No. 688. SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1838. PRICE THE. HOPE AND ANCHOR TAVERN, fisher- street, corner of Sloiand- street, Birmingham. TO be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the licences, goodwill, and possession of the above retail PUBLIC HOUSE, in full business, and brewing upwards 1,300 bushels of malt per annum, as may be seen by the cutty paper. The premises are held under an agreement, for lease for tktam ot • jews, at £ 35 \> et auuum, tufts', sting of ( our bed- rooms, tap room, parlour, bar, kitchen, good cellars, brew- house, malt- room over, stable and lofts. Connected there- with is a good Hay and Straw, business. Early possession may be had, subject to the usual effects and email stock being taken to at a fair appraisement. For particulars apply upon the premises or of JOHN RODERICK, Offices, > Jew- street, corner ot Agent and Valuer. Bennett's . lull. VALUABLE STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES, WOOLLEN CLOTHS, & c. TO be SOLO by AUCTION, at the Auction Rooms, No. 16, Upper Temple- street, Birmingham, on MONDAY NEXT, the 13th day of August, at Two o'clock precisely, a valuable Assortment of LADIES and CHILDREN'S BOOTS and SHOES; a variety of superfine Blue, Black, Claret, and other BROAD CLOTHS, C A SSI ME RES, and other property. Catalogues may be bad ot JOHN RODERICK, Auc- tioneer. Offices, New- street, corner of Bennetts- hill. IMPORTANT SALE. TO MANUFACTURERS OF LOCOMOTIVES, MACHINISTS, AND ENGINEERS GENERALLY. JOHN RODERICK lias received instructions from the London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Com- pany, to SELL, by PUBLIC AUCTION, without re- serve, at the Works, Haywood House, Bordesley Green, near Birmingham, on Tuesday, the 14th day of Augrist instant, and three following days— the LEASE of the PREMISES, with immediife possession, which consist of an excellent Family House, Manufactory, Yard, and conve- niences for fifty pair of hands, with about two Acres of Land, held on Lease at 60?. per annum. The Machinery and Tools— comprising an excellent high- pressure Steam Engine, about six- horse power, lathes with slide- rests, wheel- cutting apparatus, and all the modern improvements; also a most valuable and unique screw- cutting lathe, drilling machine, grooving apparatus complete, and extensive toole for engine erections and fitters, smiths, pattern makers, braziers, and boiler- men; a foundry, with crane, moulding boxes, and every other requisite. The Stock— consisting of many cylinders for steam engines, with metallic pistons ready for use; force pumps, proving pump, numerous valuable forgings and castings, 8tc., for locomotive and other engines, springs, tubes, axles, a quantity of cast floor plates, bar and other steel, plate and rod iron, & c.; also the bricks, timber, and materials con- tained in several sheds, and other temporary erections in the yard; four splendid carriages, viz., two coaches and two omnibuses, got up, in every respect, in the most substantial and fashionable manner', and well worth the attention of any party working conveyances between a large town and one of the railways ; also a locomotive steam carriage, for gravel roads, which has run at speed for several hundred miles on the turnpike roads round Birmingham, with metal boiler, condenser pumps, water tanks, & c. Haywood House is situated about one mile from Bir- mingham, near to the London, Liverpool, Derby, and Gloucester Railway Stations, and offers peculiar advanthges and a certain profitable business to any party connected with the engine department of railways, or to any person who understands the manufacture and repairing of locomo- tives, or to manufacturers who are in want of extensive premises near to the town of Birmingham. The Lease and Possession of the Premises will be offered, subject to conditions, on Tuesday, the 14th of August instant, at Eleven o'clock. The whole will be on view on and after Wednesday next, the 8th of August, and particulars will appear in catalogues, to be had to- morrow at the Works ; Guardian newspaper- Office, Manchester ; Mercury Office, Liverpool; and of JOHN RODERICK, Auctioneer. N. B. Three of the Carriages may be viewed at Mr. Brown's establishment, adjoining Mr. Bindley's repository. Offices, New- street, corner of Bennett's Hill. Elegant modern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, LINEN, PLATE, Piano- Forte, by Clementi, China, Glass, Kitchen Requisites, Brewing Vessels, SUR- GERY EFFECTS, handsome PHAETON, nearly new and under the duty; capital GREY HORSE, seven years old, quiet to ride, and has been driven four and a- half years without winkers, a handsome BAY COB, seven years old, very quiet in harness; Saddles, Bridles, Harness, and other valuable property, in High- street, opposite Deritend Chapel. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the premises, on Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and 21st days of Au- gust, 1838, part of the elegant and modern Household Fur- niture and Effects of Mr. AARON, Surgeon, who is removing to a distance. N. B. The Phaeton, Harness, and Horses, may be treated for by private contract. Particulars in future advertisements, and in catalogues, to be had five days prior to the sale, of JOHN RODERICK, Auctioneer. Offices, New- street, corner of Bennett's- hill. TO TRIPE SELLERS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS. By I. ALLEN. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the premises, on MONDAY, August 13, commencing at ten o'clock, the Good- will and Possession of that excellent accustomed TRIPE HOUSE, situated a few doors below the White Tower, in Lawley street. Also, seven superior Store Pigs; together with the apparatus for cooking and selling tripe ; and materials of a brewhouse. Also, all the Household Furniture and effects, comprising a handsome eight- day clock, mahogany chest of drawers, 3 feather beds, chamber and kitchen chairs, dining and other tables, kitchen requi- sites, & c. &' C. Descriptive catalogues to be had at the place of sale, or at the office ol the Auctioneer; of whom may be had the longest list of Public Houses, and other Properties, oil sale and wanted, in or near Birmingham. TURK'S HEAD, OR GRAND TURK. BY I. ALLEN. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the premises, on TUESDAY, August 14,1838, commencing at ten o'clock, the desirable Licenses, Good- will, and Possession of the above old established Public House, situated in Aston street, Birmingham; together with all the fixtures, brewing utensils, stock in trade, part of the Furniture and effects, comprising twenty strike mash tub, furnaces, with setting and under work, cooler, and lead pipe beer machine, hogs- head and half hogshead barrels; tables, chairs, screens, and rushes; variety of tubs, & c., described in catalogues, to be had at the office of the Auctioneer, Smithfield. N B. Also, may be had, catalogues of the sale of Brew- ing Utensils and Effects, at the Milk Maid public house, Lawley street, Edgbaston, on Monday, August 20, at two o'clock. RAILWAY TAVERN, BUCKINGHAM- STREET, NEAR ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. BY I. ALLEN. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the premises, on Wednesday next, August 15, 1838, commencing at ten, the valuable LICENSES, GOOD- WILL, and POSSESSION of the above low rented Public- house, also the BREWING UTENSILS, FIXTURES, part of the appropriate clean and genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS; comprising, furnaces and setting, mash tub, coolers, brewer's lead pipe and brass tap, hoghshead and half hogshead barrels, gathering and Other tubs, four- pull ale machine, eight day clock, chimney g'ass, splendid timepiece, dining and other tables, carpet, twelve feet by twelve, Windsor, Trafalgar, and other chairs, screens and partitions, glazed sash, and half glazed door, malt mill, measures, and glasses, and other miscel- laneous effects, described in catalogues, to be had at the office of the AUCTIONEER, Smith& eld. PTREOENT, 3vm., awl Co., Paper Makers and • General Dealers. Warehouse, No. 2, Christ Church Passage, Nevi-& tteet, Birmingham. A CARD. THOMAS PARTRIDGE, Auctioneer, Accountant, Valuer and General Agent. Offices, Christ Church Buildings, New- street, Birmingham. The proceeds arising from Sales entrusted to T. P.' s hands are immediately paid over, and all business conducted with accuracy, honour, and despatch. WANTED to PURCHASE, a good Second- hand STEAM ENGINE, of at least 30- horse power. £ 100, £ 150, £ 250, and £ 1,000, ready to be ADVANCED on Mortgage of Freehold and approved Leasehold Secu- rities. A11 letters to be post paid. ATTENTION OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY Of the counties of Warwick, Worcester, and Stafford, is respectfully requested, to the. immense SALE of magnificent CHINA, from one of the most celebrated manufactories in the kingdom. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, THIS PRESENT SATURDAY, August 9th, and following days, an immense Stock of PORCELAIN, STONE GHINA, and EARTHENWARE, at the large Room, top of Temple- street, Birmingham, late Weaver's Museum. The limits of an advertisement preclude the possibility of giving a fair description; it is, however, requisite to state that the Stock consists of exceedingly valuable DINNER and DESSERT SERVICES richly painted and gilt, Morning and Evening Sets, a large and superior collection of splendid VASES and ORNAMENTS, the whole of which is offered under peculiar circumstances, and con- demned for positive sale. The above may be viewed on each morning previous to the hour of sale. Sale to commence each morning at half- past Ten, and continue till Four. TO JEWELLERS, SILVERSMITHS, AND WATCH- MAKERS- TO be disposed of, an excellent Retail Business in the above trad^ established for upwards of fifty years, situate in the principal street of one of the most flourishing watering- places and market- towns in the West of Eng land. For particulars, apply ( post paid) to I. F. G., No. 145, Box, Post- office, Birmingham, stating real name and ad- dress. Immediate possession may be had, and liberal terms will be offered for the payment of the stock. TO UPHOLSTERERS AND CABINET MAKERS. AN OLD- ESTABLISHED BUSINESS in the above Ifne, may be taken to on very advantageous terms, at a large town, fifty miles from London. The business has been carried on for many years by the present Proprietor, who is retiring, and there is a good connexion, which may be greatly extended by an active man. For particulars, apply to No. 9, Moor- street, Birming- ham. TO PRINTERS, 8tc. ARESPECTABLE young man ( single) is offered an unexceptionable OPPORTUNITY of COM- MENCING in the ABOVE LINE. The office is well stocked, old- established, and situated in a populous town in Shropshire. The proprietor's sole object is to relieve him- t self of the pressure of some of the details of his business, and can materially assist a steady, active young man in ob- taining a livelihood with a trifling outlay of capital. Apply personally, or post paid, to Messrs. EVANS and Co., Paper- manufacturers, 9, Moor- street, Birmingham. 3 w TO CLOCK DIAL PAINTERS. ANTED a GOOD WORKMAN, as above.- Apply to W. and G. Finnemore, Edmund- street. TO ENGINEERS AND MILLWRIGHTS. V17ANTED, a Person as ASSISTANT ENGIN- » » EER ; one who understands the business of a Mill- wright would be preferred. None need apply, whose character will not bear the strictest investigation. For particulars, apply at the BRITANNIA FLOUR MILL, Princep- street, Birmingham. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF- YEARLY GENERAL MEETING the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY, will be held, in puisuanceof the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, at the MERCHANT'S HALL, in the city of Bristol, at twelv o'clock precisely, on TUESDAY, the 14tli of August. The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock. FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman. N. B.— The Transfer- books will be closed in the after- noon of Saturday, the 4th of August; and not re- opened until alter the said Half- Yearly General Meeting on the 14th of the same month. J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. Bristol, 21st of July, 1838. JUST PUBLISHED, DRAKE'S RAILROAD MAPS of tbe entire Line of Route from LONDON to LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER, beautifully engraved and coloured, and extending many miles on each side of the line; ornamented with Views of the Euston Grove Station in London, and a complete Train of Carriages ; with the Rules, Regulations, Fares, Times of Outset and Arrival of the Trains at the various Stations ; together with all requisite Information for Travellers. Price on canvass, in a case for the pocket, 2s. *** The Maps of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways sold separately, done up in a similar manner, at Is. 6d. each. On a sheet, coloured, 9d.; plain, 6d. each. Birmingham, printed and published by JAMES DRAKE ; London, HAYWARD and MOORE ; Liverpool, WILLMER and SMITH ; Manchester, LOVE and BARTON ; and to be had of all Booksellers in the kingdom. TO THE WORKING CLASSES, & c. MR. SHEAF, No. 72, NEW- STREET, CORNER OF CHRIST CHURCH- TASSSGE, WILL provide passages to SYDNEY, in first class Ships, punctual to the time of sailing, at the lowest rate. A few Free Passages will be provided on certain conditions. Mr. S. bason Sale a work in numbers, price Sixpence each, giving the fullest and most faithful account of the Splendid Colony of New South Wales, and its future superlative prospects. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED, AND DECA YED TEETH RESTORED. MONS. DE BERRI and CO., SURGEON DEN- TISTS, 17, EASY- ROW, Birmingham, and 121, Re- gent- street, London, most respectfully acquaint theirfriends and the public, that, in consequence of their improvements in the mechanical department of Dentistry, they are enabled to supply ARTIFICIAL TEETH without Pain, Springs, Wires, or Ligatures, at the following reduced scale : — Filling a Decayed Tooth with Mineral Sill— eeum . . £ 0 2 6 A Single Artificial Tooth 0 5 0 A complete Set— —.— 4 0 0 A complete set of Natural Teeth 10 10 0 An entire set of Natural Teeth, highly finished in the first, style, with fine gold sockets, ( usually charged forty guineas) 20 0 0 Mons. DE BERRI and Co. continue to RESTORE DECAYED TEETH with their celebrated MINERAL SILICEUM, applied without pain, heat, or pressure, which in a few seconds hardens into enamel, preventing and curing the Tooth- Ache, allaying in one minute the most ex - cruciatina pain, and rendering tbe operation of extraction unnecessary, they also FASTEN LOOSE TEETH, whether arising from neglect, the use of calomel, or any othercause. SCURVY ofthe GUM EFFECTUALLY CURED and PREVENTED. 17, Easy- row, Birmingham. jgjT One of the above firm may be consulted daily, for a limited period, at 46, FOREGATE- STREET, WORCESTER. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP AND RE1UO V'Al FROM TEMPLE- ItO W WEST, COLMOUE- nOW, TO NEW- STREET. WILLIAM BOULTON begs to offer bis grateful acknowledgments to the Ladies of Birmingham and its vicinity for the vety kind patronage he has received fiom them during a partnership with his brother for eight years. W. B. takes, this opportunity of informing those Ladies and the public generally, that the term of their Partnership has expired, and that lie has taken those eligible and exten- sive Premises lately occupied by Messrs. R. Gem and Sons, Attorneys, New- street, which he intends opening very early in the autumn ou his own account, when he respectfully so- licits in part a continuance of their support. Birmingham, August, VS38. THE FREEMASONS' and GENERAL LIEE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ( uniting the advantages of a Mutual Association with the security of a Proprietary Company,) No. 11, Waterloo- place, Pall Mall, London. Capital, £ 500,000, in 25,000 Shares, of £ 20 each. Deposit, £ 1 per Share. A Share, not exceeding one- tenth, of the profits will he annually applied to such benevolent purposes, connected with FreemaBonry, as the United Grand Lodge of England shall approve. . PATRONS., The Rt. Hon. the Earl D1GBY The IIt. Hon. the Earl ol MEXBOROUGH The Rt. Hon. Lord RE AY The Rt. Hon. Lord SALTOUN The Rt. Hon. CHARLES TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT, M. P. General Sir JOSEPH O'HALLORAN, K. C. B. DIRECTORS. Colonel HENRY DUNDAS CAMPBELL, Chairman. William Gumming, Esq. Frederick Dodsworth, Esq. James Jephson, Esq. William King, Esq. Geo. GoldsmithKirby. Esq. Richard Alex. Price, Esq. James Stephenson, Esq. Capt. Wm. Spencer Webb BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. MEDICAL ADVISERS. H. U. Thomson, Esq., M. D. Thomas King, Esq., Maddox- street, LEGAL ADVISERS, Sir Frederick Pollock, M. P. William Hayes, Esq. ADDRESS TO CAPITALISTS. Experience has shown that there is no more secure or profitable way of investing capital than in Life Assurance Companies. So great, indeed, were the gains of the earlier companies, that, in the space of a few years only, the various sub divisions of society, such as the Medical, Legal, Naval, and Military, have each formed its own peculiar Life Assur- ance Association, on the well founded expectation of sharing in their enormous profits. The Freemasons now come into the field; a class of all others the most influential by its numbers, and the most united by a general, and it may be said, a sacred principle. Actuated by the spirit which should influence every Freemason, the Directors of the new Com- pany intend appropriating a share of their profits to such benevolent purposes, connected with Freemasonry, as shall be approved by the United Grand Lodge of England, while Past- Masters and Masters of Lodges will be preferred as Agents. With the same views and feelings, a limited num- ber of Shares has been set apart for distribution among Lodges, which may desire to become proprietors in their aggregate capacity. It would be absurd to suppose that all these acrifices are purely disinterested^- that no return is expected for them. On the contrary, the Directors look for great and substantial advantages; but they are such as flow naturally out of their connexion with Freemasonry, and which, from their widely extended ramifications of that body, not through England only, but through the whole of the civilised world, promise fair to make this the first and most profitable establishment of the kind. But it is not only from its connexion with Freemasonry, that the capitalist is to look for the expected augmentation of profits; independent of the various new, as well as cus- tomary forms of Assurance, which are set forth in the pros- pectus, the Company will purchase reversionary interests, as well as annuities, present or deferred, absolute, or contin- gent. They will also grant annuities. If, too, the pros- pectus be attentively considered, it must be evident that the very extent of accommodation afforded to the public, opens up a multitude of profitable resources, which, though un- usual, are perfectly compatible with safety and the general benefit of the Company. This, indeed, is one of the grand features; by judicious calculations, by an extension ofthe usual plans, it holds out not only the hope, but the moral, and it might almost be said, mathematical certainty of a liberal return to the Shareholder, with advantages to the Assured, which he has a right to expect, but which are not to be obtained in any similar establishment. Upon the Paid- up Capital, a dividend of 5 per cent, per annum will be made half- yearly. The Proprietors' profits will be ascertained at the expiration of five years after the establishment of the Company, and will be divided rateably among the Shareholders, and added by way of increase to the paid- up capital, and bear interest at 5 per cent, from the date of such apportionment. A similar division will then be repeated in every successive three years. The extent of liability on each share is restricted to 20/., to which it is limited by the Deed of Association, and the Contract of Assurance. A call of 21. per share will be made on the 10th of October next: and a further call of 21, per share on the 10th of January following, beyond which no further call is contem- plated. IN LONDON. Applications for Shares must be made at the London and Westminster Bank, or at any of its Branch Establishments; a deposit of 1/. per share is then to be paid, and the Banker's receipt taken in exchange. Of the allot- ment of Shares, due notice will he given, and in those cases in which shares shall not be alloted, the deposits will be immediately returned. • 38, Throgmorton- street 9, Waterloo- place, Pall Mai 213, High Holborn 11, Wellington- street, Boro' 87, High- street, Whitechapel 155, Oxford- street Applicants from the country may remit their payments through the country bankers, or by post ( free) to G. G. Kirby, Esq., 11, Waterloo- place, Pall Mall, London. , The receipt of the money will be acknowledged by return of post. PROSPECTUS. But while these great advantages are held out to the'ea- pitalist, the Assured will find that his interests have been attended to with no less care and caution. The usual ex- tent of the scheme, the rigid economy of its detail in prac- tice, and the various new modes introduced into it of invest- ing and augmenting capital, enable the Directors to reduce the premiums on the several policies to a low rate, adapted to the means and wishes of every class. By a more univer- sal application of the system, it holds out a resource against the loss of income in all its shapes and bearings, it provides a fund for old age— lor the clerk, whose salary fails with his office for the creditor, whose sole security is the life of his debtor— for the husband, whose only income is his wife's fortune— for the dependent upon an annuity for another's life— for the tenant bound to repair, or to pay fines for re- newals— for those parents or guardians who have paid ap- prentice fees, and such apprentice dies, and it then becomes an object to regain the money so expended— for those, who would create a fund for the education of their children, or who would secure an independence to the younger branches of their family— and in general for the many contingencies against which a moderate or uncertain income affords no provision. In regard to the payment ofthe settled premium, every facility will be allowed the assured, either by gradually les- sening its yearly amount, according to a given scale, or by at once reducing both the premium and the policy, and consid- ering the overplus, that will then have been paid, as so much premium liquidated in advance. If the assured so chooses, the Company will purchase the Policy altogether. It has been said that mutual Assurance Companies are most advantageous to the public. As the present in its first or modern mutual branch is both a mutual and Proprietary Company, the friends and patrons of it will have the oppor- tunity of availing themselves of all the advantages of a mu- tual Assurance Office, without incurring responsibility, or being subject to any of its other disadvantages; nor will the The Bank is at. The Westminster Branch The Bloomsbury do. The Soutliwark do. The Eastern do. TlieSt. Marylebone do. proprietors reserve to themselves any portion of the profits that may be derived from this branch, although their paid- up capital willform a guarantee fund in case of war, or epidemic, or any other of those accidents which would derange, if not ruin, a society based upon less secure foundations. These are a few only of the advantages to be obtained at a small outlay, and no risk, to those assured with " The Freemasons' and General Life Assurance Company." For the details the public are referred to the printed pro- spectus, to he had ( gratis\ at the company's office, where attendance is given daily, from ten to Bve o'clock. A. TABL. E, Showing the annual premiums required for the assurance of £ 100 on a single life, for the whole duration; with or without a participation of profits. Age next BirtTl. day. VVitli Profits, or Moflern Mutual. Without Profits, or Proprietary. £ e. d. £ s. d. 15 20 i u a 1 17 9 1 10 6 1 13' 6 25 30 35 2 2 0 2 7 5 2 14 3 1 17 6 2 2 8 2 9 2 40 45 3 2 10 3 13 n 2 17 5 3 7 11 SO 4 9 3 4 2 6 Agents will be appointed in all the principal towns in the United Kingdom, and early applications for such appoint- ments should be made, accompanied by the names of two respectable references in London. The business of the establishment will commence on Monday, the 13th inst. G.- G. KIRBY, Managing Director, 11, Waterloo- place, Pall Mall. IMMEDIATE BENEFITS OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. LIFE ANNUITY RATES, calculated on equitable principles. FOP. EXAMPLE. For every £ 100 deposited, this Asspciation will grant the annuity placed opposite the age of the person depositing. From £ 50 and upwards, in proportion. SO to 40 to 45 to SO to 55 AGE to 60 to 65 to! 70 to 75 to 80 £ 8 0 per cent. £ S 10 £ 9 0 £ 0 10 per per per cent. cent. cent. ,£ 10 10 I £ 12 10 per i per cent. J cent. £ 15 10 £ 20 0 per per cent. cent. £ 25 0 per cent. LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE RATES reduced 30 per Cent, per annum, being a saving to the public of £ 500,000 per annum !!! FOR EXAMPLE. LIFE ASSURANCE RATES. Age. 20 to 25 to SO to 35 35 38 to 45 to 50 I £ s. d. Premium J1 11 0 £ s. d. I 15 0 £ s. d. I 2 0 0 £ s. d. |£ s. d. |£ s. d. |£ s d 2 6 0| 2 10 0| 2 15 0| 350 This Company make no charges for intermediate ages under 50 Years. Common - Insurance : — s. d. Private houses and shops not hazardous 1 0 per cent. Hazardous ... 2 0 Double Hazardous 3 6 INDEPENDENT AND WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY, For Fire, Lives, and Annuities, Opposite the Bazaar, Baker- street, Portman- square, London, ON EQUITABLE PPINCIPLES ! ! ! Established under acts of Pailiament. Capital, one Million. MANAGERS. Thomas Knowles, Esq. H. R. Perkins, Esq. Thomas Price, Esq. William Reid, Esq. Edward W. Taylor, Esq. John Wilson, Esq., Wm. Whittaker, Esq. James Alexander, Esq. George Anderson, Esq. Thomas Bedford, Esq. James Drummond, Esq. Samuel Eyre, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. Thomas Hope, Esq. J. D. Hustler, Esq. AUDITORS— Sam. Eyre, Esq.; John Wilson, Esq.; G. E. Wjiliams, Esq. RESIDENT SECRETARY— Mr. William Hole. BANKERS— Cashiers of the Bank of England. PHYSICIAN— Marshal Hall, 1J. D., F. R. S., Manchester- square. SURGEONS— John Ogle Else, Esq., Manchester- street; James Devereux Hustler, Esq., Park- street. SURVEYOR— Simon Thurstan, Esq., 9, Southampton- street, Bloomsbury- square. SOLICITORS— Messrs. Williams and Son, 2, Hart- street, Bloomsbury- square. AGENTS. f Mr. R. Henry Tarleton, solicitor, Bennett's- Birmingham hill. IMr. Phillips, hatter. Leamington and Warwick Mr. S. Bettison, 6, Upper Parade. LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, NO. 10, FLEET STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. The Earl of Devon. Lord Lyndhurst William Wingfleld, Esq. The Vice Chancellor P. B. Brodie, Esq. Sir Herbert Jenner Benjamin Currey, Esq. DIRECTORS. Mr. Sergeant Adams G. Leeke Baker, Esq. E. Smith Bigg, Esq. J. H. R. Chichester, Esq. Charles Clarke, Esq. James Currie, Esq. Sir Wm. Domville, Bart. Mr. Serjeant Goulburn Sir William Home, Q. C. Charles Jennings, Esq. John Igguiden, Esq. W. C. L. Keene, Esq. James W. Lyons, Esq. Basil Montagu, Esq., Q. C. Kenyon S. Parker, Esq. E. Leigh Pembertori, Esq. Thomas J. Piatt, Esq., Q. C, Sir George Rose J. A. F. Simpkinson, Esq., Q. C. C. T. Swanston, Esq., Q C. Meaburn Tatham, Esq. John Tyrrell, Esq. Edward White, Esq. Thomas Wing, Esq. Charles Austin, Esq. Michael Clayton, Esq. AUDITORS. I James Leman, Esq. I Loftus Wigram, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Kinderly, Denton, and Kinderley, 6, Lincoln's Inn. THYSICIAN. H. S. Roots, M. D., 2, Russell Square. SURGEON. F. Tyrrell, Esq., 17, New Bridge Street. ACTUARY. T. II. Edmonds. ripHIS SOCIETY grants ASSURANCES upon the JL Lives of Persons in every rank or profession, where- soever resident, upon favourable terms. At ages under 45 years, the Premiums are lower than those commonly required, Four- fifths of the entire profits of the Society are divided among the assured. The profits respectively allotted may be received in present money, or in reversionary sums, or by way of annuity, at the option of the parties assured. The Sums due on Policies will be paid within Three Months alter the proof of requisite facts. Persons assured for the space of Two Years in 1,000?. or upwards, for the whole period of life, will have the power of electing Two of the Four Auditors of the So- ciety. Assurances may be effected upon the Lives of Persons residing at a distance from London, by their appearing before any respectable Solicitor. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and any requisite information, may be obtained at the offices of the following Solicitors: — Messrs. Chattock and Bolton . Solihull. Henry E. Landor, Esq. Warwick. W. W. Lea, Esq —.„ Henley- in- Arien. W. F. Wratislaw, Esq. „, m-.„ Rugby. Thomas Ilushton, Esq. Uttoxeter. W. W. How, Esq Shrewsbury. Messrs. Williams and Ford Ditto. Henry Perks, Esq Market Drayton. George Pritchard „ Broseley. Thomas F. Dearden, Esq . Rochdale. Edward Foulkes, Esq..—.—. Manchester. Messrs. Higginbottom and Buck\ ey„„ Ashton- under- Linc. Henry Robinson, Esq. ™ . ™ , Ulverstone. Messrs. Shackleton, Wright,& Hunter Liverpool George ~ Woo< S> hea& mn.^„^.^ rfmm* i„ Mottream nr. Man- chester, THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. LAST NIGHT OF THE ItlfGACFMEST Of M1SSSHIRREFF, MR. WILSON, MR. STRETTON, and MR. MANVERS- THE MANAGEMENT most respectfully announce that this Evening concludes the engagement with the above celebrated Vocalists, and is the Last Night of theic appearance in England, previous to their departure for the United States ot America. This Evening, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1838, will be performed, under the Cbnductorship ot Mr. E. LAUD, the splendid Opera of LA SONNAMBUL\. Count Rodolpho Mr. STRETTON. Elvino Mr. WILSON. Amina Miss SH1RREFF. After which, A PAS DE DEUX, By Mis. H. WEBB and Mr. RIGNOLD. To conclude with Burnett, s popular Opera of THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Eolia, the Mountain Sylph Miss SHIRBEFF. Donald Mr. WILSON. Hela , Mr. STRETTON. Christie— Mr. MANVERS. MONDAY—" Tlje Sea," " Of Age To- morrow," and a Pantomime. TUESDAY— Under the Patronage of Colonel Towns- end and the Officers ofthe 14th Lancers. " Bertram," and " The Review." WEDNESDAY—" Tom and Jerry," Bob Logic by PIERCE EGAN, his first and only appearance in the- Theatre Royal, Birmingham, and the Farce of " Blue Devils," and " I. O. U.," a FarcetCa, written expressly for this theatre, by Pierce Egan. Lower Boxes, 3s.; Upper Boxes, 2s.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Half Price, to the Boxes only, at Nine o'clock. gg" All demands on the Theatre must be immediately sent in. Stage Manager, Mr. SIMPSON. GRAND MASQUERADE. MR. WOODWARD begs leave to announce fa the Nobility and Gentry of Birmingham and its vicinity, that THE TOWN- HALL WILL BE OPENED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1833, FOR A GRAND CARNIVAL AND MASQUERADE, For which occasion he has engaged several Professional Artistes from the London Theatres, in order to enhanca the evening's Entertainments. Admittance, Single Tickets, 2s. 6d. Double Tickets, 3s. 6d. Side Galleries, as Spectators, Is. each. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. MRS. COURTENAY has the honour to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Bir- mingham and its vicinity, that UN SOIREE MUSICALE ET DRAM ATI QUE, WILL TAKE TLACE AT THE TOWN- HALL, ON FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1838, On the same plan as those given by her at Paris, which S created such intense interest, and were patronised by thej* Court of France. > y thjj Ilnisf- In addition to Mrs. Courtenay's usual recitation, Musf- cale et Dramatique, on this occasion Mrs. Hannah More'a Grand Sacred Drama of MOSES IN THE BULLRUSHES! Will be given with full dramatic effect. Tickets for Side Galleries and Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. each; Front Gallery Seats, Is. 6d. ; and Floor, Is. each. To be had of Mrs. COERTENAY, 65, Moor- street. To commence at half- past Seven. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL, 1838. THE HUNDRED and FOURTEENTH MEETING of the CHOIRS of GLOUCESTER, WORCESTER, and HEREFORD, for the benefit o « the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen in the three dio- ceses, will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of September, under the patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN. STEWARDS. The Right Hon. LORD ELLENBOROUGH. HENRY THOMAS HOPE, Esq., M. P, PURNELL BRANSBY PURNELL, Esq. The Venerable Archdeacon WETHERELL. The Reverend RICH A RD MUSGRAVE. The Reverend SAMUEL LYSONS. PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS. MADAME GIULIETTA GR1SI and MADAME ALBERTAZZI. SIGNOR IVANOFF and SIGNOR LABLACHE: MRS. KNYVETT, MISS BIRCH, and MRS. ALFRED SHAW. MR. KNYVETT, MR. HOBBS, MR. BRAHAM, MR. A. NOVELLO, and MR. PHILLIPS. LEADERS. MESSRS. CRAMER and MORI. CONDUCTOR— MR. AMOTT. The Instrumental Band and Chorus will consist of up- wards of three hundred Performers, being one hundred more than have been employed on any previous occasion; and as those only of the first- rate talent have been engaged, it is presumed, that the effect produced in this Cathedral, ( the finest for music in the kingdom,) will fully equal that in the Abbey, at the celebrated Westminster Festival. For the Evening Concerts, in addition to the most emi- nent vocal talent engaged, the Orchestra will consist ex- clusively of Performers from the Philharmonic and Opera Bands, thereby insuring perfect unity and precision in tha performances. Mr. WEIPPERT'S celebrated QUADRILLE BAND is engaged for the FANCY DRESS BALL. For the superior accommodation of the visitors, the se- cured seats in the Western Gallery at the Cathedral, and all the Concert Room, will be provided with backs; and on this occasion the Crown Court will be floored over, forming a noble Refreshment Room, contiguous to the Concerts and Ball Room. TUESDAY MORNING.— Numbered tickets for secured seats in the Western Gallery, 7s. 6d.; for the rest of the Nave, 5s.; and for the Aisles, 2s. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.— Western Gallery, secured seats, 20s.; rest of the Nave, 12s. 6d.; Aisles, 5s. FOR EHE CONCERTS OF TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY EVENINGS— Tickets for all the seats numbered and secured, will be 12s, 6d. each. For Tea and Coffee, Is. each. Tickets for the FANCY DRESS BALL, on Friday evening, 21s. each, refreshments included. The arrangement and fitting up of the Cathedral, Con- cert, Refreshment, Reception, and Retiring Rooms, will be under the immediate superintendence of Mr. THOMAS FCLLJAMES, Architect, Gloucester. %* A future advertisement will state the mode of se- curing the numbered seats. F. JOYCE'S ANTI- CORROSIVE PERCUSSION GUNPOWDER. THE Nobility, Gentry, and Sporting World at large, are respectfully informed, that this well- tried Composition, warranted in every respect, which has now stood the test of many years experience, bqth at home and abroad, as well in His MAJESTY'S SERVICE as by Sportsmen in general, may be had as usual of Messrs Mapplebeck and Lowe, Bull- ring, Birmingham ; Cooper and Summers, Co- ventry; Coles, Southam; and of every respectable Gun- maker in England, Ireland, and Scotland, under the forms of Caps, Patches, & c. in Packets of 250 and 500 each, price 2s. 6d. and 5s. Where also may be had, Joyce's Impro\^ fl Chemically prepared Waddings, in bags of 500, price j^ each. Tan> revent accident and disappointment to Purchasers, frqjn the use of spurious imitations, they are requested to rve the Name and Address of the Original Inventoe nd Sole Manufacturer on each Sealed Packet, without which they are not genuine. Manufacturer, for upwards ol seven years, to HIS MAJESTY'S BOARD OF ORD- NANCE. Warehouse, 55, Bartholomew Close, London. 2 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. PENSIONS BILL.— Some opposition was manifested to the committee of this bill by Mr. Hume and Mr. © ' Council, but it was not pressed. In committee, Mr. Hume having learned from Mr. Hice that the pensions would, by the bill, be continued independent of the decease of the crown, declared his agreeing- with the bill to be impossible; but he did not divide the House against any of the clauses not- withstanding. The remainder of the Lord's amendments on the Irish Municipal bill were discussed. The only part of it that possessed any interest, was an opinion ex- pressed by Sir Robert Peel, that ministers did not wish to pass the bill into a law. Lord JOHN RUSSELL spoke very strongly on this in- ference of Sir Robert's— If they were to be told that the Lords having changed the whole bill, in principle almost as much as in form, having altered every clause, they could not make any changes that might seem required in those amendments, then it was at least 89 competent for him to say that the House of Lords could not have 90 made amendments, without supposing that there would be some risk of the rejection of the bill in con- sequence, sending down, as they had, so many clauses which must be peculiarly objectionable to those on his side of the house, so many provisions which must be peculiarly oh- noxious to the representatives of Ireland. ( Renewed cheer- ing from the same quarter.) He might say this with as much justice as the right hon. gentleman opposite had said, that he ( Lord John Russell) had determined not to pass the bill at all, because he had not submitted himself, because he had not bent hi9 neck, to the yoke of the House of Lords. ( Loud cheers from the ministerial benches.) The ministerial amendments on the amendments having been finally carried, a committee was appointed 4o draw up reasons for them, and present the same to their Lordships. The House adjourned, after some ordinary business, at a quarter past two o'clock. SATURDAY. Mr. RICE brought up a report of resolutions passed the previous evening, on the subject of Cornish tin duties. They were as follow :— 1. That the duties of customs payable on the importation of tin and ore shall cease, and, in lieu thereof, the following duties shall be paid, that is to say— £ s. d. Tin, the cwt. — — — ~~ 0 15 0 Tin ore, for every 100/. of the value — 10 0 0 2. That the duties payable on the coinage of tin in the counties of Cornwall and Devon shall be abolished. S. That in lieu of the coinage duties on tin, in the coun- ties of Cornwall and Devon, the commissioners of Her Majesty's treasury be authorised to direct the issue to Her Majesty, or the personage entitled to the revenues of the duchy of Cornwall, of an annual sum out of the consoli- dated fund, equal to the net average annual amount of the said coinage duties. 4. That the commissioners of Her Majesty's treasury be authorised to make compensations, out of the consolidated fund, to all officers and others employed in relation to the said coinage duties, for any loss they may sustain by the abolition thereof. Mr. HUME denounced them in very severe terms— He did not himself leave the house on Friday night till • . after twelve o'clock. They were not brought in then, and must have been smuggled in afterwards, when scarcely a soul was in the house. He and others had been most anxious to obtain an account of the revenues of the duchy of Cornwall and of the duchy of Lancaster. That account had been long promised, but had never been presented till 3ast night, when it was given in along with these resolutions. For his own part he did not object to the reduction of the duty on foreign tin, from 20s. to 15s. But he did object to our paying to the crown, out of the consolidated fund, the • amount of the duty so reduced. He denounced these reso- lutions as one of the most astonishing and audacious robberies of the exchequer, which he had ever known. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to be ashamed of sanc- tioning it. Dark as the night was, these resolutions were much blacker, and were, therefore, very properly, brought in after midnight. ( Roars of laughter.) Mr. RICE made a tart reply— The course which the hon. member had just adopted, only proved that which was before well known— namely, that his ( Mr. Hume's) want of sensibility to the effect of the language which he used, and of the attacks which he made, was such as almost to discharge those against whom Iiis invectives were levelled, from the necessity of meeting them, inasmuch as they could not hope that any refutation would convince his undeistanding, or that any force of re- proof would produce a salutary effect upon his conduct. ( Hear, hear.) He wished, however, that the house would decide in the capacity of jurors between the hon. member for Kilkenny and himself. He went on to show the justness and fairness of the resolutions. On the compensation resolution, he ob- served— According to the terms of the resolution, compensation would be given to those employed in the collection of the tin duties, and to no other functionaries. It would be most unjust and unworthy of Parliament to deprive of their due those persons, against whom the hon. member, as far as his small powers would go, had endeavoured to excite public odium. Mr. HUME seems to have distrusted the candour of the jury, for he did not divide against the resolutions. MONDAY. The Pension bill having been read a third time, Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the motion for passing this bill be postponed, in order that a clause to suspend the payments of Lady Westmeath's pension during- the life- time of her husband, might be inserted. The mar- chioness had obtained a separation from her husband, wit 700?. per annum alimony, on the ground of habi- tual cruelty. The count, however, understanding that her ladyship had a pension allowed her by government, deducted the amount of it from that alimony, and con- sequently the pension was a premium given to the Marquis of Westmeath for cruelty to his wife. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL opposed the proposition, on the ground that the pension was a vested right. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER also objected to any proposition of this description. Mr. O'Connell's amendment was negatived without a division. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the consideration of the Lords' amendment to the Bene- fices pluralities bill, and stated that he proposed to agree to all of them, with the exception of that embo- died in clause 10. After a short discussion, the house divided, when the re- insertion of the clause was carried by a majority of 26. The other amendments were then agreed to. TUESDAY. Mr. FIELDEN at considerable length commented on the report of the Poor- law committee. The honour- able gentleman contended, and quoted numerous facts, to show that the argument in favour of the New Poor- law, from its tendency to raise the wages of the la- bourer, was altogether contradicted by the event; that wages had greatly fallen instead of being raised. Mr. ridden was cut short by the Speaker, who stated that the report and evidence not being printed, it was irre- gular to go into any criticism of either. A short discussion took place on a motion of Lord • G. Somerset, to reduce the duty on foreign tin from 6s. to 12s. It was not pressed. HOUSE OF LORDS— FRIDAY. IRISH TITHE BILL.