect and systematise the colonial accounts. WEDNESDAY. BRIGHTON RAILWAY ( RENNIE'S).-— A petition charg- ing- the directors and promoters of this line with ad- mitting- men of straw as subscribers was, after some discussion and a division, referred to the committee oil the bill. The Bath Gas bill was read a second time, after a division of 75 to 56. SCOTTISH MUNICIPALITIES.— Mr. ROBT. STEWART, member for the Jedburgh burghs, in moving the second reading of this bill, stated that its principal ob- ject was to make the boundaries of the various burghs, under the burgh Reform bill, co- equal with the boun- daries assigned to them under the parliamentary Re- form bill, and also to limit and ascertain the jurisdic- tion of municipal magistrates. The bill was read a second time, and ordered for committal on the 17th May. A second bill, of the same nature, but intended for noil- Parliamentary burghs only, was also read a second time, and ordered to be committed for the same day. In the course of the conversation on this bill, in re- ply to a question put by Sir Williams Wynne, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that in some instances, the amount of fees for a Charter of Incorporation exceeded 800/. Upon inquiry he found that the greater part of those ex- penses depended upon the number'of names inserted in the charter. In the ancient charters, " as the right honourable gentleman wss aware, there were a great number of names inserted, including those of the aldermen and the common council. According to the Municipal Corporation act, how- ever, it was npt necessary to have the same enumeration of persons; on the contrary, it was hardly necessary to intro- duce any names. He, therefore, considered that there would be a saving on that head. The next thing he had to inquire into was, how many classes of fees might be re- mitted. Upon application to the Treasury, they had re- mitted all fees which they had the power to remit without requiring an act of Parliament; this, however, had CP. ly been done for one year. At the end of the last year, how- ever, these fees had again been remitted, and would continue to be remitted as long as was thought necessary; and the fees now required, and which could not be remitted without an act of Parliament, amounted, according to the different circumstances of the boroughs, from 120/. to 160/. He thought that the sum did not exceed J50/. It did not seein to him, with respect to the English boroughs generally, which were places of considerable wealth and population, that the sum of 120/. or 150/. was too great a sum to pay, if they were really anxious for a Municipal Corporation. ( Hear, hear.) CONTROVERTED ELECTION'S BILL.— Mr. C. Build- in compliance with the wish of the House, deferred the discussion on this bill till the motion for its com- mittal. The second reading was permitted accordingly without remark. CANADA RESOLUTIONS.— The report was deferred till Friday. FREEMEN'S ADMISSION.— Mr. WILLIAMS ( of Coven- try) moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which is to abolish the fees ( 1Z.) at present paid by freemen oil taking up their freedom. After some conversation, Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his concurrence in Mr. Williams's views, that the freemen's fees only en- couraged bribery and corruption; at the same time he thought that while they were relieving the freemen from a burden, it was but just that they should look to those burdens also that affected other classes of voters. It ought to be recollected that there was another class of voters who suffered infinitely more than the freemen; he meant the 10/. electors who could not vote unless they had paid up all their taxes before the 6th of April. He did not think the payment of taxes on a particular day was a fair imposition, because it was likely to deprive many 10/. voters of the franchise, from inability to pay or accidental circum- stances. He therefore thought, if there was to be a relaxa- tion as regarded freemen, a similar relaxation ought to be granted to the 10/. householders— perhaps some such relax • ation as that proposed by General Evans, that the period of payment should be extended to the 1st of October of the preceding year. He would, when the bill went into com- mittee, endeavour to frame a clause for that purpose. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. M. PHILIPS was disposed to support the bill, on the understanding that it should be amended as Lord John Russell proposed. Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke against the contemplated amendment— He thought the course which the noble lord pursued was unjust. If the freemen laboured under any disadvantage, and a measure were proposed for granting them relief, he did not sefe why that should apply to the 10/. householders. The cases were totally distinct. If it was right to relieve the freemen from the payment of fees of admission, it did not follow of course that the time for the taxes by the 10/. householders should be extended. He considered these two distinct questions. He was glad he had supported the rights of the freemen under the Reform bill, but when he supported these rights he did not think they had a claim to relief from the charge. If the object of the bill was to pre- vent corruption, that was a good reason ; but to relieve the 10/. householders from the obligation of paying the taxes up to the 6th of April would have no such effect. The bill was read a second time, after a division of 75 to 21. SHERIFF'S COURT.— Captain PECHELL'sbill, extend- ing the jurisdiction of Sheriffs from 20/. to 50/. actions, was committed, and the first clause carried by 55 to 12. The House did not sit on Thursday. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. The Royal Assent was given to the Mint bill, the Mutiny bill, and several others. Numerous petitions were presented for and against Church- rates. Amongst the former, was one from Manchester, signed by 15,000 individuals. Lord ALVANLEY, in moving for the formal produc- tion of a dispatch from Lord John Hay, which some time ago appeared in the newspapers, went at some length into the affairs of Spain. He strongly con- demned the Ministerial policy respecting that country. It was as strongly defended by Lord Melbourne. The latter noble lord perorated in the following terms:— „ The noble lord says, that if what has happened in Spain had occurred in our own service— that if Gen. Evans had been our officer commanding on that occasion he would have been dismissed. I say, not if I were minister. ( Loud cheers.) I say that an officer who serves his country ought to be stood by not only in victory but in defeat; it is the duty of his country to stand by him; and this, my lords, is not d time to mark such an officer with disgrace or dis- honour, much less to withdraw from a cause which appears to be blighted or failing that support which we are bound in honour and justice to permit to be given to it. My lords, lam ready to incur all the responsibility of these troops remaining in Spain ; and all the responsibility of any further operations which may be undertaken there. I do not wish to entertain any sanguine expectations on the subject; but at the same time I must say, that I do anticipate a fortunate and successful result from these operations— fortunate and suc- cessful, not only as regards Spain, but the world in general, both at home and abroad. My lords, we all know that in every country, both at home and abroad— in every part of the world— difficulties and embarrassments will sometimes occur which nobody can specifically account for, or point out the time when they may or may not occur. ( Hear, hear.) We all know this; but, my lords, I will not argue in that lowering and degrading language which has been admitted in discussion elsewhere as to the general state and prospects of their country. I hold it in the highest degree unwise, impolitic, and, not to use a harsh or unparliamentary expression, I do consider it to be a labour of an bumble and creeping character, and if for the purposes of political advantage quite unjustifiable, to circulate and propound such notions. ( Hear, hear.) My lords, I can only say in conclusion, that I see nothing in the state of the affairs of this country, either at home or abroad, to induce any Minis- ter to withdraw from office, or to deter any one who was not in office to hesitate to accept it, if in other respects he deemed it advisable to do so. The conversation was continued by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Holland, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord Minto. The return was granted as a matter of course. MONDAY. CHURCH- RATES.— A great many petitions were pre- sented for and against Church- rates; amongst the former was one from Merthyr Tydvil, to which 3,000 signatures were annexed. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting a petition from Lambeth, signed by 5,700 individuals, observed that the petitioners stated that the borough was divided into three parishes, containing 160,000 inhabitants. It appeared there were 59 ( or 60) chapels. That whilst those churches and chapels of the Established Church provided accommodation for 5,000 persons, the number of chapels supported by voluntary subscription gave accommodation to 56,000 individuals, who attended divine service there. This fact would imply that the petitioners were in favour of the voluntary principle, but whether their lordships were prepared to go so far he did not know. POOR- LAWS.— The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, in moving- the second reading of the bill for improving lands on Ireland, took occasion to notice, at some length, the intended poor law system for that quarter of the empire. He particularly questioned the intro- duction of workhouses there— The means which Mr. Nicholls possessed of obtaining information in Ireland were insufficient. He spent six weeks in Ireland, in autumn, a time of year when the Irish were unemployed. In those six weeks he travelled six hundred miles, and examined eighteen counties, making minute inquiries, and personally inspecting all the details of the subject. Then, on the loth of November, not three months after he set off, Mr. Nicholls made a report, which Lord Clanricarde allowed manifested great ability, but touched upon every point connected with the subject, and especially considered it with reference to the application of the workhouse system to Ireland. Some of the positions laid down by Mr. Nicholls were, in his opinion, gratuitous assumptions, and erroneous ones, and it was one to take for granted that the number of persons to be provided for in workhouses would be 21,000, and 150,000 out of the work- houses, or in the proportion of one to one- eighth, and as compared with the whole poor, nine per cent. The esti- mate of Mr. Nicholls was a gross exaggeration, and made under very different circumstances from the report of the commissioners. The commissioners were guided not only by what fell under their own observation, but also by a cen- sus taken for a different purpose— and while the commis- sioners considered that workhouses for 300,000 or 400,000 persons would be required, his noble friend thought such accommodation for 100,000 would do; whilst Mr. Nichols put down the number at 80,000. He wished their lordships to attend to that part of the commissioners' report which stated the number of persons partially employed, independ- ently of those who might be styled paupers. They stated that there were 580,000 persons who had no employment for thirty weeks in the year, and that was in the proportion of five to two as compared with England. That showed there was the greatest disproportion between the two coun- tries; but that was not all, for if they took the amount of capital and skill into account, it would greatly exceed that proportion. Probably the amount of personal property or capital in England was fifteen times greater than in Ireland. He considered it would be impossible for the House by any system they could devise to afford sufficient relief. But, besides, these workhouses were not to be built at once; only fifteen were to be built at first; and what would these do to carry out a statute by which all the poor of the coun- try were to be relieved ? After some remarks from Lords Limerick, Wicklow, Devon, and Rodeu, Lord BROUGHAM observed, that the question might be considered as settled. From what had passed in the other House during the last and present sessions, the possibility of a free judgment was almost precluded ; and yet the question was one respecting which an un- fettered judgment was essential- There appeared to Lord Brougham to be a very material difference between the circumstances of the two countries, in respect of the applicability of the workhouse system of the English poor- law. In England experience went to prove that there were work and wages for the poor if they chose to seek it : in Ireland there was a decided want both of work and of the means of rewarding labour. The starving population came in shoals into the towns, and almost tore to pieces the man who had a little work to give, and rose in bodies to drive out of the neighbourhood those who came tq compete with them in the market of labour; In many parts of the country they said, " Ensure us but 3s. or 3s. 6d. per week, and we will be satisfied, and work all we can." Now, when this was the state of things, and this the demand for food and labour, he must say that he was not very sanguine in expecting that the same success would attend the work- house system in Ireland as it had in England. On the other hand, every measure which, like that of his noble friend, had the effect of attracting capital into Ireland must go directly to root out the evil, and confer the greatest benefit on the population. Emigration, also, he thought, should be looked upon as a sovereign remedy for the distresses of Ireland, and should by all possible and safe means be encouraged to the utmost. Whatever system of poor- laws they might adopt, unebnneeted in a very prominent degree with this remedy, he thought would be but a beginning at the wrong end. Lord MELBOURNE said he was not blind to the diffi- culties that beset a question when a false step once taken could never be retraced. The workhouse system, it must be borne in mind, had been declared equally inapplicable to England, and yet even in Sussex, Kent, and Hampshire, where it was alleged 110 sufficient de- mand for labour existed, or could be created, it had worked most admirably. The bill was read a second time. TUESDAY. CHURCH- RATES.— In presenting a petition from Bedworth, Lord Ellenborough said, as Lord Melbourne was not likely to carry his own plan, perhaps he would adopt the plan of the petitioners. They proposed that a compulsory Church- rate Redemption act should be passed, by which the property raised should be applied to the purposes of the church; but that with a view to save the conscientious scruples of the Dissenters, that portion of the rate which was derived from the property of Dissenters ( as we understood) should be applied to- wards the liquidation of the national debt. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.— Lord MELBOURNE moved the second reading of the bill. The principal feature in the noble lord's speech was a document furnished by the Borough of Bristol, with a view to show the bene- ficial working- of the system of the New Municipal act. The document, which is of considerable import- ance, after premising- that under the first election a majority of Tories were elected, goes on thus to detail the advantages accruing to Bristol from the act:— 1st. Administration of Justice—- The improvement in this important constituent of good government has been very extensive and most beneficial to the borough. Justice is more accessible, cheaper, and more efficient, and some corruptions which have impeded it have been exposed and removed. Justice is more accessible Formerly the magistrates were a non- resident body, and prisoners taken in the act offelony have been suffered to go loose from the impossibility of find- ing a magistrate to hear the charge. Now the magistrates reside in the borough, and no difficulty exists at any hour of finding one in almost any locality. Justice is cheaper, independent of the saving of time, a most important consideration to a travelling community, by the facility with which a charge may now be heard and de- cided on by a magistrate. Formerly offenders were often not prosecuted because of the expense attending it; an ex- pense which fell exclusively upon the prosecutor, however praiseworthy his conduct might be. The citizens resisted the imposition of a county- rate out of which such expenses might have been paid, on the grounds that it would have been levied and administered by an irresponsibe body ; and insisted upon first ascertaining whether the corporate pro- perty, duly administered, was not equal to this burden, and fairly chargeable to with it. The magistrates forming the old aldermanic body, fearing the consequences of the struggle, never enforced the rate; but a fund is now pro- vided, from which the legitimate expenses of the prosecutor are paid, and justice is thereby facilitated. Justice is more efficient Formerly the criminal jurisdic- tion at sessions was vested in the committing magistrates; and that of assize, extending even to punishment by death, in the Recorder and Aldermen. Now, tile first is placed in the Recorder's hands, the last in the bauds of the Judges of the land, by whom it is administered far more satisfactorily to the public. The power of trying a prisoner by the com- mitting magistrates has ever been looked upon locally as most objectionable; while it was felt that cognizance of life and death required the sanction of the highest authority, and was not a fit power to be delegated to any section of a body so constituted as a close corporation. The administration of justice in Bristol has thus attained a higher degree of respect in the public mind, consequent upo'n the change. In civil law Bristol has immemorially possessed a court, called the Tolzey, having a power of foreign attachment, and empowered to take all causes which may be tried at Nisi Prius. In this court actions may be decided in about two months, at an expense of about 10/. Yet, by a series of appointments, by the old corporation, of men notoriously incompetent to discharge the duties of Judge, the public were deprived of these advantages, and driven from this court into others, where the expense was quadrupled and the delay greatly increased. Under the new law, the Re- corder has been constituted Judge of the Court, and com- petent ability in such an officer it is always in the power of a city like Bristol to secure. Justice has been iveeded of its corruptions Among its civil courts Bristol possessed" one most valuable to the poor — the Court of Conscience for the recovery of debts nnder 40s. The patronage was in the old corporators, who were the commissioners, and by whom it was used to pension off the decayed members of tho body. The last appoint- ment to the registrarship of the court was that of a bank- rupt alderman, in whose hands, although notoriously, to the day of his death, in pecuniary difficulties, the money of the suitors was suffered to accumulate without any security. Upon investigation by the new body it was found that the office had practically, in the hands of the registrar, become a sinecure of from 1,000/. to 1,400/. per annum; that illegal fees had been extorted from the suitors; and illegal impri- sonments inflicted by the commissioners; and that the balance in the hands of the registrar exceeded 2,000/. The new commissioners restored the fees to their legitimate standard, reduced the terms of imprisonment to those which could legally be enforced, exacted ample security from the newly appointed registrar, and put an end to all further wrong to the suitors, by causing all sums received to be ap- plied to the liquidation of claims on account of which they were paid; and all previous demands to be satisfied so far as might be out of a sum of about 500/., which they luckily se- cured from the old registrar. This sum was just expended when his death occurred, leaving him in default to the poor suitors of the court to the extent of 1,800/., an event which had been predicted and commented on, from the known extravagant habits and in- volved circumstances of that officer, many years before. 2d. Public Safety— Under the old system the watching of the borough was as bad as it could be, and it was found impracticable to amend it, although several times attempted, from the impossibility of overcoming the jealousy and re- moving the hostile feeling mutually existing between the old close body and the citizens. The suburbs were then, for the most part, entirely with- out a police or a resident magistrate, and the greater and more dangerous portion was neither watched nor lighted at night. Naturally part of the borough, although excluded froiti its jurisdijj; 2r,, tujy were tne nurseries of the crimes which infested the city, while the city was unable to supply the best check, prevention, by reason of its limited autho- rity. The extension of jurisdiction, under the Municipal Act, has been productive of the happiest effects: the whole district is now efficiently watched throughout, day and night, property is immeasurably safer than before, and there is al- ready a perceptible difference in the character of the popu- lace of a most beneficial nature. 3d. Financial Reform.— The management of the civic pro- perty by the old body was of a most wasteful and impro- vident character. With an income averaging 16,000/. per annum, its debts, at the period of the change effected in its constitution, amounted to upwards of 100,000/.; whilst its expenditure so far exceeded its income, that 20 years pro- ceeding at the same rate would have made the body bank- rupt ; and the trust estates would have probably been in- volved in the ruin ( see charities.) The saving already effected in salaries alone is, notwithstanding the jurisdiction is double its former extent, 6,000/. per annum. From the sale of advowsons, the most objectionable species of pa- tronage which such a body could possess, nearly 40,000/., will acrue to the city. 4th. Public Confidence— One of the greatest advantages which the city has derived from the introduction of this law is the absolute creation of what before did not any where exist— public confidence in the local Government. Whether the elements of this confidence consist of entire reliance on the parties chosen as councillors by the burgesses, or on that corrective nature of the constitution of the governing body inseparable from the principal ot renresentation, is of secondary importance, for its good effect is the same. For- merly any movement of the corporation with reference to the public was always met on the part of the citizens by pa- rochial meetings and central committees of delegates, then followed negotiations, in which ready suspicion on the one hand played at cross purposes with excited jealousy on the other, and the result always left the breach wider than be- fore. Now, the debates in the town council give to public feeling vent enough; the movement comes from within, and agitation and its evils are avoided. This feeling is shared by all parties; most assert, none deny, the benefit of the change. 5tli. Party virulence has been softened down; and not only party virulence, but sectarian virulence also: this, in a moral and social point of view, is one of the happiest effects of the change of system. In no place have party and sectarian feeling run higher than in Bristol; and in no place have more disastrous effects been in consequence produced. The operation of the change has been to throw party leaders together; and, the first jealousy overcome, acting together in matters where party could be forgotten, they have learned to respect each others talents arid virtues, and to forget distinctions of opinion, whereby they could only be remembered to their common injury. The consequence is, that there is more and heartier union, and a better feeling on subjects of common benefit; and thus one element of prosperity has been, though indirectly, given to Bristol by this measure, which Bristol previously wanted, and suffered for the want of. His lordship, after stating that he had received similar reports from Leicester, Liverpool, and other places, concluded by strongly urging upon their lord- ships the necessity, for the tranquillity aud safety of Ireland and the Empire, to pass the bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he did not mean to oppose the second reading, he would reserve his oppo- sition for the committee. He objected, at the same time, to certain details of the bill. In the first place, it handed over the corporations to the lowest description of the inhabitants of towns. The noble viscount has adduced the Corporation bill of England, and alluded to the state of the boroughs in England at the pre- sent time; but if that new system was so good, why not make the qualification in Ireland the same as in England ? In England the 10/. franchise was universal. In the large towns in Ireland the qualification was to be 10/., but in another schedule there were many towns in which the franchise was to be only 5/. And respecting the 10/. fran- chise, the noble loid and their lordships ought to remember that it was not made up from one tenement, but by classing all the tenements in the owner's possession together; such was to be the nature of the franchise under this bill for municipal reform in all the cities and towns in Ireland. But he begged their lordships also to look at another part of the measure; namely, the system of taxation which would be in the power of the town- councils to carry into effect. By the English measure the town- councils were empowered to levy rates of the same description as the county rates; but by the measure before their lordships the town- councils were to tax the householders agreeably to the 9th of George IV., by which the proportion of the rate in- creased with the amount of the rental. For instance, houses rated at 10/., or below that, sixpence in the pound was the rate— for houses above that and below 20/., nine pence, and for houses above 20/. one shilling. Now, as that was a clause which related to taxation, and which roust be fixed by the other house, their lordships would see that it could not be altered by their lordships, however objection- able it might be. Lord LYNDIIURST was prepared to permit the se- cond reading, in consistency with the conduct observed by their lordships last year. He added— He must, however, be allowed to say, most distinctly, that lie never would agree to the passing of that bill. ( Hear, hear.) How far it might be rendered a measure which could be advantageously passed for the safety of Ireland, the constitution of the Established Church, and the maintenance of Protestant interests in that country, would depend on the alterations made in it. All he would say was, that in voting for the second reading he hoped that it would be un- derstood that he did so for the purpose of affording another opportunity for considering the details of a bill to many of which he did not agree, and which nothing should induce him to acquiesce in. ( Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM regretted that the bill had not been at once rejected, rather than its committal con- ceded. If he had any reason to believe that during the months which had elapsed since that period anything had occurred to lead the noble duke and bis noble and learned friend to take a different view of the subject than they entertained last year, he should indeed take their agreeing to the second reading as a most blessed event, both to this and the other country. ( Hear, hear.) But until he heard something more from noble lords opposite of a kind to lead him to this conclusion, he must say that his expectations were not only not sanguine, but that in fact they were nothing at all, and that nothing probable or possible was to be gained by going through what he was going to call a farce, but he would not use that term, but what he really thought must prove a very bootless proceeding indeed, both as regarded this measure and the country. The committal was understood to be fixed for Thurs- day next. WEDNESDAY. The Manchester and Leeds and North of England Railway bills were read a third time and passed. Their Lordships did not sit above half- an- hour. The following are the Canada resolutions as they now stand in the vote paper: 1. That, since the 31st day of October, in the year 1832, no provision has been made by the Legislature of the Pro- vince of Lower Canada, for defraying the charges of the administration of justice, and for the support of the Civil Government within the said Province, and that there will, on the 10th day of April now next ensuing, he required for defraying in full the charges aforesaid to that day the sum of 142,160/. 14s. 6d. 2. That at a Session of the Legislature of Lower Canada, holden at the City of Quebec, in the said Province, in the months of September and October, 1836, the Governor of the said Province, in compliance with His Majesty's com- mands, recommended to the attention of the House of As- sembly thereof the Estimates of the current year, and also S ® .-^ counts, showing the arrears due in respect of the Civil Government, and signified to the said House His Majesty s confidence that they would accede to the applica- tion which be had been commanded to renew for payment of the arrears due on account of the Public Service, and lor the funds necessary to carry on the Civil Government of the Province. 3. That the said House of Assembly, on the 3rd day of October, 1836, by an Address to the Governor of the said Province, declined to vote a Supply for the purposes afore- said, and by the said Address, alter referring to former Addresses of the said House to the Governor of the said Province, declared that the said House persisted, amongst the other things, in the demand of an Elective Legislative Council, and in demanding the repeal of a certain Act pas- sed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in favour of the North American Land Company; and by the said Ad- dress the said House of Assembly further adverted to the demand made by that House of the free exercise of its con- trol over all the- branches of the Executive Government- and by the said Address the said House of Assembly fur- ther declared, that it was incumbent on them in the present conjuncture to adjourn their deliberations until His Ma- jesty's Government should by its Acts, especially by ren- dering the second branch of the Legislature conformable to the wishes and wants of the people, have commenced the great work of Justice and Reform, and created confidence which alone could crown it with success. 4. That, in the existing state of Lower Canada, it is un- advisabls to iiiaKe the Legislative Council of that Province an elective body; but that it is expedient that measures be adopted for securing to that branch of the Legislature a greater degree of public confidence. 5. That, while it is expedient to improve the composition ot the Executive Council in Lower Canada, it is unadvi- sable to subject it to the responsibility demanded by the House of Assembly. 6. That the legal title of the North American Land Com- pany to the land holden by the said Company, by virtue of a grant from His Majesty, under the public seal of the said Province, and to the Privileges conferred on the said Com- pany by the Act for that purpose made in the fourth year of His Majesty's reign ought to be maintained inviolate. 7. That it is expedient that so soon as provision shall have been made by law to be passed by the. Legislature of the said Province of Lower Canada for the discharge of lands therein from feudal dues and services, and for remov- ing any doubts as to the incidents of the tenure of land in free and common soceage in the said Province, a certain Act made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, commonly called' " The Canada Tenures Act;" and so much of another Act passed in the third year of His said late Majesty's reign, commonly called " The Canada Trade Act," as relates to the tenures of land in the said Province, should be repealed, saving nevertheless to all persons all right in them vested under or by virtue of the said recited Acts. 8. That, for defraying the arrears due on account of the established and customary charges of the Administration of justice and of the civil Government of the said province, it is expedient that, after applying for that purpose such ba- lance as, on the said tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, was in the hands of the Receiver- General of the said province, arising from His Majesty's hereditary, territorial, and casual revenue, the Governor of the said province be empowered to issue from and out of any other part of His Majesty's revenues in the hands of the Receiver- General of the said province such further sums as shall be necessary to effect the payment of the be- fore- mentioned sum of 142,160/ 14s. 6d. 9. That it is expedient that His Majesty be authorised to place at the disposal of the Legislature of the said province the net proceeds of His Majesty's hereditary, territorial, and casual revenue arising within the same, in case the said Legislature shall see fit to grant to His Majesty a civil list for defraying the necessary charges of the administration of Justice, and for the maintenance and unavoidable expenses of certain of the principal offices of the civil Government of the said province. 10. That great inconvenience has been sustained by His Majesty's subjects inhabiting the provinces of Lower Ca- nada and Upper Canada, from the want of some adequate means of regulating and adjusting questions respecting the trade and commerce of the said provinces, and divers other questions wherein the said provinces have a common in- terest ; and it is expedient that the Legislatures of the said province respectively be authorised to make provision for the joint regulation and adjustment of such their common interests. NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN. SHIPWRECK.— The brig Carroll, Mitchell, of Bangor, when fourteen days out from New Orleans, for Baltimore, struck very heavy on the outer shoals off Cape Lookout. The boat no sooner touched the water than it was filled, cap- sized, and dashed to pieces in the surf. Efforts were made for many hours to get a line ashore, but did not succeed, though only forty or fifty yards distance, so strong was the under- tow. The crew had been exposed fourteen hours to overwhelming seas, hail, and snow, and almost chilled to death, when they tossed overboard their faithful dog with a line round his neck, who reached the shore, but with the greatest difficulty. They were then able to get a small cable fastened to the slioie and vessel, by which means they all succeeded in gaining the shore with a part of their baggage. Had they remained on board six or eight hours longer, it is believed all would have perished with cold.— New York Ad- vertiser. Hamburgh papers of the 18th inst. speak of great falls of snow which had drifted to the depth of ten, fifteen, or twenty feet. In some places the tops of the houses were entirely hidden from view, and accesstothem wasonly to be obtained by means of shafts made through the snow with great labour, as in a mine. Many of the occupants of the one story houses were obliged to come out by the chimneys. The Director of the medical school at Constantinople has been charged with making an attempt to poison the Sultan. It appears he had prepared a draught, respecting which there was some suspicion, and which he was directed to take him- self. Upon his refusal he was put into a sack and thrown into the Bosphoitis. On the examination of the drink, it was declared to be poisoned. RUSSIAN DUELLING.— Baron Heickeren, Lieutenant in the regiment of Chevalier Guards of Her Majesty the Em- press, has been sentenced by a court maitial, on account of his duel with the poet Alexander Puschkin, who died of the wound he received in that duel, to the loss of his rank, and of the patent of Russian nobility whiell he had acquired, and to serve as a common soldier. We learn from Frankfort that the house of Rothschild proposes extending the circle of its commercial relations be- yond the Atlantic. A branch of this house is about to be established at New York, to which effect a M. Belmonte has lately left Frankfort for that city, via London and Paris.— Paris Paper. At Leghorn thirty- four pupils of an academy have been imprisoned on a charge of participating in a treasonable con- spiracy recently discovered there. I ILetters from Dantzic, under date of the 7th instant, say that a sudden thaw set in on the fifth instant, the ice on the Vistula broke up immediately, and the 7th the navi- gation of the river was already open.— Borsen- halle. THE BIRMINGHAM JO URN A L. A very grand and solemn festival is in preparation at Mayence upon tlie Rhine, in honour of the memory of Gut- tenburg, the first printer, who was a native of the place. The celebration will be performed on the 24th of . Tune next, and, it is expected, will be attended by numbers from all parts of the world. A SOFT HEAD Meunier, who, in the perpetration of his crime, felt no fear of immediate death, or at lea. t of being seriously wounded by the bayonets of the soldiers on duty, yet felt great fear of being at the moment of his arrest seized by the hair. On the President of the Court of Peers asking him why his hair had been cut only two days pre- viously to the attempt, be replied—" I am very susceptible of pain about the head, and, while meditating the execu- tion of my crime I always entertained a dread of the pain X should feel, if, on. arresting me, any one should seize me by the hair." Papers from Quebec to the 24th, and from Montreal to the 28th of March, have been received. The Legislature of the lower province had been further prorogued by proclama- tion to the 3rd of May. GERMANY A considerable failure had taken place in Konigsberg, amounting to 80,000 dollars, which is likely to be foflowed by serious consequences, both in that city and Memel. It is expected that a dividend of 5 per cent, will be realized. A corn speculation had been unsucessful at Daut- zic, involving a loss of 13,000 dollars. The Dieppe Journals mention several instances of robbery arid sacrilege which have been recently committed in the en- virons of that place. A few nights since some thieves entered the church of Avesna, by means of removing one of the win- dows, and discovered and broke open the poor- boxes and the box of the tabernacle of the altar, the contents of which they took away, together with a silver chalice, of the value of 1,000 francs. A whale of the largest dimensions was seen in the chan- nel on the 11th instant, by some fishermen of Cherbourg. The unseasonable severity of the weather can only account for the appearance in our latitudes of this monster of the Polar deep. A ROYAL MISTAKE,— I was told the following anecdote by Madame de , who was intimate with Louis XVII1. One day, in taking an airing, the King was thirsty, and sent a footman to a cottage for water. The peasants appeared with some grapes, which they offered, as the homage of their condition. The King took them and ate them, notwith- standing the remonstrances of his attendants. This little in- cident was spoken of at Court, where all the Monarch does or says becomes matter of interest, and the next time Mad. de was admitted, she joined her remonstrances to those of the other courtiers. We no longer live in an age when Kings need dread assassins," said Louis, smiling. A month passed, and Mad. de was again admitted. She was re- ceived with a melancholy shake of the head, and with tears. The Due de Berri had been killed in the interval— Recol- lections of Europe. TURKISH CURRENCY.— The current value of the Turkish com continues to be very low; nay, it is thought that it will rather grow worse than better. A short statement will show how this depreciation has gained ground in a few years. Every body remembers that in regulating the payment of the contribution to Russia, stipulated in the treaty of Adrianople, the ducat ( at 4J florins) was estimated at 33 piastres, or 40 paras. This corresponded with the current value of the Turkish coin at that time; the florin there- fore was worth 7% piastres, or 293 paras, whereas now it is worth 436 paras, . that is, nearly 11 piastres. The natural reason is chiefly the progressive debasement of the new coin, the intrinsic value of which is one- third, nay, even one half, less than that of the old coin ; to this we may add, the stag- nation of trade, and the want of credit. The merchants liere are in arrears in their payments to Europe, and must meet them ; hence the scarcity of remittances, and the high prices of them.— Letter from Constantinople. A FAIR SUBJECT OF GRUMBLING The New York Com- mercial Advertiser of March 18, after having inserted a let- ter from a Correspondent, which it is requested should be done" without charge," giving an account of a silver pitcher liaving been presented to him, appends the following re- mark:—" We don't much like this ' publishing without charge.' But it is ever thus. Every silver pitcher that is given we must describe, and compliment the artist, and publish the correspondence ' without charge.' Yet nobody thinks of giving a silver pitcher to us. Every town, either built or to be built, if any lots are to be sold, we must puff —' without charge.' Yet we get no lands and tenements thereby. These are crosses in our path, which we must endure." DOMESTIC. , THE METROPOLIS. NOTE OF PREPARATION— Lord Lyndhurst, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr. Winslow, arrived in town from Paris on Thursday last week. Mr, BLACKBURNE, M. P— We regret to state that on Friday morning, John Blackburne, Esq., M. P. for Hud- dersfield, and King's Counsel, died at bis lodgings at Hampstead, after an illness of considerable length. His health had been long declining, and a general breaking up of his constitution occasioned his death. He had not reached his fiftieth year. Mr. Blackburne has been for years, in and out of Parliament, an earnest and steady champion of the Liberal cause. The exportation of gold and silver coin and bullion from the port of London to foreign ports, is on the increase, and the amount so despatched, for the past week, ending the 18th inst., is as under:— Gold coin to the Cape of Good Hope~~ 1,250 oz. Ditto to Ceylon —.—— —,— 2,269 Silver coin to British West Indies 860 Ditto to Madras, — . 21,600 The thermometer, which stood at sixty out of doors on Thursday week, sunk six degrees before noon, and in all, sixteen degrees in the ensuing twenty- four hours. THE WEATHER The seasonable rain which has at length arrived, will, it is hoped, give the long wished for spur to re- tarded vegetation. Schroeder- Devrient is announced shortly to appear at Drury- Iane, where she is to play Fidelio " in English"— she has been studying our language for the purpose. Schiceder shall be welcome under any conditions, but we augur evil to the opera from Drury- lane " translation" and " adapta- tion." Taglioni is likewise engaged; and a new opera by Balfe is in rehearsal. The poet Wordsworth has just left London for the Con- tinent, where he will remain some months. His health is at present rather impaired. Lady Augusta Gordon, formerly Lady Augusta Kennedy, is appointed to the situation of Housekeeper at Kensing- Palace, held by the late Lady De Lisle. A NEW CLUB We understand there is now a club formed at the " West End," in which neither gambling nor tippling will be permitted. A letter is in town, which announces the arrival of the celebrated Madame Pasta for about the 1st of next month. Mademoiselle Taglioni will reach London about the same time. Madame Schroeder Devrient is daily expected. It is in contemplation to establish an Ornithological Society in London, the objects of which are the exhibition of living birds, and the propagation and dispersion of new domestic races, as also to establish a museum, library, lec- tures, and prize shows. An application is intended to be made to Government for a locality for the museum and library, and, if successful, it is intended that the museum shall be freely open to the public. CHURCH RATES.— A petition very numerously signed is about to be presented to the House of Lords in favour of the Ministerial measure for the abolition of Church- rates, from the Somers- town district of the parish of St. Pancras. BOAT V. Bus A Company has announced an intention of establishing a steam- boat ferry from Hungerford Market to London- bridge. The boats to start hourly at first, but every quarter of an hour whenever the spring season may in reality commence. Price only 4d. each person. SEVERE ACCIDENT Saturday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, a lamentable accident happened in St. James's Park, near Story's- gate, to Mr. Booth, an extensive timber- merchant, of Bankside, Southwark. Mr. Booth was re- turning home, being mounted on a high- spirited horse, when the animal took fright and galloped furiously across the Parade, towards Storey's- gate; on reaching which, the horse came in violent contact with a carriage, the result was that the right leg of Mr. Booth was fractured in the most shocking manner. Although suffering sevetely, Mr. Booth kept his seat, whilst his horse proceeded down Great George- street; at the corner of King- street he was thrown violently, and broke the knee- cap of his right leg, as also the thigh bone. Hopes are entertained of his recovery. ELOPEMENT — On Wednesday last a young lady, of consi- derable personal attractions and large fortune, eloped from the residence of her mother at Kensington. The young lady in question had, until within the last few. months, are markable penchant for some of the conductois of the omni- buses travelling past hei residence, on whom she used most lavishly to heap sterling proofs of her admiration and attach- ment. The illness and sudden death of her brother, how- ever, worked an alteration in her; subsequent to his death she was addressed by a gentleman of large property in the county of York, with the sanction of her mother; but Miss , who is in her twenty- first year, declared she could not " abide" him, and on the above morning she got up at daybreak, and having safely locked her mother and the ser- vants in their several rooms, she double- locked the street- door, taking the key with her; she then proceeded along the lanes adjoining Lord Holland's park to Notting- hill, where a more favoured lover, a young gentleman residing at Hamp- stead, was waiting with a chaise, in which they proceeded to his residence ; when, after taking some hasty refreshment, they started with post- horses for the far famed Gretna, where, long previous to this, the " twain" hare been made " one flesh." ACCIDENT.— On Monday night, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a cab without a driver was ob- served passing along the New- road, near Kirig's- cross, with frightful velocity. Three females were seated in the vehicle, whose screams as. they whirled along were truly dreadful. On reaching the corner of Judd- street, the horse attempted to go in that direction, when the sudden turn swung the cab round, and brought horse and vehicle to the ground. One of the women received a severe blow on the head, which bled profusely, but the others escaped with some slight bruises. The driver shortly arrived, and stated that the women had hired him at the Angel at Islington, to go to Camden- town. On reaching King's- Cross they told him to pull up, and sent him into the wine- vaults for a quartern of gin. During his absence the horse started off; he sup- posed the ladies had frightened him, as they were very merry and noisy. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN ARM Considerable excitement has prevailed in Westminster since Monday, inconsequence ofan arm and part of the shoulder of a female having been found in the moat opposite the Penitentiary, Milbank. It appears that a labouring man in the employment of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests was passing at an early hour in the morning along the side of the moat, when he observed a large paper parcel half- buried in the mud. He drew it out, and found it to contain the limb described, which was evidently that of a female, and, from external appearances, it could not have been deposited there long. Police constable Sullivan, 5- 2 B, came up at the time, and took the arm to the workhouse, where it remains for medi- cal examination. THE BRITISH MUSEUM The following are the newly adopted regulations ofadmission:— The public are admitted to the British Museum on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri- days, between the hours of ten and four, from the 7th of September to the 1st of May; and between the hours of ten and seven, from the 7th of May to the 1st of September. Persons applying for the purpose of study or research are admitted to the readii^- rooms every day, from nine o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon, between the 7th of September and the 1st of May; and until seven in the evening between the 7th of May and the 1st of September. Artists are admitted to study in the galleries of sculpture every day, between the hours of nine and four, except Saturday. The museum is closed between the 1st and 7th of January, and the 1st and 7th of May, and the Istand 7th of September, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas- day, and also on any special fast or thanksgiving days ordered by authority. PROVINCIAL NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK.— A meeting of the shareholders of the Northern and Central Bank was held this morning ( Thursday) at Ladyman's Hotel, Bridge- street, for the purpose of taking the conduct of the Directors into consideration, and adopting such a course as may be considered most beneficial to the shareholders under the present state of affairs. Mr. Cooke, of Liverpool, was in the chair. Resolutions strongly condemnatory of the con- duct of the Directors were passed, and a committee was appointed to communicate with them, requesting them to afford every necessary information respecting the affairs of the company to the committee on behalf of the shareholders; and in the event of their refusing so to do, a general meeting of the shareholders is to be called, with a view to filing a bill in Chancery against the Directors. It was stated that nearly all the officers of the Bank were heavy debtors to the concern, on account of advances made to them ; and that if the shareholders had received advances in the same pro- portion as the Directors have, that a capita] of no less than 24,000,000?. would have been necessary— Letter from Man- chester. BRAMFORD SPEKE An extiaoidinary phenomenon has just occurred in this parish. During a snow storm very early on Monday morning, a large quantity of black worms, each about three quarters of an inch lon^, fell in the village, and neighbouring fields Western Luminary. CHURCH- RATES The friends of civil and religious liberty, and the supporters of Melbourne's patriotic Government will hold a public meeting in our Town- ball, on Tuesday next, to thank " His Majesty's Ministers for the measure they have brought forward for the abolition of Church- rates, and to petition the Legislature to pass the same into a law." — Northampton Chronicle. MURDER A man of the name of Taylor, at present con- fined in the Lewes House of Correction for stealing a watch, ha- s confessed being concerned in a murder at Hadlow, seven years ago, on a person named Sands, who lived with him in the service of Mr. Kipping, of Hadlow. The deceased was missed in the month of March, 1830, and was not heard of until September in the same year, when he was found by some hop- pickers in a wood, about half a mile from Mr. Kipping's house. A cord was tied to a t^ ee, which had not the appearance of being rotted asunder, which is accounted for by Taylor admitting that he passed by the place four or five months after, and, in order to deceive the eye of the public, he tied a cord round the tree to have it supposed that the deceased had hung himself. A coroner's inquest was held, and a verdict of Found dead" was returned Another person, whom Taylor states to be implicated in this horrible affair, has since been apprehended, but persists in his innocence. The deceased bad some of his teeth knocked out, which Taylor has carried in his pocket ever since.— Kent Herald. DR. DALTON We deeply regret to state that this enai nently great and good man suffered a serious attack of paralysis on Tuesday morning, at his residence in George- street, in this town. On the following day he rallied, and indicated appearances of convalescence. On Thursday morn- ing, however, he sustained another attack. Since the first attack he has been unable to articulate even monosyllables, but has signified his wishes by signs, which have happily been understood by his attendants. [ The latest accounts describe the illustrious sufferer as Bomewhat better.]— Man- chester Times. On Tuesday Mr. Parsons' colliery, at Neath Abbey, in which ten men were known to be at work on the level, was suddenly flooded. The distress of the wives and families of the pitmen was most pitiable, which was much increased by the body of one man being floated to the pit's mouth. In the course of a short time the other nine men were washed up, all of whom were alive, and are now recoveriug. The accident was occasioned by the workmen breaking into an old shaft that had been abandoned for upwards of eighty years, which was unknown— Merthyr Guardian. LEEDS REPRESENTATION.— We have the pleasure to an- nounce that, in a letter dated the 18th instant, and addressed to George Goodman, Esq., Sir William Molesworth ex- presses entire satisfaction with the report which Mr. Woll- combe has made to him on the prospect of success for two Liberal candidates in the borough of Leeds. This report was not made until after a thorough scrutiny both of the names on the requisition recently presented to the hon baronet, and of the list of voters. Sir William Molesworth also states, that he intends shortly to issue an address to the electors of Leeds, declaring himself a candidate for their suffrages at the next general election— Leeds Mercury. " JANUARY AND MAY."— Last week a man named Mur- rels, aged 81, residing at Pebmarsh, Essex, took to his chilling arms a second bride, bight Jane Cheveley, with all the bloom of the teens upon her lip and its gay giddy laughter in her eye. At the execution of Bartlett, last Saturday, the hangman actually played the part of a buffoon to the populace, by sneeringly saying to the suspended corpse, " Old chap, you are dead enough!" & c., and danced on the platform until the spectators actually repeatedly laughed ; he patted him on his cheek, and heaved his cap from over his face, and shook hands with him, and gave him a box on the ear, which turned him round and round. Several women were on the platform, to have their necks charmed by rubbing the dead man's hand over their wens as a cure ! and it is a fact that children were acting the execution in the streets after it was over, by playing the part of Jack Ketcli— Gloucester Jour, nal. On Saturday a woman named Webster, having been com- mitted on a charge of felony at Charlton- upon- Metlock, de- clared she would destroy herself; and in about two houri after she had been confined shrieks were heard, and on the ' door being opened the woman was enveloped in flames. Her clothes were burnt from her person, and she was shock- ingly scorched. She confessed to have set herself on fire, and on the following day she expired— Chester Gazette. DEATH FROM WANT.— F. G. Chester, formerly a butcher at Horncastle, was found ( lead on a bank in a field near Lincoln, on Sunday. It appears that two days before he was liberated from Lincoln Castle, where he had been con- fined for a long period for debt; the deceased had nine chil- dren depending on him, and he was without any money or resources.— Lincoln Gazette. HYDROPHOBIA The Sheffield Chronicle of Saturday last contains two distressing cases of death from this malady. REARING THE TORY THOUGHT— On Saturday last Dr. Hawtrey acquainted the Eton boys that, at the request of Mr. George Simon Harcourt, he should excuse them an exercise for the next week, in commemoration of that gen- tleman's election for Buckinghamshire; but that those boys who had wished success to the rival candidate were at liberty to decline the indulgence— Correspondent of Morn- ing Chronicle. THE NEW POOR- LAW.— We are able to state on informa- tion on which we can confidently rely, that a noble indi- vidual, connected by property with the manufacturing dis- tricts of the north of England, has, within the last few days, represented to Ministers the alarming state of these districts, and the peril which would result to the peace of the country from any attempt to bring the New Poor- law into operation among their impoverished and excited population. And we are happy to learn further that assurances were given in reply that it is not in contemplation to enforce in these dis- tricts at the present time the regulations of the New Poor- law.— Morning Post.—[ Fudge.] In the village of Wymondham, near Melton Mowbray, on Sunday morning last, Mrs. George, the wife of Ralph George, a respectable shoemaker, was delivered of a son who has four legs, four arms, and is in other respects much deformed. The head and bust are well shaped. Up to the present time both child and mother are doing well, and there appears no reason to fear that the child will not live. — Lincolnshire Chronicle. The medical officers of the Lunatic Asylum have given a decided opinion that Greensmith, the wretched man who strangled his four children at Basford, is insane Notting- ham Journal. SOUTH DEVON— The South Devon Tories are, it appears, tired of Mr. Montague Parker, the able representative for whom they rejected Lord John Russell. Lord Courtney, the eldest son of the Earl of Devon, is now their selected object. TYNEMOUTH— Sir Charles Grey has received a requisition pretty numerously signed, calling on him to come forward in opposition to Mr. G. F. Young, with whose principles and votes the Liberal electors are much dissatisfied.— Even- ing Paper. BRADFORD— The requisition to Mr. Busfield, to off. r himself for the representation of Bradford, has now 560 signatures, each signature being that of a party entitled to vote for that borough. The total number of electors on the register is 1,347, including double returns. If we take away these, and the deaths and removals, there will not be more than 1,200 bona fide voters. Of this number we may fairly calculate at least 100 will not poll; and it is quite cer- tain that there are a considerable number of electors, per- haps 50 or 100, who will vote for Mr. Busfield, but will not sign the requisition. The deduction is plain— Mr. Hardy must prepare to go to " the right about."— Halifax Express. THE GREAT UNPAID— John Nicholls, aged twenty- two, a steady respectable labourer, at Orford, left his| cottage on S- inday, the 2nd of April, a little before eleven, to go to church according to his constant custom. He arrived at the church rather too early, the bell not having commenced tol- ling. Whilst waiting in a pathway near the church, two other labourers came up, and they entered into conversation with Nicholls. An old man named Wolf, accosted them, and told them that he had orders from the magistrates that they Bhould not stand there. They smiled, and asked him where they were to wait, then ? Some of them went away? Wolfhimself treated the matter jocosely, and Nicholls did not move. Wolf went away. On the 7th instant, Nicholls went before the magistrates, Samuel ami George Randall, Esquires, in consequence of a summons. No one was present but Wolf, Nicholls, and his companion. Nicholls and his companion were convicted on their own confession that they were standing in the path, as sworn by Wolf; and Nicholls was fined 14s. for obstructing the, passage of a pub) ic loot- path, contrary to, the Highway Act. His com- panion was fined 5s , which he paid. Nicholls, not having the money, did not pay; whereupon the said gentlemen, on the 7th of April, issued a warrant for his apprehension, and he was on Saturday the loth, incarcerated in the gaol at Orford— a miserable hole. He was supplied with a bed by his friends, and the constable now and then brought him a little firing. On Tuesday evening he was still a prisoner. His term is for two months and hard labour. He is a very honest, quiet, and respectable labourer, and it was not even alleged that any bad language or unruly manners occurred. — Correspondent of Suffolk Chronicle. CUSTOMS DUTIES— An account of the gross and net amount of customs duty received at each port in the United Kingdom, during the year ending the 5th January 1837, compared with similar receipts during the preceding year, has been printed by order of the House of Commons. The amount of duties received at the port of London, for the year ending the 5th January 1836, was £ 11,773,616 13s. 6d., and for the year ending the 5th January last, the amount was £ 12,156,279 14s. 6d.; thus showing an increase last year of £ 382,663. Is. The amount of duties received at the port of Liverpool, for the year ending 5th January last, was £ 4,450,426 3s. 6d., showing an increase on the pre- ceding year of £ 177,578 17s. The amount received at all the ports in England, after deducting re- payment of trade- vouchers, office expenses, and incidental charges, for the year ending 5th January last, was £ 18,390,550 19s. 5d.; Ireland, £ 1,770,020 6s. 3d. ; and Scotland, £ 1,288,170 4s. Id. VICE VERSA—" Well, sir," said one peison to another, to whom he had, in a matter of business, made an offer, " do you entertain my proposition?" " No, sir," replied the other, " but your proposition entertains me." SCOTLAND. THE DISTRESS ' IN SCOTLAND We are glad to learn that the last accounts from the cod and ling fishings connected with the Highland Isles are of the most favourable descrip- tion. The prices of fish of all kinds have fallen greatly in every market lately, and are expected to be still lower. Great quantities of potatoes are still being brought from Ireland, the Western Highlands, and Ayrshire, to the Broomielaw and other ports on the Clyde, and are flow more difficult to be disposed of. — Glasgow Chronicle. Ml'. Kean concluded his engagement in Edinburgh last week; for eight and twenty nights the theatre has been crowded to excess, and nightly honoured by the presence of the Literary Society. Such a theatrical excitement has not been known in that city since the duys of his father and Miss O'Neill. Mr. Kean has realised, ft is said, 1,2001. by his visit to Edinburgh alone; he now proceeds to Glasgow, Liverpool, and Dublin. On Monday, some fishermen caught in their net at the mouth of the Adder, the foetus of a child, about four or five months formed. It was immediately interred.— Kelso Chronicle. THE DISTRESSED HIGHLANDERS.— Instead of being ex- aggerated, we are perfectly convinced, from personal know- ledge, that the accounts given ol the distress and want, ex- isting among the Highlanders and Islanders of Scotland, do not come up to the reality. For this leason we are glad that benevolent men have exerted themselves to help these miserable people ; but we would impress upon one and all the absolute necessity which exists for a rigid superintend- ence over the distribution of relief. It is easy enough to tell fine stories about the charity of the Highland land- holders, but their merciless extortions have done as much to produce this misery as the bad harvests; and if great care is not taken in distributing these subscriptions, it is just as certain as anything can be, that the greedy owners of the soil will be the gainers, and not the poor people whom they oppress and starve. The Irish Orange landlords are bad enough, but they are merciful compared with the Highland proprietors. The Duchess of Sutherland is praised for her liberality on this occasion. This is the same woman who, when her poor tenants did not leave the land of their fathers for the backwoods of America with sufficient celerity, actually burnt their huts over their heads! The distress is bitter— horrible— we know and believe ; but the subscrip- tions will pay " the laird's" rent, and the people will starve as usual, unless the relief be guarded . and superintended. An efficient Poor- law, to make the landholders keep those they ruin by their extortions— and a repeal of the Corn- laws, to make bread cheap— can alone permanently avert these appeals to English benevolence Leeds Times. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH— By letters from Aber- deen it appears that in the northern parts of that county the weather continues unusually cold and boisterous, the snow lying on the ground to the depth of several feet. The consequence has been a great mortality among the lambs; the average loss being about one in four, and in some very exposed parts one in three. The young crops will not suffer so much in this district as in the more southerly parts of the kingdom, there being very little wheat raised here. MISCELLANEOUS. SPOTS ON THE SUN.— For several weeks past a considerable number of spots have appeared on the sun's disc, some 6f which were very large, with a penumbral shade around them ; others were much smaller, and have been in curved or circular groups, and sometimes arranged in a line nearly straight. There are at present two or three large ones near the eastern limb, and others not so large nearer the west, which may easily be seen with a telescope of small magnify, iiig power, and a coloured glass to prevent the strong light from injuring the eye. TRAINS.— The first dresses which had trains were clothes torn, as signs of mourning, which were worn at funerals. In imitation of these ragged habiliments trains were invented, and, according to the dignity of the deceased, the trains were longer or shorter. THE BREAD TAX.— The highest price of the best wheat in Paris is 23f. per 1J hectolitre, which is equal to 35s. 3d. per English quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and Kent wheat in London being 66s. per quarter, the dif- ference is 30s. 9d. per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 87J per cent., and the same money which in Lon- don buys but eight bushels of wheat, is in Paris the value of fifteen bushels of the finest quality. The highest price of flour of the " first mark" in Paris is 47 francs per 159 kilo- grammes, corresponding with 29s. 8d. per English sack of 280 lbs. The highest price of the best " town made" flour in London is 55s. per sack, showing fine flour to be 25s. 4d. per sack dearer in London than in Paris, or 85^ per cent; and that the 55s. which in London can procure ~ but2801bs., will in Paris purchase 5191bs. of the finest flour. Queen Elizabeth on one occasion danced in her sixty- eighth year; the occasion was a masque at Blacklriars, on the marriage of Lord Herbert and Mrs. Russell. Eight lady dancers chose eight men to dance the measures. Mrs. Fitton, who led them, went to the Queen and wooed her to dance. Her Majesty asked who she was. " Affection," she said. " Affection !" said the Queen, " Affection is false." Yet immediately after the Queen rise and danced. An experiment, possessing much interest and importance to the rearers of silk worms, has just been made at Epinal, by which it appears that the leaves of the scorzonera, a ;> 4ai] t well known in the culinary art, have been used with much success for feeding those valuable insects. TEA TRADE.— The following is the quantity of tea upon which duty has been paid in the United Kingdom for the year In London „ ^ 3,714,7921b. Liverpool - 398,7671b. Bristol ™ 29,4951b. Hull 11,0281b. Leith . - 100,4801b. Glasgow 95,8101b. All other Scotch ports ™ 21,8451b. Dublin .... „ 281,0161b. Belfast ™ 124,47511). Cork 33,8541b. All other Irish ports ™ 75,3121b. 4,886,8741b. The total quantity on hand on the 5th of January exceeded 46,000,000 of pounds! MR. HILL'S PLAN With regard to Mr. Hill's pamphlet, my belief is, that the people will get the advantages it so plainly points out, whenever they demand them in a pe- remptory manner through their representatives in Parlia- ment. It may be worth while here to remark, in passing, that some ten or twelve days ago, a well maintained discus- sion, of considerable length, incidentally took place in the House of Commons, respecting Mr. Hill's pamphlet, on my motion for opening the receiving letter boxes at night, for the convenience of the inhabitants of London. There were some four or five members spoke on the occasion, among whom were Mr. Hume, Mr. Ewart, and myself. The names of the others do not at the moment occur to me. But one and all highly praised, and strongly recom- mended the views promulgated in Mr. Hill's pamphlet to the immediate consideration of the executive Government, no member of which took any notice of its contents, or of the observations made. Nor did the reporters of any one paper follow a different course from Jthat observed by Mi- nisters, so far as I have been able to ascertain, though several of the latter were on the treasury bench, and amongst them the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From this I augur, Mr. Hill's invaluable discovery— for such I think it may fairly be called— will not be taken up and acted on by the executive, if it can possibly be avoided, or as lung as they can get revenue without any new plans or more trouble. The principles it involves are of paramount interest to all classes in this country, especially the commercial and ship- ping interests, who are borne down by the want of facilities of correspondence, and unequal rates of postages, besides the risk of abstraction of bank notes and bills, all of which would be put an end to by the adoption of Mr. Hill's most inimitable principles for the regulation of postages and Post- offices.— Mr. Wallace's letter to the Constitutional. JOBBING AT TUB ADMIRALTY.— The situation of Captaiii commanding the packets at Falmouth, is one of the most lucrative and desirable posts to which a Captain in the Navy is eligible. Besides the pay of a Captain of a first- rate, about 800/. per annum, there is, we believe, an allow- ance for table- money of about 350/. more; and he has under his orders between thirty and forty thousand pennants, forming in fact an Admiral's command. The appointment has, therefore, always been considered as one of the very best in the naval service. From its institution up to the present time, it has uniformly been conferred upon old officers, who had distinguished themselves against the enemy. It was last held by Captain Clavell, whose pro- fessional zeal and ability made him a great favourite with Lord Collingwood, and who was Collingwood's first Lieu- tenant at the battle of Trafalgar. For some reason unex- plained, but which from the sequel may be guessed at, Lord Minto, Since the late brevet promotion, removed Captain Clavell from Falmouth to be Captain Superintendent of Chatham dockyard. Of course the table of his lordship was covered with applications from the veterans of the navy— men whom want of interest, in spite of merit, ser- vices, and high reputation, had condemned for years to semi- starvation on the miserable half- pay of less than 200Z. a year. Nobody doubted that the appointment would be the reward of some old and distinguished officer— that one of Nelson's or Collingwood's veterans would be the fortunate candi- date ; and the astonishment and indignation of the service may be imagined when it was announced that Capt. Plum- ridge had been selected for the envied office. And who, in the name of obscurity, is Captain Plumridge? Upon in- quiry, it will be found that this gentleman stands 418th on the list of Captains; that he obtained his rank of Captain some years after the close of the war; and that Lieutenant Marshall, the most flattering of naval biographers, sums Up his merits and services in eighteen lines— several lines more than the subject seems to require. According to Lieutenant Marshall, Captain Plumridge was made a Lieutenant in 1806; he once commanded the boats of a frigate at the de- struction of a Danish cutter, in which glorious affair six men were wounded; he was first Lieutenant of a frigate in the Mediterranean; became a Commander in 1814, and had sufficient influence to procure the command of several brigs in time of peace; captured a smuggler with 400 bales of tobacco; and was made a Post Captain on the 9th Oct. 1822— as a reward for the tobacco capture, no doubt. Lieu- tenant Marshall also says that his agent is J. Woodhead, Esq.; and that Mrs. Plumridge died on the 31st July, 1827 1 To this it may be added, that since the Whigs came into power, he has obtained the command of a frigate. Here we have a full statement of the public claims of this gentle- man to pass into one of the best situations to which a naval officer can aspire— over the heads of 417 of his seniors in service and command. The most impudent subaltern at the Admiralty will not pretend that Captain Plumridge was appointed as a reward for his distinguished services. Why then was lie selected for this command ? That point re- quires an explanation which should be demanded and given in the House of Commons. In the mean while, we may assist the curious inquirer, by a reference to the chronicles of 1835; wherein it is recorded, that on the 9th of April 1835, Captain J. H. Plumridge ( the| death of whose first wife has been mentioned) was married to Harriot Agnes, daughter of the Right Honourable Hugh Eliot— the said Right Honourable Hugh havine been uncle to the Earl of Minto, the First Lord, and his brother Admiral George Eliot, one of the members of the Admiralty Board. Capt. Plumridge, in short, married a first cousin of Lord Minto and his brother. A sufficient reason, doubtless, in these days of purity and the no- patronage government of the Whigs, for passing over 417 Captains to make room for Plumridge.— Spectator. THE TABLES TURNED At the Donegal assizes the fol- lowing humorous cross- examination of a witness occasioned much merriment in Court:— Mr. Doherty : What business do you follow? I am a schoolmaster. Did you turn off your scholars or did they turn you off? I do'not wish, to answer irrelevant questions. ( Laughter.) Are you a great favourite with your pupils? Aye, troth, am I, a much greater favourite than you are with the public. Where were you, sir, this night? This night, said the witness there is a learned man— this night is not come yet; I sup- pose you mean that night—( here the witness looked at the Judge, and winked his eye as if in triumph). I presume the " schoolmaster was abroad" that night, doing nothing? Define " nothing," said witness. Mr. Doherty did not comply; well, said the learned schoolmaster, I will define it— it is a footless stocking without a leg. ( Roars of laughter in which his lordship joined.) You may go down, sir. Faith, I believe, you're tired enough of me; but it is my profession to enlighten the public, and if you have any more questions to ask I will answer them. A BLIND TURN- OUT.— Thirty years back blind horses were numerous in stage coaches; in fact, it would now and then happen that the whole team were in darkness. " Well over that, sir," said one of the old school of coachmen to a passenger that sate behind him on the box, having just passed a dangerous bridge on a foggy night. " Only one eye among us." That " one" was his own !— Nimrod. PHILOPROGENITIVENESS.— A few evenings since a newly- imported African was discovered in the piazza of a gentle- man's house in this town ( Nassau); and, upon being ques- tioned as to his wishes and intentions, he said he wanted " de pickininny," alluding to a healthy little child at that time playing with its nurse. " What you want of de pick- ininny?" inquired a member of the family. " Oh, he be good for messa, messa," rejoined the cannibal, smacking his lips. — The Bahamian. MONSTERS.