— On the motion for committing tliis hill, Lord BROUGHAM made a severe attack upon ministers, for their conduct respecting the appropria- ion clauses— In his opinion, those who approved of and supported the ormer measure might consistently and conscientiously dis- sent from Ibe present, inasmuch as the former sinned against all. So much for what had been left in the bill, for a great deal had been left out— he meant comparing it with what it was in all lormer stages, when the noble viscount stated that it was an old and threadbare subject, and had been frequently . » g\ t} t3d|> il » the present bill, he ( Lord Brougham) wanted the " jsa^ rlO the head" of the former measure. He could " find DO trace- of that which recommended the former measure to hifi approval and adoption. He saw a blank in that which formerly smoothed the opposition and obtained the support of those who, though they wanted much more, Were yet then content to rest satisfied with the little which they got. Jn a word, he missed the appropriation clause, In the name of wonder, in the name of consistency, and he meant nothing offensive, in the name of principle, what was it that had expunged the appropriation clausV from the present bill? His longing eyes searched for it, and searched in vain. ( A laugh.) There was nothing in it to support those who approved of its principle. There was nothing in it to com- fort his noble friend ( Lord Howick, we understood,) who was one of the most strenuous advocates of the princi- ple either in or out of Parliament. No comfort had he in now contemplating the measure. ( Laughter) The appro- priation clause has passed away— has been given to the wind — ha9 been entirely abandoned— as much as if it never had existence— as if the word had never been coined or derived from the Latin language— or as if it never had been imported into the debates in either house of Parliament. Those who sat at the opposite side of the house must be surprised at the circi ® istance as much as he ( Lord Brougham) was, but not altogether for the same reason. He ( Lord Brougham) expected to find it in the bill, and was surprised at its absence, because it asserted a principle, from the assertion of which the bill derived much of its value. Those at the opposite side of the house did not expect to be so easily relieved from it. They hardly dared to flatter themselves with the hope of findiag it in the bill. ( Hear, hear from the opposite benches.) Almost every thing connected with the bill had a tendency to obscure and obfuscate one's recollection upon the subject. But if he ( Lord Brougham) did not entirely forget the state of parties in the country, in April, 1835, there was a motion made to assert this great principle, which no liberal member could abandon. One party felt it to be im- possible to abandon it, and the other to accede it; a vote was come to, the result of which was, that the Government was broken up, of which his noble and learned friend oppo- site was a member, and whom he ( Lord Brougham) saw the very day he was going out. ( Laughter.) His noble and learned friend would probably recollect the conversation which passed between them, and that some of the predictions upon which they ventured had been since verified by the event. Among the predictions, however, which they ven- tured upon, or the fancies in which they indulged, he was quite sure that he never reckoned, or never fancied, that either would live to see the day when the appropriation clause would be given up and thrown to the winds, as if it never had been talked of; and his noble and learned friend, he believed, was equally guiltless of entertaining such a no- tion. So much for the appropriation clause— its early origin — its history— the period of its flourishing— and, alas! its de- cline and fall. ( A laugh.) How it could be U6ed to unsettle one government and bring in another, and how, after having answered this good purpose, a requiem had been Bung over its grave by the noble viscount, not in two sentences, but almost in two words:—" As good a measure as, everything taken into consideration, they could now hope to pass." He defied any one who opposed it to pass it over with less no- tice, but surely it was unnatural and unkind on the part of the noble visconut to pass it over in such a way. Of all the orators who ever made a funeral oration, the noble viscount had made the least. ( Laughter.) He objected also strongly to the million grant— That it might be consistent with the most scrupulous re- gard to the rights of conscience, and to the principles of religious liberty— that it might be consistent with sound principles in the administration of the civil law of the realm, for any government, under the present or different circum- stances, to relieve by a temporary loan, and to advance a sum of money to the clergymen of the church, which it was the policy of the state to protect, and who were under the pressure of want from the non- payment of their tithes by those by whom they were due, was a proposition which he ( Lord Bfougham) was quite ready to admit as true. It was one which all governments, under difficult circum- stances had acted on, whether in the case of the clergy or the laity, in the case of mercantile men, or those connected with the agricultural interests or the colonial interests— in each and all, temporary advances had been made by way of loan for what might fairly be considered a public purpose, the church in this sense being public, but in another sense, that of debtor and creditor, a private body. By such tem- porary accommodation no principle of civil liberty or tolera- tion could, as it appeared to him ( Lord Brougham), be said to be infringed. As long as the church was to be supported, no one could deny that this act, which was recommended to all parties, and to those of tender consciences as a charitable measure, was not inconsistent with justice and sound policy. From those who were conscientiously op- posed to all endowments or any other kind of establishment, he ( Lord Brougham) never heard of any objection to such grants. It was otherwise with gifts. They were exception- able on every ground. The church was endowed with property and lands of her own. No man, however much he might dissent from her doctrines and practice, could disapprove of such a loan; but with respect to a gift, he had a right, and it was his duty, to disapprove of it. He could not object to lending the tithes, because the property was never in him. He never had more than nine- tenths of his freehold; the remainder was in the church. Although he ( Lord Brougham) held all church property, whether the endowment of the Church of Scotland, or the establishment in England and Ireland, was, properly speaking, public property, and might be dealt with by the legislature for national purposes, if the wisdom of Parliament should think fit so to apply it, or for the more immediate purposes of the church, if they thought proper, yet there was this distinction to be drawn between church property in tithes and land which had never been enjoyed in severance, and money raised by taxes from the people of this country, or raised by a loan, the interest upon which the people must pay. The difference was all and everything. No Dissenter, Baptist, or Unitarian, except the Quakers, ever made the slightest objection to the payment of the tithes. They did not object to the church receiving the entire and exclusive property in the church lands. It was not the same with the rates. Name them, and every Dissenter was up in arms against them. The strongest government that ever existed in this country, even at the period of its greatest power and pros- perity, had not the power in them to levy the fraction of a farthing, for the increase of the church rates. Neither had any government in the times in which they lived. No zealot, not even the most bigoted, could maintain the possi- bility of raising one additional penny for church rates, by force of an act of Parliament, and from an obvious reason— because they held it against conscience to pay; they held it to be unjust and cruel. And why was it cruel and unjust? Because they were taxed for their conscientious scruples, and made to pay twice over— once to the establishment, and again to their own ministers. What wa6 the objection to the present measure ? It was because it took away from the people of England a million of money for the support of the Irish church. Could the advisers of the crown, with all their professions of liberality, reconcile the introduction of such a measure as this to their sense of duty or con- sistency? It was not that they were to give 20,000/. or 30,000/. for the maintainance of an establishment iu one part or the other of the country, but that the friends of civil and religious liberty all over the world, they who could not exist half an hour without the aid and support of the Dis- senters— that they should give 900,000/. to support the English established church in Ireland— a church consisting of bishops, priests, and deacons— a church which, on that very account, all Dissenters regard as an abomination. Well might it be said that such a measure was " a heavy blow and a great discouragement" to the Dissenters. No doubt his own opinion had ever been, and now was, strongly in favour of religious establishments ; but his present proposi tion was utteily wide of any thing opposed to religious establishments. Whether he supported the voluntary prin- ciple, or whether be advocated, in the most unqualified manner, the maintenance of establishments, he still should hold the same opinion with respect to the measures before the house. The bill, as it stood, was supported by Lord Fitz- gerald and Vesey, and Lord Westmeath. It was strongly opposed by Lord Mansfield. Lord MELBOURNE, in his reply, observed— Now, with respect to the appropriation clause, and its being absent from, and not appearing in the present bill, he ( Lord Melbourne) could say, that he had abandoned no principle which he had ever entertained upon the subject— he still held to all the opinions which he formerly held upon the subject. He had renounced none of them, but he held himself justified in that he had acted with prudence in look- ing to the time for bringing forward such a measure. For a justification of this course he would appeal to the highest authority in that house, he meant that of the noble dnke op- posite ( the duke of Wellington.) That noble duke stated, upon the occasion of the last debate upon the subject of mu- nicipal corporations, that he disaproved of corporations alto- gether; that he did not think they worked well in England, and therefore he did not wish to see them extended to Ire- land; but that, as so strong an opinion in their favour had been expressed in another house, and by persons for whose opinions he entertained a high respect, and as the people themselves appeared to wish for them, he would agree to the measure, although he could not approve of it, and still retained his own opinions upon the subject. That was the language of the noble duke on the occasion referred to. That was the language of good sense, and of a wise man, and a statesman. He did not notice the argument against the million grant. In committee, Lord Yesey proposed to omit the clauses which authorised the opening of compositions made under Lord Stanley's act. His proposition was carried by 77 to 38. The House of Lords sat on Saturday, but only on formal business. MONDAY. Lord SEGRAVE presented a petition from the grand jury of Gloucester, against beer shops. He would support the prayer of the petition. Lord BROUGHAM was very glad that the noble lord had stated his opinion against beer houses, and thought it would have very great weight. The Copyright bill ( Lord Brougham's) was read a third time, and passed. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition, complaining of a change made in the House of Com- mons as to the time when the Imprisonment for Debt bill is to come into operation. Lord BROUGHAM thought the alteration made by the House of Commons would inflict extreme cruelty. The second reading of the Prisons bill, enabling borough councils to levy a rate for the building of prisons in towns, was negatived on a division by a majority of one. THE SLAVE TRADE,— Lord BROUGHAM moved an address to Her Majesty, to the effect, that it is the opinion of the house, that a general concurrence of the Great Powers professing Christianity, in a decla- ration that the slave trade, by whomsoever carried on, is piracy, and ought to be punished as such, is, under the blessing of God, one of the most probable means of effecting the abolition of that trade; that, in all treaties to be contracted between Her Majesty and her allies, the concession of a mutual right of search of their commercial vessels respectively, would be another of the means likely to attain this most im- portant object; and that this house most respectfully implores Her Majesty to represent these their opinions, and wishes, and hopes, in such manner as to Her Majesty shall seem most likely to be effectual, to Her Majesty's several allies. The address also complained of the conduct of Portugal in not fulfilling its treaties with this country as to the suppression of the slave trade. It was agreed to unanimously. The Registration of Voters bill went through c om- mittee. TUESDAY. CANADA.— Lord BROUGHAM brought under the notice of their lordships, the extraordinary character of the ordinance of Lord Durham banishing Nelson and his companions to the Bermudas, with an an- nouncement that in case of their return to Canada they would be deemed guilty of liigj- h treason. His lordship declared this ordinance to be unwarranted by the Canada act, and subversive of the entire law of England. Lord MELBOURNE defended Lord Durham, and complained of the manner in which he was attacked, and of the motives of his assailants. The powers, he said, given to Lord Durham Were very great, and much allowance ought to be made for the manner of their exercise. It was not convenient, it was not expedient, it was not fair, it was not just— he did not mean to Lord Durham it was not just to themselves, it was not fair to the steps they had already taken— it was not just to the interests of this great empire, to consider these measures in such a man- ner as to suffer themselves to be too much- struck by any anomaly which might appear on the face of them, or by any disparity which might exist between the practice in Canada and in this country in a settled state of society, in times of perfect tranquillity, without peril and without danger. If they considered that those powers had been imprudently, unjustly, and improperly exercised— if they thought they had been exercised in such a manner as to hazard the in- terests of this country in that part of the world, it would unquestionably be wiser for their lordships to interfere de- cisively in order to prevent such a course being persevered in. He did not understand the noble and learned lord to propose that mode of proceeding; but if their lordships did not see ground for interfering in that manner, then, he said, there was but one other course— to exercise some confidence, to place some reliance, instead of constantly in- terrupting proceedings by perpetual comments on them, weakening their own authority and the authority of govern- ment, by condemnations which they did not mean to fol- low up. All governments, it was most true, had their faults and their errors, their ingenita vitia; and in consequence of party strife, in consequence of political attacks upon one another, in consequence of personal dislikes and animosities, the enemies of the country, whether foreign or domestic, always found their greatest assistance and encouragement in the bosom of the legislative assemblies of the country. That had always been the case; and certainly it was a very great misfortune. Lord BROUGHAM sharply retorted— I should humbly have thought, the more power was given the more vigilance was required as to the manner in which it is exercised ;—( hear, hear)— and I have always hitherto been taught to believe, that the larger the powers conferred on any officer, the less excuse has he for taking more than is given him, and exceeding the ample authority already placed in his hands. ( Hear, hear.) Then came another general observation on the evilsof a popular government,— ( hear, hear, and a laugh)— from the head, too, of a Liberal administration—( hear, hear)— from the representative of Whig principles in this country. ( Loud cheeis.) A po- pular government, like all others, has its evils; who denies it? But I was not prepared to expect that that should be set down among the mischiefs which I reckon the greatest duty, the highest benefit, the most ample advantage, the consummate glory of a popular constitution— namely, that it abhors arbitrary power, that it courts publicity and inves- tigation, that it challenges inquiry, that it defies opposition, that it stands on its own merits, and above all, nev^ rseeks to skulk in the recesses of arbitrary power, to escape from scrutiny— above all, to overrule the principles of justice and of known law, by planting in the places of known de- fined law that wretched substitute which consists in law vague and unknown;—( hear)— and if anything yet more alien to the principles of a free constitution can be ima- gined, it is that expediency should be pleaded as an exte- nuation for what cannot be defended, namely, illegal acts, and, above all, that the expediency should be most pressed upon us, the ampler, the more extravagant the powers with which the wrong doers were for the time invested. ( Loud cheers.) That Lord Durham had exceeded his powers, was not denied by any of the parties that took part in the discussion, which finished by Lord Brougham's stating his intention to lay 011 the table a declaratory bill on the subject. There was 110 business* of the smallest importance in either house on Wednesday. HEREFORD RACES— Eight horses have been entered for the Herefordshire Stakes, three for the Hunters' Stakes, and nine for the Cup ; there is, therefore, every promise of capital sport. A sample of Winter Chevalier barley in the ear, sown in the first week of November 1837, and cut on the 3rd inst., was shown in our market 011 Saturday last Worcester Journal. Several fields of oats have been cut in the neighbourhood of Stourport and Kidderminster. The British Association at Newcastle on Monday, the 20th of August, bids fair to be more numerously attended than any former meeting of that body. A room, which will hold 4000 persons, is now fitting up for the evening meetings, and a dining- room that will accommodate 900. Already 1000 local members are enrolled, which exceeds by above 300 either of the last two meetings at Bristol and Liverpool, and more than 2 500/. has been obtained by local subscrip- tion Newcastle paper. Thursday the foundation for the statue of Dr. Johnson, intended to be erected in the Market- place, Lichfield, was laid with appropriate ceremonies by the Rev. Chancellor Law. The siatue, which is completed, is reckoned an ex- cellent likeness, and tvill stand in such a position as to be seen from the furthest extremity of Market- street. ABOVE THE WORLD.— A lady meeting a girl who had lately left her service, inquired, " Well, Mary, where do you live now ?" " Please, ma'am, I don't live now," replied the girl, " I am married."— Globe. THE FLIGHT OF INTELLECT.— In a house in High- street, Irvine, a child, about seventeen months old, was standing beside its mother, 011 an elevated position at one of the win- dows in the third story, when, in making an attempt to look over into the street, it fell to the giound, from a height of at least twenty feet. The persons who ran to the spot ex- pected to find it a lifeless corpse ; but, strange to relate, after a few seconds, it recovered the shock. A hurt 011 one side was all the injury sustained, and the little sufferer is now in good health.— Scotch paper. [ There is another story of a child going the rounds, an English child, which fell forty feet without damage. The next news will be a jump of forty feet upwards. What are the men about, while the infants are performing these feats?] LONDON AND OXFORD A steam barge from London to Oxford performed her first voyage on Saturday with perfect GENTLE DULLNESS Our Wolveihampton friends will smile when they learn the facetious Brummagem cognomens of Mr. Attwood and his missionary, Mr. Salt; they are, we understand, currently known as " Alladin and his Won- derful Lamp."— Wolverhampton Chronicle [ We are modest folks, and altogether decline the honour of this exquisite bit of facetiousness; it is plainly Wolverhampton manufacture.] BOLTING.— A certain gentleman, on his way home through Tremadoc, happened to be riding a 6hy and high- spirited mare, she took fright at something on the roadside, reared up, and in coming down upon her forelegs, pitched him through a window. In his fall he broke the window. frame, and several panes of glass were shivered on the table in the kitchen, where the family sat at tea.— Carnarvon Herald. AMERICA— SHIPPING.— The whole number of vessels which arrived in the United States from foreign ports, during the year ending September 30, 1837, was 10,656; of which 6,024 were American, and 4,642 foreign vessels. The total tonnage of these was 2,055,423 tons— 1,299,720 American, 765,703 tons of foreign. Persons employed in navigating the American vessels, 61,713 men, and 2,487 boys ; in the foreign vessels, 42,265 men, and 208 boys; total number of persons employed, 107,273. The number of vessels cleared out from the United States during the same period, was— American, 5,942; foreign, 4,451; total, 10,493. American tonnage, 1,266,622 tons; foreign, 756,292; total, 2,022,914 tons. The 41b. loaf of best wheaten bread is now selling in Worcester at lOJd. SLEEPING ON DUTY.— On Tuesday last, William Bishop, of Loveday, was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 20s. and costs, for sleeping in his cart 011 the Birmingham road, owing to which the Birmingham and Bristol mail came in contact therewith, breaking the splinter bar and one of the lamps. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.— A fatal accident occurred to one of tha company's guards on Tuesday. As the five o'clock train was going down, the guard, in order to ascertain whether any of the second class carriage passengers had got into the first class carriages, stepped from carriage to carriage outside— a practice not sanctioned or required by the company, and not necessary. His foot slipped, and he fell under the carriage he was on, and the remaining part of the train passed over his legs, severing them nearly off. The poor fellow was taken to Harrow, where amputa- tion took place above the knees; he survived but a few hours.— Times. JUDICIAL LOGIC In April last, a veidict of man- slaughter was returned by a coroner's jury against the Hon. H. E. Somerset, for having struck the horses drawing a cart load of timber, which occasioned the death of two persons riding on the timber cart. At the Denbigh assizes on Monday last, Mr. Jus- tice Vaughan, in his charge, said that the indictment was bad; no one certainly had a right to strike horses on the road, if he did not apprehend danger from them; but he had a right, in self- pieservation, to drive off horses that were running directly upon the carriage in which he was riding. To suppose a gentleman so acting, to be guilty of manslaughter, would be a disgrace to the law. The grand jury ignored the bill. [ Had the carter struck the gentle- man's horses, what then ? Would the law have suffered disgrace by supposing him guilty of manslaughter?] BARON HUME This venerable and learned gentleman died at his house in Moray- place, on Friday last, in the eighty- second year of his age. His great work on the criminal law of Scotland has long beeen considered as the text book in that department of jurisprudence, and is constantly re- ferred to as authority both by the bench and the bar. Baron Hume was the nephew of the celebrated historian. A HIGHWAYMAN.— A grandson of O'Neil, who was hanged about twenty years ago, is in gaol, charged with having assaulted a man near Carluke, and robbing him of half a soveieign and three half crown pieces. O'Neil is only seventeen years of age, and was assisted by several others seemingly as young as himself.— Edinburgh paper. FATAL OCCURRENCE. — As a policeman was in the act of bringing a countryman to the barracks at Longford, on Saturday, the 21st ult., the countryman tripped him up at barrack- gate, and fell on him, and a stone coming in contact with his temple cut it severely; he died the next day Drogheda Journal. MURDER AT ROWLEY REGIS— An inquiry, which occa- sioned intense excitement at Rowley Regis and its neigh- bourhood, has occupied the earnest attention of Mr. Henry Smith, for several days in the course of the last three weeks. Samuel Perry, a nailer, living in Garrett's- lane, it was reported, had been poisoned by his wife, and the object of the investigation was to ascertain the truth of this horrible charge. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Susannah Perry, and the coroner immediately issued his warrant for her committal to Stafford gaol, to take her trial at the next pssizes. The deceased was about forty- five years of age, and the prisoner is the mother of three children, two boys, and a girl about six years old. A NOBLE SCREW.— Lord Ward has, we hear, handed over his Oxford creditors to a professional man, in order that the screw may be applied to them, and a composition effected. The " debtof honour," not tradesmen's bills, which was the subject of conversation lately, was exempt from this opera- tion Oxford Chronicle. A correspondent writes us to the effect, that a few friends of emancipation, at Tenbury, being desirous of celebrating the auspicious first of August with a merry peal, engaged the ringers for that purpose, but to their surprise, 011 appli- cation for the keys of the belfry, they experienced a fiat refusal on the part of the clergyman— Worcester Chronicle. LIEUT. HOFK, OF THE PINCHER GUN BRIG On Sunday, the remains of a man in uniform were found near Black Rock, by a shrimper, with the name of " Hope" worked under the epaulette. The body of the unfortunate com- mander of the Pincher, which this was rightly supposed to be, was removed to the Black Rock Coast Guard station, and interred on Monday, at Rottingdean.— Brighton Guar- dian. THE TEA TRADE, MONDAY— The clearances last week amounted to about 515,731 lbs. The trade is rather brisk. MACHINERY ACCIDENT.— On Wednesday afternoon, at the Great House Farm, Leigh, Worcestershire, as Mr. Thomas Hill was in the act of oiling a part of the thrashing machine, his shirtsleeve catching in the cogs of the wheel, his arm was drawn in amongst the machinery, and literally smashed to pieces. The situation of the unfortunate sufferer may be imagined, when we state that it was impossible to extricate the mangled limb until a portion of the machine was taken to pieces. It was found necessary to amputate the arm at the shoulder joint; the patient is doing well. UNCERTAINTY OF FATE.— Having made them shake hands, and promise to abide by the issue, he went before them to the goal, and got on the other side to give the signal and act as umpire. One!— two!— three and away ! They were off like race horses. They jostled midway. It was neck and neck. And each laid his hand at the same moment on the gate. John Atkinson then bethought him that it would be a more sensible way of deciding the dispute, if they were to drink for it, and see who could swallow most ale at the Black Bull, where the current barrel was much to his taste. At the Black Bull, therefore, they met in the evening. John chalked pint for pint; but, for the sake of good fellowship, he drank pint for pint also; the landlord ( honest Matthew Sykes) entered into the spirit of the contest, and, when his wife refused to draw any more beer, went for it himself as long as he had a leg to stand on, or a hand to carry the jug, and longer than any one of the party could keep the score. The next day they agreed to settle it by a sober game at Beggar- my- Neighbour. It was a singular game. The cards were dealt with such equality, that, after the first round had shown the respective hands, the ablest calculator would have been doubtful on which side to have betted. Captures were made and re- made,— the game had all and more than ail its usual upsaud downs, and it ended in tyeing the two last cards. Never in any contest had Jupiter held the scales with a more even hand. " The devil is in the business to be sure," said Nicholas, " let us toss up for it!" " Done," said Barnaby; and Nicholas, placing a half penny on his thumb nail, sent it whizzing into the air. " Tails!" quoth Barnaby. "' Tis beads," cried Nicholas, " hurrah !" Barnaby starnpt with his right foot for vexation— lifted his right arm to his head, drew in his breath with one of those sounds which gram- marians would class among interjections, if they could ex- press them by letters, and swore that if it had been an honest halfpenny, it would never have served him so ! He picked it, and it proved to be a Brummagem of the coarsest and clumsiest kind, with a head 011 each side.— The Doctor. MISTAKES.— Mr. Haslewood's elaborate an 1 expensive edition of the Mirror for Magistrates was ordered by a gen- tleman in the commission of the peace, not a hundred miles from the metropolis; he paid for it full price, and his unfortunate worship was fain to take what little he could get for it from his bookseller under such circumstances, rather than endure the mortification of seeing it in the book case. A lady, who had a true taste as well as a great liking for poetry, ordered an Essay on Burns for the reading society of which she was a member. She opened the book expect- ing to derive much pleasure from a critical disquisition on the genius of one of her favourite poets; and behold it proved to be an Essay on Burns and Scalds by a Surgeon ! But in this case it would prove an agreeable surprise in- stead of a disappointment; and if the intention had been to mislead, and thereby entrap the purchaser, the end might be pleaded, according to the convenient morality of the age, as justifying the means. Lucky indeed were the patient who sending for Morison's Pills should be supplied with Tom D'Urfey's in their stead ; happy man would be his dole who when he had made up his mind in dismal resolution to a dreadful course of drastics, should find that gelastics had been substituted, not of the Sardonian kind, but composed of the most innocent and salutferous ingredients, gently and genially alterative, mild in their operation, and safe and sure in their effects The Doctor. THE MIDLAND DEMONSTRATION. THE UNION. At ten o'clock on Monday morning, pursuant to notice, the members of the Union began to assemble at the Town Hal], for the purpose of electing the council, for the ensuing year. At half- past ten o'clock, the Hall being nearly filled, Thomas Attwood, Esq., entered the organ gallery, and was received with a simultaneous burst of acclamation, which lasted for some time. Iu a few minutes after, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Messrs. Purdie and Moir, from Scotland, Mr. Vincent, from London, Mr. Richardson, from Manchester, aud several others, deputies from towns distant and near, made their appearance in the gallery, and were severally received on their announcement with rounds of applause. Mr. Salt, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Douglas, and the other members of the council of the Union, followed, and were also heartily cheered. The council, after a short time, retired to the committee room, to make the necessary arrangements for the business of the moruing; in their absence a gentleman from Oxford read a spirited placard, which had been published and posted throughout Manches- ter, on the subject of a meeting intended to be held there on the 16th instant. Extracts from a letter from Liverpool were also read, intimating the intention of the Reformers there to send a delegate to the meeting. On the return of the council, which took place about eleven o'clock, Mr. Edmonds read extracts from reso- lutions of meetings at Halifax, Leeds, Preston, and other towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire, recommend- ing Mr. F. O'Conner as their deputy to the meeting. Mr. DOUGLAS, the treasurer, read the report of the state of the accounts of the Union for the last five quarters. The total amount of moneys received from the sale of tickets up to Saturday was 500/. 15s. 6d. The total amount of dona- tions up to that day from the revival of the Union, in July, 1837, was 213/. 19s. Id., which included a bequest of 100/. by the late Mr. Slater, of Smallheath ; a donation from the gun makers' society of 241. 3s.—( loud cheers);— and a do- nation of 20/. from their excellent friend Mr. Scholefield, who, he was happy to say, would be with them at Holloway head—( immense cheers);— thus making a total of receipts of 714/. 14s. 7d. The entire disbursements of the Union during the five quarters, including a considerable sum ad- vanced on the account of the expenses of that day, amounted to 529/. 13s. 10d., leaving a balance in the treasurer's, or to speak more correctly, in the banker's hands, of 185/. Os. 9d. ( Cheers.) [ Here the speaker was interrupted for a moment by a private communication being made to him.] He then turned round to the meeting, and said, " Men of Birming- ham, it has just been announced to me by our excellent friend, Mr. Salt, that a column of 10,000 men has just arrived from Walsall." ( I mmerise applause.) He had already received payment for 2,858 tickets for the current quarter, and he confidently calculated on selling 8,000 tickets, which would give a further balance of 128/. lis. He had been informed, also, that he should receive some other donations in the course of the quarter; so that after this day was over they would have, for the purpose of going on with any agitation that might be deemed expedient by the council, not less than from 150/. to 180/. It was most honourable for the Union, and most gratifying to the council, to be able to state, that by far the greater portion of these sums had been contributed by the honest, hard- working men of Bir- mingham, in the shape of sixpences each. Mr. ATTWOOD stated that he had received from one of the members for Bridport ( Mr. Swynfen Jervis) a subscription of5/. ( Cheeis.) Mr. ATTWOOD said he would not then detain them with many remarks, because he should have enough to say at the great meeting at Holloway- head. It was, however, neces- sary to proceed to the ordinary business of the meeting, which was to read over the names to be proposed as mem- bers of the council for the ensuing year. The council of the Union were elected by universal suffrage; and he had never seen any bad effect arise from it. It was a good ex- ample for the country to follow, and he hoped the day was not distant when that system would be adopted by the nation at large. ( Cheer6.) Such of the names as he was about to propose, as appeared in the list for the previous year, he would put together to the meeting. To these he could not anticipate the slightest objection. If, however, there was any, it could be made. The names which came before the meeting for the first time, he would put one by one, and take the opinion of the meeting on each. Mr. Attwood then read the names of the old councillors, omit- ting those that had, in the course of the year, intimated a wish to resign. They were as follows: — T. Attwood, banker; Joseph Abbott, brass founder; Thomas Aspinall, lamp maker; Win. Blaxland, draper ; G. V. Blunt, merchant; J. H. Cutler, wire worker; R. K. Douglas; George Edmonds, attorney; J. Emes, button maker; John Evans, surgeon; John Field, bone- toy maker; Wm. Giles, engine turner; B. Hadley, button maker; Wm. Gammon, jun., glass maker ; Wm. Harlow, printer ; Wm. Hutton, plater; Richard Hollis, gunmaker; Joseph Holl, japanner ; Wm. Jennings, brass founder; F. Luck- cock, lime merchant; G. F. Muntz, merchant; P. H. Muntz, merchant; John Meredith, varnish maker; John Pierce, thimble maker; T. C. Salt, lamp maker; W. II.. Smith, factor; Charles Sturge, corn factor; Wm. Trow, rope maker; John Winfield, factor; T. A. Attwood ; John Collins, steel pen maker; John Ilawkes, plater; W. D. Whiteliouse, Studley; Charles Truman, pawnbroker; George Horton, gilt toy maker; W. H. Ashmore, button maker. A member of the Union asked how many members of the working classes were of the council ? Mr. ATTWOOD said that four or five names had been handed in to- day, but it was a subject of surprise with the council that no more names should have been given to them. The council had been looking out for good and active men to serve with them, but as soon as they found such men difficulties were started, and for various reasons they de- clined to act. He could only say, that there was no indis- position on the part of any one to have as many working men 011 the council as the Union pleased. " We make no low distinctions ( said the hon. gentleman) about property or station in society. All we want is courage, virtue, honesty, and sincerity in the cause of the industrious classes." ( Cheers.) The names of the members of the old council were then put en masse, and reappointed by acclamation. The follow- ing new members, namely, W. C. Young, T. Griffiths, W. Monk, J. Hart, T. Steel, W. Hazlewood Smith, H. Wat- son, T. Baker, were then elected, all of them ( except one) belonging to the working classes. The names of the new councillors were put severally to the meeting, and all of them elected unanimously. The hon. gentleman then informed the meeting, that all the pro forma business of the day had been dispatched; he, thetefore, had to request that they would form them- selves in a line of procession, six a- breast, opposite the Town Hall, and that, preceded by the members of the council, they would at once advance towards the scene of this day's important business, where he hoped to witness the imposing spectacle of hundreds of thousands of honest, industrious, and intelligent men, peaceably assembled to debate upon those high questions that so deeply involved their dearest rights. ( Cheers.) THE MEETING. THE PROCESSION Left the Town Hall at precisely half- past twelve o'clock, in the following order:— Marshals 011 horseback, Band, Chairman and Vice- Chairman of the Political Union, Deputies from Glasgow and other towns two and two, Members of Council, three and three, Members of the Union. Gunmakers, Holloway Head District, Hibernian Society, Silk Hatters, Tailors, Carpenters, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Sawyers, Stampers and Piercers, Gilt Toy Makers and Jewellers, Brassfounders, Pinmakers, Plumbers and Glhziers, Silver Plate Workers, These constituted the first, or leading division, which numbered about twelve or fifteen thousand. The se- cond division consisted of Radical Reformers from Wolverhampton, Bilston, Willenhall, Darlaston, Wed- nesbury, Westbromwich, and Handsworth. The third division consisted of Reformers from— Walsall, Bloxwich, Barr, Sutton, and Erdington. The fourth division consisted of Reformers from— Dudley, Tipton, Oldbury, Sedgley, Smethwick, and Bir- mingham Heath. THE BIRMINGHAM. JOURNAL, JULY 14. 11 The fifth division consisted of Reformers from— Kidderminster, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Lye, Rowley, Hagley, Halesowen, Cradley, and Harborne. The sixth division consisted of Reformers from— Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Coventry, Knowle, Solihull, aud Shirley- street. The seventh division consisted of Reformers from— Worcester, Bromsgrove, Rednall, Redditch, Studley, King's Norton, Northfield, and Selly Oak. The procession marched at a quick pace down Suffolk- street, up Exeter- row and Holloway Head, and the line o? streets \ eading to the hustings. To such of our readers as reside at a distance, it may be necessary to state, that the fields at Holloway Head consist of a large extent of unenclosed ground, intended, at some future period, when the town shall stretch forth in that direction, for building ground. On the north- east, these fields form an ample platform, and towards the south- west they sink gradually down in a gentle slope of some eight or ten acres, to the roadway which forms their boundary. The line which marks the se- paration of the platform and the slope, is almost semi- circular •, and the slope itself presents a theatre almost as regular as if it had been formed by the hand of art. The hustings wete placed at the edge of the road boundary, at a point equi- distant from the two extre- TftttVes, and in this way it occupied the precise centre of the entire field of vision and of bearingA happier spot tor a pwhlit meeting could no- wherebe found, the speakers being, from every point of the vast area, plainly seen, and their voices, from the nature of the ground, being heard with very great distinctness, and hy the greatest possible number. The morniug of the meeting was lowering and promised rain; the same liappyjdestiny, however, which had awaited former meetings of the men of Birmingham, awaited that of Monday; notwithstanding the prayers of more than one arch hypocrite, who, failing in all other endea- vours to throw obstacles in the way of their fellow townsmen, most earnestly hoped to find one in the uncertainty of the skies. By twelve o'clock the overcast heavens began to clear away, and for the remainder of the day, the weather was, for the most part, splendid, bright sunshine, aud a fine stirring breeze to mitigate what might otherwise hare been an inconvenient de- gree of heat. Towards the evening, the clouds began once more to gather, and there were a few passing showers, which occasioned, however, very small incon- venience. Just as the meeting- finished, as if the foun- tains of the skies had been kept till that time graciously sealed, the rain began to fall in torrents. Of the num- bers assembled at such meetings, it is at all times difficult to speak. One of the gentlemen who addressed the meeting, said there were at least " eight acres of men." This would give an aggregate of 160,000. We apprehend, however, that of the meeting strictly so called, 100,000 might be nearer the sum. Includ- ing the entire of the adjuncts in the rear, and on each wing of the hustings, and on the platform at the top of the fields, we inclinc to adopt the calculation of the London Courier, by which the entire num- ber assembled is put down at 260,000. The meeting was certainly more formidable for its num- bers, than any that had previously assembled in Birmingham, with the exception perhaps ( aud it is but a perhaps) of the " Great Meeting," as it is called, in 1832. We say little of what is commonly dwelt upon— the fluttering of flags, and the waiving of banners, and the mingled hum of the bands on the outskirts— all this we have seen before, and in abund- ance ; but the real and abiding materiel of sublimity, the pressed masses of human beings, with their rock like immoveability, at once indicative of their force and firmness, the deep and solemn and earnest attention, broken now and then by a roll of applause, like the breaking of the waves of the ocean, when some happy remark fell on their ears, or some stirring topic was alluded to, or some old accustomed face was seen, the power and resources which the organised mind of the the meeting exhibited— anything like that we have never on any former occasion witnessed. The order that pervaded the meeting, was very admirable. There was no noise, no commotion, no jarring. Of the attention of the men, even in their wound- up state of high excitement, to the motto under which they were rallied—" Peace! Law! Order!"— a single instance may suffice as a proof. In the morning of the day, and in a distant part of the town, some casual occasion of quarrel arising, a man had struck a female in the neck. The blow turned out to be fatal. The man sought shelter in the crowd, in front of the hust- ings, and was there discovered by the police, and— the bye- standers being altogether ignorant of the cause of arrest— they were permitted to take him away without the slightest opposition. Accidents of the slightest character, there was none in the course of the long day; and anything like an angry con- test or quarrel, was unheard of among the assemblage. The arrangements for the press were exceedingly con- venient, and the entire construction, and plan of the hustings, did credit to those who ordered, and those who erected it. There were temporary platforms erected by private individuals, and the numbers that ultimately took advantage of them, rendered them, we doubt not, a fair speculation. Several ladies were induced, by motives of strong curiosity, or something better, to trust themselves amidst the pres- sure of the hustings, and some of them we perceived lingering there until the end of the meeting, and crowds of well- dressed females lined the rising ground in the rear, from which an admirable view of the field could be commanded. The council reached the ground a little after one o'clock, about half- past one, the last portion of the procession being in view— Mr. P. H. MUNTZ stood forward, and said he had great pleasure in moving that their excellent friend, the friend of the people, Thomas Attwood, Esq., do take the chair. Mr. EDMONDS seconded the motion, which was put and carried with great cheering. Mr. ATTWOOD then came forward. He was re- ceived with vehement applause. After it had subsided, which it did into a most profound and exemplary silence. The honourable gentleman addressed the meeting nearly as follows:— Friends, countrymen, and brothers,— Upon this great and solemn occasion it is hut just and right that we should im- plore the blessing of Almighty God upon our cause. I, therefore, request you all to take off your hats, and tore- peat with me a short prayer.