— The history of the double- headed infant of Oxford is curious. This creature had two heads diametri- cally opposite, four arms, one body, and two lower extremi- ties. These heads were doubly baptized, one by the name of Martha and the other Mary. Thefeatures were different; Mary's was smiling, Martha's dejected. The latter died two days after her birth, and Mary expired a quarter of an hour after. A curious monster of a similar de- cription is recorded to have lived at the court of James the Fourth of Scotland. It bad been taught several languages and music. One head was intelligent, the other remarkably stupid. Th'e creature lived twenty- eight years, when one of the individu- als died. The other survived several days, but gradua'ly drooped as the body of his late companion was decomposii g. — Milligen. DEMAND AND SUPPLY— An Irish tallow- chandler, during the invasion of Cromwell's army, made candles with the fat of Englishmen, which were remarkable for their good quality; but when the times became more tranauil, his goods were of an inferior kind ; and when one of his cus- tomers complained of his candles falling off, he apologised by saying, " I am soriw to tell you the times are so bad that I have been short of Englishmen for a long time." - Milligen Encourage timid women, be gentle and steady with frac- tious ones, but lather the sulky ones like blazes. The female heart, as far as my experience goes, is just like a new Indian rubber shoe; you may pull and pull at it, till it stretches out a yard long, and then let go, and it will fly right back to its old shape. Women's hearts are made of stout leather— there's a plaguy sight of wear in therr.— Sam S! ich. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.— The power of the provincial journalists is immense. Experience enables us to assert confidently, that 20,000 addresses, printed separately and circulated with the most energetic diligence, would not produce the effect of one advertisement— New Monthhf Magazine. By Lloyd's Shipping I. ist it appears that from 1793 to 1829 ( being a period of 36 years,) the average number o£ ships wrecked was 557 annually ! In the latter year they exceeded 800; and they are believed to have increased since that time ! More than 2,000 seamen annually perish thus in the mighty deep 1 AMERICAN AND ENGLISH EXCHANGES. The market price of sovereigns at New York being 4.9a dollars each, which, taken in connection with the commer- cial par, and allowing for freight, insurance, and interest, will give 109.30, and the rate of exchange at New Yorl* being 111, it follows that a remittance in such coin would be 2.70 per cent, more advantageous than a remittance ir » bills. The market price of Spanish doubloons at New York being 16.45 dollars cash, and in London 75s. 6d. per oz., which, taken in connection with the commercial par, and allowing for freight, insurance, and interest, will give 111.66, and the rate of exchange at New York being 112, it follows that a remittance in such coin would be 0.34 per cent, more ad- vantageous than a remittance in bills. The market price of South American doubloons at New York being 15.87i dollars cash, and in London 74s. 9d- per oz., which, taken in connection with the commercial par of exchange, and allowing for freight, insurance, and interest, will give 109,40, and the rate of exchange at New York being 112, it follows that a remittance in such coin would be 2 60 per cent, more advantageous than a remit- tance in bills. The gold coin of the United States, of the old coinage, being at6J per eent. premium at New York, and the London market price being 77s. 3d. per oz., which, taken in connec- tion with the commercial par, arid allowing for freight, in- surance, and interest, will give 109.34, and the. rate of ex- change at New York being 112, it follows that a remittance in such coin would be 2,66 per cent, more advantageous than a remittance in bills. The Spanish silver dollar at New York being at 4 per cent, premium, and the London market price being 4s. lOJd. per oz. which, taken in connection with the commercial par, and allowing for freight, insurance, and interest, will give 110.17, and the rate of exchange at New York being 112, it follows that a remittance in such coin would be 1.83 per cent, more advantageous than a remittance in bills. The South American silver dollar at New York being at 1 per cent, premium, and the London market price being 4s. 9| d. per oz., which, taken in connection with the com- mercial par, and allowing for freight, insurance, and in- terest, will give 108 51, and the rate of exchange at New York being 112, it follows that a remittance in such coin would be 3.49 per cent, more advantageous than a remit- tance in bills. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN DUBLIN. Thursday morning, one of the most destructive conflagra- tions ever witnessed in Dublin broke out at the Suffolk- street side of the Royal Arcade, in the toy- shop next the gate- way, occupied by a Mr. Kirby. It is supposed it ori- ginated in the kindling of some shavings lying in the shop. The flames spread with extreme rapidity through the Ar- cade, owing to the dry and combustible nature of the build- ings, and the goods which they contained, and the free cur- rent of air through the passage. In less than an hour searcely a vestige of the two lines of shops or the galleries overhead were visible, and the flames had extended to the Royal Hotel in front and the chambers for public exhibi- tions adjoining. In the mean time the fire had communicated to the ad- joining houses in Suffolk- street— Mr. Wisehart, bookseller, which was completely destroyed, and Messrs. Simmonds and Walpole, linen- drapers, slightly injured; but upon that side the fire did not extend far. It was upon the buildings forming the old General Post- office that the flames com- mitted the greatest ravages. At half- past four the exhibition- rooms in front of the Ar- cade were burnt to the mere walls, the collection of wax- figures having- greatly added to the progress of the flames in this direction. The only remnant of the various curiosities exhibited was the small figure of " Toby, the learned pig," which still remains over the entrance. Poor " Toby" him- self was saved by a gentleman, who took him under his arm out of the reach of the flames. At five o'clock the Royal Hotel was enveloped in flames, and the spectacle presented by the conflagration at this period was truly awful and alarming. From every window the flames were bursting, whilst the terrified inmates were rushing from the burning pile; and at intervals the crash of the falling floors increased the horror of the scene. About six, the flames had extended to the banking- house of Boyle, Lowe, and Pim, next door to the Royal Hotel, and burned with great rapidity. On account of the quantity of property and papers of great value known to be in the banking- house, every possible exertion was made to check the flames in this quarter, and the principal engines were worked with the utmost skiil and vigour upon the pre- mises. It was quite impossible, however, to arrest the de- structive element, and in a short period the house was com- pletely burned. No loss was sustained beyond the building and furniture. All the valuable bank property, money papers, & c. has been preserved by the care and promptitude of the gentleman residing on the premises, who lost not a, moment, after the alarm of fire had been given, in placing all the books, papers, & c., in a large fire proof safe, com- posed of granite, with iron lining, which has since been re- moved from the premises, and upon investigation it was found that not a particle of injury had been done to any- thing which it contained. At eleven the fire was greatly checked, and there was much less dread of its extension. The engines, however, continued to play upon the ruins, and the military, officers, and men. Whose conduct all through had been most praiseworthy, continued to afford every assistance. The exertions of our fellow- citizens upon this lamentable occasion to arrest the progress of the conflagration, and save whatever property could be rescued from the flames, have been most unremit- ting and highly creditable, and the fire insurance offices have never afforded more zealous co- operation on the occurrence of any similar disaster. Half- past Eleven— The flames- are very nearly subdued, principally through the great exertions of the military, in- cluding a party of the Artillery. But for their efforts ( here was but too much reason to fear that the conflagration would have extended into. Grafton- street. It is fortunate most of the property destroyed was insured. The poor shop- keepers in the Arcade are the greatest sufferers, as none of their little stock in trade was covered by insurance. Twelve o'clock The flames have been extinguished, but a great number of engines are still actively employed throw- ing water on the smouldering ruins. A powerful engine, be- longing to the City of Dublin Steam Packet, has done infinite service. The fronts of the houses in College Green are in a most dangerous state ; the Royal Artillery have attempted to pull them down, by passing a chain through the upper windows; one attempt has just failed, in conse- quence of the chain breaking, but there can. be no doubt they will effect their puipose. These fronts are very high. Early this morning a. gentleman had a most providentiat escape from one of the upper windows of the Royal Hotel; i the flames were in hi& room, and had actually consumed the ' curtains of the window through which he passed. He cal- led vehemently for assistance, and a ladder was immediately procured from the Bank of Ireland;. but it proving too short to reach the window, he secured the sheets to his bed- stead, and lowered himself down to the ladder. It appears that nothing could equal the feeling of alarm which was ex- cited in the minds of the spectators by his missing the lad- der, and swinging about in the air for some time ; but hav- ing, at length, made a sure footing, he safely descended. There is every reason to hope no person has suffered any bodily injury, although a rumour is abroad that three chil. dren. have been lost. The fire commenced in Suffolk- street, about half- past two; and had the engines arrived with water in half an hour after, the fire would have been put down. At half- past three, the heat was so great that the houses of Messrs. Rigby and Sparks, at the opposite side of Suffolk- street, suffered some injury. Mr. Vance's house also suffered considerably, and WHS only saved from destruction by the assistance of an engine brought t » play from the top of his house. It is a constant complaint, in cases of fire in this city, that water cannot be procured until hours after a fire is discovered; whereas, at a fire which broke out in Glasgow, a few days since, a delay of seven minutes only ' took place, when a number of engines were actively em- ployed on it. Two o'clock.— The Artillerymen havf succeeded in pul- ling down the greater part of the front of the Royal Hotel; the rubbish lias nearly covered College- green. The house of Mr. Anderson, the fruiterer, has been completely de- stroyed by a portion of a side wall falling upon the roof. There is now an open space for the engines to extinguish the remaining portion of the fire. It is a source of great gratification that the fire did not reach the house of the Royal Irish Academy, in which records and works of great public value are deposited. At the hour at which we are going to press, a fresh party of soldiers have just inarched into College- green, and be- gan to play the engines on the ruins Abridged from tils Dublin Evening Post. 4 THE BIRMINGHAM JO URN A L. REFORM COUNCIL. AT a MEETING of the COUNCIL, held at the PUBLIC- OFFICI, on Thursday, April the 27th, 1837, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to:— That the Council hail with satisfaction the establishment of the National Central Association in London, arid they sincerely hope, that, being assisted and supported by the other Unions and Associations throughout the kingdom, the endeavours of that body to secure liberty and prosperity to the industrious classes may be crowned with the success they merit; and this Council most earnestly recommend, as indispensible to the success of the united exertions of the real Reformers, " the extensive circulation of those local and metropolitan newspapers, which give correct and impartial accounts of the proceedings of the various Associations." P. H. MUNTZ, Chairman. B. HADLEY, Secretary. April 27,1837. ELOCUTION. MR. RUSSELL, Professor of Elocution, Edin- burgh, respectfully announces that he will visit Birmingham, lor the purpose of giving TWO LECTURES ON ELOCUTION, with Select Illustrations, on the evenings of MONDAY and WEDNESDAY, May the 1st and 3rd, 1837, IN THE THEATRE OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION, Cannon- street, on which occasion he will introduce Several of his most favourite Pieces. FIRST NIGHT. SUBJECT Cultivation of the Voice, Cure of Impediments, Graceful Pronunciation, Emphasis and Pathos of Speech. SECOND NIGHT. SUBJECT Great importance of a Graceful and Impressive Delivery, a Method of Study recommended, Ancient and Modern Oratory. Doors to be opened at Half- past Six,— to commence at Half- past Seven precisely. Admission to either Lecture, Is. 6d., to both Lectures 2s. 6d. Youths under fourteen years, Half Price. Ticket admitting a Lady and Gentleman to either Lecture, 2s. 6d. Tickets to be had at the Institution, of the principal ^ Booksellers, and at the door on the Evenings of Lecture. Mr. RUSSELL begs to refer to the lengthened and fa- vourable Criticisms on his Performances, which have ap- peared in the Literary Journals and Newspapers of the < lay : more particularly to the Examiner, Literary Gazette, Edinburgh Eveninq Post, Weekly Chronicle, Scotsman, Mercury, Dublin freeman's Journal, Morning Register, & c. Also to Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, York, Hull, Sheffield, Leeds, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Papers, & c. of various dates, to be seen at Aris's Gazette office. THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. ARMISTEAD. RE- ENGAGEMENT OF MR. GRATTAN. THE Manager has much pleasure in stating that in consequence of the immense applaufe bestowed on Miss Byron in Mr. Grattan's Musical Burlettaof Diana's Revenge, and the complete success of Mr. W. H. Angel, it will be repeated every evening of Miss Byron's engage- ment. This evening, ( Saturday, April 29, 1837,) will be repeated Mr. Grattan's admired Drama of THE MINERALI, Martelli . !. Mr. GRATTAN. Two populat songs by Mr. C. WHITE. After which " Diana's Revenge." Diana ( as played by her upwards of 100 nights) Miss BYRON. Actaeon , Mr. W. H. ANGEL. To conclude with " Catching an Heiress." Tom Twigg ™ MR. W. H. ANGEL. On Monday evening, May 1, will be enacted the RAKE'S PROGRESS. Tom Rakewell_ Mr. GRATTAN. Sam Slap . Mr. W. H. ANGEL. Harry Markham— Mr. STANMORE. Frederick Florid Mr. C. WHITE. Fanny Moreland Mrs. TYRRELL. After which Mr. Grattan's admired Burletta of " Diana's Revenge" Diana ( with eight popular parodies) Miss BYRON. Actseon . Mr. W. H. ANGEL: To conclude with the " Rebel Chief," Edward O'Brien Mr. GRATTAN. Norah O'Donnell Miss BYRON. Marc Anthony Pope Mr. W. H. ANGEL. Stage Manager, Mr. STANMORE. 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CORNER OF THE SWAN GATEWAY. JOHN BENTON, Tailor and Breeches- maker, late of Snow- hill, having taken to the abovj Establishment, lately carried on by Mr. JOSEPH HOLMES, begs to solicit the patronage and support of his Friends and the Public, with the assurance that the arrangements he has effected to secure excellent materials and first- rate talent in workmanship, are such as will give universal satisfaction. Two Apprentices Wanted. 11. SIMS, ( Ten Years Assistant to Mr. English, Colmore- row,) SURGEON DENTIST, UNION PASSAGE, NEW- STREET, BIRMINGHAM, RETURNS his sincere acknowledgments to the inhabitants of Birmingham and its vicinity, for the liberal support that has been conferred upon him since his commencing practice, and trusts that his having had ten years' experience with Mr. English, during which he had nearly the whole of the mechanical department entrusted to his care, entitles him to that support and patronage which has hitherto been awarded to him. 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HPEIRCE returns Iris sincere thanks to his nu- • merous friends for the flattering encouragement he lias experienced since his removal from 74 to 44, High- street, and respectfully announces the introduction of Mr. WIL- LIAM LUCAS as n partner, hoping, by unremitting at- tention, to enjoy a continuance of their favours. PEIRCE and LUCAS, PRINTERS IN GE- NERAL, having introduced a variety of new and modern Type and materials into their office, are enabled to execute all orders entrusted to their care with neatness, ac- curacy, and despatch; and possessing numerous large and effective type, not to be surpassed by any other office in or out of London, announce their capability of printing PO S TING BILL S to the largest possible dimensions. Address and Business Cards, Circulars, Invoice Heads, Manufacturers' and Factors' Labels, & e., printed to order on the shortest notice. „,,.._ Observe- IM PERI AL PRESS PRINTING- OFFICE, 44, HIGH- STREET. April 17,1837. JOSEPH HOLMES, in returning thanks to his Friends and the Inhabitants of Birmingham and its vicinity, for the favours so liberally conferred upon him in the above Business, begs to solicit a continuance of them on behalf of his successor, Mr. JOHN BENTON. 1361/, New- street, April 24, 1837. WILLIAM PRICE RESPECTFULLY begs leave to caution the pub- lie against spurious imitations of his FACILITA- TOR, from the mischievous effects that may be produced on the Pen, Ink, or Paper. The words " PRICE'S FACILI TATOR" are stamped on the bottles ; no others are genuine. One slight dip in this fluid per day, prevents the pen cor- roding, causes the ink to flow with a delightful facility : the steel pen instantly becomes the temper of a quill, and will not refuse the stroke the whole day afterwards, even though the paper be greasy. Sold by the Stationers throughout the kingdom, in bottles, one shilling each. Manufactured by WILLIAM PRICE, 33, St. Paul's- square, Birmingham. MORNING HERALD OFFICE, No. 35, UNION- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. FBUGDEN takes the liberty of informing the • Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Birmingham and its vicinity, that he has opened an office as above, for the sale of the London MORNING HERALD, and solicits the honour of their favours. The Morrting Herald will con- tain reports of all local intelligence of importance ; and on which occasions they will be sent to his office EXCLUSIVELY by EXPRESS. Similar exertions will be made on the occur- reece of any important event in London. The price of the Morning Herald will be the same as that charged in London, viz.— Five Pence. TO ENGINEERS, MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS. INDIAN RUBBER OR CAOUTCHOUC HOSE. MESSRS. ATLEE and Co. respectfully inform the above, that they manufacture every description of the Elastic Indian Rubber Hose or Tubing, for Locomotive, Fire, and other Engines, Gas Fittings, & c. The above are made to any size required. 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We stated last week, upon very competent authority, that in the event of the Irish Municipal bill being thrown out, which it is certain to be, the probability was that a part, if not the whole, of the Cabinet would feel it their duty to resign office. It would appear that the intelligence that reached Birmingham on Fri- day morning, had got so far as the Morning Chronicle office by Sunday night; for only to the accredited ru- mour of a resignation can be attributed the effort made by the Chronicle of Monday, to prove, that no such event could possibly take place. It is an invariable rule with ministerial journals never seriously to argue against the chance of their patron's abandoning office till there is pretty plain evi- dence, that, in a short time, of free will or compulsion, such an abandonment may be looked for. The follow- ing is the Chronicle's article :— " As to holding office, I have only to say that I consci- entiously believe that the well being of the country requires that I should hold it, and hold it I will till I am removed." Such was the resolution avowed by Lord Melbourne at the close of the last session, and deliberately founded on the principle that so long as a Minister possesses the confidence of a Reformed House of Commons he is bound in duty to maintain his post. But Lord John Russell has more re- cently declared that the Irish Corporations bill is of vital importance to the Administration, and expressed his sense of the evil of bringing forward measures year after year, and suffering them to be defeated, without taking any further step; and further, he has stated that he does not think the Government can permanently go on or ask the confidence of the Commons if it suffers principles to be applied to the government of Ireland against which it protests. This has been interpreted as a pledge to resign upon the defeat of the Irish Corporations bill; but any such purpose on such grounds is overruled by the higher and more comprehensive principle asserted by Lord Melbourne. Which, then, is to prevail? Is the Ministry to hold power while it has the support of the Commons in a Parliament elected under Tory auspices; or, having the support of the Commons, is it to lay the Government of the country at the feet of the Loids ? Would so gratuitous and so abject a submission be endured by the people ? Common sense and common pride equally revolt against it. We agree with Lord John Russell as to the grievous evil of bringing forward bills and suffering them to be defeated without taking further steps on the subject; but let us see how the matter is to be mended by surrendering the Go- vernment to the very enemy which thus arrests the progress of reform. A great benefit is proposed for Ireland, which the Lords will not allow to be carried into effect, and, because the benefit in question cannot be obtained for Ireland, is the denial of it to lead to the most cruel injury that can be done to her, namely, the abandonment of her to the Tories ? Will the Whig Ministers say to the people of Ireland, " As we cannot serve you as we wish, as we cannot do you the good you desire, we will put you into the hands of your enemies, and expressly because they have frustrated the measures proposed for your advantage." Disguise it as it may, such would be the logic of a resig- nation on the Municipal Reform bill. The people of Ireland will fairly answer, " If our benefit be what you have at heart, know that the most injurious thing you can do to us is, to surrender us to the Tories. Such a step will not give us the measures we want, and it will give us the fell Administration that will govern us ac- cording to its views, as aliens in blood, language, and re- ligion." This, it will be said, is all very true, but what is to be done? Can the Government go on suffering its measures to be defeated without any further step ? We say that this is a question which must be decided by the people. If Mi- nisters are prepared to propose any step to obviate the de- feat of their best measures, well and good, let them resign should the step be refused to them ; but if they do not, as yet, contemplate any step to conquer the difficulty, they are required to hold their ground till public opinion upon the factious obstruction in the House of Peers has formed a firm and settled judgment, upon which a Liberal Govern- ment will be compelled to proceed to some measure for the removal of the dead lock in the Legislature. The obligations of duty, the dictates of common sense, and the promptings of proper pride, are, for the most part, invincible, when a compliance with all or any of them, aud the retention of power are identi- cal. But, in the conduct of Lord MELBOURNE, we would desire to look for an exception to the rules that suffice for the ordinary occupants of office. A man like his Lordship, of unquestionable independence in sentiment and in fortune; unburdened with family or numerous connections ; and attached by habit and principle to the quiet enjoyments of a private gentle- man ;— such a man can hardly fail to perceive, that, in framing wise aud liberal measures for his opponents to mutilate; in planning schemes for the public weal, which be has to see, one after another, contemptuously rejected; he is sacrificing a paramount duty— that duty which every person of sound feeling and intelli- gence owes to his own dignity; and that common sense as little as common pride calls for such a sa- crifice. To say that Lord MELBOURNE cannot honourably resign, while supported by the House of Commons, is to assert what neither reason nor precedent at all jus- tifies. That a Minister is not bound to resign, who is supported by the House of Lords, seems to be a fail- proposition; for the expedient of a dissolution may change the complexion of the Lower House; and commonly does so. Mr. PITT, when he first entered on office, refused to resign while supported by the Peers; and the event proved that he was right in re- fusing. But though a dissolution may mar, no disso- lution can mend the position of a Minister to whom the Upper House is hostile. Instead, therefore, of a small majority in the House of Commons binding a Minister to office, the converse would be nearer the truth— that no majority whatever in the elective1 TKtine- will justify his holding office ; unless he possess a ma- jority in the non- elective House also. It is contrary to precedent, the most recent and no- table. Can the memory of the Chronicle have grown so feeble, that it cannot travel back for five short years ? In what position was Earl GREV, when he resigned in May 1832 ? He had a majority in the House of Com mons, not of twenty, or thirty, or fifty, but of a hun- dred and fifty. Yet, because he could not command a majority in the House of Lords he resigned. If Earl GREY had been influenced by the same spirit, that the Chronicle would breathe into Lord MELBOURNE, he would have contented himself with an annual" bom- bardment" of the Lords with the " bill;" and the coun- try would still have been waiting for its passing. HE judged otherwise. He determined that the Lords should feel by experience, if he was incapable of con- ducting the Government successfully without their concurrence, thafthey, without his assistance, were in capable of conducting it at all. We all know the con- sequence of the lesson thus painfully taught them. The Chronicle sets out by quoting an expression of Lord MELBOURNE, touching the duty of his keeping office, while he believed it to be beneficial to the coun- try. To that proposition no one can object. It is a very different one from the duty of holding office simply because of the equivocal support of the House of Commons. But it seems, if his Lordship's cabinet were once broken up, then, by inevitable consequence the country would be given over, bound hand and foot, to the tender mercies of the Tories— and admitting this consequence, what mischief could the Tories effect, so long as the House of Commons remained as it is P They might plot what they pleased, but how would they execute? O'CONNELL, who cannot sleep a nig- hts by reason of the grinning fiend, in the shape of my Lord HADDINGTON, squatting on his breast, and stuf- fing his mouth with a yellow bandana, exclaims against the terrible evils that must accrue to Ireland from the recal of Earl MULGRAVE. But why must Lord MULGP. AVE be recalled, even wete the Tories once more to take up their lodgings for a week or two in Downing- street ? The Commons interposed to prevent Lord LONDONDERRY from proceeding as Am- bassador to Petersburg!!, because, as was alleged, he was personally obnoxious to NICHOLAS. Would their interposition in favour of the justly popular Lieutenant of Ireland be less readily awarded than against the gallant Marquis ? Are their wishes for the pease and safety of eight millions of their brethren less lively than for the ease of the Russian Autocrat ? We are not unaware of the propriety of supporting the best Ministry that the circumstances of the country permit us to possess. If the retreat of the Whigs were to lead to the permanent or lengthened establish, ment of Tory domination, we should be the first to oppose it. But, as ( he Chronicle is compelled to ask; what is to be done P Is Tory domination less tolerable when exercised by His MAJESTY'S Opposition, than when exercised by His MAJESTY'S Ministers ? Does the irresponsibility of Lord LYNDHURST take from the perniciousness of his counsels ? True, the Ministerial journal tells us, that the people must act; and that if they act the Ministers will also be doing. The laxity in the prosecution of some good measures, the entire neglect of others, the opposition to many, are the result, it seems, not of want of activity or zeal in the Minister; but of the want of activity and zeal in the people of England. Be it so. The people are acting in Birmingham; in a few weeks they will be acting in every town of the kingdom. It will no longer remain an excuse to the Cabinet, that they are unsupported by the pressure from without. They will have their heart's fill of it before this day three months, unless the present aspect of affairs undergo a mighty and unexpected change. If all that Lord MELBOURNE requires is the voice of the people, in order to bring his hereditary opponents to quietude, if not to reason, he has every chance of being, at no distant period, the most popular Minister, in every sense, that ever England saw. John Bull, when his back is well clad and his board is well fur- nished, will roar you an ' twere any nightingale; but hit him in the " bread- basket," and he will send forth a note that will make the tympanum of the most obdu- rate tingle. When he begins to " bombard" the Lords, we promise them, they will find it no boy's play. _ The number of persons wlie liave already enrolled their names as members of the POLITICAL UNION exceeds 1400. The Gazette of Monday last described the Association as equally contemptible in number and character. It was a sorry assemblage of some ninety malcontents, anxious to renew in 1837, as far as their feeble means permitted, those scenes of distress which the Unionists of 1830 produced in that and the two following years! The Gazette's notion of cause and effect is as pretty a notion as one would desire. That the Union of 1830, or its intended successor, should shut up mills and throw idle workmen by hun- dreds and hundreds of thousands in every part of the kingdom, is precisely such a faucy as elderly gentle- women are prone to indulge in, who read the fate of kingdoms in coffee grounds, and foretel revolutions and the weather by the crackling of the kitchen fire and the shooting of their corns. The manifest terror which the Gazette would fain disguise, by underrating the importance of its object, is even more amusing than the absurdity of the as- sumption that manufacturing distress is an effect of Political Unions. Although there were on Monday, according to our venerable cotemporary, not a hundred men combined, yet even then, in the convenient guise of an occasional correspondent, the worthy old lady could suggest the propriety of Ministerial interposition for our forcible dispersion! Bless her spectacles! what will she say next Monday ? If ninety Radicals could so sorely try her nerves, what terrible effects may not 2,000, all equally hot and hair- brained, pro- duce ? To be serious— is it not most unfair to charge upon the leaders of the Union, not that they are the causes of the distress, that is too nonsensical for serious notice, but that they are actuated by even the remotest anxiety to take advantage of the existing distress to stir up the people. What has been their conduct for the last ten mouths, to go no farther back ? Why, to every sug- gestion that they should agitate the workmen, they have returned one unvarying answer, " If the men wish for counsel or assistance from us, they will seek it; so long as they are quiet, so long will we remain quiet. If a time come, unhappily for all parties, when general suffering shall call again for general com- bination, such a time will naturally and necessarily bring with it the desire and the means of combination. Should the eyes and the hopes of the people then turn towards us, we are ready ; if not, they will not fail to find men suitable to their views and wishes." So far, in fact, from seeking agitation, the Council of the Reform Association have shunned it as long as it was possible " to- do so: They have waited till the pear was not ripe but melting. Even now, they are determined not to proceed faster or farther than the distress and call for relief fairly demand. They are well aware how use- less it must ever be to stimulate the people into a vain display of activity. They know that unless the hearts of the people are with them, that to no mere outward' and forced expressions of zeal can they look for the fulfilment of their hopes ; and they know that if the hearts of the people are with them, neither the endea- vours of open enemies, nor the cold looks of lukewarm friends, need alarm them. They go forward, therefore, in the calm confidence of their singlehearted views, and with all honest intentions and good seeming, to vindicate the claim of the poor man to liberty and the means of enjoying it, believing that if they fail, they will fail with honour; and that, failing or succeeding, their reward is sure. ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH.— An elaborate and very able case, ( drawn up, we believe, by Mr. REDFERN,) touching the proceedings in St. Martin's Church, on Easter Tuesday, has been submitted to Mr. AMOS by the committee appointed to take such steps as might be deemed advisable for vindicating the rights of the parish, which were so openly and causelessly violated on that occasion. When we describe the ease as elaborate and able, we ought to add, that, as far as we are capable of judging, it is strictly impartial, and sets forth the facts on which Mr. AMOS'S opinion has been requested, without exaggeration or extenuation. It is, indeed, plain, that nothing but a truthful narrative would have availed the committee, who sought not by misrepresentation to obtain such an opinion as might alarm their opponents; but, by a fair and honest state- ment, to elicit information for their own guidance. As was confidently anticipated, Mr. AMOS'S views are decidedly in favour of the parish. The queries sub- mitted to the learned gentleman were no less than nineteen in number. It will be sufficient, however, to quote his opinion in respect to one or two of the more important. On the query, " whether, if a poll took place, it ought not to be a poll of the whole parish, and not merely of those present at the meet- ing; and to continue as long as may be needful;" Mr. AMOS replies in the affirmative to each particular. To other queries he replies, that the state of the meet- ing rendering a poll impracticable, an adjournment ought to have taken place; that the poll- clerks had no power summarily to reject votes ; that the closing of the poll, on the plea that a quarter of an hour had elapsed without a vote being tendered, was sufficient of itself to " avoid" the election ; and lastly, that a man- damus for a new election is plainly supportable ; in corroboration of which, Mr. AMOS refers to a case in point. That, under these circumstances, a mandamus should be immediately applied for, is clear; and we trust the committee will be immediately summoned in order to sanction the application. Neither for the Church nor for the parish is it wise or fitting that matters should remain in their present unsettled state. No honest friend to either could wish the disagreeable scene of last Easter Tuesday to be again exhibited. THE CRIMINAL INFORMATION.