—[ The call was responded to, and the honourable gentleman proceeded as follows]: " God, we thank thee for the blessings thou hast showered upon our country. We are now engaged in the great work of obtaining for the people, good government. We im- plore thy blessing upon us and our righteous cause." ( A loud response of Amen from the uncovered multitude followed.) My friends ( continued . Mr. Attwood) thisgreat meeting giv^ g me much joy, and every just and upright man must enter- tain the same feeling. Such great meetings, which distin- guish the people of England beyond all mankind, do honour to the country. I wish Marshal Soult were here. ( Loud cheers and laughter.) At this meeting be would see how Englishmen conquer each other, how different from the way in which we conquered him. We have no weapon here but a great and righteous cause, sound heads and hearts, and a determination to restore the liberty and prosperity of our country. ( Cheers.) God has given us all blessings— government has given us none. By the blessingof God we will change part of the government. ( Loud cheers.) We will change the House of Commons. ( Immense cheering.) I went with a deputation to Lord Melbourne last Novem- ber— there were fifteen of us, Tories, Whigs, and Radicals, representatives of the people of this great district. He told us, that unhappily the House of Commons was against us. I told him, " We will change the House of Commons for you." ( Cheers.) And I trust we shall change the House of Commons— not in a little measure, but in a great mea- sure— that we shall work in it a total and absolute change. '( Cheers.) We did make a little change seven years ago, but that change has disappointed the rights and hopes of the people. We now come for a total change, and no mis- take. ( Cheers.) We have tried them in the balance, and found them wanting. We have tried them for six weary and disastrous years. We have dug about the tree, and trenched it; and tried it year after year, and still it yields no fruit. Shall it not, then, be cut down, and cast into the fire? ( Immense cheering.) We have sought for grapes, we have found only thorns. ( Renewed cheering.) My friends, I rejoice very much whenever I come amongst you. You sent me to Parliament by universal suffrage. I have held that station for six years, subject to the call of the electors, the non- electors, tirewomen, aye, and the children. As I have said twenty times before, I would not conde- scend to represent the men, unless I have the confidence and affections of the women too. ( Cheers.) Therefore, I have nothing to gain by carrying universal suffrage. You will return me again, that X know perfectly well. ( Loud cheers.) But I move for your cause and our country's cause, the cause of the industrious classes. When I am away from you I feel very weak, but when I come here, when I touch this sacred earth, I feel very strong. ( Cheers.) We are told in an ancient fable, that a son of the earth, when he was struggling with his enemy, was easily overpowered when lifted trom the ground, but he gathered strength to overthrow his enemy the moment he again touched his mother earth. That is just my case. You give me strength with your hundred thousandrightarms, bold hearts, and sound heads— you give me a strength which it is the honour and the happiness of few men to possess. My friends, your strength is very great, and your mildness, your intelligence, your zeaf, and the purity of your conduct, doublet that strength. Six years have we rested, six years of patience, waiting, waiting, waiting, and at last we say we will wait no mote. CLoud cheers.) I have never agitated or disturbed the people without cause. ( Cheers.) I have nothing in view hut the happiness ol the masses, and 1 am detetmmed to do everything in my power to give you justice, liberty, aud prosperity—( cheers)— aye, in full measure pressed down and overflowing. The country ivill rally round us; we have got here masses of men for twenty miles round Birmingham, and we have got delegates from Glasgow, and London, and Dublin, from England, Scotland, and from Ireland. They w\\\ ratty round us, and follow us to a glorious Victory. Yon have given proof that you are competent to take the lead; you have given proof vhat there is no cowardice amongst you; and no violence, no injustice; the strength you possess, therefore, is great, and you have a right to take the lead in the downfal of oppression, the doivnfal of both Whigs and Tories. ( Cheers. ) I say we will lift up the industrious classes, and into their hands we will put the management of their own house. ( Cheers.) We witt have justice •, and in order to have justice, we witt have universal suffrage. ( Loud cheers.) You shall have your members come hack to you every year ; and it they do not render a good account, you will cashier them, and get rid of them. There will be no occasion to inquire or to argue. If you feel well off and contented, you will say to your mem- ber, " Well done, thou good and faithful servant!" but if you feel that you are unjustly governed, you will say, « Be- gone, thou false steward ; we will have no more to do with you." Rely upon it, you will get universal suffrage and annual Parliaments; and there will be no danger to the masters if they come to your aid. The masters will find that they are only serving themselves when they are serving the industrious classes. The manufacturers of this great country, assisted and led by their masters, will compel the House of Commons to act for the common benefit of all. We have been told by a great man, now no more— one of the best and mo9t glorious men that ever lived, the Frenchman Lafayette, that " for a nation to be free, it is sufficient that she wills it." ( Loud cheers.) Uundoubtedly ! But how is the will to be made known ? This great meeting will make yours known. ( Cheers.) Show me twenty such meetings as this, and I will show you the governors of England. ( Immense cheering.) This meeting, great as it is, lias of itself no right to dictate to the country. We must have twentysuch meetings. ( Cheers.) Theyhavehad ameet- ing at Glasgow like this. ( Cheers.) They have had another at Newcastle. When we have others at Manchester, at Sheffield, at Liverpool— when we see English hearts and hands everywhere rallying round the just and righteous cause— when we see that, I shall be gla4 to see the govern- ment that will long deny redress. We will put a little gentle compulsion upon the boroughmongers. ( Cheers.) We will do nothing violent, we will merely use what the young women call gentle compulsion. ( Laughter.) We will gently, but firmly, screw them out of the seats they have usurped, and we will plant the people of England there. ( Loud cheers.) Now, my friends, petition, petition, petition. ( Loud cheers.) I know many object to petitions, and there is some reason in their objection. You cannot expect to get much from the petition of two, three, or five hundred men ; they will not regard me with such a petition ; but when I have 100,000 about me, as I have to- day— when I produce two millions, as I shall by next Christmas day, banded together—( immense cheering)- aye, banded together in one solemn and holy league, acting with one heart, one mind, one head, and one hand— you shall see that the voi& of the masses will make itself heard and respected. ( Great cheers.) We shall have no blood— no blood. Far from me be the guilty ambition of wishing to be a Robespierre— far from me be such a feeling. No blood shall be shed by us ; but if our enemies shed blood— if they attack the people— they must take the consequences upon their own heads. ( Great cheering.) I will take car « , as long as I possess the confidence of my countrymen, aud I will never forfeit it ( loud cheering)— I will take care that the two millions of men shall act as one man— shall act peaceably, and never break the law; but woe unto the man who breaks the law against us. ( Immense cheering.) My friends, you will, by and bye, have the national petition brought forward. You will find that it claims all your just rights. It will claim tiiem, aye, and demand them. Many people shrink at the word " demand." It is a constitutional word, for which there is the precedent of more than a century. ( Cheers.) In the petition of rights, which was delivered into the hands of William the Third, our forefathers used these words, " We claim, demand, and insist on." ( Loud cheers.) Shall we not use the same language? ( Cheers.) Shall we not claim, demand, and insist on? And when we number two millions of men, we have a right to insist upon the liberties and the happiness of the people. ( Cheers.) My friends, unless we act together we are weak. If the people of Birmingham act one way, and the people of Glasgow another— and we move for one object, and the people of Glasgow for another— we are weak; but let us move at one time, for one object, with one heart and one hand, and we are omnipotent. ( Loud cheers.) Let us all agree to send delegates to London. We shall propose to you to nominate six or eight from this great meeting. ( Loud cheers.) These men will superintend the National Petition. Yes, forty- nine delegates of the people, meeting according to law, will knock at the gates of the government, and at the doors of every mem- ber of the House of Commons, and will tell them that two millions of Englishmen demand justice and liberty, and if they deny us that demand, we will have a simultaneous meeting on one and the same day throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. ( Immense cheering.) We will have five millions of men next. ( Tremendous cheering.) They will get no good by delaying. It will be a new edition of the SybiU's book. They might have got off by an honourable sacrifice in the first instance, but they would not mend themselves by delay; or they would only make bad worse by the mending. ( Loud cheers.) But, again I say, we must act together— we want to take possession of our own house. ( Loud cheers.) When we have a Parliament of our own, what must be our first object? We must first abolish the corn laws. ( Cheers.) We must bring down food to a level with labour. ( Cheers.) We must abolish the money laws. We must bring labour up to a level with food. We will thus profit all classes of the community. Then we will deal with the poor law. It shall not be al- lowed to stand one month. ( Cheers.) A plough share shall be passed over the Bastiles by act of Parliament. ( Loud cheers.) These are our great objects. We will do justice to all in one session, and if we do not do so, send us about our business, and get better men. My friends, we must have the House of Commons. ( Cheers.) We will not say a word about the House of Lords. We will not i say a word about the House of Lords or about the Crown. We will stand by the Crown,—( cheers)— aye, and by the House of Lords too, in its proper place. But we will not suffer the House of Lords to encroach upon our house. ( Loud cheers.) The House of Commons shall be a House of Commons—( cheers)— a real House of Commons. I will read you an extract from the works of a good man and a patriot, who died not many years ago, John Home Tooke. He said, " he believed the people of England, if justice were done to them, would not be discontented with the government of King, Lords, and Commons." I do not object to King and Lords, taking care tliey do not exceed their bounds. I do not object to give the King and the Lords their fair and respective shares in a properly con- ducted government; but 1 would object to their having their own rights and the rights of the Commons too. ( Cheers.) Such a situation of King and Lords it is impos- sible but " that every honest man in the country should abhor as I do." ( Cheers.) We will put that to rights— we will put the Crown and the Lords in the possession of their own rights; but we will take care that they shall no longer have ours. ( Cheers.) How are we to secure that ? We must take care that our own cause stands righteous and clear before the country. If we go beyond our own house we will get into difficulties. We will be suspected of having revolutionary designs. We must, therefore, stand by our own house. They may say that we trouble them, like the unjust judge in the Scriptures. No doubt we will trouble them, keeping, however, within lawful bounds, until we get justice; and when we do, then we will trouble them no more. I will not detain you much longer. You can expect to attain nothing except by har- mony and union. ( Cheers.) The question is, what are the best means we can adopt to attain our holy objects? You have heard of a sacred week. ( Loud cheers.) You all know what a strike means. ( Cheers.) I would not recommend that the masters and men should strike against each other; but the time is coming when we shall all have a strike against the House of Commons. ( Cheers.) Sup- pose we establish a sacred rest for one week. You can all spare a day. ( Loud cheers.) Suppose the forty- nine dele-' gates III London should pronounce that there shall be a sacred reek, when no plough or Bhuttle shall move, and no anvil shall sound throughout England— a sacred week, dur- ing which every man should forego labour. In that great week, we will do no work, until we shall have first done the. work of the nation. Let there be a proper union and agreement amongst the people, and then if there should be occasion for it, the forty- nine delegates have but to stamp on the earth, and tivo millions of men will answer the call, and if that did not do, five millions will answer it. ( Loud cheers.) But there will be no oc- casion for it. We shall get all we want without the neces. sity of having recourse to it; if not, let the enemies of the people, I say, take the consequences. ( Cheers.) He had only one thing more to say; he had heard the ministers of the late King charged in the House of Commons with having given instruction to the poor- law commis- sioners, that the great object contemplated by that law was to bring the labourers of England to live upon a coarser description of food. ( Great groaning.) His blood shuddered to hear of such a charge, and he would not have believed it if he had not heard it, and if he had not seen the ministers preserve silence under it. Four or five years ago these men complained of over- production. Could that be retrieved by closing millions of hungry mouths ? Now we have famine in the land, and a low price for labour; the workman at half his wages, and yet he pays the full price lot bread. Yes, there was hall wages, hail work, and double price for food. " We will ( continued Mr. Attwood) bring down food to the level of wages." ( Cheers.) YeB, and we will lift up wages to the level of food. We do not ivant to hurt the agricultural labourer •, we wish to have him fully fed and fully employed; the ports shall be thrown open, in order that millions of hungry mouths may be filled with agricultural produce. We will open those millions of markets for agri- cultural produce. The people, happy and contented, will rejoice; and each man, under the dispensation ol Divine Pro- vidence, will live in amity with his brother, no man making him altaid. We have tried the present government six years, and we tind they have done nothing. We now, therefore, appeal to you; we call upon you to support us firmly,— warmly. Stand round your country. Look at Glas- gow. We have men of high intellect and character from that city, to see and Judge of the feelings that animate the people of Birmingham. We must bind the people of Eng- land, Scotland, and Ireland, in one solemn and holy league, until we complete the liberty, the happiness, and pros- perity of the country. ( Cheers.) I have not another word to say, but have to read to you a letter from my good friend, George Frederick Muntz. ( Loud cheers.) It is dated from South Wales, and is as follow :— " My dear Sir,— If I could with any degree of propriety have left home, I should not have needed your second invi- tation to attend the meeting on Monday. My zeal in the good cause alone would have been quite sufficient to have induced me to go, without the additional aid of my personal regard for you. There are, however, bounds to the family sacrifices made for the public good, beyond which one ought not to go, and which can only be judged of by the party called upon to make them. Unfortunately, I am now so situated that nothing would justify my leaving home, and I can most sincerely assure you that no one regrets it more than I do. I have served many years in the ranks of the Reformers, and, I hope, done some good. I also feel con- viriced that I shall again frequently aid them in their meri- torious exertions to emancipate themselves from the tyranny of party, under every and any name or title. The ignorance of the aristocracy is mueh more the bane of the people than their infamy, although there is much, too much, of the latter; and tile bad effects of either are the same to the in- dustrious classes. The people never had more cause than they now have for exerting themselves ; they have no hope but from themselves. Infamously robbed by the corn laws, because prevented from raising their wages of labour in the same proportion by the equally iniquitous money- laws, they have nothing to expect from quiet but periodical starvation, when thousands die, without the public being aware of it, from want. " So long as the landed interest and the moneyed interest have the power- they now have in the House of Commons, will the industrious classes be oppressed and pillaged. Their only chance, therefore, is by every legal and peaceable means to effect such a change in the constitution of that house, as shall make it work uprightly for the good of all branches of society; and this they will effect, if they perse- vere like honest and good men. Nothing ever could, or ever will, eventually withstand the united exertions of au honest, active, and persevering people. " Most sincerely wishing you every success, " Believe me yours very truly, " G. F. MUNTZ." Mr. Attwood then sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, Mr. P. H. MUNTZ came forward to propose the first resolution, and was loudly cheered. He said that if those cheers betokened energ- y and activity, he was glad to hear them; but, if not, he would not thank them for all the cheers they could offer. They were met to endeavour, by all peaceable and legal means, to obtain what he believed the people were deter- mined to have. ( Cheers.) Lord John Russell had told them that they were to have no further reform ; but the people of England, of Ireland, and Scotland, with one voice, demanded reform. The people of Birmingham had met before at Newball- hill. They met in 1832. Two hundred thousand voices then demanded reform, and two hundred thousand hands would have been held up to enforce the de- mand, if it had not been acceded to. ( Cheers.) Were they not as well prepared to act in 1838 as in 1832? ( Cheers.) He would not degrade the present meeting by comparing it with that of Newball- hill— that meeting was for a trifling purpose, in comparison with the present. ( Cheers.) They now met, for the first time in Birmingham, upon the sacred principle of universal suffrage. ( Loud cheers.) The peti- tion, which he would have the pleasure of proposing for their adoption, contained the three great cardinal points of re- form— an unfettered franchise, protection in the exercise of it, and la frequent appeal to the constituency, to know whether those appointed had done their duty. This peti- tion, this national petition, bad already been adopted by several hundred thousands of their fellow- subjects, and no long time would elapse before it would be adopted by mil- lions, adopted in every town and village by the industrious classes, the men who make the wealth of a nation. ( Loud cheers.) Ay, by those industrious classes whose petitions have been hitherto disregarded, who have been laughed at, spurned, and called a canaille, unfit for being entrusted with the franchise. They had to look to their own resources, and those only. The people of England, without regarding the two great houses, the great lords and the little lords, were determined to enjoy their rights. ( Loud cheers.) Look to the consequence of their denial; look to the state of the country. They were laughed to scorn by foreigners, the colonies were in a state of revolution, the exchequer was Insolvent, the workman was starving, and bread was raised to starvation price by that most wise and excellent measure, the corn laws, while, from the same cause, the farmer was ruined. He was no friend to revolution or dis- turbance; there would be no necessity for them if govern- ment did its duty. What had the Whig government done? He had never been a friend to the Whigs, but, nevertheless, within the last eighteen months, in Birmingham and else- where, lie had drawn odium upon himself because he defended them. But what had they done ? The very men whom the people had forced into the King's councils, against the King's will, now turned round and insulted them by telling them that they were not fit for reform, and their subsequent conduct made the industrious classes disgusted with them. The present government was entirely under the thumb of Sir Robert Feel. Sir Robert Peel governed this country, while the Whig ministers had all the responsi- bility. If they were to have a Tory government, he pro- tested against having one without the responsibility attach- ing to government. But they must get rid of both Tories and Whigs. They must get up a general system of agitation. They must not agitate for every paltry question. And, above all, they must beware of the old motto," Divide and conquer." They must make their stand upon the national petition, throwing aside all minor points that caused dis- union. ( Cheers.) The question of the corn laws must, for the time, be laid aside, as well as every other question that set the manufacturer against the farmer, the man against the master, or the landlord against the tenant. These must all be laid aside, and they must join hand and heart in one great and general effort. ( Loud cheers.) Let them once get a fair and just representation of the people, and they would ultimately secure the peace, the happiness, and the permanent welfare of the people. ( Cheers.) Let not the attention for a moment be withdrawn from the main point of universal suffrage. All other evils, the corn laws, the poor laws— forget all these for an instant— let nothing be thought of but the principle which will give you the power of returning such men as, when returned, will repeal, if necessary, a dozen such laws in a day. ( Cheers.) He had sincere pleasure in proposing the first resolution. Mr. DOUGLAS seconded the resolution. The first great point in the National petition, and the first great point in the estimation of Reformers, was, that every man in the community, of legal age, sane mind, and unconvicted of crime, should be entitled to a vote in choosing those repre- sentatives by whom the laws were framed, to which every man in the country was amenable, and by whom the taxes were imposed, to which, in a greater or smaller proportion, every man in the community was compelled to contribute. The second point in the petition was to secure to every voter the power of doing that freely which he did of right. To complete the privilege of universal suffrage, the vote by ballot was essential. ( Cheers.) Annual Parliaments, the third point contended for in the petition, would give to every voter the power, if the representative whom he had concurred in choosing neglected or deserted his trust, to call him to a speedy and effectual account for his negligence or treachery. ( Cheers.) The next thing they prayed for in the petition was, that the free confidence of the electors should be the only qualification demanded of the represen- tative. Wages of attendance was the last thing which the petition sought. They asked for themselves— it was the great purpose of the reform that they demanded a fair re- muneration for their honest labour; it was expedient, as well aa just, that they who gave up their time and their in- telligence to the general service, should receive a fair remu neration for the time and intelligence so bestowed. ( Cheers.) These were the five points of the prayer of the petition— these were the things which they demanded, and these, with the countenance and aid of the people of England and the blessing of God's providence, they were determined to t have. ( Loud cheers.) Let it not he said, that they weve men who counselled change out of any sickly affection for variety ; that they sought to agitate the people out of any vain and idle spirit of restlessness. No! They wished for change, because they saw in the existing system nothing which could possibly induce wise and prudent men to wish for permanence. ( Cheers.) They agitated the people, because they saw that the grievances of the people were great, and because they knew, by experience, that while the people were quiet, att redress ol their grievances was hope- less. And how had they come to the conclusion, that a change in the system ol government would lead to such a redress? It was by no forced or unnatural process of reasoning. They looked abroad on this bright and brave land, and they beheld on every hand proofs, that had the utmost intelligence of the most highly gifted of mortals been tasked, in order to render it subservient to the uses of the husbandman, the manufacturer, and the merchant, it would have been impossible to fashion it mote favourably, to cover it with a richer and more productive soil, to bestow upon it a more nicely attempered climate, to scoop out its shores into more convenient harbourage, or to people it with a more laborious, patient, and ingenious race of men, to im- prove those advantages. It ( vas not the weak intelligence of man that had done these things. They were the work of a higher, a holier, and a more powerful hand. It was the wisdom of Heaven that had reared our hills, and spread out our plains; it was Hi » clouds that dropped down fatness upon them ; it was His finger that had bent our shores into profitable sinuosities. Now, the intelligence of God could contemplate the creation of nothing whose aim was not wise and good. Hit word was not meant to go forth with- out effect, to be scattered as water upon the ground; it was ever meant to come back to its source with a grateful in- crease, in the happiness of those who were its objects. ( Cheers.) If God made the land of England fertile, it was that the men of England might, out of its fertility, eat and be satisfied. If He gave to the men of England intelli- gence and a capacity for labour, it was his will that, in the exercise of such a capacity, they might find a due reward, if He bestowed upon our shores the facilities of an extended commerce, it was that in these facilities we might find a ready means of exchanging our abundance against the abundance of other nations. Then, if none of these goods were attained— if no beneficial issues resulted, where there was proof so manifest of beneficial intendment; if their people, who ought to be comfortable and happy, were neither comfortable nor happy— if their manufacturers were borne down to the ground by rivalry, foreign and domestic— if their workmen, instead of earning food by the sweat of their brows, toiled long and laboriously, and, for their toil, earned only starvation—( hear, bear)— if, everywhere, they encountered clogs and obstacles in the way of that interchange of commodities, which was meant to link together mankind in one band of brotherhood— if they found injurious laws everywhere marring and endamaging what God had be stowed for g6od— were they not bound, as sensible men and true patriots, to go at once to the root of the evil, and to demand a thorough alteration of the system in which it originated? ( Loud cheers.) If they should be deceived in the course which they were pursuing, if the experiment should fail— if, notwithstanding all that zeal and wisdom could effect, Englishmen and England, surrounded with the most ample materials of enjoyment, must yet continue miserable, and poor, and naked, then he would say to the people, " It is the will of Heaven ; go down upon your knees and pray for that relief which human power cannot purchase, and whether granted or denied, submit with Christian pati- ence !" Bat if it turned out otherwise; if, as they had the utmost assurance of reason to believe, by removing the burdens under which industry was oppressed— if, by taking from the factions the power that they had so long and so grievously abused, of making laws for themselves and against the people— if, by thus proceeding, God's decrees for the happiness of the land should at length go forth to their effect, would not they have the most ample justification, in the eyes of all right thinking men? ( Cheers.) He was not one of those who would strenuously contend for the mere abstractions of freedom. And yet freedom was sweet, even abstractly considered— even in that aspect— One day, one hour of virtuous liberty. Was worth a whole eternity of bondage. But he went for the fruit as well as the tree. ( Hear, hear.) He desired a tree like that described by the Psalmist, which was planted by the river, which yielded its fruit in due sea- son, and whose leaf faded not. ( Cheers,) He cared not for a plant which bore a sickly crop one year, and no crop at all the next; which flattered their hopes with the promise of abundance, only to cheat them with the reality of barrenness. He wished for a system which would give to the master abundance of orders and fair profits, to the man plenty of employment and fair remuneration, and these permanently and steadily. He wished for a tree of liberty, which would yield a constant and adequate return for the capital and labour employed in its cultivation. ( Hear.) Would they go with him for that tree? ( Loud cries of we will, we will.) They were taunted that they were too ignorant for the enjoyment of those privileges with which he desired to in- vest them. And in relation to whom, were they deemed ignorant ? He asked some honest men, whom he addressed the other day at Halesowen, if they could distinguish be- tween the intelligence of him that rented a ten- pound house and of him that rented a house worth nine pounds, nineteen shillings and sixpence. The sixpence worth of wisdom was indeed quite too fine for perception, but there was a broad and palpable distinction between the political value of the one sum and of the other—( hear, hear,)— it was the difference between a freeman and a slave. ( Cheers.) He was aware, and he lamented it, that there was great ignorance amongst the masses, but he was equally aware that there was great ignorance amongst the classes, and that there was with their ignorance much sel- fishness also. ( Cheers.) There was little danger that the interest of the people would be seriously injured by their ignorance, when the remedy of the injury was in their own hands. Depend on it, he who wore the shoe was invariably a better judge how and where it pinched, than he who made it, let him boast ever so much of his wisdom. ( Cheers.) What he wanted was, to put them in a position to select the men they liked best, to do their business, and to send them to the right about if they did not, or would not, do it well. Were they not capable of that? ( Hear, hear.) Would any one tell him that the mechanic, who had head and hands to construct the most delicate and ingenious piece of machinery— who had wit to make a shrewd bargain with his master, to discuss with his fellow workmen the ques- tions of his club, to discharge all the duties of ordinary life— wou'd any man tell him that such a mechanic was unequal to the task of judging whether men like Thomas Attwood and Joshua Scholefield were or were not worthy of public confidence—( loud cheers)— unless to his other qualifications he added a 10?. house? ( Cheers.) Mr. Murphy, of Mary- lebone, whom he regretted not to see there that day, told the men of Glasgow Franklin's well known story of the man and the ass. The question at issue was, whether in the state of New York the suffrage should be a forty shil- ling one or universal suffrage. Franklin, who was for uni- versal suffrage, told his deliberating countrymen, how he had met a friend riding to market, the previous morning, on an ass worth forty shillings, and that in the evening he had again met the same party returning on foot, the speed of the morning's ride having led to the death of the donkey. The man was qualified in the morning and disqualified in the evening, and the philosopher desired to know, in that case, in whom the right of suffrage was vested, the man or the ass. ( Laughter and cheers.) He might similarly ask, in respect to the present franchise, whether it was vested in the man or in the mansion? ( Cheers.) If they believed that it ought to be vested in the man, then with one accord let them sign the national petition—( loud sheering)— the purpose of which was to erect the tenant into a rational and responsible agent, instead of making him a mere ap- pendage to the tenement; for it was not the temple that made the God, but the God that made the temple ; and the brick and mortar that sheltered the voter when living, bad no more real relation to his social fitness, than bad the stone that covered him when dead. For the reasons that he had given, and many more and stronger might be easily adduced, he heartily seconded the resolution. ( Great cheering.) Mr. SCHOLEFIELD came forward to support the reso- lution, and was received with loud plaudits— On no occasion that he had addressed them, did he consider the subject which they had had to discuss of such importan' as that concerning wlfth they were then met. Th" ence between the former occasions of their mee':' present was this:— In the year 1832, whe-- great demonstration which did Birtr>;' honour, they supposed that the" " object in getting a Parliam' them. The Parliament was now exhausted as he was, that the Parliament had done nothing for them, and never would do anything. ( Groans.) They had the benefit of experience— the best of all advantages. He him- self entertained a very different opinion of the House of Commons from what he did before he belonged to it. When they sent him and hishon. friend Mr. Attwood to represent them in Parliament, he did suppose that they were, at least, going into a society of honest men. He felt as they, the men of Birmingham would feel, when going into a jury box, where each juror took an oath that he would do justice be- fore God and his country; he thought there conld not be much wrong when men so pledged their consciences. But if they should find that the jurors were nearly all of them feed by one of the parties, they conld no longer expect jus- tice from them. Now, he had found in Parliament so many men who had an interest in doing wrong to the people, that he could hope for no good from them. To seek a man ia Parliament who looked only to the public interest, was like hunting for a needle in a bottle of hay. ( Laughter.) IS you spoke to them of the general good, if they did not ab- solutely laugh in your face, they would at least affect igno- rance, and ask, what interest it was you wished to serve? And il your reply was, " Why the general good," they would declare that they did not understand what you could mean. ( Groans.') It was only when you spoke of particular interests, that they were all alive. He had left them about a fortnight ago heartily sick; in fact, there was so \\ tt\ e to do that concerned the people, who alone were his friends, that he might as well have been at Birmingham three parts of the session. The subjects of discussion in Parliamsnt were such mere party questions, arising out of the personal jealousies oS the opposite factions, that men of common sense would be ashamed of them. Only look at their last measute— the lamentable question ol the Irish church? ( Cheers.) They had given to the clergy of that church m million of money, as cootty and quietly as a man v » ou\ i throw an old hat away; and for what? Because there was scarcely a man in either house that liad not a relation con- nected with the church. They pretended a regard for re- ligion; but it was an arrant pretence— an abomination; iC was not religion that they cared for. ( Cries of No!) What, besides, had the present Parliament done ? He had a long list ol their deeds in his hand, which were as little credit- able to them as men of common sense, as men of common honesty. The othet night there was a long contest as tot whether a Mr. Turton was a fit and proper person to go tat Canada. What did it matter to them, the men of Bir- mingham, whether Mr. Turton went to Canada or into the sea? ( Cheers arid laughter,) Then, again, a night or tw ® . after, there was another long discussion, whether a parson, of the name of Sampson, should be a magistrate or not! Such was the shameful waste of the public time I The last matter which they bad dealt with was the pension list. And here one blushed to think there could be any one who would stand up in Parliament, with the knowledge of so many thousands of his fellow- men wanting food, and ad- vocate giving thousands of pounds away to persons who had already more than plenty. There was one pension paid to a woman who but a little while ago had upwards of 100,0001. left her, 8nd whose husband was possessed of 18,000 a- year, and yet the committee had not struck off her pension. ( Shame.) The last act of the Duke of Welling- ton, before he went out of office, was the foulest piece ofc plunder that ever was transacted. He gave to a lad of the name of Holmes an income of 500/. And for what? He had never served the country, but his father had done the country great dis- service. This was reviewed by the com- mittee, and they decided that the boy must have the pension as long as his father lived. Then there was the King of Hanover's pension. ( Groans.) If this did not fill their hearts with indignation, those hearts must be of stone. That man bad gone to Hanover, where the whole of its revenues were his own, and still some 20,000/. or 25,000/. n year was paid to him by this country. ( Cries of shame, shame.) While Parliament had been doing these things, which thejr ought not to have done, what had they been doing for the people ? Absolutely nothing. When their excellent repre- sentative, Mr. Attwood, attempted ( as he frequently did) to bring before the House of Commons the grievances of the people, he could not obtain even decent attention. The members either sat listlessly by, disregarding his appeals, or they took up their hats and walked away. ( Groans.) They were afraid to hear the truth. It was his belief that the unreformed Parliament was not worse than the present — if it was, then was it bad indeed. They would, perhaps, say that he was going a long way in the spirit of condem- nation ; but lie would most deliberately declare to them, that he did not think they could find, out of the whole 65 » members that constituted the House of Commons, fifty men who had any community of feeling with the people at all. He boldly staked his character for truth, that there were- not fifty men in Parliament, who cared a farthing for the people. What was it that the people said? " We cannot get sufficient wages;" and then their friends, looking about for the cause, beheld the corn- laws, and called for tlieic repeal. And what said Parliament? When that excellent man, Mr. Villiers, brought forward the question, the great landed aristocracy of the house would not deign to discuss the matter with him. And why would they not repeal those laws? Because their own rentals would be diminished- Their existence depended on keeping up the rents. How then could they be expected to have any consideration for the people ? They must be angels, rather than men, to do so- il was then said to them—" If you will not repeal the corn- laws, put on a property tax." Nothing could be fairer. Every one knew that the men of property could spare a part of what they possessed. But no, the men of property laughed at you. Well, you said to them, " Make just money laws, that profits and wages may be duly and steadily main- tained." " Oh!" they exclaim, " that is all nonsense.'* Every thing which did not immediately promote their own interests, was nonsense with them. The more he saw of them the more he was convinced, that there was no hope for the people until they obtained a better representation in Parliament. At present, in reality, they had no representation at all. There were but four thou- sand persons to elect the two members of the town off Birmingham. Was not that a shame? ( Cries of yes.) The only remedy for the evils which they suffered under, was a better system of representation— that was to say, a fair representation of all classes. It was his humble opinion^ that they would gain this if they resolutely adhered to their dertermination of obtaining it. ( We will.) " Take no denial. Repeat your claims. You cannot be too firm. But act peacefully, be uniformly in the right, but act with all the vigour that becomes men and Englishmen, and you. will be sure to attain your end. Let liim who looks to vio- lence be considered your enemy. ( Cheers.) I deprecate all quarrels between masters and men, and violence is the worst mode that can be adopted to adjust such unhappy dif ferences. It is the defective state of the law which generates these quarrels. It is no interest of the masters to oppress the men. If they could find sufficient profit upon their capi- tal, they would rejoice to give higher wages to those who labour for them. Therefore, master and man ought to unite, and not look with jealousy upon each other. Theirs is common cause. We depend and live upon the exertions o£ each other. This is my honest view of the matter. It is said that the working classes are reckless of change, because they have no stake in the country. This is a monstrous fal- lacy. There is not one of you who has not as great an in- terest in the well- being of the country as the greatest lord among them all. Why, your all is at stake. ( Cheers.) When the peace and prosperity of the country are disturbed, your property— which consists in labour— is most seriously affected, and the evil that threatens you is starvation. If you lose a week's wages, starvation stares you in the face. It is one of the most vulgar errors, to say that the working man has no abiding interest in the country. He has a stronger interest than the rich can possibly have, because iie has no resource but in the peace and prosperity of the land- On Mr. Scholefield's retiring, which he did amidst universal cheering, Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR came forward, and was re- ceived with several rounds of applause. When he saw the wealth, the strength, the power, and the virtue of the people before him, be recognised this meeting as the signing, sealing, and delivering of the great moral covenant which was this day entered into among the people. ( Cheers.) He was not a little proud to mset that which he had long wished for— namely, a pure, incorruptible, and virtuous jury of working men. ( Hear, bear.) Hewas not a little proud to think that the men of Birmingham, who had, on a former occasion, given the poison, were now about to administer the antidote. It was now nearly seven years since they first met under that flag now floating before them, and which was sent to them from Somerset- house— called the Union Jack— to do the dirty work of the Whigs. Upon the present occasion, they were met as a jury to con—' sider whether or no those Whigs had rendered them a return for the services which they ( the people of P! ham) had rendered to them. They were now ' those Whigs, and to take a verdict on the - that indictment, and although each - since they had been in power » - matter for many separate present occasion, confi- ne referred to t>- passing of t> Irish m1- do" 4 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. GRAND MIDLAND DEMONSTRATION. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the INHABI- TANTS of BIRMINGHAM, and of the MID- LAND DISTRICT of ENGLAND, held in the Fields at the foot of HOLLOWAY- HEAD, this 6th day of August, 1838, THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., in the chair; On the motion of PHILIP HENRY MUNTZ, seconded by ROBERT KELLIE DOUGLAS, It was resolved unanimously, 1st. That the NATIONAL PETITION now read, claiming from the justice of Parliament the undeniable rights of UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS, VOTE BY BALLOT, WAGES OF ATTENDANCE, and the ABOLITION OF PROPERTY QUALIFICATION in Members of the House of Commons, cordially approved by this meeting; and that it be recommended for signature to all the indus- trious classes of the United Kingdom generally, who are re- quested to forward their petitions when signed to Mr. Joseph Hoi), at the Journal- office, New- street, Birmingham. On the motion of HENRY SANSUM, seconded by HENRY WATSON, 2nd. That GEORGE FREDERICK MUNTZ, PHILIP HENRY MUNTZ, ROBERT KELLIE DOUGLAS, THOMAS CLUTTON SALT, BENJAMIN HADLEY, JOHN PIERCE, GEORGE EDMONDS, Bnd JOHN COLLINS, be appointed delegates from this meet- ing to attend a GENERAL CONVENTION of the in- dustrious classes, ( not exceeding forty- nine in number,) to be assembled in London, for the purpose of adopting every legal measure which may be considered necessary to induce Parliament to carry the great objects of the NATIONAL PETITION into a law. On the motion of GEORGE EDMONDS, seconded by JOHN COLLINS, 3rd. That the industrious classes of the United Kingdom generally, be earnestly requested to imitate the noble ex- ample of their countrymen in Scotland and the north of England, and to hold meetings forthwith in every town or district for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the NATIONAL PETITION, and of appointing delegates to the GENERAL CONVENTION of the industrious classes. On the motion of THOMAS CLUTTON SALT, seconded by WILLIAM HENRY ASHMORE, 4th. That this meeting cordially approves the People's Charter, as the outline of an act to provide for the just re- presentation of the people of the United Kingdom in the Commons' House of Parliament, agreeably to the principles set forth in the NATIONAL PETITION. On the motion of WM. BLAXLAND, seconded by JOHN PIERCE, 5th. That the delegates nominated by this meeting, be authorised to call together the General Convention of the . Industrious Classes, in London, on any day which they may deem expedient, before or during the next Session of Par- liament. On the motion of R. K. DOUGLAS, seconded by JAMES MOIR, of Glasgow, 6th. That as the cause of Radical Reform is truly the cause of the nation at large; and requires for its due pro- gress snd full success, the earnest and hearty support of the nation, there be forthwith raised, for the purpose of ac- celerating such progress, and ensuring such success, a NATIONAL RENT, to be placed at the disposal of the CENERAL CONVENTION OF THE INDUSTRI- OUS CLASSES, at their assembling in London, and that it be an instruction to the Delegates this day appointed, to act ad interim as a committee for carrying this resolution iifto effect. On the motion of THOMAS CLUTTON SALT, seconded by I. AARON, 7th. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Alexander Purdie, Esq. and James Moir, Esq., Delegates from Glasgow, and to Feargus O'Connor, Esq., Thomas Steele, Esq., Mr. Henry Vincent, and the other gentlemen who have attended the meeting from different parts of the United Kingdom. THOMAS ATTWOOD, Chairman. The Chairman having retired, and the chair being take n BY THO. MAS CLUTTON SALT, ESQ., It was resolved by acclamation, That the cordial and grateful thanks of this meeting be given to Thomas Attwood, Esq., for his able and patriotic conduct in the chair. THOMAS CLUTTON SALT. CHAPLAIN TO THE ASTON UNION. ON TUESDAY NEXT, the 14th day of August, the GUARDIANS will proceed to AP'POINT a CHAP- IAIN. His duties will be to undertake the spiritual care of the inmates of the Woikhouse, at Erdington, at all reason- able times, and to give a full service there once a week. The Salary is fixed at £ 30 per annum. Gentlemen desirous of the situation are requested to send their application, directed to the Board of Guardians, at 3£ rdington Workhouse, before ten o'clock on the moining of the 14th of August. By order of the Board, ENOCH PEARSON, Clerk of the Union. Aston, August 7, 1838. ASTON UNION. MEDICAL OFFICER. THE BOARD of GUARDIANS will proceed, at their Meeting on TUESDAY NEXT, the 14th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to APPOINT a MEDI- CAL OFFICER for the Hamlet of Deritend, vacant by the resignation of Mr. AARON. The Salary is fixed at 30 Guineas per annum. The Medical Officer will be required to give all necessary attendance, and provide Medicine and all Appliances ( except Trusses and Leeches) in those medical and surgical cases for which he may receive a written order from the Relieving Officer, any Churchwarden, Overseer, or other competent authority. The Contract is to include all paupers resident within the hamlet, whether having a legal settlement or not. Candidates properly qualified, are desired to send in their applications to the Erdington Workhouse, on or before Ten o'clock on the day of election. 13y Order of the Board of Guardians, ENOCH PEARSON, Clerk of the Union. Aston, August 7, 1838. NOTICE. RMATTHISON and Co., Stationers, Booksellers, • Printers, & c., beg to inform their friends and the public, that their MERCANTILE COPYING BOOK, for producing a durable and clear letter and copy, without the trouble of pen and ink, may be purchased at 5s. 6d. and up- wards. at the following places, viz.: Bristol, G. B. WOR- IOYS; Worcester, R. STOKES: Bedford, W. WHITE; Lei- cester,!'. H. CARIIYER; Wolverhampton, A. J. CALDICOTT; Walsall, VALENTINE andTnaosBY; Dudley, J. RANN and J. T. BOGLE; and wholesale and retail, at the manufac- turer's, 71, Edgbaston- street, Birmingham. POOR MAN'S PILL. SOLD AT WATT'S NEWSPAPER OFFICE, 14, SNOWHILL, BIRMINGHAM. TWATTS begs to inform the inhabitants of Bir- • mingham and its neighbourhood, that he has re- ceived, from the London Depot, a supply of Poor Man's Pills, an unrivalled antihillious medicine, recommended by Abernethy and the faculty, in boxes at Is. \ l/ z< i. and 7% d. each. N. B. Fourteen doors from Bull- street. rrVHE PEOPLE'S CHARTER, 4d.; the VICTIMS JL of WIIIGGERY, 4d.; the COTTON SPINNERS' TRIAL, Is. 6d. ; the NORTHERN STAR, edited by FEARGUS O'CONNOR, 4Jd.; the STAR in the EAST, 4£ d. ; the NEW MORAL WORLD, lid.; CLEAVE'S PENNY GAZETTE; the PENNY SATIRIST; and all other PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, & c., that issue from the press. JAMES GUEST, STEELHO USE LANE, BIRMINGHAM, WHOLESALE BOOK, PAPER, AND GENERAL STATIONERY WAREHOUSE. Observe— Opposite the Meeting- house— The Penny Maga- zine ove'r the door. ( Jg" Schools and the trade supplied, for cash, cheaper than a « , y house in the kingdom. PROSPECTUS OF A MONEY CLUB, TO be held at the Sign of the GOLDEN LION, ASTON STREET. CLUB Night, once a fortnight. Payment each night, bs for a £ 25. share, 10s. for a £ 50. share, and £ 1. for £ l00 share. Interest, £ 2. 12s. per cent,, to be paid with the club money. Shares sold in quarter, or £ 25. shares. Books audited every six months. Security not required of more value than is sufficient to cover the club money and interest to be paid. Duration of Club about three years and a half. Small premiums to be paid by persons entering after the first three months. Trustees to keep a banking account, and deposit the secu- rities in the bank. The Club to commence as soon as £ 1,000. is subscribed for, and to close at the expiration of twelve months. The Rules are carefully prepared, a copy of which may be seen by applying to Mr. Taylor, at the Golden Lion, Aston- street, of whom Prospectuses may be had. WARWICKSHIRE FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE next EXHIBITION of this SOCIETY, being for CARNATIONS, PICCOTEES, DAH- LIAS, GOOSEBERRIES, and all Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables in season, is appointed to take place at the TOWN- HALL, on THURSDAY NEXT, the 16th of August. „ . . Lists of the Prizes may be obtained of the Secretaries, or of Mr. Coudrey, in the Market- hall. Mr. HOLLINS will preside at the ORGAN, and introduce the following selection :— At One o'clock. - Fantasia, introducing " Thro' the forest," — Weber. Two. — March from the Military Symphony— Haydn. Three.—" Welcome mighty king," ( introducing the bells,) I Handel. Four. — Ttninder Storm I Hollins. Five.—" Still so gently o'er me stealing," ( Son- nambula,) — Bellini. Six. " God save the Queen." V* Doors open at One o'clock.— Admission to the Public, One Shilling each. CARVING AND GILDING, PICTURE FRAME, AND LOOKING GLASS MANUFACTORY. ASAVING of at least twenty per cent, upon every article connected with the above, at TURNER'S, 30, PARADISE- STREET, Birmingham. Portrait Frames £ 1 9s., usually charged £ 2 2s. TO CORRESPONDENTS. * .* What is called the pivot price of wheat is, we believe, 72s. When at that sum per quarter the duty is only one shilling. There is no prohibition of importation at any price. The ports are always open ; but, in most instances, the duty is so high that they might as well be shut. When in September last year we fixed the price of tlie Journal at fourpence- lialfpenny, we confi- dently calculated that a fall in tlie price of materials would fully compensate not only for a larger reduc- tion than the amount of the duty remitted justified, but also for the great addition which we made to the size of our paper. Our calculation has failed us. In this respect our cotemporaries showed that they were better informed than we were. It is not too late to take advantage by their example. The pre- sent price of the Journal, with the heavy deductions o which it is subject, is much too small. We pro- pose, therefore, that in future it shall be the same as that of the Gazttte and Advertiser, to which we do not think we arrogate too much in saying, that for information, compiled or'original, it is equal. Neither do we think we claim more than we are fairly entitled to from the Reformers of Birmingham and the kingdom at large, when we ask from them the same remuneration for our labours, which the Tories are content to pay for the labours of then- advocates. The Reformers have, at least, as much heart to be generous; and they can quite as well afford to be just. AFTER THE SEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER, THEREFORE, THE PRICE OF THE JOURNAL WILL BE FIVEPENCE. The advance will be of not incon- siderable importance to us, while it will be altogether insignificant to our readers; so we confidently hope that it will be cheerfully acquiesced in. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1838. We have given a full and accurate report of the meeting of Monday; it was a very splendid one. Several of those who witnessed, and who joined in the whole of the meetiugs in 1831 and 1832, are of opinion that it exceeded in numbers and grandeur the greatest of them. We should hesitate to speak positively concerning it, knowing how readily the pen of one who is part and parcel of such a stimulating scene, may be betrayed into exaggeration, did we not find our opinion of its magnitude and importance so entirely corroborated by witnesses whose politics are widely different from our own, and who are under no temptation to express sentiments which they do not really feel. The Morning Chronicle, after noticing the admirable adaptation of the ground, says:— " Here we beheld a sight that could not fail to strike with awe every beholder. There were, at least, 200,000 human beings ranged one above another to the very brow of the hill, where the flags and banners were planted, and floating in the air, bearing on them inscriptions expressive of the determination of those who were then rallying around them. It would be a miracle if so many thousands could be brought upon one spot, and be afterwards dispersed without some accidents of an incidental nature occurring; but, ex- cept a momentary movement now and then, to and fro, as the overwhelming pressure from one side or the other predominated, not a single accident happened throughout the day to mar or disturb the solemnity- of its proceedings. Sobriety, decorum, and a deportment expressive of the most intense earnestness, characterised the conduct of the whole people." The Morning Advertiser observes— 1 " The proceedings will be read with great interest, and although the likelihood that all the objects for which the meeting was convened may be procured by this manifestation of feeling- on the part of the im- mense multitude which met to- day, is but a slight one, yet there cannot exist a doubt that the proceedings of the meeting will have no small influence in Parlia- ment, with reference to the questions of an increase of the suffrage and the vote by ballot; and that this in- fluence will be felt in the discussion of them in the en- suing session." And again our highly influential cotemporary ob- serves :— " The meeting was, indeed, a great and glorious meeting— great in the manifestation by thousands who had joined in sentiment and action, ftnd glorious in the order which was unanimously maintained, and in the intellect which was exhibited. Where did ever such a body of men congregate together— whatever the purpose might be— so united in heart and in mind, and so little disposed, however they might be prompted by malignant and disaffected persons— among whom so little of disturbance or disorder occurred, as those who composed the meeting at Birmingham?" The Sun is equally, if not more warmly, eulogistic. By such the woild will judge ot deeds and men ! With such honest chroniclers we can easily smile at the ridiculous tale palmed upou the Times by the ex- standard bearer of the Union. There is an argument in favour of univeisal suffrage, that those, who are most opposed to it, would do well to consider with some degree of care. The people, or at least all of them who do not participate in the right of voting, are determined to have it. We say deter- mined, not meaning that in their present unenlightened condition, many of them may not shrink from actual fighting for it, nor that many of them may not hesitate to make any great personal or pecuniary sacrifice, in order to obtain it. All we intend by the phrase, which we use not as matter of threat, but matter of fact, is, that the determination of the people is as strong, in respect to universal suffrage, as in regard to any of those goods, real or imaginary, the deprivation of which is felt aud resented as a grievance. Now, in what a pretty condition of security is that kingdom placed, when, out of twenty- six millions of popula- tion, twenty- four millions are in a constant state of irritation ? The theory of the advocates of universal suffrage may be wild, their expectations may be fanciful, they may he fools, or knaves, or both, what imports it if the people believe them? It is in vain that such a belief is reasoned against. It may be sound logic to affirm, that only those men who occupy ten- pound houses, ought to take an interest in political matters. But how does the soundness of the argument affect the fact, that the men who live in live- pound houses do take an interest in political matters? Lord BROUGHAM, a few days ago, observed that the suffer- ings of the labouring classes were the pangs of the nation; with equal truth it may be affirmed, that the resentments of the labouring classes are the dissatis- faction of the nation. What peace, what prosperity, can be safely predicated of that government, where nine- tenths of its subjects are averse from its rule? It is the principle of the constitution, as explained by the gravest and most moderate authorities, that no man ought to be taxed without his consent. The en- tire system of representative government is founded upon that principle. It was as much admitted by the borough- monger Parliament of 1830, as it is by the Reform Parliament of 1838. The restriction of the franchise to half a million of individuals, out of twenty- six millions, never has, and never can be defended on principles of justice. The ten- pound suffrage is the creature of expediency; and who are the judges of the expediency ? The included few may admit the validity of the expediency argument, but by the ex- cluded many it is altogether repudiated. Of equal value are the greater number of the arguments, by which the restriction is sought to be maintained. There may be danger, as is often alleged, in the ex- periment which we desire to try; but what avail is it to cry wolf to men whose ears are sealed to the cry ? The unenfranchised do not believe that in the experi- rnent there is danger to them; and for the danger to others, they are content to risk it. If the demands of the people were of a passing or personal kind ; if they respected measures concerning which the opinions of the people might change, or men who might themselves change their opinions there would be fair ground of hope for the exclusion- ists. But so far from decaying, or dying down, there is every reason for asserting, that these demands will become daily more urgent and imperious. The evil of right denied is not to be diminished in itself, much less in the judgment of the sufferers, by any prolonging of the denial. On the contrary, the longer that justice is delayed, the more rigidly, beyond all doubt, will it be ultimately exacted. A great deal of nonsense is vented by many good men, on the subject of moral force and physical force, in relation to these and similar matters. There is a kiud of morbid sensibility, for the most part exhibited by speakers and writers in approaching the question of physical force. For our parts, we are utterly at a loss to know what moral force means, as opposed to physical force. We canuot conceive the existence even of moral force, unless in conjunction with phy- sical. Moral force is no other than the announcement of a determination on the part of him who employs it, to do something. The moral force of those reasoners who would disjoin it from physical, is a determination to do which is never to be acted upon. The whole of law, the whole of government, is a system of moral, conjoined with physical force. The entire ground- work of rational government rests on that conjunction. It may be denied that the masses of the unenfran- chised are obedient to the nod of what the Whig oracle of Glasgow facetiously calls " the absolute wisdom of Birmingham ;" but it will hardly be said that they are more inclined to value the absolute wisdom of the ten- pound householders, than they are to value ours. Even if from ignorance, or the apathy produced by long en- dured distress, there be some of the unenfranchised that care for none of these things, that number must be small, and it must be daily diminishing. Light is ever spreading, and 110 man is willingly and wittingly degraded. There is a spirit of rising in the meanest atom of rationality that crawls on the face of the earth, and only time and occasion are required for its exhibi- tion. The friends and advocates of universal suffrage are ever receiving new accessions of power and num- bers, its enemies are ever suffering a diminution of both. We increase, but they decrease. When the friends of universal suffrage are sufficiently numerous, and their numbers sufficiently known, why. then they will announce their determination— they will exhibit their moral force; and, if the annunciation fail, they will put their determination into effect— they will ex- hibit their physical force. There is nothing in this inconsistent with the com- mands of justice and fitness; on the contrary, it is in strict conformity with every principle, not of Radicals only, but of freemen of all shades, that the majority should rule. In compelling the minority to obey, we shall but act oil the plain Scripture maxim, of doing to others what we would that others should do unto us. There is, in truth, but one way of dealing with the universal suffrage question, short of granting universal suffrage, and that is, so to extend the suffrage as to place the unenfranchised in a minority. By such a process ( provided always the included were unanimous) they might be so weakened as to be coerced into silence. There would be the same injustice in degree, but not the same insecurity. The present system is alike injurious and rotten. The Morning Advertiser, while bestowing a due commendation on the Birmingham Radicals for their honesty of purpose, and while admitting that an ex- tension of the suffrage aud the vote by ballot are the great auxiliaries of national happiness, yet accuses us of greatly mistaking the cause for the effect, in relying upon these " as the specifics of a national regenera- tion." And it goes on to assert, that " Education is the prime source of the strength, the independence, and happiness of a nation;" and " without its wide- spread diffusion," the Advertiser questions " greatly, whether the ameliorative measures prayed for by the meeting, would tend, to any great extent, to remedy the evils complained of." We will, in the first place, put the Advertiser right, on a matter of fact. It is a mistake to suppose, that we Birmingham Radicals rely on Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot, as the specifics of a national regeneration, or as specifics of any kind. We look upon a just govern- ment as the only source of social happiness; we think that, to a just government just laws are essential; and that just laws cannot be framed without a fitting ma- chinery of legislation. Such a fitting machinery, we believe, may be found in a honest House of Commons, chosen by the free voices of the universal people, and only in such a house. It is, doubtless, possible that, even a house so constituted might euact foolish mea- sures. But, as the evil effects of such measures would be immediately felt by the people who elected the house, it is, we thiuk, not likely that many such would be permitted. Again, granting to the full, the importance of a sound education, we must protest against imputing to the Birmingham Radicals a desire to put the cart before the horse when they say, that, for 6uch an edu- cation, they must be content to look to an improved legislature. It is surely unnecessary to remind the intelligent editor of the Advertiser, that one of the consequences of the present system, deeply lamented by men,— of opinions, any thing rather than Radical, is, that so long as partial interests govern that system, any sound and liberal plan of national education is almost, if not altogether, hopeless. On the general arg- ument for a diffused education, as preparatory to Universal Suffrage, we have more than once had occasion to remark. Most of those politicians that maintain it, proceed on an assumption, more readily made than granted— that, without literary education ( for that is the thing meant), the capacity for a sound choice of representatives is unattainable. Now, without insisting on the ignorance of many of the present race of electors— we might say the ma- jority of them— we must altogether demur to the doctrine, that the man who is destitute of the elements even of literary education, is necessarily of a weak or imperfect judgment. Laying aside the untaught sa- gacity for which Englishmen are notorious, what is the training of our mechanics in their laborious, and, in many cases, lengthened apprenticeships ? Will any man assert of a lad, who, from his fourteenth to his twenty, first year, is being instructed in fabricating the complicated machinery of a steam- engine, and whose inventive faculties are daily tasked to discover those sleights of facility which distinguish the expert work- man— that the intellect is less exercised, or the judg- ment less matured, than his who lias sat, for the same number of years, at a desk, copying letters, and enter- ing invoices? We have no hesitation in saying that number for number, in readiness aud accuracy of de- cision on any question of business, not purely literary, the mechanics of our large towns will stand a compa- rison with the choicest lot that ever Eton or Harrow sent forth. But how, if they do not already possess the requisite political judgment, are the masses to attain it? Surely, it is to be got like other ge'. tings, not by abstract dis- cussion, but by actual practice. To educate men to the duties of free men, we must first make them free. It is not by lectures on the flexor and extensor muscles of its limbs, that the child learns to walk. The plan of nature and common sense is, to make use its school master. True, it may stumble— what then? The experience of one fall is worth a hundred lessons of caution. We must apply a similar rule to the child political, if we seek for firm and independent action. The go- cart, how pleasant soever in theory, is always injurious iu practice. But we have no objections to meet the Advertiser on his own ground. Let it be ruled that no man, who is not prepared with proof of his capacity to read, and write, and cipher— we suppose no more will be re- quired— shall have a vote. We accept the rule, pro- vided always, every one who can read, and write, and cipher, be allowed a vote. We won't even object to its extension to candidates, though it might be found to bear rather hard on some of them. Let us have the literary suffrage, we say. Of all the encourage- ments to education, we can fancy none higher and more certain. We should then scour the country, not to preach, but to teach. Instead of unions we should have schools, our councillors would be converted into pedagogues. The march would then really commence. There would be something worth marching for. With such a suffrage, we are confident that, in one twelve- month, we should have all we want. This would be conquering the enemy by moral force, iu reality. In the meantime, as we rather believe that the Advertiser will hardly prevail, either on Lord MELBOURNE or Lord MELBOURNE'S master, the duke, to agree to his test, we must even conquer the enemy as we best may — with the weapons of ignorance, if those of feelosophy are beyond our reach. New York papers to the 16th ult. were received at Liverpool on Sunday. The news from Canada is not of much importance. The only particular worth noticing is the resignation, reported only, of Sir GEORGE ARTHUR, on account of the general amnesty proclaimed by Lord DURHAM— a not improbable cause. In the United States, Congress stands adjourned till December. The two houses separated on the 3rd, ' after passing resolutions complaining strongly of the delays interposed to the settlement of the North East Boundary. The June meeting of the General Bank Committee of Philadelphia recommended the 1st of August as the day for resuming cash payments At a meeting on the 11th of July, this resolution was reconsidered, and a convention called for the 23rd to consult upon the subject. As soon as the vote was come to, the Bank of the United States gave notice that after the 1st of August it should cease to give or receive interest on balances, and on that day it would be ready for a settlement of such balances. Whether in consequence of this notice, or a resolution previ- ously come to, the Governor of Pennsylvania imme- diately issued an order for the resumption of cash payments on the 13th of August, on the penalty of the laws in such cases provided being put in execution against the recusants. Mr. NICHOLAS BIDDLE, after all his vapouring about the necessity of the resumption, appears to have laboured with much earnestness to prevent it; and, indeed, the notice about calling up the bank balances can ouly be viewed in the light of a threat to the merchants, that if they press Mr. BIDDLE, he will squeeze them. The Times, ( Wednes- day) with great show of probabilities, attributes Mr. BIDDLE'S vacillation to his fears of ail event for which, with all his boast, he is but indifferently provided. A very few weeks will show whether this be the case or not. Opinions on this side the water are still divided on the expected effects of the resumption. The letters from America betray no such scruples— they almost invariably anticipate golden days from gold payments. In England the effect lias been precisely the contrary. • The Globe criticises a portion of the reported speech of Mr. Scholefield, on Monday, in which that honour- able gentleman characterised Burke as a " political scoundrel." Mr. Scholefield having in the same sen- tence, attributed to Burke, a remark which is com- monly given to Bishop Horsley— that the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey- them— the Globe is indignant that so strong au epithet should be applied to Burke, on accouut of a saying that Burke never uttered. Mr. Scholefield did not designate Burke a " political scoundrel" on account of the ex- pression incorrectly attributed to him; but because, having, as a Whig, stimulated the people to demand their rights, when he saw them inclined to do so, he became their bitterest and most abusive enemy, and to mark the motives of his conduct more clearly, took as his reward, a pension for three lives from the Tory minister to whom he had apostatised. About sixty of the Reformers, who had been present at the Meeting of Monday, dined at the Bell, in Philip- street, after it was over. Mr. Muntz occupied the chair. Mr. Attwood, Mr. O'Connor, and several other gentlemen, spoke in the course of the evening, which was spent most harmoniously and pleasantly. The meeting was purely one of good fellow ship. The dinnef- and its accompaniments did great credit to the landlord. A builder, who employs twenty men, we are given to understand, turned off two of them on Tuesday morning, because they had attended the demonstra- tion, The men were quite willing to make up the lost time by working over hours, but the Tory master was inexorable. The case has been mentioned at the Union, and, we doubt not, will be carefully inquired into. THE NON- INCORPORATION OF BIRMINGHAM.— We learned yesterday, by accident only, that Captain Dawson, the same person who formerly visited Bir- mingham, was again here, sent down by the Whig- ministers to see if he and they could make out a case on behalf of their Tory supporters, for refusing a charter. We think it necessary to advert to this cir- cumstance, for the purpose merely of stating that the committee, appointed by the inhabitants to conduct the application for a charter, have not received any com- munication from Captain Dawson, and that if they had, they would, we feel confident, have treated it with the thorough contempt to which the Whig minis- ters and their tools, from beginning to end of this, matter, have so amply aud entirely earned. Mr. Roebuck has administered a severe, but merited, rebuke to O'Connell, on the subject of some observa- tions of the latter on the Canada patriots. O'Connell had pledged himself to defeud them; he shrunk like a coward from the contest, leaving them to the traitor- ous Whigs to work their will upon, and now, conscious of the wrong- he has done them, he seeks to conceal the baseness of his desertion by abusing those he has betrayed. THE CANTERBURY RIOTERS.— Two of these men, Mears aud Price, were tried at Maidstone on Thursday. They were found guilty of aiding and abetting Thorn, but strongly recommended to mercy, on account of the delusion under which they laboured at the time. Sen- tence of death was recorded against them. THE THEATRE.— Miss Sheriff, Wilson, Stretton, and Manvers, have been charming the town during the week. They have played the " Mountain Sylph" several times, and the ." Sounambula," to fair houses, though less crowded than the excellence of the per- formances deserved. Stretton is a splendid bass. His " Farewell to the Mountain" is beautiful. It was regularly encored. Miss Sheriff and Wilson have been also iu excellent voice. We need not praise them, tliey are too well known to require it. We trust their American jaunt will be a pleasant as well as produc- tive one. What a delightful excursion would it be to cross the wide Atlantic with such companions. The vocalists appear to- night for the last time. Pierce Egan is to be with us next week! BOTANICAL LECTURES.— The fifth lecture of this course was delivered at the Philosophical Institution, last evening. In considering the various functions of a plant, the lecturer particularly alluded to the in- jurious effects sometimes resulting from plants being placed in sleeping rooms— during the day they purified the air, but at night they deteriorated it, giving out Carbonic acid gas. The various vegetable products and secretions were next noticed; the most remarkable under this head was the Palo de Vaca, or Cow Tree, of South America, which, upon incisions being made into its bark, gave out milk iu great quantities. In conclusion, the lecturer gave the origin of fairy rings — they were traced to the generation of fungi, which, springing up first in a point, gradually extended them- selves into a ring, owing to their inability to grow again upon the same ground. HEATIIFIELD ROOMS.— In our advertisement of last week we omitted to say, that the first lecture would be given on Tuesday, the 14th inst. The Governors of King Edward's School have ap- pointed Mr. George Moyle, B. A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, to be an Assistant Master in that institution, in the room of Mr. Trollope, resigned. The committee of the Blue Coat Charity School have received from the executors of the will of the late Mr. James Good, of Legge- street, the sum of 2501., on account of a legacy bequeathed by him to that charity. The treasurers of the General Hospital have received from the executors of the late Mr. James Good, of Digby- street, Birmingham, a legacy of 250/. free of duty. Our readers will perceive, by au advertisement in our first page, that passages to Australia can now be contracted for on the spot, and every information ob tained without the trouble of applying elsewhere. THE BIRMINGHAM. JOURNAL, JULY 14. 221 CAUTION.— On Wednesday morning a little boy was found in a back bouse, in St. Jffartiii's- lane, quite naked. The child had been cajolel from Coventry- street into the lane, where his clothesWere taken off. On inquiries being made at the pavvnbi ,]< ers, it was ascertained that the clothes had - been pleci^ d for ( jJ^ at the bouse of Mr. Aaron, by a very respectably dressed woman. On the same day, another chitt. was found, in a back house belonging to Mr. Arthur M, t. thison, of Digbeth, stripped in a similar manner, t. coral necklace, worth 15s., and a good suit of clothes - were taken from the child. We have heard of several other children who hare been served in the same way. All the children represent the person who stripped them as— a lady. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— Last night, about half- past nine o'clock, as Mr. and Mrs. Pare were walking up Broad- street towards home, when opposite Bingley House, Mrs. P., iu an instant, had a silk purse, in which were some sovereigns aud silver, taken from her pocket, as if by magic. Upon turniug round three men and a woman were seen passing by, two of whom yia. lk. ed sharply on, leaving one man, wearing a white jacket, similar to a shooting jacket, with the woman following. Mr. Pate followed and seized the man, charging him with the robbery. He denied all know- fo& ge of it, awl ptoposei to be snatched-, aud as Mr. Pare was attempting to cross towards the Crown public- bouse for ttwX. purpose, the woman seized him by the throat, and iu the scuffle the man got from his grasp awl was making away, wkenMw Tare followed and again took him, but was a second time seized by the Titckerchiefby tbe woman, anil compelled to let go his hold of the man, after in rain calling out to several bystanders to vender assistance. The tine? and the woman took to their heels down Bridge- street, and got clear off; and immediately after a policeman came up. Mr. Pare attributes the robbery almost entirely to the want of the street lamps, and a proper night watch. It may, perhaps, be stated, that there is 110 part of Birmingham which stands in greater need of additional watchmen than Broad- street. Persons may walk at almost any hour of the night From the Old Wharf to the Toll- gate, without meeting a watchman. The Warwick assizes commenced on Monday before Chief Justice Ttuda. 1 and Siv James Bosaucpet. Mr. Collins, M P., was foreman of the Grand Jury. The The ' Misi Privis Court furnishes two cases of consider- able importance, the one as establishing the liability of railway companies for damages sustained from the carelessness of their servants ; the other, as opening a novel view of the luw as respects the records of public boards. The case in which the former rule was laid down, was that of Palmer v. the Grand Junction Railway, for compensation for the death of one horse, and the'injury of several others, from the upsetting of the boxes iu which they were travelling, in February last, near Willenball, by the engine running off the rails. A great deal of stress was laid by the counsel for the defendants, on the fact that the ticket delivered to Palmer, junior, contained a notice by which the liability of the Company was saved. It was asserted by the prosecutor that no ticket had been received by his son, though the judge seems to have thought that point doubtful. The jury gave a verdict of 150/. against the company, on account of gross negligence — the negligence being the unprotected state of the railway, by which a horse was allowed to stray over it and so produce the accident. The second case was more important for its law than the first. There is a certain qualification laid down in the commissioners' act, failing of which no man can act as a commissioner, or if he do, he subjects himself to a penalty of 50/. for every time that he so acts. The action Muntz v. Homer was instituted for the purpose of recovering from the defendant the penalty of 50/., to which he had become liable by acting as a commissioner, after he had ceased to be qualified. The proof of the acting lay in the prosecutor. He prod uced the commissioners' books, in which on the day described Mr. Homer's name ap- peared as one of the commissioners present. We pass by some miserable quibbling, which lawyers call argu- ment, about the suit not being one in pursuance of the act— the case did not turn on the objection of this in- genious distinction. The judge ruled that Jthe books were not evidence of the parties present:—" It would be a pretty thing to make a man liable to a penalty of 50/., because a clerk put down his name." We may just remark that the putting down of the names is but a ministerial act in the clerk; the chairman who signs the minute, if a name be improperly inserted, is bound to have it struck out. The case supposed bv the learned judge cannot occur. But the Court . adhered to its dictum, aud the plaintiff was nonsuited, lie not being provided with parole evidence to convict Mr. Homer of the alleged breach of the act. Supposing this decision to stand, the case will then be thus— for all that is done, the books of the commissioners are sufficient evidence, but for the persons by whom anything is done, they are no evi- dence at all. Now every act of the commissioners requires for its legal sanction that it be done by a quorum. How is that quorum to be proved p The commissioners, until some two or three mouths ago, sat with closed doors. There was no collateral proof of who did or who did not take part in their proceed- ings— no report of them was attainable. The com- missioners have contracted debts to the amount of 100,000/. Was there a quorum present when these loans were resolved upon, or when they were made? If there was not, and where is the proof to be got that there was, what comes of the claim of the cre- ditors upon the rate? They may hold by the indi- vidual commissioners that signed their bonds, but they are without relief if these parties fail to pay. Suppose these parties were to pay, what relief can they claim? The rule does not involve the commis- sioners of Birmingham only in difficulties; every public body will feel them more or less. Where is parole evidence to be got, of the parties present at a guardians' meeting, or any other where a quorum is requisite ? We shall have rates and surveys objected to on this ground b3r and bye, and with a certainty of success. Devey was condemned on Thursday, to death, without hope of reprieve. We give the Nisi Prius list, and the sentences:— NISI PRIUS COURT, MONDAY, AUGUST 6. { Before CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL.) CAUSE LIST. Attorneys. Parties. Attorneys. Suckling Palmer v. Grand Junction RaiUvay ™ « Swift. jLea and Gibbs— Doe dem Landore. Johnson.^. Pumfrey. Wright ^ Robins v. Oldham and another . Empson. Harrison Ward and Ux. v. Thompson and Ux. Spurrier. Barber, Charles Sheriff, Edward Broughton, Jeremiah Cund, Thomas Williams, Joseph Wilkinson. Two Years' Imprisonment.— Edward Hawkes, Ann King, William Prude, William Mayner. Eighteen Months' Imprisonment. — Richard Williams, James Major. - One Year's Imprisonment Joseph Chester, Ann Long, Thomas Spooner. Nine Months'Imprisonment— Charles Nichc lis. Six Months Imprisonment. — Richard Green, Charles Carpenter, John Sabin, William Bowdler, John Carter, James Leaburn. _ Three Months' Imprisonment— Richard Dancer, Kmmu bmce, Emma Taylor, Joseph Thomas, Vim. Nolan, Wm. Scot, George Pool, Andrew Pooh Six Weeks' Imprisonment Charles Bates. One Months' Imprisonment.— Samuel Stephenson. Three Weefe" Imprisonment. — John Brooks, George Lightfoot. Fourteen Days Imprisonment William Barrs, Frederick Johnston. Ten Days' Inyrisonment William Lloyd. One Weeds' Imprisonment Wm. Bloxidge. Not Guilty.— George Liebenrood, C/ ia?. Dixon, William Rickens, Mary Shehon, William Griffiths, He\ en Lewis, William James, Jane Walsgrore, Edward Walsgrove, Thomas Bates, John Burton, John Hattohan, Edwin Gould, Mary Mayner. Death William Devey. To suffer at Warwick, and his remains to be interred in the gaol yard. Suckling M.-^^ Guest ( withdrawn) v. Allen„ Colmore and B. Kerr v. Wilson G. and A. Page Malone v. Gregg, jun„ Cooper v. Payne . ..- Caimveli v. Ilateraat!, ™ . „ Allen u. Edwards and others ™ - Bosauquet aud others v. Seaton Steel Ass v. Roderick « —— Doe d. Eaves, S. J. v. Weetman, Wheeler. • Holland. Wheeler. Lewis. • Twist. . Edwards & V. Benson. . Capper. . Baxter. Daft and another v. Harris & another Craddock. Thompson, public officer v. Bryan Arnold and H. Russell, Esq. v. Hodgson*. . Doe d Lord Clifford v. Hawkesford. - Same v. Morris . Same v. Lenton . Same v. Mills „— - Same v. Mills —— . Same v. Wastill « -*.— Same v. Barton Muntz, S. J. v. Homer Malvern v. Loudon . Empson. • Elkington, . Toller. . Same. . Same. . Same; • Same. Same. • Same. Arnold & H. ~ « ~* Heydon & Co. The following Carter and D Same Same — Same — Same Same Same~ v-, Wills ™ Empsou Yesterday, the Assizes terminated, are the sentences :— Transportationfor Life.— Samuel Page, Edward Forster, Thomas Mason, William Whetstone, William Merry, John Goodyer, John Areyle. Fifteen Years' Transportation.— Edward Jones, William Ironmonger, Joseph Bonner. Fourteen Years' Transportation.— John Millar. Ten Years' Transportation.