— It was positively asserted that the application for a criminal information referred to in our last number, had received the sanc- tion of Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT. What has become of it ? Has the design been dropped P Was the opinion of Sir WILLIAM a fiction ; or was it given on the case, and retracted on the affidavits ? We have been most anxiously looking for the application for the last ten days. How comes it that the Gazette is so costive on a subject which so closely concerns its friends ; while it lavishes its precious breath on a few obscure Radi- cal Unionists ? Can't we have the affidavits without the rule ? Such an irregularity would be in harmony with the rest of the proceedings. Doubtless they would afford us information; and it may be criminal information. It has been said of some men that sucli was their dexterity they could convict ABEL of the murder of CAIN. Some such dexterity must, we think, have been exercised in order to make out the Churchmen on Easter Tuesday the party aggrieved. The state of the American trade, where the evil of our present commercial condition first exhibited itself, has been complicated by an expedient which few un- derstand and none seemed inclined to explain. The cause of the delays and failures in the customary lc mittances is not far to seek ; and it lies entirely on this side of the water. We have sold to the Americans goods at paper prices, as a private letter from New York very sensibly observes, and we exact payment at gold prices. The New York cotton factor makes pur- chase of twenty thousand pounds worth of goods from the Birmingham merchant at a moment when, by the joint operation of an enlarged issue of bank paper, and an extraordinary liberality of discount, goods of every kind have risen to the old war level. For the knife, which has been raised from old. to lid., he purposes to pay with cotton, which, from similar causes has ex- perienced a similar rise. But before his cotton lias arrived in England the drain of gold has begun, the Bank parlour has got alarmed, discounts are raised in rate and limited in amount, the Joint Stocks are some staggering and all trembling, the currency is suddenly contracted, credit at once brought to a stand still, and the cotton which was to value lid. brings only 5jd. Is it wonderful that under such circumstances the American factor, unable equally to pay the farmer at home or the merchant abroad, from both of whom he purchased at the enhanced price, should stop ? Is it not plain, that if one half of his shipments had sunk in the Atlantic uninsured, his case would not have been one jot worse? Now let us see how the famous scheme of Mr, NICHOLAS BIDDLE, to which we have alluded, is calculated to meet this state of things. Thirty merchants of New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia, have failed for five millions sterling; and Mr. BIDDLE'S remedy is the issuing of two mil- lions of Bank bonds, payable at twelve months, to all such as can afford to purchase them ! If the United States Bank had advanced two millions to the tottering merchants, we could appreciate the value of the plan; but the mere sale of bonds can effect no earthly pur- pose, save to enable the Yankees, who have gold, to dispense with its exportation. Those who have not gold, or gold's worth, it leaves precisely where it found; and they unfortunately are the parties with whom we have at present most concern. The bonds will do more than accommodate those who do not re- quire assistance. Two millions of them transmitted to England will, for the next twelvemonths, operate, in all respects, as a similar amount of imports would do, and in this way they will not only prevent any impor- tation of gold, but will actually lead to a further ex- portation. But cotton has risen in Liverpool half a farthing a pound— all is well, and the remainder better! RIGHT OF RECTORS TO CLOSE PARISH POLLS.— In consequence of the very extraordinary course adopted Uy the rector in the election of Churchwardens, and his- having closed the poll contrary to the determination of the meeting, a case has been laid before His Ma- jesty's Attorney- General, and Sir John Campbell is: decidedly of opinion, that the time and manner of con- ducting parochial polls lie with the majority of the meeting, and that any attempt by the rector to control or interfere with this right is altogether illegal.— Chelmsford Chronicle. CHURCH- RATES.— On Sunday last a meeting of the members of the Old Meeting congregation, was held in the chapel at the close of the morning service, when our liberal and much respected magistrate, J. T, Lawrence, Esq., having been called to the chair, intro- duced the business of the day by reading the minutes of the vestry committee of the 12th inst., convening the meeting for the purpose of petitioning Parliament in support of the Ministerial measure for the aboli- tion of Church- rates, and deputing the Rev. Hugh Jfjitton, M. A., the talented minister of the chapel, and Mr. Thomas Clarke, jun., one of the wardens, to draw up and submit the petition for approval. The chair- man, after commenting at some length on fhe wisdom and equity of the proposed measure, and paying a just tribute of applause to the patriotic and en- lightened men by whom it had been introduced, called upon Mr. Hutton to read the petition and move its adoption, which, being briefly seconded by Mr. Clark, was carried unanimously. The meeting was after- wards addressed by Messrs. Martin, H. Hunt, J. Horton, and others; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the gentlemen present adjourned to the vestry to sign the petition, which has since been for- warded to London for presentation. PETITIONS.— From the eleventh report, just pub- lished, we extract the following statement of petitions presented to the House of Commons up to the 13th instant:— Petitions. Signatures. Ballot, in favour of. 278 134,000 Church- rates, against... 989 346,484 Ditto, for 1,663 132,895 Ditto, Ministerial resolution for 62 9,061 Ditto, ditto, against 315 34,281 THE THEATRE.— We are exceedingly happy to find this place of entertainment at last doing well. Mr. Grattan, an actor and an author, lias deserved well in. both capacities, and his claims have been allowed; and Miss Byron has seconded his efforts with great ability. The pieces lately produced are attractive and interesting. We shall endeavour to give them and the actors a longer notice in our next. Meunier, the attempted assassin of Louis Philip re- ceived sentence on Tuesday— death. His two alleged associates, after a hard battle of the Crown lawyers to procure a conviction, were found not guilty. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO SAMUEL EGLINGTON, ESQ.— Many of the frequenters of the Liverpool Exhi- bition, while regaling their sight with the fascinating array of works of art periodically presented for their gratification, may not have been aware how deeply they were indebted, for so much pure and rational en- joyment, to the taste, the energy, and the indefatigable activity of Mr. Eglington, the talented secretary to the Academy. For several years past Mr. Eglington has devoted his time and his exertions in unsparing efforts to improye the character and to increase the attractions of the Exhibition, by inviting contributions from artists in all parts of the kingdom, as well as by his constant attention and superintendence in the manage- ment of minor details. The manifest improvement which has taken place during the period of Mr. Egling- ton's secretaryship, is the best testimony to the value of his services, and entitles him to the thanks, not only of the artists, but likewise of the public at large. The members of the Academy have shown that they are not insensible of the obligation. In a highly commend- able spirit they have presented Mr. Eglington with a service of silver plate, consisting of coffee- pot, tea- pot, sugar- basin, cream- jug, & c., & c., value 50/. This is a tribute as honourable to the givers as to the receiver ; and being bestowed, as no doubt it has been, not as a recompense for services performed, but as an acknow- ledgement of services and sacrifices which no pecuni- ary return could compensate, it must, we think, be viewed by Mr. Eglington as a memorial of which lie has every reason to be proud. On each piece of plate is engraved the following inscription— Presented to Samuel Eglington, Esq., by the members of the Liver- pool Academy, as an acknowledgement of his valuable services. April, 1837." The weather lias been mild, with showers for the last week. Vegetation is beginning to push, and in the sheltered bottoms the " bite" is- considerable. Hay is of course falling. An inquest was held yesterday at the Green Man,, Deritend, on a woman named Elizabeth Hall, who died of childbirth on Sunday last. The evidence was chiefly technical, and of a description that unfitted it for the columns of a newspaper. The Coroner severely blamed Mr. Stokes, who acted as accoucheur, for not sending for additional medieal assistance. The only case before the magistrates yesterday was one of a savage assault on two bailiff's assistants by a man named Davis and another named Mallibond. The assault was made on the bailiff's forcibly entering Davis's house on a distress warrant; after he had been in the first instance ejected. The parties were fined 51. each. THE FACILITATOR— We don't write with steel pens ourselves ; but we have the ample experience of friends, on whose testimony we can rely, of the value of the facilitator to those who do ; and relying on such testi- mony can confidently recommend it. MR. RUSSELL.— This gentleman is at present en- gaged in giving a course ot lectures on elocution, at the Mechanics' Institution ; to which we beg to direct the attention of our readers generally. From the nature and number of his recommendations, and the charac- ter of the gentlemen who have born testimony to his abilities, as well as the general concurrence of the Press already signified, any notice of Mr. Russell from us was hardly required. MR. COLPOYS.— We have looked at some specimens of portrait painting by this gentleman. The colouring and handling— speaking with the hesitation of critics not over deeply skilled in these matters— seem to be good and to point out Mr. C. as a proper candidate for public favour. Doctor Church's Steam Carriage performed the journey to Worcester and back the early part of this week. It took an omnibus and twenty- two passengers ; the roads were extremely heavy, yet the steepest hills were surmounted at a good round trot, and no diffi- culty whatever was experienced in accomplishing the journey. THE BIRMINGHAM JO URN A L. SHAKSPEARE'S NATAL DAY.— The annual comme- moration was held on Monday at Stratford- upon- Avon, when the Royal Shalcspearean Club, and up- wards of 200 of the members and their friends, dined in the Town- hall, DR Conolly, M. D., in the chair, sup- ported by the Mayor and Corporation. The dinner went off with great eclat. Sheridan Knowles, who delivered an oration in the theatre at midday, was re- ceived with enthusiasm, as well as at the banquet. " GALLERY OF COMICALITIES," Part V., price Three pence, will be published with the Magazines 011 the 1st of May. The previous four parts, containing 375 Comic Wood- cuts, were never out of print, and are to be had at the office of Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, No. 170, Strand, together or se- parate at three- pence each. Of the first four parts nearly a million copies have been sold. Any unsold of either part, in any quantity, taken back from shop- keepers before the ' lst of January, 1838, at the office of Bell's Life, No. 170, Strand, London, and the money returned.—*** Bell's Life in London, from which the " Gallery of Comicalities" emanated, is the only Sporting Weekly Journal published in London at the price of five- pence, embracing Racing, Chacing, Hunting, Cricketing, Aquatics, Chess, ana all other varieties of sporting matter. FIRST GENERAL MEETING OF THE NEW GUARDIANS. Wednesday evening the first Special General Meeting of the Guardians of the Poor, since the new body has been chosen, was heid in the chapel of the workhouse. At half- past six o'clock precisely, James James, Esq., the Low Bailiff, took the chair, and proceeded to state the object of the meeting as set forth in the circular, namely— to appoint such committees as might be deemed necessary— to autho- rise the appointment of a schoolmaster for the Asylum— to take into consideration measures connected with the sale of the Keyhill estate, and to adopt any measures that might be deemed expedient with reference thereto. On the motion of Mr. KNIGHT, a committee of twelve Guardians were appointed to inquire into the means of re- ligious instruction and assistance afforded to the poor in the Workhouse and Asylum. Mr. KNIGHT also moved the appointment of a new com - mittee, to be called the Estate Committee, to take the charge and superintendence of all the real property belong- ing to the corporation of Guardians. The motion having been seconded, was carried unanimously, and twelve gen- tlemen appointed. Mr. KNIGHT next called the attention of the meeting to the necessity of drawing up bye laws for the regulation of the body of Guardians, and of the various officers and ser- vants of the Workhouse. Mr. DOUGLAS thought it would be impossible to make bye laws until they ascertained the duties of the several officers of the institution. He concluded by moving a reso- lution for the appointment ofJ a select committee to inquire into the nature and extent of those duties, which being put to the meeting, was carried unanimously. The next subject brought before the meeting was the appointment of a Schoolmaster to the Asylum. Mr. Edmonds said it had been alleged, in the attempts to reform the Asylum, that some abridgment of the com- forts of the children had been made. He trusted the committee would not permit anything of the kind to take place. The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting, so far from this being the case, that one of the first things the Governor did when he was allowed to have his own way, was to in- crease the comforts of the children, and from his own per- sonal observation he felt much pleasure in testifying that there was a marked improvement in the comforts and ap- pearance and cheerfulness of the little creatures. Mr. Douglas, Mr. P. H. Muntz, and Mr. Ryland, also bore strong testimony to this highly gratifying fact, as well as to the kindness and affection manifested by Miss Alcock in attending to the comfort of her charge ; and more particu- larly for the humanity she; had evinced towards that portion of them which for some time past has been suffering under a most troublesome and obstinate disease. The trusteeship of the Public- office next came under the consideration of the meeting, when Mr. Knight, after an address of some length, concluded by moving the following resolution;—" That it is highly desirable and expedient that the overseers of tbe poor, and the trustees of the Pub- ' lic- office should unite in the most economical arrangement for making and collecting the rates for their respective pur- poses." A discussion, in which Mr. Mason, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Douglas, and other gentlemen took part, ensued, which terminated in the unanimous adoption of the mo- tion. The Chairman read two letters which had been received from the Cemetery Company, respecting the excavation of a portion of the sand at Key Hill, and requested that some gentleman on the Key Hill Committee, would bring the matter before the meeting. Mr. Douglas and Mr. Knight entered into a history of the transaction between the Cemetery Company and the Guardians; the latter gentleman concluded his observations hv moving a resolution expressive of regret on the part of the Guardians that any misunderstanding should have arisen between them and the Cemetery Company, and pro- posed that a deputation from both parties should agree to a statement of the affair between them, which should be sub- mitted to counsel, whose opinion upon the point at issue should be final and binding; or if such other course should be more to the satisfaction of the Cemetery Company, to release them from the agreement with regard to such re- served portion of the estate, and to allow them to complete the purchase of the part already occupied by them, by pay- ment of the balance due thereon. The proposition having been seconded by Mr. Edmonds, Mr. B. Hadley, after reading that portion of the agree- ment upon the interpretation of which the difference had arisen, contended if ever an agreement was clearly and distinctly drawn up that agreement had been. If their law- yers had committed an error, it was unfair that the Ceme- metery Company should suffer by it, and all that the Guar- dians had to do was to act fairly by the parties. Mr Hadley moved an amendment to the resolution, embracing a series of questions to be submitted to the legal gentlemen who drew| up the agreement, as to the meaning of certain clauses which it contained. Mr. Edge seconded the amendment; but a large major- ity of the meeting being favourable to Mr. Knight's pro- position, as tending more directly to an amicable adjust- ment of the differences between the parties, the Chairman begged Mr. Hadley to withdraw his amendment, which he accordingly did, and the resolution was put to the meet- ing and carried unanimously. Mr. Douglas, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Muntz, gave notices of motions to be brought under the consideration of the next general meeting of Guardians; after which a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting sepa- rated. The following are the resolutions come to :— Religious Instruction Committee— Messrs. Bates, Barns, Everitt, Malins, James, Bird, Knight, Allport, Marshall, P. H. Muntz, Middlemore, and B. Hadley. Estate Committee. — Messrs. Harrold, T. Edge, Rodway, Mason, T. Ryland, F. Luckcock, Clowes, Knight, Douglas, Gough, Ellis, and Blunt. Select Committee to Inquire into the Duties of the respective Officers of the Establish ment and the Committees connected therewith Messrs. T. Ryland, James, Knight, P. H. Muntz, Gillins, Harrold, Douglas, Edmonds, and E. Smith. ASYLUM SCHOOLMASTER. That the Asylum Committee be empowered to obtain by advertisement applications for the situation of schoolmaster to the Asylum, at such a salary as they might deem adequate to his duties; and report the result to the Guardians. PURLIC OFFICE. That it is highly desirable and expedient that the Over- seers of the Poor, and the Trustees of the Public- office, should unite in the most economical arrangements for making and collecting a rate for their respective purposes. KEY- HILL PROPERTY. That the Meeting of Guardians expresses its regret that any misunderstanding should continue to exist between the Key- hill Committee on behalf of the parish, and the Ceme- tery Company, relative to the construction of the written agieement for the reservation to the Guardians of the mines of sand upon and under the portion of Key- hill retained by the Guardians; and that the Key- hill Committee be author ised, should such a proceeding tend to the satisfaction of the Cemetery Company, to agree with them for a case to be submitted, together with a copy of the agreement for sale, to Counsel, and an opinion thereon ; the expenses of such a proceeding to be defrayed equally by the Guardians and the Cemetery Company; and this Meeting further author- ises the Key- hill Committee, should such other course be more to the satisfaction of the Cemetery Company, to re- lease them from the agreement with regard to such reserved portion of the estate, and to allow them to complete the purchase of the part already occupied by them, by payment of the balance due thereon; and the Guardians, in such case, will execute a conveyance of the same. That the Guardians bind themselves to abide by tbe opinion of the bar- rister, and hereby authorise the Key- hilljCommittee to^ enter into an agreement with the Cemetery Company to consider final and decisive measures in the business in dispute. REFORM ASSOCIATION. Thursday evening the Council of the Association met in one of the lower rooms of the Public- office, but before business commenced, it was so crowded that they were obliged to adjourn to the large room, which in a few minutes was also occupied in every part. P. H. MUNTZ, Esq., on taking the chair, said he had a few remarks to make respecting observations which had appeared in some of the Birmingham newspapers. It had been said in one of these papers, that the cause of the present distress was the rise of the Political Union. They said it caused distress some few years ago, and it would again. ( Laughter.) He saw the importance the meeting attached to these soothsayers, and he would not insult their common sense by going into an argument to disprove so utterly groundless an assertion. He might, however, just ask what was it had caused the distress in Manchester, and almost every other large town in the kingdom ? Manchester had no Political Union, although he hoped they would not be long without one. ( Applause.) Yet there also, the masteis were without profits, and the men without bread. These sapient writers had also designated them a pestilen- tial nuisance. Now he ( Mr. Muntz) could very well con- ceive how they were in the eyes of these gentlemen a pestilential nuisance. He could very easily conceive how the thief considered the gallows a pestilential nuisance. ( Laughter.) The fact was, the Tories considered all those pestilential nuisances who united to regain the rights which they had plundered from the people, and no man, in their estimation, could he a greater nuisance than he who honestly and fearlessly advocated the cause of the poor, and wished to make them free and happy. They hated every man who would not bow down to them, and acknowledge that unnatural principle, the ascendency of the few over the many. Whenever the people stood, as it were, alone and uncombined, these gentlemen despised them, but when they united they hated them. They must not, however, mind their hatred. They could afford to bear it well, know- ing that an expression of their spleen was the only injury they could ever again inflict upon them. Mr. DOUGLAS rose merely to make a statement. He was happy to be able to say he had already sold and received payment for upwards of thirteen hundred tickets. ( Cheers.) Considering the fact that they had not commenced opera- tions until the previous Thursday, and also that not a few of the workmen knew not where the tickets were to be had, it was gratifying to have sold so many. One word with respect to the price of the ticket. Formerly the quarterly payment was one shilling; one penny per week was paid by each member of the Union, but from the pennies being collected by persons hired for the purpose, the expense of collecting, and other difficulties, the amount received, he believed, did riot reach sixpence a quarter. According to the present plan the price of the ticket was only sixpence, but 110 ex- pense of collection attending it, it would be found that at least as much money would be realised as if the larger sum had been demanded. With the exception of the mere expense of the tickets, there would not be one farthing de- ducted from the amount received. The accounts would be abundantly simple; one line would suffice for a quarter. In fact, they had only to look at the number of the last ticket issued, to see the amount of the money in the hands of the treasurer. Mr. BENJAMIN HADLEY said, it was his intention to pro- pose a very important resolution. He was glad to find the National Reform Society in London was, equally with them- selves, alire to the distress of the country; and he was quite sure that if that society acted in conjunction with the Birmingham Political Union, they would he able to make head against those who would oppress them with all their might. [ Mr. H. then read the resolution, for which see advertisement.] In continuation, he said, it would be seen that it was most desirable that those in Birmingham should be made acquainted with what was being done by every other Reform Society in the kingdom. This knowledge they could only obtain through the medium of the press, and hence it was necessary that they should support and en- courage those who reported, fully and faithfully, the pro- ceedings of these societies. For his part, he must say he uniformly supported those papers which supported his own ? rinciples, and he would recommend them to do the s ime. f this plan was generally adopted, they would have the sa- tisfaction of seeing those papers better remunerated for their labour in the cause of the public. He need not tell them that the Reform papers throughou(> the kingdom had had up- hill work; he was happy to say their progress was now smoother; still it was not so smooth as it ought to be. If the Reformers of Birmingham would only unite for the express encouragement of Liberal papers, they would be enabled to cause a number of them to be brought into the town from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Scotland, and Ireland, and thus they could ascertain the state of public opinion in those parts. He recommended this plan, because he thought it better than any other. His friend, Mr. Douglas, was better acquainted with the press than any other gentleman ^ present; perhaps lie would say what papers he should recommend. Mr. DOUGLAS said, he believed the Constitutional, True Sun, Mercury, Weekly True Sun, Dispatch, and Mr. He- therington's paper, amongst the metropolitan journals, were specially devoted to the cause of the people. Mr. EDMONDS said although he took in the Mercury, he must say there were many things in it which did not please him. The Editor, although no doubt of great talent, and one whose honesty they could hardly question, had cer- tainly been playing, however unintentionally, the game of the Tories. There was hardly one honest public character that had not been abused by him. Mr. HADLEY expressed his approval of most of the papers mentioned by Mr. Douglas, and in conclusion said, as an old member of the Political Union, he rejoiced to find from the statement made that night, from the large attendance which had latterly been given in that building, and from all lie c » uld hear, that the same noble spirit which actuated them in 1832, was still alive amongst them. ( Hear, hear.) He hoped before that day week they would have the required four thousand names enrolled, in fact it was certain they would if those present would only infuse into their neigh- bours the spirit and determination by which they were them- selves plainly influenced. The moment it was announced that four thousand had enrolled, he would be ready to go to work in any way best calculated to insure their and his own interest. ( Cheers.) He begged leave to move the reso- lution. Mr. EDMONDS seconded the resolution, and adverted to the notice of the Union, which appeared in the Gazette of Monday last, and, in reference to it, said he was not the least displeased at it, and most certainly ) ie was not the least surprised, because he always observed that the enemies of the people never stuck at any mode by which they could delude them. As for the Gazette, it was a paper, which to his knowledge, for the last 25 years, had been in the habit of misrepresenting public opinion. This he had repeatedly proved by writing ai^ d otherwise, and it was not to be ex- pected they would now abandon their old tricks. What could have been more untrue than the misrepresentations which they had weekly seen in the Tory papers, respecting the reaction amongst the people? The truth was, the people had not changed their opinions. They entertained the same love of liberty as they had ever done; and were now willing to prove their attachment to that great caifise for which they had already made such sacrifices. In the ensuing struggle every means which could be devised to promote the real good or happiness of the working people ought to be adopted, and nothing ought to be omitted. ( Hear, hear, from the members of the Council.) He did not know whether it was intended to make any communication with the London Society. The CHAIRMAN : Most certainly not. The only means of communication we intend to adopt is that already sug- gested, namely, through the public newspapers. We will read the reports of their proceedings, and they will read the reports of ours. Mr. EDMONDS was glad to hear the last observations of the Chairman, because he believed there were still in existence some of those old statutes which prohibited corresponding societies. Their strength would all depend on the legality of the course they would pursue, and, fortunately for the country, notwithstanding all the bad laws in existence, they could, by legal and constitutional means, defeat their enemies. He hoped, therefore, the working men would do, as they had before done, studiously avoid all illegal and secret associations. Let them view the man who would propose to them an unlawful oath, or induce them to com- mit an act of violence, as a traitor to their country, and let them drag such a one at once before a magistrate. ( Cheers.) He most cheerfully seconded the resolution. If associations were founded throughout the kingdom, and their proceed- ings faithfully repoited, they could know how each other were going on, and they could establish a regular uniform system of acting. The resolution was then put and carried, after which Mr. DOUGLAS addressed tbe meeting. He said he should en- deavour to answer a question put to them by their oppo- nents. These gentlemen said, " Well, you are getting up the Union, and then what do you mean to do? It is true, you may get up a Union in this town and in Manchester, and other parts of the kingdom ; but when they are in active operation what do you mean to make of them ? Surely you do not mean to break the law ?" To all this he answered, " Most certainly they did not mean to break the law." ( Hear, hear.) They meant to keep the law, and to keep their opponents, who were more accustomed to break it than any other people, from doing so in future. ( Ap- plause.) The Morning Chronicle, which was the Ministerial organ, contained an article 011 Monday last, in which the writer informed them, that Ministers bad no intention of resigning, and endeavoured to show that it would be a vio- lation of the duty they owed the country to do so. The wriler went 011 to state the difficulty of the position in which Ministers were, and after asserting that the Lords would certainly continue to reject every Liberal measure the Minister sent up to them, he asked what was then to be done ? the Minister cannot compel the Lords; it only remained for the people to do so. ( Cheers.) Now this was a mighty encouragement ior them to proceed with their Union ; it showed then that Ministers only required to be pushed on; and that they were anxious to be pushed on. It showed them that when Ministers opposed the Ballot, or any other of the popular measures, they did not do so because they were really averse to them ; no, but because they knew the Lords would throw them out, and that the people had not yet shown a determination to obtain them. If the country, therefore, would rouse itself, as he hoped it soon would, Ministers would not be content with sending up an Irish Church bill, or an Irish Corporation bill, they would bind together the Ballot, and short Parliaments, and Household Suffrage, in one measure, and fling the entire mass at their lordship's heads. ( Laughter.) He did not think even then there would be much risk of their brains, a Hercules could not knock them out,—( laughter,)— but he rather thought that such a process would produce an im pression. Ministers had boasted that they would bombard the Lords with good measures. We all knew with what success they had done so. It remained for the Unions to see what effect their bombardment would produce on theii lordships. He did not think there was a casemate in all the hereditary House that would be found proof against that. They had only heartily and boldly to | make their demand and they would obtain all they desired, and this he hoped with the full and entire concurrence of Government. There was nothing more foreign from the Council of the Associa- tion, than a desire to agitate the people unnecessarily; but if the great mass of the people felt aggrieved and oppressed, and they called upon the Council to come forward and lead, then lead them they ought and^ would, and, lie hoped, suc- cessfully. ( Cheers.) Mr. SALT, who was received with loud cheering, next briefly addressed the meeting. A number of persons then enrolled their names, after which the meeting broke up. MR. SALT'S LECTURE. The following is the substance of Mr. Salt's able address of Tuesday night :— He said he regretted that in this momentous crisis of the country, the task of advising his fellow- townsmen had not fallen into abler hands, but in the absence of other qualities he might at least advance one which gave him a claim on their attention and confidence. During a period of twenty- two years he had practically felt the workings of the sys- tem, and his knowledge, therefore, was the result of actual experience. The English people had always been taught to believe that they were blessed with the most perfect system of liberty that ever existed. The real truth was they had merely the forms of liberty. This mask and show of free- dom was cunningly used to exact from the people sacrifices which 110 slaves, in any country in the world, would ever have submitted to, from the undisguised exercise of power. His definition of liberty was " security of purse and per- son." By this he meant that the exercise of industry should be as perfectly protected as the possession of wealth. That in a country where every honest man could produce ten times more than he required to consume, he should at least have secured to him in return for the exercise of his industry the ordinary comforts of life, but if he saw the result of the exercise of industry to be the accumulation of a startling and unequalled luxury on the one hand, and if 011 the other hand he saw the producers of that luxury suffering frightful alternations of poverty, he would uner- ringly pronounce that there was no liberty in that land. All experience showed that there was no safety where a class possessed the legislative power. A class legislated for itself, and was perfectly regardless of the in- terests of those who did not share with them the power of making laws. Thus in pure despotism all was sacrificed to the monarch and his favourites. If the nobles acquired a share of power straightway they legislated for themselves, so the number of tyrants to be satisfied multiplied; when the middle classes got power they legislated for themselves ; the people had 110 power in the Legislature, and therefore their interests were always sacrificed. The people might imagine that the mild spirit of Christianity, and the influence of the press, would render im- possible any very outrageous exercise of oppression: it would be fatal to lay that " flattering unction'to their souls." It was true they had not seen in modern practice so gross an outrage upon feeling and decency, as the lordly legislation of Borough- English and Childewit, but he would put it to every man, whether the modern MONEY LAWS and FOOD LAWS were not samples of legislation, unsurpassed in the wantonness of their iniquity and in their fatal effect on the happiness and security of the people. ( Cheers.) He would ask every man there, what two things in the world were most necessary to him ? For the convenience of the meeting he would reply, money and food. He saw he had the assent of all to this reply. Could the wildest imagination invent an act of tyranny more violent than laws to make money dear and food dear; yet such laws had been passed in England, the Eng'isli people had groaned under them for twenty years, these laws existed now, and pressed the people back again into a state of misery of which no parallel was to be found any where but in England and Ire- land. If equal destitution could be found elsewhere, it was never found in combination with unrelaxed toil, nor tanta- lised by the sight of so boundless a luxury as surrounded mi- sery in England. Really if he stated these things elsewhere than before an audience who felt and knew the truth of them, he should be disbelieved, and even to them it must appear unaccountable that petition, remonstrance, and the danger to the oppressor himself, had not produced a permanent relaxation of this iron oppression. He would show them why it was so. The Rev. Robert Hall, disputing 011 some topic of religion with a beneficed clergyman, could elicit no other reply to all his arguments than, " Indeed I cannot see it as you do, I do not see it in that light." Hall wrote on a piece of paper, the word God, and said, can you see that, sir? The answer was, undoubt- edly. Hall covered the word with a piece of coin, his op- ponent could see the word no longer. So it is with our rulers, a sordid interest has blunted them to every feeling of humanity and justice. He would now proceed to refute a few of the fallacies by which our enemies attempt to deceive us by ascribing to natural and unavoidable causes, what in fact they know to be the result of their own sordid and tyrannical acts— They have not lately told us it was a passage from war to peace, that excuse is worn out. A bad harvest next served their turn, and then they said our misery arose from a good one; we happen not to have a middling one, but they have ascribed it to that. But I beg you to mark the fact that the whole press, and every organ of Government, declared, during the whole of the late commercial activity, ( for it was more commercial activity than commercial prosperity) well, they all declared there was no overtrading. Yet now they turn round and say it was overtrading. I beg you ever to remember that whoever says it is possible to overtrade speaks treason against the people. The most that it is possible to do is to employ all the industry of the country. Less than that is to leave a portion of the" labourers unem- ployed, wandering without food and breaking down the wages of those who are employed by their competition. Yet, in the face of day, the Government and the press have been urging that there must be less trading. They are obeyed, and there is less trading, and you are out of employ- ment, and your small savings are being taken away, and your families threatened with starvation and the degradation of the workhouse, and the branded name of pauper. Shall this be borne ? But what is the real cause of our sufferings ? Peel's bill! It often happens that, in despite of the sleepless watchful- ness of crime, great criminals are, by a sort of retributive justice made the instruments of their own conviction. So Sir Robert Peel, in an unguarded moment, let fall the fatal expression of putting the money screw upon the people. The money screw, the Peel screw, is upon the people— this is the cause of our misery. We must here examine whether this act was devised in ignorance or fraud. This is an important point, because we might hope that what was done in ignorance might by expe- rience be corrected, but if it were a deep laid scheme of in- terested guilt, there is no hope but removing the power to other and better hands. The chain of evidence establishing the guilt, is too complete to leave a doubt in existence on the subject. At the close of the war, the very first act of the money lords and the food lords, was to pass laws to raise enormously the value of money, and to endeavour to preserve the high value of food, by prohibiting its importation into this country; they thus dealt with their own property. How did they deal with ours? Why they established free trade in every thing else, and told us we must come down to the Continental level. They called coming down to the Con- tinental