— Thomas Whale, Thomas Shaddock, William Hanson, George Spiers, James Coul- ston, William Meeson, John Woodward, Arm Barrs alias Deakin, Joseph Banks, Elizabeth Rutter. Eight Years' Transportation William Brain. Seven Years' Transportation— William Reader, John COUNCIL OF THE POLITICAL UNION. On Tuesday evening, the council held Its weekly meeting. The room was crowded to excess by mern- bets of the \ Jnion. About half- past seven o'clock, Mr. T. C. Salt took the chair, and briefly addressed the meeting. He said, he thought he should best consult their feelings by simply introducing to them Messrs. Purdie, Moir, and Richardson, three gentlemen who had visited Birmingham from Glasgow and Maucles- tcr. ( Loud cheering.) They would address a few words to them, which, he had no doubt, would be at- tentively listened to. Mr. PUB. DK. then rose, and was received with the most vehement cheering, which lasted for some time. Silence having been restored, Mr. Puvdie, in a very appropriate speech, addressed the meeting. He begged leave to return lushest thanks fot the man- ner in which they had received him, not on his own ac- count, but as the representative of a large portion of his countrymen. He hoped they would excuse him from ad- dressing them at any length, because he had been engaged for the last two hours in a warm discussion with one of their townsmen, upon the question of universal suffrage. The gentleman to whom he alluded had contended, that univer- sal suffrage meant universal nonsense. Now, the fact was, he ( Mr. Purdie) did not believe such was the fact, because, if he did believe that the object of the people of Birming- ham was to promote a measure of universal nonsense, he certainly never should have tiavelled three hundred feet, much more three hundred miles, to assist them in achieving that object. He had never heard any arguments sufficiently strong Co convince him, that men who paid taxes ought not to have a voice in levying those taxes. He had never heard any argument strong enough to convince him that men who were bound to obey certain laws, ought not to have a voice in making them. He had never heard anything that en- abled bim to come to the conclusion, that the man who was liable to be called upon to defend the constitution of bis country with his life, ought not to ffave a participation in its privileges. In one word, he had never heard any sound argument against universal suffrage. He hoped, therefore, the unrepresented of the empire would steadily pursue the course marked out for themselves, because he hoped and believed that great results would be the consequence. He believed, that upon the men of Birmingham would depend, in a great measure, how soon that success woald be at- tained. He felt, that upon their determination would de- pend a great deal. Every man who undertook the leader- ship in a great cause was subject to a great responsibility. If he failed, he was subject to taunts and contempt, if not to worse consequences; and if so to one individual, how much more so in reference to a body of men who undertook the guidance and direction of a great national and important movement. ( Hear, hear.) Upon the men of Birming- ham, at the present time, there devolved a weighty response bility, and hence the necessity for great caution,' great pru- dence, and great determination. He would, therefore, call upon them earnestly to maintain their high character as leaders of public opinion. He called upon them for many reasons, and amongst other reasons which induced him to wish Birmingham to take the lead, was one which appeared to him of some weight. He had that day visited many of their manufactories, and he saw that the working people of Birmingham were comparatively in comfortable circum- stances. Mr. COLLINS: Only seemingly SO. Mr. PURDIE: Was willing to admit that still there must be something of a reality, to enable them to exhibit even an appearance. The people of Glasgow were as industri- ous as any on the face of the earth. The weavers of that city were intelligent and respectable, as lar as good con- duct could make them— but they were in a most deplorable condition— so wretched, that he was compelled, on behold- ing the Birmingham mechanics, to admit that they were well- off compared with the weavers of Glasgow. Formerly, the weavers of Glasgow could earn thirty shillings, two pounds, and two pounds and ten shillings per week, and, at that time, there was not in the empire a more respectable or a happier class of men. By degrees, however, their wages became reduced, and they were brought down to that state of misery which completely broke their spirits, and rendered them incapable of those exertions which had hitherto characterised them. In this state, many of their best men were compelled to leave their native homes, and thousands remained behind only to bewail their inability to follow. Such was the state of degradation to which these men were reduced, that it was a positive fact, that at the present moment, they were compelled to work fourteen and sixteen hours a day for the wretched pittance of five shillings or five shillings and sixpence per week. ( Loud cries of shame, shame.) He himself was a manufacturer, and employed a certain number of weavers, and he could fearlessly assert that this was the condition to which they were reduced. ( Renewed cries of shame, shame.) No man felt more interested in the welfare of the working man tlion be did, but he had been compelled to pay this reduced wages. The unnatural competition which existed, and the general commercial difficulties in which all were involved, lendered it impossible that any one individual, however willing, could pay a higher rate of wages than his neighbour without certain ruin. ( Hear, hear.) From this statement they would see that the men of Glasgow, however willing, were but little able to take the lead in a great national movement. They were sunk too low in the scale of society — they were worn out with care and anxiety— they bad nothing left but an unbroken spirit. ( Cheers.) Having stated to them these plain and simple facts, calculated to harrow up the souls of feeling men, he would ask them, ought such a state of things to continue? ( Cries of no.) He hoped not, inileed he was certain it could not; their burdens had become too great to be longer endured. And why all this misery? What had they done to merit it? He knew of nothing. It was not because the country did not possess the means of happiness. No. The country now, as it formerly did, possessed ample means of supplying comfortably the wants of all. When be read over the history of England, and contrasted the present with their past condition, he could not but feel indignant towards the men who could inflict so much misery as at present existed amongst the people. Our workmen were rushing from one trade to another, in hope of improving their condition, aud they were not to blame; but the consequence was, that great ill will was created amongst them. The weavers were intruding upon the spinners and others, and so reducing the price of wages. This was the case in Glasgow, and it would soon be the case everywhere. The men of Birmingham had a direct interest in improving the condition of the men of Glasgow, for if they did not enable them to live in their own city, their smiths would soon come to Birmingham. It was nowonly twenty- four hours journey to Birmingham, and steam conveyance had arrived at that perfection, that men who could at all remove from home would certainly do so, rather than remain and starve. They might, therefore, soon expect to see as great an influx of Scotch labour, in proportion to their population, in the English market, as there was of Irish labour, and the effect infallibly would be, a large reduction of wages. If the people of Ireland were properly governed, tliey could find plenty of work and pro- vision at home, but as they were not, they were compelled to wander in search of bread, and procured it at any price they could. So it was, and would he, with his countrymen, unless, by a thorough union'of all parties, their present con- dition was improved. It was ordered by act of Parliament, that the criminals confined in prisons should not have better food than bread and beer. He did not know how the people of England would like to be sentenced to such a diet; but be could say, there were thousands of his countrymen who would be glad to get plenty of bread without beer. How came it to pass that the people were deprived of the com- forts of life? ( A person in the. meeting, " By bad govern- ment.") That was the answer he ( Mr. Purdie) expected to receive. That answer gave the whole secret of all their difficulties. Society altogether was out of order, and it never could be rectified until the people were better fed, better clothed, and better educated, and that they never would be, until they got into their hands the power to make such laws as would bring about these changes. He would, therefore, implore the men of Birmingham to be firm, and go on with the work they had commenced. He admired them in 1832, when they set at defiance the iron- hearted duke,—( cheers)— but he must remind them they had now undertaken a more important task. He felt confident, that unless • they availed themselves of the opportunity they at present enjoyed, they would not have the means in twelve months hence. Mr. Moia next addressed the meeting at consider- able length. We can give but a sentence of his able speech. He observed, that when the tax gatherer came round he did not pass the house of any man, because of his ignorance, and when the militia balloting seasoy arrived, there was no excuse for Ilia ignorance. All able to pay were compelled to pay; all able to fight were compelled to take the field. He would tell those gentlemen who 6aid the working men had no right to a vote because they had no stake in the country, that if they had no stake in the country, they had, consequently, no interest in it, and they ought not to be required to defend it. Mr. RICHARDSON ( from Manchester) could assure them the men of Manchester were ever ready. ( Loud cheering.) They had talked oi their Wherries, they had voted for them, aye, and they had shed their blood for them, and were pre- pared to do so again. The men of Manchester had every inducement to come forward. They were the most enslaved race of human beings living, not excepting even the Irish. If they wanted to get up a public meeting, they must apply to the great cotton lord for his gracious permission. They had, however, resolved that tliey would ask these men no more. ( Cheers.) Before many days they would have a far greater demonstration than they had " ui ts\ 9. The men ot Manchester were determined on pursuing a lar different course to that which they had hitherto adopted. They now read their Bible, and bad it interpreted for them. Mr. Stephens had shown them that every man had a right to the price of his labour. He told them that the Bible de- clared that wealth was made for all men, and that God fiUedthe earth with good things, oi which all men were, to- partake. He moreover told them, that the Bible did not contain one word ahout property qualification. ( Laughter.) The people ol Birmingham, and England generally, could form no idea ol the state of wretchedness to which the men of Lancashire were reduced. What would they think, when he asserted in the most solemn manner, that there were vast numbers of men who were actually working for two shillings and sixpence per week. ( Shame, shame.) How were the leadeis oS the people to deal with men in such a condition? It was almost dangerous to call them out. They were frantic with want. Mr. Stephens was, perhaps the only man that could lead them. He was a real christian, a sound moralist, and a good patriot. The people, notwithstanding all their poverty, bad erected a spacious place of worship for him, aud such was the hatred oi their masters to the man, that they were in the habit of sending their overlookers to stand at his clmpef door to take down the names of their workers who went in. In conclusion, he could assure them of the support of the people of Lancashire. They had lesolved never again to petition, but when they heard of the national petition, they altered their resolve, and were determined to stand by the men of Birmingham. THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., M. P., who, during the even- ing entered the meeting, said it was impossible to hear the picture of misery which Mr. Richardson had given of the people without feelings of deep regret. He felt it was im- possible almost to say how they should advise men in such a state. It certainly required great caution. The hon. gentleman then read a letter from Swynfen Jervis, Esq., M. P. for Bridport, enclosing 51. as his annual subscription towards the funds of the Union, stating, however, his opinions to be in some respects different from those which the Union had adopted. Mr. COLLINS said, he had been informed that some work- ing men bad been discharged from their employment for having attended the great meeting on Monday. ( Shame.) He did not know the particulars as yet, but was determined to find out the facts, and report them. On the motion of Mr. HOLL, the secretary, thanks were given to Mr. Purdie, Mr. Moir, and Mr. Richardson, after which the meeting broke up. Mr. SALT announced a donation from a workshop, of 1/. Is. 8d., being the third since Christmas. CORONER'S INQUEST.— CHARGE OF MURDER. On Wednesday an inquest was held at the White Swan, Hospital- street, before J. W. Whateley, Esq., oil the body of a young girl, named Charlotte Jones, whose deatli occurred under circumstances which will be found in the following evidence. Mrs. Rushton stated that she lived at 91, Lower Tower- street. She did not know the deceased. She was standing at her own door, when she saw William Cordwell, a boy between sixteen and seventeen years of age, coming up the street. At the same time the deceased was coming down ou the foot path. Cord- well was in the horse road; and when he got near the deceased he crossed over, and struck her a blow on the side of her neck, near the ear. The girl reeled against the wall, and instantly fell upon her face, upon the step of her ( Mrs. Rushton's) door. Cordwell said, when he struck her, " There, d— n you, you know what it is for,' ' and then walked away deliberately down the street. The deceased was then raised up, and a chair was procured by the witness, upon which the deceased was put. Two men and two women raised up the chair, about three feet from the ground, and proceeded to carry her to the Hospital. When they got a few yards, some women, who were behind the chair holding the head of the deceased, let go their hold, upon which the deceased fell forward out of the chair, and came to the ground with great violence. She was again placed in the chair, and taken to the Hospital, where she expired iu a few minutes. From the time she received the blow she never spoke. Sarah Dean and Henry Hunter corroborated Mrs. Rushtou's evidence, as to the striking of the deceased and her falling out of the chair. In addition, they identified Corivell. Mr. Brindley, surgeon, deposed that he received the deceased at the hospital. She was then alive. On a post mortem examination of the body, he found an external mark on the forehead, occasioned by the fall the deceased received from the chair, and, from the appearance of the head, he was of opinion that her death was occasioned by the injury received in the fall. The Coroner said, it was a case requiring considera- tion. It appeared from the evidence, that though the conduct of the prisoner led to death, yet it was not, it would seem, the immediate cause, and he did not think they could find him guilty. The prisoner was . morally guilty, but not legally guilty. The jurors expressed their unwillingless to acquit the prisoner, upon which the Coroner said, they could not be more so than he was, but he feared the evidence of the surgeons would not justify them in finding him guilty. It would be very unjust to heap upon the prisoner that which he was not guilty of. The Jury, after consulting for about twenty minutes, returned, and again said, they were unwilling to acquit. Mr. Whateley again referred to the evidence, and said, he was sorry to find it was such as he had ascribed, not sufficient to warrant them in finding him guilty. The case, however, was in their own hands. The jury then consulted a few minutes, and re- turned a verdict of " Accidental death." Convell, who up to that time was in custody, was discharged. The Coroner said, the prisoner was still liable to be taken before the magistrates for the assault. Although the cause of the prisoner striking the deceased did not appear in evidence, it was stated in the room to have been the result of a previous mis- understanding. They kept company, and had a slight quarrel. POLICE. On Monday the only prisoners brought before the magistrates, were drunk aud disorderlies. On Thursday, Richard Spooner, Win. Chance, and ffiii. Beale, Esqrs., attended. CASE OF DISTRESS.— Mr. Chapman, assessor, brought before the magistrates a case of distress. He stated that a man named Jacob, a piano forte and organ builder, who worked for the trade in London and Bir- mingham, died in Birmingham three years ago, of a mortification iu the legs. His wife died three months ago, and left five orphan children, named, William, aged 14 years, Eliza, 10 years, Henry, 8 years, Ed- ward, 7 years, and John, 4 years. They lodged with the woman with wliom their mother died, and she was very kind to them. The parish allowed 3s. a week, 2s. 6d. of which went for rent. The eldest girl earned from one shilling and sixpence to three shil- lings in a pin manufactory, and the eldest boy, a few pence in selling chips. The three younger children were entirely depending on the miserable pence of the two elder, and he thought it a case deserving atten- tion. They were left without their natural protec- tors, and they ought to be taken care of, and guarded against crime. The magistrates said it was a proper case for relief, and they recommended Mr. Bynner, who was then present, to take the children into the workhouse. Mr. Edmonds said he would give an order, and it would, no doubt, be attended to. Mr. Chance, the magistrate, and Mr. Edmonds, both humanely contributed some money for the immediate relief of the children. James Walker was charged with street- robbery. A man named Brooks stated that on Sunday morning be was going through St. Martin's- lane, when he met the prisoner aud two other men. He said nothing to them, nor did the/ speak to him. The prisoner came behind him, and knocked him down with a blow of his fist, and when he was on the ground he fell upon him, whilst another of the gang rummaged bis pockets, and stole from him one pound and three shillings. The man wbo took tbe money, and tbe wbole of the party then ran away, and when he got up he followed aud overtook tbe prisoner. He knew bim, and gave information of the robbery to the watchman, wbo took him into custody tbe next day. The prisoner was committed to the assizes. COINERS.— On Saturday last the most mischievous gang of coiners, which for many years past has in- vested this town, were committed by Wm. Beale, Esq., to Warwick assizes, aud have since been tried, and some of them found guilty. Their names are Win. Mayner and Mary Mayner, brother and sister, and Thomas Spooner. It appeared that in consequence of information received by Smith, the street- keeper, he and Hughes, with other officers, proceeded, on the 1st inst., to a bouse in Duddeston- row, kept by the pri- soner Mayner. Tbe shop was occupied by him for the sale of provisions, and not the least suspicion was ever entertained that it was the depository of an im mense quantity of counterfeit money. Ou enteriug the premises they found May tier's sister iu the kitchen, in company with Spootier, and a man named Thomp- son. They searched her, and found concealed upon her person 400 bad shillings. Having secured her and the two men, Smith went up stairs into a bed- room over the shop, where he found Mayner himself and his wife sitting on the bed. He secured them also, and proceeded to search the room, when he found in the bed a large quantity of base sovereigns, and in a vessel under the bed another parcel of the same base money; in all amounting to several hundred pounds of nomi- nal value. In a tub of sand in the shop was found a packet containing two huudred and twenty base shil- lings. The officers next proceeded to the privy, which they pulled down ; and in doing so found two hun- dred and twenty base half- crowns, ready for uttering, some sovereigns, half- sovereigns, and three five- pound forged Bank of England notes. Their next search was ill tine garden at the back of the house, a portion of which they dug up, and found buried, about eighteen inches in the earth, a stocking containing a large quantity of valuable jewellery, consisting of finger rings, brooches, & c., & c. Encouraged by this success the officers directed their attention to a garden rented by Spooner, in Novia Scotia- street, which they also dug up, and foriunately discovered one hundred and ten counterfeit shillings, wrapped in a piece of cloth, and, at a short distance from the money, they found a large quantity of elegaut silver plate, consist- ing of a large coffee pot, a cream jug, table spoons, tea spoons, desert spoons, and knives and forks, and a variety of other articles, all marked with a crest of " a hawk standing upon a bundle of arrows." The whole of the booty was removed to the prison iu Moor- street, where the plate was, in a few days after, iden- tified by Mr. Keurick, ofWestBromwich, whose house had been brokeu into and robbed, a short time ago, of much valuable property. The two men and the woman were tried this week, and the former found guilty. Spooner was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, and Mayner to two years. May tier's sister was dis- charged. Spooner is sixty- eight years of age, and is said to be the oldest and most extensive coiner in Europe. Thirty years ago he was connected with a gang of burglars, who broke into and robbed the Beach Bank of 1,300 doubloons. The whole of his associates were apprehended, and suffered death for the robbery. He by some means escaped to America, where he lived many years, and the affair for which he left the country having blown over, he returned home to his old trade. He lived in the house with Mayner, who has also been known as a notorious character. His wife's connections are of the worst description, several of them having suffered death for coining, and other offences. The huckster's shop which lie kept was a mere cover for the real trade he carried on. It is a fact, that from this one house there were issued annually several thousand pounds of bad money, the greater portion of which went into Ireland and Wales, where it was passed off principally at the fairs and wakes. The workshop where the money was made has not yet been discovered, but it is to be hoped the officers will keep such a look out as will prevent the possibility of such depredations being committed in future upon the public. The following was omitted last week from want of space. Thursday, a man named Bates, who had been apprehended for passing a counterfeit half- crown, in Deritend, was remanded at the request of Mr. Gem, solicitor for the mint, until this day ( Saturday). It appeared that this man was apprehended by Jones, deputy headborough of Deritend, and, in consequence of some information derived from this prisoner, Jones discovered and apprehended several other persons who were suspected to be implicated in passing and manu- facturing base coin to a considerable extent. Three of these men were put into the custody of Brownell, the constable, and on the previons Thursday were brought down to the Public- office by Felton, Brown- ell's son- in- law, for examination by the magistrates, and were remanded. They were then placed in the clock in the public room, where they re- mained till the business was concluded, and the pub- lic had retired. The Birmingham prisoners having been removed back to the prison, the officer who had the charge ofthein whilst in the dock, went away, and there being no Aston officer to take care of these three prisoners, they very naturally walked off, and have not since been heard of. Ou this day ( Thursday) after the examination of Bates, the man whom Jones had first taken into custody, a conversation ensued before the magistrates, as to the conduct of Brownell. Jones said, that after the three prisoners had been remanded, he went to Brownell, and asked him to let him ( Jones) take the men back to prison ; and Brownell said " no, d— in the prisoners." He ( Jones) subsequently asked Brownell again to let him take charge of the prisoners, but Brownell refused. Jones afterwards went to Broivnell a third time, accompanied by Felton ( Brow- nail's son- in- law), and requested him to let Felton take away the prisoners, but Brownell d— d him, and, — Brownell, in reply to one of the magistrates, said, that when the Aston prisoners were brought to the public- office for examination, they were placed in the dock and left there. These men were placed in the dock he supposed by Feltou, and locked up in the usual manner, and lie ( Brownell) supposed they had escaped. He himself had never seen them.— Mr. Gem said, he had written to the Mint, and tliey thought that some investigation should take place into the circumstances. He had himself told Brownell to keep two of the men separate from the others.— Brownell said, that lie considered that when he had put the prisoners in the dock be bad done his duty.— Mr. Rcdfern said, that this was altogetherwrong. The Birmingham officers had enough to do in taking care of their own prisoners. They had nothing to do > any others.— Mr. Beale said, lie considered the jxsi- soners were in Brownell's custody, and he was resjKSt- sible for the escape.— Jones had several times m- quested him ( Brownell) to attend to the prisoners.— Brownell said, there was not a word of truth in Jones % statement.— Jones, however, said, he was on his o^ Sk, and every word be had said was true.— The maSsr then dropped, without anything being done. THE CROPS. We abridge tbe following from the appendix to Messrs. Sturges' circular— The wheat ripens but slowly, and although with aeUSei weather, I think reaping would commence in a week or tern days, it cannot he fit, on the Shropshire side of us, on fine stiffer soils, till the first week in next month. I have os- amined a great many fields oi wheat during the last ten d* y « , and hare not been in one, indeed scarcely found an etc, without the yellow maggot, and in some very abundant! i can speak to a distance of fifteen miles, on the North, and East of this place; and I hear to tbe West, wbsss there is much wheat grown, it is prevalent; this, with cet- tainly a thin plant on the ground, must make one fear fiai coming harvest will prove a deficient one, both as to tity and quality. Barley, unless the weather continue wot, w\\\ he a very fine, aud most abundant crop BewSat Aug. 6th, 1838. My decided opinion is, that the wheat crop this ye « 1s quite as deficient as the year 1828, and as we have nothing like the stock of wheat in the farmers' hands now, to wfem it was then, nothing but an unusually fine harvest, so as tm secure the whole ciop, early and late, in good condition, ® w4 a large importation, can save us from ruinously high prices; prices which must diminish the consumption very much. M am airald potatoes, upon co\ d \ and, w\\\ he a had crop; tie weather has been too cold for them. Barley is a good crop, except in cold situations— Holt, near Worcester, Avradt 6th, 1838. The barley is very good, on some soils, but in otUets £ c below an average crop. The oats promise well for qaso- tity. The wheat is seriously injured by the yellow maggct, not one field have 1 seen, that is tree irom them; so are some farmers alarmed, that they will not put a price at their samples.— Salop, August 6th, With fine weather we may yet have a fair a rerage crap af wheat, hut these heavy storms and wind are t& thet aguMft it. Harvest with us will not be under a month to corns, general. Barley, oats, and peas, good crops. I do a* e think the disease in the wheat has made any formids& te progress the last week, but rather less to be seen of it. Cleoburji, Salop, August 6th, \ S38. The wheat in this quarter rather improves in appearand/^ but it gets ripe very slowly. There are some complaints <£. the rust and grub, but it does not appear to be extensile. Barley is a heavy crop, and much of it is nearly ripe. Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, August 6th, 1838. The wheat crop will not reach an average one, thos| isi tbe mischief done by tbe grub and blight, is not so great SJG was at one time expected ; still some fields will be deficieat one- fourth. Barley promises a good crop, if the harvac should prove at all lavouraUe.— Tewkesbury, August 45c, 1838. The wheat crop, in this quarter, varies a good deal in ap- pearance, much of it is thin on the ground, and this parteijt will be ready for the sickle the latest; hut a good deal sSSi promises an average crop, if the weather should be Ssw; there is not much complaint of the grub in this quarter. Barley seems likely to be an abundant crop— Stmrg, August 4th, 1838. The growing crops of wheat appear to have increased is bulk, but the yellow maggot, the production of a small bJai fly, has attacked almost every field of wheat in our neigfe- bonrhood; some are of opinion that it will not prove sc destructive as others imagine; they say it has existed otfeai seasons, though not observed to the same extent. Oats sa4 barley promise very fair. — Narbeth, August 6, 1838. There is a complaint of a yellow worm taking to theses of wheat, but I do not believe that it has injured so as represented, or near so much as the wet weather we fcsee had for the last three days, which has laid the corn general^, and much will not rise again ; and even that that does, be prevented from ripening as soon as it would have < Jo « s by many days; I fear that the quality of the wheat will be much worse than we had reason to expect. Pinally, Pem- brokeshire, August 3, 1838. The wheat looks much beaten, though not laid, unless io a few places, where the injury from that cause does ese » appear to be of a most serious nature. The cutting of earliest part of this crop will commence in about thrae weeks. We hear of many complaints of a deficiency in t& e ears by the yellows, and a few complaints are made of riaii. The barley grew so quick on all the best lands, that tfee straw proved weak, and is now as badly laid in most plsces as the oldest person can remember; it is, therefore, apparasl that the quality of the grain will be injured.— Barnstcaie, July 31, 1838. As legards the growing crops, the prevalence of blight is now generally acknowledged; I should say, on an average there is one- third of the grain usually contained in an ear deficient, and, in many cases, one side contains nothingfcst tail corns. The late rain has laid a considerable quantity; but if the weather clears up it will not suffer much. There is an unusual number of small flies iu the ear; whether few is produced by the worm that lias wasted the grain, or whether they are about to deposit their eggs, I am at a to ascertain. I have noticed much rust, and comparatively but little smut.— Somerset and Western Dorsetshire, Au- gust 4th. There is a complaint amongst many farmers, that & s honey speck has injured the crop of wheat, but, altogether it must now prove a bountiful harvest, if favoured with tas weather for saving. In about eight days we shall bawi; general reaping. The rust is only in a few places. Bartey was never known to be a better crop, and this week a gcea" many acres will be mown ; one week will get ripe hundreds of acres Wadebridge, Cornwall, August 6til. LATEST NEWS. HOUSE OF COMMONS— THURSDAY. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.— The Lords having JJES- sisted in their amendments in respect to the franchise clause, Lord John Russell moved, that the considere- tion of the amendments be gone into three moniJ ® hence. He hoped, in another session, the lords weuM think better of their resolution! The bill was poSS- poned accordingly. Mr. O'CONNELL advised the government to act is* similar way by the tithe bill. He now regretted CME- senting to the million grant, since the lords had shows so little conciliation. HOUSE OF LORDS— THURSDAY. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of ail STSJ. declaratory of the Canada act. In making this tac- tion, his lordship went at great lengtli into the quesfea of the illegality of Lord Durham's recent ordinances. Lord GLENELG made a feeble opposition. With re- spect to the banishment to Bermuda, he thought it illegal; but the governor might be written to, in the event of the prisoners being conveyed thither, to SB* them at liberty. The EARL of RIPON supported the second reading, and the LORD CHANCELLOR opposed it. Lord LVNDIIURST spoke at considerable length ia favour of the bill. Lord MELBOURNE upbraided the opposition for sap- porting him in the Coercion bill, in tbe first instance, and then turning their backs on him. The condaci of the house was not like that of a high minded MOBI- lity, but that of a low truculent democracy. He esge- eially complained of the Duke of Wellington—• It might be said that the existence of the government was nothing, but the integrity of this empire was something, the existence of this great empire was something; nl after the government had been told by the noble duke thsS they should exert themselves in that respect, and that they should take care to be strong— after all the efforts that hta been made, after all that had been done, after all the energy that had been exerted, to maintain the government ia Canada, he must say that it was somewhat mortifying tm see that the whole was likely to be injured and destroysiE by the conduct pursued here. ( Hear, hear.) The Duke retorted— Although he, and these who acted with him, had sap- ported the government in a case of great emergency, sr. 4 had given their sanction to a measure which they helievefi necessary for the purpose of restoring peace and tranquillity to Canada, yet \ vas that measure to be carried into effect illegally, as the noble viscount had allowed it had been, and was Parliament to see those illegal acts and take no uot « oe of such proceedings? ( Cheers.) Was that the way Sse would have been treated by noble lords opposite ? ( Hear, hear.) Would they have requested Parliament to shut Km eyes upon such proceedings had he filled the office whicfe was filled by the noble viscount, and would not such at& t, had they been done by him, or under his sanction, have feeee loudly and universally condemned? ( Cheers.) The second reading was carried by 54 to 36. The Post- office bill was thrown out. 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. ( Continued from page 3. ) tto. They were told by the Whig leaders, that all they w^ juired was power; if they possessed that, then all that tte people demanded should be granted them. But from ttei day to the present, the Whigs had only made the reser- voit more coriupt. They had abused that power which had Iteen given to them, by placing the people under the foul do- Umion of their local lordlings in their several counties. They had boasted of several of their own acts; and had pa- raded the information they had obtained by their numerous ewmmissions. But what had the people gained by establish- ing a weak, truckling, and vacillating Whig government, fcrtiiid whom there existed an irresponsible government awwe powerful than themselves? Thus the Whigs, too mk in themselves, and not having the people to back Sftero, had recourse to the tortuous means which were alone epen to them for dealing with the public purse. Being no tonger able to put their creatures into office, they devised asother mode of providing for them, and they accoidingly israed their various commissions of inquiry. They had commissioners of education, commissioners of infant pri- soners, commissioners of fisheries, commissioners of Bibles, • f potatoes,—(' aughter)— of the blacks and of the wiiites, tar their friends and kindred ; and thus they had created a Jiniiof secondary patronage, and established an imperium in aaperio in the country. ( Cheers.) They first said that the Bosse of bords would not allow them to carry measures at leform, and they called upon the people to back them. Ike people did so, and the Reform bill was carried; but wfiet had the Whigs done since? The people did not ask Ibem for an Irish Coercion bill— for an English Poor- law 18). The people did not ask them to give two new bishops to the House of Lords— to empty the exchequer by pour- sag the public money into the pockets of the rich, and re- yfcnrshing their exhausted treasury out of the pockets of the poor. They were told by the Whigs that the House ol Xcrds was a great national obstacle between the people and tlie attainment of good measures, which their natural friends ft ® Whigs were anxious to give them; and the Whig go- wrmnent were fond of talking about the one hundred and xrrenty old women in pantaloons. ( Laughter.) But what wts their cry now? As the mountain would not go to SSahomet, why Mahomet very steadily went to the moun- tran. As soon as they found that the Lords would not sur- testo their hereditary privileges, nor allow the 10/. franchise to be disturbed, what did the Whigs do ? ' I hey promised to Be better cooks for for the future, and that they would make t& eir measures so palatable the next time, that the Lords sfeould inevitably relish them. This worked well enough to them, for in exactly the same proportion that the people their power, the power of the Whigs became increased, •^ favouring the House of Lords. Much had been formerly aid of the great evil of one single plague spot in the con- * itntion of the Upper House, namely, the presence of Bse bishops. The Whigs declared that they could not do < 9st> ce to the people, so long as the bishops had seats in Slarliament. The sense of the nation was in favour of re- BCTing them. But how had the Whigs answered their de- mand? Why, by making two new bishops, to begin with. Slaughter.) He had heard to- day several crotchets, which had'on former occasions obstructed the people in their course. Sat for his part, he cared not one farthing whether the pension fet were preserved or even doubled ; because, if it were abo- fcbed to- morrow, the charge would be imposed in some atlicrshape. He had heard, also, much said about the • Kqttityof the corn- laws; but Mr. Muntz bad well observed, tfeat if the people obtained universal suffrage, then, indeed, Ike repeal of the corn- laws might be made advantageous to tftetn; hut that it was impossible the repeal of those laws ( ijsM be mode to work for the benefit of the people, so long is universal suffrage was withheld. The effect of any eienge, would only he to give an advantage to some one of the particular classes, and not to the mass of the commu- ssty. He had never given his consent to any of these ontfchets. He was there representing the wishes and feel- ings of 3,000,000 of determined minds and stalwart arms. There was not a man among them who was not satisfied to • rest the moral power of the nation, even to downbending, wwm » to submission, even to a fawning pliability that might le capable of being cited for the purposes of expediency. Tftey were ready to do this, rather than rush into any mad- dramg conflict. They might be sure that the man who was far marshaling physical fores, would be the first to desert it when it was in reality resorted to. ( Cheers.) The moral ywrer was that principle of the human mind which taught mm how to reason, and when to bear, and when to for- Smr. But he was not to be understood to imply that he was content to live a slave. No! " Come he slow, or come he fast, It is but death that comes at last." { Tremendous cheering.) But when the moral strength was cxjttnded, and the mind drawn out at last, then, as Mr. Att- m* » l had said, if wrong should come from any party, cursed Ike that virtuous man who refused to repel force by force. 4Cheers, loud and long continued.) He had a moral creed, saS a political creed ; his moral creed was, " to do unto others as be would they should do unto him;" and his political creed was " a good day's wages for a good day's want." They did not seek to abstract the wealth of others; ISey did not seek to take from the rich that which had been g? « n them by bad laws; but they sought to prevent the radkfrom applying the national resources to the purposes of atmaption, violence, and injustice. They sought to open tike bosom of nature, and apply the natural resources of tike country to the benefit of all. They knew well that I4e » e was no such thing as poverty in this country; but whe » they spoke of poverty, they meant the accumulation • f wealth in the hands of a few by bad laws, whereas, if tibere were a proper distribution of that wealth, there would to BO such thing as poverty. Yes, the wealth had assumed fie power of dictation and action; and what had been the to) acts of theirs ? Not satisfied with the station which JtgHimately belonged to him, they found Lord John Russell ewwtituting himself the gaoler of the infants of the country. Kot satisfied with the old system of Poor- laws, they had ccestituted into one Cerberus, one monster, three devil hfBgs who had in them power to rob both the rich and the peer. He did not seek for a transfer of power from one < arti< ros leader to another. He did not seek to take the t& kes from the parson and give them to the landlord, nor tDpnlldown one corrupt system of corporations, and to establish another. They had heard talk of the ignorance of tto people. What was that ignorance ? If it was indeed ignorance, it would be trusted, for ignorance was the £ Hit's best title to power; but it was because they had t description of knowledge that was hostile to tyranny, tkit they were not allowed to use that knowledge. ( Loud « 6eers.) Why, they were ground by acts of Parliament, « t} by men who could not write their names. ( A laugh.) t Whigs being unable to live upon any real merit of their i, asked " Are we not better than the Tories?" This ttasiaded him of the dandy who wanted to take the taste of onions out of his mouth, when his friend told him to awaliow a clove of garlic. ( A laugh.) Now he would a « t swallow the onions of Whiggery, nor yet the garlic of 5ojyism. ( A laugh.) He would recommend such a dose • f Radicalism as would take the smell of both out of their . ( A laugh.) The Whigs might judge fairly; but to ge fairly and to act fairly were very different things, ey were so beset by pensioners and titled paupers, that 9 tiney wished they could not keep in the right path. If iteration demanded relief, if they cried out for justice with » loud voice, the Whigs would go about it with a feverish, •£ au, unmeasured step ; but if the nation was to be coerced, whether in Canada or in Ireland, there was a party in the enbinet, who exhibited untiring energy and activity. But - » ien relief was to be afforded, oh! they must proceed with, the utmost caution. They must have commissioners, 3tp£> rts, and debates session alter session as to what means ar description of relief was to be afforded to a starving aeeple. Witness the Poor- lawB in Ireland. There would TO BO change for the better until the masses were set in motion— till they were made acquainted with their own sijt- ivgth. In Yorkshire and Lancashire they were as one - mr ( Cheers.) He had travelled over 2,000 miles within ft* last six months. He had 6een the soldiery intrude upon tie meetings of the people ; and, as if prepared for better days every man stood unawed. ( Cheers.) He had told soldiers to give them notice when they would have arid day. He told them that if they were going to begin Ik work of carnage to give him time to muster his bat- talions, and if two millions were not sufficient, five millions wsald stand up to do them justice. ( Loud cheers.) This tot he wished to bring their minds to bear upon. When to spoke of Yorkshire and Lancashire, he spoke of 3,500,000 JMB. The vile arid false press of London had stigmatised Ksch men as Stevens and Oastler as agitators and madmen » men who sought to lead the country into ruin and blood- fixd, and had branded them as incendiaries. Now, he had Srvcr heard them recommend the use of arms in the course life. He had, indeed, beard the statesman, Harry S^ t agham, recommend the use of aims; but when he ( Mr. STCcnnor) recommended the use of arms, he should be bearing arms at the head of the people himself, toed cheers.) He thought that this was the best guaran- tee he could give, that he would not be led rashly to take • pajros. They had been called by the editor of the Morn- wf Chronicle impracticable fellows. When 244 999,800 prtipte in these kingdoms had no power, it must appear im- practicable that two hundred should have the power of ewjeing them. Was it not meet and proper tjiat the people sa5at> ali? have the power of controlling their own affairs? " fflbeonly principle worth contending for was universal suf- CSiage. He had told them years and years ago that house- ton suffrage was put forward merely as an antidote to uni- versal suffrage. If they gave up universal suffrage, they westid find that the next day household suffrage would be toned in the same grave. The principle of universal suf- togpwas worth living for— it was worth dying for. ( Loud rikwre.) He was in favour of an hereditary monarchy, hut to would not have an irresponsible power behind the throne, • are* powerful than the throne itself. But when did they osaslaire such a batch of ministers as the present. They had little Lord John, and Lord Howick, and that great statesman, Lord Palmerston, and Sir John Cam Hobhouse, and last, the shopkeeper- general of the nation, Spring Rice. ( A laugh.) He never saw such a box, of lucifers. The Whigs had deceived the people. If the Whigs had told the people that the Reform bill was to be a final mea- sure, the people would have thrown out the Reform bill and the Whigs together. The people had in themselves immense moral power, but it required to be put into action. Let them cast forward the shadow of their moral power, and the substance would follow. When they had forty- nine delegates in London, let them attend tliem to the number of 300,000 or 400,000, with a petition on their shoulders, to the door of the House of Commons, and let them tell the House of Commons that the constituency of England were waiting in Palace- yard for an answer. ( Loud cheers.) This was constitutional. ( Renewed cheering.) They had two champions in England; they had their excellent friend Thomas Attwood in Birmingham and the midland counties. He would swear allegiance to him, provided he would pro- mise not to take a single retrograde movement. ( Loud cheers.) He would advance with him, but he would never retreat. ( Cheers.) They had another excellent and con- stitutional champion in John Fielden. ( Loud cheers.) Here, then, they had a rich banker, willing to commit his property to the meicy of universal suffrage, and the largest manufacturer in England did not dread it. Under the guidance of such men, it was not for him to do more than virtuously to obey. That he would do to the letter. He was rejoiced to see such a glorious meeting as that; it would be a signal to the rest of the country ; and instead of looking to twenty such meetings before the next Parliament, he looked for fifty. " On with your green standard rearing, Go flesh every sword to the hilt; On our side is virtue and Erin, On yours is the parson and guilt." If they were refused redress, he would refer them to the 4th chapter of Lamentations, where it is stated that it is better to be slain by the sword than to perish by famine. Let there be a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether, until they had pulled down the citadel of corruption, and entered the temple of the constitution. ( Cheers.) He would only say in conclusion, that when he returned to his constituents, and told them what had happened there that day, it would redouble their energies, and make them per- severe in the glorious cause, until they had accomplished their just rights ; and as for himself, stretched on the rack, he would smile terror out of countenance, and die as he had lived— a true lover of bis country. ( Cheers.) Mr. H. SANSOM, a working man, rose to move the second resolution. After the long speeches they had heard that morning, and there being so many delegates from the country that wanted to address them, it would he imprudent in him to trespass long on their time. The last time he had the pleasure of meeting them was on the occasion of celebrating the eman- cipation of tl( e black slaves of Jamaica, and now he was most happy to meet so many thousands met to emancipate the white natives of their own country. He recollected, some time ago, having 6een a caricature in one of the win- dows of a print shop in the town, somewhat expressive of the late indifference which had been manifested by the people. The caricature represented two unfortunate men on a platform for execution. At the moment a bull, which had broken loose, was running amongst them, and commit- ting dreadful havoc upon the people. One of the unfor- tunate culprits, on seeing the mischief, cooly turned round to his companion, and said," I say, Bill, is it not lucky that we are here?" When he reflected upon the misery which the people liad'endured, and were daily enduring, he could not but say, that the indifference they had manifested was some- thing like that described in the caricature. He could not conceive how man could be quiet under such misery. He was sure it was from want of reflection, because he felt con- vinced that any man who could he content with bad laws, was a traitor to himself and family, a traitor to his country and his king, and a traitor to his God. When the deputa- tion from Birmingham, on one occasion, waited upon Earl Grey, the noble earl, in answer to their communication, said, " But Birmingham is not all England." Now, he thought Mr. Attwood would soon be enabled to show Lord Melbourne that Birmingham was all England. ( Cheers.) He was glad the petition had originated in Birmingham, and seeing that it had been so generally adopted, they would show Lord Melbourne that Birmingham waB all England. The resolution which he had in his hand, and which he would read, was to appoint the members of the deputation to accompany their representative. It would be useless for him to say anything of them, for they were all well known to their townsmen. 