level, buying food eighty- five per cent, above the Continental price, and selling our productions at the price the cheap fed, Continental labourer could make them. Was this ignorance or guilt? The doubling and trebling their own property by the de- struction of ours, was a pretty strong presumption that they knew what they were about. But that is not all; we have other proofs. They were told at the time of the enormity of the act. The whole affair was made plain and public. Is that not enough? Then they confessed their guilt! There is Sir Robert Peel's confession that the screw must be put upon the people. Then we have the undisguised confession of the food lords, that the farmer must no longer participate in the general improvement, but must back to his smock- frock. Then the haughty and scornful complaint of the swollen capitalist— that little men could invade his trade— that capital was not all in all, but industry was some- thing. That was the great, the unbearable evil. Little men could thrive! Why every wealthy man in Birmingham was once a little man. There is no shame in this recollec- tion, but there is a great disgrace in forgetfulness of the fact, and in the want of their instant, united, and determined resistance against any act injurious to little men. He trusted that he had sufficiently shown the evil was a political one, and that it must have a political remedy. It arose from the legislative power being still exclusively in the grasp of the capitalist, and in industry having no influence. Without a political change, the people must wait for justice till the plunderer was tired of his vocation ; a wonder never witnessed yet. He would next point out to them the extent to which the evil would go:— Formerly in England all the spinning was done by the housewife, at the cottage door, and the weav- ing at the cottage loom, and the packhorse conveyed the produce to its destination. Industry and population in- creased; roads became necessary, then canals, then rail- roads; these improved means of conveyance were the ne- cessary consequence of an increased population and an in- creased industry. To destroy the means of conveyance would be to destroy the industry. Let each individual tax his imagination to the effect of destroying the canals and roads, and leaving 110 means of conveyance but the pack- horse; all the means of existence would be instantly ob- structed, and social order would disappear amidst a chaos of complicated misery. But an expanded monetary system was equally necessary to the increased industry, as were the new modes of conveyance; and to attempt to bring us back to gold money, was attempting to bring us back to the bridle- road and the packhorse, and would be equally fatal in its results. This part of his subject, in fact, included the whole mystery of what was called overtrading and a glut in the market. If all the canals and roads were broken up, that would instantly make a glut in every great centre of industry; the contraction or breaking up of the monetary system has precisely the same effect. All men were undeniably more inclined to consume than to produce. It was far pleasanter to reap than to sow ; to eat a loaf than to plough a field. Men consumed by inclination, and produced only by ne- cessity and compulsion. The only means of consumption was money. When the operation of Peel's bill effected a contraction of the money, the labouring classes had less to spend, they were prevented making the same demand in the markets, and the sewing up of their mouths naturally made a glut. Mr. Salt regretted that time did not permit him to go through the whole of this subject as it deserved ; to do it justice he had, in fact, still three hours work before him. All he could do now was to impress upon them the import- ance of forming throughout England one grand union of the industrious classes for the recovery of their fair share of in- fluence in the legislation of the country, in order that they might protect themselves from oppressive money laws, food laws, and being brought to the continental level. He could not undertake that their efforts would be immediately suc- cessful, but he could promise them they would be immedi- ately beneficial if they could only show the Government that the moment any injury was offered to the people; the mo- ment their trade was crippled, by enforcing the principle of unjust laws, that that moment an existing and irresistible organisation of the industrious classes throughout the kingdom was called into activity; that the Political Unions had become dear and familiar to every man's mind, as a re- luge against any general injury; that it required but a week or a day to call them into the most general and united ac- tion, then he could assure them that whatever unjust power might be left in the hands of the Government, no Govern- ment would ever dare to use. The rapidity with which the Union had rolled up its numbers, left no doubt in his mind that it would have the effect either of restoring the liberty of the people, or at least, of protecting them from oppres- sion. MEETING OF OPERATIVES. • On Tuesday last placards, of which the following is a copy, were posted throughout the town : — " The workmen of each manufactory in Birmingham are earnestly requested to depute one of their number to attend a Meeting to he held at Mr. Joseph Wasdell's, Golden Eagle, Swallow- street, on Wednesday, the 26th of April, the chair to be taken at half- past seven, when subjects of the deepest interest to their welfare will be submitted to their consideration. The trade of the masters and the employ- ment of the men are fast failing. Measures of safety must no longer be delayed. To save the time of the meeting, each deputed workman is requested to deliver into the hands of the chairman a written paper, with his name and address, and the name of the manufactory on behalf of which he attends. " George Brown, sen. " Joseph Bentley, « William Allen, " Samuel Turley, " Joseph Timmins, " Henry Holland, " George Webb, " Elias Swann, " Enoch Griffiths, " James Homer." ILL pursuance of this notice the large room of the above house was crowded to excess long before the appointed hour by respectable working men, deputies from some of the largest and most important manufactories in the town. Mr. Souter was called to the chair, and several lists of names of men who had resolved on enrolling themselves members of the Political Union having been handed in, Mr. Blaxland proceeded to address those present on the necessity of uniting at the present juncture, to enable the friends of the people to demand from Government such measures of relief as would place the workmen beyond the reach of that distress to which they were being continually subjected. He attributed all the evils under which they laboured to the fact of the people having been deprived of their political rights, and he despaired of ever seeing any thing like permanent peace and happiness in the country until their rights were restored. During Mi. B.' s address there were hundreds in the street who could not obtain ad- mission, and so great was the anxiety to know what was going on, that they remained in large numbers under the windows in expectation of hearing the result at the conclu- sion of the business. Shortly after eight o'clock Mr. T. C. Salt arrived, and was received with vehement cheering, after which a general cry was raised outside for the speakers to come to the win- dow. Mr. Salt did so, and in his usual rapid and energetic manner spoke for nearly an hour, explaining the causeof the present distress, and urging the necessity of prompt and determined efforts on the part of the working men to ob- tain relief. Mr. Boultbee followed Mr Salt, and also exhorted those present to enrol their names in the Political Union. A resolution was then proposed, that the workmen in factories should appoint a person from amongst themselves, to frame lists, and see the party enrolled. Mr. John Pierce in seconding the resolution, expressed his conviction that there was no other means than a general union of the working classes under the guidance of their old tried leaders, which could prevent a continuance ofthe appal- ingdistiess which had come upon them. He felt ashamed that the people of Birmingham had not come forward sooner. For months past they had been hearing of the men of Co- ventry, and Scotland, and Ireland, being in a famishing condition. They had read accounts sufficient to harrow up the feelings of any humane person, and yet, he must say it to their disgrace, they passed by unnoticed all this misery without ever raising their voices against the cruelty which inflicted it, until it came home to their own doors. He hoped, however, now that they had roused themselves and taken the field of constitutional agitation, they would never desist until they had obtained a full redress of all their grievances. ( Immense cheering.) One or more very intelligent workmen then addressed the meeting, after which they peaceably separated about half- past ten o'clock, having previously given three cheers for Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, three for Mr. Salt, and three for the Union. PUBLIC OFFICE. SATURDAY, April 22. ROBBERY IN THE SWAN HOTEL.— This morning, a young man, who gave his name as Gardner, was brought up for examination before J. T. Lawrence, Esq., charged with robbing Captain Traggart of four gold watches on the pre- ceding day, at the Swan Hotel. The examination was pri- vate; but in consequence of it having been rumoured that tlie prisoner had purloined several articles fiom parties stay- ing at other hotels, considerable interest was excited to hear the examination. The first witness called was Captain John Traggart, who deposed that he arrived in Birmingham from London by the Greyhound coach 011 Friday morning, in company with his wife, and that they put up at the Swan Hotel. He was on his way to Liver- pool, and among other articles of luggage that he brought with him was a carpet- bag, in which was a morocco. case containing four gold watches. The carpet- bag he had safely deposited in his bed- room. Between seven and eight o'clock ( having taken places by the Liverpool mail) when he was about leaving, he could not find his carpet- bag, and on instituting a search it was discovered to be in another bed- room near to that which he occupied ; and on examina- tion he found that the morocco- case containing the watches had been taken out. On inquiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had left the Swan, and Hall, the police- officer, having been sent for, a vigilant search was made for him, and they were at length informed that he had taken up his abode at the Hen and Chickens Hotel. Captain Traggart, in company with the officer, immediately proceeded to the hotel, and they were told that the prisoner had been there, but had gone to the Theatre. His bed- room at the Hen and Chickens was afterwards searched, and two of the gold watches, together with two keys which had been stolen, were found—( The gold watches and keys were produced, and identified by Captain Traggart.) William Hall corroborated the testimony of the prose- cutor, and in addition deposed to the apprehension of the prisoner in New- street, and taking him to tbe Hen and Chickens, where on searching his bed- room they found the two gold watches concealed at the top of the bed. I11 an- swer to the inquiry as to what had become of the other watches, the prisoner said that he had sold them to 3 watch- maker ofthe name of Brunner, in Edgbaston- street, from whom he had received a silver watch and 30s. for one, and five guineas for the other. The case had been disco- vered elsewhere. He then went to Brunner's and found the watches. The prisoner had several pawnbroker's tickets in his possession. James Westhead, waiter at the Hen and Chickens, de- posed that the prisoner came to the hotel between seven and eight o'clock on Friday evening. He had been there eight or nine days previous to Friday, during which time he had not paid anything for his board. He had been conse- quently directed to leave, and his luggage was letained for expenses incurred. On Friday evening, when the prisoner came, he paid his bill, with the intention, as he understood, of going off by the Erin- go- Bragh to Liverpool on the fol lowing morning. At the time the prisoner was at the hotel there was a portmanteau cut, but nothing stolen from it. Brunner deposed to having received the first gold watch about half- past five o'clock, for which he gave the prisoner a silver one in exchange ( worth 5/.) and thirty shillings in money. He considered this a fair valuation ofthe watch he purchased. About eight o'clock on the same evening the prisoner came again, and produced another gold watch, and for nearly half an hour pressed him to buy it; at length he consented, and paid five guineas for it. Captain Traggart here expressed great indignation against the conduct of the watch- maker. Both of the watches, he stated, were valued at 14L each. Mr. Brunner said, in ex- planation, that he thought there was a difference between buying and selling, and as the man looked respectable, he saw no harm in making a good bargain The sitting Ma- gistrate observed that the conduct of the watch- maker was most disgraceful, and could not be too severely condemned. — Mr. Redfern. " I never witnessed so flagrant a case since I have been connected with this office, and I hope that Brunner will be indicted; if not, I shall look very closely to his transactions in these matters in future." The prisoner was then asked whether he wished to say anything in his defence, but declined to do so; he was ac- cordingly committed to take his trial at the assizes. During the examination, Gardner maintained a considerable degree of self- possession, but after his commitment he appeared to be fully sensible of his situation, and was much affected. MONDAY, APRIL 24th. ( Before L. Williams and T. Lawrence, Esqrs.) A CASE OF CRUELTY Mr. Hutton, one of the Commis- sioners, attended before the magistrates to represent a case of a distressing nature. He stated, that on Saturday, as he was going through Digbeth, he observed a poor little boy in the greatest misery gnawing a bone with the greatest eager- ness, and exhibiting every appearance of being in a state of starvation. The poor little creature also seemed to be dis- eased, the large toe on one of his feet being actually falling off from mortification. Finding, on investigating the child that he was an idiot, he gave directions to a street- keeper to take him to the Workhouse, and he then went to make in- quiries in the neighbourhood respecting the parents. After a short time he found the father was a man named Clayton, a fire iron maker, residing in Merridew- street, who hail married a second wife, and that the poor little sufferer then before the bench was the offspring of his first marriage. He was also told by the neighbours that the child had been stinted in food and raiment, and occasionally kept chained up in the house. On the whole he considered it a case of great cruelty, and one which ought to be investigated by the magistrates. The father of the hoy was then called, and in answer to questions by the magistrates he acknowledged that he had kept the boy tied up at times, because he was subject to fits which drove him mad. He had never used any unnecessary severity towards him, and he was quite ready to pay for his support in the Workhouse. The mother- in- law of the child said he had never been treated unkindly, and that the disease in the feet was occa- sioned by chilblains. Mr. Nourse, house- surgeon to the Infirmary, said he had examined the child, and the disease 011 the toes was that of chilblain, hut the boy was altogether in that state which re- quired immediate attention. The Magistrates said they were afraid there had been at all events very great neglect towards the child, and they thought it was advisable to recommend Mr. Bynner to take charge of him until some arrangement was made with the parents for his maintenance. Mr. Bynner said he would comply with the recommen- dation of the magistrates, and the poor creature, whose ap- pearance was pitiable, was removed. The Magistrates complimented Mr. Hutton for the humanity he evinced in bringing the case before tliem. EMBEZZLEMENT.— James Smith, an apprentice to Mr. Rickerby, tea- dealer and draper, of Whittall- street, was charged with embezzling money belonging to his master. Mr. Rickerby stated that the prisoner was occasionally employed hawking tea and other articles about the country. He was aleo empowered to collect money, but was obliged to enter it in a book which he kept for that purpose. On Friday morning he set off to Lichfield, and, in consequence of suspicions, he ( Mr. It.) entertained respecting him, he followed him, and had him taken into custody. He had then in his possession six pounds, which he must have re- ceived from his customers, but for which he had not ac- counted. The prisoner had also stated to the landlord of the house in which he arrested him in Lichfield, that it was his intention to go to Scotland, and lie had no doubt such was Iiis intention. He did not wish, however, to press the charge of felony against him, if the magistrates would entertain a complaint which lie should prefer for running away from his service. The Magistrates assented, and the charge of running away having been made, tbe prisoner was committed to the House of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour for one month. THE INFORMERS.— A person named Walters, a dealer in old iron and marine stores, residing in Deritend, appeared on an information laid against him by Martin, and which charged him with buying marine stores, and neglecting to enter the same with the name of the party from whom he purchased such property, in a book to be kept foi that pur- pose, according to the provisions of an act iu that case made and provided, and by which he forfeited a penalty of £ 20. Mr. Edmonds attended for the defendant, and Eves, the informer's witness, 011 being examined swore that on the 25th of March, he sold sixty- five pounds weight of old iron, consisting of bolts, nuts, thimbles ( an iron ring used in tackle), and screws, at the defendant's shop, for which he received two shillings and five- pence. The person to whom he sold the things did not ask him any questions respecting his name, abode, or how he came by the iron, nor was the purchase entered in any book. After he 6ol< l the iron he brought back from the defendant a ring bolt, for which he paid six- pence. The bolt was produced, and this closed the informer's case. Mr. Williams referred to the clause of the act upon which the information was laid, and said it appeared to him that it referred exclusively to the dealing in marine stores. He then interrogated Eves as to whether the iron he had sold might not have been used in warehouses as well as in boats and ships, to which the fellow was obliged to reply that it might, upon which the case was dismissed. Mr. Joseph Docker, retail brewer, was charged by Mackie with keeping his house open lor the sale of beet before one o'clock on Sunday the 16th of April. A fellow who gave his name as John Snodgrass, was called to prove the case, and he swore that on the day and hour laid in the information he purchased half a pint of ale at the defendant's house, for which he paid a penny. He was exumined by the magistrates as to the person who served him with the ale, and, after a good deal of fencing, the fellow swore he believed it was Mr. Docker or his assistants; but on being forced to be explicit in his answer, he swore it was Mr. Docker who served him. Mr. Docker denied the charge, and the witness not being credited by the magistrates, the complaint was dis- missed. Mr. John Brooks, licensed victualler, of Weaman- street, was charged with entertaining disorderly characters in his house. Wesson, the officer, proved the offence by swearing that on Monday night he was passing Mr. Brooks's house, when he heard a great noise, and the sound of howls and bagatelle playing. He went in and found about fifty persons, amongst whom were several thieves and common women. On being cross- examined by Mr. Edmonds, who appeared for the defendant, lie admitted that, with the exception of one of the men, he had never seen the company then com- plained of in Mr. Brooks's house before that occasion. Mr. E. then submitted that if Mr. Brooks was convicted upon such a charge as that before them there was no security in the town for any publican. The information charged him with knowingly suffering bad characters to frequent his house, yet Wesson could not swear lie had ever seen tlfe same company in the house on any former occasion, nor could he swear the defendant knew they were bad cha- racters. The magistrates said they would defer their decision in the case until they heard the other charge against the de- fendant. Mr. Edmonds said he would admit this charge although he had evidence to prove the persons who were playing had not played for money. The magistrates convicted the defendant on both charges, and fined him three pounds for the first and two pounds for the second offence. Michael Green was committed to the sessions for stealing a gas pendant from the side gallery of the Town- hall. 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JO URN A L. POETRY. THE WIND AND THE WEATHERCOCK. The summer wind lightly was playing Round the battlement high of the tow'r, Where a vane, like a lady, was staying,— A lady vane perch'd in her bow'r. To peep round the corner the sly wind would try : But vanes, you know, never look in the wind's eye j And so she kept turning slyly away :— Thus they kept playing all through the day. The summer wind said, " She's coquetting; But each belle has her points to be found : Before evening, I'll venture on betting, She will not then go, but come round," So he tried from the east, and he tried from the west, And the north and the south, to try which was best; But atill she kept turning slyly away Thus they kept playing all through the day. At evening, her hard heart to soften, He said, " You're a flint I am sure : But if vainly you're changing so often, No lover you'll ever secure." " Sweet sir," said the vane, " it is you who begin, When you change so often, in me ' tis no sin. If you cease to flutter, and steadily sigh, And only be. constant— I'm sure so will I." LOVER. LITERATURE. RETROSPECTIVE CRITICISM.— MORE'S UTOPIA.— ( Concluded from our last number.)— The great fea- ture of the Utopian polity, then, as imagined by the venerable author of the book, is the equal division of useful employment, which is rendered moderate to all; and the result is plenty for all, with ample provision for intellectual improvement. And all this in the 16th century, when the aid of machinery was scarcely at all called in, and when science was in its infancy. The economics of the city residences of the Utopians are minutely described ; and among the rest the markets, whence " every householder fetcheth whatso- ever he hath need of, without money, gage, or pledge For why should any thing be denied to him, seeing there is abundance of all things ? And why should any man ask more than enough, who is sure never to lack?" The population of the country is regulated in case of excess, by means of well appointed colonies, sent out to a neighbouring country, where there are large tracts of unoccupied land, ( something like Ireland, we pre- sume, only there does not exist the anomaly of a starv- ing population swarming amidst the millions of un- cultivated acres,) so that the cities are not suffered to increase in magnitude. Their domestic life is next discussed. Their spa- cious houses, in which married children and their de- scendants reside till their numbers cause them to sepa rate ; something after the fashion which still prevails in Spanish South America. Their well managed hos- pitals for the sick; their modes of bringing up their children from early infancy. And here occurs a sentence which Dibdin chooses to exhibit in capitals. " Every mother is nurse to her own child, unless either death or sickness be the let." Their meals are mostly taken at public tables, in halls appointed for the purpose, and under regulations which combine the forms and the customs of the con- vent, the inn of court, and the modern watering- place. The object of life being- to give to all the means of happiness, by the useful employment of all, travel- ling for mere amusement is not encouraged, but if a journey for friendly purposes, or for objects of rational curiosity, be resolved 011, permission to travel is easily obtained, and the necessary appliances provided by the magistrate. There are no inns or hotels, but wher- ever the wanderer turus his steps ; he is, from the cus- toms of the country, at home, and if he remains more than a single day in the place, he takes his proper share of useful labour with the families where he is domiciled. The Utopians are not anxious for the great exten- sion of foreign trade; deeming- that the amount of business done, though ever so enormous, and with ever so little profit, is not so sure an indication of the national prosperity, as the actual possession, by pro- duction or by exchange, of an overflowing sufficiency for each and for all, of everything that all or any can rationally desire. They have, therefore, always in in stock an abundance of their own produce aud manu- factures, to exchange for the useful productions of other countries— principally iron— of which they have few or 110 mines. They occasionally purchase gold in this manner; and the mention of this metal leads to almost the sole defect or discrepancy in the narrative. The author makes them exhibit their contempt for this metal in a very singular mode. Not using money at all, and preferring glass aud earthenware for their household purposes, their gold is chiefly applied in the fabrication of " vessels that serve for vile uses, and for chains, fetters, and gyves, wherewith they tie their bondmen." Now this is as irrational as locking up a treasure in the form of a metallic currency. Valuable stores must have been given for this gold; and labour, or its results, ought not to be squandered in such quantities, even to attain the means of exhibiting to the people " a great moral lesson." The whole section as Dibdin observes, " is one of the strangest satires ever written against gold." The Chapter on the learning and philosophy of the Utopians is long, and of course, details More's own opinions, but we must pass it over with the general commendatory remark, that his system tends to the advancement of moral and intellectual improvement 011 rational principles; exhibiting too, an enlightened contempt for the learning and metaphysics of the Schools, to which, in More's time, the mind of the student was expected to succumb. The employment of " bondmen" seems a stain upon the arrangements 0f so wise a people. These bondmen are convicts, chiefly received from other countries, and kept to ex- ecute the severe kinds of labour. It would appear as if the author knew not how to cffcct the drudgery of a community, without the performance of some revolting services. A modern Utopia would take care to have no criminals of its own, and would as little need to employ those of other nations, having, among its ' re- sources, the almost omnipotent drudge, which, well applied, lightens and renders easy every occupation— STEAM. Early marriages are encouraged; polygamy forbid- den, and the nuptial tie held sacred, except in the case of adultery, and in certain extraordinary instances, wherein, from some cause, an irreconcilable disagree- ment has arisen. Under such circumstances the Council of the city has the power to decree a divorce, after tlicy have diligently examined the matter. This provision may sound fearfully in some ears, but we are inclined to think, that if marriage, like all other social compacts, be intended to be productive of happiness and of good morals, these ends would be better secured by making the tie soluble, under very peculiar cir- cumstances, and 011 the decision of a wise and dis- passionate council,— without having recourse to the last, qualifications for claiming a divorce. The Utopians hold with Edmund Burke, that, " the worst use you can put a man to is to hang him." The punishment of death, therefore, is very seldom in- flicted, and only in very aggravated cases, and espe- cially where the criminal himself resists the milder aud corrective operation of the law. Bondage and heavy labour are the usual modes of punishment; and good conduct on the part of the offender produces his manumission, when the intention of the infliction is answered. The externals of power and office are simple and unexpensive, as becomes a wise nation to permit and to exhibit. The magistrates " be called fathers, and like fathers they use themselves." Nor is the PRINCE himself known from others by robe or crown, but only by a little sheaf of eo/ Vcarricd before him. Their laws are few, for they think it against all right and justice that man should be bound to those laws which are in number more than they are able to read. They like- wise exclude and banish all attorneys, proctors, and sergeants- at- law, which craftily handle matters, and subtily dispute of the laws. For they think it most meet that every man should plead his own matter. War is accounted by the Utopians, " as a thing very beastly; and they count nothing so much against glory, as the glory gotten in war." The whole population is, however, constantly exercised and trained to arms, for the purposes of self- defence, and for the rendering- aid to such of their allies and neighbours as may suffer from the aggression of their enemies. They are faith- ful in their leagues and truces, and even in an enemy's country refrain from committing wanton or unneces- sary injury 011 the cultivated lands. They hurt no unarmed person unless he be " an espyal." The re- ligion of the greater number ( for in Utopia the mul- titude are the well informed) is the pure tlieistic mo- rality of the wisest of the ancients; although there be several sects who worship the Deity under the symtfol of the sun, moon, & c. Their expectations of a future state, as derived from the exercise of their rea- soning powers, is so strong, that they mourn and lament every man's sickness, but 110 man's death. " They have priests of exceeding holiness, and THERE- FORE, very few." (!) Their temples are splendid, and their principal days of thanksgiving and worship are the last and the first days of each month. Con- fession is, in some sort, practised among them;— but then it is of children to parents, '. relations to relations, friends to friends— acknowledgments of any acts of unkindness, aud promises of more careful performance in future of their relative duties. They were con- sidered as not disinclined to the Christian religion— greatly because the gospel morality coincided with their own, and because of the statement of the voy- agers, " that Christ instituted, among his followers, all things in common." The entire chapter on religion is highly interesting, from the benevolent and candid spirit which breathes through it. It exhibits the mind of the author in a truly attractive light, and the reader is surprised, not only that a person should hold, but that he should have ventured, in the sixteenth century, to publish such liberal sentiments. The editor here testifies that " the original Latin, throughout the whole chapter 011 religion, rises to a more elevated and energetic strain," than is prevalent in the rest of the work. Having finished his account of all that he considered most worthy of note, Raphael Hythloday concludes with a panegyric on the customs and institutions he has been describing. He pithily observes, that in respect of the condition of 110 other place can the term COMMON- WEALTH, or PUBLIC- WEAL, be fairly used. " For, in other places, though they speak of the com- mon wealth, every man procureth his own private gain. Here, where nothing is private, the common affairs be earnestly looked upon. And though 110 man have any thing exclusive, yet every man is rich. For what can be more rich than to live joyful and merrily, without any cause of grief and pensiveness ?" " Is not that," says Raphael, turning his eyes homeward, " is not that an unjust and unkind public weal, which giveth great fees and rewards to gentlemen, and to idle persons, devisers of vain pleasures ; and of the contrary maketh no gentle provision for poor labourers. But after it hath abused the labourers of their lusty and flowering age, recompen- seth and acquainteth them most unkindly with miserable death." Those asylums of tranquil enjoyment, workhouses, were not then invented. *' Therefore, so God help me, I can perceive among us nothing but a certain conspiracy of rich men, procuring their own commodities, under the name and title of the common- wealth ! They invent and devise all means and crafts; first how to keep safely without fear of losing, what they have unjustly gathered; and next, how to hire and abuse the work and labour of the poor, for as little money us possible." A strange contrast this, to draw between the Insti- tutions of Christian Communities in genera], and those of a nation immured in the darkness of hea- thenism ! It is said, that some well- disposed Catholics, after the publication of this grave narrative, seriously con- templated the sending out of a Missionary corps, to complete the good work of conversion. We are dis- posed to question the eligibility of this benevolently introduced purpose ; the Ministers of a State Religioi^ under which, the melancholy anticipations of its foun ders, have ever been but too prophetic;—" The poor ye have always with you."—" I am not come to send peace on the earth, but a sword,"— entering a country where universal peace and wealth, knowledge and hap- piness prevailed, would have been too apt, in the exercise of their established functions, to " give them something TO TAKE AWAV ALL THAT !" A TAR OF THE OLD bcHOOL.