1' bey were all good and true men ; they had been weighed, and had not been found wanting. He concluded with moving the appointment of the dele- gates to attend the national convention. Mr. HENRY WATSON, a working man, seconded the resolution. He said it had been often asserted that the English Re- formers did nothing, except fall out with each other. He thought it was high time they did something more. ( Hear, hear.) England was termed the land of real liberty. He denied it. They were, in fact, real slaves. They were pro- fessors of liberty, but they did not enjoy it, and never would, until they infused a spirit throughout the empiie which would call forth the energy and determination of the people. He was not one of those who vainly imagined that universal suffrage would immediately clothe and feed the working men ; but he supported it, because he believed that laws would he made, under a system of universal suffrage, that would ensure constant employment and better wages to the working men. It was, after all, a bread and cheese ques- tion. Some could appear decently attired and well fed, but, taking them in aggregate, they weie half starved. The working classes were upbraided with their want of educa- tion. While, therefore, others were ennobling themselves with crowns and baubles, the pageantry of past ages, let them, the woiking men, seek to ennoble themselves by the acquirement of politcal knowledge, and thus show that they were deserving of enjoying political rights. ( Cheers.) The resolution was carried by a show of hands, which, from the immense numbers of the meeting', presented a sight, equally singular and sublime. Mr. EDMONDS was received with loud cheering. He said— They were again embarking in another great moral cam- paign, and he should like to ask them, were they satisfied with their old general, Thomas Attwood? ( Yes, yes, and loud cheers.) Would they have the councillors of the Union once more as their council of war? ( Yes, yes, and cheers.) Had they confidence in the millions of the un- represented, and of the honest of every class, as the army who were to fight this battle, till corruption and oppression were driven from the land? ( Yes, yes, yes.) What was their object? They were determined to have their rights. ( Cries of" We will have them.") Mr. O'Connor had very properly put a brand upon the man who recommended physical force; and yet, some how or other, he seemed to suppose a case— and which lie ( Mr. Edmonds) would also suppose— where he might be himself called upon to carry a musket against the oppressors of his country. ( Cheers.) He ( Mr. Edmonds) was satisfied, thoroughly satisfied, their cause was just; and in the lawful achievement of it they would have the support of the great, good, and omnipotent being who ruled the universe. ( Loud cheers.) Old Cob- bett used to tell them that all the evils were resolvable into as many questions, and that was true. The wrongs of Eng- lishmen did not arise out of mere fanciful notions of liberty. It was because they were robbed of the fruits of their labour that they complained. Twenty- eight millions of money were annually taken out of their pockets to pay the interest of a national debt, contracted for the base purpose of pre- venting America from having a fair representation in the House of Commons, and for the purpose, by destroying liberty in France, of keeping liberty in abeyance in England. ( Cheers.) Now, let them mark this— to pay the hearer in- terest of a debt, contracted for such infamous objects, no less a sum than twenty. eight millions were annually taken out of the money which he received for their labour. ( Shame.) Besides the twenty- eight millions, there were sixteen millions more for the service of government. Were they to be told that sixteen millions were necessary for good government? The justices and judges of the land were the proper authorities to preserve order and punish crime; and the justices— the great unpaid— pretended to do that for nothing. Only mark one of the many taxes which were laid on the people to supply that monstrous sum. They had been told a great deal about the cost of maintaining the poor. The infamous new poor- law was defended, on the ground that it went to diminish that cost. Now what did they think was the fact? Why, the single tax upon tobacco, the poor man's luxury, which was paid by the poor almost exclusively, amounted to as much as the entire cost of all the poor of England. And what was the tabacco tax, heavy as it was, to the infamous bread tax, and those other taxes of restriction which compelled the labourer to go to the cheapest market when he wanted to sell, and to the dearest when he wanted to buy. Let him, just for a moment, call their attention to the parson- tax, which, in England, amounted to some five millions. Was that enormous sum necessary for the maintenance of ieligion? Certainly not. It was not only unnecessary, but highly injurious to religion. Why could not the members of this over grown, over fed, church, support their own system of religious worship? ( Cheers.) Iu Birmingham there was the congregation of Bond- street Chapel, who raised 1,000/.; the Baptist Chapel raised 1,500/.; and Carr's- lane Chapel raised 3,000/. annually. Now, these were all on the voluntary principle. ( Hear.) They would not surely tell them, that the clergymen of the church were less religious or less diligent than the clergy of the dissenters. He would say, then, put them on the same footing, and then they would have good clergymen and atten- tive congregations. Then came that monstrous of all iniquities, the Irish Church. It was only the other night, that the government and the Parliament granted to the ministers of that church the enormous sum of one million of money. He declared most solemnly he could never approach the subject of the Irish Church without feeling his blood boil. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Oh, how different was the conduct of the ministers of that church, from that of the divine founder of Christianity and the holy apostles whom He had sent forth to propagate His doctrines. The apostles went forth without scrip or purse, without pomp, or pride, or show. They laboured by night and by day; they took cheerfully what the people cheerfully gave them, and no more. God blessed their work; suc- cess crowned their labours. But how did the apostles of the Church of Ireland go forth? They went, backed by twenty- five thousand soldiers, to cram the gospel down the throats of the people, at the point of the bayonet! Oh, he begged pardon, it was not to cram the gospel down— they cared nothing about the gospel— it was to wring money from the pockets of the people. ( Cheers.) He rejoiced heartily that the Irish people had set a noble example of resistance to the payment of tithes. He hoped that example would be followed in England, and that the payment of tithes would also cease here as it had ceased there- ( Cheers ) The men who professed to be the ministers of the gospel were the trumpeters of war in Ireland. Who were they that had shed the blood of the people at Rathcormac? Why, the parsons of the church, who ought to have risked their own lives, if necessary, in defence of the blood of their parishioners, which, for their own base purposes, they shed without remorse. Now let them consider the army. Could the expenditure of the army be necessary ? No, no, they paid eight or nine millions a year for the support of the army, and surely, in a time of profound peace this ex- penditure was unnecessary. They would have the volun- tary system in the army as well as in religion ; every man capable of hearing arms should do so freely in defence of his country. They would have a national guard—( loud cheers) — to protect them and their rights. They would have an army who would protect the rights of the people at home from the fangs of domestic tyrants; and having done that, they would always hold the. nselves in readiness to crush any foreign foe who might dare to assail those rights. ( Cheers.) He was aware that there were many gentlemen present who wished to addreis them, and he should there- fore not occupy their time much longer—( cries of— go on, go on,)— but he could not conclude without noticing one observation which had been made by their friend, Mr. O'Connor. That gentleman, in referring to their tormer proceedings, when engaged in carrying the Reform bill, had pointed to the standard that was floating in tile midst of them, and had said, that they had received it from Somerset House, and that they had, in the struggle of 1832, been dic- tated to by the Whig government. In that observation, Mr. O'Connor was grievously mistaken; they were not dictated to by the Whig government, or by any one else ; they perhaps dictated a little to the government. ( Cheers.) The flag did not come from Somersethouse or any such sus- picious quarter. It was the property of the Political Union, purchased with the money of the men of Birmingham. It was not the factions that passed the Reform bill. It was the spirit of the people that was roused. It was that spirit that made tyrants tremble, and it would do so again. ( Loud cheering.) He had only to add— let them be determined on obtaining their rights— let them be resolved on lighting up the millions from the degradation into which they had been plunged, and let their persevering cry be— down with those enormous expenses— those unjust imposts, which crushed their energies, crippled their industry, and pre- vented them from being what they ought to be, and what they must be, if true to themselves,— a great, glorious, and happy people. ( Loud cheering.) Mr. Edmonds concluded by moving the third reso- lution. Mr. JOHN COLLINS, a working man, seconded the esolution— They had heard a great deal about the misdeeds of both Whigs and Tories. This was no new thing to them. They knew it well before. They saw the consequences of it day after day in the countenances of their half- fed children, and they heard it in the echoed sighs of their wives, when they looked at the small pittance of food they had to dis- tribute among the objects of their dearest affections. It is no child's play ( said the speaker) we are engaged in. It is no subject to be trifled with. It involves nothing less than the best and dearest temporal interests of the whole inha- bitants of England, Ireland, arid Scotland ; and, as a neces. sary consequence, must produce a tremendous effect upon the destinies of Europe. I, therefore, repeat— it is no child's play. To retract, to retreat, is, at the present time, abso- lutely impossible, except we wish to get ourselves covered with everlasting infamy. But how can we despair of obtain- ing the support of the people throughout the land, when it is the interests of the people that we are advocating ? Theie is no possible doubt of our success, if we only stick true to our own order. ( Loud cheers.) I feel confident, that if, in the attempt to carry out this measure, the virtue of the people should fail, there will be an immediate effort made to victimise your delegates. It is, therefore, your impera- tive duty to stand by them. ( Cries of We will.) I don't believe you will desert them : if I had thought so, I would not have taken part in this movement. But being called upon to form one of the delegates, if I were now morally certain that I should become a victim, I would not shrink from the discharge of my duty, even though you should from yours. ( Loud cries of No fear.) If you do shrink from it, you ought to he made the worst of slaves, and the most miserable wretches on the face of the earth. ( Cries of We never will.) I believe you. ( Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN begged to introduce to the meeting one of the best men aud patriots he had met in Scot- land— a gentleman who had travelled 400 miles to attend that meeting— he meant Mr. Purdie. ( Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. PURDIE then came forward, and was greeted with the warmest applause- IIe would, he said, commence by referring to the obser- vation with which Mr. Collins had finished, that if they deserted their leaders— if they deserted the delegates, whom they had that day appointed, they would deserve the worst treatment that could be devised for them, and they might rely upon it, that if they did desert them, they would receive the worst treatment that the malignity of faction could de- vise. Their first friends might be sacrificed, but depend upon it, they would not be spared. In former times, when his countrymen crossed the border, they were headed by the nobles— the Buccleughs and others. When their object was plunder, they found no lack of leaders. But where were these great men now, when the regeneration of the country was at stake ? When a robbery was the object to be achieved, they were foremost in the ranks, hut now that a great principle was to be established, they were nowhere to be seen. It was his decided opinion, that if any regene- ration was to come, it was from the people themselves that it must come. If they wanted to find good and worthy leaders, they must look to those who sprung from the peo- ple. This was no new theory. All experience proved that whatever was truly great and good, was connected with the poor and the humble. The great Founder of Christianity was not sent to the rich and great of this world. No. The bouse of an humble carpenter was selected for his residence. The benefactors of mankind every where had been risen of the people. William Tell was not a man of high extraction; neither was Wallace or Washington, the son of rich men. They must, therefore, if they wished to be free, look to arid depend upon men springing from their own order. If they wished to obtain the large loaf which he had seen that day exhibited as one of their devices— if they wished to get cheap beef, and all the other necessaries and comforts of life, on moderate terms, they must be content to make some tem- porary sacrifices, It was in vain for them to trust to any man, unless they were determined to exert themselves. The National Delegation could not be supported without expense, and the people must contribute the funds. Money was indispensably necessary to the efforts now making for the regeneration of the country, and it was only by the peo- ple imposing a voluntary tax upon themselves, that the money could be raised. ( Cheers.) It would, after all, be but the sacrifice of a lew pints of ale, and where was the man who could say he wished for liberty, and at the same time refuse to make so paltry a sacrifice to obtain it? ( Cheers.) They would soon be repaid, by a revived trade, increased wages, happy homes, well fed and comfortably clad wives and children. ( Cheers.) They must join in one holy league of alliance to accomplish that object, and their children's children would ever bless their name, and treasure them up with pride and joy. Their union must not he a Birmingham Union, nor a Glasgow Union, but a union of all those throughout the empire, who felt inter- ested in the glorious cause in which they had embarked. ( Cheers.) Would they tell him that sorrow and misery, such as they cverywhereat present beheld, could exist if they were properly governed? ( Cheers.) In former times, the people of England enjoyed an abundance of the good things of this life. They were well remunerated for their labour. A working man could purchase a fat goose for the money be received for cutting half an acre of hay, and so on in proportion was the reward of other labourers. Was such the case now ? ( Cries of no, no !) Instead of a fat goose now, they must be content with a wing. If they would only submit to the requisite sacrifice, they would ere long possess that which would make not only themselves happy, but lay the foundation for the future happiness of generations yet un- born. A great deal depended upon the men of Birming- ham. ( Cheers.) In their former struggles for liberty, or rather what they conceived to be liberty, the nation looked most anxiously to the men of Birmingham for advice. On the promulgation of any new plan, their first question in Scotland invariably was, what said the men of Birmingham in reference to it? So it would be again, if the men of Birmingham pursued the same straight- forward course which had characterised the proceedings of 1831 and 1832. ( Cheers.) The men of Scotland rejoiced at the late visit of the deputation from Birmingham. They rejoiced to see the snow- ball alight upon their bills, and to observe it rolling down into every valley, and over every plain, gather, ing irresistible strength in its progress. The people of Scotland held Mr. Attwood with great respect. They considered him an honest patriot, and he ( Mr. Purdie) hoped they would stand by him in the coming struggle, rs they that day did around the hustings. ( Cries of we wi-' O The men of Scotland were doing their duty nobly, riie Whigs and Tories were aghast at beholding them. They wouid be known in a crowd by their rueful counte- ianees— and in proportion as they looked dismal, so did tie working men look delighted. In conclusion, he begged leave to thank them most sincerely for the honour ihey had con- ferred upon him iu their kind reception, and to assure them that the men of Scotland would stand by tAem like brothers — despite of all tyrannical opposition that might be put into operation to put them down. Mr. Purdie sat down amidstloud cheering. Mr. CLUTTON SALT next presented himself in front of the hustings, and was received with loud aud enthu- siastic cheers. He said— I need not make any long speech here; it is the voice of the people that speaks to day. It seems but yesterday that they were without head, or union, or hope. The wealth of the rich and the existence of the poor was equally insecure. All parties acknowledging, those in power and those out of power, that the industry of England, borne down by taxa- tion, could no longer maintain a successful struggle against the competition of the untaxed foreigner. ( Hear, hear.) In the midst of this suffering and danger, and departure of the power of our country, we, the men of Birmingham, remonstrated with the government ; we demanded that justice should be done to the English labourer; we repre- sented the cruelty of his present position, and the accele- rated injury that must be consequent on the pressure of un- diminished burthens or a diminished trade; we dreamed that where there was no liberty there might be justice— where there was no virtue there might be wisdom. It was a delusion. The factions would grant no relief; they were equally insensible to the misery, and regardless of the glory ol the country. The terrible pressure of the last year wrung from the government no single measure of relief. Lord Melbourne absolutely drove us to this appeal to the people, and we have made that appeal, and well has it been an- swered. ( Cheers.) We went to Scotland, and that brave, virtuous, and intellectual people gathered on our path in great, glorious, and peaceful meetings, like the one before him ; we came southwards, and everywhere the uncon. quered people rose to crush the cruel and sordid tyranny that ruins and degrades the land. Each day has made more apparent the concentration of the national mind to one oh. ject. While we bad been preparing a national petition for the restoration of the liberties of the people, actuated by the same spirit, the Working Men's Association had been embodying the prayer of that petition in the form of a Par- liamentary bill, and both had received a unanimous pledge of support from the country. On this day a new feature in their progress had developed itself. They had chosen dele- gates to proceed to London to watch over the fate of that petition and bill. Other delegates would be chosen from all other parts of the kingdom to meet them, and would form the national guard of the people's rights. They would gather the people of London around them, as the people of the heart of England were now gathered before him, and they would carry their petition and bill to the House of Commons, amidsi the deafening acclamations of the people. That would be the great clap of thunder the House of Com- mons would hear; and if, then, they refused to do justice to the people, they would hear another and a louder clap of thunder, and that would be the last. ( Loud and long- continued cheers.; Mr. Salt went on,—" The glorious people of England, victorious over every foe, shall not sink under the rule of a sordid and cruel tyranny. They will not consent to be ground to the earth by taxation. We have not entered upon this struggle as visionaries and theorists. We do not come to indulge in vindictive feelings. But we come as christians and patriots, to shelter the humble labourer from the plunder of the oppressor, and to restore the prosperity, the happiness, and the power of our country. Before we resolved on agitating the country, we waited twice on Lord Melbourne. We represented the sufferings and wrongs of the people, and demanded mercy and justice. Lord Melbourne deceived and betrayed us. We will meet his lordship again, as the representatives of the industry of Great Britain; aud we will tell his lord- ship to beware, lest, by multiplied injuries, he compel the people, in justice to themselves, to demand vengeance on their oppressors. It is an awful, it is a solemn thing, to gather together an insulted people in one mighty mass, to do themselves the justice refused them by . their governors. We have been compelled and driven to this great mea- sure, and now there is an array of irresistible strength on the one hand, and no power of'check or opposition on the other. Do these guilty men look to the army for support? It is ours to a man. ( Loud cheers.) 1 proclaim alike to the haughty Tory and the treacherous Whig, that the army is ours to a man. ( Continued cheers.) The people of England toil from their cradle to their grave without promotion; the English soldier toils also from his engage- ment to his discharge without promotion. Both are crushed beneath the hoofs of haughty factions. They know that their common wrong requires a common remedy. The English soldiers will be the defenders, and not the destroyers of the liberties of their country. Their fathers and mothers will teach them how to do their duty to their country. I again proclaim, the soldiers are with us in all our legal and loyal efforts. ( Great cheers.) Give, then, I pray you, three cheers for the glorious army of England. The three cheers were given with great enthusiasm, after which, Mr. Salt proposed the fourth resolution. Mr. HENRY ASHMOBE seconded the resolution pro- posed by Mr. Salt— He did so because he believed the people's charter, if car- ried into a law, would give them a controul over their own house. ( Cheers.) If they had had the management of the House of Commons in their own hands, the misery they had witnessed of late years, never would have happened. ( Cheers.) In former years the Whig aristocracy taunted the people because they were careless of the franchise; of late they reviled tliem as a rabble, when they began to seek the franchise. Formerly, the Tories possessed the ears of the people, and they were enabled to delude them by false alarms. In the year 1791 that party, in Birmingham, had the labouring classes with them, and what use did they make of the power of the people at that time. They knew well the bad purposes to which they converted that power. They did not use it as did their friend, Mr. Attwood, when he became possessed of the confidence of the people. The Tory party used the rabble, as they designated them, for the purposes of destruction; whilst the motto of their pre- sent leader was, " Peace, law, and order." He trusted they would not lose the power and prudent leadership of that honourable gentleman, until he had secured that which he ( Mr. Ashmore) knew was most dear to his heart, the peace, happiness, and prosperity of the country. ( Cheers.) Mr. H. VINCENT, from London, then presented himself, and was received with great cheering. He said— He could assure the Radicals of Birmingham, and the men of the midland district, that on no one occasion during the short period of his political life, had he felt so much gratification as he did upon that day, in seeing before him so many thousands of intelligent beings, who were assem- bled for the purpose of declaring to the aristocracy of this country, that they should no longer possess the ill- gotten and long ill- used power which they had exercised to op- press the people, but that they must at length give it up, aud on doing so they must recognise and admit the mighty and commanding sovereignty of the people. ( Loud cheers.) They bad met that day to promote in the best possible manner the great happiness of the great mass of the people, not to support a brick and mortar franchise—( hear, hear)— not to support Lord John, or to pull down the Duke of Wellington—( hear, hear, hear,)— not for the purpose of talking about tithes— or of justice to Ireland— which cry generally meant injustice to the interest of the working classes of England— but to declare, with the voice of free- men, that England was yet to he a democratic country. ( Loud cheering.) It had often been said that we live under a constitution that was at once the envy of surrounding nations, and admiration of the world. ( A laugh.) The aristocracy of the country had its privileges and its rights secured and preserved to it. If, then, the aristocracy had its privileges, and the crown the rights that belonged to it, why were not the people, who were above the aristocracy —( cheers)— and the source from whence even the power of the crown itself emanated—( cheers)— why, he asked, were not they to have their piivileges recognised, by being pro- perly represented in the House of Commons? ( Loud cries of Hear, hear.) Aye, but it was said that they, the people, were impracticable men—( a laugh)— that they were, forsooth, not intelligent persons. ( Laughter.) Now what sort of intelligent persons were those who represented them? He need only apply to their excellent chairman ( Mr. Attwood) in reference to the intelligence of these re- presentatives; he believed he would bear him ( Mr. Vin- cent) out, in saying that they were anything hut an intelli- gent set of persons. ( Hear, bear.) Indeed, if they were to take the representatives of the people of England as a specimen of the intelligence of the constituent body, why then, truly, the intellect of that body was at an exceedingly low ebb. ( Laugher and cheers.) He would just give them a specimen of one of these intelligent members o£ Parliament. H' ( Mr. Vincent) went with some friends to several memJers of Parliament to request their support of the bill tkllt been drawn up— he meant the Poor Alan's Cljrter—' bat had been agreed to in reference to universe suffrage, the vote by ballot; and amongst others they waited upon Mr. Potter, the Whig member for Wigan. q- iey found him dressed in certainly a very elegant morning ( Own—( a laugh)— and seated in a comfortable easy chair. ( Laughter.) Near to him was also seated an intelligent secretary—( a laugh)— who had an exceedingly intelligent eye- glass—( laughter)— which he held to his eye, and with great ease and nonchalance surveyed the deputation that waited on the lion, member. ( Immense laughter.) The deputation asked Mr. Potter to support t| ie bill, The hon. gentleman said, " I lefer you to my secretary." ( A laugh.) Thereupon the intelligent secretary took up his eye- glass— ( great laughter)— and after examining the heads, turned to Mr. Potter, and said, " Oh, sir, you don't go for universal suffrage." ( A laugh.) " Oh, gentlemen, said Mr. Potter, " my secretary says I don't go for universal suffrage." ( Roars of laughter.) Again the. secretary cast his eye- glass at the document, and seeing the word " ballot" in it, smirk- ingly observed, " Oh, sir, you go for the ballot." ( Loud Laughter.) " Oh," responded Mr. Potter, " my sec- retary says I go for the ballot, and I think you, gen- tlemen ought to go for the ballot also. ( Loud laughter.) But, continued Mr. Vincent, we told this gen- tleman we would not go for this question alone, nor would we go for any particular paity measure; as we believed that unless the great question of universal suffrage were con- ceded to the people, their real interests could not he ad- vanced. ( Loud cheering.) But it was not the object of the Whigs to do anything likely to improve the state of the people. ( Cheers.) As it suited them, they played off one party against another. When they thought they were sup- ported by the people of the country, they proceeded to put down the people of Ireland, and they accordingly proceeded to pass a coercion bill for that country; but when they lost the affections of the Radicals of England, then they turned their attention to Ireland; and then, for the first time, " Justice to Ireland," was the cry of such men as Lord John Russell, who he ( Mr. Vincent) declared to be the most dishonest knavish politician lie had ever known. Look at his conduct in respect to the appropriation clause in the Irish Tithe bill. ( Hear, hear.) Upon this clause he pledged the faith and honour, not only of himself, but of his whole party. ( Hear, hear.) Nay, so essential did that noble lord consider this clause to the tithe bill, that he succeeded in turning out Sir Robert Peel's government, because it re- fused to pledge itself to introduce such a clause into a bill having reference to tithes. ( Hear, hear.) Now, however, the Whigs brought forward a tithe bill which was wholly divested of an appropriation clause, and yet these gentlemen denied that they had done anything calculated to compro- mise their honour, or their honesty. ( Hear.) They merely consented that the clause be left out of the bill— that was all— there was no change of opinion in such a proceeding. ( Hear and laughter.) He contended that such conduct made the continuance of the Whigs in power a matter of great danger to liberty— much more so than if the Tories were in power. ( Hear.) Oh, if the Tories weie in office now, would not that great and important meeting be at- tended by some Lord Noodle or Lord Doodle, or their creatures—( hear)— men who were now doing the dirty work of the Whigs. ( Cheers.) And would not the men of Birmingham he praised to the skies for the noble spirit, and the bright example which they set the people of Eng- land ? The fact was, the Whigs were endeavouring to throw back public opinion, but the people were rising up in their might, and their yoice would be raised to such a pitch, that their opponents would be swept from the face of the earth. ( Loud cheering.) The opponents of universal suffrage say that by conceding 6uch a measure, a very improper power would be given into the hands of unintelligent per- sons ; this he denied; he contended that many lodgers in towns were frequently better informed than the house- keepers who lived and occupied the lower portion of the house. ( Hear, hear.) To grant universal suffrage, would be to enfranchise intelligence, whereas the present franchise was given to bricks and mortar. ( Hear, hear.) It was a base principle that conferred upon money alone the right to rule. If a man could only make his 300/. a- yearby keeping a gambling hell, or by even a less reputable plan— if he were the basest of mankind— provided he had money— provided he got bis brains in his pocket—( a laugh)— he was a person sufficiently deserving of ruling over the community. ( Hear.) And the persons who recognise such a principle as this are those who hesitate to grant universal suffrage to the people. ( Hear, hear.) But look at the inconsistency of these peo- ple. They say that all men are equal in the sight of God, and if such were the case, why, he asked, Bhould not all men have equal rights? ( Hear.) The object of the people's charter is simply to embody the sentiments of the people into an act of Parliament. ( Hear.) On this they were about to make a movement in London— which, he was sorry to say, was the very sink of corruption. But they might believe him, when he assured them that there were men in London who had sufficient power to make the working classes of that place, rally round the principles that called forth the assembled thousands that had congregated together that day. ( Loud cheers.) It was amusing to observe the contrivances which the enemies of the people took to dissuade them from calling for their just rights. He was in Northamptonshire a short while since, and there the Tory parson, who wrote the leaders for the Northamp- ton Herald, told the people not to join in the cry for uni- veisal suffrage; and for what reason did they think ? Why, that the Bible told them to be content with their station ( laughter and cries of hear, hear)— and that they ought to be meek and lowly to their superiors. ( Hear, hear.) But there was n question as to who were the people's superiors. ( Hear.) Was it the ignorant and besotted aristocracy of this country? Was it the ignorant and besotted clergy of the Established Church?— men whose religion consisted in the tithes which they extracted from the pockets of the people. ( Hear, hear.) No, surely these were not those who were the superiors of the people. He knew of no man who was the superior of the people, for he was one of those who did not believe that one man was born to be a lord, and another to be a slave. All were born equal in the eye of the great Creator of all. ( Loud cheers.) The men of Birmingham, he believed, would do their duty, notwith- standing any efforts that might be made to prevent them doing so. ( Hear, hear.) That assembly was a proof of their resolution. It was desirable that men should assemble in large masses to demand their rights, and if necessary to enforce them. Their cause was, he was proud to say, tri- umphant. ( Cheers.) How could it be otherwise ? The women of England were with them. ( Loud cheering.) Was it not important to have the women with them ? ( Hear, hear.) And was it not important to the women themselves, that the men should succeed in the object they had in view ; for under a despotism woman became debased and degraded, while under a system of freedom she was treated as slfle deserved to be— as an intelligent being, fit to give instruction and a proper direction to the youthful mind, of those who might one day or other be called forward in defence of the rights and piivileges o. f their country. ( Loud cheering.) To the men and women of Birmingham, then he would say, the cause is yours; and oh! how the old men, who gloried in the cause that was hallowed by the name of Cartwright,—( cheers)— how they must feel de- lighted, when they perceived the every day increasing en- thusiasm which was exhibited in favour of the great prin- ciple of universal suffrage. ( Loud cheering.) To the young men he would say, get knowledge— with all your getting get understanding—( cheers)— then would they learn that an ounce of wisdom was better than a pound of shot. ( Cheers.) That where principle would break through, an army of sabres would fail. ( Hear, hear.) The great meeting of this day was a proof of the advancement of knowledge. It was not the effect of excitement, but the slow growth of increasing intelligence—( hear, hear)— it declared that the government of the country was behind in the march of intellect that was abroad, and it was urging it forward. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Vincent concluded amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN next announced to the meeting that he had now the pleasure of introducing to them a gentleman from Ireland, who was well known in the political world. The gentleman to whom he alluded was Thomas Steel, Esq. Mr. DOUGLAS— Honest Tom Steel. ( Cheers.) Mr. STEEL was received with marked applause. He said— He did not think it possible that be could, In the few words he meant to address to them, sufficiently express the feelings of delight with which he beheld the magnificent assemblage before him. Nor could he express the gratitude he entertained towards their leader, Mr. Attwood, for his kindness in proposing him ( Mr. Steel) on a former occa- sion, as a member of the celebrated Birmingham Political Union. He rejoiced to see Mr. Attwood standing amongst the people on that day, like a father amongst his children. ( Cheers.) Although that was the first time he had ever had the honour of addressing the men of Birmingham, he could assure them, that it was not for the want of an ear- nest desire to be present at their former magnificent dis- plays, and to participate in their proceedings. At the time when the men of Birmingham were preparing for operations in England, be had been preparing for a great movement in Ireland ; and he could now assure them, that the people of Ireland were ready and willing to stand by them in every just and proper effort for the attainment of their liberties. ( Cheers.) He spoke the voice of seven millions of Irish THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. 7 men, and lie spoke the voice of O'Connell, the great leader of these seven millions. He felt he should be untrue to fie people and their leader, if he did not thus publicly de- clare their attachment to the great principles of right and liberty, for which the men of Birmingham were contending. However the people of Ireland might have been constrained to temporise, lest they should be cursed by the horrors of a Tory administration, he did not hesitate to say, that the great mass of them would never be content with anything short of universal suffrage, annual parliaments, and vote by Fallot. The Sact was, the people were beginning to see and to know what they had a right to enjoy, and they were de- termined on having it. He recollected having read in the debates of the French Parliament an observation of one of the speakers, which he ( Mr. S.) had often repeated, and would again, with their permission. The words were— " Governments will have in future very much less trouble 1 than they have ever had before." Now, he ( Mr. Steel) would ask them, did they know the reason why the govern- ments would have BO much less trouble? He hoped they did know; but, if they did not, he would tell them. It was, because the people wete wow determined to take mote oi their business into their own hands. ( Cheers and laughter.) The people ot Birmingham were the tight sott ( ot trans- actlng their own business; for he declared most solemnly, lie considered the town of Birmingham stood pre- eminent above all other towns in the empire, in point of political intelligence, as well as scientific improvements. It was to the people oi Birmingham they were indebted for the Reform Bill; for whilst other towns were talking about acting, Biimvngham was m futt operation. Vf ell, after they had carried the Reform bill, they laid down their arms in the hope that they might enjoy the ( nut ot \ t but they had been disappointed, and there they were that day in their masses, determined to fight the battle for a still greater and more substantial measure of liberty. ( Cheers.) He had said that the people of Iceland had been constrained to temporise, and so they had. They had been compelled to support the Whigs lest Tory tyranny should be let loose • upon lteland. He was not a man who would mince mat- ters— he invariably said what he thought, and he could assure them that there wete none mote ready to contend for liberty than the people of Ireland. He had heard observations made by one of the previous speakers respect- ing the parson tax. The fact was, they knew nothing about what the parson tax was. In England, the people paid for their own religion. ( Cries oi " No, no, not all.") Well, at all events, it was not bo bad as in Ireland; they were Protestants in England, but in Ireland the great mass were all Catholics, who were compelled to pay tithes for a church to which they did not belong. When he thought of the Rathcormac scene he could not but repeat what he had before said, that if they wanted to establish the religion of the devil in Ireland, they had only^ to appoint Parson Ryder, and such men as his chaplains, and they could not fail to succeed. ( Cheers and laughter.) He felt that he was trespassing upon their patience, and he should therefore conclude by thanking them for their kind reception and approval of his sentiments, Mr. BLAXLAND said— As there are many gentlemen from a great distance here this day, I, who have weekly oppor- tunites of addressing you, will not detain you many moments. I rejoice at seeing, by your banners, that the lessons I have given you almost daily upon the effects of the corn- laws, tithes, and indirect taxation, have not been thrown away. I have but one other passing remark to make. I was astonished that, on a late occasion, the Tories had the bad taste to parade Marshal Soult before us Radi- cals. Was it because that, although the son of a poor French peasant ( a man in a worse station than any of you, not possessing the mechanical skill to fabricate the peaceful mechanism of the steam- engine, the deadly gun, or the recording steel pen) yet he had become a duke and a marshal; and why ? because he fought against the old aris- tocracy of France, and utterly destroyed them; together with all their game laws, laws of primogeniture, entail, and privilege of nobility, and because he abolished all tithes and feudalities. Whether it ivas wise to show to the people of Birmingham the reward of successful civil war against Toryism, is not for me to say. When Soult was born, if a peer, in favour at court, committed a crime, he escaped punishment, although a crime for which a peasant was hanged. The Maiquis of Waterford has just been tried for breaking open Melton jail, liberating a prisoner, and beating and painting watchmen; and he is only sentenced to pay 100/., for a crime which, had any of you been guilty of, you would have been hanged or transported. So much foi equality before the laiv. I conclude with moving the fifth resolution. Mr. JOHN PIERCE said, at that late hour he considered it would be bad taste in him to detain them by any lengthened observations, and he should, therefore, simply second the resolution. Mr. DOUGLAS moved the sixth resolution— The National Convention must have money to carry on the great work entrusted to them ; and they could not, with any degree of propriety, call upon the people of Birmingham to supply all the money that would he required. The people of Birmingham had their own Union to support, and that was quite sufficient. The cause in which they were engaged was not the cause of any party or faction, but of the universal people. It was the cause of all England, of all Ireland, and of all Scotland ; and they had a right to go to the private exchequer of these countries, to obtain the requisite supplies, to carry on their holy work. ( Cheers.) Those who could give ought to give, and all ought to give freely, each accordingto his means; and, as in religion, so it would be in politics, the widow's mite would be as accept- able as the rich man's offering. If Mr. O'Connell did nothing more, he was entitled to great credit, for establishing the national rent in Ireland, by which such great wonders were effected. The resolution then befoie the meeting called npon the men of England, Ireland, and Scotland, who be- lieved that universal suffrage was a good thing, to come for- ward in support of a new national rent. ( Cheers.) This rent was not to he placed in the hands of the Birmingham Political Union, or any other private union, but in the hands, and at the disposal of the members of the. National Convention. That convention would apply it solely to carry out the objects for which the delegates had that day been appointed. Mr. JAMES MOIR, delegate from Glasgow, seconded the resolution. Mr. Moir was received with loud and continued cheers. At this moment there was a smart shower of rain, amidst which Mr. Moir commenced speaking, the men remaining firm and immoveable. He said— He had come from Scotland, where, upon an occasion similar to the present, the rain fell in torrents upon the men, nevertheless, they stood it out, and with the same firmness as he saw the men before him were determined to do. ( Cheers.) He thanked them for the glorious response which they had that day given to all the excellent senti- ments which had been delivered by the previous speakers. He would take home the glad tidings of that day's proceed- ings to Glasgow. The woik in which they had engaged was one of vast importance, and one which would require great perseverance. They must be content to make great personal sacrifices, otherwise they need not hope to succeed. Half their hard earnings were daily filched from them, under the pretence that their money was necessary for carrying on the government of the country. Now, than this no argument could be more false. They must, therefore, make up their minds to get rid of the dreadful load which injustice had placed upon their shoulders. He rejoiced that they had met to tell the government, in a voice of thunder, that they would no longer submit to the present system. ( Hear, hear.) He contended that the man who was compelled to obey laws which he had no hand in making, was no less a slave than the negroes, for whose emancipa- tion they had so long contended, and for the attainment of which they had paid so dearly. He had been deputed to offer to the men of Birmingham, the hearty co operation of the men of Scotland. ( Cheers.) It gave the men of Scot- land great pleasure, when they found that the men of Bir- mingham had given up the brick and mortar qualification. The people of Scotland long since saw through the dupli- city of the Whigs. They saw that they were false— and they said so; for so saying they were stigmatised Tory. Radicals. He most cordially seconded the resolution be- fore the meeting. He was certain it would be responded to by the men of Scotland. So long as the men of Birming- ham proved themselves worthy of support, and of their great leader who had already led them so successfully, so long would the men of Scotland follow their standard. ( Cheers.) The colours were nailed to the mast, and the men of Scotland would be no party to taking them down, until the liberty of every class in the empire was fully achieved. ( Renewed cheers.) They must never be con- ent until they get universal suffrage, annual Parliaments, and vote by ballot. With respect to annual Parliaments, some objected to it, because they said it would be an annual nuisance. This was poor reasoning. He would suppose that one of them had engaged a servant, and at the time, believed that the person so engaged was in every way perfectly able to discharge the duties of his situation— inasmuch as he had represented himself as perfectly honest, and having all the other necessary qualifications. Now, suppose, such a one to have entered upon his duties, when he proved himself to be just the reverse of what he ought to be. Would any one say that the man who had employed liim ought to be compelled to keep him for seven years ? Or for one year? Twelve months, in his ( Mr. M.' s) opinion, was quite long enough to retain a bad public servant. And as for'any apprehension of confusion from the election of good and approved men— the notion was folly. Mr. Attivood had represented Birmingham for years, and he would ask them— what possible confusion would there be created in Bir- mingham, if they were to have him elected every year? It was evident to him that they would have much less confu- sion in that case than under the existing law. At present the constituency was so limited, the duration of Parliament so long, that they furnished materials, to a certain extent, for Tory corruption; but, if they had Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments, the mass of electors would be so great, and so clearly and decidedly in favour of a good man, and the day of trial would so soon come round again, that the enemies would not dream of opposition; in point of fact, in place of there being trouble and confusion, there would be nothing more than a nominal election. ( Hear, hear.) Before retiring, he would again assure them that he would have great pleasure in conveying to his countrymen the tidings of the great meeting of that day. He would tell them that the men of Birmingham had made up their mind a that they would never cease to labour until they had secured their liberties. Is not this ( said Mr. Moir) your wish? ( Loud cries of " Yes, yes.) Is not such your firm determination ? ( Yes, yes. ) Will not every man of you pledge yourselves to attend when called upon? ( Yes.) Is there a working man amongst you who does not feel that, under the present system, he is a slave? and who is not resolved that, in future, he shall be free? ( Cheers, and ctles of We will.) Then I will go home, and tell them that you have proved yourselves worthy of their support; and I have no doubt you will command their 6trenuous assistance in return. ( Vehement cheering.) The resolution for a National Rent was put and carried, amidst universal acclamation. Mv. Salt moved a vote of tlianks to ' Messrs. Pur die and Moir, for their attendance on that occasion. Mr. I. Aaron seconded the resolution. He rejoiced, with all his heatt, once mote to have an opportunity of meeting them in public, before he took his departure from his native country, which he was shortly to do, and not for a short time. There was one sentence in Mr. Muntz's letter which would explain the cau6e of his leaving them— that was, there were bounds beyond which it was noC prudenC for men to sacrifice their family interest. He was sorry to say he had reached that limit, beyond which he ought not to go; he must, therefore, travel to a distant land to recruit his means— that done, he trusted he should return to them, in his principles and affection as a giant refreshed. Should he, on his return, still find the men of Great Britain still unfranchised, he would, as he had always done, lend his willing, though weak, aid, to those who fought to confirm their liberties. He muBt repeat, that he re- joiced sincerely at having one more opportunity of meeting them. It would be the last for several years. As a man about to depart from amongst them, he would venture to bequeath them his advice. Let him urge upon them, by all that was just and sacred, to stand firm to their resolutions; let their cry be unceasing, until they obtained that power and place to which they were entitled. Could they, he would ask, now retreat ? Certainly not. Had they not deputed men to represent their interests, and would they not support them ? Hitherto they had called out for men — in justice, he hoped they would call for measures. Rela- tive to himself, he mignt be permitted to say, that though it should be his fate to remain in the land of his new adop- tion until he was as grey as his friend near him, yet still he trusted he should be yet able to sit in Old England, under his own fig tree, with his children and friends around him, in peace and prosperity, and all around him in a similar con- dition. With regard to the gentlemen to whom the resolu- tion which he had the honour of seconding referred, he had only to say, that if they were a sample of the men of Scot- land, the people of England had reason to be proud of the alliance which they had formed with them. He believed it would be impossible for any government to withstand a united people, such as he saw that day before him, and such as Messrs. Purdie and Moir represented. In conclusion, he begged to take his leave of them, and to assure them his fervent prayers should always ascend to heaven for their welfare. ( Cheers.) On the motion of Mr. Douglas, Mr. Attwood hav- ing left the chair, and Mr. Salt having taken it, a vote of thanks was proposed to Mr. Attvvood, for his conduct in the chair. Mr. HETHERINGTON, from London, said— He was most anxious to express the gratification he had felt at being present on that occasion. He was happy to inform them, that their petition had given general pleasure to the men of London, that they hoped to be able to receive their delegates in such a manner, as would prove, that, as far as the men of London were concerned, they were determined 011 carrying it into operation, despite of all opposition. Mr. RICHARDSON, of Manchester, said, He had come from Manchester that day, with the view of attending that great meeting, in order to see those great principles carried out, of which, for twenty years, he had been an humble advocate. ( Loud cheering.) He began his career on the 16th of August, 1819, when the men of Manchester and South Lancashire met to pe- tition Parliament for annual Parliaments, universal suf- frage, and vote by ballot. From that time he had persevered in those principles, and he trusted he should always be found, where lie had been found hitherto, fighting in the ranks of the people. The feelings and opinions of the peo- ple of Lancashire were the same noiv as they were in 1S19; they were as ready as ever to march to the field of Peterloo, and to petition for the same measures which the men of Birmingham had that day agreed to, and that too, in the face of all the horse and foot, and bayonets and bullets, a wicked aristocracy could bring against them. ( Loud cheers.) The people of Manchester in a few days would meet once more, oil the same ever- memorable spot, to declare once more their adhesion to the principles of their tried friend, the late Henry Hunt, and the principles which he was happy to find had that day been agreed to by the immense mass of men whom he saw before him. He most cordially sup- ported the vote of thanks to their honourable chairman. Mr. SALT put the resolution, which was carried with acclamation. The honourable gentleman then came forward to return thanks, and was greeted with renewed and still more vehement cheering than when he first addressed the meeting. He said— I thank you, my kind friends, from the bottom of my heart; much as I rejoice in the sight of this great and magnificent meeting, I rejoice more in the great objects for which it was assembled. Many persons will tell you that these great meetings are dangerous, if not illegal. Mark what the best of the Queen's ministers has lately said in open Parliament. I mean Lord Holland, the nephew of Charles Fox. That illustrious nobleman, but a few weeks ago, stated to the House of Lords, that these great meetings of the people are as much a part of the constitution of England, as the meetings of the House of Lords itself. Undoubtedly they are so. They have existed from the earliest ages of our Saxon ancestors, and I trust they will exist to the end of time. They enable the people, by the peaceful but over- whelming expression of public opinion, to command those great and necessary changes in society, which, without them, could only be effected by years of anarchy and blood. My friends, there shall be 110 blood in any measures in which I am concerned. ( Cheers.) I will never act the part of Robespierre in England; nor shall there be any violence or injustice towards any class of society. The Lords and the Crown shall each keep their own safe and untouched ; but I will take care, as far as my means enable me, that they shall no longer keep the people's own. ( Cheers.) They shall give up the House of Commons into the hands of the Commons of England, and then I trust that measures will be adopted there which will give security, happiness, and contentment to all. But, my friends, I find myself in a painful position ; you all know my opinions respecting the currency. I believe that no human wisdom, and 110 human power can make the industrious classes flourish perma- nently in England under the present monetary system. See, then my painful position. The day is coming in which these words may appear like a prophesy. You have placed me at your head; if I should succeed in giving you the liberty, and not succeed in rectifying the currency, and consequently in giving you the prosperity, the liberty will but precipitate anarchy, and your misery will be greater than even it now is. I must dare this great contingency; and I must trust to the confidence of the industrious classes, aud to the wis- dom and virtue of the forty- nine delegates, whom they will elect, to enable me to insure the prosperity and the liberty at the same time; without this, my prospect is but gloomy. If I fail in the great work of liberty, I shall fall under the vengeance of the boroughmongers ; and if I fail in the great work of prosperity, I shall fall under the fury of a disappointed and exasperated people. ( Loud shouts of No, No, Never.) Now, my friends, many hours have elapsed since you met, and you are wearied, but there is still left in the meeting fifty thousand brave men before me, and I will call upon them to exhibit a spectacle. A year ago I met six or seven thousand of you in the Town Hall, in the presence of some friends of the Duke of Wellington, and on that occa- sion I requested of the meeting, as a personal favour to myself, that every man of them who deemed me a danger- ous politician, should hold up his hand. Not more than seven hands were raised in the whole meeting. I then requested that every one of them who was ready to hold the power of his right arm at my disposal, would hold up his hand. The sight was sublime. I now call upon you, my friends, aud request you, that every one who considers me a just and upright man, and is willing to stand by me, " come weal, come woe," and to hold the strength of his right arm at my disposal, will hold up his hand. ( The whole meeting, apparently without a single exception, held up their hands with vehement shouts of applause.) The* honourable gentleman, 111 company with the members of the couucil immediately retired. At that moment, a tremendous shower of rain came down, under which, notwithstanding, many thousands stood immovable, waiting if any of the gentlemen who still lingered on the hustings should address them. Dr. Wade was loudly called for, but he felt it Hvould be improper to detain the men in the rain. A gentleman from Oxford, whose name we did not learn, said a few words, which were loudly cheered. Mr. O'Connor, also, briefly addressed the people; after which the ground was speedily cleared, and the immense multi- tude peaceably retired. Two trumpeters were sta- tioned npon the hustings to give notice when silence was required, lint the chairman had not once occasion to call for their services, so singular and exemplary was the order maintained throughout the day. The various resolutions appear in our advertising columns. COKE'S SPEECHES Coke'sgeneral taste and understanding wete deeply tainted by his professional superstition and long predominance at the bar. His speeches on the nume- rous State prosecutions, which mark the interval between the trial of Essex, under Elizabeth, and of Somerset under James, are amongst the earliest specimens remaining of English oratory. That they should have been admired in an age, which took pride in the execrable sermons of Bishop Andrews, as incomparable models of eloquence and reason, we readily understand. But Coke outran even the privi- liged pedantry of the times. In Garnett's trial the following is his description of the prisoner-. " The principal person offending here at the bar, is, as you have heard, a person of many names. He Is by country an Englishman, by birth a gentleman, by education a scholar: afterwards a corrector of the common law print with Mr. Tottle the printer, and now is to be corrected by the law. He hath many gifts and endowments of nature— by art, learned, a good linguist, aud by profession, Jesuit, and a superior. Indeed, he is supe- rior to all his predecessors in devilish treason :— a Doctor of Jesuits :— that is, a Doctor of Jive D.' s.- as Dissimu- lation; Deposing of princes; Disposing of Kingdoms; Daunting and Deterring of subjects; and Destruction!" We Jearn that when he was turned out of the Chief- justice- ship, the ridicule of this sorry quibbling was retorted ou him. " The common speech is, that four P.' s have put him down: which are, Pride, Prohibitions, Preeminence, and Preroga- tive." He was vain of his fluency, and in the garrulity of his old age, boasted to Parliament that he had never used notes at his mootings, and would not then. His readiness of speech favoured these sins of taste and other sins of a worse description. This was one of the errors of which Bacon warned him in his extraordinary reproof: " In discourse you delight to speak too much, not to hear other men. This some say becomes a pleader, not a judge; for by this sometimes your affections are entangled with a love of your own arguments, though the weaker. Thus, while you speak in your own element, the law, no man ordinarily equals you, but when you wander ( as you often delight to do,) you then wander indeed. As in your pleadings you were wont to insult over misery, so you are wont to praise or disgrace upon slight grounds. You will jest at any man in public, without respect of this person's dignity or your own." There is abundant evidence that his contemporaries witnessed his levity and insolence at the bar and on the bench, with great disgust. Only less than at present, because it is impossible now- adays that an Attorney- general should on a trial for life or death threaten a prisoner whose name happens to be Cuffe, with, " I'll cuff you;" or a Chief- justice, in passing judgment upon a defen- dant indicted for improperly communicating with criminals at their execution, demand of him, Et quce tantafuit Tyburn tibl causa videndi? Another offence on which Bacon touches is of a still more serious character. The occasions to Which this reproach applies, and the extent to which it is true, is in our opinion the darkest blot upon the memory of Coke. It almost makes good James's taunt, that, notwith- standing the opinions which he put on at the last, he was the fittest instrument for a tyrant that ever was in England. Bacon's words are :—" You make the law to lean too much to your opinion, whereby you show yourself to be u legal tyrant, striking with that weapon where you please, since you are able to turn the edge any way." A more indulgent construction than Coke would have given to others, may explain the apparent variation in his conduct on different occasions;— such as in the distinction between compulsory and voluntary benevolences— between different kinds of impositions and proclamations— between a general and a special dispensing power— between the duty of the judges in advising with the crown as a body, or in singly assisting the crown lawyers in preparing prosecutions, and what he called auricular confessions— between the king's judicial seat in council,— cessat regnare qui cessat judicare,— and the denial of his right to take a personal part in the ordinary adminstration of justice;— a denial which James considered little less than treason. Buckingham might well be the saviour of the nation, at one time, and the grievance of grievances at another. The inconsistencies of Coke on the vital question of the power of courts of justice to take bail, upon arrest by the king or privy council, it is impossible to get over in the same manner. The instances of his own refusal, as a judge, in the 13th of James I. to bail parties whom he must have known, according to the words which he himself uttered only five years afterwards in the House of Commons, as well as by his later speeches in the case of the imprisoned members, that he ought to have bailed, were fairly brought out by Heath in the third of Charles I. in the great debate upon the liberty of the subject. Coke felt the contradiction, and desired to be free from the imputation which was laid upon him. But it was too late. For those times, and where the law and practice were really at all un- certain, every person, otherwise of decent character, is entitled to the benefit of the doubt. It is Coke's conduct as a crown lawyer which deprives him of every tittle of such presumption in his behalf. There was no lawyer of his time who had as enlightened notions of what criminal law ought to be; and yet t'lere was none who equally stretched and abridged its powers. Mr. Jardine has carefully exami- ned the State Paper Office, and that in almost all the repeated instances of the infliction of torture which occur during the reign of James, the name of Coke is found either as a commissioner to execute, or a privy councillor to direct it. Yet he expressly tells us in his writings, that " there is no law to warrant tortures in this land; and no one opinion in our books or judicial records ( that we have seen and remember) to maintain it." Raleigh's trial took place in 1603. His conviction turned on the question whether a single witness was sufficient in a case of treason. Raleigh argued the point with perfect knowledge, skill, and courage ; but was juggled out of an acquittal by the ruffian- ism of Coke the attorney- general, and chief- justice Popham. Coke tells him that " the crown shall never stand one year upon the head of the king, if a traitor may not be condemned by circumstances; for you shall never prove the act of trea- son by two witnesses. Scientia sceleris est mera ignoranti. You have read the letter of the law, but understand it not." Coke's heart relented not towards the man he had feared and hated. As late as the year 1618, he was one of a com- mission appointed to examine and finally destroy Raleigh. Now what was the law ? Just what Sir Walter stated it. Coke, before he died, himself acknowledged, " that two witnesses he required in high treason appeareth by our books, and I remember no authority in our books to the contrary." His penitence for his part in a judicial murder he veiled in Latin. Veritas qua? minime defensatur oppri- mitur ; and qui nonimprobat approbat. Et sic libere animam meam liberavi— Edinburgh Revieiv. NAMES OF FRUITS.— Lancashire is the county in which the gooseberry has been most cultivated; there is a goose- berry book annually published at Manchester; and the Man- chester papers, recording the death of a person, and saying that he bore a severe illness with Christian fortitude and resignation, add, that lie was much esteemed among the class of gooseberry growers. A harmless class they must needs be deemed ; but, even in growing gooseberries, emu- lation may be carried too far. The Royal Sovereign, which in 1794, was grown by George Cook, of Ashton, near Pres- ton, which weighed seventeen pennyweights, eighteen grains, was thought a royal gooseberry at that day. But, the growth of gooseberries keeps pace with the march of intellect. In 1880, the largest yellow gooseberry on record was shown at Stockport; it weighed thirty- two penny- weights, thirteen grains, and was named the Teazer. The largest red one was the Roaring I, ion, of thirty- one penny- weights, thirteen grains, shown at Naritwich ; and the largest white was the Ostrich, shown at Ormskirk; falling far short of the others, and yet weighing twenty- four pennyweights, twenty grains. They have been grown as large as pigeons' eggs. But, the fruit is not improved by the forced culture which increases its size. The gooseberry growers, who show for the prizes which are annually offered, thin the fruit so as to leave but two or three berries 011 a branch ; even then, prizes are not gained by fair dealing; they contrive to support a small cup under each of these, so that the fruit shall for some weeks rest in water that covers about a fourth parr, and this they call suckling the gooseberry. * * Of Pears, the Bon Chretien, called by English gardeners the Bum- Gritton, the Teton de Venus, and tile Cnisse Ma- dame, three names which equally mark the country from whence they came. The last Bishop of'Alais, before the French revolution, visiting a rector once who was very rich aud very avaricious, gave him some gentle admonitary hint of the character he had heard of him. " Mais, monsigneur," said the man, " ilfaut ganler une poire pour la solf." " Vous avez bien raison," said the bishop: " prenez garde seulement qu'elle soit du bon Chretien." Tile first Lord Camelford, in one of whose letters this pun is preserved, thought it perfect. — The Doctor. THE MARCH The wild dogs in the plains of La Plata, burrow, because there is no security for them above ground against stronger beasts of prey. In the same country owls make their nests in the ground, because there are neither trees nor buildings to afford them concealment. A clergyman in Iceland by sowing angelica upon a Lake island some miles from the sea, not only attracted gulls and wild ducks to breed there, but brought about an alliance between those birds, who are not upon neighbourly terms elsewhere. Both perceived that the new plants afforded better shelter from wind and rain, than anything which they had seen before; there was room enough for both; and neighbour- hood produced so much good will, that the gulls protected the weaker birds not only against the ravens, who are common enenies, but against another species of gull also which attacks the duck's nest. A change more remarkable than either of these, is that which the common heath- cricket has undergone in its very constitution as well as in all its ways of life, since men built houses and Inhabited cold climates. The field cricket, in North America, which buries itself during the winter ten inches deep and there lies torpid, be- gan about an hundred years ago to avail itself of the work of man and take up its abode in the chimnies. This insect even likes man for a bed- fellow, not with any such felonious intentions as are put in execution by smaller and viler vermin, but for the sake of warmth. The Swedish traveller, Kalm, says that when he and his companions were forced to sleep in uninhabited places, the crickets got into the'folds of their garments, so that they were obliged to make some tarriance every morning, and search carefully before they could get rid of them. Two species of swallows have domesticated themselves I with man. We have only that which builds under the eaves in England, hut in North America they have both the house swallow and the chimney swallow; the chimnies not being made use of in summer, they take possession, arid keep it sometimes in spite of the smoke 11 the hie is not very great. Each feather in this bird's tail ends in a stiff point, like the end of an awl; they apply the tall to the side of the wall, and it assists in keepingthem up, ivhile they hold on with their claws. They make a great thundering noise all day long by flying up and down in the chimnies; now as the Indians had not so much as a hearth made of masoriary, it is an obvious question, says Kalm, where did these swallows build before the Europeans came, and erected houses with chimnies? Probably, it is supposed, in hollow trees, but certainly where they could; and it is thus shown that they took the first opportunity of improving their own condition. — The Doctor. PKBESTRIANISM.— Meantime, the wisest and happiest tra- veller is the pedestrian. If gentlemen and ladies want to see pictures, let them post to Florence, and be satisfied with learning what they can from the windows by the way. But if they want to see either scenery or people, let all who have strength or courage go on foot. I prefer this even to horse- back. A horse is an anx; ety and a trouble. Something is sure to ail it; and one is more anxious about its accommo- dation than one's own. The pedestrian traveller is wholly free from care. There is no such freeman on earth as he is for the time. His amount of toil is usually within his own choice— in any civilized region. He can go on and stop when he likes; if a fit of indolence overtakes him, he can linger for a day or a week in any spot that pleases him. He is not whirled past a beautiful view almost before he has seen it. He is not tantalized by the idea, that from this or that point he could see something still finer, if he could but reach it. He can reach almost every point he wishes to wander to. The pleasure is indescribable, of saying to one's self, " I will go there," " I will rest yonder," and forthwith accomplishing it. He can sit on a rock in the midst of a rushing stream, as often in a day as he likes. He can hunt a waterfall by its sound— a sound which the carriage- wheels prevent other travellers from hearing. He can follow out any tempting glade in any wood. There is no cushion of moss at the foot of an old tree that he may not sit down on if he pleases. He can read for an hour without fear of pass- ing by something unnoticed, while his eyes are fixed upon his book. His food is welcome, be its quality what it may, while he eats it under the alders, in some recess of a brook. He is secure of his sleep, be his chamber ever so sordid; and when his waking eyes rest upon his knapsack, his heart leaps with pleasure as he remembers where he is, and what a day is before him. Even the weather seems to be of less consequence to the pedestrian than to other travellers. A pedestrian journey pre- supposes abundance of time, so that the traveller can rest in villages on rainy days, and in the slnde of a wood during the hours when the sun is too pow- erful Miss Martineau. CHARACTERS.— For the present, I will content myself with calling the attention of the Irish people to the insulting mockery of corporate reform offered to Ireland by Lord Lyndhurst and the Duke of Wellington. The former has, by his decision in the great case of Small and Attwood— a decision most properly reversed— demonstrated to the pro- fession of the law, and the public in general, that he has a mind so constituted as to be utterly incapable of appreciat- ing what is right and just. Nature has made him uncon- sciously fit to be the tool of our meanly cunning and hateful Orange faction. Such he is, and such be ever shall be. As to the Duke of Wellington, the malignant perseverance of his hatred of the people of his native land, might aston- ish any person who was ignorant of the manner in which the ascendancy folk of his youth were educated— I should rather say brought up— at the time he grew from a castle page into manhood. The bitter hate and insolent con- tempt of the natives of Ireland were the leading sentiments instilled into their minds from their childhood. The Duke of Wellington has risen into much fame aud greater for- tune, but he preserves all the raciness and vigour of his anti. national and anti- Irish feeling, with as keen a gusto as if he were still a page at the castle to a Northumberland or a Haddington, or to some other bigot lord lieutenant. He cannot help it— he is, perhaps, the only " great man" the world ever saw who had not one single trait of patriotism, and never exhibited one generous or noble sentiment either in expression or in deed— O'Connett's letter to the Pilot, on the Irish Municipal bill. AN ADVENTURE.— The sun was not far above the horizon, when we reluctantly quitted the ruins. We had to return to Catouna; thence i't was two hours to the monastery of Lezini, and an equal distance to Gouria, the village where we had directed our tent to be pitched. We determined on taking the road to the monastery. Like every path in Greece, the road to Lezini was scarcely distinguishable from the sheep- walks; it lay, besides, over a thickly wooded hill, and it was not without great self gratulation ( unat- tended as we were,) that we found ourselves, half- an- hour after dark, on the border of the marsh, but the monastery stood in the middle of it. We were now, indeed, in a dilemma; we shouted and hallooed for half- an- hour, and received but jackal cries in answer. What was to be done? We were exceedingly fatigued, equally hungry, and particu- larly disinclined to adopt either of the alternatives of re- tracing our steps, or of lying down supperless on the cold rocks amid the croaking of myriads of frogs, whose innu- merable voices rising from so great an extent of marsh, ( tiven y or thir y square miles,) falling into a sort of mea- sure, might be compared to pulsations of the earth. I therefore stripped, tied my shirt round my broad. brimmed stra y hat, and committed myself to the Naiads of the marsh. But I made a sad mistake in my estimate of distance. The night was pitch dark; a canal leads through the marsh to the monastery; the sides seemed firm, hut when I attempted to cling to, or to climb upon them, I sank in flie slime, or got entangled in and torn by the « thorns and broken reeds. I was thus compelled to keep to the clear channel, and the water presently, having reached my shirt and hat, weighed down my head, and closed my ears. Swimming slowly along in this far from enviable predicament, I suddenly perceived ( for I could not hear at all) a boat close upon me, and on the point of running'me down. I shrieked out with all the emphasis that could be given by sudden fright, and a mouthful of water. The boatman, not less terrified at the inhuman cry from the water, and the sight of a floating substance like an enormous water Jilly, under which form they personify the goul or spirit of the marsh, shrieked and roared in his turn; punted away with all his might, ran foul of the bank, and, tumbling head over heels, lost his pole. He then paddled away back to the monastery with the seat of the boat. I had nothing to do but to swim after him, when, fortunately, I stuck upon a knot of reeds, clung to them to test myself, and thus raised my head with its wet load for a moment out of the water. Cries from a short distance met my ear of, " Who are you?" " Turn back." " Speak, or we will fire I" And only, after a quarter of an hour's assurances and explanation, was I permitted to approach the bank, having the comfortable assurance, repeated over and over again, that twenty muskets and a nine- pounder full of grape were pointed upon me, in faith of which the lighted match was held up and whirled about. Even in the shivering, lacerated state in which I was, I could not help making myself merry at their warlike preparations; but having convinced them that I was no spirit, for in that case I would not have asked their permission; that I was no robber, or I should not have made such an outcry; and that I was but one naked individual; they allowed me to laud, and gave me the warmest reception that had ever fallen to my lot. One took his shoes off to put 011 my feet; another slipped off his fustanel to wipe me with; another wrapped me in his hot jacket; and my toilet was completed, to the infinite amusement of the whole party, with the canonicals of the venerable abbot. In this state I went, or was rather lifted along, to the monastery, which was at some distance, while the boat was sent for my companion. Upon the distance, he and I could never agree ; he made it but half a mile; I, at the least, a mile and a half; and surely, having swam it, I should know best. The Greeks were much amazed at this feat; it had only been once performed before, though hundreds bad perished in attempting it in escaping from the Turks. The abbot's best suit was brought out for me. An old Calogria, or nun, who was living in sisterly love witt the abbot, had me bathed in hot water, and rubbed witltofl. as there was not a squaie inch of my skin untorn; w& summed up her solicitous attentions by a restoring cap « 4 Greek athol aroge— hot rakki and honey. — Vrquhart. NEW ZEALAND WARFARE.— The valley of Te- Taohara was strictly tapued. Here wan fought the last battle wtda the unfortunate tribes of this river, the remnant that was saved being taken for slaves. The groves that formed tfee Wai- tapu ( burying ground) for the bones of the mi'seraMs slain, lay in front of us as we landed. On this beach tise vanquished were drowned. On my advancing neat the Wai- tapu, the natives, \ n a p'lteous tone, begged me not to go near, as the spirits ( wairua) of the place would kill tliem, or, at least, make them ill, for having brought a white man to this village erf the dead. I moved away from the place, which, frata it » iOlitary and dreary aspect, together with the details given me of the former unhappy people, and the treacherous masB- ner in which they were murdered, gave me a great disltte to the spot. The clear notes of the little korimaku bird, hopping about the branches of the Wai- tapu, struck onusj ear like a primitive requiem to the departed, of whom not* descendant existed in the btoadlands ol their h'uth, content- ing the treasured cemeteries of their ancestors. * * Unable, from the stormy violence of the contending ele- ments, to compose myself to rest, I called to ' I'amaroa araS Rapu, who came to me. They were unah/ e to take repose. They gave me an account of the battle that had taken place about 1836 in this place. It appeared that an alliance had been formed betweeu the Napu'i chiefs, under E,' Ougi, oS tine Bay Islands, their friends of the North Cape, and Hoki- anga. These tribes then proceeded against the people CS Kaipara, who acted on the defensive, and kept within their fortifications. Repeated assaults were made ou the pi Vj the former, but proved unsuccessful. This stronghold was invincible to the Northern natives, whose repeated attacks proved fruitless. They despatches a karere, or messenger, to request a cessation of hostilitiesi and, alter much native diplomacy, it was ultimately agree! that a principal chief of the Hokianga tribe should wed tie daughter of the principal chief of the Kaipara people. A mutual exchange of visits followed, the fortiScathm were thrown open by the besieged to their late ins'adets, feasts were given, and all the tribes on either side were apparently delighted at the discontinuance of hostilities. The bride was wooed, won, and the nuptials consummated. This calm was succeeded by a fearful tempest. On the second day after the marriage, a pre concerted signal was given by the allied tribes, and an indiscriminate massacre of the inhabitants of the place ensued ; neither sex noc was spared, except such as were reserved as slaves to these treacherous conquerors. During the carnage, an « untowanl event" occurred to one of the head chiefs of the Bay et Islands, uncle to the since celebrated Titore, who also t< jo5r part in this butchery. This relative, " 011 pilfering thoughts intent," was bast? f engaged searching the deserted houses for plunder, witaa he espied a female chief in frantic grief, near one of the huts. He instantly pounced upon her as his slave; witi many threats he commanded her to tell him where her valuables were placed. Without speaking, she pointed t » the hut, whose door- place, for the sake of warmth, w « s made so diminutive as just to admit a person crawlingoa his knees. The chief entered, and found some mats, fis&- hooks,. and lines, and other little valuables, and threw them outside. Unfortunately for this hero, he had got in ( he house, and had noiv to get out in the same prostrate manner. In order to eject himself the easier, he also threw outside with his captures the tomahawk which had done him service during the battle. He had just protruded i » s head and shoulders, when the woman seized the dea< Ry weapon, and in a feiv blows severed his head from the worthless body. Numerous minor occurrences of a similar nature, ttsst took place during the battle, were related to me by Tamaroi, who, with many others of our party, were present, actively engaged in the fight on the side of the allies.— Polack. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. SIR,— Permit me, through the medium of your Journal, to state what I consider to be a nuisance in any neighbourhood where it exists, and that I think it betrays a great weakness, 011 the part of pro- fessing Christians, to support that which their consci- ences dictate to be wrong; I allude to the number of carriages that may be seen on any Sunday evenings standing opposite Carr's- lane chapel, where scene* frequently arise, from the conduct of the drivers, which in my mind is calculated, if reflected upon, to call forth a blush from auy person or persons in whose service they may be employed. Coining up Carr's- lane on Sunday evening last, there were no less than seven cars standing, and two of the drivers of which, after using a great deal of very improper language, were just about to decide the quarrel by combat, when they were prevented by the interference of the police. Hoping this may not be considered as emanating from a malevolent spirit, but that it may act as an incentive to a more careful perusal of that law, which tells them to remember that they keep holy the Sabbatli day, & c. I remain, J. W. MARRIAGES. Lately, at Handsworth, by the Rev. J. Hargraves, Sfc. W. Nightingale, of this town, to Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr. J. Davis, of Great Charles- street. On the 9th inst., at Aston Church, by the Rev. J. H. Harrison, Mr. Ledgard, of Mirfield, Yorkshire, solicitor, t « Maria, second daughter of Samuel Brook, Esq., of the saass place. On the 27th ult., at Edgbaston Church, Mr. D& rtf Buckler, builder, of Constitution- hill, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Benjamin Phillips, jeweller, of Mott- strett, in this town. O11 the 12tli ult., at Coleshill, Mr. John Lyndon, of tits Hope and Anchor, Coleshill- street, in this town, to Elizt- beth Rathbone, of the Star Inn, Coleshill. On Wednesday last, at St. Martin's, by the Rev. Thomas Moseley, Rector, Mr. John Pursall, of Powell- street, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Benjamin Phillips, of Mott- street. On Wednesday week, at Nuneaton, by the Rev. W. W. Greenivay, Rector of Neivbold Vernon, Mr. T. J. Craddock, second son of John Craddock, Esq., of Attleborough Hal!, to Miss Mayou, of the former place. On Tuesday week, at St. Mary's Church, Lichfield, Mr. Philip Dutton, of that city, stonemason, to Miss Elizabeds Collis, of Alton, in the county of Stafford. On the 2nd inst., at Tipton, the Rev. Edward Serjeant- son, Vicar of Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, to Emtiic, second daughter of Samuel Walker, Esq., of Dinan, » * France. On the 2nd inst., at the Old Unitarian Chapel, Cossfejr by the Itev. John Gordon, Mr. Thomas Hill, to Mitt Sarah Harper Baker, both of Wolverhampton. DEATHS On the 31st ult., at the house of his brother- in- law, MR. Wilders, of Temple- row, in the 36th year of his age, James Greatorex, Esq., 1st Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Corps a£ Royal Engineers, and son of the late Thomas Greatoret, Esq., F. R. S. F. L. S., of Upper Norton- street, London. On the 5th inst., after a long and painful illness, deeply lamented by his family and friends, Mr. Joseph Fiancis, of Brook- street, St. Paul's, aged 36. On Sunday, aged 59, after a long and severe illness, Mr. William Hopkins, of Lower Temple- street. O11 the 7tii inst., after a few days' illness, aged 24 years, Marianne, wife of Mr. Joseph Underwood, of Grosvenor- placa, Hockley, and second daughter of Mr. Elmore, ef Bull- street. On the 5th inst., at King's Norton, after a short illness, Henry Hems, aged six years, son of Mr. William Hems. On Friday week, after a few days' illness, Mr. Thomaw Brayne, surgeon, of Banbury, eldest son of Mr. Brayne, formerly of High- street, in this town. On the 27th ult., aged 19, Joseph, second son of the late Mr. John Birch, of Highgate. On Thursday week, aged 11 months, Charlotte, infant daughter of Mr. T. S. Spencer, artist. On the 1st inst., at Clifton, aged 20, Mr. Henry Jardine Parkes, eldest son of the late Sir. Henry Parkes, formerly of Warwick, and nephew of Mr. Joseph Parkes, solicitor. ' On the 1st inst., Mr. Joseph Crowshaw, of WillerihaTi, aged 51 years. O11 the 1st inst., Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Jobc Crovvther, of Stowheath Ironworks, aged 21. On the 4th inst., at Willenhall, Henrietta, only surviving daughter of Mr. John Fox, of that place, aged nine years. On Tuesday week, in the 44th year of his age, Mr. Thomas Pratt Judge, of the firm of Jaggard, Judge, and Judd, Cons- market, Warwick. O 1 Sunday week, at the house of Mr. Fairfax, Speneer- street, Leamington, after a short illness, Mrs. Elizabetk Frazer, of Inverness. On Monday week, aged 63, Alice, relict of the late ME. Francis Pickard, of the Saltisford. Warwick. On Wednesday week, Anne, wife of Edward Bower, of Gloucester. 