— The passengers were all seated round the dinner table, when Jim Bell entered. One corner of the collar, appertaining to what Jim called a clean chequered shirt, was pulled a little above his black neck- cloth, so that it touched his starboard ear. A vacancy for a button at the lower part of the collar revealed a well bronzed throat. His red waistcoat having been washed in pea- soup, still bore the remaining trophies of some of the husks on it, these looking like pieces of chopped hay. His best uniform master's- mate's jacket had been stowed in bulk, and displayed as many creases in it as a Jew's clothes bag. For his trousers he wore a pair made of number four canvass, well scrubbed, and fitting taut about the waist. His stockings were of sky blue worsted, and a large pair of silver buckles rode a- horseback over his instep. In addition to all of which, a thick pair of clean swabbed shoes com- pleted the gang of rigging of Jim Bell. Jim having carefully stowed away his tarpaulin hat on the breach of one of the cabin guns, which were run fore and aft to give more room, Jessamy observed, " Mr. Bell, you are rather late at table, we waited for you to join the com- pany in the after, cabin." " Better late then never," replied Jim; " why the cabin smells like a parfumer's shop. I say, Master Jessamy, you've run aboard a inusk cat." " Take your seat there, Mr. Bell, between Miss Jones and Cadet Williams," said Jessamy, pretending not to hear Jim's remarks, though at the same'time looking not a little annoyed. " I say, young soger," says Jim, edging his fat corpus in between the two, who were supposed to be attached, " I heard you last night against the bulk head of this blue- eyed young lady, Miss Jones, palavering away in fine style— making love, I suppose you calls it, but I never spoils sport, so I said nothing, thof, to be sure, I did feel a little curious, having often hard of that same love- making; but I never chanced to fall in with it before. What with the ship's rol- ling so much, and my not being used to them standing bed- places, I was obliged to turn in all standing, and unrig in dock. I don't do these ere lubberly tricks often, so, as I said before, I hard all, Miss; but Jim never blows any one, much more when there's a bit of fun in the case." " Mr. Bell, I must call you to order," said Jessamy. " The conversation you have now commenced is one we are not accustomed to at my table, ( or I can assure you, sir, " " Come, come, skipper,! mean'tno harm, soyouhad better clew up your jawing bags, and give your tongue leave of absence. Now, Miss, a glass of wine, if you please. Jim's no blab, and you may cat- a- wall as much as you like; I'll, cram my ears full of oakum next time." Miss Jones coloured up to the eyes, and the cadet looked, daggers at Jim ; but a glass of wine settled all disputes for the time. Amongst other peculiarities of Captain jessamy, he was remarkable for an uncommonly white pair of hands ; his nails were paired to a point, and he wore two rings on the right hand little finger, and a large broad one on the third finger of the same hand. Opposite to Jim sat an old nabob, of a9 saffron a hue as thirty years residence in the bilious climate of India could make him, and he seemed to eye his rough but honest vis- a- vis with a look of disdain and scorn that nothing could sur- pass. It being champagne- day, as it is called on board an Iruliaman, twice a week, the mixture of the champagne with other wines had made Jim so hazy, that, to use his own language, he shook a cloth in the wind. After contemplating his opposite neighbour every now and then for some time, he at last mustered up a sort of polite courage sufficiently to exclaim, in no dulcet tones, " I say, old Yellow- belly! will a glass of wine do you any harm? or would you like summut stronger ? I dare say our skipper here has plenty of good stuff in the locker. Come, Old Boy, the gale's over, and we'll drink to a safe arrival off the Jagernaut Pagoda." " None of your vulgar language to me, sir," most wrath- fully replied the nabob, " I am not accustomed to such so- ciety and freedom." " Come, come, Mister Curry Powder," quoth the un- daunted Jim, " none of your gum, I'm used to keep com- pany with your betters. Jim won't stand no nonsense, thundering down on the table a great brown mutton fist, about the size and texture of the fore- paw of an elephant, and which in comparison with Jessamy's delicate white hand, looked rather funny; " Jim's none of your feather- bed sailors," continued be; " many a time has his fist been in a tar- bucket; it does'nt loojs as if it had been eat " " What part of the turkey shall I assist you to, Mr. Bell," ssid Jessamy, anxious to interrupt this social conversation. — Gentleman Jack. AN IRISH WITNESS Larry Finnegan attempted to de- scend from the table, but was interrupted by the counsel for the prosecution ; and the look of despair which the countenance of mine host of the " Black Bull" assumed was almost ludicrous. " Is it more you want 0' me?" said he. Counsel: A few questions. Sit down. Larry scratched his head, and squeezed his hat harder than he had done before, and resumed his seat in bitterness of spirit; but his answers having latterly gone smooth, he felt rather more self possessed than he had done under his pre- vious examination by the prosecuting counsel, and his na- tive shrewdness was less under the control of the novel situation in which he was placed. The bullying barrister, as soon as the witness was seated, began in a thundering tone, thus: — Counsel: Now, my fine fellow, you say that it was for the particular purpose of asking for his crow- bar that the prisoner went to your house. Witness: I do. Counsel: By virtue of your oath ? Witness : By the varth o' my soath. Counsel : ( Slapping the table fiercely with his hand.) Now, sir, how do you know he came for that purpose ? Witness: ' Faith, thin, I'll tell you. When he came into the place that morning, it was the first thing he ax'd for; and by the same token, the way I remimbir it is, that when he ax'd for the crow- bar he lint me, some one stan'in' by ax'd what I could want with a crow- bar; and Rory O'More with that said, it wasn't me at all, but the misthriss wanted it ( Mrs. Finnegan, I mane.) " And what would Mrs. Fin- negan want wid it?" says the man. " Why," says Rory, " she makes the punch so sthrong, that she bent the spoons sthrivin' to stir it, and so she borrowed the crow- bar to mix the punch." A laugh followed this answer, and even Rory could not help smiling at his own joke thus retailed; but his mother, and Mary, and Kathleen, looked round the court, and turned their pale faces in wonder on those who could laugh while the life of him they adored was at stake; and the sound of mirth at such a moment fell more gratingly on their ears than the fierce manner of the bullying prosecutor. But the witness was encouraged, for he saw his examiner annoyed, and he took a hint from the result, and lay in wait for another opportunity of turning the laugh against his tormentor. He was not long in getting such an opening; and the more he was examined in the hope of shaking his testimony, the less the prosecutor gained by it. At length the counsel received a whisper from Sweeny, that the fellow was drunk. " He has his wits most d nably about him, for all that," said the lawyer. " He has been drinking all the morning— I can prove it," said Sweeny; " and you may upset his testimony, if you like, on that score." " I'll have a touch at him, then," said the lawyer. When the jury perceived the same witness still kept on the table, and a re- examination for the prosecution entered upon, they became wearied, and indeed no wonder; for the silk- gowned gentleman became excessively dull, and, had he possessed any tact, must have perceived from the de- meanour of the jury that his present course of proceeding was ill- timed. Yet he continued; and, in violation of all custom, sought to invalidate the testimony of the man he himself had called as a witness; but Larry's cross- examina- tion having favoured the prisoner, the crown counsel be- came incensed, and abandoned all ceremony and discretion, which at length was noticed by the bench. " I beg your pardon, my lord, but I am anxious to sift this witness." " By gor 1" said Finnegan, " if you wor to sift me from this till to- morrow, the divil a grain more you'll get out 0' me!— and indeed you've been gettin' nothin' but chaff for the last half hour." The answer had so much of truth in it, that the counsel became doubly annoyed at the suppressed laugh he heard around him ; and then be determined to bring up his heavy artillery, and knock Larry to atoms. Counsel: Now, sir, I've just a question or two that you'll answer by virtue of your oath. The Bench: Really, Mr. Counsel: I beg yourludship's pardon— but it is absolutely important. Now, by virtue of your oath, haven't you been drinking this morning? Witness: To be sure I have. Counsel: How much did you drink? Witness: ' Faith, 1 don't know ; I never throuble myself keepin' ' count, ban- in" I'm sarvin' the customers at home. Counsel: You took a glass of whiskey before breakfast, And glad to get it! And another after ? Av coorse— when it was to be had. When you came into the town, you went to a public- house, 1 hear, and were drinking there, too, before you came into court? Witness: Oh, jist a thrifle among some frinds. Counsel: What do you call a trifle ? Witness: Four pots a' poither and a quart 0' sper'ts. Counsel: Good God! Gentlemen of the jury, listen to this : a gallon of porter and a quart of wiskey! Witness: Oh, but that was betune six iv us ! Counsel: Then, sir, by your own account, you're drunk at this moment. Witness : Not a bit. Counsel: On your oath— remember your oath, sir— do you think, after drinking all you yourself have owned to, you ate in a fit state to give evidence in a court of justice ? Witness: ' Faith, I think a few glasses only helps to brighten a man!— and betune ourselves, Counseller , I think you'd be a grate dale better of a glass yourself this minit. The laugh which this rejoinder produced finished *' the counseller," and he sat down without roaring, as usual, at the witness, " Go down, sir." But Larry kept his seat till the laugh was over; and, not receiving the ordinary mand& te to retire, he looked at the discomfitted barrister with the most provoking humility, and said, " Do you want me any more, sir ?" This renewed the laugh, and Finnegan retired from the table under the shadow of his laurels.— Rory O'More. of course ? Witness: Counsel : Witness : Counsel: AN IRISH SCHOOLMASTER Then, an old schoolmaster in the district, whose pupil Rory had been, was constantly recounting to him the glorious deeds of his progenitors— or, as he called them, his ' owld anshint ansliisthers in the owld anshint times,' and how he should never disgrace himself by doing a turn; ' not that I ever seen the laste sign iv it in yo, ma bouchal— but there's no knowin. And sure the divil's busy wid us sometimes, and dales in timtayshins, and lays snares for us, all as one as you'd snare a hare or ketch sparrows in a thrap; and who can tell the minit that he might be layin' salt on your tail onknowst to you, if you worn't smart?— and therefore be always mindful of your anshisters, that wor of the highest blood in Ireland, and in one of the highest places in it too, Dunamaise— I mane the rock of Dunamaise, and no less. And there is where Rory O'More, king of Leinsther, lived in glory time out o' mind; and the Lords of the Pale darn't touch him— and pale enough he made them often, I go bail; and there he was— like an aigle on his rock, and the dirty English afeard 0' their lives to go within miles iv him, and he shut up his castle as stout as a rain.' In such rhodomontade used Phe- lim O'Flanagan to flourish away, and delight the ears of Rory and Mary, and the widow no less. Plielim was a great character: he wore a scratch wig that had been built somewhere about the year One, and from its appearance might justify the notion, that Phelim's wig- box was a drip- ping- pan. He had a pair of spectacles, which held their place upon his nose by taking a strong grip of it, producing thereby a snuffling pronunciation, increased by his taking of snuff; indeed, so closely was his proboscis embraced by this primitive pair of spectacles, that he could not have his pinch of snuff without taking them off, as they completely blockaded the passage. They were always stuck low down on his nose, so that he could see over them when he wished it, and this he did for all distant objects; while for reading he was obliged to throw his head back to bring his eyes to bear through the glasses; and this forcing the rear of his wig downwards on the collar of his coat, shoved it forward on his forehead, and stripped the back of his pate ; in the former case, his eyes were as round as an owl's; and in the other, closed nearly into the expression of disdain, or at least of great consequence. His coat was of gray frieze, and his nether garment of buckskin, equalling the polish of his wig, and surpassing that of his shoes, which indeed were not polished, except on Sunday, or 011 such occasions as the priest of the parish wa9 expected to pay his school a visit— and then the polish was produced by the brogues be- ing greased, so that the resemblance to the wig was more perfect. Stockings he had, after a sort; that is to say, he had woollen cases for his legs, but there were not any feet to them ; they were stuffed into the shoe to make believe, and the deceit was tolerably well executed in front, where Phelim had them under his eye ; but, like Achilles, he was vulnerable in the heel— indeed worse off than that re- nowned hero, for he had only one heel unprotected, while poor Phelim had both. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day, Phelim bad a shirt— you saw he had ; but towards the latter end of the week, from the closely buttoned coat, and the ambuscade of a spotted handkerchief round his neck, there was ground for suspicion that the shirt was under the process of washing, that it might be ready for service on Sunday; when, at mass, Phelim's shirt was always at its freshest. There was a paramount reason, to be sure, why Phelim sported a clean shirt in chapel on Sunday: he offi- ciated as clerk during the service— or, as it would be said amongst the peasantry, he " sarved mass;" and in such a post of honour personal decency is indispensable.— Lover. EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. — Captain Caviglia is well known by the researches he made, 1817, in the interior of the Great Pyramid, by the discovery of the temple between the paws of the Sphinx, and by his laborious exertions and examina- tion of other monuments. In the year 1820, he re- com- menced his researches in the Great Pyramid. He had been anxious to ascertain the nature and use of the small apertures at the two sides, the north and south of what is called the king's chamber, and had put a number of sticks, fastened together in the form of a long rod, to the length of 120 feet; but this had no further result than the persuasion, that other chambers existed in the pyramid. Unprovided with implements capable of cutting the granite with which the interior of the chamber is lined, there was no possibility of enlarging these apertures, which are only about a foot in diameter; he therefore determined on cutting a passage through the limestone blocks brtiind the granite, and thus reaching the north- west one, which evidently passed in that direction. An opening of fifteen feet having been made, the channel leading from the aperture in the chamber was discovered, and it was found to run towards the west, as- cending at an angle of 27 « ; but after continuing his examina- tion of it by the same means as before resorted to, nothing further could be ascertained respecting its communication with another chamber, or its probable direction beyond that point. Something, it was hoped, might be determined by making another lateral opening, behind the granite, on the opposite side; and Captain Caviglia commenced this ardu- ous undertaking from above, at the south- eastern corner of Davison's chamber, which lips immediately over that of the king, and succeeded in cutting through the masonry, to the distance of 20 feet. With the limited means at his dis- posal, he was, however, obliged to abandon the attempt after so much labour; and the use of those channels, and their extent, still remain unknown. In the sanle year, Captain Caviglia recommenced his researches around the Sphinx. In 1817 he had laid open the north and east sides of that colossal monument, and in 1820 he uncovered the western portion, and found it to be seated on a pedastal, surrounded by a fosse, cut in the rock, which he imagined to be intended as a channel for water derived from the canal, whose existence he inferred from the bridge in the middle of the causeway, to the south of the trees, in the hollow ground, some distance 111 front of the pyramid. While Captain Caviglia was making these researches, he discovered the remains of numerous buildings, houses and tombs, with a capacious cistern, hewn in the rock, about five miles to the nort- west of the great pyramid, near to the village of Kerdasseli. There were 110 traces of hieroglyphics, or of other inscriptions, which would lead to any discovery re- lating to the town which once stood there; but, supposing that other ruins might be discovered in the vicinity, these researches were continued, and an inclined road, of con- siderable breadth, and solidly constructed, was observed to lead to the summit of a hill, a short way up the valley. He was delighted and surprised by finding that it led to a plat- form, which was partly occupied by a stone pyramid, about 300 feet square, surrounded by other smaller pyramids of granite; and the upper portion having fallen, or been pur- posely removed, the chamber, or hollow space of the interior of the pyramid was exposed to view. It was cut in the rock, anu an inclined passage led down to it from without, on the north side. Few tiers of stone remained of the upper part; but it was remarked, that the granite was much injured by time, and sometimes completely decomposed; and Captain Caviglia concluded from this, and fiom the ge- neral appearance of the ruin, that it must have been of a date anterior to the erection of the pyramids of Geezeh, where the granite remains in a very perfect state of preser- vation ; though no mention is made of it, nor the town near which it stood, by any ancient writer. These researches were continued till the year 1821, when Captain Caviglia went to the Memphis, with a view of examining the site and ruins of the ancient city. He had the good fortune there to discover the beautiful colossus of Sesostris, ( lla- meses the Great) which has been so much spoken of in Europe, and which is supposed to be one of those said, by Diodorus, to have been erected at Memphis by that mo- narch. The researches of Captain Caviglia in the Great Pyramid were again resumed in 1833; and the examination of the second pyramid was not neglected. He there dis- covered a third passage, communicating by a pit with the other two explored by Belzoni, at Midpoint where those two unite on their way to the central chamber; which, it is hoped, will lead to satisfactory results respecting the dis- tribution of the interior. He then decided on opening the mouth of the lower passage, which had been explored to within a certain distance, and was found closed with large stones; and on excavating the pyramid from without, he found that the rock had been covered with a coating of red stucco, to the distance of forty- three feet from the base ; and a stone being discovered bearing the same kind of stucco, it was conjectured that the whole pyramid had been covered with a coating of red stucco to the height of forty- three feet. The endeavours of several persons to open the third pyramid have hitherto been fruitless, and many points have been fixed upon as likely to lead to a disclosure of the pas- sage; but Captain Caviglia is of opinion that there is more probability of success if an opening is carried through the open space on the north face, than by looking for an opening at the base. In the meantime, the examination of the Great Pyramid has been continued, and an opening being commenced above the entrance to Davison's chamber, the roof of which is supposed to form the base of an upper apartment. Captain Caviglia hopes shortly to succeed in forcing a passage above the masonry of its flat roof. The excavations in the vicinity of the Sphinx have, also, been continued; and he has found, at the distance of 300 feet from it, in the W. N. W. direction, a large tomb, surrounded by a fosse, eighteen feet in length, and six in breadth, and hewn in the rock to the depth of more than sixty feet, to which the excavations have already extended; and this pro- mises the most curious and important results— Literary Gazette. THE KOOKEES.— I he pursuit of wild elephants among the blue moun ams, in the direction of Ava, has brought us acquainted with a race of Cannibals, scarcely to be distin- gmshed from the monkeys with which they herd. The Kookees, as these brutal wretches are called, have, according ° ' e ac, c. ount afforded me by Major Gairdner, protuberant be lies; they are low in stature, with set features and mus- m\ S; • ril-?, y speak ? diaIect Peculi « r to themselves, and build their villages on the boughs of forest trees Thev do not appear to have any settled abiding place, but wandeV in herds from one village to another. When a site favour- able to their purpose has been found, the whole communitv immediately set to work to collect bamboos and branches of trees, which are afterwards fashioned into platforms, and placed across the lofty boughs of the different trees. On this foundation the rude grass superstructure is raised which orms the hut. When these sheds are completed, and every family provided with a habitation, the women and children are taken into then; aerial abodes. The men then lop off all the branches within reach of the ground, and having con- structed for themselves a rough ladder of bamboos, they ascend the trees by means of this rude staircese, drawing it up after them to prevent the intrusion of strangers, and a necessary precaution against the encroachments of their four- footed companions of the forest. In this manner they repose, floating in the branches, and cradled by the wind, partaking more of the savage ferocity of brutes than the milder charities of men. So intent arethey in thejr search of human flesh, that the superintendent was always obliged to send out the men employed in hunting the elephants armed with muskets, and in not fewer than parties of ten. One poor man they unfortunately caught while off his guard, and devoured him before his life- blood had congealed in his veins. Attempts have been made to subdue and civilise these people, and one of their head men was won over, and employed by Major Gairdner at the elephant depot, but he could not be induced to relinquish his old habits. In a short time he was detected 111 the commission of a murder, and was executed by the civil authorities of Chitagong. These people, strange as it may appear, are living within 150 miles of Calcutta, the metropolis of British India, and the seat of Government, and yet their existence even is scarcely known by the people who are not in authority, compara. tively little information from the woods and jungles of the savage portions of Bengal, finding its way to the Calcutta newspapers.— Modern India. MILITARY CRUELTIES— AS I sat behind O'Connell yes- terday ( I never " Mister" him), I took occasion to pour into the portals of his ears some old military stories about Buenos Ayres; and when he rose, he bolted them plain out. This was great luck, 111 a place where no man has a chance of being heard when he wants it, if he stands anywhere be- tween O Connell and the regular bores of the house; which last are a class of men who can speak when they like, being always called in preference, on the ground of being neces- sary evils. Of course 1 stood to my tackle, and mean to do. As there is 110 knowing where an old soldier nestles, is there nobody in your neighbourhood, who about nine of the clock in the morning of Sunday the 5th of July, 1807 heard Major Trotter, of the 83d regiment, carry the order down the column 111 which was the right wing of the 95th or riflemen, in the following words, " Spare the old men, the women, and the children, but every man able to bear arms, put him to the bayonet." By ( I never swore above twice in my life) I thought of Cottingham. And with this before us, ( and what is worse, as I shall be able to prove, not repented of), our unfortunate countrymen are to have nice conclusions put on them, for not making a war of rosewater against men who have printed themselves assas- sins, and 111 the purity of royalist and religious exaltation cultivate the amiable habit of putting their prisoners to death by torture. Thanks to the Tories and their friends for all their mercies.— Colonel Thompson's letter to his Constituents. BISHOP PmLrOTTs— No one can deny that he has the vigour, the audacity, and just the kind of ability, that qualify a man to be the thorough- going pamphleteer of a party; it is only a subject ot grievous lamentation and reproach that such qualities should enable a man to reach a very high and trusted station in the national Church. Throughout a busy life the activity of his mind seems never to have found an object in the studies which form the proper business, or in those which are reckoned the decorous employments, of a clergyman. The truths of religion have never been spread by his zeal: the difficulties of theology have in no instance been solved by his learned labours; no science has been en- larged by his acuteness; and literature owes nothing to him, and has in turn exercised no influence upon him. Politics have been his sole care : politics have been in fact, his real business— the vulgar polities of the day, and of a party. From these troubled and muddy waters he bai fished out every successive preferment. His first preferment, in Dur- ham, was the reward of his pamphleteering against the Edinburgh Review, his deanery was got by his writings against Catholic Emancipation ; his bishopric is said to have been earned by a prudent silence on that subject, when ihe chiefs of his party found it necessary to change their policy : and it is supposed that, since that period, he has been toil- ing in the field of political strife, opposing reform, traducing political adversaries, and giving utterance to the monstrous calumnies which the more decorous of the party think it wiser to countenance than to pronounce— in order that the next Tory ministry may find it necessary to reward his political services by raising him to a richer diocese, or even to the highest station of the English Church. We may be allowed to surmise that no promotion would be regarded with greater satisfaction by those who desire a great change in our ecclesiastical establishment; no man lias laboured more assiduously to force on the public mind the necessity of Church Reform ; and it cannot be doubted that his pos- session of archiepiscopal dignity and power would very speedily bring all decent men to be of one mind 011 this matter London and Westminster Review. CHEERFULNESS. Admire and enjoy all you can, with innocence— is our first Sunday lesson ; and for this purpose, go wheresoever, and do whatsoever, can render you healthiest and most happy; for in so doing you put God's creature in the way to show mojt honour and gratitude to his Creator, and man's fellow- creature to live best with his fellows. Think, nevertheless, no evil of what seems less happy. Reverence the unaccounted for -.— take the best for granted, where you cannot make better: but make better whatso- ever you can. Indulge 110 gloom, no unhealfhiness, out of a confusion of your own spleen and ignorance with God's wisdom. Be conscious of no addition which you can avoid, to the sum of the unhealthy, the unenergetic, the unrejoicing. Be, inasmuch as lies in you, a complete creature, body and mind— a happy human fruit; or, if not, as complete as you could wish, one still sound at the core, and whose very bruises partake of sweetness. Thus, whether you go to church or chapel in the morn- ing, or to the meeting- house,— whether you be Protestant, or Catholic, or Jew, or one of the infinite divisions of Pro- testant,— go, if you can, directly from your church into the fields, and there finish your praises of the Creator by enjoy- ing him in his works. Christ " went up into the Mount of Olives to pray." He did not always go to the synagogue. You know in how many instances he departed from it; how he finally left it, and its letter, and its narrowness, and found new and great room for the beatings of the human heart, and rendered the very synagogue now existing the better for it; for the whole European world is more or less Christian now- a- days, even in instances in which it is not aware of so being; and the liberal Jew Christianizes far better than the illiberal believer. If you are of none of these churches, but have a Christianity of your own, pr a belief in any sort of creed involving a Christian spirit ( for none can escape it that are kindly and social) still go where we advise you, and devote part of your holiday to that health and cheerfulness,— to that material part of your being which so influences the spiritual, and in default of a know- ledge of which so much bad spirit is taken for good, so much gloom for seriousness, so much interference with one's neighbour for zeal in his behalf, so much indulgence in our own spleen, and egotism, and evil- speaking and other bad pleasures of this world, for a sacrifice of worldly plea- sure, so much contumely of God himself, and of his crea- tion, for very flatteiy to God, and a frightful notion of pleasing him. Take, in short, every healthy, and kindly, and innocent pleasure you can; walk in beautiful places; go up hills and rivers; pay happy visits to friends: and be as- sured, that as long as you carry a Christian heart in your bosom, and a love of God's works in your delighted eyes, you are realizing the flower of that very piety and religion, for which less fortunate, though in numberless instances, not less conscientious or kindly professors of it, are painfully mistaking the husk. Help them out of their mistake by the best of all arguments,— the sight of your unscornful and cheerful success. And here, as in all other instances, we may see the ad- vantage of having a correct knowledge of terms, and of not being at the mercy of the constructions put upon them by people acquainted with no language but that of their own will and tempers, or of what has been mistakenly told thein. Many a scholar, to be sure, is a very ignorant man, to all wise purposes; and many an uneducated man contains within himself the seeds of wisdom ; nay, often puts forth the fruit of it, and shames the barren exuberance of the ill cultivated. But this does not alter the meaning of terms ; and the unlearned have no more right to take them for granted, than the learned to corrupt them, or to conven- tionalize. It is lawful, we grant, to apply old words in a new sense, if it be avowedly done, and for a purpose of im- piovement; but it is still more obviously so, to rescue right interpretations from the abuse of time. When primitive means are claimed for ancient words, and the claimant is in the wrong, and people ( as in the cases we allude to) are charged with want of piety and religion, from a want, in the accuser themselves, of a knowledge of the very terms they « THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. are using, nothing can he clearer, for the benefit of all par- ties, than the wholesomeness of pointing out the mistake. Thus " religion," with too many people, is assumed to K mean their own creed exclusively, or a serious attention, to it; whereas, though the serious attention, with them, does constitute a religion, it does not of necessity consti- tute the only one, or a good one; for religion ( religio, Latin— from religare to rebind) means the taking upon themselves an obligation or sense of duty, in addition to our ordinary , ones; a new tie. Why, therefore, is any man to assume, that others have no tie of this sort upon them, because they have not his own? Or what is to hinder a conscientious man, with cheerful views of religion, from making part of his very religion consist in a healthy cultivation of his fa- culties, bodily as well as mental, and of pursuing their cul- tivation on the most religious day of the week ? just as the Mussulman makes it a part of his religion to cultivate bodily cleanliness and the bath ( and well would it be for some parts of Christendom, if they did likewise). So with regard to " piety," Piety, with too many, « ig- ' nifies much the same as religion is made to do; and the right manifestation of it on Sundays is supposed to consist in a constant gravity, sometimes in a perpetual turning in the mind of texts of scripture, or at least an abstinence from all attention to ordinary pleasures ( eating and drinking ex- cepted— those perilous vindicators of the right of the senses) and a religious abstinence on the part of the " young people" from whistling and singing, and jumping about;— the con- sequences of all which are too apt to be a profane and per- haps conscience- accusing experience of a certain thing called dullness, if not wearisomeness and ill- temper, and a loss of that very rest which the Sabbath was blessedly instituted to , supply. Now the etymology of the word piety is disputed; but never was there a dispute as to the sense in which it has been used by all good writers, ancient and modern ; and this sense is, an affectionate devotedness; and not only to- wards the objects of religious worship, but towards parents, and friends, and children. A man was pious towards liis P" father or towards his son, as well as to heaven. He was •< » pious also towards his country. The first Antoninus was surnamed Pious on account of his union of all these pieties; and the first temple erected at Rome in honour of Piety herself, occupied the spot, on which a woman had saved the life of her imprisoned father with milk out of her own bosom. That was piety, emphatically, and in its essence. What then is to hinder piety on a Sunday from walking in the midst of the love and the beauty of all God's creation; from visiting friends; contributing in any way you please to the good of your country; or making your children as - . 11 happy as the day is long," and as the birds in the trees ? Rest itself does not exclusively mean bodily repose, much less inaction of spirit. A day of rest ( as instituted for one day in the week) literally means a day of cessation from la- bour; but rest in spirit ( for the noble Christian version of all law says « the letter killetb, but the spirit giveth life") means any innocent mode of indulging that cessation, so, as truly to rest and recreate the faculties after their accustomed work. Thus you rest, when you sit in church or at home ; but not only when you sit in church or at home. You rest and recreate yourself, when you hear the church organ ; but not only when you hear that one kind of music, noble as it is, and wafting you on the very wings of heaven. No: — you rest and recreate yourself also, when you hear the mu- sic of trees and waters, and of the voices of your friends, and of flutes and pianofortes, and general laughter; and we dare venture to add, that God, who made them all, mirth itself and very comedy included, " sees that it is good."— Leigh Hunt. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The provincial and Irish papers received yesterday morn- ing from all parts ol the country complain grievously of the inclement state of the weather, and the backward condition of vegetation, which makes the keep of cattle a serious draw- back on the farmer. In many places hay is not to be had, and there is no grass. In the parish of Bradford worsted weaving not eighteen months since some sorts were 10s. weaving; now some 6f the masters only give 15s. for the very same pieces. What will come? Trade is in a dreadful state here and in the neighbourhood. Nearly all the cotton mills have shortened their time, some to four, and several to three days a week, and some have stopped entirely for a few weeks. The consequent distress of the operatives is really shocking. Many families are actually living upon grains and treacle, while others who cannot afford oatmeal are making porridge of bran.— Letter from Bolton. THE IRON TRADE The Sheffield Mercury says,—" The iron trade supports itself with more firmness and steadiness than the cotton market; but it is the opinion of parties conversant with the market, that neither the rate of wages, nor the price of ore, nor the advance upon coal, nor all put together, will enable the ironmasters to keep up their prices. • So great is the scarcity of fodder at Wrexham, that the farmers have been obliged to draw their hay from thirty miles off, at the enormous price of nine shilling a cwt.; and there is little prospect of relief, a heavy fall of snow having " taken place on Sunday night. — Chester Courant. The political prospects which the state of things open up are sufficiently startling. It has been said that of all revolu- tions the worst are revolutions of the belly, and we are as likely to have as many hungry bellies in Eng. land for these next twelve months as full ones.— There cannot be a doubt, that the sufferings endured by the people roused them to carry the Reform bill; and we are much mistaken, if the coming suffer- ings do not give us another and more thorough Reform bill. There will be want— there will be scarcity— there will be hardship; and under that scarcity, want, and hardship tire people will not sit down contented, as in the days of ignorance. They know the source of these evils— Corn Laws and Bank monopolies. They know that they can only be reached by a thorough Reform in the House of Com- mons ; and before three months we shall have— not only an excited but a hungry population— demanding Household Suffrage and a repeal of the Corn Laws, in a voice which cannot be misunderstood— and in a tone which cannot be refused. There never comes an evil without its good, and political reform will be the consequence of hunger and high rents. After such a reform, neither of the two latter evils will come again very soon. We hope much and fear nothing. — Sheffield Chronicle. Such is the scarcity of fodder in this neighbourhood, on account of the backward state of the grass crops, that the price of hay has advanced to Is. 4( 1. per stone in the vale of Todmorden. We understand that this commodity is selling at 10/. a ton in the neighbourhood of Nottingham Halifax Express. We are sorry to hear of a serious failure in Keswick— the houses of Messrs. Thomas Banks and Co., Valencia manu- facturers. A considerable number of workpeople will be thrown out of employ by this misfortune.— Westmoreland Gazette. In Bedfordshire twenty pounds an acre have been offered in vain for turnips, and if the severe weather should continue only a very short time longer, some of our farmers will not have an atom left, either hay or turnips. These articles are nosv doled out upon the most stingy scale, and every means resorted to which ingenuity can invent, in order to eke them out.— Buchs Gatette. LIFE IN LONDON. | THE LAW or KISSING.— Caroline Newton was indi at the- Middlesex'sessions, on Tuesday, for assaulting Tlio- I mas Saverland and biting off his nose. The complainant, whose face bore incontestible evidence of the injury inflicted, the fleshy part of the left nostril being completely gone, stated that on the day after Christmas day lie was in a tap- room, where were defendant and her lister". The sister laughingly observed that she had left her young man down at Birmingham, and had promised him no man should kiss her while absent. Complainant regarded Ibis observation as a challenge, especially it being holiday lime, and caught hold of her and kissed her. She took it n good part as a joke, but defendant became angry, and desired she might have as little of that kind of fun as he pleased. Complainant told her if she was angry he would kiss her also, and tried to do so. A scuffle ensued, and they both fell to the ground. After they got up complainant * ent and stood by the fire, and the defendant followed and struck at him. He again closed with her « nd tried to kiss her, and in the scuffle he was heard to cry out, " She has got my nose in her mouth." When they parted he was bleeding profusely from the nose, and a portion of it which defendant had bit off she was seen to spit out of her mouth Of/ sn the ground. The defendant, a fat, middle- aged woman, treated the matter with great levity, and said he had no business to kiss her sister, or attempt to kiss her in a public- house— They were not such kind of people. If she wanted to be kissed she had $ husband to kiss her, and he was a much handsomer man than defendant ever was, even before he lost his nose. The Chairman told the Jury that it mattered little which way their verdict went. If they found her guilty the court would not fine her more than Is., as the prosecutor had brought the punishment on himself. l'l( e Jury without hesitation acquitted her. The Chairman told the prosecutor he was sorry for the loss of his nose; but, if he would play with cats, he must exp « ' t to be scratched. - Turning to the Jury, the Chairman afterwards said," Gen- tlemen, my opinion is that if a man attempt to kiss a woman against her will, she has a right to bite his nose off, if she has a fancy for so doing. " And eat it too," added a learned gentleman at the bar. The case caused much laughter to all except the com- plainant. WESTMINSTER REPRESENTATION. The electors of this overgrown borough, who seem, at length, rousing themselves, or being roused by the general contempt of their fellow- countrymen, to a proper sense of their degraded condition under an old renegade doing nothing at home, and a half- and- half Radical doing less abroad, held a public meeting on Monday last, to consider what steps were necessary to relieve them from the predicament in which such a state of things had placed them. The meet- ing was held in Covent Garden Market, and was very numerously attended. The chair was occupied by the High Bailiff. The business was opened by Colonel Jones, who, after noticing the, falling off in principle of . Sir Francis Burdett, and the continued absence of Colonel Evans, moved that a committee be appointed, in order to seek out and nominate two fitting candidates to supply the places of these gentlemen. Mr. Devear having seconded the motion, Mr. Wakley, M. P., moved instead, that the meeting should at once and of itself proceed to nominate a candidate, and acting on the advice he gave, he nominated Mr. Leader. " He was," said Mr. W., " a little man, but a trump. He had a heart crammed with benevolence, a head crammed with intelligence, a purse crammed with gold, and he was a sincere Radical Reformer." Mr. Wakley described the state of the representation, and the necessity for amending it:—" The man who had not a voice in the election of the representatives of the people was as much a slave as any in the West Indies. Mr. Leader was one who would advocate the extension of the suffrage to the fullest extent. Few of the members of the House of Commons were fighting the battles of the people as they ought; but then the great ma- jority of these members did not represent the people of England. The majority was actually returned by 151,000 electors. Many of the places returning members to Parlia- ment had constituencies of less than 400, and others had less than 200. Why, it was plain that bribery and corruption must still be going on in these places, and it was equally plain that it was impossible the Radicals could consistently support any ministry that would systematically oppose the extension of the franchise. Ministers, undoubtedly, had laid some good measures upon the table of the House of Commons, but he feared when these were carried the Whig stock in trade would be out. In such a case they must expect the Radicals to cut the concern, for the Radicals would never consent to be mere dummies." ( Cheers and laughter.) Colonel Jones's resolution having been divided into three — it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously, that Sir Francis Burdett be called on to resign his seat; and that Colonel Evans should be similarly called on, if he could not return to England by the 10th June. The Colonel was then asked to name his man, but refused, adding that the meeting should seek a wheeler rather than a leader— the interpretation of which notable pun was not asked, and, therefore, not given. Mr. Wakley then moved that Mr. Leader should be in- vited to come forward as candidate for Westminster, which motion was carried all but unanimously. The sentiments avowed by Mr. Leader are so important at the present moment that we need no apology for giving them at length. The honourable gentleman after a few words of introduction said : — " My political opinions may be summed up in a very few words; I am for the many as opposed to the few— for the people as opposed to the peers— for the democracy, as op- posed to the aristocracy. Let the governed many be fairly, fully, and honestly represented; let the governing few be strictly lesponsible to the people through their represent- atives. When such a system is established— then, and not till then, Bhall we enjoy the blessings of good government. The first step towards this object is to make the House of Commons really represent the wants and wishes and opini- ons of the people at large. This can only be done by extend- ing the suffrage and by protecting the voter in the exercise of his elective franchise; corruption must be defeat! d and intimidation crushed by the Vote by Ballot; the duration of Parliament must be limited ; all property qualification for members entirely abolished; and that unjust and vexatious penalty inflicted by the rate and tax paying clauses of the Reform bill must be removed. In other words, in order to have a House of Commons, such as it ought to be, that is, the house in which the great body of the people is truly re- presented, we must have another Parliamentary Reform bill. The two aristocratic parties in the country seem to have come to an agreement that the Reform bill is to be a final measure as to representative reform. This may suit them very well— the Reform bill may have done enough or too much for them ; but it has not done by any means enough for the people. Now, as the people were no party to this agreement as to the finality of the Reform bill— as they were deceived, if not betrayed, by those who induced them to take that measure in its present imperfect state— as they are justly very much dissatisfied with its operation, it is time for them to raise their voice, and to demand a bill in which shall be embodied enlarged suffrage, shorter Parlia- ments, abolition of property qualification for members, the repeal of rate and tax paying clauses, a fair distribution of representation so as to prevent the absurdity of a place like Harwich with two hundred electors having as large a share in the Legislature as Westminster with its 18,000 electors; and last, but not least, the vote by ballot. Such a bill would deserve the name of a Reform bill, and would con- fer on the people that full representation without which they ought never to rest satisfied. There are many mea- sures of reform to which the people are anxiously looking forward; but what hope is there of carrying them with effect till you have thoroughly reformed the legislative body which is in name your representative? You might as well plant brambles and expect to gather grapes from them ; you might as well expect to draw water from these granite pil- lars ; you might as reasonably expect an uneducated country plough boy to produce a finished work of art, or a me- chanic to perform his task with imperfect tools, or a machine to work smoothly with half its wheels destroyed. Can you hope that the administration of county affairs will be improved so long as your House of Commons num- bers amongst its members so many country magistrates, who think that you attack one of their privileges when you talk of taking from them irresponsible power ? Can you hope that economy and impartiality will be observed in the army and navy so long as the aristocracy, which almost mo- nopolize their honours and emoluments, command a ma- jority in your House of Commons? [" What do you think of flogging in the army?" cried a voice from the assembly.] Why, I have voted for its abolition twice, and so I will vote so long as I am a member of Parliament. What is the great argument against the abolition of that cruel, disgusting, and degrading punishment ? That our army is composed of such materials that discipline could not be preserved without it. There is a very plain answer to that argument. [" Shoot them," exclaimed some one.] No, I would neither shoot nor flog them; though of the two I must confess that I had rather be shot to death than flogged to death. But I would raise the character of the army by holding out to men who enlist a fair prospect of becoming officers in their turn. Now it is a rarity to see a man raised from the ranks to the situation of an officer; the aristocracy have seized on all the posts of honour and emolument in the army, and have left the toil, and the miserable pittance of the private soldier, and the degrading punishment, to the people. Let your army be better paid— let all men who enlist have a chance of promo- tion to the rank of officer— let none be admitted but men of good conduct, and you will soon have an army of citizen soldiers who will preserve the best discipline without the application of the most inhuman and debasing punish- ment ever inflicted on human beings. Do you fondly be- lieve that your colonies will be well governed, or that the interests of the trading and labouring classes will be pro- moted, so long as your House of Commons is more than half full of country gentlemen, who know as much of colo- nial policy as they know of trade, and who actually lose their temper when they hear the repeal of the corn- laws mentioned? Do you imagine that the education of the people will be caied for, or religious freedom advanced, by men who, having most of them derived their no- tions of religion and learning from Oxford and from Cam- bridge, seem to hold that knowledge is too precious a gem to be touched by the people; and that no man can have goodness, or morality, or religion, who dissents from the re- ligious doctrine preached in those aristocratic and exclusive places, which are called, in mockery, the national universi- ties of Great Britain? Do you fancy that the pension list will be revised by the friends and relatives of pensioners who sit in your House of Commons? [" It's a shame to keep up pensions when they pass such a poor- law," shouted one from a distant part of the meeting.] I will tell you my opinion on that as on every other measure. Under the old poor- law the affairs of the poor and the poor- rates were administered by the overseers, and by ii responsible magistrates ; by the present law the affairs of the poor qre administered by a board of guardians, elected by the rate- payers. So far the new law is better than the old one. But the guard- ians are elected under a system of plural voting, and of voting by proxy; that is bad— to that I decidedly object ; let every rate- payer or every man have one vote, and one vote only, which he must give in person, and then you would have administrators of the poor- law chosen by the people, and responsible to the people; and that would clearly be better than the old administrators, who were not chosen by the people, and were responsible to no one. There have been, I doubt not, some cases of hardship and even of cruelty under the new poor- law, but that is owing to the harsh and in- judicious manner in which the law has been carried into effect, and not to the principle of the law itself. I am ready and anxious to have a full and searching enquiry into the operation and into the provisions of the new poor- law ; where it is found to be bad, harsh, cruel, and inoperative, let it be altered. But whenever you speak or think of the new poor law, bear this in mind— that the old poor- law, as it was administered under the old system, was ruining the rate- payers and demoralising the poor themselves; let the aged, the disabled, and the able- bodied who cannot find woik, have sustenance, or work to procure them sustenance, found for them by the community. But remember this, that the poor who receive relief, obtain that relief, not as some imagine, from the overgrown riches of the wealthy, but chiefly from the hard- earned pittance of the industrious poor. When, then, you talk of the Poor- law, bear in mind that if the idle, the dissolute, and the profligate among the poor, are supported by the community, the chief part of their support is wrung from you, and such as you, the in- dustrious and well- conducted working classes. Well, do you think that your present House of Commons will abolish the unjust and most unjustifiable system of plural voting, and of voting by proxy, in matters connected with the Poor- law, and with other parochial affairs ? And, above all, do you think that your House of Commons, containing as it does so large a portion of the aristocracy, will receive well, or ever carry, a measure for reforming that hereditary, irre- sponsible, proxy- voting body called the House of Lords? Here is a long list of Reforms which no sane man can ex- pect to see passed by any House of Commons elected under the present electoral system. Well, then, the course wlrch you ought to pursue is plainly marked out. You must first obtain a House of Commons really representing the people. You have nothing like it yet. When you have obtained that, you will soon gain, or you will certainly have the means of gaining, Reform of the law, and of the church, of the ad ministration of the army and of the navy, and of every de- partment of the public service; then you will be able to protect the working man, to unshackle trade, and to raise the standard of national intelligence and morality by a com- prehensive scheme of national education." The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Roe- buck, Dr. Wade, Col. Thompson, and Admiral Napier— the last in vindication of Colonel Evans from the attacks made upon him in the House of Commons. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. PEERAGE REFORM. Mr. Editor,— The infatuated and reckless Lords have again resolved to present themselves as an in- superable barrier between the people and the people's hopes. The same audacious attitude which they have maintained during- so long a period, and more espe- cially for the last five years, they have once more as- sumed. The loud and vehement remonstrance which their insane course has so frequently rung from an in - dignant nation is still disregarded. The intercession of timid but well- meaning- men, in extenuation of their headlong career, is at length silenced— they now swell the mighty rank, who demand the reform of their per- nicious power. Every opportunity to retrace their steps which has been afforded by a long enduring people is contumeliously rejected. Every warning which far- seeing men have given to thefti they have laughed to scorn. The original vice of their constitu- tion stands out as palpably " as in 1832, and they have once more recommenced their legislative career as the unalterable and sworn enemies of all improvement and reformation. The great struggle between them and the nation is at hand. Its judgment has been silently recorded agaiust them, and every lover of liberty is now prepared to record the irrevocable sentence. Without entering into an enquiry how far a second legislative chamber is necessary for the mature prepa- ration of our laws and the protection of the common weal, no one will dispute that, to be in any degree efficient for its purposes, it should be so constituted that its inclination and power should naturally dircct its deliberations to the perfection of the various mea- sures submitted to its revision. The absurdity of two branches of the same senate, having tendencies in di- rect opposition to eacli other, cannot now be for one moment concealed. Neither is it enoug'h the house of revision should give a reluctant and sullen assent to the measures brought before it. To answer the plain obvious end of its institution it should be actuated by desires identical with those of the originating body; lending its unwearied zeal to work out the machinery, by which the operation of the principle of every mea- sure submitted to it would be rendered most efficacious. This is the rational object of a second chamber, and it is one which the constitution of the House of Peers in- capacitates it from performing.* If we search through the gloomy records of our country, from the time of the revolution upwards, it is true that we shall find an almost invariable unity of purpose between the two Houses. Very rarely Indeed will it be seen that the Commons incurred the Lords' displeasure by calling for their assent to measures to which the latter were opposed ; neither shall we dis- cover many instances in which their doings were un- palatable to the Lower House. The secret of this unanimity is now, however, happily explained ; it existed only while the majority of the Commons were the dependant nominees of the Upper Assembly. By the aid of their close boroughs between two and three hundred members were returned, and many of their servile adherents procured an equal facility of ingress by bribery and flagrant corruption. Like the House of Peers it, therefore, represented solely those drones of society, the voracious tax- eaters. By them the people— whom in bitter mockery they called their con- stituents—' Were never thought of; their wants re- mained uncanvassed; they were deemed fit only to have new taxes rivetted upon them ; or to be draughted off to swell the hordes engaged in an unnatural and brutal warfare. Then, indeed, nothing could be more harmouious than the working of our legislative system. But the enactment of the Reform bill, eviscerated though it had been by the fears of many of its pro- moters and the daring onslaughts of the Tories, extin- guished the hitherto unbroken harmony between the Houses. By the annihilation of sixty corrupt " boroughs" one hundred and twenty peerage automa- tons were ejected, and by the partial disfranchisement of other places the House was ridded of thirty more ; while the enfranchisement of Birmingham and all the great manufacturing districts partially supplied the vacancies by upright and just men. The Peers at length found themselves, despite the many restrictions upon the exercise of the suffrage, and the base arts which habit, wealth, and the habitual infamy of their tools so well qualified them to resort to, unmasked be- fore the people. The result became inevitable. The reformed House, no longer subjugated to the pleasure of the Peers, set themselves to the great work of national amelioration. During the last two or three years measures that half a century ago it would have been dangerous to advo- cate have been matured, and carried by the people's representatives. The enormous corruptions of our municipalities, in England and Ireland, have been brought to light. The veil has been torn away from the bigotry and monkish intolerance of our Universi- ties. The mal- admiuistration of our munificent and princely charitable institutions have been enquired into. The bottomless pit of the law has been sounded if not explored. Our sanguinary criminal code— whose barbarities are better fitted for the darker ages — is about to be blotted from our statutes. The mono- polist has been called to his account. The great work of national education receives attention. The enor- mous burthens of the country no longer remain with- out investigation. The taxes on knowledge have not weighed down the intellect of the age without a check. The voice of the advocate of Jewish emancipation has made its eloquence heard. Religious toleration re- ceives a portion of its just; attentioh. And above all, the crowning enormities of the English and Irish State Church are bared to the nation's eye. Was it rational to suppose that measures which were the natural fruits of such labours would receive the assent of an irresponsible body of aristocrats ? Did the people dream that the men whose rule of action was simply to consult their own exclusive interests, would ratify the acts by which the indefeasible rights of the couutry would be restored— that they would thus deprive themselves of their gigantic booty? If so, the nation has been taught its error. Not a single measure of unmixed good has been suffered by the Peers to become law. In one or two instances, indeed, terror for their own political existence has in- duced them to permit the passing of some solitary bill, but they have first shorn it of its beauty, and enervated its original strength. In the great majority of in- stances, however, the propensities of tbe Lords have had full scope. The bills of the Commons have been at once rejected ; some with timidity, others with con- tumely and insult. Thus all our labours are futile. Legislation for all good purposes has become a solemn mockery. Session after session their Lordships con- tinue to mangle and destroy the schemes of wholesome reform demanded by the people, and passed by the people's representatives. Not only do we suffer by the fate of the measures which are rejected, but the con- tinuance of the present struggle, by absorbing undi- vided attention, effects the loss of precious moments which can never be recalled. The Parliament cannot direct its deliberations to the many minor— but not in themselves less pernicious— evils of our existing state. A vast number of salutary enactments are, therefore, necessarily left unframed until the protracted conflict is at an end. The reform of the House of Peers becomes, then, a vital and paramount question: until it is effected our national amelioration is denied to us. Measures for the ballot, extended suffrage, short parliaments, wages of attendance, abolition of the property qualifi- cation, one and all, even if carried by the Commons, would be refused. The Lords have learned from the effects of the reform which we have already obtained in our representation the danger to their iniquitous ascendancy in perfecting that great work. To the death they will resist its further emendation. With regard to those vast remedial measures for the want of which the country is now prostrated— the repeal of the corn laws, monetary reform, abolition of the law of primogeniture, protection of labour, and equalization of taxation,— who is there prepared to maintain that any one of them will be obtained before our represen- tative code is rendered perfect ? The demand of the people must, therefore, be heard throughout the length and breadth of the land, that the Upper Chamber shall be submitted to national respon- sibility through popular election. A bill to effect such a purpose would, doubtless, like one for the ballot or the repeal of the corn laws, be rejected by the Peers themselves, unless a large creation were made to en- able it to pass. Bui it is surely better that the remedy of a creation should be resorted to for the purpose of carrying the grand question involving all the others, than to obtain some isolated measure, which would still leave the original power of mischief in existence. The country cannot endure a long and harassing strugg'le on every question that comes before it. Let it, then, by one decisive blow deprive its great enemy of the power to revive and again to give it battle. Let not the snake' when once cut down, re- unite and be again itself. The time is gone by when an assembly, composed of individuals who derive their titles, as members of it, only from the accident of birth, or the caprice of a party Minister— who are subject to no test of talent, principle, or honesty— whose votes may be given from Bedlam, the gambling- house or the race- course— among whose names are Cumberland, the chief of the great Orange conspiracy; Waterford, f the night- brawler of the streets, and De Roos, the convicted black- leg of St. James's— can, without merit, sustain much homage and veneration among- an enlightened people. By its good works alone will it obtain respect and fealty ; by its love of corruption, obloquy and condem- nation become its certain portion. Englishmen have learnt at length to take a rational view even of those institutions, the true character of which too long re- mained concealed by the gorgeous and splendid trap- ping's of might and power. In the House of Lords they behold a body unfitted for the exercise of the great functions of legislation, without the light of re- sponsibility to those for whom all legislation is in- tended ; and the time is come when they will no longer consent that the great relic of ignorance shall remain. I am, sir, & c., Sec., Birmingham, April 23th, 1837. KESHAW. • I omit from this view of the uses of a second Cliambe that of constituting a check upon the popular and democratic bias of the House of Commons. Few will argue for the necessity of such a restrictive power. The Tories them- selves surely. do not wish the feature to remain, or they would complain of the inefficiency of the House of Lords for the purpose. To be sure it made an attempt to resist popular desires in reference to tbe Reform bill, and found bow utterly contemptible its power of resistance ap- peared ! [ K.] f I observe that this noble senator is about to take his departure lience, in the appropriate society of a choice se- lection of hounds and bull- dogs, for the African shores. His purpose is the amiable one of making war upon the wild beasts which have fallen under bis pugnacious observation. His lordship's appetite is doubtless cloyed with the perpe- tration of village outrages. But will he not find some diffi- culty in leaving England so soon, being, as I find from the police reports, under recognizances to answer a charge of prison- breaking at Melton ? [ K.] BIRMINGHAM ORANGEMEN. [ The following exquisite specimen of epistolary talent was received on Thursday by one of the gen- tlemen against whom the Orange Churchmen of Bir- mingham are about to file a criminal information.] SIR,— I hopes you will excuse my for writeing- to you, but I thinks it may be a grate servis to you and your party. I was down to a house in Dudley strete Mounday at my Maten but lavin before thae busniss Commence I did near thae reisult of thae Maten but matin Mr. this Day in Dudley Street he tuld me thare was a rule to be garnted in thae Coort of King Bench aganst you and savel of yure party for comiten yureself in thae Chirch on Estere Tuseday but thar is one thing that thae witness that proved thae dowt at thae PubTick Office agaust Mr. Sinclar thae Loge mane to send tham out of thae way if thae con and thae Staffe that thae asult was comited with to be burnt as your partey shant have tham nor thae Staffe therefor I hope you will make shure of all thae Witnes and thae Staffe before Munday uex as it will be seted at thae Loge than what is to be don in Reg- ard of this mat I Horn Yours moust Respeted Well Wisheie 26 Aprile 1837 NB— If you wos to informe thae other Gentlemen it would be as well as I dount ware to fine oney one besides you I durste not put my Name as I ham one of thae Loge ' THE BIBLE AND THE BISHOPS. No. 2. . Oh, my Christian ducats! Oil, my PEOPLE! Shyloch. Our laudable anxiety to reconcile the conduct of the Bishops to the precepts of the Bible, now urges us to a consideration of the third expedient, viz. :— May not the things, which were formerly forbidden, have so changed their nature as to have become not only harmless to the Bishops, but expedient for thein? As 111 physical science, it is unphilosopliical to ima- gine the existence of more causes than are sufficient to produce the effect, so in religious controversy, it is un- charitable to impute bad motives, when motives of the most exalted character may account for moral pheno- mena. Therefore, we beg to withdraw, or, at least, to suspend our former assumption that " Bishops love money;" for their seeming sordidness may, in fact, be the most intense philanthropy. The love of money is the root of all evil. On looking more closely at the text, it will be seen that it is not the object which is denounced, but the passion for it— not money, but the love of money; therefore, unless the love of money can be most legitimately inferred from its pursuit, our Bishops, like ungalled jades, need not wince under any of the lashings to which their race in the lists of Mammon subjects them : for as those are good motives which will most fully account for this pursuit, we will not be so unplii- losophically censorious as to suppose the existence of any other. Passing by the consideration of all motives of in- ferior virtue, we shall fasten on one which has had no parallel since the days of Paul. Our Bishops pursue money, not from a love of it, but from a conviction of its danger to their people : they fear that with them the object and the passion would be co- existent, there- fore, they hoard and love not, lest others should hoard and love. They know that abstinence and labour are among the best antidotes to unholy desire, so they " do all their possible," as the French have it, to with- draw the evil provocative from the sight of the people, and exhort them to work diligently ( that is, fifteen or sixteen hours out of the twenty- four) in that station to which it has pleased God, as they say, to call them. It has pleased the great temporal Head of the Church to call them, some to five, some to ten, and some to fifteen thousand a- year, and how promptly did they obey the call, and how earnestly do they strive that they may not have been called in vain ! But it is not for themselves they strive. Oh, no, my brethren, it is for us! The golden apples, which Satan drops in the Christian course, the Bishops pick up,* that we may not lust and turn aside after them. They know how much weight they can carry without rallentando, but they know not how little might bring us to a pause, and cause us to be irretrievably distanced ; they have calculated the exact amount of difficulty with which riches will encumber their nar- row path to heaven, and they find the needle's eye practicable to them with all their bags: and such is their love for the souls of men, that we verily think they would double the danger of their own passage, by taking, some ten, some twenty, and some thirty thousand a- year, if, haply, they might cause us, through poverty, to thread the needle more easily, nay, like Paul, they could wish that themselves " were ac- cursed from Christ for the brethren," provided they were so accursed, through confining a knowledge of the deceitfulness of riches to their own experience. AETOS. * Atalanta, in losing her race, found a husband; should our Bishops lose theirs, will they not find a father? BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn'Market, April 27. A good supply of all kinds of grain, with a dall sale for every article. Wheat barely supported the terras of last week.— Barley for malting offering at less money with few buyers; grinding qualities maintained the rates of last week— Oats were plentiful, with a slack sale, at about the prices of this day se'nnight.— Beans , and Peas a shade higher. * WHEAT— per 62/ 5*. s. d- '• d- Old 6 9- 7 3 New 6 3— 7 0 Irish 6 0 — 6 3 BAltLEY— perlmp. Quarter. For Malting 30 0 — 33 0 For Grinding, per 4916s 3 0— 3 4 MALT— iter Imperial Bushel. Old and new 6 9 — 79 OATS— per SMs. Old 3 3 — 3 6 New 3 0 — 3 6 Irish 2 6— 3 3 BEANS— perbag, to score gross s. d. s. ( t. Old 17 0— 18 3 New 15 6 — 16 8 PEAS— per bag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOR BOILING. White 16 6 — 17 6 Grey 16 0— 18 6 FOR GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 15 6 — 16 0 White 16 0 — 18 6 FLOUR— per sack o/ 280i6l. net. Fine 42 0 — 43 0 Seconds.... 33 0 — 39 0 GENERAL HOSPITAL, APRIL 28.— Physician and Surgeon of the Patients of the week, Dr. Eccles and Mr. Vaux. Visitors, Mr. Piercey and Mr. It. T. Cadbury. In- patients admitted, 20; out, 89. In- patients discharged, 32; out, 60. Remaining ill the house, 172. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, APRIL 28.— Sick patients relieved, 351; midwifery cases, 23. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO APRIL 25. Wo- INFANTS. Men. men. Boys. Girls. Male. Fein. Total. In the House 175 J 77 11 19 12 10 404 Admitted since .... 12 18 5 3 5 1 44 Born in the House 187 195 16 22 17 11 443 Dischgd, absconded, and dead* 20 8 4 5 5 2 44 167 187 12 17 12 9 404 Number of Cases relieved last week 2,464 NuraberofChildren in the Asylum 221 * Of whom Smen died. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY. FURNISHED BY MR. WOLLER, E D( 3HASTON- 8TREET. Barometer at noon. Ex. treme during night. Ther- mome- ter 8 mom. Extreme heat during day, Ther- mome- ter at noon. State of Wind at noon. Remarks at noon. April. 52 0 22 29 70 38 0 46 0 46 0 N , Rain 23 29 75 36 0 44 0 50 0 44 0 WbyN ltain 24 29 80 40 0 46 0 53 0 48 0 NE Rain 25 29 70 40 0 48 0 54 0 48 0 S Rain 26' 29 75 44 0 50 0 64 0 50 0 W Fair 27 29 70 45 0 50 0 60 0 54 0 WbyN Ram 28 29 65 46 0 52 0 58 0 54 0 SW Rain BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., the lady of H. J. Cauty, Esq., surgeon, of Kenihvorth, of twin sons. On tbe 22nd inst., at Pauntley Court, Gloucestershire, the lady of John Stokes, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 25th inst., at tbe Collegiate Church, by the Rev. J. Boyle, Mr. Langford Rowley Symes, to Sarah Maria, daughter of J. Crowley, Esq., both of Wolverhampton. On the 2- 2nd inst., at Albrighton, Salop, by the Rev. G. W. Woodhouse, vicar, Mr. Richard Dickins, of Wolver- hampton, to Anne, only daughter of John Bucknall, Esq., of the former place. On Tuesday, at St. Mary's, Warwick, Mr. Joseph Rob- bins, of the above place, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Billington, farmer, of Norton Linsay. On the 20th inst., at Wroxhall, by the Rev. Richard Philips, Rector of Cucklington, Chandos, second son of Sir Hungerford Iloskyns, of Harewood, Herefordshire, Bart., to Theodosia Anne Martha, daughter of the late Christopher Roberts Wren, Esq., of Wroxhall Abbey. On the 20th inst., at St. Mary's, Stafford, Mr. W. Hand, joiner, of that town, to Miss Eliza Brindley, of Brough Hall, Staffordshire. On the 19th inst., at Wellington, H. Heane, Esq., soli- citor, Newport, to Emma, second daughter of W. Nock, Esq., solicitor, of the former place. On the 20th inst., at Ledbury, by the Rev. James Watts, Robert, youngest son of the late John Martin, Esq., M. P. for Tewkesbury, to Mary Anne, fourth daughter of John Biddulph, Esq., of Ledbury, and. New. street, Spring Gardens, London. DEATHS. On the 26th inst., after a short illness, Mrs. Whyley, of Westbromwich, widow of the late William Whyley, Esq., and aunt to John Edwards Piercy, Esq., of Priory- place, Edgbaston. On the 22nd inst., much regretted, Mr. William Boffey, of this town, in the 42nd year of his age. Qn the 23rd inst., aged 07, Mary, wife of Mr. Edward Harper, of Vauxhall Grove, much respected by all who knew her. On the 16th inst., at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Dealey, Upner Trinity street, after a protracted illness, Mrs. R. Derington, of this town, in the 65th year of her age. On Sunday last, in Great Charles- street, Elizabeth, relict of the late William Covey, Esq., surgeon, of this town, aged 74. On the 25th inst., Thomas, infant son of Mr. T. Todd, jun., of Broad- street. On the 25th inst., Mr. John Parkes, veterinary surgeon, of Exeter- row. On the 23rd inst., aged 18 months, William, infant son o{ Mr. Dunn, surgeon, of Wolverhampton. On the 24th inst., at his residence at Graiseley, near Wolverhampton, James Perry, Esq., in the 69th year of Ilia age. On the 22nd inst., Arthur Llewelyn, yo ingest son of Dr. Lloyd, of Leamington. On the 22nd inst., in the 23rd year of his age, John Henry, youngest son of the late Mr. Peter Burlton, of Lower Lyde Court. On the 23rd inst., Henrietta, tbe infant daughter of Richard Temple, Esq., of the Nash. On the 24th inst., at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, the seat of John Arkwright, Esq., Sophia Letitia, only daughter and last surviving child of Ilardman Philips, Esq., of Pliilipsburg, Pennsylvania. On the 21st inst., aged 75, Mrs. Sarah Good, of Aston Court, Worcestershire. 2 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. i ' LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. APRIL 21.— MARGARET SYMONS and JANET SYMONS, Brighton, milliners. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. SAMUEL PONTIFEX and WILLIAM FARR, Upper St. Martin's, lane, coppersmiths. BANKRUPTS. iThe Bankrupts to surrender at the Court of Commissioners, Basing- hall- street when not otherwise expressed. ] JOHN WILLIAM RINGER, Elephant and Castle public- house, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, victualler, May 5 and June 2. Sols. Messrs. Vandercom and Co., Bush- lane, Cannon- street. Pet Cr. Calvert and Co., Upper Thames- street, brewers. Seal. April 18. RALPH BATE ELLAM, Russia. court, Milk- street, warehouse- man, May 2 and June 2. Sols. Meisrs. Harrison, Walbrook. Pet. Cr. James Hodgson and William Green, Hebden- bridge, near Halifax, stuff manufacturers. Seal. April 19. JOSHUA ROSE ANDERSON, Quadrant, Regent- street, pub- lisher of music, April 28 arid June 2. Sol. Mr. Sydney, New Lon- don. street, Fenchurch- street. Pet. Cr. Bernado Goldshede, Pic- cadilly, gent. Seal. April 17. ELIZA LUCY VESTRIS, otherwise LUCY ELIZABETH VES- TRIS, late of Chesham. place, Belgrave- square, but now of 2, Princes- court, Storey's- gate, bookselle? and musicseller, May 2 and June 2. Sol. Mr. John Hughes, Chapel street, Bedford- row. Vet. Cr. William Angus, St. George's- place, Knightsbridge, coach maker. Seal. April 18. STEPHEN POTT, Edmonton, glass and china dealer, April 25 and June 2. Sols. Messrs. J. and T. Ware, 98, Pleasant- row, Kings- land- road. Pet. Cr. William and John Davenport, 82, Fleet- street, china and glass manufacturers, and Robert Rudland, 164, Hoiywell- street, Shoreditch, brush maker. Seal. April 14. FRANCIS LANGAN, late of Regent. street, wine merchant, May 2 and June 2. Sol. Mr. Gale, Basingliall- streeet. Pet. Cr. Charles Jones, Sebastian Gonzalez Martinez, John Peter Gassiot, and " William Yarworth, jun., Mark. lane, wine merchants. Seal. April 13. CHARLES COPPOCK, Strand, hosier, May 2 and June 2. Sol. Mr. Gadsden, Furnival's- inn. Vet. Cr. Henry Coppock, Stock- port, Cheshire, gent. Seal. February 28. JAMES HENRY TRYE and SAMUEL LIGHTFOOT, Great St. Helens, City, merchants, May 3 and June 2. Sols. Messrs. Crowder and May Hard, Mansion- house- place. Pet. Cr. William Kraeutler and John Leivis Mievelle, Angel court, merchants. Seal. April 20. AMES WEST, now or late of Irthlingborough, Northampton, shire, baker, May 3 and June 2, at the Hind Hotel, Welling- borough, Northamptonshire. Sols. Mr. Henry Greene, Higham Ferrers; and Messrs. Austen and Hobson, Raymond's- buildings, Gray's, inn, London. Pet. Cr. John George, Bytliorn, Hunting- donshire, gent., and Thomas Rye, Irthlingborough, carpenter. Seal. April 6. .' HO MAS KEARSLEY, Birmingham, bone and corn merchant, May 3 and June 2, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Sols. Mr. Alexander Harrison, Birmingham; and Messrs. Norton and Chaplin, 3, Gray's- inn- square, London. Pet. Cr. William Port- way, Birmingham, boat builder. Seal. March 20. JOSEPH FURNESS, Openshaw, Lancashire, hat manufacturer, May 3 and June 2. Sols. Mr. John Tyler, 3, Staple- inn, London ; and Mr. William Vaughan, Stockport. Pet. Cr. Thomas Brunt, Stockport, beer seller. Seal. April 14. JOHN CLARBOUR, Sheffield, Yorkshire, tea dealer, May 11 and June 2, at the Town- hall, Sheffield. Sols. Mr. Edward Brooks- bank Tattershall, 9, Great James- street, Bedford- row, London; and Mr. Francis Hoole, Sheffield. Pet. Cr. John Stephenson, Sheffield, furniture broker. Seal. April 13. ARTHUR MAGINN, Ruthin, Denbighshire, linen draper, May 5 and June 2, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Johnson and Co., Temple, London; and Messrs. Francis Hoole, Sheffield. Pet. Cr. Moses Mawson, Richard Nichols, and William Yates, Manchester, merchants. Seal. April 10. WILLIAM FINCH, Worcester, scrivener, May 19 and June 2, at the Hop Market Inn, Worcester. Sols. Messrs. Cameron and Foley, Worcester. Pet. Cr. Sarah Southan, St. Clement, Wor- cester, spinster. Seal. April 7- HUGH BEVAN LLOYD, Hay, Breconshire, maltster, May 15 and June 2, at the Castle Inn, Brecon. Sols. Messrs. Gregory and Son, Clement's- inn, London; and Mr. William Ives, Brecon. Pet. Cr. William Bowers, St. Clear's, Carmarthenshire, corn merchant. Seal. March 30. DIVIDENDS. Thomas Woodhouse Brighton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ^^ draper, May 15— Joseph Swartz Masset, Angel- court, Throgmorton- ^ B^ treet, stock broker, May 13— Henry Case, late of Fore- street, ^^ Bfrocer, May 13— Hugh M'Intosh, Cambridge, tailor, May 13— ^^^ Amald Price, Stockwell- street, Greenwich, May 12— Edward Halli. ^^^ Kf, Leeds, cloth merchant, May 26, at the Court- house, Leeds— ^ Hpn Robbins, Portsea, Hampshire, May 12, at Totterdell's Coin- ^^^ nercial Hotel, Portsea— Henry Sheen, Leicester, grocer, May 16, at the Castle of Leicester— John Molyneux Bird, Liverpool, chemist, May 19, at the Clarendon- buildings, Liverpool— James Brooks, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, grocer, May 12, at the Star Hotel, Great Yar- mouth— Thomas Enock and Henry Jacob, Leicester, grocers, May 16, at the Three Crowns Hotel, Leicester— Henry Smith, Ledbury, Herefordshire, grocer, May 12, at the Bowling- green Inn, Hereford — James Shea, Plymouth, Devonshire, watch maker, May 18, at Hadmore's Hotel, Plymouth— Thomas Ladyman, Liverpool, iron- monger, May 17, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— James En- dersby Nicoll and John Warburton, Liverpool, tailors, May 13, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES, MAY 12. Joseph Hopton, Edwin Wood Peniston, and James Peniston, Leeds, dyers— Sarah Barlow and Robert Salmon Mulley, Little Bartholomew- close, West Smithfield, stone masons— Andrew Pat- terson, Greenwich, music vender— Alfred Tulley, Church- street, Hackney, grocer— George Farr, High Holborn, fringe manufacturer — William Bush Parker, Downend, Gloucestershire, scrivener— George Jermyn, Oxford- street, haberdasher— John Chisholm, 2, Abehurch. yard, cupper and dentist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Henry Meadows and Joseph Jackson, Poulton- cum- Seacombe, Cheshire, brick makers— George Loudoun and Charles Ralfour, Brussels— Richard Francis Gregory and Stephen Bridge, Alderman- bury, lacemen— Richard Threlfall, James Spencer, and John Sutcliff, Great Bolton, Lancashire, machine makers ( so far as regards John Sutcliff;— Edward Robinson and John Teasdale, Ripon, Yorkshire, ironfounders— Richard Rowley, John Crowther, Thomas Levitt, Joseph Kaye, and Hannah Kaye, Huddersfield, fancy cloth manu- facturers— Edmund Ellis and William Hale, 149, St. John- street- road, corn dealers— Anna Pyer and Mary Michael, Newport, Mon- mouthshire, bonnet makers— John Powell and Richard Woodwards, 39, Ray- street, Clerkenwell, coach makers— William Glenny Quinn and George Lewis, 9, Tower- gardens, Liverpool, general merchants — Samuel Pontifex and William Farr, Upper St. Martin's- lane, brass founders - Hugh Wickham and Joseph Car, Bristol, silk mer- cers— John Plowes, J. H. Plowes, and Charles Kirby, Rio de Janeiro, merchants— John Wright, James Greaves, and Lightly Simpson, Manchester— William Bacon Heath, John Bell, and Samuel Finch, ( 5, Catherine- street, Strand, newspaper proprietors— Phineas Barratt and George Barratt, 83, New Bond- street, jewellers— Frederick Spratt and John William Beynon, 263, Fore- street, Exeter, iron- mongers— Philip Upstone and John Curll, Sutton- street, Soho— Thomas A. Jackson and Thomas Holmes, Liverpool, tea dealers- Thomas Picard, William D. Whorrall, and J. L. Watkins, Coventry, silkmen— Rowland H. Heaton, William Markland, and Jonathan Settle, Great Bolton, cotton spinners ( so far as regards Jonathan Settle.) ASSIGNMENTS. George Beaumont, Rotherliam, Yorkshire, grocer. John Davies, Dover- street, Hanover- square, silk mercer. Freeman Dawson, Rochdale, draper. Ellis Roberts, Carnarvon, plumber, & c. James Shelly, Clare, victualler. TUESDAY, APRIL 25. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. APRIL24.— JONATHAN ADAMS, Banbury, Oxfordshire, wine merchant. APRIL 24.— JOSEPH ARNOULD, 17, King William- street, West Strand, bookseller. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. WILLIAM ROBERTS, late of Newport, Monmouthshire, ship- wright. JOHN ROBERT GREER, St. Stephen's- avenue, Bristol, corn merchant. BANKRUPTS. JOHN EXLEY, Riches- court, Lime- street, City, corn factor, May 8 and June 6. Sols. Messrs. Tilsons and Co., Coleman- street. Pet. Cr. Thomas Kingsford and Charles Kingsford, Mark- lane, corn factors. Seal. April 21. WILLIAM WICKHAM GREENHILL, Cobham, Surrey, cattle dealer, May 2 and June 6. Sols. Messrs Allen and Nicol, 88, Queen- street, Cheapside. Pet. Cr. John Barclay, Shorter's- court, stock broker. Seal. April 24. WILLIAM JEFFERY, Little Chester- street, Belgrave- square, dealer in horses, May 2 and June 6. Sol. Mr. Sanford, 9, Adelphi- terrace. Pet. Cr. Charles Hammond, 280, Oxford- street, breeches maker. Seal. April 18. ROBERT GADSDEN and RAYMOND PERC1VAL, late of Upper St. Martin's- lane, printers, May .5 and June 6. Sols, Messrs. Lawrence and Blenkarne, 33, Bucklersbury. Pet. Cr, Edward Gillett, Friday- street, wine merchant. Seal. April 21. JOHN GREEN, Bushey, Hertfordshire, dealer in cattle, May 5 and June 6. Sols. Messrs. Cowley and Son, Watford; and Mr. William Sanger, 4, Essex- court, Temple, London. Pet. Cr. James Green, Waterdale, Watford, farmer. Seal. April 13. ) AVID RIDDICK, Cirencester, tea dealer, May 5 and June 6. Sols. Messrs. Bennett and Bolding, Scott's- yard, Bush- lane, Can- non- street. Pet. Cr. John Downes and Charles Gardner, Law- rence Poutney- lane, tea dealers. Seal. April 20. HARLES HIM, Salisbury- square, hotel keeper, May 5 and Juno 6. Sols. Messrs. Clark and Co., Sessions- house, Old Bailey. Pet. Cr. William Boyle, and Archibald Johnston, Ludgate- hill, paper hangers. Seal. April SO.. JOHN LEES, Bilston, Staffordshire, draper, May 9 and June 6, at the Lion Inn, Wolverhampton. Sols. Messrs. Austen and Hobson, 4, Raymond's- buildings, Gray's- inn, London; Messrs. Hincliliffe and Hayes, Westbromwich; and Mr. C. G. Brown, Bilston. Pet. Cr. Joseph Shore, Birmingham, and Francis Frederick Shore, Lisbon, Portugal, merchants and partners. Seal. April 15. JOHN MACDOUGALL, late of Buenos Ayres, merchant and factor, May 8 and June 6, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Adlington and Co., Bedford- row, London ; and Messrs. Radcliffe and Co., Liverpool. Pet. Cr. George William Ewing and William Macmurdo Duncan, Liverpool, merchants. Seal. March 25. JOSHUA MILNER and JOHN MILNER, Bradford, Yorkshire, tailors, May 9 and June 6, at the Court- house, Bradford. Sols. Messrs. Battye and Co., Chancery- lane, London; and Mr. J. R. Wagstaff, Bradford. Pet. Cr. Thomas Horsfall, William Hors- fall, John Garnett Horsfall, Timothy Horsfall, and Michael Hors- fall, Bradford, Yorkshire, stuff manufacturers. Seal. April 14. JOHN BRITTON and JOSEPH WATERMAN BRISCOE, Dar- lington, Durham, linen and carpet manufacturers, May 16 and June 6, at the Vane Arms, Stockton. Sols. Mr. Thomas Skinner, Stockton ; and Messrs. Tilsons and Co., Coleman- street, London. Pet. Cr. George Skinner, William Skinner, sen., and William Skinner, jun., Stockton, Durham, bankers. Seal. April 17. CHARLES PARKER, Houghton- le- Skerne, and Darlington, Dur- ham, flax spinners, May 1 and June 6, at the King's Head Inn, Darlington. Sols. Messrs. Tilsons and Co., 29, Coleman. street, London; and Mr. Allison, Darlington. Pe*. Cr. James Twee, dale, Darlington, innkeeper. Seal. April 18. RICHARD HEAP and JAMES HEAP, Colne and Trawden, Lan- cashire, cotton manufacturers,- May 22 and June 6, at the Town, hallJ Preston. Sols. Messrs. Weeks and Gilbertson, 12, Cook's- court, Lincoln's. inn. fields, London ; and Mr. Hartley, Colne. Pet. Cr. Henry Walker, Primet- bridge, near Colne, cotton manufac- turer. Seal. April 15. WILLIAM DUNN CROW, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, tanner, May 11 and June 6, at the Town- hall, Sheffield. Sols. Messrs. Atkinson and Pilgrim, Church. court, Lothbury. London; and Messrs. Smith and Hinde, Sheffield. Pet. Cr. Charles Greaves, Eccles- field, Yorkshire, gent. Seal. April 17. GEORGE CASWELL, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, bookseller, May 12 and June 6, at the Lion Inn, Kidderminster. Sols. Messrs. Blackstock and Co., 1, Paper- buildings, Inner Temple, London ; and Mr. William Boycot, jun., Kidderminster. Pet. Cr. Stephen Godson, Worcester, gent. Seal. April 17. WILLIAM BURGE, Wareham, Dorsetshire, tanner and currier, May 3, at the Black Bear Inn, Wareham, and June 6, at the Angel Inn, Poole. Sols. Mr. Phippard, Wareham; and Mr. George Weller, Essex- street, Strand, London. Pet. Or. John Groves, Worgret, Dorsetshire, yeoman. Seal. April 17. DIVIDENDS. John Morris, Regent- street, Poplar, carpenter and builder, May 19— Stephen Hobson and Oliver Marshall, Crescent, Minories, City, corn factors, May 19— Richard Miles Frisby, Mark- lane, City, wine and spirit merchant, May 22— John Maberly, Bread- street, Cheap- side, City, and John- street; Berkeley- square, May 18— Richard Martindale, Brabant- court, Philpot- lane, City, broker, April 18— William Collings and Thomas Maingy, late of Bishopsgate. street- within, City, merchants, May 19— James Young, Thomas Bracken, George Ballard, James Charles Coiebrooke Sutherland, and Na- thaniel Alexander, late of Calcutta, merchants, May 18— John Laing, Great Tower- street, City, cork catter, May 18— Charles Bean, Long acre, coach maker, May 18- John Johnson Sparrow, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, victualler, May 18, at the Sun Hotel, Cambridge— Robert Wrigley, Rochdale, Lancashire, corn dealer, May 26, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manchester— Thomas William Clarke, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, innkeeper, May 29, at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby— John Hebblewliite, Krngston- upon- Hull, woollen draper, May 17, at the George Inn, Kingston- upon- Hull— Benjamin Lay, Colchester, carpenter and builder, May 17, at the Three Cups Hotel, Colchester— Thomas Hall, Hulland, Derbyshire, lime burner, May 22, at the New Inn, Derby— William Newstead, Thetford, Norfolk, grocer, « May20, at the Castle Inn, Norwich— Thomas Vinor the younger, Sheffield, Yorkshire, coach builder, May 18, at the Town- ball, Sheffield— George Godber, Liverpool, woollen draper, May 25, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— Alfred Platoff Hatton Bowen, Bristol, druggist, May 17, at the Commercial. rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, MAY 16. George Collier, Wellington, Shropshire, mercer— Edward Passey the younger, Worcester, dealer in china— James Green, Exeter, civil engineer— John Clarkson, Nottingham, currrier— George Blakiston Robinson, Cross- lane, St. Mary- at- Hill, City, coal factor —• Charles Harber, Croydon, innkeeper— Benjamin Bensley, Andover, Hampshire, printer— Thomas Darwin, Sheffield, roller manufac- turer— Charles Humphreys, Bear- lane, Christchurch, timber mer- chant— John Fox, Bromyard, Herefordshire, saddler— Joseph Bus- sell the younger, Taunton St. Mary Magdalen, Somersetshire, tailor — John Edwards the younger, Brighton, grocer— William Wilson, Newcastle upon- Tyne, scrivener— John Bates, Long- lane, Ber- mondsey, furrier— Joseph Mould, 43, Newgate- street, City, cheese- monger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Matthew Pratt and Richard Wray, York, ship carpenters— An. drew Halliday and George Edmondson, Preston, Lancashire, tea dealers— Robert Francis Jameson and Hugh Robert Francis Jame- son, 9, Herbert's- passage, Beauford- buildings, Strand, ale and porter dealers— John Bridger and Edward Chanell, Godalming, Surrey, mercers— John Bannister, Trawdren, Lancashire, and Hartley Shoesmith, Raven Rock, in the Forest ofTraudeti, Lan- cashire, worsted manufacturers— George Whalebone and William Caston, 15, Union- street East, Spitalfields, coach platers— George Willoughby and John Burkill, Louth, timber merchants— H. Wil- liams and P. T. Hoare, Derby, silk throwsters— Thomas Minsliall and William Calvert, Worthing, Sussex, tailors— Samuel Taylor and William Elfe Taylor, Broadmead, Bristol, brush makers— Samuel Barker and William Pullein, Leeds, joiners— Elizabeth Jacobs and Thomas Jacobs, Taunton, Somersetshire, common brewers— George Loudoun and Charles Balfour, Brussels— Roger Holland George Lomas, and Robert Knowles, Little Bolton, Lan- cashire, cotton spinners— Augustus Wynne and James Field, Cam- bridge- wharf, Great Cambridge- street, Hackney- road, coal mer- chants— Edward Weeks and Thomas Wright, King's. road, Chelsea, horticultural builders— Henry Mash and George Boddington, War- wick, coach makers— George M'Morine and Robert Hyslop, Liver- pool, wine dealers— William Kilner and Francis Cope, 23, Mincing- lane, City, preserved provision merchants— James Page the elder, James Page the younger. Jonathan Page, aud George Page, May- pole- yard and Drury- hill, Nottingham, haberdashers— Thomas Ainsworth the elder, Preston, Lancashire, Thomas Ainsworth the younger, Backbarrow, Lancashire, and William Ainsworth, Preston, Lancashire, cotton spinners— James Bo well and William Stepenson, Leeds, drapers— William Tredwell and George Wall, Hanbury. wharf, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, coal merchants— Mary Dixon and Dorothy Dixon, Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, dress makers. ASSIGNMENTS. Joseph Charles Clarke, Water- lane, Great Tower. street, wine merchant. Samuel Kennedy, Kingston- upon- Thames, linen draper. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. WARWICK, SATURDAY, APRIL 2- 2.— Wheat, per bag, old21s0dto 21s 6d ; new, 20s Od to 21s Od ; Barley per quarter, 30s Od to 34s Od; new, 32s Od to 34s Od ; Oats, 28s Od to 33s Od; New, 26s Od to 30s Od; Peas, per bag, 18s Od to 20s 0d ; Beans, 15s Od to 17s 6d; new, 14s 6d to 16s Od; Vetches, 19s Od to 2ls 0d; Malt, 64s Od to 68s Od per quarter. WORCESTER, APRIL 22.— Wheat, old, per bushel, Imperial Measure, 6s 8d to 7s 2d. New ditto, 6s 8d to 7s 2d. Foreign ditto, 0s 0d toOsOd. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to 5s Od. Grinding ditto, 4d to 4s Od. Beans, old, 5s 8d to 6s 4d. New ditto, 5s 4d to 5s 8d. Oats, English new, 0s Od to 0s Od. Old ditto, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Irish, ditto new, 391b. a bushel, 0s Od to 0s Od. Old ditto, 391b. a bushel, 0s Od to 0s Od. Peas, white, boiling, 5s 8d to 6s Od. Grey ditto, 5s Od to 5s 4d. Grey Hog ditto, 0s Od to Od. Vetches, winter, 6s 4d to 0s 0d. Spring ditto, 0s Od to 0* Od. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 2- 2. — Wheat, per bushel, 7s Od to 7s 6d. Barley, per Imperial quarter, 31s 0d to 33s Od. Beans, per Im- perial bushel, 5s lOd to 6s Od. Oats, per Imperial quarter, 26s Od to 32s Od. Peas, per Imperial quarter, 46s Od to 54s Od. Malt, per Imperial quarter, 0s 0d to 0s Od. Fine Flour, 44s Od to 46s Od. HEREFORD, APRIL 22. — Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 6s lOd to 7s 6d. Ditto, 801bs. per bushel, 0s 0d toOs Od. Barley, 4s Od to 4s 6d. Beans, 5s 8d to 6s 6d. Peas, 4s 9d to 5s 9d, Vetches, 0s Od to 0s 0d. Oats, 3s 6d to 4s Od. CHELTENHAM, APRIL 20.— New Wheat, 6$ 9d to Ss Od per bushel, Old Wheat, 6s 9d to 8s 0d. Barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od. Oats, 3s Od to 4s Od. Beans, 5s Od to 6s 6d. Thomas Crisp, Cardiff, hoop iron, H. Brown and Co.— Newport Trader, Newport, general cargo. H. Southan and Son— William and Maria, Newport, salt, H. Southan and Son— Severn, Bridgwater, general cargo, Stuckey and Co. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, APRIL' 24— Wheat, Essex Red, new, 42s to 54s ; line, 55s to 57s ; old, 55s to 62s; white, new, 50s to 55s tine, 58- s to 60s; superfine, G0sto61s; old,' 63s to C6s Rye, 30s to 36s.— Barley, 28s to 32s j fine, — s to — s ; superfine, 35s to 36s — Malt, 54s to 58s ; fine, 58s to 60s Peas, Hog, 36s to 37s ; Maple, 37s to 38s; white, 34s to 36s ; Boilers, 38s to 39s.— Beans, small, 38s to 41s; old, 44s to 48s; Ticks, 30s to 36s; old, 40s to 44s ; Harrow, — 8 to — s.— Oats, feed, 20s to 23s ; fine, 25s to 278 ; Poland, 243 to 27s; fine, 28s to 29s; Potatoe, 27s to 29s ; fine, 3' ls to 32s— Bran, per quarter, 9s Od to 10s 0d,— Pollard, fine, per ditto, 14s. 20s. PRICE OP SEEDS, APRIL24 Per Cwt.— Red Clover, English, 50s to 65s ; fine, 70a to 80s ; Foreign, 50s to 60s; flue, 65a to 70s White Clover, 56s to 65s ; fine, 70s to 75s.— Trefoil, new, 14s to I8s; Hue, 19s to 22s ; old, 12s to 16s— Trefolinm, 16s to 18s ; fine 20a to 22s.— Caraway, English, new, 43a to 473 ; Foreign, 50s to 52a— Coriander, 14s Od to 16s Od, Per Quarter.— St. Foin, 3% to38s ; fine, 40s to 42s; Rye Grass, 28s to 35s; new, 35s to 45s ; Pacey Grass, 40a to 45s; Linseed for feeding, 52s to 56s ; fine, 60s to 64s ; ditto for crushing, 48s to 50s— Canary, 44s to 48s.— Hemp, 46a to 50s. Per Bushel.— White Mustard Seed, 7s Od to 9s Od ; brown ditto, 9a Od to 12a; Tares, 4a fld to 5s Od : fine new Spring, 5s 3d to5a Gd. Per Last. — Rape Seed, English, 32/ to 34(; Foreign, 30/ to 921. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICEOPBRITISH CORN FORTHE WEEK ENDING APRIL20, 1837 Wheat, 56s 4d ; Barley, 32s Id; Oata, 22a lid ; Rye, 36s 2d; Beans, 37s 4d ; Peas, 36s Id. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 30s 8d ; Barley, 13s lOd; OatB, 13s 9d ; Rye, 15a6d; Beans, 14s Od; Peas, 15s 6d. HAY AND STRAW.— Smithfield.— Hay, 80s Od to 100s Od ; Inferior, — a to— a; Clover, 50a to 1188; Inferior— a to— s; Straw, 40s to 46s. Whitechapel.— Clover, I05a to 120a ; llewditto,— sto— a; second cut, — s to— 8; Play, 84 to 95a ; new ditto,— a to— 8 ; Wheat Straw, 40s to 45s; Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 95s to 100s; inferior ditto, 85a to 90s; superior Clover, 1108 to 120a; Straw, 48s to 50s per load of36 trusaea. Portman Market.— Coarseheavy Lowland Hay, — s to — s ; new Meadow Hay, — s to — s ; old ditto, 8' 4s to 100s ; useful ditto, — 8 to — a; New Clover ditto, — s to— 8; old ditto, 110s to 118s; Wheat Straw, 44s to 50s per load of 36 trusses. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 40 0s per ton; Refined, £ 42 0a; Linseed Oil, £ 27 10s ; and Rape Cake, £ 6 0s— Linseed Oil Cake, £ 13 10s per thousand. SMITHFIELD, APRIL 24— TO sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 3a 2d to 4a 2d; Best Down aud Polled Mutton, 4s lOd to 5a 4d; Veal, 4a Od to 5s 4d ; Pork, 4s 2d to 4s lOd ; Lamb, 6a Od to 0s Od. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.— By the Carcase — Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3a 2d to 4s Od ; Veal, 3s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 4d. A TREATISE IS PUBLISHED Btj 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 for the 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 aud 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- TREET, 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, and memory, in- difference and aversion for all pleasures, the idea of their own unhappiness and despair, which arises from considering themselves as the authors of their own misery, and the ne- cessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, are the fluc- tuating ideas of those who have given way to this delusive and destructive habit. In that depressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of such baneful practices, excessive drinking, or any other cause, by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illite- rate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, mer- cury, ruin the constitution, and cause ulcerations, blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness ot 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 gonorrhoeas and simple cases, but when salivation, antimonials, and the decoction of the woods, have been tried to little or no purpose. Messrs. Perry may he personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their prepara- tions, without a fee. Attendance on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, four doorsfrom Easy- row, Birming- ham ; and at 43, 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. GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From April 20 to April 27. IMPORTS: The Elizabeth, from Licata, with 2730 cantars of brim, stone, consigned to II. Southan aud Son— Despatch, Wicklow, 482 barrels of oats, J. and C. Sturge— Acorn, Baltimore, 67 tons of oats, 17 tons and 15 cwt. of barley, and 19 tons of potatoes, J. and C. Sturge— Ann and Mary, Rathmilton, 77 tons aud 15 cwt. of oats, 780 bundles of hides, and 7 crates of hair, Phillpotts, Baker, and Lloyda Desire, Yarmouth, I. W., 92 tons of glass sand, D. Thomas— Swift, Fowey, 233 quarters of barley, Phillpotts, Baker, aud Lloyds- Pheasant, Fowey, 110 tons of ehina, stone, and clay, Gopsill Brown — Henry, Fowey, 82 tons of china clay, J. Millner— New Hope, Barrow, 73 tons of iron ore, W. Kendall and Son— Fly, Haverford. west, 1360 bushels of oats, Hentig and Howell— John, Blackpool, 1531 bushels of oats, J. and C. Sturge— Fame, Neath, 45 tons of copper, W. Partridge and Co.— Belinda. Swansea, 52 tons of copper, metal, and coals, H. Southan and Son— Sarah, Swansea, general cargo, H. Southan and Son— Halcyon, Swansea, 28 tons of iron metal, H. Southan and Son— Three Brothers, Cardiff, 14 tons of pig iron, H. Southan and Son— Providence, Cardiff, 31 tons of rail road plates, J. G. Francillon— Newport Trader, Newport, 34 tons of pig iron, and 20 tons of rail road plates, H. Southan and Son— Cygnet, Bridgwater,- general cargo, Stuckey and Co, EXPORTS : The Hector, for Altona, with ballast, from J. and C. Sturge— Emanuel, Dordt, ballast, J. and C, Sturge— Acorn, Dublin, oak bark, Thomas Jones; iron, clay, and bricks, W. Kendall and Son ; sundries, J. R Heane— Abeona, Truro, 8alt and fire bricks, H. Southan and Son— Dove, Boscastle, salt, H. Southan and Son— Earl Grey, Carmarthen, salt, Gopsill Brown ; clay and bricks, W. Kendall and Son ; sand, porter, & c., J. R. Heane— Fame, Neath, bricks and sundries, W. Kendall and Son— Belinda, Swansea, general cargo, H. Southan and Son— Halcyon, Swansea, salt, H. Southan and Son— INGLISH'S SCOTS PILLS. rpHE TRUE SCOTS PILLS, invented by Dr. AN- J- DERSON, Physician to King Charles the First, are pre- pared faithfully from the original Recipe, by B. H. INGLISH alone, the Doctor's only Representative, at No. 165, Strand, London, where they, and not any other Medicine have been sold for upwards of 200 years. They are particularly useful in Bilious, Gouty, and Dropsical Complaints, Headache, Indigestion, want of Appetite, Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, and Obstructions. Families, Travellers, and Seafaring People should never be with- out them. N. B. They are recommended in Liquorice Powder, to prevent their sticking together. Sold in boxes, at Is. lid. each, by all respectable Medi- cine Venders. V* Ask for INGLISH'S SCOTS PILLS, and be care- ful to observe the directions they are wrapped in are signed B. H. INGLISH, and that his Name and Address are on the Government Stamp. Particular attention is requested to this Caution, as numerous Counterfeits are obtruded on the Public. 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, and fully appreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by every individual that has used it testifies. Price Is. IJd. 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, and words sold by Hannay and Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address of the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from 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 waa induced to purchase from your agent, Mr. Maher, Ann. street, a bottle of Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent;— after a week's application I found it had the desired effect. 1 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, August6,1836. JOHN WINFIELD. To Messrs. Hannay and Co. Sold byappointmentby M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street. and \ V. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parke, Woverhampton ; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Mer- ridew, Coventry'; Dicey, Northampton. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. rilHE extraordinary efficacy and complete safety of X this Medicine, is now so fully established by such tes- imonials, as the public can at all times make reference to, either direct or through the medium of the respectable Agents, whose names and residences are given, that any lengthened description of its salutary effects is unnecessary. It is merely requisite to observe that for Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Head and'Face, & c., it is a decidedly established remedy. But the Proprietor feels it a duty which he owes to the afflicted, to place before them a series of cures recently communica- ted to him, one of which is the following: — An extraordinary eure of Rheumatism, communicated by Mr. Noble, the agent for Boston, Lincolnshire, to whom all enquiries in that neighbourhood are referred: Corn of a letter from the Neighbourhood of Birmingham. To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. West Bromwich, July 6th, 1836. SIR,— Having been for a number of years subject to the Gout and Rheumatism, I have tried every remedy that haa been recommended, without the least benefit, until last year a friend of mine came 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 sent to Mr. Cowell's, of West Bromwich, for a box, and in tvventy. four hours, after taking a few Pills, waB quite relieved, and able to attend to my business, and in two days waa as well as ever I was. It is now more than twelve months since; but a few weeks ago I 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, Spon- 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, Shillitoe, 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; Mander and Co., and Simpson, Wolverhampton; Davis, Atherstone ; Morgan, Lichfield; Harding, Shiffnall.; Penned and Stew- art, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Maund, Broms- grove; Harper, llodgkinson, Bayley and Roberts, War- wick ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in the Kingdom, price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for 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. ASHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years' experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicians and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhoea, 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, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require the slightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicines in use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these gills, the party willnotexperieene 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 return, 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 mostefficient 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- essional 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, & e. & 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 mostimproved 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. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can be supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the order. 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, 5, Congreve- street, and Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parker, Wolverhampton; ItogerB, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Merridew, Coventry. PATRONS. HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF BELGIUM. And most of the Royal Family. James Johnson, Physician Ex'raordiuary to His Majesty. Arthur T. Holroyd, Physician totheSt. Marylehone Dispensary. T. Hodgkin, M. D., Lecturer on Morbid Anatomy at Guy's Hospital. R. Rowley, M. D., Physician to the Aldersgate- Btreet Dispensary. < T. H. Weatherhead, 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. Charles Loudon, Physician to the Leamington Bathing Institution. D. Daviea, Surgeon to their Majeatieg. Jonathan Pereira, F. L. S. Lecturer on Materia Medica. F. Tyrrell, 17, New Bridge- atreet, 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 Ilashwood Surgeon to the Royal Humane Institution. C. Millard, Demomstrator of Anatomy at the School of Webb- street. J. Harrison Curtis, Aurist to His Majesty. rj^ HE above, and 208 other Medical Gentlemen, JL have given the most flattering certificates of the great value and superiority of WOODHOUSE'S iETHERIAL 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 Moibus, 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. Gd., 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, relieved in ten minutes, by taking one dose of WOODHOUSE'S BALSAM OF SPERMACETI, 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 efficacj 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 in the course of a week by the use of these Drops. In the Hooping and Chin Coughs it will be found equally valuable; it will at all times relieve the most violent Consumptive Cough. In bottles, Is. 11^( 1., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and 10s. 6d., 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 Stamps oherwise cannot tie genuine. INFALLIBLE HAIR DYE. AMONGST the number of compositions, advertised under various names as Hair Dyes, the only one that has stood the test of experience and proved as infalli- ble as it is efficacious, is AGID HASSAN'S celebrated, simple, and unerring CIRCASSIAN HAIR DYE, which will, in a few hours, change light, red, or grey hair, eye- I rows, lashes, whiskers, and mastachios, to a rich auburn, or jet black, or any shade between; giving a fine glossy appearance, without injuring the hair, discolouring the skin or linen, also being free from the purple hue ( even in the rays of the sun) which the other dyes impart. It is not less valuable to officers of the ariny, 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, Gracechureh- street, and retail by the following Agents:— Mr. Aucott, per- fumer, New- street, Birmingham ; Mr. Saunders, per- fumer, Warwick; Messrs. Price and Wood, perfumers Leamington ; Messrs. Stephens and Son, perfumers Alcester ; Mr. Vernal!, perfumer, Worcester; in bottles at 5s., 10s., and 15s. each, having proper directions how to use the same, with a fac- simile of the signature of Agid Hassan; also that of W. Day and Co. Ali without these are counterfeit. DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS. " I care not howl am physicked, so it be not by the adventure of a Quack, but advice of a Physician, who, I am sure, will prescribe no more for me than may consist with my safety, aud need doth re- quire."— Old Divine. DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG, who g- ave the propri- etor this invaluable prescription, was the author of the splendid works on Typhus and Scarlet Fever; and on the Principles and Practice of Physic, published by Rix. These Pills are scientifically prep;. red for the Proprietor, a gentleman of private fortune, by his Wholesale Agent, Mr. John T. Eddy, Chemist, Bishop Stortford, whose name and address ( to prevent imposition) are engraved in white letters on the Government Stsmp. Each box is also sealed with a tower, on a shield of ermine and gold, the Proprie- tor's arms. None else genuine. From the very extraordinary relief afforded by these Pills to DYSPEPTIC and BILIOUS PERSONS, the sale is becoming truly immense. All the Wholesale Houses sup- ply them to the Trade; and every respectable patent medi- cine vender, and many of the chemists in London, Edin- burgh, and Dublin, and in the country, ( where the Agents have become too numerous any longer to be advertised without apparent partiality) retail them to the public, in boxes at Is. lid., and 2s. 9d. each. Hundreds of striking cases and flattering testimonials might be noticed; but each DYSPEPTIC or BILIOUS SUFFERER who tries these pills ( most costly in theic preparation to the proprietor), will furnish a sufficiently satisfactory and convincing case of cure or relief to himself. For some of the cases and testimonials, see the Sun, Watch- man, Mark Lane Express, and the envelope of each box. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty of breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night cough, with pain on the chest, & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure of the above complaints, only requires to be known to prove the passport to its being, ere long, universally made use of for the cure of every description of Pulmonary Affection. To those who are unacquainted with the invaluable pro- perties of Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, the following letters will exhibit its efficacy: — Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1835. 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 mucb. coughing, which always kept my soft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, and the more I coughed the worseit was, and it, in its own turn, produced a constant excitement of coughing. I am now about, to the wonder of my friends and neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable medicine, ten years back; would have saved me not less than £ 3,000 in medical fees, but it would have done more— it would have saved my having had to swallow, from time to time, upwards of a hogshead of their nauseous, and, as they all proved, useless drugs. The agreeable flavour of the medicine is a great recommendation: I think you ought to put it up and sell it to the public, and if any one should doubt its efficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you 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, and many other medicines. I should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All join me in 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 1 had not seen for many years, and still more so was I when, finding that I had a severe cough, he drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the cou- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing instanter, and left me the remainder, which I also took, and in the course of twenty- four hours I found myself quite free from even any tendency towards coughing j he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; I, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head- quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail on you to let me have half, or a whole pint of the medicine to stow in my sea. chest, as I sail again for America in about ten days, and if 1 can, in return, afford you any service on the other side of the Atlantic, I am at your command. T. W. BUCHANAN. Master of the Brig Nancy, of Orleans. T. Mulreaddy, Esq. Birkenhead, Jan., 1835. Dear Sir,— The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing I have been so long subject to; and I do not now find the cold produce the sensation it used previous to taking your medicine; it used formerly to nip me on going out, and I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and 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 magic, for which I, and Mrs. Wilson in particular, return our grateful acknowledgments, and the little W's shall not fail, ere long, to thank you in person. Rely on it, in our family you will be styled doctor in future. Believe me, your3 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 aiways on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner in my library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to join in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that I have been in constant dread of sudden dissolution, by bursting of a blood- vessel. At the commencement of the present season, by your kind liberality, I com- menced taking the medicine you sent, and have taken twelve bottles. After I had taken three, I could respire as vigourously as in the early partof my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, 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 suft'er 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 me have a quantity in a large bottle, I will, in return, enter thy name te any charitable institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB ROBERTS. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies of he whole of the letters he has received of the above tenor, would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented he considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, that upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the best recommendation. It will be sold by his appointment, whole- sale and retail, by his agents, Messrs. HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble vender of medicines in bottles at Is. 1 each. lg| r Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white1, etters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold by his ap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l^ d. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the lloyal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicirte of repute j 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. t Sold by appointment by Maher, 5, Congreve- 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 be ad- dressed, and where Advertisements and Orders will be re- ceived. ( All descriptions of Jobbingcarefullyuandexpedi- 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, Walbrook ; and Mr. HAMMOND, 27, Lombard- street.— Saturday, April 29, 1837. L