9 8 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, A » AWRE3. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. SHEEN', sen., JOHN GREEN, jan., and CHARLES W1L. GHEE'S, Hayle m\ « mi Ottiara mills, Kent, paper manu. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. TAYLOR, Little Pulteney- street, Golden. square, cheese. BANKRUPTS. in. JWcmpt. to . urrender at the Court of Commoner., at rr T: 1 / villi/ not otherwise eKpreneo. j GENERAL AVERAGE PRICEOFBRITISH CORNFORTHE WEEK ENDIN JULV 82, 1838.— Wheat, G2s Id; Barley, 31s 8dj. Oats, 22a KM; Rye, 36a 4d; Beans, 38s 2d ; Peas, 34s 4d. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 18s Id Barley, I5s Id; Oats, 22s 9d; Rye, 16s 9d; Beans, 14s Od ; ? eas; IBs id. Ba, ineh„ n-, treet. when not otherwise .„„„,, • SEHABD PIERCE, Wellington, Shropsh. re, druggist, August I September 14, at tYw Stored, SVsmWy. Sol. Mr Wtrnmrnn, Lincnln- s. inn- Helds. ret. Cr. Rachel Franter, Wei. "& ESH>, spinster. SeaV JTF.- J , „ ... .... W^ JA3IBARK^ TT. mselburyPlacl. nett -^. umtaebneT, August 15 and September U, at ^ Jta, Xridport, Dorsetshire. Sol,. Messrs. Holme, Lotto, and Pet. Cr. James Kiddle, Haselbury Plucknett, mBLrtMh manufacturer. Seal. July 2. ,,„„.,.,. MSOfTff FARRAR, THOMAS CALVERLEYand WILLIAM TEA- SOUS, Ellani, \ njMh\ W, carl mates, Auguat M at the Inn, Huddersfield; and September 14, at the White Swan Ito. BalKax. Sols. Messrs. RushwortUs, Staple. mn. W. Cr. jttanft Taylor, EHnnd, Yorkshire, banksman. Seal. July 13. • KB 80DRH, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, worsted dealer, st 15 and September 14, at the Vine Inn, StourtnSge. Sob. „ s. Clowes and Wcdlake, King's Bench Halt, Temple. I'el. Beorge Butcher Lea, » 44eTmimter, wstei spinner. Seal. UTVTOE'NTIS. K CT4M. ETOV and J. H. RED DELL, Berner's. street, Com. MaUmi » ast, white lead manufacturers, September i. W. sr » JVG, Great Portland. street, Portland. place, plumber, Sep. tUlfT X. Vr. WESTOS. Gracechurcli street, merchant, September 1. ItLxciE. SHEPPARD, Uley, Gloucestershire, clothiers, Sept. 3. W.. WJLTON, " YoiIt, linen draper, August 24. atSTTHKE, Liverpool, coal agent, August 22. W 1X « G, Warminster, Wiltshire, ironmonger, October 20. OtJtS TOMKINS, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, scrivener, flMgmit 29. « _ J> 3TKX0N, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, draper, September 13. £ BTJ32tETr, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, grocer, September 14. MX. 7. HAYWARI). Downfield and Stroud, Gloucestershire, eraseeen brewer, August 31. 3. ATHAM, Andover, Hampshire, surgeon, August 30. • LSiNDFORD, Balford, Lancashire, dyer, September 5. K- « t>* ST ABIE, Hay, Breconshire and Dowlais, Glamorganshire, graver, August 28. JJK4KIN, Blaenafon, Monmouthshire, agent, August 28. '. WTOR, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, carpenter, August 31. „ iSEj4KlN, Birmingham, timber merchant, August 29. ^ TtTRNER, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, lodging- house August 30. -. BT5IKS, Haslingden, Lancashire, cotton spinner, September 3. wf. SSUNDY, Pilkington, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Sept. 5. CERTIFICATES, AUGUST 24. • KJteter. Exeter. street, Chelsea, builder— W. Toplis, Notting- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. * LPravattand H. M'Dermott, Great Russell. street, linen- drapers — W. Marshall and W. Hewett, King William street, dealers in tea — a 2t> mimg and E. Humphries, Bilston, Staffordshire, millwrights —" RStottand Sons, CoxVquay, Thames- street, lightermen— E., T. Hinde, Norwich, manufacturers ( so far as regards E. V sen.)— H. Hargreaves, J. Conolley, and R. Pearson, Salford, feire, printers- J. Grant and E. Lawford, Leigliton Buzzard, fchire, coal merchants— Smith and Palmer, Boston, Lincoln- • VJailors— S. Lees and Sons, Oldham, Lancashire, roller manu. 5JTTT- fso far as regards S. and J. Lees)- Nicol, Duckworth, and , I5rerpool ( so far as regards W. H. Whitehead)— W. Jones and , Wopping- street, lime burners— T. Brown and Co., Grafton. Sand Rose- street, Soflo, cheesemongers— Peck and Hardman, i, Lancashire, check manufacturers— J. Oldham and Brothers, , Cheshire, blacksmiths— Marwood and Co., Bishop Wear. ^ Durham, printers ( so far as regards J. Vint, G. Wood, and — TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, r SENT, Great Cambridge. street, Hackney. road, builder. BANKRUPTS. CATES, jun., Beaumont- street, Marylebone, surgeon, 115 and September IS, at the Bankrupts' Court. Sol. Mr. , Bow- lane, Cheapside. Pet. Cr. Christopher Hall, ID3, Hiy, upholsterer. Seal. August 6. JAMIN WARE, Tower- street, cheesemonger, August21 and er 18, at the Bankrupts' Court. Sols. Messrs. Jaques, » , and Edivards, Ely. place. Pet. Cr. Joseph Anderson, 15, feiage. street, merchant. Seal. August 1. JftSJCTIN SHEPHERD, Warwick, draper, August 18 and Sep- r 18, at the Bankrupts' Court. Sol. Mr. Drake, Bouverie- , Fleet. street. Pet. Cr. Charles Cox, Edward, Rawson, fffhoinas Bartlett, Wood street, warehousemen. Seal. July23, » SCIS TURNER BROWN DUMELOW, Wednesbury, Staf. lire, dealer in coals, August 21 and September 18, at the Hotel, Wolverhampton. Sol. Mr. Chaplin, Gray's- inn- Pet. Cr. John Clark, Darlaston, Staffordshire, grocer. July 9. • K33Y WHEATLEY, Scarborough, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Sep- » » 6 « r6aud 18, at the Talbot Inn, Scarborough. Sols. Messrs. STi^ es and Stuart, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. John Rougier, York, am& maker. Seal. July 26. * SSSS£ ES BEASLEY, Birmingham, draper, August 17 and Sep. SteaSer 18, at the Acorn Tavern, Birmingham. Sols. Messrs. and Coles, Throgmorton. street. Pet. Cr, Sophia Wale, it, widow. Seal. July 7. 4S TEULON, jun., Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, music seller, Jatgnst 14 and September 18, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, fc Yarmouth. Sols. Messrs. Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, and Stevens, Frederick's. place, Old Jewry. Pet. Cr. t Bennett, Great Yarmouth, cooper. Seal. July 24. 3AM1N BOTHAM, Halesworth, Suffolk, woollen draper, 2*->£ ember 13 and 18, at the King's Head Inn, Beccles. Sols. Ifess- rs. Crowder and Maynard, Mansion. house- place. Pet. Cr. Stan Preston Tewart, Ed . vard Tewart, jun., Robert Tewart, and Jkeaes Darley, Ludgate street, London, merchants. Seal. July 5. ^ DIVIDENDS. WHITEHEAD and R. ROWE, Chorley, Lancashire, cotton SEMOJaers, September 5. W. SBADDURN, Sheffield, optician, August 31. 3E ZjORERTS, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, dealer in sheep, August 30. 2. BENTO N, Carlisle, builder, September 6. KC. JLBRERETON, Brinton, Norfolk, banker, October 3. aJCH- ING, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, linen draper, August 29. JtSZI- LERS, Ashborne, Derbyshire, ironmonger, August 30. A SCTES, jun., Wansford, Yorkshire, carpet manufacturer, August " WCSSOOKE, Doncaster, innkeeper, September 4. W- 3SOWN, Leeds, worsted spinner, September 3. X ABAMS, Old Newton, Suffolk, coal dealer, September 3. HLFXOOM, West Teignmouth, Devonshire, grocer, September 13. B- WESSEY, Exeter, hatter, September 4. ASSSICHELL, Exeter, victualler, September 4. ACMKYIPTON, Manchester, woollen draper, August 28. SL JOKES, Swansea, Glamorganshire, linen draper, August 31. •&. SSWLDEN, Salford, Lancashire, calender- mau, August 28. tib. 21 SHARP, Gloucester, marble mason, October 30, CERTIFICATES, AUGUST 28. < 7, Smroons, King's. cross, St. Pancras, surgeon— T. Sawer, Wood- aftwoand Coveutry, riband manufacturer— W. A. Roacher, Broad. * » 3l. B! ackfriars, wine merchant— P. Mawdsley, Kirkdale, Lanca- « 6i » ^* i£ tualler— E. T. Cooke, Queen's- row, Pimlico, tobacconist— Great Portland. street, woollen draper— J. K. Kent, Craver. zcr& vt,. Strand, money scrivener— W. Powell, Sutton Coldfield and ^ Wfcaiiigham, spade manufacturer, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • ® rel> e and Howyard and Howard and Wyche, Liverpool, attor. JWJU— J. Arm- by and J. Dimsdale, West- place, Nelson- street, City- Guilders— J. Whaley and R. Smith, Harden, Yorkshire, • wfwofard spinners— T. and H. Brown, Coventry, riband rnanufactu- • r^ Tj— 1. Prew and J. Wiackvvortii, Bath and Bristol, surgeon- — Whitehouse and Lycette, Manchester, calico printers J., a&^ W. vRfid C. Bailey, Coventry, liquor merchants- G. F. and G. P. ^ aiaiSKB, High Holborn, ironmongers— J. Hunter and W, Twynam, 3& » £ ® ? e- street, Hampstead- row, surgeon- dentists— Walker and iSSnsdifc, Leicester, hosiers— A. Glendining and R. Babbs, Berinond- granary- keepers— J. Strafford and T. Wilson, South Stzipiis, Durham, linen diapers— Brown and Gibson, Lealholm-* J* r « yr>> Yorkshire, paper manufacturers— W. Yates and O. R 3K?: 8fcuaell, Preston, Lancashire, cheese dealers— W. Chilton and SSte^ licnderland, Durham, ship builders— H. Wrigley and Co., Brad- It ra-- Jwksliire, woolstaplers— H. Suffell and W. Moore, Regent- tT. wt, Westminster, hosiers— J. and T. Ludlow, Manchester, aud ?. S* i5ort, Cheshire, brick makers— Smith and Andrews, Shrews- t fE7,. tea dealers— Vivian, Rabett, and Co., London, warehousemen B. Agar, W. Walker, and J. Cliadwick, York, and Bolton, f GBKsthire, curriers ( so far as regards J. Agar)_ J. Guest and Sons tantr. giiam, merchants ( so far as regards W. S. Guest)— E. Farrer t^.'^ ne, Oulton, Yorkshire, com millers— Shaw and Blakey, Al- ary, Yorkshire, cotton dyers— E. and A. Myers, Cheltenham, Brokers— Clegg, Cave, and Co., Manchester, millwrights— C. I A. Pritchard, Oswestry, Shropshire, milliners. PRICE OF SEEDS, JULY 30.— Per Cwt Red Clover, English, 50s to 70s i fine, 808 to 85s ; Foreign, 50s to 65s; line, 70s to 75s.— White Clover, 50s to 56a ; line, 60s to 63s.— Trefoil, new, 14s to 18s fine, IPs to 21s ; old, lis to 13s Trefolium, 10s to I2s; fine, 13s to 14s.— Caraway, English, new, 40s to 463 ; Foreign, 0s to Us— Coriander, 10s Od to 12s Od. Per, Quarter.— Si. Foiu, 40s to 44s ; fine, 46s to4Ss ; Rye Grass, 28s to 30s; new, 30s to 31s; Pacey Grass, 0s toOs; Linseed for feeding, 46s to 50s j fine, 50s to 56s ; ditto for crushing, 42s to 4Ss.— Canary, 66s to 70s Hemp, 38s to 42s. PerBmfiel.— White MustardSeed, 7e0d to 9s Od ; brown ditto, 8s Od to 12a; Tares, 4s 6d to bsOd; tine new, Spring, 0s04 toOsOl; Per Last.— Rape Seed, English, 361 tu40tj Foreign, 32! to 34/. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 37 10s per ton; Refined, £ 3S 0s; Linseed Oil, £ 27 0s -, aud Rape Cake ,£ 5 10s Liusced Oil Cake, £ 11 0s per thousand. Ho \ NDSTa.\\ v.— Smith/ ield.— Hay, llS> s04tol2 « s « a; Inferior, lOOitolOSs; Clover, 120s to 135s; Inferior 100s to 105s;. Straw, 46s to 47a. tr/ iitechapel. — Clover, 115s to 120s ; new, S0sto05s; second cut, — sto— s; Hay, 100 to 110s; new ditto,— s to — s ; Wheat Straw, 38s to 42s. Cumberland.— FineUpIand Meadowand Rye- grass Hay, iI5s to 120s; inferior ditto, 100s to 105s; superior Clover, 120s to 126s ; Straw, 48s to 50s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.- Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— sto — s; new Meadow Hay, 90s toOOs; old ditto, lOOsto 120s; useful ditto, — s to — s; ' Sew Clov er ditto, — s to — s ; old ditto, 100s to 126s ; Wheat Straw, 40s to 48s perload of36 trusses. SMITHHELD, AUG. 6 — To sink . the oft'al— per 81b.— lieel, 3s4D tots2d; Best Down and Polled. Mutton, 3s lOd to 4s 6d; Veal 4s Od to bs 4D", Votk ,4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5a Od to 5s 4d. NEWGATE ANO LBADENIIALI..— By the Carcase— Beef, 3s Od to 3s8d; Mutton, 3s4dto 4s2d; Vea), 3s Od to4slOd; Pork, 3a 4d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 2d. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn Market, AugtutQ. The early part of the day being very wet, caused a very brisk sale lor all kinds of grain. Wheat was in pretty good supply from the dealers, and mostly disposed of at an advance of 8d. to lOd. per bushel. Nothlug doing in malting Barley; grinding samples Is. per quarter higher. Oats readily made 2s. per quarter more money. Beans and Peas Is. per bag above the rates of this day se'nnight. sold freely at an advance of fully 4s. per quarter; at the latter the supply was considerable, but all taken off. Barley less enquired for. Oats 6d. to is. per quarter dearer. Beans scarce, and rather higher. During the present week, scarcely any WTheat has been offering, though there are buyers of Tied a 10s. 4d. per 621bs, and Wliite 10s. 8d. per 621bs. Grinding Barley in demand, at an advance of Is. per quarter. The few Oats on the market were held for an improvement of Is. per quarter, at which they were taken slowly, at 23s. 6d. for Light, and 26s. Cd. for fine, per 3121bs. at birmingbam. Beans and Peas are taleafcle at 14s to 16s. per isalbs. The last two days have been cloudy, but very cold for the season. At this day's market we had a large supply of Wheat from Dealers, and an advance of 6s. to 8s. per quarter was realised on the finest des. criptions. Best lied reached Us., and White lis. 2d. per 621bs. Grinding Barley was more freely offered, at a rise of Is. per quarters For reatail parcels of Oats Is. to 2s. per qnartor more money wa- obtained. Beans and Peas in request, and Is. per quarter higher. IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the 1st to the 8th tnst. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beans. Qra Qra Qra Qra Coastwise.. Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Foreign.... m < Jrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Peas. Flour. ll'/ e. Vetches. Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Coastwise. Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Foreign.... 340 Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs WAflivrcjf, SATURDAY, JULY ' 28.— Wheat, per bag, old 26s Od to 28s Od ; new, 25s 64 to 27s « d ; Barley, per quarter, Oa 04 to 0s Od ; grinding, 30s Od to 31s Od ; Oats, 0s Od to 0s 0d; New, 24s 04 to 27s 04; PeaB, per bag, 16s 04 to 18s Od ; Beans, 15a 6d to 17s Od; new, 15s Od to 16s Odj Vetches, Os Od to 0s Od; Malt, 56s Od to 64s Od PS r quarter. HEREFORD, AUG. 4.— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 9i Od to Os 3d. Ditto, new, per bushel, Os Od toOs Od. Barley, 3a 3d to 3s 64. Beans, 59 04 to 5s 34. Peas, 0s 04 to Os 04. Vetches, 3s Od to 3s 6d. Oats, 3s Od to 3s 3d. CHELTENHAM, Auo. 2— Wheat, 10s Od to 10s fid per bushel, Ditto, red, 9s 9d to 10s Od. Barley, 3s GJ to 4a Cd. Oats, 3s Od to 4s 3d. Beans, 5s Od to 5s 6d. WHEAT— per 6216s. t. d. s. d. White 10 4 - 11 0 Red 10 2 — 10 9 Irish 9 9 — 10 0 BARLEY— perlmp. Quarter. For Malting 31 fi — 38 6 For Grinding, per 392lbs 34 6 — 54 6 M ALT— per Imperial Bushel. Old and new 0 0 — 00 OATS— per391bt. Old 21 0 — 21 0 New 0 0 — 0 0 Irish 24 6 — 2S 6 BEANS— perbag, iOsvoregross s. d. s. d. Old 0 0- 00 New 0 0 — 0 0 PEAS— perbag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOREOII- INO. White 0 0 — 0 0 Grey 15 0 — 16 0 FOR G IlINDING. per bag of 10 score 14 6- 15 6 White 15 0 — 15 0 FLOUR— persack of290lbs. net. Fine 60 0 — 64 0 Seconds.... 57 0 — 58 6 TliefoIIowing is the statement in Messrs. Sturge'scircular: — Birmingham, 8th Month, 8th, 1838. Since the commencement of last month, Wheat has advanced, here from 6s. to 8s. per quarter, though we have had a very fair sup- ply of English. There are general complaints of extensive injury to the crop on the ground, from a small yellow maggot in the ear . which is so serious in its ravages, that the producc mus t be materi! ally reduced. It Is a disease which appears to have been nearly un- known before to the oldest of our farmers, and extends more or less to the whole of the south western counties ; wo hear of it as far north as Lancashire, and also in some parts of Ireland. Several of the eastern counties, however, have escaped; and should the weather prove tolerably fine the next month, we expect the crop in that part of the kingdom will be fully an average one. In Scotland and the North of England, the Wheat is not in a sufficient state of forward- ness for any accurate opinion of the probable produce, and much will depend upon the future weather. It is now universally admitted that the stocks of Free Wheat have not been so nearly exhausted for many years; as although there is no certain means of ascertaining what remains in the hands of Farmers, the present high prices, and the certainty that in a few weeks all the foreign under lock will be liberated at a low duty, creates a general disposition to sell all they have before the new comes to market. The prices of Wheat, in most of the Baltic ports, have risen with equal rapidity to our own ; but those in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, by the late advices, will afford a considerable margin for profit, Present prices of English Red, 10s.; White, lOi. 6d. per 621bs. We think the breadth of land under Wheat in this part of the country is much greater than usual; but how far this will compensate for the deficiency in the produce per acre, we are unable to form an opinion. Barley liaB been in great demand for South Wales, as a substitute for Wheat, and its value has improved 2s. per quarter : at present little of any description is on sale. The new crop is spoken of very favourably, and if'the weather admits, a portion will bo cut in our early districts in the course of next week. Present price of grind- ing, 31s. to 34s. per 3921bs. at Gloucester. Although our arrivals of free grain into Gloucester are confined almost entirely to Oats, yet the supply does not nearly equal the demand. Ourstock in granary is now almost exhausted, and scarcely any are coming forwards. Present price of feed, 21s. 6d. to 22s. ; heavy, 23s. to 25s. per 3121bs. at Gloucester. They have advanced about Is. per quarter since the commencement of last month. The crop is not yet considered to be injured by the weather. Beans have improved in value about 2s. per quartor, with by no means a lively demand ; this crop is « ot expected to produce well, even should the autumn prove fine: they have a most luxuriant ap. pearance, but the pods are few aud badly filled. Peas have been a little enquired for, on speculation for grinding purposes; but the consumption for pig feeding has hardly com- menced. Those on the ground have run so much to straw, that in many cases the yield is likely to be small. Wo have heard of no now ones being brought to market. PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, August 9, 1838. s. d. 10 8 10 10 10 0 none 0 none 0 none 0 31 WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of 621b. Old English, Red — Old — v r. ru rrr*. Irish, White — Red Old Foreign~ « *,~~ BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter „ Welsh, Black and White, per 312Ibs..— Irish, ( weighing 41 to 421bs.) do. ~—* ( 37 to 391bs.) do. Black do. BEANS, English, Old, per bushel of051bs. New — .. I risli..——— Foreign — PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 3921 bB. FLOUR, English, Fine, per Sack of 2S01bs. Seconds — .... d. to 11 2 .. 11 3 .. 10 10 GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From August 2 to Augusts. IMPORTS: The Jupiter, from Wyburgh, with 2810 deals, 306 dea ends, 1224 battens, and a quantity of lathwood, under five feet in length, consigned to Johu Forster— Bunbtiry, Pillau, 4£> lasts and 18} s ech. of wheat, 33 lasts and 53J sell, of peas, J. and C. Sturge — William and Ann, Aberthaw, 20 tons of lime . stone, Rawlings — Pilot, Guernsey, 720 quarters of wheat, Phillpotts, Lloyds, and Co.— Olga, Miramiehi, 71 pieces of fir timber, 5347 deals, 758 battens, and 1523 deal ends, Price, Washbourne, and Price— Pearl, St. John's, 758 pieces of red and white pine timber, 60 pieces of birch, 1400 deals, 20000 staves, and 5% . cords of lathwood, Tripp Brothers- Provi- dence, Aberdovey, slates, Gopsil Brown— Newport Trader, New. port, general cargo, Southan and Son— Tredegar, Swansea, 95 tons of copper and coals, Southan and Son— George Ramsey, Miramiehi, 62 pieces of blrch, 2l8 pieces of timber, 2085 deals, and a quantity of lathwood, John Forster— Jubilee, Richebueto. Sl pieces of fir timber, 76 pieces of birch timber, 3087 deals, 382 deal ends, and 6 cords of lathwood, Price, Washbourne, and Price— Elinor, Port Madoc, 53 tons of slates, O. Jones— Fame, Neath, general cargo, Partridge and Co.— Thistle, Wexford, 655 barrels of oats, Wait, James, and Co. EXPORTS : The Eivion, for London, with 60 tons of salt and 4 tons of black lead, from Gop6il Brown— Wilfred, Chepstow, Vining and Co.— Sarah, Swansea, general cargo, Southan aud Son— Frances, Newport, Wait, James, and Co.— William and Ann, Abcrthaw, Rawlings— Economy, Londou, 93 to. ns of salt, Rawlings— Williams, Dublin, 25 tons of bark, Thomas Jones— Lyon, Newry, 41 tons of bark, Thomas Slatter; 45 tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Nelly, Milford, 151 quarters of barley, J. and C. Sturge; 116 quarters of barley, Wait, James, and Co.; 12 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Ward, Quebec, 200 tons of salt, Gibbs, Bright, and Co.— Belinda, Swansea, 21 tons of bricks, 25 tons of salt, and 1 ton of ironmongery, Southan and Son— Ann, Newport; Wait, James, and Co— Newport Trader, Newport, general cargo, Southan and Sou— Acorn, Cardiff, 11 tons of iron, Kendall and Sou ; 15 tons of Iron, Southan and Son ; 25 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown; 4 tons of sacks, Gibbs, Bright, aud Co.; tons of crates, Thomas Davies. « W><> iSSsS. fii Third edition in 12mo., price 3s., in cloth boards. DEAFNESS, its causes, prevention, and cure; with a familiar description of the structure, function, and diseases of the ear; illustrated with cases; the practice inculcated being the result of more than twenty years' professional observation and experience; by JOHN STE- VENSON, Esq., M. R. C. S., Surgeon- Oculist to his late Majesty; Surgeon. Oculist and Aurist to the King of the Belgians; Author of ( 4th edition) a popular Work on a New and very successful Method of Removing Cataract; Operating Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary for Cataract; and Lecturer on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of the Eye and Ear. " This work has the strongest claim to universal perusal and should have a place in every family library— New Monthly Magazine. London: S. HIGULEY, 32, Fleet- street. CORNS. DICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for the removal of Corns, Bunions, and all hard fleshy sub- stances on the feet. It is admitted by the thousands who have tried it, and the most sceptical, to be the only remedy ever offered to public notice; it acts both as an opiate and solvent, by relieving the most excruciating pain, and gradu- ally dissolving the callous or homy substance. Prepared only and sold by Wm. DICKER, chemist, 235, Strand, next door to Temple Bar, London, in boxes Is. 1 Jd. each. Sold also by Messrs. J. M. Knott, Wood, Flewitt, and Sliillitoe, High- street, Birmingham ; Harper, Hodgkin son, and Roberts, Warwick; Stanley, and Newby, Lea- mington; where likewise can be procured DICKER'S AROMATIC ESSENCE, an instant relief for the Tooth Ache, in bottles Is. li£ d. each. , 4 10 ! 0 0 . 4 10 . 40 0 , 29 0 . 61 0 . 50 0 Gloucester, July 28, s. d. 9 9 0 WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel Old ( vwwwww/ wwrtw/ f/ wwf English, Red 9 Irish, White, per601bs~——>~+~ no7ninal 0 Red nominal 0 Oid^^^^ w^^ nominal 0 Foreign —— — ominal 0 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter Q Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. vvw^^,^, 30 OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quarter 23 Welsh, Black and White 21 Irish(\ veighing41 to421bs); per Qr. of3121bs. 22 LONDON MARKETS. CMca EXCHANGE, MOSOJY, AUG. 6.— Wheat, Essex Ited, new, « ist> 83s ; fine, ( i8s to 71s ; old, — s to — s; white, new, 63s to assise, 70s to 72s; supertine, 74s to 76s; old,— s to— a Bye, afc 38s.— Barley, 28s to 34s; old, 35s to 36s j superfine,— s Malt, 508 to 5Gs ; fine, 58s to 60s.— Peas, Hog, 32s to 35s ; » % B » , 3l3s to 37s; white, 36s to 38s; Boilers, 40s to 42s Beans', « su:, SSs to 40s; old, — s to — s; Ticks, 33s to 36s; old, — s to 3strrow, 38s to 40s Oats, feed, 20s to 23s ; fine, 24s to 2fis ; ' wsai-, 23s to 25s; line, 25s to 27s; Potatoe, 27s to 28s ; fine, Bran, per quarter, 7s Od to 3s Od,— Pollard, fine, per tfcjj. SSs. 20s. ( 37 to 391bs.) Black ... BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel , New —.—...... Foreign—.— —....— PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. , FLOUR, English, Fine, persack of 2801bs. Seconds — 21 21 5 —~ 4 . none 0 4 44 28 57 54 .. 10 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .'. 0 0 .. 38 6 .. 0 0 .. 34 6 .. 34 0 .. 23 6 .. 28 6 .. 23 6 .. 21 3 .. 5 10 .. 5 6 .. 0 0 .. 5 6 .. 52 0 .. 32 0 .. 61 0 .. 52 6 , 1838. s. d. to 10 2 .. 0 0 .. 10 0 .. 10 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .. 0 0 .. 35 0 .. 30 0 .. 23 0 .. 25 0 .. 22 0 .. 22 6 .. 5 6 .. 5 0 .. 0 0 .. S 4 .. 50 0 .. 31 0 .. GO 0 .. 56 0 Wheat, Barley. Oats ™ Beans . Peas ... WORCESTER WEEKL1' AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. . 1194 2 15 0 . 337 0 , 197 5 0 0 s. 1. 75 • 2!) 23 37 If 0 HOME MADE WINES. rpiIE peculiar adaptation of BETT'S PATENL BRANDY to JL the improvement of British Wines, has long induced con- noisseurs to adopt it in preference to any other spirit.— The harshness incident to all Home Made Wines, and which, until the introduction of this celebrated Spirit in 1829, age alone could correct, is entirely avoided, and a maturity and mellowness imparted to the Wines which the Patent Brandy is so famed for producing. The Distillery, No. 7, SMITHFIELD BARRS, LONDON, is the only Establishment of J. T. BELTS & Co. The Agents appointed for this district of country are Mr. JOHN SKELTON Birmingham. Mr. Thomas Durham Lichfield. Mr. John Dell Coventry. Mr. C. S. Clarke Wolverhampton. Mr. George Jull Leamington. Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle Stourbridge. Mr. Thomas Cook Worcester. Mr. Hugh Martin Tewkesbury. Mr. Henry Pointer Cheltenham. Mr. James II. Lockyer Rugby. from whom, respectively, the Patent Brandy may be ob- tained, either pale or coloured, on the same terms as at the Distillery, viz., for quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for- cash on delivery. HYDROPHOBIA. rpHIS horrific and fatal disease may be prevented JL by the timely application of Rowed and Co.' 9 IM- PERIAL COMPOSITION. It is also recommended to the faculty, with the full assurance that from its use no bad results need be apprehended from Dissecting- room Punctures, QI other poisoned wounds, proceeding from putrid animal matter, Sic. No family ought to he without it. Sold wholesale and retail, by ROWED and Co., in boxes 2s. 9d. each, at their Patent ftiedicine Warehouse, 6i, Far- ringdon- street, London. FRAMPTOXS PILL OF HEALTH. TO THE SUFFERERS FROM BILIOUS AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. rrVHE unexampled success o{ I R. WST'TO^' S PYLL JL OF HEAL TH calls for particular attention.-— These Pitts gtoe \ mmed\ ate reWeS in a\ V Spasmodic atul windy com- plaints, with the whole train of well- known symptoms aris. ing from a weak stomach or vitiated bilious secretion, Indi- gestion, pain at the pit of the stomach, Bilious or Sick Head Ache, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Sense of Fulness after Meal9, Giddiness, Dizziness, Pain over the Eyes, & e. & c. Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a Sow of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms witt be entiteiy carried off by their immediate use. They are highly grate- fui to the Stomach, create Appetite, relieve Langout and Depression of Spirits, gently relaxing the Bon els, without griping or annoyance, removing noxious accumulations, ren- dering, the System truly comfortable, and the head clear. The very high encomiums passed upon them by a large por- tion oi the puWtc, is the best criterion of their merit, and the continual statements of their good effects from all parts oi the kingdom, is a source of the highest gratification. Sold by T. 1' rout, 229, Strand, London; price Is. l£ d. and 2s. 9d. per box; and at Birmingham by ShiUitoe, Wood, Collins and Co., Edwards, FJewitt, Sumner and Co., Smith, Sufiietd, Gazette and Advertiser offices;— Dudley; Morris, Turner and Hollies>— Wolverhampton; Mander and Co., Simpson;— Atherstone; Dav/ s ;— Walsall; Va/ eri- tine and Co. Kidderminster; Penneli;— Lichfield; Mor- gan ;— Be'wdley; MorrisWestbromivieh ; Shillitoe ;— ShiffnaU; Harding; — Bromsgrove; Maund;— W arwick; b'ay ley, Harper, Ho dgkinson, Roberts ; — Bridgnorth ; Nicholas;— Coventry; Wileys and Brown, Merridew, Rollason, Loveitt;— arid by the vendors of medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for Frampton's Pill of Health, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, on the government stamp. RINGWORM EFFECTUALLY CURED. A certain and most speedy Cure for this insidious and dis- tressing Disease may now be had. BEATSON'S RINGWORM LOTION will tho- roughly and safely eradicate every species of the malady and Scalled Head in the short space of fourteen days, how- ever malignant or long standing. This invaluable Lotion is now extensively used and recommended by Medical men throughout the kingdom, and employed with unvarying success in most of the principal Schools. It contains nothing of an injurious, burning, or offensive quality, and the cure is effected simply by applying it to the parts for a few minutes, morningand evening. Ample directions for the treatment of the Disease and the use of the Lotion, together with many highly respectable testimonials, are given with each bottle, price 2s. 9d. Pints lis. May he had of all the principal Druggists and Medicine Venders in the kingdom be sure to ask for BEATSON'S Ringworm Lotion; the great success of it having tempted many unprincipled persons to vend a substitute under the name of " Ringworm Lotion." The genuine has the Pro- prietor's Name and Address on the seal over the cork, and outside the wrapper, as follows: S. L. BKATSON, Practical Chymist, 18, Thornton- street, Hoisleydown, London. AGENTS— Birmingham, BANKS, High- street; W. JACKSON, Union- street. ASHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years'experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicans and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forma cl Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a lew days, by one small j) ill for a dose, tvitli ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not requite theslightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause and offensive smellto the breath, as is the case with all other medicinesin use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- iected by the use of these pills, the party wiilnot experience any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs uf the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the comp\ a\ nt( or a time, without eradicating it Stom the e ( in- stitution, arid the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds ail the symptoms tetuvn, aud that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at first, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a most efficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions oithe SVin. Captainsof vesselsshould make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled etfi- cacy in curing Scutvybeingknownthtoughoutthe not\ d. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- essional recommendations lotwatded to the proprietor when, he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that eminent surgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim- street. Bear Cooper,— lbavetried your pi\\ R uv numerous instances, my candid opinionis that they are a mostimproyed system of treat- ment for those peculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, aud \ vitl\ a certainty that \ Wd 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 liar ass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. 1 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 HANNArand Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner ol Wells- street, London, where the public can besupplied with every Patent Medi- cine ofiepute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing aremittance, punctuallyattended 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; RogerB, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; any Merridew, Coventry. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS, OAMSBOTTOM'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 ashortperiod, the mostobstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourseto the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietorpledges himself that it does not contain caustic or any otherarticle 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 hasused it testifies. Price Is. ljd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attemptedto be im- posed upon the public in lieu of thisinvaluableremedy> render it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom'sCorn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it hasthe 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 nameand address oftheproprietor'swholesaleagents. 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 wasinducedtopurchasefrom your agent, Mr. Maher, Ann. street, a bottle of Ramsbottom'sCorn and Bunion Solvent;— after a week'sapplication I found it had the desired effect. I have since re. commenced it to many of myfriends. You are at liberty to make any us# 7ou pleaseof thiscommunication.— Your obedient servant Birmingham, AugustO, 1836. JOHN WINFIELD. Soldbyappointmentby M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Mer ridew, Coventry; Dicey, Northampton. Wheat Rarley Oats „ Peas Beans GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Busli. 679 2 0 0 405 0 0 0 62 4 J. d . 75 9 Birmingham, August 2, 1838. At Gloucester and Worcester markets, oa Saturday last, Wh°' u HOWQUA'S AND MOWQUA'S CELEBRATED TEAS. THESE TEAS consist of one description of Black the Genuine Howqua's Mixture, and one of Greene Mowqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder, and are sold in Chinese Catty and half Catty packages. The GENUINE HOWQUA'S MIXTURE is an admixture of a variety of the choicest Black Teas, the same as drank by the celebered Ghinese tea merchant, whose name it bears, and is distinguished from every other sort by a fine natural aromatic fragrance, combined with great strength and briskness, and is far more nutritious and wholesome than any hitherto offered to the public. MOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER. This delicious Green Tea is grown only on one eslate, and possesses a rare and delicate flavour, being without excep- tion the finest Green Tea grown in China. Genuine Howqua's Mixture 7s. 6d. per Chinese Catty, containing one pound and a third of a pound, being at the rate of 5s. 8d. per lb.; Half Catties 4s.; Mowqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder 10s. 8d. per Chinese Catty of the same weight, being at the rate of 8s. 2d. per lb. ; Half Catties 5s. 6d. These Teas are the best, the cheapest, and most useful of any imported into this country. The Importers, Broeksopp, How, and Co., of London, have appointed the following Agents for the sale of the above Teas: — Sole Agent for Birmingham RICHARD DOIDGE, confectioner, 88, Broad- street. Leamington Messrs. Mallory and Mann. Warwick Samuel Mallory, tea dealer. Boston — J. R. Bull, tea dealer, Market place. Horncastle —. John Cassarn, tea dealer. ALTON, near Cheadle James Edwards. Sleaford George Flint. Worcester Harding, Brothers, tea dealers. Crowland J. Marfleet, tea dealer. Stamford Wm. Smith, Red Lion- square. Grimsby George Shepherd, tea dealer. Grantham Edward Wilkinson, tea dealer. N. B. Only one Agent will be appointed in each town for the sale of these Teas. Apply, post paid. A TREA TISE on every Stage and Symptom of a Certain Complaint, is just published by MESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, who may he personally consulted, on all cases of secrecy, from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham; No. 23, SLATER-, STREET, near DUKE- STREET, LIVERPOOL, and 4, BALE- STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER; and country pati- ents requiring their assistance, by making only one personal visit, will receive such advice that will enable them to ob- tain a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have failed; and with each box of PERRY'S PURIFY- ING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and lis., will receive gratis the TREATISE ON VENEREAL and SYPHILITIC DISEASES, with observations on se- minal weakness, and the deplorable consequences resulting from the use of mercury, containing plain and practical directions for the speedy and effectual cure of all degrees of the above complaints. Where an early application is made for the cure of a certain disorder, frequently contracted in a moment of in- ebriety, the eradication is generally completed in a few days, and in the more advanced and inveterate stages of venereal infection, characterised by a variety of painful atul dis- tressing symptoms, a perseverance in their plan, ( without restraint in diet or exercise) will insure to the patient a per- manent and radical cure. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to this disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison— mercury, ruin the con- stitution, cause ulcerations, blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obsti- nate gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throats diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till at length a geneial debility and decay of the constitution' ensues, and melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and lis. a box, are well known as a certain and effec- tual remedy for every stage and symptom of the venereal disease, without confinement, loss of time, or hindrance from business; tliey have effected many surprising cures, not only in recent gonorrhoea and simple cases, hut when salivation and allother means have failed. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, whichnotonly occasion the necessity of renouncing the felicities of mar- riage, to those who have given way to this delusive and de- structive habit, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, producing melancholy, deficiency, and a numerous train of nervous affections. In this distressing state, whether the consequence of such baneful habits orany other cause, their mild mode of treatment will effect a speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health; and to those whose constitu- tions have become enfeebled, in consequence of improper treatment, or the venereal virus not being entirely rooted from their system, as well as from the dreadful effects ot mercury, or from secondary symptoms of the venereal disease, including Strictures, gleets, and all urethral dis- charges, their medicine will be found a most safe and inva- luable remedy. Messrs. PERRY may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their prepaia tions, without a fee. Attendance on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, Birmingham; where their medicines can only he obtained, as no Book seller, Druggist, or any other Medicine Vendor is supplied with them. Country letters, ( post paid) containing a remittance for medicine, will be immediately answered. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty ol 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 letterg will exhibit its efficacy i — Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1835. Dear Sir,— The congh medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago I was unable to breathe, unless with great difficulty, attended with much coughing, which always kept my soft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, and the more I coughed the worseit was, and it, 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 & few days, when I shaR press on your consideration the propriety of making it up for sale ; it would prove an enormous fortune to your grand- children. If yon 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 beingadvertised in all the papers'here, as Wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Cora Solvent, which, by the bye, my girl3 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 Lou.' don. All join me in kind remembrance to yourself aud 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 Iliad notseen for many years, aud still more so was I when, finding that I had a severe cough, lie drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the con- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing instanter, and lef me the remainder, which I also took, and in the course of twenty- four hours I found myself quite freefrom even anytendency towards coughing ; he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; I, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head. quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail on you to let me have half, or a whole pint of the medicine to stow in my sea- chest, as I sail again for America in about ten days, and if 1 can, ill 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,— 1The 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, aud Iseetnedas though I had a string run through my body, aud 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 perfectcure. 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, n our family you will be styled doctor in future. Believe me, yours very sincerely, J. WILSON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dearSir,— Yon most assuredlydeserve the thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years past, during the winter mouths, and aivvays on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner iu 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 part of my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, butit must and shall be done, aud if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish is that you may be logged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide itiu quantities equal to the boundless waters; and you may rely upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, will spare neither time nor trouble to promulgate its efficacy, until you will find your cottage attacked by myriads of my former fellow- sufferers, for a share of your bounty, and I myself now apply for the first, trusting that your goodness will not suffer you to refuse me a pretty considerable quantity, and I promise to distribute it most usefully. Whenever you have made up for sale, send ine one thou, sand bottles. Ever your sincere Well- wisher, T. Mulreaddy, ESQ. W. HUGHES. Chester, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thouhast 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 to any charitable Institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB ROBERTS. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to. observe, that to publish copies ol 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, hut 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. HANNAV and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble venderofmedicines in bottles at Is. l^ d. each. Igg* Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white etters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold byhisap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. lUd. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAV and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the Royal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine o( repute; and also with the perfumes of all the respectable London perfumers, with an allowance on takihgsixor more of any other article at the same time. Soldbyappointmentby Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and Wood, bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. Printed and published- hy FRANKS BASSETSHENSTON* FLINOELI., of Lee Mount, in the parish of Edgbaston, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor maybe addressed, and where Advertisements and Orders will be received. ( All descriptions of Jobbing carefully and expeditiously executed.) Agents in Lon- don: Messrs. NEWTON and Co., 5, Warwick- square- and Mr. BARKER, 33, Fleet- street.— Saturday, August II) 1838,